You know how there's usually the disclaimer when you call a company and it says "All calls will be recorded...."? I've worked in a few calls centers where there is this disclaimer and, yes, they were all recorded. So, does Verizon record all calls? And more importantly, is there a recording of *this* call?
What they SHOULD be doing instead is to give the law enforcement this number directly. The official is going to have to worry that the CSR taking the call is knowledgeable or WILLING enough to transfer the call. If there is neither then the law enforcement loses.
The fuel to the fire in EQ is the idea of the (almost) unattainable unless you play for a serious amount of time: the level 99 character. So the first say 10 levels you can get to in 10 hours of gameplay (I played about that much and quit, think I was at level 12). But here comes the addictive part, you have to get all the way to level 99 (if I remember this is easily over 1000 hours). The addict tell himself they have to finish everything including level 99 another class, complete all quests, get best equipment. The level 99 is the sand trap. If I recall, there was an expansion pack when EQ first came out that bumped it up to level 120. Lord knows, its probably up to 200 or 10,000 (?!) by now.
I think the addiction factor would be halved if the characters were maxed at level 30 which would take 40 hours of gameplay which is not good business?
I had a long-time friend about 7 years ago who was (and probably still is) addicted to Everquest, if not he's moved on to WOW. He played all waking hours on EQ. He would research and print out boatloads on strategies, quests, characters, bad guys.... you name it. This would happen during downtime at work, on break and after work. I think this was also because he didn't have a printer at home. After he got back from work he told me he'd have supper then play EQ until 2 or 3 am - sometimes longer. He usually showed up to work real tired.
I'd dare ask, and what exactly file format is MS going to use for these advanced functions? Will it work on MS Word 2020 or 2030? Will the options change that you cannot use it anymore. TeX has been around for, what now, 30 years? It is also cross-platform and I can just keep all the non-formatted documents in plain-text or a script to take out the formatting is farily easy to accomplish.
I'd say for the unaware, or those that need something they think will work well (see my experience below), Word might be great. But for those that might entertain retrieving documents 10 or 15 years from now, TeX is a much better option.
I've grown accostomed to using Word at university and at work for many years. I decided to learn LaTeX two years ago for a large document I was working on. I was having so many formatting headaches with Word (perhaps I need to read an "Advanced/Expert or PowerUser book? LOL" on how to do this with Word). The problem is as much as some formatting is easy to use with Word, I always have problems with editing it afterwards so it all looks nice and pretty - professional that is.
With LaTeX it was so simple, I learned what I needed to do with the entire language within about 2 hours, I had a two column 200 page document with full bibliography. All I know is when I do my Master's degree, I'm going LaTeX no question.
The community in which a server farms is found surely has a need for what will be thousands of gallons a day. To the benefit of all, I'd suggest diverting a small amount of the heated water (hopefully near boiling) to another piping system in the building.... which would be routed to a building-wide coffee or espresso maker. Great for the employees and with an outside tap, the community can get free coffee to boot. If anyone from Greenpeace shows up to protest about the water wastage, avoid telling them about the coffee maker - it'll keep them up longer to protest.
I've been racking my brain on creating the next browser to kill Mozilla, Safari, Chrome and IE.
I am not a professional programmer by any means but I think I have the world's fastest browser. I admit it is not HTML 1.0 compliant yet and must worn it doesn't do very much yet. It is able to access the 'World' of computing which is what we expect of any browser. I am going to upload it onto Sourceforge real soon after I add some extra code. I need to work on the architecture a bit and I have yet to make any substantial flowcharts.
I'm a recent grad and only wish I had pursued math more seriously in high school and university. There's a bit of a joy of understanding it easily, but it also makes reading subjects where some math is involved much easier. I didn't take any courses from any math departments, I did however learn statistics and used math for lab experiments, reports and so on.
I understand the principles of calculus but I'll never be able to do the work to fight my way out of a paper bag. Yes - I've borrowed and read the famed Apostol book as best I could from the local library.... still not enlightened. I've found a love for matrices, logic, (thought process of) algorightms (in programming), physics, chemistry, and some algebra and geometry. I know that if I open up most university (college) text books past the 1000-level undergrad courses its likely going to use calculus.
