'Mistakes' like this are common. The average journalist (or person in general - including/. readers) doesn't know enough about science to know that genes can't "jump species" as diverse as corn to soybean.
I hope IBM does not gain to much control over the kernel because of this. Linux should be free of massive corporate backing, otherwise we'll become IBM's slaves. IBM can be just as evil as microsoft if we let them
It's just a freakin' bug tracking database - it's not like they're taking over kernel development. I'd doubt that even a paranoid the size of RMS could see a problem with this (although I'm obviously wrong looking at the post I'm replying to).
Only they could have voted for a lot of different races, not just for governor.
True, but if you look at the other statewide elections on CNN's page, none of them were really close enough to have these voters make a difference (well, if they were all in one or two districts it might).
I know that there are other, more local elections that they could have voted in. Would it have made a difference? probably not.
The 93,000 people that were not allowed to vote during the 2000 election in Florida were still on the list this time around.
And at this moment (with 94% of the vote counted), Bush is leading 2,667,476 to 2,012,962 - a margin of more then 650,000.
While it isn't good to keep people who should be able to vote from voting, it wouldn't have made any difference (even if 100% of them voted for McBride, not totally likely)
because it was a stupid question that could have been answered with either a quick Google search or looking at the banner ads on a few Linux-related sites?
It was (in almost the same format) posted to the kde-core-devel mailing list (in this message).
Basically, Pour skirts around the issues and provides some non-answers. Whether the Kde League is a non-profit or a not-for-profit (they are the same thing, in US law), they have to release their financial information - it's not up to them to decide if they want to release the information.
Really, every thing I've read of the GPL says that you only need to distribute the source to those people you've distributed the binary to. If those people redistribute the binary then they have to make the source available - not people further up the chain.
Interesting, I though it was a photo of guys who stand absolutely no chance of getting laid in their entire lives. But I guess those groups aren't mutually exclusive, are they?
Ladies and Germs, we have a winner. The first to post this joke is Mr. RocketJeff. Don Pardo, tell him what he's won!
And I actually read the article first (not just the/. story). I must have seen it just as it hit the front page...
I was at Best Buy this weekend and saw an ad for Netflix (Best Buy and Netflix have a cross-marking agreement). I pointed to it and told my wife "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes" - of course she looked at me like I was an idiot (nothing new...).
...all it takes is someone with a boot sector virus on a floppy to insert it into the otherwise-locked down system and cycle the power, to infect the machine.
Then remove the floppy drives. If someone needs access to a floppy, they can take it to an administrator who can move files as needed (after virus checking). Remember, this is a hospital production system - people shouldn't need routine access to a floppy drive.
You stop going to the theater to see obviously mediocre/generic films like this one and, moreover, you get a lot more critical of mediocre/generic films you do happen to make the mistake of seeing - you only get so many baby-sitting days....
Wow - that totally sums up my feelings for (not) seeing AotC. We get out to see a 'grownup' movie about once a month (if we're lucky) so we try to pick one we know we're going to like.
We wasted a 'movie night' on TPM so we passed on AotC. If the reviews (professional and peer) were outstanding we would have seen it, but they were all 'it's better, but not great.'
When I heard that it was going to be out on IMAX, I considered going to it but as my wife said "Why, so we can see a so-so movie on a bigger screen?"
Telling his viewers to use 140F seems pretty irresponsible. He probably has accurate equipment, but hardly any home cook does.
You obviously don't watch Good Eats, he's always pointing out the inaccuracy of oven thermostats and recommending that views buy an accurate probe thermometer like this one.
so running win2k/xp/*nix on a palladium chipset should mean that you're not effected. right?
Well, you're most likely safe with *nix platforms.
Remember that Microsoft has been changing their EULA on Windows components so that they have a right to upgrade them for DRM without telling you. I'd bet that they'd 'patch' Win2k & XP when they release Longhorn...
If the RIAA release songs which are already in the public domain, but titled incorrectly (e.g., release a repeating loop of "Happy Birthday" with the title of "Coldplay--Yellow.mp3")
Yes, you were just trying to provide an example and I am picking nits, but "happy Birthday" is not in the public domain and is still under copyright until 2021 (IIRC). See Happy Birthday, We'll Sue for more information.
Fallout is caused by matter being caught-up in the nuclear fireball.
Air bursts create some fallout, but very little. In this case it's only the air/dust/smoke that's already in the air (or kicked up into the fireball by the blast).
Hiroshima was actually a very clean explosion (for the time). Notice that most of the deaths from Hiroshima (even those from cancer today) are caused from exposure to the initial explosion, not from being in the area afterwards. If there was significant fallout, Hiroshima wouldn't have been habitible for quite a while (months at least) afterwards.
