This is not a bad thing. In the end, Israeli engineers may work side-by-side Iranian engineers on open source projects, and these engineers may develop personal respect for eachother.... But in the end, personal respect is the way towards peace. Collaboration is one way to do this.
I wish I could go along with that, but it seems like a little bit of wishful thinking. Geekdom is the ultimate meritocracy -- politics is not. In computer science, you can tell a good solution from a bad solution -- it's all right there in front of you, and people who can come up with good solutions will be respected for those solutions regardless of race, religion, etc. In politics, what determines a good solution or a bad solution is the power of the person carrying out that solution and their ability to sway the public into thinking it was the right way to go all along.
I remember seeing this report on tv or the internet or somewhere that alot of the stuff inside some old motherboards contains some valuable metals that can be melted off...? Like, silver or gold or something?
I'm sorry if I've repeated an urban legend or something, but I'm positive this was legitimate...
I don't think it's necessarily a case of the XBox not penetrating the market because it's Microsoft.
Right now pretty much all the consoles take a backseat to PC games. Korea is very much a hotbed for RTS and MMORPG games. On the video game channels, they've been trying to bring in some more head-to-head deathmatch leagues using Halo and Smackdown (and some other Xbox and Playstation titles, I think, as well as some Counterstrike and Navy Seals), but those tend to fall under the category of more-fun-to-play-than-watch. Surprisingly enough, watching the Starcraft fights are entertaining, just because they've gotten SO good at producing and rushing and protecting the rush on the various RTS titles, and the commentators are pretty good at moving around in god-mode to wherever the best skirmishes are. Anyhow, that coverage has led to constant promotion of the PC platform and the games that are good for it.
'A federal mandate that wireless carriers be able to locate callers who dial 911 automatically by late 2005 means that millions of phones already keep track of their owners' whereabouts.'
Seems unnecessary... Wouldn't it be possible to just have the cell phone programmed to export the necessary coord data when someone hits 911?
That use of "specific reasons" seems to suggest that there's a validity in the fact that countries were excluded for their anti-invasion stance.
It's worth noting that many nations who opposed the war in Iraq did take up an increased responsibility in Afghanistan so that American troops could be rotated over to Iraq. They didn't participate directly in Iraq, but without their help sharing part of the burden in other parts of the war on terror, the United States would have had a harder going.
It's worth noting that many nations who opposed the war in Iraq did take up an increased responsibility in Afghanistan so that American troops could be rotated over to Iraq. They didn't participate directly in Iraq, but without their help sharing part of the burden in other parts of the war on terror, the United States would have had a harder going.
I won't go so far as to call you a jackass in retalliation, but I will say it's worth informing yourself more before resorting to insult.
Slashdot editors, can we please have a music section? I thought the focus on SCO was bad, but it seems like every day I have to read about some new online music service, some new music technology, some new music legal hassle, some new commentary about how music sharing is helping/hurting the industry, etc.
Fine, I understand if it's interesting to many people. But on the front page every day?!?
I don't know all that much about the practical (ie: deployed) differences between Fedora and RHE, and I haven't used Mandrake in a while, but with the recent split of offerings by Red Hat I was wondering about some repercussions.
Does anybody know if Mandrake is going to continue to use Red Hat as its base? Will they be using Fedora? Do people who've used Fedora, 'classic' Red Hat and Mandrake have an opinion on what's going to end up happening to the quality of Mandrake's product as a result?
Of all the bad PR that they've generated for themselves, a bad product may hurt them the most. Now, they open themselves up to the counter-attack that they're an untalented software company looking for a quick buck, with the product being proof of their lack of talent. It's an oversimplification, sure, but one they pretty richly deserve.
The EFF also has some comments regarding the fact that Pollard has done nothing wrong in the first place.
Whether or not he did something wrong is irrelevent. It's whether or not he did something unprofitable. Some corporations these days seem to believe they have a god-given right to profit, and that censorship and lawsuit chill is an acceptable tool to that end.
Until the average freedom-loving American starts to wake up to this and works to get the courts to adjust, it's probably only going to get worse. What happens when they realize that not talking about it on a website doesn't curb the problem? Tinfoil hats, people, they'll be after your thoughts next.
I'm sort of kidding, but not really. They're already blaming text messaging for ruining movie profits.
This is important if for no other reason than that we have a concept of justice, that people should pay for their crimes.
Funny -- in my view justice isn't being served here. The crimes that this man is responsible for went unpunished (and, in fact, were given the unofficial okay) at the time they were carried out.
This man is paying for Bin Laden's crimes. The war started with 9/11 and took a major (albeit preplanned) detour here.
