I don't doubt that computers have assisted us, and it is now trivial for anybody to generate huge datasets from equations our ancestors would struggle with.
I think the main benefit of computers is the reliability and confidence we can have in the results, but sometimes it is the mistakes and human elements that creep into investigations which open up new doors and allow new questions to be asked.
To this day, you cannot punch in a hypothosis into a machine and obtain a proof, the brainwork is still required.
And yes, the analogy was a bit crappy, but it served its purpose.
The human brain is a much better processor than any modern super computer, it can see patterns and groupings that no neural net could decipher.
We can visualise and minipulate data better than any lab in the world.
What we lack in sheer number crunching speed we more than make up for in other none trivial ways.
Just as every human occupation, from computing to football to mathematics, there are geeks and geniuses, and its entirely feasible that the John Cormack or Michael Schumacher of the math world could understand a problem such as this.
I mentioned the eye candy slowness recently, and somebody came back with a reply that made sense:
Windows's idea of eye candy was that menus (and submenus) would all slowly fade in. The process of navigating deep into hierarchical menus was maddeningly slow--at least until everyone turned it off.
In osx, menus appear immediately, and then fade out after you select something. This is not only pretty, but functional: it gives you visual confirmation that you've selected a menu item, which can be helpful if whatever you've asked for doesn't produce obvious or instant results.
Of course that would be an offense - it was not addressed to you.
The email only comes into your box when its addressed to you.
If somebody mailed me 1000.00 "by mistake" then I would go out and spend it, it was addressed to me, it has my name on it, its mine.
If I opened my neighbours' mail and spent HIS money that would be wrong however.
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How come I can read the exact same article by simply going in via another entrance.
The common google affiliated link to all NYT stories is a gaping hole in their DNA sample taking policy.
I do however agree about posting the whole article, but news is news, and it should not change depending upon where you read it.
Same subject - if a story is submitted to slash, and it includes a link to an NYT story obtained from google - a perfectly valid news linking service, would Slashdot editors remove the google portion of the link and try to force us to signup?
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It means that everyone is reading from the same page - yes, everyone does still have their own monitor, but no matter what task each individual is performing, the main overview is displayed on the wall.
The simplest choice I have thought about is for google to allow every email to contain a "Do not scan" flag or code. That way, people who wish to opt out can do so easily.
When the other main mail providers (yahoo hotmail etc) start using this tech, they can also make use of it.
Legitimate operators could comply, it would protect those who want protecting.
The one drawback to this is location of the tag - it could be placed in the sig of the mail - however it would still require scanning to see if it can USE the keywords to find adverts. The best place is obviously in the outbound header of an email - similar to the blackhole tags or warning tags.
Infact, since the current new legislation allows for scanning for "dodgy corrupt virus infested spam filth", finding this "Do not scan" flag will simply shortcurcuit that search and prevent any further scanning.
sorry - lost in typing, its late maybe i should sleep...
Because each email contains the source IP address of the host used, the country block will simply block every email coming from within that country.
Also, inside the spam or crappy emails you get, commonly there is a link to the actual product, at the very least an image.
This image and the backroom site have to be hosted somewhere.
As others have pointed out, Chinese hosts are not very helpful in removing this crap, or even responding to abuse/spam warnings, and the spammers have taken to using these hosts as a base of operations.
You can of course watch a live broadcast, and have millions of people all record the event onto various different media.
The TV/Radio corporations have all had this technology in use for years, since this isn't innovative, nor a trade secret should this patent really be valid?
The patent rattles on about Bootleg recordings costing RIAA members $300 million per year (their estimate) and other bullshit - its just up its own arse really.
What if you dont edit it, and simply burn it onto DVD as a great big WAV?
What if you burn it directly without ever storing it? How about if I record direct onto iPod or similar?
The best part about this patent is that it invalidates ALL their existing bullshit about months of work in a recording studio - if these disc mastering and audio cleanups are available in a short period as this invention clearly states, then surely the recording studio guys should be quaking in their boots!
I enjoyed reading this patent, because in an attempt to blind people with science, they explain how cd mastering and CD/R burning occurs and the media differences between them.
I would GLADLY pay any media corporation my entire TV channel subscription money every month if I was allowed legal access to these streams.
Here in the UK, Sky+ is the closest thing to this thats available. Timeshifting, and series recording make TV a pleasure, if the bandwidth is available, why shouldn't I be given this opportunity?
I could quite happily remove the TV from my home and never again watch an over the air broadcast.
I will not rent, nor pay per view, but I want to watch the popular shows when I want. I can either watch as broadcast, and sit through adverts, or I can record it and watch later and fast forward through adverts, or I can download the shows I have paid for and watch whenever I like without being interupted by adverts.
