This Info World article explains that "The patent office's decision, issued Feb. 25, may be good news for Microsoft, but it is common for claims to be rejected at this stage of patent review"... so in other words we shouldn't count our chickens before they hatch.
Instead of going through the bother of putting up sites and then having to take them down again, you might want to use a robots.txt file to tell search engines not to index your content yet. I know -- off-topic -- but a helpful hint none-the-less.
It might be worthwhile for these cities who are moving to Linux to keep a document project about their trials and tribulations... a sort of Linux KB directed towards large geographical distribution, and then linking this documentation resource into the HowTos, man pages, and what-not. It would cover all the Linux distros. However I would hate to be the document maintainer for that task. Probably something like this already exists, however before you mod me down, provide a link. Thanks.
It's not necessarily relavant but it's obviously Informative+X. Maybe it could have even been Funny+1 -- whatever the masses decide. You're correct it doesn't claim to be American, and we never claimed that it claimed to be American; It was just our assumptions that led us in that direction.
Indeed I originally jumped to the assumption that fightwls.com was an American initiative because Verisign, Site Finder, and a lot of the pieces seem to be located in the U.S. Even the ICANN domain Registrant is located in the U.S. Other people must have assumed the same because they found this info Informative as I did.
We're not in disagreement that this is an international problem.
Just out of curiosity I looked up the domain and it's registered to a Canadian entity. Yes, it would appear as an American venture off the top. Could Canada be coming to the U.S.' rescue, or is the domain just harder to touch from outside the U.S.? Interesting indeed
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Domain fightwls.com
Date Registered: 2004-1-23
Date Modified: 2004-1-23
Expiry Date: 2006-1-23
DNS1: ns1.momentous.ca
DNS2: ns2.momentous.ca
Registrant
Momentous.ca In Trust
43 Auriga Drive
Ottawa
ON
CA
K2E 7Y8
Administrative Contact
Momentous.ca
Wayne MacLaurin
NOC
43 Auriga Drive
Nepean
ON
CA
K2E 7Y8
6137685100
6138200777
noc@momentous.ca
Technical Contact
Momentous.ca
Wayne MacLaurin
NOC
43 Auriga Drive
Nepean
ON
K2E 7Y8
CA
6137685100
6138200777
noc@momentous.ca
Granted most people who are going to the site for a reason know what the acronymn means, but for goodness sake, for the rest of us, put up some type of description about what that acronym WLS means. -- "Waiting-List Service" -- and tell a bit more about it up front.
The dummy, a mock-human of natural bone, simulated organs and synthetic skin, was installated on the outside of the station's Russian Zvezda module during a spacewalk today by Expedition 8 crewmembers Michael Foale and Alexander Kaleri.
Sounds like the start of a good horror movie -- Radiation mutates doll with human tissue into a monster with its own evil will. How do the astronauts sleep at night with the shadowy profile of a simulated human stuck to the outside of the SS.
The Festival comes to a backward planet and instigates 1000 years of technological change in a month.
Kind of like that scene out of Battlefield Earth where the cavemen learned to fly jets in 7 days. (and the electricity to the flight simulators happened to be working in a destroyed city overgrown with the jungle). Awesome stuff that is.
Hey, just wait until that backward farming community has to learn to maintain the technology they've been given by The Festival.
Along parallel lines I envision: A linux expert sets up a MS-based business with everything Linux, ready for the users. And then after he is long gone, something needs to be changed.... good luck!
I didn't read the book... I'm just relying on the words of the book reviewer to get a mental picture -- since those words seem somewhat negative it made for a good sarcastic vision on my part.
Lots of good jokes here... I'm laughing myself silly. However the serious side of scents is an interesting too; I'm sure this apparatus uses all types of artifical scents (chemicals) to produce the "proper" smells:
"most perfumes and scented products on the market contain chemicals that don't agree with everyone's airways.[...]Individuals with allergies can develop sensitivities (which are different from allergies) to perfumes. Clinicians say their symptoms can range from tearing and sneezing to migraines and life-threatening anaphylaxis."
-- except from this news article
And seriously, how close to the real smell would the artificial be? I assume it would somewhat abnoxious, just like those old scratch-and-sniff stickers. The beauty of smells is that they can vary -- e.g. depending upon how what ingredients are in the baked bread; or if the chicken is boiled, baked, or deep fried; etc.
And I also love the cartoon this guy is helping to develop to tap into the curious/inventive nature of kids.
