He's not a US citizen, therefore not likely entitled to the same US rights (or at least it seems to often be interpreted that way). In fact, the way the US courts seem to be going, it seems that foreigners don't get the rights allowed to either US citizens or the (accused's) native country.
I've still seen a lot of mini-distros out there that use some form of minix. Actually, I believe that the system I use for firewalling (a 1-disk bering leaf firewall) uses minix.
However, because of the density of water, the boyancy is much greater than air. Since this "glider" works on this principal, it should be much easy to worked on a wave/boyancy principal.
I still don't see how it would avoid getting push around by stray currents, etc though. I could see one of these little guys wandering lost and off course at times.
The cool thing is, if the stomach contents are intact enough, we may have access to some plant-life that was not previously available. This appears to be a duckbilled dinosaur, so it's likely a herbivore. Too bad, if it were a big-bad t-rex we may have gotten a 2-for-1 with anything else inside its stomach, depending on the state of digestion at death.
Personally, I'd be quite interested in the breathing and circulatory apparati of dinosaurs. Getting blood and oxygen around the systems of these big guys may have required organs a little different than current-day creatures (I don't think there are any reptiles this large alive to-date). Perhaps they're able to breathe through their skin, although I believe that is generally characteristic of amphibians and not reptiles.
Hmmm... tastes like million-year-old chicken - phorm
Indeed, we're just blundering our way around the local stars looking for something familiar. It's like putting an MCSE in charge of linux servers, he might get lucky and figure things out, and he'll hopefull get better over time, but until he gets some evidence of what he's looking for. Our best chances of finding non-carbon life might be in them finding us, or us noting some very simple indicating of life/intelligence (hey, it moves when you poke it), so for now I probably carbon is our best bet, unless some scientists can identify what might be the optimal living conditions for expected non-carbon lifeforms.
*Gender equity note: He used in general because it's easier than typing he/she.
Heck, half of the time we don't understand life on earth, or even our own species.Perhaps once we understand what makes us and our planet "tick" then we'll be better suited for out-of-world exploration
Possibly not. But it's not something we'll ever know until we meet a few new races from out among the stars. Until then, everything is just more-or-less conjecture and to a certain extent educated opinion.
And those that download it off of kazaa pay nothing. However, they may have gone to see the show otherwise. I watched a rip of Austin Powers 3 on DivX. The movie was a horrible disappointment, so I'm glad I didn't pay $8 to see it in theatre. That's their loss.
Meanwhilst, I've downloaded a few movies that I absolutely loved, and ended up buying the DVD's.
So really, I suppose in one way they lose out, and one way they win. If all that proliferated were the so-called "ShakyCam" copies then it probably wouldn't be so bad. Were I even less honest than already stated I could have downloaded the DivX DVD-Rip of said movies and saved $20, but for me it's worth it to buy the DVD.
Often it's not really a case of cannot afford, so much as a "paying for shit." If less shit (especially in the form of bad sequels) were brought out, maybe people would be more willing to pay for worthwhile movies. I think the last movie I saw in the theatre was Spider-man. It was worth every penny, and I wouldn't think about getting the DivX for that (DVD for me).
If quality is cheap then people will be too, decent movies would probably sell more DVD's - phorm
what's going to happen in the tech industry in the next 12 months
More than likely, a lot of what is happening already, just in a slight variation.
Manufacturers of video cards, CPU's etc will bring out something that's newer, faster, etc, touting it over the competion. The CPU may be faster, but will be held down by the motherboard/peripheral bottleneck. To some extent the same will apply to the video card.
Meanwhile, large companies will be looking for ways to take down users pirating their wares, and pirates will be looking for better/different ways to exchange those wares and or crack them.
Hammer may come out, but again, for those who aren't currently hitting the limits of their PC's it's not really such a big deal.
Summary: Sold old stuff, new marketing, somewhat faster.
Oh, and chances are/. will repost many of the articles from today in the next several months (sorry, had to say it):-)
Skynet isn't due for another 27 years, in 2029, so nothing really exciting there - phorm
It seems to me that a lot of females who haven't played games probably just see them as something idiotic that keeps their boyfriend from spending time with them. In essence, they are jealous of the game.
I've noticed this with my girlfriend, she seems to think that when I want to game every-so-often it indicates that I'd rather do so than spend time with her 24/7 (or at least when she's not busy with female pursuits).
Several of my friends have had the same issues with their girlfriends, they'd sometimes get ragged on for gaming with friends instead of spending "quality time."
