Re:RIAA Lawyers Scramble!
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iPod-Jacked
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Yeah, and then next, you won't be able to listen to the song until you have paid a fee.. It's piracy with your ears! Singing will be prohibited - only the singer can sing them, and singing to another person the song you heard is cleary circumventing this! Next our mouths will be taped shut, with fees for saying words that are in songs! Heck, metallica did it with a 3 bar tune.. Why not words! Where will the madness end?!! Oh the humanity!!
Because it was considered the safest way to transport gems at that time, the package containing the famed "Hope Diamond" was mailed on the morning of November 8, 1958, from New York City to Washington, D.C. The rare gem was given to the Smithsonian Institution by Harry Winston. Sent by registered (first-class) mail, the fee totaled $145.29, as indicated by tapes from a meter machine. For the package weighing 61 ounces, the postage amounted to $2.44 and the balance was paid for an indemnity of about $1 million.
The package was delivered on Monday, November 11, by letter carrier James G. Todd, who had picked up the package at the Old City Post Office (now the home of the National Postal Museum) for delivery that morning. Winston noted that he routinely used the mails to deliver valuable cargo. As he told a reporter from the Washington Star on November 8, ?It?s the safest way to mail gems. I?ve sent gems all over the world that way.?
The world-famous deep blue diamond continues to be a visitor favorite. The stone?s history is shrouded in mystery, superstition and rumor. The stone was originally thought to be a rough cut diamond weighing 112 carats. Some historians believe that it was once owned by Marie Antoinette, who, along with her husband, King Louis XVI, was beheaded in January 1793 during the French Revolution. The diamond, then known as the ?French Blue,? disappeared from public view for over 30 years. A Dutch diamond cutter is rumored to have carved the stone down to its present 45-carat weight.
The diamond was purchased in London in 1830 by Henry Hope. During the 19th century, the stone passed through several hands, and although none of the stories can be confirmed, it was said to have caused grief and tragedy to all of its owners after it left Hope?s possession. When the gem arrived in America in the first decade of the 20th century, it was purchased by jeweler Pierre Cartier who sold it in 1911 to Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean (whose daughter later died from an overdose of sleeping pills, and whose son was killed in a car accident). After Mrs. McLean?s death, the stone was purchased by Harry Winston in 1949. The ?curse? of the diamond may not have stopped there. According to a report in the Washington Post on August 21, 1959, James Todd, the mailman who delivered the stone to the Smithsonian in 1958, was beset by a deluge of bad luck. Within that year, one of Todd?s legs was crushed by a truck, he received head injuries in a separate car accident, his wife died of a heart attack, his dog died after strangling on its leash and four rooms of his house were burned in a fire. When he was asked if he attributed his run of bad luck to the diamond?s curse, Todd stoically replied, ?I don?t believe any of that stuff.?
Can you believe it yourself? The famed Hope Diamond, sent by mail package!
I think daughters are going to be browsing the internet differently just by the very nature of being female.. You have to admit, women are not necessarily as pre-disposed to porn and objectionable material as guys are.
So how did I turn out? Well now I am not in therapy and I am about to finish my 4 year bachelor's degree when I will be 21. Consider your kids raised well.. It's always good to have a bit of comedy in there.. =D
"Well son, I noticed that you were looking at a lot of.. let me see now.....'Farm animals with big, horny, busty sluts?' Would you like to talk to me about this?" That is some definite anti-porn material.
Isn't this something that Slashdot should not be attempting to answer? How many of the slashdot readers can say that they are successfully raising a child? How many can say to this parent what they did correctly?
Personally, I wouldn't consult slashdot for anything family related. I think it's just plain silly to ask a bunch of nerds and geeks like me about how to raise your kid. It's like asking your kids what you should do with their computer.
Are you telling me that people who make movies like The Hulk or even Battlefield Earth are artists?
Good god, you might as well call _me_ and artist then.
Re:More medical advice, worth absolutely nothing.
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Hackers On Atkins
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(if you are, you should have your licence revoked.)
Your comments are very inflammatory and do nothing to help your argument.
Although I agree that dieting is just plain bad for the body- I'll deny myself food! that'll be a good way of losing weight! *duhr*..
