That's a great idea if the email has a suitably tabloid-headline-like topic. There is no reason why someone needs to SEE BRITNEY NAKED or JOIN GOAT-ORGY CLUB.
However, any time someone gets infected by opening a more mail with a reasonable topic, the sysadmin should be forced to watch a 2-hour video on sales-dept work practices.
And what rights are you exactly referring to you self-absorbed piece of thrash?
The government (i.e. the citizens we pay to represent most of our needs) can not pry into our personal affairs without the court (i.e. the citizens we pay to judge our grievances) approving.
Also, the police (i.e. he citizens we pay to enforce our court's rules) must provide (strictly defined) reasons before they punish us.
In order to insure all these good citizens are doing the job we all pay them to do, we reserve the right to continually question, criticise and argue their decisions.
There seems to be a popular view in The States that the government is The Boss. In fact a democratic government is the lowest servant. The problem with being a servant to millions of people is that you can't please everyone. As a democracy, we agree that pleasing the largest majority (60% is a majority, but it would be better to please 75%) is good enough.
Right, cause there aren't any countries like North Korea that would be closer to the true definition of a police state...
I don't like the Patriot Act either, but we aren't to the point where we have to fear being killed for critizing our leadership or laws either.
If your definition of freedom is not having to "fear being killed" by the people who are supposed to be looking out for you, then you deserve what you get.
I'm also amazed by people who use the argument "at least we're better off than ". That belief will keep you in line right up until America is the most abusive, corrupt, damning country in the world.
You really do deserve the rights we Europeans take for granted. Unfortunately you now need to fight for these.
With its 2,000 processors and its 300 terabytes of storage, the data center uses today about 0.75 megawatts (MW) of power at a cost of 140,000 per year (about $170K)
I just use 11 stone of meat and goop to deal with that very same data. It's been running 24 hours a day for 30 years now with no serious bugs... Yet...
So if they change all the actors, the writers and the style of the show, is it still Star Trek?
Sure, it'll have some of the same races and politics, but these are only ever used as plot devices.
Personally, I'm happy as long as it's well written. If labelling a new show "Star Trek" is what it takes to get it on the TV, then go right ahead. Just make sure it's good enough to stay there.
Tom and Jerry first aired in 1940 and British involvement in WW2 ran from 1939 to 1945. So the Tommies were fighting the Jerries for a year before Tom took a swing at Jerry.
I agree that the cartoon depicted the usual struggle of the underdog, but, given the climate at the time, naming that underdog "Jerry" and the cruel oppressor "Tom" seems too coincidental to be a coincidence. Just my 2c.
I wonder if Spike the dog first appeared around the time America go stuck in.;)
Releasing a hugely popular cartoon in the middle of WW2 concerning the struggle between Tommy and Jerry was iffy enough, but having Jerry win every battle was down right inflammatory.
I can't see any studio making a similar statement today.
No, you see a high horse to prance about on. Blindly regurgitating someone else's moral outrage does not make you a moral person and parroting the obvious point of view doesn't make you insightful.
Yes diamonds are an ugly, unethical, dehumanising business. That is their (substantial) ugly side.
They also have a beautiful side. That's not to say that "overall they are beautiful", but rather that "they have a beautiful element to their nature". A part of this element is the fact that the material itself, the diamond, is natural. This is lost in artificial diamonds.
The statements that the diamond business is corrupt, that artificial diamonds are of purer quality and that uncut diamonds look like pebbles are all true. These statements are also all completely irrelevant to the original post.
A large part of a diamond's appeal is that something so stunningly beautiful was formed naturally. We can produce pretty, sparkly stones, but they can never be as beautiful simply because we produced them.
- CPU with three IBM PowerPC 3.2Ghz cores
- ATI 500MHz graphics processor
- 48 billion shader operations per second
- 512Mb GDDR3 RAM of memory
- Removable and upgradeable 20Gb hard drive
- Three USB ports
- Windows Media Extender built-in
- Support for DVD-video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-DA, CD-R, WMA CD, MP3 CD, Jpeg photo CD
The Tarantella dance is named after the Tarantula spider.
Unlike snakes, a spider's short fangs only allow it to inject poison into the human victim's skin. Luckily for us, this makes it possible to sweat out the poison before it gets into the blood stream.
A hot, sweaty, energetic dance such as the Tarantella is a great way to stay alive in such a situation. Also, if it fails, at least you'll die in a sexy, dramatic way.
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Sometimes, in order to do the job and make the sales which pay our wages, people need to open mails from strangers (i.e. potential customers).
This is a requirement. It is our job to make it possible.
That's a great idea if the email has a suitably tabloid-headline-like topic. There is no reason why someone needs to SEE BRITNEY NAKED or JOIN GOAT-ORGY CLUB.
However, any time someone gets infected by opening a more mail with a reasonable topic, the sysadmin should be forced to watch a 2-hour video on sales-dept work practices.
Thanks for those links. I did not know that.
I guess we all need to keep an eye out.
And what rights are you exactly referring to you self-absorbed piece of thrash?
The government (i.e. the citizens we pay to represent most of our needs) can not pry into our personal affairs without the court (i.e. the citizens we pay to judge our grievances) approving.
Also, the police (i.e. he citizens we pay to enforce our court's rules) must provide (strictly defined) reasons before they punish us.
In order to insure all these good citizens are doing the job we all pay them to do, we reserve the right to continually question, criticise and argue their decisions.
