We're not talking about wiretaps or x-ray vision glasses. In fact, I'm surprised that many in the slashdot community have a problem with these webcams. How often has an article gone up about some university student that had the idea of strapping a webcam to his head to document his life. Same idea. These traffic wardens aren't spying, they only out in public areas trying to keep things clean. The webcam is recording what anyone else in the public also has the ability to record with their cellphones.
How many times have you gone through a park and seen all the litter and dog crap that hasn't been picked up? If it was clean, it's probably because the city had to use your tax money to pay people to maintain the park. This helps to make the litter bugs pay for the cleanup themselves. (Don't forget to ask your local politicians for a tax cut now) While the fines might seem high, that because it's supposed to be a deterrent. If you don't want a fine, then throw your garbage in the proper trash bin, or pick up after your dog. At least this way you can't get a ticket for something you didn't do, because if one of these traffic wardens tries to make up a false ticket, you have as much right to ask for proof.
Obviously Mike Elgan has never seen the beauty during Christmas time of a data center with the lights out, only light by the soft glow of hundreds of LEDs.
On a more constructive note, I find the LEDs helpful indicators and don't think that they're overused. Also, the more something is manufactured, the more the price comes down, so this might lead eventually to cheaper white LED lighting.
I'm starting to think they should apply this rule to commuter trains too. Try riding the GO Train in the Toronto area. 5 hours... After just 5 minutes of sitting beside someone, who doesn't realize that you don't have to talk loud to be heard on a cell phone, it gets a little annoying. You've got loud cell phone talkers; people with loud cell phone ringers that play bad music and they still don't realize it is their phone that has been ringing for the last minute because it's buried in their pursue or briefcase; and don't forget the people that want to hear their mp3's loud but are too cheap to buy decent headphones so the whole train coach can hear them.
Of course the CRTC isn't saying we (Canadians) can't watch certain things. But this is certainly giving the feeling of censorship, by trying to impose what we can view...wait...that is censorship! Here's a thought: Disband the CRTC and realize that most Canadian programming isn't worth saving if it needs to be propped up by subsidies.
I'll have to admit my computer RPG experience has been limited strictly to World of Warcraft lately, but here is my take on this. While I find some things can be a bit tedious and I try to steer clear of grinding whenever possible, boring or mundane tasks are things that happen often in life. Yes, a game is supposed to be fun, but RPGs aren't just ordinary games due to the roleplaying part. You're trying to get into the environment to help set the tone of the game. If you want to just jump into something that will test your game playing reflexes, a good game of Galaga will do. It also offers a spin on real life, since both RL and the RPG have mundane task...The unfortunate thing is in real life the really cool tasks sometimes don't come up and it's just the regular grind, while with the RPGs you know you'll have something cool to do eventually.
"chronic failure to modernize its copyright regime has made it a global hub for bootleg movies, pirated software and tiny microchips that allow video-game users to bypass copyright protections".
So would that mean Canada is the "Land of the Free and the home of the Brave";-)
Coming from a dot-com background, it was a given that telnet was disable and replaced with OpenSSH or something similar. I'm amazed though at how many large companies are still running telnet. Sure, they have most of their servers behind firewalls, but since the largest number of breakins are still attributed to internal hacks telnet needs to be considered obsolete.
If NASA wants to figure out what type of people would work best, maybe they should start up their own reality TV show. This could also be a great way to get uninterested people more interested in watching things about space.
I've always had a beef with the "Network Administrator" title being applied to a Windows Administrator job. A network administrator keeps your LANs and WANs running, not administering a Windows exchange server. The two jobs are totally separate and a Windows administrator doesn't even come close to anything that should be called a network administrator, and vice-versa.
I remember creating subroutines to draw a circle on the screen, or fill that circle with a colour. I remember writing lots of different code that is now considered part of the standard C libraries. I think the key to proper code reuse is the same as it has always been: discrete functions that have properly documented uses and predictable results. I think the reason why some people have issues with code reuse, is because they aren't reusing the code properly. Instead, a program or process that sort of fits the parameters is used and then it breaks because something happened the programmer didn't originally anticipate. There will still be a lot of coding to do even with reusable code, since existing code isn't going to take into account every situation. The bottom line is, code reuse already happens today, and will continue. In order to do it properly, it will just come at a slower (but more effective) pace.
I'm now physics expert, but I would certainly think a meteor slamming into the Earth with enough momentum could shift the orbit or tilt the axis. So the change in orbit might be a secondary effect to the impact, with the primary effects being the decrease in temperature due to ash in the air.
From the article, the point the Plantiff wanted to make is: "People are using the Internet to destroy people they don't like, and you can't do that."
Having worked in large companies for several years, I have seen the politicking and scheming that goes on with some people. I've yet to see a lawsuit against somebody for being a back-stabbing *ss. While I do agree it isn't exactly nice to inaccurately slander someone on the Internet, it seems like the Plantiff has a skewed view of life.
My thoughts exactly. I was just recently considering a second account to assist in alliance-horde item transfers, and to help with some reputation grinding. Rather than allowing me just make a second subscription, I was appall to find out that I was expected to pay another $40 to get an activation key. There are no discounts because it is a second account.
