The speed limit is not about "right and wrong" it is about making money for police departments.
Case in point, Childress and Sulphur Springs (both cities in texas) have fines of $130 for going 1 mile over the speed limit. Failing to stop at a stop sign? $130. Change lanes without a turn signal? $130. Now if you have an out of state drivers license essentially they tell you that you can't fight the ticket *but* if you pay $250 they'll take the ticket off your record... Sounds like a business and not a public service to me. (BTW going 20 miles over the speed limit is only $20 more - $150 so they treat harsh violators almost the same as "accidental" violators.
Now back to the topic at hand, I know there's alot of debate in the RIAA cases over who should be in charge of enforcing copyright laws, most folks wouuld say let the RIAA/MPAA do it themselves, however I see a huge problem when an organization benefits directly (monetarily) from enforcing certain "laws" (such as the tax collecting police depts). Could a solution be to force the RIAA to file criminal charges first through government agencies and *then* if criminal trial proves a wrong let them go ahead with the civil suit? There should be some kind of neutral control valve in all this if not you're giving corruption and greed a free ticket to wreck havoc on people's lives.
what are some reasons people are switching to Netscape 8.0?
Now that netscape is an AOL owned internet service the name is getting a lot more recognition. Not only that but I'd imagine most folks that have the Netscape internet service use netscape site as their homepage where the latest Netscape browser suite gets pushed on its customers. Other folks just get a kick out of upgrading their internet software (probably the same folks who get exited over the new AOL x.0 software).
As far as why someone would choose Netscape vs Firefox, I would say its all the bundled software (composer, mail, AIM, and I think Winamp now). For alot of ppl its more convenient to get it all in one big download. Now if those folks would just find out about the Mozilla suite and other IM clients...
Wow, can't believe nobody has mentioned the applications of this keyboard for secure environmnents. I mean someone could watch you type your password and (unless they had memorized the key locations) they wouldn't know what you typed in! Talk about security by obscurity. Also you machine would be secure from people who couldn't touch type.
One other design I propose for the new "secure" keyboard is where instead of being blank, every key has an asterisk.
"I wish to kill a man... not you, my dear
Slashdotter, but the Bill.... You were dead
already... but you will be close to the
Bill before you die. You will be tied
and drugged but you can still attack.
When you see the Bill you will have a new
poison tooth. He will want you close so
he can gloat over you. One bite on this
tooth and a strong exhale..."
Depends, you can always explain to your boss that slashdot is just a tech knowledge exchange website (like a knowledge base!). Then again, if he(or she) actually reads slashdot the ruse would be up.
Wow, if they released a robot with a giant spinning blade...(drool). It would be fun just to unleash your mower bot on the neighbors roomba and watch the plastic pieces fly! Finally battlebots at home!
Then again... could you imagine the beowulf cluster of lawsuits that would follow that kind of potentially lethal product?
4. If a robot figures a loophole around law 1 it must immediately apply law 1.5 to the crime scene. 5th and 6th laws are "You must not talk about the 4th law of robotics"
From TFA (the F'n ad) - "It uses a specially formulated Clorox® cleaning solution"
Also great for bleaching out that carpeted area next to your hardwood floors! (Warning please follow instructions carefully if you do not intend to bleach whiten your carpets too).
Or how about a 411 service that really works with your camera phone. Snap a picture of an attractive girl at a bar and have it return her name and phone number (also if it gave you the name of her old high school and 12th grade english teacher that would be a plus!).
On second thought, that would be kinda creepy... nevermind.
I can't believe they cut the "birthing scene" just short of the third baby being produced and named "Han". Guess that's something Lucas wanted us to find out in episodes VII through IX.
*****Warning spoliers above********
At least the empire isn't as silly as say some other alien races that leave an open wireless port with upload priveleges and complete access to their whole network.
Like they never forsaw a dorky guy flying within range of their unprotected network in an 50 year old ship and taking it all down with a simple upload from an iBook.... Sheesh, who's *that* careless...
"the law is written and paid for BY the companies that benefit from those laws."
Then the best choice is to boycott the companies and vote against the politician that enacted thoes laws. Now most importantly, to ensure the first two actions (boycott and voting) have the desired effect let others know and let the company/politician know. Something to the effect of:
Hello, untill (date) I was a customer of yours. (action) led me to terminate my business relationship with you because of (these reasons). I will instead (not use this service or product at all/ obtain it from some other legal source/competitor).
For your political representative you would just inform them that their action(s) has been contrary to the general interest of the public he or she was supposed to represent and as such you cannot vote for them again.
Personally I would start writing your favorite artists letting them know that because of the actions of the RIAA you can no longer support their work and you encourage them to seek other distribution methods outside the RIAA member companies to benefit them with higher profits and stop an affiliation with an all around evil company. Remind the artists what the RIAA is doing on their behalf.
