This picture on yahoo show them glowing in the dark and the caption says
Scientists at the National Taiwan University have successfully bred three pigs which glow fluorescent green in the dark, marking a breakthrough in stem cell research.(AFP/Taiwan University)
I wouldn't have expected them to glow in the dark based on the summary, but this picture seem to indicate they do. (unless this picture was taken using some kind of light that makes them glow, as you suggest)
>It's like those Barbies that got shipped out with G.I. Joe voice boxes a few years ago.
Actually, that was deliberate tampering:
In 1989 the Barbie Liberation Organization was formed. Taking advantage of similarities in the voice hardware of Teen Talk Barbie and the Talking Duke G.I. Joe doll, er, "action figure," they absconded with several hundred of each and performed a stereotype-change operation on the lot.
You know, I figured it had something to do with the little wings going back and forth real fast, but the article left me really disappointed that it doesn't explain "how" this makes them "fly".;-)
Kind of like when the Navy supposedly spent hundreds of thousands studying how a frisbee "apparently flies". They couldn't figure it out, at the time, IIRC.
Does that mean that "god" makes the frisbee appear to "fly", because aeronautical engineers were unable to come up with a scientific explanation?
>at once point (probably a while ago) we did "capture" a MiG or whatever
Yes, there was a Russian pilot who defected by flying his jet to Japan.
* On 6 September 1976, a Soviet pilot, Lieutenant Viktor Belenko, decided to defect to the West. He flew his aircraft, a Mikoyan "MiG-25" interceptor, from Siberia to Japan. The "Foxbat", as it was known in the West, was one of the most advanced aircraft fielded by the USSR to that time, and it had figured prominently in the nightmares of Western military officials.
The canopy opened, and from the plane stepped a cocky young lieutenant in a blue flying suit. While the American pilots watched in open-mouthed wonder, the Red pilot tore up a photograph of North Korean dictator Kim il-Sung, and handed his pistol to a nearby F-86 pilot in a jeep on the way to the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing Headquarters. Early reports were that he had torn up a picture of his girlfriend, but North Korean pilots were not allowed to have girlfriends during the war. They were warned that many girls were South Korean spies.
After a few moments of shock, the defector was rushed to intelligence while his MiG Fighter was placed in a well-guarded hangar. The North Korean Lieutenant, No Kum-Sok, explained his motives to the officers assigned to interrogate him.
Seemed like there was more involved than just filtering out the crap, though. Seem to recall he had to be careful to analyze the batch and then add the right ratios of what ever additive he was using to get a consistent result. He did say he gets +40 mpg and it ends up costing him pennies per gallon to process the stuff. (and his exhaust makes people hungry)
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The Series 2 I just bought has USB only, no ethernet. I had the same WTF reaction when I went to hook it up. Only thing I can think is it provides some flexibility for wireless vs wired?
I just went and googled for a minute or two and settled on a Netgear FA120 10/100 USB 2.0 Adapter. Plugged it in and TiVo found it right away -- couple screens later and I had configured it with a static IP and was ready to go.
I've got (probably) the same Sony S1 -- I got it second-hand because the modem was bad and the guy had already opened the case to add a second drive and couldn't return it. Had to fiddle with PPP over serial to get it activated, though. Best $30 I ever spent!
>why does everybody feel the need to list the TV programmes they like to record
I don't know -- maybe because they feel it reveals something about their personality they want others to know? What's the big deal?;-)
No, you can watch them with WMP, but you supposedly need Sonic MyDVD to burn them . As someone else pointed out, you can use freely available utilities to "unwrap" the.tivo files into straight mpeg that you can then do with as you please.
Maybe you are thinking of TiVo Desktop -- the app they provide to let you download the shows from your TiVo? You don't even really need this (though it is nice), you can download through your browser if you find out the url.
TiVoToGo Webserver Url's Here are some of the known Url's for accessing content on your TiVo. (This only applies to TiVo's with the TiVoToGo update.): https://<TIVO-IP-ADDR>/nowplaying/index.html (username:tivo password:<your media access key>) http://<TIVO-IP-ADDR>/TiVoConnect?Command=QueryCon tainer https://<TIVO-IP-ADDR>/TiVoConnect?Command=QueryCo ntainer&Container=%2FNowPlaying </i>
Well, it's not like they got to keep $500 million -- that was smoke and mirrors meant to prop up the stock by overstating earnings.
