Erm.. if they're all glued to their screens, why don't I encounter more of them online? You're not looking in the right place. Just log into any chat room on the planet and say 'Are there any women here?' You'll be inundated.
Coincidence: I've a life of brian.sig, and I've just noticed a life of brian quote in my message. Spooky.
... then this is perfect. Of course, a Robokoneko looks like it could kick Aibo's metal ass. Of course, any virtual robot is going to seem cool when compared to one that exists. I think we've found the subject for our next flame war.
This isn't a move towards liberalisation; it's simply an (admittedly rare) concession to reality. The G4 is officially classed as 'munitions', and if the US has any pretentions at all towards an electronic economy, it's got to do this. I don't imagine it was done with any zeal on the part of the government.
Well, geeks are known to be chauvinist pigs... Of course, you mean male geeks. Not that I'd accuse you of any inherent chauvinist piggery...
I'm gonna get moderated down for this, but...
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My girlfriend signed up to Linux chix a while ago, and signed off shortly after because most of the talk was about linux-unrelated matters. She show me a few choice messages, and I sniggered mightily. Of course, I haven't signed up to a mailing list yet that didn't have some non-zero signal-to-noise ratio, but I do like some of the messages to be relevant. Another point: are nerd grrls really as marginalised as once they were? Most of the developed world is suffering from a shortage of qualified IT staff, and even the most entrenched chauvinist has to consider the unthinkable; females or even -- gasp! -- saggitarians.
Up to now, the internet has had record companies to deal with regarding MP3s; when the bandwith becomes available (along with the requisite HDTV technology), we're all gonna be up against the movie studios as well. Downloading a shaky copy of Star Wars in glorious 640x480 is one thing, but when a proper (watchable) movies is available, there's the distinct possibility that people'll watch that instead of spending their hard-earned dosh on cinema tickets. The pondering on how do deal with this should start now...
(yes, btw, I know that the movie studios and music studios are in a lot of cases the same people, but there aren't many artists that can bring in $100m).
Some of those support guys had uptime measured in months. Too bad. Now that they're down, though, some of the older ones can be upgraded. Penguin mints are just the thing.
What a waste of $500b
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AP Text (which you better not link to, as I've probably breached copyright).
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI reached a first-of-its-kind agreement enabling telecommunications companies to use computer software made by Nortel Networks to assist law enforcement agencies in conducting lawfully authorized wiretapping.
The agreement calls for Nortel, a major supplier of telecommunications equipment, to provide certain software to its carrier customers. Nortel will waive the license fees.
The 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act authorized $500 million for the purpose of reimbursing the telecommunications industry for its costs in cooperating with law enforcement agencies in wiretapping.
``Carriers can now begin taking steps to correct technological impediments within their networks that currently prevent law enforcement from being able to carry out court-ordered electronic surveillance directed at suspected criminals and terrorists,'' Attorney General Janet Reno said in a statement.
The telecommunication carrier Ameritech also is a party to the agreement. FBI Director Louis Freeh said the bureau is working toward finalizing similar reimbursement agreements with other carriers and manufacturers.
jon's description of a net-savvy politician is just a description of the idealised public servant; working for the good of the people. The net is irrelevant to whether a politician is good, and politicians can (as we've all seen) use the net for evil as well as good. As for the ease with politicians dismiss electronic petitions: it takes three seconds of your life to cut'n'paste a protest email. They're also a hell of a lot easier to fake.
So if you link to a site that explains how the Oklahoma bombing was carried out with deatils on fertilizer bombs, can you be don for assisting terrorist crime? Supposing you link to a book written by an author who died sixty years ago? Changes in copyright law mean that (in Europe) it's coming back into copyright. Do you get done for that?
The only way to stay safe seems to be: no external links.
3com may not know it, but they've just stopped me from buying someone else's network card. I need a new one, and given the problems I've had with my old 3com I'd more or less decided on something else. Not any more. I don't think I'll be the only one, either.
How about a show outside America? I'd like to suggest Dublin's The Point because a) I live right beside it. er... b) they run their, um, stuff on Linux.
