Drupal is an excellent choice for whipping up a sophisticated website. It has modules for doing all sorts of things from event calendars to forums and whatnot. Also, unlike Wordpress, Drupal does a pretty good job keeping up security. You can put together the basics of a functioning website in a matter of hours.
There are also lots of free themes available, including ones that provide easily extendable frameworks so you can come up with your own theme if you're so inclined.
All that being said, the bulk of the effort will NOT be making the website. The bulk will be in entering the content, and server management/security. For content, your best bet will be to use a wysiwyg editor module that is capable of handling copy-and-pasted word documents. I suggest installing the wysiwyg module, along with CKEditor or TinyMCE. Security is something you'd have to do reading up on, as there are no magic bullets.
You're calling this a 'major problem'? I see no such problem.:) Unless you're refering to the pressure that will be used to prevent the use of the technique.
Damn straight we want to change it. If companies are getting so big that they become "too big to fail" and governments would rather throw money at them then watch them collapse, then some other mechanism must be found to mitigate the destructive behaviour of higher-ups. I wouldn't care, if not for the fact that their screw ups can wreak massive amounts of havoc against innocent people.
Of course, this all depends on if the tests are actually reliable.
That is promotional pricing, Up till now, upgrades have been >100 and full version have been between $250 and $350 depending on what version you get.
I'm waiting to see what the prices look like once the promotion is over. I've read rumors that they're going to price things a little more reasonably, but I'll reserve judgement until I see them in black and white.
(And yes, I bought the the Win8 upgrade. At $40, why not? That's only, like, 4 starbucks coffees.)
Computer assisted snipers strategically spread throughout gaza. If they have the technology to shoot down rockets mid-flight, then they have the technology to quickly determine their source. If they can do that fast enough, then they can: a) record who fired the rocket, for evidence, before they can drop the casing and run b) take them out
My problem is that the terrorists are firing completely uncontrolled rockets. If they're lucky, the rockets will hit the broad side of a barn. It would be comical if they weren't managing to kill people. The Israelis on the other hand are using top of the line ordinance to perform devastating targeted attacks.
I admit I was exaggerating by calling it carpet-bombing, but the whole affair is still very one sided, and assuming your numbers are accurate, are still killing more civilians than terrorists. And how many surviving family members of those killed become so overwhelmed by grief that they strike back at Israel, repeating the circle ad nauseum?
My point is that with this technology, Israel has the opportunity to stop the war cold. They can prevent militant attacks from hitting them, which means they no longer have to retaliate. They can just sot down, cross their arms, and watch as the terrorists flail uselessly. After letting them terrorists do that for a while they can stand up again and say, "Look. It's gone. Can we please stop now?"
Israel is practically carpet bombing Gaza every time Hamas launches an attack. They're killing at LEAST 10 times as many civilians as the terrorists are. I wouldn't be surprised if Israel was secretly hoping Hamas continued being stupid, just so they'd have an excuse to slowly wipe Palestine and all it's people off the map.
True, but they did accomplish one important goal: publicity. And they've got people starting to talk about this issue. Without knowing them personally, it's hard to tell how much of it is whining, and how much of it was part of their master plan to generate media attention. Probably a little of both.
“the predictable outrage generated by gruesome videos showing captive pigeons getting released from wooden crates, attempting to fly away, only to get blasted within seconds by a shooter who’s apparently only a few yards away, reinforces both the ethical stance and the financial status of animal activists who want to ban not just canned hunting but much of animal agriculture,” read an editorial in the Drovers CattleNetwork, a beef industry news periodical."
In other words, they're not killing pests. They are doing absolutely nothing to improve the environment. They are purposely breeding these birds in captivity, then releasing and redmisting them, for the sole purpose of their own entertainment.
I'm sorry, but these arn't hunters. They're 5 year olds in grown up redneck bodies who are too stupid to figure out the controls on an X-Box.
While I haven't looked recently, what I've seen in the past is that Israel is slaughtering them, and taking more and more land from what used to be Palestine.
I almost agree with you, but you just had to add that whole 'leftist, anarchists and other spoiled children' thing.
In one move, you took an argument that I think virtually everyone would agree with, and made yourself look like a brainless Fox News addled idiot instead.
Well done! Excellent illustration of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory!
So anonymous took down a bunch of websites. Even as a nerd, I'm trying to figure out what part of this news actually matters.
Israel is pasting Palestine into a bloody smear, so anonymous takes down some of their websites. Oooooooh! I'm bet they're reeeeal scaaaaared now! Thanks to anonymous' DDOS, the war is going to stop! (Preemptive Whoosh here for those who couldn't figure out that the above was sarcasm.)
If they manage to do what they did with that law firm whose name I've already forgotten (during the DDOS they managed to steal a great deal of very incriminating documents, which ultimately destroyed the company), then that would be something.
Taking down an Israeli website? Big whoop. What next? Putting a paper bag full of dog crap by the front door of some Israeli person, setting it on fire, and ringing the doorbell?
