Little-known fact -- for important stories, slashdot sometimes runs duplicates to see who's still awake on a weekend. Nice work to those of you who caught it. See you next week. *sigh*
Strange.
I thought this was for the benefit of those people who only read Slash Dot on the weekends. You know, those people who have it banned at work (with a lot of other sites) during the week.
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if you don't like the Slashdot editorial decisions, don't read it. Unlike you, most Slashdotters care.
I liked the article, it was good to know stuff.
I was just annoyed that there were a few comments that started to go off on a rant on a specific bug, which I felt would be more useful posted over in the Mozilla zone.
that's all. And yes, I've entered bugs that did not seem to be documented.
The only way that I can see to really account for strategy is to follow the structure of a real army to some degree in online play.
All the live players are officers. The NPCs are the enlisted men. You start off as a lowly lieutenant. As you get promoted you control more men, but be careful so that the sargeants don't try to kill you off, and you don't kill off your own troops. You arrive to replace a guy that happened to get killed by enemy fire (you hope)
The real stragety comes in handling the groups of men at your disposal, the officers below you, and all of their quirks. the better you are, the more you get promoted, unless you get shot or killed.
But of course, this is just one game system out of many. There are many angles you could go with this.
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shouldn't the mozilla bugs be discussed in the Moz chat area, etc.? (noting some of the earlier comments)
yaking about them here on Slashdot is not going to help get them fixed any faster. At least go to the right forum, or write up the bug.
it is very easy to chew the fat about a problem, and then not do anything to fix the issue. Which seems to be par for the course.
I wonder if they have removed the words Monopoly, Illegal, or Stupidity?
What about other phrases, such as Civil Rights, or Consumer Rights? How about the word Profits, since MS is certainly not worrying about those any more?
This is just another case of where being Politically Correct drives folks to the point of insanity.
Normally the collective wisdom is that Capitol Hill responds best to direct handwritten snail mail.
These days, mail has become a problem, at least temporarily. And I assume that congress is still all spammed out in email and fax.
What is left is phone calls, visiting their office in your local district, while dropping off a hand delivered letter, etc. Or visiting their offices in DC if you are making a trip.
Extends electronic surveillance periods to 120 days from 90 days and for searches to 90 days from 45 days.
Creates two new crimes prohibiting certain persons from possessing a listed biological agent or toxin and prohibiting all persons from possessing a biological agent, toxin or delivery system of a type or in a quantity that is not reasonably justified by a peaceful purpose
Limits delay of search warrants when this authority would result in flight or property seizure
Requires a court application to obtain student records
Grants authority to the president to restrict exports of agricultural products, medicine or medical devices to the Taliban or the territory of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban
Increases to seven days the length of time an alien may be held before being charged with criminal or immigration violations
Defines terrorist activities but makes exceptions for people who have innocent contacts to non-certified terrorist organizations
Enhances the secretary of state's existing power to certify groups as terrorist organizations
Enhances data-sharing between the FBI and the State Department/INS and between the State Department and foreign governments
Clarifies CIA director's role to set overall strategy for collection of information through court?ordered FISA surveillance, but no operational authority
Increases CIA authority to investigate "international terrorist activities"
Encourages CIA to recruit informants to fight terrorism
Requires attorney general to develop guidelines for disclosing to the CIA foreign intelligence information obtained in criminal investigations
Requires the attorney general and CIA to provide training to federal, state and local government officials to identify foreign intelligence information
Sunsets electronic surveillance laws after two years with the authority for the president to renew in two more years
Limits the use of Foreign Intelligence Service Act court orders to investigations of international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities
Requires investigations of U.S. persons be based on more than just First Amendment activities.
Allows roving wiretap authority on electronic equipment, including cell phones
Allows pen registers/trap and trace on particular phone numbers but restricts content collection
Increases the number of FISA judges from seven to 11
Expedites the hiring of translators for the FBI
Allows seizure of voice mail messages
Does not allow the use of information collected on Americans by foreign governments when that information was collected in violation of the U.S. Constitution
Authorizes nationwide service of subpoenas for electronic subscriber information
Expands list of items subject to subpoena to include the means and source of payment for electronic subscriber information
Authorizes electronic communications service to disclose contents of and subscriber information in case of emergencies involving the immediate danger of death or serious physical injury
Allows sharing of grand jury and wiretap information for official law enforcement duties
Allows sharing grand jury and wiretap information that involves foreign intelligence and counterintelligence
Does not allow disclosure of tax return information by Treasury to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies in responding to terrorist incidents
Triples the number of Border Patrol, Customs Service and INS inspectors at the northern border
Authorizes $100 million to improve INS and Customs technology and additional equipment for monitoring the northern border
Requires an integrated automated fingerprint identification system for points of entry and overseas consular posts
Authorizes a counter-terrorism fund to reimburse the Department of Justice for any costs related to investigating and prosecuting terrorism
Expedites disability and death payments to firefighters, law enforcement officers or emergency personnel involved in the prevention, investigation, rescue or recovery efforts related to any future terrorist attack
Increases benefits program payments to public safety officers
Coordinates secure information sharing among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute terrorist conspiracies and activities
Expands fraud and abuse laws to cover computers outside the U.S. used to affect interstate commerce or communications inside the U.S.
