With what I've seen lately come out of Salon, I think they don't deserve any money from this former reader. It is a no-brainer they will get massive support for current free (with bigger ads) and not as much interest in the payment-plan.
What I actually think this is:
A way for Salon to say, "We have to change our ads to be bigger, so we'll go ahead and make this democratic by giving you a choice. Say, 30 bucks a month, or bigger ads, so which do *you* want?"
But I'll get off of bashing and settle down to something more reasonable, such as paying for Internet newspapers in general. It really comes down to need.
Slashdot will have a *hard* time implementing a $5-$10 per month charge if the users are only removing one ad. Same goes with Salon or any paper. Especially since the technology (Naviscope and JunkBuster) is *extremely* effective in elminating ads already.
The only thing that could cause even users of filtering software to consider paying is to place the ads in tables in specific areas of the page, so it just downright looks bad if you attempt to use the free version with a filter.
Anyway, I'll end on this note: 30 dollars is a lot to ask for *any* online newspaper. 30 dollars is only 10 bucks less than my DSL connection, and I'd pride being able to use the Internet itself over just one site. Whoever decided on that figure is ridiculously ignorant of the Salon.com viewer-base.
While I sometimes question the competencies of the/. community, I don't question their ability to deduce what something's true value is. It is my belief that thirty dollars a month is far too great for any slashdotter to consider reasonable.
Actually, what I think is going to be a test of whether the movie does great is pitting Mace against Jango, and seeing if they can actually make it seem like a decent fight.
Jango is going to have nothing but ranged weapons (Maybe a line like Boba used to tie up Luke in "Return of the Jedi") and possibly a few melee. With that in mind, I can't imagine Jango being any real test of skill to a Jedi.
If the battle can be made realisitic and believably fair, the I'll look forward to seeing Episode III when it comes out. If it, as well as the Yoda/Dooku "fight" really disappoint me, I'll wait till the video or rip it off someone in IRC.
Still, the play time Jar-Jar got in Episode I will dwarf the play time Yoda gets in Episode II. For that reason I hardly consider Yoda of Ep II a "main character" if they don't consider Jar-Jar of Ep I a "main character".
I guess they must be calling Yoda a main character because of what he becomes.
(There is no main CG character in Episode II. Possibly in Ep III, but definately *not* in II.)
*This is stolen from Aldera.net*
After the opening crawl, Senator Padme's starship and it's convoy are approaching Coruscant. When the Nubian ship supposedly carrying Padme lands, disguised handmaiden Cordé (played by Veronica Segura) walks down the ramp with her entourage and suddenly there's a huge explosion near the ramp. Padme, who was riding in one of the Nubian's escort fighters, runs to her and they exchange a few quick words before Corde dies. Padme has a quick discussion with Captain Typho (played by Jay Laga'aia) about what to do and then goes to her quarters.
When she arrives safely in her apartment on Coruscant, she calls longtime friend Jar Jar Binks, who's official title is now Representative Jar Jar Binks of the Gungans. In the Senate, Jar Jar stands with Senator Padme on the Naboo platform.
After the Nubian ship was destroyed, Uv Gizen - Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's personal aide - tells Palpatine that Senator Padme is dead. The Senate later convenes on the matter at hand; voting on whether or not to create a clone army for the Republic. Palpatine starts to speak, "My esteemed colleagues, I have received some tragic and disturbing news." He is about to announce Padme's death, but to his surprise, Padme shows up and says that she's ok. She voices her opinions about the lack of safety in the galaxy and the Senate spends the rest of this meeting dwelling on this topic.
Palpatine resolves the issue of Padme's safety by assigning two Jedi Knights to protect her. He asks Mace Windu to specifically assign Obi-Wan and Anakin to this task.
Shortly after comes a meeting in a small room on Coruscant. In the room are Senator Toonbuck Toora, Senator Darsana, Senator Askaak, Bail Organa (played by Jimmy Smits), Jar Jar Binks, and S.C Palpatine. They are discussing the idea of cloning an army for the Republic. Most everyone in the room is for the clone army except Bail Organa and Jar Jar Binks. Bail is undecided, but Jar Jar is definitely against it. In this scene, Palpatine says something like "Sometimes we have to break the law in order to act in its best interest." (Not a direct quote) Clearly he is saying that they must create the Republic clone army whether or not the Senate favors the decision.
Then comes the second meeting in the Senate, in which they discuss purely the idea of creating a clone army for the Republic. Palpatine urges everyone to vote for it. He is backed up by Senator Toonbuck Toora of the Commerce Guild, Senator Orn Free Taa, and the Intergalactic Bank Clan who offer to put up the cash. Bail Organa has a role in this scene as well. Senator Padme also speaks and (I think) she votes for the army.
