Everyone is a monday morning quarterback when it comes to journalism, but what most people don't realize is that good journalism is hard. Like, really hard. Exhausting. The workflow of a journalist is: conceive of story; research story, find sources, interview sources; write story. You do this independently, usually with little or no help from your editor. If you're in the news department, you do this in one day, sometimes multiple times in a day. And you repeat this every day you're at work. It's really, really hard, and lots of people burn out.
This is a little bit like a manager saying to a coder, "Can you build me a killer app? How long will that take - a few days maybe?" No matter what people on the sidelines think of the profession, getting into the NY Times means being a journalist at the top of your game. They should be paid well, and the paper has every right to generate revenue in whatever way they can.
I honestly do not understand how anyone can doubt that humans cause climate change. First of all, it is a fact that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. Nobody can dispute this: you can prove it with a very simple experiment, and of course the planet Venus is a very vivid example. Therefore, all other things being equal, increasing the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will cause the planet to heat up. It seems obvious that it's better to err on the side of caution than to say the future is too difficult to predict, and therefore we shouldn't do anything.
The Bush administration is trying to kill science and turn the US into a theocracy. Religion keeps people opiated; science teaches them to ask questions, and is therefore incompatible with their autocratic goals.
You can burn the music to a CD. And if you want it on your non-iPod player, you can - though admittedly with generational loss - rip that CD to MP3 or any other format.
Freenet is probably too slow to recreate a site like Suprnova, but how about this. Instead of using Freenet to distribute each individual torrent, could you publish on Freenet a torrent that contains other torrents? For instance, a torrent for each category of files, like what was on Suprnova - a "Movies-Drama" torrent that contained a zipped file of all torrents in that category? This way, you wouldn't be relying on Freenet to distribute every torrent file, just a much smaller index of torrents.
If somebody wanted to take ownership of this, they could create a Freenet page with an anonymous feedback form. When somebody has a torrent to publish, they could submit the info to the anonymous form, and then the publisher would compile all the new torrents into the next version of the index.
How about this: instead of using Freenet to distribute each individual torrent, could you publish on Freenet a torrent that contains other torrents? For instance, a torrent for each category of files, like what was on Suprnova - a "Movies-Drama" torrent that contained a zipped file of all torrents in that category? This way, you wouldn't be relying on Freenet to distribute every torrent file, just a much smaller index of torrents.
If somebody wanted to take ownership of this, they could create a Freenet page with an anonymous feedback form. When somebody has a torrent to publish, they could submit the info to the anonymous form, and then the publisher would compile all the new torrents into the next version of the index.
I'm only an occasional user of bittorrent, and it's been a long time since i tried Freenet, but does this sound like something feasible?
When talking about pollution, what is important is the amount above baseline -- that is, the amount present due to natural processes. Clearly, volcanoes have been spewing CO2 and SO2 into the atmosphere throughout Earth's history, and so volcanic "pollution" is part of this baseline.
It's important to consider the baseline because this is what our ecosystem evolved in, and what is it in equilibrium with. Carbon dioxide, for instance, is required by plants. Animals expel CO2 when they exhale, but this can't be considered pollution because it's part of the equilibrium equation. Internal combustion engines are clearly not part of the natural equation, however, and so the CO2 they put out IS pollution. See the difference?
Slightly off topic, but does anyone know why someone hasn't developed a hybrid car that uses a Stirling engine to capture waste heat and turn it to electricity? Granted, some heat is required to keep the engine at optimal operating temperature, but most of the energy from combustion is blown right out the radiator.
65) Chapter Threequater, Article 14 is added to read as follows: "Taking into consideration the provisions of Articles 15 and 16 of this Chapter: A. After registration of the variety, the following acts with respect to the propagating material of the
protected variety (my emphasis) shall require the authorization of the breeder: 1. production or reproduction (multiplication); 2. conditioning for the purpose of propagation; 3. offering for sale; 4. selling or otherwise marketing; 5. exporting; 6. importing; or 7. stocking for any of the purposes mentioned cited in this paragraph.
I believe this means that this only applies to patented seeds. Of course, the law may or may not say anything about the patentability of common, naturally occurring seeds (eg. texas-based Ricetec's attempt to patent several varieties of basmati rice).
It looks like he's not checking the field length of that "email addr" input before inserting it into the DB, so it should be a simple matter for someone to write a script to continuously loop through a POST to http://61.218.79.53/o/cgi-bin/removeme.cgi with a large amount of data in the field name "email". If a few people do this, his DB should fill up pretty quick.
The "Email Addr" field at the bottom of the page doesn't use a maxlength property to limit the input. Here's what happens when you try to insert too much data:
cgi-lib.pl: Request to receive too much data: 945020 bytes
It's probably too late for them to win the prize, but the Canadian Arrow team just posted on their website that they're starting test flights in August. No details other than that.
If Microsoft's strategy really is to sell these at a tremendous loss to take away market share from the iPod, it's going to backfire badly because people will buy them up only to harvest them for their parts. At $50, it will be the best price on the market for CF or miniature HD storage (if they are going to outfit them with capacity similar to the iPod). I heard that some digital camera users are already doing this with the iPod mini.
