In fact, as of Monday no human being was known to have died or been injured - or truthfully, even significantly inconvenienced - as the result of any computer-related problem at the end of the century.
So you don't consider spending an entire night in a hot room (AC is turned off at 6) waiting for nothing to happen a SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCE?!? Gee, I wish I had known that earlier, or I would have paid you $5 to sit there for me so I could go out and have some fun that night.
Now if this isn't a story that begs for that jihad-penguin icon I don't know what is...
I can picture RMS, sitting on his "Throne of Righteous Indignation" thinking..."Hmm...haven't done something wild and radical recently...let's boycott something for not being open source or using a proprietary idea!"
This article was written today. The amazon patent story ran about a month ago. It just seems like RMS is going from "GNU-Linux! GNU-Linux!" to "Ban all GIFs!" to "Boycott Amazon". Is this really an effective argument, or is he just an extreme platform junkie?
My question is how are those in authority positions (i.e. the ones who apply and act on this sort of profiling) supposed to see how anyone reacts to bullying? They only find out about those who 1. tell them about it, or 2. do something about it.
This causes me to draw interesting parallels to _Enders Game_, where children have to wear "monitors" to track their activities and actions. Ender puts up with the bullying when people are watching (i.e. the monitor is on) but when it is removed ends up killing his tormentor. I think this is a accurate (though perhaps not among...what was it, 6 year olds?) portrayal of what might happen in a situation like this. Really rather frightening. Mycroft-X
The general rule is that military tech is at least 10 years ahead of what the public has access to. The corrolary(sp?) is that the military never declassifies something until it has developed a countermeasure for it.
I don't think a graphics app or multimedia fall into the range of uses something like this is suitable for. I can't think of any practical implementation of a product that would.
As a graphic designer, I know I would almost never want to do my development on a pixelated LCD screen. That would be like doing all of my work set at 400% zoom.
As for a multimedia encyclopedia...again, the resolution IMHO isn't good enough to get a good look at what you want to see. Might as well include the text, and if you really need to see a picture, refer to a workstation or hardcopy.
Not only that, but a multimedia encyclopedia takes alot of space...so it would need either wireless networking or IBM Microdrives to hold it. I'm just guessing, but that MIGHT just put it over-budget.:-)
robust os that can crunch numbers, render grahics in color,connect to the web, email, take notes, take a keyboard plug in for homework and maybe incorporate some thin client stuff
Umm...AFAIK currently available palm computers will do all of these things. Specifically I am thinking of the Handspring Visor. Along with either the GoType keyboard or Stowaway(?) keyboard, it will do all of those things except the "color" renderings, and what use are they? I currently use my TI-89 to to lots of graphs and such. Color? What do I need that for?
Anyway, with a retail of $149 the standalone Visor along with a keyboard that can't cost more than $100 and software will (almost) fully satisfy your requirements...for $50 less than budgeted cost. How's that for functional?
I dunno...they seem to have done pretty realistic portrayals of insane scientists bent on blowing up the universe, talking mice/pigs/birds/crickets/aliens, etc. Come on, when was the last time you saw one of the above that was NOT exactly like it was in a movie?
Oh, and they seem to get that Apple logo right almost every time. Talk about an accurate portrayal!
Ok, I know I shouldn't reply to this flamebait, but _Ender's Game_ was, and is, one of my favorite Sci-Fi books of all time. It's a classic, and seeing as how Science Fiction falls under both "News for Nerds" and "Stuff that Matters", I didn't for a moment think this was inappropriate for this forum. Perhaps if you don't agree with the values this site holds, this isn't the place for you. Stop trying to mold someone elses creation to your ideals. Start one of your own and mold that if you wish. Or just run around searching for the news yourself. After all,/. doesn't really have all that much original content. It's just a clearinghouse and filter for the news that a certain group may find interesting. Note that "may" there. Because this is not an exact science (unless you wish to write a book on exact filtering and send CmdrTaco a free copy) the filter naturally has to err on the site of permissiveness and include some things you don't care about, so that the borderline things you _DO_ care about will get through. See? Doesn't it make you feel good that this is designed with the user in mind?