Later that evening, there is another assassination attempt on Padme in her apartment on Coruscant. Obi-Wan and Anakin are standing guard at the door, and they suddenly both sense something weird. The line "I have a bad feeling about this" is spoken and the two Jedi burst into her quarters.
There is a large droid hovering in Padme's room that has released tons of small insect-like assassination robots called kouhuns. Anakin runs to Padme and clears all the kouhuns off her, meanwhile Obi-Wan jumps out the window and onto the large droid.
When Zam Wesell, the bounty hunter who's controlling the assassination droid via remote control, brings the droid back to her, she see's Obi-Wan dangling from the flying droid. She whips out her gun and starts opening fire on Obi-Wan and the droid. Obi-Wan takes out his lightsaber and starts deflecting her bolts. Zam continues to fire - Obi continues to deflect. Zam realizes she'd better take off, so she gets on her speeder and flies away. Anakin then picks up Obi in a yellow hot rod speeder and they take off after Zam, leading to the chase scene.
I pondered over the information in the article, started reading the postings and found a URL to the "proof" of the theorem, looked at it, came back to slashdot, went back and looked at it again, and then came to write this.
It really isn't anything spectacular. No wonder the kid didn't think it had any actual application. And please don't say, "you never know where this could be used in the future!" I've looked at it, it made sense, but ultimately it's just doing the same thing in a wardback kind of way. (backwards is the wrong term)
What you are doing is creating any line that only touches a corner of the triangle and then drawing parallels that go through midpoints of the various sides. Then you reflect points over the line to form a rectangle and you amazingly have a diagonal for a rectangle.
What I want to know is what the hell was wrong with taking perpendicular lines through the midpoints rather than creating an arbitrary line and making a box by reflecting points and creating a diagonal? The old system works, the kid was dinking around and found something countless others have probably "discovered" but got lucky enough to have a teacher who took interest in.
And judging by your user info, you've made a lot of great contributions to this site, mainly comments like the above that don't bother to "enlighten" those of us you feel aren't smart enough.
I use VNC to do Word processing on my home computer, use it to surf the websites I have bookmarked at home, and etc.
Basically, if I have an Internet connection, I can access my machine within minutes without having to use a service that could go "commercial" at any time. Since my home computer can save to folders that I can access from the web, anything I work on can be easily transferrable to whatever machine I'm not.
Add to that the security issue. I don't have to worry about leaving my data on a computer if I know it is simply in a web browser's cache and can clear it without problem. With.NET, I don't know what the fuck is going on "behind the scenes".
I think calling me ignorant is a bold statement if you've got no *real* argument as to why the two are different. In function they are, but in end result, they are quite the same. I'll use what works to the best of my knowledge, thank you.
Actually, *I* would be one of the few that -might-.
The thing is, I don't use either *nix or.NET right now, and see both as completely ridiculous items for me to even consider using at this point in time. Besides,.NET pales in comparision to VNCing into my box from work and using all I need that way.
Plus.NET just sounds like a stupid idea to me. Maybe I'm the only one that thinks this way, but what exactly is the point of offering.NET services when the only people who find it interesting are the people that don't need it?
To quote the site:
"On October 19, 1973, US Federal Judge Earl R. Larson signed his decision following a lengthy court trial which declared the ENIAC patent of Mauchly and Eckert invalid and named Atanasoff the inventor of the electronic digital computer -- the Atanasoff-Berry Computer or the ABC."
Atanasoff had filed for the patent right before World War II, but Iowa State University forgot to submit it, so it never went through. ENIAC was basically modeled after one of the two guys came to ISU and copied down the stuff Atanasoff had in his computer.
Computers wouldn't be cheap now and the Personal Computing craze would have been set back about a decade had that Judge not ruled as he did. It might not have happened at all in fact. Depends on how you look at it.
I just find it funny how some of the biggest advancements in technology take place because of failed patenting efforts. Patenting the compuer sounds stupid now, but someone owns the patent on v.90, on USB, and other assorted items that I find ridiculous today.
One-click shopping can be patented, but it's never One-click anyway. You always have to verify. So someone can come up with "Two-click" shopping and if there is a lawsuit because it resembles one click. They'll win, and two-click shopping will be widely used. I don't know what the big deal is about there actually being a patent on a widely used item.
