It's not entirely unreasonable to imagine two different distros where one used the offending code and the other didn't. So anyone that used the wrong distro could end up being sued. As you say it sounds like Yahoo lucked out as it's unlikely that Yahoo or Google knew there was a problem with one distro.
Isn't Torchlight II due out around the same time? That's a much more direct competitor given that it was designed by some of the same people behind Diablo I/II. Should be interesting to see if Runic Games tries to put out Torchlight II early since it will appeal to many of the same people (and it includes a multi-player option unlike Torchlight I.)
That hasn't been a problem since the Core 2 processors started coming out. Those old P4s were barn burners (as in they could literally cause a barn to burn down) but the Core 2 duos and Sandy Bridge run fairly cool.
Hmm, how does this work when one company is one state and the other is in another and they are suing one another? I suppose if he stayed out of Washington state he could work for Salesforce.com. By the time the ensuing court case was heard by the court his non-compete clause would be terminated (since it is up in about eight months.)
Linux or Irix? Given that the interface that the girl uses when she says she knows this was a little demo file system interface written for Irix (and how many SGI systems they used in the movie) I think it's a safe bet that's what they showed.
LOL. That's probably the best situation. If the owners of "The Hurt Locker" (an example) complained just remove all references to the movie from the search engine. That way the search engine company doesn't have to worry about which references might be illegal(a source of future lawsuits). It also has the side benefit of making the originator of the lawsuit reconsider their approach.
You have to realize that for much of the world rice is a major part of their diet. So it's easier to improve the quality of rice produced than it is to change their diet by getting them to move from eating rice to eating potatoes.
Nothing. The difference is that you can't arbitrarily decide to print unlimited amounts of bills if your currency is backed by some limited physical commodity. It's a way of putting a limit on the Fed printing money when the government wants to spend without raising taxes. Though it can cause problems when a government needs to be able to spend money that the government doesn't have like during WWII. So you can see the upside and downside to have a currency backed by a commodity that is in limited supply like gold.
That's very true. However there's always the question of whether you agree that the things he wants to do ARE best for you (or for the rest of the country.)
With Ron Paul that's an issue for me because some of his ideas are things I can see as good for the country while other ideas would be bad for the country. It's the same issue I have with Ralph Nader. He also has some good ideas but many of his ideas would hurt the country if implemented.
I've been trusting Gmail to hold on to my email for me. There hasn't been any problems so far and there's nothing there that I absolutely can't deal without. If it all went away I would be forced to do some hunting and perhaps ask some people to resend some information to me but it's nothing critical so I didn't really worry about.
That said I just went ahead and set up my email client to retrieve the data from Gmail and to leave a copy there so I know have the data in two locations. It doesn't hurt to have a second source for the information and since it's only a few hundred emails it takes up almost no space. I think Gmail's counter said I was using around 75MB of space and that's with the spam.
Agreed. It's easy to just turn on last.fm or Pandora if I want to listen to some music. Spend a little time setting up the likes and dislikes and you can easily find new music that fits in with your own likes. Something that you are very unlikely to ever get off the radio since they only play their limited top 40 selection.
It's fine when you are used to it but it is a real shock to the system when you are used to A/C and are suddenly forced to deal with no A/C and high temperatures with high humidity. I grew up with no air conditioning for most of my childhood and never really gave it much thought. There were some days when the heat/humidity became really oppressive (in southern Georgia) but mostly it was fine. At night with the windows open it cooled off enough to be okay and during the day you could have a fan on.
Now I would have trouble dealing with it since I've become so used to having air conditioning. It also doesn't help that I (and just about everyone else) has much more in the way of heat producing devices. TVs/Computers/VCRs/DVRs/cable boxes/etc.. All of that adds to the heat that accumulates in a room.
I agree with you about questioning what Bill Gates has said about the deaths. There's good reason to question those statements even while we can all agree that what his foundation is doing is an overall good thing for the world.
Having said that let me also say that I'm not sure I agree with many of the statements being made here. I have heard scientists on both sides of the issue make statements about what causes autism and whether Wakefield is right or not, whether he did anything wrong or not. Enough to know that without actually looking at the reports myself I can't judge the accuracy of any of the complaints.
