As for innocent Arabs that constantly get stopped at our airports I say, **** happens
Have you ever spoken to these so called "innocent" arabs. Pretty much all the ones I know seem really rational until the topic of Israel comes up and then they basically say they support the Jihadists. Hezbolla and other terrorist groups get most of their funding from these so-called "innocent" arabs. Frankly, I have no sympathy. If Muslim culture is so great, why aren't these people living in one of the many muslim countries in the world?
A lot of the people who try to comit these kinds of crimes are mentally deranged and into "para-military" type stuff. Now, in your rational mind you are thinking, "well if I was going to blow up a plane, I would just buy a very ordinary business traveler looking bag". But that is not how crazy people think. Some Timothy McVey wannabe is probably thinking how bad-ass his cammo looking bag is.
only a very small percentage of terrorist acts have been by muslims
Actually, about half of the worldn't terrorism since 1990 has been muslim terrorsim. You can easily check this on Wikipedia. That is well out of proportion to the world population of muslims. That isn't to say all terrorists are muslims. That isn't to say that all muslims are terrorists. However, there is a strong link between the two.
No, but neither were they called terrorists. The term wasn't much in use before 9/11.
That's bullshit. The term terrorist was in wide use before 9/11. I remember it being used in the 1980s - for example to describe the suicide truck bombing of American Marines stationed in Beruit. I also remember it being used to describe the Unabomber and the Oklahoma City bombing.
Dale Snr wore an open faced helmet simply because he was too arrogant to wear a proper one like everyone else
I wear an open faced helmet when I ride my Vespa because I am claustrophobic. I think it is a valid reason and I realize I am taking an increased risk because of it. Possibly Mr. Earnhart had a reason behind choosing his gear other than "arrogance".
As the picture wasn't about glasses at all, except for the guy to have worn some, this label would actually push the picture to top rank on a glasses search, but the result would be worthless for the user.
If I search for "glasses" hoping to find pictures of a person with glasses, then why would it be bad to actually find a picture of a guy with glasses?
I had the same partner several times. I would think that if you had group of people trying he suggests, you would get a partner who is playing your "penis" strategy fairly often - and it would be really obvious right away if they were (first image, you type penis and get a match. If not, then stop playing that way because your partner isn't one of your friends.)
SoundJam was great. I used to use it with my Rio 500 well before the iPod was introduced. I also love Glider Pro!
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I'm still waiting them to release a version I can play on my Atari 1450XLD.
For those who don't get the reference - Atari announced this top of the line 8Bit computer in 1983 as if it were already shipping. Two years later they "canceled" it. There were never any units actually made (other than prototype), yet they advertised it as a shipping product. I had the misfortune that my family decided to get one and we decided to not buy a new computer to replace our Atari 400 until we could get one of these. All the mail order houses "advertised" them with "call for price". I was 12 (with all that implies), so I called them every couple of days for about 8 months asking when they were going to have units available to sell. So, to me, the Atari 1450XLD computer is the epitome of vapor ware.
I thought Duke Nukem Forever was a geek joke. You know, like the coming of the Messiah, the second coming of Jesus or the arrival of the Maitreya Buddha. I didn't know there really was such a game in development.
usually the rationale for the criteria being set lower is that the criteria are not actually indicative of or required for the performance of the job and are often used to artificially discriminate
If that were true, then that criteria would not be a useful or pertinent criteria for hiring anyone, minority or not.
Let me give you an example. In a graduate program that I used to be in, I was familiar with the adminissions process. The way it worked was that a certain number of slots were reserved for a particular minority group. Lets say there were X "regular slots" and Y "minority slots". We wanted people with high grades and high GRE scores. So, for the regular slots, we took the X people with the highest grades and GRE scores. For the minority slots, we took Y minorities who had the highest grades and GRE scores among the minority applicants. What this resulted in was that to be admitted to the program you had to have GRE scores and grades about 20% better if you were not a member of the minority group than if you were. This does not mean that grades or GRE scores are not pertinent to the selection of candidates.
How about, if I don't want my GPL code resold by someone in a closed source product I should just know better and not put it out in the open to begin with.
It is more similar to releasing it as public domain code, then someone puts it in a commercial product, then you change your mind and re-release it as GPL, then you sue the people who made the commericial product. And you should lose that case.
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These sound totally cool. I have never seen a Mold-A-Rama machine. I do like those machines that flatten pennies. These seem more interesting, though.
Does anyone know of a Mold-A-Rama machine in NYC???
As for innocent Arabs that constantly get stopped at our airports I say, **** happens
Have you ever spoken to these so called "innocent" arabs. Pretty much all the ones I know seem really rational until the topic of Israel comes up and then they basically say they support the Jihadists. Hezbolla and other terrorist groups get most of their funding from these so-called "innocent" arabs. Frankly, I have no sympathy. If Muslim culture is so great, why aren't these people living in one of the many muslim countries in the world?
