but it's not. the content of the headline is captivating and it makes you want to know more (i.e. RTFA). That's what headlines are for. The languange is not sensational and the wording is in no way misleading.
Do you ever watch television news? That will give you an idea of what sensationalized headlines are.
you were not led to believe anything -- you wanted to believe something.
ps. very few people would ever use the word network to refer to the internet.
I don't get it. Is this all it takes to get spammers busted? Can I just forward the scams and spams I get to this guy and have all these people caught? Why did this only become an issue when it was a personal attack on someone in a position of power to do something about it. What about the rest of us, how can we fight back? And more importantly why isn't the FBI doing more to attack spammers other than when they're personally feeling the heat?
"You need to grow up and realize that entertainment isn't some god given "right", it's a luxauy"
if that's what growing up is, I'm running off with Peter Pan.
you paint a picture of a cold sterile world where entertainment is something rationed to only those that can afford to pay for it.
if there is anything left of your imagination, close your eyes and picture an alabama plantation in the early 19th century. Hear the songs of slaves, singing for power, and singing to ease their pain. These people knew no luxury, but they created and shared their own entertainment nonetheless.
I staunchly disagree that entertainment and especially music are not God given rights. hapiness should not be a luxury.
umm, but it's boston...
it's not fair to expect any simple algorithm to be able to give meaningful directions in boston. The best AI available today can't do this. In fact, I submit that if the turing test can determine the "humanity" of AI, the test that determines when we need to be really afraid of AI taking over the world is when it can give concise, easy to follow directions to navigate boston.
This is not the right question to ask. obviously no, some devices do not and they should be manufactured and labeled as USB 1.0 or 1.1. More appropriately, why call a device USB2.0 if does not incorporate the 2.0 speed? IMHO the device should be proven capable of transmitting at a decided rate to meet requirements for the USB2.0 standard.
concious efforts made by 40yr old+ white, middle-upper class marketing guys tend to not only bomb, they also tend to make for extraordinarly nauseating advertisemnets.
Have you seen these new rap McDonald's commerecials? I just know that some suit must have stated in a meeting that reaching out to younger crowds via a "hip rap image" would boost sales, and another suit probably exclaimed, "yeah, hip to the extreme!" followed by a subdued laughter amongst the others.
but if the program itself is annoyingly-packed with advertisements, do you really want to watch it?
No, not at all, but people will watch anything. Have you ever been in one of those awful awkward social situations where people are watching the WB? In such cases I usually feel like gouging my eyes out, but don't only because it would be impolite and distracting to the group if someone had to clean up the mess. It might be nice if at the very least the misery of these situations wasn't compounded by terrible ad placements that the drooling WB crowd seems to be oblivious to (although they do develop a unexplained craving for Sprite Remix and the latest line of Gap brand earmuffs).
I would be annoyed (well for a number of reasons really) that some of my money was going towards all that wasteful dataspace. But it really wouldn't take that long to go through the data. I imagine it might even be organized by user name such that A-C are on the same tape so that you wouldn't even need to span sources to find five years worth of that person's travel experience. I'm sure they've thought this out, and with computers (especially computers five years from now!) this search would be absolutley trivial. The operators might even review your travel habits just for fun or PROFIT!
I don't think that was the point. While I agree the speeding laws in America are an aweful distraction from real crime issues used to keep shoveling in money for local police departments, if I have an easy pass and have the opportunity to be invaded by it (ie. get a speeding ticket) while others (without EZ pass) are not subjected to such an invasion, I would be willing to sacrafice the convenience of the pass to protect my privacy (and perhaps my pocketbook), as well as demonstrate that I do not support watchdog systems.
Personally, I do not own an EZ pass, but I can't believe anyone would actually use one if it did not come with documentation explicitly stating what it may and may not be used for. Is this not the case?
I believe the parent may have been referring to the capability to handle this kind of content. I don't think anyone expected their ISP to hand out free music or video, but they certainly did/do advertise the capability to handle rich media content. While this material is out there on the web, many broadband users still find themselves rebuffering and waiting. If broadband connections were all they are advertised to be, I'm sure you'd see a lot more rich media content available on the web simply because there would be a bigger audience for it.
Do you live in the midwest or some other very honest place? I've never heard a broadband ad claim less then 10x your dialup connection speed.
As for the efficiency of P2P, it really depends on your perspective. You're fabricating something to compare it to (a highpowered server farm) when in reality finding the kind of content P2P retreives would take much longer using other means and the noise encountered/created during the process would be orders of magnitude higher.
