They sequenced the mitochondrial DNA of the Wooly Mammoth, not the actual DNA of the Wooly Mammoth. Mitochondrial DNA is located outside of the cell's nucleus in your cell's mitochondria (power plants). You only inherit your mitochondrial DNA from your mother. It also mutates at a measurable rate, so it is perfect for tracking species across time.
Most modern Bittorrent clients will recognize that a peer is spewing garbage chunks, and snub them. Usually the trigger to snub is as little as 3 bad chunks.
So the whole idea that this will significantly increase download times is complete BullShit!
I wish they would focus on producing more original series to replace the ones they dropped. I also think they should pick up popular sci-fi shows dropped by other networks. Farscape was one of the best Scifi shows on TV. While I didn't really care for Firefly, it has a proven audience. Scifi should be all over this property once the movie is released.
I also wish that they would throw some of that money at JMS, and let him make "The Memory of Shadows" for TV.
They should also focus less on topic such as ghosts and horror movies. IMHO these do not qualify as real scifi.
I think that a word of caution is needed here. Now Google, in it's current state, seems to defy the "laws of business." I for one hope that it remains an honest company that continues producing software that is innovative and desired. People trust Google way more than any other company in recent memory. Google has access now, through their software, to every file, search, website you visit, password, personal detail, and photo you have (assuming you use all their software).
Am I the only one a little shocked at this? What's to stop another company from swooping in and buying Google with all your assorted information? Or, to stop Google itself from using this information in a way that most people wouldn't want them to?
Obligatory Murphy's Law derivative quote: "If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something."
Thanks! Foolish, top geek!
or,
Ha! ThinkGeek fools post!
or,
Hot geek spank this fool.
or,
Shh.. A fool stinkpot geek.
or,
Ha! ThinkGeek Fools stop.
and the list goes on and on and on....
Flawed Data Gathering Methods....
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Is IRC All Bad?
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· Score: 3, Informative
analysis, and conclusions. First off i will agree that most if not all of IRC traffic is illegal. Secondly i will note that monitoring four words in 6 channels on the top 10 IRC networks, is not a good sample to base conclusions on. I will also point out that most, if not all, of the really "illegal" channels are not on the big networks, and are rarely public. This Kazaa of places he found are just the tip of the iceberg. The IRC channels are really just a front for a much larger problem.
Here's how it works:
People run these IRC "warez" channels basically as recruiting places. They offer lots of content, but what they are really are looking for is suppliers. There is a sort of bartering system in place on IRC. If you have access to some unreleased item or can provide bandwidth you get recruited. Once you get recruited, you get showered in free stuff. As long as you keep producing, you keep getting. The bots are really just a bait tactic to recruit new people. Sure the bottom feeders like them, but that's really superfluous. I could go on to explain curriers, dumps, and ratios, but that's another discussion.
During my younger days I often traveled in these dark underground arenas. Fortunately, I moved on. The point i'm trying to make is that most IRC traffic is illegal by volume, but IRC has plenty of other great uses. There is no real way to analyze the exact ratio or amount that is illegal.
I do agree that having an order from a DC court would have been better, but an order from any court should draw attention to an issue.
The thing i want to know is why isn't the mainstream media in the US picking up on this at all? Are they blind, deaf, and dumb? Feeding everyone information that only fits a "2 party system" point of view, and using short clips of Ralph Nader to not appear biased.
I ask nearly everyone i meet if they can name at least one canidate running for President of the United States besides George W Bush and John Kerry. Three out of four of them can't even name Ralph Nader, and nearly all were shocked to find out there was more than one other canidate.
I am very bitter about the last election being only a couple of months away from being 18. This election has shattered any delusions I had about the US recovering from the corruption and greed that has taken it over.
Does anyone else think that merely analyzing how english is read is very closed minded? I'm pretty sure only a very small percentage of the world speaks and reads english.
I would love to see a study comparing how english is read to how chinese is read by native speakers. Very interesting i would gather.
The main thing that annoyed me about spiderman was the way he webbed in and out of certain scenes. The clock tower had no buildings taller than it surrounding it (as you can see as the scene plays out). Yet Spiderman was able to shoot a web onto a nearby imaginary building taller than the clock tower and swing in.
