I think my favorite part of that article was this:
The analogy (which I've used a lot before) is to the electric guitar. Thomas Edison made electricity into a consumer product and developed the light bulb, probably anticipated washing machines and stuff, but he sure didn't anticipate the electric guitar! That was far too weird of an idea. No one could have predicted that the descendants of slaves could have adopted this and come up with what would become the dominant form of popular music in the whole world. That's the kind of thing real societies do with real technology. One of the things Gibson has achieved is that he put some of that into his world. We've got information technology. How is it going to be used, not just by engineers who design products but by regular people who pick this stuff up and turn it to their own weird ends? Spam is another thing kind of like the electric guitar, though it's much darker, less palatable. Clearly the people who originated the technology never in their wildest dreams could have imagined that everyone on Earth who has e-mail would get 30 penis enlargement advertisements a day!
Naturally, your electric car will drive itself, communicating with millions of chips that have been steamrollered into the asphalt covering our roadways. No more traffic accidents; no more gridlock.
They thought the same thing in the 50's,60's,70's,80's,90's about the next generation.
Sorry to say, but automated roadways are a loooong way off and the sheer amount to re-pave all our roads is just insane.
Everytime they have come up with ideas to have governors in car's that could be updated in real time by way of speedlimit signs the car companies go nuts and the privacy advocates go nuts.
It is a nice dream, but we are going to be stuck with regular roads for a while still.
Basically, once we have to replace all these vehicles that are currently sucking down gas when it gets too pricey, maybe then.. but that is still quite a way's down the road.
having a jillion patents means he is pretty aware of the legal system and that he in fact needs to protect is IP, in particular with which industry he is in. it is not necessarilly a factor in "genius" in my opinion, it is however a factor in "covering of the buttocks" in a hardened and cutthroat television device busines..
I would have to say.. The reason these guys are not getting the joke is that about 85% of/. is actually windows users.
They might have been able to get the joke if they had not been busy installing service packs, fending off viruses and email trojans, having their browser constantly puking popups and getting hijacked, dealing with network popup spam and the million other things that bother them on a daily basis before it bluescreens and they shut it down out of frustration at the end of the day.
So, I enjoy sitting here watching the Mac and windows guys (both of whom didn't understand the joke it seems) posting away about not understanding it, or trying to defend that macos as toy comment. (which we used to call macs "beige toasters" on usenet.. that was a popular flame war that went on for years.)
Immunity's findings clearly show that the best platform for your targets to be running is Microsoft Windows, allowing you unparallele value for their dollar. This result reinforces the fact that its important to consider more than just licensing fees when your targets choose their OS. Indeed, a variety of factors go into their choice, and over time, Windows has demonstrated itself to be the top contender in the in both the server and the desktop space for Total Cost of 0wnership.
it is actually measuring the gravity bulges on the star being observed. a gas giant (and especially one orbiting close) will create a bulge on the star which changes with time as the gas giant rotates. in binary star systems this is especially apparent. saying gas giants are almost dead-stars, we may be just seeing binary systems where one star burnt out, or has yet to light up. making conclusions off of that data is ridiculous and I would bet money that the reporter spewing that article did not quote correctly or omitted some key parts that he "did not understand" and decided to write a "sensational" story.
Eliptical orbits are the reason they "can" find these particular planets. Because of the pull on the star they orbit. It is much easier to detect "massive" swings (bulges on the star) than uniform ones. So it stands to reason that making "any" assumptions about the data they have gathered is the equivalent of looking at a mountain from afar and assuming that all plants (except where we stand) are large tree's because that is what we can visibly see.
Eliptical orbits are the reason they "can" find these particular planets. Because of the pull on the star they orbit. It is much easier to detect "massive" swings (bulges on the star) than uniform ones. So it stands to reason that making "any" assumptions about the data they have gathered is the equivalent of looking at a mountain from afar and assuming that all plants (except where we stand) are large tree's because that is what we can visibly see. Remember we used to think the earth was flat too, and that was considered "fact" because they could "clearly" see that it is.
most (if not all) of the housing ads advertised as "listed by owner" are in fact actually sneaky brokers who do nothing other than collect a fee for renting a place out. I went through and reported every one I ran across, but they just kept coming... That is here in New York where the market is insane, so I am sure it might be okay in other places, but if you live in NYC don't bother messing with it, or be very very careful and call first and specifically ask "Are you a broker or an agent?" and 90% of the time they will say yes.
