Well, at least 25 of them are left, that's 80%, right? I wonder how much of this is dis-information? They seem anxious to make sure anyone can read it
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If it was accidental, but it caused damage to others, shouldn't their malpractice or liability insurance cover it? This, of course, raises the issue of the fact that they probably don't have malpractice or liability insurance, that such insurance probably hasn't been invented yet, that such insurance is probably going to have to be invented soon and made mandatory by law if you're going to be allowed to connect to the internet, and that people who know what they're doing should be able to find gainful employment from insurance companies looking to make their policy holders as unlikely to cost them money as possible.
If some jerk decides to patent the idea of liability or malpractice insurance, and/or associated lawsuits over liability and/or malpractice, just because the internet is involved I hereby proclaim prior art on my part!
Re:It's about time that FPS sooting games evolve.
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The Marine Corps has a very nice FPS where you get to fly a chopper. It's in a very large room in a building out at New River Air Station and I got to play it for a few minutes one afternoon this past summer. Hardware costs are kind of steep, though. Cheapest thing there is an SGI box.
She might get credit for lodging in the subconcious of some hollywood type and making him/her think that it was their idea to make the movie, but one of them (forget which)was based on a sci-fi short story older than Jenni.
It also won't get moderated because it's a direct quote from the C/Net article (that's why I put quotation marks around it) and I don't have moderator privileges over at C/Net. I certainly don't expect a karma boost from quoting a snippet of the article, although it would be nice if the other commenters here would read the C/Net article first so that they'd know what's being talked about.
Here's something I'd moderate as "insightful", or at least "interesting".
"Alexander Graham Bell sets back digital communications by 120 years with his invention of the telephone. This retrograde device uses an analog signal that is incompatible with existing telegraph lines to communicate voice, and eventually creates the need for modems and dial-up Internet access."
Oh well, the analog phone system still did a lot to advance vacuum tube and switching technology that came in handy on early computers, as well as valuable contributions to analog audio.
Another worthwhile read (if you can find it) is "The New Alchemists", subtitled "Silicon Valley and the Microelectronics Revolution", by Dirk Hanson, published by Little, Brown and Co., ISBN 0-316-34342-0 Published in 1982, it mostly focuses on the history of semiconductor manufacturers up to that point, but includes some background on Edison and Tesla, DeForest and Armstrong, Bletchley Park and ENIGMA, and a bunch of other neat stuff. Also interesting to read predictions of the future (basically now, from our point of view)written at the beginning of the '80's.
"...above all, its methods can be a serious danger to the health of those who submit to them..."
"An apt description above of pretty much every religious movement of the last 10,000 years."
Anyone who's ever seen folks nod off during the sermon on a warm summer morning and then gone outside after services for dinner on the grounds knows better than to accuse Baptists of manipulating people through sleep deprivation or starvation techniques.
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"What I came away with was that their single most effective technique is that of introducing their own terminology."
I dunno, it only seems to get in way when moving people from DOS to Linux.
If one has to go to a sci-fi author for one's religion, I can't think of a better choice than Ron Goulart:-)
To be fair, the line "if I don't make it as a writer - I'm going to start my own religion." does sound as though it could have been spoken in jest. I can't remember ever reading anything else about Scientology that was funny instead of frightening though.
"...wondering why on earth anyone would want to kill himself when he was in the best part of his life."
The fear that it *is* the best part, that is, that it won't ever get better, is probably part of it. Some people go through teenagehood with more "issues" than others, and at that age, the old crystal ball is a little cloudy, leading to shortsighted measures occasionally.
"...how about showing...that we tolerate and respect...people who are different from us?"
What, and give up our smug sense of superiority?
Seriously, your blanket condemnation of the North Carolina educational establishment with no evidence cited does make your words ring just a little hollow. Oh well, at least you said "different from" instead of "different than".
I e-mailed Katz after the first article to suggest that he get the views of the several gubernatorial candidates running in the upcoming primary (this issue doesn't seem to be attracting much attention from the various North Carolina media so I'm guessing none of the candidates are up to speed on it either, but I've got to hold my nose and vote for somebody), but the e-mail I received back sounded very "form letter"-ish, so I'm not sure if he's persuing this idea or not.
"Under the above-quoted policy, NONE OF THIS information would be given to the school officials who are supposed to be intervening to save the schools from our tragically disturbed youth! The only things Pinkerton would tell them about are already-committed felonies and conspiracies to commit felonies. (And this is stuff that Pinkerton should be reporting to the local police, anyway, not to the school.) Why, then, are students encouraged to rat on those who seem depressed or angry if those reports are only going to linger in Pinkerton's files??"
You may have stumbled upon the *real* motive here (in addition to scamming a few bucks from the state).
I'm sure Pinkerton's offers employers background checking of potential employees for a fee, and wouldn't mind being able to hint that their background checking service was superior to that of any other company because they have sources that the other companies don't.
Many employers aren't as worried about "...be sure we don't miss a chance to hire somebody good...", as much as they are about "...make sure we don't hire somebody that's not going to work out and is going to be a lot of trouble to get rid of...".
Although not all of those tips will lead to someone who's down in the basement loading ammo clips this very minute (who Pinkerton can take credit for turning over to the cops), the ones that don't go any farther than Pinkerton's files, and that aren't spam and disinformation, and that do refer to troubled and depressed people, could be very useful in blocking the hiring of people who will have a hard time getting along with their fellow employees, who will be chronically late for work, who will tend to be out sick more often, who will take offense at perceived (but not necessarily real)slights, and who may have gotten through high school without exploding in rage and violence, but 20 years later, with the last of their dreams in shreds, may "go postal".
