What you're seeing is not the raw data.. we don't know how to get that (if 'raw data' even makes sense in this context).. you're seeing noise from the activity of the brain. It's like sticking an aerial next to a PC, recording the RF noise and playing that back next to a different PC - you aren't going to suddenly get a free copy of Quake downloaded into it...
unfortunately it's been proven not to be so (can't find the link but I'm sure google will throw up a study or three) - atkins diet makes you thinner, not because of the lower carbs, but because you increase protein intake (ie. you eat things like steak which are high protein). The protein makes you feel full so you eat less...
So you're really eating less fat too.. you just don't realize you are.
I've done a few nonscientific experiments and the basic idea works.. for example if you eat a fry up for breakfast.. loads of fat but also loads of protein, you don't feel hungry until lunchtime.. no mid-morning snacks... lower overall calorie intake.
If it doesn't support DRM, the answer is no and they'll buy a Dell.
Except the answer will be "Only if you buy this $$$ DRM capable monitor and speakers as well. And Longhorn 'Home' edition" (assuming the PC comes with XP, which will be true for low-end PCs for a while due to the hardware specs longhorn needs).
Won't work. A good patent lawyer would have told you this (one that just wanted your money wouldn't of course).
You need more than the money to register the patent. You need the money to *defend* the patent - often tens of thousands of dollars.
If your idea is good, a company will rip it off anyway. Then you'd have to sue them for it. If the company is evil enough they probably have a few patents of their own that you can be described as breaking and you'll get countersued. Do you have enough in the bank for that?
If you don't have that kind of money do *not* patent - rely on secrecy.. it's cheaper.
War, Famine, Flood, Pestilence (plus Ronnie Soak).
We generally see it as background noise and ignore it.
We only care about it when it affects us in some way.
1 person killed can be national news for weeks... do we really care about them? Probably not.. we care about our sense of safety (especially if it was a murder). To a certain extent we care about what the newspapers and TV tell us to care about too.
My last job before I went self employed was £35,000 as 'principal' programmer (lead senior programmer... I was the highest paid non-management employee, but this was in an IT company and had nothing but IT staff).
That equates to about $60,000 I think.
The 'junior' (actually a damned good java programmer who was completely crapped on) was earning £20,000 (about $34,000).
It's still pretty poor...
OTOH I'm earning even less than that now (about £15,000 at the moment) and damned happy working from home with no boss to piss on me from a great height.
"Developer required. 25 years JDK 2.0, 10 years VS.NET 2005 experience essential"
I know a *lot* of unemployed developers. I also see a lot of job adverts not far off the above.
Companies are just not prepared to let a programmer learn something.. and yes I have seen VS.NET 2005 as a requirement for a job - how long would it take for someone used to VS.NET 2003 to pick it up? 30 seconds max... but they won't get the interview.
(I was once rejected for a job as I only had 2 years Java, and the company had a requirement for >10 years. - Java was about 4 years old at the time...).
My first job was for a company who hired everyone as 'programmer/project leader'. I was only earning about half what an average junior programmer got too (I was desparate!).
That job was hell... stuck it for two years as I was too green to appreciate my own skillset.
You could *always* get arrested for looking at websites.
Try googling for kiddie porn and following the links. On second thoughts, don't do that as I don't want to be listed as an accessory.
Someone who starts getting interested in extreme islamic sites needs watching. Maybe it's just a kid going through a phase.. maybe it's someone who's just about to kill 100 people.. it's difficult to know but I'm glad someone is trying to check on these things.
Al Queda basically translates to 'anyone vaguely arabic who blows stuff up' to the press.
Every time something happens they're all over it saying how they 'related' to Al Quaeda or 'used the same websites' (which could mean google FFS!!) or even worse 'have similar aims' (eg. blowing stuff up).
It's getting to the point many people questioning whether such an organisation actually exists or if it's just arabic for 'people who blow stuff up'...
The fact of the matter is that after the first set of bombings Britain immediately outlawed certain kinds of speech. Specifically any speech by a muslim which could be construed as an incitement to terrorism.
Wrong on two counts...
'Acts Preparatory to Terrorism' is a law that was already on its way through the system (and doesn't become law for a couple of months yet). It was planned long before the bombing thing happened.
The government simply can't make laws that fast. There is a process that has to be supplied.
The law is not targeted at muslims. That would be illegal anyway.. the law applies to everyone.
I agree that the User Interface is critical in a finished product. But that is not true of an alpha version.
