Any ideas on how this well thought-out vault will survive a doomsday scenario? When the ice caps melt, will the temperature of the vault rise? because that would destroy the seeds.
"By adopting the name 'Windows Live Hotmail,' we believe we're bringing together the best of both worlds--new and old"
What ever happened to just updating software. Is microsoft claiming that windows live hotmail whatever is going to be so 'new and improved' it's actually a different software product? Here's an idea, don't change the name - don't confuse people - just update the damned thing.
As an end-user, there is absolutely no difference in functionality between Windows version 1 and Windows XP. XP windows didn't *do more*, it just *had more*. It still shows you neat little pictures, and you click on them, and software runs and then crashes and then so does your computer.
Windows live hotmail extra 2-in-the-pink-1-in-the-stink beta alpha theta radiation flux capacitor is no different. It's a messenger client. If it's so different, why the hell do hotmail users want to use it?
Isn't this sort of like walking outside naked and asking people not to look at you. It was already available, now we all know it's _going to be_ censored. What if the way-back machine actually recorded google maps, you would have little blurry pin-pointed areas to KNOW ARE OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
How stupid. Do you think the CIA isn't drooling over the exact locations they don't want made available? Or... every single intelligence agency on earth for that matter. So hard to believe they're going to ID sensitive areas already photographed.
This is awesome, it looks like the 'inventor' of the electric slide is actually serious but no matter ; we need something this ridiculous for the courts to go, "oh wait, maybe that was retarded of us to pass that ridiculous legislation in the first place". My only complaint about the whole thing is that the case itself, as the article points out - is on shaky ground solely because the videos may fall under fair-use rights.
The problem is that you can copyright a dance (any damned dance) in the first place. I'm going to go copyright 20 different punches, kicks and acrobatic moves then get paid by every single kung-fu movie producer in the world. This is totally ridiculous.
The best quote from the article, "I don't want future generations having to learn it wrong and then relearn it as I am being faced with now". Seriously? This guy's got to be a complete idiot. Like this would ever be a scenario:
"Hi there guy that invented the electric slide. Wow, I'd love to take dance lessons from you" "Great, let's get started - I'm going to show you the electric slide" "Ohhh, I don't need to learn that one - I already know how to do it" "show me"......... "you're doing it wrong" "Oh MY GOD! WRONG? NOW I HAVE TO LEARN IT ALL OVER AGAIN!"
There's so many ways to measure the qualities of a material, I don't think anybody would be surprised to know steel is more than 7 times denser than water. But some people would be amazed to find Mercury is almost twice as dense as steel.
This, "resistant to bending" terminology seems like a real stretch of imagination to me. When do we, as average people ever consider the force involved in -bending- a diamond? It really doesn't sound like a practical thought experiment, and therefore doesn't sound even mildly interesting.
Spider's Silk is 'stronger' than steel - we've all heard. But there's about 1000 reasons you can't build a ship, or a building or even a walking-cane out of spider's silk.
This just sounds like bad hype to me ; what I want to know, and what I think everybody wants to know is - will you be able to CUT THE DIAMOND with this material. Diamonds have been the upper-limit of our prowess with cutting-wheels ; do you have a better material for grinding and cutting? Don't confuse the issue.
Unfortunately I couldn't read the article (slashdotted? what the hell) so I'm going based on the write-up available. don't hate me if the article answers my question.
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How can you even ask who's fault it is? Man, if the story-authors on slashdot spent like 10% less time blindly bashing Microsoft, the 80% of the time they spend accurately bashing Microsoft would actually be taken seriously. To say, "Who's fault do you think it is" doesn't imply Apple or Microsoft is at fault - but it opens up a debate that can't possibly be intelligently executed.
There's no evidence of anything ; we don't even know what happened.
You might as well sprinkle M&M's all over a busy freeway beside a Richard Simmons retreat. People are going to rush into this one and end up looking pretty stupid.
I'm not going to argue semantics because you're right - but I know what XML is. My _point_ once again is what is the practical use? OpenOffice and KWord import and export from Microsoft Office format.
Speaking of something end users shouldn't care about, my whole question is, why care about this?
At first I felt kind of stupid posting the question, but after reading the responses I think it was mod'd up for being a valid question. I completely missed the point, yes. It converts XML to ODF - but the question is still valid, no? what's the point. Where's the actual practical use. Heck, I should get +5. Nobody can really tell me aside from,
"You're NO LONGER GOING TO BE CRUSHED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF MICROSOFTS PROPRIETARY XML.... which isn't proprietary...."
