I wrote Tom Daschle's office address on a
white t-shirt, drew on a stamp, and had hot
chicks throw talcum powder at me on the
dancefloor. Well, just off the dancefloor,
it was more of a pit at the time.
the story mentions something about ie6
automatically directing the user to msn's search
engine when they get a 404 - is this true? If so,
isn't it a bit presumptuous on their part? 404
responses can after all be used to help people
find whatever they were actually looking for on a
site, and redirecting them would prevent this.
Isn't this pretty much the same issue as the
Smart Tags thing?
Leaving aside Sep 11 casualties, and the Taliban military casualties ( no real why we should but how and ever), there were already confirmed civilian casualties when you posted this, the most notable being 4 UN mine-clearers who happened to be in the same village as a communications tower.
...about using handedness of molecules to test for
biological processes - is there an error in there
somewhere? If similar biological life evolved
independently on Mars, it would prefer one or the
other handedness. A better test would be to
have a sample that initially contains both types,
in equal measure, to expose it to your sample,
and then to see if the ration had changed.
And isn't this actually an idea of Richard
Feynman's, from one of his public lectures? I'm
pretty sure I've heard it before...
you'll probably get a few more years out of your
new boxes. Compaq have sizable military contracts that depend on VMS. And they have been doing an awful lot of development for the platform lately.
I suspect Unicode is a lot more upsetting to
a "reference writer specializing in rare Taoist
religious texts and medical works" than to
ordinary Chinese users who want to run Photoshop
or put their wedding pictures on a web page.
Let me get this straight - you think people
should be prepared to accept having restricted
access to the literature that underpins their
culture in exchange for their very own
geocities.cn?
1) Most people are downloading these ringtones via
calls to premium rate lines, so somebody is
making money off them. It's a commercial venture
and as such should they be paying for rights to
use other peoples more-or-less artistic efforts.
2) Custom ringtones are so annoying that they may
in fact herald the apocalypse. I for one would be
for the human toaster in the event of such, so
anything that cuts down on their use is a good
thing.
Programmers are not automatically smarter than
non-programmers. Programmers can often be thick
as two short planks.
Speaking as someone trained as a physicist and
working as a programmer, it's a real mistake to
underestimate those from the diametrically
opposite disciplines.
The recon version could do 3.2, the fighter
version could do 2.8 with 4 big-ass missiles
hanging off its wings.
Another cool thing about it - its radar systems
were valve-based, which caused no end of
derision in the west until it was pointed out
that this made them EMP-proof.
There was also a version (Mig-31?) adapted for
low-altitude flying which, iirc, could do well
over Mach 2.
Strictly speaking, the opengl2ps solutions people
are mentioning (using the feedback mode) don't
write out bitmaps, but rather interrupt the
rendering pre-rasterisation and output the
(geometric) primitives. It's a much more powerful
method.
Is anyone going to ask for a cut of
the money Lockheed makes off the
Venturestar spaceplane, considering
that the X-33 was effectively its
prototype? Or has Lockheed just been
given a whole load of free R+D?
is that the kind of targeting the ad industry
already does is based on sampling, and could
be applied tomorrow to Internet users without
impinging on people's privacy. But that's not
what the industry wants. Their goal *is*
Orwellian, and it's important not to lose sight
of that.
Personally, I'd pay 50c or so to read a week's
new Somethingawful content. If we could
come up with a workable micropayment system
and get rid of the idea of supporting quality
entertainment sites through banner ads altogether,
the world would be a shiny happy place.
Aren't the techniques they're using only capable
of registering jupiter-size planets? If so,
isn't it a bit early to start reworking current
theories of planetary formation?
Birth control freely available for ages.[1]
Abortion is a sticky issue at the moment. There'll
probably be a referendum in the near future to
settle it once and for all (or for the next
10 years or so).
As for yr anecdote, bullshit. Although it is
bullshit derived from fact. If Irish women want
abortions at present they have to travel. There
was a move to prevent this initiated by Christian
elements, but it got shot down sharpish.
Someone did point out at one stage that
morally if we did prevent pregnant citizens
from leaving the country, we'd have to do the
same for tourists, but it was to highlight the
idiocy of the idea more than anything else.
