I seriously spent an hour on this site, and I COULD NOT TELL if it was serious or not. I was laughing my ass off for 20 minutes straight. It is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. The entire thing seems so incredibly serious, but then they start talking about how you have to kill your parents, and how to steal their credit cards andwhat not. It's beautiful.
That's what happened in one of their cases. Some of the seed fell off a truck that was driving along a farmer's fields. They came by and found their seeds growing along the roads and sued the poor bastard. Cross pollenation made even more of his fields into the engineered crop, and he was SOL.
I'm all for bioengineered food, but not when stuff like this happens.
This story is neither from a reputable industry source nor a respected figure in the IT industry. In fact, I can find no attribution at all. Putting this on slashdot is a total editorial botch. Not only does the hypothesis completely fall apart unde the enormous weight of logic, but there is not even anecdotal evidence to support it.
What was there to get? It's not up to consumers to "get" a tech concept, it's up to the developer to find a compelling reason for people to use theri technology. The entire concept of passport has no redeeming value for anybody except microsoft. I would have been more than happy to use a passport if it did SOMETHING for me.
I guess they'll just have to find solace in their 95% market share...
Microsoft does get it. They get it very well, and in large sums. Here they are providing scathing yet legitimate criticism, and all you can do is get defensive and arrogant. The only people who dont get it are posters like you.
"He brings us love, lets break his legs so he can't get away"
In grad school I spent a lot of time on these sorts of things. The infrastructure for the blind is windows only. Some courageous souls work on Macs, but that's about it.
As far as the Ipod goes, that's a terrible idea. He needs one with tactile controls. Ideally, it needs at least 6 control buttons on it, Play/pause, next, previous, volume up/down and power. The Ipod is about the last place you want to look, as the wheel thing will do him absolutely no good.
Is there some sort of health hazzard or environmental issue that makes LCDs a moral imperative, or is this just the "other" slashdot effect whereby any stupid trivial thing becomes a "cause."
LCD monitors aren't a cause, they are a consumer option. There are plusses and minuses. It is not someting to go picketting CRT makers over nor signing petitions, or whatever people do.
is it really so hard to keep things in proportion?
At least for PCs, there hasn't really been a compelling reason to upgrade singe the 1 ghz barrier was broken. Stop and think, what could you not do then that you can do now? Oh gee, your kernel now only takes 30 seconds to compile instead of 2 minutes. Who cares? 64 bit? Maybe if there is something that a 64 bit machine could do that my 1.1 ghz athlon can't. As it is, I'm not upgrading squat until something comes along that makes my life easier. Briancnorton.info
Did it ever occur to you that terrorists are real? I mean I'm neither defending nor damning, but c'mon. We all know what kind of damage press leaks can do to screw up terrorist investigations.
Does anybody really believe that the 95%+ market share of IE is going to drop to 57% in a few months? We can advocate and yell and scream and whatever we want, but people ain't switching in big numbers.
I fail to understand how techies bitch and moan when offered jobs making the same as a skilled tradesman. If you cut the crap, computers are no more complicated than plumbing, it takes less schooling to be "certified" and you don't have to be licensed, bonded, or insured.
Go ahead guys, price yourself out of the market and act suprised when you don't have a job.
Ok, so their "studies" came out a little one sided. It's really easy to cry foul and blast "M$ Winbl0ze" but did those studies have a point? If nothing else they should provide some sort of direction for future development.
I have run both Windows and Linux desktops and servers, and I KNOW that I spent at least 3x as long getting linux to work right, and 10 minutes worth of maintainance on windows took an hour on linux. I never calculated TCO, but I bet they weren't THAT far off.
I kid you not, in the Washington DC area I can not find a plain cell phone. They are giving away the color ones with plans. As far as cameras and Mp3 players and Video games, ever hear of N-gage? I didn't think so.
As for home and 3G: huge volumes of IP-enabled kit will be shipped in the next 5 years (think TV, DVD recorder, hi-fi, personal MP3 players, fridge, alarm clock with weather forecast built in, etc.)
