It's entirely conceivable that this guy left Kazaa running while going away to Romania, with all his stuff shared.
With what computer? RTFA: "Prisnel says he has never owned a computer in the United States, a fact to which 20 other students signed a statement attesting on his behalf."
Actually, the wooden buildings are designed to be reassembled after an earthquake, rather than withstand it.
The explanation I heard, at least as regards this particular building, was that it was built on a foundation of sand to act as a shock absorber and reduce the impact of earthquakes, and that as a result the building has actually not fallen apart once in those 700 years. Of course, it's been a few years since I was there so I might be misremembering, but I think they were pretty clear that it's been standing as is (less minor repairs) since it was rebuilt around 1300.
This of course does not apply to your ordinary Japanese home, which was quite susceptible to both earthquakes and (as you correctly point out) fire.
The Genbaku Dome reflects Hiroshima's need to make Japan appear the victim and it's visitors to feel guilt. You wouldn't know that they had foreign POWs working in the local coal mines in horrendous conditions at the time of the explosion, [...]
Japan definitely needs to take a more balanced view of its own actions in that era. However, though the actions themselves are horrendous, it should be noted that Japan was ruled by the military, which effectively seized power following a coup-d'etat attempt on 1935/2/26 (the "2/26 Incident"); while the attempt itself failed, several ministers were assassinated, and the military was able to seize political power in the resulting vacuum and confusion, which it held until the end of the war.
On the other hand, as a reminder of the damage nuclear weapons are capable of doing, I think the Dome serves as a fine example.
Unless you recognize the name, you'd have no way to tell [Hiroshima] apart from any other gleaming Japanese city.
Except for the Genbaku (Atomic Bomb) Dome sitting right squat in the middle of the city. That is still as it was 58 years ago, and is probably what the original poster was referring to. Seeing that symbol of destruction really makes you think (and if not, then with all due respect you've got problems).
Note that 100% of Japanese cities were bombed flat in WWII, so all buildings are less than 50 years old (even without the bombing, earthquakes would keep destroying them).
Wrong on all counts. Plenty of Japanese cities (though granted mostly smaller ones) escaped being bombed, and even the ones that were bombed were not "bombed flat"--even Tokyo has a fair number of buildings lasting from before the war. Besides, Japanese buildings are built to withstand earthquakes; one wooden temple building in Kyoto (Sanjusangendo) has been standing for over 700 years.
Think about it: if the liquid is hot enough to cause 3rd degree burns, is it prudent to give it to people strapped into a moving vehicle? I'd argue not.
This is a good point. Still, I'd argue that holding an obviously hot liquid (whether 180 or 140, it's going to cause at least pain if it spills) between your legs in a moving vehicle is something she should have known would be dangerous. Hell, even holding it in your hands is dangerous if you go over a bump. Yes, McDonald's shouldn't be selling hot liquids in drive-through, but neither should the woman have been so negligent in handling it.
The difference between normal coffee (your home coffee maker and 7-11's both maintain coffee at about 140 degrees) and McDonalds coffee (180 degrees) is actually VERY high, as the heat energy contained in that 180 degree coffee can cause third degree burns within seconds
The coffee dispenser at my office is usually up around 205 degrees, yet I don't see people running around with third degree burns...
While it may be a strong key that impresses the geeks, your cryptographic key is not as secure as it would seem. Viruses are easy to make by skilled hackers.
As any linguist will tell you, language changes. The dictionary is not the final word (so to speak) on word usage; real live speakers are. If the vast majority of current writers and editors say that "begs the question" means "provokes us to ask", then it does, no matter what some huffy dictionary author may try to convince you.
Instead we spend an awful lot of time and energy talking and reading...and making SCO a household word.
And giving Linux more attention at the same time. If (let's be optimistic: when) SCO is shown the door, most of the uncertainty this entire series of incidents has generated should go away--leaving the impression of a huge player in the IT industry, namely IBM, putting their full weight behind Linux. And that's something your PHB can comprehend: "IBM's doing Linux, why shouldn't we?"
Basically, this is correct. Here in Japan, Sharp (at least) has been doing these for a while; my current keitai even has one! I don't know the grisly details offhand, but from what I can tell, there are two layers, each of which are angled towards one of the two eyes; displaying stereoscopic images, one eye's worth on each layer then gives you essentially the same result as those old red+blue+purple displays with the red-and-blue glasses. It's certainly not perfect, but it's an acceptable imitation.
