Well, I am a bit confused. Plants do perspire and release water vapour but they also usually release heat (they have a metabolism and show on infrared). I think that once agains one has to dismiss the sensationalist journalism and get at the real science. My suspicion is that the only new thing here is the absorption nitrogen oxide and that Toyota also reminded the journalist the other advantages a plant offers in a workplace.
While I am still a fervent user of the classical notepad (not the software kind) one has to acknowledge that the abilities to share, copy, backup, search, edit a document are quite good to have.
You know, there are no French versions of slashdot and yet it is still perfectly legal to watch in France...
I think Hulu is doing it wrong : if the content you serve depend on the asker's IP address location, you are not really providing an internet service. It reminds me of the AOL era where some services were reserved for the AOL consumers. I can only say that I feel really cheated by this kind of behavior. It is a kind of discrimination.
More than the dubbing issue, discrimination on national origin could be a bigger point here. I suppose you have heard about Dutch coffee-shops where marijuana can legally be bought ? They attracted a lot of foreigner tourists up to a point where a legislation was discussed to forbid coffee-shops to foreigners. It was ruled illegal by a European Court. Here we have a service that says "hmmm, sorry, you are not from US, you do not deserve our service. No, it doesn't obey to a technical constraint, in fact it took more work to block you than it would to let you in.". I hope Hulu does not plan to make money in Europe, because I can smell some trials coming.
I think Google Wave is a great platform but adds nothing for roleplaying. It even has an unwanted feature : logs accessible to newcomers. I used to game through IRC, creating a channel for each room and a general discussion channel. Players going from room to romm to meet people or act separately. It was crucial that when arriving in a room, players did not know what happened before as the game (Amber DRPG) focuses a lot on PvP conspiracies.
I know it may be a shock, but get used to it. The EPFL is probably the best R&D lab of all Europe. How ironic that Switzerland is not officially part of the EU. They do research into cyborg techs, robotics, AI, aerospace (they are building a solar flying drone) and are quite serious about this.
Seriously, we are not talking about geeks not having their OSS fix here, it is about sick people not getting their drugs. People without money are never heard of unless they retort to violence. This can be very dangerous.
Actually the comics author he is referring to is Bilal. He proposed this sport as a particularly twisted show of values in a dystopian future and presented it in a grim light.
Shouldn't be. Encryption has to keep secrets secret. What is proposed in the article is technically feasible, I don't see in the name of what we should abandon it
Ubuntu is not buddying with IBM, IBM is buddying with Ubuntu.
The cost is probably an exaggeration like the ones made by marketing department all over the world. However, adding up 300$ of licence (for 7 Ultimate), about 200$ of upgrade, a few hundreds of formation and install, probably 200 or 300 to get some other software up to date (I'm thinking Office, professional version of Visual Studio, Exchange, Outlook), I'm sure we can get to the 2000 figure. More realistically, companies will pay the 200$ of the upgrade from XP pro and that's it. That is still 200$ per computer without clear benefit. Ubuntu becomes a sexy option at this point.
My first experience with Ubuntu was similar to what you describe. At the beginning of this year, however, I gave it a new try thinking that I would install it, it would crash, and I would put a debian instead. To my surprise, everything works like a charm. In a really incredible fashion. I have been doing more babysitting for the pre-installed Vista that I keep for running games.
Anyone else than Microsoft installing plugins into browsers without users consents would have this product called a malaware. I think on this issue/. is quite polite with MS.
I sometimes suspect that our society is tailored around the few percent of sociopaths it contains. 95% of people will not open you door even if you don't lock it. Yet everyone uses locks.
A human organization can not be based on the goodwill and the assumption of total cooperation amongst its member because of a small minority. Because of this minority, the majority has to abide to stringent laws and regulations that are useless for 95% of the people.
So yes, of course, a company works well with sociopaths. It is made for them. It is the people who are not that are uncomfortable.
I say, banking institutions should provide some pocket money (like a few millions) to projects like Open BIOS. It is their security and a service to their customers to offer a solution to safely connect to them.
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You don't have the level of accreditation required for this information.
I didn't pay for Karmic Koala.
My linux girlfriend is a Karmic Koala. First the fur is a bit weird but then you get used to it.
Well, I am a bit confused. Plants do perspire and release water vapour but they also usually release heat (they have a metabolism and show on infrared). I think that once agains one has to dismiss the sensationalist journalism and get at the real science. My suspicion is that the only new thing here is the absorption nitrogen oxide and that Toyota also reminded the journalist the other advantages a plant offers in a workplace.