Interestingly enough, the more extreme Christian
groups blocking it get a lot of their funding from
similar fundamentalist groups in the US. But
so far, they haven't killed anyone or blown
anything up. Suppose we have enough of that
elsewhere.
K.
-
[1]The chemist in the town wher I went to
secondary school was still refusing to stock
condoms, last time I checked. The local
telecottage (cybercafe pre-web) sold them
instead.
You may not have noticed, but we're in the middle
of a series of political scandals. It's beginning
to look like our entire government has been
available to the highest bidder since the 70s.
We also pay 45ish percent income tax, and 20% VAT
(sales tax). Though as you've said, that's
coming down. Our recent prosperity has resulted
in the growth of racism as more people come here
from overseas looking for work - ironic
considering our recent history. Wealth isn't
even close to being shared properly. Until
1991 or so, homosexuality was illegal, and
divorce was only voted in 5ish years ago.
However, gender equality is coming on nicely,
as are electronic privacy laws. We're nowhere
near as observed as the US and UK populations,
and the separation of church and state is
finally bearing fruit. If we can stop the
further development of a two-tier society, nip
the racism thing in the bud, and introduce more
accountability into the political process, we
should be a pretty okay place to live in a
decade or so.
Assuming that the next recession doesn't put us
back to square one.
Went to see Crouchin Tiger, Unbreakable, and You
Can Count On Me on holidays in Toronto, and YCCOM
was the best of the lot. Crouching Tiger is a good HK movie, Unbreakable is an above-average
Hollywood action movie, but it's nothing special.
You Can Count On Me is just basically brilliant.
If it's still out near you, go see it.
Slashdot Mirror
I wrote Tom Daschle's office address on a
white t-shirt, drew on a stamp, and had hot
chicks throw talcum powder at me on the
dancefloor. Well, just off the dancefloor,
it was more of a pit at the time.
the story mentions something about ie6
automatically directing the user to msn's search
engine when they get a 404 - is this true? If so,
isn't it a bit presumptuous on their part? 404
responses can after all be used to help people
find whatever they were actually looking for on a
site, and redirecting them would prevent this.
Isn't this pretty much the same issue as the
Smart Tags thing?
Leaving aside Sep 11 casualties, and the Taliban military casualties ( no real why we should but how and ever), there were already confirmed civilian casualties when you posted this, the most notable being 4 UN mine-clearers who happened to be in the same village as a communications tower.
ballistic missile defence network + scramjet
cruise missiles = a lot of very pissed-off
nuclear powers.
Since I haven't seen it anywhere in the top few postings: Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs, by Wirth.
...about using handedness of molecules to test for
biological processes - is there an error in there
somewhere? If similar biological life evolved
independently on Mars, it would prefer one or the
other handedness. A better test would be to
have a sample that initially contains both types,
in equal measure, to expose it to your sample,
and then to see if the ration had changed.
And isn't this actually an idea of Richard
Feynman's, from one of his public lectures? I'm
pretty sure I've heard it before...
K.
-
When is the right time to let a hummingbird fly over japan?
Not a problem that could be solved with current
analytical methods, even if you threw the
computing resources of the planet at it.
K.
-
you'll probably get a few more years out of your
new boxes. Compaq have sizable military contracts that depend on VMS. And they have been doing an awful lot of development for the platform lately.
K.
-
I suspect Unicode is a lot more upsetting to
a "reference writer specializing in rare Taoist
religious texts and medical works" than to
ordinary Chinese users who want to run Photoshop
or put their wedding pictures on a web page.
Let me get this straight - you think people
should be prepared to accept having restricted
access to the literature that underpins their
culture in exchange for their very own
geocities.cn?
K.
-
Or, indeed, problems such as making sure your cruise missiles don't hit non-combatant's embassies...
Kindof a valid point, tho it's fairly obvious
that said cluck is just a bitter old VMS user.
K.
-
1) Most people are downloading these ringtones via
calls to premium rate lines, so somebody is
making money off them. It's a commercial venture
and as such should they be paying for rights to
use other peoples more-or-less artistic efforts.
2) Custom ringtones are so annoying that they may
in fact herald the apocalypse. I for one would be
for the human toaster in the event of such, so
anything that cuts down on their use is a good
thing.
K.
