as in, the biggest object we've found since Pluto. Not most important, not most earth-shaking, not most scientifically interesting, just the largest object.
He also said that maybe, that's the whole reason we're here. The earth couldn't make plastic on it's own, so it created us to do it. Now that we've created plastic for the earth, we're expendable, and the earth can now move on to the next great stage in it's evolution.
considering all the invetions you mention, were covered by various patents at the time of their invention.
Thomas Savery patented the first Steam Engine in 1698.
Tesla and Marconi both held patents on Radio Transmission Equipment.
The Wright Brothers and Curtiss all held patents on their flying machines.
All inventions covered under patents.
Communication with Ground Control, and the rest of the crew, all takes place in English. The Russians also require Russian Language skills for their Taxi flights but you have to be able to speak english once you get to the ISS.
Again, it's not to "Get into space", it's to visit the ISS, and covers both Astronauts and Cosmonauts as well as tourists and other types of visitors.
The Russian Space Agency is free to have whatever requirements they wish on their own flights, but if they're visiting ISS (And Taxi Flights to the ISS are ISS Missions), they have to meet the Crew guidelines, which have been agreed upon by ALL the partners.
It gives the impression that these are unilateral rules put in place by NASA when they are infact, rules which have been prepared and agreed upon by ALL the partners in the ISS Project.
After almost two years of negotiations, NASA and its International Space Station partners on Thursday released a new set of ground rules for the selection of professional astronauts and cosmonauts as well as other travelers to the orbiting outpost.
Except that the man who was a Demo Face was mis-identified by a Human, who thought he looked like her dead-beat ex-husband. She contacted the Police, who checked up on him and determined his actual identity. It had nothing whatsoever to do with the actual system. The Face Recognition Software did not return a False Positive, another Human did.
No it doesn't.
I've got several apps open on my Desktop right now, and several minimized. Win-D (Or Right Click on Taskbar Minimize All Windows/Undo Minimize) only restores those applications that were not previously minimized.
This is on Windows 2000 btw, perhaps it works differently on the Operating System you're using.
Absolutely correct.
Of coruse, most of the other posters here seem to think this has something to do with the DOJ Trial, or that they've already been found guilty in these Class Action suits...
No, they didn't go to court, lose, appeal, and then go into settlement talks. This settlement has nothing to do with the Government's Anti-Trust Trial. It's a proposed settlement for various civil class-action lawsuits, it was also proposed by the Plaintiff's Lawyers, NOT Microsoft.
Isn't that the Government's job? To pay teachers, maintain schools, etc. It's certainly not Microsoft's responsibility, so I'm really struggling to understand what your comments have to do with the issue at hand.
Neither the Courts, nor the Government are prescribing this remedy. This has nothing to do with the DoJ anti-trust trial. This is a settlement proposed by the PLAINTIFF's Lawyers in a collection of civil class-action lawsuits.
Read the fuckin' articles
(From MSNBC, Wired, etc...)
The school-software proposal came from one of the lead plaintiffs' lawyers in the case, Michael Hausfeld, who concluded that each member of the plaintiff class -- at least 65 million computer buyers -- would receive as little as $10 in a settlement or court victory. That would be less than the cost of identifying class members and sending payment, meaning most of the money from Microsoft would be swallowed by administrative costs -- and attorney fees.
Another unusual feature of the proposal: The fees for Hausfeld, Stanley Chesley and a half-dozen other well-known class-action lawyers won't be tied to the size of the settlement, or taken from the settlement, as often happens in class-action cases. Instead, the judge will determine attorneys' fees and costs, to be paid separately by Microsoft, the lawyers close to the case said.
I know, probably too much to hope for but jesus, every single poster seems to think that this settlement was proposed by Microsoft in DIRECT OPPOSITION to the actual facts at hand.
The settlement was suggested by the PLAINTIFF's LAWYERS, who discussed it with educators to determine what their needs were, and then went to Microsoft to hammer out the details. This was NOT suggested by Microsoft as so many slashdot readers seem to think.
How about reading the Wired articles, or any of the articles relating to this settlement?
The settlement wasn't proposed by Microsoft. Read the goddamn articles. It was proposed by one of the Plaintiff's Lawyers, and they consulted with educators and microsoft to come up with a suitable settlement.
From the Wired Article on this subject:
Michael Hausfeld, representing a group of private plaintiffs in Washington, D.C., said he thought of the unorthodox settlement idea about nine months ago after realizing that each of the 65 million computer buyers eligible to gain from a $1 billion settlement would receive little more than $10.
