"In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all."
Casino (1995), Robert De Niro as Sam "Ace" Rothstein:
The man is a cancer survivor, and got a liver transplant. Why have I read in the media and on the forums and even here on the Slashdot rather inhumane, mean-spirited and sometimes even ill-conceived suppositions as to what happens to Apple if Mr. Jobs dies. I have not read not one, NOT ONE comment that would express concern and well wishes. So even though I am not a Mac user and I could care less about Apple or NeXT or all the "i*" products, I pray for speedy and good and painless recovery for Steve Jobs and many more wonderful and happy years in life.
As a Jew, I am supposed to pray three times per day, so thanks to the collections of programs like these: (http://www.pilotyid.com/hebrew-texts.php) -- I now pray from my Treo. Beats carrying a book around with me. Except for Shabboth of course, when we are not allowed to use a phone. But I found that lots and lots of people are doing it, and hey -- just like the printing press invention revolutionized publication of religious literature around the world, from Bible to Koran and Talmud, the same way the technology revolutionizes an aspect of religion, that one hundred years from now we'll look at as a standard practice... And who knows what other inventions will revolutionize it farther?
This is what the green economy is all about. Get rich on the government handouts or by imposing government requirements of consumers' energy consumption.
Back about 10 years ago, a friend of mine once told me (and he probably lied...) of some instruction in Intel chips that is capable of frying motherboard or hard-drive or video-card or whatever, basically killing hardware. It was a common urban legend. Since then I learned more about computers and don't quite think it is possible to accomplish this feat, although would like to ask my fellow slashdotters:
Is this possible, for a software to destroy the computer hardware? If yes, what mechanisms are possible to do that?
Forgive me, but I am a bit ignorant on this, could someone tell me when and how it came to pass that Oracle now has relationship with Open Office? I see nothing of that on neither Oracle website nor Wikipedia, and not even OpenOffice website either. So why the Oracle icon on the story's headline?
Wtf is Excited Delirium? The Taser company and police department seem to be always quick to blame any deaths associated with tasers on this supposed condition, while APA nor any other medical body recognizes this as any type of medical condition.
I was at the Ren. Faire festival over the weekend and the darn pirate song won't leave my head... So here is variation:
Being a pirate is all fun and games
Until someone gets sued (By MPAA, RIAA or some software alliance)
Without any reason they'll put you in prison
And then you'll be screwed
But it's all part of being a pirate,
You can't be a pirate (you can't be, you can't be)
Unless you've been sued;
It's all part of being a pirate,
You can't be a pirate (you can't be a pirate)
Until we're all screwed!
(Continue singing...)
My school ( http://umbc.edu/ )has posted a new login announcement on our shell accounts:
We will be terminating our Linux shell services as of the end of the semester
and replacing them with servers running both HP-UX and SCO OpenServer.
To comply with new federal wiretapping regulations, we will also be terminating
"ssh"-based login services and enabling only "telnet" access at that time.
lol I sincerely hope this is an April's 1st joke...
Actually, Fermat wrote:
"I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain. "
And correct me if I am wrong, did not someone from Cambridge proved FLT?
Actually, Fermat wrote regarding this:
"I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain. "
And did I hear it right that someone from Cambridge figured it out?
LOL... I remembered suddenly a startrek convention that my girlfriend and I attended. Andrew Robinson (the guy who played Garak) mentioned that since Garak was such an alien... He tried to make alien sexuality unlike any other in the galaxy... That's why he derived so much of his character from his previous role of Liberace.
Odo: You'd shoot a man in the back? Garak: It's the safest way, isn't it? -- Call to Arms
Garak: The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination. -- Improbable Cause
Bashir: So of the stories you told me, which ones were true? Garak: My dear doctor, all of them were true. Bashir: What about the lies? Garak: Especially the lies. -- The Wire
Hey guys, just a thought. A few of the computer industry people have been honored in various degrees by many governments. For example, Bill Gates will be knighted soon (see article in last week's Time), Tim Berners-Lee (now Sir) was knighted a few months ago... And a few others were honored in various degrees.
I am thinking that Linus should get some sort of official recognition for his contribution to the Computer Science field. Do you agree?
Think about that: Soviet Union and United States never really fought directly anywhere (well, very few times and most of the public never knew about this).
Their playground was Koria, Vietnam (where Soviets were sending in weapons, ammunition and training), Afganistan (where Americans did the same thing). More indirect battles were fought in the central Africa. Countries like Angola changed their eligence style of government there within period of two weeks , of course at the cost of millions of lives of local natives.
What about South America? The communist gangs in Peru, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Columbia and others did not just "came out" without support of the old Soviet Union. Nowdays these same gangs are into drugs, robbery, kidnappings and absolute terrorism for money.
