The implication not said here is a gravity producing drive would allow the 'radiation' of gravity and its artificial application? like having a space station with a 'gravity machine', so astronauts don't have to float around?
if that's the case, it will be a discovery like this that would lead to long term space travel.
Which means i can finally get the fuck off this shitty rock and go somewhere cool.
i still can't believe no one's addressed the really important part: What is the LCD drops a pixel or two? You're stuck with a proprietary solution that's loaded with all this great hardware, and you have to either hook up an external monitor, which would ruin the reason you got this thing in the first place, or get an authorized Mac replacement, which would probably be 3/4 of the original price. Apple better have a five year warranty on these things... if the neck breaks, if the monitor dies, if x fails... then forget it. the beautiful thing about PCs is everytime i built a new one, i used about half the hardware from the old one. PC replacement hardware is cheap and easy to install. I can't say the same for Macs
I work selling TVs at sears, and the number one reason people don't buy tv-vcr combo units, or tv-dvd combos, is because their afraid the internal unit will break, thus rendering it useless.
*want* to be disabled. People fighting for jobs that they can't do, and they want a company to make the job somehow 'doable' for them.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and other repetitive strain injuries suck. But Toyota and other companies need certain tasks to be performed... tasks too expensive to automate robotically or otherwise. And its just plain smart business sense to hire and retain people who can do jobs, as opposed to people who can't. Actually, Toyota moved the woman involved in this case to an easier, less straining job. But eventually, all tasks become repetitive...
If a pilot of a jetliner for a major airline goes blind, are we outraged if he is fired or forced into retirement? Or are special neural implants required for this man's disability, much like in Star Trek? Listen, its too bad people get disabled... but that's all it is, *too bad*. It doesn't become a companies responsibility to tend to this person's every need. All a job is, is a contract to give one person money in exchange for services.
Otherwise, Wouldn't Schitzophrenia or Turrets Syndrome be a disability? Would you want a schitzophrenic or a Turrets person doing sales for your company?
Last time I checked, the U.S. government was in the business of protecting individuals rights to behave how they see fit, as long as they don't use physical force.
I guess that's not the case anymore. How much longer until the U.S. government imposes behavior restrictions on me personally? Anti-trust is the most ridiculous notion, it punishes success.
Since my girlfriend is highly allergic to cats, but i've always wanted a cat. This is a cat without all the litterbox hassle, food expense, and hairballs. Plus my girlfriend won't sneeze.
Form a co-op? something tells me if this school is 45 miles from the nearest broadband access, that the citizens who live out there probably don't need it. if there are even that many to co-op... forgive the stereotype, but I envision tooth-less yokels yukking about what do to with this 'fi-beer'.
Don't you guys have cable out there? Who's the provider? my high school used cable simply because it was cheap and hassle free internet access.
That way, I could get streaming MP3 broadcasts from winamp in my car. And I could look up maps or directions. and I could be informed of detours online... and I could keep in touch with people so I don't make a wasted drive. I could keep important information on the computer in my car that I might need for a client or customer, etc etc etc... I'd rather pay $10 for broadband access in my car instead, and I'd gladly pay an extra $1000 for the computer in my car.
"Ellison wants you to pay for a service that only one company can provide (legally), even if you don't want it?"
You slashdotters hate the 'monopoly' microsoft formed, but I bet a lot of you will salivate over the monopoly that will be created and enforced by the federal government if this comes true.
I'm actually doing AI research and building lego robots in school. Yep, that's right, my CompSci department is offering a robotics course using mindstorm controllers and light / touch/whatever sensors. Yep. I'm getting college credit for playing with legos.
Gee, I see this company making a lot of money, selling CD's that don't conform to RedBook audio standards. *snicker* Hey, in America, people are perfectly free to form bad companies with wacky ideas like CD's that only work in computers and require personal information. And we're perfectly free to laugh at them on Slashdot.
Suing is trivial, since the cost of a CD is negligible compared to that of a lawsuit.
However, the company is committing a fraud by marketing a device in stores next to redbook-CDs, not stating that it *ISN'T* of the same standard. The personal information part of it doesn't bother me, it's the fact they didn't state the restrictions. If they said, in a little box in the lower righthand corner, the restrictions, on the outside of the jewel case, then fine. let them do that. Just watch them appear on fuckedcompany next week.
but I'd still like to wonder, does the government, or any one at all, have the right to tell microsoft what kind of bootup screen should happen? Does anyone have the right to tell any company how to write their software?
