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P.S. In case you think that Bryan Cantrill quote is made up, check it out yourself on Google groups:

1. Original message
2. Cantrill's reply
3. Hilarious response by David Miller
4. Miguel de Icaza astounded response

P.S. In case you think that Bryan Cantrill quote is made up, check it out yourself on Google groups:

1. Original message
2. Cantrill's reply
3. Hilarious response by David Miller
4. Miguel de Icaza astounded response

No, because you cannot download a butter knife.

So how do you explain THIS!?

google is your friend, and if you want to be pedantic it's not over yet.

And what happened to iinet?

Oh, that's right...

There's a very common theme when it comes to those openly criticising Conroy. Also evident here

Which of course you would have to believe if you where willing to subject yourself to very intimate psychological analysis so that a prgram go intuit what you meant rather than what you typed. While it might be OK for a program on you own private PC to hold the kind of data necessary to reform your search complete with localisation input, blocks, filters and language adjustment in order to send an accurately refined search query to the search engine databases.

Giving that level of psychological access to a for profit, http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/corporate/tenthings.html "You can make money without doing evil", like WTF is that really meant to mean but "you can make more if you are evil" is crazy and attempting gain that sort of psychological access to minors could be considered criminal. Corporations personalties change with the wind, along with changes n majority share holders, who the current executive team is and, of course the cycles of greed that crop up every time the share price starts to lag, especially when it is tied to unrealistic PE ratios which demand high continual increases quarterly revenue numbers.

"[Does this mean]the existence of black holes has been proven beyond theory or any possible conjecture?"

Science doesn't "prove" anything and "beyond theory or any possible conjecture" implies something super-natural or divine but yes the existance of black holes has been accepted by science for several decades. You cannot please everyone so I am sure there are still a few who deny the existance of black holes due to the long tail of skepticisim

Yeah this is getting ridiculous. We need to go back to the ROOT reason why child pornography is illegal: - to protect real children/teens from being raped by adults

But you repeat yourself. Clue: look at http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=aussie+slang+root&meta=cr%3DcountryAU
Even click "I'm feeling lucky" :):)

If you talk to the Russians, I reckon they would say they "eat 21 million German bank accounts for breakfast". I guess it's only news because it's a western European country.

It's not like getting valid numbers is hard these days though. I mean just google for tons of pages describing it and you can effectively have all the valid numbers you want.

Rather than dismissing "uneducated" critcisim you could try some simplistic cross-checking of Tenpenny's feeble publication list with just one reputable mountain of evidence, it will demonstrate how "out there" this woman is.

BTW: It's not compulsory to be educated to be a skeptic but it is cumpulsory to be skeptical to be properly educated.

Rather than dismissing "uneducated" critcisim you could try some simplistic cross-checking of Tenpenny's feeble publication list with just one reputable mountain of evidence, it will demonstrate how "out there" this woman is.

BTW: It's not compulsory to be educated to be a skeptic but it is cumpulsory to be skeptical to be properly educated.

my favourite recurring one is the penis thieves: http://www.google.com.au/search?q=penis+thieves

Interesting BBC story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4105613.stm

Excellent points, but "perpetual copywright" is a tad extreme and some sort of "publish or it's public" clause would seem to be in order because collectively this stuff is our culture and copyright owners are given a monoply as an incentive to enhance it for everyone.

If your not willing to permit access to previously published works then I think you have gone too far. As a baby-boomer from the first TV generation I think opening the corporate vaults that contain old cartoons, news-reels, sitcoms, poltical adverts, etc, would clear up many long standing arguments over "the good old days". I'm sure Google would be happy to to pay for the conversion, hosting, etc, and maybe even throw a few bucks back to the owners. OTOH the owners might feel some of the content paints a less than flattering picture (NSFW) of them in hindsight.

Obig: Get off my lawn!

Not sure if you have head of them but there are free services on the internet called search engines. Instead of simply spitting out what I spoonfed you perhaps you could try one and come up with an intelligent comment.

This is such old news that one of my favourite books, Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, has already covered it. Published in 1889, and required reading for anyone with a sense of humour.

Pretty sure 'recession' is just 'two consecutive quarters of negative growth'. Then again, according to Google's definerator, there's a bit of slack in the definition.

The problem I have with it is that there are thousands of bugs opened against Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, etc that have been open for years that don't get addressed because there aren't enough developers. ...and yet they have enough developers to keep shovling in new features, even if many (or most) users don't want them

It has NOTHING to do with a lack of developers and everything to do with open source politics and project management

"Which app?" means "which application?"

Its the "I couldn't reproduce this" that I took exception to. That's a terrible attitude for a tech to take, in fact its a bad attitude altogether. Further more it proves nothing. If you had of asked which application on its own, I probably wouldn't of cared responding at all. But more importantly you failed to ask what steps the user took before encountering the problem, most problems being caused by incorrect configuration or use. But dont let that stop you from bashing anyone who has an issue with your beloved Mac.

