I had the same sentiment as the OP, since I don't use Outlook for email.
My employer's email server filters out all attachments and leaves the original badly mispelled, adulterated email text intact. Hence all this spam crap still manages to reach my inbox.
Lucky spammers, they manage to also reach the minority of non-Outlook users.
Breast cancer is the wet dream of Madison Avenue; it's got both sex and fear all rolled up into one (well, two) little package
I think that also explains why breastfeeding in public isn't really accepted in the US.
BAsically, the female breast is men's territory, and we can't allow the public (erm, maybe just pig-headed males, I dunno) to cozy up to the idea that there's a perfectly good nutritional reason that mammaries exist, afterall.
I can assure you, even if the whole world start using Gnome and KDE is just used by it's own developers, KDE will keep existing!
That's probably true. Especially if it's of sufficient value. For comparison's sake, just look at with RedHat: In the absence of their supporting their X.Y version, other groups arise that can provide package updates.
*For coders, projects are mostly about fun!*
I think this point cannot be underestimated. If you're a coder working for a company, you're essentially a work=for=hire and could very well be coding up someone else's idea (thereby bringing them fame, glory, profit). OTOH, it's not funny being a starving coder either:(
I was wondering if somebody was going to mention cars.
But having auto-guided autos raises a few question, some of which could be:
1. Can you override the control system to avoid an accident (such as speed up illegally past the speed limit to avoid an accident)?
2. If the traffic laws were be to enforced proactively via the computers such that moving violations couldn't be committed, how will police make up for lost revenues?
3. What are the legal ramifications of disabling your onboard computer?
4. What happens if you hack your onboard computer and program it to become a computer-guided projectile?
Letting computers control humans: Bad Idea. I thought 2001: A Space Odyssey and Terminator 3 demonstrated this.
Images of that annoying Sprint guy kept coming to mind, but it's really very appropriate given the typical lack of ability of parent and teen to communicate with each other.
This idea could be turned into a neat commercial wherein you see parent and child finally having a "dialog" without rolling their eyes behind each others backs.
Not to mention that there is a good deal of academic scientific research funded and performed under the open source software model. In research I've seen all the modern OSes (linux, Win*OS, OS X) in use, but in my area linux dominates, followed by a distant Win*OS.
SIDE NOTE: The latest WPA patch from Microsoft (KB826942) broke my wireless capability severly. I could no longer connect to any wireless access point that had encryption disabled, like coffee shops or T-mobile. If anyone else is having problems connecting to unsecured access points, try uninstalling this. Just passin on the knowledge...
Thanks for the tip. I think that could explain the problems I have been having.
The thing is, I'm a male in my low 20s. Most insurance companies traditionally track what they'd charge based on the age and gender, which (thanks to other drivers my gender and age being retards) would put me in a very shitty spot.
That pretty much goes for US drivers also. The insurance companies' use of statistics is akin to being presumed guilty until proven innocent. It's legal because insurance companies are private entities, not part of law enforcement or the court system.
So when I'm on a business trip to Albuquerque, how do I know where to find these hot spots?
For occassions for which I can plan ahead, I use JiWire. There it shows maps of hotspots and lists fees. (Disclosure: I'm just a user and not affiliated with JiWire.)
QUESTION: Saying the chatter is up, the highest it's been since September 11th, is a pretty dramatic statement, but how would you compare it to, say, the Orange Alert that you called last February...?
SECRETARY RIDGE: I think the level -- again, I don't recall numerically, quantitatively, that time....
If they don't have a quantitative measure, how can he say it's the highest since 9/11? To me it's just another over-exaggeration like "coldest winter ever", "hottest summer ever", or the infamous/.ian "now, more than ever" statements. He would have been just fine describing the general procedure by which they arrive at the decision to raise the level, which he subsequently did, and that is fair and open.
Call it personal preference, but I believe he could have confined all the rationales to his speech but then take no questions or repeat the rationales. The Q&A session the way it played out sounds of propagandising.
I would think Red == (chatter about specific targets with a timetable | attack in progress). I think that's fair. I think genernal vigilance for the color level is fair.
What I don't find fair (to the public) is the indignant way Mr. Ridge handles the press. His responses serve to propagandise and/or scare the public, IMO. To wit:
Re-tooled as an introduction to Microsoft's linux survey:
It should by now be clear to everyone that in the past we relied far too much on secrecy. We arrogantly assumed that we were the only ones who could develop computer operating systems and software, and that therefore we could retain our monopoly. That kept us from pursuing international arrangements that might have held the upsurge on linux under some sort of control.