This is kind of silly in more than one way. I have a dozen or so net-connected devices in my house on a broadband connection. Each and every one is on a NAT router/firewall. (there really isnt another way to do it) Would YOU have it any other way? Would you really want your alarm clock to have a global IP address? Until they release an alarm clock with a firewall, mine will be NATed. I really need to get to work on time.
Anybody who at any point believed that a 4-5 BILLION dollar system put up by GOVERNMENTS would be out of the control of those same governments is out of their mind. You can jam any frequency, so the switch was probabally to avoid overlapping signals from something else.
Flame away, but I have done flash for years, and I can safely say that I have never seen a use for it that could not be done better with plain ol HTML.
Be honest, when you see a flash animation start up (besides banner ads) you look for the "Skip intro" button as fast as you can.
The end of flash was due to the overwhelmingly amazing adoption of SVG. Everybody knows that open standards are better than proprietary ones, right guys? Sarcasm aside, anybody will have a hard time entering this market. SVG is enabled on something like 70% of internet clients, but less than 1/1000 of the interactive content is SVG based. Flash is good for what it does. It is mature and stable and powerful.
"The Skeptical Environmentalist" raised a real $hitfit in the environmentalist community two or three years ago. Some of his chief points were a his perception of a complete disregard of statistical honesty used to calculate the treaty. Interesting (if long) read.
There I was, finally going after boswer in Super mario 3. I fly in from the secret entrance at top and start my racoon tail assisted descent.
Suddenly, my NES locks up and the screen goes whack. My rage was uncontrolled. I decide to try out my shinobi skills and throw an atomic karate chop. My target of choice was my right knee. Those physiscists amongst you will better be able to describe what happens when a large force is applied to a small metacarpal, but the end reslt was 6 months of a cast and no video games. FU%$&NG BOWSER!!! I never did finish.
I can think of quite a few faster vehicles. Most record holders of the national electric drag racing association would blow this car's doors off. If you want to get technical, there are electric airplanes that are faster, and the new ion propelled european satellite is quite a bit faster.
This is specifically referring to Solid state weapons. The AC-130 Gunship already or shortly will be equipped with a COIL. The Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser is a bit too big for most applications, but when you absolutely have to slice a tank in half at 25 miles, Accept no substitute. (Besides, it's gotta be scary as hell for the enemy to see their tanks getting melted)
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I seriously spent an hour on this site, and I COULD NOT TELL if it was serious or not. I was laughing my ass off for 20 minutes straight. It is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. The entire thing seems so incredibly serious, but then they start talking about how you have to kill your parents, and how to steal their credit cards andwhat not. It's beautiful.
I'm all for bioengineered food, but not when stuff like this happens.
And what kind of search results do you get back when you sumbit this picture
This story is neither from a reputable industry source nor a respected figure in the IT industry. In fact, I can find no attribution at all. Putting this on slashdot is a total editorial botch. Not only does the hypothesis completely fall apart unde the enormous weight of logic, but there is not even anecdotal evidence to support it.
What was there to get? It's not up to consumers to "get" a tech concept, it's up to the developer to find a compelling reason for people to use theri technology. The entire concept of passport has no redeeming value for anybody except microsoft. I would have been more than happy to use a passport if it did SOMETHING for me.
Microsoft does get it. They get it very well, and in large sums. Here they are providing scathing yet legitimate criticism, and all you can do is get defensive and arrogant. The only people who dont get it are posters like you.
"He brings us love, lets break his legs so he can't get away"
As far as the Ipod goes, that's a terrible idea. He needs one with tactile controls. Ideally, it needs at least 6 control buttons on it, Play/pause, next, previous, volume up/down and power. The Ipod is about the last place you want to look, as the wheel thing will do him absolutely no good.
I'm sorry, what's the LCD cause?
Is there some sort of health hazzard or environmental issue that makes LCDs a moral imperative, or is this just the "other" slashdot effect whereby any stupid trivial thing becomes a "cause."
