I was born in Nigeria, and spent the first 7 months of my life there, so sadly I don't have any memories of the place. My mum and dad have regaled me with tales of corruption (everyone from the gardener to the police it seems) and it sounds like a horrible place in which to live and work. I have no desire to go back.
BBC News had an article about this today. It seems that informaton about your purchases, or product browsing history is sent to your friends and businesses. At this time of year, this could spoil one or two surprise Christmas presents.
...I have had more false positives appear in my gmail inbox than any other time since I started using it (February)!
Coincidence? I fink we should be told....
Sorry, this is rubbish. It is a full sized replica of how the difference engine/machine would have looked.
I was told the information by a security guard with whom I was friendly in the museum. This would have been in 2003, when
I worked as an assistant at the Titanic artefact exhibition.
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There is a full scale replica, at London's Science Museum, made by their own technicians. Its a lovely mesh of bronze and brass cogs and gears, and yes, it does work. I worked there years ago and was told something interesting: Bill Gates funded the construction of the display model on the condition that afterwards, they build him one too. Which I presume they did.
Cars seemingly being drained of power were/are a main element of UFO stories, and interestingly, researchers found that firing microwaves at car headlights can stop the vehicle by, ISTR, burning out the electrical system. Has anyone else heard of this?
I would never provide financial support to Wikipedia. I have many interests and have added useful, relevant links to many Wikipedia pages. Now they are regarded as spam and immediately deleted. Such an approach is just censorship IMHO and is plain stupid. Each link should be, if possible, assessed for quality by a HUMAN and not an automated robot.
First of all, let me say that I'm a scientist by training. Secondly, that I have an open minded attitude towards ghosts.
There, thats an oxymoron for you. Thirdly, that I was born on Hallowe'e. Whether this has anything to do with my
interests or not, well, who knows:)
I have been interested in ghosts for all my life, but have been interested only semi-professionally for just over a decade.
In that time, I have seen the rise of gullible, credulous idiots who believe in any old rubbish, and the fall of critical
peer reviewed scientific method-driven enthusiasts. Even among university people, there are few interested people, and these tend to be lab-based ESP experiments, or groups who do research into the effects of magnetic fields on the brain, probing "god-like", or disocciated experiments.
A few of us are interested, though, but I doubt we'll find the answer. If you'd like, I'd ask you to review the pages
on my web site, which list some of my experiences in the paranormal.
Also recounts my meetings with some of the creduolous goons I mentioned above!
Get your own facts right! The slashdot article talks about May getting a specific doctorate - "Astrophysics". The honorary one just talks about a generic science PhD. Also, the article linked to mentions May submitting his PhD, NOT the honorary doctorate.
I don't mind people getting accredited PhDs and calling themselves "Dr", but I have never heard of anyone doing so. I had to work bloody hard for my own doctorate, so I can call myself Dr!
FFS!
Alright, this is from memory, so it may be incorrect, but hopefully the gist is right...
When I opened my gmail account in February, I specified that I was in the UK. I was very disappointed that I couldn't do certain things
that were promised, such as POP download. However, when I changed my country to USA, the settings that allowed POP were there!
All I can suggest is that, maybe, changing your country of origin may help in the short-term until Google sort this out?
This story is decades old! Persinger's work has recently been surpased by the work of Dr.Jason Braithewaite, a neuroscientists
at Birmingham (UK) University. He's also linked possible paranormal experiences to magnetic field stimulation of the brain, and has some field evidence to back this up from his work at Muncaster Castle. I've written about this on my website
I'm not knocking paint. Its a bit limited by what it can do, but its good enough to knock up a simple picture in minutes! A better drawing package, IMHO, is xfig...
Two reasons why I've tried GIMP and will *NOT* return to it unless it has:
a) a better GUI
b) better documentation
How do you expect ordinary users to use it, regardless of how wonderful it is, if its hard to use and isn't intuitive? Even MS Paint is better, and easier to use than GIMP's functionality!
Have a look at http://www.badpsychics.com/ and look at Professor Richard Dawkins' two part series on "The Enemies of Reason". He gives homeopathy and other pseudo-science a right good pasting.
When I worked for this shower of shits, one of the prime examples to give to potential customers as to why you shouldn't use Google's search facility is that it came in a sealed box, and any failures would result in it having to be sent back to the company. Mind you Autonomy would sell its own mother down the swannee for a belly full of ruin. The ****s !
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.paullee.com/ghosts/bookofpredictions.html
I was born in Nigeria, and spent the first 7 months of my life there, so sadly I don't have any memories of the place. My mum and dad have regaled me with tales of corruption (everyone from the gardener to the police it seems) and it sounds like a horrible place in which to live and work. I have no desire to go back.
"Boldly going?"