There's only one problem with Salon's argument. The kids themselves have already permanently stigmatized them as racists.
One something goes onto the internet, it's there permanently. It will never go away. Therefore, what you say COULD very well bite you in the rear years later. People have already lost jobs and whatnot because of stuff they've posted online. Sometimes very publicly. And yet people still can't seem to get the picture.
Even a highschooler should know better than to say incredibly stupid things like this in a public forum. High schoolers are not stupid. They may not be as mature as a full adult, but they are not stupid.
More generally, anyone may be free to say whatever they want, but they do NOT have the right to avoid the consequences of what they say. These people have no one to blame but themselves. Period.
Baloney. Turning the other cheek only goes so far, and if your aggressors treat your position as an invitation to continue more frequent and more brutal attacks, people would think you're insane not to fight back. It's not like Google is turning around and suing all and sundry.
To maintain the analogy, MS and Apple hit Google. Google just took it, not wanting to escalate. MS and Apple *continue* to hit Google. Then they move up to brass knuckles. Then knives. Then guns. You can't possibly tell me that Google wouldn't be justified in saying, "Ok, Screw this" and started returning fire.
I dunno... I have difficulty finding fault. Or at least, I'm not at all surprised that they're becoming aggressive.
If you were walking down the street, and every day the same couple of guys came up to you and mugged you, how many times would you allow that to happen before you're finally fed up and decide to fight back?
Google is not going around trying to shake down 3rd parties to line their pockets. They're not going around saying, "We're going to CRUSH them! Raaaaah!" Ballmer, however, is famously quoted for saying just that. So is Steve Jobs.
What I see is Google standing up to bullies, and I wish them luck.
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Drupal is an excellent choice for whipping up a sophisticated website. It has modules for doing all sorts of things from event calendars to forums and whatnot. Also, unlike Wordpress, Drupal does a pretty good job keeping up security. You can put together the basics of a functioning website in a matter of hours.
There are also lots of free themes available, including ones that provide easily extendable frameworks so you can come up with your own theme if you're so inclined.
All that being said, the bulk of the effort will NOT be making the website. The bulk will be in entering the content, and server management/security. For content, your best bet will be to use a wysiwyg editor module that is capable of handling copy-and-pasted word documents. I suggest installing the wysiwyg module, along with CKEditor or TinyMCE. Security is something you'd have to do reading up on, as there are no magic bullets.
Why is this marked troll? It's just a cute pun! Geez people... Uptight much?
As I can't mod a discussion I posted in, I'll just say I agree. That suggestion is insightful indeed.
You're calling this a 'major problem'? I see no such problem. :) Unless you're refering to the pressure that will be used to prevent the use of the technique.
Damn straight we want to change it. If companies are getting so big that they become "too big to fail" and governments would rather throw money at them then watch them collapse, then some other mechanism must be found to mitigate the destructive behaviour of higher-ups. I wouldn't care, if not for the fact that their screw ups can wreak massive amounts of havoc against innocent people.
Of course, this all depends on if the tests are actually reliable.
Don't forget to factor in the cost of lawsuits when entire neighborhoods get vaporized!
Unless that was part of the $200m.
That is promotional pricing, Up till now, upgrades have been >100 and full version have been between $250 and $350 depending on what version you get.
I'm waiting to see what the prices look like once the promotion is over. I've read rumors that they're going to price things a little more reasonably, but I'll reserve judgement until I see them in black and white.
(And yes, I bought the the Win8 upgrade. At $40, why not? That's only, like, 4 starbucks coffees.)
Computer assisted snipers strategically spread throughout gaza. If they have the technology to shoot down rockets mid-flight, then they have the technology to quickly determine their source. If they can do that fast enough, then they can:
a) record who fired the rocket, for evidence, before they can drop the casing and run
b) take them out
Link to the wiki article? I couldn't find it. I'm also curious to know what the Israeli casualty count is. I'm betting it's in the single digits.
I did find these:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/nov/19/gaza-israel-verified-incidents-mapped
I'm not sure about this one, but figured I'd include it.
http://www.rememberthesechildren.org/remember2012.html
My problem is that the terrorists are firing completely uncontrolled rockets. If they're lucky, the rockets will hit the broad side of a barn. It would be comical if they weren't managing to kill people. The Israelis on the other hand are using top of the line ordinance to perform devastating targeted attacks.
I admit I was exaggerating by calling it carpet-bombing, but the whole affair is still very one sided, and assuming your numbers are accurate, are still killing more civilians than terrorists. And how many surviving family members of those killed become so overwhelmed by grief that they strike back at Israel, repeating the circle ad nauseum?
My point is that with this technology, Israel has the opportunity to stop the war cold. They can prevent militant attacks from hitting them, which means they no longer have to retaliate. They can just sot down, cross their arms, and watch as the terrorists flail uselessly. After letting them terrorists do that for a while they can stand up again and say, "Look. It's gone. Can we please stop now?"