Ok, my mistake - it converts TO ODF from XML ; but aside from the incredible sense of freedom you experience getting out from under the crushing weight of MS proprietary format (haha) -- does this actually, at the moment, open up any new avenues for anybody?
Like someone else commented, OpenOffice and already import and export to microsoft word. So is this really a practical utility, or does it just make everybody happy that hates Microsoft but still actually uses them?
Can I ask, since the article doesn't seem to really explain -- what good is this? I know converting to XML is supremely important _in theory_ so that your documents can be easily parsed and used among other software applications - but say for example:
I have a document I convert it to XML
then what? Is this excellent news in theory, or is there a demand for this?
I honestly don't know, I'm not claiming there isn't. Please tell me.
Seriously, you're not even looking for evidence. You're a troll, trolling a little flame war thinly veiled as academic proof reading.
Obviously I don't care what you agree with, I would prefer it if you never agree with me.
I can back up all of my claims, I think the point I've made repeatedly is that I'm not going to - because it is my opinion, everybody except you knows it's my opinion, and everybody except you has agreed or disagreed without starting up some cheesy high-school debate team rules playing field for an argument I never intended to be a part of.
I don't know what educational institution you work for, or feel like you've never graduated from - but you make me glad I'm not paying any more money to universities and colleges. Ever. Transparent arm-chair academic elitest ; accept my opinion as opinion. done.
I think on the one hand, Gawker Media has gotten a *lot* of publicity from this - particularly after being discovered. Every news story on the incident has a link to their web page. But on the other hand, they now face a barrage of legal battles after admitting publicly that the uploader (belowtheradar) is '[their] video guy...'.
I doubt anybody will follow in their footsteps once the courts make an example of them, and that is very likely to happen.
In related news, The halfwit blowhard Amanda Congdon managed to get her little 'quote' of disdain in to the news article above ; so it's official, every worthless media-wh0&e not worth watching has gotten their 15 minutes of fame. Way to push the story.
I took a look at your profile, you seem to enjoy playing "academic proof reader", arguing semantics over actual points and holding everybody up to the same level, wholly ridiculous playing field. You haven't actually disproved any of my points, so who really cares what your opinion is? I can claim I'm correct because you're lacking evidence to the contrary - or we can all see you for what you are.
If you can't say something nice, don't troll anything at all.
I think the problem is that the system is defrauded by the government itself *cough*bush*cough* with a paper system or a touch-screen system when the votes AREN'T TALLIED BY REAL PEOPLE.
Look at the scene in Fahrenheit 911 where they show a recount finding a whole stack of identical votes stuck together and inserted into the tallying system. Do you think pencil would rule that out? HUMAN COUNTING FIXES THAT.
People will not have confidence in the voting system for a very long time, dubya made sure of that.
Alright, well I don't really know about that - I imagine the notoriously non-company-loyal contract workers you're talking about are at least networked to microsoft as they speak to you - so they might not be cutting keys. They may be getting them cut in real time via microsoft.
The distinction is if they have a bunch of invalid keys, how did they get those invalid keys cut and accidentally sent out? Maybe there is a problem with the key-cutting source, which would *have to be* centrally located if Microsoft is trying to cut down on piracy. (which they are, they can check keys that seem valid against a database of actually valid keys, therefore, central location)
If the problem is there, then the problem can't be resolved by the rep - because the problem is the key cutting itself which very obviously had a problem in the first place.
"Our system is generating keys valid for the wrong software!" "Generate more and see if they work!"
I remember having a similar conversation with the woman interviewing me for the University program I applied to ; unfortunately I had to answer her questions because I was trying to get in to the program but I felt like saying:
"I could waste all sorts of time using easily manipulated statistics to prove my theory, but in the end common sense speaks for itself"
To you I'm just going to say my entire point is that there is no evidence. cut it up and apply bad philosophy 101 logic to it all you want, pseudo-intellectual, you're making a simple point overly complicated by demanding (haha) something that has no evidence. Way to seem intelligent.
Next ask me to prove there's a lot of soldiers dying in Iraq. You're allowed to make sweeping statements without footnotes when you get to the real world ; it's called opinion. I don't think anybody would mistake my post for a researched, pompous essay.
You're probably right, but at this time it seems way too early to tell. I mean just because the rep said there's no planned fix for the problem doesn't mean they won't jump on it and have it fixed within hours, or 1 day. He was just saying he didn't know how long it would take. still sounds legitimate to me.
I'm not saying Microsoft hasn't screwed up here, but the author of this little 'blurb' put a very anti-microsoft spin on it. The representative they spoke to had said Microsoft was taking care of the issue and offered the only possible solution that could be offered - refund or waiting for a new key.