I imagine using nukes to break earth orbit can't be too good for those of us on the ground.:)
The surface bursts used to get Orion off the ground would have been bad - lots of fallout and other nasty stuff. The air bursts (when the blast doesn't actually touch the ground) wouldn't have been that bad except for the initial EMP and radiation burst. Air bursts don't create fallout and are thus much cleaner then surface bursts (but I still wouldn't want to be around one).
Or is this similar to the impulse engines of star trek (the greatest scientific precursor ever, *snicker*), where the nuclear reaction is fed constantly by small amounts of reactive mass?
Nope, Orion was designed to use atomic bombs for propulsion.
They wern't meant to be exploded directly against the ship, but a 'safe' distance away. The blast/shock wave is what actually propels the ship. The pusher-plate absorbs the shock and transmits it to the rest of the ship like a giant shock-absorber.
The majority of the energy does go in other directions, but the typical nuclear explosive has more then enough energy to spare. The pusher-plate on the bottom of the Orion ship was designed to cushion the ship from the raw acceleration (as well as the radiation).
The typical nuclear reactor rocket (like the NERVA) was designed for space-only operations and didn't have the power to lift-off from the Earth's surface. Remember, the Orion ship itself is the size of a large skyscraper.
The 'cheap' manufacturers probably haven't paid for a membership in the Uniform Code Council - the organization that assigns the manufacturers ID portion of the UPC barcode. They either made one up or tried to figure out who's they could use and not overlap too much.
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'Mistakes' like this are common. The average journalist (or person in general - including /. readers) doesn't know enough about science to know that genes can't "jump species" as diverse as corn to soybean.
I know that there are other, more local elections that they could have voted in. Would it have made a difference? probably not.
While it isn't good to keep people who should be able to vote from voting, it wouldn't have made any difference (even if 100% of them voted for McBride, not totally likely)
Do they have a version for regular Linux?
because it was a stupid question that could have been answered with either a quick Google search or looking at the banner ads on a few Linux-related sites?
Basically, Pour skirts around the issues and provides some non-answers. Whether the Kde League is a non-profit or a not-for-profit (they are the same thing, in US law), they have to release their financial information - it's not up to them to decide if they want to release the information.
Really, every thing I've read of the GPL says that you only need to distribute the source to those people you've distributed the binary to. If those people redistribute the binary then they have to make the source available - not people further up the chain.
I was at Best Buy this weekend and saw an ad for Netflix (Best Buy and Netflix have a cross-marking agreement). I pointed to it and told my wife "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes" - of course she looked at me like I was an idiot (nothing new...).
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes" - SysAdmin humor
We wasted a 'movie night' on TPM so we passed on AotC. If the reviews (professional and peer) were outstanding we would have seen it, but they were all 'it's better, but not great.'
When I heard that it was going to be out on IMAX, I considered going to it but as my wife said "Why, so we can see a so-so movie on a bigger screen?"
Remember that Microsoft has been changing their EULA on Windows components so that they have a right to upgrade them for DRM without telling you. I'd bet that they'd 'patch' Win2k & XP when they release Longhorn...
He doesn't have to, he's michael.
Air bursts create some fallout, but very little. In this case it's only the air/dust/smoke that's already in the air (or kicked up into the fireball by the blast).
Hiroshima was actually a very clean explosion (for the time). Notice that most of the deaths from Hiroshima (even those from cancer today) are caused from exposure to the initial explosion, not from being in the area afterwards. If there was significant fallout, Hiroshima wouldn't have been habitible for quite a while (months at least) afterwards.
The surface bursts used to get Orion off the ground would have been bad - lots of fallout and other nasty stuff. The air bursts (when the blast doesn't actually touch the ground) wouldn't have been that bad except for the initial EMP and radiation burst. Air bursts don't create fallout and are thus much cleaner then surface bursts (but I still wouldn't want to be around one).
They wern't meant to be exploded directly against the ship, but a 'safe' distance away. The blast/shock wave is what actually propels the ship. The pusher-plate absorbs the shock and transmits it to the rest of the ship like a giant shock-absorber.
The typical nuclear reactor rocket (like the NERVA) was designed for space-only operations and didn't have the power to lift-off from the Earth's surface. Remember, the Orion ship itself is the size of a large skyscraper.
I'm reposting it as a link since I totally agree with you (I was going to post it if no one else did).
Gord rules! (and keeps me from getting into retail)
I just wish it was being updated...
The 'cheap' manufacturers probably haven't paid for a membership in the Uniform Code Council - the organization that assigns the manufacturers ID portion of the UPC barcode. They either made one up or tried to figure out who's they could use and not overlap too much.