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The SBX has been in Hawaii being repaired, as it's a huge turd in seagoing terms. Can't cope with 8ft seas, and has no launch capability (as in, if you fall overboard you better start swimming, they ain't gonna pick you up).

The SBX has been in Hawaii being repaired, as it's a huge turd in seagoing terms. Can't cope with 8ft seas, and has no launch capability (as in, if you fall overboard you better start swimming, they ain't gonna pick you up).

This reminds me of Clifford D. Simak's Bronco from Cemetery World.

http://talesfromthedeadlands.blogspot.com/2005/09/cemetery-world.html

Where are we going with this exactly? There are grandmas who do both of those things, yes. mtv.com even has old grandma hardcore reviewing games for them. You can check out the blog http://oghc.blogspot.com/ run by her grandson, you might be interested in the "Comics Grandma Reads" section on the right hand side. So what insight am I supposed to be gaining here?

Now consider that your typical 1 car garage is 250 sq ft or ~24 sq m. That gives a ratio of 16:1. Given 12 hours or 720 minutes of insolation you get 45 minutes of drive time at 10% power. That's starting to sound pretty reasonable. Of course 100% efficiency is laughable as is 10% power use (cruising on the highway requires ~, but your at least close to the right order of magnitude. In fact according to these calculations maintaining a 55mph cruise takes about 15kW so you only need to be ~25% efficient, not too far off from what these panels are supposed to be capable of so you'd need to cover part of the house too =)

Math is an abstract concept, there is very little that IS math. A pendulum isn't math, math just describes it's motion. The gears in a watch aren't math, math just tells you what the ratio of gears should be. The gears themselves aren't math, they're physical objects. You don't assemble math into material objects, math is just a part of the rules of physics. Math is involved in the creation of many things, but the created thing isn't math.

Software, however, IS math. Or more pedantically, it's a machine-readable description of math. Does being machine-readable math make it more patentable than human-readable math? Without the machine to interpret the description and take tangible physical action, it is still nothing more than an abstract definition of mathematical operations. Just like the mathematical equation defining a pendulum's motion is just an abstraction until you build a pendulum and set it in motion, and if you do that, and patent it, you're patenting the physical device, not the mathematical description of its motion.

There's also reason to believe, based on Microsoft vs AT&T, that SCOTUS agrees with this interpretation that software by itself is just an idea and not patentable.

• The Huffington Post
• Fortune (CNN/Money)
• An auction of such patents
• Software patents allowed in the UK (Previously covered on Slashdot

No, not for all. At least there was some backlash in the UK when they tried: http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2008/02/british-censorship-shambles.html . Still no "political propaganda" allowed during the olympics according to the IOC.

Errant Reports of MS Bowing to Google! . :-( For the life of me I have no idea where people get some of this stuff being passed off as tech-journalism today. "Microsoft Changes Code to Accommodate Google" - What a bunch of BS! We are nearing the release of Vista sp1 and as usual are doing hundreds of things to improve our flagship product, BUT, one thing we are not doing is changing even one line of code to accommodate that bloated crapware put out by Google! NEVER! If those guys can't write apps that take full advantage of our state of the art OS, so be it! We are not responsible for their incompetence, period! I am sooo angry right now that I have to stop and take another Valium ahead of schedule. http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com/

I should have used that one! Watch it! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com/

The Million monkies thing is not true! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com/

The Vista wireless subprotocols make it where Vista PC's barely talk to one another. So an intruder has no hope! Now That is security! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com/

I promise not to sue, even though you may be in violation of our IP! We need thousands of you out there using this before we would consider such a thing anyway. http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com/

Nothing is new about any of this! Pray that MS and Yahoo get together! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com/

Most people use LCDs not CRTs which makes no difference because the backlight is constant on LCDs. This is even addressed from a link from a link off of Blacke's about page here: http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/07/facts-and-fallacies-on-black-google.html

A possible (albeit unlikely) explanation to the stock question:

http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2008/02/microsofts-yahoo-acquisition-is-bold.html#c2138573746104590032

Richard Duncan is a paranoiac lunatic hack.

Except that in the case of falling 300 feet causing death is a theory that has been tested. We know what kinds of forces will kill a human, so any impact that will create those forces will be lethal.
Causation can be shown by a repeatable, verifiable experiment.
Showing causation with a theory is hard, but if the theory is sufficiently descriptive of the situation, might be enough.

The environment and the atmosphere is incredibly complex, and we aren't even close to understanding what is going on.
For example, how can we be sure that our global temperature measurements are even accurate to a degree over the last century.