That all came crashing down and the stock (from the summary, I haven't RTFA yet) lost <drevil>ONE BEEELLLIIIOOOONN DOLARS </drevil> in market cap.
Assuming they didn't get out before the stock crashed*, they didn't benefit much.
*yes, I realize that there probably was some profit taking during this period, but execs tend to have lots of stock compensation laying around, and I would doubt if any of them are any better off in the long run, since they probably have a bunck of stock and options that are permanently under water at this point.
Well, I'm glad then I fought off my initial impulse to call you an ass-ramming testicle-shitting donkey-raping rectal wart.;-)
Seriously though, thanks for the links. I think I had formed my impression of what had happened based on a Frontline episode & that Gates vs Jobs made-for-tv movie. I never really cared much one way or the other, but I do understand it better now and I thank you for taking the time to set me straight.
In an odd twist midway through the suit, Xerox filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming Apple had infringed copyrights Xerox held on its GUIs. Xerox had invested in Apple and had invited the Macintosh design team to view their GUI computers at the PARC research lab; these visits had been very influential on the development of the Macintosh GUI. The Xerox case was dismissed on a technicality.
If Apple had licensed Xerox GUI ideas/designs/components, why did Xerox sue?
Apple licensed technology from Xerox and improved on it Reader post by: Michael Louka Posted on: April 15, 2005, 6:14 AM PDT Story: An early peek at Longhorn
This is incorect, based on common myths about Apple and Xerox, which are really unfair to the true innovators. Douglas Englebart, Xerox, and Apple all contributed to the development of the desktop GUI as we know it today, and each of them added significant innovations
1) The concept of the mouse-controlled UI was NOT a Xerox innvolation. It was conceived by Douglas Englebart much earlier (see for example http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/ 1968Demo.html)
2) Xerox produced the first (very expensive) commercial system with a bitmap GUI display with pop-up menus that used a windowing concept and some SmallTalk niceties (that the Mac OS did not learn from), and a mouse to control it and do stuff like selecting text (however the mac introduced direct manipulation of such text).
3) Apple licensed the technology from Xerox. Yes, they actually *paid* for it. Apple is commonly accused of stealing ideas from Xerox (like many later accused Microsoft of stealing ideas from Apple), but Apple licensed the technology from Xerox, and it was knowingly demonstrated to Apple, so these repeated accusations of stealling are very unfair, especially since those that accuse apple of stealing the interface extend the interface concept way beyond what Xerox had, to also encompass Apple's own innvoations, which Apple should be credited for! See http:/// www.folklore.org/StoryView.py? project=Macintosh&story=On_Xerox,_Apple_and_Progre ss.txt&t opic=Origins&sortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date&detail=med ium
4) Apple developed the desktop metaphor (The Mac Finder with drag and drop manipulation of files and folder, the trash can, etc.) that most modern systems use. This was not a part of the Xerox design and was a significant innovation by Apple that greatly enhanced the usability of computer systems. The Star did not even have overlapping window, which were also a Mac first.
if you are interesting in computing history and the development of the desktop GUI as we know it today see:
I realize this is a post on a user forum and hardly authoritative, but it was the best I could find on short notice to respond to the 'nitwit' belittlement.
Wonder too how much their job is complicated by the fact that there is this non-ms patch out there? I mean, in addition to all the testing that they have to do on something like this, do they have to worry about configurations where this other patch is already applied? (or will it just override the other?)
Microsoft (Research) said in a security bulletin on its Web site, "we are working closely with our antivirus partners and aiding law enforcement in its investigation."
Cool - law enforcement is investigating Microsoft? About time!
"This year's leap second is an assault on the American public," says commentator Bill O'Reilly. "The reason the leap second is even being proposed is because of America Haters, because of Iraqi hate mongers, and let's be honest, Shiites. Why would you add a second to the year unless you're an anti-American hate monger? I remember liberals at a party saying, 'let's add a second to the year' and I was the only one who spoke up against it. Why would they want to add a second to the year? Because it gives them a second longer to hate Bush.
"Look, look, look, look. A leap second is a denial of everything American, of everything good, of everything moral. They're saying we need this second because the earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the earth, well this is the no spin zone. So we don't need a leap second. Though I would rather have a leap second than some of these hate-mongers who go around hating even their own ideas! They need to hate their own ideas so much that you have many liberals proposing the leap second, which is an idea that they hate, yet, they propose.