However the "Ice Board" cartoon looks like it could use some sort of legal disclaimer or "ask your parents for help" text. This kid is going to end up slicing himself in half! I'm not even a parent and that cartoon scares me.
Beyond the fight about the article itself, I am most surprised at how Google's power is used to effectively and accruately trace the owner's history. The article in question also makes effective use of the Google cache to point out content at a specific point in time.
It seems the Phantom gaming company is subject to the power of Google. I'm surprised they haven't sent legal letters asking Google to remove them from cache (maybe that's happened already -- I didn't read all of the related articles associated with the main articles).
I'm not surprised that Google is powerful, but instead how easy it could be used against somebody. It's a real eye opener, and potentially frightful to any public/coroporate figure.
Even for non-famous individuals, like most of us, this can be scary. For example, as we go through life some of our values and beliefs change based on the journey. However a repository of what you *were* like and what you *did in the past* might not accurately reflect what you are today. The use of information can sometimes be scary.
it is perfectly acceptable for a police officer to be able to identify persons, especially when the reason the officer came in the first place was a response to a domestic violence call!
I watched the video and the officer didn't seem to indicate to the man that he was acting in response to a domestic violence call. The man appeared to believe it was something to do with his parking; of course I personally don't believe he was as naive about it as he acted.
I agree that a domestic violence call should be treated differently than a police officer asking for ID for no apparent reason. What if the police officer had a real domestic violence case on his hands, but let the guy go because he wouldn't show identification -- that would certainly show up in the papers from the opposite perspective.
Because of the potential domestic dispute, I don't think this is just a cut and dried case of a man who had his rights abused. Of course I have to hand it to the pseudo-arrested man because he didn't put up too much of a fight, and he wasn't overly mouthy either in this case.
I can see both sides. For me this is a gray area and I hope I hear the results of the trial.
If it was a graphics card or something then fair enough... it's just another piece of hardware and one is as good as another. But hard-drives are different as the data on them may not be replaceable if the unit fails,
For this reason it is the user's responsibility to ensure the data is backed up properly. IBM can be blamed for a high failure rate, but not for a hard drive failing. In the end, all hard drives eventually fail.
If the data is non-replaceable then no doubt the user has a rigid backup plan in place to ensure safety of the data; if not then the user is acting unwise no matter what type of hard drive is in the machine.
So maybe call him instead... How about
267-8226
-or maybe-
237-8226
Alphabetize the digits before modding this post down... and then go ahead and mod this post down anyways, but at least give it the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure CMD-TACO, or CMR-TACO might pay top dollar if you reserve it first.
That would be a great story for Slashdot... Slashot reader holds CmdrTaco's phone number hostage.
Let me guess:
1. Reserve Phone Number
2. Password to Slashdot Login stops working.
3. ???
4. Profit!
A lot of info about haikus anyways, with examples... for anybody who needs a memory refresher like me, or who is being introduced to them for the first time.
For $2,495, Macintosh buyers will get a computer that operates unusually quickly and is directed by a mouse - a handheld device that, when slid across a table top, moves the cursor on the Mac's screen.
Now that is a step back in history. It's funny to see that they had to fully describe what a mouse was. But I do remember those days, and the mouse was definitely something rather new to consumers, especially to "the rest of us".
Gone are the days when I get that excited (to lose sleep) over the news of an upcoming game release. I envy you.
darned if they do, and darned if they don't
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Spare parts are at a premium because of the nearly yearlong [U.S.] grounding of the space shuttle fleet, the result of the Columbia tragedy.
When the U.S. goes into space the astronauts seem to get into trouble. So the U.S. grounds the fleet. Now it seems probable that if the U.S. doesn't go into space, then the astronauts might be in trouble. Seems ironic. However I hope other nations, maybe the Russians will send help if need be.
This might be a good reason for Pres. Bush to start up the astronaut space program again. Those politicians are always looking for a reason.
ask the Supreme Court of Canada next week to force Internet service providers to pay them royalties for the millions of digital music files downloaded each year by Canadian
Well then I live in Canada, and I don't download or swap any illegal music right now. However if in the future I end up paying for the music through my ISP, then at that point I should start partaking in the illegal music scene and then everybody will be happy and getting their moneys worth.
Slashdot story posting says Interestingly, Microsoft's representative in Brazil decries this as a movement away from freedom and choice..."
The context in the actual story is: Although Amadeu insists the government has no plans to mandate open-source software use, Microsoft is worried and is lobbying to prevent the policy from becoming law.