Now lets take a look at the world of Microsoft vs. Linux. These have never fought their direct battles either. GPL has never been tested against Microsoft EULA (oh I wish there would come a day when such test would be possible). The companies that support and endorse Linux have funded or persued anti-Monopoly lawsuits against Microsoft, and as we recently found out it is Microsoft who funds and persues the lawsuits that came on us from the face of SCO.
And think about it too: SCO has not dared to sue Linus or any of the special groups surrounding Linux (OSDL, FSF (GNU), the Open Group, Kernel development team, whoever else). Instead they choose to fight their battles via the third parties and the users, or code contributors.
So far the battle is fought on the sidelines. There will be a day when Microsoft and FSF, OSDL and others will be in direct lawsuit against each other.
Dammit, just think of it! Caldera used to be a very prominent Linux distributer! They have done some awsome stuff for Linux under Ransome Love and others. I recall in particular their NetWare IPX/SPX support, NCP support and other drivers they contributed. And who can forget the first graphical Linux installation? With Tetris? Although they were never my favorite Linux distribution (I love Slack), they were one of the originals. Back in the day, I never thought that this company can turn around 180 degrees and backstab Linux community.
At this point of time -- lets all agree -- this is not the Caldera we knew. This is not the SCO we knew. This is a litigation monstrocity that was created by business, Canopy and McBride.
The Goldstein issue and how involved was Kahane Chai was never proven.
The only reason Kahane organizations are banned in Israel is because they sparked very popular views in Israeli public that the land from the Jordan river to the sea is the ancient Jewish land and thus not an inch of it should be given to the Arabs.
Possible political implications to think about -> both Kahane organizations and Ariel Sharon's Likud party have official ties with settler movement. By attacking Kahane organizations it is possibly sending Sharon an indirect unofficial message about Israel's recent attack on Syria.
That's wrong. Kach and Kahane Chai got a bad rap because of possible linking of them to the murder of Itzhak Rabin. (The only linkage is that these two organizations condoned it. They never too the responcibility for the attack).
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"In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all." Casino (1995), Robert De Niro as Sam "Ace" Rothstein:
however more shit came down on our civil liberties under democratic congress then republican congress.
My point is this is not Digg. Some of the Slashdot users have class.
The man is a cancer survivor, and got a liver transplant. Why have I read in the media and on the forums and even here on the Slashdot rather inhumane, mean-spirited and sometimes even ill-conceived suppositions as to what happens to Apple if Mr. Jobs dies. I have not read not one, NOT ONE comment that would express concern and well wishes. So even though I am not a Mac user and I could care less about Apple or NeXT or all the "i*" products, I pray for speedy and good and painless recovery for Steve Jobs and many more wonderful and happy years in life.
As a Jew, I am supposed to pray three times per day, so thanks to the collections of programs like these: (http://www.pilotyid.com/hebrew-texts.php) -- I now pray from my Treo. Beats carrying a book around with me. Except for Shabboth of course, when we are not allowed to use a phone. But I found that lots and lots of people are doing it, and hey -- just like the printing press invention revolutionized publication of religious literature around the world, from Bible to Koran and Talmud, the same way the technology revolutionizes an aspect of religion, that one hundred years from now we'll look at as a standard practice... And who knows what other inventions will revolutionize it farther?
This is what the green economy is all about. Get rich on the government handouts or by imposing government requirements of consumers' energy consumption.
Back about 10 years ago, a friend of mine once told me (and he probably lied...) of some instruction in Intel chips that is capable of frying motherboard or hard-drive or video-card or whatever, basically killing hardware. It was a common urban legend. Since then I learned more about computers and don't quite think it is possible to accomplish this feat, although would like to ask my fellow slashdotters: Is this possible, for a software to destroy the computer hardware? If yes, what mechanisms are possible to do that?
Forgive me, but I am a bit ignorant on this, could someone tell me when and how it came to pass that Oracle now has relationship with Open Office? I see nothing of that on neither Oracle website nor Wikipedia, and not even OpenOffice website either. So why the Oracle icon on the story's headline?
As long as all of the Mike's sex scenes are filmed and shown in its entirety...
Wtf is Excited Delirium? The Taser company and police department seem to be always quick to blame any deaths associated with tasers on this supposed condition, while APA nor any other medical body recognizes this as any type of medical condition.
I was at the Ren. Faire festival over the weekend and the darn pirate song won't leave my head... So here is variation: Being a pirate is all fun and games Until someone gets sued (By MPAA, RIAA or some software alliance) Without any reason they'll put you in prison And then you'll be screwed But it's all part of being a pirate, You can't be a pirate (you can't be, you can't be) Unless you've been sued; It's all part of being a pirate, You can't be a pirate (you can't be a pirate) Until we're all screwed! (Continue singing...)
