They'd have to outlaw all pop-up ads, because one good mousetrap could conceiveably cost you almost a buck. A penny a page doesn't sound like much, but think of the money people like intellicast or others who use these pop-up ads would make on their millions of daily page views.
Why would I click on a story before many of the comments are posted? I'd see a few fp schmucks and a few others who'll blow a penny to post, but not much else, I think. I would probably only click on the stories the following day, after any intelligent posting happened. But then, if many followed that example, there'd be no discussions.
With the cost involved here, there must be a substantial Service Level Agreement associated with it. Read it thoroughly. What is really promised, what recourse do you have if you feel the SLA isn't being met, and when a dispute arises, what mechanism is specified there to do the measurements? You can measure all you want, but when it comes to negotiating with your ISP, you'll have to play by the rules specified there, so you might see how it looks, and how it compares to your other measurements.
Last "Ultra-secure data hosting company" I worked for always pointed out this sort of biometric device to tourists and journalists, but explained that they looked for a pulse, too, so cutting off the finger wouldn't work. Maybe Acer should advertise this feature, too.
Re:The towers collapsed for a simple reason!
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The towers were designed with airplane disasters in mind:
Built in the 1970s, World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City were designed to withstand normal fires and hurricane-force winds. According to some reports, engineers believed that even the impact of a Boeing 707 would not bring down the towers.
(from: http://architecture.about.com/library/weekly/aa091 201a.htm)
After all, in 1945 a B-25 bomber flew into the Empire State Building, killing 13 (but not knocking down the building).
NASA (rightly) wants to track Near Earth objects and keep an eye out for things that might hit earth (as one should, sooner or later). You have to figure the logical next step is to develop a plan to move said objects out of the way (as they say, the sooner you move it, the less you actually have to move it). But because it requires vision beyond the next election, it is difficult to fund.
Nasa just needs to point out that this technology has easy crossover application of creating a military mass-driver. Through asteroids at the enemy (especially big ones which are easy to hit). No need to be manned, or carry guns, just engines and fuel.
Main Entry: theory
Pronunciation: 'thE-&-rE, 'thi(-&)r-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ries
Etymology: Late Latin theoria, from Greek theOria, from theOrein
Date: 1592
1 : the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another 2 : abstract thought
3 : the general or abstract principles of a body of fact, a science, or an art
Refers to a body of knowledge. Gravitation is a theory, evolution is a theory, law is a theory. This doesn't mean "we're not sure." There may be some varying degree of surety within that body of knowledge, but that does not invalidate the entire body of knowledge.
Not understanding the mechanism doesn't mean it doesn't do what it does. Gravitation kept everything earth-bound long before the apocryphal apple landed on Newton's head.
The modern study of climate encompasses maybe 50 years. Oldest reliable weather obs date back about 400 years (and at a precious few locations), and older data are deduced from ice cores and such making assumptions which could be wrong and which yield less-than-finely-grained data. With an enormous and enormously complex system involved, and with the physics and chemistry incompletely understood, not to mention extremely challenging to model, and assuming infinite computational power (which is not as bad as you might think, since climate and nuke modelling are #s 1 and 2 on CPU use over most supercomputing facilities), we can't possibly venture more than barely educated guesses.
Scientists are pretty evenly split on whether global warming even exists, though neither the press nor the politicians are clever enough to convey this to the public, who are probably not interested or educated enough to understand even that. Read this by a scientist involved in evalutaing claims used to support Kyoto.
There is ample evidence to support claims on both sides, and only the most zealous and those with agendas will claim irrefutable proof.
Do people affect the environment they live in? Sure. Do greenhouse gases warm the atmosphere? Of course, that's why they're called that. Can these effects really overwhelm the huge natural processes and cycles of the planet to modify it enough for us to notice? We don't know.
Maybe we're staving off the now-overdue ice age. Perhaps we're experiencing a regular or otherwise cycle of climatic oscillation. Maybe we're screwing ourselves. Who knows? It is relatively certain that curtailing our emissions would have smaller impact on the environment, but that impact might already be much smaller than we think.
Certainly it couldn't hurt, but Kyoto could, and a decision to support it or not should be based on solid environmental, economic and political considerations. Kyoto not only radically reduced limits on pollution in the US and other 1st world nations, but guaranteed the right of 3rd world nations to continue to pollute indefinitely. There were many other difficulties as well, many of which reflect the USA's decreasing involvement in international affairs (W can't even spell UN, so we shouldn't be surprised), and the diplomatic Napoleon complex being expressed by the EU, trying to throw it's new, generally left-leaning politcal weight around.