Replenishes the Justice Department's antiterrorism emergency reserve with up to $50 million; authorizes private gift-giving to the fund; allows service providers to use reserve fund to expedite assistance to victims of domestic terrorism
Creates a new criminal statute to punish for terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass transportation systems
Creates a list of offenses that will carry an eight-year statute of limitations for prosecution except where they resulted in, or created a risk of, death or serious bodily injury
Defines maximum penalties for terror-related activities where appropriate, including life imprisonment or supervision
Adds conspiracy provisions to some criminal statutes and provides that the penalties for such conspiracies may not include death
Adds certain terrorism-related crimes to RICO and money laundering rules
There was once someone who said give me a child before the age of 7, etc. Infact, I think several people made comments like this.
The idea of a children's book devoted to science and technology is deliscious. But then you can have all sorts of childrens books that can subtlely influence the mind of a child.
For example how about a child's story about a man who wanted to own all of the windows in the world?
"I do not care if I am a louse, You cannot have a window in your house Not round, or short, or fat, or square, You cannot have a window, not anywhere"
There is some criticism of the Hammer chip in the support of ISA. There is a more basic problem because limitations of what things you might want to add on, vs what you want integrated in the motherboard. The problem of what to do with the old ISA bus is mostly an issue of the old installed base. But it is still useful for some basic cards.
The limited number of PCI slots (on home systems) vs ISA slots makes it an issue for people who want to have a system like this
PCI SCSI
PCI Modem
PCI Firewire
PCI IDE Accelerator
PCI NIC
PCI Sound Card
etc
I presume the video is AGP.
Yes I know people who would do things like that. Ultimately this one guy will have his capabilities spread over two systems, because he cannot fit it all into one, not with a major balancing act.
He's a biologist, and so his expertise in biology is probably decent.
He is not a physicist, and so the stuff on physics I would likely toss.
Just another example of trying to apply expertise in one area incorrectly to another. He obviously has not had the years of experience in physics that he has in biology.
simple experiments with decent measurements to see what is would likely clear this up for him, as the formulas are measurements of what is, not what one believes.
So remember, as with any other computing problem, the results you get are entirely dependant on the quality of your data. Propanganda is concerned with making sure that the data you think with generates the results that the propogandists want.
Fortunately, even compared to the Gulf War, the availability of alternate data is much more open than it was back then. The main problem seems to be that perpetual problem of the criminals trying to intimidate the ethical with concerns and worries of un-ethical actions against themselves, the criminals.
It is like saying that police cannot do their job because of the possibility of upsetting the neighbors, etc. You have to be able to take effective action. The caveat is that once you step in, you got to clean up the mess you made after the fact.
Mike DiGioia, AT&T Wireless spokesperson, said the transition for both customers and employees will be gradual, not the systemwide shutdown of services that have become commonplace for failing broadband providers.
So at least people will have time to sort out the details, and figure out alternatives.
It seems like they learned something about the bad PR of instant shutdowns.
when do you think the next version of.Net will be released, and how much do you think it will cost? $1000 over 20 years versus $1000 a year is a very different thing. Also, you *can* get a decent guitar for $160 instead of $1200, and would be advised to while you are learning to play, and you'll discover that the two have very different uses.
Of course like any thing else, MS will want to take this stuff to the subsctiption model. It will be too tempting other wise.
This contrasts well with Open Source, where many of the tools a much lower priced.
Some people will sneer and say you get what you pay for. This is not alway quite true, as some around here will certaainly attest.
I wonder how much negiotiation is going on behind the scenes, given that the bill has not even been introduced? Word of the bill first surfaced back in the summer, but I cannot be surprised that the sponsors of the bill would want to try to push it through in these times, when bills are going through congress with a LOT less scrutiny than before.
At least the media companies are being told that they are NOT the only game in town.
There is plenty of space for ads along the left edge and right edge, and when you have long threads that becomes very usable. That is likely where you would want them, since the longer threads are the more interesting read.
You could also do what the register does, and have stories "sponsored" by certain companies with their color scheme and logo incorporated, etc. Or have companies sponsor sections in this way for a day or two, or a week or two.
You could also have half height ads on the main page, in the spaces between the stories.
