So, all this bandwidth waste was triggered by my own stupidity. I asked Google to download all the images to create the thumbnails in Google Spreadsheet. Talking about shooting myself in the foot. I launched the Google crawler myself.
You're using Google's service, so you have to play by their rules. They have no obligation to give you their data in the exact way you want.
Again, it's incredible stupid to compare this to Oracle's actions -- there's no basis whatsoever for you to make this connection. You seem to be arguing that because Google won't let you get your way they shouldn't be able to defend themselves when sued. That, or something equally childish and inane.
Let's be fair. Building a brand new stadium != expanding a stadium. In 2012, the Metrodome isn't up to the standards of NFL stadiums. The money will be spent demolishing the worst stadium in the NFL and building a new, vastly different one.
New user account, lengthy reply posted with the same timestamp as the story, marketingish language, ugh. Yup -- same shill, new account.
But to your point -- pondering the future of computers does not make one a hacker. Sci-fi writers are not hackers because they have some interesting ideas.
And does it matter that Bill Gates wrote about about automation in 1995? I remember seeing several "house of tomorrow" cartoons from the 1960s detailing the same thing. Several movies from the 1980s showed automation (usually used by a bachelor attempting to impress a lady with dim lights and slow jazz). To laud Gates as a visionairy for an idea that has existed since shortly after the advent of computers is quite silly.
Ultimately, nobody really cares about Gates' hacker credentials. Was DONKEY.BAS his grand opus or was he capable of more? It doesn't really matter -- he got rich off of his business acumen and his family's connections, not because of his programming skills. And it certainly has no relevance to the questions of whether or not this new OS is actually useful and whether or not it will become common.
1) Long comment with same timestamp as story
2) New user id
3) "Tech" in username
4) Dig at Google ("Google is desperately trying to do with Google+ and failing")
5) Dubious, at best, praise for Microsoft ("always thinking about long term strategy instead of quick gains", "Microsoft's and Windows' strong brand name")
Ugh...shilling is laaaaame.
Well, Microsoft is one of those companies that only think long term. In fact, most of what Google does is to gain quick profit and ditch the projects that fail with that. Just see how many projects Google quickly and silently cancels compared to Microsoft.
Maybe Google is "thinking long-term" with Google+? Shouldn't you be praising that instead of divining it a failure so quickly? It is, after all, much younger than Bing. Perhaps all of Google's non-profit-generating divisions are "supportive" divisions? Google has had many services that didn't pan out, but Microsoft has many, many more. Your thesis that "Microsoft thinks long-term and Google doesn't" is a real stretch.
And for all their efforts, what has Microsoft's supposed steadfast commitment to the long-term given them? The XBox has turned out to be profitable (I believe), but most of their revenue still comes from Windows and Office, just as it has been since long before Google was born.
Who are "they"? And, more importantly, what is this "effect of solar effects other than direct radiation" you're appealing to? Why would it have spiked in recent years?
And, as I asked before [insert reading comprehension joke here], are you seriously proposing that greenhouse effects are not at play? Do you consider it a real possibility that this undefined "effect of solar effects" could be what causes the Earth to be warmer than its orbital position would indicate?
Oh bullpoop. The Earth has been warmer than it is today and colder. And guess what, it's orbit has been pretty darned constant.
Seriously?
At it's coldest, it's still warmer than can be explained by its orbital position and heat from the core. Are you actually denying that there is a greenhouse mechanism affecting the planets surface temperature?
...too many politicians with a preexisting anti-civilization (Western industrial captialism based ccivilization that is...) bias glommed onto AGW with the willing consent of a lot of brand name scientists
Liberals believe in global warming because they hate civilization? This is more ridiculous than anything Lovelock has ever said.
Black people, in case you haven't noticed, are a minority. Issues that are especially important to a minority won't draw viewers on most channels. BET fills that void.
If this proceduce can cure depression at a significantly higher rate that "natural compounds" (whatever that means) it will be a tremendous achievement. A breakthrough in depression treatment would be a incredible boon to humanity.
Don't rejecting it simply because it's not "natural" or the procedure freaks you out.
However, he obviously changed his mind and came back to confront Zimmerman.
I strongly doubt that happened. If it had happened, why wouldn't Zimmerman's family or law enforcement leak that to the press? It changes the entire complexion of the case, yet all they've leaked are some supposed injuries Zimmerman suffered and a few slightly unseemly facts about Martin's past.
My point is that Zimmerman was, at a minimum, reckless. Jewel, on the other hand, did nothing wrong at all (quite the opposite). Whether Zimmerman's actions were illegal is another issue.
