It seems reasonable to show a receipt before exiting a store. He was just being annoying about that.
He is absolutely correct about not showing I.D. This is not East Germany or the Soviet Union.
Yet.
Things like this are the best way to force open access for scientific publications.
Why is this such an important thing?
Imagine the follwing business plan:
1) Make people PAY to incorporate their computer programs into your project.
2) Make people give you their copyrights to accept their program into your project.
3) Make people contributing code to your project also debug other peoples code. For free.
4) Profit!
Who would put up with such a kwaaazy system? We scientists. Why do we put up with this exploitation? Because we have no other choice if we want to remain competitive.
However, if there is enough external pressure for the system to change, it will.
You think I'm a Krazy Krackpot? I present you with the following:
1) My lab publishes ~ 2-3 papers a year, in journals like Biochemistry and J. Biol. Chem. It costs us ~ $2,000/publication.
2) Although we PAY the pulishers money, we still give them full copyright. (Recall: we formatted, created graphics and edited the documents).
In case you are worrying about the poor publishers, remember the following:
1) Few people read printed journals these days, most download the articles in PDF format. How much can that cost?
2) The process of editing and reviewing papers is done by other scientists, such as myself - for FREE.
Let's hope the trend is towards liberating the information that is paid for by taxpayers.
Because Tablets make good E-books, for one
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I love my Tablet PC (a Gateway M275), and have eagerly been awaiting better Linux implementation.
Most of the time I use it as a Notebook. However, it es excellent for reading and marking up PDF files, or for doing art and drawing. Basically, the Tablet mode is a much better form factor than a Notebook for these activities.
The question should be, why NOT own a Tablet PC?
Some anti-Tablet comments remind me of those IBM-PC users back in the 80's, who used to make fun of Apple and their mice......who needs a mouse?
Sadly, I was one of those people. This time I'm trying not to be so dense.
>Government ownership of a resource guarantees that its allocation will be at the mercy of the politcal process...the politcal process, which has a pretty consistent track record of less than stellar results.
As opposed to what? The stellar results produced by the "stewardship" of land by privately held interests? You know, the ones that clear-cut their privately owned lands? Strip-mine their private mountains?
Dude, you need to back off on your "privatization uber-alles" rant.
Privatization is better for some things, but I think most Americans think it is ok that "Government ownership of a resource guarantees that its allocation will be at the mercy of the politcal process."
Once in L.A. after a rollicking night out, I was riding my bike home with my girlfriend. It was 2 AM. We had our blinky lights on. There was absolutely no one else around on Santa Monica Blvd.
Then, it dawned on me - who the hell has blinky bike lights on at 2 AM, except uber-nerds?
Were we just blinking "beat me up, steal our bikes, we are defenseless uber-nerds? "
So, we turned them off, and felt safer riding home.
Wonder if some of our extra-terrestrial searching efforts may be viewed in a similar vein.
I almost always reflexively block cookies (it gives me a rare feeling of power or something).
However, every once in a while I discover I need to allow the cookie to use the site (for example, Orbitz, or something like that).
Then, I have to figure out how to "unblock" the last cookie(s) I've blocked.
The prolem is, I have a massive list of blocked cookies, and as far as I can see, they are not arranged chronologically, thus, it is often very time consuming to figure out which one is from the site you are trying to visit.
Are there any Mozilla plugins (or tricks) that could resolve this proble? Some type of "cookie file manager", or "list blocked cookies chronologically?"
I'm no Microsoft lover (been using Linux for ~ 6 years now), but I gotta tell you, my new Tablet PC is extremely cool (Gateway M275 convertible). Very usefull as well.
I truly hope the open source community will see the importance of this form factor and get on the bandwagon - Tablet PCs offer the ability to read like an e-book, write with a pen, or carry out traditional computing in the notebook fashion.
Just my thoughts, now flame away at me (and yes Apple fans, I know there once was the Newton, but where is the Apple Tablet now? I looked for one, had to settle for the Microshaft version)
Are you serious? You really think Star Wars works? What are the "successful tests" you refer to - the ones where the missile had an attached radio beacon?
Jeesh, my guess is you are either not a scientist, or if so, work on an SDI related project.
Do you really trust "successful test results" from an admministration that showed us "conclusive evidence of Weapons of Mass Desctruction".
Hogwash. Why do people post opinions (and get modded up) when they don't know what they are talking about?
Oh, right, slashdot. forgot for a second.