"We still think free choice is best for companies, the individuals and the government," said Luiz Moncau, Microsoft's marketing director in Brazil. "There is the risk of creating a technology island in Brazil supported by law."
Understanding the full context, I believe it's a bad thing to exclude one party and not the other, whether it's Microsoft of Linux being excluded. Yes, it sounds like good reasoning that the government would go with Linux and Open-Source because of the cheper prices. However at the same time they should not exclude other types of non-open-source software. Other than for reasons of anti-competitiveness I don't see a good reason to not allow other types of software to be used.
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This Info World article explains that "The patent office's decision, issued Feb. 25, may be good news for Microsoft, but it is common for claims to be rejected at this stage of patent review" ... so in other words we shouldn't count our chickens before they hatch.
13:00 general discussion of sco rights
13:45 announcement of filing against Daimler-Chrysler
15:05 announcement of filing against Auto-Zone
Instead of going through the bother of putting up sites and then having to take them down again, you might want to use a robots.txt file to tell search engines not to index your content yet. I know -- off-topic -- but a helpful hint none-the-less.
It might be worthwhile for these cities who are moving to Linux to keep a document project about their trials and tribulations ... a sort of Linux KB directed towards large geographical distribution, and then linking this documentation resource into the HowTos, man pages, and what-not. It would cover all the Linux distros. However I would hate to be the document maintainer for that task. Probably something like this already exists, however before you mod me down, provide a link. Thanks.
I wanted read some other sources about this issue ....
Keep on eye on Google news.
Indeed I originally jumped to the assumption that fightwls.com was an American initiative because Verisign, Site Finder, and a lot of the pieces seem to be located in the U.S. Even the ICANN domain Registrant is located in the U.S.
Other people must have assumed the same because they found this info Informative as I did.
We're not in disagreement that this is an international problem.
Just out of curiosity I looked up the domain and it's registered to a Canadian entity. Yes, it would appear as an American venture off the top. Could Canada be coming to the U.S.' rescue, or is the domain just harder to touch from outside the U.S.? Interesting indeed
---
Domain fightwls.com
Date Registered: 2004-1-23
Date Modified: 2004-1-23
Expiry Date: 2006-1-23
DNS1: ns1.momentous.ca
DNS2: ns2.momentous.ca
Registrant
Momentous.ca In Trust
43 Auriga Drive
Ottawa
ON
CA
K2E 7Y8
Administrative Contact
Momentous.ca
Wayne MacLaurin
NOC
43 Auriga Drive
Nepean
ON
CA
K2E 7Y8
6137685100
6138200777
noc@momentous.ca
Technical Contact
Momentous.ca
Wayne MacLaurin
NOC
43 Auriga Drive
Nepean
ON
K2E 7Y8
CA
6137685100
6138200777
noc@momentous.ca
Registrar: NameScout.com
Granted most people who are going to the site for a reason know what the acronymn means, but for goodness sake, for the rest of us, put up some type of description about what that acronym WLS means. -- "Waiting-List Service" -- and tell a bit more about it up front.
Sounds like the start of a good horror movie -- Radiation mutates doll with human tissue into a monster with its own evil will. How do the astronauts sleep at night with the shadowy profile of a simulated human stuck to the outside of the SS.
Kind of like that scene out of Battlefield Earth where the cavemen learned to fly jets in 7 days. (and the electricity to the flight simulators happened to be working in a destroyed city overgrown with the jungle). Awesome stuff that is.
Hey, just wait until that backward farming community has to learn to maintain the technology they've been given by The Festival.
Along parallel lines I envision: A linux expert sets up a MS-based business with everything Linux, ready for the users. And then after he is long gone, something needs to be changed .... good luck!
I didn't read the book ... I'm just relying on the words of the book reviewer to get a mental picture -- since those words seem somewhat negative it made for a good sarcastic vision on my part.
Will they be distributing this free music over P2P networks? ;)
"most perfumes and scented products on the market contain chemicals that don't agree with everyone's airways.[...]Individuals with allergies can develop sensitivities (which are different from allergies) to perfumes. Clinicians say their symptoms can range from tearing and sneezing to migraines and life-threatening anaphylaxis."
-- except from this news article
And seriously, how close to the real smell would the artificial be? I assume it would somewhat abnoxious, just like those old scratch-and-sniff stickers. The beauty of smells is that they can vary -- e.g. depending upon how what ingredients are in the baked bread; or if the chicken is boiled, baked, or deep fried; etc.