Also the scene where he saves mary jane has several inconsistencies. When he is thrown out of the building he is launched maybe 100ft from the building, yet when he swings back he is maybe 20ft from where his web is attached to when he enters the window. Then we he leaves and picks up mary jane he jumps straight up, webs then is somehow built up enough momentum to be on the upstroke of a swing, yet again attached to another imaginary building.
Also as a correction to a submitted mistake, when Doc Ock is underwater, he is still where he was when he entered the water. The fusion rig is obviously upside down people. Man people need to get their eyes examined.
Is it just me?
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P2P Bits
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
Orrin Hatch needs to be voted out of office promptly and permanently. In fact he should be barred from participating in any political process for the rest of his life.
Steps to protect yourself on the internet
1. Firewall on at all times
2. Up to date antivirus software
3. Never turn 1 + 2 off for any reason unless you determine through failure it is absolutely nesscessary and never remain connected to the internet during this time.
4. Never install, run or click on anything that looks suspicious or offers to enlarge any part of your anatomy.
On a side note, Windows XP requires an insane amount of tweaking till you get a stable, virus-free, annoyance-free operating enviroment. Also it requires that you develop smart computing habits. I have no idea how most people survive on windows computers without firewalls, up-to-date virus software, and no windows update patches.
I would call this poetic justice, but since we all know the money came from microsoft originally. A loss of about 24 million dollars is nothing to them.
What is really sad here is that people who could do something about activities like this Baystar/SCO/Linux/Microsoft/Sun/IBM/etc debacle don't care.
Been looking for a new spam filter, hope this one does the trick. I tend to have alot of false positives with most spam filters i have tried. I would rather have a few spam slip through rather than having to weed through all my spam just because it may have blocked a real email.
First off, if the first theft of merchandise had been an actual theft, and not a test. They would have not known about for at least a couple of hours, if ever. Leaving plenty of time for him to complete a second or third attempt.
The thing to look at here is that without that phonecall (which in all likelyhood would not have occured if this wasn't a test) the second attempt would have likely succeed. Also another point to know is not all stores have loss prevention people working at them all the time. In fact i could name several stores in my area that do not have them present at all.
Anybody with enough brain power and the ability to think on their feet can accomplish feats like this. In most stores the incompentence of the employees makes me laugh. There have been many instances where i have stopped attempts like this in my previous jobs, and unfortunately some where procedure prevented me from doing so.
They can try to change everything they like, but i know who they are talking about. This story is about walmart. Having worked for them at one time in their electronic department i can tell you this level of ignorance is the rule and not the exception.
I remember that people returned a vcr in a xbox box, bricks in a tv box, run out the door with computers, and the list goes on. Most of the time when i was working we caught these people, or didn't because i couldn't find a manager fast enough to stop them ( you as an employee weren't allow to confront them). Also i remember an incident where 10 people distracted every employee on one side of the store and made off with $8000 of printer cartridges ( the cartridges were on anti-theft peghooks too). There were days i was expected to watch 4-5 departments by myself, basically 1/3 of the store, and there was many thefts.
I was actually fired for speaking up about it. Oh well not my problem now.
If the universe is shaped like a horn, curved like a pringle, and named after Jean-Luke Picard. Then it is all my favorites rolled into one. The universe blows, is made out of mashed potatoes, and is named after someone i look up to.
Now im going to use a somewhat tried and true comparison here just try and follow me. Everyone knows that both the P4 and the Celeron share the same architecture ( Intelligence ? ), but vary only in their cache size. Now run a comparison using any application have you and see which one can do the task faster. It is the size of the cache that determines intelligence in this case. The cache size just inhibited the ability of the intelligence to work as quick as it could.
Maybe you aren't up to date on chip heat issues, but Intel chips run hotter than AMD chips. Of course you already knew this, but being an Intel fanboy simple choose ignorance over being informed.
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They sequenced the mitochondrial DNA of the Wooly Mammoth, not the actual DNA of the Wooly Mammoth. Mitochondrial DNA is located outside of the cell's nucleus in your cell's mitochondria (power plants). You only inherit your mitochondrial DNA from your mother. It also mutates at a measurable rate, so it is perfect for tracking species across time.
