Instead of e-mailing text, print to an image file in a a font OCR apps don't understand, encoded as uncompressed geo-tiff of course, and send it as an attachment.
It is unencrypted and in the clear for all to see.
Giving to charity and sharing are good things to do, but does that make you a philanthropist?
M$ gives away software when it suits them, and supposedly shares its source. That is not philanthropy. IBM has given away software and patents, but do those acts make them philanthropists?
The argument has been made that the trouble with open source is that the community in general develops software for themselves (free) or others (for a fee) and then shares it.
You would think that after all the lesson learned, and the work put in to get asbestos and PCBs off the market, there would be a mechanism in place to keep it from happening again.
At some point all the proofs that humans can solve will be solved. We are better off using our creativity looking for new things to prove, and helping the computers when they hit dead ends.
At the very least get an Amateur Radio License. It is an easy way to learn the basic technology behind radio, and will also aquaint you with the legal aspects of broadcasting.
You should be able to get a no-code license in a few months through a local club. The Amateur Radio Relay League is a good place to start.
The general rule is that you have to pay taxes. If you are a Canadian working in the US you have to prove to the Canadian Revenue Agency (our version of the IRS) that you paid taxes in the USA, otherwise you have to pay in Canada.
Same applies to a yank working north of the border.
"This is a silent epidemic of media desensitisation that teaches kids it's OK to diss people because they are a woman, they're a different colour or they're from a different place."
Makes you wonder if playing the game makes it easier for the WHITEhouse to categorize all individuals from certain countrys and backgrounds as terrorists and take their rights and privileges away.
I personally think that J. Michael Straczynski should have a go, he pulled off B5 on a shoestring. See his comments here http://www.joeuser.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=10&AID= 65211. Imagine what he could do with Paramounts financing and marketing muscle.
Like wise I would like to see Jose Whedon thoughts and Quentin Tarantino's ideas. Even Jonathan Frakes has demonstrated enough talent as a director and producer with Roswell to put together a good team.
My biggest issue is with the lifespan of the DRM schemes and authentication backends.
I am okay for short lifespans. If I rent a video from the local BlockBusters I am perfectly okay with a DRM scheme that blocks access after a fixed period of time.
Over the long run I have see many problems:
1. Lifespan of companies like the new Napster. The music is only playable as long as Napster is around to authenticate the DRM scheme. Napster goes out of business and its dead.
2. Lifespan of the DRM scheme. If I buy (not rent) a title, the DRM scheme better allow me to use it as long as I have it. I don't want to find out its not compatible with Windows 2020 or Linux 10.4, and told I have to buy a new version.
3. Valid expiry dates. If a title has a copyright expiry date of say March 1, 2054, then the DRM should reflect this, not 2038 (UNIX time_t value) which I expect to be around for, or infinite (which means the title will be copyrighted well after the Sun goes nova).
Are we arguing whether tax payer funded software should be released, or the openness of the science behind their claims?
In science the experiment must be repeatable by independent researchers. If substantiating the claim requires the release of source and algorithms for scrutiny then that is what has to happen. Otherwise it is just a claim.
Now 0x42424242 is on Thursday, March 24, 2005 04:29:54 UTC, and depending on your timezone, that is around the beginning of Good Friday. 42 as you know represents the meaning of Life, etc., which is interesting given it occurs around Easter.
In Base2, it is 1000010010000100100001001000010, which looks better than 1000010001110100011010111000111 or 0x423A35C7.
Bootable Live CDs with recovery tools - old news Pockets big enough to carry CDs - so seventies Titanium jewel case to protect the CD in your pocket - expensive, lumpy and painful
Using your iPod to rescue a PC while still listing to your music in front of a drop jawed user. Now that's cool.
One Microsoft Research invention was a clock that has a hand for each member of the household and instead of showing time, shows the location of each member. No mention if it could tell time.
Obviously no one at Microsoft Research reads Harry Potter or they might have noticed the Weasley household has a clock that not only identifies the location of household members, but knows when they are in peril.
As for whether it can tell time of not, the Spy Kids movie had a watch that was so full of gadgets it couldn't tell time.
I wonder if they will mention these movies as prior art when they apply for patents?
1) As a general rule it is time to leave when you stop being happy (define happy?) with work.
2) If you have good instinctly, listen to them. Get advice from someone you trust (but not a friend). Always ask your friends if you have good instincts and are a good judge of character, must of us have blind spots at the very least.
3) It has been said before, don't quit until you have a new job! The marketplace can change rapidly, it won't be the same as when you got the job you have now.
4) Don't tip your hand before you are ready to leave, and don't burn your bridges.
