When it rarely gets too hot in my apartment I change the climate by turning on the air conditioning because it makes the climate more suitable for me
What you're actually doing is taking the 'heat' and moving it outside into the external environment, heating up the outside world by a miniscule amount. The amount of heat you generate by cooling your room is actually greater than the decrease inside, due to inevitable inefficiencies in the system. It's literally a heat exchanger.
So are you proposing some sort of planet-sized air conditioner or something? Where are we going to 'send' the excess energy?
Well, he may not be a religious leader, but he's a religious leader: George W Bush, for starters. I'm told his administration has severely cut funding abroad for birth-control initiatives which even slightly chafe with his own religious convictions.
For instance if an organisation puts out literature on birth control which even mentions the word 'abortion', they're automatically de-funded. this is a side-effect rather than a direct effect but it stems directly from religious conviction.
Admittedly this is not a direct problem, but a consequence of a web of relationships.
Still, these major reports are the tip of the iceberg - regional religious authorities are far more likely to go against it than national or global ones which may have to respond to international attention.
And let's not even start on the falwells of this world that believe AIDS is God's Will
... but it sounds from the article like the actual practicality of making that change is some way off. I quote:
it is important to stress that any therapeutic benefits that may arise from this research are unlikely to be felt for many years.
"This type of gene therapy would involve removing white blood cells from patients, cloning them, and altering their genetic make-up before reintroducing them to the patient on an individual-by-individual basis.
"Although it is theoretically possible, this approach is unlikely to be practical or cost-effective with currently available technologies."
It sounds to me like this would be a rather arduous process to go through, and given the scale of the epedemic that means, effectively, no major impact. The only effective solution is likely to be a cheap, easily admistered, relatively safe vaccine.
What would have an impact would be for religious leaders worldwide to withdraw their objections to birth control and actually promote condom use. Likewise better funding for medical facilities in overstressed third-world location would prevent infection via needle re-use, as would an educated approach to drug addiction, rather than simply pushing the issue underground.
there, three easy steps to minimise the spread, while the clever guys work on an actual therapy.
So it was a centralised, shared resource, kinda more like a jukebox than and actual personal media source?
Sounds like a pretty cool thing to have around campus, though I suppose there'd be times a queue would build up and you'd have to wait an age for your choice..
Firefox can do the NTLM part of integrated auth, yes, but AFAIK it won't do Kerberos, which means intranet sites which use impersonation/delegation apparently won't work. (look under "access as null user")
I've got a case on this right now and I'm using firefox to confirm the behaviour.
I am very doubtful that Microsoft gives its employees much freedom, if any, to install the software of their choice.
Actually, pretty much all MS employees are admins on their own machines, and aren't particularly heavily restricted on what they can install, as long as it's legal and licenced.
P2P apps and their ilk are restricted, as well as most other stuff at the dodgy end of the spectrum, but no-one's formally restricted on what browser they can install. Except of course for the fact that intranet sites use windows integrated auth, and will tend to break in non-IE
Getting a seat in the centre of the bus, where disruption from irregular roads is least, is step one if you're using a laptop or reading fine-print. Seeing your optometrist is another.
I agree if your roads are shitty this is a problem, but hell, where do you live? Afghanistan? Chances are you live in the US - the richest country in the world. If your local (or federal) government isn't properly maintaining your roads (and buses), then they're doing something wrong, and you should tell them so. Make them fix it. They can afford it. You vote, don't you?
I think there also needs to be an international effort, otherwise spammers will just up sticks and move off to where there's no treaty (OK, perhaps not physically, but you get the idea).
Some concordance between laws internationally, and an ability for prosecutions to cross borders would be a stunning step, IMO.
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Only if you don't have to carry anything. Need to go to the supermarket? Buy something from the hardware store?
I've already suggested delivery groceries in another section, which I appreciate not everyone can get. As for the hardware store, I can't think of a hardware store that won't deliver bulky items, i.e. anything too big for a backpack, but maybe that's just here in Aus and in the UK, where I've lived.
Besides, within living memory, before the giant mall took over, most communities had most of the essentials of living within walking distance. Some still do - I have a hardware store withing staggering distance, as well as food stores, post office, library, cafes, video store, pubs etc, which I'm very happy with. I can't picture myself sacrificing these things in favour of a giant McShopping McCentre which I have to drive to, which is the way a lot of communities, especially suburban middle-class white-bread neighbourhoods seem to have gone.
I find those areas a little disturbing. Depressing, even.
Call me old fashioned if you will...
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Shocker. How do you manage to go out on the piss*? Remind me not to go to Fort Wayne for any extended amount of time, say, over about an hour;-)
we've got a $6 deal for NYE bus/train/ferry transport here, from 4pm NYE (about now, actually) to 6am tomorrow, as many rides as you like.
Even on normal nights buses run amazingly late (3am IIRC), and my preffered light rail is 24 hours from Central to just near where I live.
* Aussie/UK for "out all night drinking, carousing and quaffing"
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You cannot install software ... virus/worm/trojan writters do not necessarily apply.
... you just write a virus?
so to install something yourself....
uh?
OK, you got me fair and square. I was being flippant.
When it rarely gets too hot in my apartment I change the climate by turning on the air conditioning because it makes the climate more suitable for me
What you're actually doing is taking the 'heat' and moving it outside into the external environment, heating up the outside world by a miniscule amount. The amount of heat you generate by cooling your room is actually greater than the decrease inside, due to inevitable inefficiencies in the system. It's literally a heat exchanger.
So are you proposing some sort of planet-sized air conditioner or something? Where are we going to 'send' the excess energy?
They cheat, they'll get hassled.