There seems to be a popular view in The States that the government is The Boss. In fact a democratic government is the lowest servant. The problem with being a servant to millions of people is that you can't please everyone. As a democracy, we agree that pleasing the largest majority (60% is a majority, but it would be better to please 75%) is good enough.
Right, cause there aren't any countries like North Korea that would be closer to the true definition of a police state...
I don't like the Patriot Act either, but we aren't to the point where we have to fear being killed for critizing our leadership or laws either.
If your definition of freedom is not having to "fear being killed" by the people who are supposed to be looking out for you, then you deserve what you get.
I'm also amazed by people who use the argument "at least we're better off than ". That belief will keep you in line right up until America is the most abusive, corrupt, damning country in the world.
You really do deserve the rights we Europeans take for granted. Unfortunately you now need to fight for these.
"It has been a very much male-centred universe," co-convener Saige Walton said.
Now that she mentions it, I can't think of any female comic writers. Please, could someone recomend a few?
There seem to be more and more of this style of funny post appearing on Slashdot.
No matter how hilarious they are (and they are hilarious), they never crack me up as much as the serious, gullible responses they always provoke.
With its 2,000 processors and its 300 terabytes of storage, the data center uses today about 0.75 megawatts (MW) of power at a cost of 140,000 per year (about $170K)
I just use 11 stone of meat and goop to deal with that very same data. It's been running 24 hours a day for 30 years now with no serious bugs... Yet...
You mean we'll be able to slashdot an actual RFID tag?
Cool.
So if they change all the actors, the writers and the style of the show, is it still Star Trek?
Sure, it'll have some of the same races and politics, but these are only ever used as plot devices.
Personally, I'm happy as long as it's well written. If labelling a new show "Star Trek" is what it takes to get it on the TV, then go right ahead. Just make sure it's good enough to stay there.
Thank you. I will now be able to sleep at night. :)
We'll see what the hell Yoda is. My money's on "bald Ewok".
It is not lives that are at stake, it is business.
Cold as it may be, but a country can afford to loose a few thousand people. It can't afford to loose one or two large corporations.
For the record, I find the above fact sickening, but this does seem to fit in with the world's priorities at the moment.
Well, maybe I jumped to conclusions. Thanks for the information. :)
Incidentally, British soldiers were nicknamed "Tommies" because they used the Thompson machine gun.
Thanks for the input. :)
;)
Tom and Jerry first aired in 1940 and British involvement in WW2 ran from 1939 to 1945. So the Tommies were fighting the Jerries for a year before Tom took a swing at Jerry.
I agree that the cartoon depicted the usual struggle of the underdog, but, given the climate at the time, naming that underdog "Jerry" and the cruel oppressor "Tom" seems too coincidental to be a coincidence. Just my 2c.
I wonder if Spike the dog first appeared around the time America go stuck in.
Tom and Jerry was one of the most controversial.
Releasing a hugely popular cartoon in the middle of WW2 concerning the struggle between Tommy and Jerry was iffy enough, but having Jerry win every battle was down right inflammatory.
I can't see any studio making a similar statement today.
the process meant to smooth over scratches and dirt specks on old film "can also remove some of the lines that make up the animation"
Is this what they call a "non-story"?
What next? "Orange juice enjoyed by millions can also drown innocent puppies."
In case of Slashdotting, here are the LifeDrive's specs:
.74"
Dimensions: 4.76" x 2.87" x
Weight: 6.8oz.
Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-Ion providing 2-2.5 days of battery use, 1660mAh capacity.
Expansion: SD, SDIO, MMC slot
Processor: Intel 416mhz "Bulverde" Xscale CPU
Screen: 320x480 Transflective TFT color display with 65,000 colors
Memory: 64MB Program Memory, 4GB Hard Drive (3.8 available to the user).
File management: LifeDrive smart file management
Wireless: Dual wireless connectivity; Bluetooth 1.1, WiFi (802.11b)
Also, here is a mirror.
No, you see a high horse to prance about on.
Blindly regurgitating someone else's moral outrage does not make you a moral person and parroting the obvious point of view doesn't make you insightful.
Yes diamonds are an ugly, unethical, dehumanising business. That is their (substantial) ugly side.
They also have a beautiful side. That's not to say that "overall they are beautiful", but rather that "they have a beautiful element to their nature". A part of this element is the fact that the material itself, the diamond, is natural. This is lost in artificial diamonds.
The statements that the diamond business is corrupt, that artificial diamonds are of purer quality and that uncut diamonds look like pebbles are all true. These statements are also all completely irrelevant to the original post.
A large part of a diamond's appeal is that something so stunningly beautiful was formed naturally. We can produce pretty, sparkly stones, but they can never be as beautiful simply because we produced them.
Not everything can be mass produced.
From the BBC:
- CPU with three IBM PowerPC 3.2Ghz cores
- ATI 500MHz graphics processor
- 48 billion shader operations per second
- 512Mb GDDR3 RAM of memory
- Removable and upgradeable 20Gb hard drive
- Three USB ports
- Windows Media Extender built-in
- Support for DVD-video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-DA, CD-R, WMA CD, MP3 CD, Jpeg photo CD
Sleek, curvaceous, white exterior with no messy wires?
They should have called it "iBox".
Actually, I think it was the article flying overhead.
The Tarantella dance is named after the Tarantula spider.
Unlike snakes, a spider's short fangs only allow it to inject poison into the human victim's skin. Luckily for us, this makes it possible to sweat out the poison before it gets into the blood stream.
A hot, sweaty, energetic dance such as the Tarantella is a great way to stay alive in such a situation. Also, if it fails, at least you'll die in a sexy, dramatic way.