Huh? Are you reffering to scatological porn? I assure you your sample is nonrepresentative (you didn't site a source, but I can't imagine you'd be brash enought to just throw presumtious quantitative values onto a website!). It's not at all my speciality, but if I were to estimate, I'd guess that less than 1% of porn is shit porn or "scat porn." At least I certainly hope so.
as for the SCO stock, I don't hate you for it, but pity does come to mind.
c'mon, Linux isn't a religion, it's an alternative. being a good nerd is all about using the right tools for the right jobs. Sure I get frustrated with the postal service sometimes, and I do have alternatives, but sometimes it would just be assinine not to use the postal service.
It's not as if m$ is doing something horrible liking killing babies, that warrants boycott style approaches. Do you use linux simply out of disdain for a corporation or because it's better at getting what you need done done?
ps. the only message you'd be sending is more likely to be interpreted as "hey, people don't really like this kind of game, they're not buying it. let's turn HL3 into a golf simulator" If you want to send authors a message, try well, sending them a message! a letter stating why you think it would be worth their while to port to linux.
I have not seen much of this technology at my local hospital yet, but it seems like this would be a great application for antimicrobal plastics. The problem with any kind of sterilization procedure is that serious problems can start with just one transfer and sterilization can only be realistically performed at some deterimined interval during which multiple exchanges are likely to happen. The key is making an environment that is unwelcoming to microbes in the first place.
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but it's not. the content of the headline is captivating and it makes you want to know more (i.e. RTFA). That's what headlines are for. The languange is not sensational and the wording is in no way misleading.
Do you ever watch television news? That will give you an idea of what sensationalized headlines are.
you were not led to believe anything -- you wanted to believe something.
ps. very few people would ever use the word network to refer to the internet.
your comment contradicts itself.
unprecedented amount of waste?
hit the books greenie -- what about the plastic milk jug just to name one.
This is hardly going to rank among serious landfill tragedies.
approximately 8-12h after I've eaten 3 meals at fast food chains while on the road -- now that's an unprecedented amount of waste.
how is this news for nerds? Sounds more like a ripped msn headline.
I don't get it. Is this all it takes to get spammers busted? Can I just forward the scams and spams I get to this guy and have all these people caught? Why did this only become an issue when it was a personal attack on someone in a position of power to do something about it. What about the rest of us, how can we fight back? And more importantly why isn't the FBI doing more to attack spammers other than when they're personally feeling the heat?
uh yeah... umm, that's exactly what the article was about...
"You need to grow up and realize that entertainment isn't some god given "right", it's a luxauy"
if that's what growing up is, I'm running off with Peter Pan.
you paint a picture of a cold sterile world where entertainment is something rationed to only those that can afford to pay for it.
if there is anything left of your imagination, close your eyes and picture an alabama plantation in the early 19th century. Hear the songs of slaves, singing for power, and singing to ease their pain. These people knew no luxury, but they created and shared their own entertainment nonetheless.
I staunchly disagree that entertainment and especially music are not God given rights. hapiness should not be a luxury.
umm, but it's boston...
it's not fair to expect any simple algorithm to be able to give meaningful directions in boston. The best AI available today can't do this. In fact, I submit that if the turing test can determine the "humanity" of AI, the test that determines when we need to be really afraid of AI taking over the world is when it can give concise, easy to follow directions to navigate boston.
quickly checked slashdot and turned it off ....
how?
" There will be NO internet connectivity via PlayaNet, we feel that during the event, the internet can survive without us."
Conversatives (read somewhat left of Democrats).
I would say for our English speaking readers, Conversatives (read with a confused tone due to lack of recognition of the word).
This is not the right question to ask.
obviously no, some devices do not and they should be manufactured and labeled as USB 1.0 or 1.1. More appropriately, why call a device USB2.0 if does not incorporate the 2.0 speed? IMHO the device should be proven capable of transmitting at a decided rate to meet requirements for the USB2.0 standard.
concious efforts made by 40yr old+ white, middle-upper class marketing guys tend to not only bomb, they also tend to make for extraordinarly nauseating advertisemnets.
Have you seen these new rap McDonald's commerecials? I just know that some suit must have stated in a meeting that reaching out to younger crowds via a "hip rap image" would boost sales, and another suit probably exclaimed, "yeah, hip to the extreme!" followed by a subdued laughter amongst the others.
