Doesn't Linus _own_ the Linux trademark now? This being the case, is there not some form of direct action he could take, forcing anti-Linux websites from using the word "Linux" in their name?
This is quite obviously a definite case of climatization and physical makeup.
Heck, I know _many_ people that sleep in the winter with their windows open at least a bit, and this is when it's -20C (not sure about F here)! I think about the only time I *completely* close my windows in the bedroom is when it drops below 30C or 40C.
I find it very uncomfortable to sleep if my room is above 40F(5C). I like my living room at 12-14C (about 50-55F).
Am I missing something, or do I recall everyone sitting down and deciding not to develop Antartica?
Sure, there have been exceptions made for scientific research _directly_ about Antartica. However, this has _nothing_ to do with Antartica at all! I'm sure there are quite a few other bits of scientific research that would benefit from the lack of population, nearby radio and thermal interference, and the like.
However, we don't see these things being built there either. Simply because something is scientific research, does not mean it has a free hand to be built in Antartica.
Next we'll be building genetic research labs, nanotech research facilities and the like in Antartica, because it's remote and the threat of contamination for the mainland is remote.
No, I am completely against any scientific research that is not STRICTLY about Antartica, and even that should be closely watched to prevent excesses!
The only problem with MythTV is how buggy it is.:/ It tends to crash here a lot, lose sync with live TV playback, etc.
It also has a _horrible_ interface in terms of browsing large video collections, or adding them for that matter. For example, it only shows one video at a time in "browse" mode, and it only shows 10 videos at a time in list mode. List mode provides no description (even short), and there is very little way in the form of navigation. When you have 200, 500, 1000 videos, such a screen should allow you to move to any letter in the alphabet quickly and easily. It should provide an "end" and "start" button as well. Anyhow, the above applies to "MythVideo", the plugin distributed with MythTV, but probably applies to MythDVD too.
It also is very CPU intensive if you have 200 videos and do certain operations in the video browse window. It doesn't tell you it is doing things, however, so if you hit a few cpu intensive buttons, waiting for a response, it will queue them and you'll be waiting 10 minutes for it to finish the various queued tasks you've just started.
It is improving though, of course, and I'm sure one day it won't be such things.;)
Until then, I wouldn't recommend it as a solid solution.
The bank has no choice BUT to help in the investigation. For example, let's say that the bank was broken into electonically by a thief. The bank doesn't want this information public, but the police catch said thief doing his work.
They can then subpoena all the evidence they want. The bank will be forced to provide all information in their files relevant to the case (logs, etc).
The crown does not need your "help", it will get it, if you like it or not. It is very easy to prove that a bank is hiding evidence in a case, and if that occurs the bank would find itself in just as much hot water as the crook in the first place!
Furthermore, individual EMPLOYEES can be charged and sent up the river if they do not comply with the law. Moronic attitudes such as "My boss told me to break the law" helps you very little in the end.
The "local news" is not "facts". The local news is entertainment.
The bank manager who handled your case is not very aware of the law, either.
If you have committed a crime, or you are suspect of a crime, no one has to "press" any charges. The police, aka the crown, can charge you directly. They can then force people to testify, whether or not they want to.
In Canada, it doesn't matter whether or not the bank "wants to press charges". If a crime has been committed, the police can proceed without anyone pressing anything.
Why?
Well, a prime example is if the mob is threatening someone to "withdraw" his charge. In Canada, it doesn't matter _what_ the victim says, if it looks like a crime took place, charges will be laid and courts will be involved.
I imagine this "story" about an immigrant was one of those mouth to ear stories, that tends to get altered every time it is repeated.
Start it one night, go to sleep, wake up and go to work, come home and it's done...
Bah to you!
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What the hell is this crap? Redundant???
This isn't a normal "I was too lazy to properly check for dupes" situation.
No.
This is a situation where someone, who is supposed to be ON DUTY and who are supposed to READ their emails about potential problems with the story they just posted, neglecting their duty.
Honestly, the story is posted. They only have to pay attention for a total of 15 minutes until it goes live. Whomever it was, didn't.
I'm quite willing to bet that I wasn't the only person that pre-emptively emailed about this being a dupe either.
HELLO? What is the problem? I doubt I'll donate to Slashdot again!
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MORONS!
This is a dupe. Not only that, I emailed about this being a dupe, 10 minutes before it went live.
TEN MINUTES!
Not only does Slashdot not even bother to correctly check for dupes, they don't even read their email that says "YOUR UPCOMING STORY IS A DUPE!".
Just what is the "email the editor if you see a problem with this story" link for, then, anyhow?