Favorite lines of Space Quest series
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Space Quest was known for its great quotes:
"You get the ladder and put it in your pocket. Ouch." - SQ3
"Bet you can't fit that thing into your pants. Guess I was wrong; it does fit. There must be plenty of spare room in there." - SQ6 (As you pick up a large board)
"That's right. You have no head. That darn pool must have been filled with acid. You obviously can't go on living that way." - SQ1
"The odor coming from your person makes you regret skipping last month's shower." - SQ1
"I intend to infest your planet with genetically-engineered, door-to-door insurance salesmen." - SQ2
"The guard appears to be less thick than you remember him. Many of his formerly contained body fluids seem to be at large." - SQ2
"Only a dumb moron would fall for that tourist trap! Suddenly, you feel like a dumb moron." - SQ3
"We rejoin our friend and semi-hero, Roger Wilco..." - SQ4
"This rough area tastes strangely like blood. Oh, that is blood! You shredded your tongue! Your mother should have warned you about licking strange areas." - SQ4
Djurkwhad: Whats your mamma call you?
Roger: A mistake. But my friends call me Roger. Roger Wilco.
"...and finally... FINALLY... nothing much happens. That must be an invalid code. Try again." - SQ4 (After trying and getting the wrong code after a LONG ass time)
Roger: Let's boogie, girls!
(Roger dances around)
Roger: I sure know how to bust a move
(If you click on a mannequin while dressed like a woman)
"Hey, keep your hands off yourself! This is a family game." - SQ4 (Using hand on yourself)
"Wilco! Have you been whiffing cleaning fluid again?" - SQ6
"Don't touch that. We don't know where you've been." - SQ6
"She looks like one of those 'professional' ladies your mom told you about." -SQ6
"Oh, yeah, real smart. Let's go poking around inside a pod that's probably carrying a half-dozen miniature face-hugging, saliva-dripping, face-eating exo-skeletal alien piranha things. And while we're at it, let's split up so that we're all alone and defenseless, okay?" - SQ6
"I hope I never get so far gone that I start talking to myself... like... this." - SQ6
"Picking up your clothes? Dammit, Roger! You're a janitor, not a responsible adult!" -SQ6
"That's not recommended. That'll either get you an appendaged removed, or a date you don't really want." - SQ6
I live in Iowa (yeah, computers *do* exist here. Gateway once was based in Iowa, in fact. +1 Informational:P) and think you should actually look into a few things before doing this webcam off a bike during RAGBRAI.
LAN parties are a new thing around here. People are realizing they can connect their computers up in a "little Internet" and play games and share farm porn.
Webcams are currently illegal according to city ordinances in 35 of the 99 counties, so you'll want to turn the puppy off depending on where you're at during particular points of the day.
I went ahead and asked my cousin Darrell what was wrong, but he didn't reply, so I asked my other cousin Darrell whose *the* computer tech up at State University. His response?
"Handheld PDAs r a black market item in Iowa. Y'see, some genius farmboy figured out how to hook the sonsabeetches up to dat der Internet thingny and using some GPSr they can finger out how well their corn be a growing and witcha dem plots a'land needa watering."
Sad thing is, he's right. The college I'm attending is pumping out some decent quality MIS and ComSci/ComE students that end up leaving the state to work places where states welcome business, rather than tax the hell out of them.
So yeah, we might not be a Silicon Valley, but you just wait till the farmers start using some of the agriculutural technology Iowa State University has been working on.
Who needs to genetically modify food when you can grow more in a smaller space due to simple improvements in the layout using the technology you've got?
But I've seen quite a few comments on this subject and related ones when they are posted, regarding Creationists finally shutting up after life has been found on other planets.
To be honest, I don't know a single Creationist that *doesn't* believe life exists on other planets.
Looked at the specs for the protocol they will be using and what did I find? NAT support. Looks like those of us with DSL won't have to be configuring anymore incoming ports with this system, unlike we've had to do with Napster, Gnutella, and the like.
Problem #2 - You actually bought something with a "mail-in rebate".
Problem #3 - You are *not* doing computer and electronic business with companies listed on www.pricewatch.com, but you *are* making an online purchase.
Explaination of #3:
For those of you who don't understand purchasing items online, if you want good service, act as if you are the kind of person who deserves nothing less. Inform them about how you were planning on ordering "some more monitors for the Engineering Lab at " where you *supposedly* work, but were astonished to find that .
The companies that list on Pricewatch *have* to keep their customers happy and will get you what you want at a good price because that is the only way they can stay in business.
Explaination of #2:
Mail-in rebates have been cited as "scams" by the BBB for around five and half years now. Don't get upset about them selling marketing information and demographic material, if you are an above average human you'll rise above that crap and succumb to marketing schemes when they target you. The real problem is not getting your money.
Confusing point: "You have to understand that the company is under no legal obligation to give you back your money."
They of course *actually* are, but you don't have the money to fight them for it, since the money you'd spend to get the rebate legally would far surpass the money they made off of you.
Plus if they go bankrupt you are SOL.