Eventually, somehow, two of these friends managed to get their girlfriends to play Starcraft with them. Now, the girls happily join in, and we can have couple-vs-couple matches.
Perhaps if guys promoted these games as more of a couple's activity then we could see get some more girls to join the LAN-parties.
But in the long run, AMD may be able to proceed ahead with better, faster processors while Intel is still trying to work on a replacement for Itanium (if the injunction goes for blocking sales).
They may take a stock hit, but progress technology-wise they may be able to get put more of a dent on Intel's bandwagon.
Those who go for AMD usually stay with AMD - phorm
One of the large problems in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is the preconception that any "intelligent lifeforms" would conform to the human concept of what qualifies:
a) Life
b) Intelligence
he said there was little chance of finding life on the planet because it was under constant bombardment from a surrounding belt of comets.
In the case of (a), for the most-part we are looking for carbon-based lifeforms that function in a similar way to human beings. This isn't to say that were looking for a bipedal species with human characteristics, but that we ignore other possiblities. There could be lifeforms that are not carbon-based, as is life on earth. Indeed, a planet that is completely inhospitable to earthly life may provide what another race/species needs to exist, but is overlooked due to the fact that "we" couldn't live on it.
If that is the case, then why shouldn't there be planetary systems like our own that contain Earth-like planets?
In the case of (b), we qualify intelligence as matching a particular set of humanistic functions. Among these would be the ability to manufacture tools, buildings, monuments, etc that are recognisable to us as such.
There's no reason why (possible) life on other planets should conform to these classifications. Indeed, there could be lifeforms that are not x-pedal (have feet, etc) in nature, are.5 or 3.5 times the size of humans, and life in subterranean caves and achieved energy/sustainence from lava-flows or something similar as opposed to a solar source.
Outworldly life is greatly unknown. There's nothing to say that such life would be in any way similar to our own, and to us may resemble a rock more than a human being.
We're all limited by our own sense of being - phorm
Evolution of the gamer?
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1. One moment mom, I just have to save my game!
2. I'll be there soon honey, I'm almost done
3. Damnit Martha where are my spectacles? I can't see the crosshairs and I'm 4 frags behind.
If I can find a game that's not a repeat-concept when I'm 40 I'll be very happy - phorm
In a big trunk buried in the attic. I used to pull them out and play around with them when I was younger, but for the most part the batteries were unable to charge. Is there a replacement battery for these out there, they're not much use without? I bet they might fetch a fair penny as a nostalgia item on ebay.
Pocket-sized radio controlled cars, available for $20 or less with controller -- and infinitely customizable -- are now taking the New World by storm
These things are only $20? For a radio controller and car, that's a pretty good price. Hot wheels sets can cost $10-$20, you get more cars but they don't actually do anything.
The next trick will for somebody on slashdot to post a page where they've made a *car mod* for their laptop/etc to interface with the RC
Usually I ask if the US has laws like in Canada. This, however, sounds like a damn good law coming from America. Anyone know if anything like this applies in Canada.I'm tired of getting calls around dinner (they know I'm home then).
And just in case it hasn't said it 1. Place name on list
2. Bust spam callers
3. ??? (indeterminate court process?)
4. Profit!
Pre-recorded messages and audio-clips can also be a great amusement in this case - phorm
It's hard to grouch overly that somebody else deserved the prize when the runners up aren't listed. One thing that sucks, it seems that for one to become a brilliant Nobel winning scientist, it generally takes a lifetime of research (they all look fairly old).
What's the youngest age of somebody to win a Nobel? It would somewhat suck if you won a million bucks but were too old to fully enjoy it.
We had fun experiments in High School with small bits of sodium (I'm fairly sure it was sodium) on a container of water, under he fume hood. The prof mentioned that at one time apparently one student tried to snitch some of the material to take home (and, presumably, apply with water). About partway through class he started getting paranoid and had the feeling that his pockets were getting hot (from his sweat?). He took a bathroom break and flushed the evidence.
There wasn't a whole lot of sodium, but apparently it blew up a certain amount of piping... I'd image that he spent a lot of time in detention after that.
(see title) would be nice. Does it go into some detail on SMTP AUTH? I generally don't spend cash on things I can probably muddle through on my own, but yes, making myself target as a bounce-relay for "get a 10 inch dong in no-so-long", "make your weiner meaner" ads would not be good.