Hausfeld and other lawyers consulted with academics and other education experts, then worked with Microsoft to hammer out final terms of the deal, he said.
No, it's not, unless the children are being taught classes on what makes Linux run. The computers are usually used as productivity tools and for research prior to highschool, not as the subject of the lessons themselves, so "learning what makes Linux work" has questionable educational value. They need the computers to work to run their other software, which is used in support of their lessons.
This has nothing to do with the Government, this is a result of the Private Class Action Lawsuits brought against them, NOT The DoJ Anti-Trust Trial.
This proposal put forward by one of the Plaintiff 's Lawyers, NOT Microsoft as so many people here seem to think it was.
Here are relevant quotes from the Wired Article: Michael Hausfeld, representing a group of private plaintiffs in Washington, D.C., said he thought of the unorthodox settlement idea about nine months ago after realizing that each of the 65 million computer buyers eligible to gain from a $1 billion settlement would receive little more than $10.
Hausfeld and other lawyers consulted with academics and other education experts, then worked with Microsoft to hammer out final terms of the deal, he said.
So again, this "deal" was proposed by the Plaintiff's Lawyers, not Microsoft, and it pertains to the Private Class Action Lawsuits, NOT The DoJ Anti-Trust Trial.
The issue is, if you were to drop the visual quality, which the ATI Drivers do automatically, despite what you've selected in the game, to the same level on an nVidia card, would the ATI card STILL be slightly faster than the nVidia card, I'd guess it wouldn't be, but we'll never know, because we don't know exactly WHAT the ATI card is modifying to make itself run faster.
If I select HIgh Quality, 32 Bit Textures in a game, I expect to get 32 Bit textures, I don't expect my Video Card's Drivers to decide that since it's Quake 3, 16 Bit Textures will be just fine.
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There are alot more than just "Trainer" Electric Planes and Helicopters out there. http://www.ezonemag.com
The MicroSizer's are US Rebranded Tomy BitChar-G'ers.
as in, the biggest object we've found since Pluto. Not most important, not most earth-shaking, not most scientifically interesting, just the largest object.
He also said that maybe, that's the whole reason we're here. The earth couldn't make plastic on it's own, so it created us to do it. Now that we've created plastic for the earth, we're expendable, and the earth can now move on to the next great stage in it's evolution.
considering all the invetions you mention, were covered by various patents at the time of their invention. Thomas Savery patented the first Steam Engine in 1698. Tesla and Marconi both held patents on Radio Transmission Equipment. The Wright Brothers and Curtiss all held patents on their flying machines. All inventions covered under patents.
Communication with Ground Control, and the rest of the crew, all takes place in English. The Russians also require Russian Language skills for their Taxi flights but you have to be able to speak english once you get to the ISS. Again, it's not to "Get into space", it's to visit the ISS, and covers both Astronauts and Cosmonauts as well as tourists and other types of visitors. The Russian Space Agency is free to have whatever requirements they wish on their own flights, but if they're visiting ISS (And Taxi Flights to the ISS are ISS Missions), they have to meet the Crew guidelines, which have been agreed upon by ALL the partners.
It gives the impression that these are unilateral rules put in place by NASA when they are infact, rules which have been prepared and agreed upon by ALL the partners in the ISS Project.
After almost two years of negotiations, NASA and its International Space Station partners on Thursday released a new set of ground rules for the selection of professional astronauts and cosmonauts as well as other travelers to the orbiting outpost.
Partners Set Standards for Station Tourists; Miscreants Need Not ApplyHow is that Illegal? What law was being broken?
Except that the man who was a Demo Face was mis-identified by a Human, who thought he looked like her dead-beat ex-husband. She contacted the Police, who checked up on him and determined his actual identity. It had nothing whatsoever to do with the actual system. The Face Recognition Software did not return a False Positive, another Human did.
No it doesn't. I've got several apps open on my Desktop right now, and several minimized. Win-D (Or Right Click on Taskbar Minimize All Windows/Undo Minimize) only restores those applications that were not previously minimized. This is on Windows 2000 btw, perhaps it works differently on the Operating System you're using.
You mean, apart from the whole "News for Nerds..." byline on the site?
Absolutely correct. Of coruse, most of the other posters here seem to think this has something to do with the DOJ Trial, or that they've already been found guilty in these Class Action suits...
