Seems like every article mentioning the U.S. these days turns into a bash fest. And, no, don't give me the 'bush sucks' argument. How is that related to calling everyone in the states fat? This was a post about new, fuel efficient, cars being brought into the states - and it turns into a bunch of whining euro pussies yapping about how Americans won't give up their SUVs and how how inferior the American cars/lifestyle/whatever is.
This is supposed to be a new site. We're all here to read about cool new technology and crap like that. I, for one, am sick of it all turning into a political discussion.
You know why Americans drive SUVs? It's because THEY CAN.
Here, do some reading:
http://www.timbro.com/euvsusa/pdf/EU_vs_USA_Engl is h.pdf
From the intro:
"THIS REPORT IS ABOUT THE FACT that per capita GDP is lower in most of the countries of Europe than in most of the states of the USA. That France, Italy and Germany have less per capita GDP than all but five of the states of the USA is probably something that messrs Chirac, Schröder and Berlusconi don't wish to know. Or that Göran Persson is prime minister of a country which, if it were a part of the USA, would rank as one of the very poorest states in that Union? Can this be true? Is it plausible? It is both true and plausible."
Now, can we all shut up and get to things that are interesting to geeks?
I was part of the Hubbub team. (Hubbub is the IM client used in the Isaacs study). The second step in the registration process clearly states, in bold, the following:
PLEASE NOTE: All Hubbub conversations are logged and may be used to help us improve Hubbub and to study instant messaging behavior for research purposes. If any logs are ever shared with people outside the Hubbub team, all names will be changed so that your identiy cannot be determined.
You can still sign up for a Hubbub account and see it for yourself. www.hubbubme.com.
Note, it's not being supported any more. It runs on Win2K fine, but more recent XP service packs have broken it.
I was part of the team that did the study. We were working on a prototype instant messenger (Hubbub) that is heavy on awareness (www.hubbubme.com).
Hubbub was release internally to AT&T labs first, then to AT&T as a whole and allowed to connect to the outside world. Part of the registration process for Hubbub was accepting the fact that conversations were being logged for later analysis (after being anonymized, of course). AT&T Labs is, after all, a research organization.
You can read more about the methodolgy and population sample here: http://www.izix.com/pro/lightweight/IM.php
You can read about Hubbub here: http://www.izix.com/pro/lightweight/hubbub. php
Our book, Designing from Both Sides Of The Screen, covers the process of how it was built, too.
Except that it's already illegal for felons to own guns. We don't catch them as it is. Passing more gun laws doesn't help that situation.
Most violent crime in this country is done by repeat offenders, so if you happen to shoot the guy trying to carjack you (with his _already_ illegal gun), you've not only saved yourself but potentially more victims downstream.
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Seems like every article mentioning the U.S. these days turns into a bash fest. And, no, don't give me the 'bush sucks' argument. How is that related to calling everyone in the states fat? This was a post about new, fuel efficient, cars being brought into the states - and it turns into a bunch of whining euro pussies yapping about how Americans won't give up their SUVs and how how inferior the American cars/lifestyle/whatever is.
l is h.pdf
This is supposed to be a new site. We're all here to read about cool new technology and crap like that. I, for one, am sick of it all turning into a political discussion.
You know why Americans drive SUVs? It's because THEY CAN.
Here, do some reading:
http://www.timbro.com/euvsusa/pdf/EU_vs_USA_Eng
From the intro:
"THIS REPORT IS ABOUT THE FACT that per capita GDP is lower in most of the countries of Europe than in most of the states of the USA. That France,
Italy and Germany have less per capita GDP than all but five of the states of the USA is probably something that messrs Chirac, Schröder and
Berlusconi don't wish to know. Or that Göran Persson is prime minister of a country which, if it were a part of the USA, would rank as one of the very poorest states in that Union? Can this be true? Is it plausible? It is both true and plausible."
Now, can we all shut up and get to things that are interesting to geeks?
How about encrypting the user's home directory (or whatever) - and offering the decrypt password for the same price as the pirated software. :-)
I was part of the Hubbub team. (Hubbub is the IM client used in the Isaacs study). The second step in the registration process clearly states, in bold, the following:
PLEASE NOTE: All Hubbub conversations are logged and may be used to help us improve Hubbub and to study instant messaging behavior for research purposes. If any logs are ever shared with people outside the Hubbub team, all names will be changed so that your identiy cannot be determined.
You can still sign up for a Hubbub account and see it for yourself. www.hubbubme.com.
Note, it's not being supported any more. It runs on Win2K fine, but more recent XP service packs have broken it.
I was part of the team that did the study. We were working on a prototype instant messenger (Hubbub) that is heavy on awareness (www.hubbubme.com).
. php
Hubbub was release internally to AT&T labs first, then to AT&T as a whole and allowed to connect to the outside world. Part of the registration process for Hubbub was accepting the fact that conversations were being logged for later analysis (after being anonymized, of course). AT&T Labs is, after all, a research organization.
You can read more about the methodolgy and population sample here: http://www.izix.com/pro/lightweight/IM.php
You can read about Hubbub here:
http://www.izix.com/pro/lightweight/hubbub
Our book, Designing from Both Sides Of The Screen, covers the process of how it was built, too.
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Except that it's already illegal for felons to own guns. We don't catch them as it is. Passing more gun laws doesn't help that situation.
Most violent crime in this country is done by repeat offenders, so if you happen to shoot the guy trying to carjack you (with his _already_ illegal gun), you've not only saved yourself but potentially more victims downstream.
Same here. Lots of hits on port 1434, currently from .kr and .mx ... sigh.