Forcing companies to label properly doesn't work because lobbying agents for the companies or industry dilutes the legislation. "Organic" doesn't mean anything because of several lawsuits from the dairy industry. They were afraid about competing honestly and openly.
Your calling the companies doesn't mean shit. If they can lie and dissemble on the labels, what is to stop them from doing the same to you on the telephone? Absolutely nothing.
There are several niche farms that grow "all natural" beef, pork and lamb. They don't use any antibiotics, hormones or steroids, are grass fed and can be shipped packaged in any set of cuts you want straight to your door.
There may not be one whit of difference between cloned or not, but damn it if I'm going to eat it I want to KNOW.
Nothing has ever come close to DPaint III and IV for me. Those programs made me feel like I could just reach into the machine and mold the image however I wanted. The interface disappeared and it was just me and the graphic or animation.
Then I'm seriously confused. As far as I can remember, the X.org nv driver supported accelerated XVideo and full 2D acceleration. Actually, 2D acceleration is supported on just about every card that has hardware acceleration.
Well, you don't really need 3D acceleration for web browsing, so what you really would need (aside from proper docs from nVidia to code a proper driver) would be an easy way to swap graphics drivers between the standard X.org nv one to the nVidia one when you play games.
Create a second xorg.conf file and swap between them. Follow that up with a CTRL-ALT-BS to restart X and you're gold.
It wasn't offtopic, it was tangental. The article was on the apathetic attitude of the general public towards their lack of privacy. The original post hinted at a main cause for the apathy, is that Americans are so involved with their gadgets to care about anything of substance. That is, as long as they are kept well fed and amused, the powers that be can get away with anything.
My post was a blantant jibe at excessive consumerism being one of those symptoms. Americans are easily distracted by soundbites (i.e. - the "terrorist" bit) and their new toys (ooh look! Shiny!). Both techniques are used by corporations and government to keep people mentally anesthetized.
OTOH, I was confused about the Redundant tag. I though it was more Redundant for Slashdot in general as opposed to this particular discussion thread.:-)
I've been hearing that one for 20+ years now. IMHO, while I expect the convenience and simplicity of non-cash payment methods to further their adoption, I do not expect cash to disappear totally as an option ever. There are way too many "under the table" deals and person-to-person deals to make cash go away.
Honestly, can you envision in the next 20 years, everyone who has a garage sale, rummage sale or lists something for sale in the paper to not accept cash?
Besides, if you're that paranoid, then you REALLY need that book. It'll introduce you to things like anonymous debit cards; alternative mail delivery; registering property thru LLCs; ghost addresses and more.
Get a PrivaCash card or a reloadable debit card like a Green Dot one. Use a fake name, put $20 on it and have the book shipped to a friend, relative or neighbot.
The author also sells them directly, and you can pay with cash. His reputation is worth more than your $20, so don't fear paying in cash.
Let me know when the revolution starts, I'll be busy with figuring out how to play mp3's in my car.
Dude, this is America. You don't "figure it out", you go out and buy a new car stereo -- or more preferrably a new car -- that has an iPod dock built in. You then go out and buy a Genuine Apple iPod(tm) to plug in. Oh, and while we're at it, they aren't "mp3s" they are "tunez", also soon to be a TM of Apple. Make sure to spend several hundred $$ on Apple's iTunes (TM) for over-processed, teeny bopper, psuedo-music.
Get it thru your head, you are NOT a citizen, you are a CONSUMER. Go consume something! Help our economy! If you don't the terrorists will win!
You can't help people who don't want to be helped. As long as their basic wants are sated, most of them are too apathetic to give a shit about anything.
For those of you that do care, an easy and practical guide can be found at this website. The book is also available thru Amazon, and isn't very expensive. Used ones are usually in the $5 range. VERY useful and has been updated for post-9/11.
I'm waiting for Vista to be release, with the uber-secure WGA. Some nice, innocuous little virus will be written that doesn't steal files, doesn't open a backdoor, and doesn't delete anything. This virus will screw up your WGA hash, and one fine spring day a few million PCs will report that they are pirated copies and start locking people out of their own software.
That sound you will hear is a thousand Microsoft tech-support reps all crying out at once.
WTF are you smoking? Libya turned over a crapload of chemical weapons, and unveiled their bio and nuclear labs that were a lot more advanced than our intelligence had suggested. Ghadaffi's redemption got plenty of media coverage when it happened. Iraq is an ONGOING event, so it gets tons more.
Iraq gave plenty of access to it's oil -- it was selling as much as it could, as fast as it could to finance it's war with Iran.
You forgot the teensy fact that we had tens of thousands of troops sitting next door to Iraq; had suppressed most of their military; and had all the logistics already in place. Iraq was primed, Libya was not. Iraq was a perfect buffer to Iran -- we don't give a shit about a buffer with Tunisia, Algeria or Egypt. Libya complied with the conditions set upon it by the World Court and U.N., Iraq did not.
