When I read the article last night, I was disappointed that they have no mention of Opera or Mozilla. This is the Technology section isn't it? Shouldn't they have some awareness of the built-in Pop-Up blockers? And isn't it important to know (from my understanding) that Mozilla still downloads the ads but doesn't display them? Is that taken into account in any of the statistics?
Granted Mozilla doesn't have large userbase, but if the Technology section of one of the biggest papers in the world isn't going to report on it, then mozilla will increase user base slower because people won't know about it (since it's reported less in mainstream media) and it reduces the reputation of the paper. I know lack of reporting on this is common, but it still galls me. People continue not to realize that better solutions than MSIE. And the developers continue to develop only for MSIE. and you know the whole routine. it's just sickening...
DARPA (military) helped fund research to create what is known today as the internet. But the research and implementations happened at the universities. So of course, they would have good connections. Nowadays, I don't think the major percentage of the student population needs or uses the bandwidth except for file trading.
The reality of life is that many don't see their own biases and mistake for reason and clarity what is actually bias (and often false assumptions). You're in the herd and everyone just reinforces each other.
This is why I wish there were more discussion sites where it wasn't just groupthink plus a few flamers. I don't think it's a problem of people not liking to hear other people points of view (I think when you talk with most people, if presented in the right way, they'll listen to it even if they continue to disagree). But many people dislike arguments and people get their egos bruised too easily. Discussions get out of hand and people love being praised.
And the baises get reinforced. People discredit other sites/groups/whole organizations that disagree and animosity on all sides increases. And slowly people wonder to themselves, when did the madness ensue and why? As with most relationships, it's a matter of communication. And the lack of proper communication of ideas leads to bias, disagreement and sometimes worse.
This may sound foolish, but I wonder what changes are in store for us. I mean, the web and many internet related technology is mostly English and US centric. But with us getting to 70% of the population and realizing that China, Japan and India have so much more to go (and they'll get there), I wonder how that'll change things (if at all).
Those three nations combined make up over 100M but still about 50M less people. That could easily change within a year or two. Could we see more integration, or will there still be mostly self-segregation? How does this affect culture related sites or news sites?
The Houston Rockets site affiliated with NBA.com has a Chinese section due to the immense populatrity of Yao Ming. Will more companies have multilingual sites? Would Slashdot have other sections for Chinese? Hopefully, as then they would finally have to update and improve their code that runs Slashdot:)
I wonder what percentage of bandwidth consumption is due to porn. Video files being much larger and all and porn already being one of biggest (if not the biggest) businesses online.
And I wonder what the ratio of porn downloads are of college students versus everyone else. With the high-speed connections, I'm sure college students consume the most bandwidth. But I'm also sure that they're not consumers (in financial terms) anywhere to the same degree as they are file-traders.
Some 93 percent of users gave their ages at less than 65 years, and 60 percent were university students.
It's not surprising that 60% are college students. Considering the root of the internet to academic insitutions.
And while it's not surprising only 7% are over 65, considering that constitutes over 10 million, I'd say that there are plenty of old people using the internet. Granted, that might still be a small percentage of the number of old people alive in the US, but 10M is nothing to scoff at.
Considering that many old people tend to be conservative and how many people online use email and get porn spam, I'm surprised the politicians don't take a firmer stand. I would assume this based would really support tougher legislation than what's being proposed.
Yes, those situations occur and seem inevitable. The sad fact is, peace or compromise cannot be won unilaterally. Because assuming the US does not get into this game and hopes and tries to persuade others not to, you can be sure that some country will.
For some, greed is insatiable. The greedy are often more ambitious and they often gain more power than those that are not. Sometimes, their greed overwhelms any sense of reason or compassion. And all it takes is one to ruin it for the rest.
To prevent that or treat it, you need force and power. Usually as a group (UN, nation, etc). So the power can be used either for deterrence and/or punishing the other party. Power comes in many ways. Military and life threathening is often what's first thought (though there are economic and other means).