This wouldn't be unacceptable if you had a problem _installing_ vista and the sales guy at the store said, "I don't know why you're having a problem, we'll have to have a technical rep. get back to you". It just sounds horrible because it's something simple like a 'product key'. Well guess what - not everybody can make those.
They are probably under the tightest lock & key system microsoft has because you _don't_ want anybody, even most of your own employees, to be able to create valid keys.
I think the article's overzealous hatred of microsoft is apparent when the author says, "If Microsoft does not have this issue fixed very soon, they are going to have a lot of unhappy customers". I'm sorry but I think Microsoft actually knows that, and so do I.
Don't insult our intelligence.
That whole anti-ms rant was written based on 1 phone call to a rep that sounded, surprise! reasonable.
Yeah seriously though, I can say the same thing about food. "You certainly shouldn't attract random people by means that are distracting and patronizing to the people that are actually interested in your booth"
You know the point here is sales ; you want *everybody* to come to your booth. Not the 'good ones'. You want to decide who the good ones are from *everyone*. If you were turned off of a company booth because attractive men and women were standing their giving out information I wouldn't want you working for me either - because that's just weird.
"booth babes" makes it sound like I'm talking about bimbo's. I'm talking about qualified reps that are sexually attractive. See marketing.
Just like a trade-show where you're selling your product to consumers, you want to sell your company to these potential hiree's. You can't argue that hot women don't attract more men to your booth, and make them more likely to remember you and what your company does. The same goes for attractive men if you're trying to attract women.
It's hard to attend a trade-show now where at least one company hasn't hired for the show directly from a modeling agency. And of course there are staffing-companies setup for the same purpose.
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Any ideas on how this well thought-out vault will survive a doomsday scenario? When the ice caps melt, will the temperature of the vault rise? because that would destroy the seeds.
I hope they have an, actual, answer to that.
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No seeds for you!
" By adopting the name 'Windows Live Hotmail,' we believe we're bringing together the best of both worlds--new and old "
What ever happened to just updating software. Is microsoft claiming that windows live hotmail whatever is going to be so 'new and improved' it's actually a different software product? Here's an idea, don't change the name - don't confuse people - just update the damned thing.
As an end-user, there is absolutely no difference in functionality between Windows version 1 and Windows XP. XP windows didn't *do more*, it just *had more*. It still shows you neat little pictures, and you click on them, and software runs and then crashes and then so does your computer.
Windows live hotmail extra 2-in-the-pink-1-in-the-stink beta alpha theta radiation flux capacitor is no different. It's a messenger client. If it's so different, why the hell do hotmail users want to use it?
Microsoft's days really are numbered.
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two in the pink
I hope sites like adultfriendfinder and lavalife don't incorporate this software into their user-options.
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.... <runs away>
wait a minute
yes I do, I do hope sites like that make this feature available to their users.
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adult friend finder?
protected by copyright in the united states. a few people in the world don't live there.
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doug?
Isn't this sort of like walking outside naked and asking people not to look at you. It was already available, now we all know it's _going to be_ censored. What if the way-back machine actually recorded google maps, you would have little blurry pin-pointed areas to KNOW ARE OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
How stupid. Do you think the CIA isn't drooling over the exact locations they don't want made available? Or... every single intelligence agency on earth for that matter. So hard to believe they're going to ID sensitive areas already photographed.
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Sensitive areas? ewww.
If anybody is wondering, the quote unquote correct way to perform The Electric Slide is available here.
This is awesome, it looks like the 'inventor' of the electric slide is actually serious but no matter ; we need something this ridiculous for the courts to go, "oh wait, maybe that was retarded of us to pass that ridiculous legislation in the first place". My only complaint about the whole thing is that the case itself, as the article points out - is on shaky ground solely because the videos may fall under fair-use rights.
The problem is that you can copyright a dance (any damned dance) in the first place. I'm going to go copyright 20 different punches, kicks and acrobatic moves then get paid by every single kung-fu movie producer in the world. This is totally ridiculous.
The best quote from the article, " I don't want future generations having to learn it wrong and then relearn it as I am being faced with now ". Seriously? This guy's got to be a complete idiot. Like this would ever be a scenario:
"Hi there guy that invented the electric slide. Wow, I'd love to take dance lessons from you"
"Great, let's get started - I'm going to show you the electric slide"
"Ohhh, I don't need to learn that one - I already know how to do it"
"show me"......... "you're doing it wrong"
"Oh MY GOD! WRONG? NOW I HAVE TO LEARN IT ALL OVER AGAIN!"
moron.
