The article makes no mention of what the publishers of these scientific journals thought of the DOE site. If they were truly being robbed of royalties, I would think that they would be lobbying against PubScience as well.
Before coming to any conclusions, I'd like to hear what the *editors* of these publications think of this decision - NOT the companies reselling their articles.
Washington, D.C. (r00ters) -- Today the American Psychiatric Association announced the highly anticipated release of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition). It will replace DSM-IV as the most widely accepted set of guidelines and definitions for mental disorders, and is often referred to as, "the clinician's bible".
When asked about what changes had been made, the editor-in-chief, R. Hales, M.D., responded that in addition to revised chapters on common psychiatric disorders, an additional chapter had been added to cover the phenomenon commonly known as the "Mac Freak". Sections devoted to diagnosis of the Mac Freak covered symptons such as the fanatical defense of OS X as well as an obsession with colorful transluscent plastics.
It should be noted that Solaris Zealots, due to their miniscule numbers, received only a footnote.
Remember the Intel "Bunny People"?:) Everybody in retail was badgering their Intel marketing reps for the dolls - they were the latest in what we called "free stuff from vendors".
Call me paranoid, but I think I'll wait until this hits retail stores so that I can buy it WITH CASH
Here's my worst case scenario: The MPAA convince$ Justice that this technology allows users to circumvent copyright-protection. Justice tells Customs to stop and seize all shipments of incoming DivX;) DVD players. Justice subpoenas list of customers having purchased units from retailers & credit card companies. Jack-booted thugs break into your home (a la Elian Gonzales), wave M-16's at your family, and seize contraband DVD player.
You exhaust your life savings on legal fees to to fight off federal prosecutors.
You lose your house, your car, your job - your wife leaves you and takes the kids.
Years pass....
Large chunks of the DMCA are finally declared unconstitutional - but unfortunately you died of hypthermia three months earlier, while sleeping in a cardboard box.
With two working parents that are rarely around to discuss ethics and morality, religion being out of style, MTV constantly boradcasting images of drug/alcohol use and sexual exploitation of women, and finally video and computer games allowing them to actively indulge their media-inspired fantasies, I really have to wonder what kind of adults the kids of today are going to make.
Pay the additional premium for a commercial/business connection and share it with your neighbors wirelessly (or wired, whatever).
It might be cheaper per household than the cost of a home connection.
I can already see it - get a quality (~150-200) 802.11b base station and only allow specific (paying) MAC addresses to connect. Whoever has the highest roof orders the service - the base station could cover an entire block.
It doesn't provide -any- service or do anything besides displaying a message on your screen that your network admin wanted to broadcast.
Frankly, the only time I've seen it used is when I annoy the hell out of my co-workers by sending them anonymous popus using this lovely piece of Windows software.
However, Lik Sang is not committed on selling the questioned products in the future
Are they waiting for a final ruling from the court? I guess the sentence above means that they'll wait to see which way the court leans before they bring the mod chips back.
We don't allow silly things like life, death, or morality interfere with capitalism.
He can charge whatever the hell he wants. And $70k isn't bad - it's cheaper than the cost of a new police cruiser.
Building an open-source version of the interface would be easy, but this tool relies (supposedly) on a large body of existing psychological data as well as information entered by the police. The OSS community would have trouble finding or licensing that kind of database. Frankly, he might be the only one that's actually put all this information together.
But it's a nice thought - I'm sure programmers around the world started thinking about how they would build such a system after reading this article. The problem is that OSS programmers like to use the things they make, be it a word processor or web browser. Only a tiny percentage would have any use for a system that geographically profiles criminals.
Linux does have one advantage though. It is intensely hard to install programs for Linux. It is so complicated that it is very hard to automate. And as long as users have to install viruses by hand, and download the correct libraries to get them to run, you can be sure that Linux users won't have to worry much about a Linux virus spreading like wildfire across the net.
Ummm... sorry dude, but you you don't seem to have a clue about Linux. It is so complicated that it is very hard to automate. - actually, UNIX variants are insanely simple to automate, you really need some exposure to UNIX or Linux.
