Now the KDE team are doing an awesome job, that comment was a little tongue-in-cheek, but... most plasmoids don't work on my installation. Lots of ones installed through synaptic (ie apt-get; on Ubuntu+KDE) simply appear as "unknown applet" (I checked what it's called now) whilst the "add widget" dialog has no problem recognising them. Moreover there are blank entries in the lists and installation with the "hotnewstuff" system plain-old doesn't work. YMMV.
So it's a fact for me though it may work for others - that's not a misconception.
Depending how much of a BOFH you want to be you could ask users to rate the wiki, either a rating for any page they use (hard to enforce): MS have something like this as too do IBM, IIRC, "rate this article on...".
Alternatively you could do an exit survey, when a user leaves teh site you pop-up a survey to ask about their experience.
Perhaps you could simplify adding templates and get users to add class markings (I think that's what they call them) for things like "this is a lame article", "this article needs editing for brevity", etc. and markings of "this is a B grade article", etc., then run a test of how many of what grades are given and how many templates are used.
Note that templates describing failings will be more prevalent as the wiki gets more use (per user and overall user count) a PHB might not twig this and will think quality is going down.
You could also measure uptake versus the previous sources.
see all that fancy stuff vmware does with its VMs and hypervisors? I'm thinking much of that will be commodity in 3 years. linux will be the backbone a lot of IT companies due to it being the hypervisor to their windows installs.
I guess waiting for a warrant when there's a fire seemed a little un-neighbourly?
Fire crews entered the house to put out a fire, they noticed fire hazards which in turn appeared to be a zoning violation and reported it on (heck the police probably have to be there in case there's accusations of arson/ insurance fraud). The police, not knowing their organic chemistry too well, called in a chemical hazard team to establish the nature of the problem..... and it goes on from there.
He could have been financially charged for commercial disposal of the hazardous substances I'd imagine, which would probably be very costly.
So your argument is that noone ever used rape as an oppressive measure in pre-colonial Africa (it must have been teh only place, Mohammed and his tribe did it, lots of conquering armies would kill the menfolk and rape the women) despite doing things like eating captured enemy warriors? And that since then the Africans, completely devoid of any morals of their own, have simply copied the colonists? You do know that they had tribal warfare in the past too?
These "men" were all boys, they have mothers and sisters. They know what they're doing and they know it's wrong. They are not subjugated by historic colonialism.
The UK olympic committe must have been wetting themselves. The UK show will look like a one-man band compared to this. Either that or we'll spend our GDP on it.
OK, but could you answer the question... why do past rapes (which aren't mentioned in either of your sources it seems) cause indigenous populations to perpetrate rape now?
The problem is not how prepared you are (unless you have a bunker you can wait it out in) it's how unprepared everyone else is... they're not just going to sit there and starve...
Seriously though, I've always wondered how a fat person copes with starvation. Presumably it isn't as simple as lasting off fat reserves (assuming sufficient water), there are other things that you'd die from lacking first essential vitamins and what-have-you?
Head to head would an average weight person with a healthy diet last longer than an obese person who lives on pies?
Hopefully exploring this irrational fear this will launch some social pychologist on a shining career when they work out what is broken in people's heads that makes this fear so common.
It's called parenthood.
Children get abducted for various reasons. Abduction is easier if you are familiar with the place from which you wish to abduct someone.
We here a lot about abductions in the media - this tricks us into thinking it is a common occurrence despite it being relatively rare. However it is no comfort to know that a rare occurrence has afflicted you if it does happen.
Some parent's put everything they have into their kids (if your a gamer, think about the loss of being deprived from ever gaming or even using a computer again; the hours modding your box, the months of work to pay for the stuff, the companionships, the lifestyle, all gone - that's not an equivalence but I think it helps to understand why a parent would do much to avoid grief). Whether a parent's fear is irrational is probably questionable given what they stand to lose.
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Incidentally I try my best not to allow fear to dictate to me and to allow my kid to risk his life and limbs in order to learn how best to survive the pitfalls.
I think Google now see it that as long as they _do_ more good than evil they are not/being/ evil. So whenever they do evil stuff they have to do some evil-offsetting - give a hobo some hot coffee and donuts, that sort of thing.
Our internal company motto is "be nice". It's actually pretty useful; we ask ourselves what would be the nice thing to do. It would never fly if we were a public company - more people are interested in profit than in being nice to one-another.
The America you are talking about is not one that was created by the people. It was created over the protest of Americans every single step of the way.
