the day may come when someone points a gun at your belly and says, "give me your back pack mother f***er." if you cannot defend yourself, then give your pack to the person, keep your mouth shut, agree to what ever happens next, and hope for the best; else it's their weapon, their problem.
i use to work at dry cleaners in the early 1970s'. this 'robot' uses the same method of working parts, and the same outcome. the shirt is pressed, as in 'no wrinkles'. but if you wanted 'military' creases, then that was done manually.
its cruel to say, but the only thing robotic on this device is the on-off switch, and the steam valve.
but all should not be ignored, maybe military creases will come with the '2.0' version...
As I See It:
step 1: big asteroid hits earth, bummer.
step 2: giant heat pulse cooks lungs of surviving dinosaurs causing them to have a 'bad' day.
step 3: all dino's meet creater, total bummer.
right, got it. makes some sense.
ok, one small question: birds, amphibians, reptiles, plants, and insects should be dead also? the historic record doesn't give foundation to this 'theory'. i say this because these animals are VERY fragil and ANY change in their enviornment is LEATHAL! i can see the part about the surviors being under water; but the plants, and birds doesn't fit in this theory.
somebody needs to invent time travel so we can see what really happened!
but i'm still trying to figure out why the f.b.i. is only going after 50 of the 100 known spammers? maybe someone in the f.b.i. could explain to me why their letting half of the known bad guys spam another day?
Taken from the view of a child; mommy's word is law.
Taken from the view of adults that are doing business; mommy knows her place, and wisely shuts up.
Taken from the view of 'Contract Law'; Paypal unilateraly changed their method of doing business after conducting business in a specific manor for a reasonable amount of time. Paypal is legally bound to continue to perform. Paypal can also communicate to Freenet stating that at some resonable amount of time in the future Paypals' rules for doing business will change, ( 2 weeks is reasonable, and purdent). Paypals' act of locking the 'account' on Freenets ability to do business has commited an act that could be argued as both 'Breach of Contract', and a Tort of 'Neglagence'. Paypals holding of Freenets money could be argued in Criminal Court 'Racketering', and 'Bait and Switch'.
Taken from the view of an 'out-of-work-software-engineer'; Paypal just gave me a problem to solve. How can I create a software solution that rivals Paypals'?
Thanks Paypal, I was getting tired of doing the house chores while looking for my next job. Paypal, you've given me purpose.
I'm your landlord that you pay rent to. This morning I put a Padlock on your front door. And tell you that I'm mailing a check to you for the balance of the rent not used. Oh, and by the way, if you don't like it, so what. I'm Paypal, and your not.
'Negligence'. Because of Paypals actions, Freenet is now damaged; If only for $1.
I'm no lawyer, but lets take out 'Freenet', and put 'your_business_name' there instead. Lets consider the impact on your business based on Paypals actions. $1 in damages? Ohhhh, if it only was.
"Seriously. Sometimes I think all the PayPal haters don't realize how much WORSE the banks and credit card companies are than anything PayPal has done. What, hold a payment to be sure it wasn't fraud? Deactivate some small-change accounts that have suspicious access records? Place an arbitrarily long "clearing" period on any transaction it pleases? Paypal is great because 99% of the time, it Just Works. And it's got great tracking and reporting features."
So; "WORSE"? Is the money that is gained by sitting on the daily interest earned given back to the Payer of the transaction? I haven't read that one. Please point me to that web page.
I think I know a little something about VISA, Master Card, Discovery, et.al. types of electronic transactions. Were I work, its what we do to pay the rent. Electronic commerce transactions are ISO-8583 protocol rules. If you can get past the first 27 bytes of a message transaction, then the following bytes make some sense.
The story goes, that I'm in contact with a Canadian Company to buy their product. The Canadian company says they use Paypal. I've never used it, I've heard some weird shit about Paypal, but I figure 'WTF', its not my problem. I get on Paypals' tagged site and start filling out the blanks. The reply message comes back saying that they now need my bank account number? I call up Paypal to ask why? What was the replay message back for this faulty transaction? Oh, the transaction was OK, but for 'Security' reasons, transactions over $2000 require my bank account number? WHAT?! Security?! Will all the worlds leaders disappear if this goes down wrong? No, its so Paypal can wonder in to MY BANK ACCOUNT if it thinks it needs or wants to!
