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actually, there IS a save feature, it's just that no one in the US knows how to use it.....

It would appear that eye candy is a necessity, but only with the idea that there are different levels of eye candy, that the eye candy can easily be made to go away/less sweetening, and that it will work well with an average hardware base.

That last idea would be the difficult to figure out. However, how much is decided by the user when they see screenshots, what is the coolness factor when icons appear to be crystal/brushed aluminum/iridecent blue/etc? How great is it when windows will shuffle like pages in a book, or are transparent?

No matter how pragmatic the average /.er might be, there is something to be said about design and usability. How else would you explain the popularity of the iPod? Otherwise we'd all be driving one of these around.

Of course my latest and greatest hardware is circa 2001, I don't know what people consider hardware hogs to be. I can still run BF2 on my PIII 1.4.

Because if a frog had side pockets, he'd carry a handgun, and those coconuts are gonna get scored like a butterfly ballot made of beef jerky and left to cure an alligator-infested Florida swamp.

Seriously, Dan, we never knew you had a Slashdot account! How's the turnip soup? I love biscuits with gravy.

...because there were very few television sets before the World War 2. For example 200 worldwide in 1936.
You may be thinking about newsreel.

As for the "more people voted in Big brother than in the general election" line, which is often said, does anyone know whether this represents individual voters, or is it mainly due to loonies voting repeatedly?

"Providing the appropriate environment is the most challenging part of keeping scorpions. The proper heat and humidity is vital in preventing problems. Emperors can be kept alone or in groups. If keeping more than one, a larger tank will be necessary, and a good rule of thumb is to have at least a couple more hiding spots than you have scorpions so they can each have their "space."" - Scorpions as Pets

The Powers That Be in Canada, both Federal and Provincial, can already pass a law without running it by Parliament. It's called an Order in Council. Theoretically an OIC is used for little things like political appointments, but it can be used for big things too.

If anybody objects, there is always the Notwithstanding Clause (it's Section 33). It was used for Bills 101 and 178 in Quebec, and Alberta keeps threatening to use it against same-sex marriage. It's been used a number of other times too.

...laura

I smoke plants all the time

No, the point to this sub thread is whether a hospital had a use for multimedia on thier computers. And the ability to show training videos is an example that they do.

Basically hat DRM does is 'break' something that the hardware was designed to be able to do, because the DRM installer feels the owner shouldn't be able to do something under the theory that they are protecting IP. Its a purposeful impediment. And in a situation where education is involved, impediments increase the risk that education will not happen. Where the education is involved with safety, impedements decrease safety.

You really think medical personel are somehow better than the rest of humanity and are always always fully trained and up to date in their knowledge. Example: Recently my son had a bout with diarrhea. The nurse at our pedeatric office recommended a diet known as BRAT (banana rice applesauce toast). Yet there is much reference out on the web that BRAT is outdated. e.g. http://ms.about.com/od/nutrition/a/BRAT.htm talks about an alternate called CRAM. Is her training out of date? Quite possibly. Is the stereotype of doctors with god complexes totally without basis?

Don't give me your Dr. Nick type strawmen. Life is not a Simpson's cartoon. Education is a continuing process. Even a real heart surgeon needs to keep up to date.

Bzzt. Wrong answer.

Filling out your Tax return is "Voluntary, but not optional"

Look it up. It's true, and the courts have upheld it. It has to be voluntary to get around your 5th ammendment rights against self-incrimination. It's non-optional because of the income tax amendment.
A somewhat weaselly explaination can be found here http://taxes.about.com/od/taxtrouble/a/back_taxes_ 2.htm

Yeah, I'm thinking along those lines and I'm wondering... When does Bush roll out the Death Star? He's already stolen the Axis of Evil title from his library stash - no license is safe from his powers of misappropriation.

None of your supposed resources refute my claim: female infanticide (including abortion) happens en masse in Communist China.