Sure.. but hacking hardware is not as easy as hacking software for the average consumer. All a consumer has to do to hack software is download a crack someone else wrote for them. In short, control for hollywood is hard, because one hacker can write software to crack everyone's DRM software.
Hacking hardware, however, is not something that is as easy. The average consumer will not do so. In short, enforced hardware DRM can do what the music industry wants... turn P2P and music sharing into a mere shadow of its past. Even worse, once 99.9% of all P2P people are out of action, the remainders who _do_ hack their hardware are easy for Hollywood to crack down on. Suddenly, instead of millions upon millions of people who are on the internet trading files, we have thousands doing so, and the very machines they are using are illegal....
You can't beat an army with a stronger will and with greater numbers. It's why the US lost in Vietnam and why things will always be cracked. You can't beat an army of pirates (some perhaps academics) willing to crack for free.
Unless, of course, DRM makes it into all hardware, computers are sold with locked operating systems that can not be overridden, and Hollywood sees its dream of a completely controlled computer come to light.
Actually, his actions are not those of a terrorist.
This guy simply wanted to go home, and protect his country from what he viewed as US aggression. He didn't blow up any buildings, or from any reports I've seen, plan to. He had plenty of time to try it if he wanted to.
No, he just wanted to go home, and protect his country. Considering all the options he had, this was actually very honerable. After all, if you spend a few years working in Japan or China, and then find out that an attack is about to take place, are you evil for travelling home to join the fight to protect your country?!
Certainly not.
Now, whether or not the Taliban is good or bad is another thing. Certainly we have no personal proof one way or the other, only what the media has told us. Obviously, this person thought the Taliban was incorrectly labelled. Heck, let's face it, there were thousands of innocents in the Taliban, just as there are thousands of innocents in every governmental system that are not responsible for the acts that government takes.
Wanting to defend his country doesn't make him a terrorist.
My comments were not because of my inability to find reviews if I wanted them, but that if/. is going to post a review, perhaps there should be a _real_ review posted... not this garbage we've just seen.
This isn't a flaw in your logic, just a change in the way car manufacturers are putting together the braking system. In the old days, ABS was just slapped on top of a normal, mechanical braking system. If ABS failed, you'd have normal brake pressure, in fact, just a normal braking system.
These days, however, they have changed to a completely electronic braking system. In this case, the brake pressure applied to _each_ wheel is different when breaking. It is all controlled by the computer, and when that computer shuts off, the braking system reverts to equal pressure to all 4 wheels.
As you most likely know, cars are designed to brake with less pressure to the back brakes, usually it's about 70% to the front brakes, and 30% to the back brakes. It makes sense because of the engine weight.
So, now that these boneheads have gone to full electronic control of the braking pressure, it means that when ABS is killed, you have rear brakes that almost always lockup when you try to brake with any sort of power. 25% power to each wheel is _not_ good for braking. Not at all. Not a good thing.
I have to wonder how long it will before this sort of "drive by wire" stuff causes a death. Look at BMW and the problems they had with their systems. Now we have ABS braking that is useless without power to the engine. Soon, we won't have a steering shaft, and it will too be controlled by wire.
I tried different car manufactureres, from Subaru to Toyota, and all had a newer braking system like this in place, or next year's model had it.
This pisses me off so much, that I've taken my 1987 Jetta (which I was about to replace with a 2003 Jetta or GTI), and decided to retrofit it with a new V6 engine. After the body work, an extremely high quality paint job and interior work, and the new engine is fitted, I will still pay less than HALF the price of the new car. I also won't end up with ABS brakes and quite a few other annoyances.
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Hold a moment here.
Doesn't Linus _own_ the Linux trademark now? This being the case, is there not
some form of direct action he could take, forcing anti-Linux websites from using
the word "Linux" in their name?
I don't doubt you, but it's all about climate, where you grew up, what your body is used to, etc.
Too cold to type properly?
This happens at 20F, not at 50F!
This is quite obviously a definite case of climatization and physical makeup.
Heck, I know _many_ people that sleep in the winter with their windows open at least a bit, and this is when it's -20C (not sure about F here)! I think about the only time I *completely* close my windows in the bedroom is when it drops below 30C or 40C.
I find it very uncomfortable to sleep if my room is above 40F(5C). I like my living room at 12-14C (about 50-55F).
Anything else and I've very non-productive.
Am I missing something, or do I recall everyone sitting down and deciding not to develop Antartica?
Sure, there have been exceptions made for scientific research _directly_ about Antartica. However, this has _nothing_ to do with Antartica at all! I'm sure there are quite a few other bits of scientific research that would benefit from the lack of population, nearby radio and thermal interference, and the like.
