That arguement is rediculous. What part of Canon's market that will shell out for that camera will apply this hack? Probably almost none of it, if they can find it or understand it. So that leaves the likes of the slashdot crowd, and that really isn't a big enough group to put a dent into Canon's sales.
You mean kinda like how Creative's Muvo 2 went flying off the shelves when word leaked out that the 4 gig microdrive in there would work in a camera?
Joe Consumer may not be as tech savvy as the Slashdot crowd, but a killer bargain appeals to EVERYONE.
I don't know that this is true. I think people are willing to think that it comes free with their computer purhcase. If you were to separate the costs so that they had to pay for Windows separately, or get Linux for free, you might see a difference in the "willingness" to pay.
Good lord, someone please mod this up! (And forward it to someone high up at Google too). I thought I had a pretty good idea, but I like this one even more.
But here's my thought on how they could eliminate spam...
When they go live, virtually EVERY SINGLE PERSON on the planet with internet access and who has heard of Google, will sign up. If something close to that happens, they can simply block ALL incoming mail from other domains (unless you specify otherwise), other than registered businesses. Then permit only e-mails from other GMail users (or other user-specified domains). Their e-mail servers can be used to detect if e-mails are being sent from one address at too high a rate or with too much regularity, and then stop that account from sending anymore e-mails. It would be the PERFECT e-mail system.
Count me as one of the cynics who thinks that this announcement is motivated by politics rather than interest in science. However, the moonbase idea is at least interesting for the THEORETICAL potential of Helium-3. But there are still a lot of hurdles to overcome before we can even use it as a partial justification for building a moonbase.
The problem being that hospitals cannot simply change vendors on a whim. It doesn't work like any other industry. Once you decide to go with a vendor, it takes some MAJOR pitfalls in that vendor's application to make you change before your next scheduled re-evaluation. Changing informatics vendors for a hospital is not only EXTREMELY expensive, but also time consuming. And the healthcare workers HATE change unless they don't have to learn ANYTHING new or the new software is Tivo-like in ease of use. Which is quite frankly impossible in healthcare.
The vendors out there know that its a bitch for hospitals to switch which is why they're so slow to add features or overhaul outdated systems/interfaces. Also, the available stuff out there ranges from worse to slightly-better-than-bad. Add to that the problem that healthcare workers, having gone through the major pain in the ass of learning how to use a certain program (so many healthcare workers, believe it or not are allergic to technology) do NOT like having new added features every few months or weeks, and you suddenly start to realize why the healthcare industry's informatics infrastructure is stuck in the stone-ages.
I'm a physician at a large academic hospital. The healthcare area is one that I think Linux is ideally suited for. Few have attempted it and yet, if you look at the potential benefits, it's almost a no-brainer:
- A large hospital will have hundreds if not thousands of computer terminals. Linux could significantly reduce hospital overhead costs, which nowadays is being given a high priority.
- Linux doesn't currently have the virus/worm problem that Windows has. This is majorly problematic for Windows in the healthcare industry where almost any informatics downtime is unacceptable. Healthcare informatics is rapidly turning into a mission-critical enterprise as more and more hospitals depend on their computer systems to deliver information.
- There's no reason healthcare workers couldn't use the StarOffice/OpenOffice Suites for applications. Most users' needs are pretty basic and documents regarding patients are supposed to be held strictly confidential as well.
- Which brings me to the one downside. Few medical informatics applications are written for Linux. Those that have been are open-source and are developed very slowly since very few programmers out there know anything about (or care to know anything about) healthcare informatics application requirements.
"The FBI has identified a teenager...and plans to arrest him early Friday, a U.S. official confirmed Thursday." "The 18-year-old, whose name and hometown was not immediately available..."
As others here have mentioned, why are they announcing his arrest ahead of time? Could it be that they haven't pinpointed exactly who and where this person is and are hoping that the announcement will flush him out?
"A witness reportedly saw the teen testing the infection and called authorities, the official said."
Because most programmers who are smart enough to code a worm would do it on a public computer or with other people watching over their shoulders? WTF?! This kind of shows how much intelligence the U.S. Attorney's office thinks the American public has. The irony is that 90% of the public won't question these glitches in logic.