That is Communist China, is it not? Or are you arguing that it is happening in alternative-universe China? Sidereal China? Capitalist and Democratic China? Huh? Help me out here. If it isn't happening in Communist China then where is it happening?

Here's a reading comprehension aid for you: I said it was happening in China, not because of Communism. I do stand by the fact that the Communists' One Child Policy is at fault for this despicable tradition reinfesting China. Call that racist. Call that whatever. But it is 100% irrefutable FACT .

Now please, tell us all again, in the name of abject intellectual dishonesty, that female infanticide does not occur in Communist China. What part of what I said was racist or wrong? The part where Chinese girls are being killed (at some time during their pre and post natal development) with prejudice? Or that it was happening in Communist China?

I'm totally sick of your lies, and I have karma to spare.

Female infanticide is a major problem in Communist China

Female infanticide was brought back by the one child policy

and the men in Communist China are going to pay. Dearly.

That is not racism.
That is not ignorance.

That is a fact that millions of Chinese men are going to face with a level of reality so vivid and frightening that their lamentations will be heard loud and clear for generations to come, in all corners of the world.

Please, carry on with your Holocaust Denial, and bring on those Holocaust denial moderators. The families who have wrought this horror upon womankind in China will still pay for their crimes against women, even if this post goes to -1.

Try this or maybe this.

The first relies on an almost 15 year old report. The second is much more recent (and it's a journal article).

They use to say not to watch TV in the dark. Your pupil dilates in the dark, more light gets in than would normally, greater stress to the eye happens. Now, the CAO says watching TV in day light conditions is equally as dangerous, but that overall reading is more dangerous to your eyes. Well, if I have these eyes, but can't use them, what good are they? According to this link, the CAO also suggests you shouldn't watch TV with sunglasses on (sic). Well, what else am I supposed to use these Ray Bans for?

It's not that expensive for a kit anymore, cuts noise out of the picture completely, and is much more effecient to boot. http://compreviews.about.com/od/cpus/a/LiquidCooli ng.htm I don't know why more people don't use it.

This is the kind of thing that will probably be proven wrong next week when the next next big thing will be announced.

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[1] Actually an urban legend, but close enough to the feeling at the time.

I believe the term we are looking for is employment at-will. I don't know about France, but several states have the concept of at-will employment. For more info see: http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/laborlaws/l/aa09 2402.htm

Sorry, that's not "fun fun fun" it's vandalism.

Sounds like you are unfamiliar with the history of Civil Disobedience.

"Those who profess to favor freedom, yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." - Frederick Douglass

*sigh* No it's not ADD. It's (at best) a symptom of ADD. You see this is why the DSM-IV says things like:

"6 (or more) of the following symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity have persisted for at least 6 months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level"

http://add.about.com/cs/addthebasics/a/dsm.htm

Look at that! (if you're still paying attention and haven't gone off diagnosing other people). You need a quantity of symptoms, over a prolonged period of time to a degree that interferes seriously with your functioning.

    Interestingly enough the edition that they are quoting doesn't mention anything remotely like 'hyperfocus' as a symptom. Even if it had and even if it somehow omitted the fact that you need to display a number of symptoms. You are stil making a directional fallacy. i.e. If some ADHD sufferers have trait X then all people who exhibit trait X have ADHD.

Which if true would imply that everyone who has trouble sleeping has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as the DSM-IV says 'difficulty falling or staying asleep'.

Not to mention you appear to be taking the wiki as gospel which is...well...a whole other internet 'disorder'.

Are you fucking kidding me? They make PLENTY of money and benefits.
98% of the population dreams of making this much money.

Every man is born with a conscience and it is his responsibility to use it. If you choose to participate in an unjust war, you are a murderer plain and simple and not any different than any other armed thug.

