> precisely the kind of people who make the greatest contribution to the US economy and to business and job growth.
Am I the only one who doesn't understand the PhD obsession?
I sort of feel like it's the people with ingenuity, insight, and an ability get things done who make the greatest contribution to the US economy. Those qualities may or may not be found in a single person, and that person may or may not have a PhD.
By buying the stock, you are increasing demand, which increases the price of other stock on the market. This increases the market value of the company, and in a very real way increases their cash pool the next time they decide to float more stock.
Additionally: what does it matter whether you think it's entrapment, or question their ability to take legal measures? The fact is, most people who receive a notice such as that will get scared and stop file sharing. Mission accomplished.
It's not like the MPAA thinks it's going to recoup lost dollars through lawsuits, it's all a deterrent tactic. This is just another way to scare and deter people.
Costco recently had problems with some scooters they were selling. I think they may have been electric ones.
Parents were buying them, letting the kids beat the hell out of them for a year, then returning them for new ones or for cash when the kids' interest died.
I know they were planning to revise their return policy due to this, though maybe they just stopped carrying products prone to this sort of abuse...
I saw Keyhole demo software that's now well over a year old which could locate businesses of a certain type, then do a fun 3D fly-by to the location. It could also show neat photographic maps with icons overlayed representing, for example, sushi restaurants in an area.
Okay, this is pretty dumb. This site reminds me of every stupid faked computer interaction ever to make it into a mainstream movie.
The page loads. Then some JavaScript starts inserting crap and shifting things. Oooooo! WTF? What kind of retarded tech-type could even suspend the tiniest bit of disbelief over this?
Sorry, but it's ludicrous from the very first page hit. At least the whole A.I. release seemed to be a technologically-grounded puzzle, rather than a silly, contrived, visual presentation.
The level of condescension in this -- and other posts -- is quite bothersome.
Just because someone is disabled or elderly doesn't mean he can't make risk-assesment decisions of his own. This is the sort of ineffectual, worst-case-based assumption that can make the disabled feel pandered-to or coddled rather than respected as people.
The Segway travels within a reasonable speed range and, in general, does an excellent job of keeping the rider upright. Would you like to research and compare the statistical likelyhood of an elderly or nerve-damaged individual falling down when, say, stepping off a curb as opposed to riding a Segway? I'm willing to bet that the Segway would prove statistically far safer than manually traversing everyday obstacles that are inconsequential to you and I.
Yes, there are responsibilities that would come with riding a Segway, such as speed control and simply realizing the limitations of the device. But don't presume to make the decision on behalf of the disabled "for their sake."
For some, the Segway is more comfortable than a wheelchair, and it helps those with balance problems stay upright.
"It's just this incredible feeling for those that cannot balance and when they stand up they feel like they're in the midst of falling all the time," said Jerry Kerr of St. Louis, a Segway rider with a spinal cord injury that left him unable to walk, though he can stand to operate the scooter.
One would assume the Segway doesn't solve all balance problems, but it seems to significantly enable those with impaired balance or coordination.
US-built cars (perhaps not late-models, but definitely my 1990's Jeep) use: Accessory-Lock-On-Start
So you'd have to pass Lock to get it into the Accessory position. And you can't get a typical automatic into Lock until you have the transmission in Park...
For instance, construction materials could include highly efficient fireproof material designed for space as well as a thin layer of 'Polymer' - a metal-covered plastic foil that could be applied to any part of the SpaceHouse to protect against
lightening
Is that 'polymer' foil made with lead? That's what I'd use if I didn't want it lightening.
Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. Be sure to tip your waitress, folks.
The heat generated by re-entry is because of the horizontal motion of the craft, but a projectile of this type would only have vertical motion with respect to the atmosphere, and therefore relatively little heat generated. Please correct me if I'm wrong, physicists!
I'm no physicist, but you mentioned terminal velocity later in your reply. If the thing's dropped or fired from space, it's going to reach a pretty tremendous velocity since there's minimal resistance to slow it down (that's what terminal velocity is: the speed at which 'wind resistance' prevents the object from further acceleration).
So the projectile would hit a tremendous speed, then find progressively greater resistance as the atmospheric pressure increased. So I would imagine it would become quite toasty as it got close to the ground.
Technically I got one job through CL, but that was pure luck. Having talked with several people looking to fill positions, they tell me CL is a nightmare. You get spammed by thousands of jackasses who don't even read the most basic description.