So there are lots of options before doing the big ass boxes in the stories
and a subsidiary Go Style, has a wooden PDA case, wooden cell phones, and laptops, among other things. (they customize any laptop for you, or you can order new)
Some of this stuff is really nice.
the PC specs on the site for the towers units are a bit out of date, but the rest is pretty nice.
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Strange.
I thought this was for the benefit of those people who only read Slash Dot on the weekends. You know, those people who have it banned at work (with a lot of other sites) during the week.
I liked the article, it was good to know stuff.
I was just annoyed that there were a few comments that started to go off on a rant on a specific bug, which I felt would be more useful posted over in the Mozilla zone.
that's all. And yes, I've entered bugs that did not seem to be documented.
All the live players are officers. The NPCs are the enlisted men. You start off as a lowly lieutenant. As you get promoted you control more men, but be careful so that the sargeants don't try to kill you off, and you don't kill off your own troops. You arrive to replace a guy that happened to get killed by enemy fire (you hope)
The real stragety comes in handling the groups of men at your disposal, the officers below you, and all of their quirks. the better you are, the more you get promoted, unless you get shot or killed.
But of course, this is just one game system out of many. There are many angles you could go with this.
yaking about them here on Slashdot is not going to help get them fixed any faster. At least go to the right forum, or write up the bug.
it is very easy to chew the fat about a problem, and then not do anything to fix the issue. Which seems to be par for the course.
What about other phrases, such as Civil Rights, or Consumer Rights? How about the word Profits, since MS is certainly not worrying about those any more?
This is just another case of where being Politically Correct drives folks to the point of insanity.
These days, mail has become a problem, at least temporarily. And I assume that congress is still all spammed out in email and fax.
What is left is phone calls, visiting their office in your local district, while dropping off a hand delivered letter, etc. Or visiting their offices in DC if you are making a trip.
This is getting to be a headache.
There's a lot of them. heck.
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Extends electronic surveillance periods to 120 days from 90 days and for searches to 90 days from 45 days.
- Creates two new crimes prohibiting certain persons from possessing a listed biological agent or toxin and prohibiting all persons from possessing a biological agent, toxin or delivery system of a type or in a quantity that is not reasonably justified by a peaceful purpose
- Limits delay of search warrants when this authority would result in flight or property seizure
- Requires a court application to obtain student records
- Grants authority to the president to restrict exports of agricultural products, medicine or medical devices to the Taliban or the territory of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban
- Increases to seven days the length of time an alien may be held before being charged with criminal or immigration violations
- Defines terrorist activities but makes exceptions for people who have innocent contacts to non-certified terrorist organizations
- Enhances the secretary of state's existing power to certify groups as terrorist organizations
- Enhances data-sharing between the FBI and the State Department/INS and between the State Department and foreign governments
- Clarifies CIA director's role to set overall strategy for collection of information through court?ordered FISA surveillance, but no operational authority
- Increases CIA authority to investigate "international terrorist activities"
- Encourages CIA to recruit informants to fight terrorism
- Requires attorney general to develop guidelines for disclosing to the CIA foreign intelligence information obtained in criminal investigations
- Requires the attorney general and CIA to provide training to federal, state and local government officials to identify foreign intelligence information
- Sunsets electronic surveillance laws after two years with the authority for the president to renew in two more years
- Limits the use of Foreign Intelligence Service Act court orders to investigations of international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities
- Requires investigations of U.S. persons be based on more than just First Amendment activities.
- Allows roving wiretap authority on electronic equipment, including cell phones
- Allows pen registers/trap and trace on particular phone numbers but restricts content collection
- Increases the number of FISA judges from seven to 11
- Expedites the hiring of translators for the FBI
- Allows seizure of voice mail messages
- Does not allow the use of information collected on Americans by foreign governments when that information was collected in violation of the U.S. Constitution
- Authorizes nationwide service of subpoenas for electronic subscriber information
- Expands list of items subject to subpoena to include the means and source of payment for electronic subscriber information
- Authorizes electronic communications service to disclose contents of and subscriber information in case of emergencies involving the immediate danger of death or serious physical injury
- Allows sharing of grand jury and wiretap information for official law enforcement duties
- Allows sharing grand jury and wiretap information that involves foreign intelligence and counterintelligence
- Does not allow disclosure of tax return information by Treasury to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies in responding to terrorist incidents
- Triples the number of Border Patrol, Customs Service and INS inspectors at the northern border
- Authorizes $100 million to improve INS and Customs technology and additional equipment for monitoring the northern border
- Requires an integrated automated fingerprint identification system for points of entry and overseas consular posts
- Authorizes a counter-terrorism fund to reimburse the Department of Justice for any costs related to investigating and prosecuting terrorism
- Expedites disability and death payments to firefighters, law enforcement officers or emergency personnel involved in the prevention, investigation, rescue or recovery efforts related to any future terrorist attack
- Increases benefits program payments to public safety officers
- Coordinates secure information sharing among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute terrorist conspiracies and activities
- Expands fraud and abuse laws to cover computers outside the U.S. used to affect interstate commerce or communications inside the U.S.
