For this project, I recommend no less than a 486DX2 133Mhz processor with 64 megs of ram
Because there sure is a lot wrong with asking for a 486 DX2 133MHz. Ain't no such thing exist.
First, saying that the chip is a DX2 implies that the motherboard opperated at a 66MHz bus speed, which no 486 had the blessing to experience (66MHz bus speeds didn't happen until the Pentium line). The 2 in DX2 implied that the CPU operated at a frequency twice that of the bus speed (DX2 66MHz = 33MHz bus speed). There were certainly DX4s though, where the CPU frequency was 3x that of the bus speed (why it wasn't the DX3, I don't know). DX4 75MHz (25 MHz bus) and 100MHz (33MHz bus).
Second, the only chip manufacturer ever to release a 133MHz 486 processor was AMD (a true DX4, 33MHz x 4), and by that time, but the Pentium left all 486s in their dust. There was no market for it, and it was laid out to pasture. I doubt anybody still has one running. Well, perhaps except for these guys.
Why would a child seeing two consenting adults having sex "corrupt" them.
That's not where the corruption occurs.
Sex is a natural thing that happens between two people who like each other a lot.
The corruption happens when an industry forces two people to have sex who do not know one another. Then the industry sells those photos. Millions of them. And anybody in that photograph who is unable to cope with the public exploitation of their personal self will be permanently scarred for the rest of their life. That's where the corruption begins.
Far from damaging my psyche, it made me a lot less nervous about my sexuality. I look back and see that period of my life as an important part of my sexual development.
Everything is exposed and nothing is forbidden when it comes to the pornography industry. Perhaps it doesn't damage your psyche, but it certainly damages the women who are used for your own entertainment.
Let me put it this way...tell me, how long is your erect penis? How many times do you mastrabate in a given week? How many times do you have sex each week? With a woman or a man? Do you have multiple partners at once? Do you like to receive anal stimulation or penetration? Have you ever had more than one partner at a given moment? Oh, and to top things off, could you include your real name and a picture of yourself, preferably naked, so that we all can see the complete you.
Are you comfortable with answering and doing all those things I asked you to do? I would hope not, but the problem far to often is that women who sign on into the industry have all these private details about themselves exposed for nothing more than male fantasy. While you were developing your sexual self, these women had it stripped from them and put into public view.
I highly recommend watching PBS's Frontline Documentary on the Pornography. It really gives a lot of insight about the emotional abuse women go through and the price they pay for the money they earn.
The only thing that could be called truly new is the combined dropdown box for Back and Forward. Interesting idea, but it's certainly not "a clear step in the evolution of user-centric design."
Boy, aren't we trollish today.
1) IE finally got with it and threw in tabbed browsing. Not revolutionary, since Opera and Mozilla came up with it before, but evolutionary for sure.
2) IE finally came up with a simpler navigational system. Until now IE needed two toolbars on the top of my screen compared to Firefox's one (not including the tab bar or the menu bar). They simplified their back and forward buttons, as well as combining the stop and refresh button, and combined two toolbars into one. Certainly evolutionary.
And the best part...
3) Microsoft included an Add-on manger with this version of IE 7. It allows BHOs to be turned on and off.
What can I say? IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!
For those who don't know the acronym, BHO stands for "Browser Helper Objects," or as they've been described to me by other users, "Toolbars from hell." They're the adware-included toolbars littered with casino links and junk, as well as redirecting all your 404 and search inquiries to their sponsored pages. Finally, rather than having to dig through the registry to HKLM(and HKCU)/Software/Microsoft/CurrentVersion/Explorer/B rowser Helper Objects/ to delete them (try to help people with that over the phone), IE finally has a way to disable the stupid toolbars. Also evolutionary.
However, I do still have one complaint. Microsoft can piss off for making this XP-only. 50% of businesses are still using 2K. That's a lot of people to piss off.
[Customers can] fill out a counterfeit report and receive a copy of Windows XP Home Edition for $99 or a copy of Windows XP Professional Edition for $149, Lazar said. Windows XP Home normally sells for $199 and Windows XP Professional Edition usually costs $299.
Check it out everyone! Forget buying XP at the store, just get a pirated copy, file a counterfeit report, and get Windows XP for 50% off!
What's wrong with the PC BIOS anyway?... On a more sinister note, there's no mention in TFA of DRM and the idea of "trusted" computing.
According to the Overview page, Microsoft's listed as the only OS maker. First, why isn't Apple among the lineup? Novell? Red Hat Linux? Perhaps it's because they're not part of the real circle of friends...
Enter Microsoft's Trusted Computer Platform. According to the TCPA FAQ, the companies belonging to the alliance are: "Microsoft, Intel, IBM, HP and AMD". And let's take a look here...yep, they're all there. But what are they really planning?
