Seems to me, this would be a great way to collect viewing information. Better than having to fill out the Nielson(sp?) diary thing. I'd be more than happy as long as it's anonymous and I get something out of it (like a better viewing experience, money, discount, etc.)...and as long as there is a way to say 'no thanks', I can't see that there's anything wrong w/ this. Better than companies that send info to their site when you install a program (especially when they don't ask/tell you)...blah
actually, that depends on where you live...where I'm at, you could easilly buy 8 nice houses (in the not-great-not-terrible parts of town) for $600k...in other places (bay area, ca) you might be able to get a decent house for that...and in some other parts of the country, maybe 20 houses...
3 x 10 = 30 - paid
30 - 5 = 25 - actually paid after refund of 5
25 + 3 = 28 - what they paid plus refund
28 + 2 = 30 - what was paid out plus the bellboys take
each person didn't really pay 9 dollars, rather 28/3 or 9.333...
fuck all this shit, this'll be the last comment I post on this site untill there's something I've got a lot to say about. damn you all, if anything was flamebait it was the moderation, not the comment...asshole(s)
actually, they've been involved in a number of cases dealing with internet censorship...check out http://www.aclu.org/news/pressind.html for some of their latest involvements...
Censorship stinks. I don't like it one bit, and when my own government tries to do it, I like it even less. First they censor porn, then they start censoring sites like letsriot and others that disagree with what they think is right and true. Sick thing is, I was on cnn.com earlier today and the poll asking if libraries should be required to censor porn had 70% saying yes...what the hell is wrong with the people in this country?!?
It has always been said that there's more than one way to skin a cat -- but nobody ever said that every way that works is a good way. How rediculous can these people be? I thought the startup costs for a traditional isp would be high...can you imagine...the cost of the aircraft alone would likely go well above all of the costs for a traditional 'land based' ISP...gimme a break.
While Berlin may be a great project with great ambitions, it's going to be a while before XF86 goes away. The key to gaining acceptance and users for a product/project is being the first good implimentation to come around and be used by the masses. While unices in general aren't used by the masses, those that do use them are likely using xfree and aren't going to change until something comes along that makes xfree obsolete...how long's it going to be before most companies switch to Win2000 from 95/98/NT? I'd say double or triple that time period, and you might have something to viably replace xfree86.
As Hemos said, being a programmer is still a better position to be in than a lot of other jobs right now. If you can program, there's work for you now, and with the 'digital revolution', it seems there always will be.
Yeah, the pay might start to slide downhill, the perks may fade away, but the need for good programmers isn't going away; the competition is just getting tougher.
if you think about it, this is (one of?) the only way to keep information secure -- don't allow it to be copied, and if somebody starts screwing around with it, destroy it...also, destroying after a set time period is another way to keep the information from getting around to too many places..
doesn't matter if I'm doing wrong or not, I want privacy...and for that matter, if you're not doing anything wrong, doesn't it still make you nervous when you see a cop in your rear-view mirror?
This is exactly what I need. I don't want a cell phone, because I don't want people calling me when I'm not by a phone (hell, I rarely answer the phone when I am by it), but I want to have a phone for emergency use. Can't wait 'till I can get my hands on one of these puppies.
I'd personally rather have a system that did some of these things w/o tracking where I am. Why does it care where I'm at? What's it gonna do, pop a terminal out of the wall in front of me when I get a new email? Screw that. Why not just have a system where you login to whatever terminal you're in front of and your stuff shows up there...actually, lots of normal networks are like that already...may be more convienient, but I'd rather have Big Brother watching somebody else.
exactly what I was thinking...I haven't read the artical yet, but I figure they must have some sort of device that you either attach to yourself, carry around, or is implanted, that tells the system where you're at...that doesn't seem too good -- "Yeah, Boss, Jim's been in the toilet for three hours..."
If they glow in the dark, does that mean they'll always fly towards eachother like they do w/ other light sources? that'd be kinda weird to see a big luminous ball of moths flying around...
This kind of crap reminds me of a nursery rhyme from when I was little...it goes something like this:
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
She swallowed a fly?! Oh My, perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly - She swallowed a fly? Oh My, perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, she swallowed the spider to catch the fly....
I'm sure some of you remember the rest, and those who don't should still get the idea...
We (humans) are NOT gods, we cannot keep messing with the environment like this and expect to not have some serious consequenses. Maybe this moth does something for cotton (or something else) that we don't have a clue about. Maybe w/o it all the elephants in africa will die -- doubtful, but we don't know, and if we don't know, we need to stay the hell out of the way.
