I laughed my ass off. The Helen Thomas bit was a reference to a run-in she had with President George W. Bush. The well-known figure of Washington press basically called the President of the United States a liar who sent soldiers to die in Iraq for no good reason. President Bush kind of sputtered in response. He probably still has nightmares about Helen Thomas. Oh, and Thomas got moved all the way back in future press releases. Heh, heh.
That's probably unauthorized use of the University's information systems. Running a third-party application meant to spy on students? Accessing the system with the intent of providing sensitive information on other network members to third-parties? The Universities should demand proof via IP packets, the source of that proof via the student-spy, and then expel the student for misuse of the computer systems. Repeat as necessary.
EUers say that the US really sucks, are bullies, etc., but without the United States, there would be no world economy. The American consumer overpays to bring products to market, and the rest of the world gets it at a cheaper price. Furthermore, the American market provides a crucial incentive to bring products to market. The sum of these effects that that without the United States, the world would be at the Stone Age, and it has nothing to do with American innovation but rather the utter idiocy and feckless spending of its citizen-consumers. No one would make drugs, illicit or prescription, if the American consumer was not dumb enough to overpay with American dollars--which other country drives up the price by illegalizing marijuana? The same goes for "entertainment" and pop "culture"--who else would may $20 for a music CD with spyware and put up with **IAA? Only the American consumer. Would Airbus try to bring the A380 to market if it couldn't sell to the good ol' USA? Probably not--wouldn't make the initial R & D outlay back.
Conclusion: it's hard to have an economy without the American market and its consumers. Walmart must be fed.
I mean what's next - is the Wii 2 gonna be called a Poo? Come and play with my Poo... Not since Free Willy has there been a culture feck up of such laughable proportions...
No! The Wii 2 is going to be named Wii^2,or colloquially, Wii Wii.
Or someone could have used the right hand instead of their left to type the letter. Because "i" is on the place where "e" would be if they used the right hand: the left one. Haha!
The engineers and the astronauts work hand-in-hand. I doubt that the engineers will be anything less than absolutely miserable if anything happened to the vehicle and crew. That said, the astronauts willingly assume the risk so as to further scientific progress. The engineers won't let them down if they can help it.
If you do this, you'll get some federal attention. Fraud via the mails (not over the Internet) really perks up the attention of the FBI, etc. because it's an instrumentality of commerce that not only gets them jurisdiction, but really seems to challenge them: "Hey, I'm soliciting 100,000 people, and what are you going to do about it?"
The lunar landing sites will still be recognizable in 200 million years. Even the footprints are estimated to survive for a hundred times the age of the Pyramids.
Management can suggest writing down the passwords on a thin strip of paper, and then gluing that thin strip of paper onto their credit cards. Well, at least that's what I do with my super-long passwords which cannot be remembered easily. That way, the password becomes more of a physical embodiment, a token of sorts. If I lose my credit card, well, I'll be unable to login and then I'll have to cry for help. But at least I'll know something's wrong. The security of this method is pretty good, I would figure, since I'd never, ever let the credit card out of my sight--even when buying something. Of course, removing the sticker without wiping out the signature strip (which dissolves under solvent!) is kind of tricky.
Personally, all the web services basically form an OS. Gmail, meebo, Google Calendar, and Writely allow me to plop down at any stupid Internet terminal and get some work done. I don't need a spreadsheet, or anything. I guess all the web windowing clients actually miss the point. I guess it would be sweet to abstract the AJAX into neat web APIs but there's already so much functionality using independent libraries that there would be very little value to be added through the standardization of the base libraries.
"That's why American servicemen pry AK-47s out of dead Iraqi fingers, and toss their M-16s in the back of the HMV. Drop the AK-47 in the sand, kick it around a bit, pick it up -- it goes "bang" every time."