Still, a little/. help would probably do me just as well as a book in regards to AUTH, or perhaps just a little more looking for a decent documentation site.
As mentioned in another post, I was doing a decent speed on an uphill, sticking in the left lane because slow RV's were dotting the right.
Passing on the right is still a lot better than passing somebody on a double-solid yellow.
weaving in and out of traffic, flashing highbeams
This qualifies for dangerous/reckless driving for me. Speed regardless if somebody is doing this going near the limit then he/she deserves a nice fat ticket.
Does this work more-or-less along the lines of the same idea, except that instead of mass fizzing you get a big boom? Making a chambered container what combined sodium and water upon remote would be fun to play with. Much more interesting than those lameass science volcanos made in class.
*Note:I foresee at at least 1 or 2 references to "weapons" and terrorism. Don't be lame, people have been fascinated by big booms since long ago.
Why do I have the feeling sodium is going to become very valuable on ebay soon - phorm
I used qmail on my servers, it runs very smoothly and I haven't had any problems since I got it properly configured. I'm still trying to figure out how to use SMTP AUTH though (it seems that qmail requires the addins of others to use this) and having to change outgoing mail settings on my laptop whenever I go somewhere is a pain in the butt. life with qmail details all the necessary instructions except for SMTP AUTH configuration.
If somebody on/. would be so kind as to offer a good SMTP AUTH plug with a comprehensive set of instructions, I'd recommend you try it.
Mine too, people that drive under the limit in the fast lane are irritating. I was doing about 10-15 over (km), the truck was also speeding excessively when passing me. Hanging out in the right-hand lane I would keep getting stuck behind RV's (it's an incline).
Goodness no. I'd be basing it on the fact the it look big, not on any consmetic reason. My little lith ION batteries are tiny, only about 3 inches long, so carrying a few in the case isn't so bad.
Laptops are built to be portable. If one has to lug a big external battery around they become less portable. Weight is also a factor. If the battery is internal and doesn't make my laptop heavy as a rock, then that would be great. This article seems to be sparse on such specifics, however.
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In other words, if they want ads, and they want such an enforcement, then the ads should be in ASCII text somewhere it is visible.
He's not a US citizen, therefore not likely entitled to the same US rights (or at least it seems to often be interpreted that way). In fact, the way the US courts seem to be going, it seems that foreigners don't get the rights allowed to either US citizens or the (accused's) native country.
I've still seen a lot of mini-distros out there that use some form of minix. Actually, I believe that the system I use for firewalling (a 1-disk bering leaf firewall) uses minix.
However, because of the density of water, the boyancy is much greater than air. Since this "glider" works on this principal, it should be much easy to worked on a wave/boyancy principal.
I still don't see how it would avoid getting push around by stray currents, etc though. I could see one of these little guys wandering lost and off course at times.
The cool thing is, if the stomach contents are intact enough, we may have access to some plant-life that was not previously available. This appears to be a duckbilled dinosaur, so it's likely a herbivore. Too bad, if it were a big-bad t-rex we may have gotten a 2-for-1 with anything else inside its stomach, depending on the state of digestion at death.
Personally, I'd be quite interested in the breathing and circulatory apparati of dinosaurs. Getting blood and oxygen around the systems of these big guys may have required organs a little different than current-day creatures (I don't think there are any reptiles this large alive to-date). Perhaps they're able to breathe through their skin, although I believe that is generally characteristic of amphibians and not reptiles.
Hmmm... tastes like million-year-old chicken - phorm
Indeed, we're just blundering our way around the local stars looking for something familiar. It's like putting an MCSE in charge of linux servers, he might get lucky and figure things out, and he'll hopefull get better over time, but until he gets some evidence of what he's looking for. Our best chances of finding non-carbon life might be in them finding us, or us noting some very simple indicating of life/intelligence (hey, it moves when you poke it), so for now I probably carbon is our best bet, unless some scientists can identify what might be the optimal living conditions for expected non-carbon lifeforms.
*Gender equity note: He used in general because it's easier than typing he/she.
Heck, half of the time we don't understand life on earth, or even our own species.Perhaps once we understand what makes us and our planet "tick" then we'll be better suited for out-of-world exploration
Can anybody explain "females"? - phorm
Possibly not. But it's not something we'll ever know until we meet a few new races from out among the stars. Until then, everything is just more-or-less conjecture and to a certain extent educated opinion.
