They are not evacuees, they are internally displaced persons (IDP). The only difference between a refguee and an IDP is that refugee crosses an international border. It's seems silly to categorize people who are destitute and whose homes have been destroyed, but that's international law for you
The new Sony Librie would be the perfect reader, if it wasn't crippled by DRM and Memory Stick. To get books you need a subscription and then when you "purchase" a book you only get it for 60 days. So until someone works out a way to bypass the terrible DRM, it's a pretty worthless device. I hope that their use of embedded linux as an OS will make it relatively easy to disregard the DRMed subscription service and use the Librie for reading free etexts and content I own. Because those screens do look really nice.
The other dedicated reader that I hope makes it to the US sooner rather than later is the Panasonic Book. It's available in Japan for just over $350. The device folds in half and has two screens mimicking paper volumes. It uses SD media to store texts and says it's windows only. I believe it's also tied to a subscription service and is probably also encumbered with a DRM system. The Book uses low-power monochrome LCD's for teh two screens and they claim 3 months of battery life. Doesn't have the contrast of EInk, but still should be more readable than a tiny PDA screen. But if it's locked down and tied to a book rental system it's worthless.
The future of ebook hardware is dependent on companies making readers that accomplish three things: easy to read, inexpensive, easy to use. The demise of RCA's REB1100 and similar models shows that a locked down subscription model won't sell enough devices. Dedicated readers that use proprietary software and draconian DRM are doomed to fail.
There is a bill before the Maryland State House that would require a voter verifiable paper trail on all electronic voting machines in the state of maryland. The bill also calls for a random sampling of the paper ballots to ensure that the electronic count has not been tampered with. House Bill 53 was just read into the ways and means committee two weeks ago but with the release of the reports I hope there it can gain more support and pass the house.
I did some searching for the article in question on lexis-nexis and it's gone. All the other articles from that day are still in the lexis archive, but the Bush/Scowcroft article is gone, as far as I can tell.
The only non-conspiracy explanation I can think of is that it was an exceprt of a published book so there were conflcits of having the expert reprinted on the internet.
try using some FACTS
-------- Absentee ballot count completed in California
California Secretary of State Bill Jones announced this week that all absentee ballots have now been counted. Jones' news release in part addresses misleading reports circulating in the media recently that have resulted in many California voters' fearing that their absentee ballots might not be counted. Here at CVF we have also received numerous inquiries from voters about whether all absentee ballots are counted. To help set the record straight, Jones wrote in his release:
"There have been several erroneous reports on talk radio, the Internet and elsewhere that California does not count all absentee ballots or that absentee ballots are only counted in races where they would make a difference in the outcome.
"For the record, ALL ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE COUNTED IN CALIFORNIA. All absentee ballots must be received by the county elections official by the time the polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day. All absentee ballot envelopes must be signed by the voter and that signature must be verified by the county elections official against the signature of the registered voter that is on file in the county elections office.
"Following the November 7th election, more than 1.1 million absentee ballots needed to be verified and counted. The rare instances an absentee ballot would not be counted are specified in statute and include: no signature on the envelope; the ballot was received after the 8 p.m. Election Day deadline; or the signature on the envelope did not match the signature of the registered voter on file with the county elections official."
The entire release is available online at: http://www.ss.ca.gov/executive/press_releases/2000/00-127.htm
--------
release not there anymore but get it from the wayback machine
last I checked every single lawsuit filed in the florida debacle were filed by BUSH because he knew without his buddies on the supreme court, who made a film-flam one use only ruling, he didn't have a chance.
and don't forget about blackboxvoting.org, another site for resources on this issue. It's currently down due to bogus spam complaints and the.com was shut down by diebold.
I'm pretty sure the fink installation of X11 puts everything in the standard/usr/X11R6 so if Apple is releasing a fully functional X11 installation then the apps installed by fink in/sw should be able to run. And if not, then just set the path properly and the fink programs should be able to run anyway.
An "standard" archive of spam might work great for benchmarking rule based filters against each other, but adaptive filters, like the popular Bayesian kind, work best when they learn on your own emails and spams. There's also no point in testing an adaptive filter when you can't also feed it non-spam emails.
That's not going to work since the emails received by that volume of users will be so disparate, the filtering system won't be able to generate workable wordlists. I would love to see it done on a user-by-user basis, but that won't happen since Yahoo is selling my email to companies so they can put direct mail in my inbox.
Actually, SpamAssassin is a resource hog and even though it does fairly well, a rule based system like SA will never be as good as a learning system like bogofilter or spamoracle.
No, not really. The media in the US is focused on Iraq, election fallout, and Iraq. Even on a slow news day I doubt a minor piece of news about NASA would get a lot of play.
Individuals already do all the OCR and contibute the scanned files and the OCRed text. Distributed OCR doesn't make any sense since you'd waste a huge amount of time and bandwidth distributing the scans.
Typeset your own with LaTeX or pdfTeX. It's not that hard and with a little pstops magic you can have 4up 32page signatures for binding your own little books.
First, this is a stupid mod since you can't really see the LED. Second, why is this on slashdot? If I wanted stupid mods I'd read about them on stupid mod websites. And third, does anyone proof the stories before posting them? The blurb doesn't make any sense.
Slashdot Mirror
They are not evacuees, they are internally displaced persons (IDP). The only difference between a refguee and an IDP is that refugee crosses an international border. It's seems silly to categorize people who are destitute and whose homes have been destroyed, but that's international law for you
The new Sony Librie would be the perfect reader, if it wasn't crippled by DRM and Memory Stick. To get books you need a subscription and then when you "purchase" a book you only get it for 60 days. So until someone works out a way to bypass the terrible DRM, it's a pretty worthless device. I hope that their use of embedded linux as an OS will make it relatively easy to disregard the DRMed subscription service and use the Librie for reading free etexts and content I own. Because those screens do look really nice.