But it is known that Zimmerman followed Martin, left his vehicle, and pursued him on foot despite being strongly advised not to by emergency dispatch and all community watch guidelines. Perhaps Zimmerman's behaviour wasn't illegal, but it was certainly reckless and ultimately precipitated an unnecessary death. I don't think it's at all comparable to what happened with Jewel.
So fucking what if he was in his motor vehicle? I don't have to cower in the safety of my motor vehicle, and he didn't either.
If he was exiting the vehicle to go home, pick up trash, or rescue a puppy and Martin attacked him, you'd have a point. There is no doubt that he exited the vehicle to confront Martin. There's no serious dispute about this particular fact.
The only reason the 911 operator asked if Zimmerman was following Martin was because he sounded OUT OF BREATH. He was not in his vehicle, he was pursuing on foot.
And she didn't tell him to stop pursuing. She said he didn't "need" to do that.
First of all, the dispatcher was a male. Have you actually listened to the tape? Second, your claim that the dispatcher told Zimmerman to stop pursuing because he sounded tired is patently absurd. Zimmerman's lawyers wouldn't even attempt to make that point in a trial because they'd worry that the jury feel that their intelligence is being insulted.
The dispatcher told him to stop pursuit because Zimmerman is not a law-enforcement officer. Again, there is no serious dispute about this fact.
And do you really think calling 911 is a reasonable option if your being chased by someone with a gun?
Zimmerman followed Martin with his truck, exited his vehicle, and proceeded to chase him. Yet you claim, with full confidence, that Martin started the confrontation?
Where are you guys when missing-white-girl takes over the news for months at a time? Why don't you link to scary white supremacist sites when a white person is the victim of a crime?
It's truly pathetic when your political beliefs allow you to paint any news event into a liberals-are-evil conspiracy.
1) Find something I don't like.
2) Assert that it "comes with liberalism."
3) Raaage...raaaaaaaaage on the internet.
4) Pretend that's what Jesus would have done.
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So, all this bandwidth waste was triggered by my own stupidity. I asked Google to download all the images to create the thumbnails in Google Spreadsheet. Talking about shooting myself in the foot. I launched the Google crawler myself.
You're using Google's service, so you have to play by their rules. They have no obligation to give you their data in the exact way you want.
Again, it's incredible stupid to compare this to Oracle's actions -- there's no basis whatsoever for you to make this connection. You seem to be arguing that because Google won't let you get your way they shouldn't be able to defend themselves when sued. That, or something equally childish and inane.
We all know you're OverlyCriticalGuy / FooTech / CmdrPony / etc...
Google not allowing bots to access their site is in no way comparable to Oracle's claims. It's absurd on several levels.
Also, you must be one hell of a typist. You posted your reply one minute after the story was posted.
Let's be fair. Building a brand new stadium != expanding a stadium. In 2012, the Metrodome isn't up to the standards of NFL stadiums. The money will be spent demolishing the worst stadium in the NFL and building a new, vastly different one.
Does owning a chunk of GM mean that the "the [US] owns all means of production"?
This is getting old...
New user account, lengthy reply posted with the same timestamp as the story, marketingish language, ugh. Yup -- same shill, new account.
But to your point -- pondering the future of computers does not make one a hacker. Sci-fi writers are not hackers because they have some interesting ideas.
And does it matter that Bill Gates wrote about about automation in 1995? I remember seeing several "house of tomorrow" cartoons from the 1960s detailing the same thing. Several movies from the 1980s showed automation (usually used by a bachelor attempting to impress a lady with dim lights and slow jazz). To laud Gates as a visionairy for an idea that has existed since shortly after the advent of computers is quite silly.
Ultimately, nobody really cares about Gates' hacker credentials. Was DONKEY.BAS his grand opus or was he capable of more? It doesn't really matter -- he got rich off of his business acumen and his family's connections, not because of his programming skills. And it certainly has no relevance to the questions of whether or not this new OS is actually useful and whether or not it will become common.
But, hey, you resisted the urge to bash Google.
1) Long comment with same timestamp as story
2) New user id
3) "Tech" in username
4) Dig at Google ("Google is desperately trying to do with Google+ and failing")
5) Dubious, at best, praise for Microsoft ("always thinking about long term strategy instead of quick gains", "Microsoft's and Windows' strong brand name")
Ugh...shilling is laaaaame.
Well, Microsoft is one of those companies that only think long term. In fact, most of what Google does is to gain quick profit and ditch the projects that fail with that. Just see how many projects Google quickly and silently cancels compared to Microsoft.
Maybe Google is "thinking long-term" with Google+? Shouldn't you be praising that instead of divining it a failure so quickly? It is, after all, much younger than Bing. Perhaps all of Google's non-profit-generating divisions are "supportive" divisions? Google has had many services that didn't pan out, but Microsoft has many, many more. Your thesis that "Microsoft thinks long-term and Google doesn't" is a real stretch.
