"For now, no one knows whether our solar system represents a common method of formation and evolution. In fact, discoveries over the past six years seem to indicate otherwise. Most of the roughly 80 planets discovered outside our solar system are much more massive than Jupiter. They also orbit perilously close to their host stars, locations that would likely prevent rocky planets from forming in so-called habitable orbits.
But experts attribute these findings to the limitations of technology. "
Hmm, WAG anyone? Wild assed guess for those that are AC (Acronmyn-Challenged).
I would bet a terabyte of New Zealand Sheep porn that tomorrow there will be 500 stories debunking this. More "proof by way of media" sounds like to me.
I loved this comment:
'?Our solar system is Jupiter and a bunch of junk,? as Lineweaver puts it.'
Yeah baby, I live on a hurling mass of yesterdays dinner and some junk mail....wohooo.....
What a cool way to teach the less-informed among us not to trust everything just because it's on the web. Now, if we could get websites out there that ask for personal info to do the same, ie:
Enter your credit card info here:
XXXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXX
No Idiot, this site is about my dog skippy, there is no need for you to hand this over. Now get off the web and find a clue. (Hint: your 10 year old child is more web-savvy than you)
Are they allowed to freelance on what they want to connect within their little sections of the lan? If I have a business and I wanna run oh, I don't know, OS2 for example, would I be able to? Or would I be stuck running something else? Anyone know?
OK, here goes my precious karma;-) but the only thought that came to my mind was:
That's nice. now hire more and better train your security people. It won't matter what you need to do on your laptop if the airport blows up.
Call it flame bait...but...
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There are times when I want nothing more than to get away from anything computer related. I enjoy fly fishing for example. Just a rod,reel, and hopefully, some fish. I work on computers all damned day, and when I go home, the LAST thing I want is to have to interact with yet another computer. The tech is really cool, and I like the idea of seperating each into areas, work, home, etc...but what happens if you want to get away from it all? If this is their vision of the future, (and what else can it be?) then I hope they allow for those of us that don't *WANT* to be tied into the system all the time. Ok, now mod at your discretion.
Sure, a lot of people were skeptical of for example, pets.com, who threw a ton of money into marketing but failed to deliver a decent product. So what this tells us is that the online stores that actually HAVE A LEGIT BUSINESS MODEL can and often flourish. Basic thought must have slipped away from a lot of companies online.
I can see the thinking behind their sites now:
Hmm, people will want to come to our site to browse for clothing. I know, rather than display articles of clothing at a nicely discounted price, let's show them a monkey!
Hey look at the monkey, make the monkey swing!!
btw, if you like our site, or our monkey, here's a way for us to spam you to oblivion with stupid stuff you won't want! Yeah, we are gonna make a profit now!!
Yes, I am slightly exaggerating, but damn, stupid sites won't make money...nough said
"We have repeatedly urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate this matter in two separate filings, but the Commission has failed to act. We therefore urge you now to initiate an investigation under your statutory authority."
Ok, so what they are saying is, the FCC didn't care, so we are going to attack at a lower level. While I admire their determination/wish them luck, how much will this knowledge that the FCC didn't do anything affect them? Food for thought this AM....
If you don't want people to be able to read your email, fine. But he is limiting a lot of corporations that have Outlook setup as mandatory email type. Big deal, one knucklehead I probably wouldn't want to get email from anyway. Sure it's kinda funny, in your face, MS attitude, but in the long run, he is only hurting himself.
'Personally, I think that corps shouldn't be allowed to destroy documents for at least 3-5 years -- all they're doing is covering their sins.'
Ok fair enough. But how do we the public know what they destroyed? Do we audit them every couple of months? Years? Interesting to watch the government try to enforce something like this I think. All this will bring about is more stealthy shredding....
you shouldn't have any worries, so keep it as long as you like.
However, and from the sounds of things, someone there wants some info to go away;-), it would be best to ask your legal representation. We here posting to you in response can only tell you what our companies do, and here is my response to that.
The company I work for does insurance claims. We have paper trails all the way back to the early 80's, and backups of EVERYTHING from around 95 on. The premise here is that if it is important then, chances are decent that it could be again someday.