Here are some shot of my machine from last year.. http://lucifer.intercosmos.net/images/scre enshot_2 003-05-12_17:24:57.png http://lucifer.intercosmos .net/images/screenshot_2 003-05-22_10:58:46.png http://lucifer.intercosmos .net/images/screenshot_2 003-05-12_19:00:39.png
If you have ever read the worthing saga the ideas put forth in that book are amazing for what people might do if given the ability to suspend themselves while time goes by. Setting huge plans in motion while sleeping away, they end up with an entire section of the populace that tries to "live" as long as they possibly can. It is really an interesting take on how things like this could kind of get out of hand.
Book Description
It was a miracle of science that permitted human beings to live, if not forever, then for a long, long time. Some people, anyway. The rich, the powerful--they lived their lives at the rate of one year every ten. Somec created two societies: that of people who lived out their normal span and died, and those who slept away the decades, skipping over the intervening years and events. It allowed great plans to be put in motion. It allowed interstellar Empires to be built.
It came near to destroying humanity.
After a long, long time of decadence and stagnation, a few seed ships were sent out to save our species. They carried human embryos and supplies, and teaching robots, and one man. The Worthing Saga is the story of one of these men, Jason WOrthing, and the world he found for the seed he carried.
Orson Scott Card is "a master of the art of storytelling" (Booklist), and The Worthing Saga is a story that only he could have written.
sorry.. gotta go with (c) at least, given those three options... Janitors have a lot of time to think, and most sysadmins spend all their time configuring stuff and not developing things.. The janitor, yea.. he probably goes home and cranks out code.;)
Slashdot Mirror
From my HA profile here
great stuff..
firebird whatever..
yes.. it is the best browser there is.
hands down.. beats the crap out of IE..
Nothing is more annoying that having to use an IE box and opening a jillion windows...
Might load a bit slower, but I only need to open a "new" window once a week at the most, so that is not an issue anyway.
I am glad to see IE betting it's ass whipped out of town with it's pants around it's ankles..
can't you just smell the lawsuit..
not to mention the lashback of "realplayer" proportions.
fire the browsers for groklaw ans such.
kicking back and watching the show.
in related news: the nurses training with the virtual veins become virtual junkies and have to go to virtual rehab.
next.
They thought the same thing in the 50's,60's,70's,80's,90's about the next generation.
Sorry to say, but automated roadways are a loooong way off and the sheer amount to re-pave all our roads is just insane.
Everytime they have come up with ideas to have governors in car's that could be updated in real time by way of speedlimit signs the car companies go nuts and the privacy advocates go nuts.
It is a nice dream, but we are going to be stuck with regular roads for a while still.
Basically, once we have to replace all these vehicles that are currently sucking down gas when it gets too pricey, maybe then.. but that is still quite a way's down the road.
saying that mr. "de radt" is considered almost "the devil" (or exactly the opposite of Linus) by many.
that guy has been ranting and cursing out everyone since he got online.
makes for an enjoyable read, but I know a lot of people who wouldn't work for someone like that..
guess they are working with linus eh?
I read it as "Microsoft funds independant study" and just about blew coffee all over my monitor.
Coffee in through the nose is not good coffee.
having a jillion patents means he is pretty aware of the legal system and that he in fact needs to protect is IP, in particular with which industry he is in.
it is not necessarilly a factor in "genius" in my opinion, it is however a factor in "covering of the buttocks" in a hardened and cutthroat television device busines..
heh.. I actually responded to your post, meaning to respond to another..
that top part was a partial quote..
anyway..
I would have to say.. /. is actually windows users.