Therefore, if these files are unfair to a lot of people, the people in the files won't know, and the people using the files won't care.
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If you can't say anything original, give credit where credit is due. In this case I think it was Pearl Mesta.
Somewhere there's a moderator who thinks that compressing earth into a sphere 0.7 inches in diameter is funny. Or maybe the humor was in the ommision of the leading zero and I just missed it.
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I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of alleged "junior Tacos" didn't show up out of the woodwork back when everybody thought Rob had struck it rich. :-)
Starsky and Hutch! ???
That's scary.
I wonder how much of this is dis-information? They seem anxious to make sure anyone can read it
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If some jerk decides to patent the idea of liability or malpractice insurance, and/or associated lawsuits over liability and/or malpractice, just because the internet is involved I hereby proclaim prior art on my part!
The Marine Corps has a very nice FPS where you get to fly a chopper. It's in a very large room in a building out at New River Air Station and I got to play it for a few minutes one afternoon this past summer. Hardware costs are kind of steep, though. Cheapest thing there is an SGI box.
So you were expecting the article to discuss Neumann János architecture?
...will he release a version without Jar Jar?
She might get credit for lodging in the subconcious of some hollywood type and making him/her think that it was their idea to make the movie, but one of them (forget which)was based on a sci-fi short story older than Jenni.
Shall I come back in 4 more days to post another reply?
It also won't get moderated because it's a direct quote from the C/Net article (that's why I put quotation marks around it) and I don't have moderator privileges over at C/Net. I certainly don't expect a karma boost from quoting a snippet of the article, although it would be nice if the other commenters here would read the C/Net article first so that they'd know what's being talked about.
Unfortunately there's no less pain when the patients do have occasional flashes of coherence during which they do realize that something is wrong.
"Alexander Graham Bell sets back digital communications by 120 years with his invention of the telephone. This retrograde device uses an analog signal that is incompatible with existing telegraph lines to communicate voice, and eventually creates the need for modems and dial-up Internet access."
Oh well, the analog phone system still did a lot to advance vacuum tube and switching technology that came in handy on early computers, as well as valuable contributions to analog audio.
Isn't that a slightly obscure extremely high-end brand of microphone?
Oh, now I see, you were talking about von Neumann.
Another worthwhile read (if you can find it) is "The New Alchemists", subtitled "Silicon Valley and the Microelectronics Revolution", by Dirk Hanson, published by Little, Brown and Co., ISBN 0-316-34342-0
Published in 1982, it mostly focuses on the history of semiconductor manufacturers up to that point, but includes some background on Edison and Tesla, DeForest and Armstrong, Bletchley Park and ENIGMA, and a bunch of other neat stuff. Also interesting to read predictions of the future (basically now, from our point of view)written at the beginning of the '80's.
This is your brain on Linux
Any questions?
"An apt description above of pretty much every religious movement of the last 10,000 years."
Anyone who's ever seen folks nod off during the sermon on a warm summer morning and then gone outside after services for dinner on the grounds knows better than to accuse Baptists of manipulating people through sleep deprivation or starvation techniques.
I dunno, it only seems to get in way when moving people from DOS to Linux.
Decisions, decisions...
So whadda ya say, kids, thrill ride or funhouse?
To be fair, the line "if I don't make it as a writer - I'm going to start my own religion." does sound as though it could have been spoken in jest. I can't remember ever reading anything else about Scientology that was funny instead of frightening though.
The fear that it *is* the best part, that is, that it won't ever get better, is probably part of it. Some people go through teenagehood with more "issues" than others, and at that age, the old crystal ball is a little cloudy, leading to shortsighted measures occasionally.
What, and give up our smug sense of superiority?
Seriously, your blanket condemnation of the North Carolina educational establishment with no evidence cited does make your words ring just a little hollow. Oh well, at least you said "different from" instead of "different than".
I e-mailed Katz after the first article to suggest that he get the views of the several gubernatorial candidates running in the upcoming primary (this issue doesn't seem to be attracting much attention from the various North Carolina media so I'm guessing none of the candidates are up to speed on it either, but I've got to hold my nose and vote for somebody), but the e-mail I received back sounded very "form letter"-ish, so I'm not sure if he's persuing this idea or not.
You may have stumbled upon the *real* motive here (in addition to scamming a few bucks from the state).
I'm sure Pinkerton's offers employers background checking of potential employees for a fee, and wouldn't mind being able to hint that their background checking service was superior to that of any other company because they have sources that the other companies don't.
Many employers aren't as worried about "...be sure we don't miss a chance to hire somebody good...", as much as they are about "...make sure we don't hire somebody that's not going to work out and is going to be a lot of trouble to get rid of...".
Although not all of those tips will lead to someone who's down in the basement loading ammo clips this very minute (who Pinkerton can take credit for turning over to the cops), the ones that don't go any farther than Pinkerton's files, and that aren't spam and disinformation, and that do refer to troubled and depressed people, could be very useful in blocking the hiring of people who will have a hard time getting along with their fellow employees, who will be chronically late for work, who will tend to be out sick more often, who will take offense at perceived (but not necessarily real)slights, and who may have gotten through high school without exploding in rage and violence, but 20 years later, with the last of their dreams in shreds, may "go postal".
Therefore, if these files are unfair to a lot of people, the people in the files won't know, and the people using the files won't care.
the following sig is intended as humor, the preceeding post is not
If you can't say anything original, give credit where credit is due. In this case I think it was Pearl Mesta.
Somewhere there's a moderator who thinks that compressing earth into a sphere 0.7 inches in diameter is funny.
Or maybe the humor was in the ommision of the leading zero and I just missed it.