2. Also a google for Traffic Office manager os x yields no identifiable results.

you didn't try very hard did you?

It's older software yes, and its being replaced in this office by its successor Fabrik (not I'm not doing all your googling for you) which runs on Windows or Linux (probably OSX as well seeing as it is designed to run on OSS programs like apache and postgreSQL but its optimised for Linux). Its a scheduling and CRM program specifically designed for web and print design consultancies, it hasn't got many contemporaries which is why we are still running it.

The question is whether you think your trollish bullshit is actually amusing, because if there were a plonk file for slashdot, I'd put you right in it.

Please don't let any facts get in the way of your rampant fanboyism.

Sergei Chernyshenko, an aeronautical engineer from Imperial College London, UK, describes the research as fascinating. However, he points out that while the team have shown the existence of vortices, they haven't yet quantified the extent of the effect on the shark's drag, which he thinks could be minimal.

TPG was bought out by iiNet a few years ago but has retained the brand name and the control to operate independently of iiNet.

Sorry to doubt, but do you have a source for this? I've been OS for a couple of years, but keep in touch with geeky goings-on in Australia, and though I would have heard about this. Furthermore a quick google for 'TGP iiNet ISP' doesn't show any stories about them being bought out...

As I say, not trying to sound rude, just would like confirmation of this.

The team created artificial shark skin with a 16 x 24 array of synthetic scales, each 2 centimetres in length and angled at 90Â to the surface of the "skin".

This is at least a full order of magnitude larger than the scales on a shark's skin.

According to this source, the kolmogorov scale in the ocean is in the order of 1mm. Therefore, is the effect described in TFA going to actually be present for shark's skin? It seems to me that the effect will be minimal, if it is present at all..

1. http://www.google.com.au/

2. 'Australia internet filter bypass'

3. 95% of the population can bypass the filter.

While I appreciate the information you provided & thank you for it, please bear in mind that not all of us have read the GPL from start to finish, or have a copy on hand to cut and paste from. The condescension is not strictly necessary.

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=GPL
First result: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

The condescension was not strictly necessary, but not completely unwarranted either. This is not the Ubuntu mailing list, there to gently guide to towards understanding. There would be many here who think that if you're going to discuss the GPL, it isn't too much to expect you to read it first. If you don't, it is not up to us to make sure you feel good about that.

McCain is going to win: 429,000 hits.

I am voting for McCain: 77,200 hits.

Obama is going to win: 1,100,000 hits.

I am voting for Obama: 97,800 hits.

The all seeing Google predicts Obama.

McCain is going to win: 429,000 hits.

I am voting for McCain: 77,200 hits.

Obama is going to win: 1,100,000 hits.

I am voting for Obama: 97,800 hits.

The all seeing Google predicts Obama.

McCain is going to win: 429,000 hits.

I am voting for McCain: 77,200 hits.

Obama is going to win: 1,100,000 hits.

I am voting for Obama: 97,800 hits.

The all seeing Google predicts Obama.

McCain is going to win: 429,000 hits.

I am voting for McCain: 77,200 hits.

Obama is going to win: 1,100,000 hits.

I am voting for Obama: 97,800 hits.

The all seeing Google predicts Obama.

Yet, we already spend more money per student in public school than nearly all other Western nations. Specifically, we spend 35% more than the Germans.

population of the USA:300 M
population of Germany: 82 M

you think spending 35% more on schools means you should be better educated, even though you have more than 3x the population? I guess I shouldn't be suprised... you're just a product of the shithouse US education system

Yet, we already spend more money per student in public school than nearly all other Western nations. Specifically, we spend 35% more than the Germans.

population of the USA:300 M
population of Germany: 82 M

you think spending 35% more on schools means you should be better educated, even though you have more than 3x the population? I guess I shouldn't be suprised... you're just a product of the shithouse US education system

Sounds like the typical "I've done nothing wrong" diatribe of a man who refuses to admit a mistake despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary: http://www.google.com.au/search?q=bogus+dmca

I'm not impressed, and since I'm outside of the US, I've a good mind to make a bogus DMCA complaint to Wired's Teleco and get the apologist's blog taken down.

There are easy ways to report underage or kiddie porn to the authorities. The following site contains a number of useful links, it was the first site listed after a quick Google search:

http://www.kidsread.net/Report_to_FBI.htm

Could have hit "I'm feeling lucky" but with a search term like "reporting underage porn" you never know ...

http://www.google.com.au/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUK257&q=reporting+underage+porn&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

Peace,
Andy.

Conroy may be Labor by party, but would you call censorship on this scale progressive?

Everything Conroy does and certainly the way he has played this smacks of a conservatism:

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22stephen+conroy%22+conservatve+christian

Go to http://www.google.com.au/ig For now anyway...

That also means nude athletes.

I'll put up with the nude blokes if it means a nude Stephanie Rice.