No, they didn't go to court, lose, appeal, and then go into settlement talks. This settlement has nothing to do with the Government's Anti-Trust Trial. It's a proposed settlement for various civil class-action lawsuits, it was also proposed by the Plaintiff's Lawyers, NOT Microsoft.
The Settlement wasn't proposed by Microsoft, it was proposed by several of the Plaintiff's Lawyers.
This has to do with the Civil Class Action Lawsuits, and has NOTHING to do with the DoJ Anti-Trust case.
Isn't that the Government's job? To pay teachers, maintain schools, etc. It's certainly not Microsoft's responsibility, so I'm really struggling to understand what your comments have to do with the issue at hand.
The Plaintiff's lawyers proposed the settlement, not Microsoft.
Neither the Courts, nor the Government are prescribing this remedy. This has nothing to do with the DoJ anti-trust trial. This is a settlement proposed by the PLAINTIFF's Lawyers in a collection of civil class-action lawsuits.
Read the fuckin' articles
(From MSNBC, Wired, etc...) The school-software proposal came from one of the lead plaintiffs' lawyers in the case, Michael Hausfeld, who concluded that each member of the plaintiff class -- at least 65 million computer buyers -- would receive as little as $10 in a settlement or court victory. That would be less than the cost of identifying class members and sending payment, meaning most of the money from Microsoft would be swallowed by administrative costs -- and attorney fees.
Another unusual feature of the proposal: The fees for Hausfeld, Stanley Chesley and a half-dozen other well-known class-action lawyers won't be tied to the size of the settlement, or taken from the settlement, as often happens in class-action cases. Instead, the judge will determine attorneys' fees and costs, to be paid separately by Microsoft, the lawyers close to the case said.
I know, probably too much to hope for but jesus, every single poster seems to think that this settlement was proposed by Microsoft in DIRECT OPPOSITION to the actual facts at hand.
The settlement was suggested by the PLAINTIFF's LAWYERS, who discussed it with educators to determine what their needs were, and then went to Microsoft to hammer out the details. This was NOT suggested by Microsoft as so many slashdot readers seem to think. How about reading the Wired articles, or any of the articles relating to this settlement?
The settlement wasn't proposed by Microsoft. Read the goddamn articles. It was proposed by one of the Plaintiff's Lawyers, and they consulted with educators and microsoft to come up with a suitable settlement.
From the Wired Article on this subject:
Michael Hausfeld, representing a group of private plaintiffs in Washington, D.C., said he thought of the unorthodox settlement idea about nine months ago after realizing that each of the 65 million computer buyers eligible to gain from a $1 billion settlement would receive little more than $10.
Hausfeld and other lawyers consulted with academics and other education experts, then worked with Microsoft to hammer out final terms of the deal, he said.
No, it's not, unless the children are being taught classes on what makes Linux run. The computers are usually used as productivity tools and for research prior to highschool, not as the subject of the lessons themselves, so "learning what makes Linux work" has questionable educational value. They need the computers to work to run their other software, which is used in support of their lessons.
This has nothing to do with the Government, this is a result of the Private Class Action Lawsuits brought against them, NOT The DoJ Anti-Trust Trial.
This proposal put forward by one of the Plaintiff 's Lawyers, NOT Microsoft as so many people here seem to think it was.
Here are relevant quotes from the Wired Article:
Michael Hausfeld, representing a group of private plaintiffs in Washington, D.C., said he thought of the unorthodox settlement idea about nine months ago after realizing that each of the 65 million computer buyers eligible to gain from a $1 billion settlement would receive little more than $10.
Hausfeld and other lawyers consulted with academics and other education experts, then worked with Microsoft to hammer out final terms of the deal, he said.
So again, this "deal" was proposed by the Plaintiff's Lawyers, not Microsoft, and it pertains to the Private Class Action Lawsuits, NOT The DoJ Anti-Trust Trial.
The issue is, if you were to drop the visual quality, which the ATI Drivers do automatically, despite what you've selected in the game, to the same level on an nVidia card, would the ATI card STILL be slightly faster than the nVidia card, I'd guess it wouldn't be, but we'll never know, because we don't know exactly WHAT the ATI card is modifying to make itself run faster. If I select HIgh Quality, 32 Bit Textures in a game, I expect to get 32 Bit textures, I don't expect my Video Card's Drivers to decide that since it's Quake 3, 16 Bit Textures will be just fine.
Ummm, SONY Developed Betamax, and JVC developed VHS.