I understand the arguement that people give for regulation on real-world, tangible products: Cars flip over and kill people when engineered improperly. But there is no safety issue with software. The only issues are security and quality. When bad security results, companies change software. if software is hard to use, cumbersome, un-intuitive, well, companies change software. I don't see why we're punishing microsoft.
I don't buy "bundling" as an arguement. Companies offer , in software and in other products, extra features that make life easier, cheaper, faster, etc. They also offer things that will contribute to repeat sales, like coupons. All microsoft is doing is giving a browser that points to MSN to everyone, for free. No one is suing linux distro's for bundling other software with it. hell, mandrake came out with so many little features they stuck them on 4 cds!
Personally I'm against anti-trust. I'm always against the government bothering people who have found a way to make money without resorting to force.
I doubt nuclear *stations* (do you mean power plants, or missle silos?) have mission critical computers with connections to the internet. Anything that doesn't need to be connected to the internet probably shouldn't be connected to the internet. Plus, most really important computers are not off-the-shelf machines. I'm sure nuclear plants and silos have custom machines running on a custom operating system.
"Sir! Either an ICBM is heading straight for us or... SHIT! Blue Screen!"
At Raytheon where I used to work, most classified projects had their own private networks. If internet connectivity was required, a seperate machine for only internet use was established, not connected to the classified network.
Perhaps instead of interacting with people who have expensive electronics in their pants, how about geeks just get over it and play by normal social rules? This "Pirates" is pretty much the bottom of the ladder
They Might Be Giants, one of my favorite rock bands, has a contract with E-music online. For ten or twenty dollars a month, you can be a member and get pretty much an album's worth of Mp3's every month, plus see all sorts of cool stuff they're working on.
These MP3's are legally obtained. I want to burn them onto a CD-R to listen to while driving in my car. Is that going to be the bain of Hilary Rosen?
The thing I really like about They Might Be Giants is that they're using the internet to gather and retain fans, and sell their music. Basically, they offer something that you can't get in stores, and it makes a dedicated fan actually buy music.
No, what I forgot was "there is no action forbidden to an individual but permitted to a mob"
Troll. What was with the "brown" comment? because I'm against Brazil's actions here, I am against the race of it's citizens? Don't assume I'm a racist. That's just plain unfair.
I didn't invent a computer , the internet, or the language. But I did have to pay for a computer, I pay for internet access (unless you live in Houston), and I think that the English language is probably free by now.
public needs justify the disregard of patent protection Yep, that's fine, as long as the "public" is you, and not someone else. Basically, our pressure group warfare type of lobbying efforts in the United States consists of people fighting over the right to say they are the public.
This is a sham. Brazil's government, or it's scientists, could never have invented these drugs. they're stealing the ideas. They're shortcutting the natural process of development. They want results, they don't want to work for them.
If I ever hear that "public needs" crap again, it will probably be about how the public needs my money, and somehow I'm not the public...
my school, U-Mass Lowell, (cs.uml.edu) , recently switched all its logins (shell, ftp, etc) to SSH, because too many boxes were getting hacked. Now I guess it's time to move on to something even better. Well, I have only one more year until I graduate from the CS department anyways, so hopefully they at least wait one year before changing it again.
I bet every hard working taxpayer in that city will examine his paystub with pride, knowing his labor paid for internet access for others. Never mind if that citizen wanted the money to pay for others or not. No, we should never consider that. only consider the poor, internet-less.
Someday, when people stop vomiting on the constitution of the United States, and the philosophy and principles it stood for, people will stop this nonsense. but for now, it's forced charity.
Yeah, I understand your theory about more power from a hydrocarbon engine, but you have to understand that the air at 100,000 ft is REAL thin. You'd have to move a lot faster to get the amount of oxygen you'd need for an efficent fuel burn. Not only that, but the point of this plane is that it won't need frequent refueling: Nasa's building something that doesn't have to come down for weeks, months, maybe even years. Yeah, you're right about breaking altitude records with conventional fuel, because rockets have been doing it for years. I'd say the moon is a lot higher up than 100,000 ft
This is a revolution for all people who are vertically challenged. no longer will the oppresive normally sized people be able to say they are the only ones conquering space. Now midgets and dwarves can enjoy that same luxury.