Hey. If they're prying the AK-47 out of dead Iraqi fingers, isn't that an indictment of the AK-47 and not the M-16? Haha. Actually, with proper (daily) maintenance, the M-16 is a much superior rifle than the AK-47 in terms of range, accuracy, and stopping power. The M-4 carbine is supposed to resolve some issues in close quarter combat/urban warfare situations. The legend about M-16s sticking in combat came early in Vietnam, when the gun was designed to be rarely cleaned when used with one kind of powder but then was shifted to a stronger but more residue-prone powder. The instructions for cleaning the rifle never changed. Oopsie daisy.
The fact that parent is at "Score: 3 Informative" is an indictment of how well the mods are RTFA as well. I know it may have been a joke, but boy don't people get it.
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I hate how your post over-generalizes about the characters on Slashdot. I think we should petition to have you removed, Mr. "Infonaut", if that's even your real name. I mean, you are complaning about complaining. How am I supposed to complain if you already complained about complaining? You are depriving me of my pleasure, and the sole reason I would LTFA. I mean, what's the point of listening to pop culture if not to complain about how much it sucks? Hell, what's the point of participating in pop culture if we can't complaint about how we are all dominated by the consumerism of the culture we are inculcating amongst ourselves?
The headline is misrepresentative of the nature of the discovery. The scientists didn't find that brain cells were linked to choice but rather they found the specific brain cells (or rather, the specific regions of the brain) that were linked to decision-making. The difference, of course, is significant. Using fMRI to observe the functioning of the brain in real time can really yield weird knowledge about the brain in the future.
Are you kidding me? This is Slashdot, man. The best hope this guy gets of banging any girl is hitting the IT lottery and being the next Bill Gates. I mean, the best thing MSFT ever did for Billg was to get him laid, not getting him paid. What, did you think all teenagers were this studious, or is there an ulterior motive at work here?
Except for the fact that the entire airport shut off and hundreds if not thousands of people fled in fear and confusion. Aside from that, the play was fine.
Dunna, but if you got an employee leaking to the market, what is he leaking to your competitors? Imagine you plan to release Gidget X on March 1, 2007. Information is leaked, and lo and behold, your competitor's Gidget Y is released on February 28, 2007, thus stealing all your thunder. So there are reasons for getting the source. The question of whether they would be able to do so with a newspaper is another question.
Judging by the efforts advertisers go through to get the attention of college students, such as handing out free samples on-campus or "free" gifts for signing up for a credit card, facebook.com offers access to a hot resource. College kids have daddy's wallet and not enough intelligence or will to restrict their usage. It's not only how much it costs to maintain but how much do you value the access, which is essentially unique? People normally don't join a whole bunch of social networks--it's like a tipping point kind of thing. Myspace is filled with everyone, so it's not as distinguished. Friendster is retarded and disfunctional. Orkut is functionally-kaput. Facebook offers a clean, quick, functional and reliable interface. Visit the site. You'll be surprised at all the added and innovative features. It has such a huge headstart in terms of building a userbase. It's not invincible, but it'll be hard to get rid of that advantage. That's what's worth so much.
I absolutely agree with this sentiment. That's why I use Gentoo Linux. I wasn't after the compilation Portgage system but rather the community. Look at the forums at the gentoo linux site. Not only do members help out quickly, they also have great documentation and they even write scripts for newbies. I got a lot of help to get my wireless working with ndiswrapper, and some guys started a script to get everything automated so other newbies did not have to bother with that stuff.
I don't think Microsoft is nefariously "funding" the IP vultures, I think they just realized that they could get away a lot cheaper by settling early on and not having to deal with it.
RIM could have settled for $10 million or something but ended up losing $600 million in addition to legal fees. If you have $40 billion in cash like Microsoft, you limit your liabilities by settling. It's simple risk management. $60 million is like a week's interest or something. The fact that it hurts your largest competitor who is trying to muscle onto the x86 Operating System market, is certainly a plus.
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I laughed my ass off. The Helen Thomas bit was a reference to a run-in she had with President George W. Bush. The well-known figure of Washington press basically called the President of the United States a liar who sent soldiers to die in Iraq for no good reason. President Bush kind of sputtered in response. He probably still has nightmares about Helen Thomas. Oh, and Thomas got moved all the way back in future press releases. Heh, heh.
