It's a matter of taste. Not only do I prefer (by far) Denez Prigent's music when it comes to french-made electronic celtic music, but it also seems that Manau ran into trouble with Alan Stivell, who sued them for plagiarism. Talk about copyrights...
With that being said, though being a French guy myself, I don't care very much for the current generation of French artists.
RAID is NOT a back-up solution. RAID is a "oh shit my hard drive failed" solution.
That is true, but consider this: if a RAID array was built initially with 5 brand-new disks, then one of the disks fails after 5 years, what happens ? If you try to rebuild your data from the other (still working) disks, you will put these disks under unusual stress, therefore highly increasing the risk of one more failing (since all of them are now close to, or past the MTTF). Then your array turns into a huge brick.
So what are you going to do ? Are you going to replace them at a rate of one every year to try and spread the risks ? Are you going to buy twice the number of disks you need from the start, since when they fail after 4 or 5 years, you are not likely to find the very same model on the market any longer ?
When you take everyting into account, RAID-10 or RAID-1 sound much more reasonable in terms of both risks and cost.
As another poster mentioned, why don't we just use those trees as a building material ? From the wooden frame to the walls ands ceilings, and up to the isolation stuff (cellulose wool) you can make cheap, long-lasting buildings entirely out of wood.
Same here (France -- oh yeah, we cheese-eating surrender monkeys just looove these guys;-)
Besides, Stewart and Colbert not only call on the hypocrisy of politicians, but they also call on the media (esp. Jon Stewart) and the way they choose to present (and often distort) news and events. This is at least as important, for a healthy democracy, as criticizing politics.
And I've read that Colbert doesn't let his three children watch his show because he doesn't think they would understand the joke.
I'm sure they'd be disturbed to see their dad advocating creationist and neo-con views in front of famous left-wing personalities. Playing the Devil's advocate is one of Colbert's favorite tricks.
Besides, let's not forget that 6 years ago, extreme-right-wing nationalist Le Pen ended landed in the second turn of the presidential elections whereas lots of people expected a Chirac vs Jospin (Socialist) second run. It seems that 5 years after, the nationalists were only too happy to give their votes to the neo-con Sarkozy. The guy did not even need to make a pact with the Front National (contrary to what Berlusconi did with Fini) but still his policy is getting tougher everyday on individual liberties, and police pressure is getting stronger on everyone -- except his son.
More and more people are getting pissed at him (and the reasons mentioned by polls analyst Jean-Daniel Lévy are all but ridiculous), but there are not enough checks and balances in the constitution of the French Republic to get rid of a fscked-up president, except the rare cases where he can be proved to be a traitor to the nation.
Kiddie porn is already outlawed and police already cracks down on paedophiles; in fact, it's just a convenient excuse to get a stranglehold of the last media that Sarkozy does not control : the Web. See my other comment here.
Someone mod that jerk down into oblivion. As pointed out in the headlines, France already has more laws restricting free speech online than other Western countries; and speaking of obscenity, we don't have Bill O'Reilly here.
I think most people in France agree on that, and there are laws that already enable cops to crack down on kiddie porn networks.
So why these new measures ? Well, four words : control of the media.
President Sarkozy already has a record of trying to influence mainstream medias, either by having his closest friends acquire newspapers or TV networks, or harassing news directors on the phone. Most blogs are still out of reach for him though, and this is where the most vocal opponents thrive.
The whole proposed policy (Google translation here) is outrageous; but the most despicable point in my view is that the ISPs and the web hosts should agree to "delete any content that has not been updated in the last 3 months", which would remove a lot of valuable (and politicallyembarrassing) information from the web -- event if only blogs are targeted at this point.
We supported Israel in 1947 [...] to counter-balance the presence of Islamic governments in the Middle East
Er, I assume you meant "Communist" or "socialist" or "non-aligned" governments, right ? 'Cos I don't think any US official gave a flying fsck at that time about Islamic governments, as long as they didn't try to make contact with the Eastern block.
Of course, but then I'm reasoning with my Western capitalistic mind, and I'm just saying to myself: "with the WTO trade and intellectual property rules being what they are now, this does not stand a snowball's chance in Hell. We need a worldwide revolution for such things to happen".
