We're planning on providing an "optional" update to Firefox 2 through this system
Thank you for making this an optional update.
IE7 will be distributed as a "high-priority update" in a few weeks. This is a very aggressive schedule [1] -- for many users, a "high-priority update" is effectively the same as a "mandatory update".
I wouldn't complain if Microsoft waited 6 months before making IE7 a high-priority update. But they really should allow more then a few weeks of 'real world' tests--- early adopters of the Beta and RC products do not reflect real-world usage.
[1] It seems a little desperate. What's with the rush?
However, when I install Google Browser Sync I get stuck in an loop:
- Google Browser Sync finds a new version of Google Browser Sync and asks me to install. - After install, Google Browser Sync asks me to restart the browser. - I restart browser, and Google Browser Sync claims that it found a new version of Google Browser Sync. It asks me to upgrade. - If I upgrade, Google Browser Sync asks me to restart the browser. - I restart browser, and Google Browser Sync claims that it found a new version, asks me to restart again. - This continues indefinitely.
For whatever reason, Electroluminescent lights usually require a large power converter... alot (all?) EL wire is AC powered, so you need a DC-to-AC power converter, and a large battery pack to power the assembly.
An LED + Watch Battery will consume very little space. You could fit all of the wiring inside the ring.
Extra-geek points for painting the ring's details using phosphorescent paint and an Ultraviolet LED to make the paint glow;)
The only truly secure computer is one which is switched off and disconnected from the network.... and smashed with a sledgehammer, to ensure that the computer is never turned on again.... and set on fire, to the temperature of 600F, which should be sufficient to destroy the magnetic bits in the hard drive.... and then nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
I've helped to puchase several Dells in the last few years. They have always offered to recycle my old computer for free, regardless of the brand.
They send a shipping label along with the new computer, and you ship it back to them in the same delivery box. Easy as pie, and I'm assuming they have facilities to deal with the extra styrofoam.
This is in California, so perhaps we had this system in place before the other states.
I believe you are looking for Plant Parapsychology-- where plants can allegedly "detect" human actions.
In the late 1980s, I watched videos of similar experiments performed in the Soviet Union (During a Nova or other PBS program). I remember these experiments pretty vividly-- how could anyone push such fraud?
I remember something more like a lab-like setting--- there was a single plant, or a handful of similar plants. A researcher would enter the room and hack up a single plant while other researchers measured the "Panic" signals. Then he would leave. The same man returned later, and the experimenters measured the same signals. Sometimes they measured the same "panic" signals from the neighboring plants.
In similar experiments, the researcher would attempt to "mentally stimulate" the plant by thinking violent thoughts.
Apparently some of these experiments were propaganda of some sort, or were unfairly promoted by an influential official of the Communist Party in order to promote a particular view--- something like "We can use plants to detect human presence around our military bases" or something similar.
If you search around for other Soviet experiments involving ESP or metaphysics, you can find some similar fraudulant experiments. I don't know if the Soviets were trying to provoke the US Government into wasting money or not--- the CIA had some interest in some Remote Viewing experiements (2.02.
The decision comes despite international pressure advocating for the U.S. government to bow out and make ICANN a totally autonomous entity.
A totally autonomous entity? You want to make ICANN it's own individual nation? The Internet should be run by a stateless corporation who is completely outside the authority of any government at all? That's straight out of a cyberpunk novel;) Welcome to the Treehouse.
I thought the argument was to place ICANN under the authority of the UN, which is a completely different idea then making "ICANN a totally autonomous entity".
This is the meat of the argument, right? Should ICANN be under US authority or should it be under UN authority?
Although these were a very solid twenty mishaps that almost lead to nuclear war, why are they all tied to the U.S. & Russia?
You're misrepresenting this a little bit. That article is specifically discussing incidents between the US & the Soviet Union/Russia.
The US and Soviet Union are the only two countries which had enough nuclear power to destroy the world, following the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction.
Frankly, the India/Pakistan development of a nuclear arsenol worries me more than what happened historically between the U.S. & Russia.
Combined, the US and the Soviet Union had 60,000 nuclear weapons-- enough to destroy the entire world a dozen times over.