However the "Ice Board" cartoon looks like it could use some sort of legal disclaimer or "ask your parents for help" text. This kid is going to end up slicing himself in half! I'm not even a parent and that cartoon scares me.
It seems the Phantom gaming company is subject to the power of Google. I'm surprised they haven't sent legal letters asking Google to remove them from cache (maybe that's happened already -- I didn't read all of the related articles associated with the main articles).
I'm not surprised that Google is powerful, but instead how easy it could be used against somebody. It's a real eye opener, and potentially frightful to any public/coroporate figure.
Even for non-famous individuals, like most of us, this can be scary. For example, as we go through life some of our values and beliefs change based on the journey. However a repository of what you *were* like and what you *did in the past* might not accurately reflect what you are today. The use of information can sometimes be scary.
I watched the video and the officer didn't seem to indicate to the man that he was acting in response to a domestic violence call. The man appeared to believe it was something to do with his parking; of course I personally don't believe he was as naive about it as he acted.
I agree that a domestic violence call should be treated differently than a police officer asking for ID for no apparent reason. What if the police officer had a real domestic violence case on his hands, but let the guy go because he wouldn't show identification -- that would certainly show up in the papers from the opposite perspective.
Because of the potential domestic dispute, I don't think this is just a cut and dried case of a man who had his rights abused. Of course I have to hand it to the pseudo-arrested man because he didn't put up too much of a fight, and he wasn't overly mouthy either in this case.
I can see both sides. For me this is a gray area and I hope I hear the results of the trial.
For this reason it is the user's responsibility to ensure the data is backed up properly. IBM can be blamed for a high failure rate, but not for a hard drive failing. In the end, all hard drives eventually fail. If the data is non-replaceable then no doubt the user has a rigid backup plan in place to ensure safety of the data; if not then the user is acting unwise no matter what type of hard drive is in the machine.
I get lots of mail, and a lot of it wastes time- mine and yours.
So maybe call him instead ... How about
... and then go ahead and mod this post down anyways, but at least give it the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure CMD-TACO, or CMR-TACO might pay top dollar if you reserve it first.
267-8226
-or maybe-
237-8226
Alphabetize the digits before modding this post down
That would be a great story for Slashdot ... Slashot reader holds CmdrTaco's phone number hostage.
Let me guess:
1. Reserve Phone Number
2. Password to Slashdot Login stops working.
3. ???
4. Profit!
A lot of info about haikus anyways, with examples ... for anybody who needs a memory refresher like me, or who is being introduced to them for the first time.
... except re-posting some of the TOS on other sites like Slashdot.
Now that is a step back in history. It's funny to see that they had to fully describe what a mouse was. But I do remember those days, and the mouse was definitely something rather new to consumers, especially to "the rest of us".
Gone are the days when I get that excited (to lose sleep) over the news of an upcoming game release. I envy you.
When the U.S. goes into space the astronauts seem to get into trouble. So the U.S. grounds the fleet. Now it seems probable that if the U.S. doesn't go into space, then the astronauts might be in trouble. Seems ironic. However I hope other nations, maybe the Russians will send help if need be.
This might be a good reason for Pres. Bush to start up the astronaut space program again. Those politicians are always looking for a reason.
I love the fact that we had to throw in an obligatory terrorism threat. Ah, the mind-set of the public....
Anyway, more power to them. I think everybody should have an equal chance to go into space.
Well then I live in Canada, and I don't download or swap any illegal music right now. However if in the future I end up paying for the music through my ISP, then at that point I should start partaking in the illegal music scene and then everybody will be happy and getting their moneys worth.
Interestingly, Microsoft's representative in Brazil decries this as a movement away from freedom and choice..."
The context in the actual story is:
Although Amadeu insists the government has no plans to mandate open-source software use, Microsoft is worried and is lobbying to prevent the policy from becoming law.
"We still think free choice is best for companies, the individuals and the government," said Luiz Moncau, Microsoft's marketing director in Brazil. "There is the risk of creating a technology island in Brazil supported by law."
Understanding the full context, I believe it's a bad thing to exclude one party and not the other, whether it's Microsoft of Linux being excluded. Yes, it sounds like good reasoning that the government would go with Linux and Open-Source because of the cheper prices. However at the same time they should not exclude other types of non-open-source software. Other than for reasons of anti-competitiveness I don't see a good reason to not allow other types of software to be used.