I haven't read Muhammad Yunus' books yet, but I certainly plan to.
That's an idea I really like. It really bore fruit in the Open-Source Software movement, which in 10 years' time has given birth to products that can compare in quality with those developed by corporations such as Adobe, MicroSoft or IBM.
And what if those ideas were also applied to medical research, instead of having big pharmas spending up to 30% of their budget in advertising against each other on competing products ?
Of course, this would also imply that these corporation don't just unite to screw the consumer over. But one has to admit that competition is costly, and cooperation can certainly lead to more innovation, as long as it's not hampered by an obsession of profit.
How the f**k did this comment get modded 'Insightful' ?
When a single corporation controls every product and service, there is no longer any incentive to develop new products and better services. Why do you think antitrust laws were enacted in the first place ? C'mon, we've been complaining for ages about how Microsoft sucked at innovation once they had eaten up 90% of the software market....
A corporation is supposed to make *profit*. If it can get away by just making obscene profits and bringing very little added value to its consumers, it will.
On the other hand, *some* corporations and some other kinds of organizations (non-profits, NGOs) may be ruled by a board that decides that a big part of the profits should be reinvested into R&D. It mainly depends on the people on the board. As long as profit sharks don't get the majority of the votes, there is still some hope that, even without any competition, innovation will be a priority. Otherwise, forget about it: short term profits are the rule, damn the consequences of giving the shaft to developers.
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It's a matter of taste. Not only do I prefer (by far) Denez Prigent's music when it comes to french-made electronic celtic music, but it also seems that Manau ran into trouble with Alan Stivell, who sued them for plagiarism. Talk about copyrights...
With that being said, though being a French guy myself, I don't care very much for the current generation of French artists.
"Effective" does not mean that it's not crude. Thanks in part to the "3-strikes-you're-out" rule, The US has the highest prison population (in percentage) among developed countries. The latest figures indicate that more than 1 in 100 American men or women are in jail.
That's 10 times more people in jail than Germany, for instance. Hell, it even leads Russia on that turf. So much for the "land of the free"...
Yeah, like, economy running unchecked is fully able to stand on its legs, without nuking itself (and us) in the process... (doh !)
I wish you had logged in so I could mod you up...
That is true, but consider this: if a RAID array was built initially with 5 brand-new disks, then one of the disks fails after 5 years, what happens ? If you try to rebuild your data from the other (still working) disks, you will put these disks under unusual stress, therefore highly increasing the risk of one more failing (since all of them are now close to, or past the MTTF). Then your array turns into a huge brick.
So what are you going to do ? Are you going to replace them at a rate of one every year to try and spread the risks ? Are you going to buy twice the number of disks you need from the start, since when they fail after 4 or 5 years, you are not likely to find the very same model on the market any longer ?
When you take everyting into account, RAID-10 or RAID-1 sound much more reasonable in terms of both risks and cost.
Sounds like a Stephen Colbert rant mocking a neocon point of view. Only trouble is, I fail to see any humor or second degree in that one.
As another poster mentioned, why don't we just use those trees as a building material ? From the wooden frame to the walls ands ceilings, and up to the isolation stuff (cellulose wool) you can make cheap, long-lasting buildings entirely out of wood.
The video of the re-entry is just beautiful !
Even better : during an "Around the World in Eighty Days" challenge, it achieved an average 99 MPG.
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Keep reading Slashdot. Switch back to celibacy. That's a cure.
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... especially when they are not written on paper at all :-)
I can't imagine how Bill O'Reilly could be the "good twin" of a pair...
Same here (France -- oh yeah, we cheese-eating surrender monkeys just looove these guys ;-)
Besides, Stewart and Colbert not only call on the hypocrisy of politicians, but they also call on the media (esp. Jon Stewart) and the way they choose to present (and often distort) news and events. This is at least as important, for a healthy democracy, as criticizing politics.
I'm sure they'd be disturbed to see their dad advocating creationist and neo-con views in front of famous left-wing personalities. Playing the Devil's advocate is one of Colbert's favorite tricks.
