Like Google News, the Drudge Report is a news "agragator", simply linking to news sources. It's one of the most visited sites on the web, even for those who don't care for Matt Drudge's political bend. They get scoops and breaking stories posted before anyone else because visitors submit stories. Many news organization have a love-hate relationship with the site. Love the traffic, hate the politics. I used to work at the New York Times and passing through the Editorial/Journalism floors, it was not uncommon to see the Drudge Report displayed on a monitor.
What about libel or misleading product claims. Can Microsoft be sued for making unsubstantiated claims about its product versus another? Such a trial would force them to put up or shut up.
The same thing they have found in every investigation of the oil industry since the 1973 embargo: nothing.
News Flash: These are all publicly owned companies whose finances are already available and under continuing scrutiny (by shareholders, the SEC, DoJ, DoC, financial analysts, news organization, etc.). Investigators with agendas as diverse as that of the New York Times and Bill O'Really have plumed the depths of oil company operations and finances and have reported only the most incidental improprieties. The next time a congressional fact-finding committee actually finds a fact, will be the first.
The whole purpose is simply to vilify the energy industry. If the news media and elected officials weren't delinquent in *their* duties, they would be educating the public, not misleading them for their own purposes. Few people understand how and why the energy industry functions the way it does.
We have the technology to save them. We weren't around to help the Woolly Mammoths but we can do something about the Polar Bears. Let's make sure nature doesn't fuck up again.
We are indeed sometimes punished for "thoughts", albeit, only as an extension to another crime. Hate crimes carry higher penalties than comparable felony assault charges or misdemeanor vandalism. Espionage charges can have treason tacked onto them if it's proven that the motivation was substantially more subversive than for other gain (e.g., financial).
For example, if I spray paint a peace sign on your car, that's probably misdemeanor vandalism. If I spray paint a swastika on your car, it's likely to be prosecuted as a hate crime and probably a felony. The content of both is protected. The difference in the crime is based on what I think.
.... Get a pair , blow the whistle and quit. I don't know about you, but we all here at/. are highly principled; and we're even more principled when it's somebody else's ASS!
... I saw a HD TV. I forget who the exhibitor was but, IIRC it was analog composite video, 1024 interlaced, 4x5 aspect ratio. Both the TV and camera were enormously expensive, but I remember thinking I would have one in just a few years and I couldn't wait for the standards to be revised so it could be brought to market. It took 30 years for me to have something comparable.
For those of you who haven't been paying attention until now, the refrigeration equipment in your home is the single largest user of electricity. Until this article was written, was there anyone who thought a TV, stereo, or computer uses more power than an air conditioner, refrigerator or electric dryer?
There are exceptions of course. I happen to do a lot of arc welding and plasma thermal spraying, but that's just me.
Not that they are uncompetitive, it's just that the always lose... but somehow, they always win.
Of course, I haven't used every version of every product they have ever made; but without exception, every single Microsoft product I *have* ever used, I found to be deficient _on-balance_ compared to another product, either commercial or OS. I have never found MS to have the best product.
That coupled with their ubiquity/monopoly is a good reason to be aggravated enough to develop some level of hatred.
If I want my news washed down with political Kool-Aid, I might click on over to Fox or CNN. NEWS FOR NERDS. STUFF THAT MATTERS. Stick with techy stuff and limit the political stuff to stuff that affects the techy stuff - i.e., stuff that matters. Does it matter what Ken Starr is doing? I mean really matter.
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"No, noone can. There is no reasoning behind the bans on Cuba. It's purely emotional."
Yeah, it's a complete mystery. I mean it's not like they were ever a threat to the US, ... like with missiles or somp'n'.
... I've ever seen is a Horta egg.
Like Google News, the Drudge Report is a news "agragator", simply linking to news sources. It's one of the most visited sites on the web, even for those who don't care for Matt Drudge's political bend. They get scoops and breaking stories posted before anyone else because visitors submit stories. Many news organization have a love-hate relationship with the site. Love the traffic, hate the politics. I used to work at the New York Times and passing through the Editorial/Journalism floors, it was not uncommon to see the Drudge Report displayed on a monitor.
"... its dual-licensed Lina virtual Linux machine will run more or less normal Linux applications ..."
