The company is hoping the move to the Windows Mobile will help alleviate the concerns of Treo users who have long complained of Palm's own operating system crashing the handsets on a regular basis.
I preferred the Palm OS. Simple yet effective. And who's to say that the Windows Mobile OS won't crash just as much? Plus you have to worry about viruses and security issues with Windows. Sure it looks prettier, but I don't like the move.
Do you think that the NSA should be wiretapping people simply because they received a call like that?
And my response is yes. If the NSA deems your call credible and my statement an immediate threat, they should tap right away so that they can immediately begin saving lives / preventing death of the innocent.
In my humble opinion, we have an unjustified polemic in the world of mathematics, yet again. My background is tertiary level mathematics and concomitant research in specialised areas
Everybody seems to be trying to apply more and more freedoms, ignoring security completely. Give sexual offenders freedom to do what they gotta do, just so long as it isn't around my kids. Give murderers the freedom to kill who they gotta kill, just as long as they claim insanity and get so-called treatment later on. Give terrorists freedom to blow up whatever they gotta blow up, just so long as it isn't in my town. Obviously freedom needs to be greater than security, I wouldn't argue that. But there is a point where it stretches too far, and we start giving too much freedom to the wrong individuals. Our freedoms are expanding rapidly right now, but just wait till the next 9/11. Then people will realize how stupid they're acting now, and the freedoms will shrink back down to reasonable levels. Sad, but that's what it'll take to open people's eyes.
it remained riddled with shortcomings:
Agents would not be able to take copies of their cases into the field for reference.
The program lacked common features, such as bookmarking or histories, that would help agents navigate through millions of files.
The system could not properly sort data.
Most important, the FBI planned to launch the new software all at once, with minimal testing beforehand. Doing so, the NRC team concluded, could cause "mission-disruptive failures" if the software did not work, because the FBI had no backup plan.
Sounds like they had CS101 students writing this. No bookmarking or history? No sorting? Sad.
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Citizen: Hello NSA? I've know without a doubt that neonprimetime is an Al Qaeda terrorist. You should really listen in on his converstations so you know when / where he's going to strike! I heard him say something about hitting the government building tomorrow!
Hmm, maybe I should make that phone call now, you might feel differently about the actions of the administration then.
Not really. If I made those statements, then you should make that call, they should tap in, and they'll then find out wether it's legit or not.
I hope not. How else are we going to catch terrorists inside our borders? Oh wait, I know, we need to allow them to voluntarily have their phones tapped.
Citizen: Hello NSA? I've know without a doubt that there is an Al Qaeda terrorist living across the street from me. You should really listen in on their converstations so you know when / where they're going to strike! I heard them say something about hitting the government building tomorrow!
NSA: Hmmm, we'll have to get a warrant to do any such thing. Could take a few days.
Citizen: But they will strike tomorrow, and thousands will die!
NSA: Nothing we can do about it, we've go to follow beurocratic procedures so that we aren't accidentally violating an innocent citizen's rights.
Citizen: Well, what am I supposed to do?
NSA: I'd recommend hiding in the basement of your house, gather water and non-perishable foods, and stay there until this issue is resolved.
Citizen: But I want to do something!
NSA: Well, truly, we've got to follow procedure, so we can't help you. My personal recommendation would be to take matters into your own hands, walk over to them, and shoot them. But I can't officially make that recommendation because you'll probably get tried and senteneced to execution for killing a terrorist, cause that's a hate crime.
Citizen: Damn liberals.
NSA: Agreed. All we can hope for is that the terrorists strike wisely, and blow up buildings filled with liberals.
Citizen: Well, they would get what they deserve then.
Taylor is a liberal with Democratic roots and defended civil-rights workers in the South in the 1960s
Just another typicaly ruling from a liberal judge. They make their own laws on the fly. I hope Al Qaeda blows up the building she's in. Oh wait, she's probably on their good side now after this ruling. How are we going to prevent terrorist attacks if our own government says we can't listen in on their conversations? Liberals are too concerned about big brother to realized that there terrorists out there laughing it up as they get ready to explode at a town near you. If we sit back and do nothing, we're screwed.
How many of you actually work somewhere where you need to know multiple SQL environments (MySQL, Postgresql, db2, oracle, sql server, etc.)? Cause if you don't need to know multiple, wouldn't it be nicer to have 1 book that concentrates simply on the one at hand? I'm not talking about using the book to learn new SQL, I'm just talking about using it as a reference at work? For most instances, wouldn't you just want a book that concentrates hard on 1, not a book that has broad statements about each?
evolution is as much fact as the earth revolving around the sun
I highly doubt that. A better statement would be that "evolution is as much fact as global warming". There are actually mathematical computations that can be used to determine the earth revolves around the sun. It's an equation with an answer. Evolution on the other hand is an educated guess, that can never be proven in our lifetime. We'll need to record life for literally hundreds of thousands of years before we know that evoluation actually occurs and isn't just a bunch of bs. Same with global warming. We only have accurate believable temperature records dating back a few hundred years. Technology and temperature readings sucked after that, and all other attempts to recreate what the temperature was are nowhere near accurate enough to matter. Global warming is, according to definition, the heating of the earth by fractions of a degree each year. All records dating back more than a few hundred years ago probably have an error rate of +5/-5 similar to newspaper polls.