So if it wasn't created by the people who created it? You have anti-privacy robots/aliens/zombies that have infiltrated society or something??
The values of a society can be readily established by seeing how they treat one-another.
No, Russia was not planning this for years - primarily because this war significantly weakens Russia's position. Russia's main goal is to keep Georgia out of NATO.
I don't know much about all this but from what I've seen recently it seems that Russia's main goal is to be overtly offensive in order to grab as much oil bearing land as possible.
If they can show the world that they'll kick seven-shades-of-sh** out of anyone that opposes them then that can't hurt their plans to actively pursue their role as a world superpower.
The details I've seen of this Georgian intifada look like the age-old tactic of population dilution by a dominant power. Eventually the indigenous population can be crushed by a "civil war" in which the interlopers are supported by the outside power.
What if you stole the money to buy the songs? What would the penalty be then?
I'm guessing you'd be cautioned, told to give the money back and give a suspended sentence. Although in the UK this would all be commuted to telling them they've been naughty and if they do it again they'll have an ASBO to brag to their friends about.
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That's a misconception.
Now the KDE team are doing an awesome job, that comment was a little tongue-in-cheek, but ... most plasmoids don't work on my installation. Lots of ones installed through synaptic (ie apt-get; on Ubuntu+KDE) simply appear as "unknown applet" (I checked what it's called now) whilst the "add widget" dialog has no problem recognising them. Moreover there are blank entries in the lists and installation with the "hotnewstuff" system plain-old doesn't work. YMMV.
So it's a fact for me though it may work for others - that's not a misconception.
Depending how much of a BOFH you want to be you could ask users to rate the wiki, either a rating for any page they use (hard to enforce): MS have something like this as too do IBM, IIRC, "rate this article on ...".
Alternatively you could do an exit survey, when a user leaves teh site you pop-up a survey to ask about their experience.
Perhaps you could simplify adding templates and get users to add class markings (I think that's what they call them) for things like "this is a lame article", "this article needs editing for brevity", etc. and markings of "this is a B grade article", etc., then run a test of how many of what grades are given and how many templates are used.
Note that templates describing failings will be more prevalent as the wiki gets more use (per user and overall user count) a PHB might not twig this and will think quality is going down.
You could also measure uptake versus the previous sources.
see all that fancy stuff vmware does with its VMs and hypervisors? I'm thinking much of that will be commodity in 3 years.
linux will be the backbone a lot of IT companies due to it being the hypervisor to their windows installs.
like stop working on a random future date??
Can someone tell me what the big difference is between plasmoids and google gadgets, widgets and whatever you call them on a mac? [...]
The difference? Plasmoids can't be installed properly and in most cases are called "unrecognised widget" which causes a few namespace issues.
I think you missed it, it's supposed to be a pun on E-mail, disagreE-mail, get it?
No, no it's not funny it is supposed to be intellectual humour, if you're not wetting your pants laughing right now you're thick.
I guess waiting for a warrant when there's a fire seemed a little un-neighbourly?
Fire crews entered the house to put out a fire, they noticed fire hazards which in turn appeared to be a zoning violation and reported it on (heck the police probably have to be there in case there's accusations of arson/ insurance fraud). The police, not knowing their organic chemistry too well, called in a chemical hazard team to establish the nature of the problem ..... and it goes on from there.
He could have been financially charged for commercial disposal of the hazardous substances I'd imagine, which would probably be very costly.
... until they die in fact ...
So your argument is that noone ever used rape as an oppressive measure in pre-colonial Africa (it must have been teh only place, Mohammed and his tribe did it, lots of conquering armies would kill the menfolk and rape the women) despite doing things like eating captured enemy warriors? And that since then the Africans, completely devoid of any morals of their own, have simply copied the colonists? You do know that they had tribal warfare in the past too?
These "men" were all boys, they have mothers and sisters. They know what they're doing and they know it's wrong. They are not subjugated by historic colonialism.
The UK olympic committe must have been wetting themselves. The UK show will look like a one-man band compared to this. Either that or we'll spend our GDP on it.
[...] another person is entitled to the proceeds of your labour.
... and you are entitled to the proceeds of their labour. See it's win-win. You do your bit, they do there's, everyone shares and is happy.
Thing is some people would rather not share, they want to be wealthy and powerful and don't care how many comrades they have to burn to get there.
OK, but could you answer the question ... why do past rapes (which aren't mentioned in either of your sources it seems) cause indigenous populations to perpetrate rape now?