Explaination of #1:
I have heard horror stories about buy.com and believe there are a few websites out there actually devoted to this place. Do background checks on products and companies before buying from them.
A friend of mine requested a monitor from buy.com and got a broken one twice from them. I believe one of the monitors just didn't work, the other one UPS screwed up in the mail. Buy.com sure as hell didn't care though.
How about we get off of the planet and colonize a few more before we start playing space pinball?
Seriously, in a billion years mankind will have reached beyond the scope of mere planets and possibly even galaxies or we will have died out like the dinosaurs. A billion years almost gives enough time for reptiles to evolve and leave the planet as well.
Do you think your insurance company might find it interesting to add to their profile about you that you like to visit microbrewwry web sites? (Hmmm... liver problems in the future in X% of cases.) Or add to their statistical models that as an avid computer game player, you are X% more likely to have heart and obesity problems?
As advertisements get more focused, won't your grocery store want to know what you're allergic to, or if you're lactose intolerant? Hope you're not too embarressed about these things (as some people are!) because now your grocery clerk knows about it (when you handed them your Personalized Coupon for 15% off Soybean Milk.), and who know who that bored gossiping jerk might tell?
Amendment 9 has been used in privacy regarding the government (not businesses) interfering with peoples lives. It is the only amendment that makes very little sense now, but will mean more and more as the government gets more repressive.
I don't know what everyone else is into here on Slashdot, but if you are into libertarian issues and the like, I think the best country to live in would be Hong Kong. The government there is virtually non-existant. It used to be ruled by British elites, which due to policies didn't interfere with the country. They basically sat around and drank tea on what little taxes were given to the citizens.
Now Hong Kong has went to China, and the policy has pretty much been the same, the government has not done anything and has let capitalism do it thing. I'm thinking of moving there for at least a short while sometime in the future and starting up a business if I can find the money. I hear you don't need much to get started in Hong Kong, all you have to do is have an idea.
Reminds me of the once great capitalist country that I live in.
I don't know if Lucas will be answering people's prayers, but here are confirmed events in storyboard for EP II.
If you want verification, my email is raize@sheepdot.org (The one listed above works, but takes longer to get a hold of me). I'll be able to give you a link to a great Star Wars spoiler site.
1. Obi-Wan vs. Jango Fett.
2. Jar-Jar is a politician and not in most of the movie.
3. Darth Tyranus and Darth Sidious (Also their known characters, not mentioned here.)
4. Asteroid scene
5. Car chase scene with all that Jedi crap
6. Mace Windu vs. Jango Fett.
7. Bigass arena battle with droids, some big ass rancor-style monster, and Jedi.
8. Cloning.
9. Obi-Wan & Anakin vs. Darth Sidious.
I'm sorry folks, but for story purposes, you can't beat what I've listed. This *is* going to be worth watching, even if it isn't what you expect or want to see.
Note: Events and points listed above may be taken out or changed during the stage the movie is currently in. I would expect the bigass arena battle to stay in though.
Being from the midwest I read the short and had NO idea what an "SF office" is till I click on the article. Can the editors please expand acronyms that people who submit articles use that don't make sense to the rest of us?
For a minute I though Red Hat had closed their "sexual fetish" office and I was getting ready to send them an email demanding it back!
Just to show you how old this information is, one of the guys that discovered the "hole" checked the current data and saw that it was growing larger. So he checked the info from the 1500s when Anartica was found and compared it to the situation then.
It turned out that in the 1500s it was much bigger than it was when they got more recent results, but it was shrinking. I even think the scientist went so far as to state that the hole "repaired" itself over time.
What is sad about arguments for a better enviroment is that no one has stated exactly what is a "healthy" hole. Or even if their objective is to eliminate the hole. I think we should just accept the darn thing and get the "real" data on what is going on rather than the "doctored" stuff.
Once data from "both" sides starts looking the same, I'll make my decision about what is wrong and what isn't. Till then, I honestly don't know.
Uranus hasn't been researched nearly as much as Saturn has, though. It is thought that Uranus may have a number of moons within the ring that circles the planet, although the moons may be small.
I strongly encourage everyone to head to http://www.sheepdot.org and sign the petition to study Uranus. There is a good chance that Uranus may have more satellites than Saturn, but we'll never know if researchers don't step up and consider it.
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With what I've seen lately come out of Salon, I think they don't deserve any money from this former reader. It is a no-brainer they will get massive support for current free (with bigger ads) and not as much interest in the payment-plan.
/. community, I don't question their ability to deduce what something's true value is. It is my belief that thirty dollars a month is far too great for any slashdotter to consider reasonable.
