Only four studies were properly designed to pin down the effectiveness of flu vaccine, he says, and two of those showed that it might be effective in certain groups of patients
The article seems to be primarily advocating double-blind, controlled clinical trials among the elderly, since that is the group where death is the primary concern rather than just getting sick.
RTFA. New Hampshire uses two voting methods: Either hand counted ballots, or optical scan vote counting machines. This means that in both cases the ballot is filled out by hand, there is a paper trail, and the results can be verified. We are not talking about ATM-style touch screen voting machines in New Hampshire.
I can't see why anybody would sign up for this. ATT's webpage states that data transport charges still apply when you are using this service. I am already an eMusic subscriber for $10 per month and I get 30 downloads with that.
Using my unlocked Nokia N80, I have always been able to browse eMusic's website using the data portion of my AT&T cell plan. Although I haven't actually tried to download a song that way using my existing eMusic account, I suspect it would work fine, because their site just links directly to MP3 files. Most Nokia phones already have a built-in MP3 player as well.
I have not tried their compiler, but for the Intel Performance Primitives (IPP), a library of useful MMX/SSE-optimized functions written by Intel, they explicitly fall-back to slow versions of the code if it detects an AMD processor, even if the AMD processor has MMX/SSE/SSE2. This kind of behavior is one reason that you may not want to trust Intel for your compiler needs if you are planning on doing development for more than just Intel-branded CPUs.
> Intel "getting it" and releasing Open Source drivers and full specs.
Actually, Intel has not released docs for their GMA X3000. Their current stance is that the driver is the documentation. That's fine and good, except the driver is still very incomplete (missing OpenGL features, no XvMC, no tv-out, etc.). See here:
Funny you should mention NDAs. This is from the Y Combinator FAQ:
Will you sign an NDA? How do I know you won't steal my idea?
No, we won't sign an NDA. No venture firm would at this stage. The informal commitment to secrecy on our application form is more than any VC would make.
Wine is different than QT or GTK because it doesn't integrate with the Linux desktop. Pathnames are wrong, menubars are wrong, dialog boxes are wrong, and fonts are wrong. If I wanted the Windows look and feel for my applications, I'd just run Windows, or I'd run VMware. I would complain almost as much if Wine was ported using tcl/tk, because although that's native Linux, it's still just as ugly.
Unless I'm mistaken, the article never states that the scientists submitted layered Photoshop images that revealed their misdeeds. I find it very unlikely that a journal would ever accept an image in photoshop format -- they usually want press-ready formats like PDF, EPS, or JPG.
From the article, it sounds like the editors just fool around with brightness and contrast of submitted images, and that often reveals the discontinuities from an edit. However, the specifics are not in the article, so don't jump to conclusions.
Not necessarily. The main problem with wireless is synchronization. In order for two speakers to output coherent sound, you need the audio synchronized within a few milliseconds. 802.11 was not designed for that kind of application, and if you want to achieve it, you'll probably have to write a lot of custom software that probably will have a tough time working well. The advantage of wires is that synchronization comes for free.
On the other hand, if you want to play different music from each set of speakers, wireless is fine.
I went through a similar process encoding streaming some videos from my recent wedding. My requirements were this:
- Playable by 95% of Windows, Mac, and Linux users without installing additional software. - Streamable and seekable - Decent quality and compression - Encoded and streamed completely using free software (or at least freely-downloadable software)
The answer was the MPEG4 video codec, AAC audio codec, contained in an MPEG4 wrapper (.mp4 file extension). I could encode video using mencoder (ffmpeg might work too), audio using faac, multiplex using mjpegtools, and stream with darwin streaming server. All these are free. Recent versions of the quicktime player support.mp4 files (both playing them and streaming them). This also works with the quicktime browser plugin. Also, Linux users get to use mplayer without even needing the binary quicktime codecs, since MP4 is an open standard.
The problem is there is no way to counter the vocal groups by being vocal. If we write a letter to the FCC saying we thought such-and-such show was appropriate, the letter will just get ignored. Only complaints are read by the FCC, so we have no way to counter them.
Yes, there's one factor that this study does not account for: people changing their minds. It assumes that if your race, income, where you live are the same as in 2000, you will vote for the same party in 2004 that you voted for in 2000. That's simply faulty logic.
For example, there have been a number polls that have suggested Hispanics who voted for Gore in 2000 tended to vote for Bush in 2004. This is because the Hispanic population is becoming increasingly concerned with the "values" that the Bush campaign was promoting. Note that the Berkeley study did account for changes in size of the Hispanic population, but not changes in their minds.