But this "game" of life is a sad thing indeed. I was just thinking about this yesterday. Mixed with feelings of ingrained hatred or revenge and the volitaile mix is downright deadly. And cycle creates much suffering all over the world. I have hope that humans may escape this madness. But I do not see how or when. It's the biggest faith I have and I need it.
Sometimes, I read Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat Condorcet's Progress of the Human Mind and as he says, we rely upon the progress that's been made and this belief that it will get better is the only solace that we have. We being those humans whose compassions compel us to feel so strongly and feel so hurt and sad in this suffering and madness.
He said he's wife knows more. That doesn't imply she's smarter, but more knowledgeable. Well, she SHOULD be more knowledgeable in computer science, but how much that translates into work or other fields is questionable. Because one can assume that while she was gaining academic knowledge, he was gaining work experience and the knowledge associated with that.
There is a huge difference between smarter and more educated/knowledgeable. He claimed his wife the latter, not the former (though both could be true, the higher degree tends to imply the latter, though not the former).
I don't remember most dreams (maybe one or two a month) so the few I do remember hold more meaning for me. I find it as a window into my unconscious. I have no idea what it means, except that for some reason my brain decided to dream about that topic matter. Whether it's because a subject was bothering my unconscious/me or maybe it assumed I wanted to be relaxed, it's much more interesting to reflect upon the dream when I have no clue as to why I dreamt it. And I like to think my mind is creative enough to make a dream interesting to experience (whether I'm just a viewer in the dream or experiencing an event) that I dont need to plan something while I'm conscious.
You are now entering a deep sleep [Buy Bowlingual]... you are completely at rest... [Bowlingual is NOT funny]... Natalie portman is coming to you... she is smiling [SCO is in Linux]... she would like you to touch her... [she would like you to make her wear a Bowlingual collar]
That's the "free" adware version. For only $699, you can...
Don't project your opinions on the group you think you belong to. To a lot of geeks, atheism is just as stupid as theism (you're still assuming things about "God", but can't define what "God" is)
Though I agree with much of what you say, you make an assumption about atheism that's false. Atheism is a lack of belief in God. If you don't know what a god is or don't have an understanding, then it's not very likely that you'll believe in god either (though there are some that do). It just happens that a fair share of those that lack a belief in god also deny God's existence, but don't let that distinction go unnoticed.
The article did say that these used 5 times less power then Boeing planes. And if we're just using the same land on the dead train tracks, then we're not hurting the environment more, I assume.
The fact is, we have an Amtrak service that's rarely used, overpriced and slow. I believe consumer demand is low for these reasons, but I'm sure they're not the only ones. That's why I was wondering as to the economic feasibility of it.
Why can't people get it's not just about "devil"? One of the most popular teams in college basketball is the Duke Blue Devils. It's also a good school and in the south (North Carolina). People don't have problem with the team, school or logo.
New Jersey Devils is one of the most popular hockey teams and usually have good teams. No one complains about their logo.
Maybe it's just more acceptable is sports. But that's not the point.
The main issue should be the complexity of the logo. There are too many daemons and the connotations with other imagery is unnecessary (well, I'm not a NetBSD user and haven't been so I could be wrong here). A simple, easily recognizable daemon representing NetBSD would do. but I'm not an artist...
how feasible is a maglev system in the US? yeah, it's a pipe dream, but imagine...
Boston to NYC. LA to San Fran. maybe even a network of the major cities.
As it is now, it's cheaper and sometimes faster to take Greyhound than Amtrack! The US spent so much on railroad tracks and most aren't used anymore. Sure the costs would be expensive, but would it be worth it if some of those tracks were replaced to support maglevs?
Who here actually liked Mario 64 over say Super Mario World?
I know I'm not alone when I say that Mario 64 is one of the most innovative and fun games made. Seeing it for the first time was breathtaking. AND it was a lot more fun than Super Mario World. Obviously, taste in games (and most things) are subjective. But you picked a bad example here, IMO.
But you're right. It's not whether it's 2D or 3D game that's important. It's a lot of other factors (gameplay, interface, story, etc). And for the movies, story is the key and it hasn't been up to snuff recently.