More like "whimpered off"
Why would it produce "more significant results"? Oh yes, of course. Its American.
BBC News had an article about this today. It seems that informaton about your purchases, or product browsing history is sent to your friends and businesses. At this time of year, this could spoil one or two surprise Christmas presents.
...I have had more false positives appear in my gmail inbox than any other time since I started using it (February)! Coincidence? I fink we should be told....
I first heard about this story about 1982 - and it was old news then! Slow day for news, Slashdot?
Will these drivers work with Vista or do we have to wait for more M$ patches?
Sorry, this is rubbish. It is a full sized replica of how the difference engine/machine would have looked. I was told the information by a security guard with whom I was friendly in the museum. This would have been in 2003, when I worked as an assistant at the Titanic artefact exhibition.
There is a full scale replica, at London's Science Museum, made by their own technicians. Its a lovely mesh of bronze and brass cogs and gears, and yes, it does work. I worked there years ago and was told something interesting: Bill Gates funded the construction of the display model on the condition that afterwards, they build him one too. Which I presume they did.
Cars seemingly being drained of power were/are a main element of UFO stories, and interestingly, researchers found that firing microwaves at car headlights can stop the vehicle by, ISTR, burning out the electrical system. Has anyone else heard of this?
I would never provide financial support to Wikipedia. I have many interests and have added useful, relevant links to many Wikipedia pages. Now they are regarded as spam and immediately deleted. Such an approach is just censorship IMHO and is plain stupid. Each link should be, if possible, assessed for quality by a HUMAN and not an automated robot.
First of all, let me say that I'm a scientist by training. Secondly, that I have an open minded attitude towards ghosts. There, thats an oxymoron for you. Thirdly, that I was born on Hallowe'e. Whether this has anything to do with my interests or not, well, who knows :)
I have been interested in ghosts for all my life, but have been interested only semi-professionally for just over a decade. In that time, I have seen the rise of gullible, credulous idiots who believe in any old rubbish, and the fall of critical peer reviewed scientific method-driven enthusiasts. Even among university people, there are few interested people, and these tend to be lab-based ESP experiments, or groups who do research into the effects of magnetic fields on the brain, probing "god-like", or disocciated experiments.
A few of us are interested, though, but I doubt we'll find the answer. If you'd like, I'd ask you to review the pages on my web site, which list some of my experiences in the paranormal. Also recounts my meetings with some of the creduolous goons I mentioned above!
Get your own facts right! The slashdot article talks about May getting a specific doctorate - "Astrophysics". The honorary one just talks about a generic science PhD. Also, the article linked to mentions May submitting his PhD, NOT the honorary doctorate.
I don't mind people getting accredited PhDs and calling themselves "Dr", but I have never heard of anyone doing so. I had to work bloody hard for my own doctorate, so I can call myself Dr!
FFS!
Brian May *doesn't* have a PhD. He has submitted his thesis, but hasn't been awarded it yet. Get your facts right.
Alright, this is from memory, so it may be incorrect, but hopefully the gist is right... When I opened my gmail account in February, I specified that I was in the UK. I was very disappointed that I couldn't do certain things that were promised, such as POP download. However, when I changed my country to USA, the settings that allowed POP were there! All I can suggest is that, maybe, changing your country of origin may help in the short-term until Google sort this out?
This story is decades old! Persinger's work has recently been surpased by the work of Dr.Jason Braithewaite, a neuroscientists at Birmingham (UK) University. He's also linked possible paranormal experiences to magnetic field stimulation of the brain, and has some field evidence to back this up from his work at Muncaster Castle. I've written about this on my website
I'm not knocking paint. Its a bit limited by what it can do, but its good enough to knock up a simple picture in minutes! A better drawing package, IMHO, is xfig...
Two reasons why I've tried GIMP and will *NOT* return to it unless it has: a) a better GUI b) better documentation How do you expect ordinary users to use it, regardless of how wonderful it is, if its hard to use and isn't intuitive? Even MS Paint is better, and easier to use than GIMP's functionality!
I saw one weeks ago! I submitted the story to Slashdot, but it got rejected :(
Yay! 16 cents and falling! We'll reach zero yet...and then, more SCO Pump and Dumps. Jeepers
Titanic was a steam transport.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SCOX&t=1d&l=off&z=m&q=l&c=
Have a look at http://www.badpsychics.com/ and look at Professor Richard Dawkins' two part series on "The Enemies of Reason". He gives homeopathy and other pseudo-science a right good pasting.
When I worked for this shower of shits, one of the prime examples to give to potential customers as to why you shouldn't use Google's search facility is that it came in a sealed box, and any failures would result in it having to be sent back to the company. Mind you Autonomy would sell its own mother down the swannee for a belly full of ruin. The ****s !