They weren't actually scorpions, but they were in a group that is closer to the arachnids and scorpions than to the crustaceans. WQikipedia, as usual, has all the details on the eurypterids.
Probably none. Mostly because life support computers, AFAIK, don't run Windows. Or any OS, for that matter. I would guess that equipment like that has a special OS written for it, or that the software is written directly into the hardware, so to speak.
Some clever kid is going to figure out a way to get his drum to transmit information to a waiting microphone, that will encode the data and upload it to the internet.
The copper in computers isn't really that valuable, unless you get a lot of it, and even then, not really. Neither, for that matter, is the gold.
Copper is around 3 dollars a pound right now. A computer might have around a pound of copper in it, altogether. But scrap copper isn't worth as much as rolled copper, so that the entire computer might have around 50 cents of copper in it. Even if copper prices increased by ten, it still wouldn't be enough to buy you lunch. The situation is about the same with gold. Of course, gold is a lot more expensive, but there is a lot less of it.
"How does your brain take this information and come to a collective decision about what you're seeing?" Dr. Couzin says. The answer, he suspects, may lie in our inner swarm."
Do you think this will make a noticeable difference in the amount of spam coming through?
I have to say that since 1998, I have really noticed only an increase in the amount of spam, with the only downward swings coming from changing accounts, or my ISP implementing better spam filters. I guess I shouldn't say I haven't noticed any downswings, I have noticed a return to normal levels after a week or so of getting the same spam over and over.
But I don't think we will even notice this for the week or so it takes the spam people to set up shop somewhere else.
Perhaps you misunderstood my point, because your point is the exact same as mine.
This is my point exactly, that cables and whatnot are cheap, if you shop well. I know this, I work in a store that sells USB cables for a dollar and power cables for 25 cents.
Which is why, see, I made a point about "loss leaders". Those are underpriced items (sometimes above cost, sometimes at, sometimes below) that retailers use to get customers into a store so that they will pick up other items that are being sold at very high profit.
And while I know many people on here are smart enough to shop around, this technique must work often enough that stores make money doing it.
I am assuming that a lot of this comes from pressures from customers, or retail stores, to keep prices down. At least on flashy equipment that customers will go for. I've noticed that RAM and hard drive prices are getting ridiculously cheap.
Some things, however, seem to be way overpriced. Go to bestbuy.com (for example), and do a search for items like parallel, power, USB, VGA or DVI cables. A parallel cable, for example (a fancy gold one, true) costs $29. A six foot USB cable costs $35. Even a power cable costs $12.
Hard drives have lots of moving parts, and chips and electronics. Cables are, more or less, lengths of wire, with probably around 50 cents worth of copper in most of them. I am assuming that stores are keeping down prices on flashy items so they can then get customers to pay way too much for utility items.
I notice that Facebook seems to cause more controversy on Slashdot, probably because unlike Myspace, it is possible to use it without getting a headache.
But the thing with Facebook and privacy is, the information I divulge on there isn't exactly going to compromise me. The fact that my Political Views are "Other", that I am a decent but not good Scrabble player, and that I am in a relationship set me apart (although, as the wags would have it, the last would make me fairly unique on Slashdot). I just don't see what damage this information could do.
In general, there is so much information available on the internet, that putting together the information in a way that could compromise someone is difficult. If someone wanted to spend the time to go through my Livejournal entries, my Slashdot posts, everything on Everything2.com, Facebook, and a few others, they would find out a bit about me, but they would be dragging through so much trivia, that the few "juicy bits" would probably allude them.
What do we have more evidence of: Ghosts, or CowboyNeal. I talked to someone claiming to have seen a ghost today, while I haven't talked to someone who has claimed to have met CowboyNeal since earlier in the week.
Ah, come on, scrabulous is the best app ever. Especially, if you have an old "friend" you can't think to have an actual conversation with...you can have a scrabble game with them.
Yes, and I know that there is "custom", I am just pointing out that legally, your rights are granted to you by the royal family. The fact that they haven't yet chosen to revoke them doesn't mean they can't.
Ignoring the rest of your post (until I succeed in parsing it out):
The US is very different, in theory every book is free, just that libraries that stock the wrong ones get no funding.
First, give me an example of this happening. Second, (if this does happen), the reason is that while speech may be free as in liberty, it isn't free in price. Someone has the right to say "Jews eat babies!" and write a book all about it. But that doesn't necessarily mean that the public is obligated to buy lots of books to stock up libraries. (That being said, my local library seems to have most of David Icke's works available).
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They weren't actually scorpions, but they were in a group that is closer to the arachnids and scorpions than to the crustaceans. WQikipedia, as usual, has all the details on the eurypterids.
Probably none.
Mostly because life support computers, AFAIK, don't run Windows. Or any OS, for that matter. I would guess that equipment like that has a special OS written for it, or that the software is written directly into the hardware, so to speak.
Some clever kid is going to figure out a way to get his drum to transmit information to a waiting microphone, that will encode the data and upload it to the internet.