LCD monitors aren't a cause, they are a consumer option. There are plusses and minuses. It is not someting to go picketting CRT makers over nor signing petitions, or whatever people do.
is it really so hard to keep things in proportion?
These people live in the murder capital of the world and they're worried about the most abundant substance in the universe. Sound's like DC to me.
At least for PCs, there hasn't really been a compelling reason to upgrade singe the 1 ghz barrier was broken. Stop and think, what could you not do then that you can do now? Oh gee, your kernel now only takes 30 seconds to compile instead of 2 minutes. Who cares? 64 bit? Maybe if there is something that a 64 bit machine could do that my 1.1 ghz athlon can't. As it is, I'm not upgrading squat until something comes along that makes my life easier. Briancnorton.info
Did it ever occur to you that terrorists are real? I mean I'm neither defending nor damning, but c'mon. We all know what kind of damage press leaks can do to screw up terrorist investigations.
A semantic web is only as useful as the metadata, and people go to great lengths to mislead and disguise.
Does anybody really believe that the 95%+ market share of IE is going to drop to 57% in a few months? We can advocate and yell and scream and whatever we want, but people ain't switching in big numbers.
Go ahead guys, price yourself out of the market and act suprised when you don't have a job.
I have run both Windows and Linux desktops and servers, and I KNOW that I spent at least 3x as long getting linux to work right, and 10 minutes worth of maintainance on windows took an hour on linux. I never calculated TCO, but I bet they weren't THAT far off.
I kid you not, in the Washington DC area I can not find a plain cell phone. They are giving away the color ones with plans. As far as cameras and Mp3 players and Video games, ever hear of N-gage? I didn't think so.
This is kind of silly in more than one way. I have a dozen or so net-connected devices in my house on a broadband connection. Each and every one is on a NAT router/firewall. (there really isnt another way to do it) Would YOU have it any other way? Would you really want your alarm clock to have a global IP address? Until they release an alarm clock with a firewall, mine will be NATed. I really need to get to work on time.
I am not a mathematician, but would not either a mobius strip or a tauroid be without holes, smooth and continuous?
Anybody who at any point believed that a 4-5 BILLION dollar system put up by GOVERNMENTS would be out of the control of those same governments is out of their mind. You can jam any frequency, so the switch was probabally to avoid overlapping signals from something else.
Be honest, when you see a flash animation start up (besides banner ads) you look for the "Skip intro" button as fast as you can.
The end of flash was due to the overwhelmingly amazing adoption of SVG. Everybody knows that open standards are better than proprietary ones, right guys? Sarcasm aside, anybody will have a hard time entering this market. SVG is enabled on something like 70% of internet clients, but less than 1/1000 of the interactive content is SVG based. Flash is good for what it does. It is mature and stable and powerful.
"The Skeptical Environmentalist" raised a real $hitfit in the environmentalist community two or three years ago. Some of his chief points were a his perception of a complete disregard of statistical honesty used to calculate the treaty. Interesting (if long) read.
There I was, finally going after boswer in Super mario 3. I fly in from the secret entrance at top and start my racoon tail assisted descent. Suddenly, my NES locks up and the screen goes whack. My rage was uncontrolled. I decide to try out my shinobi skills and throw an atomic karate chop. My target of choice was my right knee. Those physiscists amongst you will better be able to describe what happens when a large force is applied to a small metacarpal, but the end reslt was 6 months of a cast and no video games. FU%$&NG BOWSER!!! I never did finish.
I can think of quite a few faster vehicles. Most record holders of the national electric drag racing association would blow this car's doors off. If you want to get technical, there are electric airplanes that are faster, and the new ion propelled european satellite is quite a bit faster.
This is specifically referring to Solid state weapons. The AC-130 Gunship already or shortly will be equipped with a COIL. The Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser is a bit too big for most applications, but when you absolutely have to slice a tank in half at 25 miles, Accept no substitute. (Besides, it's gotta be scary as hell for the enemy to see their tanks getting melted)