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What I don't get is why, when the moderation system and filters available allow for you to screen for almost anything, people seem to read a -1 then rant about First Posts and trolls, but hey, that's just me.

I'm a /. fanboy, I like /. warts and all. I see it as a the net's agora. Like any open gathering place you should take what you value with a grain of salt, until you've been able to substantiate it. Reading /. at +4 gives results equal to the best techno sites, but it's up to the reader to validate the information.

I liked /. best before it was sold, but think, that to date, it was at it's best about 3 years ago when the post grad ratio was at it's highest and the best and the brightest seemed to post. But again that's just me; I don't subscribe, not because I don't want to support /., but because I get alot of value out of the ads and think they're germane.

cheers

If the alerts are sent by the company that this idiot seems to run, i'm not surprised it gets filtered out.

Je me souviens indeed. You seem to have trouble remembering you lost, and thus are part of Canada, not New France.

especially when his prediction of a CJD-like disease epidemic is starting to come true in NY: Google News

PERFECT!

Its dadaism in all its beauty. Why doultnt you want to go? Too busy watching TV?

So, your are an Insurance Advisers Association of Australia Incorporated. Good for you. Now what do YOU know about astronomy? :) http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=IAAA&btnG=Sear ch&meta= Lousy abreviation I tell ya!

Well I did a search for "Tiger" on Google, and the Tiger Information Center comes up first, then Tiger Direct, then another tiger sanctuary, AND THEN Apple. So, my point here is that Tiger Direct should sue various Tiger Sanctuaries instead of Apple.

"This is not exactly news. (Cf. Kurt Vonnegut's description of the basic story, which he calls ``Man in a Hole'': ``Somebody gets into trouble and gets out of it. People never get tired of this.'')"

K. Vonnegut's "Man in Hole" quasi ideogram well describes storylines as we like them. The idea is older than Aristotle, whose definition of catharsis has propelled everything Hollywood has done and probably all of pulp fiction. Dvorak is just showing his dismal lack of even a basic knowledge of The Western Canon and showing his age.

BUUUZZZZZZZZZZZ!

The first version of Windows NT was actually 3.01. Microsoft doesn't like to admit it, and it certainly wasn't very popular, so it's difficult to find references to it now, especially from Microsoft.

Google, however, does have a little.
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a &rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&q=%22windows +nt+3.01%22&btnG=Search&meta=

This was already tried, didn't take too well.
Zip Drive and Jaz Drive where what came of the effort, at the time I remember media being rather expensive.

This was already tried, didn't take too well.
Zip Drive and Jaz Drive where what came of the effort, at the time I remember media being rather expensive.

Ewww! santorum..

diffamation - is that where you take something famous and change it?
I swear you could invent a new language from the typos on Slashdot.

Yeah: French.

I speak more than one language, and my typing sucks in all of them : )

80. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the act of reproducing all or any substantial part of

(a) a musical work embodied in a sound recording,

(b) a performer's performance of a musical work embodied in a sound recording, or

(c) a sound recording in which a musical work, or a performer's performance of a musical work, is embodied

onto an audio recording medium for the private use of the person who makes the copy does not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the musical work, the performer's performance or the sound recording.

Limitation

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the act described in that subsection is done for the purpose of doing any of the following in relation to any of the things referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c):

[...]

(b) distributing, whether or not for the purpose of trade;

[...]

Under your argument the FCC itself would be unconstitutional.

Except the FCC isn't a content provider.

So would filters in libraries.

And they are.

So... "X" can't be true, because then "Y" would be true. "Y" is true - so therefore it's possible for "X" to be true.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=final+fantasy+ concert&btnG=Google+Search&meta= should be good for starters. Previous coverage on /. too.

Copper interconnects have already been used. IBM developed the technology and released PowerPC processors with copper interconnects.

Now pay attention class, using a simple Google search you can find usefull items that the author can use, like: http://www.42explore.com/signlang.htm and http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/asl.html.