What I actually think this is:
A way for Salon to say, "We have to change our ads to be bigger, so we'll go ahead and make this democratic by giving you a choice. Say, 30 bucks a month, or bigger ads, so which do *you* want?"
But I'll get off of bashing and settle down to something more reasonable, such as paying for Internet newspapers in general. It really comes down to need.
Slashdot will have a *hard* time implementing a $5-$10 per month charge if the users are only removing one ad. Same goes with Salon or any paper. Especially since the technology (Naviscope and JunkBuster) is *extremely* effective in elminating ads already.
The only thing that could cause even users of filtering software to consider paying is to place the ads in tables in specific areas of the page, so it just downright looks bad if you attempt to use the free version with a filter.
Anyway, I'll end on this note: 30 dollars is a lot to ask for *any* online newspaper. 30 dollars is only 10 bucks less than my DSL connection, and I'd pride being able to use the Internet itself over just one site. Whoever decided on that figure is ridiculously ignorant of the Salon.com viewer-base.
While I sometimes question the competencies of the
How little you know.
Actually, what I think is going to be a test of whether the movie does great is pitting Mace against Jango, and seeing if they can actually make it seem like a decent fight.
Jango is going to have nothing but ranged weapons (Maybe a line like Boba used to tie up Luke in "Return of the Jedi") and possibly a few melee. With that in mind, I can't imagine Jango being any real test of skill to a Jedi.
If the battle can be made realisitic and believably fair, the I'll look forward to seeing Episode III when it comes out. If it, as well as the Yoda/Dooku "fight" really disappoint me, I'll wait till the video or rip it off someone in IRC.
Still, the play time Jar-Jar got in Episode I will dwarf the play time Yoda gets in Episode II. For that reason I hardly consider Yoda of Ep II a "main character" if they don't consider Jar-Jar of Ep I a "main character".
I guess they must be calling Yoda a main character because of what he becomes.
(There is no main CG character in Episode II. Possibly in Ep III, but definately *not* in II.)
*This is stolen from Aldera.net*
After the opening crawl, Senator Padme's starship and it's convoy are approaching Coruscant. When the Nubian ship supposedly carrying Padme lands, disguised handmaiden Cordé (played by Veronica Segura) walks down the ramp with her entourage and suddenly there's a huge explosion near the ramp. Padme, who was riding in one of the Nubian's escort fighters, runs to her and they exchange a few quick words before Corde dies. Padme has a quick discussion with Captain Typho (played by Jay Laga'aia) about what to do and then goes to her quarters.
When she arrives safely in her apartment on Coruscant, she calls longtime friend Jar Jar Binks, who's official title is now Representative Jar Jar Binks of the Gungans. In the Senate, Jar Jar stands with Senator Padme on the Naboo platform.
After the Nubian ship was destroyed, Uv Gizen - Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's personal aide - tells Palpatine that Senator Padme is dead. The Senate later convenes on the matter at hand; voting on whether or not to create a clone army for the Republic. Palpatine starts to speak, "My esteemed colleagues, I have received some tragic and disturbing news." He is about to announce Padme's death, but to his surprise, Padme shows up and says that she's ok. She voices her opinions about the lack of safety in the galaxy and the Senate spends the rest of this meeting dwelling on this topic.
Palpatine resolves the issue of Padme's safety by assigning two Jedi Knights to protect her. He asks Mace Windu to specifically assign Obi-Wan and Anakin to this task.
Shortly after comes a meeting in a small room on Coruscant. In the room are Senator Toonbuck Toora, Senator Darsana, Senator Askaak, Bail Organa (played by Jimmy Smits), Jar Jar Binks, and S.C Palpatine. They are discussing the idea of cloning an army for the Republic. Most everyone in the room is for the clone army except Bail Organa and Jar Jar Binks. Bail is undecided, but Jar Jar is definitely against it. In this scene, Palpatine says something like "Sometimes we have to break the law in order to act in its best interest." (Not a direct quote) Clearly he is saying that they must create the Republic clone army whether or not the Senate favors the decision.
Then comes the second meeting in the Senate, in which they discuss purely the idea of creating a clone army for the Republic. Palpatine urges everyone to vote for it. He is backed up by Senator Toonbuck Toora of the Commerce Guild, Senator Orn Free Taa, and the Intergalactic Bank Clan who offer to put up the cash. Bail Organa has a role in this scene as well. Senator Padme also speaks and (I think) she votes for the army.
Later that evening, there is another assassination attempt on Padme in her apartment on Coruscant. Obi-Wan and Anakin are standing guard at the door, and they suddenly both sense something weird. The line "I have a bad feeling about this" is spoken and the two Jedi burst into her quarters.