-
Programmers are not automatically smarter than
non-programmers. Programmers can often be thick
as two short planks.
Speaking as someone trained as a physicist and
working as a programmer, it's a real mistake to
underestimate those from the diametrically
opposite disciplines.
K.
-
send it to me, I'll use it...
...for evil!
K.
-
Last I checked, the USA was the one with the
hereditary ruling position ^_^
The recon version could do 3.2, the fighter
version could do 2.8 with 4 big-ass missiles
hanging off its wings.
Another cool thing about it - its radar systems
were valve-based, which caused no end of
derision in the west until it was pointed out
that this made them EMP-proof.
There was also a version (Mig-31?) adapted for
low-altitude flying which, iirc, could do well
over Mach 2.
K.
-
Strictly speaking, the opengl2ps solutions people
are mentioning (using the feedback mode) don't
write out bitmaps, but rather interrupt the
rendering pre-rasterisation and output the
(geometric) primitives. It's a much more powerful
method.
K.
-
Is anyone going to ask for a cut of
the money Lockheed makes off the
Venturestar spaceplane, considering
that the X-33 was effectively its
prototype? Or has Lockheed just been
given a whole load of free R+D?
K.
-
We could call DSL extremelyFinelyChoppedBand
if you'd prefer.
K.
-
The article states that hfs (mac filesystem)
is only available under PPC linux. This is
false.
That is all.
K.
-
is that the kind of targeting the ad industry
already does is based on sampling, and could
be applied tomorrow to Internet users without
impinging on people's privacy. But that's not
what the industry wants. Their goal *is*
Orwellian, and it's important not to lose sight
of that.
Personally, I'd pay 50c or so to read a week's
new Somethingawful content. If we could
come up with a workable micropayment system
and get rid of the idea of supporting quality
entertainment sites through banner ads altogether,
the world would be a shiny happy place.
K.
-
Aren't the techniques they're using only capable
of registering jupiter-size planets? If so,
isn't it a bit early to start reworking current
theories of planetary formation?
K.
-
Birth control freely available for ages.[1]
Abortion is a sticky issue at the moment. There'll
probably be a referendum in the near future to
settle it once and for all (or for the next
10 years or so).
As for yr anecdote, bullshit. Although it is
bullshit derived from fact. If Irish women want
abortions at present they have to travel. There
was a move to prevent this initiated by Christian
elements, but it got shot down sharpish.
Someone did point out at one stage that
morally if we did prevent pregnant citizens
from leaving the country, we'd have to do the
same for tourists, but it was to highlight the
idiocy of the idea more than anything else.
Interestingly enough, the more extreme Christian
groups blocking it get a lot of their funding from
similar fundamentalist groups in the US. But
so far, they haven't killed anyone or blown
anything up. Suppose we have enough of that
elsewhere.
K.
-
[1]The chemist in the town wher I went to
secondary school was still refusing to stock
condoms, last time I checked. The local
telecottage (cybercafe pre-web) sold them
instead.
You may not have noticed, but we're in the middle
of a series of political scandals. It's beginning
to look like our entire government has been
available to the highest bidder since the 70s.
We also pay 45ish percent income tax, and 20% VAT
(sales tax). Though as you've said, that's
coming down. Our recent prosperity has resulted
in the growth of racism as more people come here
from overseas looking for work - ironic
considering our recent history. Wealth isn't
even close to being shared properly. Until
1991 or so, homosexuality was illegal, and
divorce was only voted in 5ish years ago.
However, gender equality is coming on nicely,
as are electronic privacy laws. We're nowhere
near as observed as the US and UK populations,
and the separation of church and state is
finally bearing fruit. If we can stop the
further development of a two-tier society, nip
the racism thing in the bud, and introduce more
accountability into the political process, we
should be a pretty okay place to live in a
decade or so.
Assuming that the next recession doesn't put us
back to square one.
K.
-
Went to see Crouchin Tiger, Unbreakable, and You
Can Count On Me on holidays in Toronto, and YCCOM
was the best of the lot. Crouching Tiger is a good HK movie, Unbreakable is an above-average
Hollywood action movie, but it's nothing special.
You Can Count On Me is just basically brilliant.
If it's still out near you, go see it.
K.
-