It was thought that the Borland/Corel merger was good because it would bring great tools to the linux platform. Why doesn't Borland buy Corel's linux division? It's only 5 mil which is a pittance in this industry.
> It was purposely created to KEEP majorities from always winning. If it were not for the electoral college, the more highly populated urban areas would always win by the shear weight of their populations.
You should study your nation's history and political science more careful. The electoral college was created to ensure that the people were not swayed by a populist president. The electors were meant to be a way for states to put a buffer on the people's emotions. Electors were not supposed to be party hacks, but instead they were meant to be educated and informed individuals who would in turn _interpret_ the will of the people.
I am Canadian and I have to explain this to you? BTW in Canada we just had a federal election where over 64% of the population voted (a 100 year low) and ALL the ballots were counted by hand - in one DAY. So much for America being the torch bearer of democracy - the world is laughing at you.
In other words the information 'NEC mulls PC recall, citing chip failure' is attributed to a newspaper. e.g. "The presidential race is over-Bush" has Bush saying he is the president.
When I studied perception we discussed these theoretical individuals and why it would be that only women could genetically possess the gift. The hypothesis that the professor gave was that perhaps these women could perceive minute colour variations in there children's skin and thus notice if the were getting a fever or other illness.
BTW, to those of you who say there is NO way we would imagine what the world is like for these people, note that they simply have a slight differentation between two similar cones, and any preceive colour variation would likewise be slight. They would more likely than not simply be able to perceive greater variability among reds and greens, as opposed to being able to see a new colour Xeen or something.;) Of course you CAN test this: show them various colours and ask them if they are perceptively as different ROYGBIV;)
A cursory look at IE reveals the following links to microsoft:
1)The default home page is www.msn.com
2)ALL of the predefined links go to microsoft.com/redir.dll?
3) The search button and results go to search.msn.com
4) The only webmail service that works with Outlook express is Hotmail.
5) Adding a secure certificate takes you to MS partners.
6) By default everytime you boot up IE it goes to www.microsoft.com/ie/ to check for a new version (NOT MATTER WHAT YOUR HOMEPAGE IS).
7) The copyright link takes you to http://www.microsoft.com/misc/cpyright.htm
8) Windows update.
9) Online support takes you to http://support.microsoft.com/directory/
Now, I do agree with you that the U.S. sucks ass. Unfortunately, from what I am finding out, every country is a horrible place to live, because they are infested with people.
Actually Canada has been voted the best place to live on Earth for seven years running by the UN. I love it here, the only downside being our neighbours to the south have undue influence on us.
-ShieldWolf
Direct IP addressable printers still need a server
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HP direct for instance is only usable without a print server in a VERY small workgroup. The problem is that these printers either have no queing ability or extremely limited queing ability. Throwing a print server up makes the situation MUCH more reliable and hassle-free for end users. Novell fits in well here as does NT/2K or to a lesser degree *nix.
Say what you will about Novell but their 3.12 version of Netware was one of the most stable apps EVER.
-ShieldWolf
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Retinal replacement or transplantation does not address one big issue: the visual pathways in the brain. Contrary to some people's beliefs you are not born with the ability to see, you learn to see and differentiate between objects and surfaces through EXPERIENCE. The brain essentially has a Darwinian approach to sight where connections that are active are retained and those that are inactive degenerate. People blind since birth haven't gone through this process and so there visual cortex is mainly a random mess (there would be some organization to help them visualize spaces and surfaces). If you suddenly give these people sight it would be like walking around with keliedoscope glasses on at the circus - a confusing mess. Indeed patients who had a monochromatic form of color-blindness that was repairable surgically found that the colours would simply float in space and not be contained within the objects to which they belong! Note that many of the patients requested that the process be REVERSED. Just remember that retinal transplants are not a panacea.
It uses radio waves so no line of sight is needed (this is why IR devices SUCK IMO). When I used to use my 21 inch monitor as a TV I used it as a remote.:) I gotta tell you - WebTV for Windows + 21 inch monitor + cable modem + cable TV = GOLD.
There is only one caveat with the product: there is no feedback on the keyboard for caps or numlock. The feedback comes from a tray icon in windows - so you are SOL if you are running linux in this respect. I understand why they did it (battery life) but it still annoying as hell.