I pay NTL for my subscription fees, who in turn pay Sky broadcasting to air Enterprise - I still prefer to download and watch this show.
Whichever way I go about watching my favorites shows, I ALWAYS pay twice, whether that is TV Subscription + Adverts, or TV Subscription + Broadband amount. Why not give the publishers a larger piece of the pie?
The Bittorrent protocol allows downloads on a one to one basis, where I am only assisting download of the file I am getting at that point, my entire library is not on public view.
The RIAA MPAA and other organisations around the world need to wake up and smell the coffee - they can make more money from me giving me the data I want.
If people don't subscribe to the various shows, they get cancelled, those that are watched remain. By purchasing the media direct from the publisher, I get a 45minute show WITHOUT adverts - those are added to pay for the tv companies bonuses and payrises.
Oh my, I seem to be shooting myself in the foot at the moment with things. Maybe having a break from work wasn't the best thing for me;) Anyway, I'm back in tomorrow lol
Of course you and your peer are absolutely right, the mail address changes are so they can inject the code in.
But on their site, they indicate the tracking facilities are partially performed by modifying the Recipients mail address before its sent - they nicely show it using hotmail, and the common free mail providers are obviously their targets for this.
they say to track the mails, for each person you want to track, instead of sending to username@hotmail.com, you send it to username@hotmail.com.didtheyreadit.com
This then allows their server to know when the mail was downloaded by the user without having to rely on images.
I dont think I'm gonna be using this anytime soon, but I can think of a few paranoid contacts who might want to.
Slashdot Mirror
This is slashdot, I'm sure I am not alone in measuring every space ship up against Enterprise.
I don't doubt that computers have assisted us, and it is now trivial for anybody to generate huge datasets from equations our ancestors would struggle with.
I think the main benefit of computers is the reliability and confidence we can have in the results, but sometimes it is the mistakes and human elements that creep into investigations which open up new doors and allow new questions to be asked.
To this day, you cannot punch in a hypothosis into a machine and obtain a proof, the brainwork is still required.
And yes, the analogy was a bit crappy, but it served its purpose.
The human brain is a much better processor than any modern super computer, it can see patterns and groupings that no neural net could decipher.
We can visualise and minipulate data better than any lab in the world.
What we lack in sheer number crunching speed we more than make up for in other none trivial ways.
Just as every human occupation, from computing to football to mathematics, there are geeks and geniuses, and its entirely feasible that the John Cormack or Michael Schumacher of the math world could understand a problem such as this.
not first post but most relivent :P
If they reposted everything from yesterday, what would they have left for tomorrow?
its perfectly feasible unfortunately.
Sourceforge project anyone?
image -> LED display?
instructions here
Thats like putting up a EULA on your software and expecting the pirates to actualy take notice.
Speaking of the 'scare ads trying to play on my fears surrounding job security'
Why haven't I seen cheap one way tickets to India yet?
Thats an easy one to answer!
they have only got an A4 printer...
I mentioned the eye candy slowness recently, and somebody came back with a reply that made sense:
Windows's idea of eye candy was that menus (and submenus) would all slowly fade in. The process of navigating deep into hierarchical menus was maddeningly slow--at least until everyone turned it off.
In osx, menus appear immediately, and then fade out after you select something. This is not only pretty, but functional: it gives you visual confirmation that you've selected a menu item, which can be helpful if whatever you've asked for doesn't produce obvious or instant results.
the thread is Here
werent Amiga menus push and hold?
Of course that would be an offense - it was not addressed to you.
The email only comes into your box when its addressed to you.
If somebody mailed me 1000.00 "by mistake" then I would go out and spend it, it was addressed to me, it has my name on it, its mine.
If I opened my neighbours' mail and spent HIS money that would be wrong however.
How come I can read the exact same article by simply going in via another entrance.
The common google affiliated link to all NYT stories is a gaping hole in their DNA sample taking policy.
I do however agree about posting the whole article, but news is news, and it should not change depending upon where you read it.
Same subject - if a story is submitted to slash, and it includes a link to an NYT story obtained from google - a perfectly valid news linking service, would Slashdot editors remove the google portion of the link and try to force us to signup?
It means that everyone is reading from the same page - yes, everyone does still have their own monitor, but no matter what task each individual is performing, the main overview is displayed on the wall.
Besides, it looks good.
Freecache currently only works with files over 5mb - AND - it won't cache the pictures.
It is designed to cache large high demand files (like movies or archives - not single html webpages.