By then it will be all retrospect - phorm
And those that download it off of kazaa pay nothing. However, they may have gone to see the show otherwise. I watched a rip of Austin Powers 3 on DivX. The movie was a horrible disappointment, so I'm glad I didn't pay $8 to see it in theatre. That's their loss.
Meanwhilst, I've downloaded a few movies that I absolutely loved, and ended up buying the DVD's.
So really, I suppose in one way they lose out, and one way they win. If all that proliferated were the so-called "ShakyCam" copies then it probably wouldn't be so bad. Were I even less honest than already stated I could have downloaded the DivX DVD-Rip of said movies and saved $20, but for me it's worth it to buy the DVD.
Often it's not really a case of cannot afford, so much as a "paying for shit." If less shit (especially in the form of bad sequels) were brought out, maybe people would be more willing to pay for worthwhile movies. I think the last movie I saw in the theatre was Spider-man. It was worth every penny, and I wouldn't think about getting the DivX for that (DVD for me).
If quality is cheap then people will be too, decent movies would probably sell more DVD's - phorm
what's going to happen in the tech industry in the next 12 months
/. will repost many of the articles from today in the next several months (sorry, had to say it) :-)
More than likely, a lot of what is happening already, just in a slight variation.
Manufacturers of video cards, CPU's etc will bring out something that's newer, faster, etc, touting it over the competion. The CPU may be faster, but will be held down by the motherboard/peripheral bottleneck. To some extent the same will apply to the video card.
Meanwhile, large companies will be looking for ways to take down users pirating their wares, and pirates will be looking for better/different ways to exchange those wares and or crack them.
Hammer may come out, but again, for those who aren't currently hitting the limits of their PC's it's not really such a big deal.
Summary: Sold old stuff, new marketing, somewhat faster.
Oh, and chances are
Skynet isn't due for another 27 years, in 2029, so nothing really exciting there - phorm
It seems to me that a lot of females who haven't played games probably just see them as something idiotic that keeps their boyfriend from spending time with them. In essence, they are jealous of the game.
I've noticed this with my girlfriend, she seems to think that when I want to game every-so-often it indicates that I'd rather do so than spend time with her 24/7 (or at least when she's not busy with female pursuits).
Several of my friends have had the same issues with their girlfriends, they'd sometimes get ragged on for gaming with friends instead of spending "quality time."
Eventually, somehow, two of these friends managed to get their girlfriends to play Starcraft with them. Now, the girls happily join in, and we can have couple-vs-couple matches.
Perhaps if guys promoted these games as more of a couple's activity then we could see get some more girls to join the LAN-parties.
Something's wrong here. Slashdotters? girlfriends? doh! - phorm
But in the long run, AMD may be able to proceed ahead with better, faster processors while Intel is still trying to work on a replacement for Itanium (if the injunction goes for blocking sales).
They may take a stock hit, but progress technology-wise they may be able to get put more of a dent on Intel's bandwagon.
Those who go for AMD usually stay with AMD - phorm
One of the large problems in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is the preconception that any "intelligent lifeforms" would conform to the human concept of what qualifies:
.5 or 3.5 times the size of humans, and life in subterranean caves and achieved energy/sustainence from lava-flows or something similar as opposed to a solar source.
a) Life
b) Intelligence
he said there was little chance of finding life on the planet because it was under constant bombardment from a surrounding belt of comets.
In the case of (a), for the most-part we are looking for carbon-based lifeforms that function in a similar way to human beings. This isn't to say that were looking for a bipedal species with human characteristics, but that we ignore other possiblities. There could be lifeforms that are not carbon-based, as is life on earth. Indeed, a planet that is completely inhospitable to earthly life may provide what another race/species needs to exist, but is overlooked due to the fact that "we" couldn't live on it.
If that is the case, then why shouldn't there be planetary systems like our own that contain Earth-like planets?
In the case of (b), we qualify intelligence as matching a particular set of humanistic functions. Among these would be the ability to manufacture tools, buildings, monuments, etc that are recognisable to us as such.
There's no reason why (possible) life on other planets should conform to these classifications. Indeed, there could be lifeforms that are not x-pedal (have feet, etc) in nature, are
Outworldly life is greatly unknown. There's nothing to say that such life would be in any way similar to our own, and to us may resemble a rock more than a human being.
