Both of that, actually - to the north *and* in Europe. If you want countries that are not ENTIRELY fucked up yet, you should check Sweden, Iceland and so on. I'm not saying things are perfect there, but at least "democracy" and "freedom" are not completely empty words there yet.
Easy. Pandas are cute, herbivore, peaceful - gentle giants, with child-like features that make you want to hug them and go "awww, that's so cute".
Rat squirrels, on the other hand... that doesn't exactly sound like a terribly attractive species. And even when they're really just another kind of small rodent (not necessarily terribly rat-like), they don't stand out in any way.
Pandas, on the other hand, do. So call me cynical, but I think that yes, there is indeed a reason why we know the exact number of big pandas on the planet, while other animals go completely undetected for 11 or even 390 million years.
Considering that they want this to be the first Ubuntu release that's supported for a long time and that can compete with things like SuSE's or RedHat's enterprise distributions, I'd say six weeks are perfectly acceptable.
Actually, the Mozilla website and all that is hosted by the Oregon State University's Open Source Labs. So from Mozilla's point of view, the bandwidth and all that *is* free indeed.
Ouch. First of all, it's "tera", not "terra"; and second, 1 pebibyte = 1024 tebibyte, not 1024 terabyte (and if you think that that's a difference that doesn't matter, why are you complaining about the confusion of pebibyte and petabyte?).
...which is why things generic top-level domains are frowned upon and why the existing ones are slowly gotten rid of and no new ones are being introduced, right?
It DOES mean that you cannot trust e-mail for commercially sensitive transactions, but nobody should be trusting e-mail for that anyway.
I don't mean this to come across as flamebait, but that's one of the stupidest comments I've read on Slashdot today. You could just as well - and with the same justification - say that telephones shouldn't be used for conducting business (all business consists of commercially sensitive transactions, mind you), or that letters shouldn't be used, that the postal services can't be trusted, that pens and paper shouldn't be used for writing down contracts, and so on.
All these things, just like email and just like GPG, are tools. Tools, like everything, are fundamentally insecure, at least theoretically; there is no absolute security. But you can minimise risks by using tools the right way, by making sure that malfunctions don't lead to a cascade of further malfunctions, and - maybe most importantly - by *realising* and *keeping in mind* that nothing is ever perfectly secure. If you do that, you can use email for sensitive things just like you can use the phone network or the postal services or direct face-to-face communication; you merely have to be aware of the risks and how to manage/minimise them.
Panicking and crying "email is never secure!" isn't going to get you anywhere, really. You're just limiting yourself to other means of communication which are basically just as secure or insecure as email is, and given that statement, chances are you haven't really understood how security works, anyway, so you're probably less secure no matter what you do.
Tucker Carlson is right, of course - trekkies mating is not something we can have. Why, if intelligent people had children, then the children might be intelligent, too - and who would still vote for the republicans in 50 years then? Just think about it - George IV. might not even become president anymore!
So we definitely need a program to keep this from happening. I wonder what we should call it; since it's a program for trekkies, how about "4T"? Or better yet... T-4! Yes, that's perfect!
Thanks, Tucker. Just what would we do without people like you?
I can confirm that. I have some SuSE disks and stuff for 11/94 lying around somewhere, and it was mentioned in the manual that SuSE is based on Slackware - I think that reference was dropped later on, though. The 5.3 manual (ca. 7/98) mentions "special thanks" to Patrick Volkerding (he's listed right with Linus Torvalds), but does not state what for anymore. Slackware itself does not seem to be mentioned anymore, but I didn't look *that* hard.
Kinda sad that they're not honouring their roots more (but then, maybe things are different again now; 5.3 was actually the last SuSE version I bought).
Nice.:) I got an N64 and a PS2 myself a few years ago, but outside of that, I never had anything but an NES. I was more focused on PC gaming for the most part...
No, I never watched Little Mermaid, and didn't know about Ecco at all until very recently (I never really got into Genesis games). Does Ecco actually have chests?
That's a good guess, but I actually had this even before I played Super Mario 64. It sure was an interesting experience when I *did* play it, though... *s*
Personally, I think it may have been a cartoon or maybe a children's book or even a movie or so that I saw when I was young, but I have no idea which it may have been. Oh well.
I can only second that notion - whenever someone talks about "wonderful treasures" being "revealed", I get this image of an treasure chest on the bottom of the ocean, opening with a creak as the diver approaches to reveal sparkling gold dubloons and other riches.
It's a very vivid image, too - and I *really* would like to know exactly where it comes from, because it sure is weird.
Maynard: It reads, "Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Arimathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of uuggggggh". Arthur: What? Maynard: "...the Castle of uuggggggh". Bedevere: What is that? Maynard: He must have died while carving it. Lancelot: Oh, come on! Maynard: Well, that's what it says. Arthur: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to carve "uuggggh". He'd just say it! Maynard: Well, that's what's carved in the rock!
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The "Land of the free" did exist, actually, but only until 1798.
Both of that, actually - to the north *and* in Europe. If you want countries that are not ENTIRELY fucked up yet, you should check Sweden, Iceland and so on. I'm not saying things are perfect there, but at least "democracy" and "freedom" are not completely empty words there yet.
And after that, eight years of Jeb Bush. Heil to the Bush dynasty!
Define "superior".
No, more like the "I'm the fed" t-shirts you can get at DEFCON (provided you *are* the fed).
