Why isn't he on this list??? His indie Battlecruiser series, now renamed Ultimate Fighting Championship, are the greatest ever, with secret AI goodness! Hell, the man has a PhD! These games by high school dropouts are nothing compared to the masterpieces that have been in development for years! His flamewar was the greatest online game for years - it's time his software was recognized too! Aaaaaahhhhhh!
Bring this down to your local level. The police are conducting an investigation of some drug dealer and have installed wiretaps to gather evidence. Should be police publish the details of what it's doing to whom? This would certainly inhibit the gathering of information. Same with undercover investigations. No undercover cop is going to get very far if everyone knows he's in law enforcement.
Besides, you know what the NSA does. SIGINT. It's the details that remain obscured...
First, it doesn't seem like a big deal that government agencies should have control over that country's TLD, even if that means taking the ownership from an individual. Or did I misunderstand the article?
Second, who needs all those TLDs anyway? I know it's been tried in the past but I see a day where a successful "alternet" will be created, with TLDs and DNSs and everything else completely run by individuals and non-governmental organizations.
People are pretty satisfied by how things run now, though. An Internet connection is becoming a utility, like electricity or water. Why should your average person care how it works or really who controls it, as long as it works when needed and it's not too expensive? The behind-the-scene wranglings of governing bodies won't affect 99.9% of Internet users.
Blu-Ray players will all come with a Java VM inside, and the interactive content on the discs will be in Java. MS developed the competing environment for interactive content, iHD, with Disney (and Toshiba, I believe). MS has plans to include iHD support with Vista.
So on one side you have Sun and Sony (which supports Blu-Ray) and on the other you have Microsoft and Intel. It's really not surprising the companies have lined up this way. There are feature differences as well that probably come into play, but I wouldn't expect MS to support the format that will ship with the PS3.
That's a great idea. That way, when I log on to my bank's website and find my balance near zero, it can search other browsers for a version of the page with money. Let the wealth be distributed! Power to the people!
You think this doesn't matter? It's like the "want of a nail" story. Most people don't know about RSS. Coming up with a standard representation in the browser will allow sites to standardize on the icon. The icon will be seen more frequently, become more familiar, and then with that familiarity the awareness of RSS will increase. This is a good thing. Something small can have a big effect.
which has emerged as one of the world's most valuable companies
Is Google valuable? Certainly it's valued, as evidenced by its stock price. But when I think of "valuable", I think of its real value, e.g. what one could get by selling off the tangible assets.
This seemed like more of a point before I started typing, now not so much. Oh well, hate to waste the effort so I'm posting anyway.
I'm a fan of books24x7 http://www.books24x7.com/. You get the searchable text of thousands of books. The cost of the service is modest if you consider what a good tech book can cost. I've found it to be a valuable resource, especially when I need a refresher on a topic.
I don't believe the researchers deleted the text. It was probably a manager handling the submission. If the researchers wanted to supress the data they would have just left it out of the article altogether.
with public domain everybody can just take it add whatever restrictions he wants to it
Someone can't put restrictions on something in the public domain. Maybe their derivative work, but the original will always be in the PD. I've never heard of a place where public domain is a foreign concept, but if that's the case just write the license to state "no restrictions".
If it was really about free software, then the license would read, "You are free to do whatever you want with this software. No warranties expressed or implied." And that's it. The GPL is not about freedom. The GPL severly restricts freedoms. It's not about "software should be free" but "things should be done the way we (the authors) want". The wide usage of the GPL is testament to the sales job done by the FSF.
You want freedom for your software? Release into the public domain. There's true freedom. "Oh, but we want to force people to accept our terms of freedom so their changes and modifications are free." Then I guess that's not freedom...if you use GPLed code you've lost the freedom to choose certain actions.
Why can't they just churn out patches? Testing. You have to be sure the patch doesn't break something else. That's just as important as fixing the holes in the software. So many things are interdependent in Windows it's impossible to know what effects changes will have.
Do you really think MS is sitting on code or ignoring security problems? If you do, you're naive. MS is a business - it doesn't pay to ignore these things.
I wonder if this is a case of "to a man with a hammer, every problem is a nail." This site's readership is not representative of the public at large. I don't believe what works at Slashdot applies to more general news sites.
If 3.5 is a major release...
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...what will 4.0 be? A stupendous release? An amazing release? A "Moses came down with KDE 4.0 on some tablets" release?
I'm not knocking them, but I thought there was an accepted custom to releases. If the number to the left of the decimal point changes it's a major release and if it doesn't it's a minor release. Kids today and their releases...I can't keep up.
"I can't come up with anything else in the entire marketing world where marketers knowingly introduce a flawed or inadequate product [and] it helps grow your user base."
I looked for confirmation of the price, so you wouldn't have to take my word for it:) I found this (which alludes to the price). This gives the price as $25, which may be what I paid. It's been about a year and a half since I last used the program, but either way I was in the ballpark.
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Why isn't he on this list??? His indie Battlecruiser series, now renamed Ultimate Fighting Championship, are the greatest ever, with secret AI goodness! Hell, the man has a PhD! These games by high school dropouts are nothing compared to the masterpieces that have been in development for years! His flamewar was the greatest online game for years - it's time his software was recognized too! Aaaaaahhhhhh!
Bring this down to your local level. The police are conducting an investigation of some drug dealer and have installed wiretaps to gather evidence. Should be police publish the details of what it's doing to whom? This would certainly inhibit the gathering of information. Same with undercover investigations. No undercover cop is going to get very far if everyone knows he's in law enforcement.
Besides, you know what the NSA does. SIGINT. It's the details that remain obscured...