I am a biologist (biochemist actually), and I can assure you there are numerous examples of diseases caused one gene: sickle cell, some forms of retinitis pigmentosa (night blindness), cystic fibrosis, etc. etc.
Your post makes it clear you didn't need to add the comment "I'm not a farmer, but.....", since you made it very clear you are clueless about MODERN rural life, which is rapidly getting destroyed by Mega Corporate Farming and all it entails.
NO, these MEGA-STINK farms were NOT there first - the small farms were!
There have always been single owner small (smelly) farms. The new problem is the HUGE CORPORATE GREED PITS that have OPEN SEWER PONDS and thus stink to high heaven, making the real farmers you clearly care so much about SICK.
Why don't you stick to posting your opinions on something you know about?
Gator=spyware and Gator=spyware also Gator=total spyware but too Gator=total spywareGator=spyware to the max and then there is Gator=spyware to the max plus the fact that Gator=spyware to the uber max.
The first transmembrane protein structure was over 20 years ago, in 1982 (the photosynthetic reaction center, by Hartmut Michel).
There have been 10-20 since, not lots, but NOT the first. Saying this is the first transmembrane protein structure is like saying SCO invented Unix. or something.
The reason this is important is because McKinnon solved the first Potassium Channel membrane structure, which is a very important protein for channeling ions across the membrane (used in transmitting nervous signals).
Good point, but what I'm trying to say is that theyt may be using us (all thousands and thousands of us) to unwittingly vet all of their really stupid claims before they go to court.
Furthermore, with all the extremely knowledgable UNIX types posting detailed, hard to get information here (i.e. "I worked on the UNIX source code back when we had to code on leather using an awl sitting by the fire"), they are getting:
1)FREE expert information,
2)FREE information on the names/i.d.'s of who has/knows that information.
IANAL, but I think this part of the game is called "pre-trial" discovery, or something like that.
They might just be making us save them lots of time and money before the trial kicks in 2 years from now.
Do you really think they didn't suspect someone in a room full of reporters migh "gasp!" take a picture of the code they are showing and leak it out?
Just a thought. I suspect the worst of these guys - they have already shown they are extremely devious.
Call me paranoid....but this might be a trick by SCO to probe the defences of the Open Source community, by having us do their historical code research for them, gratis.
What do I mean? An example.
I used to be a magician - a classic trick in the magicians arsenal is called the "sucker trick"
In the sucker trick one does a seemingly stupid trick. As people start to think they have figured it out, the bright (and loud) ones start yelling how they think it works. Then, PRESTO, the real trick is revealed!
IF you do it right, people are amazed and impressed, and more importantly, you have identified the hecklers in the audience, who often remain quiet the rest of the show out of embarrassment.
I know this sounds paranoid, and you might think ol' Darl is no magician, but he has conjured ~ 20X increase in SCO "worth", from an essentially worthless company.
Other Portland Musts for any Geek - Try them in the following order:
1) Floating River walk - New $32 million dollar structure downtown that allows you to walk out ON the river, on a pontoon floating walkway. Interstate interstate on and off ramps arc over head. Very George Jetson. And Free.
2) Blues Festival on same River. Usually around July 4th, $5, 4 days of major Blues acts (and shitty beer) - supposedly largest in country.
3) Any one of a number of Microbreweries (largest number in the US to choose from) - you are Australian, so you'll need to go to one of these to tie on one after you laugh at the Miller served at the Blues Festival.
4) Powell's Technical Book store. See other posts. One of the largest selection of new and used Geeko Technical books in one place.
5) All night Church of Elvis. Open all night. For elvis. Go there after completing 1-3, then being thrown out of (4) above. 'nuff said.
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It seems reasonable to show a receipt before exiting a store. He was just being annoying about that. He is absolutely correct about not showing I.D. This is not East Germany or the Soviet Union. Yet.
Yup, free. For everyone.
Seems the City has this crazy notion that it is good for its citizens.
Some of you are no-doubt thinking - what crazy socialist liberal drivel is this?
All I know is that it lets me be more productive as I wait for a plane.
Anyway, you corporate free-market guys go ahead and flame me on why it is better to live in an everything-for-profit part of the country.
I'll be happy here where Government still tries to help its people be more productive - you know, that American dream thing.
Cheerios,
Mr. Smug
Just read about this yesterday, looks pretty cool.
- the-Spying-for-You.htm
Check out the description here on camcorderinfo:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Linksys-Does
That was da bomb. Really speeded up my XT clone with the ultra-cool Amber screen back in '86.
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And, you could back it up with just a hand-full of floppys!
Now I can't even use a floppy on my notebook.
