What part of the "editor" job was done by Timmothy here? Clicking the "post this shit" button?
Seriously? Yes, that's what they do. It's been that way forever.
Actually, no.
It used to be more than clicking a button.
Editor used to check the facts, look for reference, balance the pros-and-cons, correct grammar mistakes, typos, performing cosmetic changes to the submitted article, etc., before the article can be viewed by all on/.
When Cmdr Taco was around he did all that
As to other editor on/...... well.... you be the judge
To gloat over the irony of Microsoft using cheap UNIX boxes for P2P infrastructure
There's no reason to gloat - I mean, if Microsoft is so full of themselves, if that Ballmer guy is still insisting that "Linux is a cancer", then fine, let Microsoft use boxen running their own OS to power Skype.
I am not defending Ms. Annette Schavan nor condoning what she did, but I gotta say that it's getting harder and harder these days to finish a major thesis without actually adopting (copying?) ideas from online sources
And regarding "Attribution" --- Unless you keep a very detailed log of at what date and time you visited which site and what information interested you and who is the author of that article, it is very hard to keep tract of what you've copied from whom and where you've copied it from
At what point will governments wake up and realize that the patent system is paralyzing entire industries?
You forgot one essential fact - that in Politics, money is the grease that makes the machinery run smoothly
The patent system is obviously broken, and this broken patent system is making a lot of lawyers very very VERY WEALTHY
These very wealthy lawyers will make sure that nobody fuck with the goose that lays golden eggs for them, and they will use their new found wealth to lobby the politicians to make the patent system even more pathetic
Even the world at large suffers, it does not matter. It will never matter to the lawyers as long as they are making a killing
That's the way it is, and that's the way it will be
... the business of companies taking each other to court over patents is becoming the norm...
As I've said in one of my previous comments --- this patent litigation thing is a boon to the legal community, and it has made a lot of lawyers very very rich.
These very very wealthy lawyers will see to it that the broken patent system stays broken, and they will do everything to encourage corporations to sue each others to crisp over patents/copyrights --- and all the while they (the lawyers) are raking in truckloads and truckloads of moolah
Maybe we can learn from an Ancient Chinese legend ---
An egret tried to eat a big clam and that clam clammed up the beak of the egret in return.
As both were fighting each others a fisherman bagged both the egret and the big clam as the result.
We know that black holes can suck in matter - the gamma ray radiation emitted when matters are flatten to a disc before it's being sucked in are indication of black hole devouring matter.
But how about dark matter, or anti-matter?
Will black hole's gravity pull pulls in dark matter and/or anti-matter?
It may or may not be entrapment, but it definitely doesn't prevent actual terror attacks.
Actually, it does
I can't give you the specifics, but the things that NYT quotes are of no consequence - the really juicy bits happen _outside_ of USA, where real people are routinely "neutralized" before they have any chance to strike
After reading the description of your friend, I realize that I'm a lot like him - sans the protection racket that he got, that is.
Since I was a kid - heck, since I was a little baby - I always know that the world is totally fucked up because they just can't see what I see and they just can't think what I think
Yes, I had a really bad time adjusting, but adjusting I did - and still do
While my IQ is way over 200, my EQ is still lower than a kindergaten toddler.
And to that dad of that special boy, to you, I will say "Congratulation !" for you do treasure what's inside your boy.
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Apple used to have Apple, Apple ][, Apple III, and then they jumped to MacIntosh (they scrapped Lisa)
Will they do the same with iPad?
I mean, what that word "Homeland" really means ?
Why the hell the department of HOMELAND SECURITY is interfering with file sharing ?
What " SECURITY RISKS " do torrent / file sharing pose for the HOMELAND that department supposed to protect ?
According to the chart at http://www.anandtech.com/show/5805/nvidia-geforce-gtx-690-review-ultra-expensive-ultra-rare-ultra-fast/15
AMD Radeon HD 7970 CF wipes the floor with this baby from Nvidia
What part of the "editor" job was done by Timmothy here? Clicking the "post this shit" button?
Seriously? Yes, that's what they do. It's been that way forever.
Actually, no.
It used to be more than clicking a button.
Editor used to check the facts, look for reference, balance the pros-and-cons, correct grammar mistakes, typos, performing cosmetic changes to the submitted article, etc., before the article can be viewed by all on /.
When Cmdr Taco was around he did all that
As to other editor on /. ..... well .... you be the judge
To gloat over the irony of Microsoft using cheap UNIX boxes for P2P infrastructure
There's no reason to gloat - I mean, if Microsoft is so full of themselves, if that Ballmer guy is still insisting that "Linux is a cancer", then fine, let Microsoft use boxen running their own OS to power Skype.