"Participation in an unjust war" is not an exception for disobeying an order; further it is doubtful that quoting Thoreau will reduce one's sentence at the Court Martial which will certainly be convened, but it can be a reason to request being granted Consciencous Objector status. http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/militarylaw1/a/obey ingorders.htm

Let's look at NASA for what it is and ignore the science fiction fantasy: NASA is a theft program where our elected officials rob money from citizens to pay for a boondoggle program that none of you would likely pay voluntarily. I don't see any public interest achievements in NASA, and I definitely don't see why NASA or the U.S. government needs to be handling any scientific research.

http://z.about.com/d/collectdolls/1/0/l/G/troll.jp g

MENSTRUATING?

http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite .htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=ancienthistory&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fww w.ancientegypt.co.uk%2Fgods%2Fexplore%2Fnut.html

...apparantly. See dog's bollocks (meaning). Coincidentally similar meaning to the nuts in poker.

Perhaps from students of a top engineering school.

Go Aggies.

The Americans almost singlehandedly (read: $$$) re-built France after WWII (especially the French wine industry), and then proceeded to protect France for 50 years.

I would be very careful about over generalizing here. The original post was worse, but yours isn't much better. Both of you have made some very broad claims. A lot of people outside of acadamia are prone to over-generalizing history.

It is generally accepted that the Marchall Plan was "the oil that lubricated the economic engine of Western Europe" (Hitchcock, The Struggle for Europe). However, Americans did not plant the seeds in French vineyards, we didn't rebuild their cities, nor did we help the French out of the kindness of our hearts. We simply gave them a loan that they had to pay interest on. Western Europe was a showcase for democracy after WWII, and the main reason we helped out so much was because we were deathly afraid of the 300 lb gorilla lurking in the east.

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/jokes/bljo kefrenchjokes2.htm

This was when they ran their website independently. And then in 99 they couldn't fulfill everyone's order?
http://retailindustry.about.com/library/weekly/aa1 22399a.htm

I believe this is why they parterned with Amazon in the first place.

There you go again. You have an extraordinary inabiliy to back up your claims with other than personal anecdotes,

...You're confusing the package management system with the distro...

No, I'm not. However it is part of Gentoo, and one of the defining parts. If you re-read my post you will see that I said ...Slightly off topic, but this is why portage...

...You're right; it's very unscientific. Particularly given the dramatic differences in the numbers of users those various platforms have....

But still, you would have thought Gentoo would have been right up there with the best of them, seeing as it's so much worse than the others.

To add a little more perspective for you, lets include the user base from this survey.

• Mandriva - 17.9%
• Suse - 16.2%
• Debian - 7.7%
• Ubuntu - 3.4%
• Gentoo - 3.4%
• Kubuntu - 0.9%

So Ubuntu and Gentoo should have the same number of complaints. Oh no, they don't.
Debian has two and a quarter times the user base, so it should have two and a quarter times the number of complaints. Oh no, it's more than that.
Kbuntu should have a quarter...

Looks like Gentoo isn't much worse than average after all.

>Then the printing press comes along and the clergy called it Satan's tool because it was something they couldn't control.

Considering that the Bible was one of the first books to benefit tremendously from the printing press, I find this hard to believe.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blJoh annesGutenberg.htm

Steve

Bet they use one of these babies in their detective work.

I dare you - come up with a list of viruses, that can infect a standard (or updated) installation of Debian Gnu/Linux.

The same could officially be said of Windows. Microsoft usually has a patch out by the time a virus hits the 'net. So officially Windows is "virus free". (Yeah, right.)

Unfortunately, if you don't want a virus, you need to go to the Mac. The closest thing it has ever had is a social engineering worm. Linux, on the other hand, has fallen into the same trap as Microsoft on several occasions. Granted, Linux doesn't have many viruses, but it's also not a very big target. The Mac is a far larger target, and they're still waiting.

Do you ever wonder where all the spam in your Inbox is coming from, or how+why DDoS attacks are possible?

I know, and you know. Joe Average has no clue. It's just the magical Internet to him. Especially since adding Virus Software doesn't stop the spam.

I really can't take that statement seriously, sorry.

