Your friend forgot to include the remainder of the story:
1998--A scandal erupts when Claus VII is reported to have oral sex with a 24-year old elf intern. Both of them deny sexual relations, while the North Pole media blows it all out of proportion. Due to the nature of Communism, Claus VII is not impeached.[added by me]
2002--Communism fails utterly at the North Pole due to the nature of the elves. Claus VII, flying clockwise around the earth making the Christmas rounds, collides with Anti-Claus, who was flying counterclockwise. A huge explosion and blinding flash of light occurs, leading scientists to believe that they annihilated each other.
2007--The North Pole becomes a democracy, run wholly by the elves. Christmas is no longer commercialized or exploited. Happiness is finally achieved throughout the kingdom.
2011--It is discovered that Claus VII did not die in the explosion, but merely made it appear so. From there he went to live in the Bahamas. He is later found, dead of a heart attack, in a jacuzzi with two and a half dozen nymphets.
From the article:...Big Dig managers opted for a brief ceremony Friday. They observed a moment of silence for four workers killed during construction.
For such a large and complicated project with many engineering challenges, only 4 workers died during construction. That's a testament to everyone involved with the project, especially the workers themselves. Kudo to them.
I'm not sure, but I think this doesn't stop Lindows from selling it in the United States. The market for Lindows is greater in the US than outside of it, so this isn't as if the sky is falling.
from the if-it-is-not-possible-then-please-drop-your-sharin g-limits-in-itunes dept
Let's be realistic Pudge, Apple would not have been able to get anything off the ground for the Music Store if it had no sharing limits. As with almost everything these days, a compromise is reached that makes the best sense for both parties (or for one, depending on your viewpoint).
I know, I know...this is slashdot, where every editor shows their bias on each story. Perhaps I'm asking too much.
Indeed, earlier this year executives acknowledged that IBM's own sales force had little idea what On-Demand Computing was supposed to be about.
Sales people don't need to know much about the product. Just have them tell PHB managers that it's enterprise stuff that will make your business "efficient" and "faster", and they'll roll in the commissions.
Two conditions exist to require superconducting processors for higher performance:
1) You notice that it takes more than two seconds for that program window to close after clicking the close button. 2) When the temperature of the CPU is at 30 degrees Kelvin.
*THEN* at that point, you get superconducting processors.
Be on the lookout for the new line of Prometia coolers dubbed K class. Sure to bring that pesky electron resistance to nothing.
I have actually implemented a direct USB->USB cross over connection to get around bottlenecking problems with our Ethernet so I don't have to put up with skipping in iTMS MP3 playback.[Emphasis mine]
Nanotech, appears to be all it's chalked up to be... a great new path for a new industrial revolution. Think of the ways we can help the environment, our bodies, our society. We could build pure substances, and refine better goods.
But don't forget the possible dangers involved. Not every technology that comes along is all positive and no negative.
Like this poster said, it depends on how our society as a whole uses it.
We as a modern human race seem to fail badly whenever we get swept up in the hot-new-technology-of-the-decade. It's only after a few years that we finally understand what it's capable of and act responsibly (or politically foolishly).
I certainly welcome the advent of the Nano-tech age, but I dread the inevitable failures before the successes come.
It's starting. Linux is becoming mainstream enough that what was once a noun is now becoming an adjective.
Could a *verb* not be too far behind?!
I then propose that we slashdotters take on the role of lexicographers and record for all posterity and the many uses of the word linux as possibly allowed by the 15h Edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.
The article is not clear, but it sounds like they may be using a new radar technology called Phased Array. It works like doppler, except that instead of the mechanical motor needed to move the dish to scan the area, it scans the area electronically, completing an entire scan in one minute to Doppler's 5 minutes or 8 minutes.
Another benefit of phased radar array is that the scanning speed can be upgraded with better computer equipment with higher bandwidth and number crunching capabilities.
