The quote '"Whether you like it or not, History is on our side. We will bury you." --Nikita Khruschev' reminds me of the t-shirt I saw which said "God is dead - Nietsche" and below it: "Nietsche is dead - God"
I was in High School. The CS course there was in a small room (former broom closet?) with 3 terminals in it. One of them was paper and not CRT. Connected to a mainframe elsewhere in the county via phone lines. I can still remember the delay between typing and seeing the echo.
It depends upon what you consider to be "better". The Gimp is certainly better than any graphics program that is available at the same price point. Many other similar situations can be found, but Gimp is the best example.
Seen several posts stating that they don't read the local paper because it contains news that isn't interesting to them. That is, of course, why they should read it! Sure, the board of educations ramblings may not be important now, but what about when you have kids and they start school? Many issues that seem unimportant now become very important later. Remember that the Watergate story started out in the local section of the Washington Post. Would you want to read about a third rate burglary attempt? No? What about high-level political corruption?
As another poster has pointed out, it is the 238 (IIRC) isotope that is dangerous. This isotope makes up a small (less than 1%) fraction of the uranium metal. The major expense of the Manhattan Project (which was approx $1E9 (in the 1940's!)) was the isotope separation facility at Oak Ridge in Tennessee. The danger is that U238 is easy to use in bomb making, slap 2 hemispheres that are each 2/3 of a critical mass together and you get a low-level explosion, the rest is just refinement. Plutonium, extracted from spent fuel rods, is much easier to extract, but harder to make a bomb from (you need a spherical implosion, tough to do). Fat Man was a plutonium bomb, Little Boy was U238. I would recommend reading The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes.
It's called 'electric boat' because submarines are called, by submariners, 'boats' and because submarine engines used to use electric motors. In the old days they were battery powered, recharged by diesel engines (on the surface (the 'diesel/electric' boats)).
Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia were the first movies I saw him in. If you haven't seen them, rentthem. The widescreen DVD of Lawrence especially. Those (the Colonel in Bridge and Faisal in Lawrence) are the roles I remember.
Most Americans are unfamiliar with the basis of our political institutions. How many people in the US have read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence? Certainly less than 50%. Of that group, how many have read (or even heard of) the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers? John Locke? How many vote in elections? (Low voter turnout is how the Board of Education in Kansas got elected.) The politicians certainly listen to the Corporations and others that give them money. But they listen even more to the voters! WE decide if they stay in office! You may think that there is no real choice in the upcoming Presidential election, but what about your Congressman? Senator? State Legislature? Local School Board? Mayor and County Council? Any ballot initiatives or bond issues? Remember, UCITA is going to be enacted by State, not Federal, legislatures. Vote!!
I live in Cedar City Utah, about 50 miles from Milford, and trust me, it's a SMALL town. Everyone knows everyone else, and their business. One aspect of life in a small town is that you don't unneccesarily piss off your neighbors. Trust me, if he had said on the street, or in a xeroxed handout, what he said on his site, the same thing would have happened. Actually, he's lucky the principal notified the police instead of the people he said nasty things about. He could have had the s**t kicked out of him. And no-one would have seen anything.
It's in THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Article I Section 8. The Congress shall have power... To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
I don't know if you are being sarcastic in response to my sarcasm or not. My point (and yours!) is that WAVE uses the simple indicators. Those off us who hunt (or used to, too many drunks with rifles these days) have weapons, carry them, and enjoy shooting. Here in Rural Utah the local ranchers shoot stray dogs to keep them away from the livestock. If J Random Kid from NC visits the family on the ranch in UT and does this, is he a threat to society? Of course not! Also note that, in Utah, many people wear black trenchcoats. Too keep the rain off. Are cowboys a threat to society? Well, we could go on and on, and no doubt will, but I will end this comment here.
"frequent physical fighting", member of the football team. "increasing risk-taking behavior", wide receiver. "detailed plans to commit acts of violence" given to them by the coach. "announcing threats or plans for hurting others" 'we're gonna kill West High at the game!' "enjoying hurting animals" 'I'm going after a buck this year! "carrying a weapon" With my 30-.06!