I guess it's because I live near New York that I remember this event. The KKK was compelled to march without masks when they decided to visit New York City
Klan rally in New York fizzles under counterprotests The city went to court to block the Klan event by invoking an 1845 state law that bars groups from congregating in public places in masks or disguises, except for authorized parties or entertainment.
America's KKK rally without masks New York City officials succeeded in unmasking the Klan when a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the city could enforce a 150-year-old law barring people from gathering in masks. In the end, Klan members wore their traditional white hoods and robes, but with their faces uncovered.
Forget X-10 cameras, if you could get this thing to automatically snap pictures and send them back every few seconds or minutes, YOU'D HAVE THE ULTIMATE SUPER-SLICK 007 SPY TOOL!!!!
Hide it in an office or whatever, monitor the suspects via the Internet, and just pick up the camera at the end of the day
You could even send it commands via SMS - I don't know what for, but if it's got some zoom features you could control those remotely!!
Good question - if the spammers lose, the precedent would apply only in the state of California. Only if the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case and ruled in favor of California would the precent apply in all states.
But the Supreme Court is under no obligation to hear the case - they pick cases with "interesting" circumstances to establish case law. I seriously doubt they'd give spammers an audience.
So assuming that the spammers fight until the last possible appeal, this is the way it might go:
1) California State Supreme Court rules against spammers
2) Spammers appeal the ruling to Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
3) Court of Appeals rules against the spammers
4) Spammers appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court
The P800 was supposed to be out at the beginning of October - they pushed back to Christmas. That means my just-barely-alive Nokia 8290 has to last me another three months!!!!!!!!!
Damn - first AMD delays the Hammer, now S/E delays the P800. This sucks.
You know, I really despise these super-hi-rez images that manufacturers use in their advertising. Looking at those images, you'd think that those Palms have crystal clear screens, but of course they don't - it's just a dirty strategy to lure unsuspecting consumers into stores.
1) This would make it far easier for the patient's loved ones to measure their glucose levels. A mother would be able to check a child's glucose level in the middle of the night without waking him/her up. I can also imagine a coworker saying, "Dude, your glucose looks a little low - maybe you should go eat something.":)
2) Even without a bracelet or necklace identifying the patient as a diabetic, emergency personel could quickly see the patient's gluocose levels. If a diabetic is laying on the side of the road about to enter a coma, saving a few seconds could be critical.
Personally, I like (1) - it would be a huge quality of life improvement.
Damn it, the only thing holding us back from making just about everything portable is battery technology. These fabrics are great and all but come on, how long will my NiMH AA's power it?
Wasn't a story posted a while back about the fabric using body heat to generate power? They mention "miniature thermogenerators" in this story, but it sounds suspiciously like vaporware to me.
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Before coming to any conclusions, I'd like to hear what the *editors* of these publications think of this decision - NOT the companies reselling their articles.
If you're running Outlook 2000 or XP - Cloudmark is a nearly PERFECT solution to Spam - and IT'S FREE (for now, at least).
When asked about what changes had been made, the editor-in-chief, R. Hales, M.D., responded that in addition to revised chapters on common psychiatric disorders, an additional chapter had been added to cover the phenomenon commonly known as the "Mac Freak". Sections devoted to diagnosis of the Mac Freak covered symptons such as the fanatical defense of OS X as well as an obsession with colorful transluscent plastics.
It should be noted that Solaris Zealots, due to their miniscule numbers, received only a footnote.
But hell no, I wouldn't PAY for that crap!
Here's my worst case scenario: The MPAA convince$ Justice that this technology allows users to circumvent copyright-protection. Justice tells Customs to stop and seize all shipments of incoming DivX;) DVD players. Justice subpoenas list of customers having purchased units from retailers & credit card companies. Jack-booted thugs break into your home (a la Elian Gonzales), wave M-16's at your family, and seize contraband DVD player.
You exhaust your life savings on legal fees to to fight off federal prosecutors.
You lose your house, your car, your job - your wife leaves you and takes the kids.
Years pass....
Large chunks of the DMCA are finally declared unconstitutional - but unfortunately you died of hypthermia three months earlier, while sleeping in a cardboard box.
The end.
It's going to be an interesting future.