India & Pakistan will never be allowed to develop an arsenal of that magnitude. Compare the size of the arsenals today.
I think you are correct to fear nuclear proliferation in India & Pakistan, as I think they are more likely to use the weapons. However, the world will not end if India & Pakistan use their weapons. We will suffer, but the world would not end.
It also detects missiles which are approaching you from behind, communicates with bluetooth devices and generates plasma for semiconductor etch-a-sketch devices--- and it's a floor wax, gargle and a hair tonic (You can feel the tingle)!
Maybe it is an urban legend... although it's a common legend, since I heard it from a couple sources, including Colonial Williamsburg. Maybe it was a rat or a cat.
I seem to remember a part about subduing the animal with formaldehyde or alcohol.
During the American Revolutionary War, enemy spy would head toward a powder house with a squirrel in hand-- tie a piece of paper to a squirrel's tail, set the paper on fire and release the squirrel near the powder house. At this point the squirrel would go running for cover into one of the powder house air vents, and ignite the gun powder in the powder house.
(Or so I recall from history class)
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I haven't had that experience with NiMH batteries. I find that NiCADs die pretty quickly, and for some reason they are the default battery for those Solar LED yard lights (I guess they are cheap).
I own a couple dozen NiMH rechargable batteries from major vendors like Energizer, Rayovac, etc. They've all lasted a year or more, through dozens of recharges, used in my digital camera, kids toys, flashlights and TV remotes. I haven't lost a single battery in the last year.
In the same timefeame, I've gone through 20+ Alkaline batteries-- most of which last for a month before going kaput. I've made the mistake of buying non-rechargable Alkaline batteries from IKEA (Cheap cobranded batteries-- I think they were from "Golden Power") & Costco (Cheap Energizer batteries)--- half of the batteries were DOA, and usually put out less then 1.0V. I think some of these packages were sitting in a warehouse for way too long.
While I would love to believe that this is not a ploy for more money, I find it hard to swallow.
Christopher Tolkien is 82 years old-- do you really think he's plotting to make millions?
Tolkien's children were actually involved with many of the Tolkien's legendarium. One of my copies of the LotR contains an essay by Tolkien where he talked about his family. Tolkien would discuss ideas with his children, let them read early drafts, they would point out inconstancies... I don't think Tolkien did this for all off the works, but this tradition started young-- The Hobbit was originally written specifically for the Tolkien children.
Christoper Tolkien probably understands the Tolkien legendarium more then anyone in the world-- and probably read the notes for "The Children of Hurin" 50 years ago.
One group is actually modeling climate change using the BOINC distributed client. I don't participate myself, as most of my home computers are old and too slow to run the client-- and I'd rather just switch off the box.
Climateprediction.net is the largest experiment to try and produce a forecast of the climate in the 21st century. To do this, we need people around the world to give us time on their computers - time when they have their computers switched on, but are not using them to their full capacity.
How would that be any different than supporting MS MCE.
Media Center requires far less technical knowledge then MythTV. Just read the other responses in this Slashdot discussion to see the variety of issues that come up.
My MythTV barely works--- I'm running a pretty vanilla version of Ubuntu 6, with the default MythTV package. "mythtv-setup" crashes, and I don't have the time or patience to debug the problem.
It's easier to get Windows Media Center to play DivX and XviD videos.
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We're planning on providing an "optional" update to Firefox 2 through this system
Thank you for making this an optional update.
IE7 will be distributed as a "high-priority update" in a few weeks. This is a very aggressive schedule [1] -- for many users, a "high-priority update" is effectively the same as a "mandatory update".
I wouldn't complain if Microsoft waited 6 months before making IE7 a high-priority update. But they really should allow more then a few weeks of 'real world' tests--- early adopters of the Beta and RC products do not reflect real-world usage.
[1] It seems a little desperate. What's with the rush?
Google Browser Sync seems to work for me.
However, when I install Google Browser Sync I get stuck in an loop:
- Google Browser Sync finds a new version of Google Browser Sync and asks me to install.
- After install, Google Browser Sync asks me to restart the browser.