There are plenty of things to bash this administration about without having to make some up.
Well, if you're trying to convince me that there are more politics involved that anything else, you aren't going to have a tough time.
Negroponte is more a frontman, akin to a carnival barker, than techie. I believe he simply had a buzzword quota and Red Hat and OSS was worth more points than Apple and OS X. If it were a different market, it would have come out different.
I know, OpenBSD wants the documentation. They'll happily redistribute the close, binary blob safe in the knowledge that it will soon (with documentation) be permanently removed. Lose a battle but win the war.:-)
Yes, you can use X11 with OS X, but my point is how many Mac people would consider it a "Mac" without Aqua and still use X?
As for how many Linux distros would fit without being slimmed? Plenty. There is an entire category of distros that is developed for smaller memory requirements. My personal favorite is Slax, based on Slackware. Very nice, very complete, and very slim. Puppy, Pyramid and DSL are all "slim" distros.
Finally, why Red Hat? Because they can. This is the difference between OS X (and Windows) which is an OPERATING SYSTEM and Red Hat (or any other Linux distro) which is a DISTROBUTION. There is a flexibility of what tools and applicaitons can be included and it is still "Red Hat". There are limits to what you can customize with OS X because it is Apple's baby. Linux isn't Red Hat's and they can tweak and twist to their heart's content and not need to ask permission.
If Red Hat doesn't work out, it can be replaced with Debian, Novell, Ubuntu or Bob's Own Linux with a minimal amount of effort and no loss of compatibility. If OS X doesn't work out, replacing it would be a major task.
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Mastercard cut off AllofMP3 as well.
No, they didn't. Mastercard is the only credit/debit option that works, as of 5 minutes ago.
Forcing companies to label properly doesn't work because lobbying agents for the companies or industry dilutes the legislation. "Organic" doesn't mean anything because of several lawsuits from the dairy industry. They were afraid about competing honestly and openly.
Your calling the companies doesn't mean shit. If they can lie and dissemble on the labels, what is to stop them from doing the same to you on the telephone? Absolutely nothing.
There are several niche farms that grow "all natural" beef, pork and lamb. They don't use any antibiotics, hormones or steroids, are grass fed and can be shipped packaged in any set of cuts you want straight to your door.
There may not be one whit of difference between cloned or not, but damn it if I'm going to eat it I want to KNOW.
Nothing has ever come close to DPaint III and IV for me. Those programs made me feel like I could just reach into the machine and mold the image however I wanted. The interface disappeared and it was just me and the graphic or animation.
Those were the days...
I see your "the customer is always right" cliche and raise you one "use the right tool for the right job".
Details, details.
:-)
If you want to be THAT invisible, you have to move. Your information is probably all over the system already so one more book isn't going to matter.
If not, just mail it to a friend's address.
Then I'm seriously confused. As far as I can remember, the X.org nv driver supported accelerated XVideo and full 2D acceleration. Actually, 2D acceleration is supported on just about every card that has hardware acceleration.
I'll have to test...
Well, you don't really need 3D acceleration for web browsing, so what you really would need (aside from proper docs from nVidia to code a proper driver) would be an easy way to swap graphics drivers between the standard X.org nv one to the nVidia one when you play games.
Create a second xorg.conf file and swap between them. Follow that up with a CTRL-ALT-BS to restart X and you're gold.
From the actual advisory:
"This bug can be exploited both locally or remotely (via a remote X client or an X client which visits a malicious web page)."
From the actual advisory:
/. summary.
"This bug can be exploited both locally or remotely (via a remote X client or an X client which visits a malicious web page)."
That part wasn't in the
It wasn't offtopic, it was tangental. The article was on the apathetic attitude of the general public towards their lack of privacy. The original post hinted at a main cause for the apathy, is that Americans are so involved with their gadgets to care about anything of substance. That is, as long as they are kept well fed and amused, the powers that be can get away with anything.
:-)
My post was a blantant jibe at excessive consumerism being one of those symptoms. Americans are easily distracted by soundbites (i.e. - the "terrorist" bit) and their new toys (ooh look! Shiny!). Both techniques are used by corporations and government to keep people mentally anesthetized.
OTOH, I was confused about the Redundant tag. I though it was more Redundant for Slashdot in general as opposed to this particular discussion thread.
I've worked with 3D animation off-and-on for over 10 years, including professional movie studio work. MoCap was always, at best, 90% there.
This, however, impressed the hell out of me, especially the African Warrior. WOW!
Is it the end-all-and-be-all of digital animation? No, but it is generations ahead of things like Polar Express.
Just watch the video before making any judgements.
I've been hearing that one for 20+ years now. IMHO, while I expect the convenience and simplicity of non-cash payment methods to further their adoption, I do not expect cash to disappear totally as an option ever. There are way too many "under the table" deals and person-to-person deals to make cash go away.
