I believe the discovery that Pamela Anderson has fake tits is more important. Significantly more important. We all have a better chance of grasping her breasts than some 800 km object out side of Pluto's orbit.
"Not grasping" you mean, given your assertion that her tits are fake.
My father is a heavy believer in astrology. Stories like this just make me wonder how someone that believes in something so insane can continue to hold their beliefs after discoveries of new planets... Astrology as a quack science has been around for quite awhile. When I asked him how astrology can be reconciled with things like pluto only being discovered in the last century, his response was that astrologers ALWAYS KNEW there must be another planet, and where it was...
IANA (Astrologist), but the (alleged) science hasn't really changed since 500CE or so. Astrology, (both Oriental and Western schools of thought), merely requires certain blinking lights in specific locations of the sky. It doesn't care if there are more lights (or indeed, if the lights are don't revolve around the earth, to account for the Copernican challenge to its pedagogy).
Hmmmmm. I wonder if the Sun is even the brightest star out at the distance of Qu...... whatchmacallit. I would guess that it still is. Although Sun is not a big star, Q is still far closer to it than others.
Our next closest star, Proxima Centauri, is 4.8 light years away. Quaoar circles the sun in a nearly circular orbit taking 288 years to revolve once. Too lazy to calculate its mean distance from the Sun based on this, but I can certainly say that it is more proximate (pun intended) to the Sun than any other star.
I can't find the story on SlashDot but the same company was suppose to bring on this PDA for Christmas. They has created thier own XML language.
I posted this earlier, but I think the Simputer is a different baby. Kaii will use Opera and hence presumably feature more mainstream markup languages.
Incidentally, the Simputer has also been developed in Bangalore and runs GNU/Linux as its OS, although it's being developed by a non-profit organisation. Interestingly, the Simputer runs a browser for IML (seems to be a language developed by the Trust), while Kaii runs Opera.
Hate to be nitpicking, but "kaii" is "hand" in only the South Indian languages of Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil. It's "cheyyi" in Telugu, the fourth (officially recognised) South Indian language.
You think there's a deeper meaning to the constant need to upgrade and upgrade even further? Do we really need more technology (specifically, IT products)?
I guess this will attract all India-bashing trolls out there, but electronic voting has been a common feature in the last few Indian (both federal and state) elections. (All elections in India are conducted through a disinterested regulatory body called the Election Commission of India). Most people widely welcome the use of Electronic Voting Machines; there have been lesser instances of rigging and booth-capturing after their deployment. Besides, there's been a cost-effectiveness as well; suddenly general elections have become cheaper.
Oh yes, EVM's are being used in the ongoing Kashmir elections as well; since the Kashmir issue is highly emotive (and consequently, irrevocably factionalised) for most people, I'll refrain from commenting on the EVMs' effectiveness there. But yes, the response in most other places in India has been positive.
If the ships used are registered in some nation's maritime registry, then that nation's laws still apply onboard,
Most international ships are registered in countries such as Panama or Aruba which not exactly intolerant of sleaze, as long as it brings them $$$.
But about the original point; guess most people here don't realise how serious piracy is in South East Asia. The problem is not about piracy (or counterfeiting, if you prefer) per se, but about who is doing it. You see, the organised mafia is coming into the scene, leaving other relatively dangerous stuff such as human and drug trafficking.
And boy, are they organised. There was this interview in Time (I think; too lazy to hunt the archive down) with a bigshot Hong Kong cop specialising in piracy busts. Apparently, this dude took part in a raid in Hong Kong and later went over to Malaysia to help the police there in a joint sting.
The sting apparently went bad because the pirates (counterfeiters) recognised him from Hong Kong, leaving him with a dire warning about danger to his family.
IMHO, the greatest feature of Lindows is Click-N-Run. In my experience of introducing users, even fellow geeks, to linux, the #1 barrier of entry was "how do I isntall software x, y, z". Even after explaining red hat's rpm and apt-get (as well as methods via console), they still miss the convienence of just double clicking an installer and having the work done for them.
Funny, you didn't mention the ease of double-clicking on the Ximian Red Carpet icon.
Not that this goal isn't admirable, but I think it would be better to concentrate on getting consistant electricity, clean water, and high quality food to the world poor, instead of internet access (lack of computers/electricity to run them could also be a problem).
