Which do you think kids want to go to? Museum 1, with friendly animals coexisting on a big boat, or Museum 2, with enormous lizards with giant teeth attacking each other? Build the T-Rex and you'll make the tax money back.
That places a lot of trust in the website that I don't really have. "Oh sure, take a look at what sites I go to, just make sure it's only the ones I'm cool with, k?" If someone wants to let websites in on all or some of their history, they can go hog wild, but I should be able to keep mine private. I don't want places knowing what I bought on Amazon, and I don't want Amazon knowing what I look at.
There are actually three types - one that shrinks and grows, one that vibrates for every transaction, and, my personal favorite, one that becomes harder and harder to open as you approach a limit. That kind of tactile feedback forces you to realize where you are each month. It's small, but if you make something harder to open, people are definitely less likely to do so even if overcomable. The problem is that by the time you're getting out your wallet it's usually too late, so the Costanza-esque model is probably most useful. The biggest issue is the requirement for a constant Bluetooth link to your phone using your data plan. No need to have a near-constant stream of data, especially when you're trying to cut costs.
But you control the total volume, so whether everything except commercials is increased or commercials are decreased doesn't really matter, since you control the master. The difference is what kills ya, and nobody's going to work hard to make their content sound worse. If anything they want to exaggerate differences within a show to keep you attentive.
The fact that they intentionally obfuscated the code means that they KNEW this would piss people off, and were hoping to just bore curious folk by presenting seemingly random characters.
Solar is the greenest energy available, hands down. Although I doubt using the sun to provide light would interest many people.
"Wow, an eel-powered christmas tree!"
"You think that's cool, imagine this: A giant ball of hydrogen millions of degrees in temperature constantly undergoing fusion sustains all life on Earth from 93 million miles away! And it will last for billions of years, at almost no cost! Although unfortunately output is subject to seasonal fluctuations."
There are enough secret documents and nefarious backroom deals to go around. If Wikileaks has put a stop on submissions because it has too much, then there's clearly room for more, and Wikileaks should welcome them as such. It appears there is at least some indication WL feels that way, but while the people may not be the best of friends their organizations will at least be allies.
Not too shabby, assuming you ignore the inevitable wars and such. There are plenty of people willing to shell that out every year for something like this.
The 15 minutes it takes the cops to respond to a robbery have been dubbed "The golden quarter-hour of robberies." I would expect the majority of successes to occur before security mechanisms have started, what with them being security mechanisms and all.
Apple's patent describes using a special reflective screen with a rippled texture to create an autostereoscopic projection system, meaning one in which different images are projected to each eye without the need for special glasses. The system tracks the viewer's eyes and calculates their position in space. It then projects each pixel of the stereoscopic images to a precise spot on one of the screen's ripples, reflecting it into one or other of the viewer's eyes. If Apple can do this for one pair eyes, it suggests, it can project multiple images to different points on the ripples for multiple users at the same time.
IBM may be patent-happy, but it's only reasonable to protect their "inventions". There's a huge difference between a patent troll who buys patents solely for litigation purposes, and IBM, who has been among the leading tech innovators for decades, defending their investments using the legal system. We may not love the current state of affairs for patents, but it's important to distinguish between bottom feeders out for a dirty buck and successful entities making use of their R&D department.
To be honest, though, is Assange any less of a toolbag than Lieberman? Amazon has to look out for its best interests and, with this hullabaloo going on during holiday season, they really can't afford being seen by red-blooded, credit card-carrying Americans to be supporting what will be viewed as undermining American political efficacy. Amazon has a bottom line, and until political discourse becomes part of their mission statement, the bottom line dictates policy.
The Wikileaks twitter account is reporting/complaining that Amazon booted them from using their servers. Others are saying it was due to pressure from the US.
Right now, copyright is 70 years past the author's death, but before the 70s there was renewal. If the work was published before 1964 and not renewed, it's PD. When exactly something becomes copyrighted can be a tricky concept, as publication has increasingly come to mean "made permanent."
My point is that Interpol just asks nicely on behalf of whichever country wants the person arrested. Maybe this was relevant 50 years ago when it was trickier to coordinate amongst countries, but I have full faith in Sweden's ability to contact other countries.
I don't know whether to be amazed or horrified, but honestly? That's really not that far-fetched, and I bet it would actually be pretty popular, or at least more than Buzz.
Slashdot Mirror
Christine??? I didn't know you read slashdot.
Which do you think kids want to go to? Museum 1, with friendly animals coexisting on a big boat, or Museum 2, with enormous lizards with giant teeth attacking each other? Build the T-Rex and you'll make the tax money back.
I'm sorry, did you miss the 14th amendment? Kind of a BFD.
That places a lot of trust in the website that I don't really have. "Oh sure, take a look at what sites I go to, just make sure it's only the ones I'm cool with, k?" If someone wants to let websites in on all or some of their history, they can go hog wild, but I should be able to keep mine private. I don't want places knowing what I bought on Amazon, and I don't want Amazon knowing what I look at.
