Hm, no, I don't think so. My phone never gets the correct time from the network - I don't think the network operator supports that. Which is extremely annoying to me, because it'd just be such a sensible function.
He had to pick the letter up at the postal office - probably because it was registred mail. When you pick up registred mail, you need to bring your ID, and you leave a signature. So yeah, they can prove you knew about the charges.
When switched 'off' your phone still keeps track of the time, date and other settings that, with the battery removed completely, need to be reset.
Now that you mention it, I think even after removing the battery the time on my cell phone was still set. I've got the same model as you. Must have some small internal backup battery...
Hehe, interesting take. But then I always hear people say that you can't translate Kant into English without losing some meaning and that it's the reason why English students of philosophy learn German. Maybe that's not true anymore these days. I guess should try reading the German translation of Locke for a more contemporary style. For what it's worth, comprehending Kant in German, even on a very shallow level, is hard work - for me anyways: German is well suited for complex, long-winded sentences, and Kant had a real talent for catering to that side of the language.
The next logical step being to not waste any time on Wikipedia and just go to some reliable sources.
No. "The alternative to reading about stuff in Wikipedia is not going to the library and researching the topic, or looking it up in a traditional ncyclopedia. Alternative a) is looking it up using freaking Google where results can be anything from better to way worse than on WP. The more likely alternative b) is not looking it up at all and staying ignorant on a topic." That's from a mail I wrote in reply to PA's rant.
If I'm looking for information where accuracy is vitally important, yes, I'll probably use another independent, "authoritative" source of information. But in the vast, vast majority of cases, I'm just curious about something, and accuracy isn't vital - although it's nice to have. Maybe you're different, but I'm curious all the time. But I'm also lazy. Wikipedia lets me learn or at least read huge amounts of information with the least amount of work involved in getting it. I think I'm hitting Wikipedia about a dozen times a day on average on topics I wouldn't have considered looking at just because it's so damn simple and effortless.
It's not just the Register, though, bashing Wikipedia is the cool thing to do at the moment. For instance, yesterday Penny Arcade posted a rant ("As a model of how and where distributed intellect fails, it's almost shockingly comprehensive." - whatever); Wikipedia criticism is also a topic in a number of dead tree publications.
The Register is particularly annoying, though, because I read it all the time. I don't mind them bashing Wikipedia, but these days it just seems as if 50% of the articles on The Register are Orlowski on "Web 2.0" or Wikipedia or this Stern guy with some unfunny commentary that's pretty much on par with most Slashdot trolls. The other 50% of the content are either reproduced from third parties or business reporting and thinly disguised press releases I don't care about. I don't know, maybe it's always been that way, but I don't know why it ever appealed to me.
I agree it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, it probably won't be very effective. It was largely a PR move. However, your IP is still being recorded even if you edit anonymously. It's just not visible to the general public, just the Wikipedia admins et al. Nice for sock puppet abusers.
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I'm pretty sure that, had they asked for permission before doing it, Vivendi would just have said no, and that would have been it. Asking after the fact is risky, but sometimes the only way to achieve things.
I don't know about the administrative privileges, but the auto-update is very streamlined in 1.5. If you used an RC, you already were auto-updated to the final. Firefox checks for updates when its started. If there's a more recent version, it asks you whether you want to update, and if so, downloads and updates by itself transparently, without running any additional installer application. All you need to do is decide whether you want to restart the browser at once or later.
Sounds like a great opportunity to show off the snazzy automatic incremental update feature Firefox 1.5 has. Pushing a fix quickly to users who've got it enabled would be great.
This site does it for all of Germany, and some/most of Europe. The underlying HAFAS software is pretty powerful and has been in development since the 80s. That said, I like the Google interface better.
That'd be a great world, wouldn't it? A bunch of immature folks running around shouting obscenities about anything and everything, and everyone would be too afraid to put up a defense for fear of being labelled "immature" themselves.
Yes, that's obviously the inevitable result of recognizing free speech.
That someone is even considering that it's appropriate for any university official to threaten repercussions because of what this student apparently said is just scary. I say bad stuff about some of my profs all the time, why wouldn't I, a select few of them are idiots, or horrible teachers at the very least. I also say a lot of good stuff about those that deserve it. My personal life and drinking habits are none of my schools business, at all. Some of the people I work with (or for) at uni would probably inquire if I had some sort of obvious problem, but I would be outraged if they threatened me unless warranted by my academic record.
Just for your information, Wikipedia already is popular and widely known. A Slashdotting is nothing on the grand (server-spanning) scale, although it does mark a significant increase of views of a single page, which makes it notable.
Apparently people around are shot, get run over, etc? Did you by any chance recently win the lottery with the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42? If so, avoid planes to and from Australia. Call it a hunch.
First of all, yes, that's right, I'll reserve the right to be selectively outraged depending on what's being sprayed. I'm outraged at swastika graffiti, not so much at actual pictures. What's being sprayed is very much part of "what's done", who's doing it is really not relevant. Reading the CNN story about the IBM graffitis that's also linked at the top of this thread, the IBM graffitis were really inconspicious, and sprayed on the sidewalks which certainly aren't as critical as building walls. Most importantly though, they were made from chalk: "It washes right off, so it will be removed the next time it rains." Total non-issue.
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Hm, no, I don't think so. My phone never gets the correct time from the network - I don't think the network operator supports that. Which is extremely annoying to me, because it'd just be such a sensible function.
He had to pick the letter up at the postal office - probably because it was registred mail. When you pick up registred mail, you need to bring your ID, and you leave a signature. So yeah, they can prove you knew about the charges.
Hah. That's what they get for serving XHTML+XML instead of just plain old HTML 4.01.