You obviously have never actually listened to the public. They really believe that Bill Gates is the smartest man alive. Some choice quotes:

"Bill [Gates] is just smarter than everyone else. There are probably more smart people per square foot right here than anywhere else in the world, but Bill is just smarter."

"I think Bill Gates is wonderful. I am poor as dirt, but there's no reason bleaming one man for everyone's woes. Of course, he is stinky rich, but hey, he earned it. "

"William Henry Gates III is the richest man on the planet, and maybe the smartest."

"It's like walking the Vatican with the pope." (Brokaw on Gates)

Lewis Perdue also claims his 1983 novel "The Da Vinci Legacy" was largely plagiarized by Brown. You can read 'Da Vinci Code' Plagiarism Lawsuits for more details. If i look back far enough, surely I _must_ have written something I can sue them both for ;-)

What kind of music? I get half my CDs from the US, and have hardly ever been charged anything extra (perhaps taxes on one occasion). Amazon.ca's/HMV's market place often has me ordering CDs from caiman_usa.

The best thing one could have done for one's customers was avoid couriers like FedEx and UPS like the plague, *especially* for items less than $50. Instead always use the US PS. I've bought thousands of dollars of stuff from the US over the years and I just don't see how it could add up to so much. Maybe your 200% includes the extortionate FedEx shipping costs ;) Or perhaps exchange rates where people seem to like comparing the numeric value of what they paid in USD$ to the CAD$ charges... which a few years ago was a bad comparison when CAD$1 only bought USD$0.63.

I've never seen duties beyond PST & GST, although that's not to say it doesn't happen or that there are different rules in other provinces/territories. My worst experience was when a friend in Denver sent me a picture. UPS screwed up and put the insured value at USD$12,000. Their brokerage fee that they tried to charge me was about CAD$150. Plus GST & PST on CAD$19,000 and I said no way and returned it to the sender for them to send to me again with the correct declared value (USD$250 - less than UPS' orginal bill).

I'm afraid you can't really include brokerage fees in your 200%. That's down to the courier *you've* chosen to send by. For Canada Post (i.e. via USPS), it's a flat $5 or $8 fee, although I've only seen it applied rarely. I've also heard it mentioned that people can do their own brokerage and so avoid paying couriers that big money maker, although who has time to go to the correct Canada Border Services Agency location? When buying stuff from eBayers in the US, always ask them if they will send USPS, if they don't I generally don't bother bidding as I don't want to be ripped off by the couriers.

And BTW, there could be brokerage fees importing in to the US too. UPS has such charges.

According to this article about the Empire State Building,

"One of the engines and part of the landing gear hurtled across the 79th floor, through wall partitions and two fire walls, and out the south wall's windows to fall onto a twelve-story building across 33rd Street. The other engine flew into an elevator shaft and landed on an elevator car. The car began to plummet, slowed somewhat by emergency safety devices. Miraculously, when help arrived at the remains of the elevator car in the basement, the two women inside the car were still alive.

Some debris from the crash fell to the streets below, sending pedestrians scurrying for cover, but most fell onto the buildings setbacks at the fifth floor. Still, a bulk of the wreckage remained stuck in the side of the building. After the flames were extinguished and the remains of the victims removed, the rest of the wreckage was removed through the building.

The plane crash killed 14 people (11 office workers and the three crewmen) plus injured 26 others. Though the integrity of the Empire State Building was not affected, the cost of the damage done by the crash was $1 million."

I don't get it. Why didn't the Empire State Building FALL TO THE GROWN AT FREE FALL SPEED from the fire, and why didn't the B-25 EVAPORATE on impact? There are only 3 instances in history of a building entirely collapsing due to a fire: the three WTC buildings (building 7 was an entire city block away, and was built to withstand bombings/hurricanes/etc), and plane crashes almost always leave behind both wings, the cockpit, landing gear, tail section, the TITANIUM ENGINES, and a black box. ALL OF THAT IS SAID TO HAVE INSTANTLY EVAPORATED ON IMPACT (as well as all the seats, plates, serving carts, bodies, everything). The only thing that was left were shards small enough to carry away in your hand, and parts that are PROVEN to have NOT come from any Boeing 757 EVER.