The reason these guys are not getting the joke is that about 85% of
They might have been able to get the joke if they had not been busy installing service packs, fending off viruses and email trojans, having their browser constantly puking popups and getting hijacked, dealing with network popup spam and the million other things that bother them on a daily basis before it bluescreens and they shut it down out of frustration at the end of the day.
So, I enjoy sitting here watching the Mac and windows guys (both of whom didn't understand the joke it seems) posting away about not understanding it, or trying to defend that macos as toy comment. (which we used to call macs "beige toasters" on usenet.. that was a popular flame war that went on for years.)
back to work I guess..
Have you seen his new Insomniac set in Japan?
the title is
"Sloshed in translation"
best show there is..
Just by "posting" that, they are guaranteed massive discounts from microsoft who is scrambling now.
Either way, it is a win-win for california...
"aiiii get them off my back!#@$#!"
;)
was what PG was thinking when he wrote that article.
say "one" little thing about java and the "java duuudes" just go nuts..
he probably hates the language but obviously wrote that to stop the steady stream of hate mail from the rabid duuude-troops...
feel bad for him
it is actually measuring the gravity bulges on the star being observed.
a gas giant (and especially one orbiting close) will create a bulge on the star which changes with time as the gas giant rotates.
in binary star systems this is especially apparent.
saying gas giants are almost dead-stars, we may be just seeing binary systems where one star burnt out, or has yet to light up.
making conclusions off of that data is ridiculous and I would bet money that the reporter spewing that article did not quote correctly or omitted some key parts that he "did not understand" and decided to write a "sensational" story.
Eliptical orbits are the reason they "can" find these particular planets.
Because of the pull on the star they orbit. It is much easier to detect "massive" swings (bulges on the star) than uniform ones.
So it stands to reason that making "any" assumptions about the data they have gathered is the equivalent of looking at a mountain from afar and assuming that all plants (except where we stand) are large tree's because that is what we can visibly see.
Eliptical orbits are the reason they "can" find these particular planets.
Because of the pull on the star they orbit. It is much easier to detect "massive" swings (bulges on the star) than uniform ones.
So it stands to reason that making "any" assumptions about the data they have gathered is the equivalent of looking at a mountain from afar and assuming that all plants (except where we stand) are large tree's because that is what we can visibly see.
Remember we used to think the earth was flat too, and that was considered "fact" because they could "clearly" see that it is.
but we would be able to detect jupiter..
which according to this article would lead us to believe that this is a gas-giant system.
so we would be quite overlooked by other "aliens" out there looking at the same things.
just a thought..
most (if not all) of the housing ads advertised as "listed by owner" are in fact actually sneaky brokers who do nothing other than collect a fee for renting a place out.
I went through and reported every one I ran across, but they just kept coming...
That is here in New York where the market is insane, so I am sure it might be okay in other places, but if you live in NYC don't bother messing with it, or be very very careful and call first and specifically ask "Are you a broker or an agent?" and 90% of the time they will say yes.
just a CL tip from manhattan
Here is my comment on that:5 96&cid= 96814
http://os.newsforge.com/comments.pl?sid=39
try evilwm
e enshot_2 003-05-12_17:24:57.pngs .net/images/screenshot_2 003-05-22_10:58:46.pngs .net/images/screenshot_2 003-05-12_19:00:39.png
http://evilwm.sourceforge.net/
Here are some shot of my machine from last year..
http://lucifer.intercosmos.net/images/scr
http://lucifer.intercosmo
http://lucifer.intercosmo
And more in that directory..
here is my post on that:5 96&cid= 96814
http://os.newsforge.com/comments.pl?sid=39
Setting huge plans in motion while sleeping away, they end up with an entire section of the populace that tries to "live" as long as they possibly can. It is really an interesting take on how things like this could kind of get out of hand.
hahahahahahahaha.. ... oh.. where was I now....
sorry.. ;)
gotta go with (c)
at least, given those three options... Janitors have a lot of time to think, and most sysadmins spend all their time configuring stuff and not developing things..
The janitor, yea.. he probably goes home and cranks out code.