Who needs routing? Nobody said these all had to be connected to the Internet. Just have an RFID-like (yeah, yeah, RFID is evil, I know) circuit that can respond to ICMP echo-requests, and make your reader send out wireless broadcast pings and record everything that comes back. Alternatively, build the readers into the shelves and have the shelves report back to a server and you don't even have to walk around with a handheld reader.
Why not just give every item an IPv6 address? Assign the UCC a/16 for merchandise and you've got 2^112 == 5e33 possible codes. The IPv6 folks are going on and on about giving everything an IP address--wouldn't this be a perfect application?
Just remember what they taught you back in elementary school:
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Others have posted good lists of what to do and what not to do, but it all boils down to the same thing: if something would annoy you, then it will also annoy others, so don't do it. And remember that not everyone shares your tastes.
I work in a Japanese office; for those of you not familiar with Japanese offices, they basically consist of huge rooms (my office has about 90 people in it) with rows upon rows of desks, and if you're lucky a back wall to your desk. It takes getting used to, but if you can deal with having other people around while you work, it's not that big a deal. It may also serve as an impetus to reduce your Slashdot browsing time. (Or then again, maybe not...)
Yup, that's a fine example--though it's partly related to the fact that candidates for local elections are only allowed to campaign for five days(!) before the election. How you can possibly make an informed vote among dozens of individuals with only five days to decide is beyond me. (I wouldn't be surprised if this were part of the reason for the apathy.)
My biggest problem with though, is #1. I fear that the tech boom will hurt us big time in about 20 years when we realize all our digital videos, pictures, blog entries, etc have disappeared and we have no paper record of our lives.
Very good point; I make a point of keeping stuff that's important to me on paper, and one of these days I plan to get some of my digital photos printed. On the flip side, though, we don't need everything about us recorded on permanent media; I see the blog as a good medium for temporary comments, random musings, and the like. (In this sense, it approaches your #2, but I'd point out that, unless you're very friend-deprived or you don't have a job, using the telephone exclusively can be prohibitively time-consuming. Again, I'd look at it in degrees: I like using the telephone myself, but for quick questions, time confirmations and the like, E-mail serves at least as well. I don't keep a blog, but if I did I'd probably only use it for things like "look at the pretty pictures my new camera takes" or "here's a cute animation I found".)
... is how the EU will spin the protests. I don't know if EU citizens are any more intelligent than the American sheeple, but a couple well-placed "digital terrorist" or such phrases could easily get ignorant people thinking the wrong way. (Japan, on the other hand, is getting worse and worse due to extreme apathy... you should see some of the election turnout numbers over here. It's scary.)
Do you suppose they did anything with the AIC7xxx driver?
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Wow, nifty. One question, since you seem knowledgeable in the area: Does reducing the clock frequency reduce leakage as well or does it only affect switching power? E.g., if I intentionally underclock my 1.7GHz Celeron at 850MHz, will the chip's power consumption drop by half? Less? More (one can always dream...)?
As someone who compiles everything from source, I know exactly what you mean, but the "nobody" was (obviously, I hope) an overstatement and was intended to mean "most people", particularly everybody who just uses their computers for web browsing and word processing.
Slashdot Mirror
It's true--screenshot here.
It's entirely conceivable that this guy left Kazaa running while going away to Romania, with all his stuff shared.
With what computer? RTFA: "Prisnel says he has never owned a computer in the United States, a fact to which 20 other students signed a statement attesting on his behalf."
Actually, the wooden buildings are designed to be reassembled after an earthquake, rather than withstand it.
The explanation I heard, at least as regards this particular building, was that it was built on a foundation of sand to act as a shock absorber and reduce the impact of earthquakes, and that as a result the building has actually not fallen apart once in those 700 years. Of course, it's been a few years since I was there so I might be misremembering, but I think they were pretty clear that it's been standing as is (less minor repairs) since it was rebuilt around 1300.
This of course does not apply to your ordinary Japanese home, which was quite susceptible to both earthquakes and (as you correctly point out) fire.