Untrue.
The user interface is a fundamental part of the the design. If you haven't finished the design of the app when you've released a beta then there's something seriously fucked up somewhere. Tweaking is OK, but major UI changes?? No.
The purpose of an application is to do something that the users want, hopefully in the way they want it doing. Anything else is secondary, and the way an app looks is *very* important to users.
OTOH I install off a single slipstreamed XP2 copy with a generated volume license key. Largely because I gave up on product activation a long time ago.. it's been the same story in many companies I've worked at - the admins simply can't be bothered phoning MS every time a machine needs reinstalling, so they use slipstream copies.
As long as they don't try the same trick with automatic updates it'll be fine (I never visit Windows Update on purpose.. there are more interesting sites..) but if they start locking that down to it'll be a choice of:
1. Reinstall the machines here with a different license key on each, with the ensuing conversation with some underpaid lacky in bangalore each time. 2. Find another way around it.
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Well, those blocks are supposed to hide stuff on the top of those buildings, like AA sites.
Alcolholics anonymous meet on top of the whitehouse?
Makes sense, now that you mention it...
You forgot 'Press Releases'
What you're seeing is not the raw data.. we don't know how to get that (if 'raw data' even makes sense in this context).. you're seeing noise from the activity of the brain. It's like sticking an aerial next to a PC, recording the RF noise and playing that back next to a different PC - you aren't going to suddenly get a free copy of Quake downloaded into it...
That's just a javascript app.. admittedly rather a cool one.
He's just parroting atkins dogma..
unfortunately it's been proven not to be so (can't find the link but I'm sure google will throw up a study or three) - atkins diet makes you thinner, not because of the lower carbs, but because you increase protein intake (ie. you eat things like steak which are high protein). The protein makes you feel full so you eat less...
So you're really eating less fat too.. you just don't realize you are.
I've done a few nonscientific experiments and the basic idea works.. for example if you eat a fry up for breakfast.. loads of fat but also loads of protein, you don't feel hungry until lunchtime.. no mid-morning snacks... lower overall calorie intake.
They never sent me a voucher..
mutter..grumble.. free donuts...
If it doesn't support DRM, the answer is no and they'll buy a Dell.
Except the answer will be "Only if you buy this $$$ DRM capable monitor and speakers as well. And Longhorn 'Home' edition" (assuming the PC comes with XP, which will be true for low-end PCs for a while due to the hardware specs longhorn needs).
It'll be more than that.
Consider the specs required to play HD-DVD on a PC:
1. An HDCP/HDMI compatible graphics card.
2. An HDCP/HDMI compatible monitor/display.
3. A DRM capable sound card
4. DRM capable digital speakers
5. A DRM capable motherboard
6. (possibly) a DRM capable processor
7. Longhorn
8. An HD-DVD drive
So to play HD-DVD on a PC you will basically need to buy a complete new PC, using components that aren't even available yet.
If OSX avoids/never implements DRM this shortens to:
1. An HD-DVD drive
(I'm assuming the Linux option is going to be techincally difficult for a little while)
Since I'd have to buy a whole new PC anyway, the Mac will likely be cheaper given the cost of all the crap reqired to implement DRM.
Had one of them. It broke.
It was too expensive to replace (costs ~$120) and I went back to cheap mice (you can get a microsoft optical for $15 now).
I don't miss bluetooth at all, and if the mouse dies it's cheap to replace. Wouldn't pay silly money for a mouse again.
Won't work. A good patent lawyer would have told you this (one that just wanted your money wouldn't of course).
You need more than the money to register the patent. You need the money to *defend* the patent - often tens of thousands of dollars.
If your idea is good, a company will rip it off anyway. Then you'd have to sue them for it. If the company is evil enough they probably have a few patents of their own that you can be described as breaking and you'll get countersued. Do you have enough in the bank for that?
If you don't have that kind of money do *not* patent - rely on secrecy.. it's cheaper.
That wasn't a bug in Windows then... just Notes was broken.
I wonder if the code to do that is still there. It's not a lot of security but every bit helps.
I'm left handed and so are a lot of other people I know.
None of us have switched our mouse buttons around.
The idea that it's somehow for left handed people is a complete myth. Why would I want to left click using the right button?
It's a bit like the ipod... nice scrolly wheel thing but zero tactile feedback.
OTOH you get used to it... probably the reality distortion field kicking in.
It's just not that simple an equation.
