The American infidels know they are losing the war, and they are so desperate that they continue to lie to deceive us! There is no microwave rocket! It is an illusion created by the American media. My initial assessment is that they have all been slaughtered in battle today! There are no American infidels in baghdad, NEVER! --Courtesy of Iraqi Information minister, Mohammad Saaed Al-Sahaf
...Our hard drives siezed the American Infidels. The Infidels committed suicide rather than face the might of the hard drives that have surrounded them. They say it is they who have surrounded us. That is another American Lie. Allah has condemned them, therefore we have routed the american advance. Do not believe them. Do not believe Al-Jazeera, they are marketing for the Americans. Our hard drives are still firmly in control of Baghdad. There are no American infidels in baghdad, NEVER!
-- Courtesy of Iraqi Information Minister, Mohammed Saaed Al-Sahaf
$50 Athlon XP 1700+ Thoroughbred Revision B: Easily overclocked to 2.4ghz (3000+) stably on air, and they can be modded into Athlon MPs by just closing the last L5 bridge with a conductive pen.
That way you can build a 30 gigaflop dual processor rig for around $500.
Well, I tried Mandrake, and it honestly didn't seem to have any real benefit over WindowsXP other than the dozens of cool freeware games that came with it. For normal work, WindowsXP gets the job done fast enough and is perfectly stable. Plus, even though it's "bloatware" it's a lot faster than emulating windows apps from Linux. When both OSes are free (heh heh heh) I don't see any compelling reasons to use Linux instead of WindowsXP.
considering you can get 100x better transfer speeds with a zip250, why the hell would you still be using floppies, especially with floppy RAID? This is about the stupidest invention since... since... Cuecat.
This should fix lots of the bugs people have been having problems with in OpenZaurus 3.0, and hopefully OpenZaurus will become more popular mainstream now...
...because actually i'm just karma whoring and I never even heard of OpenZaurus until now.
(b) Conceal the existence or place of origin or destination of any telecommunications service.
What were legislators smoking when they wrote that clause? That's so ridiculously overbroad that it could even be interpreted to make it illegal to call someone from a payphone without telling them where you are.
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bah humbug, it's slashdot's fault for not preserving plaintext formatting, and making you use html just for a freaking line break. I'm too lay to add a [br]
Human Genetic Engineering is a Good Thing
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There was a recent slashdot story about a controversy over using genetic screening in conjunction with IVF[/URL], which got me thinking.
They are going to raise a new perfectly healthy baby, for the purpose of donating the umbilical cord blood to their sick child in order to save his life. So what if they're using IVF to screen out genetically defective embryos? The sole effect of this treatment, when allowed to go ahead, is a benefit to all parties concerned and does harm to no one. (For those of you who believe that the destruction of embryos is immoral because the embryos are people, all I have to say is that one mindless ball of flesh is not any closer to personhood than any other, because the sole characteristic that makes one a person or makes one capable of having a "soul" (if such things exist) is having a mind capable of thought and emotion, which is obviously not a characteristic of anything that has not yet developed any sort of nervous system) But I digress.
The whole slippery slope argument about "Designer Babies" is completely bunk because sliding "down" that slope would be nothing but benefit to mankind. The world would, unquestionably, be a better place if genetically-based diseases were eradicated and people had more of a genetic predisposition to be healthy, fit, and intelligent. So what if the benefit only applies to those who can afford it; the same can be said of ALL expensive medical treatments, and yet we don't see anyone advocating banning chemotherapy for that reason.
One of the other arguments against so-called "Designer Babies" is that genetic screening will, in many cases, be applied very narrowly (for example, to enhance physical attractiveness) neglecting more important things and actually making the person-to-be less healthy overall. So, hypothetically, the technology could be misused in harmful ways. Big deal. Antibiotics have been and are still being misused resulting in the creation of dangerous antibiotic-resistant diseases that are taking a great toll in some areas, such as Russia's problem with MDR Tuberculosis. Nevertheless, that has never been a good reason to ban antibiotics altogether, and this situation is hardly any different. The industry could be regulated to avoid abuses and malpractice, the same way other medical procedures and prescription drugs are handled today. The difference between this and other medical resources that are legal but regulated is grossly insufficient to warrant the double standard of banning genetic screening/improvement altogether.
