So Suppose I'm John Kerry and I cleverly design a million emails that look like Penis Enlargement Spam, but instead, I urge the recipient to vote for Bush?
You know, I give it a weird title, I include a funky paragraph of garble, etc, to make it appear as if I'm trying to get past your spam filter (which I am), and then advertise for the OTHER GUY.
I work in a lab examining Avian Visual Psychology -
there's a great online text edited by the Professor I work for completely free with sample videos and works by many of the great researchers in this field:
Athena is a greek godess in her own right. Nike is not an alternative name, but rather a lesser known godess representing Victory personified.
The ancient greek word 'Nike' simply means victory.
While the two may be closely related (Athena may be depicted as holding a statue of Nike, for instance), and clearly, Athena is the godess of strategic warfare, she does not represent the same type of thing that Nike does.
And, Nike could certainly sue Mozilla for naming a product "Mozilla Nike", as recognition of their brand clearly outweighs any potential confusion with an ancient diety, just as the Bush and Gates family could sue Mozilla if they named their new browser "Mozilla: The First Choice of both the Bush and the Gates Family", then argued that they meant shrubs and entryways.
The worst part about all this is that suddenly everyone who writes an email is required to be identified.
Email is one of our last few partially anonymous methods of communication. Emailing (and posting) as "Anonymous Coward" is a seriously useful thing and taking it away from people will probably be more disasterous than originally imagined.
Psh. Latin literature is some of the finest stuff around. As a Latin and Greek student, I always find it funny that people assume no one ever wrote in these cryptic languages I study. The main point, for me, at least, isn't to study the languages to know lots of vocabulary, but rather to learn the languages so I can read some of the finest literary accomplishments in their actual tongue.
While I don't neccessarily agree with the legislation, giving kids competition where they play with guns and killing each other and make "clans" which have battles doesn't sound great to your average 40-60 something lawmaker.
It doesn't sound that great to me, either.
Games and LAN centers were fun at one point, and then they became this strange culture where everything which isn't "leet" is "gay".
The basic reason why we have the electoral votes is because of the disparity between population / trade.
Farming, an extremely important US 'industry', has less population per acre than NYC, but has important issues that must be represented in an election. Because of this, "farming" states get a fair number of votes, represented by the electoral system.
Democrats aren't against the electoral system. They weren't contesting the fact that George Bush won the electoral election but lost the popular vote. They were contesting the fact that there were gross voting irregularities in the Florida election.
IN ENGLISH. There are tons of technical manuals that predate the kama sutra.
I mean, just off the top of my head, Dioscorides 'De Materia Medica', a botany codex (highly technical applications of plants and where to find them), was written before Kama Sutra. As was the Kahun Papyrus, (1850 BC). The oldest extant medical text is from 2100 BC, and details 15 perscriptions.
In any event, Kama sutra is more of a social commentary.
So I'm part language student, and I can't figure out why there are misspellings of the same word. "Treatise" is spelled differently something like five times. I understand that individual words would be spelled differently, but why weren't they all standarized in his text?
I've seen original latin and greek and I've never come across different spellings of the same word (unless it's an obvious mistake or a part-of-speech suffix or something) within one text.
Usually take place over at symantec.com. They're full of all the information you need to secure your machine against the latest exploits and viruses.
I mean, that's what you want to talk about, right? The exploits?
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On a more serious note, I'm not sure such a true forum exists simply because of the way Windows is run. Linux (and slashdot) are much more meltingpot, and the ideas here are really just a community reflection. I mean, supposing someone *does* come up with some great code ideas and additions to Windows, how will they go about getting those changes implemented?
Most Windows forums that I've seen are either "ask the experts" things or "games games games". Lots of good Linux info can be found on slashdot, lots of good windows info can be found scattered around by means of the google.
They don't compare nearly as well because in both of those movies, simply touching your opponent wont wound him enough to win, you actually need to put some force behind the blade.
As a past fencer, one simple question: Have you ever SEEN a sabre fencing match?
The dynamics are relatively the same. A single touch from either weapon ends the fight. Moving in "3-D" doesn't really help the Jedi, as unless he's fighting off lots of other things, the closest thing to his opponent is still a straight line, and he's only got to touch him once to win.
Here's how it goes. People scurry back and forth. Wildly. Points last a couple of seconds. Since we can assume that the Jedi are weighing far more heavily the chance that they'll be hit, they'll be relatively more cautious. The stop cut or a hand-touch would probably be used all over the place. Battles would last seconds, maybe less, since they're mind force wielding jedi with precognition.
Want to know how exciting it would be? None at all. If the Darth Vader - Luke Skywalker fight lasted 15 seconds, you'd be pissed, and so would I. People like the spinning moves. They're fun to watch.:)
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So Suppose I'm John Kerry and I cleverly design a million emails that look like Penis Enlargement Spam, but instead, I urge the recipient to vote for Bush?
You know, I give it a weird title, I include a funky paragraph of garble, etc, to make it appear as if I'm trying to get past your spam filter (which I am), and then advertise for the OTHER GUY.
What then?
Sola bona lingua... mortua lingua est?
You could always check out the google Zeitgeist.
:)
http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
Down in the middle of the page, it shows a graph that depicts MSIE 6.0 to be the dominant browser in nice clear red ink.
We have one, it's called R. Kelly.
Just wondering, have you seen Laurent Itti's code? Neat stuff.
(http://ilab.usc.edu)
Sola Bona Unix Mortua Unix Est. ;)
Violets are Bluish
and Roses are Red-
On Soviet Slashdot
This Joke Kills YOU dead.