I don't understand this notion that programming was better 'back in the day' just because people had to be super anal about their code. So what if the computer catches errors in the code for us? How is this is a BAD thing??? Contrary to your belief - it doesn't make people more careless in their programming because it still doesn't allow you to be sloppy in what really matters - the program design.
Yeah, programs may also be more bloated nowadays and not written as efficiently, but that has nothing to do with a shortened compiling time or lazier spoiled programmers. It has to do with the far greater complexity of what we try to program nowadays.
This is Slashdot. Diamonds hold huge potential as a superior semiconductor material compared to silicon. The technology is now here to make mass quantities of them for cheap. And all anyone here can talk about is its relevance as a transparent shiny stone?
Here's some info on its recent development as a semiconductor. Time for the U.S. to get on the ball. It won't take much for another country to surpass us in the technology race.
The new speech processor supports continuous speech recognition with about 20,000 words....will it dance if I start singing "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto..."?
Well, we are trying to deal with it, but the situation is complicated. I think the difference is that Saddam has shown no willingness to cooperate, while North Korea has at least shown a willingness in the past to cooperate. Say what you want about NK, but at least they're *openly* defying us. This makes so little sense, I'm not even sure where to begin. By your argument, we should be more diplomatic with any nation that openly declares they have weapons of mass destruction. NK claims to have nuclear weapons. We tell them to disarm. They gave us the finger. How is that cooperative?
There are a scary number of parallels between Saddam Hussein of today, and Hitler of the 1930s. Oh please. These comparisons make me nuts. You can pick any of the dozens of dictators in the world today and draw the same parallels. Hitler managed to convince the German people to follow him and that he was doing the right thing. What makes you so certain that Bush isn't doing the same thing, under the guise of 'liberty and the American way'? Your average American certainly isn't any more intelligent or more clear thinking than your average German.
with Hussein invading the entire middle east (as he also tried to do back in 1991). First of all, check your facts. It was in 1990 that he invaded Kuwait. And if you ask me, the only mistake he made there was picking a country that held American oil interests. You didn't see us raising much of a fuss back in the 80's when they were trying to take Iran. Nope, in fact, we even gave them a few weapons to do it.
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It's amazing to me how easily some people rationalize war and the arrogance with which they do it.
Okay, I'll bite...
"...no one want to see innocent Iraqi civilians dead." And yet, after 10 years of war and sanctions, there are close to 100,000 (some reports claim more) civilians dead. Saddam is a tyrant and he's no human rights activist, but I'd say the Bush's win the race for innocent civilians killed.
"Iraqi expatriates living in the U.S. are very glad indeed that this war is happening." I see. So you polled a sufficiently large sample size of Iraqi expatriates to make this claim? Funny, because it so happens that I grew up in Saudi Arabia. I happen to know some Iraqis who now live in the U.S. They are happy to live in the U.S. because the opportunities are good. And they are grateful for them. They are NOT happy about the war, because it is being waged on their homeland by people who have no authority there. They may not be happy with the government, but they are unified and independent. You are very very very mistaken if you think that means they want the U.S. to invade them and throw their country into chaos. Just because someone is happy about living here doesn't mean they've turned their backs on their homeland. You may want to rethink your logic. Should we now wage war on China, India, Russia, etc., because they have expatriates who came here in hopes of a better life? And by the way, you should stay away from generalizations, especially when you don't even have a small sampling of proof. There are more than 250 million people in the U.S. That you think you can accurately assess their feelings about the war is beyond arrogant.
"Blaming Bush for the economy is senseless." We're not blaming Bush for the economy. At least I'm not. I'm blaming him for putting it on the backburner for a war that isn't justifiable. AND, to add to that, he's asking Congress for an additional $70 BILLION for war funding. Now, just where do you think that money's going to come from???
Gore lost an election in which he received more votes. Hmm, maybe the Iraqi government isn't the only one that needs some changes. But maybe you should just learn to live with that too?
"UK, Spain, Australia" Gee, I don't suppose this could've been political at all, do you? Or do you actually think they are only worried about the 'oppressed' Iraqi people. Plus, you may not want to be so naive as to mistake the government's support as being equal to the popular opinion. Watch Tony Blair lose in the next elections.