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The Electric Slide Performed Correctly
There's so many ways to measure the qualities of a material, I don't think anybody would be surprised to know steel is more than 7 times denser than water. But some people would be amazed to find Mercury is almost twice as dense as steel.
This, "resistant to bending" terminology seems like a real stretch of imagination to me. When do we, as average people ever consider the force involved in -bending- a diamond? It really doesn't sound like a practical thought experiment, and therefore doesn't sound even mildly interesting.
Spider's Silk is 'stronger' than steel - we've all heard. But there's about 1000 reasons you can't build a ship, or a building or even a walking-cane out of spider's silk.
This just sounds like bad hype to me ; what I want to know, and what I think everybody wants to know is - will you be able to CUT THE DIAMOND with this material. Diamonds have been the upper-limit of our prowess with cutting-wheels ; do you have a better material for grinding and cutting? Don't confuse the issue.
Unfortunately I couldn't read the article (slashdotted? what the hell) so I'm going based on the write-up available. don't hate me if the article answers my question.
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hate me? nahhh
How can you even ask who's fault it is? Man, if the story-authors on slashdot spent like 10% less time blindly bashing Microsoft, the 80% of the time they spend accurately bashing Microsoft would actually be taken seriously. To say, "Who's fault do you think it is" doesn't imply Apple or Microsoft is at fault - but it opens up a debate that can't possibly be intelligently executed.
There's no evidence of anything ; we don't even know what happened.
You might as well sprinkle M&M's all over a busy freeway beside a Richard Simmons retreat. People are going to rush into this one and end up looking pretty stupid.
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Don't even get me started on looking stupid.
I'm not going to argue semantics because you're right - but I know what XML is. My _point_ once again is what is the practical use? OpenOffice and KWord import and export from Microsoft Office format.
Speaking of something end users shouldn't care about, my whole question is, why care about this?
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Definitely don't care about this
At first I felt kind of stupid posting the question, but after reading the responses I think it was mod'd up for being a valid question. I completely missed the point, yes. It converts XML to ODF - but the question is still valid, no? what's the point. Where's the actual practical use. Heck, I should get +5. Nobody can really tell me aside from,
"You're NO LONGER GOING TO BE CRUSHED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF MICROSOFTS PROPRIETARY XML.... which isn't proprietary...."
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speaking of a big crush
Ok, my mistake - it converts TO ODF from XML ; but aside from the incredible sense of freedom you experience getting out from under the crushing weight of MS proprietary format (haha) -- does this actually, at the moment, open up any new avenues for anybody?
Like someone else commented, OpenOffice and already import and export to microsoft word. So is this really a practical utility, or does it just make everybody happy that hates Microsoft but still actually uses them?
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Open What?
Can I ask, since the article doesn't seem to really explain -- what good is this? I know converting to XML is supremely important _in theory_ so that your documents can be easily parsed and used among other software applications - but say for example:
I have a document
I convert it to XML
then what? Is this excellent news in theory, or is there a demand for this?
I honestly don't know, I'm not claiming there isn't. Please tell me.
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this isn't xml
Seriously, you're not even looking for evidence. You're a troll, trolling a little flame war thinly veiled as academic proof reading.
Obviously I don't care what you agree with, I would prefer it if you never agree with me.
I can back up all of my claims, I think the point I've made repeatedly is that I'm not going to - because it is my opinion, everybody except you knows it's my opinion, and everybody except you has agreed or disagreed without starting up some cheesy high-school debate team rules playing field for an argument I never intended to be a part of.
I don't know what educational institution you work for, or feel like you've never graduated from - but you make me glad I'm not paying any more money to universities and colleges. Ever. Transparent arm-chair academic elitest ; accept my opinion as opinion. done.
get in your last word and stop posting.
I don't have to provide anything ; go back to sophomore.
i'm not objecting to a 'very fact', i'm objecting to you.
you're not grading an essay ; so go don't-contribute-anything somewhere else.
I think on the one hand, Gawker Media has gotten a *lot* of publicity from this - particularly after being discovered. Every news story on the incident has a link to their web page. But on the other hand, they now face a barrage of legal battles after admitting publicly that the uploader (belowtheradar) is '[their] video guy...'.
I doubt anybody will follow in their footsteps once the courts make an example of them, and that is very likely to happen.
In related news, The halfwit blowhard Amanda Congdon managed to get her little 'quote' of disdain in to the news article above ; so it's official, every worthless media-wh0&e not worth watching has gotten their 15 minutes of fame. Way to push the story.
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speaking of 15 minutes of fame.
hahahahaha, Universities are repositories of advanced knowledge!
that's awesome. Do they keep it in cans? Or ziplock baggies?
