If only end-users are given the same power regarding software "features" they don't need and don't care for (just lay them off). You can do that fairly easily with Linux and BSD, but trying to carve up Windows is asking for pain.
...such as when the researcher in question claims, 'What we have is non-living, but we've been able to show that it has some life-like properties, and that was extremely interesting."
What are "some life-like properties"? As soon as she is able to define them explicitly and unambiguously, then I am prepared to start considering her claims.
Sebastian: Mmm... Not really. I make friends. They're toys. My friends are toys. I make them. It's a hobby. I'm a genetic designer. Do you know what that is?
Pris: No.
Sebastian: Yoo-hoo, home again.
Toys: Home again, home again, jiggity jig. Good evening J. F.
Prosecutor: So according to your earlier testimony, the defendents were travelling in the breakdown lane at a high rate of speed. Am I correct?
Trooper: Yes, that's correct.
Prosecutor: So what happened when you pull them over and approached the operator of the vehicle?
Trooper: The male defendent stated that the female defendent was his wife, and that she was going into labor. I offered to help them after I issued their citation, but they refused.
Prosecutor: They refused? How?
Trooper: I read it on Slashdot about a way to rebuild autoparts into a neonatal unit, and since the defendents were driving a 4Runner I thought I could help them out so they wouldn't continue to break the law.
Prosecutor: So what happened then?
Trooper: They thought I was too smart to be a state trooper, so they both burst out laughing and said that I should get a real job. Then they continued down the breakdown lane at a high rate of speed. That's when I called for backup.
Think of the various attempts to encourage women into computer science by watering down the content. Not too long ago/. had an article that talked about how a consortium of schools (including Carnegie Mellon) wanted to eliminate programming altogether as a way to encourage the students to move into CS.
The problem is that students are usually astute enough to sense that the school is presenting "mickey mouse" version of the material. They want the meat, not milk bonez, and watering down the content says, in effect, (a) "you are not smart enough to understand the REAL computer science so here is the for-dummy version", and (b) that there is no point for students who are truly motivated to do the work, since an A can be had for a song.
We Chinese have an old saying that dates back to the Opium War. Back then we were called the "Sick Man of the Far East", because of the number of people addicted to opium which the British had imported. Later on it became "Copycat of the Far East" because of the many, many ways that China tries to imitate the West through technology, culture, fashion, music, and so on. (Think of just how much software and music are copied and distributed without any regard to proper royalties and licensing and you can begin to get a sense of the pervasiveness of this cultural trait.)
Understandably, neither label is a source of pride in the Chinese culture, but as with all cultural stereotypes and epithets, these have some truth in them.
I always thought that other reasons for stretching include getting your heart rate up and getting more oxygenated blood throughout your body (so that, even though you can get more strength by not stretching, your heart isn't burdened unnecessarily). It's not so much for your muscles as it is for other parts of your body needed for the activity.
"The 'b' partition of your root drive automatically becomes your system swap partition. Many people follow an old rule of thumb that your swap partition should be twice the size of your main system RAM. This rule is nonsense. On a modern system, that's a LOT of swap, most people prefer that their systems never swap. You don't want your system to ever run out of RAM+swap, but you usually would rather have enough RAM in the system so it doesn't need to swap. If you are using a flash device for disk, you probably want no swap partition at all. Use what is appropriate for your needs. If you guess wrong, you can add another swap partition in/etc/fstab or swap to a file later."
If the data is scattered among many computers, it won't do you any good (or get you any excitement) to store a few blocks of porn. At best you get a few pixels, and you probably won't even know WHICH pixels they are supposed to be, seeing that they are supposed to be encrypted.
Next time, pick something like "Will-trade-blocks-for-food" or something like that.
Just because we are talking about technology workers does not imply that they are a more virtuous bunch. Unethical behavior has existed as long as man, and if anything a scumbag is helped immensely by the power of technology to do immense damage.
Slashdot Mirror
If only end-users are given the same power regarding software "features" they don't need and don't care for (just lay them off). You can do that fairly easily with Linux and BSD, but trying to carve up Windows is asking for pain.
...such as when the researcher in question claims, 'What we have is non-living, but we've been able to show that it has some life-like properties, and that was extremely interesting."
What are "some life-like properties"? As soon as she is able to define them explicitly and unambiguously, then I am prepared to start considering her claims.
...his blog? Or for that matter, his email account?
Pris: Must get lonely here J. F.
Sebastian: Mmm... Not really. I make friends. They're toys. My friends are toys. I make them. It's a hobby. I'm a genetic designer. Do you know what that is?
Pris: No.
Sebastian: Yoo-hoo, home again.
Toys: Home again, home again, jiggity jig. Good evening J. F.
[From a courtroom transcript]
Prosecutor: So according to your earlier testimony, the defendents were travelling in the breakdown lane at a high rate of speed. Am I correct?