The Genbaku Dome reflects Hiroshima's need to make Japan appear the victim and it's visitors to feel guilt. You wouldn't know that they had foreign POWs working in the local coal mines in horrendous conditions at the time of the explosion, [...]
Japan definitely needs to take a more balanced view of its own actions in that era. However, though the actions themselves are horrendous, it should be noted that Japan was ruled by the military, which effectively seized power following a coup-d'etat attempt on 1935/2/26 (the "2/26 Incident"); while the attempt itself failed, several ministers were assassinated, and the military was able to seize political power in the resulting vacuum and confusion, which it held until the end of the war.
On the other hand, as a reminder of the damage nuclear weapons are capable of doing, I think the Dome serves as a fine example.
Unless you recognize the name, you'd have no way to tell [Hiroshima] apart from any other gleaming Japanese city.
Except for the Genbaku (Atomic Bomb) Dome sitting right squat in the middle of the city. That is still as it was 58 years ago, and is probably what the original poster was referring to. Seeing that symbol of destruction really makes you think (and if not, then with all due respect you've got problems).
Note that 100% of Japanese cities were bombed flat in WWII, so all buildings are less than 50 years old (even without the bombing, earthquakes would keep destroying them).
Wrong on all counts. Plenty of Japanese cities (though granted mostly smaller ones) escaped being bombed, and even the ones that were bombed were not "bombed flat"--even Tokyo has a fair number of buildings lasting from before the war. Besides, Japanese buildings are built to withstand earthquakes; one wooden temple building in Kyoto (Sanjusangendo) has been standing for over 700 years.
Think about it: if the liquid is hot enough to cause 3rd degree burns, is it prudent to give it to people strapped into a moving vehicle? I'd argue not.
This is a good point. Still, I'd argue that holding an obviously hot liquid (whether 180 or 140, it's going to cause at least pain if it spills) between your legs in a moving vehicle is something she should have known would be dangerous. Hell, even holding it in your hands is dangerous if you go over a bump. Yes, McDonald's shouldn't be selling hot liquids in drive-through, but neither should the woman have been so negligent in handling it.
Plus your new $20 looks pretty damned ugly!
Yeah, I got myself out of the US pretty quick when the government started distributing Monopoly money.
Well, actually that's not why I got myself out of the US, but it makes a good story. (:
The difference between normal coffee (your home coffee maker and 7-11's both maintain coffee at about 140 degrees) and McDonalds coffee (180 degrees) is actually VERY high, as the heat energy contained in that 180 degree coffee can cause third degree burns within seconds
The coffee dispenser at my office is usually up around 205 degrees, yet I don't see people running around with third degree burns...
While it may be a strong key that impresses the geeks, your cryptographic key is not as secure as it would seem. Viruses are easy to make by skilled hackers.
As any linguist will tell you, language changes. The dictionary is not the final word (so to speak) on word usage; real live speakers are. If the vast majority of current writers and editors say that "begs the question" means "provokes us to ask", then it does, no matter what some huffy dictionary author may try to convince you.
This has happened before. I don't think the DMCA complaint was very effective that time, either.
"All your base" is a fad. It's old. It's not funny any more.
It's obviously funny to some, or they wouldn't be using it any more. If you don't like it, well, don't laugh. Nobody's going to take offense.
Instead we spend an awful lot of time and energy talking and reading...and making SCO a household word.
And giving Linux more attention at the same time. If (let's be optimistic: when) SCO is shown the door, most of the uncertainty this entire series of incidents has generated should go away--leaving the impression of a huge player in the IT industry, namely IBM, putting their full weight behind Linux. And that's something your PHB can comprehend: "IBM's doing Linux, why shouldn't we?"
How would you intend to display the monitor's 3-D image on your 2-D screen?
Basically, this is correct. Here in Japan, Sharp (at least) has been doing these for a while; my current keitai even has one! I don't know the grisly details offhand, but from what I can tell, there are two layers, each of which are angled towards one of the two eyes; displaying stereoscopic images, one eye's worth on each layer then gives you essentially the same result as those old red+blue+purple displays with the red-and-blue glasses. It's certainly not perfect, but it's an acceptable imitation.
I would hate to see that routing table...