So, most of my neighbors in Utah are dangerous people who should be tracked for life.
Several columnists have written about their experiences dealing with the OS/2 community in the 90's. The experiences went somewhat like: 1. Write a somewhat positive article about OS/2, but point out a few minor problems with it. 2. Get massive flames from OS/2 enthusiasts because of the few negative things that were written. 3. Stop writing about OS/2, as the hassle from zealots is unwanted, and write about, say, MS Windows, because it doesn't have people who object to hearing bad things about their OS. 4. No one writes about OS/2, and it disappears due to lack of interest.
The same scenario could play out with Linux if we aren't careful.
Depends what you use it for. I've had a Palm Pro (Palm II?) since it came out. It replaced all the little pieces of paper that I had phone#s on, and the day planner. I use the address book, todo list, and date book, and that's all. I don't need, or want, a Palm 3, color display, etc. I will probably still be using this one several years from now. Just like the TI-35 calculator I bought in 1981, when I was in High School. Good Enough Is Good Enough.
One aspect of intelligence gathering is pattern analysis. Observe what the opposition is doing, find a pattern that fits.
In this case, observe what, say, Intel people are buying, use that information to determine what they are working on. If you can cross-reference this by the division they are in within the company, you have a very good tool.
The only way that a company like Intel can protect themselves from this is to bar their employees from buying at Amazon. I would not be surprised to see this happen.
From all the debate here on SW vs ST, I think that many/. readers would like "Bimbos of the Death Sun" by Sharyn McCrumb, from TSR books. It's a mystery about a murder at a Con. Extremely funny (if you've been to any cons) and the title is a jab at the titles/covers given to many good books in the SF world. May be out of print, but definitely worth a read.
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The quote '"Whether you like it or not, History is on our side. We will bury you." --Nikita Khruschev' reminds me of the t-shirt I saw which said "God is dead - Nietsche" and below it: "Nietsche is dead - God"
And remember, the GPL depends upon copyright.
I was in High School. The CS course there was in a small room (former broom closet?) with 3 terminals in it. One of them was paper and not CRT. Connected to a mainframe elsewhere in the county via phone lines. I can still remember the delay between typing and seeing the echo.
It depends upon what you consider to be "better". The Gimp is certainly better than any graphics program that is available at the same price point. Many other similar situations can be found, but Gimp is the best example.
Is for someone to bring back Dire Wolves!
"What a cute lil puppy" "Munch! Scarf! Yum!"
Pirst Fost!
Seen several posts stating that they don't read the local paper because it contains news that isn't interesting to them. That is, of course, why they should read it! Sure, the board of educations ramblings may not be important now, but what about when you have kids and they start school? Many issues that seem unimportant now become very important later. Remember that the Watergate story started out in the local section of the Washington Post. Would you want to read about a third rate burglary attempt? No? What about high-level political corruption?
As another poster has pointed out, it is the 238 (IIRC) isotope that is dangerous. This isotope makes up a small (less than 1%) fraction of the uranium metal. The major expense of the Manhattan Project (which was approx $1E9 (in the 1940's!)) was the isotope separation facility at Oak Ridge in Tennessee. The danger is that U238 is easy to use in bomb making, slap 2 hemispheres that are each 2/3 of a critical mass together and you get a low-level explosion, the rest is just refinement. Plutonium, extracted from spent fuel rods, is much easier to extract, but harder to make a bomb from (you need a spherical implosion, tough to do). Fat Man was a plutonium bomb, Little Boy was U238. I would recommend reading The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes.
It's called 'electric boat' because submarines are called, by submariners, 'boats' and because submarine engines used to use electric motors. In the old days they were battery powered, recharged by diesel engines (on the surface (the 'diesel/electric' boats)).
You will be assimilated!
Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia were the first movies I saw him in. If you haven't seen them, rentthem. The widescreen DVD of Lawrence especially. Those (the Colonel in Bridge and Faisal in Lawrence) are the roles I remember.
copition ?