Pay the additional premium for a commercial/business connection and share it with your neighbors wirelessly (or wired, whatever).
It might be cheaper per household than the cost of a home connection.
I can already see it - get a quality (~150-200) 802.11b base station and only allow specific (paying) MAC addresses to connect. Whoever has the highest roof orders the service - the base station could cover an entire block.
Frankly, the only time I've seen it used is when I annoy the hell out of my co-workers by sending them anonymous popus using this lovely piece of Windows software.
Are they waiting for a final ruling from the court? I guess the sentence above means that they'll wait to see which way the court leans before they bring the mod chips back.
He can charge whatever the hell he wants. And $70k isn't bad - it's cheaper than the cost of a new police cruiser.
Building an open-source version of the interface would be easy, but this tool relies (supposedly) on a large body of existing psychological data as well as information entered by the police. The OSS community would have trouble finding or licensing that kind of database. Frankly, he might be the only one that's actually put all this information together.
But it's a nice thought - I'm sure programmers around the world started thinking about how they would build such a system after reading this article. The problem is that OSS programmers like to use the things they make, be it a word processor or web browser. Only a tiny percentage would have any use for a system that geographically profiles criminals.
But whatever, just my 2 cents.
Ummm... sorry dude, but you you don't seem to have a clue about Linux. It is so complicated that it is very hard to automate. - actually, UNIX variants are insanely simple to automate, you really need some exposure to UNIX or Linux.
Though I found your well-written comment highly disturbing, I have this unnatural desire to read more.
Klan rally in New York fizzles under counterprotests
The city went to court to block the Klan event by invoking an 1845 state law that bars groups from congregating in public places in masks or disguises, except for authorized parties or entertainment.
America's KKK rally without masks
New York City officials succeeded in unmasking the Klan when a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the city could enforce a 150-year-old law barring people from gathering in masks. In the end, Klan members wore their traditional white hoods and robes, but with their faces uncovered.
Looks like 2.5 is also freeware. Download it here
I searched Google, and after 15 minutes the only thing I was able to get was the French version 1.07.
Anybody got the freeware ENGLISH 1.07?
Hide it in an office or whatever, monitor the suspects via the Internet, and just pick up the camera at the end of the day
You could even send it commands via SMS - I don't know what for, but if it's got some zoom features you could control those remotely!!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just remember to turn off the ringer ;)
But the Supreme Court is under no obligation to hear the case - they pick cases with "interesting" circumstances to establish case law. I seriously doubt they'd give spammers an audience.
So assuming that the spammers fight until the last possible appeal, this is the way it might go:
1) California State Supreme Court rules against spammers
2) Spammers appeal the ruling to Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
3) Court of Appeals rules against the spammers
4) Spammers appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court
5) Supreme Court declines to hear the case
6) Spammers are out of options
If a company feels like it, it can go right ahead and sue regardless of how "ethical" the hacker might be.
Damn - first AMD delays the Hammer, now S/E delays the P800. This sucks.
Bah!
Do Redhat, Debian, Mandrake, etc. require accepting a EULA before installation?
(I have no memory of my Linux install - very strange.)
Did you guys forget the rumors that Microsoft's support of X86-64 was due to AMD standing behind them?
If Intel is doing this, AMD will be right behind them. They'll do anything to preserve their relationship with Microsoft.
Don't get me wrong, I love AMD, but they're just as corporate as the rest of the semiconductor industry.
SAME STORY ON YAHOO HERE
1) This would make it far easier for the patient's loved ones to measure their glucose levels. A mother would be able to check a child's glucose level in the middle of the night without waking him/her up. I can also imagine a coworker saying, "Dude, your glucose looks a little low - maybe you should go eat something." :)
2) Even without a bracelet or necklace identifying the patient as a diabetic, emergency personel could quickly see the patient's gluocose levels. If a diabetic is laying on the side of the road about to enter a coma, saving a few seconds could be critical.
Personally, I like (1) - it would be a huge quality of life improvement.
Wasn't a story posted a while back about the fabric using body heat to generate power? They mention "miniature thermogenerators" in this story, but it sounds suspiciously like vaporware to me.