Speaking of classes, isn't it funny how we so desperately try to avoid the Caste System that foreign nations use only to have created one ourselves under a different name?
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I mean, the world functioned without Google, and its competitors are as strong as ever before, (I'm looking at you, Bing and Yahoo).
But if you're asking if they'd be getting a bailout from the government, like all those other companies that were "too big to fail" (though really, they shouldn't be either) - than yeah they'd fall in that category.
I think we need to abolish the idea of "too big to fail". If a company can't handle it, they can't handle it, they deserve to be shut down, and everyone invested in it can lose all the money they invested in that risk, and everyone stuck owing debts to it can finally be debt free.
As a CS Student I had 2 buddies I got along with. The rest of the class kind of broke into small cliques of 4 or 5 people. Some were a little more open to socializing than others, some were just plain hostile. But basically whenever it came to projects everyone worked with the same people as before. Don't know why - I certainly didn't have a problem with some people, but some people seemed to have a problem with me. I remember they were playing DotA one day, and I being familiar with Warcraft 3 I asked "Playing DotA? Who's winning?" and the guy went "Is it, is it Talking to us?"
Anyways, that part is pretty irrelevant. What is relevant was that the two guys I worked with, while the nicest of guys, were not really up for programming, and I could tell midway through first semester. It wasn't so much as cheating as it was we were assigned group projects all the time. So the 3 of us go to the library, and I would get bombarded with "Why doesn't this work?" kind of stuff. I figured it was in my best interest to get the best project we could, so I would help them. I thought maybe I'd be help teaching them if I walked them through it. They eventually got the basics of it, but they never got really excited about it, it seemed like a chore to them. That's fine, not for everyone.
I look back on it now and wonder if they would have dropped out earlier had I not helped them, saving them some time and money. (They made it to second semester on my work).
I guess cheating, even when its not considered cheating, is usually more harmful than it is helpful.
let scientists better forecast the space weather to offer earlier warnings
In Approximately 8 minutes, there will be a heatwave along the Eastern Coast, as you can tell by our satellite imagery here on the sun. Now to Greg with a sports update.
Though not acquired in the past 5 years, Visio is still the best "Microsoft" product. It is the only one I wish I had, as the open source alternatives don't have the bells and whistles that make Visio a great product.
If you have had to use it - you know exactly what I'm talking about. Its got all the interoperability of Microsoft products that you'd expect, with all the ease of use and understanding that each Office iteration lacks.
I just wanted to ensure I understod him correclty - a little too busy to read the full summary, but I gathered that from the first couple of paragraphs.
Though really, it would probably be better if there were no guns. We should go back to swords, because swordplay is awesome, and every good action movie has at least one swordfighting sequence. I'm getting a little side tracked here, what were we talking about?
Censorship! Right. It's not going away anytime soon, though thats not to say it isn't going to go away ever. It might seem a little idealistic but its not that hard to imagine some countries abolishing censorship, similarily to how they have stopped slavery and other things that were at one point acceptable but now considered attrocities.
Granted, it won't go worldwide, but the demand for this kind of technology could easily waver if Europe and North America abolish censorship - and then the unlikely scenario of a coup or something in China that causes major reformation.
That being the case - lets take Google maps off the net. While we're at it, you can no longer take photos at Disneyland or the Grand Canyon, should you accidentally capture someone in the photo.
I think this is one case where giving up a little liberty to gain a little security ACTUALLY means you gain neither and lose both.
I don't agree censoring any of them. Someone viewing these videos does no harm to any individuals (except for perhaps themselves) - and the less you try and force those kinds of industries out of the public eye the less they will try to hide their activities, making them easier to stop, if its illegal in your country.
Sweeping it under the rug does nothing to help anybody.
You'd be surprised at how many people will go out and by a Laptop simply because its $199. They don't care what it runs, how fast it runs, or even battery life. They want a computer they can carry around that they can plug in somewhere, and use it to type up stuff while they watch TV.
And a $199 desktop, while probably more powerful, is too clunky to carry around, especially when you add the monitor on top of that.
That we can't actually see a majority of diseases under a microscope, only the antibodies our bodies produce to fight it off. Has that part been a myth or have we merely technologically advanced past that?
I find it difficult for us to engineer an antibody to fight against something we haven't actually detected yet.
I think I would be able to use all 3 of the tools they mentioned in the summary - I also enjoy the idea of an ISO boot from a flash drive - as that means I only ever have to store all my ISO's on a hard drive, and then put them on the flash drive when I need to use them, no more need for blank CD's.
I also think creating virtual hard drives from physical ones is a good idea. I have been trying to go more virtual lately, just to keep up with the trends and add some security, but its difficult to get into full swing when all your apps are already installed on the root Machine.
