"Out of respect for history and tradition, OpenNIC will not establish any Top-Level Domains (TLDs) which would conflict with a TLD existing and in continual operation since before OpenNIC was formed (2000-06-01). OpenNIC will also not accept a TLD which conflicts with one established by another registry which has signed a memorandum of cooperation with OpenNIC which commits them to not establishing TLDs which conflict with those run by OpenNIC."
In other words, OpenNIC does not handle.com/.org/etc. (I just verified this by reloading my BIND8 server and still getting Verisign crap. >:^( )
Until recently, I had a G4 tower with the built-in NVidia card. The last straw for me was the heavy pixelization in DVD playback...My PC did not show anywhere near the pixelization (too bad it's much louder!)
I'm planning on bringing my DVD of The Matrix to the Apple store (once they get the 12" machines in stock), the opening sequence (falling Matrix letters) shows the pixelization most.
In the PC world ATI is considered the best for DVD playback, I'm assuming the same is true with Macs as well?
Then again, a portable DVD writer...hmm. (I wonder if you could write a full DVD on the battery, though.)
If the Mona Lisa is not in the public domain, yes you would be stealing (infringing on copyright). For example, you are not allowed to photograph recently-created artwork...(Try it at your local MoMA sometime.)
Parallels exist in other media as well--you can legally copy text of books and tunes of music that have entered into the public domain due to their age.
Note that Harryhausen and some animators are going to complete one of Harryhausen's very early works. Thought that might also be of interest, as it's an animation work that will be completed many years after it began.
Some of the interviews with Harryhausen on (I think) the Jason and the Argonauts mention this as well. (But searching/. does not have any mention of it.)
Um, DOE money may also be used for defense. (Sure, some goes to fund research in power systems but much of their research $'s go to such things as computer simulations of nuclear explosions, etc.) For example, Los Alamos National Laboratory is a DOE lab.
Choosing to accept $ for research based on the branch of the government seems arbitrary. If a researcher wants to get on their high horse, they should choose an area of research that they agree with and then take $ wherever it comes and not bend to the interests that come along with that $.
As a related aside: I'd much rather see DOD money fund medical research than corporations who have a vested interest in the research supporting their product.
* movie on my portable DVD player (usually listen to commentary on closed-ear circumaurial headphones, with the display off) - 1.5 hours
* card/puzzle games on laptop/pda - 2 hours
* magazine/book - 2.5 hours
I personally am easily distracted on planes and most longer flights include not only food/drink but a movie (most of which I'd rather not watch like Titanic) and random TV shows ("Everyone *BUT ME* Loves Raymond" seems to be a common choice.) Books are usually limited to short-story compilations so I don't feel like interrupted every time a major plot point comes up.
As for portable DVD players, I have considered the $400 I paid for mine some of the best money I've ever spent. So much easier to deal with than a laptop. Doubt there'll be any fuel cells for the DVD player anytime soon, though. It can easily make it through a full movie and if I am listening to commentary it can make it through two, on the battery that came with the player! What a concept!
"more or less seamless"? Either a display has seams or it doesn't. Kinda like saying "more or less pregnant!" Slashdot could use more editorial control and less hype.
(And, as others have pointed out, why not just use rear projection for video walls? FAR less expensive than LCD's. But it could be useful for desktops/portables...)
There were some cut-rate CD-R manufacturers in the late 90's that made discs with no top protective layer...It's pretty obvious whether the disc has it or not, simply look at the edge of the disc.
AFAIK, no mainstream manufacturer sold discs like this. And I haven't seen any in a long time, even cheapo discs have the protective layer nowadays.
A friend had some and I scratched off the layer with a sharpie. Whee!
Many Unions are already international (IFPTE, of which I'm a member, includes many Canadian workers as well...Sure it's not intercontinental, but we'll get there eventually.)
Unluckily, many countries do not have laws protecting the worker's right to organize (many lack other laws meant to protect workers). Imagine, if you will, workers getting together and going to the corporation and saying "we've organized, now let's form a contract" and the corporation can easily turn around and say "no dice, I fire all you people."
Or, in many South American countries, organizers are assasinated (such as http://www.colombiareport.org/colombia36.htm.)
Note that at Dennis Kucinich (of whom I'm a big fan) has come out for free trade agreements only if they include provisions ensuring basic human/labor/environmental rights.
That's exactly what I expected (spoken like the self-described "libertarian geek" you are, do I get to say "told you so?")
