How is MTV open door? Most studio visitors will not have a chance to play the X-box. At least trade shows allow anyone with an entrance pass to try the products.
I don't know how many people will read this comment (my karma is pretty low), but I work on a toxicology project where we're examining the effects of nanoparticles on cell cultures and, in some case, we also perform animal studies. Let me the first to say that no nanotox studies have ever been performed on large mammals or humans. The best data we have so far comes from in vitro cell cultures, fish, or rats. Therefore, we don't know the true impact that these materials will have on humans. Further, much of the research is inconsistent and all over the place. In our lab we show that nano aluminum (a common ingredient in making military weapons) will kill lung cells in a Petri dish. However, when we force rats to inhale these same particles, we cannot measure an inflammatory response, much less a toxic effect. Unfortunately, extremists from the environmentalist camp (i.e., the ETC Group) want to see nanotech banned before its even has a chance to be studied in a lab. I think --- and this is my professional opinion --- that we need to continue doing tox studies while allowing industries to put their products on the market.
As a bonus, here are some of the results from some others' research on nanotech:
* When rats inhale carbon nanotubes, the tubes bypass the blood-brain barrier and cover the brain. The resultant rats had black brains!
* Titania dioxide, a common ingredient in paint, sun screen and tooth paste, is very toxic to cells and rats.
* Silica dioxide, also a common ingredient in paint and food, is not toxic.
* Fullerenes (aka, bucky balls) are deadly to fish (verified by Richard Smalley from Rice University --- he created bucky balls)
Note that all of these materials exhibit very different properties from the bulk. You won't get sick from most of these products if you use the same concentrations of material, but simply change the size of the particles.
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Actually, Disney and all the other hard-working Americans think deuist should get off his lazy, I-expect-everything-to-be-given-to-me, stupid, liberal ass, stop being supported by Mommy and Daddy, and start earning his way. Then he'll have some respect for laws affording protection to the creations of others, which they've labored considerably to produce.
In other news, Disney has decided to release all of its old movies into the public domain. Says spokeman David Franz, "We realize that the DMCA and the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act were both mistakes that hurt the American public."
Instead of building a better desktop installer, I'd rather see developers make a better application installer. Sure, OpenOffice may be easy to install, but most software gets posted online in the form of GPL'd code with limited instructions on how to compile the work. Sometimes the instructions work, sometimes they don't. Before someone pops off and replies, "You're an idiot if you can't get something to compile/install on Linux," maybe you should realize that the majority of PC users want something that they can double click and be done with.
notice the problem with the person interviewed? He's a Microsoft Systems Engineer. Of course the people he's talking to are going to use MS products.** If we interviewed a RedHat system admin, he would say, "All the users I know use OSS."
** I assume that he's talking to these users as he fixes their crashes.
Are you serious? Are the people who count the votes not volunteers in the US?
No, they aren't. I see advertisements in the newspaper every now and then asking for people to work at the polls for minimum wage. That's why you see so many elderly people working at polling locations -- easy pay for easy work with no lont-term commitment.
To pursue its claim against IBM, whose programmers have been some of the most prolific contributors to Linux, SCO has hired David Boies, who represented the government against Microsoft and Gore against Bush before the US Supreme Court.
Let's see... Bush is president and Microsoft is still a monopoly. I don't think IBM has anything to worry about.
Conclusion: You have a greater chance of dying in a car crash than having your mobile phone explode.
That's a bad analogy. Car accidents occur often because of the driver, not the car itself. I'm sure if using a cell phone was as complicated as driving a car, we would see more explosions.
You think that's a list? Try the book How To Be Invisible. The author suggests forming a LLC and buying all of your cars and houses through it, never using your home address (have a ghost address for incoming mail and use a post office drop for outgoing), paying for everything with cash, and never calling a 1-800 number. Try it. He may sound like a nut case, but I guarantee you no one is going to track him down.
I know that some people have made references to Ad-aware, but I strongly recommend Spybot: Search and Destroy instead. Comparing the two programs is like comparing a cannon to a flyswatter. Spybot consistantly finds more snoopware, cookies, and registry files than Ad-aware. It will elimate the nasty toolbars and everything else that may irritate you, too.
MyIE2 is a wonderful addon to Internet Explorer that has pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, and skins -- as well as many other extras such as the ability to right-click even when webpages have forbidden it. For people who like the speed and rendering capabilities of IE, but want the features of Mozilla, I highly suggest giving MyIE2 a try.
>> they are lectures that feynman gave to an incoming group of physics majors at cal tech, so they start of very basic
Actually, the Feynman lectures are at an advanced level. Feynman stated that when he was teaching the course, each class hour was packed with students eager to learn. As time went on, however, he noticed that many of the students were failing. He wondered why so many would attend lecture only to fail the exams later. After a while he realized that the people in the audience were actually graduate students and professors.