Lastly, hit companies where it hurts em (the wallet), let them and others know, and remember that slowly but surely they will starve out and cease to exist.
Remeber, as citizens we vote every 2-4 years, but as consumers we vote every day with every dollar.
Not only defects, the film is screened by employees to ensure it was spliced together correctly. This is because films arrive to the theather's in about 4 or 5 rolls that are joined together on one giant roll mechanism near the projector. (very few if any theaters are like what we saw in fight club, where Tyler had to switch the projectors partly into the film).
If a mistake is made when splicing the films together into the mega roll then partly through the film the movie will be off frame (by 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4) which requires the movie be shut off for a few minutes while the sweating projectionist rushes to cut and re-attach the film.
"I don't think man made diamonds are ever going to eclipse natural ones for jewelry" - I will have to disagree with you there.
I know there will always be a niche market (read people with more sense than money) who will always want naturally grown diamonds, however I think most folks will actually not care. Most (uneducated) diamond buyers simply look for 3 things beauty, cost , and carat (wow factor). This is the only reason stores such as Zales can stay in business. They sell the worst diamonds around (I-2's for their regular merchandise - usually up to $1500 and SI-2's for their "Zales Diamond", note that most reputable jewlers won't touch I-2 diamonds). The reason Zales (and other maul stores) sell so much merchandise is first location and 2nd the design, pricing and wow factor (1 carart ring for how much?!).
Now back to synthetic diamonds, eventually most folks will realize that choosing a natural diamond over a synthetic just "'cause it has to be naturally grown" is like choosing furniture built of trees that were grown naturally in a forrest vs using trees that were planted and grown on a farm. There both real trees (plus you'll get less defects in your furniture with the farm grown trees).
Now there's already a lot of companies out there growing diamonds. Check out:
And lastly the one "book" that taught me everything I could have ever wanted to know about the diamond business: The Diamond Invention Very interesting read.
Intersting note, after all the research and shopping (and shopping and more shopping) that I did when I was looking for an engagement ring (including researching Synthetic Diamonds) I decided on having a ring custom made by a local jeweler using moissanites instead of diamonds. Ended being a very beautiful and unique ring of a much higher quality than a mass produced setting and with quite a bit of geek factor to it as well. So I think folks will be accepting of synthetic diamonds once production ramps up to the demand (right now Gemesis is growing as fast as it can).
From the article "The photo below shows de Nardi's prototype serving a web page"
Great, now its feasable for the slashdot effect to cause real collateral damage. Lets hope the terrorists don't discover the weakness of this new technology...
BTW, anybody have a link to the page hosted by the prototype:)
Man, I was going to stay out of this discussion, but I have to ask this now...
I've been trying to figure out exactly *why* a 15 minute doctor's vistit costs $74-80 if only a simple diagnosis is made and no treatment given (btw 15 minute visit means 3-4 minutes of actual face to face doctor time). First visit to any doctor costs $130. If they administer a dose of a medication at the office then prepare to pay 20x what the medication costs! (I was given 2 doses of an asthma med (which I verified costs.70 each dose at a pharmacy) yet I was charged $46 for the treatment). So if like you say Dr's don't end up making that much money out of their practices, where then does all of my and my insurance's money go? Everytime I go the Dr's office is full so I can't say it's due to lack of business.
Now I don't want to belittle the medical profession, it's a noble pursuit to dedicate yourself to helping others and I'm sure some folks will chime in with: "You can't put a price on your health". But really there should be a price! I remember reading in Time about patients getting raked in by hospitals because they had no insurance (link to similar story, diff newssource: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/25/health/m ain626132.shtml). In one instance an uninsured patient was charged 210,000 for a simple overnight proceedure and then after many months of fighting and finally paying for an attourney they lowered the price to a mere 60,000. The real kicker is that if he had insurance, both he and his insurance would have paid the hospital $30,000.
So why yes we should be grateful to the medical practitioners of our society, but at what cost? If our health dollars aren't ending up in the pockets of those who work for them, then where do they end up?
Slashdot Mirror
The speed limit is not about "right and wrong" it is about making money for police departments.
Case in point, Childress and Sulphur Springs (both cities in texas) have fines of $130 for going 1 mile over the speed limit. Failing to stop at a stop sign? $130. Change lanes without a turn signal? $130. Now if you have an out of state drivers license essentially they tell you that you can't fight the ticket *but* if you pay $250 they'll take the ticket off your record... Sounds like a business and not a public service to me. (BTW going 20 miles over the speed limit is only $20 more - $150 so they treat harsh violators almost the same as "accidental" violators.