- I restart browser, and Google Browser Sync claims that it found a new version of Google Browser Sync. It asks me to upgrade.
- If I upgrade, Google Browser Sync asks me to restart the browser.
- I restart browser, and Google Browser Sync claims that it found a new version, asks me to restart again.
- This continues indefinitely.
For whatever reason, Electroluminescent lights usually require a large power converter... alot (all?) EL wire is AC powered, so you need a DC-to-AC power converter, and a large battery pack to power the assembly.
;)
An LED + Watch Battery will consume very little space. You could fit all of the wiring inside the ring.
Extra-geek points for painting the ring's details using phosphorescent paint and an Ultraviolet LED to make the paint glow
Nice map. Now I need a map (similar dimensions) of what these areas look like in the in the modern world, for comparison.
Is there a webstats company who puts out reliable statistics of browser usage?
I installed IE7 RC1 yesterday, and it didn't change my default browser settings.
It would be interesting to know if Automatic Updates has different behavior.
Upon even more analysis, the researchers uncovered not one, but TWO new sounds in the famous quote.
'That's one small step for da man, one giant leap for mankind.'
The only truly secure computer is one which is switched off and disconnected from the network. ... and smashed with a sledgehammer, to ensure that the computer is never turned on again. ... and set on fire, to the temperature of 600F, which should be sufficient to destroy the magnetic bits in the hard drive. ... and then nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Some of this recyling program is already in place:
r ecycl.php
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/09/computer_
I've helped to puchase several Dells in the last few years. They have always offered to recycle my old computer for free, regardless of the brand.
They send a shipping label along with the new computer, and you ship it back to them in the same delivery box. Easy as pie, and I'm assuming they have facilities to deal with the extra styrofoam.
This is in California, so perhaps we had this system in place before the other states.
I believe you are looking for Plant Parapsychology-- where plants can allegedly "detect" human actions.
In the late 1980s, I watched videos of similar experiments performed in the Soviet Union (During a Nova or other PBS program). I remember these experiments pretty vividly-- how could anyone push such fraud?
I remember something more like a lab-like setting--- there was a single plant, or a handful of similar plants. A researcher would enter the room and hack up a single plant while other researchers measured the "Panic" signals. Then he would leave. The same man returned later, and the experimenters measured the same signals. Sometimes they measured the same "panic" signals from the neighboring plants.
In similar experiments, the researcher would attempt to "mentally stimulate" the plant by thinking violent thoughts.
Apparently some of these experiments were propaganda of some sort, or were unfairly promoted by an influential official of the Communist Party in order to promote a particular view--- something like "We can use plants to detect human presence around our military bases" or something similar.
If you search around for other Soviet experiments involving ESP or metaphysics, you can find some similar fraudulant experiments. I don't know if the Soviets were trying to provoke the US Government into wasting money or not--- the CIA had some interest in some Remote Viewing experiements (2.0 2.
The decision comes despite international pressure advocating for the U.S. government to bow out and make ICANN a totally autonomous entity.
;) Welcome to the Treehouse.
A totally autonomous entity? You want to make ICANN it's own individual nation? The Internet should be run by a stateless corporation who is completely outside the authority of any government at all? That's straight out of a cyberpunk novel
I thought the argument was to place ICANN under the authority of the UN, which is a completely different idea then making "ICANN a totally autonomous entity".
This is the meat of the argument, right? Should ICANN be under US authority or should it be under UN authority?
Although these were a very solid twenty mishaps that almost lead to nuclear war, why are they all tied to the U.S. & Russia?
You're misrepresenting this a little bit. That article is specifically discussing incidents between the US & the Soviet Union/Russia.
The US and Soviet Union are the only two countries which had enough nuclear power to destroy the world, following the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction.
Frankly, the India/Pakistan development of a nuclear arsenol worries me more than what happened historically between the U.S. & Russia.
Combined, the US and the Soviet Union had 60,000 nuclear weapons-- enough to destroy the entire world a dozen times over.
India & Pakistan will never be allowed to develop an arsenal of that magnitude. Compare the size of the arsenals today.
