While I think you're right, I don't think you've hit the root of the problem. Assuming we could come up with a standardized pronunciation for every word across all dialects and accents of English, and then assuming we could get everyone to agree to use a simplified phonetic spelling system on those pronunciations, the system would still go obsolete in about 50 years as pronunciations start to vary again. While people are very resistant to organized change, disorganized change is somewhat inevitable. There's got to be a sociological equivalent to the second law of thermodynamics in here somewhere...
A better analogy would be: "I read a concise and simple explanation on msn.com, but as a slashdotter, i figure there must be some kind of ill-concieved conspiracy theory behind all of it. If you could link Bill Gates to the answer, that would be appreciated."
All kidding about the 3V1L of M$ aside, my point is that the site linked above is by no means unbiased since it comes from one of the power companies involved.
You got further than I did... I took one look at this and closed the tab:
Trying to become known as something other than the company that sued prominent users of Linux, SCO is offering cash and cars to developers who use its tool kit to produce the wireless applications.
The SCO Group is trying to become something other than the company that sued prominent users of Linux.
on-site construction crews modified the plans without consulting with the structural engineers. Needless to say, the modifications made to the design were totally unauthorized.
Both of those assertions appear to be completely false. For now, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say that I think you need to link to your sources when making controversial assertions, because it would seem to conflict with information availible elsewhere. For example wikipedia says that the engineering firm in question (Jack D. Gillum and Associates) did approve the changes and was stripped of their license for it.
Investigators concluded that the basic problem was a lack of proper communication between Jack D. Gillum and Associates and Havens Steel. In particular, the drawings prepared by Jack D. Gillum and Associates were only preliminary sketches but were interpreted by Havens as finalized drawings. Jack D. Gillum and Associates failed to review the initial design thoroughly, and accepted Havens' proposed plan without performing basic calculations(emphasis added) that would have revealed its serious intrinsic flaws - in particular, the doubling of the load on the fourth-floor beams.
So yes, I would say it was an engineering failure in the sense that the engineers involved failed to do the required engineering calculations on this issue. Your claim that this wasn't a "design flaw" is at best splitting hairs, since the revised design of the construction crews was indeed approved by the engineering team.
Generic DVRs certainly don't compete with Tivo's flagship products, but there are lower cost, and non-subscription based Tivo products that lack all of those "Tivo features" you just described. Just because Tivo has a reputation for all of their whiz-bang features doesn't mean that these cheaper imitations don't compete with them.
Other factors contribute to crime. That doesn't mean violent media doesn't contribute at all.
Indeed, anyone who believes that the decrease in violent crimes is well correlated with the rise of violent games should read
Freakonomics
and find out what it is much better correlated with. In fact, everyone should just go read Freakonomics anyway 'cause its an awesome book.
I always get confused when I hear people whine about how ISPs and the government are encroaching on free use of the Web and promote ways of making things more distributed and much harder to control. Then, in a slightly different context, I hear people support ways to make it much easier for these entities to clamp down on how the Web is used.
I have a shocking revelation for you... There's more than one person on tha Interwebs.
I sympathize with ESA's substantive postion, but: it's a bad idea for the courts to award legal fees for overturning laws passed by the people's legislature.
That's bad for democracy.
Maybe, but it would be worse if legislators who pass unconstitutional legislation get reelected. The best way to prevent this is if their constituents feel the consequences of their legislators' actions. The most direct way to let the constituents feel it is with their wallets.
Slashdot Mirror
have an adorable amount of faith in our legal system.
While I think you're right, I don't think you've hit the root of the problem. Assuming we could come up with a standardized pronunciation for every word across all dialects and accents of English, and then assuming we could get everyone to agree to use a simplified phonetic spelling system on those pronunciations, the system would still go obsolete in about 50 years as pronunciations start to vary again. While people are very resistant to organized change, disorganized change is somewhat inevitable. There's got to be a sociological equivalent to the second law of thermodynamics in here somewhere...
A better analogy would be: "I read a concise and simple explanation on msn.com, but as a slashdotter, i figure there must be some kind of ill-concieved conspiracy theory behind all of it. If you could link Bill Gates to the answer, that would be appreciated."
All kidding about the 3V1L of M$ aside, my point is that the site linked above is by no means unbiased since it comes from one of the power companies involved.
HOLY SHIT! Someone correctly parsed both the article summary and the post they were replying to! This is a red letter day for slashdot.
Can't help you with the whole websense thing, but these graphs clearly show that these modders take perforamce seriously: http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/Dano2k0-wat ercooled-360/news/ledspoweredon.jpg
http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/Dano2k0-wat ercooled-360/news/windowviewwholesidelitup.jpg
well, we certainly didn't expect that either...
Tell that shit to Jamba Juice. I want my subscription fees back.
It's really as simple as: no one has ever gotten sued by their shareholders for not giving assets away.
Many jet engine turbines are made of titanium and titanium alloys as well. So yeah, now everyone can own a batmobile!
on-site construction crews modified the plans without consulting with the structural engineers.
Needless to say, the modifications made to the design were totally unauthorized.
Both of those assertions appear to be completely false. For now, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say that I think you need to link to your sources when making controversial assertions, because it would seem to conflict with information availible elsewhere. For example wikipedia says that the engineering firm in question (Jack D. Gillum and Associates) did approve the changes and was stripped of their license for it.
Investigators concluded that the basic problem was a lack of proper communication between Jack D. Gillum and Associates and Havens Steel. In particular, the drawings prepared by Jack D. Gillum and Associates were only preliminary sketches but were interpreted by Havens as finalized drawings. Jack D. Gillum and Associates failed to review the initial design thoroughly, and accepted Havens' proposed plan without performing basic calculations(emphasis added) that would have revealed its serious intrinsic flaws - in particular, the doubling of the load on the fourth-floor beams.
So yes, I would say it was an engineering failure in the sense that the engineers involved failed to do the required engineering calculations on this issue. Your claim that this wasn't a "design flaw" is at best splitting hairs, since the revised design of the construction crews was indeed approved by the engineering team.
Foul abomination! You have not enough LAN parties!
clearly somebody hasn't had their coffee today...
I thought that was why the GP quoted him.
Actually, the proper link is http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=soc+results&b tnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky
Generic DVRs certainly don't compete with Tivo's flagship products, but there are lower cost, and non-subscription based Tivo products that lack all of those "Tivo features" you just described. Just because Tivo has a reputation for all of their whiz-bang features doesn't mean that these cheaper imitations don't compete with them.
Other factors contribute to crime. That doesn't mean violent media doesn't contribute at all.
Indeed, anyone who believes that the decrease in violent crimes is well correlated with the rise of violent games should read Freakonomics and find out what it is much better correlated with. In fact, everyone should just go read Freakonomics anyway 'cause its an awesome book.
I always get confused when I hear people whine about how ISPs and the government are encroaching on free use of the Web and promote ways of making things more distributed and much harder to control. Then, in a slightly different context, I hear people support ways to make it much easier for these entities to clamp down on how the Web is used.
I have a shocking revelation for you... There's more than one person on tha Interwebs.
I sympathize with ESA's substantive postion, but: it's a bad idea for the courts to award legal fees for overturning laws passed by the people's legislature. That's bad for democracy.
Maybe, but it would be worse if legislators who pass unconstitutional legislation get reelected. The best way to prevent this is if their constituents feel the consequences of their legislators' actions. The most direct way to let the constituents feel it is with their wallets.
Way to prove him wrong!
When will Dirac be ready?
We hope to get to beta by the end of 2005. This means fixing the bitstream spec and getting the code to conform to it.
indeed it would seem that it's time has come.