What does seem to come through from Wakefield and other doctors that think vaccines may play a part in causing autism is that you don't have to stay away from vaccines. As I understand it by taking single shot vaccines made without mercury it should be possible to avoid the potential issues (if there really are any) while still getting the advantages of vaccination at the cost of some additional expense, time and perhaps a bit more pain and trepidation for the child who would need more shots.
I'm surprised that more of the people who strongly support Wakefield aren't pushing this solution since it seems to address the complaints of both sides of the vaccination/autism issue. It's going to be very hard for anyone to argue that vaccinations don't help prevent disease so it would seem in the best interest of any parent to find a way to safely treat their children if they are worried about autism.
I think that's the problem. There seem to be two forms of Al Jazeera. The one designed for Arabic speaking people and the one designed for English speaking people. From what I've seen (admittedly little) it seems the English version of Al Jazeera is more moderate than the Arab version. That can lead people that only see the English version to assume that Al Jazeera is moderate and doesn't tend to engage in conspiracy theories.
But that's not what the original post is about. It seems that many companies prefer to hire someone new that knows the Iphone (or whatever is new and hot) instead of investing in their existing employees learning the new platform. Which is why the new guy/gal may end up making more.
A smart company would take their employees as being a valuable resource and invest in their education even if it takes away from the day to day production in order to get that long term return. Some employees may take advantage of the company and head out for new jobs once they get their new knowledge but most would stick with a company that is willing to invest in them.
You wouldn't even need a RC plane. Just drop some bags of flour (or any other suitably legal fine white powder)from a building. Put a lit firecracker or something else that will cause the bag to burst well over the heads of the partiers. Someone is bound to panic and start the mob running away from the flour.
At the very least you will get the police involved and have a lot of explaining to do (if you are caught.)
They seem to have a particular issue over the use of the P2P client, Ares. Why is that? From looking at the web site (I had never heard of it before) it looks like they just married the standard Bittorent client with a CD burner so there's nothing special about this P2P client. Did it deserve special mention just because it's the latest buzz word the school officials heard about or is there something special about it?
Or cheating in single player doesn't impact anyone's enjoyment other than their own. For instance when I get Starcraft II I will probably end up cheating in single player mode and it won't impact anybody else's game because I'll probably never play a multi-player game.
As to why cheat in SP mode and why use some method other than what Blizzard provides it comes down to a couple of reasons. One is time since it can take quite a while to finish some missions that I may not have at the time and replaying a mission over and over again over the course of a few weeks or a month in order to try and complete it can get quite old. The other reason why people might use a second party cheat is to get more control over the game as some cheat programs provide extra cheats that Blizzard didn't provide. For instance I remember many editors for Diablo II that allowed you to modify your hero in any way you wanted. You could create an uber warrior and go soloing in hell mode, or you could create a higher level necromancer and get a chance to try playing one without having to worry about how weak a character it is at the very low levels. None of this carried over to the MP game so it didn't impact anybody's game play but the single player of the game.
I think the green attitude took over the car industry. I was just reading an article talking about how various manufacturers are starting to use more green products in automobiles including using bamboo and coconut fibers for car seats. Ford is looking at using a soy based foam to extrude for car seats. So you could imagine coming back and finding the wires, seats and anything else non metallic is gone from your car after going on an extended trip.
Here's another article about the kind of problems these creatures are causing including some pictures of the damage done. http://pleasantonautorepair.net/?p=114
I know which products work better for me. The problem is that say I have a great Sony DVD player. Ten years later it dies on me and I go to get a new DVD player. Should I buy the Sony or not? I could buy it but in the intervening years they may have switched from a solid body DVD player that's designed to last to a low cost plastic model that works but is much cheaper to produce and is likely to last much less time.
What you are describing works great for products that don't last that long and need to be replaced. Basic toiletries fit this category. As do things like light bulbs, pencils and pens. But the items that tend to cost more like cars last for years. Even cheaper items like TVs, computers and computer components go through quick changes. That means that the company that produces great products this year may be a bad choice in a few years.
What makes it even worse is that you can't even be sure of products from a good company. Seagate and IBM have both made great hard drives in the past. They've also both made hard drives that were known to crash. So if someone wants to buy the best product they have to do a fair amount of research ahead of time. As you say many people don't want to do the work so they will buy what's cheapest.