And for all their efforts, what has Microsoft's supposed steadfast commitment to the long-term given them? The XBox has turned out to be profitable (I believe), but most of their revenue still comes from Windows and Office, just as it has been since long before Google was born.
It's an OS upgrade. That's the sort of thing that gets posted on Slashdot.
Who are "they"? And, more importantly, what is this "effect of solar effects other than direct radiation" you're appealing to? Why would it have spiked in recent years?
And, as I asked before [insert reading comprehension joke here], are you seriously proposing that greenhouse effects are not at play? Do you consider it a real possibility that this undefined "effect of solar effects" could be what causes the Earth to be warmer than its orbital position would indicate?
Oh bullpoop. The Earth has been warmer than it is today and colder. And guess what, it's orbit has been pretty darned constant.
Seriously?
At it's coldest, it's still warmer than can be explained by its orbital position and heat from the core. Are you actually denying that there is a greenhouse mechanism affecting the planets surface temperature?
...too many politicians with a preexisting anti-civilization (Western industrial captialism based ccivilization that is...) bias glommed onto AGW with the willing consent of a lot of brand name scientists
Liberals believe in global warming because they hate civilization? This is more ridiculous than anything Lovelock has ever said.
Come on. Let's be serious.
Black people, in case you haven't noticed, are a minority. Issues that are especially important to a minority won't draw viewers on most channels. BET fills that void.
Compared to the guy that was president between them? Yes.
You've got to be kidding. I live in northern Virginia, a literal melting pot of the human race.
Why are you living in a place where they melt humans?!
Thanks, iChris Rock.
If this proceduce can cure depression at a significantly higher rate that "natural compounds" (whatever that means) it will be a tremendous achievement. A breakthrough in depression treatment would be a incredible boon to humanity.
Don't rejecting it simply because it's not "natural" or the procedure freaks you out.
However, he obviously changed his mind and came back to confront Zimmerman.
I strongly doubt that happened. If it had happened, why wouldn't Zimmerman's family or law enforcement leak that to the press? It changes the entire complexion of the case, yet all they've leaked are some supposed injuries Zimmerman suffered and a few slightly unseemly facts about Martin's past.
My point is that Zimmerman was, at a minimum, reckless. Jewel, on the other hand, did nothing wrong at all (quite the opposite). Whether Zimmerman's actions were illegal is another issue.
But it is known that Zimmerman followed Martin, left his vehicle, and pursued him on foot despite being strongly advised not to by emergency dispatch and all community watch guidelines. Perhaps Zimmerman's behaviour wasn't illegal, but it was certainly reckless and ultimately precipitated an unnecessary death. I don't think it's at all comparable to what happened with Jewel.
So fucking what if he was in his motor vehicle? I don't have to cower in the safety of my motor vehicle, and he didn't either.
If he was exiting the vehicle to go home, pick up trash, or rescue a puppy and Martin attacked him, you'd have a point. There is no doubt that he exited the vehicle to confront Martin. There's no serious dispute about this particular fact.
The only reason the 911 operator asked if Zimmerman was following Martin was because he sounded OUT OF BREATH. He was not in his vehicle, he was pursuing on foot.
And she didn't tell him to stop pursuing. She said he didn't "need" to do that.
First of all, the dispatcher was a male. Have you actually listened to the tape? Second, your claim that the dispatcher told Zimmerman to stop pursuing because he sounded tired is patently absurd. Zimmerman's lawyers wouldn't even attempt to make that point in a trial because they'd worry that the jury feel that their intelligence is being insulted.
The dispatcher told him to stop pursuit because Zimmerman is not a law-enforcement officer. Again, there is no serious dispute about this fact.
And do you really think calling 911 is a reasonable option if your being chased by someone with a gun?
You can't possibly be serious.
Zimmerman followed Martin with his truck, exited his vehicle, and proceeded to chase him. Yet you claim, with full confidence, that Martin started the confrontation?
Come on.
Where are you guys when missing-white-girl takes over the news for months at a time? Why don't you link to scary white supremacist sites when a white person is the victim of a crime?
It's truly pathetic when your political beliefs allow you to paint any news event into a liberals-are-evil conspiracy.
1) Find something I don't like.
2) Assert that it "comes with liberalism."
3) Raaage...raaaaaaaaage on the internet.
4) Pretend that's what Jesus would have done.
TSA agents harassed, beat, and murdered me. I would have to rate my experince as "less than satisfactory."
I "agree".
I still miss Donna.
Are those torches I see over the horizon?