A lot of the people who try to comit these kinds of crimes are mentally deranged and into "para-military" type stuff. Now, in your rational mind you are thinking, "well if I was going to blow up a plane, I would just buy a very ordinary business traveler looking bag". But that is not how crazy people think. Some Timothy McVey wannabe is probably thinking how bad-ass his cammo looking bag is.
only a very small percentage of terrorist acts have been by muslims
Actually, about half of the worldn't terrorism since 1990 has been muslim terrorsim. You can easily check this on Wikipedia. That is well out of proportion to the world population of muslims. That isn't to say all terrorists are muslims. That isn't to say that all muslims are terrorists. However, there is a strong link between the two.
No, but neither were they called terrorists. The term wasn't much in use before 9/11.
That's bullshit. The term terrorist was in wide use before 9/11. I remember it being used in the 1980s - for example to describe the suicide truck bombing of American Marines stationed in Beruit. I also remember it being used to describe the Unabomber and the Oklahoma City bombing.
Dale Snr wore an open faced helmet simply because he was too arrogant to wear a proper one like everyone else
I wear an open faced helmet when I ride my Vespa because I am claustrophobic. I think it is a valid reason and I realize I am taking an increased risk because of it. Possibly Mr. Earnhart had a reason behind choosing his gear other than "arrogance".
Hope she doesn't read slashdot.
No women read Slashdot.
I can't figure out how to get one to stab you in the chest.
Trying to grab the stingray?
You mean we should all die coding?
Like Steve Irwin, you could die with a pointer through the chest.
Based on various posts I have read here, I think the pass feature is broken if you are using FireFox. It works fine in Safari.
It wasn't immediately obvious to me, but at the end of each round, you can hover over the pictures and it will sho you your partner's guesses.
As the picture wasn't about glasses at all, except for the guy to have worn some, this label would actually push the picture to top rank on a glasses search, but the result would be worthless for the user.
If I search for "glasses" hoping to find pictures of a person with glasses, then why would it be bad to actually find a picture of a guy with glasses?
It seems to be broken for FireFox users.
The game works perfectly for me in Safari. Maybe you should try Konquerer?
The only reason I even bother posting to Slashdot is that I heard that Karma points are redeemable for frequent flyer miles.
I had the same partner several times. I would think that if you had group of people trying he suggests, you would get a partner who is playing your "penis" strategy fairly often - and it would be really obvious right away if they were (first image, you type penis and get a match. If not, then stop playing that way because your partner isn't one of your friends.)
How are you seeing your partner's guesses?
I'm playing this, there is a picture of a bald man with glasses wearing a tie.
I type:
man
bald
glasses
My partner has typed one label. I wait a second. He still only has one label. Finally, I try "guy". It's a match.
What is it with this "guy" stuff. Some people will type "dude" instead of "guy". Jeez. No one types "man"??
I just tried going to www.sycophanticapplefanboy.com and I noticed that it wasn't found.
Do you think their server has been Slashdotted?
SoundJam was great. I used to use it with my Rio 500 well before the iPod was introduced. I also love Glider Pro!
I'm still waiting them to release a version I can play on my Atari 1450XLD.
For those who don't get the reference - Atari announced this top of the line 8Bit computer in 1983 as if it were already shipping. Two years later they "canceled" it. There were never any units actually made (other than prototype), yet they advertised it as a shipping product. I had the misfortune that my family decided to get one and we decided to not buy a new computer to replace our Atari 400 until we could get one of these. All the mail order houses "advertised" them with "call for price". I was 12 (with all that implies), so I called them every couple of days for about 8 months asking when they were going to have units available to sell. So, to me, the Atari 1450XLD computer is the epitome of vapor ware.
I thought Duke Nukem Forever was a geek joke. You know, like the coming of the Messiah, the second coming of Jesus or the arrival of the Maitreya Buddha. I didn't know there really was such a game in development.
Apparently you are correct.
usually the rationale for the criteria being set lower is that the criteria are not actually indicative of or required for the performance of the job and are often used to artificially discriminate
If that were true, then that criteria would not be a useful or pertinent criteria for hiring anyone, minority or not.
Let me give you an example. In a graduate program that I used to be in, I was familiar with the adminissions process. The way it worked was that a certain number of slots were reserved for a particular minority group. Lets say there were X "regular slots" and Y "minority slots". We wanted people with high grades and high GRE scores. So, for the regular slots, we took the X people with the highest grades and GRE scores. For the minority slots, we took Y minorities who had the highest grades and GRE scores among the minority applicants. What this resulted in was that to be admitted to the program you had to have GRE scores and grades about 20% better if you were not a member of the minority group than if you were. This does not mean that grades or GRE scores are not pertinent to the selection of candidates.
Suppose somebody unintentionally publishes information useful to terrorists.
Your information is useful to people. Terrorists are people. Therefore, your information is useful to terrorists.
Therefore, you need to refrain from posting any information that is useful to people. Therefore, Slashdot is OK.
How about, if I don't want my GPL code resold by someone in a closed source product I should just know better and not put it out in the open to begin with.
It is more similar to releasing it as public domain code, then someone puts it in a commercial product, then you change your mind and re-release it as GPL, then you sue the people who made the commericial product. And you should lose that case.
Frankly, I'm surprised she didn't object to 'open learning', too.
Or just "learning"...