Since electronic voting was used primarily in urban areas, and the Hispanic population is primarily in urban areas, it makes sense that you would see a correlation between extra Bush support and areas with electronic voting. But just because there is a correlation, does not mean it is a cause-and-effect relationship.
The energy from the solar panels is not the limiting factor.
The energy used by the car for propulsion is the energy already stored in the water. You only need enough solar power to convert the water to hydrogen. Now, it might be true that even at perfect efficiency, you'll never get enough hydrogen from the water using solar power, but that's a different calculation that what you're doing.
1. Do corporations who install spyware on employees computers now face penalties? (unless of course the employee signed something consenting to the spying)
2. If I were to run a packet sniffer on a network, does that count as "spyware"?
EPS is an output file format. It is not meant to be an intermediate file to be edited. For example, SVG keeps track of what objects are "grouped" and their relationship to each other. EPS just contains the lines, curves, characters, etc to be displayed.
The correct solution to your dilemma is to write good import and export filters for EPS into the SVG editor. Naturally, there are times when you would want to edit an EPS file, but such cases should be avoided. You almost always want to go back to the original program which created the EPS and edit in its native format. When this is impossible, you want the ability to convert EPS to SVG. That can currently be done with pstoedit, but unfortunately the SVG plugin is not free software.
When Evolution 2.0 is released, it will have native support to connect to Novell GroupWise servers. Most likely, Novell plans to use Evolution as a vehicle for corporate adoption of GroupWise. Furthermore, since Connector is now free, corporations who currently run Outlook have an easy migration path to GroupWise because they can now install both servers, and access them freely with the same client. Once the bugs are worked out, they can discard Outlook and stick with GroupWise.
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The article seems to be primarily advocating double-blind, controlled clinical trials among the elderly, since that is the group where death is the primary concern rather than just getting sick.
Bidding on round 17 just ended and now it has been bid up to $4,713,823,000, meeting the reserve price.
This article was just wasteful speculation. I guess that shouldn't surprise me.
RTFA. New Hampshire uses two voting methods: Either hand counted ballots, or optical scan vote counting machines. This means that in both cases the ballot is filled out by hand, there is a paper trail, and the results can be verified. We are not talking about ATM-style touch screen voting machines in New Hampshire.
I can't see why anybody would sign up for this. ATT's webpage states that data transport charges still apply when you are using this service. I am already an eMusic subscriber for $10 per month and I get 30 downloads with that.
Using my unlocked Nokia N80, I have always been able to browse eMusic's website using the data portion of my AT&T cell plan. Although I haven't actually tried to download a song that way using my existing eMusic account, I suspect it would work fine, because their site just links directly to MP3 files. Most Nokia phones already have a built-in MP3 player as well.
I have not tried their compiler, but for the Intel Performance Primitives (IPP), a library of useful MMX/SSE-optimized functions written by Intel, they explicitly fall-back to slow versions of the code if it detects an AMD processor, even if the AMD processor has MMX/SSE/SSE2. This kind of behavior is one reason that you may not want to trust Intel for your compiler needs if you are planning on doing development for more than just Intel-branded CPUs.
> Intel "getting it" and releasing Open Source drivers and full specs.
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Actually, Intel has not released docs for their GMA X3000. Their current stance is that the driver is the documentation. That's fine and good, except the driver is still very incomplete (missing OpenGL features, no XvMC, no tv-out, etc.). See here:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-M
Funny you should mention NDAs. This is from the Y Combinator FAQ:
Will you sign an NDA? How do I know you won't steal my idea?
No, we won't sign an NDA. No venture firm would at this stage. The informal commitment to secrecy on our application form is more than any VC would make.
The FAQ for Google's hosting service is here:
http://code.google.com/hosting/faq.html
Wine is different than QT or GTK because it doesn't integrate with the Linux desktop. Pathnames are wrong, menubars are wrong, dialog boxes are wrong, and fonts are wrong. If I wanted the Windows look and feel for my applications, I'd just run Windows, or I'd run VMware. I would complain almost as much if Wine was ported using tcl/tk, because although that's native Linux, it's still just as ugly.
Unless I'm mistaken, the article never states that the scientists submitted layered Photoshop images that revealed their misdeeds. I find it very unlikely that a journal would ever accept an image in photoshop format -- they usually want press-ready formats like PDF, EPS, or JPG.