The scary thing is, if WoW is so successful in its current setup, imagine how much more success it would have if you could just download the software for free (as the article suggests). It makes you wonder what Blizzard's marketing department is thinking, when they're making millions a month, does the initial $40 really add that much to the bottom line (keeping in mind that they don't get all $40 either, some would go to distributors and retailers)?
"What will happen to siler?"
More importantly, what will happen to Walter!? I mean, the poor guy had to give Beau Bridges $100 CDN just to get into the 200th episode.
Can I please play a game built on an overused template to make some rapper a bit mo' money?
I think for most, playing video games is a brief escape from everyday life. Why both escaping into an environment that's identical to real life? I'd rather be slaying epic dragons or bugs, etc. (Is there such a thing as an epic hoodie?)
For those that don't actually know (what kind of nerds are you!), BASIC is an acronym for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Do you really want to be writing in a programming language that is made for beginners? Granted Microsoft has brought it a long way, but it's still a beginners language.
My personal experience is VB is buggy at best. If you want to do it better, write it in Visual C++.
I might be missing some vital piece of information, but here is my question: The cloak will bend light around the object (person, aircraft, tank, etc) so that it isn't visible. But if all the light is being bent around the cloaked object, wouldn't that mean the object can't see anything either?
Embedded Linux is show up everywhere that I've encountered. Linksys routers, cell phones, PDAs. I was even surprised to find it in Quantum DLT Tape Libraries, controlling the robotic arm, etc.
Obviously Blizzard isn't that concerned about what is in the book, because there are literally hundreds of websites that describe various strategies to become successful in WoW, from running instances to selling stuff successfully. So Blizzard's real concern must be that he is making money and they aren't getting a cut. If this is so, why doesn't Warcraft more actively go after all the farmers selling gold for real money. While they may say they are actively pursuing these farmers, I can go to thottbot and numerous other WoW related websites and find adds for gold farmers everywhere. It makes you wonder if maybe the gold farmers are giving Blizzard a cut?
Seriously, how much trust can you put into one entity? Microsoft's constant efforts to do everything violates some basic security principles regarding separation of duty. I will always prefer to rely on a third party anti-spyware vendor that views Windows as a hostile environment that hackers find exploits on a daily basis, rather than Microsoft which wants believe its platform is secure and stable. (Which experience has shown is not true).
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We're not talking about wiretaps or x-ray vision glasses. In fact, I'm surprised that many in the slashdot community have a problem with these webcams. How often has an article gone up about some university student that had the idea of strapping a webcam to his head to document his life. Same idea. These traffic wardens aren't spying, they only out in public areas trying to keep things clean. The webcam is recording what anyone else in the public also has the ability to record with their cellphones. How many times have you gone through a park and seen all the litter and dog crap that hasn't been picked up? If it was clean, it's probably because the city had to use your tax money to pay people to maintain the park. This helps to make the litter bugs pay for the cleanup themselves. (Don't forget to ask your local politicians for a tax cut now) While the fines might seem high, that because it's supposed to be a deterrent. If you don't want a fine, then throw your garbage in the proper trash bin, or pick up after your dog. At least this way you can't get a ticket for something you didn't do, because if one of these traffic wardens tries to make up a false ticket, you have as much right to ask for proof.
Obviously Mike Elgan has never seen the beauty during Christmas time of a data center with the lights out, only light by the soft glow of hundreds of LEDs. On a more constructive note, I find the LEDs helpful indicators and don't think that they're overused. Also, the more something is manufactured, the more the price comes down, so this might lead eventually to cheaper white LED lighting.
I believe China has something that can solve the problem in a few minutes ;-) China Tests Anti-Satellite Laser Weapon
I'm starting to think they should apply this rule to commuter trains too. Try riding the GO Train in the Toronto area. 5 hours... After just 5 minutes of sitting beside someone, who doesn't realize that you don't have to talk loud to be heard on a cell phone, it gets a little annoying. You've got loud cell phone talkers; people with loud cell phone ringers that play bad music and they still don't realize it is their phone that has been ringing for the last minute because it's buried in their pursue or briefcase; and don't forget the people that want to hear their mp3's loud but are too cheap to buy decent headphones so the whole train coach can hear them.
Of course the CRTC isn't saying we (Canadians) can't watch certain things. But this is certainly giving the feeling of censorship, by trying to impose what we can view...wait...that is censorship! Here's a thought: Disband the CRTC and realize that most Canadian programming isn't worth saving if it needs to be propped up by subsidies.
I'll have to admit my computer RPG experience has been limited strictly to World of Warcraft lately, but here is my take on this. While I find some things can be a bit tedious and I try to steer clear of grinding whenever possible, boring or mundane tasks are things that happen often in life. Yes, a game is supposed to be fun, but RPGs aren't just ordinary games due to the roleplaying part. You're trying to get into the environment to help set the tone of the game. If you want to just jump into something that will test your game playing reflexes, a good game of Galaga will do. It also offers a spin on real life, since both RL and the RPG have mundane task...The unfortunate thing is in real life the really cool tasks sometimes don't come up and it's just the regular grind, while with the RPGs you know you'll have something cool to do eventually.