Having said that, if enough people use it, then maybe freecache people will change their policy.
The simplest choice I have thought about is for google to allow every email to contain a "Do not scan" flag or code. That way, people who wish to opt out can do so easily.
When the other main mail providers (yahoo hotmail etc) start using this tech, they can also make use of it.
Legitimate operators could comply, it would protect those who want protecting.
The one drawback to this is location of the tag - it could be placed in the sig of the mail - however it would still require scanning to see if it can USE the keywords to find adverts. The best place is obviously in the outbound header of an email - similar to the blackhole tags or warning tags.
Infact, since the current new legislation allows for scanning for "dodgy corrupt virus infested spam filth", finding this "Do not scan" flag will simply shortcurcuit that search and prevent any further scanning.
sorry - lost in typing, its late maybe i should sleep...
Because each email contains the source IP address of the host used, the country block will simply block every email coming from within that country.
:)
Also, inside the spam or crappy emails you get, commonly there is a link to the actual product, at the very least an image.
This image and the backroom site have to be hosted somewhere.
As others have pointed out, Chinese hosts are not very helpful in removing this crap, or even responding to abuse/spam warnings, and the spammers have taken to using these hosts as a base of operations.
that is what the blocks are for
And then we would see dupe stories about the attempt for the next 6 months...
You can of course watch a live broadcast, and have millions of people all record the event onto various different media.
The TV/Radio corporations have all had this technology in use for years, since this isn't innovative, nor a trade secret should this patent really be valid?
The patent rattles on about Bootleg recordings costing RIAA members $300 million per year (their estimate) and other bullshit - its just up its own arse really.
the patent specifically states that aspects of the process can be left out whilst still performing the same function - ie editing module etc.
:)
I think I'm going to patent "Process of urinating through big media corporations letterbox" and seeing how far I get
What if you dont edit it, and simply burn it onto DVD as a great big WAV?
What if you burn it directly without ever storing it? How about if I record direct onto iPod or similar?
The best part about this patent is that it invalidates ALL their existing bullshit about months of work in a recording studio - if these disc mastering and audio cleanups are available in a short period as this invention clearly states, then surely the recording studio guys should be quaking in their boots!
I enjoyed reading this patent, because in an attempt to blind people with science, they explain how cd mastering and CD/R burning occurs and the media differences between them.
I would GLADLY pay any media corporation my entire TV channel subscription money every month if I was allowed legal access to these streams.
Here in the UK, Sky+ is the closest thing to this thats available. Timeshifting, and series recording make TV a pleasure, if the bandwidth is available, why shouldn't I be given this opportunity?
I could quite happily remove the TV from my home and never again watch an over the air broadcast.
I will not rent, nor pay per view, but I want to watch the popular shows when I want. I can either watch as broadcast, and sit through adverts, or I can record it and watch later and fast forward through adverts, or I can download the shows I have paid for and watch whenever I like without being interupted by adverts.
I pay NTL for my subscription fees, who in turn pay Sky broadcasting to air Enterprise - I still prefer to download and watch this show.
Whichever way I go about watching my favorites shows, I ALWAYS pay twice, whether that is TV Subscription + Adverts, or TV Subscription + Broadband amount. Why not give the publishers a larger piece of the pie?
The Bittorrent protocol allows downloads on a one to one basis, where I am only assisting download of the file I am getting at that point, my entire library is not on public view.
The RIAA MPAA and other organisations around the world need to wake up and smell the coffee - they can make more money from me giving me the data I want.
If people don't subscribe to the various shows, they get cancelled, those that are watched remain. By purchasing the media direct from the publisher, I get a 45minute show WITHOUT adverts - those are added to pay for the tv companies bonuses and payrises.
Thanks.
I think we already cleared that up about half an hour before you posted.
I KNOW I was wrong, I have been moderated down as such.
Oh my, I seem to be shooting myself in the foot at the moment with things. Maybe having a break from work wasn't the best thing for me ;)
Anyway, I'm back in tomorrow lol
Of course you and your peer are absolutely right, the mail address changes are so they can inject the code in.
*runs off looking sheepish*
I agree with the not switching back to HTML.
But on their site, they indicate the tracking facilities are partially performed by modifying the Recipients mail address before its sent - they nicely show it using hotmail, and the common free mail providers are obviously their targets for this.
they say to track the mails, for each person you want to track, instead of sending to username@hotmail.com, you send it to username@hotmail.com.didtheyreadit.com
This then allows their server to know when the mail was downloaded by the user without having to rely on images.
I dont think I'm gonna be using this anytime soon, but I can think of a few paranoid contacts who might want to.