You know, I wouldn't necessarily hassle them. First I'd see if they'd be any good in my new Cyber-Warfare unit..
Why am I not surprised?
And GWB is personally responsible for stopping the spread of HIV around the globe?
no, but he's a good example of a stumbling block in this context.
Well, he may not be a religious leader, but he's a religious leader: George W Bush, for starters. I'm told his administration has severely cut funding abroad for birth-control initiatives which even slightly chafe with his own religious convictions.
For instance if an organisation puts out literature on birth control which even mentions the word 'abortion', they're automatically de-funded. this is a side-effect rather than a direct effect but it stems directly from religious conviction.
Admittedly this is not a direct problem, but a consequence of a web of relationships.
I'm also told that numerous muslim "scholars" have spoken out against condom use.
Still, these major reports are the tip of the iceberg - regional religious authorities are far more likely to go against it than national or global ones which may have to respond to international attention.
And let's not even start on the falwells of this world that believe AIDS is God's Will
... but it sounds from the article like the actual practicality of making that change is some way off. I quote:
it is important to stress that any therapeutic benefits that may arise from this research are unlikely to be felt for many years.
"This type of gene therapy would involve removing white blood cells from patients, cloning them, and altering their genetic make-up before reintroducing them to the patient on an individual-by-individual basis.
"Although it is theoretically possible, this approach is unlikely to be practical or cost-effective with currently available technologies."
It sounds to me like this would be a rather arduous process to go through, and given the scale of the epedemic that means, effectively, no major impact. The only effective solution is likely to be a cheap, easily admistered, relatively safe vaccine.
What would have an impact would be for religious leaders worldwide to withdraw their objections to birth control and actually promote condom use. Likewise better funding for medical facilities in overstressed third-world location would prevent infection via needle re-use, as would an educated approach to drug addiction, rather than simply pushing the issue underground.
there, three easy steps to minimise the spread, while the clever guys work on an actual therapy.
I gotcha. I was thinking of FM, but you were talking about streamed over a network. My mistake, then.
So it was a centralised, shared resource, kinda more like a jukebox than and actual personal media source?
Sounds like a pretty cool thing to have around campus, though I suppose there'd be times a queue would build up and you'd have to wait an age for your choice..
like this one?
... has similar stuff - like this. And that's not the only one. they do various versions for, say, in-car use.
interesting way of sharing music - your own mini radio station
I either hit a dead-end, got bored or a life
Errr.... this is slashdot. We can discount the third option
Firefox can do the NTLM part of integrated auth, yes, but AFAIK it won't do Kerberos, which means intranet sites which use impersonation/delegation apparently won't work. (look under "access as null user")
I've got a case on this right now and I'm using firefox to confirm the behaviour.
A dark day for those of us who loved the old analog sound.
It's OK, you can build a cheap simulator withtwo cell phones and a crinkly plastic bag.
(takes tongue back out of cheek)
Add me to the non-IE % too (Firefox 1.0)
I am very doubtful that Microsoft gives its employees much freedom, if any, to install the software of their choice.
Actually, pretty much all MS employees are admins on their own machines, and aren't particularly heavily restricted on what they can install, as long as it's legal and licenced.
P2P apps and their ilk are restricted, as well as most other stuff at the dodgy end of the spectrum, but no-one's formally restricted on what browser they can install. Except of course for the fact that intranet sites use windows integrated auth, and will tend to break in non-IE
This report shows the top search engines used by users from Microsoft Corp:
Sorry, no data available on this company/organization for this specific topic.
??
plus, Microsoft just sold Slate.
Sherman own Kazaa :P
close, but no cigar
Getting a seat in the centre of the bus, where disruption from irregular roads is least, is step one if you're using a laptop or reading fine-print. Seeing your optometrist is another.
I agree if your roads are shitty this is a problem, but hell, where do you live? Afghanistan? Chances are you live in the US - the richest country in the world. If your local (or federal) government isn't properly maintaining your roads (and buses), then they're doing something wrong, and you should tell them so. Make them fix it. They can afford it. You vote, don't you?
I think there also needs to be an international effort, otherwise spammers will just up sticks and move off to where there's no treaty (OK, perhaps not physically, but you get the idea).
Some concordance between laws internationally, and an ability for prosecutions to cross borders would be a stunning step, IMO.
I'm really starting to appreciate my town. jeez.
Only if you don't have to carry anything. Need to go to the supermarket? Buy something from the hardware store?
I've already suggested delivery groceries in another section, which I appreciate not everyone can get. As for the hardware store, I can't think of a hardware store that won't deliver bulky items, i.e. anything too big for a backpack, but maybe that's just here in Aus and in the UK, where I've lived.
Besides, within living memory, before the giant mall took over, most communities had most of the essentials of living within walking distance. Some still do - I have a hardware store withing staggering distance, as well as food stores, post office, library, cafes, video store, pubs etc, which I'm very happy with. I can't picture myself sacrificing these things in favour of a giant McShopping McCentre which I have to drive to, which is the way a lot of communities, especially suburban middle-class white-bread neighbourhoods seem to have gone.
I find those areas a little disturbing. Depressing, even.
Call me old fashioned if you will...
Shocker. How do you manage to go out on the piss*? Remind me not to go to Fort Wayne for any extended amount of time, say, over about an hour ;-)
we've got a $6 deal for NYE bus/train/ferry transport here, from 4pm NYE (about now, actually) to 6am tomorrow, as many rides as you like.
Even on normal nights buses run amazingly late (3am IIRC), and my preffered light rail is 24 hours from Central to just near where I live.
* Aussie/UK for "out all night drinking, carousing and quaffing"