Maybe you should re-evaluate your own understanding of what exactly it is we are talking about here. If you know the melting point of steel (especially if it is entirely coated in fire retardent as the WTC structure was) and titanium (what the engines were made out of that hit the pentagon AND WTC), and the very small resulting heat of a fuel explosion, you would understand that this is physically IMPOSSIBLE.

Oh wait... I didn't see your banana in a blender analogy there... Sorry, I take back everything.

Rationalization is a powerful force. It's absolutely amazing how many people really believe that eliminating civil society would improve their lives despite pervasive evidence to the contrary... when what they really want is just to keep a few extra bucks a month. They complain they don't use public services.

Then they drive on fancy new roads, call the fire department to rescue their treed cat, expect the plane they're getting on will be well-maintained mechanically (even though they will shop for hours for a $1 lower fare), buy beef in the grocery store without a second thought, and feel free to insult /. posters without the fear of being shot to death.

Show me a non-hypocritical anti-government libertarian and I'll show you a survivalist wacko.

It is illegal in US to sell body parts — they can only be donated, which, of course, is too much trouble for most people to consider.

People wait for transplants for years, and many die without receiving one. If it were possible for people to receive money for their or their (recently deceased) relatives' organs, these tradings wouldn't need to endanger the recipients with stuff of questionable quality.

Too bad, the electorate is so irrational on this issue, and spooked by urban myths of kidney thieves, etc...

Try again on the Islam claim.
http://atheism.about.com/b/a/052490.htm

don't know if you have some insider knowledge but almost everyone disagrees with you that the two formats are compatible. I have never read anything to hint that they are. From all the tech articles I've read on them, they are about as different as night and day.

Some links

http://hometheater.about.com/od/dvdbasics/a/bluhdd vdinfo.htm

http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-x-2077-x-x-x

Other skills I've acquired from games include a facility with logic I attribute to learning chess from my father at an early age. D&D and MMORPGs taught me a bit about group dynamics, and resisting the pull of addiction.

As the child gets older, and shows an aptitude for Technology, I would suggest some simple electronics project kits that are suitable for their age, and appeal to their interests.

This is right right on. When I was a kid, as soon as i got bored of my simon toy, i took a screw driver and took it all apart. My parents just said "be careful that you can still put it back together." Maybe what they *should* have done was buy me kits like you're suggesting - would have saved me a lot of learning in highschool (everything is *so* much easier) when you're young

i continue from what you said with somethign along the lines of "see what their interests are, and anything they seem interested in, see if they're interested in making it/hacking it themselves, or if they're content to use it as is"... don't force the young'uns into anything

I remember one time from my days working at a grocery store. I know that sometimes leaks for people can be a problem, so I would help them out by directing them to isle 12. Bill, for your leak problem, here's a solution.

I have no idea where you are getting your facts from, your statement is totally wrong,

No, it's very correct. I base my conclusions on facts, not on any kind of religion.

please include a URL supporting your statements next time.

http://www.pmw.org.il/Latest%20bulletins%20new.htm #b261205

And there's more:
Only 41% of Palestinians viewed the attack on the world trade center as terrorism. Only 46% thought the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 was an act of terrorism.
http://www.pcpsr.org/survey/polls/2001/p3a.html
http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=13420

In this poll only 36% of Palestinians thought 9/11 was an act of terrorism.
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1226762.html

Thousands more can be found. Google is your friend. My favorite terrorist supporters are the ones in SE Asia (I think it was Bangladesh) that were running around with any pictures they could find of Osama Bin Laden, including one that had Burt the muppet from Sesame Street beside Bin Laden's shoulder! Here's the link http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blo samabert2.htm .