According to the specifications page, nothing's listed as far as features that are to be included (" The UEFI specification is in development"). But currently, since there is no mention as to the true intent of this new technology, and right now the BIOS isn't broken, why reinvent the wheel? Load times are now less than three seconds, which is a tremendous step from BIOS beginnings. New equipment continues to be supported through new BIOS updates. So what do these companies need that the current BIOS can't give them?
Enter DRM. According to Microsoft's Patent on their DRM-supported OS, Microsoft has a few issues with the current BIOS...This AEGIS model requires a tamper-resistant BIOS that has hard-wired into it the signature of the following stage. This scheme has the very considerable advantage that it works well with current microprocessors and the current PC architecture, but has three drawbacks.
1) First, the set of trusted operating systems or trusted publishers must be wired into the BIOS.
2) Second, if the content is valuable enough (for instance, e-cash or Hollywood videos), users will find a way of replacing the BIOS with one that permits an insecure boot.
3) Third, when obtaining data from a network server, the client has no way of proving to the remote server that it is indeed running a trusted system.
So, Microsoft admits that there are flaws that prevent them from using the BIOS in their Trusted Computing platform. But create a new way of booting a computer, protect the technical details from public view, and put the power of the DMCA behind it, and you have a nice foundation into the DRM frontier.
Well if the amount of searches google is getting is going down -- you have to account for where they are going.
Lately I've become increasingly frustrated with Google's searches. Too many businesses and "magnet sites" (sites designed only to match your query and lure you to their page to then slam you with advertising and paid links, e.g. about.com) have been messing up Google's query system. It's been much more difficult to sift through the relevant pages and the junk ones, plus the number of junk pages continues to grow by the day, flooding my searches with more useless junk. And another thing that got to me yesterday (though I suppose I can't exactly blame Google for this) was seeing a quote that said "Google has blocked 1 webpage because it contains information violating the DMCA."
And yet, I've been trying to scout out other search engines to see if there's anything better, but I haven't found anything that still comes close to Google, even when there's so many people who are cheating Google's system. Altavista's too inconsistant, Dogpile seems to shovel 'piles' of pages at me that just match whatever word I've typed in, and the few times I've used Ask Jeeves, I can get simple information and answers, but any search that I need in depth will still only give me simple information and answers. Google's algoritm seems to be the only one to tell me what information's closest to what I'm trying to find, despite all the artificial relevance inflation that its engine takes.
So the fact that DeVry is churning out more graduates than MIT is hardly news worthy imo.
I think the better point to make is the type of grad that DeVry is churning out. I don't think the authors of this article grasp what "computer science" is. I mean, take a look at the article for a second...
Adults, many of them women and minorities, are realizing they have to go out and obtain degrees in computer science to advance or just keep up at the workplace.
Wait a second, is the workplace suddenly requiring that their workers need to know the inefficiencies of a Bubble-Sorting algorithm? Are they expecting their employees to understand that it's a bad idea to short a +5V with a ground without putting at least some kind of load on the circuit? These are some of the things I learned in Computer Science, and I really don't see someone needing to study data structures and how to implement them in C++ or Java in order to succeed in the workplace.
In fact, on DeVry's own list of Undergrad Programs, I don't see Computer Science anywhere. There's "Computer Engineering Technology" (also classified as "Computer Technology"), "Network Administration", and the one that I'm betting the article considers computer science, "Information Technology". The objective's page for IT lists the following concepts taught: "basic foundation in programming, systems analysis and design, database design and management, and networking... Incorporating a strong applications-oriented component...Integrating general education competencies such as applied research, written and oral communication, critical thinking, problem-solving and team skills." I doubt they get any more complex with their studies than what I learned in high school Computer Science class (one sem. VB, one sem. hardware / networking / research).
The article's really twisting the true definition of computer science. Fear not, nerds of the universe, these "35-year-old African American or Hispanic women" tread not on our turf! I'm more afraid about my job being shipped off to India.
Another interesting scenario to use BeFS is when you are putting songs on your MP3 player. Want all music from Bruce Springsteen? Or all songs from the Devils & Dust album? All songs from the 'rock' genre? You can do that without ever touching a music player or other specialized applications
Well, I guess we know which company Microsoft's going to purchase next...
I suppose I just did a double-take. Kinda like when I heard when Iraqi terrorists kidnapped the diplomat of Egypt. Why hackers hack SpreadFirefox?
1) Mozilla's the good guys. Microsoft's the evil empire.
2) As said in the summary, these guys could get, "real names, web site URLs, e-mail addresses, IM screenames, and home addresses." No credit card information, no bank account numbers, nothing of value other than matching a name&address to a login. Since nobody's sharing any MP3s or warez or doing anything illegal, how does a name&address hurt anybody?