I work in a lab examining Avian Visual Psychology -
there's a great online text edited by the Professor I work for completely free with sample videos and works by many of the great researchers in this field:
http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu
Athena is a greek godess in her own right. Nike is not an alternative name, but rather a lesser known godess representing Victory personified.
The ancient greek word 'Nike' simply means victory.
While the two may be closely related (Athena may be depicted as holding a statue of Nike, for instance), and clearly, Athena is the godess of strategic warfare, she does not represent the same type of thing that Nike does.
And, Nike could certainly sue Mozilla for naming a product "Mozilla Nike", as recognition of their brand clearly outweighs any potential confusion with an ancient diety, just as the Bush and Gates family could sue Mozilla if they named their new browser "Mozilla: The First Choice of both the Bush and the Gates Family", then argued that they meant shrubs and entryways.
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Just to kill two birds with one stone, I'll probably load them on Zip Disks. That'll consolidate all my unused, overpriced media into one small place.
The worst part about all this is that suddenly everyone who writes an email is required to be identified.
Email is one of our last few partially anonymous methods of communication. Emailing (and posting) as "Anonymous Coward" is a seriously useful thing and taking it away from people will probably be more disasterous than originally imagined.
Psh. Latin literature is some of the finest stuff around. As a Latin and Greek student, I always find it funny that people assume no one ever wrote in these cryptic languages I study. The main point, for me, at least, isn't to study the languages to know lots of vocabulary, but rather to learn the languages so I can read some of the finest literary accomplishments in their actual tongue.
Captain Kirk Simulation!
Spock... we seem to have stumbled... upon... a nebulous... galaxy which has no apparent reason... for existing... at all.
Yeah, here goes the obvious:
With screwing in the title, of *course* it's for your mom.
Ever been to a LAN center?
While I don't neccessarily agree with the legislation, giving kids competition where they play with guns and killing each other and make "clans" which have battles doesn't sound great to your average 40-60 something lawmaker.
It doesn't sound that great to me, either.
Games and LAN centers were fun at one point, and then they became this strange culture where everything which isn't "leet" is "gay".
The basic reason why we have the electoral votes is because of the disparity between population / trade.
Farming, an extremely important US 'industry', has less population per acre than NYC, but has important issues that must be represented in an election. Because of this, "farming" states get a fair number of votes, represented by the electoral system.
Democrats aren't against the electoral system. They weren't contesting the fact that George Bush won the electoral election but lost the popular vote. They were contesting the fact that there were gross voting irregularities in the Florida election.
To Kill A Mockingbird was pretty damn good. And pretty damn close.
But then, it's not a geek movie, so no one will give it credit, I imagine.
Yes, but you'd expect that whatever Chaucer made up for "treatise", be it "tretys" or "trytis", he'd use the same thing throughout the text.
IN ENGLISH. There are tons of technical manuals that predate the kama sutra.
I mean, just off the top of my head, Dioscorides 'De Materia Medica', a botany codex (highly technical applications of plants and where to find them), was written before Kama Sutra. As was the Kahun Papyrus, (1850 BC). The oldest extant medical text is from 2100 BC, and details 15 perscriptions.
In any event, Kama sutra is more of a social commentary.
So I'm part language student, and I can't figure out why there are misspellings of the same word. "Treatise" is spelled differently something like five times. I understand that individual words would be spelled differently, but why weren't they all standarized in his text?
I've seen original latin and greek and I've never come across different spellings of the same word (unless it's an obvious mistake or a part-of-speech suffix or something) within one text.
Usually take place over at symantec.com. They're full of all the information you need to secure your machine against the latest exploits and viruses.
I mean, that's what you want to talk about, right? The exploits?
-----------------
On a more serious note, I'm not sure such a true forum exists simply because of the way Windows is run. Linux (and slashdot) are much more meltingpot, and the ideas here are really just a community reflection. I mean, supposing someone *does* come up with some great code ideas and additions to Windows, how will they go about getting those changes implemented?
Most Windows forums that I've seen are either "ask the experts" things or "games games games". Lots of good Linux info can be found on slashdot, lots of good windows info can be found scattered around by means of the google.
Good idea, but I've already got patents on the T and the M. And I've got a patent on the superscript.
If you like cars, Check out http://cartalk.com/
Cartalk is a *hilarious* and very informational do-it-yourself car-show that broadcasts on some NPR member stations.
Click and Clack are great.
They have all of their past show-recordings in WMA or REAL formats - okay, so that kinda sucks, but otherwise, it's a great show.
They don't compare nearly as well because in both of those movies, simply touching your opponent wont wound him enough to win, you actually need to put some force behind the blade.
As a past fencer, one simple question: Have you ever SEEN a sabre fencing match?
:)
The dynamics are relatively the same. A single touch from either weapon ends the fight. Moving in "3-D" doesn't really help the Jedi, as unless he's fighting off lots of other things, the closest thing to his opponent is still a straight line, and he's only got to touch him once to win.
Here's how it goes. People scurry back and forth. Wildly. Points last a couple of seconds. Since we can assume that the Jedi are weighing far more heavily the chance that they'll be hit, they'll be relatively more cautious. The stop cut or a hand-touch would probably be used all over the place. Battles would last seconds, maybe less, since they're mind force wielding jedi with precognition.
Want to know how exciting it would be? None at all. If the Darth Vader - Luke Skywalker fight lasted 15 seconds, you'd be pissed, and so would I. People like the spinning moves. They're fun to watch.