5) Never regret your decision. Assuming you would never make a bad decision if you knew all the facts (at the time). In general it may be years before you can look back and say whether it was a good decision or not.
I once resigned a position, and found out afterwards I was in line for a promotion; but the company went belly up a year later (no last pay cheque, no severance, no references for its employees).
Apple's Tivo Videocasting Service or iTunes+Video
on
Can TiVo be Saved?
·
· Score: 2, Insightful
Take a page from Apple.
Build a content sales and distribution network to feed you hardware business.
Apple uses iTunes to promote iPods. Tivo should build an internet version of a cable specialty channel, and distribute content. Bittorrent does it now, Tivo can do it for the Tivoted.
Apple are you listening? A repackaged Mac Mini (Mac PVR) with TV tuner, more storage, a dedicated remote control and a bittorrent flavoured version of iTunes. And while you are at it buy Tivo. And remember, do it with STYLE
Needless to say governments are hooked on taxes. If people stop smoking, cigarette tax revenues would dry up and they would start taxing you for something else. In a recent Slashdot story http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/15/20 1217&tid=158&tid=219 California wants a new "by the mile" tax on cars because more fuel efficient cars pay less gas tax.
Economics states that people will move to a cheaper (less taxed) alternative when the current one becomes to expensive (usually through taxation). Eventually those alternatives have to be taxed as well.
We could just give them 50% of everything we make, but next year they would want 52%......
Slashdot Mirror
Instead of e-mailing text, print to an image file in a a font OCR apps don't understand, encoded as uncompressed geo-tiff of course, and send it as an attachment.
It is unencrypted and in the clear for all to see.
Better yet use a M$ dialect and invest in M$.
I am talking about Philanthropy with a capital P.
Giving to charity and sharing are good things to do, but does that make you a philanthropist?
M$ gives away software when it suits them, and supposedly shares its source. That is not philanthropy. IBM has given away software and patents, but do those acts make them philanthropists?
The argument has been made that the trouble with open source is that the community in general develops software for themselves (free) or others (for a fee) and then shares it.
Bill Gates one saving grace may be his philanthropic efforts.
Are their any great examples of philanthropy in the open source community?
So how do new products get evaluated?
You would think that after all the lesson learned, and the work put in to get asbestos and PCBs off the market, there would be a mechanism in place to keep it from happening again.
At some point all the proofs that humans can solve will be solved. We are better off using our creativity looking for new things to prove, and helping the computers when they hit dead ends.
Check out the MIT Cricket Indoor Location System. http://cricket.csail.mit.edu/.
? sid=116
It is commercially available from Crossbox Technologies http://www.xbow.com/Products/productsdetails.aspx
When will these people learn that independent sober second opinions are valuable.
Years from know they will probably say "We made the best decision with the information we had at the time".
At the very least get an Amateur Radio License. It is an easy way to learn the basic technology behind radio, and will also aquaint you with the legal aspects of broadcasting.
You should be able to get a no-code license in a few months through a local club. The Amateur Radio Relay League is a good place to start.
Canada has a tax treaty with the US.
The general rule is that you have to pay taxes. If you are a Canadian working in the US you have to prove to the Canadian Revenue Agency (our version of the IRS) that you paid taxes in the USA, otherwise you have to pay in Canada.
Same applies to a yank working north of the border.
Nice to see some opinions, on JMS at least.
So who do you think should get a shot at writing and directing a Trek series? Or another movie for that matter.
This reminds me of the Alien and Terminator movie sagas. So many points of view that the writers and directors have taken on a basic premise.
That reminded me of the Antonio Banderas' El Mariachi movies.
The bottom line is Paramount isn't doing Star Trek any favours. Either put it to pasture or let some talent have a go.
"This is a silent epidemic of media desensitisation that teaches kids it's OK to diss people because they are a woman, they're a different colour or they're from a different place."
Makes you wonder if playing the game makes it easier for the WHITEhouse to categorize all individuals from certain countrys and backgrounds as terrorists and take their rights and privileges away.
I personally think that J. Michael Straczynski should have a go, he pulled off B5 on a shoestring. See his comments here http://www.joeuser.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=10&AID= 65211. Imagine what he could do with Paramounts financing and marketing muscle.
Like wise I would like to see Jose Whedon thoughts and Quentin Tarantino's ideas. Even Jonathan Frakes has demonstrated enough talent as a director and producer with Roswell to put together a good team.
My biggest issue is with the lifespan of the DRM schemes and authentication backends.
I am okay for short lifespans. If I rent a video from the local BlockBusters I am perfectly okay with a DRM scheme that blocks access after a fixed period of time.