'People' believed that they were told by those they considered authoritative, ie the church. Chances are if you wandered up to an 18th century peasant and asked what shape the Earth was, you'd get a blank look or be locked up as a loony. Scientists -- people who made predictions based on the available data -- would come to various conclusions, not all of which were 'the earth is flat'. Having said that, your point is valid; the reason a lot of people have problems with such subjects as Relativity is that they've no experience of time dilation; it therefore seems counter-intuitive.
Not to piss all over your point (with which I agree in principle), but Eratosthenes calculated the diameter of the Earth to within 1% over 2000 years ago. Also, today's technology is ridiculously superior to anything we had even ten years ago. All this instrumentation means more data, and the more data we have the more it seems implausible that we're on the only habitable planet in the galaxy, let alone the universe. Then, of course, there's the definition of 'habitable'. Has Star Trek taught us nothing? Life probably doesn't need yellow dwarf stars with rocky planets 150M km away.
...but 6.0 wasn't all that it was cracked up to be, particularly during install. BTW, congrats to/. for beating out Mandrake with the news. Perhaps someone should let them know they've got a web page.
Maybe it's not gravity lensing, maybe it's gravity mirroring and we're looking at ourselves! The universe is curved. It's possible, I suppose. Does anyone know if this planet has a Russian space station orbiting it?
After a report in this week's new scientist about rocky planets being formed by gamma ray bursts, I was a wee bit worried. If this is such a planet, there's no need to divide the Drake Equation by a thousand.
I'm not sure he's being fair to the popularity of *bsd; pretty much everyone I know is aware of the fact that if you want a more secure server, BSD is the way to go. Regardless of how much we all love Linux, a lot of people feel a lot more secure.
(I'll reply too, to save some you the hassle). U fukin luser if u cant configre linux 2b sekure u shoudnt b fuckin usin it
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Erm.. if they're all glued to their screens, why don't I encounter more of them online?
.sig, and I've just noticed a life of brian quote in my message. Spooky.
You're not looking in the right place. Just log into any chat room on the planet and say 'Are there any women here?' You'll be inundated.
Coincidence: I've a life of brian
... then this is perfect. Of course, a Robokoneko looks like it could kick Aibo's metal ass. Of course, any virtual robot is going to seem cool when compared to one that exists.
I think we've found the subject for our next flame war.
This isn't a move towards liberalisation; it's simply an (admittedly rare) concession to reality.
The G4 is officially classed as 'munitions', and if the US has any pretentions at all towards an electronic economy, it's got to do this. I don't imagine it was done with any zeal on the part of the government.
Well, geeks are known to be chauvinist pigs...
Of course, you mean male geeks. Not that I'd accuse you of any inherent chauvinist piggery...
My girlfriend signed up to Linux chix a while ago, and signed off shortly after because most of the talk was about linux-unrelated matters.
She show me a few choice messages, and I sniggered mightily.
Of course, I haven't signed up to a mailing list yet that didn't have some non-zero signal-to-noise ratio, but I do like some of the messages to be relevant.
Another point: are nerd grrls really as marginalised as once they were? Most of the developed world is suffering from a shortage of qualified IT staff, and even the most entrenched chauvinist has to consider the unthinkable; females or even -- gasp! -- saggitarians.
Up to now, the internet has had record companies to deal with regarding MP3s; when the bandwith becomes available (along with the requisite HDTV technology), we're all gonna be up against the movie studios as well.
Downloading a shaky copy of Star Wars in glorious 640x480 is one thing, but when a proper (watchable) movies is available, there's the distinct possibility that people'll watch that instead of spending their hard-earned dosh on cinema tickets.
The pondering on how do deal with this should start now...
(yes, btw, I know that the movie studios and music studios are in a lot of cases the same people, but there aren't many artists that can bring in $100m).
The beta is going out now and the final release is is planned for December? There's optimism for you.
Some of those support guys had uptime measured in months. Too bad. Now that they're down, though, some of the older ones can be upgraded. Penguin mints are just the thing.
AP Text (which you better not link to, as I've probably breached copyright).
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI reached a first-of-its-kind agreement
enabling telecommunications companies to use computer software made by
Nortel Networks to assist law enforcement agencies in conducting lawfully
authorized wiretapping.