But all that is really besides the point. To be honest, I could care less how many GOVERNMENTS support Bush. This war hasn't been justified. All avenues have not been exhausted. Are you really going to blindly follow your government into war just because they say you should? I'm sure the Germans won't make that mistake again. Let's not make it for the first time.
Let's look at we claim are the objectives for this war...
- To liberate the Iraqis and to rid the world of a ruthless dictator with weapons of mass destruction.
First off - where exactly are these weapons of mass destruction? Don't you think that if there was evidence of weapons of mass destruction and there was a threat of them using it, that the people most worried would be the Saudis? And yet, they denounce the war. Don't you think their opinion counts a little more than the UK's, Spain's, or (*cynical snort*) Australia's? Up until the Gulf War, Iraq was a thriving Middle East nation. Yes, Saddam made some bad decisions. The government made mistakes. But we made the entire nation suffer for it. Their economy and social structure now stands in ruins. So how exactly is dropping more bombs and missles on them going to liberate them? Or do you think it might, just MIGHT, create a whole new generation of people who hate us even more and become potential terrorists? Let's stop putting on these airs of pretension that we are liberators, shall we? There are many other nat
What I don't get is this: if they keep spamming, it means there must be someone buying their stuff. How many people could possibly be applying for so many 'low-interest rate' loans, going on a 'free-vacation', or buying 'sex-enhancement' products?! On second thought, nevermind that last one. Are there really that many dumb people? And another question: how much money are these spammers making? It's got to be pretty significant or they wouldn't be wasting their time.
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That arguement is rediculous. What part of Canon's market that will shell out for that camera will apply this hack? Probably almost none of it, if they can find it or understand it. So that leaves the likes of the slashdot crowd, and that really isn't a big enough group to put a dent into Canon's sales.
You mean kinda like how Creative's Muvo 2 went flying off the shelves when word leaked out that the 4 gig microdrive in there would work in a camera?
Joe Consumer may not be as tech savvy as the Slashdot crowd, but a killer bargain appeals to EVERYONE.
The link I posted above is for parallel printers. But they do make a whole range of print server products. One of them should fit your needs.
...or if you've gone wireless get a wireless print server.
Actually...
Didn't Cyrix first utilize this 'performance-rating' style of rating the chips back in 1995 with their 6X86 chip?
History of Cyrix
"People are willing to pay for windows."
I don't know that this is true. I think people are willing to think that it comes free with their computer purhcase. If you were to separate the costs so that they had to pay for Windows separately, or get Linux for free, you might see a difference in the "willingness" to pay.
Good lord, someone please mod this up! (And forward it to someone high up at Google too). I thought I had a pretty good idea, but I like this one even more.
But here's my thought on how they could eliminate spam...
When they go live, virtually EVERY SINGLE PERSON on the planet with internet access and who has heard of Google, will sign up. If something close to that happens, they can simply block ALL incoming mail from other domains (unless you specify otherwise), other than registered businesses. Then permit only e-mails from other GMail users (or other user-specified domains). Their e-mail servers can be used to detect if e-mails are being sent from one address at too high a rate or with too much regularity, and then stop that account from sending anymore e-mails. It would be the PERFECT e-mail system.
That's not exactly a fair comparison, since Froogle is still in Beta.
Count me as one of the cynics who thinks that this announcement is motivated by politics rather than interest in science. However, the moonbase idea is at least interesting for the THEORETICAL potential of Helium-3. But there are still a lot of hurdles to overcome before we can even use it as a partial justification for building a moonbase.
I'm still holding out for the "tomijuana".
This brings up an interesting question. Does anyone know what the difference is in properties between the silkworm's silk and the spider's silk?
So does this mean we're going to start arming the cops with spidersilk so they can assist Spiderman in his pursuit of justice? Cool!
The problem being that hospitals cannot simply change vendors on a whim. It doesn't work like any other industry. Once you decide to go with a vendor, it takes some MAJOR pitfalls in that vendor's application to make you change before your next scheduled re-evaluation. Changing informatics vendors for a hospital is not only EXTREMELY expensive, but also time consuming. And the healthcare workers HATE change unless they don't have to learn ANYTHING new or the new software is Tivo-like in ease of use. Which is quite frankly impossible in healthcare.