Ow, Slashdot is really non utf8 then...
I was first mentioning U+1072 ('a' in cyrillic) and U+0FCC (a swatiska)
That was my first thought. I'll go register "slshdot.org" now (the first 'a' is in fact the cyrilic version). I'm sure .net will be popular as well.
While I am still a fervent user of the classical notepad (not the software kind) one has to acknowledge that the abilities to share, copy, backup, search, edit a document are quite good to have.
You are right. The correct argument against this is the halting problem : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem
What is this ethics thing you are talking about and since when was it relevant to fight in a political arena ?
You know, there are no French versions of slashdot and yet it is still perfectly legal to watch in France...
I think Hulu is doing it wrong : if the content you serve depend on the asker's IP address location, you are not really providing an internet service. It reminds me of the AOL era where some services were reserved for the AOL consumers. I can only say that I feel really cheated by this kind of behavior. It is a kind of discrimination.
More than the dubbing issue, discrimination on national origin could be a bigger point here. I suppose you have heard about Dutch coffee-shops where marijuana can legally be bought ? They attracted a lot of foreigner tourists up to a point where a legislation was discussed to forbid coffee-shops to foreigners. It was ruled illegal by a European Court. Here we have a service that says "hmmm, sorry, you are not from US, you do not deserve our service. No, it doesn't obey to a technical constraint, in fact it took more work to block you than it would to let you in.". I hope Hulu does not plan to make money in Europe, because I can smell some trials coming.
I think Google Wave is a great platform but adds nothing for roleplaying. It even has an unwanted feature : logs accessible to newcomers. I used to game through IRC, creating a channel for each room and a general discussion channel. Players going from room to romm to meet people or act separately. It was crucial that when arriving in a room, players did not know what happened before as the game (Amber DRPG) focuses a lot on PvP conspiracies.
You must be new here. On Slashdot, most information IS found in the comments.
What is the name of the organization you work for ?
I know it may be a shock, but get used to it. The EPFL is probably the best R&D lab of all Europe. How ironic that Switzerland is not officially part of the EU. They do research into cyborg techs, robotics, AI, aerospace (they are building a solar flying drone) and are quite serious about this.
I would be willing to pay 20$ to send to my boss a brochure and a professional looking Ubuntu CD for him to try.
Seriously, we are not talking about geeks not having their OSS fix here, it is about sick people not getting their drugs. People without money are never heard of unless they retort to violence. This can be very dangerous.
Actually the comics author he is referring to is Bilal. He proposed this sport as a particularly twisted show of values in a dystopian future and presented it in a grim light.
Shouldn't be. Encryption has to keep secrets secret. What is proposed in the article is technically feasible, I don't see in the name of what we should abandon it
Ubuntu is not buddying with IBM, IBM is buddying with Ubuntu.
The cost is probably an exaggeration like the ones made by marketing department all over the world. However, adding up 300$ of licence (for 7 Ultimate), about 200$ of upgrade, a few hundreds of formation and install, probably 200 or 300 to get some other software up to date (I'm thinking Office, professional version of Visual Studio, Exchange, Outlook), I'm sure we can get to the 2000 figure. More realistically, companies will pay the 200$ of the upgrade from XP pro and that's it. That is still 200$ per computer without clear benefit. Ubuntu becomes a sexy option at this point.
My first experience with Ubuntu was similar to what you describe. At the beginning of this year, however, I gave it a new try thinking that I would install it, it would crash, and I would put a debian instead. To my surprise, everything works like a charm. In a really incredible fashion. I have been doing more babysitting for the pre-installed Vista that I keep for running games.
And indeed, this very person had a very good email dialogue with some crationists a few years ago about this work on E.Coli.
http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Lenski_affair
Anyone else than Microsoft installing plugins into browsers without users consents would have this product called a malaware. I think on this issue /. is quite polite with MS.
If you define "works well" by "makes profits" then I stand by my point.
I sometimes suspect that our society is tailored around the few percent of sociopaths it contains. 95% of people will not open you door even if you don't lock it. Yet everyone uses locks.
A human organization can not be based on the goodwill and the assumption of total cooperation amongst its member because of a small minority. Because of this minority, the majority has to abide to stringent laws and regulations that are useless for 95% of the people.
So yes, of course, a company works well with sociopaths. It is made for them. It is the people who are not that are uncomfortable.
I say, banking institutions should provide some pocket money (like a few millions) to projects like Open BIOS. It is their security and a service to their customers to offer a solution to safely connect to them.