I think these are cool, but not worth 10 times the price of a PDA. And PDAs are useful (but different people have different needs).
I use mine for the basics (keep track of appointments, tasks, contacts). I also have wireless so I get email. I have my shopping list on there. I track the calories of what I eat. I keep track of my expeneses. I have a dictionary I occasionally use. I have a street map that also has points of interest, which has been useful. I have a graphing calculator. I can voice record or jot down any ideas I have. I also play mp3s on my PDA (the 256MB card still holds 3 hours of songs even with all the other software on it). And also, it can play games when I'm waiting. I've also used it to read ebooks. There are other things a PDA can do. Different people have different needs or some are creative and find other uses. It's a personal digital assistant. It assists me. It may have no use for you, but you have to be pretty blind or stupid to not see how it can be useful for solving many other people's problems. It may not be the only or even best solution. But for me, it solves many and it's easier to carry then a lot of other things combined.
I cannot convince myself that time has already occured for an infinite amount of time.
Assuming a continuous world (versus a discrete world), there is infinite time from one second to another (which by definition is also a finite time interval). How much of that really makes sense? How well do we (or can we) understand finite and infinite? It's been assumed that we need physical groundings for all our understandings and I wonder what our limitations on understanding actually are.
I never did research to investigate the black hole theories, nor will I do research on this. I'll leave that to others. But new ideas tend to be a positive thing, even if they may seem outlandish at first.
And what's with this "self-professed scientists" title? It's not as if "credible leaders" in a field haven't been wrong before. I look forward to others looking into this.
When Slashdot posts about an article that hasn't been peer-reviewed because it's new, someone complains because it's too new? geesh. I'm sure we have some knowledge members among the Slashdot audience that can tell us more. Maybe Slashdot posting the article brings it to their attention and peer-review will occur sooner. Maybe it's not worth reviewing. We'll see.
It's not copying, but distribution they're really after. Just like the allowing of downloads vs doing the download. So when you can allow others to copy your memory and things you've learned, I'm sure the [RI|MP]AA and others would consider that illega. But I would hope those organizations would cease to exist by then or radical shift in attitudes of many in the human race.
Computer scientist moves to Texas and figures he had better learn the two-step. Although a good dancer, he just can't get the hang of it. He asks for help from a native Texan.
"Just make sure to keep the beat in your head. One-two, one-two, one-two."
The computer scientist seems lost. "That's what I do. 'one-one-zero, one-one-zero, one-one-zero'"
I can't see any reason to regulate a service that runs on a regulated service... seems like it's from the Department of Redundancy Department.
My understanding is that there are certain requirements and expectancies from phone companies that aren't expected from ISPs. Services like 911, efforts to maintain uptime and reliability, etc.
One can be rightfully cynical of regulations. But at the same time, one should also note that often without regulations or a lot of external pressure, the companies won't do what's best for the public or customers unless/until it affects their bottom line. But by then, it may be too late and people will complain about how the government didn't do anything to protect the people knowing that companies providing VoIP don't have to live up to the same standards.
Yes. 30% of servers and 20% of desktop computers at organizations where people are supposed to work is exactly where computer games are played. Blizzard would be wise to exploit this linux market
From the article, this seems like a boon for mozilla users in SK. This probably means more OpenOffice users and that's another positive. And if this pans out, more people in SK would be receptive to try Linux at home. But unfortunately, Linux has quite a ways to go before it really becomes an enticing game market.
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When there were rumors that the US has bugged rooms in the United Nations a little while back, I think ALL the diplomats reacted as though it was common practice. And not just from the United States either.
And it's not just about US planting bugs all over China's premier's plane. It'd be foolish for leaders of ally nations to assume that just because you're an ally, that we won't try to get more info than you're telling us. And we'd be foolish not to expect the same.
So, with that said, it'd make sense if the FBI/CIA or whomever contacted agencies in UK and said, would you happen to have info on this guy...