The vendors out there know that its a bitch for hospitals to switch which is why they're so slow to add features or overhaul outdated systems/interfaces. Also, the available stuff out there ranges from worse to slightly-better-than-bad. Add to that the problem that healthcare workers, having gone through the major pain in the ass of learning how to use a certain program (so many healthcare workers, believe it or not are allergic to technology) do NOT like having new added features every few months or weeks, and you suddenly start to realize why the healthcare industry's informatics infrastructure is stuck in the stone-ages.
I'm a physician at a large academic hospital. The healthcare area is one that I think Linux is ideally suited for. Few have attempted it and yet, if you look at the potential benefits, it's almost a no-brainer:
- A large hospital will have hundreds if not thousands of computer terminals. Linux could significantly reduce hospital overhead costs, which nowadays is being given a high priority.
- Linux doesn't currently have the virus/worm problem that Windows has. This is majorly problematic for Windows in the healthcare industry where almost any informatics downtime is unacceptable. Healthcare informatics is rapidly turning into a mission-critical enterprise as more and more hospitals depend on their computer systems to deliver information.
- There's no reason healthcare workers couldn't use the StarOffice/OpenOffice Suites for applications. Most users' needs are pretty basic and documents regarding patients are supposed to be held strictly confidential as well.
- Which brings me to the one downside. Few medical informatics applications are written for Linux. Those that have been are open-source and are developed very slowly since very few programmers out there know anything about (or care to know anything about) healthcare informatics application requirements.
"The FBI has identified a teenager...and plans to arrest him early Friday, a U.S. official confirmed Thursday."
"The 18-year-old, whose name and hometown was not immediately available..."
As others here have mentioned, why are they announcing his arrest ahead of time? Could it be that they haven't pinpointed exactly who and where this person is and are hoping that the announcement will flush him out?
"A witness reportedly saw the teen testing the infection and called authorities, the official said."
Because most programmers who are smart enough to code a worm would do it on a public computer or with other people watching over their shoulders? WTF?! This kind of shows how much intelligence the U.S. Attorney's office thinks the American public has. The irony is that 90% of the public won't question these glitches in logic.
I don't understand this notion that programming was better 'back in the day' just because people had to be super anal about their code. So what if the computer catches errors in the code for us? How is this is a BAD thing??? Contrary to your belief - it doesn't make people more careless in their programming because it still doesn't allow you to be sloppy in what really matters - the program design.
Yeah, programs may also be more bloated nowadays and not written as efficiently, but that has nothing to do with a shortened compiling time or lazier spoiled programmers. It has to do with the far greater complexity of what we try to program nowadays.
Link.
This is Slashdot. Diamonds hold huge potential as a superior semiconductor material compared to silicon. The technology is now here to make mass quantities of them for cheap. And all anyone here can talk about is its relevance as a transparent shiny stone?
Here's some info on its recent development as a semiconductor. Time for the U.S. to get on the ball. It won't take much for another country to surpass us in the technology race.
The new speech processor supports continuous speech recognition with about 20,000 words. ...will it dance if I start singing "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto..."?
a good use for spam has been found. who would've thought?
Someone mod this up.
Well, we are trying to deal with it, but the situation is complicated. I think the difference is that Saddam has shown no willingness to cooperate, while North Korea has at least shown a willingness in the past to cooperate. Say what you want about NK, but at least they're *openly* defying us.
This makes so little sense, I'm not even sure where to begin. By your argument, we should be more diplomatic with any nation that openly declares they have weapons of mass destruction. NK claims to have nuclear weapons. We tell them to disarm. They gave us the finger. How is that cooperative?
There are a scary number of parallels between Saddam Hussein of today, and Hitler of the 1930s.
Oh please. These comparisons make me nuts. You can pick any of the dozens of dictators in the world today and draw the same parallels. Hitler managed to convince the German people to follow him and that he was doing the right thing. What makes you so certain that Bush isn't doing the same thing, under the guise of 'liberty and the American way'? Your average American certainly isn't any more intelligent or more clear thinking than your average German.
with Hussein invading the entire middle east (as he also tried to do back in 1991).
