My wife and I have already created several brains. The process, while complicated, is actually quite enjoyable. In fact, we reenact the process several times a day.
If you use Konqueror, you'll certainly want to upgrade. Apple's Safari team has committed substantial changes to KHTML. It's easily the fastest browser in KDE.
I haven't met many very talented yet unemployed software developers. I've met lots of mediocre or average developers that were unemployed. But the developers that I've met who were "very talented" have had little trouble finding a job.
Finding a job they like might be a different story of course.
Gore was never president, asshat. For better or for worse, we use the electoral college to determine who becomes president.
If you don't like our system, do something about it or move elsewhere. I'm tired of hearing whiny knee-jerk liberals complain about how Bush "stole" the position from Al Bore.
If you want a law to interpret stupid voters' actual intentions, then lobby your congressperson to have a (stupid) law passed. The blazingly blatant fact is that Bush won Florida. Many (otherwise left-wing) Florida newspapers have verified that, even if stupid voters were taken into account, Bush would still have won Florida.
By saying that Bush should not be president, you must believe inherently that idiots should be given special treatment in the ballot box. While I can accept your appreciation of morons, I don't think they should be held to standards any different than that of those who can "bang the rocks together".
People without the wherewithal to properly complete a ballot created by a fucking Democrat should not have their votes counted.
Stop whining.
For the record, I voted for the Libertarian candidate.
Sorry, but when the price of a movie exceeds my hourly wage, minute for minute, it's not worth seeing.
Since I'm horribly underemployed (like most of our readers), this rules out most movies.
The only solution is to *rent* DVDs, burn them, and watch them at their "measly" resolution.
Were I not to pay to see the "hit" movies Hollywood and their bitches pitch at us continuously, I'd be able to afford an incredible television upon which I could watch DVDs in the comfort of my home.
The Matrix is just a juiced-up version of Plato's "The Cave". Unless something mind-altering happens, it remains nothing more.
Gee, wouldn't it be GREAT if we had socialized health care *just like Canada*!
Whew, at least we now have an explanation for the mass exodus of USA citizens to Canada for its superior medical care.
o
See, I was starting to wonder why Canadians were paying out-of-pocket to come of the US-of-fucking-paying-for-receiving-the-best-health care-in-the world-(do some homework)-even though your shitty wait-three-months-before-they-stauch-my-exploding- carotid-artery has been healed by the most intelligent members of society.
Oh, wait a minute . . . Since the MDs have been socialized, they don't *really* need to be good.
Wait again. I'm sure you've met incredibly intelligent MDs in CA. After all, that's what *I* would do if I were so smart.
I hope you read this. Your family has experienced perhaps the most brutal loss in American history.
No matter what the motives, no matter how "terrible" our "foreign policy" is, nobody deserves to die, not even bin Laden.
Judging by the tone of your message, you seem to have risen above vengeance to recognize the tragedy for what it is - a tragedy. You're much farther along than my bloodthirsty compatriots.
Why not add ATM functionality? With the steady flow of cash into the machine, workers wouldn't need to restock the ATM as frequently. Conversely, workers wouldn't need to empty the machine of cash as frequently.
The machine would offer discounts for using the most desireable form of payment. If it's low on $20 bills, it might offer a 1% to 10% discount on purchases depending upon need. If it's low on cash in general, it would offer a discount for people using credit cards and gradually increase the ATM fee. Of course, it would offer discounts on products that are overstocked or about to go bad. After a while, the machine would gather enough data to make accurate predictions about how much discount is needed for a given situation.
All fees and discounts would be prominently displayed so as to be legible from a distance. One of those cheap side-scrolling LED displays would do the trick.
It would be trivial to make the vending machine take pictures and call the police if it detects that the window has been broken. I'd be surprised if they're not already designed this way.
Anyway, I sincerely hope it takes pictures of customers who use credit cards. They're probably not providing a signature or a photo ID.
I have received nothing less than courteous and competent service from USPS employees.
However, I find it ridiculous that no third parties are permitted to deliver to mailboxes. I bought my mailbox, and I don't appreciate being told how I can use it. Let the post office continue their business until someone comes along with a better/faster/cheaper solution. This is the United States of America. Government monopolies in non-government-specific venues should be recognized for the atrocities that they are. We can have privately-owned prisons and roads, but we can't have a private competitor to the USPS?
I have a 7500 also, and I've had the same hardware issue no less that 10 times. The hinges keep breaking off because of the gigantic screen and poor design.