Most modern Bittorrent clients will recognize that a peer is spewing garbage chunks, and snub them. Usually the trigger to snub is as little as 3 bad chunks.
So the whole idea that this will significantly increase download times is complete BullShit!
I wish they would focus on producing more original series to replace the ones they dropped. I also think they should pick up popular sci-fi shows dropped by other networks. Farscape was one of the best Scifi shows on TV. While I didn't really care for Firefly, it has a proven audience. Scifi should be all over this property once the movie is released.
I also wish that they would throw some of that money at JMS, and let him make "The Memory of Shadows" for TV.
They should also focus less on topic such as ghosts and horror movies. IMHO these do not qualify as real scifi.
I think that a word of caution is needed here. Now Google, in it's current state, seems to defy the "laws of business." I for one hope that it remains an honest company that continues producing software that is innovative and desired. People trust Google way more than any other company in recent memory. Google has access now, through their software, to every file, search, website you visit, password, personal detail, and photo you have (assuming you use all their software).
Am I the only one a little shocked at this? What's to stop another company from swooping in and buying Google with all your assorted information? Or, to stop Google itself from using this information in a way that most people wouldn't want them to?
Obligatory Murphy's Law derivative quote: "If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something."
So, basically Hell has frozen over, or is it just experiencing a temporary ice age?
Someone go unplug CmdrTaco's computer
Thanks! Foolish, top geek!
or,
Ha! ThinkGeek fools post!
or,
Hot geek spank this fool.
or,
Shh.. A fool stinkpot geek.
or,
Ha! ThinkGeek Fools stop. and the list goes on and on and on....
analysis, and conclusions. First off i will agree that most if not all of IRC traffic is illegal. Secondly i will note that monitoring four words in 6 channels on the top 10 IRC networks, is not a good sample to base conclusions on. I will also point out that most, if not all, of the really "illegal" channels are not on the big networks, and are rarely public. This Kazaa of places he found are just the tip of the iceberg. The IRC channels are really just a front for a much larger problem. Here's how it works: People run these IRC "warez" channels basically as recruiting places. They offer lots of content, but what they are really are looking for is suppliers. There is a sort of bartering system in place on IRC. If you have access to some unreleased item or can provide bandwidth you get recruited. Once you get recruited, you get showered in free stuff. As long as you keep producing, you keep getting. The bots are really just a bait tactic to recruit new people. Sure the bottom feeders like them, but that's really superfluous. I could go on to explain curriers, dumps, and ratios, but that's another discussion. During my younger days I often traveled in these dark underground arenas. Fortunately, I moved on. The point i'm trying to make is that most IRC traffic is illegal by volume, but IRC has plenty of other great uses. There is no real way to analyze the exact ratio or amount that is illegal.
What, and be percieved as hiding behind lawyers?
I do agree that having an order from a DC court would have been better, but an order from any court should draw attention to an issue.
The thing i want to know is why isn't the mainstream media in the US picking up on this at all? Are they blind, deaf, and dumb? Feeding everyone information that only fits a "2 party system" point of view, and using short clips of Ralph Nader to not appear biased. I ask nearly everyone i meet if they can name at least one canidate running for President of the United States besides George W Bush and John Kerry. Three out of four of them can't even name Ralph Nader, and nearly all were shocked to find out there was more than one other canidate.
I am very bitter about the last election being only a couple of months away from being 18. This election has shattered any delusions I had about the US recovering from the corruption and greed that has taken it over.
Does anyone else think that merely analyzing how english is read is very closed minded? I'm pretty sure only a very small percentage of the world speaks and reads english.
I would love to see a study comparing how english is read to how chinese is read by native speakers. Very interesting i would gather.
The main thing that annoyed me about spiderman was the way he webbed in and out of certain scenes. The clock tower had no buildings taller than it surrounding it (as you can see as the scene plays out). Yet Spiderman was able to shoot a web onto a nearby imaginary building taller than the clock tower and swing in.