Even that doesn't work. What about a company that produces it's products here in the USA but has just sales offices in other countries? What a company that designs it's products here in the USA but has other companies (located in other countries) produce the pieces and yet another company in another country do the final assembly? The tax changes wouldn't help in those cases. It really only helps if a large company (like Intel) has employees that produce products (design/manufacture/assembly/repair) in countries other than the USA. They can bring jobs back into the USA if they have an incentive to do so. But a company that buys uses parts from foreign companies to produce their final product can't really do much to bring jobs back into the USA so long as the cost of producing/shipping those products is so much cheaper in a foreign country.
I understand what you are saying but this person has submitted many security issues to Microsoft in the past. Have they all been (or even most) been done as a Google employee? If so then it's no surprise that people would see this as a Google vs. Microsoft issue. (I don't know what the truth is here as I've never heard of the guy. Though I can say that the guy is going to get some grief from Google because of this issue. Regardless of his intention releasing this to the public after just five days was a bad idea and it will reflect badly on Google.)
I fully agree with the above statement. Consider now that it's easy enough to get infrared cameras that can effectively see through walls and show you where the people are and give you some idea what they are doing. Then consider what they have accomplished with the new scanners. I wouldn't be surprised if we see those in a hand held form within fifty years so anyone could see even more through the walls of your home. Does that mean that you should lose all rights to privacy since people outside your home can see anything you do in the home even with doors and windows closed and blinds/curtains pulled.
Is there any surprise the CEOs do this? After all they have the best example of people taking credit for anything that goes right while blaming anything that goes wrong on someone else. That's in politics. It's what the guy in power will always do whether it's Congress or PoTUS or your local mayor. There isn't anything that can be done about it so long as the populace allow (or even encourage it.) After in politics it's great to blame anything that wrong on the other guy whether you are a politician or you are a supporter of the politician or party. If we changed that philosophy in politics (yeah.. let's change human nature) then we would probably see it start to change with corporations. However we all know that's not going to happen.
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It's not entirely unreasonable to imagine two different distros where one used the offending code and the other didn't. So anyone that used the wrong distro could end up being sued. As you say it sounds like Yahoo lucked out as it's unlikely that Yahoo or Google knew there was a problem with one distro.
Isn't Torchlight II due out around the same time? That's a much more direct competitor given that it was designed by some of the same people behind Diablo I/II. Should be interesting to see if Runic Games tries to put out Torchlight II early since it will appeal to many of the same people (and it includes a multi-player option unlike Torchlight I.)
That hasn't been a problem since the Core 2 processors started coming out. Those old P4s were barn burners (as in they could literally cause a barn to burn down) but the Core 2 duos and Sandy Bridge run fairly cool.
Hmm, how does this work when one company is one state and the other is in another and they are suing one another? I suppose if he stayed out of Washington state he could work for Salesforce.com. By the time the ensuing court case was heard by the court his non-compete clause would be terminated (since it is up in about eight months.)
Linux or Irix? Given that the interface that the girl uses when she says she knows this was a little demo file system interface written for Irix (and how many SGI systems they used in the movie) I think it's a safe bet that's what they showed.
LOL. That's probably the best situation. If the owners of "The Hurt Locker" (an example) complained just remove all references to the movie from the search engine. That way the search engine company doesn't have to worry about which references might be illegal(a source of future lawsuits). It also has the side benefit of making the originator of the lawsuit reconsider their approach.
You have to realize that for much of the world rice is a major part of their diet. So it's easier to improve the quality of rice produced than it is to change their diet by getting them to move from eating rice to eating potatoes.
Nothing. The difference is that you can't arbitrarily decide to print unlimited amounts of bills if your currency is backed by some limited physical commodity. It's a way of putting a limit on the Fed printing money when the government wants to spend without raising taxes. Though it can cause problems when a government needs to be able to spend money that the government doesn't have like during WWII. So you can see the upside and downside to have a currency backed by a commodity that is in limited supply like gold.
That's very true. However there's always the question of whether you agree that the things he wants to do ARE best for you (or for the rest of the country.)
