Interesting reference to make your point. Dated 11.19.03, It says "Banc of America said Apple is fairly valued at $21. Shares are down 3 cents to $20.38. "
Yet the chart shows today that the shares are trading for $32.40. Had I listened to this article back in November, I would have missed out on a 50+% rise in the stock price.
I'm tired of all you foreigners who think you are so special with your own time zones.
I'm tired of all of these divisive things that separate us, instead of bring the world together. I'm tired of the metric system, different languages, and different currencies.
I hope the U.N finally ratifies Resolution 1325E so that the world all has one standardized language, measurement systems, currency and time zone.
I am tired of people who toss in fake links to add credibility to their moronic posts. I'm tired of moderators who don't think I am funny.
Don't you know that the correct way to refer to someone who breaks into security of systems is to make a derogatory comment about his Caucasian ethnicity?
A few great points there. Please allow me to play the Devil's Advocate, just for fun:
The airwaves belong to the people.
Yes, and don't you think that the best way to be sure that the people have reasonable access to the airwaves, without clutter and interference, is to provide some rules (regulations) for access? The roads belong to the people, but without traffic lights, things would be a mess.
Government belongs to the people. All content created at taxpayer expense should be in an open format, not subject to proprietary licensing.
Consider this alternative view: Being a taxpayer is like being a shareholder in a company. Just because you invest in Microsoft, even though you're an owner, that doesn't (and shouldn't) give you the right to use all their software for free. I would expect that the government would act the same way with content - maximize my "shareholder value"... yes, make it available, but not necessarily for free to everyone who might have chipped in a penny in taxes.
You and I are probably in agreement about many of these issues. I am just offering a different perspective.
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Considering the release numbering scheme is arbitrary, it's amazing how people underestimate the marketing benefit of calling your first beta release "Release 3.0"
Consider Windows... Release 1.0 Release 2.0 Release 3.0 Release 3.1 (must be slowing down) Release 3.11 (really slowing down) Release 95 (wow, skipped 91.89 versions!) Release 2000 (skipped 1905 versions) Release NT and XP (some sort of Advanced Roman Numeral system??)
the most you could hope for is somebody coming by once a day to see if you were indeed still alive
I wonder if chat rooms (or other technology interaction) would help. Sounds silly (I can't imagine teaching my 100 year old grandfather how to sign onto a computer. And his vision would be an obstacle). But I bet when you and I are 90, we'll have some other options for communication besides face-to-face.
I'll probably be in chat rooms pretending to be 59 and handsome....
when they wander off don't remember where they came from or don't know they are lost
We have a family member with Alzheimers - it's not a funny topic. But I thought it was interesting to dwell on that sentence above; is someone lost if they don't know they are lost? Just because you can't find me, does that make me lost?
There's a local man that's been missing for 45 days who wandered off. He can't take care of himself, and so he's probably doomed, or gone already.
I am a privacy nut, but it's ironic how attitudes change as you get older - I may like this protection. On the other hand, when I am 90, do I really want the Nursing Home staff to know that I snuck down to the 84-year old babe's room at 4 am for a little latenight snack? (I understand that sex among residents is considered a challenge for the staff of some homes.) Is it really their business?
I have a Nextel... the main attraction to the walkie-talkie feature is that I don't need to dial (or as a recipient, I don't need to answer).
We rapidly established a protocol at the office where I work, in that you don't start talking without doing a silent Alert first. So if I want to walkie-talkie someone, I Alert them, they answer (if they are in a position to), and then we talk.
This avoids the random voice blurting out in a meeting, except for MORONS who randomly Direct Connect the WRONG NUMBER (who ARE These morons??)
Since their Direct Connect Number appears on my phone, I have added them to my phone directory (Moron1, Moron2, etc), so I can see if there are repeat offenders. When I am ready to turn in my phone for good, I am going to spend the prior week calling all these MORONS back in the middle of the night, and blurt out idiotic stuff like they did. Especially Moron3 - He has made the same mistake about 10 times!
Nextel will return some of their bandwidth to the public domain
I don't think this part of the spectrum is in the "public domain" as if anyone can use it. More accurately, it's been returned to the highly regulated, unaassigned pool of the spectrum.