When switched 'off' your phone still keeps track of the time, date and other settings that, with the battery removed completely, need to be reset.
Now that you mention it, I think even after removing the battery the time on my cell phone was still set. I've got the same model as you. Must have some small internal backup battery...
Hehe, interesting take. But then I always hear people say that you can't translate Kant into English without losing some meaning and that it's the reason why English students of philosophy learn German. Maybe that's not true anymore these days. I guess should try reading the German translation of Locke for a more contemporary style. For what it's worth, comprehending Kant in German, even on a very shallow level, is hard work - for me anyways: German is well suited for complex, long-winded sentences, and Kant had a real talent for catering to that side of the language.
The next logical step being to not waste any time on Wikipedia and just go to some reliable sources.
No. "The alternative to reading about stuff in Wikipedia is not going to the library and researching the topic, or looking it up in a traditional ncyclopedia. Alternative a) is looking it up using freaking Google where results can be anything from better to way worse than on WP. The more likely alternative b) is not looking it up at all and staying ignorant on a topic." That's from a mail I wrote in reply to PA's rant.
If I'm looking for information where accuracy is vitally important, yes, I'll probably use another independent, "authoritative" source of information. But in the vast, vast majority of cases, I'm just curious about something, and accuracy isn't vital - although it's nice to have. Maybe you're different, but I'm curious all the time. But I'm also lazy. Wikipedia lets me learn or at least read huge amounts of information with the least amount of work involved in getting it. I think I'm hitting Wikipedia about a dozen times a day on average on topics I wouldn't have considered looking at just because it's so damn simple and effortless.
Non-native speaker here, parsing that sentence wasn't an issue. Try reading Kant some day...
It's not just the Register, though, bashing Wikipedia is the cool thing to do at the moment. For instance, yesterday Penny Arcade posted a rant ("As a model of how and where distributed intellect fails, it's almost shockingly comprehensive." - whatever); Wikipedia criticism is also a topic in a number of dead tree publications.
The Register is particularly annoying, though, because I read it all the time. I don't mind them bashing Wikipedia, but these days it just seems as if 50% of the articles on The Register are Orlowski on "Web 2.0" or Wikipedia or this Stern guy with some unfunny commentary that's pretty much on par with most Slashdot trolls. The other 50% of the content are either reproduced from third parties or business reporting and thinly disguised press releases I don't care about. I don't know, maybe it's always been that way, but I don't know why it ever appealed to me.
I agree it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, it probably won't be very effective. It was largely a PR move. However, your IP is still being recorded even if you edit anonymously. It's just not visible to the general public, just the Wikipedia admins et al. Nice for sock puppet abusers.
I'm pretty sure that, had they asked for permission before doing it, Vivendi would just have said no, and that would have been it. Asking after the fact is risky, but sometimes the only way to achieve things.
Well, at least you RHFS.
I don't know about the administrative privileges, but the auto-update is very streamlined in 1.5. If you used an RC, you already were auto-updated to the final. Firefox checks for updates when its started. If there's a more recent version, it asks you whether you want to update, and if so, downloads and updates by itself transparently, without running any additional installer application. All you need to do is decide whether you want to restart the browser at once or later.
Sounds like a great opportunity to show off the snazzy automatic incremental update feature Firefox 1.5 has. Pushing a fix quickly to users who've got it enabled would be great.
Just for the record, you can easily get a train schedule information via cell phone in Germany, too: http://mobile.bahn.de/bin/mobil/detect.exe
This site does it for all of Germany, and some/most of Europe. The underlying HAFAS software is pretty powerful and has been in development since the 80s. That said, I like the Google interface better.
I disagree, but hey, thanks for the reasonable reply, not something you always expect on Slashdot. ;)
That'd be a great world, wouldn't it? A bunch of immature folks running around shouting obscenities about anything and everything, and everyone would be too afraid to put up a defense for fear of being labelled "immature" themselves.
Yes, that's obviously the inevitable result of recognizing free speech.
That someone is even considering that it's appropriate for any university official to threaten repercussions because of what this student apparently said is just scary. I say bad stuff about some of my profs all the time, why wouldn't I, a select few of them are idiots, or horrible teachers at the very least. I also say a lot of good stuff about those that deserve it. My personal life and drinking habits are none of my schools business, at all. Some of the people I work with (or for) at uni would probably inquire if I had some sort of obvious problem, but I would be outraged if they threatened me unless warranted by my academic record.
Just for your information, Wikipedia already is popular and widely known. A Slashdotting is nothing on the grand (server-spanning) scale, although it does mark a significant increase of views of a single page, which makes it notable.
Nope, you don't currently need an e-mail address to register. But given the recent flak, this might be going to change.
I hope it doesn't. With throwaway email addresses readily available, there's really no good reason.
But most of the other 'cheap' routers out there are not linux...
Actually, many or most are. But they aren't necessarily as easily modded as the WRT54G, or have the same community.
Yes, he made a mistake, KILL HIM!
Apparently people around are shot, get run over, etc? Did you by any chance recently win the lottery with the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42? If so, avoid planes to and from Australia. Call it a hunch.
First of all, yes, that's right, I'll reserve the right to be selectively outraged depending on what's being sprayed. I'm outraged at swastika graffiti, not so much at actual pictures. What's being sprayed is very much part of "what's done", who's doing it is really not relevant. Reading the CNN story about the IBM graffitis that's also linked at the top of this thread, the IBM graffitis were really inconspicious, and sprayed on the sidewalks which certainly aren't as critical as building walls. Most importantly though, they were made from chalk: "It washes right off, so it will be removed the next time it rains." Total non-issue.
Why would you create an AI that's suicidal by design? ;)