All I know is, I would be very upset if they charged extra tax on blank CDs to give to artists when all I wanted to do was make Linux ISOs or backup my data. I quit buying from the RIAA and have quit the copying of mp3s. I don't want to support that organization any longer.
Canadians pay for the service and can share mp3s (or CDs and then make mp3 backups). But I don't want that service in the US. I can understand paying taxes for roads, military, schools, etc but music? No thanks.
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When I read the article last night, I was disappointed that they have no mention of Opera or Mozilla. This is the Technology section isn't it? Shouldn't they have some awareness of the built-in Pop-Up blockers? And isn't it important to know (from my understanding) that Mozilla still downloads the ads but doesn't display them? Is that taken into account in any of the statistics?
Granted Mozilla doesn't have large userbase, but if the Technology section of one of the biggest papers in the world isn't going to report on it, then mozilla will increase user base slower because people won't know about it (since it's reported less in mainstream media) and it reduces the reputation of the paper. I know lack of reporting on this is common, but it still galls me. People continue not to realize that better solutions than MSIE. And the developers continue to develop only for MSIE. and you know the whole routine. it's just sickening...
DARPA (military) helped fund research to create what is known today as the internet. But the research and implementations happened at the universities. So of course, they would have good connections. Nowadays, I don't think the major percentage of the student population needs or uses the bandwidth except for file trading.
The reality of life is that many don't see their own biases and mistake for reason and clarity what is actually bias (and often false assumptions). You're in the herd and everyone just reinforces each other.
This is why I wish there were more discussion sites where it wasn't just groupthink plus a few flamers. I don't think it's a problem of people not liking to hear other people points of view (I think when you talk with most people, if presented in the right way, they'll listen to it even if they continue to disagree). But many people dislike arguments and people get their egos bruised too easily. Discussions get out of hand and people love being praised.
And the baises get reinforced. People discredit other sites/groups/whole organizations that disagree and animosity on all sides increases. And slowly people wonder to themselves, when did the madness ensue and why? As with most relationships, it's a matter of communication. And the lack of proper communication of ideas leads to bias, disagreement and sometimes worse.
This may sound foolish, but I wonder what changes are in store for us. I mean, the web and many internet related technology is mostly English and US centric. But with us getting to 70% of the population and realizing that China, Japan and India have so much more to go (and they'll get there), I wonder how that'll change things (if at all).
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Those three nations combined make up over 100M but still about 50M less people. That could easily change within a year or two. Could we see more integration, or will there still be mostly self-segregation? How does this affect culture related sites or news sites?
The Houston Rockets site affiliated with NBA.com has a Chinese section due to the immense populatrity of Yao Ming. Will more companies have multilingual sites? Would Slashdot have other sections for Chinese? Hopefully, as then they would finally have to update and improve their code that runs Slashdot
I wonder what percentage of bandwidth consumption is due to porn. Video files being much larger and all and porn already being one of biggest (if not the biggest) businesses online.
And I wonder what the ratio of porn downloads are of college students versus everyone else. With the high-speed connections, I'm sure college students consume the most bandwidth. But I'm also sure that they're not consumers (in financial terms) anywhere to the same degree as they are file-traders.
It's not surprising that 60% are college students. Considering the root of the internet to academic insitutions.
And while it's not surprising only 7% are over 65, considering that constitutes over 10 million, I'd say that there are plenty of old people using the internet. Granted, that might still be a small percentage of the number of old people alive in the US, but 10M is nothing to scoff at.
Considering that many old people tend to be conservative and how many people online use email and get porn spam, I'm surprised the politicians don't take a firmer stand. I would assume this based would really support tougher legislation than what's being proposed.
Yes, those situations occur and seem inevitable. The sad fact is, peace or compromise cannot be won unilaterally. Because assuming the US does not get into this game and hopes and tries to persuade others not to, you can be sure that some country will.
For some, greed is insatiable. The greedy are often more ambitious and they often gain more power than those that are not. Sometimes, their greed overwhelms any sense of reason or compassion. And all it takes is one to ruin it for the rest.
