Why not build a fence around America. Everybody has committed a crime once in their lives so why not turn the whole country into a prison. And a very convenient one at that because you can drive around in it, and still go to work every day...:-)
If you're going to count all software that runs under Linux as a Linux vulnerability, then by extension you have to include all software that runs under Windows as a Windows vulnerability.
We'll just have to wait until they integrate Word in Windows. Any day now...
Good point. This whole freenet thing gives me the creeps. It is created to distribute illegal mp3 files and not getting caught but is presented as a good way to ensure the flow of 'free speech'. Have you read the 'philosophy' section on the web page? Some parts of it make my skin crawl. For instance:
"The core problem with copyright is that enforcement of it requires monitoring of communications, and you cannot be guaranteed free speech if someone is monitoring everything you say."
But if no-one is monitoring everything you say there is no point in saying it is there?
"You cannot guarantee freedom of speech and enforce copyright law"
O yes you can. Copying something someone worked real hard to make is someting entirely different from having ideas of your own.
In my opinion these Freenet guys confuse speech with copying. These two things are NOT the same. In most Western countries the freedom of speech is guaranteed. Everyone is allowed to speak their mind. I think it's very wrong to spread someone elses 'information' (no definition of what they mean by 'information' is given on the Freenet site) against their will or in a way that person is not comfortable with and am therefore opposed to using Freenet and their likes in this way.
That's a good point. What I am wondering and is not in the article is how satisfied the Munich' users were with the MS NT systems they used for a long time. This must have played a role in the decision-making.
And every time I print a document using LaTeX, my colleagues look at it and say, "DAMN, now I understand why you think Word bites... this is {gorgeous,simple,amazing,powerful}..."
That's interesting because my colleagues allways say: hey, those letters look really ugly, you must have been using LaTeX. Hehe, my housemate (who is also a colleague) had to make a book in Word... I never heard him swear so much in one week. But still, if it aint Microsoft it aint good, according to my colleagues.
I once got the Java plug-in to work. Java and flash together always caused Mozilla to crash at start-up. Not many sites use java so I only install the flash-plugin now.
LINUX is a great way to start people on the right track to success.
Yes. Who needs roads, food and all that. Trust in Linux and everything will be OK.
But seriously, here's a country that can learn from the mistake the Western world made (to make yourself almost completely dependant on one incompatible system). Not the fact that Linux is used is important here but the fact that they use a system that can easily be integrated with other computer systems from different companies.
We need offtopic posts like this to keep/. from becoming boring. And hey, maybe someone can explain how teeth whiteners work and then it's nerd stuff all of a sudden (although not news).
That is also a little bit more complicated. The Belgian law was not constructed very well. Anybody on earth could use this law to sue everybody else, giving ample room for misuse. But it's certainly a pity that the Belgian gouvernment withdrew it instead of changing it.
That's not true, it's the spineless ignorant European politicians that don't stand up to these companies because they are afraid of the wrath of America. When will the EU learn that Europe is a huge continent with a very important market that could have a significant impact on world politics and economics if only they stopped arguing about petty little things and concentrate on important things for once?
I'm Dutch. The Dutch rulers almighty had decided they would support this war on principals (or something like that). And now a few months later they send 1100 people to Iraq. I feel betrayed by my government.
That's not entirely true. Reptiles have been around much longer than mammals and so have had more time to evolve. Many types of creatures that have lived in the Earth are now extinct. So not all types of animals have had the same time to evolve. On the surface of the planet evolution is hampered by mayor disasters every few million years so the creatures living there have less chance to reach a high level of specialization than those deep sea fish in my opinion.
What I understood from the various documentaries that I've seen is that nutrients from above do not play a very large role in the food circulation in the deep sea. And the watertemperature in the deep sea is always 4 degrees C because water has its highest density at that temperature. But I'm as much a layman in these matters as the next person I must admit.
I think one of the reasons why these creatures look so weird is that they may have had the most time of every type of creature to evolve. The deep sea is not affected by ice ages and warm periods that have a large influence on the surface of the planet, so the enviromnent in which these creatures evolved may have been virtually undisturbed for many millions of years.
Why is this a flamebait? The guy/gal expresses his/her opinion and makes a joke. I would call this +1 Insightful if I had any mod points because he/she has a point here.
That is so true. But there are two problems. The first is that games like that are not made much anymore, and the second problem is that in a few years time you won't be able to replay that game because your hard- and software has become incompatible. Sad but true... Luckily books don't need software.
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Why not build a fence around America. Everybody has committed a crime once in their lives so why not turn the whole country into a prison. And a very convenient one at that because you can drive around in it, and still go to work every day... :-)
If you're going to count all software that runs under Linux as a Linux vulnerability, then by extension you have to include all software that runs under Windows as a Windows vulnerability.
We'll just have to wait until they integrate Word in Windows. Any day now...