What is the point of an "Expert witness" for the prosecution and for the defense? Is the person an expert or not? Can the expert not present evidence or opinion that is neither one-sided. Now I can agree if the experts are in different fields and there may be a difference of opinion because their education, qualifications or experience are vastly different. W
Why can the court/state just not have a list of experts that are verifiably truthful, knowledgeable and willing to testify in court. If you find the 'best' expert but is not willing to go to court and testify for whatever reason but a lesser expert is, then is the quality of the expert not a problem? OTOH, if the court, prosecution and defense for the area as a whole agree that person 1, 2, 3, 4 can be appointed experts to investigate a case, I would be much happier. Then you get *one* expert's opinion and that would settle it. If expert #1 in the case produces a questionable opinion or is being uncooperative with the court, you can bring in expert #2 and kick out #1 from future testimony. It would be much harder that way to get poor expert testimony that could lead to retrial, false imprisonment, or improper sentencing.
Basically, If the defense selects the wrong expert (or can't afford a good one) who can't shoot down the prosecution's expert does this not unfairly present a one-sided case to the court? (I guess its also the hiring good lawyer/bad lawyer argument).
On the opposite, I wonder what would have happened if they actually *won* the suit. I'm not sure if anything of this nature was ever discussed. The business was failing anyways - so they would have had to significantly improve or diversify their product and/or go after new markets.
They were claiming damages in the 100's of millions of dollars. Would they have invested their riches in new developers, sales, marketing folks? I don't know that even with the riches in hand they would buy out the Linux/Unix talent of another company (Sun, RH, etc) and even if they did and also operated on the basis of collecting royalties from other 'Nix vendors, what would have happened. My general impression is it would be a shell company. Does nothing but deepens the pockets of those that 'own' the IP. Its a shame that the developers who actually went through long days etc programming wouldn't have gotten a cent. The suits that just kind of 'show up' could be sitting on a beach (assuming, again they won) in the middle of nowhere and collecting millions - and they really were never responsible for the IP.
I'm somewhat pro 'IP'. But in this context, I think as long as an IP or patent (or whatever) stays in a shell company that does absolutely nothing but to exist to get money from its IP etc, then the people who created/developed the IP - scientists, engineers, should be the first in line to profit.
Instead of vaccinating or using Anti-Virals (like Tamiflu) is there a way to suppress the Cytokine storm in young adults? I'm not for using immuno-suppressants if that is what it needs but I'm suggesting to inhibit such a reaction (Cytokine Storm) over the short period of time that the flu lasts?
Not if the cork in the bottle is replaced with a 100% gold cork which will lower the risk of oxidation and audio/visual loss over its lifespan. The gold cork also looks pretty and I hear people are willing to pay a lot for it!
The summary (I did not RTFA), there is no mention of using IRC. Though in one of the channels the other day, Osama was there!
Here's the transcript as I remember it:
#WindowsHelp IBeenHiding > mi Windoze crashed, hlp! j89423432 > fu noob, g00gle it! IBeenHiding >???? need hlp plz! j89423432 > ha ha ha !!!! IBeenHiding > shut up! i am da Al-Queda leadr j89423432 > ???? IBeenHiding > it is me Osama j89423432 > F U! No you're not! IBeenHiding > stop it. I am Osama you ass! j89423432 > ok i believe u IBeenHiding > thnk u, kneel b4 me! j89423432 > look behind u IBeenHiding > ???? is that u j89423432 > this is da CIA IBeenHiding > oh shit! j89423432 > UR dead! IBeenHiding has left the chat room
Wether or not it is true that the Washington Post leaked the story, this is/was an invaluable technique. Maybe it was leaked on purpose. Who knows.
I wouldn't put it past some media channels from leaking secret or classified information. I'm all for freedom of the press, but if it impedes security, saves lives and helps the military, I think there is a moral and legal obligation to not talk about it. I don't care if its leaked or revealed - with permission - from the agency dealing with the information. Its a whole different ball-game when they are doing this when the techniques are being used 'in real time'. I'm sure Osama would have clued in eventually, but I'd hate to think lives were put in jeopardy to help the Post.
As an employee of the government it doesn't take a lot to get in hot water for leaking much less serious classified (non-military) government information. Similar rules should exist with the media.