There is a large droid hovering in Padme's room that has released tons of small insect-like assassination robots called kouhuns. Anakin runs to Padme and clears all the kouhuns off her, meanwhile Obi-Wan jumps out the window and onto the large droid.
When Zam Wesell, the bounty hunter who's controlling the assassination droid via remote control, brings the droid back to her, she see's Obi-Wan dangling from the flying droid. She whips out her gun and starts opening fire on Obi-Wan and the droid. Obi-Wan takes out his lightsaber and starts deflecting her bolts. Zam continues to fire - Obi continues to deflect. Zam realizes she'd better take off, so she gets on her speeder and flies away. Anakin then picks up Obi in a yellow hot rod speeder and they take off after Zam, leading to the chase scene.
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I have launched a rocket.
You will launch a rocket.
You have launched a rocket.
We will launch a rocket.
We have launched a rocket.
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The rocket LAUNCHES from the platform. It is coming at you:
"You have no chance to survive, make your time".
I guess I shouldn't complain. At least the title of the article wasn't "In AD 2101, Goddard 'Move' Space Age".
For great justice, please fix the title!
I pondered over the information in the article, started reading the postings and found a URL to the "proof" of the theorem, looked at it, came back to slashdot, went back and looked at it again, and then came to write this.
It really isn't anything spectacular. No wonder the kid didn't think it had any actual application. And please don't say, "you never know where this could be used in the future!" I've looked at it, it made sense, but ultimately it's just doing the same thing in a wardback kind of way. (backwards is the wrong term)
What you are doing is creating any line that only touches a corner of the triangle and then drawing parallels that go through midpoints of the various sides. Then you reflect points over the line to form a rectangle and you amazingly have a diagonal for a rectangle.
What I want to know is what the hell was wrong with taking perpendicular lines through the midpoints rather than creating an arbitrary line and making a box by reflecting points and creating a diagonal? The old system works, the kid was dinking around and found something countless others have probably "discovered" but got lucky enough to have a teacher who took interest in.
I'd thank the teacher if I was the kid.
This thing really isn't newsworthy.
And judging by your user info, you've made a lot of great contributions to this site, mainly comments like the above that don't bother to "enlighten" those of us you feel aren't smart enough.
.NET, I don't know what the fuck is going on "behind the scenes".
I use VNC to do Word processing on my home computer, use it to surf the websites I have bookmarked at home, and etc.
Basically, if I have an Internet connection, I can access my machine within minutes without having to use a service that could go "commercial" at any time. Since my home computer can save to folders that I can access from the web, anything I work on can be easily transferrable to whatever machine I'm not.
Add to that the security issue. I don't have to worry about leaving my data on a computer if I know it is simply in a web browser's cache and can clear it without problem. With
I think calling me ignorant is a bold statement if you've got no *real* argument as to why the two are different. In function they are, but in end result, they are quite the same. I'll use what works to the best of my knowledge, thank you.
Actually, *I* would be one of the few that -might-.
.NET right now, and see both as completely ridiculous items for me to even consider using at this point in time. Besides, .NET pales in comparision to VNCing into my box from work and using all I need that way.
.NET just sounds like a stupid idea to me. Maybe I'm the only one that thinks this way, but what exactly is the point of offering .NET services when the only people who find it interesting are the people that don't need it?
The thing is, I don't use either *nix or
Plus
http://www.cs.iastate.edu/jva/jva-archive.shtml
To quote the site:
"On October 19, 1973, US Federal Judge Earl R. Larson signed his decision following a lengthy court trial which declared the ENIAC patent of Mauchly and Eckert invalid and named Atanasoff the inventor of the electronic digital computer -- the Atanasoff-Berry Computer or the ABC."
Atanasoff had filed for the patent right before World War II, but Iowa State University forgot to submit it, so it never went through. ENIAC was basically modeled after one of the two guys came to ISU and copied down the stuff Atanasoff had in his computer.
Computers wouldn't be cheap now and the Personal Computing craze would have been set back about a decade had that Judge not ruled as he did. It might not have happened at all in fact. Depends on how you look at it.
I just find it funny how some of the biggest advancements in technology take place because of failed patenting efforts. Patenting the compuer sounds stupid now, but someone owns the patent on v.90, on USB, and other assorted items that I find ridiculous today.
One-click shopping can be patented, but it's never One-click anyway. You always have to verify. So someone can come up with "Two-click" shopping and if there is a lawsuit because it resembles one click. They'll win, and two-click shopping will be widely used. I don't know what the big deal is about there actually being a patent on a widely used item.