"chronic failure to modernize its copyright regime has made it a global hub for bootleg movies, pirated software and tiny microchips that allow video-game users to bypass copyright protections". So would that mean Canada is the "Land of the Free and the home of the Brave" ;-)
Coming from a dot-com background, it was a given that telnet was disable and replaced with OpenSSH or something similar. I'm amazed though at how many large companies are still running telnet. Sure, they have most of their servers behind firewalls, but since the largest number of breakins are still attributed to internal hacks telnet needs to be considered obsolete.
If NASA wants to figure out what type of people would work best, maybe they should start up their own reality TV show. This could also be a great way to get uninterested people more interested in watching things about space.
I was able to get to the 100 foot scale for the Canadian nuclear reactors.
I've always had a beef with the "Network Administrator" title being applied to a Windows Administrator job. A network administrator keeps your LANs and WANs running, not administering a Windows exchange server. The two jobs are totally separate and a Windows administrator doesn't even come close to anything that should be called a network administrator, and vice-versa.
The dolphins have finally had enough and want their say on Slashdot!. So they're growing legs so they can walk into the cybercafes.
I remember creating subroutines to draw a circle on the screen, or fill that circle with a colour. I remember writing lots of different code that is now considered part of the standard C libraries. I think the key to proper code reuse is the same as it has always been: discrete functions that have properly documented uses and predictable results. I think the reason why some people have issues with code reuse, is because they aren't reusing the code properly. Instead, a program or process that sort of fits the parameters is used and then it breaks because something happened the programmer didn't originally anticipate. There will still be a lot of coding to do even with reusable code, since existing code isn't going to take into account every situation. The bottom line is, code reuse already happens today, and will continue. In order to do it properly, it will just come at a slower (but more effective) pace.
I'm now physics expert, but I would certainly think a meteor slamming into the Earth with enough momentum could shift the orbit or tilt the axis. So the change in orbit might be a secondary effect to the impact, with the primary effects being the decrease in temperature due to ash in the air.
From the article, the point the Plantiff wanted to make is: "People are using the Internet to destroy people they don't like, and you can't do that." Having worked in large companies for several years, I have seen the politicking and scheming that goes on with some people. I've yet to see a lawsuit against somebody for being a back-stabbing *ss. While I do agree it isn't exactly nice to inaccurately slander someone on the Internet, it seems like the Plantiff has a skewed view of life.
Other than the obvious geek factor, why would we want to increase our dependancy on a fossil fuel.
My thoughts exactly. I was just recently considering a second account to assist in alliance-horde item transfers, and to help with some reputation grinding. Rather than allowing me just make a second subscription, I was appall to find out that I was expected to pay another $40 to get an activation key. There are no discounts because it is a second account. The scary thing is, if WoW is so successful in its current setup, imagine how much more success it would have if you could just download the software for free (as the article suggests). It makes you wonder what Blizzard's marketing department is thinking, when they're making millions a month, does the initial $40 really add that much to the bottom line (keeping in mind that they don't get all $40 either, some would go to distributors and retailers)?
How about calling it a 'Gingerich' since that doesn't show up in my spell check either? :P
"What will happen to siler?" More importantly, what will happen to Walter!? I mean, the poor guy had to give Beau Bridges $100 CDN just to get into the 200th episode.
I think for most, playing video games is a brief escape from everyday life. Why both escaping into an environment that's identical to real life? I'd rather be slaying epic dragons or bugs, etc. (Is there such a thing as an epic hoodie?)
For those that don't actually know (what kind of nerds are you!), BASIC is an acronym for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Do you really want to be writing in a programming language that is made for beginners? Granted Microsoft has brought it a long way, but it's still a beginners language. My personal experience is VB is buggy at best. If you want to do it better, write it in Visual C++.
I might be missing some vital piece of information, but here is my question: The cloak will bend light around the object (person, aircraft, tank, etc) so that it isn't visible. But if all the light is being bent around the cloaked object, wouldn't that mean the object can't see anything either?
Embedded Linux is show up everywhere that I've encountered. Linksys routers, cell phones, PDAs. I was even surprised to find it in Quantum DLT Tape Libraries, controlling the robotic arm, etc.
Obviously Blizzard isn't that concerned about what is in the book, because there are literally hundreds of websites that describe various strategies to become successful in WoW, from running instances to selling stuff successfully. So Blizzard's real concern must be that he is making money and they aren't getting a cut. If this is so, why doesn't Warcraft more actively go after all the farmers selling gold for real money. While they may say they are actively pursuing these farmers, I can go to thottbot and numerous other WoW related websites and find adds for gold farmers everywhere. It makes you wonder if maybe the gold farmers are giving Blizzard a cut?
Seriously, how much trust can you put into one entity? Microsoft's constant efforts to do everything violates some basic security principles regarding separation of duty. I will always prefer to rely on a third party anti-spyware vendor that views Windows as a hostile environment that hackers find exploits on a daily basis, rather than Microsoft which wants believe its platform is secure and stable. (Which experience has shown is not true).