Put another way, if someone at the CIA, NSA, FBI (or now DHS) leaked this type of information they would be fired at the least. If serious enough a leak, they would be tried for treason. The newspapers and television seem to think that leaking this type of stuff will go on without punishment especially after the Novak & Plame incident. Embarrassing and shameful is where I can only begin.
Shhhhh. Are you sure you want to post this out in the open? With all the other items in hand, nobody else knows the secret to the Spiderman recipe is cornstarch!;)
The cold has an effect on freezes our memory and train of thought. The parent poster much have been in a cold-snap.
Since Wikipedia is shunned as a reference source by some and we have no other reference material available (see following sentences) we Canadians - yes, I speak for us all, have no clue whatsoever what happened in the war of 1812. Our climate really stops us from gaining any knowledge. Any reference we have is either buried in snow, the pages are frozen shut or our libraries are usually under 20 feet of snow - they will be using my local library as a bonfire shortly to warm up the place. Don't worry, they are already accepting donations.
I do in the sense that people will eventually lose their jobs with this is settled. I never thought the AOL purchase was wise, but I still feel for the people working at TW and AOL. I'd be willing to bet though the executives are going to blame everyone but themselves (see Ford, GM, and co) for the same reason. The recession did a good number on these companies too, but the writing was on the wall a long time ago, and they ignored the problems with their companies.
"And who's to say 20-30 years from now we're not projecting stereo images directly onto your retina, or even your optic nerve? I sure hope that is at a better resolution than 1900x1200. We are orders of magnitude away from anything graphics and physics-wise that can fool the human brain."
When that happens, give me the vacation that Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) had in Total Recall. Until then, I dream of the day where 3-breasted women living on Mars and being beaten up by Sharon Stone will be a reality.
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You know how there's usually the disclaimer when you call a company and it says "All calls will be recorded...."? I've worked in a few calls centers where there is this disclaimer and, yes, they were all recorded. So, does Verizon record all calls? And more importantly, is there a recording of *this* call?
What they SHOULD be doing instead is to give the law enforcement this number directly. The official is going to have to worry that the CSR taking the call is knowledgeable or WILLING enough to transfer the call. If there is neither then the law enforcement loses.
The fuel to the fire in EQ is the idea of the (almost) unattainable unless you play for a serious amount of time: the level 99 character. So the first say 10 levels you can get to in 10 hours of gameplay (I played about that much and quit, think I was at level 12). But here comes the addictive part, you have to get all the way to level 99 (if I remember this is easily over 1000 hours). The addict tell himself they have to finish everything including level 99 another class, complete all quests, get best equipment. The level 99 is the sand trap. If I recall, there was an expansion pack when EQ first came out that bumped it up to level 120. Lord knows, its probably up to 200 or 10,000 (?!) by now.
I think the addiction factor would be halved if the characters were maxed at level 30 which would take 40 hours of gameplay which is not good business?
I had a long-time friend about 7 years ago who was (and probably still is) addicted to Everquest, if not he's moved on to WOW. He played all waking hours on EQ. He would research and print out boatloads on strategies, quests, characters, bad guys .... you name it. This would happen during downtime at work, on break and after work. I think this was also because he didn't have a printer at home. After he got back from work he told me he'd have supper then play EQ until 2 or 3 am - sometimes longer. He usually showed up to work real tired.
I'd dare ask, and what exactly file format is MS going to use for these advanced functions? Will it work on MS Word 2020 or 2030? Will the options change that you cannot use it anymore. TeX has been around for, what now, 30 years? It is also cross-platform and I can just keep all the non-formatted documents in plain-text or a script to take out the formatting is farily easy to accomplish.
I'd say for the unaware, or those that need something they think will work well (see my experience below), Word might be great. But for those that might entertain retrieving documents 10 or 15 years from now, TeX is a much better option.
I've grown accostomed to using Word at university and at work for many years. I decided to learn LaTeX two years ago for a large document I was working on. I was having so many formatting headaches with Word (perhaps I need to read an "Advanced/Expert or PowerUser book? LOL" on how to do this with Word). The problem is as much as some formatting is easy to use with Word, I always have problems with editing it afterwards so it all looks nice and pretty - professional that is.