'In case Weinberger hasn't noticed -- and he hasn't, if the book is any indication -- the Web these days is mostly about sex, free news, entertainment and retailing.'
Uhm, I disagree here. The web is whatever you want it to be. I look a lot of documentation as well as research items constantly. It can be argued that for some people, this is all their is. Ok, but if that is the case, then why are there something on the order of 9 Gabazazillion pages out there, dedicated to everything from Babettes' page of Dog stuff to Slashdot?
There is more, and this short-sided, slef-important, blowhard doesn't realize this, then why should I bother reading his drivel?
Before files start getting traded that the artists DIDN'T want released as free? Someone will crack it and ruin what these honest people seem to be doing, OR, they won't be able to keep up with cleaning out the non-free, copyrighted material.
Honestly, is it even worth doign anymore? Have a pure idea, watch it get cracked, then fade slowly to the background like the rest of the companies trying to do this. A sad world we live in today.
Or, maybe I am just jaded on these types of things.
from the website:
'Judge Jacob stated that Sony licensed games for the territory that they were issued, the licensing of these games did not allow for their use in other territories, therefore whether they were imported for private and domestic use by personal purchase for instance via the internet, or purchased abroad on holiday, they were not allowed by Sony to be played outside of the licensed territory, this argument should be upheld.'
Ok, so now I am not allowed to leave where I live and play my games where I travel to?
I don't understand this. Maybe I am just being dense, but could someone please show me where it says you aren't allowed to move somewhere and play your game? Also, how big are these territories he's talking about? Anyone? Bueler?
you could get everything you need at home depot...
I can see the commercials now....
"Excuse me, do you have an antennae for a satellite?"
"Yes sir, follow me to hardware"
Announcer's voice:
Come on into Home Depot, we have everything for your Orbital needs...
Seriously though, this is awesome. NASA could maybe learn something from these "kids" eh?
I don't have much experience in writing OS books, but I would say, start with your basics:
Outline what you plan to do
Get a rough idea of chapters, etc.
get a rough draft
submit it to friends for editing/proofreading, etc.
get it back, "spice" it up some, re-submit for editing.
Have them check this version out and make any additional changes, etc...and submit for our approval;)
btw, this is all basic stuff, but I wanted to help and this is all I had to offer.
$8.75 per hour huh? To some of the brightest minds in the world? I say cut the stupid first class travel, cut the nice office equipment, but save that salary. These "kids" are cutting edge innovators.
Imagine if something like this had happened to the folks at Bell Labs? Even with all the layoffs Lucent had, business there went on pretty much as usual. Throughout history, the true innovators were rewarded for their knowledge, not penalized for something they didn't really have anything to do with. Poor spending is poor spending, but save the salaries...
I expect to hear from people on my innovators of history part, but bear in mind I said most....
from the article:
"People vary in their sensitivity to EMFs, and up to 20% of the population (according to Swedish research) can become electrically sensitive."
Damn, no TVs, VCRs, video games, Microwaves, phones, powerlines, hair dryers, etc. for 20%!!!!! That's like 1/5th of the population. That would really suck. This sounds to me like a simple ploy. People like this guy are always up to something, and that is usually no good. For what it's worth, you can always find stats to prove what ever you want.
Call me skeptical, but this is PR BullSh!t.
Besides, wouldn't they be ok if they wore the static guards used for working on computer equipment?
Slashdot Mirror
"I think the real question is this: why the heck do you posess terabytes of sheep porn? :)"
;)
Why, to put up on my lego webserver of course
*rim-shot*
ok, enough of me for today
"For now, no one knows whether our solar system represents a common method of formation and evolution. In fact, discoveries over the past six years seem to indicate otherwise. Most of the roughly 80 planets discovered outside our solar system are much more massive than Jupiter. They also orbit perilously close to their host stars, locations that would likely prevent rocky planets from forming in so-called habitable orbits.
But experts attribute these findings to the limitations of technology. "
Hmm, WAG anyone? Wild assed guess for those that are AC (Acronmyn-Challenged).