3) I myself haven't even heard of SpreadFireFox's website until today. It's not a big-name deal. I doubt anybody's going to get their name on CNN for this. So, no publicity beyond Slashdot.
HP's new printing platform features intelligent ink level monitoring...Before printing a photo or document, the HP Photosmart 8250 Photo Printer checks that sufficient ink is available to complete the job. This means you never need to experience the frustration of wasted ink, paper and time you normally get when you run out of ink mid-photo or document.
They sure put a positive spin on it. Course, we all know what that really means. Printer'll crap out on you once remaining ink reaches something like 20% so HP can make more money. Yea, let's talk about "waisted ink" for a moment, shall we...
HP does that to me with their 4650 color toner also. Bugs the heck out of me, because I'm used to taking the toner, shaking it, puting it back in the printer, and getting another 30+ pages from it. But on the 4650, it craps out when the toner gets to about 10% and says that it needs to be replaced. Let's do the math...each toner is $180...10% is $18, x4 cartridges per printer, =$72 extra profit for HP.
But I guess that's a good thing, because heaven forbid I waste $0.02 on a piece of paper and the bottom of the inkwell, as well as the 2 minutes it takes for the waisted photograph, when I can just spend $72 to avoid all the hastle!
Richard Dinon saw the laptop's muted glow through the rear window of the SUV parked outside his home. He walked closer and noticed a man inside. Then the man noticed Dinon and snapped his computer shut...An hour later...The Chevy Blazer was still there, the man furtively hunched over his computer.
So, instead, this man walked into the shop, made the sandwich and had a bite. The owner of the place suddenly saw him in the security camera, came out, tore the sandwich from his hands, and booted his ass out on the street. One hour later, the guy comes back to finish his sandwich.
I'm surprised no one yet has pointed out from the f'in' article that this guy WAS WARNED. I mean, the dude's wackin' off to kiddie porn or what not, Richard goes over, sees this dude basking in the warm glow of free-as-in-beer nip slips, gets pissed, and slams the dude's laptop shut. And swears up a storm at the nudie-leech, but as we all know, this juicy detail never makes it into the news. He's been warned.
Well, what'dya know, one hour later, this dude's right back where he was before, still wackin' away at his free-as-in-wi-fi lolitas, which just goes to show you, kids, never get addicted to tittie pics.
Dinon returned at 11 p.m. and the men repeated their strange dance.
Darn public news source euphemisms. Which means that Richard saw this dude grippin' the totem pole in full basking glow of the bald beaver, got pissed that this dude was freeloading porn when he has to pay $39.99 for it, slams the laptop shut, grabs it, throws it out the window, punches the dude in his family jewels, swears at him, then calls the police.
Why didn't this dude file an assault charge? Simple. He was too busy deleting all the naughty-naughty.
I also have heard that the upgrade to 512K bytes will eliminate all such problems because there will be more than enough RAM for any application. Again, I disagree. You can never have enough RAM.
As the girlfriend of a guy with an Xbox 360 under his desk, I'd like to post what little I've observed of this machine.
First, it was noticed at E3 that the XB360 games weren't even running on an XB360, but instead a dual Apple "emulation" of the platform.
Second, I have a close friend who is contracted by Microsoft who was working on the XB360 platform until a month ago. Asking him if he's gotten his XB360 yet from MS, he said that they're still busy trying to complete the production-level design of the box in China.
And I have yet to see even a screenshot of someone playing a game running directly on the console itself. I'd be content though if someone showed one to me.
In short, this is a limited legal victory for the P2P community.
No, I think not. The pendulum has swung (at least a good bit) away from the legality of filesharing. The RIAA will use this as its next 1000lb gorilla that will give them even more leverage in future threats, both written and legal.
It's a pretty limited decision, specific to Grokster's business model. The next P2P company that comes along just has to do a better job of advertising their product for the purpose of exchanging legally exchangeable files.
Perhaps some kid will write the next Napster, "get smart", and publish on his website "This program does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I'm not legally liable for its misuse," thinking that not directly advertising the use of the program will prevent him from legal liability down the road (and depending on word-of-mouth advertising for the spread of the program). That's like me holding a gun in my hand, yelling out "I am not legally liable for this gun's misuse", pull the trigger, and kill somebody.
A P2P software program is also looked at as a tool that can legally be used for something illegal. They may say in their decision that a device promoted as a copyright infringer is liable for suit from copyright owners, but that means that the Burden Of Proof now falls into the software writers to prove that that was never the purpose of the software. Moreso, software writers may be responsible for enforcing their software from the possibility of it being abused. In the end, this may lead to the conclusion that a P2P program w/o any form of DRM will be considered illegal.