With LaTeX it was so simple, I learned what I needed to do with the entire language within about 2 hours, I had a two column 200 page document with full bibliography. All I know is when I do my Master's degree, I'm going LaTeX no question.
The community in which a server farms is found surely has a need for what will be thousands of gallons a day. To the benefit of all, I'd suggest diverting a small amount of the heated water (hopefully near boiling) to another piping system in the building .... which would be routed to a building-wide coffee or espresso maker. Great for the employees and with an outside tap, the community can get free coffee to boot. If anyone from Greenpeace shows up to protest about the water wastage, avoid telling them about the coffee maker - it'll keep them up longer to protest.
I've been racking my brain on creating the next browser to kill Mozilla, Safari, Chrome and IE.
I am not a professional programmer by any means but I think I have the world's fastest browser. I admit it is not HTML 1.0 compliant yet and must worn it doesn't do very much yet. It is able to access the 'World' of computing which is what we expect of any browser. I am going to upload it onto Sourceforge real soon after I add some extra code. I need to work on the architecture a bit and I have yet to make any substantial flowcharts.
Bill Gates' pension?
I'm a recent grad and only wish I had pursued math more seriously in high school and university. There's a bit of a joy of understanding it easily, but it also makes reading subjects where some math is involved much easier. I didn't take any courses from any math departments, I did however learn statistics and used math for lab experiments, reports and so on.
I understand the principles of calculus but I'll never be able to do the work to fight my way out of a paper bag. Yes - I've borrowed and read the famed Apostol book as best I could from the local library .... still not enlightened. I've found a love for matrices, logic, (thought process of) algorightms (in programming), physics, chemistry, and some algebra and geometry. I know that if I open up most university (college) text books past the 1000-level undergrad courses its likely going to use calculus.
Any suggestions?
When someone asks your height, unless you're an amputee you *do* count your legs don't you?
LOL - brilliant!
What about black widows? I've always thought its one bite and you're dead.
Maybe NYCL or someone else can clarify this:
What is the point of an "Expert witness" for the prosecution and for the defense? Is the person an expert or not? Can the expert not present evidence or opinion that is neither one-sided. Now I can agree if the experts are in different fields and there may be a difference of opinion because their education, qualifications or experience are vastly different. W
Why can the court/state just not have a list of experts that are verifiably truthful, knowledgeable and willing to testify in court. If you find the 'best' expert but is not willing to go to court and testify for whatever reason but a lesser expert is, then is the quality of the expert not a problem? OTOH, if the court, prosecution and defense for the area as a whole agree that person 1, 2, 3, 4 can be appointed experts to investigate a case, I would be much happier. Then you get *one* expert's opinion and that would settle it. If expert #1 in the case produces a questionable opinion or is being uncooperative with the court, you can bring in expert #2 and kick out #1 from future testimony. It would be much harder that way to get poor expert testimony that could lead to retrial, false imprisonment, or improper sentencing.
Basically, If the defense selects the wrong expert (or can't afford a good one) who can't shoot down the prosecution's expert does this not unfairly present a one-sided case to the court? (I guess its also the hiring good lawyer/bad lawyer argument).
Thanks for the comment. Made my day!
On the opposite, I wonder what would have happened if they actually *won* the suit. I'm not sure if anything of this nature was ever discussed. The business was failing anyways - so they would have had to significantly improve or diversify their product and/or go after new markets.
They were claiming damages in the 100's of millions of dollars. Would they have invested their riches in new developers, sales, marketing folks? I don't know that even with the riches in hand they would buy out the Linux/Unix talent of another company (Sun, RH, etc) and even if they did and also operated on the basis of collecting royalties from other 'Nix vendors, what would have happened. My general impression is it would be a shell company. Does nothing but deepens the pockets of those that 'own' the IP. Its a shame that the developers who actually went through long days etc programming wouldn't have gotten a cent. The suits that just kind of 'show up' could be sitting on a beach (assuming, again they won) in the middle of nowhere and collecting millions - and they really were never responsible for the IP.
I'm somewhat pro 'IP'. But in this context, I think as long as an IP or patent (or whatever) stays in a shell company that does absolutely nothing but to exist to get money from its IP etc, then the people who created/developed the IP - scientists, engineers, should be the first in line to profit.