First of all, check your facts. It was in 1990 that he invaded Kuwait. And if you ask me, the only mistake he made there was picking a country that held American oil interests. You didn't see us raising much of a fuss back in the 80's when they were trying to take Iran. Nope, in fact, we even gave them a few weapons to do it.
It's amazing to me how easily some people rationalize war and the arrogance with which they do it.
Okay, I'll bite...
"...no one want to see innocent Iraqi civilians dead." And yet, after 10 years of war and sanctions, there are close to 100,000 (some reports claim more) civilians dead. Saddam is a tyrant and he's no human rights activist, but I'd say the Bush's win the race for innocent civilians killed.
"Iraqi expatriates living in the U.S. are very glad indeed that this war is happening." I see. So you polled a sufficiently large sample size of Iraqi expatriates to make this claim? Funny, because it so happens that I grew up in Saudi Arabia. I happen to know some Iraqis who now live in the U.S. They are happy to live in the U.S. because the opportunities are good. And they are grateful for them. They are NOT happy about the war, because it is being waged on their homeland by people who have no authority there. They may not be happy with the government, but they are unified and independent. You are very very very mistaken if you think that means they want the U.S. to invade them and throw their country into chaos. Just because someone is happy about living here doesn't mean they've turned their backs on their homeland. You may want to rethink your logic. Should we now wage war on China, India, Russia, etc., because they have expatriates who came here in hopes of a better life? And by the way, you should stay away from generalizations, especially when you don't even have a small sampling of proof. There are more than 250 million people in the U.S. That you think you can accurately assess their feelings about the war is beyond arrogant.
"Blaming Bush for the economy is senseless." We're not blaming Bush for the economy. At least I'm not. I'm blaming him for putting it on the backburner for a war that isn't justifiable. AND, to add to that, he's asking Congress for an additional $70 BILLION for war funding. Now, just where do you think that money's going to come from???
Gore lost an election in which he received more votes. Hmm, maybe the Iraqi government isn't the only one that needs some changes. But maybe you should just learn to live with that too?
"UK, Spain, Australia" Gee, I don't suppose this could've been political at all, do you? Or do you actually think they are only worried about the 'oppressed' Iraqi people. Plus, you may not want to be so naive as to mistake the government's support as being equal to the popular opinion. Watch Tony Blair lose in the next elections.
But all that is really besides the point. To be honest, I could care less how many GOVERNMENTS support Bush. This war hasn't been justified. All avenues have not been exhausted. Are you really going to blindly follow your government into war just because they say you should? I'm sure the Germans won't make that mistake again. Let's not make it for the first time.
Let's look at we claim are the objectives for this war...
- To liberate the Iraqis and to rid the world of a ruthless dictator with weapons of mass destruction.
First off - where exactly are these weapons of mass destruction? Don't you think that if there was evidence of weapons of mass destruction and there was a threat of them using it, that the people most worried would be the Saudis? And yet, they denounce the war. Don't you think their opinion counts a little more than the UK's, Spain's, or (*cynical snort*) Australia's? Up until the Gulf War, Iraq was a thriving Middle East nation. Yes, Saddam made some bad decisions. The government made mistakes. But we made the entire nation suffer for it. Their economy and social structure now stands in ruins. So how exactly is dropping more bombs and missles on them going to liberate them? Or do you think it might, just MIGHT, create a whole new generation of people who hate us even more and become potential terrorists? Let's stop putting on these airs of pretension that we are liberators, shall we? There are many other nat
Is it still heavy enough to hold down a small stack of papers?
What I don't get is this: if they keep spamming, it means there must be someone buying their stuff. How many people could possibly be applying for so many 'low-interest rate' loans, going on a 'free-vacation', or buying 'sex-enhancement' products?! On second thought, nevermind that last one.
Are there really that many dumb people?
And another question: how much money are these spammers making? It's got to be pretty significant or they wouldn't be wasting their time.
fast food is turning japanese girls into sex maniacs
I always knew there was something about McDonald's that I loved. Here's to serving another 100 billion hamburgers and making the world a better place!