But the registrar is then the judge jury and executioner. Banks are already regulated and required to comply with endless rules about data security. The fact is they can't fucking figure it out, and no non-government registrar will be able to police the thousands of banks who would apply for a.bank domain (nor would they have the authority to do actual testing).
Besides, this doesn't help for shit when I call Bank of America and tell them to stop paying my credit card automatically (to the tune of some random number) when it has a $0 balance. They just go and tell me to call Banc of America, who then tells me to call Bank of America. Yes, they're different, yes, it's intentional to fuck with customers and give them the runaround, skirt around reporting laws and tax laws, etc.
I would think the pedos would be flocking to.kids .
I suspect this will take either of the two extremes:
Rubber-stamp everything and try to rake in money. Keep that asshole shut tight and reject most applications.
Is ICANN a bunch of moron? Are they corrupt? Do they like money? Are sensationalist news articles fed to the media in order to get people to "BUY NOW!!! EVERYONE'S BUYING NOW!!! HURRY BEFORE THEY'RE GONE!!!"?
High-end HDDs still edge out SSDs for serial reads in many setups.
Keep in mind that write performance degrades over time (goes from great to very good) as the pages get full.
When you're out of free pages, you have to read an entire block of pages to cache, erase the entire block, then write back the new block.
Current OSs and controllers do not yet support the "yes, actually delete it" command, and current controllers do not yet support any sort of automatic drive-level page consolidation.
If money is no object, then SSD is a good choice. A better choice is a RAM drive, though prices for these make SSDs look like a bargain.
$-for-$ there is no contest. HDDs win. I think they've got about 2 years left before they start to be marginalized to bulk storage devices.
"But the sample size (on the effectiveness of radon emission levels as an earthquake prediction tool) there is 1"
No, it's not. The recent events are a sample size of 1. There has been prior research in this area that has contributed other data points.
"For more data points on the validity of using radon gas as a means of predicting earth quakes, one would need to take more predictions, and see how often the prediction's realised""
This has been done. No, I don't know what the results are for all predictions using his method, similar methods, varying time ranges, etc. Someone needs to tabulate the data.
"And bare in mind that it's not even a good sample if he would have evacuated the wrong city at the wrong time."
He was damn close. I'd say it was a hit. All predictions of this nature will need to meet or beat a threshold to determine success. Compared to other predictions, this guy hit the fucking bullseye.
"Yes, the one data point on the effectiveness of prediction by radon emissions is in itself an amalgamation of lots of other data"
? One data point is not an amalgamation. If you combine all data and then say the method is x% effective predicting activity within y days, z distance, and w strength, then that is an amalgam. No one is anywhere near making that sort of claim.
"but that doesn't make it a sample size greater than one within the context."
? What? All I did was offer 1 point of evidence compared to Jumperalex's zero.
"If you escape to a wider context, I think there may be more validity to what you're saying, but still not enough"
1 is not a good sample size. The sample size isn't 1.
I don't know what the sample size is, but it is small.
The smaller any sample size, the more significant any individual data point is.
Given a small sample size (for earthquake occurrences and their predictions using radon emissions), this data point is significant.
"Now before anyone tells me to show them the proof I'm going to save myself the time and tell YOU to show me the proof that radon emissions IS a scientifically viable method for prediction of seismic activity. If you can't, or are too lazy to do so, then please stop acting like it is."
He took the "show me" route, so I did. If he wants to show something to the contrary he can. But he won't.
I never assumed you approved of it. I simply said it is not a grey area.
And it's not.
I ranted about emulators because it's the same bullshit. Pirates will drudge up any "evidence" they can to justify their activities. It's illegal and they know it.
Do people really think there was a 24 hour trial period allowed by law, like that WaReZ site from 1998 told them?
That's the old way, and it didn't work, so now they've changed it. Bills still get free Fon access, and you can change your status, and some other changes.
Fon is against the TOS of most ISPs. Fon is illegal in many areas. Fon isn't as nice as just running a free hotspot. Most Fon users signed up back in the day just for the free router, which they promptly flashed with DD-WRT. Most new Fon users will be attracted to the "Make money with Fon!" option, and WiFi WON'T be free to the masses, but only to other Fon users.
