Who here thinks that the EFF should offer $2,000 to the girl and her family?
I'm sure that they would have been more than happy to pay legal fees if this ever went to court. (The mother obviously settled outside of court, because of being threatened with a fine of MUCH more than $2,000. )
Either way, if it did go to court, she would've been tried as a minor... which would have been quite interesting.
I can't seem to find a link to any photogrpahic evidence, but I clearly remember watching a show on the History Channel which showed several (functioning) amphibious cars which dated back to the early 50s (several were converted chevys and fords).
The idea is nothing new. It's been tried and failed many times. A huge problem is fuel economy, practicality, and above all else, rust. The cars usually didn't last more than a few years.
Yep. This annoying computerized woman will still teach you how to type, and the software has been kept up to date and should work on all modern Wintel PCs. You can get it here
Considering that a 2nd phone line costs about $25/month, there's no reason NOT to subscribe. It costs a bit more than half of what dial-up cost me, It's about 25 times as fast, I can buy a $40 router and network it, and it's always on. What's not to love?
Oddly enough, Verizon contacted me trying to sell it. I'm not sure why the phone rep was trying to sell me something which would be LESS profitable for them. such irony!
Indeed. Windows 2000 is a shining example of an OS done right.
What isn't widely known is that Windows 2000 was supposed to be released sometime before 1998 (along with Windows 98, which was also heavily delayed).
A 3 year delay produced the best M$ operating system to date. Just look at what happens when MS tries to make a release date at all costs: Windows ME.... quite possibly the worst friggin' OS on the planet.
I have seen this feature on several mice from IBM. Essentially, they mount a large pointing stick (like the ones used on ThinkPads, only 5x the size) in place of a scroll wheel on the mouse, and you can scroll in any direction.
IBM currently sells twomice which feature this. However, they have sold mice with this function for several years (I believe I first saw them over 5 years ago).
This isn't new news. However, it is a great step forward, as I love the conveinence 2-dimensional scrolling provides
First off, Teachers are hard enough to find as it is. They are very rarely fired due to underperformance.
Second, the Board of Education for your district would never envision spending the bucks to install these things in classrooms (after all, they SOUND expensive), although would have no problem paying $60,000 for new furniture in the superintendent's office (This actually happened in my district. I kid you not). The fact is that the only chance of a school installing them would be as part of a major school overhaul; schools tend to spend VERY freely during periods of construction, and money is often foolishly spent, because the board has enough trouble as it is with construction issues.
Indeed. Companies could make humungous profits by re-releasing old games. Many games are often pulled from shelves before they become popular.
Examples which come to mind are the SNES game 'Chrono Trigger' (has sold on Ebay for up to $150), and the 'Freespace' series of PC games which cost about $10 in retail at the end of their shelf life, but now sell for over $60 on ebay.
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Even better than software that never crashes is no software at all.
Why use software when a simple mechanical device will suffice?
While Xforms is great and all M$ already (almost) has a production-ready implementation of their own new form standard in InfoPath, which is part of the yet-to-be-released Office 2003.
I got to test InfoPath myself this week, and found it to be a tool which was intuitive, powerful, easy to use, and standards-compliant.
Yes. The M$ product complied to every widely accepted standard possible. It uses XML almost exclusively, seems to have an extensive API, and uses syntactically correct XHTML wherever it can.
Xforms isn't even a standard yet. Don't bash M$ for not complying to it. In fact, it's quite different than Xforms in that it's designed for MUCH MORE than the web (in fact, I find that it's not really geared twoard the web at all)
So, for now, Microsoft seems to have produced a working next-generation form solution before any of the open groups or competitors. (Note: Windows is by no means my primary OS. I use Linux extensively, as well as Mac OS X, and am typing this from my Mac)
While his parents are probably pushing for a lawsuit, there are certainly other valid reasons. Becasue of that video, he will never recieve a normal education.
Being humiliated into quitting high school isn't exactly a trivial issue.
Are you sure that an 'Outlook Killer' would be a GOOD thing? Quite frankly, I find that the monolithic design of outlook makes it overcumbersome, and excessively complicated. However, Outlook does a relatively good job at all of its functions (Email, contacts, calendar, etc)
The 'Free' clients, however, all try to imitate Outlook by providing all the same functions. Needless to say, they do a lot of things, but they do them poorly. Why can't we have an application with a narrow focus that does its job WELL?