The world is likely to be severely impacted by an asteroid large enough to cause catastrophic climate change, and will without doubt suffer even worse damage as our sun ages in a billion years or so. Politicians pay no atention to these issues, which would be easy to mitigate given the time until their effects will be felt. Any time they spend on Global Warming is to garner public accolades for their "green" side. Maybe this cancels out drilling in ANWAR.
If a cop walks up and puts his hand on my wall, and it feels warmer than my neighbors' walls, does this violate my rights under the 4th Amendment? Of course not.
If he looks at my wall, does he violate it? Take a picture? No, of course not.
Yet all they've done here is use a device to percieve the radiation emitted from a surface, very little different from taking a picture of it, or looking at it.
I'm at about 18500 feet, which means, to verizon, I am dead. They won't even let anyone else (speakeasy, toadnet, etc.) do even IDSL to me, though there's no technical limitation preventing it.
But of course, I can pony up the extra money and get BUSINESS DSL service, no problem. What gives? Is this just a way to screw the little guy and make even MORE money?
into the effects of this interactive violence on children or adults. What little reasearch has been done tends to show a cathartic effect -- violent tendencies tend to wane in people playing violent games. This is probably the reason for so little research -- those who have the money to burn on this research want the results to go the other way, and aren't likely to pony up for a truly independent study with open protocols which might run completely counter to their goals.
The gaming industry should put up the funding for a large-scale study of this sort done by independent researchers devoid (as much as is possible) of bias in this situation to determine once and for all to get htese things laid to rest.
I would note that WATCHING violence (TV, etc.) does have a pronounced desensitizing effect. My armchair psychologist's opinion is that the difference is that games provide an ability to vent where video doesn't, and there is simply no control over your destiny.
Aside from gathering otehrwise useless liteners (those who can't buy the stuff advertised)...
Why should people be paid more for doing the same job, but more efficiently (the DJs are doing the same shows, just getting pushed to more ears)? If I get a better PC and it crunches my data faster, but I do no more work, I still get paid the same.
Microsoft has limited the bitrate at which Windows' built-in recorder will record MP3s (who uses this anyway?).
Also, there are compatibility issues with some of the other 3rd party rippers right now (no word on which), but very likely these aren't by design, and will be worked around before long.
There are even stories in some major media that the plane was actually fired on by the second Chinese fighter and FORCED to land on the chinese island of Hinan(?).
Assuming that what I've read here is true, then bit copies (perhaps requiring specialized hardware and in-depth technical knowledge) are still possible (so pirates could still do it), but ripping to my hard drive for convenience or transport on a portable device is at best extremely difficult for the average user(i.e. not someone posting here). Seems to do exactly the wrong thing.
Fair use still exists despite the DMCA, and they're probably violating it.
It's not OSS, but Intuit (Turbo Tax) has a web-based filing option. Don't know how it works (this is a good reason to keep my MS box around) from Mozilla, but it is there.
Every industry has lots of mindless grunt work to do, much of it cannot or will not be automated for the foreseeable future. Someone has to do it. Someone is defined as a) the new guy. b) the interns. c) someone who doesn't speak english well.
People who never have to do this sort of work ever tend to take this work for granted and misunderstand it. All work you do has a lesson, and some day you may have to be responsible for a bunch of people doing it OFR you -- better you should have appropriate expectations. You may earn more respect and get more work out of them.
This would be much funnier...
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if the NFL hadn't already thought of it. Minus the spikes, of course. Personal seat licence. To get season tickets at, say, PSINet stadium in Baltimore, you had to buy a PSL (something on the order of $1000) before you could spend the money on the tickets themselves. And of course you could only buy two at a time.
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They'd have to outlaw all pop-up ads, because one good mousetrap could conceiveably cost you almost a buck. A penny a page doesn't sound like much, but think of the money people like intellicast or others who use these pop-up ads would make on their millions of daily page views.
Why would I click on a story before many of the comments are posted? I'd see a few fp schmucks and a few others who'll blow a penny to post, but not much else, I think. I would probably only click on the stories the following day, after any intelligent posting happened. But then, if many followed that example, there'd be no discussions.