You'd still think that a species that has been around for that long would catch our attention, though.
Easy. Pandas are cute, herbivore, peaceful - gentle giants, with child-like features that make you want to hug them and go "awww, that's so cute".
Rat squirrels, on the other hand... that doesn't exactly sound like a terribly attractive species. And even when they're really just another kind of small rodent (not necessarily terribly rat-like), they don't stand out in any way.
Pandas, on the other hand, do. So call me cynical, but I think that yes, there is indeed a reason why we know the exact number of big pandas on the planet, while other animals go completely undetected for 11 or even 390 million years.
616 + 284 + 123 = 1023 > 1000. The article talks about "more than 1,000 laws changing access" (emphasis mine), not about 1,000 laws restricting access.
Of course, the overall trend is still pretty obvious...
Hey, you know what they say... we're bigger, and we're on top. If this was a prison, you'd be our bitch. (So don't mess with us, eh!) :)
Maybe it's just me, but the title "Re:Flamebait" on the above post seems strangely appropriate.
Considering that they want this to be the first Ubuntu release that's supported for a long time and that can compete with things like SuSE's or RedHat's enterprise distributions, I'd say six weeks are perfectly acceptable.
Actually, the Mozilla website and all that is hosted by the Oregon State University's Open Source Labs. So from Mozilla's point of view, the bandwidth and all that *is* free indeed.
Ouch. First of all, it's "tera", not "terra"; and second, 1 pebibyte = 1024 tebibyte, not 1024 terabyte (and if you think that that's a difference that doesn't matter, why are you complaining about the confusion of pebibyte and petabyte?).
...which is why things generic top-level domains are frowned upon and why the existing ones are slowly gotten rid of and no new ones are being introduced, right?
I don't mean this to come across as flamebait, but that's one of the stupidest comments I've read on Slashdot today. You could just as well - and with the same justification - say that telephones shouldn't be used for conducting business (all business consists of commercially sensitive transactions, mind you), or that letters shouldn't be used, that the postal services can't be trusted, that pens and paper shouldn't be used for writing down contracts, and so on.
All these things, just like email and just like GPG, are tools. Tools, like everything, are fundamentally insecure, at least theoretically; there is no absolute security. But you can minimise risks by using tools the right way, by making sure that malfunctions don't lead to a cascade of further malfunctions, and - maybe most importantly - by *realising* and *keeping in mind* that nothing is ever perfectly secure. If you do that, you can use email for sensitive things just like you can use the phone network or the postal services or direct face-to-face communication; you merely have to be aware of the risks and how to manage/minimise them.
Panicking and crying "email is never secure!" isn't going to get you anywhere, really. You're just limiting yourself to other means of communication which are basically just as secure or insecure as email is, and given that statement, chances are you haven't really understood how security works, anyway, so you're probably less secure no matter what you do.
Tucker Carlson is right, of course - trekkies mating is not something we can have. Why, if intelligent people had children, then the children might be intelligent, too - and who would still vote for the republicans in 50 years then? Just think about it - George IV. might not even become president anymore!
So we definitely need a program to keep this from happening. I wonder what we should call it; since it's a program for trekkies, how about "4T"? Or better yet... T-4! Yes, that's perfect!
Thanks, Tucker. Just what would we do without people like you?
I can confirm that. I have some SuSE disks and stuff for 11/94 lying around somewhere, and it was mentioned in the manual that SuSE is based on Slackware - I think that reference was dropped later on, though. The 5.3 manual (ca. 7/98) mentions "special thanks" to Patrick Volkerding (he's listed right with Linus Torvalds), but does not state what for anymore. Slackware itself does not seem to be mentioned anymore, but I didn't look *that* hard.
Kinda sad that they're not honouring their roots more (but then, maybe things are different again now; 5.3 was actually the last SuSE version I bought).
o/~ Oh, why must I be / a crustacean in lo-ove? o/~
(with apologies to Kirsty MacColl and Futurama)
Nice. :) I got an N64 and a PS2 myself a few years ago, but outside of that, I never had anything but an NES. I was more focused on PC gaming for the most part...
Megadrive and Dreamcast are two other consoles I never used - I pretty much only had my NES. :)
No, I never watched Little Mermaid, and didn't know about Ecco at all until very recently (I never really got into Genesis games). Does Ecco actually have chests?
That's a good guess, but I actually had this even before I played Super Mario 64. It sure was an interesting experience when I *did* play it, though... *s*
Personally, I think it may have been a cartoon or maybe a children's book or even a movie or so that I saw when I was young, but I have no idea which it may have been. Oh well.
I can only second that notion - whenever someone talks about "wonderful treasures" being "revealed", I get this image of an treasure chest on the bottom of the ocean, opening with a creak as the diver approaches to reveal sparkling gold dubloons and other riches.
It's a very vivid image, too - and I *really* would like to know exactly where it comes from, because it sure is weird.
Wow. What is this from, Microsoft's monthly newsletter?
Maynard: It reads, "Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Arimathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of uuggggggh".
Arthur: What?
Maynard: "...the Castle of uuggggggh".
Bedevere: What is that?
Maynard: He must have died while carving it.
Lancelot: Oh, come on!
Maynard: Well, that's what it says.
Arthur: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to carve "uuggggh". He'd just say it!
Maynard: Well, that's what's carved in the rock!