They'll be a direct target if they offer copyrighter material without permission. If they do this the right way, and sign on independent movies (which the article mentions) with permission from the makers, we might finally see p2p distribution of movies and music become legitimate, and Azureus become a place to get good, independent legal media.
Not to add more fuel to a fire, but the mice are being bred to have these diseases precisely because someone has already been put in their positin. These are diseases that humans have, and the mice are bred to try and find treatments or cures. So, to use your words, we are putting mice through "the equivalent of torture" precisely becuase people are already going through it and we wish to alleviate their pain/disability. So yes, people are put into that position, and that is the precise reason these mice are bred that way.
Looking out at the mountains of snow outside, I really have to ask myself whether I'd mind a few extra degrees right about now. This brings new meaning to the idea of fair-weather supporters...
I'm in my late teens, and this summer worked as a counselor at a summer camp. We had a television in the staff lounge, and most counselors have a PS2 or Xbox that they would have been more than happy to bring in. However, someone brought in an NES, and we found out that it was at least as fun as any other console. Between huge Duckhunt tournaments (yes, we had a lightgun, and constant debates about how the hell that damn thing worked!) and contests to see who would be able to get the next cartridge to work (many of us were old enough to remember the precise way you had to blow into those things), that old thing was a hell of a lot more fun than anything else we could have had in there.
I think we can all say with complete honesty that the USA PATRIOT Act has affected us all...few other acts have caused quite so much discussion (and flaming!) on Slashdot!
What about the people who are unknowingly sending spam from their cracked computers? Is this basically saying that there is a 6-digit bounty for the grandmother who doesn't know enough to keep her computer secure?
Is there an IMDB type site for TV yet? That would be a lot better than trying to find that "one fan site" for the old obscure show that you, and only you, loved. It would have to be tons bigger than IMDB, though.
I currently have two watches, both are analog. When I look at my watch, I don't have to read the digits, or run through my head what "4:32" actually means, because it is second nature to look at an analog watch and simply realize "half-past four". Simple, effective, and fast. One of my watches I got about 4 years ago. The band has worn out (and been repaired), and I wear it on a clip at my waist. Not only does it work, but it has character and personal value, because it has been built to last. Most digital watches ar enot built like that, instead they are multipurpose gadgets designed to be used and then replaced. My new watch is the midas remote control watch from Thinkgeek, and I will admit that I still like my other watch better. Despite the remote being occassionally handy, and always fun to have, it still does not convey the simple happiness that of a rugged, well-working piece of machinery. All of this is why some old technologies will always be around, because they do their job, do it well, and last forever.
I'm right now 16, almost 17, and I have a broadband-connected computer in my room. My dad is a DBA, and my mother barely knows how to use AOL. Both want me to stay away from "bad" internet sites. However, I set up the network, I built the computer, and they know that if I truly want to do something like that, I have the ability. But they trust me, and know that I can make my own decisions. The times when I've done something they think I shouldn't (and been caught) they punished me. But with the punishment, they also told me why what I did was wrong, and talked to me about why I would do something like that, and why I made that decision. However, they kept with the punishment even after they knew I was sorry, until the punishment they'd set was served. From all of this, not only do I pretty much agree with them on most of these things, but I follow it, because I know why I should. So educate your kids on what to do and trust them to do it, because you only cripple them when you shield them too much.
You won't play a rebel fighting the matrix, ro anything like that. The game will be the matrix! You'll go to work, come home, and manage your life. Just think The Sims, only first person! ^_^
not only that, the turnovers could help with the expense when switching to a new system. Instead of hiring people proficient in Windows, just hire people with open source knowledge, and training money is no longer needed.
First off, I wouldn't call "antitrust lawsuit" an "immature grudge". Secondly, you mentioned the high cost comes in switching to open source, and training new people to use it. Wouldn't this cost be the same then as switching to new versions of previous software (and needing to retrain for the new versions), but perhaps without the cost of the actual software (not having to buy all the MS licenses)?
That would be both patriotic and unpatriotic, because there's two ways it works. It'd be unpatriotic if you remember that John Ashcroft does not actually intend (I HOPE!!) on persecuting innocent Americans, and will not (I HOPE!!) use TIA to do so. In that case, you're hampering his efforts to track down terrorists. On the other hand, he's making it very easy for corrupt politicians and/or law enforcement agencies to use that data to unnecesarily interfere with the lives of everyday Americans, and taking away their privacy. In that respect, messing with the info is patriotic, because it preserves the privacy of Americans.
On a world-wide scale, the deaths of thousands of people would be considered inconsequential. So according to that scale, an asteroid that will definitely (as in 100% probability) destroy one full city would only be Medium Danger (High probability * Low damage). Now if I was in that city, I would be a little pissed about this not being big news, and the lack of warning (well, pissed for the short time I had left to live, at least).
Violence has been blamed on video games, music, movies, television, even books. This is nothing new, it's just someone using a crime as an excuse to advance their opinion on something completely different. This has always happened, and will continue to happen as long as people don't like something new, and can find any connection, however small, between something they don't like and crime.
That's all true, but is it worth endangering a human life when the experiment isn't crucial? Unmanned scientific flights, where experiments are done, is great. But that doesn't mean make all flights unmanned. The Space Station will almost always need to have people, and some things are too important to trust to a machine.
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They'll be a direct target if they offer copyrighter material without permission. If they do this the right way, and sign on independent movies (which the article mentions) with permission from the makers, we might finally see p2p distribution of movies and music become legitimate, and Azureus become a place to get good, independent legal media.