To prevent that or treat it, you need force and power. Usually as a group (UN, nation, etc). So the power can be used either for deterrence and/or punishing the other party. Power comes in many ways. Military and life threathening is often what's first thought (though there are economic and other means).
But this "game" of life is a sad thing indeed. I was just thinking about this yesterday. Mixed with feelings of ingrained hatred or revenge and the volitaile mix is downright deadly. And cycle creates much suffering all over the world. I have hope that humans may escape this madness. But I do not see how or when. It's the biggest faith I have and I need it.
Sometimes, I read Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat Condorcet's Progress of the Human Mind and as he says, we rely upon the progress that's been made and this belief that it will get better is the only solace that we have. We being those humans whose compassions compel us to feel so strongly and feel so hurt and sad in this suffering and madness.
He said he's wife knows more. That doesn't imply she's smarter, but more knowledgeable. Well, she SHOULD be more knowledgeable in computer science, but how much that translates into work or other fields is questionable. Because one can assume that while she was gaining academic knowledge, he was gaining work experience and the knowledge associated with that.
There is a huge difference between smarter and more educated/knowledgeable. He claimed his wife the latter, not the former (though both could be true, the higher degree tends to imply the latter, though not the former).
I don't remember most dreams (maybe one or two a month) so the few I do remember hold more meaning for me. I find it as a window into my unconscious. I have no idea what it means, except that for some reason my brain decided to dream about that topic matter. Whether it's because a subject was bothering my unconscious/me or maybe it assumed I wanted to be relaxed, it's much more interesting to reflect upon the dream when I have no clue as to why I dreamt it. And I like to think my mind is creative enough to make a dream interesting to experience (whether I'm just a viewer in the dream or experiencing an event) that I dont need to plan something while I'm conscious.
That's the "free" adware version. For only $699, you can ...
Though I agree with much of what you say, you make an assumption about atheism that's false. Atheism is a lack of belief in God. If you don't know what a god is or don't have an understanding, then it's not very likely that you'll believe in god either (though there are some that do). It just happens that a fair share of those that lack a belief in god also deny God's existence, but don't let that distinction go unnoticed.
The article did say that these used 5 times less power then Boeing planes. And if we're just using the same land on the dead train tracks, then we're not hurting the environment more, I assume.
The fact is, we have an Amtrak service that's rarely used, overpriced and slow. I believe consumer demand is low for these reasons, but I'm sure they're not the only ones. That's why I was wondering as to the economic feasibility of it.
Why can't people get it's not just about "devil"? One of the most popular teams in college basketball is the Duke Blue Devils. It's also a good school and in the south (North Carolina). People don't have problem with the team, school or logo.
New Jersey Devils is one of the most popular hockey teams and usually have good teams. No one complains about their logo.
Maybe it's just more acceptable is sports. But that's not the point.
The main issue should be the complexity of the logo. There are too many daemons and the connotations with other imagery is unnecessary (well, I'm not a NetBSD user and haven't been so I could be wrong here). A simple, easily recognizable daemon representing NetBSD would do. but I'm not an artist...
how feasible is a maglev system in the US? yeah, it's a pipe dream, but imagine...
Boston to NYC. LA to San Fran. maybe even a network of the major cities.
As it is now, it's cheaper and sometimes faster to take Greyhound than Amtrack! The US spent so much on railroad tracks and most aren't used anymore. Sure the costs would be expensive, but would it be worth it if some of those tracks were replaced to support maglevs?
I know I'm not alone when I say that Mario 64 is one of the most innovative and fun games made. Seeing it for the first time was breathtaking. AND it was a lot more fun than Super Mario World. Obviously, taste in games (and most things) are subjective. But you picked a bad example here, IMO.
But you're right. It's not whether it's 2D or 3D game that's important. It's a lot of other factors (gameplay, interface, story, etc). And for the movies, story is the key and it hasn't been up to snuff recently.
I think these are cool, but not worth 10 times the price of a PDA. And PDAs are useful (but different people have different needs).