This is not true; just because you own something doesn't mean you can specify how it can be used. If I lend you my phone, it DOES NOT give me the right to tap or bug it (doing so would send me to prison). Corporations should not be afforded rights that are not provided to individuals.
American's confuse me in this respect: why is it that you are so paranoid of goverment intervention in your lives, yet you don't think twice of CORPORATE influences?
I mean, your country and your values are being sold down the crapper to big business and you don't even seem to care. Snooping is wrong NO MATTER WHO DOES IT. If I call my Sister on the phone at work it doesn't give my employer the right to record the conversation. There are laws against recording conversations here (Canada) where the recording party is not present in the converstation. The same should apply to email. If I don't write my boss he shouldn't be able read my mail. HOWEVER, he _should_ be able to read the headers to know _where_ I am sending my mail because indeed it is a work resource and he should know if I am wasting my time. I just have a big problem when people assume that because your company owns the equipment and resources you are suddenly in 1984 where you have no rights to privacy. This is wrong.
* The story itself deals with Jobs unveiling a revolionary CUBE computer, with innovative styling.
* The other main story on the cover says "How Bush is winning."
* The article itself is amlost identical to an article a couple of years ago whre Time chronicled Jobs' Apple turnaround, culimating with his famous Keynote. Many of the opinions of what Jobs was doing now vs. '88 are the same "Jobs is back", "He's learned from his mistakes", "He's matured".
* Bill Gates disparaging a *nix distro as non-revolutionary.
* Bill Gates saying he wouldn't write software for NeXT because the market was too small.
Reading this article was weird, but the one thing that struck me was how nasty Bill was.
For those of you that think the default modern skin sucks (like me). Check out x.themes.org there are many cool skins there including my own, Mozbilla, which makes Mozilla look like IE on Windows 98/2000;)
If you are concerned about the "Borg Myth" why do you have MS's Slashdot logo being Bill Gates as a Borg? Pretty damn hypocrital if you ask me (and you didn't).
For the record: -Philip K. Dick had a much cooler way of handling the inherent hypocracy of Deckard's character in the book, and he made it 100% absolutely clear that he was NOT a replicant (though he had some doubts midway through the book). -Harrison Ford doesn't think Deckard is a Replicant and argued the point with Scott during shooting. -Ridley scott didn't write the screenplay.
BTW - the whole conspiracy thing thing whereby there are six replicants and then Ford only takes care of five so he's the sixth - hate to burst your bubble on that one but there WAS a sixth replicant named Mary (who is in the book) who was cut from the film during shooting.;)
The comment that tipped me off that this was garbage, was when they mentioned that the best place to detonate would be the dark side of the moon. The Dark Side of the Moon is figuratively dark not photon-deprived dark. It is the side of the moon that always faces away from earth due to the nature of the moon's orbit and revolution. If you were trying to impress people on Earth why would you dentonate on the side that no one can see? In another point who honestly believes that Sagan thought that blowing up a nuke on the Moon would be a good way to find microbes??!?!? The man was a life long activist against nuclear arms and Man's self destruction.
To truly appreciate South Park : B.L.U. you have to watch it on DVD with the English Subtitles on. That way you can actually make out all the lyrics which are very smart and funny;)
"Brian don't eat those wings they're really, really hot!!"
What they are saying is they want some code monkeys to succeed where no one else, including IBM, XEROX, and numerous research facilities have failed: to create a life-like interactive computer simulation.
I couldn't help but laugh at this.;)
-ShieldWolf HBSC Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
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It was thought that the Borland/Corel merger was good because it would bring great tools to the linux platform. Why doesn't Borland buy Corel's linux division? It's only 5 mil which is a pittance in this industry.
-Shieldwolf
Did you ever think for a moment that the gentleman had epilepsy and a tendency for Grand Mal Seizures?
It should be much easier to crash a system with powerful stray magnetic fields.
-Shieldwolf
Please explain where, in any of my statements, I made a liberal comment. I was explaining American electoral law.
> It was purposely created to KEEP majorities from always winning. If it were not for the electoral college, the more highly populated urban areas would always win by the shear weight of their populations.