Wow, that's a long rant, but I think I will cut and paste it for all the comments I've seen recently that say "X-story doesn't belong on/.!"...fine, just find another forum that more closely caters to your "special needs".
Dial up? Heh, thanks to "nohup wvdial &" on my proxy machine, I am connected 24/7 (except for that power outage last night...sitting watching fsck for awhile isn't the most fun at 2am...too bad I'm too poor for a UPS)
Mycroft
NSA got all the Math Majors (no pun intended)
on
GPS Rollover Tonight
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"This means that the week count will roll over 7168/365.25 = 19.6249 years from then, or in 1980+19.625 = 1999.638 (August 21, 1999)."
"If He's a US Senator and isn't aware of the privacy issues"
Right away your statement logically returns a zero. The man is a Representative, or a Congressman, but NOT a Senator. (Look at the roots of the words...he IS in the House of Representatives, he IS a member of Congress, but he is NOT a member of the Senate. Make sense now?)
Makes one wish people would either read the article, or open it in another window so they can give their short-term memory/poor reading comprehension a rest when they consider themselves to be capable of CONTRIBUTING to a discussion.
If you are going to be argumentative and/or judgemental, at least do it with facts that really exist...
Ok...now that I've READ the article it doesn't really have anything to do with having penguins as pets. Perhaps the article should have (-1, Offtopic) next to it.:-)
Ok, I didn't read the second part (thought it was the same as the first).
The fact that he has nothing in writing from Harvard is a Bad Thing(tm). When dealing with faceless organizations you want everything you can in writing, or know you have a solid case without it. In this day and age you need to be prepared for any lawsuit someone can dream up. What I wouldn't give for a device that I could type short agreements into and have both parties thumbprint or legally bind it some way, just so I could CMY.
Anyway, I admit things to not look good for him, though I can't see how there can be any suits or criminal charges (unless the big H decides to majorly screw him over beyond any need to) against him. Any content cached from his site with such alleged libel would (I would think) be inadmissable into evidence because it would come from the accuser in the first place.
Ok, these actions seem to be very rash on Harvard's part. I can understand why they want to avoid anything that might lead to a lawsuit, but before taking such extreme measures one would think they would set up a hearing or something so that both sides can be heard.
If I were him I would look up his Terms of Service and demand access to his IP (Int. Property, not the address, which is obviously owned by Harvard) as long as Harvard doesn't do something along the lines of Yahoo...even then I think he would have a right to it. Find a 3rd year Law student (hmm...not many of THOSE at Harvard...:-) and have him/her help him out.
And shame on his part for not keeping a local backup of the site...ok, I have never been there, so it could have been organized in such a way that it would take up massive amounts of disk space, but he could at least have backups of the important sections.
It's sad when an organization such as Harvard will comply with someone they have never heard of rather than trust that their students know and are doing the Right Thing(tm).
Slashdot Mirror
1. None of the pages below the top one seems to work, at least none of the five I randomly tested.
:-)
2. You page was generated on Jan, 15 100? You guys REALLY have to update more often.
3. Your subdomain, support.bytehosting.com seems to be somewhere on the far side of operational.
Mycroft-X
In fact, as of Monday no human being was known to have died or been injured - or truthfully, even significantly inconvenienced - as the result of any computer-related problem at the end of the century.
So you don't consider spending an entire night in a hot room (AC is turned off at 6) waiting for nothing to happen a SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCE?!? Gee, I wish I had known that earlier, or I would have paid you $5 to sit there for me so I could go out and have some fun that night.
Mycroft-X
Now if this isn't a story that begs for that jihad-penguin icon I don't know what is...