Seriously though, that movie is full of great quotes...who remembers the Supreme Being saying "I am the supreme being, I am not entirely dim"? And Evil talking about God:
Evil: God is not interested in technology... He knows nothing of the potential of the micro-chip or the silicon revolution. He's obsessed with making the grass grow and getting rainbows right... Look at what he spends his time on. 43 species of parrot! Nipples for men!
The Cardinals are a long-time rival of the Cubs. It's a rivalry that's been going on for over 125 years. In some cases, it's a bitter rivalry.
I just know people think the Cubs are "losey".:)
I don't know if it's the effect of those people around you that cause you to issue a statement like that or whether you keep up to date with current events in major league baseball. Right now, the Cubs are winning and contending for their first Division title in 14 years. Ahh, what am I doing, I shouldn't be pushing this on you.
People follow the most powerful competitor in any given field of endeavor. In computers, this means Microsoft. Notice how nobody seems to root for the Chicago Cubs, because they have a reputation for losing. "Winning is everything" seems to be a near-universal human motto, even though it's rarely admitted to.
The severity of my deafness probably qualifies for cochlear implant sugery, but that's not the big issue there.
The big issue with cochlear implant surgery is when to get it.
At my age right now, it won't bring any additional benefits over hearing aids. I've worn hearing aids for almost my whole life that it's become natural for me to wear them. I'm used to hearing the sounds of the world through those digital ears and I'm doing just fine.
Cochlear implants have their biggest impacts at an early age, preferably before age 5. The key is being able to allow the child to hear some sounds before the language center of the brain stops its rapid development. The earlier the surgery, the better chance that the child will be able to have normal language development.
With that said, I wouldn't want one. I see no need to and I'm just fine with my hearing aids. It's likely that if I have deaf children, they too will not have cochlear implants.
I recommend you watch Sound and Fury, a PBS documentary about cochlear implants. It's a very well made documentary, presenting both sides of the debate with about as fair as one can get. It's a very moving piece.
How old are your children? If they are all past the age of 5 when they started to develop hearing loss, then count yourself lucky.
By age 5, they will have learned how to speak well enough that they won't have any trouble picking up new words or even languages with hearing aids. Of course, that depends on the severity of the hearing loss. If they start to slip in their speech, then get them on speech therapy as early as you can. They would also have a good basic grasp of the English language and it's grammatical structure. Most deaf children struggle with this area.
Additionally, if you choose to get them fitted with hearing aids, then I highly recommend they get some musical training. Violin, piano, trumpet or even a recorder. Playing those instruments will help tune their hearing, for both tone and notes. This will help in their listening and speech skills. Let them play it through middle school, and it's their choice if they want to continue through high school.
I am deaf myself, though my situation differs from your children. I'm born with a severe-to-profound sensori-neural hearing loss, an approximately 95% hearing loss. With powerful hearing aids, I make the best use of my remaining hearing.
This is basically what my parents and I've done. Though, I got fitted for hearing aids at a VERY early age (1 1/2). My parents made the choice to put me on an oral education and they stuck with it. I didn't learn sign language until I met a few deaf students in high school. By then, my speech and writing skills were indistinguishable from that of a hearing teenager.
This is only my experience and what I grew up with. I count myself lucky that I even have any speech skills at all. This was only because of years and years of regular speech therapy, starting at age 5.
If you care enough about your children, they can be just as productive in society as a hearing person can.
Now, to be on topic with this slashdot discussion, I will say that video games has helped me, mostly in hand-eye coordination.
The first video game I played was Super Mario Brothers on the NES. I loved that game so much that I managed to learn the timings well enough to beat the game in one sitting (worlds 1 through 9). That hand-eye coordination has served me well in my touch typing and juggling skills.
Slashdot Mirror
1998--A scandal erupts when Claus VII is reported to have oral sex with a 24-year old elf intern. Both of them deny sexual relations, while the North Pole media blows it all out of proportion. Due to the nature of Communism, Claus VII is not impeached.[added by me]
2002--Communism fails utterly at the North Pole due to the nature of the elves. Claus VII, flying clockwise around the earth making the Christmas rounds, collides with Anti-Claus, who was flying counterclockwise. A huge explosion and blinding flash of light occurs, leading scientists to believe that they annihilated each other.