One example is a friend who posted a CL job listing and got 300 responses in less than an hour. Almost all of them useless.
Er... I don't recall seeing any such vehicles in Japan.
Now, they often times do have a secondary mirror about halfway forward in front of the passenger side. However, this is a super-convex mirror so that you can see exactly where your wheels are when parking.
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You're an idiot. Take some upper level college math courses. Better yet, just read a few posts up where the guy points out that anything can count.
I've noticed a tendency among teenagers to not have Outlook calendars needing to be synched to their phones, while they do tend to have capers needing to be photographed.
The wild success of advanced cell phones in Japan has been attributed solely to style-concious teenage girls. It's heading in the same direction here.
I've heard that the G5 doesn't have VPC running on it because it's missing one instruction that the G4 had, and although I don't know what that is, I imagine that Microsoft can pay IBM enough to put that instruction in for the XBox2 version of the chip.
Huh. So you're saying that MS is bright enough to modify the VPC software such that it would run transparent to the end user for the purpose of emulating the original XBox, yet you think MS would need IBM to do a custom friggin' processor to get around a simple problem like an instruction change?
There's nothing fishy about MS buying VPC. Businesses often have old, but workable software solutions that can't be reasonably upgraded, yet hardware fails eventually. MS is simply presenting a path for businesses to upgrade their hardware and overall maintainability, while still retaining their old applications in an undisturbed manner.
You can bet MS didn't buy VPC to freakin' emulate a last-generation game box, you twat.
I'd be impressed if you could train yourself to stimulate areas of your brain in a sequential fashion quicker than you can touch type.
After all, we aren't talking about interpreting thoughts, but rather reading signals. You're still going to have to mentally process, "W W W . S L A S H D O T . O R G", not simply think, "go to nerdy website..."
Slashdot Mirror
A few years back, I was trying to use Yahoo Pipes on CL feeds, since CL's search sucks pretty badly. I quickly found that it was blocked.
So, I run a cron job that wgets the RSS feeds I want, twice a day, caching them on my server. Then I refer Yahoo Pipes to that cached version.
Works well for my needs, though obviously not for something as general as this.
> precisely the kind of people who make the greatest contribution to the US economy and to business and job growth.
Am I the only one who doesn't understand the PhD obsession?
I sort of feel like it's the people with ingenuity, insight, and an ability get things done who make the greatest contribution to the US economy. Those qualities may or may not be found in a single person, and that person may or may not have a PhD.
By buying the stock, you are increasing demand, which increases the price of other stock on the market. This increases the market value of the company, and in a very real way increases their cash pool the next time they decide to float more stock.
Additionally: what does it matter whether you think it's entrapment, or question their ability to take legal measures? The fact is, most people who receive a notice such as that will get scared and stop file sharing. Mission accomplished.
It's not like the MPAA thinks it's going to recoup lost dollars through lawsuits, it's all a deterrent tactic. This is just another way to scare and deter people.
Costco recently had problems with some scooters they were selling. I think they may have been electric ones.
Parents were buying them, letting the kids beat the hell out of them for a year, then returning them for new ones or for cash when the kids' interest died.
I know they were planning to revise their return policy due to this, though maybe they just stopped carrying products prone to this sort of abuse...
Urrr... Keyhole _already_ does this.
I saw Keyhole demo software that's now well over a year old which could locate businesses of a certain type, then do a fun 3D fly-by to the location. It could also show neat photographic maps with icons overlayed representing, for example, sushi restaurants in an area.
Okay, this is pretty dumb. This site reminds me of every stupid faked computer interaction ever to make it into a mainstream movie.
The page loads. Then some JavaScript starts inserting crap and shifting things. Oooooo! WTF? What kind of retarded tech-type could even suspend the tiniest bit of disbelief over this?
Sorry, but it's ludicrous from the very first page hit. At least the whole A.I. release seemed to be a technologically-grounded puzzle, rather than a silly, contrived, visual presentation.
The level of condescension in this -- and other posts -- is quite bothersome.
Just because someone is disabled or elderly doesn't mean he can't make risk-assesment decisions of his own. This is the sort of ineffectual, worst-case-based assumption that can make the disabled feel pandered-to or coddled rather than respected as people.