Besides, let's not forget that 6 years ago, extreme-right-wing nationalist Le Pen ended landed in the second turn of the presidential elections whereas lots of people expected a Chirac vs Jospin (Socialist) second run. It seems that 5 years after, the nationalists were only too happy to give their votes to the neo-con Sarkozy. The guy did not even need to make a pact with the Front National (contrary to what Berlusconi did with Fini) but still his policy is getting tougher everyday on individual liberties, and police pressure is getting stronger on everyone -- except his son.
More and more people are getting pissed at him (and the reasons mentioned by polls analyst Jean-Daniel Lévy are all but ridiculous), but there are not enough checks and balances in the constitution of the French Republic to get rid of a fscked-up president, except the rare cases where he can be proved to be a traitor to the nation.
Here is an excellent blog about French politics for those who are interested.
Yay ! Let's take a look at the Constitutional Treaty/Lisbon Treaty, which has already been turned down by three nations and won't die...
"Albino Black Ship" ?
Are you a Feegle, sir ?
Exactly. Check out this comment as well.
Kiddie porn is already outlawed and police already cracks down on paedophiles; in fact, it's just a convenient excuse to get a stranglehold of the last media that Sarkozy does not control : the Web. See my other comment here.
Someone mod that jerk down into oblivion. As pointed out in the headlines, France already has more laws restricting free speech online than other Western countries; and speaking of obscenity, we don't have Bill O'Reilly here.
Sometimes I wish I could set up a web page with Smell-O-Vision enabled, to fart in your general direction.
I think most people in France agree on that, and there are laws that already enable cops to crack down on kiddie porn networks.
So why these new measures ? Well, four words : control of the media.
President Sarkozy already has a record of trying to influence mainstream medias, either by having his closest friends acquire newspapers or TV networks, or harassing news directors on the phone. Most blogs are still out of reach for him though, and this is where the most vocal opponents thrive.
The whole proposed policy (Google translation here) is outrageous; but the most despicable point in my view is that the ISPs and the web hosts should agree to "delete any content that has not been updated in the last 3 months", which would remove a lot of valuable (and politically embarrassing) information from the web -- event if only blogs are targeted at this point.
Er, I assume you meant "Communist" or "socialist" or "non-aligned" governments, right ? 'Cos I don't think any US official gave a flying fsck at that time about Islamic governments, as long as they didn't try to make contact with the Eastern block.
Of course, but then I'm reasoning with my Western capitalistic mind, and I'm just saying to myself: "with the WTO trade and intellectual property rules being what they are now, this does not stand a snowball's chance in Hell. We need a worldwide revolution for such things to happen".
I haven't read Muhammad Yunus' books yet, but I certainly plan to.
That's an idea I really like. It really bore fruit in the Open-Source Software movement, which in 10 years' time has given birth to products that can compare in quality with those developed by corporations such as Adobe, MicroSoft or IBM.
And what if those ideas were also applied to medical research, instead of having big pharmas spending up to 30% of their budget in advertising against each other on competing products ?
Of course, this would also imply that these corporation don't just unite to screw the consumer over. But one has to admit that competition is costly, and cooperation can certainly lead to more innovation, as long as it's not hampered by an obsession of profit.
How the f**k did this comment get modded 'Insightful' ?
When a single corporation controls every product and service, there is no longer any incentive to develop new products and better services. Why do you think antitrust laws were enacted in the first place ? C'mon, we've been complaining for ages about how Microsoft sucked at innovation once they had eaten up 90% of the software market....
A corporation is supposed to make *profit*. If it can get away by just making obscene profits and bringing very little added value to its consumers, it will.
On the other hand, *some* corporations and some other kinds of organizations (non-profits, NGOs) may be ruled by a board that decides that a big part of the profits should be reinvested into R&D. It mainly depends on the people on the board. As long as profit sharks don't get the majority of the votes, there is still some hope that, even without any competition, innovation will be a priority. Otherwise, forget about it: short term profits are the rule, damn the consequences of giving the shaft to developers.