"I am so so so so upset with these people, who actually believe their ideas, yet, I have no hate in my heart. I am a simple guy, who only has my own true beliefs and a few products that are my cornerstone to fight against the leap second poobah. Let me say it aloud: Leap Second, leap second, leap second. Doesn't it sound ugly?
"Please, don't let these Darwinian leap-seconders, who believe that the planets revolve around the sun, who believe that rocks are sedimentary, igneous and stalactites, who are innocent dim-wit believers in a faith bordering on hating everything religious like trees and fruitcake, yet, who don't believe in John 7:12:45:67:89, have their say.
"But you know what I love? Dialogue. Rational dialogue which allows me to say that aliens from a Iraqi loving planet want to abolish Christmas by adding a leap second to the Darwinian anti-God year. Dialogue is what keeps the American system God-loving and anti non-God. It also keeps the anti-God loving non-Iraqi loving insurgent deniers able to voice their hideous so-called opinions over the American loving tolerant airways. And now let's take some calls."
Slashdot Mirror
are you sure?
This picture on yahoo show them glowing in the dark and the caption says
Scientists at the National Taiwan University have successfully bred three pigs which glow fluorescent green in the dark, marking a breakthrough in stem cell research.(AFP/Taiwan University)
I wouldn't have expected them to glow in the dark based on the summary, but this picture seem to indicate they do. (unless this picture was taken using some kind of light that makes them glow, as you suggest)
>It's like those Barbies that got shipped out with G.I. Joe voice boxes a few years ago.
Actually, that was deliberate tampering:
In 1989 the Barbie Liberation Organization was formed. Taking advantage of similarities in the voice hardware of Teen Talk Barbie and the Talking Duke G.I. Joe doll, er, "action figure," they absconded with several hundred of each and performed a stereotype-change operation on the lot.
http://www.sniggle.net/barbie.php
Dunno, maybe it's an urban legend -- I tried googling, but didn't find anything (but posted anyway, like a moron)
You know, I figured it had something to do with the little wings going back and forth real fast, but the article left me really disappointed that it doesn't explain "how" this makes them "fly". ;-)
Kind of like when the Navy supposedly spent hundreds of thousands studying how a frisbee "apparently flies". They couldn't figure it out, at the time, IIRC.
Does that mean that "god" makes the frisbee appear to "fly", because aeronautical engineers were unable to come up with a scientific explanation?
>at once point (probably a while ago) we did "capture" a MiG or whatever
Yes, there was a Russian pilot who defected by flying his jet to Japan.
* On 6 September 1976, a Soviet pilot, Lieutenant Viktor Belenko, decided to defect to the West. He flew his aircraft, a Mikoyan "MiG-25" interceptor, from Siberia to Japan. The "Foxbat", as it was known in the West, was one of the most advanced aircraft fielded by the USSR to that time, and it had figured prominently in the nightmares of Western military officials.
http://www.vectorsite.net/avmig25.html
There was also this program that attempt to steal a combat-ready Russian MiG-15 Fighter for one hundred thousand dollars
http://www.psywarrior.com/Moolah.html
The canopy opened, and from the plane stepped a cocky young lieutenant in a blue flying suit. While the American pilots watched in open-mouthed wonder, the Red pilot tore up a photograph of North Korean dictator Kim il-Sung, and handed his pistol to a nearby F-86 pilot in a jeep on the way to the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing Headquarters. Early reports were that he had torn up a picture of his girlfriend, but North Korean pilots were not allowed to have girlfriends during the war. They were warned that many girls were South Korean spies.
After a few moments of shock, the defector was rushed to intelligence while his MiG Fighter was placed in a well-guarded hangar. The North Korean Lieutenant, No Kum-Sok, explained his motives to the officers assigned to interrogate him.
Metanol and lye were the additives
http://www.eline2000.com/biodiesel.htm
Saw a recent episode of "Dirty Jobs" where the guy was running a bio-diesel digester in his shed and had converted his pickup to run on the stuff.
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http://www.discoverychannelstore.org/product-5941
Seemed like there was more involved than just filtering out the crap, though. Seem to recall he had to be careful to analyze the batch and then add the right ratios of what ever additive he was using to get a consistent result. He did say he gets +40 mpg and it ends up costing him pennies per gallon to process the stuff. (and his exhaust makes people hungry)
Oh yeah
http://www.kjsl.com/trs80/model1info.html
That was my first machine -- wish I still had it, traded it in to buy a used printer by the time I had a model III
how bout this
Symphony For Dot Matrix Printers
>I wonder how many consumers really want to use their phone as an mp3 player anyway?