Here's an idea...I think I'll go into the car manufacturing business. I'll build myself a brand new car with an extremely efficient engine that gets 400 miles to the gallon. It's a small engine and a lightweight car, but can still transport a family of four!
Disclaimer: At this point in time, the software needed to run it, which is the key to the project, is vaporware. "
Except there's one little problem...the gas needed to run it, which is the key to making this engine so efficient, hasn't been invented yet. But as soon as it is, we'll take the market by storm!
I'm sorry, but my faith does not allow for medical/mathematical intervention. You must allow my child to die to fulfill god's glorious plan.
Shouldn't be a problem if you're Catholic. Remember: it is perfectly acceptable for Catholics to prevent pregnancy with mathematics, though sinful to use physics or chemistry.
Microsoft is looking for true stories about people using Windows computers to pursue a passion or hobby
So one day, I was using Windows, and after it locked up on me for the 8th time after trying to install a video driver, so began my passion for Linux...
This is likely aimed at preventing Linux from gaining market share where MS is currently alienating their customers.
No, I don't think that's it. Though Linux advocates will be more than happy to try and lay claim to any victory over marketing opportunity, I doubt Linux had anything to do with it.
I think this better characterizes Microsoft's train of thought:
==> Any business that isn't growing is downsizing, and downsizing does not bode well for stocks and outlooks.
==> For Microsoft to grow, it has to sell software.
==> Microsoft's greatest profits come from two sources: Windows and Office.
Therefore, Microsoft has to keep selling Windows and Office. But therein lies the dilemma: how can you sell a new version of Windows to someone who's content with their current version of Windows?
This has long been a thorn in Microsoft's side. Developers still (for the most part) support Windows 98, and everybody supports Windows 2000. These are versions of Windows that are now seven and five years old, respectively. Now, think back to the year 1997, when Windows 95 has been out for a little more than two years. Was anybody back then still supporting Windows 2.0 (seven years old at the time), and how much support remained for Windows 3.1 (five years old at the time)?
Microsoft is trying to find a way to make upgrades look important and desirable again. I personally think that Microsoft won't find any takers, but who knows...
...when you have people ready to post the content on Slashdot!
"Hey guys...no need to log in! Here's the article text!"
NYTimes.com to Offer Subscription Service
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS Published: May 17, 2005
The New York Times announced yesterday that it would offer a new subscription-based service on its Web site...
Actually, the point of this post was only to joke about posters who regularly save many Slashdot users the hassle of creating a login for the NYT Online. And up until now, I suppose there's been no problem with it, since the material is available for free (sans the time it takes to create a login account).
But I worry a bit about this move after thinking about some dubious virtues often shown in posts by slashdotters. Stealing article text seems to be a favorite pastime for at least a few posters, but when content is copyrighted AND no longer free, what happens when someone posts it (for a joke / for mod point / for ) on Slashdot, will NYT actually respond with any of those lovely cease and decist letters?
When I get into a car accident, I want to come out alive.
If everyone were driving a mini, then I suppose an auto accident might not be all that bad. But over half the people where I live are driving a pickup or SUV. And mind you, it always seems like the size of the car is inversely proportional to the stupidity of the driver; therefore, there are alot of stupid drivers where I live who think that the dotted-yellow line in the middle of the road just signifies that the road is twice as wide. Driving a car around here that's only as long as an SUV is wide means that when SUVs do run into me, they'll most likely wonder how the mosquitoes got so large this time of year.
I believe you should have said: "Illegal File Sharing is not an academic/research activity, and therefore had no business being on the I2 to share files in the first place. They (the students) were abusing the network and probably breaking laws governing access to restricted computer systems to be on there at all."
The students were doing something illegal. They were doing it on a system that was not established for that kind of activity. They were breaking the rules of the I2 system, so to say that the RIAA had no right for policing the I2 system is nothing more than a double standard.
Personally, if you want to complain about the RIAA having to police I2, complain about the jerk-offs who made it necessary to police I2.
There's always the possiblity that you suck as a teacher.
Let's get some things straight:
1) You can certainly say that in a more tactful way.
2) I don't know what profession you are in, but even in my chair on a computer that's x miles away from you, knowing nothing about you except what you type, I can't infer nor would I even try to rate how you perform in your profession. I'll leave that up to the people that work with you.
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For this project, I recommend no less than a 486DX2 133Mhz processor with 64 megs of ram
Because there sure is a lot wrong with asking for a 486 DX2 133MHz. Ain't no such thing exist.
First, saying that the chip is a DX2 implies that the motherboard opperated at a 66MHz bus speed, which no 486 had the blessing to experience (66MHz bus speeds didn't happen until the Pentium line). The 2 in DX2 implied that the CPU operated at a frequency twice that of the bus speed (DX2 66MHz = 33MHz bus speed). There were certainly DX4s though, where the CPU frequency was 3x that of the bus speed (why it wasn't the DX3, I don't know). DX4 75MHz (25 MHz bus) and 100MHz (33MHz bus).