</sarcasim>

Really, it is not that we object to sarcasim around here (we seem to thrive on it) but at least make it useful sarcasim.

[Hmmm, this story reminds me I wanted to learn ASL also, that way I might understand what all those other drivers are trying to sign to me on the way home.]

Merlin.

Indeed... good ol' Christopher Columbus himself was known to have massacred and/or enslaved people of various non-caucasian races. However, according to most of what you would learn in school, he's a hero for "discovering" America.

The credit likely goes to Tim Karr, the author of the article, or one authors of the 34 results for the term on Google. I was surprised there were only 34 results, and I don't imagine that'll be the case for too long, if everyone else was as satisified with the phrase as I was. :)

I bought the game at the end of January. I've built my Paladin up to 34 or 35. No alts except a very low-level gnome Mage I use as my auction house/additional storage mule. Although I'm single my job requires crazy hours so I don't get to play much; maybe two hours all this week. Some weekends I get to play more.

(Parenthetical comment to those who gripe that they were able to get to 60 in WoW in two weeks: Don't assume you represent most, or even many, of WoW's 1.5M subscribers. Most people in real life aren't unemployed, or perpetually hunkered down in their dorm rooms.)

My plan is to get to 60 while questing in just a few zones. Then I'll repeat with other characters, then I'll switch factions, until I finally see all of Azeroth. I figure it'll take me a couple of years, and by that time there will be even more content to work through.

You called my questions "stupid" and "trivial".

Wow, we have very different definitions of biting someone's head off. Well I apologize if I offended your delicate sensibilities.

I did check on google, like I said, and it is reasonably easy to find.

A needle in a haystack is not a good answer, a volkswagen in a haystack is fine.

I'm looking for a definitive answer from the Debian leadership

I would like a definitive answer from George Bush about why he invaded iraq. What you want and what is realistic seemes to be different things.

-- all I could find ws some email posts from people who, until this morning, were complete strangers. Should I trust "Joe Schmoe" when he says x.org will be included after the Sarge release?

Yes! Especialy if this Joe Schmoe is on the debian developers mailing list! Christ, it's not like this is a life or death situation where you must be absolutely sure of the credentials of your sources.

That "other FAQ" you mention is entitled "Debian X Window System Frequently Asked Questions". How much clearer can you get? Of course you can trust that source, who the hell makes that kind of shit up for fun?

This has already been done/started years ago. http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=human+genome+d iversity+project

On Usenet I posted a detailed description of how I built a 2.8TB RAID storage array for under $4100.

I have no idea of what they're really up to. (I probably missed some of their posts. They did change their text slowly over time.)

Has there ever been a slashdot thread in which a first post and goatse were on topic and insightful?

Not according to Google, which suggests : Did you mean: Has there ever been a slashdot thread in which a first post and goats were on topic and insightful?

define:copyright

I doubt this will last long - It stops any user looking for information to go to the actual site where the information came from. Sure, they tell you where it's comming from, however, the ball stops at google - At least for me - Why would I go to the actual site if I've found what I wanted?

This sounds very similar: News agency suing Google.

works fine for me on google.ca

just appened "what is" to the front of anything

a co worker asked me to try putting what is what is into it

it works!

Now if we've had an alternative to groups.google.com...

Peering up at the southern sky, he caught what appears to be some sort of explosion as Columbia re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. He did not realize that he might have caught the first visual evidence of trouble aboard the space shuttle until he went back inside and watched the tape on his big-screen television. Moments later, he watched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration television channel and realized the shuttle was gone.

There is no mention of the energy strike in this article; the reason I included it here was in part to show the value of his film. If you read the article, you can see that NASA sent a letter thanking him for what were considered to be valuable images which indeed showed the earliest stages of the break-up. --This article also seems important to me because these were apparently the images which came directly after the first frame which showed an energy bolt striking the shuttle. Why the energy bolt was not mentioned at all in the article seems very curious to me.