Thus, you're stupid
Honestly, do you get off calling people stupid or something? It doesn't matter whether they are stupid or not, pointing that out to them is useless, save to bait them into a flame-fest. Even if you have a valid reason for thinking them stupid, calling them stupid isn't going to make them "come around" and accept your viewpoint. I'm starting to think that you are arguing for the sake of arguing? Usually one argues to convince another that their viewpoint is flawed.
However, someone giving anecdotal evidence about the atkin's diet on slashdot should be ignored and smart people will recognise this. Others, well, that's what evolution is for, right?
It looks like there is a little panel on the back that slides out.. Possibly holds jacks for the USB and access to the battery? Maybe the whole back slides off.. I dunno how useful that would be.. I'd like to know how they plan on protecting that screen of theirs.. ?
Also this could be bigger than a keycahin but I'm just guessing there.:P
It's kinda sad to see it go away now.. I mean, I really enjoyed the Far Side comics and now that this "complete" book has been released, with no more calendars, it just seems like the final nail in the coffin..
I guess it's sort of like how I'll feel when the LOTR trilogy comes to an end. =D
Takes too long to input information into it. A big waste of time.
Not until I can talk to it, or type on a full size keyboard (qwerty, dvorac, whatever) will I be happy with how the pdas are turning out. I think cell phones need to be smaller too.. =D Oh, and humans have to have an established colony on mars. And while you're at it cure HIV. And don't forget to clone humans with gills.
This is precisely what I was trying to explain to some first-year philosophy people. Good god try explaining to them computer programming so you can try to tell them the philosophical materialist argument!
Honestly, I think that we have a set of underlying commands that use memory to determine the outcome of what we do. I don't think we are entirely non-deterministic. For instance, if you choose a number between 1 and 10, there is a specific reason you chose that number correct? You can't just randomly pick a number, you have to associate with the numbers first and then choose one of them. For me, I always choose 6.. because I like it. Other people might see some number on their TV, computer, or have their own favorite number. The only thing different about ourselves is that we experience things completely different. I'm completely fascinated by this view on life. Now if you think about this mock case, you have to examine what makes us "tick" and what makes them (AI) "tick" and are they basically the same? Opens up a whole new can of worms, doesn't it?
Y'know... I'm getting my degree so I don't become the code monkey in a cubicle. If that _is_ actually all I'm getting my degree for, I might as well cheat because I'm not going to have any jobs due to outsourcing. I want my degree to mean something and usually that means I have the knowledge to solve problems and not have to go to someone else to figure out how to do a certain problem. Sure I might collaborate and try to find a way to do it better, but generally I want to be the guy that people go to, to get their answers for their particularly tough problems.. Personally I don't think Universities should consider collaborating with friends to be cheating because other people usually have a different perspective on a certain problem and that different perspective is invaluable to figuring out that particularly difficult problem. Not only that but if people get their degrees by cheating, that is lessening my chances as being respected by the computer science community. If they knew that a lot of people were cheating, then they might think I cheated too. This makes my degree from that particular institution worthless. For spending about 30,000 canadian on university to get a piece of paper and not be recognized would make me _very_ angry.
I'm not swimming in that arctic chilled, seaweed infested, sewage saturated puke water you seem to think I can just "jump" in to. No way man. Just not happenin'.
I like the Hydrofoil surfboard better... =D Looks pretty cool... Of course I'll never have the chance to surf, living in the suburbs and all.. A guy can dream can't he? heheh
I think that Xerox has been there, done that for everything in computers and interaction. Examples? The mouse, smalltalk, window-based O/S.. etc...
=D
Nowadays you have a pretty good chance to say "Xerox has been there, done that" to pretty much everything. =) Too bad they didn't want to capitalize on that, we might have Xerox as the leader in O/S dev. instead of M$. Although, there might not be much of a difference...?
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Yeah, and then next, you won't be able to listen to the song until you have paid a fee.. It's piracy with your ears! Singing will be prohibited - only the singer can sing them, and singing to another person the song you heard is cleary circumventing this! Next our mouths will be taped shut, with fees for saying words that are in songs! Heck, metallica did it with a 3 bar tune.. Why not words! Where will the madness end?!! Oh the humanity!!
Good thing I'm not American. =D
They sent the Hope Diamond via a mail Package!