Half life 2
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This monitor upgrade
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Should she worry about his?
No. She should worry about hers.
sheesh. did you read the article??
but if the program itself is annoyingly-packed with advertisements, do you really want to watch it?
No, not at all, but people will watch anything. Have you ever been in one of those awful awkward social situations where people are watching the WB? In such cases I usually feel like gouging my eyes out, but don't only because it would be impolite and distracting to the group if someone had to clean up the mess. It might be nice if at the very least the misery of these situations wasn't compounded by terrible ad placements that the drooling WB crowd seems to be oblivious to (although they do develop a unexplained craving for Sprite Remix and the latest line of Gap brand earmuffs).
Huh? please show your work.
ps. the sticker is 4000 not 40000.
I would be annoyed (well for a number of reasons really) that some of my money was going towards all that wasteful dataspace. But it really wouldn't take that long to go through the data. I imagine it might even be organized by user name such that A-C are on the same tape so that you wouldn't even need to span sources to find five years worth of that person's travel experience. I'm sure they've thought this out, and with computers (especially computers five years from now!) this search would be absolutley trivial. The operators might even review your travel habits just for fun or PROFIT!
I don't think that was the point. While I agree the speeding laws in America are an aweful distraction from real crime issues used to keep shoveling in money for local police departments, if I have an easy pass and have the opportunity to be invaded by it (ie. get a speeding ticket) while others (without EZ pass) are not subjected to such an invasion, I would be willing to sacrafice the convenience of the pass to protect my privacy (and perhaps my pocketbook), as well as demonstrate that I do not support watchdog systems.
Personally, I do not own an EZ pass, but I can't believe anyone would actually use one if it did not come with documentation explicitly stating what it may and may not be used for. Is this not the case?
Wow, CNN has no conscience at all. I faxed This picture to my best hitman, and I'm sure plenty of others have already as well.
I believe the parent may have been referring to the capability to handle this kind of content. I don't think anyone expected their ISP to hand out free music or video, but they certainly did/do advertise the capability to handle rich media content. While this material is out there on the web, many broadband users still find themselves rebuffering and waiting. If broadband connections were all they are advertised to be, I'm sure you'd see a lot more rich media content available on the web simply because there would be a bigger audience for it.
Do you live in the midwest or some other very honest place? I've never heard a broadband ad claim less then 10x your dialup connection speed.
As for the efficiency of P2P, it really depends on your perspective. You're fabricating something to compare it to (a highpowered server farm) when in reality finding the kind of content P2P retreives would take much longer using other means and the noise encountered/created during the process would be orders of magnitude higher.
Even still, 99% of all porn is shit.
Huh? Are you reffering to scatological porn? I assure you your sample is nonrepresentative (you didn't site a source, but I can't imagine you'd be brash enought to just throw presumtious quantitative values onto a website!). It's not at all my speciality, but if I were to estimate, I'd guess that less than 1% of porn is shit porn or "scat porn." At least I certainly hope so.
as for the SCO stock, I don't hate you for it, but pity does come to mind.
??
In case you turned stupid and ran a fake patch that was emailed to you?
by cynical types do you mean rational people?
c'mon, Linux isn't a religion, it's an alternative. being a good nerd is all about using the right tools for the right jobs. Sure I get frustrated with the postal service sometimes, and I do have alternatives, but sometimes it would just be assinine not to use the postal service.
It's not as if m$ is doing something horrible liking killing babies, that warrants boycott style approaches. Do you use linux simply out of disdain for a corporation or because it's better at getting what you need done done?
ps. the only message you'd be sending is more likely to be interpreted as "hey, people don't really like this kind of game, they're not buying it. let's turn HL3 into a golf simulator" If you want to send authors a message, try well, sending them a message! a letter stating why you think it would be worth their while to port to linux.
I have not seen much of this technology at my local hospital yet, but it seems like this would be a great application for antimicrobal plastics. The problem with any kind of sterilization procedure is that serious problems can start with just one transfer and sterilization can only be realistically performed at some deterimined interval during which multiple exchanges are likely to happen. The key is making an environment that is unwelcoming to microbes in the first place.
/., but wasn't able to find the article.
This company claims to have a working product.
Not sure if it's the same stuff or not, but This page (google cache) also talks about the development of such materials.
I first heard about this stuff right here on
Actually, he wasn't.
Actually, he was.