Oh, and by the way, "Palenstinians" is correctly spelt: Palestinians

Dude, its called a typo. They come easily when you do not have spell check.

Interestingly enough, abd is both the Arabic word for slave and for persons of Sub-sahara African descent i.e. "black people." Link. This is probably due to the slave trade historically practiced by Muslims (note: not on Muslims, but by Muslims). Link.

This reminds me of something a teacher showed us in school a long time ago!

Take as much cornflour as you can get your hands on, and apply about the same amount of water then mix... you'll end up with a paste that is liquid if you pour it, and solid if you punch it.

http://physics.about.com/od/fluidphysicsexperiment s/a/cornflour.htm

How about Fedora Core 5:
1. Linux with SELinux enabled
2. Firefox 1.5 and Konqueror with Opera as an option
3. How about making it look the way you want?
4. With Mono, you have Beagle
5. yum for command line, yumex or pup for GUI
6. Gstreamer, xine, mplayer: all installable through yum(ex)/pup
7. Non root accounts plus lockdown
8. All sorts of backup scripts
9. Wiki, CVS, etc.
10. Anaconda or a live CD

A more accurate list of Teslas accomplishments.

A more accurate list of Teslas accomplishments.

"This cosmic dance of Shiva is called 'Anandatandava,' meaning the Dance of Bliss, and symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction, as well as the daily rhythm of birth and death. The dance is a pictorial allegory of the five principle manifestations of eternal energy -- creation, destruction, preservation, salvation, and illusion. According to Coomerswamy, the dance of Shiva also represents his five activities: 'Shrishti' (creation, evolution); 'Sthiti' (preservation, support); 'Samhara' (destruction, evolution); 'Tirobhava' (illusion); and 'Anugraha' (release, emancipation, grace). The overall temper of the image is paradoxical, uniting the inner tranquillity, and outside activity of Shiva.

But the interesting deitic interplay is between Shiva and Kali... "The goddess Kali is somewhat distinctive from the other popular Hindu goddesses. Her name is translated as "she who is black" or "the black one" (Kinsley 1993: 134). She is a goddess who is usually depicted in relation to violent battles, in which her passions have arrived at a tremendous intensity. In situations such as these, it generally appears that Kali is expressing the "wrath of the divine" through acts of severe violence. Kali is often described as drinking the hot blood of her victims and then dancing out of control - threatening to destroy the cosmos itself (1993: 134). In appearance and function, Kali symbolizes uncontrollability that neither humans nor the male gods can overcome. Kali's appearance has been represented by various images over the years. Perhaps Kinsley describes her best when he states:

Her hair is disheveled, her eyes red and fierce, she has fangs and a long lolling tongue, her lips are often smeared with blood, her breasts are long and pendulous, her stomach is sunken, and her figure is generously gaunt. She is naked but for several characteristic ornaments: a necklace of skulls or freshly cut heads, a girdle of severed arms, and infant corpses as earrings. She is usually said to have four arms. In the upper left hand, she holds a bloodied cleaver, in her lower left, a freshly cut severed head; her upper right hand makes the sign "fear not," and her lower right hand, the sign of one who confers boons (Kinsley 1996: 77)."

The dance of Kali at the end of time is danced upon the body of Shiva. The wildness of her dance tears the universe apart and brings about the death of Shiva.

Would make one hell of a ballet.

I submit for your reference the now defunct DIVX DVD format (not the codec) that was pushed by Circuit City.

http://hometheater.about.com/library/weekly/aa0621 99.htm

IMHO DIVX was, just as HDCP standard is, a fundamentally flawed idea. If consumers would only vote with their $$$ and refuse to support these blatantly anti-consumer rights products then companies would stop trying to pull this garbage on us.

"A little greed is good, it makes our economy run, but blind greed without practical vision can result in stupid mistakes.

DIVX was a stupid mistake. "

-David

Uhh yes, yes he is.

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/bushvideos/v/bu shfoolme.htm