The third objection to so-called "Designer Babies" is an (IMO irrational) fear, spawned from science fiction, of creating a "super race" of genetically engineered humans, raising the standards for everyone and harming those whose parents couldn't afford the genetic improvement technology. Let me ask you, how is that sort of economic divide any different from the current situation? Rich people can afford to send their students to better schools, and provide them with a more advantageous upbringing in general. This results in a situation where the children of middle class and rich parents have more of a chance to succeed than the children of poor parents, regardless of their innate potential. Does this mean that all private/rich-public schools should be disbanded, and everyone, should be condemned to a crappy education and a disadvantaged upbringing? Heck no. That would certainly satisfy the resentment of the poor, without really helping them, but it would harm everyone else. That is analogous to the issue at hand: Banning genetic screening/improvement would simply hold back part of society from improving themselves, without providing any concrete benefit except satisfying paranoia and class envy. Such a ban would do nothing to serve the common good. Sure, there may be bugs to be worked out, as with all experimental medical treatments. So federal regulation, similar to the function of the FDA for drugs, is probably a goo
This is "News" in the same sense as the last suicide bombing in a string of about one per week for the last 2 years.
You could write a generic newspaper like this and it would be valid for any day of the week, any week of the year.
"Unrest in the Middle East"
"Democrats criticize tax cut proposal"
"Republicans push bill to outlaw abortion"
"New Bug found in Microsoft Windows"
"Search for kidnapped child continues"
"Woman murdered in inner city"
etc...
It happens every day, so I wouldn't really call it "news".
The case shields you from a lot of the noise. Notice how whenever you open a case it gets about 5x louder.
If you're really into quietness, get a vantec stealth PSU or a PC Power & Cooling one.
If you're really a quietness freak, you might be able to watercool the PSU and take out the fan. But that would be an insane waste of time and money, not to mention the risk.
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I agree. Some people just don't have a sense of humor.
The American infidels know they are losing the war, and they are so desperate that they continue to lie to deceive us! There is no microwave rocket! It is an illusion created by the American media. My initial assessment is that they have all been slaughtered in battle today! There are no American infidels in baghdad, NEVER!
--Courtesy of Iraqi Information minister, Mohammad Saaed Al-Sahaf
...Our hard drives siezed the American Infidels. The Infidels committed suicide rather than face the might of the hard drives that have surrounded them. They say it is they who have surrounded us. That is another American Lie. Allah has condemned them, therefore we have routed the american advance. Do not believe them. Do not believe Al-Jazeera, they are marketing for the Americans. Our hard drives are still firmly in control of Baghdad. There are no American infidels in baghdad, NEVER! -- Courtesy of Iraqi Information Minister, Mohammed Saaed Al-Sahaf
$50 Athlon XP 1700+ Thoroughbred Revision B: Easily overclocked to 2.4ghz (3000+) stably on air, and they can be modded into Athlon MPs by just closing the last L5 bridge with a conductive pen. That way you can build a 30 gigaflop dual processor rig for around $500.
Wow, so instead of just taking it "Uncut and Raw" you separate the good from the crap and read only the crap. What a concept.
what's the point of braille input if you still can't read the output?
...Not broad enough dammit. There's no such thing as downloading pr0n too fast!
Horray, another source has been opened. Now you can waste your weekends debugging your own software instead of having the company do it for you!
How long before ID software sues Apple for copyright infringement? AOL did the same thing to Aimster.
Well, I tried Mandrake, and it honestly didn't seem to have any real benefit over WindowsXP other than the dozens of cool freeware games that came with it. For normal work, WindowsXP gets the job done fast enough and is perfectly stable. Plus, even though it's "bloatware" it's a lot faster than emulating windows apps from Linux. When both OSes are free (heh heh heh) I don't see any compelling reasons to use Linux instead of WindowsXP.
Oops, here's the fixed link.
HardOCP ran an article about one of those today.
I'll have you know that Apple also has a very large contingent of lesbian customers!
...in Iraq.
What were you expecting?
considering you can get 100x better transfer speeds with a zip250, why the hell would you still be using floppies, especially with floppy RAID? This is about the stupidest invention since... since... Cuecat.
Yeah, DIE you motherf*cking animal crackers! I'll bite your heads off and drown you!
...before AOL's ISP pulls the plug b/c of DMCA accusations?
...living
what were you expecting??
