"In 1999, Sun had plans for a Java-based version of StarOffice, called StarPortal, that could run on the network so that Java-enabled devices could access it. On Monday, though, Sun said, "there are currently no plans for a Java version of StarOffice."
Einstein thought Socialism was a great idea because it's intuitively correct - but the truth is often counter-intuitive. The problem with intelligence is that we don't have any way to compare ourselves to something smarter. We don't know our limitations. The smartest person on earth is akin to a big self confident guppie in a little pond, about to swim in an ocean of whale sharks.
Our intelligence is relatively trivial, it might even be dangerous because we've placed so much value on something that we clumsily define with a single number(IQ). There is another kind of intelligence created by human action but not by design, emergent order in free markets for instance, that many smart people ignore because they're oversold on the importance of individual intelligence. Really smart people aren't quick to adopt that concept, maybe because of the biological legacy of emotion.
Unlimited NationalAccess/BroadbandAccess services cannot be used (1) for uploading, downloading or streaming of movies, music or games, (2) with server devices or with host computer applications, including, but not limited to, Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, Voice over IP (VoIP), automated machine-to-machine connections, or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, or (3) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections.
I called - they don't do month to month plans just a two year minimum contract. So, tinfoil-hat wearers, you have an alternative, it's just not very pretty.
All of those cell towers will be converted to provide Internet access, Verizon's already working on it though they'll be hard pressed to beat Google on price.
This has got to be one of the worst oversights in Slashdot history. If this can slip through then why not a site that expliots some browser flaw and starts an internet meltdown.
You could also argue that not breaking windows is harmful to the window repair industry and GDP. The benefits of this new information and access to it so overwhelmingly outweigh the negative effects that this article comes across as luddite scare-mongering.
Give journalism five years to clear out the old crusty paper-saurs and people who use IT for the wrong reasons will face the wrath of good investigative reporting. Yahoo's already catching hell for it's Chinese tomfoolery.
All that soon-to-be-less-dark-fiber is going to come in handy when they're streaming HD video over the net. As a writer, I imagine it's an absolute nightmare creating a show, getting it on some cable channel and still making money. Maybe all these tech-centric angel investors will start spending money on independent video production (the longtail of Bruckheimers) which would solve the production quality problem with most amateur content.
You'd have to sacrifice luxuries that you're used to. If you're typing on a computer my guess is that you're not living in abject poverty. The problem is that we're so used to our comfortable lifestyles that we can't imagine sacrificing cable TV or brand name groceries or facing the shame of buying a used car.
Had I written "What's with the outbreak of small, carnivorous mammals?" Would you assume that I had a predisposition to assuming all carnivorous mammals were, in fact, small? Nay. The prejudice, my friend, is yours.
I went to high school with those guys, they're really not greedy people. Sony is giving them a bad name though with the copy protection and the payola thing involving switchfoot.
In fact, the fact that they are nice and trusting is probably what allowed Sony to sneak this under their radar.
Nay, the 2405FPW is 24 inches of non-sid-scroll bar 1920x1200 widescreen action. Behold the live high definition baseball footage in the picture in picture window (the beast has component video input). Just under $1000 shipped.
The CIA picked up this chatter on the internet, plans had to be made...
"I was just a boy when the infidels came to my village in their Blackhawk helicopters. The infidels fired at the oil fields and they lit up like the eyes of Allah. Burning oil rained down from the sky and cooked everything it touched. I could only hide myself and cry as my goats were consumed by the fiery black liquid death. In the midst of the chaos, I could swear that I heard my goats screaming for help. As quickly as they had come, the infidels were gone. It was on that day I put a jihad on them. And if you don't believe it, then you'd better kill me now, because I'll put a jihad on you, too.
And another quote from Team America... "If there's a world left when this is all over, I'd like to buy you a beer. "
I'd say you're less free to choose my route in France because the government takes so much of your money away. What's the use of ambition there if the government is just going to give the money to the unambitious?
We have a saying in America "Work hard, play hard". It takes money to play hard. As for healthcare, why do so many Canadians drive to America, and pay, to have operations?
No government in the world can protect you from all of the mean people out there. There is not, nor should there be a hurt feelings police squad to chastize jerks.
It's your responsibility to save up enough money so that when someone does screw you over you're able to recover and move on. If you can't there's unemployment, welfare, charity, etc. etc. If an employer has truly breached a contract then you can sue them and win. It's called the justice system. If they haven't broken any contracts and have simply been inconsiderate, then, well pay the government its alcohol tax and cry in your beer.
Even if you are paid well over half of that pay goes directly back to the government. I'm an American and I get paid vacations too. I don't use all of it because I can choose to get well compensated instead. If I want to work hard so I can retire some day on my own terms without being heavily taxed does that make me a bad person?
Yeah, you're right, I'd much prefer the 10% unemployment in France and freakishly high taxes. Two months of vacation time a year with no money to spend while you're on it sounds nice too.
Capitalism 101: If a company fires its best employees and buys Leer jets it will eventually go out of business.
Interesting logic. Everything is imperfect so there is no sense rationally comparing anything. I have studied the French economic and political model and it's directly responsible for the unusually high unemployment("drawback") in France.
I know that. Warmer global ocean temperatures lead to the El Nino effect which actually decreases the intensity of hurricanes. Regardless of whether we're causing global warming or not, sea levels are rising and it's a bad idea to subsidize risky and dangerous development.
I think our uncanny ability to warm the planet has given us a false sense of capablility. Rebuilding large cities below sea level in Hurricane Alley is a recipe for disaster. Politicians calling for rebuilding are Soup Nazis.