I would bet a terabyte of New Zealand Sheep porn that tomorrow there will be 500 stories debunking this. More "proof by way of media" sounds like to me.
I loved this comment:
'?Our solar system is Jupiter and a bunch of junk,? as Lineweaver puts it.'
Yeah baby, I live on a hurling mass of yesterdays dinner and some junk mail....wohooo.....
Sweet.
What a cool way to teach the less-informed among us not to trust everything just because it's on the web. Now, if we could get websites out there that ask for personal info to do the same, ie:
Enter your credit card info here:
XXXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXX
No Idiot, this site is about my dog skippy, there is no need for you to hand this over. Now get off the web and find a clue. (Hint: your 10 year old child is more web-savvy than you)
Will they get the idiots from Comedy Central to do "insightful" interviews like on Battle bots?
;)
Interviewer: "So, what possessed you to build this thing?"
Interviewee: "Carmen Electra. I am a geek, and there's no chance of me getting close to her otherwise."
Speaking of Carmen Electra...ahhh..nevermind, I'm finished
"I guess we'll see down the road if this is legit or the increasingly common `Science by Press Release."
After consulting the magic 8 ball, I have to say the latter is probably true.
I would guess that money got a little tight and this is a good way to get more cash for research...
Or, could be I am tired of hearing about companies that make claims with no proof.
You know, it's really interesting....
Australians say that New Zealanders sleep with sheep.
New Zealanders say Australians sleep with sheep.
Sounds to me like the sheep are the only ones getting any action!
Are they allowed to freelance on what they want to connect within their little sections of the lan? If I have a business and I wanna run oh, I don't know, OS2 for example, would I be able to? Or would I be stuck running something else? Anyone know?
OK, here goes my precious karma ;-) but the only thought that came to my mind was:
That's nice. now hire more and better train your security people. It won't matter what you need to do on your laptop if the airport blows up.
There are times when I want nothing more than to get away from anything computer related. I enjoy fly fishing for example. Just a rod,reel, and hopefully, some fish. I work on computers all damned day, and when I go home, the LAST thing I want is to have to interact with yet another computer. The tech is really cool, and I like the idea of seperating each into areas, work, home, etc...but what happens if you want to get away from it all? If this is their vision of the future, (and what else can it be?) then I hope they allow for those of us that don't *WANT* to be tied into the system all the time. Ok, now mod at your discretion.
Sure, a lot of people were skeptical of for example, pets.com, who threw a ton of money into marketing but failed to deliver a decent product. So what this tells us is that the online stores that actually HAVE A LEGIT BUSINESS MODEL can and often flourish. Basic thought must have slipped away from a lot of companies online.
I can see the thinking behind their sites now:
Hmm, people will want to come to our site to browse for clothing. I know, rather than display articles of clothing at a nicely discounted price, let's show them a monkey!
Hey look at the monkey, make the monkey swing!!
btw, if you like our site, or our monkey, here's a way for us to spam you to oblivion with stupid stuff you won't want! Yeah, we are gonna make a profit now!!
Yes, I am slightly exaggerating, but damn, stupid sites won't make money...nough said
Yeah, was a typo...thanks for the insight though....
Yes, I am being serious.
"We have repeatedly urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate this matter in two separate filings, but the Commission has failed to act. We therefore urge you now to initiate an investigation under your statutory authority."
Ok, so what they are saying is, the FCC didn't care, so we are going to attack at a lower level. While I admire their determination/wish them luck, how much will this knowledge that the FCC didn't do anything affect them? Food for thought this AM....
Wow, A game has more money than a country? What a shitty world we live in these days.
If you don't want people to be able to read your email, fine. But he is limiting a lot of corporations that have Outlook setup as mandatory email type. Big deal, one knucklehead I probably wouldn't want to get email from anyway. Sure it's kinda funny, in your face, MS attitude, but in the long run, he is only hurting himself.
'Personally, I think that corps shouldn't be allowed to destroy documents for at least 3-5 years -- all they're doing is covering their sins.' Ok fair enough. But how do we the public know what they destroyed? Do we audit them every couple of months? Years? Interesting to watch the government try to enforce something like this I think. All this will bring about is more stealthy shredding....
you shouldn't have any worries, so keep it as long as you like.