Instead of vaccinating or using Anti-Virals (like Tamiflu) is there a way to suppress the Cytokine storm in young adults? I'm not for using immuno-suppressants if that is what it needs but I'm suggesting to inhibit such a reaction (Cytokine Storm) over the short period of time that the flu lasts?
Not if the cork in the bottle is replaced with a 100% gold cork which will lower the risk of oxidation and audio/visual loss over its lifespan. The gold cork also looks pretty and I hear people are willing to pay a lot for it!
Seems this story from yesterday has you thinking about turning into a super-hero: "For Super-Tough Spider Silk, Just Add Titanium" http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/01/2047218
There is an evil man that does have a following of evil Penguins. Somehow only a bat can take him down.
The summary (I did not RTFA), there is no mention of using IRC. Though in one of the channels the other day, Osama was there!
Here's the transcript as I remember it:
#WindowsHelp
IBeenHiding > mi Windoze crashed, hlp!
j89423432 > fu noob, g00gle it!
IBeenHiding >???? need hlp plz!
j89423432 > ha ha ha !!!!
IBeenHiding > shut up! i am da Al-Queda leadr
j89423432 > ????
IBeenHiding > it is me Osama
j89423432 > F U! No you're not!
IBeenHiding > stop it. I am Osama you ass!
j89423432 > ok i believe u
IBeenHiding > thnk u, kneel b4 me!
j89423432 > look behind u
IBeenHiding > ???? is that u
j89423432 > this is da CIA
IBeenHiding > oh shit!
j89423432 > UR dead!
IBeenHiding has left the chat room
Wether or not it is true that the Washington Post leaked the story, this is/was an invaluable technique. Maybe it was leaked on purpose. Who knows.
I wouldn't put it past some media channels from leaking secret or classified information. I'm all for freedom of the press, but if it impedes security, saves lives and helps the military, I think there is a moral and legal obligation to not talk about it. I don't care if its leaked or revealed - with permission - from the agency dealing with the information. Its a whole different ball-game when they are doing this when the techniques are being used 'in real time'. I'm sure Osama would have clued in eventually, but I'd hate to think lives were put in jeopardy to help the Post.
As an employee of the government it doesn't take a lot to get in hot water for leaking much less serious classified (non-military) government information. Similar rules should exist with the media.
Put another way, if someone at the CIA, NSA, FBI (or now DHS) leaked this type of information they would be fired at the least. If serious enough a leak, they would be tried for treason. The newspapers and television seem to think that leaking this type of stuff will go on without punishment especially after the Novak & Plame incident. Embarrassing and shameful is where I can only begin.
Shhhhh. Are you sure you want to post this out in the open? With all the other items in hand, nobody else knows the secret to the Spiderman recipe is cornstarch! ;)
Since you're into experimenting with insects, I'll see if I can dig up a radioactive Spider to bite you.
The cold has an effect on freezes our memory and train of thought. The parent poster much have been in a cold-snap.
Since Wikipedia is shunned as a reference source by some and we have no other reference material available (see following sentences) we Canadians - yes, I speak for us all, have no clue whatsoever what happened in the war of 1812. Our climate really stops us from gaining any knowledge. Any reference we have is either buried in snow, the pages are frozen shut or our libraries are usually under 20 feet of snow - they will be using my local library as a bonfire shortly to warm up the place. Don't worry, they are already accepting donations.
I do in the sense that people will eventually lose their jobs with this is settled. I never thought the AOL purchase was wise, but I still feel for the people working at TW and AOL. I'd be willing to bet though the executives are going to blame everyone but themselves (see Ford, GM, and co) for the same reason. The recession did a good number on these companies too, but the writing was on the wall a long time ago, and they ignored the problems with their companies.
"And who's to say 20-30 years from now we're not projecting stereo images directly onto your retina, or even your optic nerve? I sure hope that is at a better resolution than 1900x1200. We are orders of magnitude away from anything graphics and physics-wise that can fool the human brain."
When that happens, give me the vacation that Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) had in Total Recall. Until then, I dream of the day where 3-breasted women living on Mars and being beaten up by Sharon Stone will be a reality.
I agree. And he should quit his job. ;)