Let me tell you about this 'Paypal Security'. For VISA, and anyother kind of electronic transaction; if you get a "Transaction Completed, Approved" message, the deal is done. This deal didn't go down because my bank account doesn't need to be known. VISA will stand by their word to their merchants, I'll stand by mine to VISA. Anything else is Theft, and Fraud. And Paypal can kiss this transaction good-by. A $7000.00 deal dead because I think Paypals' need to wonder through my bank account at their plearsure is a wrong thing.
What still upsets me is that Paypal is not telling the truth. You DON'T NEED TOP GIVE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR A CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION!!! Think about it, when was the last time you had to give your bank account number for a tank of gas, or pair of shoes?
And if Paypal reads this and thinks I've lied, or tarnished their 'good' name. I'm more than willing to make a public forum on this. I would not settle out of court. Period.
Now I've got to go to my wife and tell her she's not getting wood floors in our home. And she's meaner, and faster than I am.
If I were a little camera in a land dominated by 5 Kilo Sledge Hammers, and Steel Spikes; I think reporting of speeding would not be high on my list of reportable items.
But in all seriousness, couldn't these devices be used in conjuction with some kind of 'inner-city' auto pilot system combined with traffic control for getting people to were they need to be?
from paragraph #1: the outsourcing overseas of such previously "secure" white collar jobs as programming, software engineering and application design.
from paragraph #2: But if we focus on our traditional strengths in technology and engineering...
from my perspective; if paragraph #1 is valid, then paragraph #2 occurs were paragraph #1 is located at. OUCH!
being affiliated with educators on an intimate level. the one thing that's really going to be entertaining is when a student gets on the internet for their class in old english lit. from their teacher in india, then vedio conferences that teacher about it.
"But here you are with your faith, and your Peter Pan advice." - Billy Joel
i know that there is a project that's nasa funded, but reducing the turnaround time on the space elevator would allow more projects to proceed, and at a reduced gravity-well cost.
just the design idea of using ribbon-cable, instead of a cable design solves a lot of repair issues.
i'm not on quest to be a troll wanna-be. but here are the facts as i see them.
if i look at the money math, then things kind'a fall in place.
consider the history: it takes a long time, or a very loud voice for that other operating system to write a patch for something that is a security hole. for the linux operating system, maybe 6 hours? and without the any fanfare. uhmmmmmmm.
one thing 'crackers' aren't, is foolish. doing the math, again. if i'm going to write a worm or virus, which operating system will give me more benefit? not linux, my 'work?', will be useless before i can even finish. no buyer of virus, or worm 'bots will pay for that.
from a gaming viewpoint: m$ already has my money. what's in it for them to spend more money on something they already have? doing the math, again, and again; the less work m$ does, the more profit its executives keep.
i think i disagree with the walt mossberg analysis, i haven't seen him post on slash dot.
Walt Mossberg maybe well known to the living dead that give tides to that other 'co-dependent' operating system; but the internet community knows what being 'slash-dotted' is, a lot more. and WE are the emerging market place.
which retard(s) made a law that says the good guys are still good guys when they run government like the bad guys? hell, what makes the u.s. government better than any other government is that no matter what stinky issue is presented to the courts, its public. and no matter what outcome occurs, its public. anyone that creates laws that keep people ignorent should stand with the likes of stalin, hitler, sadom hussen, osama bin laden; they ran their governments the same way.
Slashdot Mirror
"I always welcome more carefully-written code"
you haven't submitted your understanding for the definition of "carefully-written code"; why?
walk with a purpose.
learn to defend yourself, akido is acceptable.
the day may come when someone points a gun at your belly and says, "give me your back pack mother f***er." if you cannot defend yourself, then give your pack to the person, keep your mouth shut, agree to what ever happens next, and hope for the best; else it's their weapon, their problem.
this is not a troll, but i had a '70s falsh back.
i use to work at dry cleaners in the early 1970s'. this 'robot' uses the same method of working parts, and the same outcome. the shirt is pressed, as in 'no wrinkles'. but if you wanted 'military' creases, then that was done manually.
its cruel to say, but the only thing robotic on this device is the on-off switch, and the steam valve.
but all should not be ignored, maybe military creases will come with the '2.0' version...