Text from here: Hope Diamond Wrapper
Because it was considered the safest way to transport gems at that time, the package containing the famed "Hope Diamond" was mailed on the morning of November 8, 1958, from New York City to Washington, D.C. The rare gem was given to the Smithsonian Institution by Harry Winston. Sent by registered (first-class) mail, the fee totaled $145.29, as indicated by tapes from a meter machine. For the package weighing 61 ounces, the postage amounted to $2.44 and the balance was paid for an indemnity of about $1 million.
The package was delivered on Monday, November 11, by letter carrier James G. Todd, who had picked up the package at the Old City Post Office (now the home of the National Postal Museum) for delivery that morning. Winston noted that he routinely used the mails to deliver valuable cargo. As he told a reporter from the Washington Star on November 8, ?It?s the safest way to mail gems. I?ve sent gems all over the world that way.?
The world-famous deep blue diamond continues to be a visitor favorite. The stone?s history is shrouded in mystery, superstition and rumor. The stone was originally thought to be a rough cut diamond weighing 112 carats. Some historians believe that it was once owned by Marie Antoinette, who, along with her husband, King Louis XVI, was beheaded in January 1793 during the French Revolution. The diamond, then known as the ?French Blue,? disappeared from public view for over 30 years. A Dutch diamond cutter is rumored to have carved the stone down to its present 45-carat weight.
The diamond was purchased in London in 1830 by Henry Hope. During the 19th century, the stone passed through several hands, and although none of the stories can be confirmed, it was said to have caused grief and tragedy to all of its owners after it left Hope?s possession. When the gem arrived in America in the first decade of the 20th century, it was purchased by jeweler Pierre Cartier who sold it in 1911 to Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean (whose daughter later died from an overdose of sleeping pills, and whose son was killed in a car accident). After Mrs. McLean?s death, the stone was purchased by Harry Winston in 1949. The ?curse? of the diamond may not have stopped there. According to a report in the Washington Post on August 21, 1959, James Todd, the mailman who delivered the stone to the Smithsonian in 1958, was beset by a deluge of bad luck. Within that year, one of Todd?s legs was crushed by a truck, he received head injuries in a separate car accident, his wife died of a heart attack, his dog died after strangling on its leash and four rooms of his house were burned in a fire. When he was asked if he attributed his run of bad luck to the diamond?s curse, Todd stoically replied, ?I don?t believe any of that stuff.?
Can you believe it yourself? The famed Hope Diamond, sent by mail package!
What?? I don't know that.. I didn't read the articaaaaaAAAAAAAHHH!
I think daughters are going to be browsing the internet differently just by the very nature of being female.. You have to admit, women are not necessarily as pre-disposed to porn and objectionable material as guys are.
I like this. Sounds like my dad. hahaha
.. let me see now.....'Farm animals with big, horny, busty sluts?' Would you like to talk to me about this?"
So how did I turn out? Well now I am not in therapy and I am about to finish my 4 year bachelor's degree when I will be 21. Consider your kids raised well.. It's always good to have a bit of comedy in there.. =D
"Well son, I noticed that you were looking at a lot of
That is some definite anti-porn material.
Isn't this something that Slashdot should not be attempting to answer? How many of the slashdot readers can say that they are successfully raising a child? How many can say to this parent what they did correctly?
Personally, I wouldn't consult slashdot for anything family related. I think it's just plain silly to ask a bunch of nerds and geeks like me about how to raise your kid. It's like asking your kids what you should do with their computer.
This is not an appropriate ask slashdot topic.
Great. The Bike was just released and we already broke it. =D
Are you telling me that people who make movies like The Hulk or even Battlefield Earth are artists?
Good god, you might as well call _me_ and artist then.
(if you are, you should have your licence revoked.)
Your comments are very inflammatory and do nothing to help your argument.
Although I agree that dieting is just plain bad for the body- I'll deny myself food! that'll be a good way of losing weight! *duhr*..
Thus, you're stupid
Honestly, do you get off calling people stupid or something? It doesn't matter whether they are stupid or not, pointing that out to them is useless, save to bait them into a flame-fest. Even if you have a valid reason for thinking them stupid, calling them stupid isn't going to make them "come around" and accept your viewpoint. I'm starting to think that you are arguing for the sake of arguing? Usually one argues to convince another that their viewpoint is flawed.