The agreement calls for Nortel, a major supplier of telecommunications
equipment, to provide certain software to its carrier customers. Nortel will
waive the license fees.
The 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act authorized
$500 million for the purpose of reimbursing the telecommunications industry for
its costs in cooperating with law enforcement agencies in wiretapping.
``Carriers can now begin taking steps to correct technological impediments
within their networks that currently prevent law enforcement from being able to
carry out court-ordered electronic surveillance directed at suspected
criminals and terrorists,'' Attorney General Janet Reno said in a statement.
The telecommunication carrier Ameritech also is a party to the agreement. FBI
Director Louis Freeh said the bureau is working toward finalizing similar
reimbursement agreements with other carriers and manufacturers.
jon's description of a net-savvy politician is just a description of the idealised public servant; working for the good of the people. The net is irrelevant to whether a politician is good, and politicians can (as we've all seen) use the net for evil as well as good.
As for the ease with politicians dismiss electronic petitions: it takes three seconds of your life to cut'n'paste a protest email. They're also a hell of a lot easier to fake.
So if you link to a site that explains how the Oklahoma bombing was carried out with deatils on fertilizer bombs, can you be don for assisting terrorist crime?
Supposing you link to a book written by an author who died sixty years ago? Changes in copyright law mean that (in Europe) it's coming back into copyright. Do you get done for that?
The only way to stay safe seems to be: no external links.
You americans have buying your politicians for years.
3com may not know it, but they've just stopped me from buying someone else's network card. I need a new one, and given the problems I've had with my old 3com I'd more or less decided on something else. Not any more.
I don't think I'll be the only one, either.
It's been coming for a while now; I reckon we're abut ten years away from a practical application.
For more on regeneration, check this out.
There's only one problem with looking for gravitons: there ain't no such animal.
How about a show outside America? I'd like to suggest Dublin's The Point because
a) I live right beside it.
er...
b) they run their, um, stuff on Linux.
'People' believed that they were told by those they considered authoritative, ie the church. Chances are if you wandered up to an 18th century peasant and asked what shape the Earth was, you'd get a blank look or be locked up as a loony.
Scientists -- people who made predictions based on the available data -- would come to various conclusions, not all of which were 'the earth is flat'.
Having said that, your point is valid; the reason a lot of people have problems with such subjects as Relativity is that they've no experience of time dilation; it therefore seems counter-intuitive.
Fair point. You've shamed me for making impetuous comments; I promise not to do it again. Today.
Not to piss all over your point (with which I agree in principle), but Eratosthenes calculated the diameter of the Earth to within 1% over 2000 years ago.
Also, today's technology is ridiculously superior to anything we had even ten years ago. All this instrumentation means more data, and the more data we have the more it seems implausible that we're on the only habitable planet in the galaxy, let alone the universe.
Then, of course, there's the definition of 'habitable'. Has Star Trek taught us nothing? Life probably doesn't need yellow dwarf stars with rocky planets 150M km away.
...but 6.0 wasn't all that it was cracked up to be, particularly during install. /. for beating out Mandrake with the news. Perhaps someone should let them know they've got a web page.
BTW, congrats to
These servers are based on source code from XFree86-servers, but enhance and extend these
Uh oh...
No, I'm being unfair. But it was an unfortunate choice of words.
Maybe it's not gravity lensing, maybe it's gravity mirroring and we're looking at ourselves! The universe is curved.
It's possible, I suppose. Does anyone know if this planet has a Russian space station orbiting it?
After a report in this week's new scientist about rocky planets being formed by gamma ray bursts, I was a wee bit worried. If this is such a planet, there's no need to divide the Drake Equation by a thousand.
Misery truly loves company.
One question: where are you going to get these fat pipes running from if you're the last bation of freedom on the planet?
I'm not sure he's being fair to the popularity of *bsd; pretty much everyone I know is aware of the fact that if you want a more secure server, BSD is the way to go. Regardless of how much we all love Linux, a lot of people feel a lot more secure.
(I'll reply too, to save some you the hassle).
U fukin luser if u cant configre linux 2b sekure u shoudnt b fuckin usin it