Thanks. Self correction: I guess that should be Apple not Adobe, according to FreeType:
Apple Computer owns three patents that are related to the processing of glyph outlines within TrueType fonts. This process if also called hinting or grid-fitting and is used to enhance the quality of glyphs at small bitmap sizes.
Not to flame, but on that line of the survey, I simply told them I run AMD at home. They (assuming it's really MS asking) don't need to know about installed memory, NIC, number of cpus, etc., because it's a linux survey supposedly.
But I guess they would *have* to ask because if Windows were my OS, they could login to my machine and get those specs for themselves!
The bezier stuff you mentioned whaffs of PostScript. Maybe the IT lawyers could chime in and say whether the extant patents that companies (like Adobe, IIRC) have also apply to GPU-rendered curves.
What has caused this? My guess: Companies lobbying congress for student visas. While the students are doing research at the university, they earn a salary, part of which they can send back home to improve the standard of living of their family. At the same time, the companies are seeding their applicant pool, and at the university the research is getting done and being published, thereby justifying professors' existence and grant money inflow.
So that's another bubble waiting to pop, IMO.
What's kind of interesting to me is that in the 1980's it was the states in the US that were concerned over "brain drain" ; now it's the entire country.
What really kills me about outsourcing is that companies don't realize just how they are damaging their future in so many ways.
I can agree with that only if the companies care. But I can also see the cynical side where if you're a high executive with millions of dollars already in your personal bank and you're interested in mainly your pocketbook, why not jump ship before the shipwreck?
I know a couple handfuls of non-executive people who were offered handsome early retirement packages and took them before the collaspe of the market bubble. If that is happening these days (doubt it), it's got to be much less frequent and the positions are going to be outsourced, if filled at all.
Sheesh, that's ALL we need. It's as if web browser cookies aren't enough. Oh, what's this thing called a "Lobstergram"? Went to look it up on google, went to the website, and the next day I find an email from the lobstergram people with some "special offer". I swear that businesses feel entitled to spamming you in the name of doing good business (from their POV of course).
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I had the same sentiment as the OP, since I don't use Outlook for email.
My employer's email server filters out all attachments and leaves the original badly mispelled, adulterated email text intact. Hence all this spam crap still manages to reach my inbox.
Lucky spammers, they manage to also reach the minority of non-Outlook users.
I think that also explains why breastfeeding in public isn't really accepted in the US.
BAsically, the female breast is men's territory, and we can't allow the public (erm, maybe just pig-headed males, I dunno) to cozy up to the idea that there's a perfectly good nutritional reason that mammaries exist, afterall.
That's probably true. Especially if it's of sufficient value. For comparison's sake, just look at with RedHat: In the absence of their supporting their X.Y version, other groups arise that can provide package updates.
I think this point cannot be underestimated. If you're a coder working for a company, you're essentially a work=for=hire and could very well be coding up someone else's idea (thereby bringing them fame, glory, profit). OTOH, it's not funny being a starving coder either
Yep, 1 Kb/s is about right
I was wondering if somebody was going to mention cars.
But having auto-guided autos raises a few question, some of which could be:
1. Can you override the control system to avoid an accident (such as speed up illegally past the speed limit to avoid an accident)?
2. If the traffic laws were be to enforced proactively via the computers such that moving violations couldn't be committed, how will police make up for lost revenues?
3. What are the legal ramifications of disabling your onboard computer?
4. What happens if you hack your onboard computer and program it to become a computer-guided projectile?
Letting computers control humans: Bad Idea. I thought 2001: A Space Odyssey and Terminator 3 demonstrated this.
Images of that annoying Sprint guy kept coming to mind, but it's really very appropriate given the typical lack of ability of parent and teen to communicate with each other.
This idea could be turned into a neat commercial wherein you see parent and child finally having a "dialog" without rolling their eyes behind each others backs.
Not to mention that there is a good deal of academic scientific research funded and performed under the open source software model. In research I've seen all the modern OSes (linux, Win*OS, OS X) in use, but in my area linux dominates, followed by a distant Win*OS.