That's probably unauthorized use of the University's information systems. Running a third-party application meant to spy on students? Accessing the system with the intent of providing sensitive information on other network members to third-parties? The Universities should demand proof via IP packets, the source of that proof via the student-spy, and then expel the student for misuse of the computer systems. Repeat as necessary.
EUers say that the US really sucks, are bullies, etc., but without the United States, there would be no world economy. The American consumer overpays to bring products to market, and the rest of the world gets it at a cheaper price. Furthermore, the American market provides a crucial incentive to bring products to market. The sum of these effects that that without the United States, the world would be at the Stone Age, and it has nothing to do with American innovation but rather the utter idiocy and feckless spending of its citizen-consumers. No one would make drugs, illicit or prescription, if the American consumer was not dumb enough to overpay with American dollars--which other country drives up the price by illegalizing marijuana? The same goes for "entertainment" and pop "culture"--who else would may $20 for a music CD with spyware and put up with **IAA? Only the American consumer. Would Airbus try to bring the A380 to market if it couldn't sell to the good ol' USA? Probably not--wouldn't make the initial R & D outlay back.
Conclusion: it's hard to have an economy without the American market and its consumers. Walmart must be fed.
I mean what's next - is the Wii 2 gonna be called a Poo? Come and play with my Poo... Not since Free Willy has there been a culture feck up of such laughable proportions...
No! The Wii 2 is going to be named Wii^2,or colloquially, Wii Wii.
Or someone could have used the right hand instead of their left to type the letter. Because "i" is on the place where "e" would be if they used the right hand: the left one. Haha!
Cybersquatting: Internet :: SCO : Patents.
The engineers and the astronauts work hand-in-hand. I doubt that the engineers will be anything less than absolutely miserable if anything happened to the vehicle and crew. That said, the astronauts willingly assume the risk so as to further scientific progress. The engineers won't let them down if they can help it.
If you do this, you'll get some federal attention. Fraud via the mails (not over the Internet) really perks up the attention of the FBI, etc. because it's an instrumentality of commerce that not only gets them jurisdiction, but really seems to challenge them: "Hey, I'm soliciting 100,000 people, and what are you going to do about it?"
Meet Stoner, the world's Deepest Dinosaur:
Like, duuuude.
The lunar landing sites will still be recognizable in 200 million years. Even the footprints are estimated to survive for a hundred times the age of the Pyramids.
Voyager 2 and Pioneer 10 will outlive the Earth.
So will a Beryllium Sphere.
Management can suggest writing down the passwords on a thin strip of paper, and then gluing that thin strip of paper onto their credit cards. Well, at least that's what I do with my super-long passwords which cannot be remembered easily. That way, the password becomes more of a physical embodiment, a token of sorts. If I lose my credit card, well, I'll be unable to login and then I'll have to cry for help. But at least I'll know something's wrong. The security of this method is pretty good, I would figure, since I'd never, ever let the credit card out of my sight--even when buying something. Of course, removing the sticker without wiping out the signature strip (which dissolves under solvent!) is kind of tricky.
Personally, all the web services basically form an OS. Gmail, meebo, Google Calendar, and Writely allow me to plop down at any stupid Internet terminal and get some work done. I don't need a spreadsheet, or anything. I guess all the web windowing clients actually miss the point. I guess it would be sweet to abstract the AJAX into neat web APIs but there's already so much functionality using independent libraries that there would be very little value to be added through the standardization of the base libraries.
"That's why American servicemen pry AK-47s out of dead Iraqi fingers, and toss their M-16s in the back of the HMV. Drop the AK-47 in the sand, kick it around a bit, pick it up -- it goes "bang" every time."