First, it doesn't seem like a big deal that government agencies should have control over that country's TLD, even if that means taking the ownership from an individual. Or did I misunderstand the article?
Second, who needs all those TLDs anyway? I know it's been tried in the past but I see a day where a successful "alternet" will be created, with TLDs and DNSs and everything else completely run by individuals and non-governmental organizations.
People are pretty satisfied by how things run now, though. An Internet connection is becoming a utility, like electricity or water. Why should your average person care how it works or really who controls it, as long as it works when needed and it's not too expensive? The behind-the-scene wranglings of governing bodies won't affect 99.9% of Internet users.
However, you don't know what the NSA does, and neither do I, and we don't have any way of discovering.
1. If you want to know what the NSA does, get a job there. They're hiring. http://www.nsa.gov/careers/
The Slashdot story is about the NSA ignoring the law. That should give anyone the idea that the NSA may at other times ignore the law.
Do you speed? Ever do a rolling stop? If so you should be watched as you may at other times ignore the law.
The NSA is a large organization, with a population of a small city performing many disparate activities. You speak as if it's an individual. It's not.
Blu-Ray players will all come with a Java VM inside, and the interactive content on the discs will be in Java. MS developed the competing environment for interactive content, iHD, with Disney (and Toshiba, I believe). MS has plans to include iHD support with Vista.
So on one side you have Sun and Sony (which supports Blu-Ray) and on the other you have Microsoft and Intel. It's really not surprising the companies have lined up this way. There are feature differences as well that probably come into play, but I wouldn't expect MS to support the format that will ship with the PS3.
That's a great idea. That way, when I log on to my bank's website and find my balance near zero, it can search other browsers for a version of the page with money. Let the wealth be distributed! Power to the people!
Shouldn't that be $0.0125 a point, or 4 points for a nickel?
Shhhhh!!!!! I've started selling him 2 points for $0.80 and he thinks he's getting a great deal. Don't blow this for me!
Besides, anyone interested in RSS is savvy enough to know the acronym without the need for a pretty standardized icon
Yes, but now it needs to go the other way. Get those who aren't savvy interested in RSS.
Are you sure it's Mozzilla they're collaborating with? Maybe MS is really branching out and collaborating with this company.
You think this doesn't matter? It's like the "want of a nail" story. Most people don't know about RSS. Coming up with a standard representation in the browser will allow sites to standardize on the icon. The icon will be seen more frequently, become more familiar, and then with that familiarity the awareness of RSS will increase. This is a good thing. Something small can have a big effect.
which has emerged as one of the world's most valuable companies
Is Google valuable? Certainly it's valued, as evidenced by its stock price. But when I think of "valuable", I think of its real value, e.g. what one could get by selling off the tangible assets.
This seemed like more of a point before I started typing, now not so much. Oh well, hate to waste the effort so I'm posting anyway.
Why not get them gift cards? Why tell them what to read when you can enable them to read what they want?
I'm a fan of books24x7 http://www.books24x7.com/. You get the searchable text of thousands of books. The cost of the service is modest if you consider what a good tech book can cost. I've found it to be a valuable resource, especially when I need a refresher on a topic.
I don't believe the researchers deleted the text. It was probably a manager handling the submission. If the researchers wanted to supress the data they would have just left it out of the article altogether.
The submission was on paper and on diskette. The paper version was edited, and that's what was used for publication. The diskette version was not edited and had the complete original text. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051209/hl_nm/medical
That does seem odd, though, because it means that unless Merck submitted camera-ready print someone had to re-type the article.
Oooh, a vigilante! I want to have your children.
Sheesh...so many people are taking parent seriously. Take a break and read this.
Then, after you're done reading that, go watch the movie.
This has been a public service announcement.
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with public domain everybody can just take it add whatever restrictions he wants to it
Someone can't put restrictions on something in the public domain. Maybe their derivative work, but the original will always be in the PD. I've never heard of a place where public domain is a foreign concept, but if that's the case just write the license to state "no restrictions".
If it was really about free software, then the license would read, "You are free to do whatever you want with this software. No warranties expressed or implied." And that's it. The GPL is not about freedom. The GPL severly restricts freedoms. It's not about "software should be free" but "things should be done the way we (the authors) want". The wide usage of the GPL is testament to the sales job done by the FSF.
You want freedom for your software? Release into the public domain. There's true freedom. "Oh, but we want to force people to accept our terms of freedom so their changes and modifications are free." Then I guess that's not freedom...if you use GPLed code you've lost the freedom to choose certain actions.
Why can't they just churn out patches? Testing. You have to be sure the patch doesn't break something else. That's just as important as fixing the holes in the software. So many things are interdependent in Windows it's impossible to know what effects changes will have.
Do you really think MS is sitting on code or ignoring security problems? If you do, you're naive. MS is a business - it doesn't pay to ignore these things.
...newpapers should all become like Slashdot.
I wonder if this is a case of "to a man with a hammer, every problem is a nail." This site's readership is not representative of the public at large. I don't believe what works at Slashdot applies to more general news sites.
You left out a *grin*, and maybe a "lollers".
...what will 4.0 be? A stupendous release? An amazing release? A "Moses came down with KDE 4.0 on some tablets" release?
I'm not knocking them, but I thought there was an accepted custom to releases. If the number to the left of the decimal point changes it's a major release and if it doesn't it's a minor release. Kids today and their releases...I can't keep up.
"I can't come up with anything else in the entire marketing world where marketers knowingly introduce a flawed or inadequate product [and] it helps grow your user base."
I guess he wasn't around for new Coke.
I looked for confirmation of the price, so you wouldn't have to take my word for it