It would be FAR more surprising to me if results showed that evolution had stopped.
Humans aren't perfect. For example, I think there's still frequent deaths due to poor control of energy needs and overly high demand of sugar and fat that has its heritage waaay back when these things were scarce and vital for survival. Well, they still are, but today the quantities are near unlimited for any individual in an industrialized society. It's not exactly that obese people use to need all their fat in times of emergency for the body to use it as energy reserves. Maybe evolution will work against this, evolving safety guards and let some nutrients pass through our bodies better when detected we have more than enough of them. Just there is a reason for many premature deaths today anyway. Evolution takes a lot (= hundreds to thousands to millions of years) of time to happen though, so don't let that fool you.
What does online dating have to do with "trekkies"?:-/
At least in the country I live in, online dating services have people from 18 to ~60 with interests ranging from gardening to space science to hair styling...
Online dating is very accepted and mainstream here. It's just one form of dating along with visiting clubs. Heck, it may even be seen as more hip than that nowadays, because it's more new and "in".
VB.NET has imports which is mostly the same as C# using. It lets you short cut your code, but does not allow aliasing like C# using.
As others have said, he probably meant the using block, however VB.NET still has this in the latest version, so it's still not much of a difference at all here. I'd agree he seems to be a VB.NET 2003 (or earlier) user though, but that doesn't mean one can generalize the language to old versions just because of that.
'The market forces that exist today make it unrealistic to spend $200 million on a movie,' said Lucas, a near-billionaire from his feverishly franchised outer-space epics. 'Those movies can't make their money back anymore.'
Who cares how large the budget is?? Is that a deciding factor for any moviegoer?
Even if it was, LOTR had half of that budget, and I don't think many thought it looked amateurish... It had made $314,000,000 as of the end of 2003.
Look at what happened with King Kong.
Yeah, to many it kinda sucked especially for being too long. The point...? That a high budget movie has a risk of failing if it's a remake with some pacing problems? Of course! But maybe Lucas has been blinded by his Star Wars brand, and automatic interest in anything about it, so much that he believes it's more about the effects and the title than the movie, and after that the revenue is received on a silver platter. Unfortunately for most, that's a luxury he's among few of having.
The wiki link in Slashdot uncrippled form is supposed to lead to Niklas Zennstrom with dots on top of the 'o'. Here's an alternative link. But Niklas don't bundle any apps with spyware, anyway.
I for one is sadly puzzled when the will of people may actually come before that of the government or media industry. France surely is anti-America in some ways.
Long development time doesn't have anything to do with quality at all, beyond a reasonable time to get the game together, that is. Actually, such games can fall into the Daikatana and Duke Nukem Forever trap and forever have to catch up with the technology they keep falling behind, and expectations impossible to meet from the long time it has been in development.
These are commands typically issued by the Spybot worm
Symantec disconnects these without checking if there even is that process running first?
And it also just doesn't make sure it's removed by doing its job as an antivirus?
Is this saying Symantec can't detect if the Spybot worm is running or not, and simply disconnects at any symptom of the infection?? That doesn't look good...
A discovery, which may become routine with expanded searches, of an object making a somewhat close but not highly unusual pass near the Earth. While meriting attention by astronomers, there is no cause for public attention or public concern as an actual collision is very unlikely. New telescopic observations very likely will lead to re-assignment to Level 0.
Anyone remember the "Google killer" rumors from Microsoft, and when they later unveiled it, it was this earth shattering masterpiece?
Since that fiasco*, I'll be a pessimist about these news.
* = it's not really that terrible for a modern engine IMHO, but when Google exist and is at least as good, why switch? It seems most ended up using that logic.
Our business does rely on Microsoft's digital rights management software and our business model also relies on Microsoft's ecosystem of device manufacturers."
I blame Napster for relying on Microsoft's "DRM ecosystem".
"Windows Me: PC Health Features Keep PCs Stable, Secure and Reliable -- and Take the Frustration Out of Computing for Home Users" (source)
Windows 2000
"Our primary goal is to improve security and safety for all our customers -- consumers and businesses, regardless of size -- through a balance of technology innovation, guidance and industry leadership," Gates said. "We're committed to continued innovation that addresses the threats of today and anticipates those that will undoubtedly emerge in the future." (source)
Windows XP
"Windows XP is the most secure and dependable operating system we have ever produced." (source)
Windows Vista
"In Vista, it should be much more difficult for unauthorized programs (like Viruses and Trojans) to affect the core of the OS and secretly harm your system." (source)
Slashdot Mirror
I believe you're the first non-spammer to use a .biz domain! .biz adoption. ;-)
There should be an award for these things to improve
They still haven't found out that Microsoft has been funding SCO?
I just get a "loading..." here.
Is my browser unsupported? Is the site overloaded? Did their server cluster crash?
It doesn't say.
Can't say that was a good first impression, but it's 110% typical Microsoft.
Yuck, you're so sick if you use Tiananmen as a substitute for porn!
It would be FAR more surprising to me if results showed that evolution had stopped.
Humans aren't perfect. For example, I think there's still frequent deaths due to poor control of energy needs and overly high demand of sugar and fat that has its heritage waaay back when these things were scarce and vital for survival. Well, they still are, but today the quantities are near unlimited for any individual in an industrialized society. It's not exactly that obese people use to need all their fat in times of emergency for the body to use it as energy reserves. Maybe evolution will work against this, evolving safety guards and let some nutrients pass through our bodies better when detected we have more than enough of them. Just there is a reason for many premature deaths today anyway. Evolution takes a lot (= hundreds to thousands to millions of years) of time to happen though, so don't let that fool you.