I am not trying to say that I don't think global warming exists, just that we need tons more research into various things: measuring the global temperature accurately, getting the temperature from now to the distant past, to establish trends, the effect of our pollution on the temperature, the effect of changes we have made to the environment in other ways.

Certainly, reducing sources of smog near big cities is a very good thing, so there are things we should do to help the environment. That is one thing where correlation be expanded to show causation with some experimentation/data. For example, if you have enough data showing that dumping particulate matter into the air in a specific location creates smog.

I wouldn't consider 8 years in the Illinois senate and 2 years as a US senator as a "blank page". That's longer than Hillary has been in elected office. And even if you count her "35 years" of experience, then you'd have to say Obama has over 20 years starting with his work as a community organizer getting people registered, getting poor people on the South Side of Chicago job training, and then working as a civil rights lawyer. You might find this interesting: http://kikustuff.blogspot.com/ and if you actually even attempted to become an informed voter, then you'd realize how wrong that charge of being a "blank page" is.

If you disagree with his policies that's one thing, but if the best his opponents can come up with is that he's all suit and no substance, which is demonstrably false, then it's not looking too good for them.

This is an issue I've been pondering for a very long time, from a philosophy/aesthetics point of view. the real problem here is that we lack a sufficient definition of art in the first place, people have been asking what art is since Socrates, and we STILL don't have a bloody clue. It belongs in that class of "I know it when I see it" ideas, in that what we call art is largely defined by culture, time, and arbitrary academics.

To a large part art is vetted by time, just like all things. We really don't know if any current game will be considered art, we must wait a couple decades for the lens of history to tell us. I guess aesthetics is largely Darwinian in that sense.

I'm still out on video games being art. I think they might have some "arty" potential, but I somewhat doubt that any single game actually has reached that pinnacle yet. Art must reflect the times in which it was created, and so far no videogame has really captured this aspect, as far as I can see.

If anyone is interested, I have a couple articles on aesthetics and videogames on my (defunct) blog, if you excuse the shameless self-promotion.

OSU could have, and should have, opposed the request, since it was not legally correct. See, e.g., University of Oregon's motion to quash.

"If you can prevent the printer's serial # from being tied to your identity"

It won't help if they track you down for some crime (I dunno, sending a ransom note, or printing up a series of Hex characters), and find the printer in your home!

There is some credence to this, or at least some history. 2 examples come to mind:
Larry Craig's accidental disclosure

FBI accidentally gives suspect evidence that they are illegaly wiretapping him, then asks for it back

While the oil companies are doing very well, most the oil money is going to oil-producing countries, such as Dubai/UAE. The oil companies have to pay market price for the oil they don't produce themselves.

It's one thing to carry out a coup d'état, and quite another to run your conquered country into the ground after you've taken power. Bush & Company will get their due someday... It's hard to see how we'll get there from here, but of this I'm certain.

I don't like your idea re lifetime over all and prefer the ideas I put forward here:

http://zotzbro.blogspot.com/2007/04/some-thoughts-on-copyright-offensive.html

but:

"So let's place 'corporate' copyright term at forty years from time of creation."

Why not figure out the average lifespan of a corporation and make corporate copyright last that long...??? under your plan...

all the best,

drew

Bunn does not say that 175 is too cold. They say "Dont reheat it".


They say 'don't reheat it', because once it's fallen to 175, it no longer tastes good. Therefore, for it to taste good, you need to keep it ABOVE 175. McDonalds had it 180-185.

And the rest of your articles give brewing temperature, not serving temperature.


NOT TRUE. Learn to read. The Homeclick link says "dispenses at the correct 180 degree temperature" DISPENSES, as in "serving temp", of 180.
The Morekitchenappliences link is refering to a SERVING carafe that keeps coffee hot for SERVING to people. It mentions how well it hold the heat "based on water at a starting temperature of 203F".

You want more?

http://www.boyds.com/coffee/brewingguide.html
"If brewed coffee must be "held" on a direct heat source, it should be held at 185F,....Lower temperatures make the brew too cold and consumers will be dissatisfied. "

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070926204605AAFm6xU
"several restaurants, including the one I work for, have a minimum temperature that coffee must be served. In the case of the company I work for, it's 180 degrees+.
So, a coffee may be "too hot" to your standards, but as far as the restaurant that served it, it was "just right""

http://coffeeflavour.blogspot.com/2008/02/right-temperature-for-hot-coffee.html
"Ideally, the right temperature for serving coffee is 165 - 175 degrees."

http://solutions-cds.com/FAQ.htm
"185 degrees to 190 degrees temperature for holding beverage coffee. "

Sheesh.