The Segway travels within a reasonable speed range and, in general, does an excellent job of keeping the rider upright. Would you like to research and compare the statistical likelyhood of an elderly or nerve-damaged individual falling down when, say, stepping off a curb as opposed to riding a Segway? I'm willing to bet that the Segway would prove statistically far safer than manually traversing everyday obstacles that are inconsequential to you and I.
Yes, there are responsibilities that would come with riding a Segway, such as speed control and simply realizing the limitations of the device. But don't presume to make the decision on behalf of the disabled "for their sake."
One would assume the Segway doesn't solve all balance problems, but it seems to significantly enable those with impaired balance or coordination.
Only in furrin' cars, in my experience.
US-built cars (perhaps not late-models, but definitely my 1990's Jeep) use:
Accessory-Lock-On-Start
So you'd have to pass Lock to get it into the Accessory position. And you can't get a typical automatic into Lock until you have the transmission in Park...
"if you want your sun to be able to play games..."
Do you sell heat-resistant joysticks, too?
Is that 'polymer' foil made with lead? That's what I'd use if I didn't want it lightening.
Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. Be sure to tip your waitress, folks.
The heat generated by re-entry is because of the horizontal motion of the craft, but a projectile of this type would only have vertical motion with respect to the atmosphere, and therefore relatively little heat generated. Please correct me if I'm wrong, physicists!
I'm no physicist, but you mentioned terminal velocity later in your reply. If the thing's dropped or fired from space, it's going to reach a pretty tremendous velocity since there's minimal resistance to slow it down (that's what terminal velocity is: the speed at which 'wind resistance' prevents the object from further acceleration).
So the projectile would hit a tremendous speed, then find progressively greater resistance as the atmospheric pressure increased. So I would imagine it would become quite toasty as it got close to the ground.
Technically I got one job through CL, but that was pure luck. Having talked with several people looking to fill positions, they tell me CL is a nightmare. You get spammed by thousands of jackasses who don't even read the most basic description.
One example is a friend who posted a CL job listing and got 300 responses in less than an hour. Almost all of them useless.
Er... I don't recall seeing any such vehicles in Japan.
Now, they often times do have a secondary mirror about halfway forward in front of the passenger side. However, this is a super-convex mirror so that you can see exactly where your wheels are when parking.
You're an idiot. Take some upper level college math courses. Better yet, just read a few posts up where the guy points out that anything can count.
The advantage to the expecsive analogs is what exactly?
Gets you laid. Duh.
let's talk hardware...isn't that a Commodore monitor? Possibly even the Amiga 1084 series?!
I've noticed a tendency among teenagers to not have Outlook calendars needing to be synched to their phones, while they do tend to have capers needing to be photographed.
The wild success of advanced cell phones in Japan has been attributed solely to style-concious teenage girls. It's heading in the same direction here.
I've heard that the G5 doesn't have VPC running on it because it's missing one instruction that the G4 had, and although I don't know what that is, I imagine that Microsoft can pay IBM enough to put that instruction in for the XBox2 version of the chip.
Huh. So you're saying that MS is bright enough to modify the VPC software such that it would run transparent to the end user for the purpose of emulating the original XBox, yet you think MS would need IBM to do a custom friggin' processor to get around a simple problem like an instruction change?
There's nothing fishy about MS buying VPC. Businesses often have old, but workable software solutions that can't be reasonably upgraded, yet hardware fails eventually. MS is simply presenting a path for businesses to upgrade their hardware and overall maintainability, while still retaining their old applications in an undisturbed manner.
You can bet MS didn't buy VPC to freakin' emulate a last-generation game box, you twat.
...Oops! I Crapped My Pants.
Christ! Someone mod these posts up! I can't believe that:
I ask you.. why are your hands warming it mittens than in gloves? Are mittens self-defeating? -- Russelh
get's moderated to a 4 while these intelligent responses are stuck at 1.
I'd be impressed if you could train yourself to stimulate areas of your brain in a sequential fashion quicker than you can touch type.
After all, we aren't talking about interpreting thoughts, but rather reading signals. You're still going to have to mentally process, "W W W . S L A S H D O T . O R G", not simply think, "go to nerdy website..."
The more power you give to mindless morons the less is left for normal people
But the normal people are mindless morons.
This thing looks awesome, any DJ would be drooling at the mouth over it.
Are you imlying there's somewhere else from which DJs can drool?