It is exactly like the real space shuttle, only 1/8th it's size? I'll call it, "Mini-shuttle!"
Further; Pavlovich knew that his Web site allowed the illegal publishing and distribution of DVDs
Yeah, and GM gives drunk drivers the ability to publish and distribute death, via vehicles. I don't see anyone suing GM. This is ridiculous. All he did is take something apart and say how it worked. he didn't market it. He just said "Hey world, this is how things work."
I'm disgusted to be an American sometimes. I love the principles we founded the nation on, I hate the whoring the people have done to it since.
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The implication not said here is a gravity producing drive would allow the 'radiation' of gravity and its artificial application? like having a space station with a 'gravity machine', so astronauts don't have to float around?
if that's the case, it will be a discovery like this that would lead to long term space travel.
Which means i can finally get the fuck off this shitty rock and go somewhere cool.
i still can't believe no one's addressed the really important part: What is the LCD drops a pixel or two? You're stuck with a proprietary solution that's loaded with all this great hardware, and you have to either hook up an external monitor, which would ruin the reason you got this thing in the first place, or get an authorized Mac replacement, which would probably be 3/4 of the original price. Apple better have a five year warranty on these things... if the neck breaks, if the monitor dies, if x fails... then forget it. the beautiful thing about PCs is everytime i built a new one, i used about half the hardware from the old one. PC replacement hardware is cheap and easy to install. I can't say the same for Macs
I work selling TVs at sears, and the number one reason people don't buy tv-vcr combo units, or tv-dvd combos, is because their afraid the internal unit will break, thus rendering it useless.
*want* to be disabled. People fighting for jobs that they can't do, and they want a company to make the job somehow 'doable' for them.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and other repetitive strain injuries suck. But Toyota and other companies need certain tasks to be performed... tasks too expensive to automate robotically or otherwise. And its just plain smart business sense to hire and retain people who can do jobs, as opposed to people who can't. Actually, Toyota moved the woman involved in this case to an easier, less straining job. But eventually, all tasks become repetitive...
If a pilot of a jetliner for a major airline goes blind, are we outraged if he is fired or forced into retirement? Or are special neural implants required for this man's disability, much like in Star Trek? Listen, its too bad people get disabled... but that's all it is, *too bad*. It doesn't become a companies responsibility to tend to this person's every need. All a job is, is a contract to give one person money in exchange for services.
Otherwise, Wouldn't Schitzophrenia or Turrets Syndrome be a disability? Would you want a schitzophrenic or a Turrets person doing sales for your company?
http://www.blacklightpower.com/theory.shtml
Randall Mills wrote it.
yeah, didn't matthew broderick train monkeys in the 80s to fly combat simulators?
we all know things weigh less in india, but we thought its because everyone was starving.
Last time I checked, the U.S. government was in the business of protecting individuals rights to behave how they see fit, as long as they don't use physical force.
I guess that's not the case anymore. How much longer until the U.S. government imposes behavior restrictions on me personally? Anti-trust is the most ridiculous notion, it punishes success.
Since my girlfriend is highly allergic to cats, but i've always wanted a cat. This is a cat without all the litterbox hassle, food expense, and hairballs. Plus my girlfriend won't sneeze.
Form a co-op? something tells me if this school is 45 miles from the nearest broadband access, that the citizens who live out there probably don't need it. if there are even that many to co-op... forgive the stereotype, but I envision tooth-less yokels yukking about what do to with this 'fi-beer'.
Don't you guys have cable out there? Who's the provider? my high school used cable simply because it was cheap and hassle free internet access.
That way, I could get streaming MP3 broadcasts from winamp in my car. And I could look up maps or directions. and I could be informed of detours online... and I could keep in touch with people so I don't make a wasted drive. I could keep important information on the computer in my car that I might need for a client or customer, etc etc etc... I'd rather pay $10 for broadband access in my car instead, and I'd gladly pay an extra $1000 for the computer in my car.
You slashdotters hate the 'monopoly' microsoft formed, but I bet a lot of you will salivate over the monopoly that will be created and enforced by the federal government if this comes true.
go to http://worldtradecenter.com
how chilling.
I'm actually doing AI research and building lego robots in school. Yep, that's right, my CompSci department is offering a robotics course using mindstorm controllers and light / touch /whatever sensors. Yep. I'm getting college credit for playing with legos.