SIDE NOTE: The latest WPA patch from Microsoft (KB826942) broke my wireless capability severly. I could no longer connect to any wireless access point that had encryption disabled, like coffee shops or T-mobile. If anyone else is having problems connecting to unsecured access points, try uninstalling this. Just passin on the knowledge...
Thanks for the tip. I think that could explain the problems I have been having.
The thing is, I'm a male in my low 20s. Most insurance companies traditionally track what they'd charge based on the age and gender, which (thanks to other drivers my gender and age being retards) would put me in a very shitty spot.
That pretty much goes for US drivers also. The insurance companies' use of statistics is akin to being presumed guilty until proven innocent. It's legal because insurance companies are private entities, not part of law enforcement or the court system.
We feel your pain.
For occassions for which I can plan ahead, I use JiWire. There it shows maps of hotspots and lists fees. (Disclosure: I'm just a user and not affiliated with JiWire.)
If they don't have a quantitative measure, how can he say it's the highest since 9/11? To me it's just another over-exaggeration like "coldest winter ever", "hottest summer ever", or the infamous
Call it personal preference, but I believe he could have confined all the rationales to his speech but then take no questions or repeat the rationales. The Q&A session the way it played out sounds of propagandising.
What I don't find fair (to the public) is the indignant way Mr. Ridge handles the press. His responses serve to propagandise and/or scare the public, IMO. To wit:
OK. Back to our regularly scheduled topic....
Re-tooled as an introduction to Microsoft's linux survey:
It should by now be clear to everyone that in the past we relied far too much on secrecy. We arrogantly assumed that we were the only ones who could develop computer operating systems and software, and that therefore we could retain our monopoly. That kept us from pursuing international arrangements that might have held the upsurge on linux under some sort of control.
It appears instead that Adobe is embracing SVG by releasing their own viewer.
( http://freetype.sourceforge.net/patents.html )
Not to flame, but on that line of the survey, I simply told them I run AMD at home. They (assuming it's really MS asking) don't need to know about installed memory, NIC, number of cpus, etc., because it's a linux survey supposedly.
But I guess they would *have* to ask because if Windows were my OS, they could login to my machine and get those specs for themselves!
The bezier stuff you mentioned whaffs of PostScript. Maybe the IT lawyers could chime in and say whether the extant patents that companies (like Adobe, IIRC) have also apply to GPU-rendered curves.
With that word, it is tempting to respond.
What has caused this? My guess: Companies lobbying congress for student visas. While the students are doing research at the university, they earn a salary, part of which they can send back home to improve the standard of living of their family. At the same time, the companies are seeding their applicant pool, and at the university the research is getting done and being published, thereby justifying professors' existence and grant money inflow.
So that's another bubble waiting to pop, IMO.
What's kind of interesting to me is that in the 1980's it was the states in the US that were concerned over "brain drain" ; now it's the entire country.
What really kills me about outsourcing is that companies don't realize just how they are damaging their future in so many ways.
I can agree with that only if the companies care. But I can also see the cynical side where if you're a high executive with millions of dollars already in your personal bank and you're interested in mainly your pocketbook, why not jump ship before the shipwreck?
I know a couple handfuls of non-executive people who were offered handsome early retirement packages and took them before the collaspe of the market bubble. If that is happening these days (doubt it), it's got to be much less frequent and the positions are going to be outsourced, if filled at all.
Did they ever think about converting it to reversible express lanes? (just curious)
Sheesh, that's ALL we need. It's as if web browser cookies aren't enough. Oh, what's this thing called a "Lobstergram"? Went to look it up on google, went to the website, and the next day I find an email from the lobstergram people with some "special offer". I swear that businesses feel entitled to spamming you in the name of doing good business (from their POV of course).
Perhaps, but wouldn't opening Windows in space blow you out into the vacuum? ;)
WFM.
> mplayer 829757140926_01_02.wma
MPlayer 0.90pre8-2.96 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)
[snip]
Detected audio codec: [divx] afm:acm (DivX audio (WMA))
Opening audio decoder: [acm] Win32/ACM decoders
Loading codec DLL: 'divxa32.acm'
Loaded DLL driver divxa32.acm
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, sfmt: 0x10 (2 bps), ratio: 16002->176400 (128.0 kbit)
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
Video: no video!!!
Start playing...
A: 262.3 1.1% 0%
Exiting... (End of file)
I was rather holding out for Penguin Peppermint cornflakes myself, but I'll take coffeed flakes :)
Oh, I misread his post! Thx for the help.