Now back to the topic at hand, I know there's alot of debate in the RIAA cases over who should be in charge of enforcing copyright laws, most folks wouuld say let the RIAA/MPAA do it themselves, however I see a huge problem when an organization benefits directly (monetarily) from enforcing certain "laws" (such as the tax collecting police depts). Could a solution be to force the RIAA to file criminal charges first through government agencies and *then* if criminal trial proves a wrong let them go ahead with the civil suit? There should be some kind of neutral control valve in all this if not you're giving corruption and greed a free ticket to wreck havoc on people's lives.
"Baron Harkonnen is Paul's grandfather"
:/
Thanks for spoiling the book for me
(puts Dune back on the shelf)
what are some reasons people are switching to Netscape 8.0?
Now that netscape is an AOL owned internet service the name is getting a lot more recognition. Not only that but I'd imagine most folks that have the Netscape internet service use netscape site as their homepage where the latest Netscape browser suite gets pushed on its customers. Other folks just get a kick out of upgrading their internet software (probably the same folks who get exited over the new AOL x.0 software).
As far as why someone would choose Netscape vs Firefox, I would say its all the bundled software (composer, mail, AIM, and I think Winamp now). For alot of ppl its more convenient to get it all in one big download. Now if those folks would just find out about the Mozilla suite and other IM clients...
Wow, can't believe nobody has mentioned the applications of this keyboard for secure environmnents. I mean someone could watch you type your password and (unless they had memorized the key locations) they wouldn't know what you typed in! Talk about security by obscurity. Also you machine would be secure from people who couldn't touch type.
One other design I propose for the new "secure" keyboard is where instead of being blank, every key has an asterisk.
"I wish to kill a man... not you, my dear Slashdotter, but the Bill.... You were dead already... but you will be close to the Bill before you die. You will be tied and drugged but you can still attack. When you see the Bill you will have a new poison tooth. He will want you close so he can gloat over you. One bite on this tooth and a strong exhale..."
Is posting to Slashdot considered actual work?
Depends, you can always explain to your boss that slashdot is just a tech knowledge exchange website (like a knowledge base!). Then again, if he(or she) actually reads slashdot the ruse would be up.
Sure robot fight clubs sound fun and all, but what happens when they move on to robot project mayhem?
"mow the yard (i)"
Wow, if they released a robot with a giant spinning blade...(drool). It would be fun just to unleash your mower bot on the neighbors roomba and watch the plastic pieces fly! Finally battlebots at home!
Then again... could you imagine the beowulf cluster of lawsuits that would follow that kind of potentially lethal product?
You forgot:
4. If a robot figures a loophole around law 1 it must immediately apply law 1.5 to the crime scene.
5th and 6th laws are "You must not talk about the 4th law of robotics"
From TFA (the F'n ad) - "It uses a specially formulated Clorox® cleaning solution"
Also great for bleaching out that carpeted area next to your hardwood floors! (Warning please follow instructions carefully if you do not intend to bleach whiten your carpets too).
Or how about a 411 service that really works with your camera phone. Snap a picture of an attractive girl at a bar and have it return her name and phone number (also if it gave you the name of her old high school and 12th grade english teacher that would be a plus!).
On second thought, that would be kinda creepy... nevermind.
I can't believe they cut the "birthing scene" just short of the third baby being produced and named "Han". Guess that's something Lucas wanted us to find out in episodes VII through IX. *****Warning spoliers above********
"What are you going to do? Bleed on me?"
"the Vader transformation in Ep III would have terrified me for years"
I also found the Vader transformation scene quite horrific, I remember rising from my seat in a stupor shoting "Noooooo!" when I saw it....
"Only a Sith deals in absolutes. ;)"
"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda
Did I miss something or was yoda also evil?
At least the empire isn't as silly as say some other alien races that leave an open wireless port with upload priveleges and complete access to their whole network.
Like they never forsaw a dorky guy flying within range of their unprotected network in an 50 year old ship and taking it all down with a simple upload from an iBook.... Sheesh, who's *that* careless...
"the law is written and paid for BY the companies that benefit from those laws."
Then the best choice is to boycott the companies and vote against the politician that enacted thoes laws. Now most importantly, to ensure the first two actions (boycott and voting) have the desired effect let others know and let the company/politician know. Something to the effect of:
Hello, untill (date) I was a customer of yours. (action) led me to terminate my business relationship with you because of (these reasons). I will instead (not use this service or product at all/ obtain it from some other legal source/competitor).
For your political representative you would just inform them that their action(s) has been contrary to the general interest of the public he or she was supposed to represent and as such you cannot vote for them again.
Personally I would start writing your favorite artists letting them know that because of the actions of the RIAA you can no longer support their work and you encourage them to seek other distribution methods outside the RIAA member companies to benefit them with higher profits and stop an affiliation with an all around evil company. Remind the artists what the RIAA is doing on their behalf.