This should fix lots of the bugs people have been having problems with in OpenZaurus 3.0, and hopefully OpenZaurus will become more popular mainstream now...
...because actually i'm just karma whoring and I never even heard of OpenZaurus until now.
(b) Conceal the existence or place of origin or destination of any telecommunications service. What were legislators smoking when they wrote that clause? That's so ridiculously overbroad that it could even be interpreted to make it illegal to call someone from a payphone without telling them where you are.
bah humbug, it's slashdot's fault for not preserving plaintext formatting, and making you use html just for a freaking line break. I'm too lay to add a [br]
There was a recent slashdot story about a controversy over using genetic screening in conjunction with IVF[/URL], which got me thinking. They are going to raise a new perfectly healthy baby, for the purpose of donating the umbilical cord blood to their sick child in order to save his life. So what if they're using IVF to screen out genetically defective embryos? The sole effect of this treatment, when allowed to go ahead, is a benefit to all parties concerned and does harm to no one. (For those of you who believe that the destruction of embryos is immoral because the embryos are people, all I have to say is that one mindless ball of flesh is not any closer to personhood than any other, because the sole characteristic that makes one a person or makes one capable of having a "soul" (if such things exist) is having a mind capable of thought and emotion, which is obviously not a characteristic of anything that has not yet developed any sort of nervous system) But I digress. The whole slippery slope argument about "Designer Babies" is completely bunk because sliding "down" that slope would be nothing but benefit to mankind. The world would, unquestionably, be a better place if genetically-based diseases were eradicated and people had more of a genetic predisposition to be healthy, fit, and intelligent. So what if the benefit only applies to those who can afford it; the same can be said of ALL expensive medical treatments, and yet we don't see anyone advocating banning chemotherapy for that reason. One of the other arguments against so-called "Designer Babies" is that genetic screening will, in many cases, be applied very narrowly (for example, to enhance physical attractiveness) neglecting more important things and actually making the person-to-be less healthy overall. So, hypothetically, the technology could be misused in harmful ways. Big deal. Antibiotics have been and are still being misused resulting in the creation of dangerous antibiotic-resistant diseases that are taking a great toll in some areas, such as Russia's problem with MDR Tuberculosis. Nevertheless, that has never been a good reason to ban antibiotics altogether, and this situation is hardly any different. The industry could be regulated to avoid abuses and malpractice, the same way other medical procedures and prescription drugs are handled today. The difference between this and other medical resources that are legal but regulated is grossly insufficient to warrant the double standard of banning genetic screening/improvement altogether. The third objection to so-called "Designer Babies" is an (IMO irrational) fear, spawned from science fiction, of creating a "super race" of genetically engineered humans, raising the standards for everyone and harming those whose parents couldn't afford the genetic improvement technology. Let me ask you, how is that sort of economic divide any different from the current situation? Rich people can afford to send their students to better schools, and provide them with a more advantageous upbringing in general. This results in a situation where the children of middle class and rich parents have more of a chance to succeed than the children of poor parents, regardless of their innate potential. Does this mean that all private/rich-public schools should be disbanded, and everyone, should be condemned to a crappy education and a disadvantaged upbringing? Heck no. That would certainly satisfy the resentment of the poor, without really helping them, but it would harm everyone else. That is analogous to the issue at hand: Banning genetic screening/improvement would simply hold back part of society from improving themselves, without providing any concrete benefit except satisfying paranoia and class envy. Such a ban would do nothing to serve the common good. Sure, there may be bugs to be worked out, as with all experimental medical treatments. So federal regulation, similar to the function of the FDA for drugs, is probably a goo
well, it's the way things are.
This is "News" in the same sense as the last suicide bombing in a string of about one per week for the last 2 years.
You could write a generic newspaper like this and it would be valid for any day of the week, any week of the year.
"Unrest in the Middle East"
"Democrats criticize tax cut proposal"
"Republicans push bill to outlaw abortion"
"New Bug found in Microsoft Windows"
"Search for kidnapped child continues"
"Woman murdered in inner city"
etc...
It happens every day, so I wouldn't really call it "news".
The case shields you from a lot of the noise. Notice how whenever you open a case it gets about 5x louder. If you're really into quietness, get a vantec stealth PSU or a PC Power & Cooling one. If you're really a quietness freak, you might be able to watercool the PSU and take out the fan. But that would be an insane waste of time and money, not to mention the risk.