Anyone?
Things like this are the best way to force open access for scientific publications.
Why is this such an important thing?
Imagine the follwing business plan:
1) Make people PAY to incorporate their computer programs into your project.
2) Make people give you their copyrights to accept their program into your project.
3) Make people contributing code to your project also debug other peoples code. For free.
4) Profit!
Who would put up with such a kwaaazy system? We scientists. Why do we put up with this exploitation? Because we have no other choice if we want to remain competitive.
However, if there is enough external pressure for the system to change, it will.
You think I'm a Krazy Krackpot? I present you with the following:
1) My lab publishes ~ 2-3 papers a year, in journals like Biochemistry and J. Biol. Chem. It costs us ~ $2,000/publication.
2) Although we PAY the pulishers money, we still give them full copyright. (Recall: we formatted, created graphics and edited the documents).
In case you are worrying about the poor publishers, remember the following:
1) Few people read printed journals these days, most download the articles in PDF format. How much can that cost?
2) The process of editing and reviewing papers is done by other scientists, such as myself - for FREE.
Let's hope the trend is towards liberating the information that is paid for by taxpayers.
I love my Tablet PC (a Gateway M275), and have eagerly been awaiting better Linux implementation.
Most of the time I use it as a Notebook. However, it es excellent for reading and marking up PDF files, or for doing art and drawing. Basically, the Tablet mode is a much better form factor than a Notebook for these activities.
The question should be, why NOT own a Tablet PC?
Some anti-Tablet comments remind me of those IBM-PC users back in the 80's, who used to make fun of Apple and their mice......who needs a mouse?
Sadly, I was one of those people. This time I'm trying not to be so dense.
>Government ownership of a resource guarantees that its allocation will be at the mercy of the politcal process...the politcal process, which has a pretty consistent track record of less than stellar results.
As opposed to what? The stellar results produced by the "stewardship" of land by privately held interests? You know, the ones that clear-cut their privately owned lands? Strip-mine their private mountains?
Dude, you need to back off on your "privatization uber-alles" rant.
Privatization is better for some things, but I think most Americans think it is ok that "Government ownership of a resource guarantees that its allocation will be at the mercy of the politcal process."
That's called representative Democracy.
>Privateize that sh*t as much as possible, as fast as possible.
Sorry, but I just had to respond to your neo-con Reaganesque BS(TM).
Your philosophy would argue that the National Forests,the water we drink, the air we breath should all be "managed" by Private Industry.
MmmHmmm. Righht.
Ever visited the Oregon Coast? It has retained its beauty precisely because NOBODY can own, or "privatize that sh*t" as you put it.
Once in L.A. after a rollicking night out, I was riding my bike home with my girlfriend. It was 2 AM. We had our blinky lights on. There was absolutely no one else around on Santa Monica Blvd.
Then, it dawned on me - who the hell has blinky bike lights on at 2 AM, except uber-nerds?
Were we just blinking "beat me up, steal our bikes, we are defenseless uber-nerds? "
So, we turned them off, and felt safer riding home.
Wonder if some of our extra-terrestrial searching efforts may be viewed in a similar vein.
What, me worry?
I have one problem with cookie blocking:
I almost always reflexively block cookies (it gives me a rare feeling of power or something).
However, every once in a while I discover I need to allow the cookie to use the site (for example, Orbitz, or something like that).
Then, I have to figure out how to "unblock" the last cookie(s) I've blocked.
The prolem is, I have a massive list of blocked cookies, and as far as I can see, they are not arranged chronologically, thus, it is often very time consuming to figure out which one is from the site you are trying to visit.
Are there any Mozilla plugins (or tricks) that could resolve this proble? Some type of "cookie file manager", or "list blocked cookies chronologically?"
It had to be said...
Hi Guys
Here's another one - Tablet PC.
I'm no Microsoft lover (been using Linux for ~ 6 years now), but I gotta tell you, my new Tablet PC is extremely cool (Gateway M275 convertible). Very usefull as well.
I truly hope the open source community will see the importance of this form factor and get on the bandwagon - Tablet PCs offer the ability to read like an e-book, write with a pen, or carry out traditional computing in the notebook fashion.
Just my thoughts, now flame away at me (and yes Apple fans, I know there once was the Newton, but where is the Apple Tablet now? I looked for one, had to settle for the Microshaft version)
What does this mean for porting X86 apps to OSX?
Guess they are stealing that business plan from the Microsoft playbook.
Dude
Are you serious? You really think Star Wars works? What are the "successful tests" you refer to - the ones where the missile had an attached radio beacon?