One particularly honest tech support staffer admitted that the hinges' design was a major factor in the decision to finally axe the 7500 series. If the 7500 were a car, an oven, or anything else but a *gasp* computer, there would have been a recall long ago.
The atomicity allowed by this system could revolutionize TV ratings.
If a substantial portion of viewers use TiVo's "instant replay" feature on a given portion of a program, the data gathered could be used to figure out why people like certain shows.
Think of the ramifications. Nielson discovers which jokes are funny, which commercials are entertaining, how many times we're willing to sit through a given commericial, how many times viewers use "instant replay" to see Britney's tits bounce.
All of it leads to fewer repetitive commercials, better programming, and a valuable catalog of desirable programming attributes. Maybe it could even convince American networks that a little T&A goes a long way, and attracts enough viewers to compensate for the overly vocal "religious right". To be honest, I think watching T&A is a bit like picking your nose or peeing in the shower. Most people do it, but they'd never admit to it.
Hell, give out one remote per family member. The "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" can tell you that Mr. Jones loves The O'Reilley Factor, but The Mrs. can't stand it. Voting with your eyeballs just became possible.
Personally, I'd like to see commercials targeted to my demographic. I (and my wife (thank God)) could give a damn about the "New Size 14+ Maxi-Pads", but show me a commercial about the new Nissan 350Z, and I'm not gonna use the 30-second skip. And stop showing so many damned AOL ads. I ain't buying it.
I want a TV that knows what I like in commercials and in programming. Pretty soon, I'm going to have it.
Cool tech, but the examples are a bit odd . . .
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"Picture a car where parents can listen to the Eagles while their kids wild out to Eminem in the back seat."
By the time this thing enters mass production, I seriously doubt many "parents" will be old enough to be Eagles fans. Furthermore, if you let your "kids" (and I mean real kids) listen to Eminem, you're a terrible parent.
Remember, even though a tech is ready for prime time, the suits still need time to make lame commercials (that I see every single commercial break), establish "corporate partnerships", and find a way to make the financials look good regardless of how well the product actually sells.
Sarcasm? Tell that to the people who called this "insightful". If I had any points today, I'd mod it "funny".
"It's all well and good developing robots for civilian use, but what's to stop the mature version of this being given a gun and told to patrol government institutions. Or even fire on demonstrators? Something here just doesn't feel right..."
Yeah, we all know how easy it is to kill Kevlar-wearing highly-trained urban warfare specialists.
The ideas are yours. GPL them secretly. The ideas belong to you. Obfuscate, but comment well. Your employer can never own your mind. Don't fall prey to their bullshit. That which you create, you own. Period.
Were I to give birth to a child, that child would not belong to my "current employer". Fuck that. If their "policy" dictates otherwise, Thoreau is in order. And if you can't do it cleanly, do it secretly. Logic belongs to the Man who created it. Abdication is an illusion. Your creation will always be yours. GPL it. It's the only chance we have.
Sorry, but any empire that exists solely to push money around deserves our scorn.
I can't count the times I've been fucked by bankers, insurance companies, and the like - only to consider how much value they produce. . .
None.
They produce nothing. They have self-perpetuating capital while the rest of us work for a living. And now we find out they've been lying on their financial statements???
Look, you're already a rich fuck. If you've made it this far on your own two feet, then you're my idol. If you've made it this far on the backs of the young, who are just trying to get out of debt, then FUCK YOU.
If you're riding on the ability of others, you need to re-examine your life, and let the people choose. Good ideas belong to those who created them. Your "innovative" company can go fuck itself on Wall Street.
It's the market that decides, and it's the people who drive the market.
Most of us (the producers) would like to see your yacht crammed up your ass. Get used to it. Your way of business is finished.
Ours will survive. Yours will die. We are useful. You are obsolete. Still like capitalism? We do.
Microsoft did precisely the same thing to Novell's IPX/SPX protocol, developing a "clean room" implementation called NWLink. This protocol allowed for critical interoperability with Netware, and played a large role in companies' gradual migration to NT.
In other words, Microsoft wouldn't be where it is today without reverse engineering.
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My wife and I have already created several brains. The process, while complicated, is actually quite enjoyable. In fact, we reenact the process several times a day.
Yes, but when will Nitin an Kumar go to White Castle?
You are an idiot.
If only they had bigger breasts. I'd buy it then.
Well, I guess IBM's no longer "cool" on Slashdot.