You should study your nation's history and political science more careful. The electoral college was created to ensure that the people were not swayed by a populist president. The electors were meant to be a way for states to put a buffer on the people's emotions. Electors were not supposed to be party hacks, but instead they were meant to be educated and informed individuals who would in turn _interpret_ the will of the people.
I am Canadian and I have to explain this to you? BTW in Canada we just had a federal election where over 64% of the population voted (a 100 year low) and ALL the ballots were counted by hand - in one DAY. So much for America being the torch bearer of democracy - the world is laughing at you.
-Shieldwolf
The headline is:
"NEC mulls PC recall, citing chip failure-paper"
In other words the information 'NEC mulls PC recall, citing chip failure' is attributed to a newspaper. e.g. "The presidential race is over-Bush" has Bush saying he is the president.
-Shieldwolf
When I studied perception we discussed these theoretical individuals and why it would be that only women could genetically possess the gift. The hypothesis that the professor gave was that perhaps these women could perceive minute colour variations in there children's skin and thus notice if the were getting a fever or other illness. ;) Of course you CAN test this: show them various colours and ask them if they are perceptively as different ROYGBIV ;)
BTW, to those of you who say there is NO way we would imagine what the world is like for these people, note that they simply have a slight differentation between two similar cones, and any preceive colour variation would likewise be slight. They would more likely than not simply be able to perceive greater variability among reds and greens, as opposed to being able to see a new colour Xeen or something.
-ShieldWolf
It uses a doc for all its configuration, when I saw it I felt that it made so much sense it should be standard. ;P
-Shieldwolf
A cursory look at IE reveals the following links to microsoft:
1)The default home page is www.msn.com
2)ALL of the predefined links go to microsoft.com/redir.dll?
3) The search button and results go to search.msn.com
4) The only webmail service that works with Outlook express is Hotmail.
5) Adding a secure certificate takes you to MS partners.
6) By default everytime you boot up IE it goes to www.microsoft.com/ie/ to check for a new version (NOT MATTER WHAT YOUR HOMEPAGE IS).
7) The copyright link takes you to http://www.microsoft.com/misc/cpyright.htm
8) Windows update.
9) Online support takes you to http://support.microsoft.com/directory/
and many others
-Shieldwolf
Now, I do agree with you that the U.S. sucks ass. Unfortunately, from what I am finding out, every country is a horrible place to live, because they are infested with people.
Actually Canada has been voted the best place to live on Earth for seven years running by the UN. I love it here, the only downside being our neighbours to the south have undue influence on us.
-ShieldWolf
HP direct for instance is only usable without a print server in a VERY small workgroup. The problem is that these printers either have no queing ability or extremely limited queing ability. Throwing a print server up makes the situation MUCH more reliable and hassle-free for end users. Novell fits in well here as does NT/2K or to a lesser degree *nix.
Say what you will about Novell but their 3.12 version of Netware was one of the most stable apps EVER.
-ShieldWolf
Retinal replacement or transplantation does not address one big issue: the visual pathways in the brain. Contrary to some people's beliefs you are not born with the ability to see, you learn to see and differentiate between objects and surfaces through EXPERIENCE. The brain essentially has a Darwinian approach to sight where connections that are active are retained and those that are inactive degenerate. People blind since birth haven't gone through this process and so there visual cortex is mainly a random mess (there would be some organization to help them visualize spaces and surfaces). If you suddenly give these people sight it would be like walking around with keliedoscope glasses on at the circus - a confusing mess. Indeed patients who had a monochromatic form of color-blindness that was repairable surgically found that the colours would simply float in space and not be contained within the objects to which they belong! Note that many of the patients requested that the process be REVERSED. Just remember that retinal transplants are not a panacea.
-ShieldWolf
It uses radio waves so no line of sight is needed (this is why IR devices SUCK IMO). When I used to use my 21 inch monitor as a TV I used it as a remote. :) I gotta tell you - WebTV for Windows + 21 inch monitor + cable modem + cable TV = GOLD.
There is only one caveat with the product: there is no feedback on the keyboard for caps or numlock. The feedback comes from a tray icon in windows - so you are SOL if you are running linux in this respect. I understand why they did it (battery life) but it still annoying as hell.