My school ( http://umbc.edu/ )has posted a new login announcement on our shell accounts: We will be terminating our Linux shell services as of the end of the semester and replacing them with servers running both HP-UX and SCO OpenServer. To comply with new federal wiretapping regulations, we will also be terminating "ssh"-based login services and enabling only "telnet" access at that time. lol I sincerely hope this is an April's 1st joke ...
How dare you?!!!!
How could you say this!!!!
Offending pigs like that!
Pigs are cute! http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/pigs/
Actually, Fermat wrote: "I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain. " And correct me if I am wrong, did not someone from Cambridge proved FLT?
Actually, Fermat wrote regarding this: "I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain. " And did I hear it right that someone from Cambridge figured it out?
LOL... I remembered suddenly a startrek convention that my girlfriend and I attended. Andrew Robinson (the guy who played Garak) mentioned that since Garak was such an alien... He tried to make alien sexuality unlike any other in the galaxy... That's why he derived so much of his character from his previous role of Liberace.
Odo: You'd shoot a man in the back?
Garak: It's the safest way, isn't it?
-- Call to Arms
Garak: The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination.
-- Improbable Cause
Bashir: So of the stories you told me, which ones were true?
Garak: My dear doctor, all of them were true.
Bashir: What about the lies?
Garak: Especially the lies.
-- The Wire
Hey guys, just a thought. A few of the computer industry people have been honored in various degrees by many governments. For example, Bill Gates will be knighted soon (see article in last week's Time), Tim Berners-Lee (now Sir) was knighted a few months ago... And a few others were honored in various degrees. I am thinking that Linus should get some sort of official recognition for his contribution to the Computer Science field. Do you agree?
Think about that: Soviet Union and United States never really fought directly anywhere (well, very few times and most of the public never knew about this). Their playground was Koria, Vietnam (where Soviets were sending in weapons, ammunition and training), Afganistan (where Americans did the same thing). More indirect battles were fought in the central Africa. Countries like Angola changed their eligence style of government there within period of two weeks , of course at the cost of millions of lives of local natives. What about South America? The communist gangs in Peru, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Columbia and others did not just "came out" without support of the old Soviet Union. Nowdays these same gangs are into drugs, robbery, kidnappings and absolute terrorism for money. Now lets take a look at the world of Microsoft vs. Linux. These have never fought their direct battles either. GPL has never been tested against Microsoft EULA (oh I wish there would come a day when such test would be possible). The companies that support and endorse Linux have funded or persued anti-Monopoly lawsuits against Microsoft, and as we recently found out it is Microsoft who funds and persues the lawsuits that came on us from the face of SCO. And think about it too: SCO has not dared to sue Linus or any of the special groups surrounding Linux (OSDL, FSF (GNU), the Open Group, Kernel development team, whoever else). Instead they choose to fight their battles via the third parties and the users, or code contributors. So far the battle is fought on the sidelines. There will be a day when Microsoft and FSF, OSDL and others will be in direct lawsuit against each other.
Dammit, just think of it! Caldera used to be a very prominent Linux distributer! They have done some awsome stuff for Linux under Ransome Love and others. I recall in particular their NetWare IPX/SPX support, NCP support and other drivers they contributed. And who can forget the first graphical Linux installation? With Tetris? Although they were never my favorite Linux distribution (I love Slack), they were one of the originals. Back in the day, I never thought that this company can turn around 180 degrees and backstab Linux community. At this point of time -- lets all agree -- this is not the Caldera we knew. This is not the SCO we knew. This is a litigation monstrocity that was created by business, Canopy and McBride.
Good job on that robot arm, man. You have to remember that all great minds derive inspiration from their surroundings.
Tell me, while in prison, were you butt-fucked with lubrication or without? No, really ,what da hell were you spending there time for?
Wait until MPAA and RIAA shut you down now too...
The Goldstein issue and how involved was Kahane Chai was never proven. The only reason Kahane organizations are banned in Israel is because they sparked very popular views in Israeli public that the land from the Jordan river to the sea is the ancient Jewish land and thus not an inch of it should be given to the Arabs.
Possible political implications to think about -> both Kahane organizations and Ariel Sharon's Likud party have official ties with settler movement. By attacking Kahane organizations it is possibly sending Sharon an indirect unofficial message about Israel's recent attack on Syria.
That's wrong. Kach and Kahane Chai got a bad rap because of possible linking of them to the murder of Itzhak Rabin. (The only linkage is that these two organizations condoned it. They never too the responcibility for the attack).