But I can't think of a single one [incident] in which the cause was traced back to drug use or alcohol overconsumption. From Reuters, October 25, 2006: Drug raid uncovers possible Los Alamos data breach
It's a poor metaphor if you can't understand it unless you've read the book. Consider "a rose is a rose": it's a great metaphor, but if you've never read Shakespeare you'd have no idea what is implied by it.
But you don't have to have read Stephen King's "Pet Sematary" to comprehend "The soil of a man's heart is stonier!"
I think I'll "understand [my] world better" if I read Milton Friedman (the economist) in lieu of Thomas Friedman (the journalist).
> it's not a bicyle since it has an engine and no pedals Firstly, he said it looked like a bicycle, not that it was a bicycle. Its tires certainly do look like bike tires, but there are three of them, therefore it looks like a tricycle.
Maybe the people you describe WOULD benefit from a $100 laptop, but they are not what I would call poor; they are lower class, but above the poverty line.
When I think of poor, third world people I think of people like the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico: they have no electricity, no running water, and no prospects for employement that can improve their situation. To them a laptop is useless, but a couple of goats and chickens can mean money and food and clothing.
However, it is a rather high-tech, impractical approach to education in the third world, which can be accomplished much cheaper with paper and pencils, chalk and blackboards. And a cheaper solution means more people can be helped.
It may not be an original thought, but I think that when LOTS of people read about someone producing a $100 laptop for the poor the same thought occurs to them all: what else do the poor need more? And if the poor can't afford an expensive computer, I'll bet they can't pay for Internet access either -- assuming it's available at all where they live. People in refugee camps don't have a neighborhood store, or money for a water filter, or even a mailing address to send it to.
I learned survival French in a couple of weeks with EuroTalk. It's an instant immersion, CD-ROM based program. Words and phrases are picked up visually. You don't want to be memorizing words and their English meanings. You will pick up Spanish a lot faster if you don't have to translate in your head.
That reminds me: in 1988 the U.S.S. Vincennes Aegis cruiser accidently shot down an Iranian passenger jet. The incident was at least partially due to the electronics used to identify hostile aircraft.
No question, the bugs in this top ten list do not represent history's worst software bugs, but rather some of the most newsworthy (Google-able). I tend to think of Wired as being to technology what Omni magazine was to hard science.
The article mentions the radiation therapy device killed five people. I was only able to find three fighter shootdowns blamed on the Patriot. What others are there?
Of course "ambiguity drives Google's valuation". Ambiguity drives the valuation of every stock due to imperfect information about the company in question.
Yeah, you go to Google, what do you see? A blank page with a text box for searching. If I load Yahoo's page I can, within a few seconds, scan the major news headlines, get the local weather, and see if I have any new mail.
I only end up at MSN because that's where you go after you log out of Hotmail. (I REALLY appreciate that new MSN "feature" that prevents you from right-clicking on links to open them in a new tab.)
Can someone seriously tell me what a "cyberterrorist" is?
I started looking for a definition at the FBI which led me over to CERT and a presentation that defines cyberterrorism as:
"The deliberate destruction, disruption or distortion of digital data or information flows with widespread effect for political, religious or ideological reasons."
This apparently does include website defacement...
Slashdot Mirror
They do make LED lightbulbs that are dimmable (though I think they dim by shutting off individual LEDs).
Unfortunately, one R30 costs upwards of $40...
Spin away!
Unless it's a Pinto.
It's a poor metaphor if you can't understand it unless you've read the book. Consider "a rose is a rose": it's a great metaphor, but if you've never read Shakespeare you'd have no idea what is implied by it.
But you don't have to have read Stephen King's "Pet Sematary" to comprehend "The soil of a man's heart is stonier!"
I think I'll "understand [my] world better" if I read Milton Friedman (the economist) in lieu of Thomas Friedman (the journalist).
If someone hacks into my bank's website and steals the money from my account, it's not actually a crime?
Thanks for clearing that up for me!
> it's not a bicyle since it has an engine and no pedals
Firstly, he said it looked like a bicycle, not that it was a bicycle. Its tires certainly do look like bike tires, but there are three of them, therefore it looks like a tricycle.
"If there are that many people that desperate^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hdishonest to get into a university..."
It's Mercerism, not Wilburism.
Maybe the people you describe WOULD benefit from a $100 laptop, but they are not what I would call poor; they are lower class, but above the poverty line.
When I think of poor, third world people I think of people like the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico: they have no electricity, no running water, and no prospects for employement that can improve their situation. To them a laptop is useless, but a couple of goats and chickens can mean money and food and clothing.
However, it is a rather high-tech, impractical approach to education in the third world, which can be accomplished much cheaper with paper and pencils, chalk and blackboards. And a cheaper solution means more people can be helped.
You (wrongly) deduced how I think about donating eyeglasses and Katrina rescue efforts from TWO sentences? Can you tell me what I had for lunch too?
$100 would buy a lot of slate, chalk, paper and pencils, with enough left over for food, water, clothing, et cetera.
It may not be an original thought, but I think that when LOTS of people read about someone producing a $100 laptop for the poor the same thought occurs to them all: what else do the poor need more? And if the poor can't afford an expensive computer, I'll bet they can't pay for Internet access either -- assuming it's available at all where they live. People in refugee camps don't have a neighborhood store, or money for a water filter, or even a mailing address to send it to.
I'm guessing there are a couple billion people in the world that would rather have clean drinking water instead of a goddamn $100 laptop.
Particularly since $100 is probably a half to a third of their yearly income...
I learned survival French in a couple of weeks with EuroTalk. It's an instant immersion, CD-ROM based program. Words and phrases are picked up visually. You don't want to be memorizing words and their English meanings. You will pick up Spanish a lot faster if you don't have to translate in your head.
POSIX is used "...for real-time...", with "...full access to Linux for non-real-time programs." (emphasis mine)
Well, yeah, because if your application doesn't involve a web browser then AJAX will be about as useful as a screendoor on a submarine.
That reminds me: in 1988 the U.S.S. Vincennes Aegis cruiser accidently shot down an Iranian passenger jet. The incident was at least partially due to the electronics used to identify hostile aircraft.
No question, the bugs in this top ten list do not represent history's worst software bugs, but rather some of the most newsworthy (Google-able). I tend to think of Wired as being to technology what Omni magazine was to hard science.
The article mentions the radiation therapy device killed five people. I was only able to find three fighter shootdowns blamed on the Patriot. What others are there?
Of course "ambiguity drives Google's valuation". Ambiguity drives the valuation of every stock due to imperfect information about the company in question.
Yeah, you go to Google, what do you see? A blank page with a text box for searching. If I load Yahoo's page I can, within a few seconds, scan the major news headlines, get the local weather, and see if I have any new mail.
I only end up at MSN because that's where you go after you log out of Hotmail. (I REALLY appreciate that new MSN "feature" that prevents you from right-clicking on links to open them in a new tab.)
Assuming he's pissed at all.
Last time I checked, Bill had a little site called msn.com that gets more traffic than Google (source: alexa.com).
Google a threat? - Google revenue: 3 Billion. Microsoft Revenue: 38 Billion -- gtoomey
A megacorp called IBM used to be complacent about a pimply pipsqueak young upstart called Microsoft (I remember it well).
IBM Revenue: 96 billion.
Google runs a distant third to yahoo.com and msn.com. Check for yourself at alexa.com.
I started looking for a definition at the FBI which led me over to CERT and a presentation that defines cyberterrorism as:
This apparently does include website defacement...
And rightly so. It's no different than stealing newspapers or shouting someone down in a public forum.