Second, the only chip manufacturer ever to release a 133MHz 486 processor was AMD (a true DX4, 33MHz x 4), and by that time, but the Pentium left all 486s in their dust. There was no market for it, and it was laid out to pasture. I doubt anybody still has one running. Well, perhaps except for these guys.
Why would a child seeing two consenting adults having sex "corrupt" them.
That's not where the corruption occurs.
Sex is a natural thing that happens between two people who like each other a lot.
The corruption happens when an industry forces two people to have sex who do not know one another. Then the industry sells those photos. Millions of them. And anybody in that photograph who is unable to cope with the public exploitation of their personal self will be permanently scarred for the rest of their life. That's where the corruption begins.
Far from damaging my psyche, it made me a lot less nervous about my sexuality. I look back and see that period of my life as an important part of my sexual development.
Everything is exposed and nothing is forbidden when it comes to the pornography industry. Perhaps it doesn't damage your psyche, but it certainly damages the women who are used for your own entertainment.
Let me put it this way...tell me, how long is your erect penis? How many times do you mastrabate in a given week? How many times do you have sex each week? With a woman or a man? Do you have multiple partners at once? Do you like to receive anal stimulation or penetration? Have you ever had more than one partner at a given moment? Oh, and to top things off, could you include your real name and a picture of yourself, preferably naked, so that we all can see the complete you.
Are you comfortable with answering and doing all those things I asked you to do? I would hope not, but the problem far to often is that women who sign on into the industry have all these private details about themselves exposed for nothing more than male fantasy. While you were developing your sexual self, these women had it stripped from them and put into public view.
I highly recommend watching PBS's Frontline Documentary on the Pornography. It really gives a lot of insight about the emotional abuse women go through and the price they pay for the money they earn.
The only thing that could be called truly new is the combined dropdown box for Back and Forward. Interesting idea, but it's certainly not "a clear step in the evolution of user-centric design."
B rowser Helper Objects/ to delete them (try to help people with that over the phone), IE finally has a way to disable the stupid toolbars. Also evolutionary.
Boy, aren't we trollish today.
1) IE finally got with it and threw in tabbed browsing. Not revolutionary, since Opera and Mozilla came up with it before, but evolutionary for sure.
2) IE finally came up with a simpler navigational system. Until now IE needed two toolbars on the top of my screen compared to Firefox's one (not including the tab bar or the menu bar). They simplified their back and forward buttons, as well as combining the stop and refresh button, and combined two toolbars into one. Certainly evolutionary.
And the best part...
3) Microsoft included an Add-on manger with this version of IE 7. It allows BHOs to be turned on and off.
What can I say? IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!
For those who don't know the acronym, BHO stands for "Browser Helper Objects," or as they've been described to me by other users, "Toolbars from hell." They're the adware-included toolbars littered with casino links and junk, as well as redirecting all your 404 and search inquiries to their sponsored pages. Finally, rather than having to dig through the registry to HKLM(and HKCU)/Software/Microsoft/CurrentVersion/Explorer/
However, I do still have one complaint. Microsoft can piss off for making this XP-only. 50% of businesses are still using 2K. That's a lot of people to piss off.
[Customers can] fill out a counterfeit report and receive a copy of Windows XP Home Edition for $99 or a copy of Windows XP Professional Edition for $149, Lazar said. Windows XP Home normally sells for $199 and Windows XP Professional Edition usually costs $299.
Check it out everyone! Forget buying XP at the store, just get a pirated copy, file a counterfeit report, and get Windows XP for 50% off!
They should call it the "Piracy Rewards Program".
What's wrong with the PC BIOS anyway? ... On a more sinister note, there's no mention in TFA of DRM and the idea of "trusted" computing.
According to the Overview page, Microsoft's listed as the only OS maker. First, why isn't Apple among the lineup? Novell? Red Hat Linux? Perhaps it's because they're not part of the real circle of friends...
Enter Microsoft's Trusted Computer Platform. According to the TCPA FAQ, the companies belonging to the alliance are: "Microsoft, Intel, IBM, HP and AMD". And let's take a look here...yep, they're all there. But what are they really planning?
According to the specifications page, nothing's listed as far as features that are to be included (" The UEFI specification is in development"). But currently, since there is no mention as to the true intent of this new technology, and right now the BIOS isn't broken, why reinvent the wheel? Load times are now less than three seconds, which is a tremendous step from BIOS beginnings. New equipment continues to be supported through new BIOS updates. So what do these companies need that the current BIOS can't give them?