With Ron Paul that's an issue for me because some of his ideas are things I can see as good for the country while other ideas would be bad for the country. It's the same issue I have with Ralph Nader. He also has some good ideas but many of his ideas would hurt the country if implemented.
I've been trusting Gmail to hold on to my email for me. There hasn't been any problems so far and there's nothing there that I absolutely can't deal without. If it all went away I would be forced to do some hunting and perhaps ask some people to resend some information to me but it's nothing critical so I didn't really worry about.
That said I just went ahead and set up my email client to retrieve the data from Gmail and to leave a copy there so I know have the data in two locations. It doesn't hurt to have a second source for the information and since it's only a few hundred emails it takes up almost no space. I think Gmail's counter said I was using around 75MB of space and that's with the spam.
Agreed. It's easy to just turn on last.fm or Pandora if I want to listen to some music. Spend a little time setting up the likes and dislikes and you can easily find new music that fits in with your own likes. Something that you are very unlikely to ever get off the radio since they only play their limited top 40 selection.
It's fine when you are used to it but it is a real shock to the system when you are used to A/C and are suddenly forced to deal with no A/C and high temperatures with high humidity. I grew up with no air conditioning for most of my childhood and never really gave it much thought. There were some days when the heat/humidity became really oppressive (in southern Georgia) but mostly it was fine. At night with the windows open it cooled off enough to be okay and during the day you could have a fan on.
Now I would have trouble dealing with it since I've become so used to having air conditioning. It also doesn't help that I (and just about everyone else) has much more in the way of heat producing devices. TVs/Computers/VCRs/DVRs/cable boxes/etc.. All of that adds to the heat that accumulates in a room.
I agree with you about questioning what Bill Gates has said about the deaths. There's good reason to question those statements even while we can all agree that what his foundation is doing is an overall good thing for the world. Having said that let me also say that I'm not sure I agree with many of the statements being made here. I have heard scientists on both sides of the issue make statements about what causes autism and whether Wakefield is right or not, whether he did anything wrong or not. Enough to know that without actually looking at the reports myself I can't judge the accuracy of any of the complaints. What does seem to come through from Wakefield and other doctors that think vaccines may play a part in causing autism is that you don't have to stay away from vaccines. As I understand it by taking single shot vaccines made without mercury it should be possible to avoid the potential issues (if there really are any) while still getting the advantages of vaccination at the cost of some additional expense, time and perhaps a bit more pain and trepidation for the child who would need more shots. I'm surprised that more of the people who strongly support Wakefield aren't pushing this solution since it seems to address the complaints of both sides of the vaccination/autism issue. It's going to be very hard for anyone to argue that vaccinations don't help prevent disease so it would seem in the best interest of any parent to find a way to safely treat their children if they are worried about autism.
I think that's the problem. There seem to be two forms of Al Jazeera. The one designed for Arabic speaking people and the one designed for English speaking people. From what I've seen (admittedly little) it seems the English version of Al Jazeera is more moderate than the Arab version. That can lead people that only see the English version to assume that Al Jazeera is moderate and doesn't tend to engage in conspiracy theories.
But that's not what the original post is about. It seems that many companies prefer to hire someone new that knows the Iphone (or whatever is new and hot) instead of investing in their existing employees learning the new platform. Which is why the new guy/gal may end up making more. A smart company would take their employees as being a valuable resource and invest in their education even if it takes away from the day to day production in order to get that long term return. Some employees may take advantage of the company and head out for new jobs once they get their new knowledge but most would stick with a company that is willing to invest in them.
You wouldn't even need a RC plane. Just drop some bags of flour (or any other suitably legal fine white powder)from a building. Put a lit firecracker or something else that will cause the bag to burst well over the heads of the partiers. Someone is bound to panic and start the mob running away from the flour. At the very least you will get the police involved and have a lot of explaining to do (if you are caught.)
They seem to have a particular issue over the use of the P2P client, Ares. Why is that? From looking at the web site (I had never heard of it before) it looks like they just married the standard Bittorent client with a CD burner so there's nothing special about this P2P client. Did it deserve special mention just because it's the latest buzz word the school officials heard about or is there something special about it?