Good point. This whole freenet thing gives me the creeps. It is created to distribute illegal mp3 files and not getting caught but is presented as a good way to ensure the flow of 'free speech'. Have you read the 'philosophy' section on the web page? Some parts of it make my skin crawl. For instance:
"The core problem with copyright is that enforcement of it requires monitoring of communications, and you cannot be guaranteed free speech if someone is monitoring everything you say."
But if no-one is monitoring everything you say there is no point in saying it is there?
"You cannot guarantee freedom of speech and enforce copyright law"
O yes you can. Copying something someone worked real hard to make is someting entirely different from having ideas of your own.
In my opinion these Freenet guys confuse speech with copying. These two things are NOT the same. In most Western countries the freedom of speech is guaranteed. Everyone is allowed to speak their mind. I think it's very wrong to spread someone elses 'information' (no definition of what they mean by 'information' is given on the Freenet site) against their will or in a way that person is not comfortable with and am therefore opposed to using Freenet and their likes in this way.
If I had mod points I would mod you sky-high.
That's a good point. What I am wondering and is not in the article is how satisfied the Munich' users were with the MS NT systems they used for a long time. This must have played a role in the decision-making.
It wasn't very clear in the article how this snail helps in the study of liquids on small scales. Can someone tell me more about this?
And every time I print a document using LaTeX, my colleagues look at it and say, "DAMN, now I understand why you think Word bites... this is {gorgeous,simple,amazing,powerful}..."
That's interesting because my colleagues allways say: hey, those letters look really ugly, you must have been using LaTeX. Hehe, my housemate (who is also a colleague) had to make a book in Word... I never heard him swear so much in one week. But still, if it aint Microsoft it aint good, according to my colleagues.
I once got the Java plug-in to work. Java and flash together always caused Mozilla to crash at start-up. Not many sites use java so I only install the flash-plugin now.
Yes you can. Use the IE icon as a link to mozilla!
LINUX is a great way to start people on the right track to success.
Yes. Who needs roads, food and all that. Trust in Linux and everything will be OK.
But seriously, here's a country that can learn from the mistake the Western world made (to make yourself almost completely dependant on one incompatible system). Not the fact that Linux is used is important here but the fact that they use a system that can easily be integrated with other computer systems from different companies.
We need offtopic posts like this to keep /. from becoming boring. And hey, maybe someone can explain how teeth whiteners work and then it's nerd stuff all of a sudden (although not news).
That is also a little bit more complicated. The Belgian law was not constructed very well. Anybody on earth could use this law to sue everybody else, giving ample room for misuse. But it's certainly a pity that the Belgian gouvernment withdrew it instead of changing it.
That's not true, it's the spineless ignorant European politicians that don't stand up to these companies because they are afraid of the wrath of America. When will the EU learn that Europe is a huge continent with a very important market that could have a significant impact on world politics and economics if only they stopped arguing about petty little things and concentrate on important things for once?
That is what I'm mad about. This is an Americam/British problem; let them deal with it.
I'm Dutch. The Dutch rulers almighty had decided they would support this war on principals (or something like that). And now a few months later they send 1100 people to Iraq. I feel betrayed by my government.
I wonder how many of these duckies are eaten by marine animals. Not many fish teach their children to not eat rubber duckies.
Actually that does make a pretty neat computer. I especially like the 'no fan' part.
Hey, we Dutch also like tulips! We don't export all of them :-)
That's not entirely true. Reptiles have been around much longer than mammals and so have had more time to evolve. Many types of creatures that have lived in the Earth are now extinct. So not all types of animals have had the same time to evolve. On the surface of the planet evolution is hampered by mayor disasters every few million years so the creatures living there have less chance to reach a high level of specialization than those deep sea fish in my opinion.
What I understood from the various documentaries that I've seen is that nutrients from above do not play a very large role in the food circulation in the deep sea. And the watertemperature in the deep sea is always 4 degrees C because water has its highest density at that temperature. But I'm as much a layman in these matters as the next person I must admit.
Exactly. Evolution can only go to these extremes if it has a long time in which to do that.
I think one of the reasons why these creatures look so weird is that they may have had the most time of every type of creature to evolve. The deep sea is not affected by ice ages and warm periods that have a large influence on the surface of the planet, so the enviromnent in which these creatures evolved may have been virtually undisturbed for many millions of years.
Why is this a flamebait? The guy/gal expresses his/her opinion and makes a joke. I would call this +1 Insightful if I had any mod points because he/she has a point here.
But this dickhead would have you believe that games are inferior.
When he was 13 there weren't any computers around so he probably doesn't even know what he's talking about.
That is so true. But there are two problems. The first is that games like that are not made much anymore, and the second problem is that in a few years time you won't be able to replay that game because your hard- and software has become incompatible. Sad but true... Luckily books don't need software.