With the cost involved here, there must be a substantial Service Level Agreement associated with it. Read it thoroughly. What is really promised, what recourse do you have if you feel the SLA isn't being met, and when a dispute arises, what mechanism is specified there to do the measurements? You can measure all you want, but when it comes to negotiating with your ISP, you'll have to play by the rules specified there, so you might see how it looks, and how it compares to your other measurements.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bhami/rosetta.html
Great for figuring out how to do X on OS Y if you know how to fo it on OS Z. Except windows.
If I recall from reading about Voicestream's offering earlier this week on /., they charge by bandwidth used, not time.
Last "Ultra-secure data hosting company" I worked for always pointed out this sort of biometric device to tourists and journalists, but explained that they looked for a pulse, too, so cutting off the finger wouldn't work. Maybe Acer should advertise this feature, too.
The towers were designed with airplane disasters in mind: Built in the 1970s, World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City were designed to withstand normal fires and hurricane-force winds. According to some reports, engineers believed that even the impact of a Boeing 707 would not bring down the towers. (from: http://architecture.about.com/library/weekly/aa091 201a.htm)
After all, in 1945 a B-25 bomber flew into the Empire State Building, killing 13 (but not knocking down the building).
NASA (rightly) wants to track Near Earth objects and keep an eye out for things that might hit earth (as one should, sooner or later). You have to figure the logical next step is to develop a plan to move said objects out of the way (as they say, the sooner you move it, the less you actually have to move it). But because it requires vision beyond the next election, it is difficult to fund.
Nasa just needs to point out that this technology has easy crossover application of creating a military mass-driver. Through asteroids at the enemy (especially big ones which are easy to hit). No need to be manned, or carry guns, just engines and fuel.
from merriamwebster.com:
Main Entry: theory
Pronunciation: 'thE-&-rE, 'thi(-&)r-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ries
Etymology: Late Latin theoria, from Greek theOria, from theOrein
Date: 1592
1 : the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another
2 : abstract thought
3 : the general or abstract principles of a body of fact, a science, or an art
Refers to a body of knowledge. Gravitation is a theory, evolution is a theory, law is a theory. This doesn't mean "we're not sure." There may be some varying degree of surety within that body of knowledge, but that does not invalidate the entire body of knowledge.
Not understanding the mechanism doesn't mean it doesn't do what it does. Gravitation kept everything earth-bound long before the apocryphal apple landed on Newton's head.
The modern study of climate encompasses maybe 50 years. Oldest reliable weather obs date back about 400 years (and at a precious few locations), and older data are deduced from ice cores and such making assumptions which could be wrong and which yield less-than-finely-grained data. With an enormous and enormously complex system involved, and with the physics and chemistry incompletely understood, not to mention extremely challenging to model, and assuming infinite computational power (which is not as bad as you might think, since climate and nuke modelling are #s 1 and 2 on CPU use over most supercomputing facilities), we can't possibly venture more than barely educated guesses.
Scientists are pretty evenly split on whether global warming even exists, though neither the press nor the politicians are clever enough to convey this to the public, who are probably not interested or educated enough to understand even that. Read this by a scientist involved in evalutaing claims used to support Kyoto. There is ample evidence to support claims on both sides, and only the most zealous and those with agendas will claim irrefutable proof.
Do people affect the environment they live in? Sure. Do greenhouse gases warm the atmosphere? Of course, that's why they're called that. Can these effects really overwhelm the huge natural processes and cycles of the planet to modify it enough for us to notice? We don't know.
Maybe we're staving off the now-overdue ice age. Perhaps we're experiencing a regular or otherwise cycle of climatic oscillation. Maybe we're screwing ourselves. Who knows? It is relatively certain that curtailing our emissions would have smaller impact on the environment, but that impact might already be much smaller than we think.
Certainly it couldn't hurt, but Kyoto could, and a decision to support it or not should be based on solid environmental, economic and political considerations. Kyoto not only radically reduced limits on pollution in the US and other 1st world nations, but guaranteed the right of 3rd world nations to continue to pollute indefinitely. There were many other difficulties as well, many of which reflect the USA's decreasing involvement in international affairs (W can't even spell UN, so we shouldn't be surprised), and the diplomatic Napoleon complex being expressed by the EU, trying to throw it's new, generally left-leaning politcal weight around.