Massive, post disaster, federal bailouts of property damage just encourage more building in disaster prone areas which inevitably leads to the death of low income citizens that can't evacuate.
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I'm updating the Wikipedia page. Updates with links to videos plus google maps - add stuff if you've got it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_DARPA_Grand_Cha
That first sentence completely explains the academic love fest with communism and socialism. Economics is the study of human nature.
Einstein thought Socialism was a great idea because it's intuitively correct - but the truth is often counter-intuitive. The problem with intelligence is that we don't have any way to compare ourselves to something smarter. We don't know our limitations. The smartest person on earth is akin to a big self confident guppie in a little pond, about to swim in an ocean of whale sharks.
Our intelligence is relatively trivial, it might even be dangerous because we've placed so much value on something that we clumsily define with a single number(IQ). There is another kind of intelligence created by human action but not by design, emergent order in free markets for instance, that many smart people ignore because they're oversold on the importance of individual intelligence. Really smart people aren't quick to adopt that concept, maybe because of the biological legacy of emotion.
All of those cell towers will be converted to provide Internet access, Verizon's already working on it though they'll be hard pressed to beat Google on price.
Satellite Radio - We can just use the internet to stream audio now.
Cell Phone/Telcom - PDAs with Skype will be cheaper than complicated contracts with mysterious service fees.
I'm sure there are more I'm not thinking of...
This has got to be one of the worst oversights in Slashdot history. If this can slip through then why not a site that expliots some browser flaw and starts an internet meltdown.
What ever you do, don't click that first link...
Absolutely right, thousands of MS employees are reading this, some with moderator points.
You could also argue that not breaking windows is harmful to the window repair industry and GDP. The benefits of this new information and access to it so overwhelmingly outweigh the negative effects that this article comes across as luddite scare-mongering.
Give journalism five years to clear out the old crusty paper-saurs and people who use IT for the wrong reasons will face the wrath of good investigative reporting. Yahoo's already catching hell for it's Chinese tomfoolery.
All that soon-to-be-less-dark-fiber is going to come in handy when they're streaming HD video over the net. As a writer, I imagine it's an absolute nightmare creating a show, getting it on some cable channel and still making money. Maybe all these tech-centric angel investors will start spending money on independent video production (the longtail of Bruckheimers) which would solve the production quality problem with most amateur content.
You'd have to sacrifice luxuries that you're used to. If you're typing on a computer my guess is that you're not living in abject poverty. The problem is that we're so used to our comfortable lifestyles that we can't imagine sacrificing cable TV or brand name groceries or facing the shame of buying a used car.
Had I written "What's with the outbreak of small, carnivorous mammals?" Would you assume that I had a predisposition to assuming all carnivorous mammals were, in fact, small? Nay. The prejudice, my friend, is yours.
What's with the outbreak of rational, non left-wing thought on Slashdot? Is everybody trying to be ironic?
I went to high school with those guys, they're really not greedy people. Sony is giving them a bad name though with the copy protection and the payola thing involving switchfoot.
In fact, the fact that they are nice and trusting is probably what allowed Sony to sneak this under their radar.
Nay, the 2405FPW is 24 inches of non-sid-scroll bar 1920x1200 widescreen action. Behold the live high definition baseball footage in the picture in picture window (the beast has component video input).
Just under $1000 shipped.
"If there's a world left when this is all over, I'd like to buy you a beer. "
"You're 100% Free to choose the former one."
I'd say you're less free to choose my route in France because the government takes so much of your money away. What's the use of ambition there if the government is just going to give the money to the unambitious?
We have a saying in America "Work hard, play hard". It takes money to play hard. As for healthcare, why do so many Canadians drive to America, and pay, to have operations?
No government in the world can protect you from all of the mean people out there. There is not, nor should there be a hurt feelings police squad to chastize jerks.
It's your responsibility to save up enough money so that when someone does screw you over you're able to recover and move on. If you can't there's unemployment, welfare, charity, etc. etc. If an employer has truly breached a contract then you can sue them and win. It's called the justice system. If they haven't broken any contracts and have simply been inconsiderate, then, well pay the government its alcohol tax and cry in your beer.
Even if you are paid well over half of that pay goes directly back to the government. I'm an American and I get paid vacations too. I don't use all of it because I can choose to get well compensated instead. If I want to work hard so I can retire some day on my own terms without being heavily taxed does that make me a bad person?
Yeah, you're right, I'd much prefer the 10% unemployment in France and freakishly high taxes. Two months of vacation time a year with no money to spend while you're on it sounds nice too.
Capitalism 101: If a company fires its best employees and buys Leer jets it will eventually go out of business.
Interesting logic. Everything is imperfect so there is no sense rationally comparing anything. I have studied the French economic and political model and it's directly responsible for the unusually high unemployment("drawback") in France.
I know that. Warmer global ocean temperatures lead to the El Nino effect which actually decreases the intensity of hurricanes. Regardless of whether we're causing global warming or not, sea levels are rising and it's a bad idea to subsidize risky and dangerous development.
I think our uncanny ability to warm the planet has given us a false sense of capablility. Rebuilding large cities below sea level in Hurricane Alley is a recipe for disaster. Politicians calling for rebuilding are Soup Nazis.
Massive, post disaster, federal bailouts of property damage just encourage more building in disaster prone areas which inevitably leads to the death of low income citizens that can't evacuate.
C'mon you should have brought
"Is that the Ultimate PDA in your pocket...."