Knowing the Chinese, it will really be a stolen Intel chip (the sheep) made to look like an AMD (the horse). At least this way, a cost-conscious PHB (the monkey) could try to save his company money by shifting money overseas.
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How is MTV open door? Most studio visitors will not have a chance to play the X-box. At least trade shows allow anyone with an entrance pass to try the products.
As a bonus, here are some of the results from some others' research on nanotech:
* When rats inhale carbon nanotubes, the tubes bypass the blood-brain barrier and cover the brain. The resultant rats had black brains!
* Titania dioxide, a common ingredient in paint, sun screen and tooth paste, is very toxic to cells and rats.
* Silica dioxide, also a common ingredient in paint and food, is not toxic.
* Fullerenes (aka, bucky balls) are deadly to fish (verified by Richard Smalley from Rice University --- he created bucky balls)
Note that all of these materials exhibit very different properties from the bulk. You won't get sick from most of these products if you use the same concentrations of material, but simply change the size of the particles.
Our work will be published early next week on http://www.nanotoxicology.ufl.edu/.
If you want to keep IE but lose the pop-ups, try Maxthon. It's add-on that gives the best of both worlds.
I sure am!
-- Michael Jackson
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In other news, the U.S. Post Office is letting users keep their zip codes when they move.
I didn't know EMI employees viewed Slashdot.
In other news, Disney has decided to release all of its old movies into the public domain. Says spokeman David Franz, "We realize that the DMCA and the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act were both mistakes that hurt the American public."
Sure, he gave $25,000 to the families of every Palestinian suicide bomber.
Saddam hated Osama each other more than Bush hates either of them.
While Saddam and Osama may have hated each other, they did agree on attacking the Saudis.
I thought that magnetism was a process that involved two pieces of metal being attracted to each other. Oh, you said magmatism ...
Instead of building a better desktop installer, I'd rather see developers make a better application installer. Sure, OpenOffice may be easy to install, but most software gets posted online in the form of GPL'd code with limited instructions on how to compile the work. Sometimes the instructions work, sometimes they don't. Before someone pops off and replies, "You're an idiot if you can't get something to compile/install on Linux," maybe you should realize that the majority of PC users want something that they can double click and be done with.
Put down the computer and let the music go!
In addition, Warren Buffet has claimed that Wal-Mart is soley responsible for keeping down inflation in America.
** I assume that he's talking to these users as he fixes their crashes.
No, they aren't. I see advertisements in the newspaper every now and then asking for people to work at the polls for minimum wage. That's why you see so many elderly people working at polling locations -- easy pay for easy work with no lont-term commitment.
>> and has been harassing us for over a year.
Don't these statements seem contradictory? If he is not contacting you, how can he be harassing you?
And extortion?!?! How is this guy trying to get money from Gamespy? I don't buy anything the reply is saying.
Let's see... Bush is president and Microsoft is still a monopoly. I don't think IBM has anything to worry about.
That's a bad analogy. Car accidents occur often because of the driver, not the car itself. I'm sure if using a cell phone was as complicated as driving a car, we would see more explosions.
And you have an even greater chance of dying from a car crash if you were distracted on your mobile phone.
You think that's a list? Try the book How To Be Invisible. The author suggests forming a LLC and buying all of your cars and houses through it, never using your home address (have a ghost address for incoming mail and use a post office drop for outgoing), paying for everything with cash, and never calling a 1-800 number. Try it. He may sound like a nut case, but I guarantee you no one is going to track him down.
I know that some people have made references to Ad-aware, but I strongly recommend Spybot: Search and Destroy instead. Comparing the two programs is like comparing a cannon to a flyswatter. Spybot consistantly finds more snoopware, cookies, and registry files than Ad-aware. It will elimate the nasty toolbars and everything else that may irritate you, too.
MyIE2 is a wonderful addon to Internet Explorer that has pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, and skins -- as well as many other extras such as the ability to right-click even when webpages have forbidden it. For people who like the speed and rendering capabilities of IE, but want the features of Mozilla, I highly suggest giving MyIE2 a try.
Yes, but is it still slow, unstable, and ugly? If so, I'll keep using MS Office and K Word.
Actually, the Feynman lectures are at an advanced level. Feynman stated that when he was teaching the course, each class hour was packed with students eager to learn. As time went on, however, he noticed that many of the students were failing. He wondered why so many would attend lecture only to fail the exams later. After a while he realized that the people in the audience were actually graduate students and professors.
Knowing the Chinese, it will really be a stolen Intel chip (the sheep) made to look like an AMD (the horse). At least this way, a cost-conscious PHB (the monkey) could try to save his company money by shifting money overseas.