They could put a link for comments about search results, and link discussion sites (slashdot and similars, weblogs, usenet, etc) that show links to this sites as possible comments.
The Foresight Institute sponsored something several years ago to annotate the web, called Crit, written by Ka-Ping Yee.
Unfortunately the site seems to be down right now, but it was a great way of adding notes to web sites. There was no moderation or "note ranking" so it was fairly primitive but a great start.
Also, could this possible create drag in the solar wind and slow the Earth's rotation? (most likely another stupid question)
Not stupid at all, accurate actually. See their FAQ.
The second paragraph ends with:
The extra angular momentum is stolen from the Earth's rotation; we will have to worry about this effect slowing down the Earth and making the day longer if we ever decide to ship Australia into space.
It's kinda neat that they used Australia as an example (I read their FAQ a few days ago, before this decision about putting it near Australia was published; they didn't change the example for this recent news).
OT: the fortune at the bottom of the page is very amusing: "Mr. Spock succumbs to a powerful mating urge and nearly kills Captain Kirk." -- TV Guide, describing the Star Trek episode _Amok_Time_
Let's all just stop communicating, then they can't use our words against us.
The terrorists are getting what they were after -- we are living in fear and are turning the USA into a police state, faster than any of us could have imagined.
I agree, its energy is much more potential than kinetic. I have over 1,000 CDs in my collection, and I've ripped most of them to mp3s. Every time I tell Winamp3 to catalog my collection, it ends up leaving a ton of stuff out.
Sad to say, but MS's Media Player catalogs it correctly.
I really don't get people like you. You justify thievery for reasons that don't really make sense, and you believe it your right to steal on technicalities. Stealing is still illegal no matter how you try to distance yourself from the crime.
I don't steal satellite transmissions and I most likely never will. However, I refuse to support a business which goes to the courts to resolve its security issues, rather than improving its business model.
Just like the buggy whip manufacturers tried to create a law saying there had to be a horse in front of a moving carriage.
It's simple really: they have no right to invade my property with their signals. And as another poster said, according to the Federal Communications Act of 1936, it states that people can receive any radio signal they wish.
Like I said, I'm no pirate, but I do not agree with laws that prevent people from sharing information about how to break laws. The crime is in the breaking of the law, not teaching someone how to shoot a gun.
I want to see something regarding the press ban. If you mean that the government owned the footage and didn't release it, they're not obligated. If you mean supression of privately owned footage after the 50's, I want to see a source.
Google and ye shall receive. I did a search for "hiroshima footage" and the first link that came up was a CNN story on footage that was buried in a film vault for decades. From the story:
Months later, Japan's Allied occupiers ordered the film confiscated, branding its images a military secret. But a member of the Japanese film crew that filmed the aftermath made a copy and hid it in the film vault -- apparently fearing that Americans would destroy the original.
Not necessarily a ban on reporting in the US, but definitely trying to keep documented footage from seeing the light of day.
If the suit only causes MS to be fined, it will only serve to raise prices, and nothing more. The stock will suffer in the short run, and not the long run, under this scenario.
While I agree with what you're saying, the net result of higher prices will be to make open source solutions more attractive.
So even if they can't change Microsoft's actions, fining them will still have some of the desired effects.
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "DO", "DON'T", "REQUIRED", "SHALL",
"SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", "MAY BE"
and "OPTIONAL" in this document do not mean anything.
Getting good-enough randomness is easy enough now-adays. I mean, heck, check out random.org.
There's a link at random.org: "For non-random numbers, try NoEntropy.net!"
From their site:
Generating deterministic numbers is a complicated business. NoEntropy.net uses a unique combination of tried and tested algorithms to provide you with the finest in deterministic numbers. After they are generated, the numbers are subjected to further filters to remove any remaining randomness. Finally, complicated, state-of-the-art statistical tools are used to check that the numbers you get are completely deterministic.
A mouthful, no? There's a form you can fill out to request deterministic numbers (up to 10,000). The default is 100.
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet
Taxman!
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
Don't ask me what I want it for (Aahh Mr. Wilson)
If you don't want to pay some more (Aahh Mr. Heath)
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
1. He posts the full text of the EULA on his website. Bets on how long it stays up?
2. Is there a "clearinghouse" site where we can post EULAs from various products (and the modifications to the EULAs, like when a Service Pack install changes the terms of your unsigned agreement)?
A quick Google search found nothing ("eula clearinghouse", "eula repository", "eula listing"...).
As I noted in another message, an infinitely expanding universe means that the temperature of the heat-dead cosmos will constantly drop as the volume increases. It will asymptotically approach absolute zero.
So... If the universe did at one point "cycle" by expand/collapse phases, then that means that we're living in the "final" universe.
