Based on the coordinates, Ortiz saw something interesting, and since no one claimed to have seen that interesting something yet, Ortiz made the claim.
Not really. They had to check the coordinates at several different times in order to find out the exact orbit of what was being tracked. This is stealing, plain and simple.
I have to side with the Americans here. From Brown's website:
Multiple web-based observing records of the 1.3-meter SMARTS telescope are accessed, first through an internet search engine, then, apparently, by guessing names of related web pages. This access is the first time these records have been accessed by anyone outside of the SMARTS consortium. The IP address from which the access came is 161.111.165.49, which resolves as dae39.iaa.csic.es. This IP address corresponds to a computer at the IAA, the Instituto de Astrofisica in Spain. The IAA is the home institution of Ortiz and Santos-Sanz, who two days later claim discovery of this object. Each of the accessed observing records contains the name "K40506A" and points to the location of the object on different nights. Knowing where the object is on a single night does not allow you to predict a position on any other nights, so access to a single record could be potentially benign. However, the multiple records of observations on multiple nights could be used by anyone with astronomical knowledge to accurately predict the location at any point in the past or future....More incriminating evidence follows
This really does not look like it was all on the up-and-up.
I found some info on the contents of the racist remarks from this blog.
The backstory according to the report is that on June 14, ST Forum Page published a letter asking if "cab companies allowed uncaged pets to be transported in taxis, after she saw a dog standing on a taxi seat next to its owner." The concern is that the animals pay "drool on the seats or dirty them with their paws"--and for most of the Muslims in Singapore (which subscribe to the Syafie school of thought on the issue), they are prohibited by religion "to touch dogs which are wet, which would include a dog's saliva".
Enter the duo Nicholas Lim Yew, 25, and Benjamin Koh Song Huat, 27. The first "allegedly responded [to the Forum Page letter] by twice posting anti-Muslim remarks on an online forum for dog lovers, www.doggiesite.com," allegedly criticising "certain aspects of Islamic law." The latter "was said to have made similar racist comments on his blog, Phoenyx Chronicles, on www.upsaid.com on three occasions."
Make it lighter. There is all sorts of stuff built into the frame for "safety" and "roll-over protection" that you'll probably never need. Remove a few hundred pounds of this dead-weight (also go on a diet yourself), and watch your gas mileage go up, up, up.
"Late in the testing process, Microsoft encountered a quality issue that necessitated the update to go through additional testing and development before it is released. Microsoft is committed to only releasing high quality updates that fix the issue(s) in question, and therefore we feel it is in the best interest of our customers to not release this update until it undergoes further testing."
That is one positive thing about Microsoft. When they release a patch, you can be sure that it has been tested through the roof. It's a rare open source project that can match Microsoft on that.
Summary misses the important part of the article. There are important brain genes (there is more research coming out about their exact IQ support) that not everybody has. Welcome to the world of The Bell Curve, people. Hope you like it here:
They report that with microcephalin, a new allele arose about 37,000 years ago, although it could have appeared as early as 60,000 or as late as 14,000 years ago. Some 70 percent or more of people in most European and East Asian populations carry this allele of the gene, as do 100 percent of those in three South American Indian populations, but the allele is much rarer in most sub-Saharan Africans.
With the other gene, ASPM, a new allele emerged some time between 14,100 and 500 years ago, the researchers favoring a mid-way date of 5,800 years. The allele has attained a frequency of about 50 percent in populations of the Middle East and Europe, is less common in East Asia, and found at low frequency in some sub-Saharan Africa peoples.
Good. 3D offered nothing to Zelda. I hope this means that they are going to rethink the "FPS" model for Zelda.
I just got through playing the 2D "Minnish Cap" Zelda game for my GBA. That is a fun game. And it's more pleasant to look at than any 3D incarnation of Zelda.
Are you saying that Microsoft would never put out something called Linux even if it meant that they could put the hurt on every current Linux distributor? That's worse than silly.
OpenOffice Writer has one killer feature: Export as PDF.
It lacks grammar check, which I have found useful in the past. I've filed a half-dozen usability bugs related to Thesaurus and Spell Check, but they are serviceable. The implementation of Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down is insane. I've filed a bug on that, but it has gotten thrown into the 'feature' pile.
I am dumping OpenOffice because it is so slow. I have Word 2000 on my quickstart list so that I can open up documents and quickly check the spelling of comments before I post them to the web. When I downloaded OpenOffice, I tried the same. I've had to go back to Word. It just takes too long to open a new document or to switch to an already open one. I then made the mistake of leaving a few OpenOffice documents open for about three days--responsiveness plummeted.
Let this be a warning to programmers: don't believe what they tell you about Java. It is that slow.
There are worse things than confusion. If the trademark is defended, Microsoft could offer Linus a hundred million dollars for it (he'd take it--he's sane), and disallow its use by anybody except Microsoft. Or, if Linus won't take it, Microsoft could offer the same to his heirs a few years from now.
They'd find takers. I am reminded of a phrase usually incorrectly attributed to P.T. Barnum.