I can picture RMS, sitting on his "Throne of Righteous Indignation" thinking..."Hmm...haven't done something wild and radical recently...let's boycott something for not being open source or using a proprietary idea!"
This article was written today. The amazon patent story ran about a month ago. It just seems like RMS is going from "GNU-Linux! GNU-Linux!" to "Ban all GIFs!" to "Boycott Amazon". Is this really an effective argument, or is he just an extreme platform junkie?
Mycroft-X
This causes me to draw interesting parallels to _Enders Game_, where children have to wear "monitors" to track their activities and actions. Ender puts up with the bullying when people are watching (i.e. the monitor is on) but when it is removed ends up killing his tormentor. I think this is a accurate (though perhaps not among...what was it, 6 year olds?) portrayal of what might happen in a situation like this. Really rather frightening. Mycroft-X
The general rule is that military tech is at least 10 years ahead of what the public has access to. The corrolary(sp?) is that the military never declassifies something until it has developed a countermeasure for it.
Does the military already have fusion?
As a graphic designer, I know I would almost never want to do my development on a pixelated LCD screen. That would be like doing all of my work set at 400% zoom.
As for a multimedia encyclopedia...again, the resolution IMHO isn't good enough to get a good look at what you want to see. Might as well include the text, and if you really need to see a picture, refer to a workstation or hardcopy.
Not only that, but a multimedia encyclopedia takes alot of space...so it would need either wireless networking or IBM Microdrives to hold it. I'm just guessing, but that MIGHT just put it over-budget.
Mycroft-X
robust os that can crunch numbers, render grahics in color,connect to the web, email, take notes, take a keyboard plug in for homework and maybe incorporate some thin client stuff
Umm...AFAIK currently available palm computers will do all of these things. Specifically I am thinking of the Handspring Visor. Along with either the GoType keyboard or Stowaway(?) keyboard, it will do all of those things except the "color" renderings, and what use are they? I currently use my TI-89 to to lots of graphs and such. Color? What do I need that for?
Anyway, with a retail of $149 the standalone Visor along with a keyboard that can't cost more than $100 and software will (almost) fully satisfy your requirements...for $50 less than budgeted cost. How's that for functional?
Mycroft-X
>{can nyt articles be put in 'nnn bytes in body' sections under the header?}
I'm sure Andover.net's lawyers would love earning their pay once they are sued by the NYT for copyright violations.
Mycroft-X
I dunno...they seem to have done pretty realistic portrayals of insane scientists bent on blowing up the universe, talking mice/pigs/birds/crickets/aliens, etc. Come on, when was the last time you saw one of the above that was NOT exactly like it was in a movie?
Oh, and they seem to get that Apple logo right almost every time. Talk about an accurate portrayal!
Mycroft
And has it shipped/have you received it yet?
Mycroft-X
I've used Hugo in the past and it's a great system. Glad to see it finally has a good Linux port.
Mycroft-X
Ok, I know I shouldn't reply to this flamebait, but _Ender's Game_ was, and is, one of my favorite Sci-Fi books of all time. It's a classic, and seeing as how Science Fiction falls under both "News for Nerds" and "Stuff that Matters", I didn't for a moment think this was inappropriate for this forum. Perhaps if you don't agree with the values this site holds, this isn't the place for you. Stop trying to mold someone elses creation to your ideals. Start one of your own and mold that if you wish. Or just run around searching for the news yourself. After all, /. doesn't really have all that much original content. It's just a clearinghouse and filter for the news that a certain group may find interesting. Note that "may" there. Because this is not an exact science (unless you wish to write a book on exact filtering and send CmdrTaco a free copy) the filter naturally has to err on the site of permissiveness and include some things you don't care about, so that the borderline things you _DO_ care about will get through. See? Doesn't it make you feel good that this is designed with the user in mind?
/.!"...fine, just find another forum that more closely caters to your "special needs".