Trooper: Yes, that's correct.
Prosecutor: So what happened when you pull them over and approached the operator of the vehicle?
Trooper: The male defendent stated that the female defendent was his wife, and that she was going into labor. I offered to help them after I issued their citation, but they refused.
Prosecutor: They refused? How?
Trooper: I read it on Slashdot about a way to rebuild autoparts into a neonatal unit, and since the defendents were driving a 4Runner I thought I could help them out so they wouldn't continue to break the law.
Prosecutor: So what happened then?
Trooper: They thought I was too smart to be a state trooper, so they both burst out laughing and said that I should get a real job. Then they continued down the breakdown lane at a high rate of speed. That's when I called for backup.
It's called the "Jump-To-Conclusion Mat".
...will be checking to see whether your avatar has served in the Virtual Peace Corps before deciding to let you join.
Think of the various attempts to encourage women into computer science by watering down the content. Not too long ago /. had an article that talked about how a consortium of schools (including Carnegie Mellon) wanted to eliminate programming altogether as a way to encourage the students to move into CS.
The problem is that students are usually astute enough to sense that the school is presenting "mickey mouse" version of the material. They want the meat, not milk bonez, and watering down the content says, in effect, (a) "you are not smart enough to understand the REAL computer science so here is the for-dummy version", and (b) that there is no point for students who are truly motivated to do the work, since an A can be had for a song.
We Chinese have an old saying that dates back to the Opium War. Back then we were called the "Sick Man of the Far East", because of the number of people addicted to opium which the British had imported. Later on it became "Copycat of the Far East" because of the many, many ways that China tries to imitate the West through technology, culture, fashion, music, and so on. (Think of just how much software and music are copied and distributed without any regard to proper royalties and licensing and you can begin to get a sense of the pervasiveness of this cultural trait.)
Understandably, neither label is a source of pride in the Chinese culture, but as with all cultural stereotypes and epithets, these have some truth in them.
I always thought that other reasons for stretching include getting your heart rate up and getting more oxygenated blood throughout your body (so that, even though you can get more strength by not stretching, your heart isn't burdened unnecessarily). It's not so much for your muscles as it is for other parts of your body needed for the activity.
Judging from this recent /. article, perhaps one shouldn't be surprised that we are this gullible.
Fighter jet, which has been in "Beta" for years.
AA guns, with targeting system running Vista.
Ought to be a good show.
...done by SCO.
It should be filed under "Jihadist Humor", you insensitive infidel!
Reading through OpenBSD's FAQ:
"The 'b' partition of your root drive automatically becomes your system swap partition. Many people follow an old rule of thumb that your swap partition should be twice the size of your main system RAM. This rule is nonsense. On a modern system, that's a LOT of swap, most people prefer that their systems never swap. You don't want your system to ever run out of RAM+swap, but you usually would rather have enough RAM in the system so it doesn't need to swap. If you are using a flash device for disk, you probably want no swap partition at all. Use what is appropriate for your needs. If you guess wrong, you can add another swap partition in /etc/fstab or swap to a file later."
HTH.
If the data is scattered among many computers, it won't do you any good (or get you any excitement) to store a few blocks of porn. At best you get a few pixels, and you probably won't even know WHICH pixels they are supposed to be, seeing that they are supposed to be encrypted.
Next time, pick something like "Will-trade-blocks-for-food" or something like that.
"Computer, end program."
Just because we are talking about technology workers does not imply that they are a more virtuous bunch. Unethical behavior has existed as long as man, and if anything a scumbag is helped immensely by the power of technology to do immense damage.
"Sacrifice of Angels", parts I and II.
...if Christopher had been a Devin, I guess XP just got piped to /dev/Null.
First /. has the confession of a wi-fi thief who steals from his neighbors, and now we get a DIY guide on wiretapping.
Obligatory quote from "Spy Game":
Secretary: Feeling a little paranoid on our last day?
Muir: When did Noah build the ark? Before the rain. Before the rain.
...is to treat Darl McBridge the same way some people dealt with Alan Ralsky: Send him as many Linux programming books as we can.
CAPCOM - GOLD
- Uh, Thirteen. This is Houston. Jim, we just had a drop out
on your biomed sensors?
JIM LOVELL
- I'm not wearing my biomed sensors, Houston.
CAPCOM - GOLD
- Okay, Jim. Copy that.
DR. CHUCK (FLIGHT SURGEON)
- Flight. Now I'm losing all three of them!
GENE KRANTZ (FLIGHT DIRECTOR - WHITE)
- It's just a little medical mutiny, Doc I'm sure the guys
are still with us. Let's cut 'em some slack, okay?
Slow news day, Taco? Or just not enough editorial savvy?
There is No Such Customer (NSC).