In the event of a cataclysm thought people are less likely to cannabalise you than they are to pilfer your food store.
Not to self, keep a little extra weight on ...!
The problem is not how prepared you are (unless you have a bunker you can wait it out in) it's how unprepared everyone else is ... they're not just going to sit there and starve ...
You're not married then. My wife took my PS/2 (that's the IBM one) to the dump.
Colonialism has caused things like rape to become the number one violent crime in Africa.
Huh? How does long dead Colonialism cause rape now of indigenous populations perpetrated by it's own people?
Your rant of the corruption of humanity doesn't seem wildly off, but your assessment of the causes might need some thought.
Yummy, cake .... I'll vote for you!
Seriously though, I've always wondered how a fat person copes with starvation. Presumably it isn't as simple as lasting off fat reserves (assuming sufficient water), there are other things that you'd die from lacking first essential vitamins and what-have-you?
Head to head would an average weight person with a healthy diet last longer than an obese person who lives on pies?
my neighbours are likely to feel a tad uncomfortable with the idea of killing me "to save mankind".
Imagine a fuel blockade happens tomorrow, in 2 days there's no food in the supermarket. In 7 no food in the neighbourhood.
Now, how nice are your neighbours going to be?
Hopefully exploring this irrational fear this will launch some social pychologist on a shining career when they work out what is broken in people's heads that makes this fear so common.
It's called parenthood.
Children get abducted for various reasons. Abduction is easier if you are familiar with the place from which you wish to abduct someone.
We here a lot about abductions in the media - this tricks us into thinking it is a common occurrence despite it being relatively rare. However it is no comfort to know that a rare occurrence has afflicted you if it does happen.
Some parent's put everything they have into their kids (if your a gamer, think about the loss of being deprived from ever gaming or even using a computer again; the hours modding your box, the months of work to pay for the stuff, the companionships, the lifestyle, all gone - that's not an equivalence but I think it helps to understand why a parent would do much to avoid grief). Whether a parent's fear is irrational is probably questionable given what they stand to lose.
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Incidentally I try my best not to allow fear to dictate to me and to allow my kid to risk his life and limbs in order to learn how best to survive the pitfalls.
Stay out of neighborhoods. Don't be evil.
I think Google now see it that as long as they _do_ more good than evil they are not /being/ evil. So whenever they do evil stuff they have to do some evil-offsetting - give a hobo some hot coffee and donuts, that sort of thing.
Our internal company motto is "be nice". It's actually pretty useful; we ask ourselves what would be the nice thing to do. It would never fly if we were a public company - more people are interested in profit than in being nice to one-another.
Google's web crawler cannot be charged with child pornography possession if it simply indexes a page containing child pornography.
No but "Google Inc." is a legal "person" and could be charged with possession.
If you view child pornography on accident then you have not commited an immoral act.
That's as maybe, but it might still be an illegal act.
The America you are talking about is not one that was created by the people. It was created over the protest of Americans every single step of the way.
So if it wasn't created by the people who created it? You have anti-privacy robots/aliens/zombies that have infiltrated society or something??
The values of a society can be readily established by seeing how they treat one-another.
Don't you find erecting huge curtains at the edge of your property a bit onerous though?
The simple truth is that there is not and never has been any expectation of privacy in a public place.
I wonder if the EU Convention on Human Rights would speak to this. It has a clause, Article 8, thus:
Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.
Seems that photography in a public place could impinge on this right, no?
One other point - whilst the google-van is in a public place, you may not be (your front yard, garden, front windows).
No, Russia was not planning this for years - primarily because this war significantly weakens Russia's position. Russia's main goal is to keep Georgia out of NATO.
I don't know much about all this but from what I've seen recently it seems that Russia's main goal is to be overtly offensive in order to grab as much oil bearing land as possible.
If they can show the world that they'll kick seven-shades-of-sh** out of anyone that opposes them then that can't hurt their plans to actively pursue their role as a world superpower.
The details I've seen of this Georgian intifada look like the age-old tactic of population dilution by a dominant power. Eventually the indigenous population can be crushed by a "civil war" in which the interlopers are supported by the outside power.
What if you stole the money to buy the songs? What would the penalty be then?
I'm guessing you'd be cautioned, told to give the money back and give a suspended sentence. Although in the UK this would all be commuted to telling them they've been naughty and if they do it again they'll have an ASBO to brag to their friends about.