I hate it when people overstate their assumptions. No matter how you put it, evolution and global warming are just well-studied assumptions.
I think it depends on the way you state the question. If you ask: Do you believe in Evolution and evolution only? That's going to be a low number. If you ask if you believe in Creation and Creation only, that number would also be low. But if you ask if you believe in some sort of combination of Evoluation and Creation, that number would be by far the highest.
It's called a fork in development. Consider OpenBSD and FreeBSD.
So, if we try to compare the history of Linux to Evolution, doesn't that then say that all things were started from the Supreme Being? Linus? Careful with your comparisons!
Maybe I'm wrong. I remember from college science class. Isn't evolution still based on a blind belief that someday in the past, life just magically began with a strike of lightning? Don't they still struggle to define what "life" is too? So although religion is a blind belief, in essence so is science?
I don't understand how it matters what people think?
If evolution is the truth, then when you die you'll find out: You'll decay and turn back into dirt to help evolve the next super humans.
If creation is the truth, then when you die you'll find out: You'll find out that when you die, life really isn't over, and you keep living.
If something else is the truth, then when you die you'll find out.
What does it matter what people think now, because thinking isn't going to change what happens.
Exactly what I was thinking. It's almost pointless to show screen shots of any linux distro unless you're showing an interesting / new installation process or configuration manager. The rest of KDE / GNOME same ol' same ol', and there really is no point.
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The company is hoping the move to the Windows Mobile will help alleviate the concerns of Treo users who have long complained of Palm's own operating system crashing the handsets on a regular basis.
I preferred the Palm OS. Simple yet effective. And who's to say that the Windows Mobile OS won't crash just as much? Plus you have to worry about viruses and security issues with Windows. Sure it looks prettier, but I don't like the move.
Do you think that the NSA should be wiretapping people simply because they received a call like that?
And my response is yes. If the NSA deems your call credible and my statement an immediate threat, they should tap right away so that they can immediately begin saving lives / preventing death of the innocent.
so cut me some slack, okay?
Those who spend their day monitoring the status of wiki shall receive no slack.
In my humble opinion, we have an unjustified polemic in the world of mathematics, yet again. My background is tertiary level mathematics and concomitant research in specialised areas
Polemic
Tertiary
Concomitant
Here's some estimated numbers I just randomly made up off the top of my head of /. users ...
Democrats - 40%
Independants - 55%
Republicans - 5%
Anti-Bush - 97%
Pro-Bush - 3%
Do not believe in a God - 90%
Believe in a God - 10%
Against the War on Terror - 85%
For the War on Terror - 15%
Believe Sadam had no WMD's - 95%
Believe Sadam has WMD's - 5%
Blame Bush for everything wrong in America - 95%
Blame someone else - 5%
Would move to Europe given the chance - 70%
Would stay in America - 30%
Would join the US Military in WWIII - 1%
Would do everything to avoid it - 99%
Believe it would be better to live in Canada - 85%
Do not - 15%
Anybody agree/disagree with my estimates? Oh, and what are the odds that I'll be trolled? I'd say 99.9%
Here you have it: freedom > security.
Everybody seems to be trying to apply more and more freedoms, ignoring security completely. Give sexual offenders freedom to do what they gotta do, just so long as it isn't around my kids. Give murderers the freedom to kill who they gotta kill, just as long as they claim insanity and get so-called treatment later on. Give terrorists freedom to blow up whatever they gotta blow up, just so long as it isn't in my town. Obviously freedom needs to be greater than security, I wouldn't argue that. But there is a point where it stretches too far, and we start giving too much freedom to the wrong individuals. Our freedoms are expanding rapidly right now, but just wait till the next 9/11. Then people will realize how stupid they're acting now, and the freedoms will shrink back down to reasonable levels. Sad, but that's what it'll take to open people's eyes.
You could be correct in a sense. America isn't necessarily full of Americans anymore.
They spend their $170 million wiser. Why upgrade the computers?
Leave the paper trail, and instead build robots to sort and manage the paper trail!
it remained riddled with shortcomings:
Agents would not be able to take copies of their cases into the field for reference.
The program lacked common features, such as bookmarking or histories, that would help agents navigate through millions of files.
The system could not properly sort data.
Most important, the FBI planned to launch the new software all at once, with minimal testing beforehand. Doing so, the NRC team concluded, could cause "mission-disruptive failures" if the software did not work, because the FBI had no backup plan.
Sounds like they had CS101 students writing this. No bookmarking or history? No sorting? Sad.
I love helping you /.ers out. Instead of spending painstaking hours clicking thru multiple page news stories, I sit here and quickly provide you with printer friendly links
Citizen: Hello NSA? I've know without a doubt that neonprimetime is an Al Qaeda terrorist. You should really listen in on his converstations so you know when / where he's going to strike! I heard him say something about hitting the government building tomorrow!
