You must forgive them. After all, with Fox as the main 'news' station their perspectives on all media have to be somewhat skewed. [citation-needed]
In my own, totally unscientific observations, ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN have considerably more market-penetration of televised news among the general population.
Also, consider the irony of issuing blanket statements in a post condemning intolerance and ignorance.
Although it's somewhat murky distinction (and possibly a slippery slope) hate speech is most typically defined as such that advocates violence toward a certain group of individuals, usually defined on a stereotypical/prejudicial basis.
If you adequately explain why you dislike someone, it would be a specific and explicit threat, rather than hate speech. This may or may not be illegal, although, for instance, threatening to kill or assassinate somebody does carry penalties under most jurisdictions.
As much as I'm for freedom of speech, there seem to be a few clear-cut cases where it's not a terrible idea. The Nazis come to mind pretty quickly as an instance where hate speech spiraled out of control, and many were killed for crimes that their race was perceived to have committed.
Sprint/Nextel use CDMA, just like Verizon, Alltel, and a few smaller companies do.
CDMA actually allows for a considerably larger cell size, whereas GSM is restricted to a "hard limit" of 35km. This is often touted as the reason why CDMA saw successful adoption in rural areas in the US, while GSM took a while to catch up, while densely-populated, developed areas stuck to GSM.
Nextel/Sprint may have placed their towers closer together for some other reason, although they actually had the ability to place their towers further apart than their GSM-based competitors. I have no clue whether or not this was actually the case.
Also, lots of operators share towers. It's a fairly common practice, and a legal obligation in some areas.
The cameras are in public places, and are blatantly obvious to the naked eye. I don't think that quite constitutes spying.
To be perfectly honest, CCTV cameras sound like a fairly decent idea in crowded city centres. Do you avoid shopping at convenience stores because their owners "spy" on you?
A "loss of reasonable privacy" would be if these cameras were being installed in private residences or bathrooms.
1. Dead-simple operation. Reads e-books, and does very little else.
2. Minimalist Interface. Possibly the Kindle's greatest shortcoming. Should have no more buttons than an iPod (or, say, the original Game Boy).
3. Books easy to download/retrieve. Should be wireless, though the actual purchase doesn't necessarily need to originate from the device itself (see #1 and #2). Perhaps a hybrid system by which content may be purchased online via web browser, and then "pushed" to the unit wirelessly?
4. Open access. Any seller must be able to supply content via a common format. DRM is somewhat acceptable, as long as it isn't obnoxiously intrusive (eg. Apple's FairPlay). Free content must also not cost money (tsk, tsk, Amazon)
5. Books must be considerably cheaper than their dead-tree equivalents.
6. Large, crisp, legible, glare-free display. Should be able to withstand some degree of abuse. I want to feel like I'm looking at a piece of paper, not a screen.
7. Sleek design. Doesn't need to be revolutionary, but also not ugly. This should naturally follow from #1, #2, and #6.
7. Page-turn lag must be kept to a minimum.
8. Cheap enough for normal folks to afford. Under $300?
Under these conditions, you *might* be able to successfully market one of these.
However, as a short post, it was a bit sensationalistic, and follows the trend of injecting pointless political rhetoric in areas where it doesn't belong (which is quite the trend these days!).
Asus are selling a PC with an outdated* version of Windows for slightly less than a slightly-higher-speced Linux machine, and all of the sudden, words like "commitment" and the wild notion of Asus losing 20% of their customers is being tossed around.
Get a grip, and put this into perspective! Should we start arguing about Asus's Chairman's selection of lapel pins, or where he went to church as a kid?
and do a cross promotion, in particular concentrate on World of Warcraft players. With Season 4 PvP gear coming down these people will have lots of reason to spend all their time in one place To the moderator who scored this as 'Insightful': Get Help.
God forbid Microsoft actually.... competes with its competitors!
Seriously. You're going to have to do better than that. Last I checked, this is how all capitalist businesses operate, and you can't really fault them for attempting to promote their product.
The Eee has been "successful" in small circles. I sincerely doubt that the Eee has even remotely penetrated the notebook market worldwide, in terms of marketshare percentage.
At the moment, Microsoft are freaking out about Apple. The Eee isn't (yet) worth their time to worry.