I've never heard that before. It doesn't seem particularly common, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. I thought you were using it as an adjective.

Personally I'd prefer it if all you people who have got the saying wrong and then try to claim it's an adaptation or sarcasm harnessed your energy into learning how to speak english properly.

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22common%20english%20mistakes%22%20%22could%20care%20less%22&hl=en&meta=

I don't need to post anon, because I'm damned well right, and I couldN'T care less what you think.

OK, in Australia a "Thong" is a piece of footwear,
http://images.google.com.au/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=thong&cr=countryAU&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

any green glowing food coming for halloween?

maybe not... but you could be putting a GFP fish under a glowing Xmas tree (not GFP, but still cool)

any green glowing food coming for halloween?

maybe not... but you could be putting a GFP fish under a glowing Xmas tree (not GFP, but still cool)

Can they get blue as well as green and red?

yes yes yes

Can they be injected into skin cells?

Yes, but you may not want to... and it may not last long

Can the glow be controlled by the nervous system?

I'll say 'not yet' rather than a flat out 'no'.

Which tattoo parlour can give me my glow in the dark thought controlled, full color tattoo?

The tools arent that hard to make but getting your hands on the (G)/(R)/(B)/FP is slightly harder... I have them in my lab ;-)

Just give me...
1) these (check),
2) a template mask -one for each colour (easy enough)
3) And the GFP in the appropriate DNA vector,
4) ???
5) profit
6) and i can paint with 1" dots a tattoo...

I am ***SO*** doing this on the next plant I shoot (not my pic), I only use G(reen)FP on tobacco mainly, so they will have to be monochrome. oh well. just have to put up with green glowing smiley faces on some leaf! No i wont be doing myself (a. I dont have a human vector and b. im not *that* stupid)

p.s. Yes, doing a PhD does make you look for entertainment in odd places.

I looked high and low for GFP tattooed mice (just green dots), which i know i've seen, but google is not my friend.

No, or course.

Seriously, it would be rotating, like every other astronomical body, and we would detect the wildly changing brightness levels.

If it was long, thin and end on, the item would rapidly be rotated by aerodynamic forces until it is side on, where it would instantly break up, like, well, Challenger.

Note that we are looking at the object side-on. It is more like an object that is being gently lobbed into our path. Earth's speed around the sun = 29.7859163 km / sec
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=com.ubuntu%3Aen-US%3Aunofficial&hs=nf2&q=1+AU+*+2*+pi+%2F+1+year+in+km%2Fsec&btnG=Search&meta= (google calculator is amazing!)

Similarly, the embryos are already being created and destroyed en masse by fertility clinics. (And yet, for some reason, pro-lifers never complain about that.)

You just haven't been paying attention.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=embryos+destroyed+fertility 3 of the first 4 links are religious type sites that discuss this issue.
http://www.nrlc.org/news/2004/NRL10/Embryo_Adoption.htm Right to life page on embryo adoption as a solution to IVF embryo destruction.
http://www.righttolife.com.au/StemCellResearch.aspx Right to Life Australia states their position on IVF on the same page as stem cell research.

it's superior to linux in security and performace.

You reckon Solaris is superior to linux in performace? I reckon these guys really know performace.

It seemed rather familiar to me, so a quick google search came up with a similar article from last year.
Additionally, there is an Australian company that is marketing a SolarCube, which looks like it uses conventional lenses to produce the same effect. The initial design was featured on the New Inventors in 2005

"Sad to say, but that's censorship. Coming from someone I respect like Berners-Lee, I am truly disappointed."

Censorship means denying access to information. How does rating the information as (un)trustworthy deny access?

"...it won't work perfectly which is to say it won't work - period.

Nothing works perfectly - period! However, this does not mean we throw out the Principa Mathematica.

"Look at an algorithm like PageRank which Google bombed so easily. What's to prevent miscreants from messing with this?"

Nothing. - What's preventing you from learning the SKILL of researching information (eg: the definition of censorship)?

Good for DIY multitouch setups
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=multitouch

Interesting and informative link. Although, see: this ;-)

apocalypsii? apocalypsen?

Many have asked, few have found.

Incidentally if apocalypse only refers to the earth, one could have more than one, if there were multiple earths...

You are living in a fantasy land if you think we don't need the pollution controls we already have. If the last 50yrs has taught me anything it's that a high proportion of people will shit on their grandmother's dinner plate if there is enough money to be had. Comparing the dumping of toxic waste to video ratings is so childishly naive and irrelevant that I simply don't know where to start.

"If the environmental movement was focused on encouraging VOLUNTARY action from people, I'd be perfectly fine with it."

Then you are either "perfectly fine with it" or simply ignorant.

BTW: Most of the hippies here in Australia live so deep in the bush that they are commonly refered to as "bush bunnies", but maybe it's different where you live. How many hippies have you actually met and what proportion of them tried to "boss you around"?