There are actually three types - one that shrinks and grows, one that vibrates for every transaction, and, my personal favorite, one that becomes harder and harder to open as you approach a limit. That kind of tactile feedback forces you to realize where you are each month. It's small, but if you make something harder to open, people are definitely less likely to do so even if overcomable. The problem is that by the time you're getting out your wallet it's usually too late, so the Costanza-esque model is probably most useful. The biggest issue is the requirement for a constant Bluetooth link to your phone using your data plan. No need to have a near-constant stream of data, especially when you're trying to cut costs.
But you control the total volume, so whether everything except commercials is increased or commercials are decreased doesn't really matter, since you control the master. The difference is what kills ya, and nobody's going to work hard to make their content sound worse. If anything they want to exaggerate differences within a show to keep you attentive.
The fact that they intentionally obfuscated the code means that they KNEW this would piss people off, and were hoping to just bore curious folk by presenting seemingly random characters.
Solar is the greenest energy available, hands down. Although I doubt using the sun to provide light would interest many people.
"Wow, an eel-powered christmas tree!"
"You think that's cool, imagine this: A giant ball of hydrogen millions of degrees in temperature constantly undergoing fusion sustains all life on Earth from 93 million miles away! And it will last for billions of years, at almost no cost! Although unfortunately output is subject to seasonal fluctuations."
There are enough secret documents and nefarious backroom deals to go around. If Wikileaks has put a stop on submissions because it has too much, then there's clearly room for more, and Wikileaks should welcome them as such. It appears there is at least some indication WL feels that way, but while the people may not be the best of friends their organizations will at least be allies.
Unrelated - Why does TFS refer to TFA as such?
100 million yen = 1.2 million USD
Not too shabby, assuming you ignore the inevitable wars and such. There are plenty of people willing to shell that out every year for something like this.
The 15 minutes it takes the cops to respond to a robbery have been dubbed "The golden quarter-hour of robberies." I would expect the majority of successes to occur before security mechanisms have started, what with them being security mechanisms and all.
At least quote the interesting part:
Apple's patent describes using a special reflective screen with a rippled texture to create an autostereoscopic projection system, meaning one in which different images are projected to each eye without the need for special glasses. The system tracks the viewer's eyes and calculates their position in space. It then projects each pixel of the stereoscopic images to a precise spot on one of the screen's ripples, reflecting it into one or other of the viewer's eyes. If Apple can do this for one pair eyes, it suggests, it can project multiple images to different points on the ripples for multiple users at the same time.
could this actually be innovative technology from Apple?
i'm kind of impressed.
Nope, the Death Star has prior art.
Let the spice wars begin.
IBM may be patent-happy, but it's only reasonable to protect their "inventions". There's a huge difference between a patent troll who buys patents solely for litigation purposes, and IBM, who has been among the leading tech innovators for decades, defending their investments using the legal system. We may not love the current state of affairs for patents, but it's important to distinguish between bottom feeders out for a dirty buck and successful entities making use of their R&D department.
Just a guess, but it might be due to the fact that he is Charimen of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
To be honest, though, is Assange any less of a toolbag than Lieberman? Amazon has to look out for its best interests and, with this hullabaloo going on during holiday season, they really can't afford being seen by red-blooded, credit card-carrying Americans to be supporting what will be viewed as undermining American political efficacy. Amazon has a bottom line, and until political discourse becomes part of their mission statement, the bottom line dictates policy.
I think anyone who spells their nick with numbers in an effort to look “leet” automatically loses the ability to be called a “computer expert”.
No, but it does make him eminently qualified to call himself one.
The Wikileaks twitter account is reporting/complaining that Amazon booted them from using their servers. Others are saying it was due to pressure from the US.
the TSA should implement a "do not molest" list.
Yeah, and it would be easy to make - just copy-paste the latest census results!
Let me rephrase - like an ACTUAL pirate, not a curious teen or aging grandma.
breaching copyright law to make money
Funny, that sounds incredibly like a pirate to me. Hopefully the law will actually work both ways this time.
Right now, copyright is 70 years past the author's death, but before the 70s there was renewal. If the work was published before 1964 and not renewed, it's PD. When exactly something becomes copyrighted can be a tricky concept, as publication has increasingly come to mean "made permanent."
My point is that Interpol just asks nicely on behalf of whichever country wants the person arrested. Maybe this was relevant 50 years ago when it was trickier to coordinate amongst countries, but I have full faith in Sweden's ability to contact other countries.
Interpol has no authority to compel a subject’s arrest. It issued 5,020 Red Notice last year for a variety of crimes.
Most telling line of the articles, imo.
I don't know whether to be amazed or horrified, but honestly? That's really not that far-fetched, and I bet it would actually be pretty popular, or at least more than Buzz.