Lastly, hit companies where it hurts em (the wallet), let them and others know, and remember that slowly but surely they will starve out and cease to exist.
Remeber, as citizens we vote every 2-4 years, but as consumers we vote every day with every dollar.
Not only defects, the film is screened by employees to ensure it was spliced together correctly. This is because films arrive to the theather's in about 4 or 5 rolls that are joined together on one giant roll mechanism near the projector. (very few if any theaters are like what we saw in fight club, where Tyler had to switch the projectors partly into the film).
If a mistake is made when splicing the films together into the mega roll then partly through the film the movie will be off frame (by 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4) which requires the movie be shut off for a few minutes while the sweating projectionist rushes to cut and re-attach the film.
So you say first a device that allows you to "smell" a chicken remotely would be step in the right direction?
Finally! It's official, with this technology long distance relationships can "work".
"I don't think man made diamonds are ever going to eclipse natural ones for jewelry" - I will have to disagree with you there.
I know there will always be a niche market (read people with more sense than money) who will always want naturally grown diamonds, however I think most folks will actually not care. Most (uneducated) diamond buyers simply look for 3 things beauty, cost , and carat (wow factor). This is the only reason stores such as Zales can stay in business. They sell the worst diamonds around (I-2's for their regular merchandise - usually up to $1500 and SI-2's for their "Zales Diamond", note that most reputable jewlers won't touch I-2 diamonds). The reason Zales (and other maul stores) sell so much merchandise is first location and 2nd the design, pricing and wow factor (1 carart ring for how much?!).
Now back to synthetic diamonds, eventually most folks will realize that choosing a natural diamond over a synthetic just "'cause it has to be naturally grown" is like choosing furniture built of trees that were grown naturally in a forrest vs using trees that were planted and grown on a farm. There both real trees (plus you'll get less defects in your furniture with the farm grown trees).
Now there's already a lot of companies out there growing diamonds. Check out:
Gemesis in Florida
Apollo Diamond (which uses Carbon Vapor Deposition)
Life Gem- turn the ashes of a deceased loved one into a diamond
There was also an interesting article about it on Wired a ways back: The New Diamond Age
And lastly the one "book" that taught me everything I could have ever wanted to know about the diamond business: The Diamond Invention Very interesting read.
Intersting note, after all the research and shopping (and shopping and more shopping) that I did when I was looking for an engagement ring (including researching Synthetic Diamonds) I decided on having a ring custom made by a local jeweler using moissanites instead of diamonds. Ended being a very beautiful and unique ring of a much higher quality than a mass produced setting and with quite a bit of geek factor to it as well. So I think folks will be accepting of synthetic diamonds once production ramps up to the demand (right now Gemesis is growing as fast as it can).
From the article "The photo below shows de Nardi's prototype serving a web page"
:)
Great, now its feasable for the slashdot effect to cause real collateral damage. Lets hope the terrorists don't discover the weakness of this new technology...
BTW, anybody have a link to the page hosted by the prototype
Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of small craft that track down and eliminate slashdot poster's that reference beowulf clusters?
Add a way for them to deal death by dispensing scalding grits and manufacture them in Soviet Russia and finally justice can be served!
Man, I was going to stay out of this discussion, but I have to ask this now...
.70 each dose at a pharmacy) yet I was charged $46 for the treatment). So if like you say Dr's don't end up making that much money out of their practices, where then does all of my and my insurance's money go? Everytime I go the Dr's office is full so I can't say it's due to lack of business.
m ain626132.shtml). In one instance an uninsured patient was charged 210,000 for a simple overnight proceedure and then after many months of fighting and finally paying for an attourney they lowered the price to a mere 60,000. The real kicker is that if he had insurance, both he and his insurance would have paid the hospital $30,000.
I've been trying to figure out exactly *why* a 15 minute doctor's vistit costs $74-80 if only a simple diagnosis is made and no treatment given (btw 15 minute visit means 3-4 minutes of actual face to face doctor time). First visit to any doctor costs $130. If they administer a dose of a medication at the office then prepare to pay 20x what the medication costs! (I was given 2 doses of an asthma med (which I verified costs
Now I don't want to belittle the medical profession, it's a noble pursuit to dedicate yourself to helping others and I'm sure some folks will chime in with: "You can't put a price on your health". But really there should be a price! I remember reading in Time about patients getting raked in by hospitals because they had no insurance (link to similar story, diff newssource: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/25/health/
So why yes we should be grateful to the medical practitioners of our society, but at what cost? If our health dollars aren't ending up in the pockets of those who work for them, then where do they end up?
Ok, now what was the article about?
First you must prove that Cary Sherman owns a pair of balls. I'm not convinced yet...