2007--The North Pole becomes a democracy, run wholly by the elves. Christmas is no longer commercialized or exploited. Happiness is finally achieved throughout the kingdom.
2011--It is discovered that Claus VII did not die in the explosion, but merely made it appear so. From there he went to live in the Bahamas. He is later found, dead of a heart attack, in a jacuzzi with two and a half dozen nymphets.
Merry Christmas!
-Cyc
For such a large and complicated project with many engineering challenges, only 4 workers died during construction. That's a testament to everyone involved with the project, especially the workers themselves. Kudo to them.
-Cyc
I'm not sure, but I think this doesn't stop Lindows from selling it in the United States. The market for Lindows is greater in the US than outside of it, so this isn't as if the sky is falling.
Right?
-Cyc
Let's be realistic Pudge, Apple would not have been able to get anything off the ground for the Music Store if it had no sharing limits. As with almost everything these days, a compromise is reached that makes the best sense for both parties (or for one, depending on your viewpoint).
I know, I know...this is slashdot, where every editor shows their bias on each story. Perhaps I'm asking too much.
-Cyc
Sales people don't need to know much about the product. Just have them tell PHB managers that it's enterprise stuff that will make your business "efficient" and "faster", and they'll roll in the commissions.
Ungrateful louts, these managers.
-Cyc
Two conditions exist to require superconducting processors for higher performance:
1) You notice that it takes more than two seconds for that program window to close after clicking the close button.
2) When the temperature of the CPU is at 30 degrees Kelvin.
*THEN* at that point, you get superconducting processors.
Be on the lookout for the new line of Prometia coolers dubbed K class. Sure to bring that pesky electron resistance to nothing.
-Cyc
Major Carnagle: Where's the laser?
Professor Hathaway: It's coming.
Major Carnagle: It's coming? It's not even breathing hard.
-Cyc
You plugged in your iPod?
Seriously, nice writing. =)
-Cyc
I direct your attention to the movie: Koyaanisqatsi
You won't be disappointed.
-Cyc
But don't forget the possible dangers involved. Not every technology that comes along is all positive and no negative.
Like this poster said, it depends on how our society as a whole uses it.
We as a modern human race seem to fail badly whenever we get swept up in the hot-new-technology-of-the-decade. It's only after a few years that we finally understand what it's capable of and act responsibly (or politically foolishly).
I certainly welcome the advent of the Nano-tech age, but I dread the inevitable failures before the successes come.
-Cyc
Step 1) Move out of your parents house and into your own apartment/house/townhouse/condo.
Step 2) Invite female friend for dinner.
Step 3) ????
Step 4) uh, profit? More like score!
Ok MODS, I'm ready for you!
-Cyc
The face is lasered in 3d inside the crystal. Very Cool.
Here's the company involved.
The store's name was Crystalix.
-Cyc
I want sharks with fricken Veralaser printers on their heads!!
Throw me a bone here, people!
-Cyc
First Linuxy and now Unixy?
What is going on? Is there a rule somewhere that says all Operating System nouns must have the -y suffix?
MacOSXy, WinXPy, Solarisy? This does not compute.
-Cyc
D'oh! Note to self: make sure to preview and remove all unneeded conjugations. -Cyc
It's starting. Linux is becoming mainstream enough that what was once a noun is now becoming an adjective.
Could a *verb* not be too far behind?!
I then propose that we slashdotters take on the role of lexicographers and record for all posterity and the many uses of the word linux as possibly allowed by the 15h Edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.
Here's a word to start things off:
Linuxastic
-Cyc
The article is not clear, but it sounds like they may be using a new radar technology called Phased Array. It works like doppler, except that instead of the mechanical motor needed to move the dish to scan the area, it scans the area electronically, completing an entire scan in one minute to Doppler's 5 minutes or 8 minutes.