Our local has fought against employee sexual harassment, blatant safety violations, EEO violations, Constitutional rights violations, health violations, reductions in benefits, the list goes on. With the bargaining unit being comprised of (research) scientists and engineers, the small stuff is not a concern.
For many years I've heard repeated statements that IT workers are too valued and Unions are only for unskilled laborers. Now that the writing is on the wall, is anyone changing their minds?
Offshoring/outsourcing is a key battle between workers and management and Unions are the only way you'll get a voice.
I'm a Union member (for scientists and engineers) and I'd be happy to organize any IT shop in the Silicon Valley. All it takes is a vote of current company employees (non-managers) at one location. Check out ifpte.org for an appropriate Union organization and/or drop me an e-mail.
You have a troll! Joy. Seems to me they have little to do with each other beyond being product identifiers. But leave it to/. to hype up a news story...
Note that the article mentions that Rackshack added them to the Spam Early Warning System *after* they saw the article.
I find it highly likely that they were told many times previously that the customer was spamming, and/or they surely could monitor classes of traffic and if they see a ton of port 25, see if the customer is spamming.
In case readers didn't realize, the BBB is a *business organization*, not a *consumer's organization*. They do not have the consumer's interests in mind, instead they have the consumer's perception of their corporations in mind. F*ck the BBB, about as reliable as the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval or Windows-Certified.
(I recently brought up a pretty obvious problem with Paypal's privacy policy with the BBB and they blew it off. Not suprising. The problem was that the privacy policy listed "security questions" that were not available. Oh, did I mention, F*CK Paypal.)
I gave my OSX version away when I sold my Mac, but I would guess that Heretic 2 can be played multiplayer. And you can play the adventure mode cooperatively and save the multiplayer adventure as well so you can resume your adventure where you left off. Very cool!
Note that Angelina's "nice knockers" were padded heavily in the first movie (and I'm assuming the same in the second, even though they show headlights at high beam in the TV ad...Must be fake nipples?)
See: http://www.eonline.com/Celebs/Qa/Jolie2001/
I've been impressed with Jolie's acting in other movies (Girl Interrupted, Bone Collector) but the TR series is certainly no drama. I'll skip the sequel just like I've skipped the original, there's far better movies out there to spend my $/time on.
And don't forget the classic "Bob for Dummies" book. I still kick myself for not buying a copy of that sure-to-be-a-collectible book.
(For those who don't know of Bob [see http://toastytech.com/guis/bob2.html for some screenshots] it was aimed to users new to computer. Rumor had it that it was the brainchild of the then newly-married Mrs. Gates.)
I suspect you have an nVidia chipset in your Mac...I did a side-by-side comparison of my G4 (with bundled video and Apple's DVD player) and my Duron (with ATI card and PowerDVD) and the pixelization and color was FAR less with the Duron.
As an example, watching the opening scrolling-text stuff at the beginning of The Matrix caused some heavy aliasing/pixelization on the Mac.
I'm sure a bit of it has to do with the PowerDVD player having some tweaks to take advantage of DirectX but I'm sure much of it has to do with ATI's DVD-friendly capabilities. I sold my G4 and now use my (sadly...noisy/power-hungry) Duron for movie watching now.
I would certainly prefer a standalone player (that didn't have a big fan to cool it) with DVI out, but I can wait 'til they become commonplace/cheap. (In fact, shouldn't it be cheaper to produce a DVI-only player, not having to do D->A? 'course, they'll probably never have a pure-digital deck...)
Somewhat...There are heavy heavy export control restrictions on rocket technologies (considered munitions).
Major DoD contractors have fairly consistently broken these restrictions, I doubt they have much to fear from joe rocketship, as if joe rocketship breaks the rules, the govt will be able to dismantle the company (unlike the major DoD contractors, who slip out of just about every export control violation with a slap on their wrist.)
Amen, this should have been in "ask slashdot", so that it'll be excluded from my homepage. For that matter, I suspect this has been hashed/rehashed before and shouldn't have been posted at all. Glad I'm not paying for such lack of editorial control.
Slashdot Mirror
Nope:
.com/.org/etc. (I just verified this by reloading my BIND8 server and still getting Verisign crap. >:^( )
"Out of respect for history and tradition, OpenNIC will not establish any Top-Level Domains (TLDs) which would conflict with a TLD existing and in continual operation since before OpenNIC was formed (2000-06-01). OpenNIC will also not accept a TLD which conflicts with one established by another registry which has signed a memorandum of cooperation with OpenNIC which commits them to not establishing TLDs which conflict with those run by OpenNIC."