;-), it would be best to ask your legal representation. We here posting to you in response can only tell you what our companies do, and here is my response to that.
However, and from the sounds of things, someone there wants some info to go away
The company I work for does insurance claims. We have paper trails all the way back to the early 80's, and backups of EVERYTHING from around 95 on. The premise here is that if it is important then, chances are decent that it could be again someday.
hthal
'In case Weinberger hasn't noticed -- and he hasn't, if the book is any indication -- the Web these days is mostly about sex, free news, entertainment and retailing.'
Uhm, I disagree here. The web is whatever you want it to be. I look a lot of documentation as well as research items constantly. It can be argued that for some people, this is all their is. Ok, but if that is the case, then why are there something on the order of 9 Gabazazillion pages out there, dedicated to everything from Babettes' page of Dog stuff to Slashdot?
There is more, and this short-sided, slef-important, blowhard doesn't realize this, then why should I bother reading his drivel?
I wasn't whining, merely didn't understand this. Thanks for clarifying.
Before files start getting traded that the artists DIDN'T want released as free? Someone will crack it and ruin what these honest people seem to be doing, OR, they won't be able to keep up with cleaning out the non-free, copyrighted material.
Honestly, is it even worth doign anymore? Have a pure idea, watch it get cracked, then fade slowly to the background like the rest of the companies trying to do this. A sad world we live in today.
Or, maybe I am just jaded on these types of things.
*sigh*
from the website: 'Judge Jacob stated that Sony licensed games for the territory that they were issued, the licensing of these games did not allow for their use in other territories, therefore whether they were imported for private and domestic use by personal purchase for instance via the internet, or purchased abroad on holiday, they were not allowed by Sony to be played outside of the licensed territory, this argument should be upheld.' Ok, so now I am not allowed to leave where I live and play my games where I travel to? I don't understand this. Maybe I am just being dense, but could someone please show me where it says you aren't allowed to move somewhere and play your game? Also, how big are these territories he's talking about? Anyone? Bueler?
you could get everything you need at home depot... I can see the commercials now.... "Excuse me, do you have an antennae for a satellite?" "Yes sir, follow me to hardware" Announcer's voice: Come on into Home Depot, we have everything for your Orbital needs... Seriously though, this is awesome. NASA could maybe learn something from these "kids" eh?
Well,
;)
:0
I don't have much experience in writing OS books, but I would say, start with your basics:
Outline what you plan to do
Get a rough idea of chapters, etc.
get a rough draft
submit it to friends for editing/proofreading, etc.
get it back, "spice" it up some, re-submit for editing.
Have them check this version out and make any additional changes, etc...and submit for our approval
btw, this is all basic stuff, but I wanted to help and this is all I had to offer.
Guess that makes me pathetic
"You didn't say "most"."
;-)
Actually, I did, but those damned pains I keep getting from touching my mouse caused me to forget to write it down.
thanks for pointing that out for me though
$8.75 per hour huh? To some of the brightest minds in the world? I say cut the stupid first class travel, cut the nice office equipment, but save that salary. These "kids" are cutting edge innovators.
Imagine if something like this had happened to the folks at Bell Labs? Even with all the layoffs Lucent had, business there went on pretty much as usual. Throughout history, the true innovators were rewarded for their knowledge, not penalized for something they didn't really have anything to do with. Poor spending is poor spending, but save the salaries...
I expect to hear from people on my innovators of history part, but bear in mind I said most....
thanks
from the article:
"People vary in their sensitivity to EMFs, and up to 20% of the population (according to Swedish research) can become electrically sensitive."
Damn, no TVs, VCRs, video games, Microwaves, phones, powerlines, hair dryers, etc. for 20%!!!!! That's like 1/5th of the population. That would really suck. This sounds to me like a simple ploy. People like this guy are always up to something, and that is usually no good. For what it's worth, you can always find stats to prove what ever you want.
Call me skeptical, but this is PR BullSh!t.
Besides, wouldn't they be ok if they wore the static guards used for working on computer equipment?