Well, what is it? Is it more, or is it less?
"The average computer user doesn't know what Linux is."
What's this Linux thing I keep hearing about.
What about libel or misleading product claims. Can Microsoft be sued for making unsubstantiated claims about its product versus another? Such a trial would force them to put up or shut up.
The same thing they have found in every investigation of the oil industry since the 1973 embargo: nothing.
News Flash: These are all publicly owned companies whose finances are already available and under continuing scrutiny (by shareholders, the SEC, DoJ, DoC, financial analysts, news organization, etc.). Investigators with agendas as diverse as that of the New York Times and Bill O'Really have plumed the depths of oil company operations and finances and have reported only the most incidental improprieties. The next time a congressional fact-finding committee actually finds a fact, will be the first.
The whole purpose is simply to vilify the energy industry. If the news media and elected officials weren't delinquent in *their* duties, they would be educating the public, not misleading them for their own purposes. Few people understand how and why the energy industry functions the way it does.
"... and all US corporate media boycotted what he found, which only aired on the BBC."
Maybe that's because it's all ... uh ... hmm ... what could it be ... I dunno ... could it be ... BULLSHIT?!!
We have the technology to save them. We weren't around to help the Woolly Mammoths but we can do something about the Polar Bears. Let's make sure nature doesn't fuck up again.
We are indeed sometimes punished for "thoughts", albeit, only as an extension to another crime. Hate crimes carry higher penalties than comparable felony assault charges or misdemeanor vandalism. Espionage charges can have treason tacked onto them if it's proven that the motivation was substantially more subversive than for other gain (e.g., financial).
For example, if I spray paint a peace sign on your car, that's probably misdemeanor vandalism. If I spray paint a swastika on your car, it's likely to be prosecuted as a hate crime and probably a felony. The content of both is protected. The difference in the crime is based on what I think.
.... Get a pair , blow the whistle and quit. I don't know about you, but we all here at /. are highly principled; and we're even more principled when it's somebody else's ASS!
So they *_ARE_* interested in peaceful use of nucular technology. They're telling the truth! Sneaky bastards.
... I saw a HD TV. I forget who the exhibitor was but, IIRC it was analog composite video, 1024 interlaced, 4x5 aspect ratio. Both the TV and camera were enormously expensive, but I remember thinking I would have one in just a few years and I couldn't wait for the standards to be revised so it could be brought to market. It took 30 years for me to have something comparable.
I guess it's back to beatin' off to the "dead tree" edition of <enter title of favorite skin-mag here>. At least the monitor was easier to wipe off.
You TV folks will just have to wait your turn. I'm still waiting to be compensated for putting an engine in my stagecoach.
I can't remember the last time I typed out a URL. It's just so '90s.
But you still got the point, didn't you ...
SCHMUCK!!
They started it.
If you look at the roof of the Target store in College Point, NY, there's a huge logo. Not such a good idea.
"Does anyone have an argument in favor of the technology's implementation here?"
Soundly thrash, arrest, incarcerate, try, convict and execute anyone with a malfunctioning passport tag. Problem solved.
For those of you who haven't been paying attention until now, the refrigeration equipment in your home is the single largest user of electricity. Until this article was written, was there anyone who thought a TV, stereo, or computer uses more power than an air conditioner, refrigerator or electric dryer?
There are exceptions of course. I happen to do a lot of arc welding and plasma thermal spraying, but that's just me.
Not that they are uncompetitive, it's just that the always lose ... but somehow, they always win.
Of course, I haven't used every version of every product they have ever made; but without exception, every single Microsoft product I *have* ever used, I found to be deficient _on-balance_ compared to another product, either commercial or OS. I have never found MS to have the best product.
That coupled with their ubiquity/monopoly is a good reason to be aggravated enough to develop some level of hatred.
No mystery here.
... in a Dilbert strip earlier this week - "Anything worth having is worth abusing."
That's why I'm not rich. I can't afford it.
If I want my news washed down with political Kool-Aid, I might click on over to Fox or CNN. NEWS FOR NERDS. STUFF THAT MATTERS. Stick with techy stuff and limit the political stuff to stuff that affects the techy stuff - i.e., stuff that matters. Does it matter what Ken Starr is doing? I mean really matter.