In these days of the intertubes, why do government departments even need such a massive amount of data on a physical medium? Why not transfer data from one location to the next by a dedicated enrcypted net connection?
I can see how this thread is turning out - so all I will say is that its a lot better to educate your kids how to deal with situations, rather than banning them from from getting into those situations. Blanket bans with no explanation will only increase a child's curiosity and lessen their ability to deal with what they find.
law 1 - Always wait for the second release of any Apple product
law 2 - The only reliable Apple products are those which don't need batteries.
Even my graphic designer apple fanclub belonging wife agrees with these two laws.
The first because I think Apple rushes their products out to market in order to be the newest and shiniest. The second I have NFI - eg with my creative Zen, if I run out of battery - easy, I just swap in a new one. Why is this not possible with the ipod, iphone etc? It defies logic.
why not turn it into a real world of warcraft? charge $10/month and outsource it to kids around the world. give them specific flying taks etc and level them up through the ranks until they get to be the ones dropping bombs on the terrorists. The ultimate quest is of course dropping one on Osama.
This issue highlights one of the key differences between US style rules based corporate legislation and UK based principles based legislation. In the UK the test would be - is there material information affecting the comapany's prospects that a director or director(s) are aware of? - if so it must be disclosed.
whereas in the US, you don't have a specific regulation covering this situation, so Steve can get away without coming clean. So in the absence of a specific regulation, most of the chatter is trying to turn this into a moral issue - which it isn't. There's something that could materially affect the share price - and being so should be disclosed.
(of course my above two paragraphs assume the presence of Steve Jobs as being material to Apple. I begrudingly admit that may be so. He is a grade A asshole, but he has managed to produce outrageous margins from flogging shiny trinkets.)
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Well this really pisses me off - a no-name doctor trying to up his status by issuing a press release contrary to accepted scientific opinion. Of course it pushes all the right buttons - "think of the children" and "cancer".
What pisses me off even more is that mainstream media blindly accept the press-release and then publish it in BIG BOLD headlines. (I saw one headline - "play russian roulette with your brain") Which of course the public then accepts as fact, contrary to accepted scientific opinion.
What pisses me off even more so, is that this has even made it to/.
I read in another article that this guy justified going against science by saying something this was an "advisory" memo to take "precautions" - hardly a definitive scientifically measured study.
This is like getting into your car and being given precautionary advice from your hairdresser that today might be the day when everyone starts driving on the opposite side of the road.
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In these days of the intertubes, why do government departments even need such a massive amount of data on a physical medium? Why not transfer data from one location to the next by a dedicated enrcypted net connection?
(taken by the iphone)
www.jungledisk.com - does all you want, its cheap and its hosted on Amazon's multiple servers.
(forgot to preview) title should be education > banning
I can see how this thread is turning out - so all I will say is that its a lot better to educate your kids how to deal with situations, rather than banning them from from getting into those situations. Blanket bans with no explanation will only increase a child's curiosity and lessen their ability to deal with what they find.
what's your point? Microsoft would be nothing without windows & office. Ford wouldn't have amounted to much without the model T.
apologies for my lack of specialist knowledge.. but why not take the CO2 and inject it into real geenhouses? You know.... to grow some crops....
wikipedia's no-follow links means you don't get google juice.
modus operandi on Knol: 1. cut & paste wikipedia article 2. ??? 3. profit! - 1 cent per month!!!
A - liking Zinfandel.
You must be new here. Possibly after the universe begins again the slashdot populace will have wives and girfriends to bonk.
blue-collar summary?
I think you over-estimate the intelligence of the electorate.
law 1 - Always wait for the second release of any Apple product
law 2 - The only reliable Apple products are those which don't need batteries.
Even my graphic designer apple fanclub belonging wife agrees with these two laws.
The first because I think Apple rushes their products out to market in order to be the newest and shiniest. The second I have NFI - eg with my creative Zen, if I run out of battery - easy, I just swap in a new one. Why is this not possible with the ipod, iphone etc? It defies logic.
why not turn it into a real world of warcraft? charge $10/month and outsource it to kids around the world. give them specific flying taks etc and level them up through the ranks until they get to be the ones dropping bombs on the terrorists. The ultimate quest is of course dropping one on Osama.
searching for "Miserable Failure" - gives correct results - a direct link to George Bush's biography.
http://www.cuil.com/search?q=miserable%20failure&sl=long/
haha +2 virutal mod points for you!
This issue highlights one of the key differences between US style rules based corporate legislation and UK based principles based legislation. In the UK the test would be - is there material information affecting the comapany's prospects that a director or director(s) are aware of? - if so it must be disclosed.
whereas in the US, you don't have a specific regulation covering this situation, so Steve can get away without coming clean. So in the absence of a specific regulation, most of the chatter is trying to turn this into a moral issue - which it isn't. There's something that could materially affect the share price - and being so should be disclosed.
(of course my above two paragraphs assume the presence of Steve Jobs as being material to Apple. I begrudingly admit that may be so. He is a grade A asshole, but he has managed to produce outrageous margins from flogging shiny trinkets.)
also see http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/viewResearch.do/
current topics include:
Nutritious Rice for the World
Help Conquer Cancer
AfricanClimate@Home
Discovering Dengue Drugs - Together
Human Proteome Folding - Phase 2 Project
FightAIDS@Home Project
So does this set a a legal precedent in the states? In my view this is a default judgement and therefore sets no precedent. Is that correct?
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Well this really pisses me off - a no-name doctor trying to up his status by issuing a press release contrary to accepted scientific opinion. Of course it pushes all the right buttons - "think of the children" and "cancer".
/.
What pisses me off even more is that mainstream media blindly accept the press-release and then publish it in BIG BOLD headlines. (I saw one headline - "play russian roulette with your brain") Which of course the public then accepts as fact, contrary to accepted scientific opinion.
What pisses me off even more so, is that this has even made it to
I read in another article that this guy justified going against science by saying something this was an "advisory" memo to take "precautions" - hardly a definitive scientifically measured study.
This is like getting into your car and being given precautionary advice from your hairdresser that today might be the day when everyone starts driving on the opposite side of the road.
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Samsung are now mass producing 128gb SSDs
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/09/samsungs-low-power-128gb-ssds-go-mass-production-on-the-cheap/
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