Found this on Usenet, proving that geeks have too much time on their hands:
OK.. I have been watching the debate for several years (it's like
watching the grass grow). Here's where things are:
There are several arguments for GIF being pronounced with a HARD G:
1) "G" stands for Graphical. Graphical has a hard G.
2) The majority of people pronounce it that way.
3) Most words that start with G have a hard G.
The main case for Soft G is that the designers of the file format
specifically stated in their specification document that it's a soft
G.
Item 1 has been shot down as follows: Yes, G stands for graphical
(*as specified by the designers of the file format*). Three problems
with that:
a) The technical pronounciation of Graphical is gha-raf-i-cal. So
it's not the same phonetical sound as hard G. You would need to then
pronounce it Gh-IF, NOT hard G "GIF".
b) What something stands for has nothing to do with how an acronym is
pronounced. Modem, for example, stands for modulation/demodulation.
Is it pronounced "mah-deem"? Laser would be pronounced as if it
rhymes with brassiere... etc. The fact that g stands for graphical
has nothing to do with the pronounciation of the acronym.
c) If you are referring to the word "graphical" as the basis for the
argument, then you are basing your argument on the the words picked by
the designers, and used in the specification. And in that
specification, the designers said that it's pronounced JIFF like the
peanut butter. So for consistency, if you go back to the
specification to determine what it stands for, then you must live by
their specified pronounciation.
Item 2 has been shot down because the majority doesn't rule on matters
of punctuation. (pronounciation?)
Item 3 has been shot down because there is no rule. There are MANY
words that have a soft G pronounciation. People have even argued that
GIF is part of Gift, and so they should sound the same. (Gin (soft g)
and gink (hard g) are examples that shoot down that logic.)
So we go back to the specification... no one seems to be able to
logically shoot this down. The folks who invented the file format
decided what it would be called, and how to pronounce it. If you want
to invent your own file format, you can pronounce it any way you want.
You can even pick a symbol, and then be referred to as "The file
format formerly known as Prince". But as inventor, it's your call.
I want to say this in a *gentle* way... the *gist* of my message is
that most GIF pronounciation arguments amount to *gibberish*, when you
consider the *general* logic behind them. I'll let the *genie* out of
the bottle here: Have a *gin* and tonic, and cool your *genitals*.
You have to go back to the *genesis* of the file format, at the
*germination* of the idea, when they first *generated* the
specification. to determine the correct pronounciation. It is soft G,
like JIFF.
(it's really fun to read the posts where people write.. "Those who
pronounce GIF as JIF..." and correctly read that aloud ("Those who
pronounce JIF as JIF"))
OK.. let this be the definitive guide to pronouncing GIF. You can
pronounce it any way you want, but if you are one who insists on being
"correct", get used to saying JIF. And I haven't read a logical,
solid argument YET for pronouncing it with a hard G. Right now, Soft
G is winning the debate, and it's not even close!
evolutionary algorithms could make many network caches twice as efficient
Once again, Al Gore has his hand in the shaping of the internet.
I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
The concern isn't the quantity of available unique addresses - the issue is that the address space must rapidly get divided up for assignment.
If the addresses were going to be assigned serially (ok, who wants IP address # 000000001?, ok 0000000002...) then you never run out.
But if you slice the 128 bits in half immediately, as a way to divide them up among companies, and then the companies subnet them, and the 128 bits keep getting whittled down, then you start crowding the address space. Yes, 2^128 is PLENTY, but the problem will be the 2^100- sized gaps between various assigned numbers.
To answer your question, "isn't this enough?", it's plenty for the short term, if managed properly. Hard to say about the long term, and hard to say about the "proper management". YOu have to weigh the costs of having a bigger address space, and ask "is the benefit worth the cost" (The benefits being the ability to poorly manage the number assignments, and the potential longevity of the protocol).
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Would it be better for you if they said "Linux job postings up 190%. Total job postings up 100%"?
Remind me to never hire this guy named Coward if I am relying on math and communication skills.
Oh, I was thinking "A Bowel Movement". Silly me.
What's the open-source no money solution?