Although now, Free Geek doesn't use Pentium-IIs. Just medium Pentium-IIIs and up.
The copper in computers isn't really that valuable, unless you get a lot of it, and even then, not really. Neither, for that matter, is the gold.
Copper is around 3 dollars a pound right now. A computer might have around a pound of copper in it, altogether. But scrap copper isn't worth as much as rolled copper, so that the entire computer might have around 50 cents of copper in it. Even if copper prices increased by ten, it still wouldn't be enough to buy you lunch. The situation is about the same with gold. Of course, gold is a lot more expensive, but there is a lot less of it.
I just realized that not only was that a cheap shot, it wasn't funny.
I apologize!
"How does your brain take this information and come to a collective decision about what you're seeing?" Dr. Couzin says. The answer, he suspects, may lie in our inner swarm."
Which explains AOL!
That's like saying what's holding back faster-than-light travel is our schools just aren't graduating enough hyperspace drive engineer
That isn't really a problem. We can always bring them in on H1-B's, anyway.
a sky filled with people who don't have pilot's licenses could also be a problem.
Could be a problem...just a possibility, of course.
Just remember, there is no "soon"
Do you think this will make a noticeable difference in the amount of spam coming through?
I have to say that since 1998, I have really noticed only an increase in the amount of spam, with the only downward swings coming from changing accounts, or my ISP implementing better spam filters. I guess I shouldn't say I haven't noticed any downswings, I have noticed a return to normal levels after a week or so of getting the same spam over and over.
But I don't think we will even notice this for the week or so it takes the spam people to set up shop somewhere else.
Perhaps you misunderstood my point, because your point is the exact same as mine.
This is my point exactly, that cables and whatnot are cheap, if you shop well. I know this, I work in a store that sells USB cables for a dollar and power cables for 25 cents.
Which is why, see, I made a point about "loss leaders". Those are underpriced items (sometimes above cost, sometimes at, sometimes below) that retailers use to get customers into a store so that they will pick up other items that are being sold at very high profit.
And while I know many people on here are smart enough to shop around, this technique must work often enough that stores make money doing it.
I am assuming that a lot of this comes from pressures from customers, or retail stores, to keep prices down. At least on flashy equipment that customers will go for. I've noticed that RAM and hard drive prices are getting ridiculously cheap.
Some things, however, seem to be way overpriced. Go to bestbuy.com (for example), and do a search for items like parallel, power, USB, VGA or DVI cables. A parallel cable, for example (a fancy gold one, true) costs $29. A six foot USB cable costs $35. Even a power cable costs $12.
Hard drives have lots of moving parts, and chips and electronics. Cables are, more or less, lengths of wire, with probably around 50 cents worth of copper in most of them. I am assuming that stores are keeping down prices on flashy items so they can then get customers to pay way too much for utility items.
I notice that Facebook seems to cause more controversy on Slashdot, probably because unlike Myspace, it is possible to use it without getting a headache.
But the thing with Facebook and privacy is, the information I divulge on there isn't exactly going to compromise me. The fact that my Political Views are "Other", that I am a decent but not good Scrabble player, and that I am in a relationship set me apart (although, as the wags would have it, the last would make me fairly unique on Slashdot). I just don't see what damage this information could do.
In general, there is so much information available on the internet, that putting together the information in a way that could compromise someone is difficult. If someone wanted to spend the time to go through my Livejournal entries, my Slashdot posts, everything on Everything2.com, Facebook, and a few others, they would find out a bit about me, but they would be dragging through so much trivia, that the few "juicy bits" would probably allude them.
Sorry, I asked a facile question.
My REAL question was:
What do we have more evidence of: Ghosts, or CowboyNeal.
I talked to someone claiming to have seen a ghost today, while I haven't talked to someone who has claimed to have met CowboyNeal since earlier in the week.
What is there more evidence of...ghosts, or neutrinos?
Odin?
The gimp should have a lolcat mode where you can automatically append impact text to pictures.
Perl script to automatically garble grammar and mispell would be nice, too.
Every nanobot in the greygoo will need its own IP!
A whole new meaning to the term "pump n dump"
Not only will it have Blanka, it will have a feedback mechanism that really electrocutes you.
You don't get your head bitten just yet, though.
Ah, come on, scrabulous is the best app ever.
Especially, if you have an old "friend" you can't think to have an actual conversation with...you can have a scrabble game with them.
But fighting two is fine!
As long as the Crown says you are!
Yes, and I know that there is "custom", I am just pointing out that legally, your rights are granted to you by the royal family. The fact that they haven't yet chosen to revoke them doesn't mean they can't.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Prerogative
Ignoring the rest of your post (until I succeed in parsing it out):
The US is very different, in theory every book is free, just that libraries that stock the wrong ones get no funding.
First, give me an example of this happening.
Second, (if this does happen), the reason is that while speech may be free as in liberty, it isn't free in price. Someone has the right to say "Jews eat babies!" and write a book all about it. But that doesn't necessarily mean that the public is obligated to buy lots of books to stock up libraries. (That being said, my local library seems to have most of David Icke's works available).