However, someone giving anecdotal evidence about the atkin's diet on slashdot should be ignored and smart people will recognise this. Others, well, that's what evolution is for, right?
It looks like there is a little panel on the back that slides out.. Possibly holds jacks for the USB and access to the battery? Maybe the whole back slides off.. I dunno how useful that would be.. I'd like to know how they plan on protecting that screen of theirs.. ?
:P
Also this could be bigger than a keycahin but I'm just guessing there.
It's kinda sad to see it go away now.. I mean, I really enjoyed the Far Side comics and now that this "complete" book has been released, with no more calendars, it just seems like the final nail in the coffin..
I guess it's sort of like how I'll feel when the LOTR trilogy comes to an end. =D
Sounds more like Wlefare at the speed of light How much is this going to cost the government now?
All in the name of eliminating Terrorism I assume. Man what a cash-cow.
Takes too long to input information into it. A big waste of time.
Not until I can talk to it, or type on a full size keyboard (qwerty, dvorac, whatever) will I be happy with how the pdas are turning out. I think cell phones need to be smaller too.. =D Oh, and humans have to have an established colony on mars. And while you're at it cure HIV. And don't forget to clone humans with gills.
This is precisely what I was trying to explain to some first-year philosophy people. Good god try explaining to them computer programming so you can try to tell them the philosophical materialist argument!
Honestly, I think that we have a set of underlying commands that use memory to determine the outcome of what we do. I don't think we are entirely non-deterministic. For instance, if you choose a number between 1 and 10, there is a specific reason you chose that number correct? You can't just randomly pick a number, you have to associate with the numbers first and then choose one of them. For me, I always choose 6.. because I like it. Other people might see some number on their TV, computer, or have their own favorite number. The only thing different about ourselves is that we experience things completely different. I'm completely fascinated by this view on life. Now if you think about this mock case, you have to examine what makes us "tick" and what makes them (AI) "tick" and are they basically the same? Opens up a whole new can of worms, doesn't it?
This guy has not only a MAME in a classic millipede arcade box, he's got a TiBook too!
Some people got it all...=P
Y'know... I'm getting my degree so I don't become the code monkey in a cubicle. If that _is_ actually all I'm getting my degree for, I might as well cheat because I'm not going to have any jobs due to outsourcing. I want my degree to mean something and usually that means I have the knowledge to solve problems and not have to go to someone else to figure out how to do a certain problem. Sure I might collaborate and try to find a way to do it better, but generally I want to be the guy that people go to, to get their answers for their particularly tough problems.. Personally I don't think Universities should consider collaborating with friends to be cheating because other people usually have a different perspective on a certain problem and that different perspective is invaluable to figuring out that particularly difficult problem. Not only that but if people get their degrees by cheating, that is lessening my chances as being respected by the computer science community. If they knew that a lot of people were cheating, then they might think I cheated too. This makes my degree from that particular institution worthless. For spending about 30,000 canadian on university to get a piece of paper and not be recognized would make me _very_ angry.
I'm not swimming in that arctic chilled, seaweed infested, sewage saturated puke water you seem to think I can just "jump" in to. No way man. Just not happenin'.
If I don't implement/install those changes that they made to IE and the o/s, is Microsoft still liable?
I like the Hydrofoil surfboard better... =D Looks pretty cool... Of course I'll never have the chance to surf, living in the suburbs and all.. A guy can dream can't he? heheh
Seems kinda like a poor choice for the name.. Icarus? Seems to me like it's going to crash and burn! heh...
OK, what did I eat last night? After my visit to the facilities this morning, I'm really wondering.
That's everything worth knowing.
WinCE / .NET in places as diverse as your toaster and cell phone
So.. then... the smoke will mean it's working? I don't get it...?
"Pushing Technology Further" (tm)
-Porn Strikes again.
Xerox has been there, done that
I think that Xerox has been there, done that for everything in computers and interaction. Examples? The mouse, smalltalk, window-based O/S.. etc...
=D
Nowadays you have a pretty good chance to say "Xerox has been there, done that" to pretty much everything. =) Too bad they didn't want to capitalize on that, we might have Xerox as the leader in O/S dev. instead of M$. Although, there might not be much of a difference...?