Wow, that's a long rant, but I think I will cut and paste it for all the comments I've seen recently that say "X-story doesn't belong on
Mycroft
Ok, if I own property next to a busy highway, am I allowed to put advertising on that space? Seems like the same sort of thing.
Mycroft
Dial up? Heh, thanks to "nohup wvdial &" on my proxy machine, I am connected 24/7 (except for that power outage last night...sitting watching fsck for awhile isn't the most fun at 2am...too bad I'm too poor for a UPS)
Mycroft
"This means that the week count will roll over 7168/365.25 = 19.6249 years from then, or in 1980+19.625 = 1999.638 (August 21, 1999)."
Ok, by my reasoning:
1980
+ 19.625
---------
1999.625
Where does 1999.638 come from?
Mycroft
(Hint, Hint) Who are they both owned by? Which one wants to be the one at the next general meeting that DIDN'T run "X" story?
Mycroft
Or...::gasp:: it's Hemos in disguise! :-)
Mycroft
What's this...Mr. "Xmovie-is-the-next-great-geek/internet/nerd/contr oversy-movie" saying that BWP is NOT the next great internet movie?
(Ok, I haven't seen BWP, but seeing as how this is not directly related to the movie, I am qualified to post)
Mycroft
"If He's a US Senator and isn't aware of the privacy issues"
Right away your statement logically returns a zero. The man is a Representative, or a Congressman, but NOT a Senator. (Look at the roots of the words...he IS in the House of Representatives, he IS a member of Congress, but he is NOT a member of the Senate. Make sense now?)
Makes one wish people would either read the article, or open it in another window so they can give their short-term memory/poor reading comprehension a rest when they consider themselves to be capable of CONTRIBUTING to a discussion.
If you are going to be argumentative and/or judgemental, at least do it with facts that really exist...
It isn't the Government...unless you count the UN as such.
That's right, it's a UN plan that the US Government has largely laughed at.
Tom Byrum
Wow, you've got it. That's right, anything that happens that isn't easily explainable MUST be the work of (your favorite TLA here)...
Tom Byrum
Ok...now that I've READ the article it doesn't really have anything to do with having penguins as pets. Perhaps the article should have (-1, Offtopic) next to it. :-)
Slashdot: It's not news unless we say it is.
Tom Byrum
ANIME FAN MODE
Wow, now I really can have a Pen-Pen!
Oh...or a Tux I suppose, but Pen-Pen is better.
/ANIME FAN MODE
Tom Byrum
Ok, I didn't read the second part (thought it was the same as the first).
The fact that he has nothing in writing from Harvard is a Bad Thing(tm). When dealing with faceless organizations you want everything you can in writing, or know you have a solid case without it. In this day and age you need to be prepared for any lawsuit someone can dream up. What I wouldn't give for a device that I could type short agreements into and have both parties thumbprint or legally bind it some way, just so I could CMY.
Anyway, I admit things to not look good for him, though I can't see how there can be any suits or criminal charges (unless the big H decides to majorly screw him over beyond any need to) against him. Any content cached from his site with such alleged libel would (I would think) be inadmissable into evidence because it would come from the accuser in the first place.
Tom Byrum
Ok, these actions seem to be very rash on Harvard's part. I can understand why they want to avoid anything that might lead to a lawsuit, but before taking such extreme measures one would think they would set up a hearing or something so that both sides can be heard.
:-) and have him/her help him out.
If I were him I would look up his Terms of Service and demand access to his IP (Int. Property, not the address, which is obviously owned by Harvard) as long as Harvard doesn't do something along the lines of Yahoo...even then I think he would have a right to it. Find a 3rd year Law student (hmm...not many of THOSE at Harvard...
And shame on his part for not keeping a local backup of the site...ok, I have never been there, so it could have been organized in such a way that it would take up massive amounts of disk space, but he could at least have backups of the important sections.
It's sad when an organization such as Harvard will comply with someone they have never heard of rather than trust that their students know and are doing the Right Thing(tm).
Tom Byrum