Space Quest was known for its great quotes:
"You get the ladder and put it in your pocket. Ouch." - SQ3
"Bet you can't fit that thing into your pants. Guess I was wrong; it does fit. There must be plenty of spare room in there." - SQ6 (As you pick up a large board)
"That's right. You have no head. That darn pool must have been filled with acid. You obviously can't go on living that way." - SQ1
"The odor coming from your person makes you regret skipping last month's shower." - SQ1
"I intend to infest your planet with genetically-engineered, door-to-door insurance salesmen." - SQ2
"The guard appears to be less thick than you remember him. Many of his formerly contained body fluids seem to be at large." - SQ2
"Only a dumb moron would fall for that tourist trap! Suddenly, you feel like a dumb moron." - SQ3
"We rejoin our friend and semi-hero, Roger Wilco..." - SQ4
"This rough area tastes strangely like blood. Oh, that is blood! You shredded your tongue! Your mother should have warned you about licking strange areas." - SQ4
Djurkwhad: Whats your mamma call you?
Roger: A mistake. But my friends call me Roger. Roger Wilco.
"...and finally... FINALLY... nothing much happens. That must be an invalid code. Try again." - SQ4 (After trying and getting the wrong code after a LONG ass time)
Roger: Let's boogie, girls!
(Roger dances around)
Roger: I sure know how to bust a move
(If you click on a mannequin while dressed like a woman)
"Hey, keep your hands off yourself! This is a family game." - SQ4 (Using hand on yourself)
"Wilco! Have you been whiffing cleaning fluid again?" - SQ6
"Don't touch that. We don't know where you've been." - SQ6
"She looks like one of those 'professional' ladies your mom told you about." -SQ6
"Oh, yeah, real smart. Let's go poking around inside a pod that's probably carrying a half-dozen miniature face-hugging, saliva-dripping, face-eating exo-skeletal alien piranha things. And while we're at it, let's split up so that we're all alone and defenseless, okay?" - SQ6
"I hope I never get so far gone that I start talking to myself... like... this." - SQ6
"Picking up your clothes? Dammit, Roger! You're a janitor, not a responsible adult!" -SQ6
"That's not recommended. That'll either get you an appendaged removed, or a date you don't really want." - SQ6
A good series all in all.
I live in Iowa (yeah, computers *do* exist here. Gateway once was based in Iowa, in fact. +1 Informational :P) and think you should actually look into a few things before doing this webcam off a bike during RAGBRAI.
LAN parties are a new thing around here. People are realizing they can connect their computers up in a "little Internet" and play games and share farm porn.
Webcams are currently illegal according to city ordinances in 35 of the 99 counties, so you'll want to turn the puppy off depending on where you're at during particular points of the day.
I went ahead and asked my cousin Darrell what was wrong, but he didn't reply, so I asked my other cousin Darrell whose *the* computer tech up at State University. His response?
"Handheld PDAs r a black market item in Iowa. Y'see, some genius farmboy figured out how to hook the sonsabeetches up to dat der Internet thingny and using some GPSr they can finger out how well their corn be a growing and witcha dem plots a'land needa watering."
Sad thing is, he's right. The college I'm attending is pumping out some decent quality MIS and ComSci/ComE students that end up leaving the state to work places where states welcome business, rather than tax the hell out of them.
So yeah, we might not be a Silicon Valley, but you just wait till the farmers start using some of the agriculutural technology Iowa State University has been working on.
Who needs to genetically modify food when you can grow more in a smaller space due to simple improvements in the layout using the technology you've got?
But I've seen quite a few comments on this subject and related ones when they are posted, regarding Creationists finally shutting up after life has been found on other planets.
To be honest, I don't know a single Creationist that *doesn't* believe life exists on other planets.
Looked at the specs for the protocol they will be using and what did I find? NAT support. Looks like those of us with DSL won't have to be configuring anymore incoming ports with this system, unlike we've had to do with Napster, Gnutella, and the like.
Problem #2 - You actually bought something with a "mail-in rebate".
Problem #3 - You are *not* doing computer and electronic business with companies listed on www.pricewatch.com, but you *are* making an online purchase.
Explaination of #3:
For those of you who don't understand purchasing items online, if you want good service, act as if you are the kind of person who deserves nothing less. Inform them about how you were planning on ordering "some more monitors for the Engineering Lab at " where you *supposedly* work, but were astonished to find that .
The companies that list on Pricewatch *have* to keep their customers happy and will get you what you want at a good price because that is the only way they can stay in business.
Explaination of #2:
Mail-in rebates have been cited as "scams" by the BBB for around five and half years now. Don't get upset about them selling marketing information and demographic material, if you are an above average human you'll rise above that crap and succumb to marketing schemes when they target you. The real problem is not getting your money.
Confusing point: "You have to understand that the company is under no legal obligation to give you back your money."