Also the scene where he saves mary jane has several inconsistencies. When he is thrown out of the building he is launched maybe 100ft from the building, yet when he swings back he is maybe 20ft from where his web is attached to when he enters the window. Then we he leaves and picks up mary jane he jumps straight up, webs then is somehow built up enough momentum to be on the upstroke of a swing, yet again attached to another imaginary building. Also as a correction to a submitted mistake, when Doc Ock is underwater, he is still where he was when he entered the water. The fusion rig is obviously upside down people. Man people need to get their eyes examined.
Orrin Hatch needs to be voted out of office promptly and permanently. In fact he should be barred from participating in any political process for the rest of his life.
Steps to protect yourself on the internet
1. Firewall on at all times
2. Up to date antivirus software
3. Never turn 1 + 2 off for any reason unless you determine through failure it is absolutely nesscessary and never remain connected to the internet during this time.
4. Never install, run or click on anything that looks suspicious or offers to enlarge any part of your anatomy.
On a side note, Windows XP requires an insane amount of tweaking till you get a stable, virus-free, annoyance-free operating enviroment. Also it requires that you develop smart computing habits. I have no idea how most people survive on windows computers without firewalls, up-to-date virus software, and no windows update patches.
dupe
I would call this poetic justice, but since we all know the money came from microsoft originally. A loss of about 24 million dollars is nothing to them.
What is really sad here is that people who could do something about activities like this Baystar/SCO/Linux/Microsoft/Sun/IBM/etc debacle don't care.
Been looking for a new spam filter, hope this one does the trick. I tend to have alot of false positives with most spam filters i have tried. I would rather have a few spam slip through rather than having to weed through all my spam just because it may have blocked a real email.
1. Don't shower for weeks on end
2. Where cloths multiple times
3. Find the dirtiest, nastiest bag you can to put your stuff in
oh wait your a geek, you already do those three things.
First off, if the first theft of merchandise had been an actual theft, and not a test. They would have not known about for at least a couple of hours, if ever. Leaving plenty of time for him to complete a second or third attempt.
The thing to look at here is that without that phonecall (which in all likelyhood would not have occured if this wasn't a test) the second attempt would have likely succeed. Also another point to know is not all stores have loss prevention people working at them all the time. In fact i could name several stores in my area that do not have them present at all.
Anybody with enough brain power and the ability to think on their feet can accomplish feats like this. In most stores the incompentence of the employees makes me laugh. There have been many instances where i have stopped attempts like this in my previous jobs, and unfortunately some where procedure prevented me from doing so.
So Slashdot now condones cloning, eh?
Or am i just seeing things?
They can try to change everything they like, but i know who they are talking about. This story is about walmart. Having worked for them at one time in their electronic department i can tell you this level of ignorance is the rule and not the exception.
I remember that people returned a vcr in a xbox box, bricks in a tv box, run out the door with computers, and the list goes on. Most of the time when i was working we caught these people, or didn't because i couldn't find a manager fast enough to stop them ( you as an employee weren't allow to confront them). Also i remember an incident where 10 people distracted every employee on one side of the store and made off with $8000 of printer cartridges ( the cartridges were on anti-theft peghooks too). There were days i was expected to watch 4-5 departments by myself, basically 1/3 of the store, and there was many thefts.
I was actually fired for speaking up about it. Oh well not my problem now.
Just used their system to send an email in favor of HR 107.
Suck my balls MPAA, RIAA, and now PPA!
Might I suggest that your universe blows because you look up to a Star Trek character?
Not that kind of blow.
If the universe is shaped like a horn, curved like a pringle, and named after Jean-Luke Picard.
Then it is all my favorites rolled into one.
The universe blows, is made out of mashed potatoes, and is named after someone i look up to.
Sorry couldn't help myself.
Now im going to use a somewhat tried and true comparison here just try and follow me.
Everyone knows that both the P4 and the Celeron share the same architecture ( Intelligence ? ), but vary only in their cache size. Now run a comparison using any application have you and see which one can do the task faster.
It is the size of the cache that determines intelligence in this case. The cache size just inhibited the ability of the intelligence to work as quick as it could.
Maybe you aren't up to date on chip heat issues, but Intel chips run hotter than AMD chips.
Of course you already knew this, but being an Intel fanboy simple choose ignorance over being informed.