ASUS are a for-profit corporation. They're going to do whatever it takes to sell the most computers at the greatest profit. In the case of the Eee, they found that they could sell a computer without windows as long as it was extremely inexpensive.
If Microsoft offers an incentive to bundle Windows with their entry-level laptop, Asus are going to take it, as it adds value to their product. They'd be stupid not to.
Note here that you can still very easily install linux on the Windows machine, and that the Linux model is only $50AUD extra, and includes 8gb extra flash storage (which is probably easily worth the $50 extra to most customers).
Just in the last several years, they have been launching new attack subs and SSBNs at a rate of at least 1 / per year each. 1 attack sub/year for a country of 1.3 billion people.
Somehow that doesn't concern me all that much.
When you consider the scale of just how staggeringly huge China is (20% world population as opposed to 4.5% for the US), their military doesn't seem quite so massive.
I live in the USA and I'm from Britain. It's MUCH safer in Britain than the USA Interesting to note. From the stories we read here, it's as if people are getting mugged left and right, and every night out drinking ends up in fist fights (maybe that's just London). Mm. Agreed.
That's because these are pretty much the absolute worst crimes that occur in the UK on a regular basis. It's an extremely safe place to be.
The US media don't report so much on the muggings and bar fights, because their papers are already full of murders, gang-related violence, and gun crime to report on.
This might be a cultural thing as well, although I definitely get the impression that cops in the UK are genuinely interested in the wellbeing of their constituents, rather than the strict enforcement of every single law and ordinance to a T.
Similarly, the UK government seems to be somewhat more responsible stewards of the power entrusted to them, slippery-slope argument be damned. People generally agree that the CCTV cameras are mostly a good idea, and that, even though it's fashionable to bitch and moan about the NHS, at the end of the day, it's a well-oiled machine that gets its job done as efficiently and effectively as possible.
yes my kid (in the Army) would nuc a harddrive from orbit and reinstall everything, being easier than figuring out what some shake-and-bake lieutenant did to FUBAR the thing besides asking the sadist questions "OBTW you did back-up everything you wanted to keep didn't you Sir?" was one of the perks of the job. Of course now that EDS is vendoring support we have to pay for troubleshooting before they nuc it anyways. Ah. A fine specimen of the surrealist abstract school of slashdot comments.
Seriously folks. The pattern isn't that difficult. Noun, verb, object, punctuation. Throw in a carriage-return every now and then, and make some vague attempt at making your words relate to one another.
Microsoft may use these tactics for very small numbers of licenses, although they're considerably more lenient for large organizations.
As long as you've got no more than your alloted number of licenses running simultaneously, they could care less if you purchase new hardware or dispose of old hardware without re-purchasing.
Somewhat surprisingly, the system works fairly similarly to how you'd expect it to. Microsoft are smart enough not to piss off their big customers all in one go.
Anonymity can have some pretty undesirable consequences...
But really. Have you ever read the comment boards on a local or national news site? Trolls and political shitstorms are the rule rather than the exception. Personal insults, extreme racism, and casual death-threats are fairly common as well.
In the end, each thread inevitably turns into a racist tirade, or a debate over gun control, religion, or "the democracts/republicans are killing America"
It's really no surprise that the Washington Post wants to put a damper on this. Although it may sound hard to believe, Slashdot is arguably one of the most effectively moderated large communities on the 'net.
Under certain conditions, and if you're using RAW processing, the noise at ISO 1600 is mostly "acceptable"
Although cranking it up to 3200 might produce results that are too noisy to use in a print, I could see a few cases in which it would be nice to have.
That all said, the 350D is a fantastic body, and I can't think of much more functionality that a firmware 'hack' could provide that isn't somehow limited by hardware...
Why can't we simply set up a special system by which a judge is able to issue some sort of special warrant on extremely short notice for cases that are extremely time-sensitive (eg. missing persons)?
At the very least, this would leave a paperwork trail, protect the rights of the person being searched, and hold the investigators accountable for their actions.
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In my own, totally unscientific observations, ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN have considerably more market-penetration of televised news among the general population.
Also, consider the irony of issuing blanket statements in a post condemning intolerance and ignorance.
Although it's somewhat murky distinction (and possibly a slippery slope) hate speech is most typically defined as such that advocates violence toward a certain group of individuals, usually defined on a stereotypical/prejudicial basis.