You failed to proof read his post, demand footnotes and show approval of future edits with, "So long as people understand, _I_ would have no problem".
Pompous academic.
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speaking of pompei
I took a look at your profile, you seem to enjoy playing "academic proof reader", arguing semantics over actual points and holding everybody up to the same level, wholly ridiculous playing field. You haven't actually disproved any of my points, so who really cares what your opinion is? I can claim I'm correct because you're lacking evidence to the contrary - or we can all see you for what you are.
If you can't say something nice, don't troll anything at all.
get lost.
I think the problem is that the system is defrauded by the government itself *cough*bush*cough* with a paper system or a touch-screen system when the votes AREN'T TALLIED BY REAL PEOPLE.
Look at the scene in Fahrenheit 911 where they show a recount finding a whole stack of identical votes stuck together and inserted into the tallying system. Do you think pencil would rule that out? HUMAN COUNTING FIXES THAT.
People will not have confidence in the voting system for a very long time, dubya made sure of that.
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speaking of very long time
Alright, well I don't really know about that - I imagine the notoriously non-company-loyal contract workers you're talking about are at least networked to microsoft as they speak to you - so they might not be cutting keys. They may be getting them cut in real time via microsoft.
The distinction is if they have a bunch of invalid keys, how did they get those invalid keys cut and accidentally sent out? Maybe there is a problem with the key-cutting source, which would *have to be* centrally located if Microsoft is trying to cut down on piracy. (which they are, they can check keys that seem valid against a database of actually valid keys, therefore, central location)
If the problem is there, then the problem can't be resolved by the rep - because the problem is the key cutting itself which very obviously had a problem in the first place.
"Our system is generating keys valid for the wrong software!"
"Generate more and see if they work!"
that's a horrible plan.
I remember having a similar conversation with the woman interviewing me for the University program I applied to ; unfortunately I had to answer her questions because I was trying to get in to the program but I felt like saying:
"I could waste all sorts of time using easily manipulated statistics to prove my theory, but in the end common sense speaks for itself"
To you I'm just going to say my entire point is that there is no evidence. cut it up and apply bad philosophy 101 logic to it all you want, pseudo-intellectual, you're making a simple point overly complicated by demanding (haha) something that has no evidence. Way to seem intelligent.
Next ask me to prove there's a lot of soldiers dying in Iraq. You're allowed to make sweeping statements without footnotes when you get to the real world ; it's called opinion. I don't think anybody would mistake my post for a researched, pompous essay.
You're probably right, but at this time it seems way too early to tell. I mean just because the rep said there's no planned fix for the problem doesn't mean they won't jump on it and have it fixed within hours, or 1 day. He was just saying he didn't know how long it would take. still sounds legitimate to me.
I'm not saying Microsoft hasn't screwed up here, but the author of this little 'blurb' put a very anti-microsoft spin on it. The representative they spoke to had said Microsoft was taking care of the issue and offered the only possible solution that could be offered - refund or waiting for a new key.
This wouldn't be unacceptable if you had a problem _installing_ vista and the sales guy at the store said, "I don't know why you're having a problem, we'll have to have a technical rep. get back to you". It just sounds horrible because it's something simple like a 'product key'. Well guess what - not everybody can make those.
They are probably under the tightest lock & key system microsoft has because you _don't_ want anybody, even most of your own employees, to be able to create valid keys.
I think the article's overzealous hatred of microsoft is apparent when the author says, " If Microsoft does not have this issue fixed very soon, they are going to have a lot of unhappy customers ". I'm sorry but I think Microsoft actually knows that, and so do I.
Don't insult our intelligence.
That whole anti-ms rant was written based on 1 phone call to a rep that sounded, surprise! reasonable.
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surprise!
Yeah seriously though, I can say the same thing about food. " You certainly shouldn't attract random people by means that are distracting and patronizing to the people that are actually interested in your booth "
You know the point here is sales ; you want *everybody* to come to your booth. Not the 'good ones'. You want to decide who the good ones are from *everyone*. If you were turned off of a company booth because attractive men and women were standing their giving out information I wouldn't want you working for me either - because that's just weird.
"booth babes" makes it sound like I'm talking about bimbo's. I'm talking about qualified reps that are sexually attractive. See marketing.
Just like a trade-show where you're selling your product to consumers, you want to sell your company to these potential hiree's. You can't argue that hot women don't attract more men to your booth, and make them more likely to remember you and what your company does. The same goes for attractive men if you're trying to attract women.
It's hard to attend a trade-show now where at least one company hasn't hired for the show directly from a modeling agency. And of course there are staffing-companies setup for the same purpose.
speaking of hot chicks.