Look at the apps included with Mac OSX for an example. All the functions of outlook are separated into several standalone applications. Each application (Mail, Address Book, iCal, etc.) excels at its specific function, and tightly intergrates with the others using a simple XML interface.
Why can't we create a standardized XML interface for PIM applications to talk to each other (and even store their data on a server)? That way we can chose the best combination of apps which suit our specific needs the best. It would also standardize a method for storing this data on a server (the current open server-side mail protocols are designed ONLY for mail, not contacts, calendars, etc. M$ Exchange is the only application which can store all PIM data on a server)
the article mentions that this party is one of the biggest (or THe biggest) ever to take place in North America.
You must remember, however, that these parties have been going on in Europe on an incredibly larger scale for over ten years.
To them, 1,000 people is nothing, and they do so much more at their parties (Demo Competitions, music compos, and even some good ol' fashioned C64 compos. In fact, gaming (and warez trading) is outright banned in some ofthe parties. You've gotta have respect for these people who see the parties as a chance for social interaction, learning new stuff, meeting new people, and writing kick-ass code. I just don't get why we (americans) just like to shoot stuff - how unimaginative! Probably has something to to with the present administration....
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While it's only my personal opinion, I believe that any ISP which hosts this sort of site almost DESERVES to be blocked.
Of course, if they were blocking SPECIFIC sites which weren't related to the law, I would have cause for alarm.
Who here thinks that the EFF should offer $2,000 to the girl and her family?
I'm sure that they would have been more than happy to pay legal fees if this ever went to court. (The mother obviously settled outside of court, because of being threatened with a fine of MUCH more than $2,000. )
Either way, if it did go to court, she would've been tried as a minor... which would have been quite interesting.
but doesn't block goatse.cx. Go figure.
Imagine the look on the librarian's face. Honestly.
Anybody who goes there volluntarily is nuts, but in a library!!!???
How about the US government?
they certainly employ a large number of people.
I can't seem to find a link to any photogrpahic evidence, but I clearly remember watching a show on the History Channel which showed several (functioning) amphibious cars which dated back to the early 50s (several were converted chevys and fords).
The idea is nothing new. It's been tried and failed many times. A huge problem is fuel economy, practicality, and above all else, rust. The cars usually didn't last more than a few years.
Yep. This annoying computerized woman will still teach you how to type, and the software has been kept up to date and should work on all modern Wintel PCs. You can get it here
And yes, Mavis is fictional
Anyhow, I learned how to type through this program, and the help of an excellent teacher (the human variety)
I pay $29 per month for DSL from Verizon.
Considering that a 2nd phone line costs about $25/month, there's no reason NOT to subscribe. It costs a bit more than half of what dial-up cost me, It's about 25 times as fast, I can buy a $40 router and network it, and it's always on. What's not to love?
Oddly enough, Verizon contacted me trying to sell it. I'm not sure why the phone rep was trying to sell me something which would be LESS profitable for them. such irony!
Indeed. Windows 2000 is a shining example of an OS done right.
What isn't widely known is that Windows 2000 was supposed to be released sometime before 1998 (along with Windows 98, which was also heavily delayed).
A 3 year delay produced the best M$ operating system to date. Just look at what happens when MS tries to make a release date at all costs: Windows ME.... quite possibly the worst friggin' OS on the planet.
But will it support my hardware
I'm pretty sure that most people who work in a large city and live in the suburbs could tell you this.
Hell. Has it ever NOT rained in London?
I have seen this feature on several mice from IBM. Essentially, they mount a large pointing stick (like the ones used on ThinkPads, only 5x the size) in place of a scroll wheel on the mouse, and you can scroll in any direction.
IBM currently sells two mice which feature this. However, they have sold mice with this function for several years (I believe I first saw them over 5 years ago).
This isn't new news. However, it is a great step forward, as I love the conveinence 2-dimensional scrolling provides
You OBVIOUSLY have never worked in a school.
First off, Teachers are hard enough to find as it is. They are very rarely fired due to underperformance.