There's a reason Fon never got of the ground, and that's the simple fact that truly free WiFi is easy to come by, especially in areas likely to harbor Fon users.
It'd be in a.DLM wrapper (DownLoadMax) with the Super Downloaded Video codec for video and SDDS and ATRAC for the audio tracks.
Also, you'd need an SDVF (Super Downloaded Video File) player to play it. The logo would look neat but you'd never see it on any consumer device from anyone but Sony.
BluRay titles from Sony will feature a digital copy of the film in SDV format, but you will still have to download them to a super memory stick super. All you get is an authorization code. Some collector's editions may include the copy on a separate useless mini frisbee (umf) disc.
(Hint: I am referencing betamax, sdds, super audio cd, minidisc, umd, memory stick pro, and other sony abortions).
"Dear citizens, it has come to our attention that there may be a large-scale earthquake in the near future. While no prediction mechanism is 100%, you should always be prepared. Please review your plan, make sure you have a first aid kit, bottled water, food, blankets, clothes, a radio, batteries, medicine."
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There's .us . .you , which belongs with .them .
And then there's
GTFO foreigner.
A lot of sites need teh dubyas, sadly.
But the registrar is then the judge jury and executioner. Banks are already regulated and required to comply with endless rules about data security. The fact is they can't fucking figure it out, and no non-government registrar will be able to police the thousands of banks who would apply for a .bank domain (nor would they have the authority to do actual testing).
Besides, this doesn't help for shit when I call Bank of America and tell them to stop paying my credit card automatically (to the tune of some random number) when it has a $0 balance. They just go and tell me to call Banc of America, who then tells me to call Bank of America. Yes, they're different, yes, it's intentional to fuck with customers and give them the runaround, skirt around reporting laws and tax laws, etc.
I would think the pedos would be flocking to .kids .
.xxx and .sex were rejected and "banned" ages ago.
I suspect this will take either of the two extremes:
Rubber-stamp everything and try to rake in money.
Keep that asshole shut tight and reject most applications.
Is ICANN a bunch of moron? Are they corrupt? Do they like money? Are sensationalist news articles fed to the media in order to get people to "BUY NOW!!! EVERYONE'S BUYING NOW!!! HURRY BEFORE THEY'RE GONE!!!"?
ICANN can go suck a top level dick.
High-end HDDs still edge out SSDs for serial reads in many setups.
Keep in mind that write performance degrades over time (goes from great to very good) as the pages get full.
When you're out of free pages, you have to read an entire block of pages to cache, erase the entire block, then write back the new block.
Current OSs and controllers do not yet support the "yes, actually delete it" command, and current controllers do not yet support any sort of automatic drive-level page consolidation.
If money is no object, then SSD is a good choice. A better choice is a RAM drive, though prices for these make SSDs look like a bargain.
$-for-$ there is no contest. HDDs win. I think they've got about 2 years left before they start to be marginalized to bulk storage devices.
You have to define cheap.
A common sense definition puts it as the reciprocal of expensive.
Just like saying twice as slow or twice as fast.
You logically define slow as the time it takes, and fast as the reciprocal.
Except, you know, the whole piracy thing.
Our culture doesn't value foreskin either (aside from grinding it up for use in cosmetics).
Such a thought is sure to put any intact man in your position, causality.
"But the sample size (on the effectiveness of radon emission levels as an earthquake prediction tool) there is 1"
No, it's not.
The recent events are a sample size of 1.
There has been prior research in this area that has contributed other data points.
"For more data points on the validity of using radon gas as a means of predicting earth quakes, one would need to take more predictions, and see how often the prediction's realised""
This has been done. No, I don't know what the results are for all predictions using his method, similar methods, varying time ranges, etc. Someone needs to tabulate the data.
"And bare in mind that it's not even a good sample if he would have evacuated the wrong city at the wrong time."
He was damn close. I'd say it was a hit. All predictions of this nature will need to meet or beat a threshold to determine success. Compared to other predictions, this guy hit the fucking bullseye.