Most Americans are unfamiliar with the basis of our political institutions. How many people in the US have read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence? Certainly less than 50%. Of that group, how many have read (or even heard of) the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers? John Locke? How many vote in elections? (Low voter turnout is how the Board of Education in Kansas got elected.) The politicians certainly listen to the Corporations and others that give them money. But they listen even more to the voters! WE decide if they stay in office! You may think that there is no real choice in the upcoming Presidential election, but what about your Congressman? Senator? State Legislature? Local School Board? Mayor and County Council? Any ballot initiatives or bond issues? Remember, UCITA is going to be enacted by State, not Federal, legislatures. Vote!!
I live in Cedar City Utah, about 50 miles from Milford, and trust me, it's a SMALL town. Everyone knows everyone else, and their business. One aspect of life in a small town is that you don't unneccesarily piss off your neighbors. Trust me, if he had said on the street, or in a xeroxed handout, what he said on his site, the same thing would have happened. Actually, he's lucky the principal notified the police instead of the people he said nasty things about. He could have had the s**t kicked out of him. And no-one would have seen anything.
It's in
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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Article I
Section 8.
The Congress shall have power
To promote the progress of science and useful arts,
by securing for limited times to authors and inventors
the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
I don't know if you are being sarcastic in response to my sarcasm or not. My point (and yours!) is that WAVE uses the simple indicators. Those off us who hunt (or used to, too many drunks with rifles these days) have weapons, carry them, and enjoy shooting. Here in Rural Utah the local ranchers shoot stray dogs to keep them away from the livestock. If J Random Kid from NC visits the family on the ranch in UT and does this, is he a threat to society? Of course not! Also note that, in Utah, many people wear black trenchcoats. Too keep the rain off. Are cowboys a threat to society? Well, we could go on and on, and no doubt will, but I will end this comment here.
"frequent physical fighting", member of the football team.
"increasing risk-taking behavior", wide receiver.
"detailed plans to commit acts of violence" given to them by the coach.
"announcing threats or plans for hurting others" 'we're gonna kill West High at the game!'
"enjoying hurting animals" 'I'm going after a buck this year!
"carrying a weapon" With my 30-.06!
So, most of my neighbors in Utah are dangerous people who should be tracked for life.
I've also seen "Reunite Gondwanaland!"
the penguin on your TV will explode.
Or so they said in ~90 when I first saw usenet.
Several columnists have written about their experiences dealing with the OS/2 community in the 90's. The experiences went somewhat like:
1. Write a somewhat positive article about OS/2, but point out a few minor problems with it.
2. Get massive flames from OS/2 enthusiasts because of the few negative things that were written.
3. Stop writing about OS/2, as the hassle from zealots is unwanted, and write about, say, MS Windows, because it doesn't have people who object to hearing bad things about their OS.
4. No one writes about OS/2, and it disappears due to lack of interest.
The same scenario could play out with Linux if we aren't careful.
Can be found in this report
Several years ago, in Oregon. It was a domestic group that did it. CDC didn't catch em either. The story is in the book.
Depends what you use it for. I've had a Palm Pro (Palm II?) since it came out. It replaced all the little pieces of paper that I had phone#s on, and the day planner. I use the address book, todo list, and date book, and that's all. I don't need, or want, a Palm 3, color display, etc. I will probably still be using this one several years from now. Just like the TI-35 calculator I bought in 1981, when I was in High School.
Good Enough Is Good Enough.
One aspect of intelligence gathering is pattern analysis. Observe what the opposition is doing, find a pattern that fits.
In this case, observe what, say, Intel people are buying, use that information to determine what they are working on. If you can cross-reference this by the division they are in within the company, you have a very good tool.
The only way that a company like Intel can protect themselves from this is to bar their employees from buying at Amazon. I would not be surprised to see this happen.
From all the debate here on SW vs ST, I think that many /. readers would like "Bimbos of the Death Sun" by Sharyn McCrumb, from TSR books. It's a mystery about a murder at a Con. Extremely funny (if you've been to any cons) and the title is a jab at the titles/covers given to many good books in the SF world. May be out of print, but definitely worth a read.