Ugh her blog made me facepalm hard. The Best Buy logo with "WORST" scrawled over it really puts the nail in the coffin.

One of the claims (not in the linked article) is that she did not accept the money - BB unilaterally credited her card, and sent her a $500 gift certificate which she donated to a non-profit. BB is spinning that she "accepted" the payment.

From her blog

Funds received to date total $1110.35, which were unilaterally transferred into my credit card account by Best Buy in late October -- without my knowledge or consent. The amount does not even cover the full cost of replacing the laptop itself, let alone a fraction of the value of the music, pictures, software, and other contents that were on the stolen computer, legal and court expenses, the cost of identity theft protection services that I am forced to bear for years to come, or compensation for the estimated 200 hours I have spent since May dealing with Best Buy and its agents, the replacement of my computer and its contents, and pursuing the lawsuit because of Best Buy's indifference towards my initial requests. Best Buy also sent a $500 gift card to me in mid-October (with no explanation and despite repeatedly communicating that I had no interest in a gift card that would force me to patronize their stores). I subsequently advised them that I would donate it to a non-profit organization unless they requested its return, and did so in December, after not receiving a response.

She seems to want a minimum of $100,000 according to her blog http://www.bestbuybadbuyboycott.blogspot.com/ which I feel is a bit much even for what she claims to have gone through. From her blog:

Yeah, what happened sucks, but I'm of the opinion what she's asking for is still a bit unreasonable. I'm by no means an apologist for Best Buy, in fact I really dislike them, but I think 54 mil is completely ludicrous and $100,000 is a bit greedy.

She's not the loon that the submitter tries to make her out to be. There are a bunch of mitigating factors here, and I highly suggest anyone who complains about her actiosn dig a little deeper.

The thing that really ticks me off more than anything is that the lady paid $300 for one of those ripoff store warranties. This kind of money is normally pure profit for companies, since very few people actually collect on it. However, when someone does have a problem, I expect them to fulfill their obligations on it, not lie and jerk around the customer who bought it for THREE MONTHS. To fix a friggin' POWER BUTTON.

Also, please keep in mind that she admits that she does not expect to actually win $54 million. The reason she chose that amount is because, as stated, they've been lying to her and jerking her around for three months, and this was the only way she felt that it could get any attention.

Normally, I frown upon these cases myself for being a drain on the system and a waste of time. But seriously, read what she's gone through before deciding that she's out of line for trying to punish them for how stupid they've been. She may not be 100% right here, but I don't think that she's 100% wrong, and I have to admit that I hope she gets a pretty high payout to strike a punitive blow against the company for its practices.

This is B.S. on many levels. To begin with, in many respects Canadian copyright law is stronger than that of the U.S. In any case, Canada has no obligation to conform to the WIPO treaty. Canada has signed the WIPO treaty but has not ratified it. Signing a treaty merely indicates the intention of the then current government. As the Hon. Jim Prentice, the Minister responsible for this file, commented, the relationship between signing a treaty and ratifying it is like that between dating and marriage. Nothing is binding until the treaty is ratified, and Canada has never ratified the WIPO treaty.

As to fulfilling treaty obligations, for the US to complain about Canada is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Take the softwood lumber dispute, for example. The US illegally imposed billions of dollars in tariffs and planned, illegally, to give them to US lumber companies. The US consistently lost at the NAFTA dispute panel, even though three of the five panel members were Americans. The dispute was temporarily resolved when the new Conservative minority government gave in to the US in spite of being in the right legally, but the US is making trouble again and there is a good chance that the agreement will not last.

Here is a post by a Canadian Copyright lawyer listing 13 ways in which Canadian Copyright Law is stronger than US Copyright Law: http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2007/11/canadas-stronger-copyright-law-bakers.html

You have just perfectly summarized the point of Stanislaw Lem's short story, "The Seventh Sally" in his excellent book "The Cyberiad" (also reprinted in DugHof's "The Mind's I"), which inspired SimCity.

From Wikipedia's SimCity article:

In addition, Wright also was inspired by reading , a short story by Stanislaw Lem, in which an engineer encounters a deposed tyrant, and creates a miniature city with artificial citizens for the tyrant to oppress. [1]

"And how do you know there aren't civilizations a hundred million times larger than our own? And if there were, would ours then be a model? And what importance do dimensions have anyway? In that box kingdom, doesn't a journey from the capital to one of the corners take months-for those inhabitants? And don't they suffer, don't they know the burden of labor, don't they die?"