It's a common fallacy to ascribe a lack of telephony, electricity/water to a definitive lack of net access. Cybercafes, I might point out, are leading the way in providing cheap access to those without phones or electricity.
Hmm... Well, it'll be LEGAL, but there's a difference between legal and legal in a fascist country...
If I'm not wrong, the The Infocomm Development Authority is the regulator for telecommunications in Singapore. Can't be bothered to check them out; this website as well (in addition to SCV's, as I pointed out in an earlier post) isn't seem to be rendering properly on Opera. Besides, my training isn't quite in law; I understand the issue might be civil liberties in a foreign (possibly fascist) country, but I'll let a more-abled person to comment on that.
I'm not sure if it's legal in the US though; could this attract the DMCA?
First things first. Singapore has a (Government-linked?) cable company that delivers satellite television and internet over cable. It also has a local English-language news channel, three primetime English channels (one of them being 24 hours), delivered by twomedia companies. In fact, I seem to be finding a lot of familiar names out there in those pages; do the names "Con Air", "Seinfield", "CSI", "Star Trek - Enterprise" and "Survivor" ring any bells?
And oh, if you are worried about censorship in Singapore, consider the webcast of a familiar news channel. Not all video content there is free of course, but heck, it's still $39.95 a year.
Now you were saying....?
Obligatory Warning:- SCV's crummy webpages are apparently designed to perform best in IE alone. I don't know if it's me, but the pages are rendering bad in Opera.
Tangentially related, but I'm in my final year at a university. Although my grades (as of now) might not reflect it, but I have this innate pleasure in being able to read up and extrapolate. I've more or less decided that I love asking questions and answering them. I'm curious about doing a Masters but haven't really decided on it.
What do you guys think? Should I continue learning or should I start looking for a job now? And what are the pros and cons of waiting on this jump (as opposed to the jump from high school to college)?
I mean, You guys don't read technomyths or something? The Martians have captured it! They have taken it to the city!
...and can they get it back?
Depends on how our negotiations go, of course. Last time I heard, they were demanding that we design and implement Kazaa for interplanetary internet. Apparently, they're too tired of listening to the same Britney Spears songs over and over again and want to check out Two Towers even before the bootlegs reach Cydonia
I can't seem to find any of the relevant pages now, but iirc at one point Google had to remove links to certain pages at xenu.net [xenu.net] because the Church of Scientology claimed their copyrights were being violated. So instead, on any search that would have returned one of the offending pages, Google instead gave a link to a page containing the notification letter, that in turn contained the URLs of the offending pages
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Obviously, you don't google before posting. A quaoar is different from a Quetzalcóatl.
"Not grasping" you mean, given your assertion that her tits are fake.
You forgot
"6.5) I can't pronounce vowels, you insensitive clod!"
Or wait. May be it should be... ahh, don't bother. Can't think of any consonant-replacements for "I".
IANA (Astrologist), but the (alleged) science hasn't really changed since 500CE or so. Astrology, (both Oriental and Western schools of thought), merely requires certain blinking lights in specific locations of the sky. It doesn't care if there are more lights (or indeed, if the lights are don't revolve around the earth, to account for the Copernican challenge to its pedagogy).
Our next closest star, Proxima Centauri, is 4.8 light years away. Quaoar circles the sun in a nearly circular orbit taking 288 years to revolve once. Too lazy to calculate its mean distance from the Sun based on this, but I can certainly say that it is more proximate (pun intended) to the Sun than any other star.
how everyone is using Google News these days to submit stories to /.
I posted this earlier, but I think the Simputer is a different baby. Kaii will use Opera and hence presumably feature more mainstream markup languages.
How dare you say that?! *raises kaii threateningly*
It's the second Indian PDA, after Simputer.
Incidentally, the Simputer has also been developed in Bangalore and runs GNU/Linux as its OS, although it's being developed by a non-profit organisation. Interestingly, the Simputer runs a browser for IML (seems to be a language developed by the Trust), while Kaii runs Opera.
Hate to be nitpicking, but "kaii" is "hand" in only the South Indian languages of Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil. It's "cheyyi" in Telugu, the fourth (officially recognised) South Indian language.
You think there's a deeper meaning to the constant need to upgrade and upgrade even further? Do we really need more technology (specifically, IT products)?