In other words, OpenNIC does not handle
Until recently, I had a G4 tower with the built-in NVidia card. The last straw for me was the heavy pixelization in DVD playback...My PC did not show anywhere near the pixelization (too bad it's much louder!)
I'm planning on bringing my DVD of The Matrix to the Apple store (once they get the 12" machines in stock), the opening sequence (falling Matrix letters) shows the pixelization most.
In the PC world ATI is considered the best for DVD playback, I'm assuming the same is true with Macs as well?
Then again, a portable DVD writer...hmm. (I wonder if you could write a full DVD on the battery, though.)
Have you seen the kinds of icons made by people who do ports? They ain't pretty. ;^o
Seriously though, most people I know are either good coders (porters) or good artists but VERY RARELY are both good coders and artists.
If the Mona Lisa is not in the public domain, yes you would be stealing (infringing on copyright). For example, you are not allowed to photograph recently-created artwork...(Try it at your local MoMA sometime.)
Parallels exist in other media as well--you can legally copy text of books and tunes of music that have entered into the public domain due to their age.
Note that Harryhausen and some animators are going to complete one of Harryhausen's very early works. Thought that might also be of interest, as it's an animation work that will be completed many years after it began.
/. does not have any mention of it.)
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Some of the interviews with Harryhausen on (I think) the Jason and the Argonauts mention this as well. (But searching
Details: http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/ThisMonth/Arti
Um, DOE money may also be used for defense. (Sure, some goes to fund research in power systems but much of their research $'s go to such things as computer simulations of nuclear explosions, etc.) For example, Los Alamos National Laboratory is a DOE lab.
Choosing to accept $ for research based on the branch of the government seems arbitrary. If a researcher wants to get on their high horse, they should choose an area of research that they agree with and then take $ wherever it comes and not bend to the interests that come along with that $.
As a related aside: I'd much rather see DOD money fund medical research than corporations who have a vested interest in the research supporting their product.
Agreed. Perhaps this will reduce the interest of the RIAA/MPAA from pursuing tool developers, ISPs, and DeCSS people? One can hope.
:^)
Altering the catch-phrase of the NRA: File sharing tools don't break copyright, people do.
And besides, maybe the s/n ratio on file sharing networks will rise as those sharing Britney Spears and 'N Sync will be sued off the air.
When I fly 5 hours with my wife next to me:
* movie on my portable DVD player (usually listen to commentary on closed-ear circumaurial headphones, with the display off) - 1.5 hours
* card/puzzle games on laptop/pda - 2 hours
* magazine/book - 2.5 hours
I personally am easily distracted on planes and most longer flights include not only food/drink but a movie (most of which I'd rather not watch like Titanic) and random TV shows ("Everyone *BUT ME* Loves Raymond" seems to be a common choice.) Books are usually limited to short-story compilations so I don't feel like interrupted every time a major plot point comes up.
As for portable DVD players, I have considered the $400 I paid for mine some of the best money I've ever spent. So much easier to deal with than a laptop. Doubt there'll be any fuel cells for the DVD player anytime soon, though. It can easily make it through a full movie and if I am listening to commentary it can make it through two, on the battery that came with the player! What a concept!
And there's something called "economy of scale"...Laptop manufacturers are going to pump out FC's by the millions.
"more or less seamless"? Either a display has seams or it doesn't. Kinda like saying "more or less pregnant!" Slashdot could use more editorial control and less hype.
(And, as others have pointed out, why not just use rear projection for video walls? FAR less expensive than LCD's. But it could be useful for desktops/portables...)
Agreed, 15-percent of media to be downloaded? Sure doesn't sound like the end to me, with 85% being purchased on traditional media.
/. troll article...
Another
There were some cut-rate CD-R manufacturers in the late 90's that made discs with no top protective layer...It's pretty obvious whether the disc has it or not, simply look at the edge of the disc.
AFAIK, no mainstream manufacturer sold discs like this. And I haven't seen any in a long time, even cheapo discs have the protective layer nowadays.
A friend had some and I scratched off the layer with a sharpie. Whee!
I haven't seen discs like this in a while now.
Many Unions are already international (IFPTE, of which I'm a member, includes many Canadian workers as well...Sure it's not intercontinental, but we'll get there eventually.)
.)
Unluckily, many countries do not have laws protecting the worker's right to organize (many lack other laws meant to protect workers). Imagine, if you will, workers getting together and going to the corporation and saying "we've organized, now let's form a contract" and the corporation can easily turn around and say "no dice, I fire all you people."