I think you are correct to fear nuclear proliferation in India & Pakistan, as I think they are more likely to use the weapons. However, the world will not end if India & Pakistan use their weapons. We will suffer, but the world would not end.
I find it strange that the Yahoo News article regarding this bill doesn't contain the words "Obama" or "Coburn" at all.
It also detects missiles which are approaching you from behind, communicates with bluetooth devices and generates plasma for semiconductor etch-a-sketch devices--- and it's a floor wax, gargle and a hair tonic (You can feel the tingle)!
Will wonders never cease?
Maybe it is an urban legend... although it's a common legend, since I heard it from a couple sources, including Colonial Williamsburg. Maybe it was a rat or a cat.
I seem to remember a part about subduing the animal with formaldehyde or alcohol.
But I like the catapult.
During the American Revolutionary War, enemy spy would head toward a powder house with a squirrel in hand-- tie a piece of paper to a squirrel's tail, set the paper on fire and release the squirrel near the powder house. At this point the squirrel would go running for cover into one of the powder house air vents, and ignite the gun powder in the powder house.
(Or so I recall from history class)
I haven't had that experience with NiMH batteries. I find that NiCADs die pretty quickly, and for some reason they are the default battery for those Solar LED yard lights (I guess they are cheap).
I own a couple dozen NiMH rechargable batteries from major vendors like Energizer, Rayovac, etc. They've all lasted a year or more, through dozens of recharges, used in my digital camera, kids toys, flashlights and TV remotes. I haven't lost a single battery in the last year.
In the same timefeame, I've gone through 20+ Alkaline batteries-- most of which last for a month before going kaput. I've made the mistake of buying non-rechargable Alkaline batteries from IKEA (Cheap cobranded batteries-- I think they were from "Golden Power") & Costco (Cheap Energizer batteries)--- half of the batteries were DOA, and usually put out less then 1.0V. I think some of these packages were sitting in a warehouse for way too long.
If I read right, he dropped out of Secondary School, but later got a teaching diploma from College, which was probably similar to a degree in 1900:
o llege
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein#Youth_and_c
A patent attorney.
In a Swiss Patent Office, perhaps? I think I heard of that one before...
What's the fun of a high altitude balloon if you can't jump from the balloon?
"During his descent, he reached speeds up to 614 miles per hour"
Yarrg. Thee be correct. This be a good marke'ing scheme for Pirates, but it be bad for global warming.
http://www.keeptothecode.com/12features.html
While I would love to believe that this is not a ploy for more money, I find it hard to swallow.
Christopher Tolkien is 82 years old-- do you really think he's plotting to make millions?
Tolkien's children were actually involved with many of the Tolkien's legendarium. One of my copies of the LotR contains an essay by Tolkien where he talked about his family. Tolkien would discuss ideas with his children, let them read early drafts, they would point out inconstancies... I don't think Tolkien did this for all off the works, but this tradition started young-- The Hobbit was originally written specifically for the Tolkien children.
Christoper Tolkien probably understands the Tolkien legendarium more then anyone in the world-- and probably read the notes for "The Children of Hurin" 50 years ago.
One group is actually modeling climate change using the BOINC distributed client. I don't participate myself, as most of my home computers are old and too slow to run the client-- and I'd rather just switch off the box.
http://climateprediction.net/
What is climateprediction.net?
Climateprediction.net is the largest experiment to try and produce a forecast of the climate in the 21st century. To do this, we need people around the world to give us time on their computers - time when they have their computers switched on, but are not using them to their full capacity.
"Whooooooooooooo! Chairvelopers! Chairvelopers! Chairvelopers! Chairvelopers! Whooooooooooooo!"
Complete with sweaty armpits.
How would that be any different than supporting MS MCE.
Media Center requires far less technical knowledge then MythTV. Just read the other responses in this Slashdot discussion to see the variety of issues that come up.
My MythTV barely works--- I'm running a pretty vanilla version of Ubuntu 6, with the default MythTV package. "mythtv-setup" crashes, and I don't have the time or patience to debug the problem.
It's easier to get Windows Media Center to play DivX and XviD videos.