What does online dating have to do with "trekkies"? :-/
At least in the country I live in, online dating services have people from 18 to ~60 with interests ranging from gardening to space science to hair styling...
Online dating is very accepted and mainstream here. It's just one form of dating along with visiting clubs. Heck, it may even be seen as more hip than that nowadays, because it's more new and "in".
VB.NET has imports which is mostly the same as C# using. It lets you short cut your code, but does not allow aliasing like C# using.
.NET still has this in the latest version, so it's still not much of a difference at all here. I'd agree he seems to be a VB .NET 2003 (or earlier) user though, but that doesn't mean one can generalize the language to old versions just because of that.
As others have said, he probably meant the using block, however VB
You mean, like no ISP or other webmail service can? No wait...
That would probably only slow them down.
You've studies modern algorithms much?
'The market forces that exist today make it unrealistic to spend $200 million on a movie,' said Lucas, a near-billionaire from his feverishly franchised outer-space epics. 'Those movies can't make their money back anymore.'
Who cares how large the budget is?? Is that a deciding factor for any moviegoer?
Even if it was, LOTR had half of that budget, and I don't think many thought it looked amateurish... It had made $314,000,000 as of the end of 2003.
Look at what happened with King Kong.
Yeah, to many it kinda sucked especially for being too long. The point...? That a high budget movie has a risk of failing if it's a remake with some pacing problems? Of course! But maybe Lucas has been blinded by his Star Wars brand, and automatic interest in anything about it, so much that he believes it's more about the effects and the title than the movie, and after that the revenue is received on a silver platter. Unfortunately for most, that's a luxury he's among few of having.
Sorry, it's 1983 of course. I just can't count.
So the conclusion is that OOo is comparable to a suite as of 1968!? :o
That's why everybody's first choice is Yahoo for searches, and Google's been forgotten!
:-)
Geeks believing Yahoo is pretty is the reason we have ugly UI's on Linux.
The wiki link in Slashdot uncrippled form is supposed to lead to Niklas Zennstrom with dots on top of the 'o'. Here's an alternative link. But Niklas don't bundle any apps with spyware, anyway.
This is the same company that created Kazaa
Yes.
and bundled a bunch of spyware with it.
No.
I for one is sadly puzzled when the will of people may actually come before that of the government or media industry. France surely is anti-America in some ways.
Long development time doesn't have anything to do with quality at all, beyond a reasonable time to get the game together, that is. Actually, such games can fall into the Daikatana and Duke Nukem Forever trap and forever have to catch up with the technology they keep falling behind, and expectations impossible to meet from the long time it has been in development.
I'm rather afraid Microsoft is behind it, and it's not actually labelled a beta!
These are commands typically issued by the Spybot worm
Symantec disconnects these without checking if there even is that process running first?
And it also just doesn't make sure it's removed by doing its job as an antivirus?
Is this saying Symantec can't detect if the Spybot worm is running or not, and simply disconnects at any symptom of the infection?? That doesn't look good...
This is a 2 on the Torino scale:
A discovery, which may become routine with expanded searches, of an object making a somewhat close but not highly unusual pass near the Earth. While meriting attention by astronomers, there is no cause for public attention or public concern as an actual collision is very unlikely. New telescopic observations very likely will lead to re-assignment to Level 0.
Anyone remember the "Google killer" rumors from Microsoft, and when they later unveiled it, it was this earth shattering masterpiece?
Since that fiasco*, I'll be a pessimist about these news.
* = it's not really that terrible for a modern engine IMHO, but when Google exist and is at least as good, why switch? It seems most ended up using that logic.
Once an article reaches a certain level of quality, it actually tends to get worse over time, because of random, uncoordinated edits.
h ool
Hmm, I think it's the opposite. And it's not like edits are non-random and coordinated before it starts growing, so what's your point?
Here's what I think is a natural article progress.
The old (article from Sep 28, 2002) Darkwing Duck Disney series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkwing_Duck
The new (article from Jan 3, 2006) Emperor's New School Disney series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Sc
Using your logic, Darkwing Duck here should run a high risk of just being a mess??
Our business does rely on Microsoft's digital rights management software and our business model also relies on Microsoft's ecosystem of device manufacturers."
I blame Napster for relying on Microsoft's "DRM ecosystem".
Why limit yourself to Windows Vista!?
Windows Me
"Windows Me: PC Health Features Keep PCs Stable, Secure and Reliable -- and Take the Frustration Out of Computing for Home Users" (source)
Windows 2000
"Our primary goal is to improve security and safety for all our customers -- consumers and businesses, regardless of size -- through a balance of technology innovation, guidance and industry leadership," Gates said. "We're committed to continued innovation that addresses the threats of today and anticipates those that will undoubtedly emerge in the future." (source)
Windows XP
"Windows XP is the most secure and dependable operating system we have ever produced." (source)
Windows Vista
"In Vista, it should be much more difficult for unauthorized programs (like Viruses and Trojans) to affect the core of the OS and secretly harm your system." (source)
I wonder if it's enough gold in those medals for softness to matter though. :-)