Your equating socialsm with communism proves that you know nothing about either. Good luck.
If you use Konqueror, you'll certainly want to upgrade. Apple's Safari team has committed substantial changes to KHTML. It's easily the fastest browser in KDE.
I haven't met many very talented yet unemployed software developers. I've met lots of mediocre or average developers that were unemployed. But the developers that I've met who were "very talented" have had little trouble finding a job.
Finding a job they like might be a different story of course.
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Bangalore, India
Um, that's "any more", not "anymore".
Gore was never president, asshat. For better or for worse, we use the electoral college to determine who becomes president.
If you don't like our system, do something about it or move elsewhere. I'm tired of hearing whiny knee-jerk liberals complain about how Bush "stole" the position from Al Bore.
If you want a law to interpret stupid voters' actual intentions, then lobby your congressperson to have a (stupid) law passed. The blazingly blatant fact is that Bush won Florida. Many (otherwise left-wing) Florida newspapers have verified that, even if stupid voters were taken into account, Bush would still have won Florida.
By saying that Bush should not be president, you must believe inherently that idiots should be given special treatment in the ballot box. While I can accept your appreciation of morons, I don't think they should be held to standards any different than that of those who can "bang the rocks together".
People without the wherewithal to properly complete a ballot created by a fucking Democrat should not have their votes counted.
Stop whining.
For the record, I voted for the Libertarian candidate.
Sorry, but when the price of a movie exceeds my hourly wage, minute for minute, it's not worth seeing.
Since I'm horribly underemployed (like most of our readers), this rules out most movies.
The only solution is to *rent* DVDs, burn them, and watch them at their "measly" resolution.
Were I not to pay to see the "hit" movies Hollywood and their bitches pitch at us continuously, I'd be able to afford an incredible television upon which I could watch DVDs in the comfort of my home.
The Matrix is just a juiced-up version of Plato's "The Cave". Unless something mind-altering happens, it remains nothing more.
Gee, wouldn't it be GREAT if we had socialized health care *just like Canada*!
h care-in-the world-(do some homework)-even though your shitty wait-three-months-before-they-stauch-my-exploding- carotid-artery has been healed by the most intelligent members of society.
Oh, wait a minute . . . Since the MDs have been socialized, they don't *really* need to be good.
Wait again. I'm sure you've met incredibly intelligent MDs in CA. After all, that's what *I* would do if I were so smart.
Whew, at least we now have an explanation for the mass exodus of USA citizens to Canada for its superior medical care.
o See, I was starting to wonder why Canadians were paying out-of-pocket to come of the US-of-fucking-paying-for-receiving-the-best-healt
I hope you read this. Your family has experienced perhaps the most brutal loss in American history.
No matter what the motives, no matter how "terrible" our "foreign policy" is, nobody deserves to die, not even bin Laden.
Judging by the tone of your message, you seem to have risen above vengeance to recognize the tragedy for what it is - a tragedy. You're much farther along than my bloodthirsty compatriots.
Why not add ATM functionality? With the steady flow of cash into the machine, workers wouldn't need to restock the ATM as frequently. Conversely, workers wouldn't need to empty the machine of cash as frequently.
The machine would offer discounts for using the most desireable form of payment. If it's low on $20 bills, it might offer a 1% to 10% discount on purchases depending upon need. If it's low on cash in general, it would offer a discount for people using credit cards and gradually increase the ATM fee. Of course, it would offer discounts on products that are overstocked or about to go bad. After a while, the machine would gather enough data to make accurate predictions about how much discount is needed for a given situation.
All fees and discounts would be prominently displayed so as to be legible from a distance. One of those cheap side-scrolling LED displays would do the trick.
It would be trivial to make the vending machine take pictures and call the police if it detects that the window has been broken. I'd be surprised if they're not already designed this way.
Anyway, I sincerely hope it takes pictures of customers who use credit cards. They're probably not providing a signature or a photo ID.
Sorry if this is a bit OT.
I have received nothing less than courteous and competent service from USPS employees.
However , I find it ridiculous that no third parties are permitted to deliver to mailboxes. I bought my mailbox, and I don't appreciate being told how I can use it. Let the post office continue their business until someone comes along with a better/faster/cheaper solution. This is the United States of America. Government monopolies in non-government-specific venues should be recognized for the atrocities that they are. We can have privately-owned prisons and roads, but we can't have a private competitor to the USPS?