The only reason I ask is that Access's GUI nature allows you to visualize database design. You can set up keys pretty easily by dragging and dropping from one key to another, and modifying the relationship just by right-clicking on it.
Yes, it's hokey. It's also good for people who can't see the relationship between tables just by looking at the INNER JOIN...AT... portion of your CREATE TABLE statement. What's more, you don't even really need a CREATE TABLE statement because you can build all those tables by GUI too. Many people need to have visual representations of things just to understand where everything goes, how it relates, what they can do with it, etc.
I'm not saying that they shouldn't learn more hardcore SQL at some point, but at the beginning, when people are getting broken into it, it's not a terrible design tool, especially for prototyping.
That said, when I was teaching this stuff, I hated trying to show people how to use the Query builder. It's much simpler just to use straight SQL -- but we're talking about only a part of database theory, which can be compensated for by switching from Design to SQL view. Still, there are some things that Access does awkwardly which you'll have to compensate for when trying to expose them to better databases.
Anyway, plusses and minuses. It's possible that the department is realizing that they're going to have it on all the computers anyway and that they might as well take advantage of it. Laziness, sure, but while CS is part determining the right tool for the job, it's also part learning how to make do with what you have.
Take the website out, reduce the possibility of something else stupid that Darl said ending up out there for people to read. Darl should find out who this guy is and put him on his legal team.
Apologies to those who think I should be calling the guy a cracker instead of a hacker. But the guy doing it might not be white.;)
It's a great job... a magnificent physics puzzle, solvable with high level math and some acquired skill.
Coupled with the fact that nobody expects weathermen to be right anyway, must be a great living.
Imagine a nuclear physicist saying, "You know, it's funny, but yesterday all indications were that today was going to be a smooth day for our reactor. How about that, eh?"
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So anyway, I'm triyng to imagine a Beowulf cluster of those things, and I just see a whole bunch of geeks giving each other concussions...
This is not a bad thing. In the end, Israeli engineers may work side-by-side Iranian engineers on open source projects, and these engineers may develop personal respect for eachother. ... But in the end, personal respect is the way towards peace. Collaboration is one way to do this.
I wish I could go along with that, but it seems like a little bit of wishful thinking. Geekdom is the ultimate meritocracy -- politics is not. In computer science, you can tell a good solution from a bad solution -- it's all right there in front of you, and people who can come up with good solutions will be respected for those solutions regardless of race, religion, etc. In politics, what determines a good solution or a bad solution is the power of the person carrying out that solution and their ability to sway the public into thinking it was the right way to go all along.
I remember seeing this report on tv or the internet or somewhere that alot of the stuff inside some old motherboards contains some valuable metals that can be melted off...? Like, silver or gold or something?
I'm sorry if I've repeated an urban legend or something, but I'm positive this was legitimate...
Lord knows that's gotten more time on Slashdot than a naked Linus posing...
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Wait a second...! OH MY GOD!!!
I don't think it's necessarily a case of the XBox not penetrating the market because it's Microsoft.
Right now pretty much all the consoles take a backseat to PC games. Korea is very much a hotbed for RTS and MMORPG games. On the video game channels, they've been trying to bring in some more head-to-head deathmatch leagues using Halo and Smackdown (and some other Xbox and Playstation titles, I think, as well as some Counterstrike and Navy Seals), but those tend to fall under the category of more-fun-to-play-than-watch. Surprisingly enough, watching the Starcraft fights are entertaining, just because they've gotten SO good at producing and rushing and protecting the rush on the various RTS titles, and the commentators are pretty good at moving around in god-mode to wherever the best skirmishes are. Anyhow, that coverage has led to constant promotion of the PC platform and the games that are good for it.
'A federal mandate that wireless carriers be able to locate callers who dial 911 automatically by late 2005 means that millions of phones already keep track of their owners' whereabouts.'
Seems unnecessary... Wouldn't it be possible to just have the cell phone programmed to export the necessary coord data when someone hits 911?
That use of "specific reasons" seems to suggest that there's a validity in the fact that countries were excluded for their anti-invasion stance.
It's worth noting that many nations who opposed the war in Iraq did take up an increased responsibility in Afghanistan so that American troops could be rotated over to Iraq. They didn't participate directly in Iraq, but without their help sharing part of the burden in other parts of the war on terror, the United States would have had a harder going.
It's worth noting that many nations who opposed the war in Iraq did take up an increased responsibility in Afghanistan so that American troops could be rotated over to Iraq. They didn't participate directly in Iraq, but without their help sharing part of the burden in other parts of the war on terror, the United States would have had a harder going.
I won't go so far as to call you a jackass in retalliation, but I will say it's worth informing yourself more before resorting to insult.