Enter DRM. According to Microsoft's Patent on their DRM-supported OS, Microsoft has a few issues with the current BIOS...This AEGIS model requires a tamper-resistant BIOS that has hard-wired into it the signature of the following stage. This scheme has the very considerable advantage that it works well with current microprocessors and the current PC architecture, but has three drawbacks.
1) First, the set of trusted operating systems or trusted publishers must be wired into the BIOS.
2) Second, if the content is valuable enough (for instance, e-cash or Hollywood videos), users will find a way of replacing the BIOS with one that permits an insecure boot.
3) Third, when obtaining data from a network server, the client has no way of proving to the remote server that it is indeed running a trusted system.
So, Microsoft admits that there are flaws that prevent them from using the BIOS in their Trusted Computing platform. But create a new way of booting a computer, protect the technical details from public view, and put the power of the DMCA behind it, and you have a nice foundation into the DRM frontier.
Well if the amount of searches google is getting is going down -- you have to account for where they are going.
Lately I've become increasingly frustrated with Google's searches. Too many businesses and "magnet sites" (sites designed only to match your query and lure you to their page to then slam you with advertising and paid links, e.g. about.com) have been messing up Google's query system. It's been much more difficult to sift through the relevant pages and the junk ones, plus the number of junk pages continues to grow by the day, flooding my searches with more useless junk. And another thing that got to me yesterday (though I suppose I can't exactly blame Google for this) was seeing a quote that said "Google has blocked 1 webpage because it contains information violating the DMCA."
And yet, I've been trying to scout out other search engines to see if there's anything better, but I haven't found anything that still comes close to Google, even when there's so many people who are cheating Google's system. Altavista's too inconsistant, Dogpile seems to shovel 'piles' of pages at me that just match whatever word I've typed in, and the few times I've used Ask Jeeves, I can get simple information and answers, but any search that I need in depth will still only give me simple information and answers. Google's algoritm seems to be the only one to tell me what information's closest to what I'm trying to find, despite all the artificial relevance inflation that its engine takes.
So the fact that DeVry is churning out more
graduates than MIT is hardly news worthy imo.
I think the better point to make is the type of grad that DeVry is churning out. I don't think the authors of this article grasp what "computer science" is. I mean, take a look at the article for a second...
Adults, many of them women and minorities, are realizing they have to go out and obtain degrees in computer science to advance or just keep up at the workplace.
Wait a second, is the workplace suddenly requiring that their workers need to know the inefficiencies of a Bubble-Sorting algorithm? Are they expecting their employees to understand that it's a bad idea to short a +5V with a ground without putting at least some kind of load on the circuit? These are some of the things I learned in Computer Science, and I really don't see someone needing to study data structures and how to implement them in C++ or Java in order to succeed in the workplace.
In fact, on DeVry's own list of Undergrad Programs, I don't see Computer Science anywhere. There's "Computer Engineering Technology" (also classified as "Computer Technology"), "Network Administration", and the one that I'm betting the article considers computer science, "Information Technology". The objective's page for IT lists the following concepts taught: "basic foundation in programming, systems analysis and design, database design and management, and networking... Incorporating a strong applications-oriented component...Integrating general education competencies such as applied research, written and oral communication, critical thinking, problem-solving and team skills." I doubt they get any more complex with their studies than what I learned in high school Computer Science class (one sem. VB, one sem. hardware / networking / research).
The article's really twisting the true definition of computer science. Fear not, nerds of the universe, these "35-year-old African American or Hispanic women" tread not on our turf! I'm more afraid about my job being shipped off to India.
Another interesting scenario to use BeFS is when you are putting songs on your MP3 player. Want all music from Bruce Springsteen? Or all songs from the Devils & Dust album? All songs from the 'rock' genre? You can do that without ever touching a music player or other specialized applications
Well, I guess we know which company Microsoft's going to purchase next...
I suppose I just did a double-take. Kinda like when I heard when Iraqi terrorists kidnapped the diplomat of Egypt. Why hackers hack SpreadFirefox?
1) Mozilla's the good guys. Microsoft's the evil empire.
2) As said in the summary, these guys could get, "real names, web site URLs, e-mail addresses, IM screenames, and home addresses." No credit card information, no bank account numbers, nothing of value other than matching a name&address to a login. Since nobody's sharing any MP3s or warez or doing anything illegal, how does a name&address hurt anybody?
3) I myself haven't even heard of SpreadFireFox's website until today. It's not a big-name deal. I doubt anybody's going to get their name on CNN for this. So, no publicity beyond Slashdot.
So, why hack SpreadFirefox?
...I just rolled my eyes when I read this tidbit:
HP's new printing platform features intelligent ink level monitoring...Before printing a photo or document, the HP Photosmart 8250 Photo Printer checks that sufficient ink is available to complete the job. This means you never need to experience the frustration of wasted ink, paper and time you normally get when you run out of ink mid-photo or document.