;-)
The hick that saw that he could listen to Dukes of Hazard themesong, for a start.
>I'm not sure [..] if Windows is just POS software.
...
Really? Let me clear that up for you
>I'm not quite sure what your point is.
;-)
The Series 2 I just bought has USB only, no ethernet. I had the same WTF reaction when I went to hook it up. Only thing I can think is it provides some flexibility for wireless vs wired?
I just went and googled for a minute or two and settled on a Netgear FA120 10/100 USB 2.0 Adapter. Plugged it in and TiVo found it right away -- couple screens later and I had configured it with a static IP and was ready to go.
I've got (probably) the same Sony S1 -- I got it second-hand because the modem was bad and the guy had already opened the case to add a second drive and couldn't return it. Had to fiddle with PPP over serial to get it activated, though. Best $30 I ever spent!
>why does everybody feel the need to list the TV programmes they like to record
I don't know -- maybe because they feel it reveals something about their personality they want others to know? What's the big deal?
I like MythBusters too!
No, you can watch them with WMP, but you supposedly need Sonic MyDVD to burn them . As someone else pointed out, you can use freely available utilities to "unwrap" the .tivo files into straight mpeg that you can then do with as you please.
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Maybe you are thinking of TiVo Desktop -- the app they provide to let you download the shows from your TiVo? You don't even really need this (though it is nice), you can download through your browser if you find out the url.
<i><url:http://bryan.daneman.org/default.aspx?cat
TiVoToGo Webserver Url's
Here are some of the known Url's for accessing content on your TiVo. (This only applies to TiVo's with the TiVoToGo update.):
https://<TIVO-IP-ADDR>/nowplaying/index.html (username:tivo password:<your media access key>)
http://<TIVO-IP-ADDR>/TiVoConnect?Command=QueryCo
https://<TIVO-IP-ADDR>/TiVoConnect?Command=QueryC
</i>
Those scientists must be stopped! What if the logical result of their experiments turns the planet into a superdense object about the size of a pea!
classic type-13 planet myth
>Perhaps the legal system should have metamoderation
Thought this was called court of appeals?
Well, it's not like they got to keep $500 million -- that was smoke and mirrors meant to prop up the stock by overstating earnings.
That all came crashing down and the stock (from the summary, I haven't RTFA yet) lost <drevil>ONE BEEELLLIIIOOOONN DOLARS </drevil> in market cap.
Assuming they didn't get out before the stock crashed*, they didn't benefit much.
*yes, I realize that there probably was some profit taking during this period, but execs tend to have lots of stock compensation laying around, and I would doubt if any of them are any better off in the long run, since they probably have a bunck of stock and options that are permanently under water at this point.
What should we do?
Maybe we should ring the government?
But this _is_ the government!
>I was unkind, and your response was levelheaded.
;-)
Well, I'm glad then I fought off my initial impulse to call you an ass-ramming testicle-shitting donkey-raping rectal wart.
Seriously though, thanks for the links. I think I had formed my impression of what had happened based on a Frontline episode & that Gates vs Jobs made-for-tv movie. I never really cared much one way or the other, but I do understand it better now and I thank you for taking the time to set me straight.
I didn't know that. I had always read/heard that Jobs got a tour at PARC and went back and incorporated what he saw.
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Do you have a source for that? I can't find anything that says Applic licenesed anything from Xerox.
on the contrary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_v._Microsoft
In an odd twist midway through the suit, Xerox filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming Apple had infringed copyrights Xerox held on its GUIs. Xerox had invested in Apple and had invited the Macintosh design team to view their GUI computers at the PARC research lab; these visits had been very influential on the development of the Macintosh GUI. The Xerox case was dismissed on a technicality.
If Apple had licensed Xerox GUI ideas/designs/components, why did Xerox sue?