"No, Trurl, a sufferer is not one who hands you his suffering, that you may touch it, weigh it, bite it like a coin; a sufferer is one who behaves like a sufferer!"

-Don

Point taken; however ...

Yeah Apple is so open and this is the reason i can run OS X on my beige bo- OH WAIT I CANNOT !

Actually you can. There are a bunch of sites explaining how; that is much more useful than running XP on the new Intel Macs, which you can also do.

But that's not such an issue at least songs i downloaded with Itunes can be played on my noname mp3 play- OH NOES IT FAILS !

You have to convert them first; you can do that in Itunes.

Well at least Itunes runs on Linux, to- SHIT IT DOESN'T !

It works with wine apparently, or Crossover Office.

Google Knows All.

Kinda

There is a distinct difference: ODF doesn't "specify" AutoFormatLikeStarOffice5.2 or WrapLinesLikeStarWriter1.0.
I suggest you read http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/ and see for yourself if OOXML can be considered broken from an objective POV.

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/asylum-in-usa-for-lionheart.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/its-my-bloody-right-to-do-so.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/muzzled-again-in-finland.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/06/muzzled-in-skne.html

This one is kind of similiar:
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/09/arrested-in-brussels-for-carrying.html

The demonstration mentioned in the above link was banned and quite brutally suppressed because the authorities personally disagreed with it.

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/asylum-in-usa-for-lionheart.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/its-my-bloody-right-to-do-so.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/muzzled-again-in-finland.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/06/muzzled-in-skne.html

This one is kind of similiar:
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/09/arrested-in-brussels-for-carrying.html

The demonstration mentioned in the above link was banned and quite brutally suppressed because the authorities personally disagreed with it.

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/asylum-in-usa-for-lionheart.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/its-my-bloody-right-to-do-so.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/muzzled-again-in-finland.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/06/muzzled-in-skne.html

This one is kind of similiar:
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/09/arrested-in-brussels-for-carrying.html

The demonstration mentioned in the above link was banned and quite brutally suppressed because the authorities personally disagreed with it.

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/asylum-in-usa-for-lionheart.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/its-my-bloody-right-to-do-so.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/muzzled-again-in-finland.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/06/muzzled-in-skne.html

This one is kind of similiar:
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/09/arrested-in-brussels-for-carrying.html

The demonstration mentioned in the above link was banned and quite brutally suppressed because the authorities personally disagreed with it.

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/asylum-in-usa-for-lionheart.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/its-my-bloody-right-to-do-so.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/muzzled-again-in-finland.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/06/muzzled-in-skne.html

This one is kind of similiar:
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/09/arrested-in-brussels-for-carrying.html

The demonstration mentioned in the above link was banned and quite brutally suppressed because the authorities personally disagreed with it.

With that kind of mouth, it'll certainly happen before "you bang you" an earth girl.--he heeee

http://the-sky-broadband.blogspot.com/

Do we really need another OS?
This is the main reason the adaption of Open Source Operating Systems is low, for a novice it is daunting to figure out which of the 100+ distros to get. With Microsoft or Apple it is easy (not counting the Vista fiasco for a moment) Get the latest, choose 64 bit or 32 bit and one of versions and you are set.

http://dionysus-atheist.blogspot.com/

http://technoracle.blogspot.com/2007/11/does-apple-own-web-20.html

I do think there were close to 10,000 people in attendance total. The numbers recorded were peak numbers, but a lot of people came late, or had to leave early.

Also here is an excellent site with photographs from around the world: http://anonymousmatters.blogspot.com/

(registered finally, sorry for duplicate post)

I do think there were close to 10,000 people in attendance total. The numbers recorded were peak numbers, but a lot of people came late, or had to leave early.

Also here is an excellent site with photographs from around the world: http://anonymousmatters.blogspot.com/

You mean precisely like people do?

I've heard rumors that similar things are done for movies, books, games, tv shows, and even food.

I believe the idea is to work out how closely you agree with the reviewer in question in order to determine if what they say is useful (and of course when you completely disagree they can be useful - if they love it you'll hate it sort of thing)...

But, yes, if the point was meant to be that there is no one comparison function and hence each persons ordering will may be different, then that's clear enough. Doesn't stop people reporting that X's is better than Y's.

You are exactly right that technology changes at a fast pace- if you love the product buy it right now before it is too late. Sachin http://qtp.blogspot.com/