They sure put a positive spin on it. Course, we all know what that really means. Printer'll crap out on you once remaining ink reaches something like 20% so HP can make more money. Yea, let's talk about "waisted ink" for a moment, shall we...
HP does that to me with their 4650 color toner also. Bugs the heck out of me, because I'm used to taking the toner, shaking it, puting it back in the printer, and getting another 30+ pages from it. But on the 4650, it craps out when the toner gets to about 10% and says that it needs to be replaced. Let's do the math...each toner is $180...10% is $18, x4 cartridges per printer, =$72 extra profit for HP.
But I guess that's a good thing, because heaven forbid I waste $0.02 on a piece of paper and the bottom of the inkwell, as well as the 2 minutes it takes for the waisted photograph, when I can just spend $72 to avoid all the hastle!
From the article:
Richard Dinon saw the laptop's muted glow through the rear window of the SUV parked outside his home. He walked closer and noticed a man inside. Then the man noticed Dinon and snapped his computer shut...An hour later...The Chevy Blazer was still there, the man furtively hunched over his computer.
So, instead, this man walked into the shop, made the sandwich and had a bite. The owner of the place suddenly saw him in the security camera, came out, tore the sandwich from his hands, and booted his ass out on the street. One hour later, the guy comes back to finish his sandwich.
I'm surprised no one yet has pointed out from the f'in' article that this guy WAS WARNED. I mean, the dude's wackin' off to kiddie porn or what not, Richard goes over, sees this dude basking in the warm glow of free-as-in-beer nip slips, gets pissed, and slams the dude's laptop shut. And swears up a storm at the nudie-leech, but as we all know, this juicy detail never makes it into the news. He's been warned.
Well, what'dya know, one hour later, this dude's right back where he was before, still wackin' away at his free-as-in-wi-fi lolitas, which just goes to show you, kids, never get addicted to tittie pics.
Dinon returned at 11 p.m. and the men repeated their strange dance.
Darn public news source euphemisms. Which means that Richard saw this dude grippin' the totem pole in full basking glow of the bald beaver, got pissed that this dude was freeloading porn when he has to pay $39.99 for it, slams the laptop shut, grabs it, throws it out the window, punches the dude in his family jewels, swears at him, then calls the police.
Why didn't this dude file an assault charge? Simple. He was too busy deleting all the naughty-naughty.
I also have heard that the upgrade to 512K bytes will eliminate all such problems because there will be more than enough RAM for any application. Again, I disagree. You can never have enough RAM.
Glad to see that some needs just never go away.
As the girlfriend of a guy with an Xbox 360 under his desk, I'd like to post what little I've observed of this machine.
First, it was noticed at E3 that the XB360 games weren't even running on an XB360, but instead a dual Apple "emulation" of the platform.
Second, I have a close friend who is contracted by Microsoft who was working on the XB360 platform until a month ago. Asking him if he's gotten his XB360 yet from MS, he said that they're still busy trying to complete the production-level design of the box in China.
And I have yet to see even a screenshot of someone playing a game running directly on the console itself. I'd be content though if someone showed one to me.
In short, this is a limited legal victory for the P2P community.
No, I think not. The pendulum has swung (at least a good bit) away from the legality of filesharing. The RIAA will use this as its next 1000lb gorilla that will give them even more leverage in future threats, both written and legal.
It's a pretty limited decision, specific to Grokster's business model. The next P2P company that comes along just has to do a better job of advertising their product for the purpose of exchanging legally exchangeable files.
Perhaps some kid will write the next Napster, "get smart", and publish on his website "This program does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I'm not legally liable for its misuse," thinking that not directly advertising the use of the program will prevent him from legal liability down the road (and depending on word-of-mouth advertising for the spread of the program). That's like me holding a gun in my hand, yelling out "I am not legally liable for this gun's misuse", pull the trigger, and kill somebody.
A P2P software program is also looked at as a tool that can legally be used for something illegal. They may say in their decision that a device promoted as a copyright infringer is liable for suit from copyright owners, but that means that the Burden Of Proof now falls into the software writers to prove that that was never the purpose of the software. Moreso, software writers may be responsible for enforcing their software from the possibility of it being abused. In the end, this may lead to the conclusion that a P2P program w/o any form of DRM will be considered illegal.
That is a serious loss for P2P.
Here's an idea...I think I'll go into the car manufacturing business. I'll build myself a brand new car with an extremely efficient engine that gets 400 miles to the gallon. It's a small engine and a lightweight car, but can still transport a family of four!
Disclaimer: At this point in time, the software needed to run it, which is the key to the project, is vaporware. "
Except there's one little problem...the gas needed to run it, which is the key to making this engine so efficient, hasn't been invented yet. But as soon as it is, we'll take the market by storm!