If you adequately explain why you dislike someone, it would be a specific and explicit threat, rather than hate speech. This may or may not be illegal, although, for instance, threatening to kill or assassinate somebody does carry penalties under most jurisdictions.
As much as I'm for freedom of speech, there seem to be a few clear-cut cases where it's not a terrible idea. The Nazis come to mind pretty quickly as an instance where hate speech spiraled out of control, and many were killed for crimes that their race was perceived to have committed.
Huh? That's just plain wrong.
Sprint/Nextel use CDMA, just like Verizon, Alltel, and a few smaller companies do.
CDMA actually allows for a considerably larger cell size, whereas GSM is restricted to a "hard limit" of 35km. This is often touted as the reason why CDMA saw successful adoption in rural areas in the US, while GSM took a while to catch up, while densely-populated, developed areas stuck to GSM.
Nextel/Sprint may have placed their towers closer together for some other reason, although they actually had the ability to place their towers further apart than their GSM-based competitors. I have no clue whether or not this was actually the case.
Also, lots of operators share towers. It's a fairly common practice, and a legal obligation in some areas.
Actually, the Concorde was profitable.And supersonic air travel did not pay when oil was $20 a barrel, how can it ever pay at $120 ?
The profits were, however, not great enough for British Airways to feel that it was worth their while to maintain the fleet.
Richard Branson made several offers to resume Concorde service under the Virgin name, although in the end, BA were unwilling to sell the aircraft.
Oh, come on. Stop the sensationalist rhetoric.
The cameras are in public places, and are blatantly obvious to the naked eye. I don't think that quite constitutes spying.
To be perfectly honest, CCTV cameras sound like a fairly decent idea in crowded city centres. Do you avoid shopping at convenience stores because their owners "spy" on you?
A "loss of reasonable privacy" would be if these cameras were being installed in private residences or bathrooms.
1. Dead-simple operation. Reads e-books, and does very little else.
2. Minimalist Interface. Possibly the Kindle's greatest shortcoming. Should have no more buttons than an iPod (or, say, the original Game Boy).
3. Books easy to download/retrieve. Should be wireless, though the actual purchase doesn't necessarily need to originate from the device itself (see #1 and #2). Perhaps a hybrid system by which content may be purchased online via web browser, and then "pushed" to the unit wirelessly?
4. Open access. Any seller must be able to supply content via a common format. DRM is somewhat acceptable, as long as it isn't obnoxiously intrusive (eg. Apple's FairPlay). Free content must also not cost money (tsk, tsk, Amazon)
5. Books must be considerably cheaper than their dead-tree equivalents.
6. Large, crisp, legible, glare-free display. Should be able to withstand some degree of abuse. I want to feel like I'm looking at a piece of paper, not a screen.
7. Sleek design. Doesn't need to be revolutionary, but also not ugly. This should naturally follow from #1, #2, and #6.
7. Page-turn lag must be kept to a minimum.
8. Cheap enough for normal folks to afford. Under $300?
Under these conditions, you *might* be able to successfully market one of these.
I suppose I'll apologize.
However, as a short post, it was a bit sensationalistic, and follows the trend of injecting pointless political rhetoric in areas where it doesn't belong (which is quite the trend these days!).
Asus are selling a PC with an outdated* version of Windows for slightly less than a slightly-higher-speced Linux machine, and all of the sudden, words like "commitment" and the wild notion of Asus losing 20% of their customers is being tossed around.
Get a grip, and put this into perspective! Should we start arguing about Asus's Chairman's selection of lapel pins, or where he went to church as a kid?
Don't forget that it was also quite cheap for its time, and especially for apple.
Just a thought: Position yourself near the centre of rotation, match the speed of rotation, grab on, and "crawl" up the tether.
You'd have to provide barf bags, though it does seem hypothetically possible.
Alternatively, the rotation could simply be suspended during docking. It'd be energy-intensive to break and restart, but not out of the question....
God forbid Microsoft actually.... competes with its competitors!
Seriously. You're going to have to do better than that. Last I checked, this is how all capitalist businesses operate, and you can't really fault them for attempting to promote their product.
The Eee has been "successful" in small circles. I sincerely doubt that the Eee has even remotely penetrated the notebook market worldwide, in terms of marketshare percentage.