Slashdot editors, can we please have a music section? I thought the focus on SCO was bad, but it seems like every day I have to read about some new online music service, some new music technology, some new music legal hassle, some new commentary about how music sharing is helping/hurting the industry, etc.
Fine, I understand if it's interesting to many people. But on the front page every day?!?
Yah, 25 million songs is VERY good, which works out to be about 2.5 million albums...
Actually, with the quality of music released these days, 25 million songs probably works out to be about 25 million albums.
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Theeing as how I'm out of a job and in dethperate need of the money, the prithe for my two front teeth hath never been better.
If that'th thtill all you want for Christmath, let me know.
I don't know all that much about the practical (ie: deployed) differences between Fedora and RHE, and I haven't used Mandrake in a while, but with the recent split of offerings by Red Hat I was wondering about some repercussions.
Does anybody know if Mandrake is going to continue to use Red Hat as its base? Will they be using Fedora? Do people who've used Fedora, 'classic' Red Hat and Mandrake have an opinion on what's going to end up happening to the quality of Mandrake's product as a result?
Of all the bad PR that they've generated for themselves, a bad product may hurt them the most. Now, they open themselves up to the counter-attack that they're an untalented software company looking for a quick buck, with the product being proof of their lack of talent. It's an oversimplification, sure, but one they pretty richly deserve.
The machine is about the size of an orange...
That's some pocket computer. Excuse me, but is that a PMC T-Cube in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
The EFF also has some comments regarding the fact that Pollard has done nothing wrong in the first place.
Whether or not he did something wrong is irrelevent. It's whether or not he did something unprofitable. Some corporations these days seem to believe they have a god-given right to profit, and that censorship and lawsuit chill is an acceptable tool to that end.
Until the average freedom-loving American starts to wake up to this and works to get the courts to adjust, it's probably only going to get worse. What happens when they realize that not talking about it on a website doesn't curb the problem? Tinfoil hats, people, they'll be after your thoughts next.
I'm sort of kidding, but not really. They're already blaming text messaging for ruining movie profits.
Is the Howard Stern show still on the radio these days? That could get dangerous.
I agree that human life is important. That's why the United States should never gotten into bed with this guy in the first place.
This is important if for no other reason than that we have a concept of justice, that people should pay for their crimes.
Funny -- in my view justice isn't being served here. The crimes that this man is responsible for went unpunished (and, in fact, were given the unofficial okay) at the time they were carried out.
This man is paying for Bin Laden's crimes. The war started with 9/11 and took a major (albeit preplanned) detour here.
Look up the definition of the word "metaphor". Going after Rockstar for having racist slurs in a game is like going after Stephen King for murder.
The only reason I ask is that Access's GUI nature allows you to visualize database design. You can set up keys pretty easily by dragging and dropping from one key to another, and modifying the relationship just by right-clicking on it.
Yes, it's hokey. It's also good for people who can't see the relationship between tables just by looking at the INNER JOIN...AT... portion of your CREATE TABLE statement. What's more, you don't even really need a CREATE TABLE statement because you can build all those tables by GUI too. Many people need to have visual representations of things just to understand where everything goes, how it relates, what they can do with it, etc.
I'm not saying that they shouldn't learn more hardcore SQL at some point, but at the beginning, when people are getting broken into it, it's not a terrible design tool, especially for prototyping.
That said, when I was teaching this stuff, I hated trying to show people how to use the Query builder. It's much simpler just to use straight SQL -- but we're talking about only a part of database theory, which can be compensated for by switching from Design to SQL view. Still, there are some things that Access does awkwardly which you'll have to compensate for when trying to expose them to better databases.
Anyway, plusses and minuses. It's possible that the department is realizing that they're going to have it on all the computers anyway and that they might as well take advantage of it. Laziness, sure, but while CS is part determining the right tool for the job, it's also part learning how to make do with what you have.
Serious, think of it...
;)
Take the website out, reduce the possibility of something else stupid that Darl said ending up out there for people to read. Darl should find out who this guy is and put him on his legal team.
Apologies to those who think I should be calling the guy a cracker instead of a hacker. But the guy doing it might not be white.
I was totally going for funny. Thought maybe somebody would try to get digs back in at the Democrats or whatever.
Phrase the bill in a way to let them think they're banning pornography! Genius!
It's a great job... a magnificent physics puzzle, solvable with high level math and some acquired skill.
Coupled with the fact that nobody expects weathermen to be right anyway, must be a great living.
Imagine a nuclear physicist saying, "You know, it's funny, but yesterday all indications were that today was going to be a smooth day for our reactor. How about that, eh?"