As for the read-write monitoring, I have seen more and more failed hard drives lately, maybe its just my experience, but I have this looming feeling that it'll happen to me soon, and I'll want a record of whats going on.
Ah but you can use hardware acceleration in your desktop environment, but you might not always want it on. Playing video, running something like photoshop - theres a bunch of stuff that uses the video card that isn't a video game. Just FYI. So if you are sitting there browsing slashdot for an hour, it can switch to the Integrated low power one, but as soon as you boot up Media Player or something, it can switch to your full blown power monster.
What all the cool kids are doing is dropping cases altogether. Thats right, nothing looks more badass than your motherboard laying on the desk with silicon chips sticking up in the air, with a giant fan overhead to help keep things cool and circulated. Your friends will be so jealous at all the blinking lights.
As for the Optimus, I think its a great idea. This change can come for desktops as much as it has for notebooks, if there is enough demand for such a product.
Think, you had to factor in the power supply when you bought that new Graphics card. So imagine how much power its actually eating up. Imagine if your desktop didn't have to use that much power when it didn't have to?
In order to hack it, you need to do some stuff with your hands, you need the physical device. You can't hand this to a script kiddie and he'll be breaking into the NSA in no time.
I don't think its Infineon's responsibility for this "vulnerability" at all. You'd need to be someone within the same field as Christopher Tarnovsky, and someone with roughly as much knowledge. If you don't know who he is, look him up. He is pretty much at the top of his field.
This is like how your house is vulnerable because the lock on the front door can be picked by a lockpicking expert or locksmith. Yet - no one is complaining.
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Speaking of classes, isn't it funny how we so desperately try to avoid the Caste System that foreign nations use only to have created one ourselves under a different name?
Is NevarMore "Funny"?
Monkeedude says NevarMore has utilized its PHP too much and Slashdot needs to do something about it. PHP happened to CowboyNeal and NevarMore is on the same path.
Have you used the Google Local Business Locator yet? You'll be able to find out where you need to go in no time! Soon you won't be able to find your way home without our us!
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This is more fun than mad libs!
I mean, the world functioned without Google, and its competitors are as strong as ever before, (I'm looking at you, Bing and Yahoo).
But if you're asking if they'd be getting a bailout from the government, like all those other companies that were "too big to fail" (though really, they shouldn't be either) - than yeah they'd fall in that category.
I think we need to abolish the idea of "too big to fail". If a company can't handle it, they can't handle it, they deserve to be shut down, and everyone invested in it can lose all the money they invested in that risk, and everyone stuck owing debts to it can finally be debt free.
As a CS Student I had 2 buddies I got along with. The rest of the class kind of broke into small cliques of 4 or 5 people. Some were a little more open to socializing than others, some were just plain hostile. But basically whenever it came to projects everyone worked with the same people as before. Don't know why - I certainly didn't have a problem with some people, but some people seemed to have a problem with me. I remember they were playing DotA one day, and I being familiar with Warcraft 3 I asked "Playing DotA? Who's winning?" and the guy went "Is it, is it Talking to us?"
Anyways, that part is pretty irrelevant. What is relevant was that the two guys I worked with, while the nicest of guys, were not really up for programming, and I could tell midway through first semester. It wasn't so much as cheating as it was we were assigned group projects all the time. So the 3 of us go to the library, and I would get bombarded with "Why doesn't this work?" kind of stuff. I figured it was in my best interest to get the best project we could, so I would help them. I thought maybe I'd be help teaching them if I walked them through it. They eventually got the basics of it, but they never got really excited about it, it seemed like a chore to them. That's fine, not for everyone.
I look back on it now and wonder if they would have dropped out earlier had I not helped them, saving them some time and money. (They made it to second semester on my work).
I guess cheating, even when its not considered cheating, is usually more harmful than it is helpful.
let scientists better forecast the space weather to offer earlier warnings
In Approximately 8 minutes, there will be a heatwave along the Eastern Coast, as you can tell by our satellite imagery here on the sun. Now to Greg with a sports update.
Though not acquired in the past 5 years, Visio is still the best "Microsoft" product. It is the only one I wish I had, as the open source alternatives don't have the bells and whistles that make Visio a great product.
If you have had to use it - you know exactly what I'm talking about. Its got all the interoperability of Microsoft products that you'd expect, with all the ease of use and understanding that each Office iteration lacks.
and four estimated that probability was greater than 60%
Of our incredibly small sample size of hand picked Experts, Less than 25% think there is a probably chance! YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED!
How does that old adage go?
You can't build an omelette without crushing a few eggs...