I can see the marketing tag line now... "To get rid of spam, take 'a B.M.' "
Just watch. There will be just one "gaping hole", and a snake will crawl out of it, and sue everyone for patent infringement.
It's a quantum leap, of course.
HEY, isn't that little "We The People" logo at the top of this page a violation of a copyright?
Interesting reference to make your point. Dated 11.19.03, It says "Banc of America said Apple is fairly valued at $21. Shares are down 3 cents to $20.38. "
Yet the chart shows today that the shares are trading for $32.40. Had I listened to this article back in November, I would have missed out on a 50+% rise in the stock price.
Good one.
I agree that you can just look it up.
Not sure where I get an Enlgish dictionary, though!
You mean like aalii, genii, medii, modii, radii, torii, congii, bacchii, denarii, dochmii, nauplii, senarii, splenii, dupondii, perradii, retiarii, sartorii, sextarii, stapedii, trapezii, octonarii, interradii, septenarii, gastrocnemii.
Above list, courtesy of Jumble and Crossword Solver.
Not saying that they're "common", but they do exi$t.
The people scanning Slashdot looking for mistakes and impossible statements are playing more and working less.
I'm tired of all of these divisive things that separate us, instead of bring the world together. I'm tired of the metric system, different languages, and different currencies.
I hope the U.N finally ratifies Resolution 1325E so that the world all has one standardized language, measurement systems, currency and time zone.
I am tired of people who toss in fake links to add credibility to their moronic posts. I'm tired of moderators who don't think I am funny.
Why wasn't the HOPE conference for Crackers held at The Ritz?
Don't you know that the correct way to refer to someone who breaks into security of systems is to make a derogatory comment about his Caucasian ethnicity?
The airwaves belong to the people.
Yes, and don't you think that the best way to be sure that the people have reasonable access to the airwaves, without clutter and interference, is to provide some rules (regulations) for access? The roads belong to the people, but without traffic lights, things would be a mess.
Government belongs to the people. All content created at taxpayer expense should be in an open format, not subject to proprietary licensing.
Consider this alternative view: Being a taxpayer is like being a shareholder in a company. Just because you invest in Microsoft, even though you're an owner, that doesn't (and shouldn't) give you the right to use all their software for free. I would expect that the government would act the same way with content - maximize my "shareholder value"... yes, make it available, but not necessarily for free to everyone who might have chipped in a penny in taxes.
You and I are probably in agreement about many of these issues. I am just offering a different perspective.
Consider Windows...
Release 1.0
Release 2.0
Release 3.0
Release 3.1 (must be slowing down)
Release 3.11 (really slowing down)
Release 95 (wow, skipped 91.89 versions!)
Release 2000 (skipped 1905 versions)
Release NT and XP (some sort of Advanced Roman Numeral system??)
I wonder if chat rooms (or other technology interaction) would help. Sounds silly (I can't imagine teaching my 100 year old grandfather how to sign onto a computer. And his vision would be an obstacle). But I bet when you and I are 90, we'll have some other options for communication besides face-to-face.
I'll probably be in chat rooms pretending to be 59 and handsome....
We have a family member with Alzheimers - it's not a funny topic. But I thought it was interesting to dwell on that sentence above; is someone lost if they don't know they are lost? Just because you can't find me, does that make me lost?
There's a local man that's been missing for 45 days who wandered off. He can't take care of himself, and so he's probably doomed, or gone already.
I am a privacy nut, but it's ironic how attitudes change as you get older - I may like this protection. On the other hand, when I am 90, do I really want the Nursing Home staff to know that I snuck down to the 84-year old babe's room at 4 am for a little latenight snack? (I understand that sex among residents is considered a challenge for the staff of some homes.) Is it really their business?
We rapidly established a protocol at the office where I work, in that you don't start talking without doing a silent Alert first. So if I want to walkie-talkie someone, I Alert them, they answer (if they are in a position to), and then we talk.
This avoids the random voice blurting out in a meeting, except for MORONS who randomly Direct Connect the WRONG NUMBER (who ARE These morons??)