We're all limited by our own sense of being - phorm
1. One moment mom, I just have to save my game!
2. I'll be there soon honey, I'm almost done
3. Damnit Martha where are my spectacles? I can't see the crosshairs and I'm 4 frags behind.
If I can find a game that's not a repeat-concept when I'm 40 I'll be very happy - phorm
In a big trunk buried in the attic. I used to pull them out and play around with them when I was younger, but for the most part the batteries were unable to charge. Is there a replacement battery for these out there, they're not much use without? I bet they might fetch a fair penny as a nostalgia item on ebay.
Pocket-sized radio controlled cars, available for $20 or less with controller -- and infinitely customizable -- are now taking the New World by storm
These things are only $20? For a radio controller and car, that's a pretty good price. Hot wheels sets can cost $10-$20, you get more cars but they don't actually do anything.
The next trick will for somebody on slashdot to post a page where they've made a *car mod* for their laptop/etc to interface with the RC
Usually I ask if the US has laws like in Canada. This, however, sounds like a damn good law coming from America. Anyone know if anything like this applies in Canada.I'm tired of getting calls around dinner (they know I'm home then).
And just in case it hasn't said it
1. Place name on list
2. Bust spam callers
3. ??? (indeterminate court process?)
4. Profit!
Pre-recorded messages and audio-clips can also be a great amusement in this case - phorm
It's hard to grouch overly that somebody else deserved the prize when the runners up aren't listed. One thing that sucks, it seems that for one to become a brilliant Nobel winning scientist, it generally takes a lifetime of research (they all look fairly old).
What's the youngest age of somebody to win a Nobel? It would somewhat suck if you won a million bucks but were too old to fully enjoy it.
What about this guy? My guess it's a bunch of slashdotters with sodium and higher-powered launchers :-)
Hey, I know that I was tempted to go out and launch some sodium with water right away - phorm
We had fun experiments in High School with small bits of sodium (I'm fairly sure it was sodium) on a container of water, under he fume hood. The prof mentioned that at one time apparently one student tried to snitch some of the material to take home (and, presumably, apply with water). About partway through class he started getting paranoid and had the feeling that his pockets were getting hot (from his sweat?). He took a bathroom break and flushed the evidence.
There wasn't a whole lot of sodium, but apparently it blew up a certain amount of piping... I'd image that he spent a lot of time in detention after that.
(see title) would be nice. Does it go into some detail on SMTP AUTH? I generally don't spend cash on things I can probably muddle through on my own, but yes, making myself target as a bounce-relay for "get a 10 inch dong in no-so-long", "make your weiner meaner" ads would not be good.
/. help would probably do me just as well as a book in regards to AUTH, or perhaps just a little more looking for a decent documentation site.
Still, a little
As mentioned in another post, I was doing a decent speed on an uphill, sticking in the left lane because slow RV's were dotting the right.
Passing on the right is still a lot better than passing somebody on a double-solid yellow.
weaving in and out of traffic, flashing highbeams
This qualifies for dangerous/reckless driving for me. Speed regardless if somebody is doing this going near the limit then he/she deserves a nice fat ticket.
Does this work more-or-less along the lines of the same idea, except that instead of mass fizzing you get a big boom? Making a chambered container what combined sodium and water upon remote would be fun to play with. Much more interesting than those lameass science volcanos made in class.
*Note:I foresee at at least 1 or 2 references to "weapons" and terrorism. Don't be lame, people have been fascinated by big booms since long ago.
Why do I have the feeling sodium is going to become very valuable on ebay soon - phorm
I used qmail on my servers, it runs very smoothly and I haven't had any problems since I got it properly configured. I'm still trying to figure out how to use SMTP AUTH though (it seems that qmail requires the addins of others to use this) and having to change outgoing mail settings on my laptop whenever I go somewhere is a pain in the butt. life with qmail details all the necessary instructions except for SMTP AUTH configuration.
/. would be so kind as to offer a good SMTP AUTH plug with a comprehensive set of instructions, I'd recommend you try it.
If somebody on
Mine too, people that drive under the limit in the fast lane are irritating. I was doing about 10-15 over (km), the truck was also speeding excessively when passing me. Hanging out in the right-hand lane I would keep getting stuck behind RV's (it's an incline).
Goodness no. I'd be basing it on the fact the it look big, not on any consmetic reason. My little lith ION batteries are tiny, only about 3 inches long, so carrying a few in the case isn't so bad.
Laptops are built to be portable. If one has to lug a big external battery around they become less portable. Weight is also a factor. If the battery is internal and doesn't make my laptop heavy as a rock, then that would be great. This article seems to be sparse on such specifics, however.