At the moment, Microsoft are freaking out about Apple. The Eee isn't (yet) worth their time to worry.
Oh come on.
"Commitment" to Linux? Are you serious?
ASUS are a for-profit corporation. They're going to do whatever it takes to sell the most computers at the greatest profit. In the case of the Eee, they found that they could sell a computer without windows as long as it was extremely inexpensive.
If Microsoft offers an incentive to bundle Windows with their entry-level laptop, Asus are going to take it, as it adds value to their product. They'd be stupid not to.
Note here that you can still very easily install linux on the Windows machine, and that the Linux model is only $50AUD extra, and includes 8gb extra flash storage (which is probably easily worth the $50 extra to most customers).
Even the founders of Greenpeace have realized that their organization has turned into a monster.
They're now ardent supporters of nuclear power.
Somehow that doesn't concern me all that much.
When you consider the scale of just how staggeringly huge China is (20% world population as opposed to 4.5% for the US), their military doesn't seem quite so massive.
That's because these are pretty much the absolute worst crimes that occur in the UK on a regular basis. It's an extremely safe place to be.
The US media don't report so much on the muggings and bar fights, because their papers are already full of murders, gang-related violence, and gun crime to report on.
This might be a cultural thing as well, although I definitely get the impression that cops in the UK are genuinely interested in the wellbeing of their constituents, rather than the strict enforcement of every single law and ordinance to a T.
Similarly, the UK government seems to be somewhat more responsible stewards of the power entrusted to them, slippery-slope argument be damned. People generally agree that the CCTV cameras are mostly a good idea, and that, even though it's fashionable to bitch and moan about the NHS, at the end of the day, it's a well-oiled machine that gets its job done as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Seriously folks. The pattern isn't that difficult. Noun, verb, object, punctuation. Throw in a carriage-return every now and then, and make some vague attempt at making your words relate to one another.
Microsoft may use these tactics for very small numbers of licenses, although they're considerably more lenient for large organizations.
As long as you've got no more than your alloted number of licenses running simultaneously, they could care less if you purchase new hardware or dispose of old hardware without re-purchasing.
Somewhat surprisingly, the system works fairly similarly to how you'd expect it to. Microsoft are smart enough not to piss off their big customers all in one go.
Note to self: Never make blanket-statements about sci-fi on slashdot.
Anonymity can have some pretty undesirable consequences...
But really. Have you ever read the comment boards on a local or national news site? Trolls and political shitstorms are the rule rather than the exception. Personal insults, extreme racism, and casual death-threats are fairly common as well.
In the end, each thread inevitably turns into a racist tirade, or a debate over gun control, religion, or "the democracts/republicans are killing America"
It's really no surprise that the Washington Post wants to put a damper on this. Although it may sound hard to believe, Slashdot is arguably one of the most effectively moderated large communities on the 'net.
Yes, but it does a fantastic job of filtering out the noise. The meta-moderation system is also supposed to take care of the political issue.
One could also argue that the filtering of politically-loaded comments also increases the level of civilized discourse (to a degree)...
Under certain conditions, and if you're using RAW processing, the noise at ISO 1600 is mostly "acceptable"
Although cranking it up to 3200 might produce results that are too noisy to use in a print, I could see a few cases in which it would be nice to have.
That all said, the 350D is a fantastic body, and I can't think of much more functionality that a firmware 'hack' could provide that isn't somehow limited by hardware...
This is due to Economies of scale. If you're producing less, the cost per unit is going to be greater.
$20 also isn't a terribly high cost to pay for the added functionality that the Linux units offered.
Personally, the bird, or the whole Nazis on the moon thing tipped me off that this might not be a documentary.
Seriously. Every single decent sci-fi film/show/short that I've ever seen apart from 2001 has ignored the sound propagation issue.
And even at that, although 2001 was a work of art in its own right, it's a damn tedious film to watch in one sitting.
Although "Moonlets" is a cute, fuzzy term, I would have much preferred if they'd called them 'mooninites'
Why can't we simply set up a special system by which a judge is able to issue some sort of special warrant on extremely short notice for cases that are extremely time-sensitive (eg. missing persons)?
At the very least, this would leave a paperwork trail, protect the rights of the person being searched, and hold the investigators accountable for their actions.