I'm sorry, but my faith does not allow for medical/mathematical intervention. You must allow my child to die to fulfill god's glorious plan.
Shouldn't be a problem if you're Catholic. Remember: it is perfectly acceptable for Catholics to prevent pregnancy with mathematics, though sinful to use physics or chemistry.
Microsoft is looking for true stories about people using Windows computers to pursue a passion or hobby
So one day, I was using Windows, and after it locked up on me for the 8th time after trying to install a video driver, so began my passion for Linux...
This is likely aimed at preventing Linux from gaining market share where MS is currently alienating their customers.
No, I don't think that's it. Though Linux advocates will be more than happy to try and lay claim to any victory over marketing opportunity, I doubt Linux had anything to do with it.
I think this better characterizes Microsoft's train of thought:
==> Any business that isn't growing is downsizing, and downsizing does not bode well for stocks and outlooks.
==> For Microsoft to grow, it has to sell software.
==> Microsoft's greatest profits come from two sources: Windows and Office.
Therefore, Microsoft has to keep selling Windows and Office. But therein lies the dilemma: how can you sell a new version of Windows to someone who's content with their current version of Windows?
This has long been a thorn in Microsoft's side. Developers still (for the most part) support Windows 98, and everybody supports Windows 2000. These are versions of Windows that are now seven and five years old, respectively. Now, think back to the year 1997, when Windows 95 has been out for a little more than two years. Was anybody back then still supporting Windows 2.0 (seven years old at the time), and how much support remained for Windows 3.1 (five years old at the time)?
Microsoft is trying to find a way to make upgrades look important and desirable again. I personally think that Microsoft won't find any takers, but who knows...
...when you have people ready to post the content on Slashdot!
"Hey guys...no need to log in! Here's the article text!"
NYTimes.com to Offer Subscription Service
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
Published: May 17, 2005
The New York Times announced yesterday that it would offer a new subscription-based service on its Web site...
Actually, the point of this post was only to joke about posters who regularly save many Slashdot users the hassle of creating a login for the NYT Online. And up until now, I suppose there's been no problem with it, since the material is available for free (sans the time it takes to create a login account).
But I worry a bit about this move after thinking about some dubious virtues often shown in posts by slashdotters. Stealing article text seems to be a favorite pastime for at least a few posters, but when content is copyrighted AND no longer free, what happens when someone posts it (for a joke / for mod point / for ) on Slashdot, will NYT actually respond with any of those lovely cease and decist letters?
When I get into a car accident, I want to come out alive.
If everyone were driving a mini, then I suppose an auto accident might not be all that bad. But over half the people where I live are driving a pickup or SUV. And mind you, it always seems like the size of the car is inversely proportional to the stupidity of the driver; therefore, there are alot of stupid drivers where I live who think that the dotted-yellow line in the middle of the road just signifies that the road is twice as wide. Driving a car around here that's only as long as an SUV is wide means that when SUVs do run into me, they'll most likely wonder how the mosquitoes got so large this time of year.
"Hey man, check it out! I just got Linux to boot on my DS!"
"Duh, where's Mario?"
"Forget Mario! Linux boots!"
"What's Linux?"
"It's an operating system, you know, like Windows and junk, but I got it to run on the DS!"
"Does Linux play Mario?"
"No, Linux does not play Mario! But it can do so much more!"
"But it can't play Mario. What a geek."
I believe you should have said:
"Illegal File Sharing is not an academic/research activity, and therefore had no business being on the I2 to share files in the first place. They (the students) were abusing the network and probably breaking laws governing access to restricted computer systems to be on there at all."
The students were doing something illegal. They were doing it on a system that was not established for that kind of activity. They were breaking the rules of the I2 system, so to say that the RIAA had no right for policing the I2 system is nothing more than a double standard.
Personally, if you want to complain about the RIAA having to police I2, complain about the jerk-offs who made it necessary to police I2.
What services have been screwed up or acted flaky on your computer since installing SP2?
For my computer:
* command-line ftp allows me to login to a remote site, then hangs whenever I try and do any type of file listing or transfer
* eMule always logs me on with a lowID, even if I plug the computer directly into the cable modem
* Windows Firewall is now "corrupt" and refuses to start the service.
Anybody else?
Sure gives a whole new meaning to "open source", doesn't it?
There's always the possiblity that you suck as a teacher.
Let's get some things straight:
1) You can certainly say that in a more tactful way.
2) I don't know what profession you are in, but even in my chair on a computer that's x miles away from you, knowing nothing about you except what you type, I can't infer nor would I even try to rate how you perform in your profession. I'll leave that up to the people that work with you.
Kapeesh?