Here is the first photo showing the energy bolt.

So anyway. . . What we have right now are two stories. The first is the big media story which broadcast the NASA claims regarding the incident; a piece of foam caused damage to heat tiles, which in turn resulted in a critical failure.

The second story is one which comes from two sources; a channeled source claiming an energy weapon was used to shoot down the Columbia, and a photograph of an energy bolt actually striking the shuttle just before it broke up.

So which is more likely. . ?

One:The U.S. Government can be counted on to not fabricate stories, and that NASA's own engineers who originally said the foam strike did

Damn it, Google is your friend. First damn link

You can center it on lat/long very easily. It uses the d.ddd format in the url.

For example...this is my friend's house..

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=kelowna,bc&ll=49.9377 32,-119.461716&spn=0.007693,0.010579&t=k&hl=en

Notice the &ll=49.937732,-119.461716 ? That is your lat/long.

You control zoom wiht the &spn but you cant go down all the way by entering in the url which sucks. At least i havent figured out how.

Rules for whomever, rules for whomever else. Free speech is free speech regardless of who it is for. As written by Beatrice Hall ... but i will defend to the death your right to say it and you know what, it does apply in Canada.

as a few people have pointed out in other threads, there is no brand-new news in Mr Blogger's comments. This has been an ancient scandal in Canada that frankly barely gets mentioned in any more excited a tone than mentioning I like pepper on my steak

what makes me respond to your post is that there is a fundamental difference in how we value and express our freedom of speech. whereas in some countries, shocking testimony at an inquiry calls for a media circus, it does not necesarily mean the same thing in Canada. yes we are a boring, yawny people. i've never been in a city in Canada where i saw the day reported by the Channel 11 Action News Team (now with fewer carbs). it's true that if there's a riot in Canada there's nothing to mention. unleess of course it involves hockey.

but since the commission has been open to the public, has had reporters sitting there the whole time, and is specifically a very boring and old story, you can't really argue that free speech is being limited.

the publication ban is only a limit placed on the story being disseminated widely by the press; in practice it is mostly voluntary, because publication bans are breached whenever a publisher or even TV scum (sorry, "reporter") decide that the story must be told. it is a politeness of the system meant to ensure a fair trial, but it certainly doesn't mean you can't go to Tim Horton's down the street and find out exactly what's going on. nor does it mean that you can't turn on your television and watch the news reports from the States (which most of us are able to figure out how to do).

the inalienable Right of Free Speech is important, but it seems like it should come with the Responsibility of Intelligence as well. i care about my right, but wouldn't want to hear the incessant minutiae of these "scandals" as if it all happened in the girl's locker room in high school.

Rules for whomever, rules for whomever else. Free speech is free speech regardless of who it is for. As written by Beatrice Hall ... but i will defend to the death your right to say it and you know what, it does apply in Canada.

as a few people have pointed out in other threads, there is no brand-new news in Mr Blogger's comments. This has been an ancient scandal in Canada that frankly barely gets mentioned in any more excited a tone than mentioning I like pepper on my steak

what makes me respond to your post is that there is a fundamental difference in how we value and express our freedom of speech. whereas in some countries, shocking testimony at an inquiry calls for a media circus, it does not necesarily mean the same thing in Canada. yes we are a boring, yawny people. i've never been in a city in Canada where i saw the day reported by the Channel 11 Action News Team (now with fewer carbs). it's true that if there's a riot in Canada there's nothing to mention. unleess of course it involves hockey.

but since the commission has been open to the public, has had reporters sitting there the whole time, and is specifically a very boring and old story, you can't really argue that free speech is being limited.

the publication ban is only a limit placed on the story being disseminated widely by the press; in practice it is mostly voluntary, because publication bans are breached whenever a publisher or even TV scum (sorry, "reporter") decide that the story must be told. it is a politeness of the system meant to ensure a fair trial, but it certainly doesn't mean you can't go to Tim Horton's down the street and find out exactly what's going on. nor does it mean that you can't turn on your television and watch the news reports from the States (which most of us are able to figure out how to do).

the inalienable Right of Free Speech is important, but it seems like it should come with the Responsibility of Intelligence as well. i care about my right, but wouldn't want to hear the incessant minutiae of these "scandals" as if it all happened in the girl's locker room in high school.