No. The problem of global warming is the release of fossilized CO2 - that is, CO2 which has been sequestered in the form of oil and coal for so long that it is no longer part of the balance of the ecosystem. The release of CO2 from organic matter, such as wood and manure, has no effect on this balance because the carbon in it was sequestered from the ecosystem very recently. In other words, CO2 from shit is part of the carbon cycle.
Seriously. I predict the mini will be popular in Japan, where people seem to have an affinity for electronics that are small and cute, and are willing to pay a premium price for it. Maybe in addition to the five colours, they should have included a Hello Kitty version, or some such thing.
If you really want to learn composition, then the rapid-fire approach to shooting that digital encourages is not the way to go. Really, if you take enough photos, anybody, no matter how unskilled, can eventually turn out a good photo. But producing one good photo out of perhaps 500 is probably not a result that a learning photographer would be happy with.
Digital lets you point your lens at a scene, shoot like crazy, and pray that something turns out. But the constraints of film force you to slow down, think about what you're doing, and make important decisions before you press the shutter. Medium format film is even better for this, IMHO. Get a twin-lens medium format Rollei or Yashica, especially if you're into B&W. They're cheap, and the quality will surpass any digital camera you could afford.
The other beauty of film is that you can always buy a film scanner and get digital files that are of much better quality than a digital camera of the same price.
I used to run an Intel-based supercomputer, but then one night, I was modelling a nuclear explosion on it, and all of a sudden it went berserk, the screen started flashing, and the model just disappeared. All of it. And it was a good model of a nuclear explosion! I had to cram and remodel it really quickly. Needless to say, my rushed model wasn't nearly as good, and I blame that Intel supercomputer for the fact that DARPA yanked our funding.
are available here, in PDF format unfortunately. Rounding out the top five behind the Dutch are Aurora Vehicle Assn, MIT Solar Electric Team, Queens University, and FH Bochum/SBU.
Cyanoacrylates like Super Glue harden when exposed to water: the moisture in the air or on the bonding surfaces acts as an alkali that catalyses the polymerisation reaction. So they'll also have to bring with them a $1 water mister if they're going to use household Super Glue.
The funny thing about Vancouver is that as progressive as it is in many ways, the liquor laws are anachronistically draconian. This has resulted in few decent drinking establishments. There are few traditional-type pubs - just a lot of sleazy bars and clubs that tend to be populated with bimbos and knuckle-dragging frat boys. These aren't places you go to hang out and have a few drinks with friends. For this reason, this tracking practice doesn't upset me as it otherwise might. Seriously, the people that go to these clubs really *should* be tagged for identification. Maybe even collars or ankle bracelets.
In Vancouver, most normal people choose to go drinking in restaurants.
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I hope they can make a go of it.
Everyone is a monday morning quarterback when it comes to journalism, but what most people don't realize is that good journalism is hard. Like, really hard. Exhausting. The workflow of a journalist is: conceive of story; research story, find sources, interview sources; write story. You do this independently, usually with little or no help from your editor. If you're in the news department, you do this in one day, sometimes multiple times in a day. And you repeat this every day you're at work. It's really, really hard, and lots of people burn out.
This is a little bit like a manager saying to a coder, "Can you build me a killer app? How long will that take - a few days maybe?" No matter what people on the sidelines think of the profession, getting into the NY Times means being a journalist at the top of your game. They should be paid well, and the paper has every right to generate revenue in whatever way they can.
I suppose you think that journalists work for free. What do you do for a living? Do you charge money for doing that?
I honestly do not understand how anyone can doubt that humans cause climate change. First of all, it is a fact that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. Nobody can dispute this: you can prove it with a very simple experiment, and of course the planet Venus is a very vivid example. Therefore, all other things being equal, increasing the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will cause the planet to heat up. It seems obvious that it's better to err on the side of caution than to say the future is too difficult to predict, and therefore we shouldn't do anything.
The Bush administration is trying to kill science and turn the US into a theocracy. Religion keeps people opiated; science teaches them to ask questions, and is therefore incompatible with their autocratic goals.
You can burn the music to a CD. And if you want it on your non-iPod player, you can - though admittedly with generational loss - rip that CD to MP3 or any other format.
Freenet is probably too slow to recreate a site like Suprnova, but how about this. Instead of using Freenet to distribute each individual torrent, could you publish on Freenet a torrent that contains other torrents? For instance, a torrent for each category of files, like what was on Suprnova - a "Movies-Drama" torrent that contained a zipped file of all torrents in that category? This way, you wouldn't be relying on Freenet to distribute every torrent file, just a much smaller index of torrents.
If somebody wanted to take ownership of this, they could create a Freenet page with an anonymous feedback form. When somebody has a torrent to publish, they could submit the info to the anonymous form, and then the publisher would compile all the new torrents into the next version of the index.
Sound feasible?
How about this: instead of using Freenet to distribute each individual torrent, could you publish on Freenet a torrent that contains other torrents? For instance, a torrent for each category of files, like what was on Suprnova - a "Movies-Drama" torrent that contained a zipped file of all torrents in that category? This way, you wouldn't be relying on Freenet to distribute every torrent file, just a much smaller index of torrents.