Who needs routing? Nobody said these all had to be connected to the Internet. Just have an RFID-like (yeah, yeah, RFID is evil, I know) circuit that can respond to ICMP echo-requests, and make your reader send out wireless broadcast pings and record everything that comes back. Alternatively, build the readers into the shelves and have the shelves report back to a server and you don't even have to walk around with a handheld reader.
I bet I could have patented that. Oh well.
Why not just give every item an IPv6 address? Assign the UCC a /16 for merchandise and you've got 2^112 == 5e33 possible codes. The IPv6 folks are going on and on about giving everything an IP address--wouldn't this be a perfect application?
Just remember what they taught you back in elementary school:
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Others have posted good lists of what to do and what not to do, but it all boils down to the same thing: if something would annoy you, then it will also annoy others, so don't do it. And remember that not everyone shares your tastes.
I work in a Japanese office; for those of you not familiar with Japanese offices, they basically consist of huge rooms (my office has about 90 people in it) with rows upon rows of desks, and if you're lucky a back wall to your desk. It takes getting used to, but if you can deal with having other people around while you work, it's not that big a deal. It may also serve as an impetus to reduce your Slashdot browsing time. (Or then again, maybe not...)
Yup, that's a fine example--though it's partly related to the fact that candidates for local elections are only allowed to campaign for five days(!) before the election. How you can possibly make an informed vote among dozens of individuals with only five days to decide is beyond me. (I wouldn't be surprised if this were part of the reason for the apathy.)
My biggest problem with though, is #1. I fear that the tech boom will hurt us big time in about 20 years when we realize all our digital videos, pictures, blog entries, etc have disappeared and we have no paper record of our lives.
Very good point; I make a point of keeping stuff that's important to me on paper, and one of these days I plan to get some of my digital photos printed. On the flip side, though, we don't need everything about us recorded on permanent media; I see the blog as a good medium for temporary comments, random musings, and the like. (In this sense, it approaches your #2, but I'd point out that, unless you're very friend-deprived or you don't have a job, using the telephone exclusively can be prohibitively time-consuming. Again, I'd look at it in degrees: I like using the telephone myself, but for quick questions, time confirmations and the like, E-mail serves at least as well. I don't keep a blog, but if I did I'd probably only use it for things like "look at the pretty pictures my new camera takes" or "here's a cute animation I found".)
... is how the EU will spin the protests. I don't know if EU citizens are any more intelligent than the American sheeple, but a couple well-placed "digital terrorist" or such phrases could easily get ignorant people thinking the wrong way. (Japan, on the other hand, is getting worse and worse due to extreme apathy... you should see some of the election turnout numbers over here. It's scary.)
Do you suppose they did anything with the AIC7xxx driver?
o Aic7XXX and Aic79XX drivers
o Aic79XX and Aic7xxx Drivers
o Aic7XXX and Aic79XX Drivers
o Aic7XXX and Aic79xx Drivers
[...]
o Aic7xxx Driver Update
o Aic7xxx Driver Update
o Aic79xx Driver Update
o Aic79xx Driver Update
o Aic7xxx Driver Update
o Aic7xxx and Aic79xx Driver Update
o Aic7xxx and Aic79xx driver Update
o Aic7xxx Driver Update
o Aic7xxx Driver Update
o Aic79xx Driver Update
o Aic7xxx and Aic79xx Driver Update
o Aic7xxx Driver Update
o Aic79xx Driver Update
Beautiful moment, so take off 5 minutes every night or so to stand outside and look upwards towards the stars. Nothing like it.
Yup, when I look up toward the stars from my Tokyo apartment, nothing is a pretty good description of what I see.
Any of you New York guys think you could send a blackout this way?
Nihonjin de wa nai keredo, nihongo wa hanasemasu ^_^
I live and work in Japan, hence the funny backslashes. See my homepage in English or Nihongo.
Wow, nifty. One question, since you seem knowledgeable in the area: Does reducing the clock frequency reduce leakage as well or does it only affect switching power? E.g., if I intentionally underclock my 1.7GHz Celeron at 850MHz, will the chip's power consumption drop by half? Less? More (one can always dream...)?
As someone who compiles everything from source, I know exactly what you mean, but the "nobody" was (obviously, I hope) an overstatement and was intended to mean "most people", particularly everybody who just uses their computers for web browsing and word processing.