They of course *actually* are, but you don't have the money to fight them for it, since the money you'd spend to get the rebate legally would far surpass the money they made off of you.
Plus if they go bankrupt you are SOL.
Explaination of #1:
I have heard horror stories about buy.com and believe there are a few websites out there actually devoted to this place. Do background checks on products and companies before buying from them.
A friend of mine requested a monitor from buy.com and got a broken one twice from them. I believe one of the monitors just didn't work, the other one UPS screwed up in the mail. Buy.com sure as hell didn't care though.
How about we get off of the planet and colonize a few more before we start playing space pinball?
Seriously, in a billion years mankind will have reached beyond the scope of mere planets and possibly even galaxies or we will have died out like the dinosaurs. A billion years almost gives enough time for reptiles to evolve and leave the planet as well.
http://unisci.com/stories/20011/0109014.htm
God it'd be nice to see some quality enviromental arguments from *both* sides. Till then, it is ALL rubbish.
Do you think your insurance company might find it interesting to add to their profile about you that you like to visit microbrewwry web sites? (Hmmm... liver problems in the future in X% of cases.) Or add to their statistical models that as an avid computer game player, you are X% more likely to have heart and obesity problems?
As advertisements get more focused, won't your grocery store want to know what you're allergic to, or if you're lactose intolerant? Hope you're not too embarressed about these things (as some people are!) because now your grocery clerk knows about it (when you handed them your Personalized Coupon for 15% off Soybean Milk.), and who know who that bored gossiping jerk might tell?
Define Paranoid: This guy.
Amendment 9 has been used in privacy regarding the government (not businesses) interfering with peoples lives. It is the only amendment that makes very little sense now, but will mean more and more as the government gets more repressive.
I don't know what everyone else is into here on Slashdot, but if you are into libertarian issues and the like, I think the best country to live in would be Hong Kong. The government there is virtually non-existant. It used to be ruled by British elites, which due to policies didn't interfere with the country. They basically sat around and drank tea on what little taxes were given to the citizens.
Now Hong Kong has went to China, and the policy has pretty much been the same, the government has not done anything and has let capitalism do it thing. I'm thinking of moving there for at least a short while sometime in the future and starting up a business if I can find the money. I hear you don't need much to get started in Hong Kong, all you have to do is have an idea.
Reminds me of the once great capitalist country that I live in.
I don't know if Lucas will be answering people's prayers, but here are confirmed events in storyboard for EP II.
If you want verification, my email is raize@sheepdot.org (The one listed above works, but takes longer to get a hold of me). I'll be able to give you a link to a great Star Wars spoiler site.
1. Obi-Wan vs. Jango Fett.
2. Jar-Jar is a politician and not in most of the movie.
3. Darth Tyranus and Darth Sidious (Also their known characters, not mentioned here.)
4. Asteroid scene
5. Car chase scene with all that Jedi crap
6. Mace Windu vs. Jango Fett.
7. Bigass arena battle with droids, some big ass rancor-style monster, and Jedi.
8. Cloning.
9. Obi-Wan & Anakin vs. Darth Sidious.
I'm sorry folks, but for story purposes, you can't beat what I've listed. This *is* going to be worth watching, even if it isn't what you expect or want to see.
Note: Events and points listed above may be taken out or changed during the stage the movie is currently in. I would expect the bigass arena battle to stay in though.
Being from the midwest I read the short and had NO idea what an "SF office" is till I click on the article. Can the editors please expand acronyms that people who submit articles use that don't make sense to the rest of us?
For a minute I though Red Hat had closed their "sexual fetish" office and I was getting ready to send them an email demanding it back!
Just to show you how old this information is, one of the guys that discovered the "hole" checked the current data and saw that it was growing larger. So he checked the info from the 1500s when Anartica was found and compared it to the situation then.
It turned out that in the 1500s it was much bigger than it was when they got more recent results, but it was shrinking. I even think the scientist went so far as to state that the hole "repaired" itself over time.
What is sad about arguments for a better enviroment is that no one has stated exactly what is a "healthy" hole. Or even if their objective is to eliminate the hole. I think we should just accept the darn thing and get the "real" data on what is going on rather than the "doctored" stuff.
Once data from "both" sides starts looking the same, I'll make my decision about what is wrong and what isn't. Till then, I honestly don't know.
The moons of Uranus have Shakespeare names. Don't know about Neptune.
Uranus hasn't been researched nearly as much as Saturn has, though. It is thought that Uranus may have a number of moons within the ring that circles the planet, although the moons may be small.
I strongly encourage everyone to head to http://www.sheepdot.org and sign the petition to study Uranus. There is a good chance that Uranus may have more satellites than Saturn, but we'll never know if researchers don't step up and consider it.