-Shieldwolf
My company could reprimand me if they check the phone records. That doesn't give them the right to listen in on the CONVERSATION however.
This is not true; just because you own something doesn't mean you can specify how it can be used. If I lend you my phone, it DOES NOT give me the right to tap or bug it (doing so would send me to prison). Corporations should not be afforded rights that are not provided to individuals.
-Shieldwold
American's confuse me in this respect: why is it that you are so paranoid of goverment intervention in your lives, yet you don't think twice of CORPORATE influences?
I mean, your country and your values are being sold down the crapper to big business and you don't even seem to care. Snooping is wrong NO MATTER WHO DOES IT. If I call my Sister on the phone at work it doesn't give my employer the right to record the conversation. There are laws against recording conversations here (Canada) where the recording party is not present in the converstation. The same should apply to email. If I don't write my boss he shouldn't be able read my mail. HOWEVER, he _should_ be able to read the headers to know _where_ I am sending my mail because indeed it is a work resource and he should know if I am wasting my time. I just have a big problem when people assume that because your company owns the equipment and resources you are suddenly in 1984 where you have no rights to privacy. This is wrong.
-Shieldwolf
Now only if the dtd's are kept nice an non-proprietary we might have something.
Reading this article was like a freaky time warp!
* The story itself deals with Jobs unveiling a revolionary CUBE computer, with innovative styling.
* The other main story on the cover says "How Bush is winning."
* The article itself is amlost identical to an article a couple of years ago whre Time chronicled Jobs' Apple turnaround, culimating with his famous Keynote. Many of the opinions of what Jobs was doing now vs. '88 are the same "Jobs is back", "He's learned from his mistakes", "He's matured".
* Bill Gates disparaging a *nix distro as non-revolutionary.
* Bill Gates saying he wouldn't write software for NeXT because the market was too small.
Reading this article was weird, but the one thing that struck me was how nasty Bill was.
-ShieldWolf
For those of you that think the default modern skin sucks (like me). Check out x.themes.org there are many cool skins there including my own, Mozbilla, which makes Mozilla look like IE on Windows 98/2000 ;)
-ShieldWolf
If you are concerned about the "Borg Myth" why do you have MS's Slashdot logo being Bill Gates as a Borg? Pretty damn hypocrital if you ask me (and you didn't).
For the record:
;)
-Philip K. Dick had a much cooler way of handling the inherent hypocracy of Deckard's character in the book, and he made it 100% absolutely clear that he was NOT a replicant (though he had some doubts midway through the book).
-Harrison Ford doesn't think Deckard is a Replicant and argued the point with Scott during shooting.
-Ridley scott didn't write the screenplay.
BTW - the whole conspiracy thing thing whereby there are six replicants and then Ford only takes care of five so he's the sixth - hate to burst your bubble on that one but there WAS a sixth replicant named Mary (who is in the book) who was cut from the film during shooting.
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The comment that tipped me off that this was garbage, was when they mentioned that the best place to detonate would be the dark side of the moon. The Dark Side of the Moon is figuratively dark not photon-deprived dark. It is the side of the moon that always faces away from earth due to the nature of the moon's orbit and revolution. If you were trying to impress people on Earth why would you dentonate on the side that no one can see? In another point who honestly believes that Sagan thought that blowing up a nuke on the Moon would be a good way to find microbes??!?!? The man was a life long activist against nuclear arms and Man's self destruction.
-Shieldwolf($.02)
To truly appreciate South Park : B.L.U. you have to watch it on DVD with the English Subtitles on. That way you can actually make out all the lyrics which are very smart and funny ;)
"Brian don't eat those wings they're really, really hot!!"
-ShieldWolf
With a little bit of luck is right. ;P
;)
What they are saying is they want some code monkeys to succeed where no one else, including IBM, XEROX, and numerous research facilities have failed: to create a life-like interactive computer simulation.
I couldn't help but laugh at this.
-ShieldWolf
HBSC Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
Has anyone else noticed that the swirly Crusoe logo looks A LOT like an @ rotated 45 degrees then rotated slightly on a plane?
:|
I'm sure this was deliberate.
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