Suing is trivial, since the cost of a CD is negligible compared to that of a lawsuit.
However, the company is committing a fraud by marketing a device in stores next to redbook-CDs, not stating that it *ISN'T* of the same standard. The personal information part of it doesn't bother me, it's the fact they didn't state the restrictions. If they said, in a little box in the lower righthand corner, the restrictions, on the outside of the jewel case, then fine. let them do that. Just watch them appear on fuckedcompany next week.
I understand the arguement that people give for regulation on real-world, tangible products: Cars flip over and kill people when engineered improperly. But there is no safety issue with software. The only issues are security and quality. When bad security results, companies change software. if software is hard to use, cumbersome, un-intuitive, well, companies change software. I don't see why we're punishing microsoft.
I don't buy "bundling" as an arguement. Companies offer , in software and in other products, extra features that make life easier, cheaper, faster, etc. They also offer things that will contribute to repeat sales, like coupons. All microsoft is doing is giving a browser that points to MSN to everyone, for free. No one is suing linux distro's for bundling other software with it. hell, mandrake came out with so many little features they stuck them on 4 cds!
Personally I'm against anti-trust. I'm always against the government bothering people who have found a way to make money without resorting to force.
"Sir! Either an ICBM is heading straight for us or... SHIT! Blue Screen!"
At Raytheon where I used to work, most classified projects had their own private networks. If internet connectivity was required, a seperate machine for only internet use was established, not connected to the classified network.
Perhaps instead of interacting with people who have expensive electronics in their pants, how about geeks just get over it and play by normal social rules? This "Pirates" is pretty much the bottom of the ladder
These MP3's are legally obtained. I want to burn them onto a CD-R to listen to while driving in my car. Is that going to be the bain of Hilary Rosen?
The thing I really like about They Might Be Giants is that they're using the internet to gather and retain fans, and sell their music. Basically, they offer something that you can't get in stores, and it makes a dedicated fan actually buy music.
Troll. What was with the "brown" comment? because I'm against Brazil's actions here, I am against the race of it's citizens? Don't assume I'm a racist. That's just plain unfair.
I didn't invent a computer , the internet, or the language. But I did have to pay for a computer, I pay for internet access (unless you live in Houston), and I think that the English language is probably free by now.
public needs justify the disregard of patent protection
Yep, that's fine, as long as the "public" is you, and not someone else. Basically, our pressure group warfare type of lobbying efforts in the United States consists of people fighting over the right to say they are the public.
This is a sham. Brazil's government, or it's scientists, could never have invented these drugs. they're stealing the ideas. They're shortcutting the natural process of development. They want results, they don't want to work for them.
If I ever hear that "public needs" crap again, it will probably be about how the public needs my money, and somehow I'm not the public...
my school, U-Mass Lowell, (cs.uml.edu) , recently switched all its logins (shell, ftp, etc) to SSH, because too many boxes were getting hacked. Now I guess it's time to move on to something even better. Well, I have only one more year until I graduate from the CS department anyways, so hopefully they at least wait one year before changing it again.
I bet every hard working taxpayer in that city will examine his paystub with pride, knowing his labor paid for internet access for others. Never mind if that citizen wanted the money to pay for others or not. No, we should never consider that. only consider the poor, internet-less.
Someday, when people stop vomiting on the constitution of the United States, and the philosophy and principles it stood for, people will stop this nonsense. but for now, it's forced charity.
Yeah, I understand your theory about more power from a hydrocarbon engine, but you have to understand that the air at 100,000 ft is REAL thin. You'd have to move a lot faster to get the amount of oxygen you'd need for an efficent fuel burn. Not only that, but the point of this plane is that it won't need frequent refueling: Nasa's building something that doesn't have to come down for weeks, months, maybe even years. Yeah, you're right about breaking altitude records with conventional fuel, because rockets have been doing it for years. I'd say the moon is a lot higher up than 100,000 ft
It is exactly like the real space shuttle, only 1/8th it's size? I'll call it, "Mini-shuttle!"
Yeah, and GM gives drunk drivers the ability to publish and distribute death, via vehicles. I don't see anyone suing GM. This is ridiculous. All he did is take something apart and say how it worked. he didn't market it. He just said "Hey world, this is how things work."
I'm disgusted to be an American sometimes. I love the principles we founded the nation on, I hate the whoring the people have done to it since.