From the article, it sounds like the editors just fool around with brightness and contrast of submitted images, and that often reveals the discontinuities from an edit. However, the specifics are not in the article, so don't jump to conclusions.
The AJAX problems with bookmarking and the "back" button are easily solved with some careful scripting.
Here's an LGPL'ed solution: http://www.unfocus.com/Projects/HistoryKeeper/
If you don't want to clear the screen at logout, look in your ~/.bash_logout on the remote machine. I suspect you'll find your culprit there.
No. Read the second clause of the IF statement.
Not necessarily. The main problem with wireless is synchronization. In order for two speakers to output coherent sound, you need the audio synchronized within a few milliseconds. 802.11 was not designed for that kind of application, and if you want to achieve it, you'll probably have to write a lot of custom software that probably will have a tough time working well. The advantage of wires is that synchronization comes for free.
On the other hand, if you want to play different music from each set of speakers, wireless is fine.
I went through a similar process encoding streaming some videos from my recent wedding. My requirements were this:
.mp4 files (both playing them and streaming them). This also works with the quicktime browser plugin. Also, Linux users get to use mplayer without even needing the binary quicktime codecs, since MP4 is an open standard.
- Playable by 95% of Windows, Mac, and Linux users without installing additional software.
- Streamable and seekable
- Decent quality and compression
- Encoded and streamed completely using free software (or at least freely-downloadable software)
The answer was the MPEG4 video codec, AAC audio codec, contained in an MPEG4 wrapper (.mp4 file extension). I could encode video using mencoder (ffmpeg might work too), audio using faac, multiplex using mjpegtools, and stream with darwin streaming server. All these are free. Recent versions of the quicktime player support
ANSISCTE282004.pdf
I guess it's open after all. Although I hope there's no proprietary software initialization that you still need to actually make it work.
The problem is there is no way to counter the vocal groups by being vocal. If we write a letter to the FCC saying we thought such-and-such show was appropriate, the letter will just get ignored. Only complaints are read by the FCC, so we have no way to counter them.
Yes, there's one factor that this study does not account for: people changing their minds. It assumes that if your race, income, where you live are the same as in 2000, you will vote for the same party in 2004 that you voted for in 2000. That's simply faulty logic.
For example, there have been a number polls that have suggested Hispanics who voted for Gore in 2000 tended to vote for Bush in 2004. This is because the Hispanic population is becoming increasingly concerned with the "values" that the Bush campaign was promoting. Note that the Berkeley study did account for changes in size of the Hispanic population, but not changes in their minds.
Since electronic voting was used primarily in urban areas, and the Hispanic population is primarily in urban areas, it makes sense that you would see a correlation between extra Bush support and areas with electronic voting. But just because there is a correlation, does not mean it is a cause-and-effect relationship.
The energy from the solar panels is not the limiting factor.
The energy used by the car for propulsion is the energy already stored in the water. You only need enough solar power to convert the water to hydrogen. Now, it might be true that even at perfect efficiency, you'll never get enough hydrogen from the water using solar power, but that's a different calculation that what you're doing.
Some interesting questions come out of this:
1. Do corporations who install spyware on employees computers now face penalties? (unless of course the employee signed something consenting to the spying)
2. If I were to run a packet sniffer on a network, does that count as "spyware"?
There's no tower. You put a big counterweight at the top. As long as the center of mass is in geosynchronous orbit, it supports itself.
IMHO, Yahoo Maps beats the pants off Mapquest and MSN maps, mostly because of its decent integration with Yahoo Yellow Pages.
The correct solution to your dilemma is to write good import and export filters for EPS into the SVG editor. Naturally, there are times when you would want to edit an EPS file, but such cases should be avoided. You almost always want to go back to the original program which created the EPS and edit in its native format. When this is impossible, you want the ability to convert EPS to SVG. That can currently be done with pstoedit, but unfortunately the SVG plugin is not free software.
When Evolution 2.0 is released, it will have native support to connect to Novell GroupWise servers. Most likely, Novell plans to use Evolution as a vehicle for corporate adoption of GroupWise. Furthermore, since Connector is now free, corporations who currently run Outlook have an easy migration path to GroupWise because they can now install both servers, and access them freely with the same client. Once the bugs are worked out, they can discard Outlook and stick with GroupWise.
Probably not as complete, but the man pages are free:
http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~decarlo/428/glman.html