I use mine for the basics (keep track of appointments, tasks, contacts). I also have wireless so I get email. I have my shopping list on there. I track the calories of what I eat. I keep track of my expeneses. I have a dictionary I occasionally use. I have a street map that also has points of interest, which has been useful. I have a graphing calculator. I can voice record or jot down any ideas I have. I also play mp3s on my PDA (the 256MB card still holds 3 hours of songs even with all the other software on it). And also, it can play games when I'm waiting. I've also used it to read ebooks. There are other things a PDA can do. Different people have different needs or some are creative and find other uses. It's a personal digital assistant. It assists me. It may have no use for you, but you have to be pretty blind or stupid to not see how it can be useful for solving many other people's problems. It may not be the only or even best solution. But for me, it solves many and it's easier to carry then a lot of other things combined.
Assuming a continuous world (versus a discrete world), there is infinite time from one second to another (which by definition is also a finite time interval). How much of that really makes sense? How well do we (or can we) understand finite and infinite? It's been assumed that we need physical groundings for all our understandings and I wonder what our limitations on understanding actually are.
I never did research to investigate the black hole theories, nor will I do research on this. I'll leave that to others. But new ideas tend to be a positive thing, even if they may seem outlandish at first. And what's with this "self-professed scientists" title? It's not as if "credible leaders" in a field haven't been wrong before. I look forward to others looking into this. When Slashdot posts about an article that hasn't been peer-reviewed because it's new, someone complains because it's too new? geesh. I'm sure we have some knowledge members among the Slashdot audience that can tell us more. Maybe Slashdot posting the article brings it to their attention and peer-review will occur sooner. Maybe it's not worth reviewing. We'll see.
Is that a feature?
It's not copying, but distribution they're really after. Just like the allowing of downloads vs doing the download. So when you can allow others to copy your memory and things you've learned, I'm sure the [RI|MP]AA and others would consider that illega. But I would hope those organizations would cease to exist by then or radical shift in attitudes of many in the human race.
how about:
Computer scientist moves to Texas and figures he had better learn the two-step. Although a good dancer, he just can't get the hang of it. He asks for help from a native Texan.
"Just make sure to keep the beat in your head. One-two, one-two, one-two."
The computer scientist seems lost. "That's what I do. 'one-one-zero, one-one-zero, one-one-zero'"
My understanding is that there are certain requirements and expectancies from phone companies that aren't expected from ISPs. Services like 911, efforts to maintain uptime and reliability, etc.
One can be rightfully cynical of regulations. But at the same time, one should also note that often without regulations or a lot of external pressure, the companies won't do what's best for the public or customers unless/until it affects their bottom line. But by then, it may be too late and people will complain about how the government didn't do anything to protect the people knowing that companies providing VoIP don't have to live up to the same standards.
Yes. 30% of servers and 20% of desktop computers at organizations where people are supposed to work is exactly where computer games are played. Blizzard would be wise to exploit this linux market
From the article, this seems like a boon for mozilla users in SK. This probably means more OpenOffice users and that's another positive. And if this pans out, more people in SK would be receptive to try Linux at home. But unfortunately, Linux has quite a ways to go before it really becomes an enticing game market.
When there were rumors that the US has bugged rooms in the United Nations a little while back, I think ALL the diplomats reacted as though it was common practice. And not just from the United States either.
And it's not just about US planting bugs all over China's premier's plane. It'd be foolish for leaders of ally nations to assume that just because you're an ally, that we won't try to get more info than you're telling us. And we'd be foolish not to expect the same.
So, with that said, it'd make sense if the FBI/CIA or whomever contacted agencies in UK and said, would you happen to have info on this guy...
All I know is, I would be very upset if they charged extra tax on blank CDs to give to artists when all I wanted to do was make Linux ISOs or backup my data. I quit buying from the RIAA and have quit the copying of mp3s. I don't want to support that organization any longer.
Canadians pay for the service and can share mp3s (or CDs and then make mp3 backups). But I don't want that service in the US. I can understand paying taxes for roads, military, schools, etc but music? No thanks.