Tens of thousands of people die every day....
War, Famine, Flood, Pestilence (plus Ronnie Soak).
We generally see it as background noise and ignore it.
We only care about it when it affects us in some way.
1 person killed can be national news for weeks... do we really care about them? Probably not.. we care about our sense of safety (especially if it was a murder). To a certain extent we care about what the newspapers and TV tell us to care about too.
My last job before I went self employed was £35,000 as 'principal' programmer (lead senior programmer... I was the highest paid non-management employee, but this was in an IT company and had nothing but IT staff).
That equates to about $60,000 I think.
The 'junior' (actually a damned good java programmer who was completely crapped on) was earning £20,000 (about $34,000).
It's still pretty poor...
OTOH I'm earning even less than that now (about £15,000 at the moment) and damned happy working from home with no boss to piss on me from a great height.
I haven't even got a contract yet (which is illegal in the UK)
Yes you do.
There's an implied contract - and just because it's not written down doesn't mean the employer can suddenly decide to stop paying you.
If you've been doing the same thing for 3 years that is the terms of your contract.
Let me guess.
"Developer required. 25 years JDK 2.0, 10 years VS.NET 2005 experience essential"
I know a *lot* of unemployed developers. I also see a lot of job adverts not far off the above.
Companies are just not prepared to let a programmer learn something.. and yes I have seen VS.NET 2005 as a requirement for a job - how long would it take for someone used to VS.NET 2003 to pick it up? 30 seconds max... but they won't get the interview.
(I was once rejected for a job as I only had 2 years Java, and the company had a requirement for >10 years. - Java was about 4 years old at the time...).
They do it the other way around to.
My first job was for a company who hired everyone as 'programmer/project leader'. I was only earning about half what an average junior programmer got too (I was desparate!).
That job was hell... stuck it for two years as I was too green to appreciate my own skillset.
Show how XPSP2 IE6 installs spyware without user action
I'd love to, but never worked out how it does it.
I've got a machine running XP2, all the fixes, Firefox, no IE or Outlook has been hit with spyware *twice* now.
I hope you are not seriously suggesting we live under a civilised system of law in the United States of America?
Why not try it? Heck, it might even work....
You could *always* get arrested for looking at websites.
Try googling for kiddie porn and following the links. On second thoughts, don't do that as I don't want to be listed as an accessory.
Someone who starts getting interested in extreme islamic sites needs watching. Maybe it's just a kid going through a phase.. maybe it's someone who's just about to kill 100 people.. it's difficult to know but I'm glad someone is trying to check on these things.
Al Queda basically translates to 'anyone vaguely arabic who blows stuff up' to the press.
Every time something happens they're all over it saying how they 'related' to Al Quaeda or 'used the same websites' (which could mean google FFS!!) or even worse 'have similar aims' (eg. blowing stuff up).
It's getting to the point many people questioning whether such an organisation actually exists or if it's just arabic for 'people who blow stuff up'...
The fact of the matter is that after the first set of bombings Britain immediately outlawed certain kinds of speech. Specifically any speech by a muslim which could be construed as an incitement to terrorism.
Wrong on two counts...
'Acts Preparatory to Terrorism' is a law that was already on its way through the system (and doesn't become law for a couple of months yet). It was planned long before the bombing thing happened.
The government simply can't make laws that fast. There is a process that has to be supplied.
The law is not targeted at muslims. That would be illegal anyway.. the law applies to everyone.
I agree that the User Interface is critical in a finished product. But that is not true of an alpha version.
Untrue.
The user interface is a fundamental part of the the design. If you haven't finished the design of the app when you've released a beta then there's something seriously fucked up somewhere. Tweaking is OK, but major UI changes?? No.
The purpose of an application is to do something that the users want, hopefully in the way they want it doing. Anything else is secondary, and the way an app looks is *very* important to users.
I have a license... actually 20 at the moment.
OTOH I install off a single slipstreamed XP2 copy with a generated volume license key. Largely because I gave up on product activation a long time ago.. it's been the same story in many companies I've worked at - the admins simply can't be bothered phoning MS every time a machine needs reinstalling, so they use slipstream copies.
As long as they don't try the same trick with automatic updates it'll be fine (I never visit Windows Update on purpose.. there are more interesting sites..) but if they start locking that down to it'll be a choice of:
1. Reinstall the machines here with a different license key on each, with the ensuing conversation with some underpaid lacky in bangalore each time.
2. Find another way around it.