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Seems to me, this would be a great way to collect viewing information. Better than having to fill out the Nielson(sp?) diary thing. I'd be more than happy as long as it's anonymous and I get something out of it (like a better viewing experience, money, discount, etc.)...and as long as there is a way to say 'no thanks', I can't see that there's anything wrong w/ this. Better than companies that send info to their site when you install a program (especially when they don't ask/tell you)...blah
my $0.02
I almost submitted this one myself, but the story I read on it said it was discovered in January...oh well.
actually, that depends on where you live...where I'm at, you could easilly buy 8 nice houses (in the not-great-not-terrible parts of town) for $600k...in other places (bay area, ca) you might be able to get a decent house for that...and in some other parts of the country, maybe 20 houses...
same numbers, just a different way of looking at them...and yes, I'll stick to both solutions...
it didn't go anywhere, it's still there...
another way to look at it is:
hotel/motel got 30
hotel/motel gave back 5
bellboy got 2
customers got 3
hotel/motel has 25
customers have 3
bellboy has 2
25 + 3 + 2 = 30
either way you look at it, there's no money missing.
3 x 10 = 30 - paid 30 - 5 = 25 - actually paid after refund of 5 25 + 3 = 28 - what they paid plus refund 28 + 2 = 30 - what was paid out plus the bellboys take each person didn't really pay 9 dollars, rather 28/3 or 9.333...
that's sick...sick sick sick sick sick...poor little bunny rabbit :(
fuck all this shit, this'll be the last comment I post on this site untill there's something I've got a lot to say about. damn you all, if anything was flamebait it was the moderation, not the comment...asshole(s)
actually, they've been involved in a number of cases dealing with internet censorship...check out http://www.aclu.org/news/pressind.html for some of their latest involvements...
Censorship stinks. I don't like it one bit, and when my own government tries to do it, I like it even less. First they censor porn, then they start censoring sites like letsriot and others that disagree with what they think is right and true. Sick thing is, I was on cnn.com earlier today and the poll asking if libraries should be required to censor porn had 70% saying yes...what the hell is wrong with the people in this country?!?
It has always been said that there's more than one way to skin a cat -- but nobody ever said that every way that works is a good way. How rediculous can these people be? I thought the startup costs for a traditional isp would be high...can you imagine...the cost of the aircraft alone would likely go well above all of the costs for a traditional 'land based' ISP...gimme a break.
While Berlin may be a great project with great ambitions, it's going to be a while before XF86 goes away. The key to gaining acceptance and users for a product/project is being the first good implimentation to come around and be used by the masses. While unices in general aren't used by the masses, those that do use them are likely using xfree and aren't going to change until something comes along that makes xfree obsolete...how long's it going to be before most companies switch to Win2000 from 95/98/NT? I'd say double or triple that time period, and you might have something to viably replace xfree86.
As Hemos said, being a programmer is still a better position to be in than a lot of other jobs right now. If you can program, there's work for you now, and with the 'digital revolution', it seems there always will be.
Yeah, the pay might start to slide downhill, the perks may fade away, but the need for good programmers isn't going away; the competition is just getting tougher.
I guess this means that when I pull up to the line I can't use the engine noise as an indicator of whether or not I want to race, eh?
if you think about it, this is (one of?) the only way to keep information secure -- don't allow it to be copied, and if somebody starts screwing around with it, destroy it...also, destroying after a set time period is another way to keep the information from getting around to too many places..
doesn't matter if I'm doing wrong or not, I want privacy...and for that matter, if you're not doing anything wrong, doesn't it still make you nervous when you see a cop in your rear-view mirror?
yeah, but for my purposes (emergencies), this would be a hell of a lot cheaper...
This is exactly what I need. I don't want a cell phone, because I don't want people calling me when I'm not by a phone (hell, I rarely answer the phone when I am by it), but I want to have a phone for emergency use. Can't wait 'till I can get my hands on one of these puppies.
dang it, I was gonna post that :-p
I'd personally rather have a system that did some of these things w/o tracking where I am. Why does it care where I'm at? What's it gonna do, pop a terminal out of the wall in front of me when I get a new email? Screw that. Why not just have a system where you login to whatever terminal you're in front of and your stuff shows up there...actually, lots of normal networks are like that already...may be more convienient, but I'd rather have Big Brother watching somebody else.
exactly what I was thinking...I haven't read the artical yet, but I figure they must have some sort of device that you either attach to yourself, carry around, or is implanted, that tells the system where you're at...that doesn't seem too good -- "Yeah, Boss, Jim's been in the toilet for three hours..."
Maybe if enough patents get thrown out because of prior art, the USPTO will actually start looking for prior art before issuing patents...
they must be slipping...
If they glow in the dark, does that mean they'll always fly towards eachother like they do w/ other light sources? that'd be kinda weird to see a big luminous ball of moths flying around...
This kind of crap reminds me of a nursery rhyme from when I was little...it goes something like this:
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
She swallowed a fly?! Oh My, perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly - She swallowed a fly? Oh My, perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, she swallowed the spider to catch the fly....
I'm sure some of you remember the rest, and those who don't should still get the idea...
We (humans) are NOT gods, we cannot keep messing with the environment like this and expect to not have some serious consequenses. Maybe this moth does something for cotton (or something else) that we don't have a clue about. Maybe w/o it all the elephants in africa will die -- doubtful, but we don't know, and if we don't know, we need to stay the hell out of the way.