If somebody wanted to take ownership of this, they could create a Freenet page with an anonymous feedback form. When somebody has a torrent to publish, they could submit the info to the anonymous form, and then the publisher would compile all the new torrents into the next version of the index.
I'm only an occasional user of bittorrent, and it's been a long time since i tried Freenet, but does this sound like something feasible?
When talking about pollution, what is important is the amount above baseline -- that is, the amount present due to natural processes. Clearly, volcanoes have been spewing CO2 and SO2 into the atmosphere throughout Earth's history, and so volcanic "pollution" is part of this baseline.
It's important to consider the baseline because this is what our ecosystem evolved in, and what is it in equilibrium with. Carbon dioxide, for instance, is required by plants. Animals expel CO2 when they exhale, but this can't be considered pollution because it's part of the equilibrium equation. Internal combustion engines are clearly not part of the natural equation, however, and so the CO2 they put out IS pollution. See the difference?
Slightly off topic, but does anyone know why someone hasn't developed a hybrid car that uses a Stirling engine to capture waste heat and turn it to electricity? Granted, some heat is required to keep the engine at optimal operating temperature, but most of the energy from combustion is blown right out the radiator.
I believe this means that this only applies to patented seeds. Of course, the law may or may not say anything about the patentability of common, naturally occurring seeds (eg. texas-based Ricetec's attempt to patent several varieties of basmati rice).
It looks like he's not checking the field length of that "email addr" input before inserting it into the DB, so it should be a simple matter for someone to write a script to continuously loop through a POST to http://61.218.79.53/o/cgi-bin/removeme.cgi with a large amount of data in the field name "email". If a few people do this, his DB should fill up pretty quick.
The "Email Addr" field at the bottom of the page doesn't use a maxlength property to limit the input. Here's what happens when you try to insert too much data:
Now let's go fill his DB from the front end!
It's probably too late for them to win the prize, but the Canadian Arrow team just posted on their website that they're starting test flights in August. No details other than that.
cbc.ca has video clips in realvideo and quicktime.
Are you insane? They added a SECOND PROCESSOR and you're complaining about coming up short 500 mhz in processor speed? Stop trolling, you troll.
If Microsoft's strategy really is to sell these at a tremendous loss to take away market share from the iPod, it's going to backfire badly because people will buy them up only to harvest them for their parts. At $50, it will be the best price on the market for CF or miniature HD storage (if they are going to outfit them with capacity similar to the iPod). I heard that some digital camera users are already doing this with the iPod mini.
No. The problem of global warming is the release of fossilized CO2 - that is, CO2 which has been sequestered in the form of oil and coal for so long that it is no longer part of the balance of the ecosystem. The release of CO2 from organic matter, such as wood and manure, has no effect on this balance because the carbon in it was sequestered from the ecosystem very recently. In other words, CO2 from shit is part of the carbon cycle.
So the Darwin fish on my car is anatomically correct? Cool.
Seriously. I predict the mini will be popular in Japan, where people seem to have an affinity for electronics that are small and cute, and are willing to pay a premium price for it. Maybe in addition to the five colours, they should have included a Hello Kitty version, or some such thing.
Digital lets you point your lens at a scene, shoot like crazy, and pray that something turns out. But the constraints of film force you to slow down, think about what you're doing, and make important decisions before you press the shutter. Medium format film is even better for this, IMHO. Get a twin-lens medium format Rollei or Yashica, especially if you're into B&W. They're cheap, and the quality will surpass any digital camera you could afford.
The other beauty of film is that you can always buy a film scanner and get digital files that are of much better quality than a digital camera of the same price.
I used to run an Intel-based supercomputer, but then one night, I was modelling a nuclear explosion on it, and all of a sudden it went berserk, the screen started flashing, and the model just disappeared. All of it. And it was a good model of a nuclear explosion! I had to cram and remodel it really quickly. Needless to say, my rushed model wasn't nearly as good, and I blame that Intel supercomputer for the fact that DARPA yanked our funding.
are available here, in PDF format unfortunately. Rounding out the top five behind the Dutch are Aurora Vehicle Assn, MIT Solar Electric Team, Queens University, and FH Bochum/SBU.
Cyanoacrylates like Super Glue harden when exposed to water: the moisture in the air or on the bonding surfaces acts as an alkali that catalyses the polymerisation reaction. So they'll also have to bring with them a $1 water mister if they're going to use household Super Glue.
The funny thing about Vancouver is that as progressive as it is in many ways, the liquor laws are anachronistically draconian. This has resulted in few decent drinking establishments. There are few traditional-type pubs - just a lot of sleazy bars and clubs that tend to be populated with bimbos and knuckle-dragging frat boys. These aren't places you go to hang out and have a few drinks with friends. For this reason, this tracking practice doesn't upset me as it otherwise might. Seriously, the people that go to these clubs really *should* be tagged for identification. Maybe even collars or ankle bracelets.
In Vancouver, most normal people choose to go drinking in restaurants.
One might, though I certainly wouldn't advocate it, DDoS the sellers of bulk email lists.