Or, in many South American countries, organizers are assasinated (such as http://www.colombiareport.org/colombia36.htm
Note that at Dennis Kucinich (of whom I'm a big fan) has come out for free trade agreements only if they include provisions ensuring basic human/labor/environmental rights.
That's exactly what I expected (spoken like the self-described "libertarian geek" you are, do I get to say "told you so?")
Our local has fought against employee sexual harassment, blatant safety violations, EEO violations, Constitutional rights violations, health violations, reductions in benefits, the list goes on. With the bargaining unit being comprised of (research) scientists and engineers, the small stuff is not a concern.
For many years I've heard repeated statements that IT workers are too valued and Unions are only for unskilled laborers. Now that the writing is on the wall, is anyone changing their minds?
Offshoring/outsourcing is a key battle between workers and management and Unions are the only way you'll get a voice.
I'm a Union member (for scientists and engineers) and I'd be happy to organize any IT shop in the Silicon Valley. All it takes is a vote of current company employees (non-managers) at one location. Check out ifpte.org for an appropriate Union organization and/or drop me an e-mail.
If you don't organize, your job may be next!
You have a troll! Joy. Seems to me they have little to do with each other beyond being product identifiers. But leave it to /. to hype up a news story...
:^)
Had to.
Note that the article mentions that Rackshack added them to the Spam Early Warning System *after* they saw the article.
I find it highly likely that they were told many times previously that the customer was spamming, and/or they surely could monitor classes of traffic and if they see a ton of port 25, see if the customer is spamming.
Shame on Rackshack!
In case readers didn't realize, the BBB is a *business organization*, not a *consumer's organization*. They do not have the consumer's interests in mind, instead they have the consumer's perception of their corporations in mind. F*ck the BBB, about as reliable as the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval or Windows-Certified.
(I recently brought up a pretty obvious problem with Paypal's privacy policy with the BBB and they blew it off. Not suprising. The problem was that the privacy policy listed "security questions" that were not available. Oh, did I mention, F*CK Paypal.)
I gave my OSX version away when I sold my Mac, but I would guess that Heretic 2 can be played multiplayer. And you can play the adventure mode cooperatively and save the multiplayer adventure as well so you can resume your adventure where you left off. Very cool!
('course, it's based on Q2.)
Note that Angelina's "nice knockers" were padded heavily in the first movie (and I'm assuming the same in the second, even though they show headlights at high beam in the TV ad...Must be fake nipples?)
See: http://www.eonline.com/Celebs/Qa/Jolie2001/
I've been impressed with Jolie's acting in other movies (Girl Interrupted, Bone Collector) but the TR series is certainly no drama. I'll skip the sequel just like I've skipped the original, there's far better movies out there to spend my $/time on.
And don't forget the classic "Bob for Dummies" book. I still kick myself for not buying a copy of that sure-to-be-a-collectible book.
(For those who don't know of Bob [see http://toastytech.com/guis/bob2.html for some screenshots] it was aimed to users new to computer. Rumor had it that it was the brainchild of the then newly-married Mrs. Gates.)
I suspect you have an nVidia chipset in your Mac...I did a side-by-side comparison of my G4 (with bundled video and Apple's DVD player) and my Duron (with ATI card and PowerDVD) and the pixelization and color was FAR less with the Duron.
As an example, watching the opening scrolling-text stuff at the beginning of The Matrix caused some heavy aliasing/pixelization on the Mac.
I'm sure a bit of it has to do with the PowerDVD player having some tweaks to take advantage of DirectX but I'm sure much of it has to do with ATI's DVD-friendly capabilities. I sold my G4 and now use my (sadly...noisy/power-hungry) Duron for movie watching now.
I would certainly prefer a standalone player (that didn't have a big fan to cool it) with DVI out, but I can wait 'til they become commonplace/cheap. (In fact, shouldn't it be cheaper to produce a DVI-only player, not having to do D->A? 'course, they'll probably never have a pure-digital deck...)
Somewhat...There are heavy heavy export control restrictions on rocket technologies (considered munitions).
Major DoD contractors have fairly consistently broken these restrictions, I doubt they have much to fear from joe rocketship, as if joe rocketship breaks the rules, the govt will be able to dismantle the company (unlike the major DoD contractors, who slip out of just about every export control violation with a slap on their wrist.)
Amen, this should have been in "ask slashdot", so that it'll be excluded from my homepage. For that matter, I suspect this has been hashed/rehashed before and shouldn't have been posted at all. Glad I'm not paying for such lack of editorial control.