Another benefit of phased radar array is that the scanning speed can be upgraded with better computer equipment with higher bandwidth and number crunching capabilities.
-Cyc
Seriously though, that movie is full of great quotes...who remembers the Supreme Being saying "I am the supreme being, I am not entirely dim"? And Evil talking about God:
Evil: God is not interested in technology... He knows nothing of the potential of the micro-chip or the silicon revolution. He's obsessed with making the grass grow and getting rainbows right... Look at what he spends his time on. 43 species of parrot! Nipples for men!
-Cyc
I just know people think the Cubs are "losey". :)
I don't know if it's the effect of those people around you that cause you to issue a statement like that or whether you keep up to date with current events in major league baseball. Right now, the Cubs are winning and contending for their first Division title in 14 years. Ahh, what am I doing, I shouldn't be pushing this on you.
Oh, BTW: go Cubs!!!!! =)
-Cyc
You must be a St. Louis Cardinals fan.
-Cyc
What would be cool is to use the principle to cancel out traffic jams before they become huge jams.
-Cyc
Seriously, Hackers is one of my favorite movies to mock due to all of the insanely inaccurate lines.
-Cyc
You won't need to worry about 2013 coming around. The calendar ends on December 21, 2012. So, wash away!
-Cyc
The big issue with cochlear implant surgery is when to get it.
At my age right now, it won't bring any additional benefits over hearing aids. I've worn hearing aids for almost my whole life that it's become natural for me to wear them. I'm used to hearing the sounds of the world through those digital ears and I'm doing just fine.
Cochlear implants have their biggest impacts at an early age, preferably before age 5. The key is being able to allow the child to hear some sounds before the language center of the brain stops its rapid development. The earlier the surgery, the better chance that the child will be able to have normal language development.
With that said, I wouldn't want one. I see no need to and I'm just fine with my hearing aids. It's likely that if I have deaf children, they too will not have cochlear implants.
I recommend you watch Sound and Fury, a PBS documentary about cochlear implants. It's a very well made documentary, presenting both sides of the debate with about as fair as one can get. It's a very moving piece.
-Cyc
How old are your children? If they are all past the age of 5 when they started to develop hearing loss, then count yourself lucky.
By age 5, they will have learned how to speak well enough that they won't have any trouble picking up new words or even languages with hearing aids. Of course, that depends on the severity of the hearing loss. If they start to slip in their speech, then get them on speech therapy as early as you can. They would also have a good basic grasp of the English language and it's grammatical structure. Most deaf children struggle with this area.
Additionally, if you choose to get them fitted with hearing aids, then I highly recommend they get some musical training. Violin, piano, trumpet or even a recorder. Playing those instruments will help tune their hearing, for both tone and notes. This will help in their listening and speech skills. Let them play it through middle school, and it's their choice if they want to continue through high school.
I am deaf myself, though my situation differs from your children. I'm born with a severe-to-profound sensori-neural hearing loss, an approximately 95% hearing loss. With powerful hearing aids, I make the best use of my remaining hearing.
This is basically what my parents and I've done. Though, I got fitted for hearing aids at a VERY early age (1 1/2). My parents made the choice to put me on an oral education and they stuck with it. I didn't learn sign language until I met a few deaf students in high school. By then, my speech and writing skills were indistinguishable from that of a hearing teenager.
This is only my experience and what I grew up with. I count myself lucky that I even have any speech skills at all. This was only because of years and years of regular speech therapy, starting at age 5.
If you care enough about your children, they can be just as productive in society as a hearing person can.
Now, to be on topic with this slashdot discussion, I will say that video games has helped me, mostly in hand-eye coordination.
The first video game I played was Super Mario Brothers on the NES. I loved that game so much that I managed to learn the timings well enough to beat the game in one sitting (worlds 1 through 9). That hand-eye coordination has served me well in my touch typing and juggling skills.
A 24 year old deaf man says,
Sincerely,
-Cyc