As I See It:
step 1: big asteroid hits earth, bummer.
step 2: giant heat pulse cooks lungs of surviving dinosaurs causing them to have a 'bad' day.
step 3: all dino's meet creater, total bummer.
right, got it. makes some sense.
ok, one small question: birds, amphibians, reptiles, plants, and insects should be dead also? the historic record doesn't give foundation to this 'theory'. i say this because these animals are VERY fragil and ANY change in their enviornment is LEATHAL! i can see the part about the surviors being under water; but the plants, and birds doesn't fit in this theory.
somebody needs to invent time travel so we can see what really happened!
but i'm still trying to figure out why the f.b.i. is only going after 50 of the 100 known spammers? maybe someone in the f.b.i. could explain to me why their letting half of the known bad guys spam another day?
Taken from the view of a child; mommy's word is law.
Taken from the view of adults that are doing business; mommy knows her place, and wisely shuts up.
Taken from the view of 'Contract Law'; Paypal unilateraly changed their method of doing business after conducting business in a specific manor for a reasonable amount of time. Paypal is legally bound to continue to perform. Paypal can also communicate to Freenet stating that at some resonable amount of time in the future Paypals' rules for doing business will change, ( 2 weeks is reasonable, and purdent). Paypals' act of locking the 'account' on Freenets ability to do business has commited an act that could be argued as both 'Breach of Contract', and a Tort of 'Neglagence'. Paypals holding of Freenets money could be argued in Criminal Court 'Racketering', and 'Bait and Switch'.
Taken from the view of an 'out-of-work-software-engineer'; Paypal just gave me a problem to solve. How can I create a software solution that rivals Paypals'?
Thanks Paypal, I was getting tired of doing the house chores while looking for my next job. Paypal, you've given me purpose.
Contact the F.B.I. you've been robbed.
"If I own a store, there's nothing stopping me"
uhmmmm; consider this senario:
I'm your landlord that you pay rent to. This morning I put a Padlock on your front door. And tell you that I'm mailing a check to you for the balance of the rent not used. Oh, and by the way, if you don't like it, so what. I'm Paypal, and your not.
'Negligence'.
Because of Paypals actions, Freenet is now damaged; If only for $1.
I'm no lawyer, but lets take out 'Freenet', and put 'your_business_name' there instead. Lets consider the impact on your business based on Paypals actions. $1 in damages? Ohhhh, if it only was.
"Seriously. Sometimes I think all the PayPal haters don't realize how much WORSE the banks and credit card companies are than anything PayPal has done. What, hold a payment to be sure it wasn't fraud? Deactivate some small-change accounts that have suspicious access records? Place an arbitrarily long "clearing" period on any transaction it pleases? Paypal is great because 99% of the time, it Just Works. And it's got great tracking and reporting features."
So; "WORSE"? Is the money that is gained by sitting on the daily interest earned given back to the Payer of the transaction? I haven't read that one. Please point me to that web page.
"It's more likely that they shut down freenet because they were using an anonymous email address"
mmmmmmmm, so you should not be allowed to do business because of an email address? Why?
And I have the EMails to prove it.
I think I know a little something about VISA, Master Card, Discovery, et.al. types of electronic transactions. Were I work, its what we do to pay the rent. Electronic commerce transactions are ISO-8583 protocol rules. If you can get past the first 27 bytes of a message transaction, then the following bytes make some sense.
The story goes, that I'm in contact with a Canadian Company to buy their product. The Canadian company says they use Paypal. I've never used it, I've heard some weird shit about Paypal, but I figure 'WTF', its not my problem. I get on Paypals' tagged site and start filling out the blanks. The reply message comes back saying that they now need my bank account number? I call up Paypal to ask why? What was the replay message back for this faulty transaction? Oh, the transaction was OK, but for 'Security' reasons, transactions over $2000 require my bank account number? WHAT?! Security?! Will all the worlds leaders disappear if this goes down wrong? No, its so Paypal can wonder in to MY BANK ACCOUNT if it thinks it needs or wants to!
Let me tell you about this 'Paypal Security'. For VISA, and anyother kind of electronic transaction; if you get a "Transaction Completed, Approved" message, the deal is done. This deal didn't go down because my bank account doesn't need to be known. VISA will stand by their word to their merchants, I'll stand by mine to VISA. Anything else is Theft, and Fraud. And Paypal can kiss this transaction good-by. A $7000.00 deal dead because I think Paypals' need to wonder through my bank account at their plearsure is a wrong thing.