And yeah, I doubt that many policies would cover something like this. On the other hand, you could do it with some sort of Russian Roulette collateral scheme.
If Linus didn't protect his intellectual property, Microsoft and SCO could make a company called "Linux Baby Killing, Inc."
And...so what? I would rather that people had the freedom to use the name Linux in their distros without having to kowtow to the arbitrary dictates of Linus.
If you think that Linus Torvalds is a reasonable person, and won't ask for anything unreasonable, then what about his heirs? What if Microsoft decides to buy the Linux trademark from him for a billion dollars? (He's a sane individual and would take the money.)
It is better for the name Linux to be free for everybody to use than for it to be centrally controlled.
If the trademark isn't defended. What do you think MS is going to do? They're going to release something very broken and call it Linux.
I see. So by "free software," you mean free to use and modify—unless you're Microsoft. Funny how I never saw that in the GPL. Guess I just didn't read it closely enough.
In reality, Microsoft releasing their own version of Linux would be a positive thing. And their version shouldn't have to conform to some arbitrary standard that Linus sets up just for Microsoft. That is the very basis of free software.
I tell Firefox not to accept a cookie unless the site is on my exceptions list. When I add a site to my exceptions list, I always set it to "allow session cookies only."
I have to re-enter passwords when I restart my browser—but that's what password manager is for.
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Predatory Pricing...Oh no! Competition. Can't have that. Predators are scary. They eat people.
If people are stealing from my store, I don't lower prices. I buy a shotgun and a shovel.
Here is Ranum's talk on the whole phenomenon—and why it should stop.
I wonder if the job offers have already started, or if the security companies are waiting until this particular piece of human trash gets out of jail.
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Gah! Two its/it's errors in his first point.
I was expecting a mindless article—but this one actually makes some good points. I'm impressed.
Make it lighter. There is all sorts of stuff built into the frame for "safety" and "roll-over protection" that you'll probably never need. Remove a few hundred pounds of this dead-weight (also go on a diet yourself), and watch your gas mileage go up, up, up.
Good. 3D offered nothing to Zelda. I hope this means that they are going to rethink the "FPS" model for Zelda.
I just got through playing the 2D "Minnish Cap" Zelda game for my GBA. That is a fun game. And it's more pleasant to look at than any 3D incarnation of Zelda.
Are you saying that Microsoft would never put out something called Linux even if it meant that they could put the hurt on every current Linux distributor? That's worse than silly.
When Microsoft buys the name "Linux" from Linus (or his heirs), they're going to regret this.
Why I'm dumping OpenOffice
OpenOffice Writer has one killer feature: Export as PDF.
It lacks grammar check, which I have found useful in the past. I've filed a half-dozen usability bugs related to Thesaurus and Spell Check, but they are serviceable. The implementation of Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down is insane. I've filed a bug on that, but it has gotten thrown into the 'feature' pile.
I am dumping OpenOffice because it is so slow. I have Word 2000 on my quickstart list so that I can open up documents and quickly check the spelling of comments before I post them to the web. When I downloaded OpenOffice, I tried the same. I've had to go back to Word. It just takes too long to open a new document or to switch to an already open one. I then made the mistake of leaving a few OpenOffice documents open for about three days--responsiveness plummeted.
Let this be a warning to programmers: don't believe what they tell you about Java. It is that slow.
Oh no! Confusion!
There are worse things than confusion. If the trademark is defended, Microsoft could offer Linus a hundred million dollars for it (he'd take it--he's sane), and disallow its use by anybody except Microsoft. Or, if Linus won't take it, Microsoft could offer the same to his heirs a few years from now.
They'd find takers. I am reminded of a phrase usually incorrectly attributed to P.T. Barnum.
And yeah, I doubt that many policies would cover something like this. On the other hand, you could do it with some sort of Russian Roulette collateral scheme.
If you think that Linus Torvalds is a reasonable person, and won't ask for anything unreasonable, then what about his heirs? What if Microsoft decides to buy the Linux trademark from him for a billion dollars? (He's a sane individual and would take the money.)
It is better for the name Linux to be free for everybody to use than for it to be centrally controlled.
In reality, Microsoft releasing their own version of Linux would be a positive thing. And their version shouldn't have to conform to some arbitrary standard that Linus sets up just for Microsoft. That is the very basis of free software.
Then what's my incentive to actually let the customer survive the trip...
None. Try thinking more like a Merck or Firestone executive.
Give Google your phone number to get free email? Whoa, if Microsoft tried this, they'd have a mob with pitchforks and torches descending on Redmond.
How to make money with space tourism:
Don't charge much up front. People could ride for beans on one condition. Their life insurance policies get made out to you.
I tell Firefox not to accept a cookie unless the site is on my exceptions list. When I add a site to my exceptions list, I always set it to "allow session cookies only."
I have to re-enter passwords when I restart my browser—but that's what password manager is for.
You can end the explorer.exe process with Task Manager and start a new instance of it.