Since their Direct Connect Number appears on my phone, I have added them to my phone directory (Moron1, Moron2, etc), so I can see if there are repeat offenders. When I am ready to turn in my phone for good, I am going to spend the prior week calling all these MORONS back in the middle of the night, and blurt out idiotic stuff like they did. Especially Moron3 - He has made the same mistake about 10 times!
I don't think this part of the spectrum is in the "public domain" as if anyone can use it. More accurately, it's been returned to the highly regulated, unaassigned pool of the spectrum.
Nextel will return some of their bandwidth to the public domain
OK.. I have been watching the debate for several years (it's like watching the grass grow). Here's where things are:
There are several arguments for GIF being pronounced with a HARD G:
1) "G" stands for Graphical. Graphical has a hard G.
2) The majority of people pronounce it that way.
3) Most words that start with G have a hard G.
The main case for Soft G is that the designers of the file format specifically stated in their specification document that it's a soft G.
Item 1 has been shot down as follows: Yes, G stands for graphical (*as specified by the designers of the file format*). Three problems with that:
a) The technical pronounciation of Graphical is gha-raf-i-cal. So it's not the same phonetical sound as hard G. You would need to then pronounce it Gh-IF, NOT hard G "GIF".
b) What something stands for has nothing to do with how an acronym is pronounced. Modem, for example, stands for modulation/demodulation. Is it pronounced "mah-deem"? Laser would be pronounced as if it rhymes with brassiere... etc. The fact that g stands for graphical has nothing to do with the pronounciation of the acronym.
c) If you are referring to the word "graphical" as the basis for the argument, then you are basing your argument on the the words picked by the designers, and used in the specification. And in that specification, the designers said that it's pronounced JIFF like the peanut butter. So for consistency, if you go back to the specification to determine what it stands for, then you must live by their specified pronounciation.
Item 2 has been shot down because the majority doesn't rule on matters of punctuation. (pronounciation?)
Item 3 has been shot down because there is no rule. There are MANY words that have a soft G pronounciation. People have even argued that GIF is part of Gift, and so they should sound the same. (Gin (soft g) and gink (hard g) are examples that shoot down that logic.)
So we go back to the specification... no one seems to be able to logically shoot this down. The folks who invented the file format decided what it would be called, and how to pronounce it. If you want to invent your own file format, you can pronounce it any way you want. You can even pick a symbol, and then be referred to as "The file format formerly known as Prince". But as inventor, it's your call.
I want to say this in a *gentle* way... the *gist* of my message is that most GIF pronounciation arguments amount to *gibberish*, when you consider the *general* logic behind them. I'll let the *genie* out of the bottle here: Have a *gin* and tonic, and cool your *genitals*. You have to go back to the *genesis* of the file format, at the *germination* of the idea, when they first *generated* the specification. to determine the correct pronounciation. It is soft G, like JIFF.
(it's really fun to read the posts where people write.. "Those who pronounce GIF as JIF..." and correctly read that aloud ("Those who pronounce JIF as JIF"))
OK.. let this be the definitive guide to pronouncing GIF. You can pronounce it any way you want, but if you are one who insists on being "correct", get used to saying JIF. And I haven't read a logical, solid argument YET for pronouncing it with a hard G. Right now, Soft G is winning the debate, and it's not even close!
Once again, Al Gore has his hand in the shaping of the internet.
I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
hey, I figured this was so old that there would be 100 'THIS IS A DUPE' complaints. Be happy! Have a coke and a smile.
If the addresses were going to be assigned serially (ok, who wants IP address # 000000001?, ok 0000000002...) then you never run out.
But if you slice the 128 bits in half immediately, as a way to divide them up among companies, and then the companies subnet them, and the 128 bits keep getting whittled down, then you start crowding the address space. Yes, 2^128 is PLENTY, but the problem will be the 2^100- sized gaps between various assigned numbers.
To answer your question, "isn't this enough?", it's plenty for the short term, if managed properly. Hard to say about the long term, and hard to say about the "proper management". YOu have to weigh the costs of having a bigger address space, and ask "is the benefit worth the cost" (The benefits being the ability to poorly manage the number assignments, and the potential longevity of the protocol).
Just my opinion.