Not to add more fuel to a fire, but the mice are being bred to have these diseases precisely because someone has already been put in their positin. These are diseases that humans have, and the mice are bred to try and find treatments or cures. So, to use your words, we are putting mice through "the equivalent of torture" precisely becuase people are already going through it and we wish to alleviate their pain/disability. So yes, people are put into that position, and that is the precise reason these mice are bred that way.
Looking out at the mountains of snow outside, I really have to ask myself whether I'd mind a few extra degrees right about now. This brings new meaning to the idea of fair-weather supporters...
Congrats, we have just managed to slashdot every surveillance camera in existence. A new slashdot record!
I'm in my late teens, and this summer worked as a counselor at a summer camp. We had a television in the staff lounge, and most counselors have a PS2 or Xbox that they would have been more than happy to bring in. However, someone brought in an NES, and we found out that it was at least as fun as any other console. Between huge Duckhunt tournaments (yes, we had a lightgun, and constant debates about how the hell that damn thing worked!) and contests to see who would be able to get the next cartridge to work (many of us were old enough to remember the precise way you had to blow into those things), that old thing was a hell of a lot more fun than anything else we could have had in there.
I think we can all say with complete honesty that the USA PATRIOT Act has affected us all...few other acts have caused quite so much discussion (and flaming!) on Slashdot!
Looks like NASA's relevance is going the way of NASA's funding! Ooh. Zing!
Of course Lucas wants it stopped, otherwise how would he be able to release "Star Wars: The Super-Extra-Special-Parody Edition"?
What about the people who are unknowingly sending spam from their cracked computers? Is this basically saying that there is a 6-digit bounty for the grandmother who doesn't know enough to keep her computer secure?
Almost as good as glass walls for watching birds fly into it!
Is there an IMDB type site for TV yet? That would be a lot better than trying to find that "one fan site" for the old obscure show that you, and only you, loved. It would have to be tons bigger than IMDB, though.
I currently have two watches, both are analog. When I look at my watch, I don't have to read the digits, or run through my head what "4:32" actually means, because it is second nature to look at an analog watch and simply realize "half-past four". Simple, effective, and fast. One of my watches I got about 4 years ago. The band has worn out (and been repaired), and I wear it on a clip at my waist. Not only does it work, but it has character and personal value, because it has been built to last. Most digital watches ar enot built like that, instead they are multipurpose gadgets designed to be used and then replaced. My new watch is the midas remote control watch from Thinkgeek, and I will admit that I still like my other watch better. Despite the remote being occassionally handy, and always fun to have, it still does not convey the simple happiness that of a rugged, well-working piece of machinery. All of this is why some old technologies will always be around, because they do their job, do it well, and last forever.
Sorry to everyone, but I've already patented patent-lawsuits, someone owes me a lot of money. :)
Now we all know the real question here is...how much of this percentage of time involves porn?
If you're gonna buy that, you're almost required to film your own "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast" show.
I'm right now 16, almost 17, and I have a broadband-connected computer in my room. My dad is a DBA, and my mother barely knows how to use AOL. Both want me to stay away from "bad" internet sites. However, I set up the network, I built the computer, and they know that if I truly want to do something like that, I have the ability. But they trust me, and know that I can make my own decisions. The times when I've done something they think I shouldn't (and been caught) they punished me. But with the punishment, they also told me why what I did was wrong, and talked to me about why I would do something like that, and why I made that decision. However, they kept with the punishment even after they knew I was sorry, until the punishment they'd set was served. From all of this, not only do I pretty much agree with them on most of these things, but I follow it, because I know why I should. So educate your kids on what to do and trust them to do it, because you only cripple them when you shield them too much.
You won't play a rebel fighting the matrix, ro anything like that. The game will be the matrix! You'll go to work, come home, and manage your life. Just think The Sims, only first person! ^_^
not only that, the turnovers could help with the expense when switching to a new system. Instead of hiring people proficient in Windows, just hire people with open source knowledge, and training money is no longer needed.
First off, I wouldn't call "antitrust lawsuit" an "immature grudge". Secondly, you mentioned the high cost comes in switching to open source, and training new people to use it. Wouldn't this cost be the same then as switching to new versions of previous software (and needing to retrain for the new versions), but perhaps without the cost of the actual software (not having to buy all the MS licenses)?
Nothing like a ninja that needs to get oiled...
That would be both patriotic and unpatriotic, because there's two ways it works. It'd be unpatriotic if you remember that John Ashcroft does not actually intend (I HOPE!!) on persecuting innocent Americans, and will not (I HOPE!!) use TIA to do so. In that case, you're hampering his efforts to track down terrorists. On the other hand, he's making it very easy for corrupt politicians and/or law enforcement agencies to use that data to unnecesarily interfere with the lives of everyday Americans, and taking away their privacy. In that respect, messing with the info is patriotic, because it preserves the privacy of Americans.
On a world-wide scale, the deaths of thousands of people would be considered inconsequential. So according to that scale, an asteroid that will definitely (as in 100% probability) destroy one full city would only be Medium Danger (High probability * Low damage). Now if I was in that city, I would be a little pissed about this not being big news, and the lack of warning (well, pissed for the short time I had left to live, at least).
Violence has been blamed on video games, music, movies, television, even books. This is nothing new, it's just someone using a crime as an excuse to advance their opinion on something completely different. This has always happened, and will continue to happen as long as people don't like something new, and can find any connection, however small, between something they don't like and crime.
That's all true, but is it worth endangering a human life when the experiment isn't crucial? Unmanned scientific flights, where experiments are done, is great. But that doesn't mean make all flights unmanned. The Space Station will almost always need to have people, and some things are too important to trust to a machine.
Continuing to fly the shuttle,l and explore space is definitely the best memorial they could ever give to the people on Columbia.