Jeesh, my guess is you are either not a scientist, or if so, work on an SDI related project.
Do you really trust "successful test results" from an admministration that showed us "conclusive evidence of Weapons of Mass Desctruction".
I did read your post, after I read your subject header which states "Never a single gene"
Perhaps you meant "almost always". But if you meant that, then should have said that in your subject line.
Thus, I stand by MY response, i.e. "Never a single gene..WRONG" is is factually correct.
Cheerios
Hogwash! There are MANY diseases caused by mutations in just one gene.
Examples include sickle cell, cystic fibrosis, phenylketonuria (PKU), some forms of retinitis pigmentosa (night blindness), etc. etc.
Hogwash. Why do people post opinions (and get modded up) when they don't know what they are talking about? Oh, right, slashdot. forgot for a second. I am a biologist (biochemist actually), and I can assure you there are numerous examples of diseases caused one gene: sickle cell, some forms of retinitis pigmentosa (night blindness), cystic fibrosis, etc. etc.
Your post makes it clear you didn't need to add the comment "I'm not a farmer, but.....", since you made it very clear you are clueless about MODERN rural life, which is rapidly getting destroyed by Mega Corporate Farming and all it entails.
NO, these MEGA-STINK farms were NOT there first - the small farms were!
There have always been single owner small (smelly) farms. The new problem is the HUGE CORPORATE GREED PITS that have OPEN SEWER PONDS and thus stink to high heaven, making the real farmers you clearly care so much about SICK.
Why don't you stick to posting your opinions on something you know about?
Gator=spyware and Gator=spyware also Gator=total spyware but too Gator=total spywareGator=spyware to the max and then there is Gator=spyware to the max plus the fact that Gator=spyware to the uber max.
The first transmembrane protein structure was over 20 years ago, in 1982 (the photosynthetic reaction center, by Hartmut Michel). There have been 10-20 since, not lots, but NOT the first. Saying this is the first transmembrane protein structure is like saying SCO invented Unix. or something. The reason this is important is because McKinnon solved the first Potassium Channel membrane structure, which is a very important protein for channeling ions across the membrane (used in transmitting nervous signals).
Good point, but what I'm trying to say is that theyt may be using us (all thousands and thousands of us) to unwittingly vet all of their really stupid claims before they go to court.
Furthermore, with all the extremely knowledgable UNIX types posting detailed, hard to get information here (i.e. "I worked on the UNIX source code back when we had to code on leather using an awl sitting by the fire"), they are getting:
1)FREE expert information,
2)FREE information on the names/i.d.'s of who has/knows that information.
IANAL, but I think this part of the game is called "pre-trial" discovery, or something like that.
They might just be making us save them lots of time and money before the trial kicks in 2 years from now.
Do you really think they didn't suspect someone in a room full of reporters migh "gasp!" take a picture of the code they are showing and leak it out?
Just a thought. I suspect the worst of these guys - they have already shown they are extremely devious.
Call me paranoid....but this might be a trick by SCO to probe the defences of the Open Source community, by having us do their historical code research for them, gratis.
What do I mean? An example.
I used to be a magician - a classic trick in the magicians arsenal is called the "sucker trick"
In the sucker trick one does a seemingly stupid trick. As people start to think they have figured it out, the bright (and loud) ones start yelling how they think it works. Then, PRESTO, the real trick is revealed!
IF you do it right, people are amazed and impressed, and more importantly, you have identified the hecklers in the audience, who often remain quiet the rest of the show out of embarrassment.
I know this sounds paranoid, and you might think ol' Darl is no magician, but he has conjured ~ 20X increase in SCO "worth", from an essentially worthless company.
Just a thought.
Other Portland Musts for any Geek - Try them in the following order:
1) Floating River walk - New $32 million dollar structure downtown that allows you to walk out ON the river, on a pontoon floating walkway. Interstate interstate on and off ramps arc over head. Very George Jetson. And Free.
2) Blues Festival on same River. Usually around July 4th, $5, 4 days of major Blues acts (and shitty beer) - supposedly largest in country.
3) Any one of a number of Microbreweries (largest number in the US to choose from) - you are Australian, so you'll need to go to one of these to tie on one after you laugh at the Miller served at the Blues Festival.
4) Powell's Technical Book store. See other posts. One of the largest selection of new and used Geeko Technical books in one place.
5) All night Church of Elvis. Open all night. For elvis. Go there after completing 1-3, then being thrown out of (4) above. 'nuff said.