"Yes, the one data point on the effectiveness of prediction by radon emissions is in itself an amalgamation of lots of other data"
? One data point is not an amalgamation.
If you combine all data and then say the method is x% effective predicting activity within y days, z distance, and w strength, then that is an amalgam. No one is anywhere near making that sort of claim.
"but that doesn't make it a sample size greater than one within the context."
? What? All I did was offer 1 point of evidence compared to Jumperalex's zero.
"If you escape to a wider context, I think there may be more validity to what you're saying, but still not enough"
Escape? Do you like pina coladas?
If you had seen the pictures you would not have claimed it to have a "cool factor".
It's a Simpsons quote.
I'm an electric car.
I don't go very fast,
Or very far.
And if you drive me,
People will think you're gay!
(Solar cars are still electric, it applies dammit!)
1 is not a good sample size.
The sample size isn't 1.
I don't know what the sample size is, but it is small.
The smaller any sample size, the more significant any individual data point is.
Given a small sample size (for earthquake occurrences and their predictions using radon emissions), this data point is significant.
"Now before anyone tells me to show them the proof I'm going to save myself the time and tell YOU to show me the proof that radon emissions IS a scientifically viable method for prediction of seismic activity. If you can't, or are too lazy to do so, then please stop acting like it is."
He took the "show me" route, so I did.
If he wants to show something to the contrary he can. But he won't.
So we just have to NOT prove that it is?
Nice! Job done. I'm making a sandwich.
Science is hard work.
Hint: This is slashdot.
Point of view?
There are some facts in my post, such as:
Downloading music, movies, games, software, books, etc. is illegal if you don't pay the copyright holder, have a valid license, etc.
Any emulator violating the DMCA (anything developed after the DMCA was effected for any modern console/handheld/arcade board) is illegal.
Protip: This applies to the USA.
I never assumed you approved of it.
I simply said it is not a grey area.
And it's not.
I ranted about emulators because it's the same bullshit. Pirates will drudge up any "evidence" they can to justify their activities. It's illegal and they know it.
Do people really think there was a 24 hour trial period allowed by law, like that WaReZ site from 1998 told them?
That's the old way, and it didn't work, so now they've changed it. Bills still get free Fon access, and you can change your status, and some other changes.
Fon is against the TOS of most ISPs.
Fon is illegal in many areas.
Fon isn't as nice as just running a free hotspot.
Most Fon users signed up back in the day just for the free router, which they promptly flashed with DD-WRT.
Most new Fon users will be attracted to the "Make money with Fon!" option, and WiFi WON'T be free to the masses, but only to other Fon users.
There's a reason Fon never got of the ground, and that's the simple fact that truly free WiFi is easy to come by, especially in areas likely to harbor Fon users.
Yeah right.
It'd be in a .DLM wrapper (DownLoadMax) with the Super Downloaded Video codec for video and SDDS and ATRAC for the audio tracks.
Also, you'd need an SDVF (Super Downloaded Video File) player to play it. The logo would look neat but you'd never see it on any consumer device from anyone but Sony.
BluRay titles from Sony will feature a digital copy of the film in SDV format, but you will still have to download them to a super memory stick super. All you get is an authorization code. Some collector's editions may include the copy on a separate useless mini frisbee (umf) disc.
(Hint: I am referencing betamax, sdds, super audio cd, minidisc, umd, memory stick pro, and other sony abortions).
Hulu's quality pales in comparison to that of a decent encode you could:
Make yourself
Download from the intertubes.
GALVATRON: Coronation, Starscream? This is bad comedy!
"Dear citizens, it has come to our attention that there may be a large-scale earthquake in the near future. While no prediction mechanism is 100%, you should always be prepared. Please review your plan, make sure you have a first aid kit, bottled water, food, blankets, clothes, a radio, batteries, medicine."
Since we can't prove either, I'll just offer up one very important data pair in a very limited data set.
The recent earthquakes in Italy & the March 29th prediction.
Zombie cancer!
Haha, yeah! *High five*
Also: Use your zappy gun to stop them!
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