I was doing this in 1994 with the Karla Homolka trial via my US based netcom address

Estimates are that the Human brain computes somewhere between 100 Teraflops and 1000 Teraflops,
and Google was performing somewhere between 100 and 300 Teraflops. in late 2004.

P.S. Since doing that bit of research, every time Google checks my spelling and responds with "did you mean..." the hair stands on the back of my neck :)

But it's more than processing speed. It needs to have the software to do things like decision making, analysis, reasoning, evaluating, judging, information-organizing, learning, logic etc. which would normally require a human to perform.

We're not far off though...

Sigh, an article about google and you cannot do a simple google search.

More importantly, what would the appliance I burn them in look like?

These stories would be far more interesting if they pursued the recipe.

Another story;
http://www.agrinewsinteractive.com/fullstory.htm?A rticleID=6600&ShowSection=Farmers'%20Week
Here is a good link;
http://www.reap-canada.com/bio_and_climate_3_2.htm
A stove that burns pellets;
http://www.pelletstove.com/

Google does not like my search choice;
machine to make "grass pellet"
http://www.google.ca/search?num=20&hl=en&q=machine +to+make+%22grass+pellet%22&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3D countryCA

Hello!! It was a joke!!!

He said searching for SOMETHING would turn up NOTHING

Wow, I didn't think it was possible for the /. average IQ to drop this low.

Hello!! It was a joke!!!

He said searching for SOMETHING would turn up NOTHING

Wow, I didn't think it was possible for the /. average IQ to drop this low.

While funny... it could happen. Adobe has not sat still when it comes to protecting their patents. Adobe and Macromedia were feuding in 2000 over:

Adobe sues Macromedia over customizable tabbed palettes.
Macromedia retaliates, sues Adobe over changing blended elements and automatic re-blending of elements.

Search Google with Adobe Macromedia Lawsuit for a nice looooong list of articles about this fued.

My father worked for a couple of decades for Grace in a processing plant in St. Thomas, ON., and of course in his mid-50s he developed, and passed away from, a quick spreading lung cancer caused by asbestos.

Of course the cause was the heavily laced vermiculite (I remember hopping in big bins full of the stuff when I was a kid. It was a really neat spongy stuff that looked really interesting) that Grace was processing at the St. Thomas plant, and they knew for many years that it was packed full of asbestos but decided that lawsuits due to death and injuries were less costly than cutting off the asbestos lined mine.

Anyways, a lot of executives at Grace should have gone to jail for gross negligence causing death, but of course they didn't. As it stands we never did sue Grace, as that sort of case is much less common here in Canada, but I'm sure my father wasn't the only victim.

It found something in 0.06 seconds for me.

Isn't it simpler to set your google preferences to do that?

http://www.google.ca/preferences?hl=en

Google news (includes reg-free nytimes link).

Hmmm, let's have a peek at the number ONE result on Google, shall we?

TSA | Transportation Security Administration | TSA Home Page
... TSA Awards Contract for EDS Maintenance to GE InVision and L-3 Communications
... High Confidence and Satisfaction In TSA Security and Customer Service ...
www.tsa.gov/public/ - 33k - 26 Mar 2005 - Cached - Similar pages

Yep, that was difficult.

Is PSC Play Station Console, Public Service Commission, or Pubic Safety Control?

You can't tell from the story's context?

http://www.publicproxyservers.com/index.html
http://google.ca/translate
http://jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy/

Just a few examples...