I guess this will attract all India-bashing trolls out there, but electronic voting has been a common feature in the last few Indian (both federal and state) elections. (All elections in India are conducted through a disinterested regulatory body called the Election Commission of India). Most people widely welcome the use of Electronic Voting Machines; there have been lesser instances of rigging and booth-capturing after their deployment. Besides, there's been a cost-effectiveness as well; suddenly general elections have become cheaper.
Oh yes, EVM's are being used in the ongoing Kashmir elections as well; since the Kashmir issue is highly emotive (and consequently, irrevocably factionalised) for most people, I'll refrain from commenting on the EVMs' effectiveness there. But yes, the response in most other places in India has been positive.
Most international ships are registered in countries such as Panama or Aruba which not exactly intolerant of sleaze, as long as it brings them $$$.
But about the original point; guess most people here don't realise how serious piracy is in South East Asia. The problem is not about piracy (or counterfeiting, if you prefer) per se, but about who is doing it. You see, the organised mafia is coming into the scene, leaving other relatively dangerous stuff such as human and drug trafficking.
And boy, are they organised. There was this interview in Time (I think; too lazy to hunt the archive down) with a bigshot Hong Kong cop specialising in piracy busts. Apparently, this dude took part in a raid in Hong Kong and later went over to Malaysia to help the police there in a joint sting.
The sting apparently went bad because the pirates (counterfeiters) recognised him from Hong Kong, leaving him with a dire warning about danger to his family.
Funny, you didn't mention the ease of double-clicking on the Ximian Red Carpet icon.
Not quite. Most Advaitists (as opposed to certain fundamentalist Hindus) start their day by reciting the Gayatri Mantra, which, you guessed it, is in Sanskrit. :-)
It's a common fallacy to ascribe a lack of telephony, electricity/water to a definitive lack of net access. Cybercafes, I might point out, are leading the way in providing cheap access to those without phones or electricity.
Now I know the reason behind the spelling mistakes.
Relax folks, it's only a five year old kid writing stories! :-D
Due to earth's rotation, the winds get influenced and the ozone layer has split into two. The two new holes will continue drifting north.
Is this a plausible scenario?
If I'm not wrong, the The Infocomm Development Authority is the regulator for telecommunications in Singapore. Can't be bothered to check them out; this website as well (in addition to SCV's, as I pointed out in an earlier post) isn't seem to be rendering properly on Opera. Besides, my training isn't quite in law; I understand the issue might be civil liberties in a foreign (possibly fascist) country, but I'll let a more-abled person to comment on that.
I'm not sure if it's legal in the US though; could this attract the DMCA?
First things first. Singapore has a (Government-linked?) cable company that delivers satellite television and internet over cable. It also has a local English-language news channel, three primetime English channels (one of them being 24 hours), delivered by two media companies. In fact, I seem to be finding a lot of familiar names out there in those pages; do the names "Con Air", "Seinfield", "CSI", "Star Trek - Enterprise" and "Survivor" ring any bells?
And oh, if you are worried about censorship in Singapore, consider the webcast of a familiar news channel. Not all video content there is free of course, but heck, it's still $39.95 a year.
Now you were saying....?
Obligatory Warning:- SCV's crummy webpages are apparently designed to perform best in IE alone. I don't know if it's me, but the pages are rendering bad in Opera.
Tangentially related, but I'm in my final year at a university. Although my grades (as of now) might not reflect it, but I have this innate pleasure in being able to read up and extrapolate. I've more or less decided that I love asking questions and answering them. I'm curious about doing a Masters but haven't really decided on it.
What do you guys think? Should I continue learning or should I start looking for a job now? And what are the pros and cons of waiting on this jump (as opposed to the jump from high school to college)?
Why did they lose communication ..?
I mean, You guys don't read technomyths or something? The Martians have captured it! They have taken it to the city!
Depends on how our negotiations go, of course. Last time I heard, they were demanding that we design and implement Kazaa for interplanetary internet. Apparently, they're too tired of listening to the same Britney Spears songs over and over again and want to check out Two Towers even before the bootlegs reach Cydonia
Tells you the difference between this and normal search, doesn't it?
Yup, me too. Especially when another discussion forum we all love, insists on running stories on tech law all the fucking time.
Psst, moderators, this was attempted humour. I haven't read half the stories I linked to.