However, we don't see these things being built there either. Simply because something is scientific research, does not mean it has a free hand to be built in Antartica.
Next we'll be building genetic research labs, nanotech research facilities and the like in Antartica, because it's remote and the threat of contamination for the mainland is remote.
No, I am completely against any scientific research that is not STRICTLY about Antartica, and even that should be closely watched to prevent excesses!
I've had little success with GMail's "auto ignore" option. Check this mozilla screengrab out:
http://etrade.malformed.org/Screenshot.png
Yeah, right.
And with messages like these in programs:
http://etrade.malformed.org/Screenshot.png
Things aren't going to get any better! Damn patents.
The only problem with MythTV is how buggy it is. :/ It tends to crash here a lot, lose sync with live TV playback, etc.
;)
It also has a _horrible_ interface in terms of browsing large video collections, or adding them for that matter. For example, it only shows one video at a time in "browse" mode, and it only shows 10 videos at a time in list mode. List mode provides no description (even short), and there is very little way in the form of navigation. When you have 200, 500, 1000 videos, such a screen should allow you to move to any letter in the alphabet quickly and easily. It should provide an "end" and "start" button as well. Anyhow, the above applies to "MythVideo", the plugin distributed with MythTV, but probably applies to MythDVD too.
It also is very CPU intensive if you have 200 videos and do certain operations in the video browse window. It doesn't tell you it is doing things, however, so if you hit a few cpu intensive buttons, waiting for a response, it will queue them and you'll be waiting 10 minutes for it to finish the various queued tasks you've just started.
It is improving though, of course, and I'm sure one day it won't be such things.
Until then, I wouldn't recommend it as a solid solution.
The bank has no choice BUT to help in the investigation. For example, let's say that the bank was broken into electonically by a thief. The bank doesn't want this information public, but the police catch said thief doing his work.
They can then subpoena all the evidence they want. The bank will be forced to provide all information in their files relevant to the case (logs, etc).
The crown does not need your "help", it will get it, if you like it or not. It is very easy to prove that a bank is hiding evidence in a case, and if that occurs the bank would find itself in just as much hot water as the crook in the first place!
Furthermore, individual EMPLOYEES can be charged and sent up the river if they do not comply with the law. Moronic attitudes such as "My boss told me to break the law" helps you very little in the end.
Heh.
The "local news" is not "facts". The local news is entertainment.
The bank manager who handled your case is not very aware of the law, either.
If you have committed a crime, or you are suspect of a crime, no one has to "press" any charges. The police, aka the crown, can charge you directly. They can then force people to testify, whether or not they want to.
In Canada, it doesn't matter whether or not the bank "wants to press charges". If a crime has been committed, the police can proceed without anyone pressing anything.
Why?
Well, a prime example is if the mob is threatening someone to "withdraw" his charge. In Canada, it doesn't matter _what_ the victim says, if it looks like a crime took place, charges will be laid and courts will be involved.
I imagine this "story" about an immigrant was one of those mouth to ear stories, that tends to get altered every time it is repeated.
Wuss
wget -c for 20 hours and you're there....
Start it one night, go to sleep, wake up and go to work, come home and it's done...
Bah to you!
What the hell is this crap? Redundant???
This isn't a normal "I was too lazy to properly check for dupes" situation.
No.
This is a situation where someone, who is supposed to be ON DUTY and who are supposed to READ their emails about potential problems with the story they just posted, neglecting their duty.
Honestly, the story is posted. They only have to pay attention for a total of 15 minutes until it goes live. Whomever it was, didn't.
I'm quite willing to bet that I wasn't the only person that pre-emptively emailed about this being a dupe either.
HELLO? What is the problem? I doubt I'll donate to Slashdot again!
MORONS!
This is a dupe. Not only that, I emailed about this being a dupe, 10 minutes before it went live.
TEN MINUTES!
Not only does Slashdot not even bother to correctly check for dupes, they don't even read their email that says "YOUR UPCOMING STORY IS A DUPE!".
Just what is the "email the editor if you see a problem with this story" link for, then, anyhow?
Just for the hell of it?
BAH!
Sure.. but hacking hardware is not as easy as hacking software for the average consumer. All a consumer has to do to hack software is download a crack someone else wrote for them. In short, control for hollywood is hard, because one hacker can write software to crack everyone's DRM software.