I had to read, and re-read your comment 3 times before I begin to understand
Many thanks !
I am not defending Ms. Annette Schavan nor condoning what she did, but I gotta say that it's getting harder and harder these days to finish a major thesis without actually adopting (copying?) ideas from online sources
And regarding "Attribution" --- Unless you keep a very detailed log of at what date and time you visited which site and what information interested you and who is the author of that article, it is very hard to keep tract of what you've copied from whom and where you've copied it from
Although the following interactive graph is kinda outdated, it still illustrate the mess ---
http://bl.ocks.org/1153292
At what point will governments wake up and realize that the patent system is paralyzing entire industries?
You forgot one essential fact - that in Politics, money is the grease that makes the machinery run smoothly
The patent system is obviously broken, and this broken patent system is making a lot of lawyers very very VERY WEALTHY
These very wealthy lawyers will make sure that nobody fuck with the goose that lays golden eggs for them, and they will use their new found wealth to lobby the politicians to make the patent system even more pathetic
Even the world at large suffers, it does not matter. It will never matter to the lawyers as long as they are making a killing
That's the way it is, and that's the way it will be
But rounded corners? Still protected?
It so happened that this morning when I woke up, I inspected the four corners of my mattress.
Holy Smithereens !!!
All the four corners of my mattress are round !
Am I gonna be sued now?
... the business of companies taking each other to court over patents is becoming the norm ...
As I've said in one of my previous comments --- this patent litigation thing is a boon to the legal community, and it has made a lot of lawyers very very rich.
These very very wealthy lawyers will see to it that the broken patent system stays broken, and they will do everything to encourage corporations to sue each others to crisp over patents/copyrights --- and all the while they (the lawyers) are raking in truckloads and truckloads of moolah
Maybe we can learn from an Ancient Chinese legend ---
An egret tried to eat a big clam and that clam clammed up the beak of the egret in return.
As both were fighting each others a fisherman bagged both the egret and the big clam as the result.
We know that black holes can suck in matter - the gamma ray radiation emitted when matters are flatten to a disc before it's being sucked in are indication of black hole devouring matter.
But how about dark matter, or anti-matter?
Will black hole's gravity pull pulls in dark matter and/or anti-matter?
What effect would that have?
Good effort I guess, but there is much better technology out there.
Mind telling us what are the "Better Technology" ?
Thank you !
Remember Pentium M?
Intel had to rely on Pentium M to pull itself out of that big sink hole back then
It may or may not be entrapment, but it definitely doesn't prevent actual terror attacks.
Actually, it does
I can't give you the specifics, but the things that NYT quotes are of no consequence - the really juicy bits happen _outside_ of USA, where real people are routinely "neutralized" before they have any chance to strike
DOI's original RFQ specified that only Microsoft solutions would be considered
Only after Google sued them (and then dropped the lawsuit) that DOI agreed to drop the "M$ only" clause
I do not understand if this is a case of fails to start or starts to fail
Can they have oral sex legally in their religion?
If legality is what you sought, no, they aren't allowed to enjoy oral sex in any way or form
But then it's ISLAM we are talking about - it's a religion whereby legality is worth shit
After reading the description of your friend, I realize that I'm a lot like him - sans the protection racket that he got, that is.
Since I was a kid - heck, since I was a little baby - I always know that the world is totally fucked up because they just can't see what I see and they just can't think what I think
Yes, I had a really bad time adjusting, but adjusting I did - and still do
While my IQ is way over 200, my EQ is still lower than a kindergaten toddler.
And to that dad of that special boy, to you, I will say "Congratulation !" for you do treasure what's inside your boy.
By international treaty and law, all copyrights are honored worldwide.
Not necessarily
For one's work to be copyrighted all over the world one has to copyright his/her work in all the nations his/her work is being used and/or sold.
Just one copyrighted in US notice will not do you no good outside of USA.
If you're in such a country, you don't need OONI - you know you're already censored.
WRONG !
OONI still comes handy even if you stay in countries run by authoritarian / totalitarian / bastard governments
With OONI you can identify _which_ sites they have censored, and you can use OONI to share THAT information to the world
Hopefully they will be advanced enough to know that SETI listens to signals, it does not send anything!
Who knows? Maybe they are so advanced that they can listen to those who are listening !!
Verisign has shown itself to be too willing and accomplice to the U.S. government
Not only Verisign but also ICANN
Interlaced, maybe ?
Maybe they'll call it "Germany"
Maybe