But I'm afraid that won't happen.
Israel is practically carpet bombing Gaza every time Hamas launches an attack. They're killing at LEAST 10 times as many civilians as the terrorists are. I wouldn't be surprised if Israel was secretly hoping Hamas continued being stupid, just so they'd have an excuse to slowly wipe Palestine and all it's people off the map.
True, but they did accomplish one important goal: publicity. And they've got people starting to talk about this issue.
Without knowing them personally, it's hard to tell how much of it is whining, and how much of it was part of their master plan to generate media attention. Probably a little of both.
Does this mean Israel will stop obliterating large swaths of palestine everytime someone so much as spits in their direction?
“the predictable outrage generated by gruesome videos showing captive pigeons getting released from wooden crates, attempting to fly away, only to get blasted within seconds by a shooter who’s apparently only a few yards away, reinforces both the ethical stance and the financial status of animal activists who want to ban not just canned hunting but much of animal agriculture,” read an editorial in the Drovers CattleNetwork, a beef industry news periodical."
In other words, they're not killing pests. They are doing absolutely nothing to improve the environment. They are purposely breeding these birds in captivity, then releasing and redmisting them, for the sole purpose of their own entertainment.
I'm sorry, but these arn't hunters. They're 5 year olds in grown up redneck bodies who are too stupid to figure out the controls on an X-Box.
While I haven't looked recently, what I've seen in the past is that Israel is slaughtering them, and taking more and more land from what used to be Palestine.
I just saw this this morning. Very interesting, and you'll note it's very one sided.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/nov/19/gaza-israel-verified-incidents-mapped
I almost agree with you, but you just had to add that whole 'leftist, anarchists and other spoiled children' thing.
In one move, you took an argument that I think virtually everyone would agree with, and made yourself look like a brainless Fox News addled idiot instead.
Well done! Excellent illustration of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory!
So anonymous took down a bunch of websites. Even as a nerd, I'm trying to figure out what part of this news actually matters.
Israel is pasting Palestine into a bloody smear, so anonymous takes down some of their websites. Oooooooh! I'm bet they're reeeeal scaaaaared now! Thanks to anonymous' DDOS, the war is going to stop! (Preemptive Whoosh here for those who couldn't figure out that the above was sarcasm.)
If they manage to do what they did with that law firm whose name I've already forgotten (during the DDOS they managed to steal a great deal of very incriminating documents, which ultimately destroyed the company), then that would be something.
Taking down an Israeli website? Big whoop. What next? Putting a paper bag full of dog crap by the front door of some Israeli person, setting it on fire, and ringing the doorbell?
And interestingly, you posted that anonymously. What are you afraid of, Mister or Missus Gun Nut?
There are an insufficient number of Picards to adequately supply the amount of facepalm this requires and deserves.
Well, if republicans don't want to be associated so much with racism, maybe they should... you know.... stop being so racist?
Looks like the blog is gone.
I guess tumblr was afraid of the slashdotting they were about to get.
There's only one problem with Salon's argument. The kids themselves have already permanently stigmatized them as racists.
One something goes onto the internet, it's there permanently. It will never go away. Therefore, what you say COULD very well bite you in the rear years later. People have already lost jobs and whatnot because of stuff they've posted online. Sometimes very publicly. And yet people still can't seem to get the picture.
Even a highschooler should know better than to say incredibly stupid things like this in a public forum. High schoolers are not stupid. They may not be as mature as a full adult, but they are not stupid.
More generally, anyone may be free to say whatever they want, but they do NOT have the right to avoid the consequences of what they say. These people have no one to blame but themselves. Period.
Baloney. Turning the other cheek only goes so far, and if your aggressors treat your position as an invitation to continue more frequent and more brutal attacks, people would think you're insane not to fight back. It's not like Google is turning around and suing all and sundry.
To maintain the analogy, MS and Apple hit Google. Google just took it, not wanting to escalate. MS and Apple *continue* to hit Google. Then they move up to brass knuckles. Then knives. Then guns. You can't possibly tell me that Google wouldn't be justified in saying, "Ok, Screw this" and started returning fire.
I dunno... I have difficulty finding fault. Or at least, I'm not at all surprised that they're becoming aggressive.
If you were walking down the street, and every day the same couple of guys came up to you and mugged you, how many times would you allow that to happen before you're finally fed up and decide to fight back?
Google is not going around trying to shake down 3rd parties to line their pockets. They're not going around saying, "We're going to CRUSH them! Raaaaah!" Ballmer, however, is famously quoted for saying just that. So is Steve Jobs.
What I see is Google standing up to bullies, and I wish them luck.
What's next? Grape Menthol pencils for black kids?
(http://www.tv.com/shows/drawn-together/foxxy-vs-the-board-of-education-531819/)
Wait... Urinary Tract Infections require training?