- Replenishes the Justice Department's antiterrorism emergency reserve with up to $50 million; authorizes private gift-giving to the fund; allows service providers to use reserve fund to expedite assistance to victims of domestic terrorism
- Creates a new criminal statute to punish for terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass transportation systems
- Creates a list of offenses that will carry an eight-year statute of limitations for prosecution except where they resulted in, or created a risk of, death or serious bodily injury
- Defines maximum penalties for terror-related activities where appropriate, including life imprisonment or supervision
- Adds conspiracy provisions to some criminal statutes and provides that the penalties for such conspiracies may not include death
- Adds certain terrorism-related crimes to RICO and money laundering rules
I hope that everyone feels safer nowThe idea of a children's book devoted to science and technology is deliscious. But then you can have all sorts of childrens books that can subtlely influence the mind of a child.
For example how about a child's story about a man who wanted to own all of the windows in the world?
"I do not care if I am a louse,
You cannot have a window in your house
Not round, or short, or fat, or square,
You cannot have a window, not anywhere"
;)
I mean. it isn't like he hasn't made enemies, or gotten people rather upset from time to time. Yers I know he is the most loved person on the planet.
You know it would make the news.
In fact, The protest marches would probably be the next big thing. I can see it now, the million geek march.
download speeds at low modem speeds, even on a dsl line.
This at 4 am east coast us time. Too bad he didn't mirror it someplace like geocites or some such other free site with bandwidth.
while you are waiting for that to load, check this out:
In other news, Satire wire is reporting that the Anti Terrorist bill just passed will require people to install Windows XP
Totally off topic, but just as weird.
These are often the same guys who want to return CPUs after three months because the price fell.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns999 91473
Of course, the nut cases are going to have a field day with this one.
The limited number of PCI slots (on home systems) vs ISA slots makes it an issue for people who want to have a system like this
- PCI SCSI
- PCI Modem
- PCI Firewire
- PCI IDE Accelerator
- PCI NIC
- PCI Sound Card
- etc
I presume the video is AGP.Yes I know people who would do things like that. Ultimately this one guy will have his capabilities spread over two systems, because he cannot fit it all into one, not with a major balancing act.
He is not a physicist, and so the stuff on physics I would likely toss.
Just another example of trying to apply expertise in one area incorrectly to another. He obviously has not had the years of experience in physics that he has in biology.
simple experiments with decent measurements to see what is would likely clear this up for him, as the formulas are measurements of what is, not what one believes.
It was posted elsewhere, where I saw it.
So remember, as with any other computing problem, the results you get are entirely dependant on the quality of your data. Propanganda is concerned with making sure that the data you think with generates the results that the propogandists want.
Fortunately, even compared to the Gulf War, the availability of alternate data is much more open than it was back then. The main problem seems to be that perpetual problem of the criminals trying to intimidate the ethical with concerns and worries of un-ethical actions against themselves, the criminals.
It is like saying that police cannot do their job because of the possibility of upsetting the neighbors, etc. You have to be able to take effective action. The caveat is that once you step in, you got to clean up the mess you made after the fact.
So long as it doesn't mutate into "Limpdows"
or something else equally lame, or some other half cooked development effort.
Let's not follow the MS pattern too closely here (as in 'never buy version 1.0 of anything')
So at least people will have time to sort out the details, and figure out alternatives.
It seems like they learned something about the bad PR of instant shutdowns.
Of course like any thing else, MS will want to take this stuff to the subsctiption model. It will be too tempting other wise.
This contrasts well with Open Source, where many of the tools a much lower priced.
Some people will sneer and say you get what you pay for. This is not alway quite true, as some around here will certaainly attest.
At least the media companies are being told that they are NOT the only game in town.
Don't forget about the infamous Martian Defence Force. These guys are sure be up for some more target practice.
Actually I had that thought too.
but then, why not have a place where people can vent when they like...
wait, they do that already.
There are these old rules:
- Never throw mud at a man with a gun
- Never stand next to a man throwing mud at a man with a gun
Of course, it wasn't originally mud, but you get the idea. and it is practical advice.You could also do what the register does, and have stories "sponsored" by certain companies with their color scheme and logo incorporated, etc. Or have companies sponsor sections in this way for a day or two, or a week or two.
You could also have half height ads on the main page, in the spaces between the stories.
So there are lots of options before doing the big ass boxes in the stories
Looks like it is a joke by an intern, or something.
Some of this stuff is really nice.
the PC specs on the site for the towers units are a bit out of date, but the rest is pretty nice.