Or something like that.
All I'm saying is that censoring the media involved in violating the freedom of the child does nothing to stop the violation.
I just wanted to ensure I understod him correclty - a little too busy to read the full summary, but I gathered that from the first couple of paragraphs.
Though really, it would probably be better if there were no guns. We should go back to swords, because swordplay is awesome, and every good action movie has at least one swordfighting sequence. I'm getting a little side tracked here, what were we talking about?
Censorship! Right. It's not going away anytime soon, though thats not to say it isn't going to go away ever. It might seem a little idealistic but its not that hard to imagine some countries abolishing censorship, similarily to how they have stopped slavery and other things that were at one point acceptable but now considered attrocities.
Granted, it won't go worldwide, but the demand for this kind of technology could easily waver if Europe and North America abolish censorship - and then the unlikely scenario of a coup or something in China that causes major reformation.
That being the case - lets take Google maps off the net. While we're at it, you can no longer take photos at Disneyland or the Grand Canyon, should you accidentally capture someone in the photo.
I think this is one case where giving up a little liberty to gain a little security ACTUALLY means you gain neither and lose both.
Is he saying that annoying pop up ads have brought about the technology to get around censorship, and thats why we still have a Free Internet?
Wouldn't it be better if there wasn't a form of censorship at all except what the user wishes to?
When I asked them about it - I had to post a picture with my question - and all they said was "SAUCE" over and over again.
I think this article deserves some more 4chan sub culture memes. After all
Anon Delivers!
I don't agree censoring any of them. Someone viewing these videos does no harm to any individuals (except for perhaps themselves) - and the less you try and force those kinds of industries out of the public eye the less they will try to hide their activities, making them easier to stop, if its illegal in your country.
Sweeping it under the rug does nothing to help anybody.
Geist is going to have a field day with this one. What's the real motive?
An Ohmage to Thomas Edison, if I relay correctly.
You'd be surprised at how many people will go out and by a Laptop simply because its $199. They don't care what it runs, how fast it runs, or even battery life. They want a computer they can carry around that they can plug in somewhere, and use it to type up stuff while they watch TV.
And a $199 desktop, while probably more powerful, is too clunky to carry around, especially when you add the monitor on top of that.
Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering Virtual Machine.
That we can't actually see a majority of diseases under a microscope, only the antibodies our bodies produce to fight it off. Has that part been a myth or have we merely technologically advanced past that?
I find it difficult for us to engineer an antibody to fight against something we haven't actually detected yet.
I think I would be able to use all 3 of the tools they mentioned in the summary - I also enjoy the idea of an ISO boot from a flash drive - as that means I only ever have to store all my ISO's on a hard drive, and then put them on the flash drive when I need to use them, no more need for blank CD's.
I also think creating virtual hard drives from physical ones is a good idea. I have been trying to go more virtual lately, just to keep up with the trends and add some security, but its difficult to get into full swing when all your apps are already installed on the root Machine.
As for the read-write monitoring, I have seen more and more failed hard drives lately, maybe its just my experience, but I have this looming feeling that it'll happen to me soon, and I'll want a record of whats going on.
Ah but you can use hardware acceleration in your desktop environment, but you might not always want it on. Playing video, running something like photoshop - theres a bunch of stuff that uses the video card that isn't a video game. Just FYI. So if you are sitting there browsing slashdot for an hour, it can switch to the Integrated low power one, but as soon as you boot up Media Player or something, it can switch to your full blown power monster.
Exactly, but its not the manufacturers responsibility to ensure you secure your laptops. Simple as that.
What all the cool kids are doing is dropping cases altogether. Thats right, nothing looks more badass than your motherboard laying on the desk with silicon chips sticking up in the air, with a giant fan overhead to help keep things cool and circulated. Your friends will be so jealous at all the blinking lights.
As for the Optimus, I think its a great idea. This change can come for desktops as much as it has for notebooks, if there is enough demand for such a product.
Think, you had to factor in the power supply when you bought that new Graphics card. So imagine how much power its actually eating up. Imagine if your desktop didn't have to use that much power when it didn't have to?
This is a hardware hack (see title).
In order to hack it, you need to do some stuff with your hands, you need the physical device. You can't hand this to a script kiddie and he'll be breaking into the NSA in no time.
I don't think its Infineon's responsibility for this "vulnerability" at all. You'd need to be someone within the same field as Christopher Tarnovsky, and someone with roughly as much knowledge. If you don't know who he is, look him up. He is pretty much at the top of his field.
This is like how your house is vulnerable because the lock on the front door can be picked by a lockpicking expert or locksmith. Yet - no one is complaining.