Or cheating in single player doesn't impact anyone's enjoyment other than their own. For instance when I get Starcraft II I will probably end up cheating in single player mode and it won't impact anybody else's game because I'll probably never play a multi-player game. As to why cheat in SP mode and why use some method other than what Blizzard provides it comes down to a couple of reasons. One is time since it can take quite a while to finish some missions that I may not have at the time and replaying a mission over and over again over the course of a few weeks or a month in order to try and complete it can get quite old. The other reason why people might use a second party cheat is to get more control over the game as some cheat programs provide extra cheats that Blizzard didn't provide. For instance I remember many editors for Diablo II that allowed you to modify your hero in any way you wanted. You could create an uber warrior and go soloing in hell mode, or you could create a higher level necromancer and get a chance to try playing one without having to worry about how weak a character it is at the very low levels. None of this carried over to the MP game so it didn't impact anybody's game play but the single player of the game.
I think the green attitude took over the car industry. I was just reading an article talking about how various manufacturers are starting to use more green products in automobiles including using bamboo and coconut fibers for car seats. Ford is looking at using a soy based foam to extrude for car seats. So you could imagine coming back and finding the wires, seats and anything else non metallic is gone from your car after going on an extended trip. Here's another article about the kind of problems these creatures are causing including some pictures of the damage done. http://pleasantonautorepair.net/?p=114
I know which products work better for me. The problem is that say I have a great Sony DVD player. Ten years later it dies on me and I go to get a new DVD player. Should I buy the Sony or not? I could buy it but in the intervening years they may have switched from a solid body DVD player that's designed to last to a low cost plastic model that works but is much cheaper to produce and is likely to last much less time. What you are describing works great for products that don't last that long and need to be replaced. Basic toiletries fit this category. As do things like light bulbs, pencils and pens. But the items that tend to cost more like cars last for years. Even cheaper items like TVs, computers and computer components go through quick changes. That means that the company that produces great products this year may be a bad choice in a few years. What makes it even worse is that you can't even be sure of products from a good company. Seagate and IBM have both made great hard drives in the past. They've also both made hard drives that were known to crash. So if someone wants to buy the best product they have to do a fair amount of research ahead of time. As you say many people don't want to do the work so they will buy what's cheapest.
Even that doesn't work. What about a company that produces it's products here in the USA but has just sales offices in other countries? What a company that designs it's products here in the USA but has other companies (located in other countries) produce the pieces and yet another company in another country do the final assembly? The tax changes wouldn't help in those cases. It really only helps if a large company (like Intel) has employees that produce products (design/manufacture/assembly/repair) in countries other than the USA. They can bring jobs back into the USA if they have an incentive to do so. But a company that buys uses parts from foreign companies to produce their final product can't really do much to bring jobs back into the USA so long as the cost of producing/shipping those products is so much cheaper in a foreign country.
I understand what you are saying but this person has submitted many security issues to Microsoft in the past. Have they all been (or even most) been done as a Google employee? If so then it's no surprise that people would see this as a Google vs. Microsoft issue. (I don't know what the truth is here as I've never heard of the guy. Though I can say that the guy is going to get some grief from Google because of this issue. Regardless of his intention releasing this to the public after just five days was a bad idea and it will reflect badly on Google.)
I fully agree with the above statement. Consider now that it's easy enough to get infrared cameras that can effectively see through walls and show you where the people are and give you some idea what they are doing. Then consider what they have accomplished with the new scanners. I wouldn't be surprised if we see those in a hand held form within fifty years so anyone could see even more through the walls of your home. Does that mean that you should lose all rights to privacy since people outside your home can see anything you do in the home even with doors and windows closed and blinds/curtains pulled.
Is there any surprise the CEOs do this? After all they have the best example of people taking credit for anything that goes right while blaming anything that goes wrong on someone else. That's in politics. It's what the guy in power will always do whether it's Congress or PoTUS or your local mayor. There isn't anything that can be done about it so long as the populace allow (or even encourage it.) After in politics it's great to blame anything that wrong on the other guy whether you are a politician or you are a supporter of the politician or party. If we changed that philosophy in politics (yeah.. let's change human nature) then we would probably see it start to change with corporations. However we all know that's not going to happen.
As does Comcast. That was one of the first things I did when Comcast started redirecting.