Hacking hardware, however, is not something that is as easy. The average consumer will not do so. In short, enforced hardware DRM can do what the music industry wants... turn P2P and music sharing into a mere shadow of its past. Even worse, once 99.9% of all P2P people are out of action, the remainders who _do_ hack their hardware are easy for Hollywood to crack down on. Suddenly, instead of millions upon millions of people who are on the internet trading files, we have thousands doing so, and the very machines they are using are illegal....
And, of course, 10 years after such policies possibly become law, the desire to upgrade will be enormous.
New buses, cpus 100x faster, and so on...
You can't beat an army with a stronger will and with greater numbers. It's why the US lost in Vietnam and why things will always be cracked. You can't beat an army of pirates (some perhaps academics) willing to crack for free.
Unless, of course, DRM makes it into all hardware, computers are sold with locked operating systems that can not be overridden, and Hollywood sees its dream of a completely controlled computer come to light.
JSIV waterpumps use a new sucking technology, patented as "J.S.I.V.", in order to achieve a quiet flow of water.
This is done by both pushing and sucking the water. There is a louder sound when this thing starts up, but once it is running it is very quiet.
Well done, and only a little more expensive than a single pump system.
GUT
;)
;)
Whatever you do, if you click on this link, be forewarned.
Pain will ensue. Your eyes will feel pain.
Yes, this is off topic, but.. well.. pain.
Actually, his actions are not those of a terrorist.
This guy simply wanted to go home, and protect his country from what he viewed as US aggression. He didn't blow up any buildings, or from any reports I've seen, plan to. He had plenty of time to try it if he wanted to.
No, he just wanted to go home, and protect his country. Considering all the options he had, this was actually very honerable. After all, if you spend a few years working in Japan or China, and then find out that an attack is about to take place, are you evil for travelling home to join the fight to protect your country?!
Certainly not.
Now, whether or not the Taliban is good or bad is another thing. Certainly we have no personal proof one way or the other, only what the media has told us. Obviously, this person thought the Taliban was incorrectly labelled. Heck, let's face it, there were thousands of innocents in the Taliban, just as there are thousands of innocents in every governmental system that are not responsible for the acts that government takes.
Wanting to defend his country doesn't make him a terrorist.
Geez, something really stinks here.
First, a really lame and pathetic review gets posted to
Then, the same guy that submitted the story makes a lame comment about the review, and gets modded up instantly.
I'm beginning to wonder if someone at
What an abuse of power.
Gee, google, no kidding?
/. is going to post a review, perhaps there should be a _real_ review posted... not this garbage we've just seen.
Heh.
My comments were not because of my inability to find reviews if I wanted them, but that if
You've already reviewed more than that blasted review did. It didn't even _mention_ integrated OO and printing.
This is the first time I've heard of it.
What a horrible review.
This thing was all of 10 sentences, contains no detail, and just plain sucks.
Can we have a _real_ review, by someone competent, please? Perhaps one that actually took more than 3 minutes to write, and has some detail?
Hmmm.
;) CBQ could slow it down to a bunch of characters per minute ;)
Sounds like a job for bandwidth limiting on their IP.
This is the way it used to be, but no more :(((
:/
This isn't a flaw in your logic, just a change in the way car manufacturers are putting together the braking system. In the old days, ABS was just slapped on top of a normal, mechanical braking system. If ABS failed, you'd have normal brake pressure, in fact, just a normal braking system.
These days, however, they have changed to a completely electronic braking system. In this case, the brake pressure applied to _each_ wheel is different when breaking. It is all controlled by the computer, and when that computer shuts off, the braking system reverts to equal pressure to all 4 wheels.
As you most likely know, cars are designed to brake with less pressure to the back brakes, usually it's about 70% to the front brakes, and 30% to the back brakes. It makes sense because of the engine weight.
So, now that these boneheads have gone to full electronic control of the braking pressure, it means that when ABS is killed, you have rear brakes that almost always lockup when you try to brake with any sort of power. 25% power to each wheel is _not_ good for braking. Not at all. Not a good thing.
I have to wonder how long it will before this sort of "drive by wire" stuff causes a death. Look at BMW and the problems they had with their systems. Now we have ABS braking that is useless without power to the engine. Soon, we won't have a steering shaft, and it will too be controlled by wire.
I tried different car manufactureres, from Subaru to Toyota, and all had a newer braking system like this in place, or next year's model had it.
This pisses me off so much, that I've taken my 1987 Jetta (which I was about to replace with a 2003 Jetta or GTI), and decided to retrofit it with a new V6 engine. After the body work, an extremely high quality paint job and interior work, and the new engine is fitted, I will still pay less than HALF the price of the new car. I also won't end up with ABS brakes and quite a few other annoyances.
Ah well.