Hmm, maybe I should make that phone call now, you might feel differently about the actions of the administration then.
Not really. If I made those statements, then you should make that call, they should tap in, and they'll then find out wether it's legit or not.
It doesn't mean they won't keep doing it anyway.
I hope not. How else are we going to catch terrorists inside our borders? Oh wait, I know, we need to allow them to voluntarily have their phones tapped.
Please tell me you aren't Christian.
Maybe some sort of distorted one, yes.
Please tell me you aren't an Athiest.
Citizen: Hello NSA? I've know without a doubt that there is an Al Qaeda terrorist living across the street from me. You should really listen in on their converstations so you know when / where they're going to strike! I heard them say something about hitting the government building tomorrow!
NSA: Hmmm, we'll have to get a warrant to do any such thing. Could take a few days.
Citizen: But they will strike tomorrow, and thousands will die!
NSA: Nothing we can do about it, we've go to follow beurocratic procedures so that we aren't accidentally violating an innocent citizen's rights.
Citizen: Well, what am I supposed to do?
NSA: I'd recommend hiding in the basement of your house, gather water and non-perishable foods, and stay there until this issue is resolved.
Citizen: But I want to do something!
NSA: Well, truly, we've got to follow procedure, so we can't help you. My personal recommendation would be to take matters into your own hands, walk over to them, and shoot them. But I can't officially make that recommendation because you'll probably get tried and senteneced to execution for killing a terrorist, cause that's a hate crime.
Citizen: Damn liberals.
NSA: Agreed. All we can hope for is that the terrorists strike wisely, and blow up buildings filled with liberals.
Citizen: Well, they would get what they deserve then.
Taylor is a liberal with Democratic roots and defended civil-rights workers in the South in the 1960s
Just another typicaly ruling from a liberal judge. They make their own laws on the fly. I hope Al Qaeda blows up the building she's in. Oh wait, she's probably on their good side now after this ruling. How are we going to prevent terrorist attacks if our own government says we can't listen in on their conversations? Liberals are too concerned about big brother to realized that there terrorists out there laughing it up as they get ready to explode at a town near you. If we sit back and do nothing, we're screwed.
How many of you actually work somewhere where you need to know multiple SQL environments (MySQL, Postgresql, db2, oracle, sql server, etc.)? Cause if you don't need to know multiple, wouldn't it be nicer to have 1 book that concentrates simply on the one at hand? I'm not talking about using the book to learn new SQL, I'm just talking about using it as a reference at work? For most instances, wouldn't you just want a book that concentrates hard on 1, not a book that has broad statements about each?
Pretty soon the United Nations will try to intervene and come up with a peaceful resolution. They have nothing else to do these days.
All computers should be based on voice recognition. Keyboards are so unsanitary anyways ... ewh
evolution is as much fact as the earth revolving around the sun
I highly doubt that. A better statement would be that "evolution is as much fact as global warming". There are actually mathematical computations that can be used to determine the earth revolves around the sun. It's an equation with an answer. Evolution on the other hand is an educated guess, that can never be proven in our lifetime. We'll need to record life for literally hundreds of thousands of years before we know that evoluation actually occurs and isn't just a bunch of bs. Same with global warming. We only have accurate believable temperature records dating back a few hundred years. Technology and temperature readings sucked after that, and all other attempts to recreate what the temperature was are nowhere near accurate enough to matter. Global warming is, according to definition, the heating of the earth by fractions of a degree each year. All records dating back more than a few hundred years ago probably have an error rate of +5/-5 similar to newspaper polls.
I hate it when people overstate their assumptions. No matter how you put it, evolution and global warming are just well-studied assumptions.
I think it depends on the way you state the question. If you ask: Do you believe in Evolution and evolution only? That's going to be a low number. If you ask if you believe in Creation and Creation only, that number would also be low. But if you ask if you believe in some sort of combination of Evoluation and Creation, that number would be by far the highest.
It's called a fork in development. Consider OpenBSD and FreeBSD.
So, if we try to compare the history of Linux to Evolution, doesn't that then say that all things were started from the Supreme Being? Linus? Careful with your comparisons!
blind belief
Maybe I'm wrong. I remember from college science class. Isn't evolution still based on a blind belief that someday in the past, life just magically began with a strike of lightning? Don't they still struggle to define what "life" is too? So although religion is a blind belief, in essence so is science?
I don't understand how it matters what people think?
If evolution is the truth, then when you die you'll find out: You'll decay and turn back into dirt to help evolve the next super humans.
If creation is the truth, then when you die you'll find out: You'll find out that when you die, life really isn't over, and you keep living.
If something else is the truth, then when you die you'll find out.
What does it matter what people think now, because thinking isn't going to change what happens.
Exactly what I was thinking. It's almost pointless to show screen shots of any linux distro unless you're showing an interesting / new installation process or configuration manager. The rest of KDE / GNOME same ol' same ol', and there really is no point.
It's kinda like in Windows when you copy or download a file. Where 99% doesn't really mean 99%