A completely separate though: given that will soon be able to make computers which accurately simulate reality (think Matrix), and everyone has one of those computers and can run a Matrix themselves, so there are 6 billion Matrices running, each of them containing "us"...
What are the chances that we're existing in the original?
Slashdot Mirror
The Foresight Institute sponsored something several years ago to annotate the web, called Crit , written by Ka-Ping Yee.
Unfortunately the site seems to be down right now, but it was a great way of adding notes to web sites. There was no moderation or "note ranking" so it was fairly primitive but a great start.
Not stupid at all, accurate actually. See their FAQ .
The second paragraph ends with:
It's kinda neat that they used Australia as an example (I read their FAQ a few days ago, before this decision about putting it near Australia was published; they didn't change the example for this recent news).
OT: the fortune at the bottom of the page is very amusing: "Mr. Spock succumbs to a powerful mating urge and nearly kills Captain Kirk." -- TV Guide, describing the Star Trek episode _Amok_Time_
They're all beta versions...
Even the latest .
I'm not positive but I believe the reason they're all betas is so they don't have to provide support. I could be wrong though.
The terrorists are getting what they were after -- we are living in fear and are turning the USA into a police state, faster than any of us could have imagined.
double-plus-ungood.
I agree, its energy is much more potential than kinetic. I have over 1,000 CDs in my collection, and I've ripped most of them to mp3s. Every time I tell Winamp3 to catalog my collection, it ends up leaving a ton of stuff out.
Sad to say, but MS's Media Player catalogs it correctly.
Moderators: please mod parent up.
Mod parent up, excellent example of shortsightedness .
I don't steal satellite transmissions and I most likely never will. However, I refuse to support a business which goes to the courts to resolve its security issues, rather than improving its business model.
Just like the buggy whip manufacturers tried to create a law saying there had to be a horse in front of a moving carriage.
It's simple really: they have no right to invade my property with their signals. And as another poster said, according to the Federal Communications Act of 1936, it states that people can receive any radio signal they wish.
Like I said, I'm no pirate, but I do not agree with laws that prevent people from sharing information about how to break laws. The crime is in the breaking of the law, not teaching someone how to shoot a gun.
Google and ye shall receive. I did a search for "hiroshima footage" and the first link that came up was a CNN story on footage that was buried in a film vault for decades. From the story:
Not necessarily a ban on reporting in the US, but definitely trying to keep documented footage from seeing the light of day.
I've recently found AVG , a free anti-virus product. Seems to be working OK, and does an auto-update so it's always fresh.
My favorite (from someone's sig): Outlook not so good. That Magic 8-Ball knows everything! Next I'll ask it about Exchange Server.
Any subscribers to that service here? Care to post the notice that they sent out? That way we'd know for sure what the specifics were, if any...
The delivery mechanism is flawed. They're beaming it right into my house.
If they don't want me to listen, then stop beaming!
There are more secure delivery methods, such as that used by cable.
OT: pet peeve: the proof was never in the pudding.
The proper quote is, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating."
Reminds me of Atari 2600 chess. I thought I had broken it the first time it cheated. Then I realized it was programmed to never lose.
Just like Microsoft.
While I agree with what you're saying, the net result of higher prices will be to make open source solutions more attractive.
So even if they can't change Microsoft's actions, fining them will still have some of the desired effects.
I always thought is was Asimov's unpublished book about Mediterranean robots.
I Tripoli.
I'll be here all week, folks.
There's a link at random.org: "For non-random numbers, try NoEntropy.net! "
From their site:
A mouthful, no? There's a form you can fill out to request deterministic numbers (up to 10,000). The default is 100.
The punchline: all the numbers are "1".
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet
Taxman!
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
Don't ask me what I want it for (Aahh Mr. Wilson)
If you don't want to pay some more (Aahh Mr. Heath)
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me
Taxman!
2. Is there a "clearinghouse" site where we can post EULAs from various products (and the modifications to the EULAs, like when a Service Pack install changes the terms of your unsigned agreement)?
A quick Google search found nothing ("eula clearinghouse", "eula repository", "eula listing"...).
2003-02-11 00:12:39 Dude, I'm getting a cell! (articles,doj) (rejected)
The "Dell Dude" was caught with a misdemeanor's amount of marijuana on him.
In related news, Hank Azaria (as Apu) said "420!" last night on "Inside the Actor's Studio" with the Simpsons.
New MS slogan: ".NET ain't done 'til Mono won't run."
You won't come back no more no more.
So... If the universe did at one point "cycle" by expand/collapse phases, then that means that we're living in the "final" universe.
A completely separate though: given that will soon be able to make computers which accurately simulate reality (think Matrix), and everyone has one of those computers and can run a Matrix themselves, so there are 6 billion Matrices running, each of them containing "us"...
What are the chances that we're existing in the original?