In fact:
http://news.com.com/5208-1016-0.html?forumID=1&th
Apple licensed technology from Xerox and improved on it
Reader post by: Michael Louka
Posted on: April 15, 2005, 6:14 AM PDT
Story: An early peek at Longhorn
This is incorect, based on common myths about Apple and
Xerox, which are really unfair to the true innovators. Douglas
Englebart, Xerox, and Apple all contributed to the development
of the desktop GUI as we know it today, and each of them added
significant innovations
1) The concept of the mouse-controlled UI was NOT a Xerox
innvolation. It was conceived by Douglas Englebart much earlier
(see for example http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/
1968Demo.html)
2) Xerox produced the first (very expensive) commercial system
with a bitmap GUI display with pop-up menus that used a
windowing concept and some SmallTalk niceties (that the Mac
OS did not learn from), and a mouse to control it and do stuff
like selecting text (however the mac introduced direct
manipulation of such text).
3) Apple licensed the technology from Xerox. Yes, they actually
*paid* for it. Apple is commonly accused of stealing ideas from
Xerox (like many later accused Microsoft of stealing ideas from
Apple), but Apple licensed the technology from Xerox, and it
was knowingly demonstrated to Apple, so these repeated
accusations of stealling are very unfair, especially since those
that accuse apple of stealing the interface extend the interface
concept way beyond what Xerox had, to also encompass Apple's
own innvoations, which Apple should be credited for! See http:///
www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?
project=Macintosh&story=On_Xerox,_Apple_and_Progr
opic=Origins&sortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date&detail=me
4) Apple developed the desktop metaphor (The Mac Finder with
drag and drop manipulation of files and folder, the trash can,
etc.) that most modern systems use. This was not a part of the
Xerox design and was a significant innovation by Apple that
greatly enhanced the usability of computer systems. The Star did
not even have overlapping window, which were also a Mac first.
if you are interesting in computing history and the development
of the desktop GUI as we know it today see:
http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Maci
I realize this is a post on a user forum and hardly authoritative, but it was the best I could find on short notice to respond to the 'nitwit' belittlement.
> Apple licensed the GUI concept from Xerox.
;-)
You misspelled 'borrowed'.
Wonder too how much their job is complicated by the fact that there is this non-ms patch out there? I mean, in addition to all the testing that they have to do on something like this, do they have to worry about configurations where this other patch is already applied? (or will it just override the other?)
Microsoft (Research) said in a security bulletin on its Web site, "we are working closely with our antivirus partners and aiding law enforcement in its investigation."
Cool - law enforcement is investigating Microsoft? About time!
get a rope!
would imagine they would have to prove NTP knew the patents were invalid -- could be tough
I remember liberals at a party saying, 'let's add a second to the year' and I was the only one who spoke up against it. Why would they want to add a second to the year? Because it gives them a second longer to hate Bush.
"This year's leap second is an assault on the American public," says commentator Bill O'Reilly. "The reason the leap second is even being proposed is because of America Haters, because of Iraqi hate mongers, and let's be honest, Shiites. Why would you add a second to the year unless you're an anti-American hate monger?
I remember liberals at a party saying, 'let's add a second to the year' and I was the only one who spoke up against it. Why would they want to add a second to the year? Because it gives them a second longer to hate Bush.
"Look, look, look, look. A leap second is a denial of everything American, of everything good, of everything moral. They're saying we need this second because the earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the earth, well this is the no spin zone. So we don't need a leap second. Though I would rather have a leap second than some of these hate-mongers who go around hating even their own ideas! They need to hate their own ideas so much that you have many liberals proposing the leap second, which is an idea that they hate, yet, they propose.
"I am so so so so upset with these people, who actually believe their ideas, yet, I have no hate in my heart. I am a simple guy, who only has my own true beliefs and a few products that are my cornerstone to fight against the leap second poobah. Let me say it aloud: Leap Second, leap second, leap second. Doesn't it sound ugly?
"Please, don't let these Darwinian leap-seconders, who believe that the planets revolve around the sun, who believe that rocks are sedimentary, igneous and stalactites, who are innocent dim-wit believers in a faith bordering on hating everything religious like trees and fruitcake, yet, who don't believe in John 7:12:45:67:89, have their say.
"But you know what I love? Dialogue. Rational dialogue which allows me to say that aliens from a Iraqi loving planet want to abolish Christmas by adding a leap second to the Darwinian anti-God year. Dialogue is what keeps the American system God-loving and anti non-God. It also keeps the anti-God loving non-Iraqi loving insurgent deniers able to voice their hideous so-called opinions over the American loving tolerant airways. And now let's take some calls."
Steve Martin