Second, the Board of Education for your district would never envision spending the bucks to install these things in classrooms (after all, they SOUND expensive), although would have no problem paying $60,000 for new furniture in the superintendent's office (This actually happened in my district. I kid you not). The fact is that the only chance of a school installing them would be as part of a major school overhaul; schools tend to spend VERY freely during periods of construction, and money is often foolishly spent, because the board has enough trouble as it is with construction issues.
Yes. I work for a school.
Unix is a very user friendly Operating System. Any genius can use it.
Indeed. Companies could make humungous profits by re-releasing old games. Many games are often pulled from shelves before they become popular.
Examples which come to mind are the SNES game 'Chrono Trigger' (has sold on Ebay for up to $150), and the 'Freespace' series of PC games which cost about $10 in retail at the end of their shelf life, but now sell for over $60 on ebay.
Even better than software that never crashes is no software at all.
Why use software when a simple mechanical device will suffice?
While Xforms is great and all M$ already (almost) has a production-ready implementation of their own new form standard in InfoPath, which is part of the yet-to-be-released Office 2003.
I got to test InfoPath myself this week, and found it to be a tool which was intuitive, powerful, easy to use, and standards-compliant.
Yes. The M$ product complied to every widely accepted standard possible. It uses XML almost exclusively, seems to have an extensive API, and uses syntactically correct XHTML wherever it can.
Xforms isn't even a standard yet. Don't bash M$ for not complying to it. In fact, it's quite different than Xforms in that it's designed for MUCH MORE than the web (in fact, I find that it's not really geared twoard the web at all)
So, for now, Microsoft seems to have produced a working next-generation form solution before any of the open groups or competitors. (Note: Windows is by no means my primary OS. I use Linux extensively, as well as Mac OS X, and am typing this from my Mac)
Quick, someone send them a copy of bash!
If it requires a lot of keystrokes to perform basic functions, it really isn't a GUI.
By definition, a GUI enables you to do anything (within reason) by using a mouse
So you've never been to Canadasia? I hear their cuisine is excellent
"Still more Sex.com"
"Petri Dish Babies, 25 Years Later"
For crying out loud, what's happening to slashdot??!
Oh wait...
"Laptops for warm climates"
Much better
While his parents are probably pushing for a lawsuit, there are certainly other valid reasons. Becasue of that video, he will never recieve a normal education.
Being humiliated into quitting high school isn't exactly a trivial issue.
Funny, eh?
Would it be funny if that was YOU in that video?
Didn't think so.
The figures, but does the cost of the bandwidth exceed the price of gas?
Are we supposed to validate this comparison by filling the Library of Congress (LOC) with gasoline?
Are you sure that an 'Outlook Killer' would be a GOOD thing? Quite frankly, I find that the monolithic design of outlook makes it overcumbersome, and excessively complicated. However, Outlook does a relatively good job at all of its functions (Email, contacts, calendar, etc)
The 'Free' clients, however, all try to imitate Outlook by providing all the same functions. Needless to say, they do a lot of things, but they do them poorly. Why can't we have an application with a narrow focus that does its job WELL?
Look at the apps included with Mac OSX for an example. All the functions of outlook are separated into several standalone applications. Each application (Mail, Address Book, iCal, etc.) excels at its specific function, and tightly intergrates with the others using a simple XML interface.
Why can't we create a standardized XML interface for PIM applications to talk to each other (and even store their data on a server)? That way we can chose the best combination of apps which suit our specific needs the best. It would also standardize a method for storing this data on a server (the current open server-side mail protocols are designed ONLY for mail, not contacts, calendars, etc. M$ Exchange is the only application which can store all PIM data on a server)
the article mentions that this party is one of the biggest (or THe biggest) ever to take place in North America.
You must remember, however, that these parties have been going on in Europe on an incredibly larger scale for over ten years.
To them, 1,000 people is nothing, and they do so much more at their parties (Demo Competitions, music compos, and even some good ol' fashioned C64 compos. In fact, gaming (and warez trading) is outright banned in some of the parties. You've gotta have respect for these people who see the parties as a chance for social interaction, learning new stuff, meeting new people, and writing kick-ass code. I just don't get why we (americans) just like to shoot stuff - how unimaginative! Probably has something to to with the present administration....