What still upsets me is that Paypal is not telling the truth. You DON'T NEED TOP GIVE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR A CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION!!! Think about it, when was the last time you had to give your bank account number for a tank of gas, or pair of shoes?
And if Paypal reads this and thinks I've lied, or tarnished their 'good' name. I'm more than willing to make a public forum on this. I would not settle out of court. Period.
Now I've got to go to my wife and tell her she's not getting wood floors in our home. And she's meaner, and faster than I am.
If I were a little camera in a land dominated by 5 Kilo Sledge Hammers, and Steel Spikes; I think reporting of speeding would not be high on my list of reportable items.
But in all seriousness, couldn't these devices be used in conjuction with some kind of 'inner-city' auto pilot system combined with traffic control for getting people to were they need to be?
and to think, there's a parallel universe were michael jackson is normal, it boggles the mind.
factual troll alert!
from paragraph #1:
the outsourcing overseas of such previously "secure" white collar jobs as programming, software engineering and application design.
from paragraph #2:
But if we focus on our traditional strengths in technology and engineering...
from my perspective; if paragraph #1 is valid, then paragraph #2 occurs were paragraph #1 is located at. OUCH!
being affiliated with educators on an intimate level. the one thing that's really going to be entertaining is when a student gets on the internet for their class in old english lit. from their teacher in india, then vedio conferences that teacher about it.
"But here you are with your faith, and your Peter Pan advice." - Billy Joel
from the looks of it, the vessel in question appears to be a non-threat('nt?) for sonar, and radar based targeting systems.
i'm considering that thermal, and optical targeting systems will have no problems at all.
from a logistical point, foggy days look like 'good' days.
just a thought...
i know that there is a project that's nasa funded, but reducing the turnaround time on the space elevator would allow more projects to proceed, and at a reduced gravity-well cost.
just the design idea of using ribbon-cable, instead of a cable design solves a lot of repair issues.
i'm not on quest to be a troll wanna-be. but here are the facts as i see them.
if i look at the money math, then things kind'a fall in place.
consider the history: it takes a long time, or a very loud voice for that other operating system to write a patch for something that is a security hole. for the linux operating system, maybe 6 hours? and without the any fanfare. uhmmmmmmm.
one thing 'crackers' aren't, is foolish. doing the math, again. if i'm going to write a worm or virus, which operating system will give me more benefit? not linux, my 'work?', will be useless before i can even finish. no buyer of virus, or worm 'bots will pay for that.
from a gaming viewpoint: m$ already has my money. what's in it for them to spend more money on something they already have? doing the math, again, and again; the less work m$ does, the more profit its executives keep.
i'm not trying to get 'trolled' here.
i think i disagree with the walt mossberg analysis, i haven't seen him post on slash dot.
Walt Mossberg maybe well known to the living dead that give tides to that other 'co-dependent' operating system; but the internet community knows what being 'slash-dotted' is, a lot more. and WE are the emerging market place.
i spit coffee all over my keyboard laughing while reading your sig! now i gotta clean up this mess.
is google going to be traded on the nasdaq?
"using the 'print', 'let', 'if/then', 'goto', and 'input' statements you can create ANY program."
for me, this is the difference between software engineering and anything else.
which retard(s) made a law that says the good guys are still good guys when they run government like the bad guys? hell, what makes the u.s. government better than any other government is that no matter what stinky issue is presented to the courts, its public. and no matter what outcome occurs, its public. anyone that creates laws that keep people ignorent should stand with the likes of stalin, hitler, sadom hussen, osama bin laden; they ran their governments the same way.
eh? oh ya, bush is president, i get it...
Earth: I.S.S., do you copy?
I.S.S.: We copy, over.
Earth: Plug Gyroscope #3 back in. Next time, pick up your feet; over.
I.S.S.: Roger that. ( its going to be a long day ).
"...that the MPAA is starting to infiltrate college campuses with automated anti-piracy software..."
I can hardly wait to see what happens when the MPAA infiltrates some net that has ties to the D.O.D...
MPAA: "yes, your honor, we were looking for song swapping in the Pentigon's network. All those copied Marching songs, disgraceful, all of them!"