Over the long run I have see many problems:
1. Lifespan of companies like the new Napster. The music is only playable as long as Napster is around to authenticate the DRM scheme. Napster goes out of business and its dead.
2. Lifespan of the DRM scheme. If I buy (not rent) a title, the DRM scheme better allow me to use it as long as I have it. I don't want to find out its not compatible with Windows 2020 or Linux 10.4, and told I have to buy a new version.
3. Valid expiry dates. If a title has a copyright expiry date of say March 1, 2054, then the DRM should reflect this, not 2038 (UNIX time_t value) which I expect to be around for, or infinite (which means the title will be copyrighted well after the Sun goes nova).
Are we arguing whether tax payer funded software should be released, or the openness of the science behind their claims?
In science the experiment must be repeatable by independent researchers. If substantiating the claim requires the release of source and algorithms for scrutiny then that is what has to happen. Otherwise it is just a claim.
Sorry, not enough geek.
Now 0x42424242 is on Thursday, March 24, 2005 04:29:54 UTC, and depending on your timezone, that is around the beginning of Good Friday. 42 as you know represents the meaning of Life, etc., which is interesting given it occurs around Easter.
In Base2, it is 1000010010000100100001001000010,
which looks better than 1000010001110100011010111000111 or 0x423A35C7.
BTW. 42 has always been the correct answer.
Bootable Live CDs with recovery tools - old news
Pockets big enough to carry CDs - so seventies
Titanium jewel case to protect the CD in your pocket - expensive, lumpy and painful
Using your iPod to rescue a PC while still listing to your music in front of a drop jawed user. Now that's cool.
One Microsoft Research invention was a clock that has a hand for each member of the household and instead of showing time, shows the location of each member. No mention if it could tell time.
Obviously no one at Microsoft Research reads Harry Potter or they might have noticed the Weasley household has a clock that not only identifies the location of household members, but knows when they are in peril.
As for whether it can tell time of not, the Spy Kids movie had a watch that was so full of gadgets it couldn't tell time.
I wonder if they will mention these movies as prior art when they apply for patents?
IEEE 802.3af aka Power-over-Ethernet and USB 2.0 both provide DC power in a standardized form factor.
USB 2.0 is good for 5.0 volts and a max of 500ma (2.5 watts) for the bus.
IEEE 802.3af is good for 44-57 volts and a max of 15.4 watts.
Many devices currently on the market, such as PDAs, iPODs, and a few cell phones will charge from USB ports.
Unfortunately the future is hard to predict.
1) As a general rule it is time to leave when you stop being happy (define happy?) with work.
2) If you have good instinctly, listen to them. Get advice from someone you trust (but not a friend). Always ask your friends if you have good instincts and are a good judge of character, must of us have blind spots at the very least.
3) It has been said before, don't quit until you have a new job! The marketplace can change rapidly, it won't be the same as when you got the job you have now.
4) Don't tip your hand before you are ready to leave, and don't burn your bridges.
5) Never regret your decision. Assuming you would never make a bad decision if you knew all the facts (at the time). In general it may be years before you can look back and say whether it was a good decision or not.
I once resigned a position, and found out afterwards I was in line for a promotion; but the company went belly up a year later (no last pay cheque, no severance, no references for its employees).
Programmers should have a similar contest.
Programmers have to post 100 lines of code (tested and debugged) Monday - Friday before midnight.
Must remember to call my broker before I successfully predict a rumour.
c id=11746124
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=140271&
Take a page from Apple.
Build a content sales and distribution network to feed you hardware business.
Apple uses iTunes to promote iPods. Tivo should build an internet version of a cable specialty channel, and distribute content. Bittorrent does it now, Tivo can do it for the Tivoted.
Apple are you listening? A repackaged Mac Mini (Mac PVR) with TV tuner, more storage, a dedicated remote control and a bittorrent flavoured version of iTunes. And while you are at it buy Tivo. And remember, do it with STYLE
"doing whatever it takes to protect our commercial interests and prevent other companies from stealing our market".
Pretty much says it all.
Needless to say governments are hooked on taxes. If people stop smoking, cigarette tax revenues would dry up and they would start taxing you for something else. In a recent Slashdot story http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/15/20 1217&tid=158&tid=219 California wants a new "by the mile" tax on cars because more fuel efficient cars pay less gas tax.
Economics states that people will move to a cheaper (less taxed) alternative when the current one becomes to expensive (usually through taxation). Eventually those alternatives have to be taxed as well.
We could just give them 50% of everything we make, but next year they would want 52%......