Honestly, can you envision in the next 20 years, everyone who has a garage sale, rummage sale or lists something for sale in the paper to not accept cash?
Besides, if you're that paranoid, then you REALLY need that book. It'll introduce you to things like anonymous debit cards; alternative mail delivery; registering property thru LLCs; ghost addresses and more.
Get a PrivaCash card or a reloadable debit card like a Green Dot one. Use a fake name, put $20 on it and have the book shipped to a friend, relative or neighbot.
The author also sells them directly, and you can pay with cash. His reputation is worth more than your $20, so don't fear paying in cash.
Let me know when the revolution starts, I'll be busy with figuring out how to play mp3's in my car.
Dude, this is America. You don't "figure it out", you go out and buy a new car stereo -- or more preferrably a new car -- that has an iPod dock built in. You then go out and buy a Genuine Apple iPod(tm) to plug in. Oh, and while we're at it, they aren't "mp3s" they are "tunez", also soon to be a TM of Apple. Make sure to spend several hundred $$ on Apple's iTunes (TM) for over-processed, teeny bopper, psuedo-music.
Get it thru your head, you are NOT a citizen, you are a CONSUMER. Go consume something! Help our economy! If you don't the terrorists will win!
You can't help people who don't want to be helped. As long as their basic wants are sated, most of them are too apathetic to give a shit about anything.
For those of you that do care, an easy and practical guide can be found at this website. The book is also available thru Amazon, and isn't very expensive. Used ones are usually in the $5 range. VERY useful and has been updated for post-9/11.
Charles
That would be the A to Z collection of pr0n!
I'm waiting for Vista to be release, with the uber-secure WGA. Some nice, innocuous little virus will be written that doesn't steal files, doesn't open a backdoor, and doesn't delete anything. This virus will screw up your WGA hash, and one fine spring day a few million PCs will report that they are pirated copies and start locking people out of their own software.
That sound you will hear is a thousand Microsoft tech-support reps all crying out at once.
Vern
This could explain why "Arabic to English BETA" and "English to Arabic BETA" recently were added to Google's language tools page.
Yes, probably -- though I think they use SVN now.
/. blurb does not, is that there were 333 bugs closed from 3.5.4 to 3.5.5. That makes it half as evil!
What the article mentions, but the
WTF are you smoking? Libya turned over a crapload of chemical weapons, and unveiled their bio and nuclear labs that were a lot more advanced than our intelligence had suggested. Ghadaffi's redemption got plenty of media coverage when it happened. Iraq is an ONGOING event, so it gets tons more.
Iraq gave plenty of access to it's oil -- it was selling as much as it could, as fast as it could to finance it's war with Iran.
You forgot the teensy fact that we had tens of thousands of troops sitting next door to Iraq; had suppressed most of their military; and had all the logistics already in place. Iraq was primed, Libya was not. Iraq was a perfect buffer to Iran -- we don't give a shit about a buffer with Tunisia, Algeria or Egypt. Libya complied with the conditions set upon it by the World Court and U.N., Iraq did not.
There are plenty of things to bash this administration about without having to make some up.
QT has versions available for Mac and Windows, and uses native widgets where possible.
Here, this one is just for you.
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More news at http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id
Lots of interesting "soap opera" information in there about the divorce, extramarital affairs, possible fraud, organized crime threats, etc.
Well, if you're trying to convince me that there are more politics involved that anything else, you aren't going to have a tough time.
:-)
Negroponte is more a frontman, akin to a carnival barker, than techie. I believe he simply had a buzzword quota and Red Hat and OSS was worth more points than Apple and OS X. If it were a different market, it would have come out different.
I know, OpenBSD wants the documentation. They'll happily redistribute the close, binary blob safe in the knowledge that it will soon (with documentation) be permanently removed. Lose a battle but win the war.
Yes, you can use X11 with OS X, but my point is how many Mac people would consider it a "Mac" without Aqua and still use X?
As for how many Linux distros would fit without being slimmed? Plenty. There is an entire category of distros that is developed for smaller memory requirements. My personal favorite is Slax, based on Slackware. Very nice, very complete, and very slim. Puppy, Pyramid and DSL are all "slim" distros.
Finally, why Red Hat? Because they can. This is the difference between OS X (and Windows) which is an OPERATING SYSTEM and Red Hat (or any other Linux distro) which is a DISTROBUTION. There is a flexibility of what tools and applicaitons can be included and it is still "Red Hat". There are limits to what you can customize with OS X because it is Apple's baby. Linux isn't Red Hat's and they can tweak and twist to their heart's content and not need to ask permission.
If Red Hat doesn't work out, it can be replaced with Debian, Novell, Ubuntu or Bob's Own Linux with a minimal amount of effort and no loss of compatibility. If OS X doesn't work out, replacing it would be a major task.