What if C3 Entertainment sues Mozilla for its blatant abuse of the trademarked "Mo*" from The Three Stooges?
I guess they'll have to use a null value instead of "Mozilla".
Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
I have a 7500 also, and I've had the same hardware issue no less that 10 times. The hinges keep breaking off because of the gigantic screen and poor design.
:)
One particularly honest tech support staffer admitted that the hinges' design was a major factor in the decision to finally axe the 7500 series. If the 7500 were a car, an oven, or anything else but a *gasp* computer, there would have been a recall long ago.
Anyone else interested in a class action suit?
The atomicity allowed by this system could revolutionize TV ratings.
If a substantial portion of viewers use TiVo's "instant replay" feature on a given portion of a program, the data gathered could be used to figure out why people like certain shows.
Think of the ramifications. Nielson discovers which jokes are funny, which commercials are entertaining, how many times we're willing to sit through a given commericial, how many times viewers use "instant replay" to see Britney's tits bounce.
All of it leads to fewer repetitive commercials, better programming, and a valuable catalog of desirable programming attributes. Maybe it could even convince American networks that a little T&A goes a long way, and attracts enough viewers to compensate for the overly vocal "religious right". To be honest, I think watching T&A is a bit like picking your nose or peeing in the shower. Most people do it, but they'd never admit to it.
Hell, give out one remote per family member. The "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" can tell you that Mr. Jones loves The O'Reilley Factor, but The Mrs. can't stand it. Voting with your eyeballs just became possible.
Personally, I'd like to see commercials targeted to my demographic. I (and my wife (thank God)) could give a damn about the "New Size 14+ Maxi-Pads", but show me a commercial about the new Nissan 350Z, and I'm not gonna use the 30-second skip. And stop showing so many damned AOL ads. I ain't buying it.
I want a TV that knows what I like in commercials and in programming. Pretty soon, I'm going to have it.
"Picture a car where parents can listen to the Eagles while their kids wild out to Eminem in the back seat."
By the time this thing enters mass production, I seriously doubt many "parents" will be old enough to be Eagles fans. Furthermore, if you let your "kids" (and I mean real kids) listen to Eminem, you're a terrible parent.
Remember, even though a tech is ready for prime time, the suits still need time to make lame commercials (that I see every single commercial break), establish "corporate partnerships", and find a way to make the financials look good regardless of how well the product actually sells.
Sarcasm? Tell that to the people who called this "insightful". If I had any points today, I'd mod it "funny".
"It's all well and good developing robots for civilian use, but what's to stop the mature version of this being given a gun and told to patrol government institutions. Or even fire on demonstrators? Something here just doesn't feel right..."
Yeah, we all know how easy it is to kill Kevlar-wearing highly-trained urban warfare specialists.
So go forth.
The ideas are yours. GPL them secretly. The ideas belong to you. Obfuscate, but comment well. Your employer can never own your mind. Don't fall prey to their bullshit. That which you create, you own. Period.
Were I to give birth to a child, that child would not belong to my "current employer". Fuck that. If their "policy" dictates otherwise, Thoreau is in order. And if you can't do it cleanly, do it secretly. Logic belongs to the Man who created it. Abdication is an illusion. Your creation will always be yours. GPL it. It's the only chance we have.
Sorry, but any empire that exists solely to push money around deserves our scorn.
I can't count the times I've been fucked by bankers, insurance companies, and the like - only to consider how much value they produce. . .
None.
They produce nothing. They have self-perpetuating capital while the rest of us work for a living. And now we find out they've been lying on their financial statements???
Look, you're already a rich fuck. If you've made it this far on your own two feet, then you're my idol. If you've made it this far on the backs of the young, who are just trying to get out of debt, then FUCK YOU .
If you're riding on the ability of others, you need to re-examine your life, and let the people choose. Good ideas belong to those who created them. Your "innovative" company can go fuck itself on Wall Street.
It's the market that decides, and it's the people who drive the market.
Most of us (the producers) would like to see your yacht crammed up your ass. Get used to it. Your way of business is finished.
Ours will survive. Yours will die. We are useful. You are obsolete. Still like capitalism? We do.
Microsoft did precisely the same thing to Novell's IPX/SPX protocol, developing a "clean room" implementation called NWLink. This protocol allowed for critical interoperability with Netware, and played a large role in companies' gradual migration to NT.
In other words, Microsoft wouldn't be where it is today without reverse engineering.
The sword cuts both ways, Billy.