The world is likely to be severely impacted by an asteroid large enough to cause catastrophic climate change, and will without doubt suffer even worse damage as our sun ages in a billion years or so. Politicians pay no atention to these issues, which would be easy to mitigate given the time until their effects will be felt. Any time they spend on Global Warming is to garner public accolades for their "green" side. Maybe this cancels out drilling in ANWAR.
If a cop walks up and puts his hand on my wall, and it feels warmer than my neighbors' walls, does this violate my rights under the 4th Amendment? Of course not.
If he looks at my wall, does he violate it? Take a picture? No, of course not.
Yet all they've done here is use a device to percieve the radiation emitted from a surface, very little different from taking a picture of it, or looking at it.
Discuss.
I'm at about 18500 feet, which means, to verizon, I am dead. They won't even let anyone else (speakeasy, toadnet, etc.) do even IDSL to me, though there's no technical limitation preventing it.
But of course, I can pony up the extra money and get BUSINESS DSL service, no problem. What gives? Is this just a way to screw the little guy and make even MORE money?
LL Bean has a few that are quite up this alley. Not purse-like, but lots of little nooks and crannies to stick stuff in.
WordPerfect.
Corel made it available (and to some extent free), and it compares well feature and ease-of-use-wise with Word. It didn't help.
into the effects of this interactive violence on children or adults. What little reasearch has been done tends to show a cathartic effect -- violent tendencies tend to wane in people playing violent games. This is probably the reason for so little research -- those who have the money to burn on this research want the results to go the other way, and aren't likely to pony up for a truly independent study with open protocols which might run completely counter to their goals.
The gaming industry should put up the funding for a large-scale study of this sort done by independent researchers devoid (as much as is possible) of bias in this situation to determine once and for all to get htese things laid to rest.
I would note that WATCHING violence (TV, etc.) does have a pronounced desensitizing effect. My armchair psychologist's opinion is that the difference is that games provide an ability to vent where video doesn't, and there is simply no control over your destiny.
Aside from gathering otehrwise useless liteners (those who can't buy the stuff advertised)...
Why should people be paid more for doing the same job, but more efficiently (the DJs are doing the same shows, just getting pushed to more ears)? If I get a better PC and it crunches my data faster, but I do no more work, I still get paid the same.
FWIW, NPR is still on the net.
Microsoft has limited the bitrate at which Windows' built-in recorder will record MP3s (who uses this anyway?).
Also, there are compatibility issues with some of the other 3rd party rippers right now (no word on which), but very likely these aren't by design, and will be worked around before long.
Any word on Ogg functionality on XP?
There are even stories in some major media that the plane was actually fired on by the second Chinese fighter and FORCED to land on the chinese island of Hinan(?).
Assuming that what I've read here is true, then bit copies (perhaps requiring specialized hardware and in-depth technical knowledge) are still possible (so pirates could still do it), but ripping to my hard drive for convenience or transport on a portable device is at best extremely difficult for the average user(i.e. not someone posting here). Seems to do exactly the wrong thing.
Fair use still exists despite the DMCA, and they're probably violating it.
It's not OSS, but Intuit (Turbo Tax) has a web-based filing option. Don't know how it works (this is a good reason to keep my MS box around) from Mozilla, but it is there.
1500 copies of Windows 2000 Pro at the going price of US$258 (at CDW this morning) =
US$378000.00
Minus the enterprise licensing discount (prob. about 10%).
Does this mean we'll have to update our bookmarks? Has OSDN looked at obtaining the slashdot.net and .com???
Cyberguys has relatively cheap pigtails -- 6" extension cords to mate any wall-wart to a power strip.
Every industry has lots of mindless grunt work to do, much of it cannot or will not be automated for the foreseeable future. Someone has to do it. Someone is defined as a) the new guy. b) the interns. c) someone who doesn't speak english well.
People who never have to do this sort of work ever tend to take this work for granted and misunderstand it. All work you do has a lesson, and some day you may have to be responsible for a bunch of people doing it OFR you -- better you should have appropriate expectations. You may earn more respect and get more work out of them.
if the NFL hadn't already thought of it. Minus the spikes, of course. Personal seat licence. To get season tickets at, say, PSINet stadium in Baltimore, you had to buy a PSL (something on the order of $1000) before you could spend the money on the tickets themselves. And of course you could only buy two at a time.