The other dedicated reader that I hope makes it to the US sooner rather than later is the Panasonic Book. It's available in Japan for just over $350. The device folds in half and has two screens mimicking paper volumes. It uses SD media to store texts and says it's windows only. I believe it's also tied to a subscription service and is probably also encumbered with a DRM system. The Book uses low-power monochrome LCD's for teh two screens and they claim 3 months of battery life. Doesn't have the contrast of EInk, but still should be more readable than a tiny PDA screen. But if it's locked down and tied to a book rental system it's worthless.
The future of ebook hardware is dependent on companies making readers that accomplish three things: easy to read, inexpensive, easy to use. The demise of RCA's REB1100 and similar models shows that a locked down subscription model won't sell enough devices. Dedicated readers that use proprietary software and draconian DRM are doomed to fail.
I forgot to mention a couple websites that are pushing for a voter verifiable paper trail in MD and nationwide: Campaign for Verifiable Voting in Maryland and Verified Voting - Campaign to Demand Verifiable Election Results
There is a bill before the Maryland State House that would require a voter verifiable paper trail on all electronic voting machines in the state of maryland. The bill also calls for a random sampling of the paper ballots to ensure that the electronic count has not been tampered with. House Bill 53 was just read into the ways and means committee two weeks ago but with the release of the reports I hope there it can gain more support and pass the house.
Baby Jesus cries...
I did some searching for the article in question on lexis-nexis and it's gone. All the other articles from that day are still in the lexis archive, but the Bush/Scowcroft article is gone, as far as I can tell.
The only non-conspiracy explanation I can think of is that it was an exceprt of a published book so there were conflcits of having the expert reprinted on the internet.
Actually, K-12 educators got 10.2 for free. Higher ed faculty/staff/students got it for $69.
try using some FACTS
0 /00-127.htm
--------
Absentee ballot count completed in California
California Secretary of State Bill Jones announced this week that all absentee ballots have now been counted. Jones' news release in part addresses misleading reports circulating in the media recently that have resulted in many California voters' fearing that their absentee ballots might not be counted. Here at CVF we have also received numerous inquiries from voters about whether all absentee ballots are counted. To help set the record straight, Jones wrote in his release:
"There have been several erroneous reports on talk radio, the Internet and elsewhere that California does not count all absentee ballots or that absentee ballots are only counted in races where they would make a difference in the outcome.
"For the record, ALL ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE COUNTED IN CALIFORNIA. All absentee ballots must be received by the county elections official by the time the polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day. All absentee ballot envelopes must be signed by the voter and that signature must be verified by the county elections official against the signature of the registered voter that is on file in the county elections office.
"Following the November 7th election, more than 1.1 million absentee ballots needed to be verified and counted. The rare instances an absentee ballot would not be counted are specified in statute and include: no signature on the envelope; the ballot was received after the 8 p.m. Election Day deadline; or the signature on the envelope did not match the signature of the registered voter on file with the county elections official."
The entire release is available online at: http://www.ss.ca.gov/executive/press_releases/200
--------
release not there anymore but get it from the wayback machine
ha ha regenery publishing
last I checked every single lawsuit filed in the florida debacle were filed by BUSH because he knew without his buddies on the supreme court, who made a film-flam one use only ruling, he didn't have a chance.
The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act (H.R. 2239) has been introduced in the House of Reps that would require a paper audit trail.
.com was shut down by diebold.
More info: verified voting - fiar elections
and don't forget about blackboxvoting.org, another site for resources on this issue. It's currently down due to bogus spam complaints and the
then you weren't watching the polls...
I'm pretty sure the fink installation of X11 puts everything in the standard /usr/X11R6 so if Apple is releasing a fully functional X11 installation then the apps installed by fink in /sw should be able to run. And if not, then just set the path properly and the fink programs should be able to run anyway.
An "standard" archive of spam might work great for benchmarking rule based filters against each other, but adaptive filters, like the popular Bayesian kind, work best when they learn on your own emails and spams. There's also no point in testing an adaptive filter when you can't also feed it non-spam emails.
Dead Rat
The DMCA is bad, period. Not just for Apple users, but for all citizens. It restricts the public domain, and our fair-use privileges.
That's not going to work since the emails received by that volume of users will be so disparate, the filtering system won't be able to generate workable wordlists. I would love to see it done on a user-by-user basis, but that won't happen since Yahoo is selling my email to companies so they can put direct mail in my inbox.
Actually, SpamAssassin is a resource hog and even though it does fairly well, a rule based system like SA will never be as good as a learning system like bogofilter or spamoracle.
Minimize all in WinNT is Windows key-M.
If they cracked the passphrase for the key, then yes. But otherwise I don't think so.
No, not really. The media in the US is focused on Iraq, election fallout, and Iraq. Even on a slow news day I doubt a minor piece of news about NASA would get a lot of play.
Individuals already do all the OCR and contibute the scanned files and the OCRed text. Distributed OCR doesn't make any sense since you'd waste a huge amount of time and bandwidth distributing the scans.
Typeset your own with LaTeX or pdfTeX. It's not that hard and with a little pstops magic you can have 4up 32page signatures for binding your own little books.
First, this is a stupid mod since you can't really see the LED. Second, why is this on slashdot? If I wanted stupid mods I'd read about them on stupid mod websites. And third, does anyone proof the stories before posting them? The blurb doesn't make any sense.
I forgot to add a link to Chimera, which is quickly becoming the best OS X browser:
http://chimera.mozdev.org/
In the README there is the following:
Although I really don't find Mozilla to be all that bloated and slow. It's my main browser of choice on OS X, Win NT, and Debian.MOJIRA ROARS!