Hey. If they're prying the AK-47 out of dead Iraqi fingers, isn't that an indictment of the AK-47 and not the M-16? Haha. Actually, with proper (daily) maintenance, the M-16 is a much superior rifle than the AK-47 in terms of range, accuracy, and stopping power. The M-4 carbine is supposed to resolve some issues in close quarter combat/urban warfare situations. The legend about M-16s sticking in combat came early in Vietnam, when the gun was designed to be rarely cleaned when used with one kind of powder but then was shifted to a stronger but more residue-prone powder. The instructions for cleaning the rifle never changed. Oopsie daisy.
The fact that parent is at "Score: 3 Informative" is an indictment of how well the mods are RTFA as well. I know it may have been a joke, but boy don't people get it.
I hate how your post over-generalizes about the characters on Slashdot. I think we should petition to have you removed, Mr. "Infonaut", if that's even your real name. I mean, you are complaning about complaining. How am I supposed to complain if you already complained about complaining? You are depriving me of my pleasure, and the sole reason I would LTFA. I mean, what's the point of listening to pop culture if not to complain about how much it sucks? Hell, what's the point of participating in pop culture if we can't complaint about how we are all dominated by the consumerism of the culture we are inculcating amongst ourselves?
Sigh.
Codemonkey...
The headline is misrepresentative of the nature of the discovery. The scientists didn't find that brain cells were linked to choice but rather they found the specific brain cells (or rather, the specific regions of the brain) that were linked to decision-making. The difference, of course, is significant. Using fMRI to observe the functioning of the brain in real time can really yield weird knowledge about the brain in the future.
Are you kidding me? This is Slashdot, man. The best hope this guy gets of banging any girl is hitting the IT lottery and being the next Bill Gates. I mean, the best thing MSFT ever did for Billg was to get him laid, not getting him paid. What, did you think all teenagers were this studious, or is there an ulterior motive at work here?
If that were true, we'd all be pornstars.
It's hard out here for a pimp, bitch.
Except for the fact that the entire airport shut off and hundreds if not thousands of people fled in fear and confusion. Aside from that, the play was fine.
Dunna, but if you got an employee leaking to the market, what is he leaking to your competitors? Imagine you plan to release Gidget X on March 1, 2007. Information is leaked, and lo and behold, your competitor's Gidget Y is released on February 28, 2007, thus stealing all your thunder. So there are reasons for getting the source. The question of whether they would be able to do so with a newspaper is another question.
... and then promptly deleted, the user banned.
Judging by the efforts advertisers go through to get the attention of college students, such as handing out free samples on-campus or "free" gifts for signing up for a credit card, facebook.com offers access to a hot resource. College kids have daddy's wallet and not enough intelligence or will to restrict their usage. It's not only how much it costs to maintain but how much do you value the access, which is essentially unique? People normally don't join a whole bunch of social networks--it's like a tipping point kind of thing. Myspace is filled with everyone, so it's not as distinguished. Friendster is retarded and disfunctional. Orkut is functionally-kaput. Facebook offers a clean, quick, functional and reliable interface. Visit the site. You'll be surprised at all the added and innovative features. It has such a huge headstart in terms of building a userbase. It's not invincible, but it'll be hard to get rid of that advantage. That's what's worth so much.
I absolutely agree with this sentiment. That's why I use Gentoo Linux. I wasn't after the compilation Portgage system but rather the community. Look at the forums at the gentoo linux site. Not only do members help out quickly, they also have great documentation and they even write scripts for newbies. I got a lot of help to get my wireless working with ndiswrapper, and some guys started a script to get everything automated so other newbies did not have to bother with that stuff.
I don't think Microsoft is nefariously "funding" the IP vultures, I think they just realized that they could get away a lot cheaper by settling early on and not having to deal with it.
RIM could have settled for $10 million or something but ended up losing $600 million in addition to legal fees. If you have $40 billion in cash like Microsoft, you limit your liabilities by settling. It's simple risk management. $60 million is like a week's interest or something. The fact that it hurts your largest competitor who is trying to muscle onto the x86 Operating System market, is certainly a plus.
Or maybe someone who really, really hates Apple is bidding up the share prices.