"Each of us has about a 10 percent lifetime risk of contracting anal warts..."
Perhaps the phraseology is just misleading.
It is probably more like: "people that engage in unprotected sex have a 30% chance of contracting this STD, those that don't have a 0.01% chance of contracting it".
It is certainly not an equal 10% chance for everyone.
" More interesting is what happens in a few years when you dust off the HL2 box to play it again and find that the activation system is no longer online. What then?"
You will have to download the crack. There is already one available that allows people to use the warezed version of CS:Source on the Steam servers. Is this the same authentication system HL2 will be using?
"Is it reasonable to assume that all of our pollution is not the cause of global warming? No"
So 105 scientists from MIT, Stanford, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Florida State University, NASA, Kent State University, University of Arizona, University of Virginia, Cornell, etc. are not "reasonable"?
As independent scientists concerned with atmospheric and climate problems, we -- along with many of our fellow citizens -- are apprehensive about emission targets and timetables adopted at the Climate Conference held in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997.
The policies to implement the Treaty are, as of now, based solely on unproven scientific theories, imperfect computer models -- and the unsupported assumption that catastrophic global warming follows from an increase in greenhouse gases, requiring immediate action. We do not agree. We believe that the dire predictions of a future warming have not been validated by the historic climate record, which appears to be dominated by natural fluctuations, showing both warming and cooling. These predictions are based on nothing more than theoretical models and cannot be relied on to construct far-reaching policies.
"Besides, the minutes are so cheap, the government tax seekers may be in for a rude awakening when it dawns on them that even a tax as high as ten percent of one penny is still less than one penny.
It may have been a good idea if VOIP minutely rates compared to real phone rates."
TFA: "The cities, Burbank and El Monte, have asked dozens of Internet phone service providers to collect a monthly fee of about $1.40 from each subscriber"
"Maybe the true problem is that the Libertarians and Greens didn't bother to field any candidates for any office other then the US President"
That is simply untrue. The LP had 707 candidates running for elected office nationwide in positions ranging from Township Advisory Boards to State Senator and everything in between.
I think Intel knows that they are not going to get a lot of kind press today.
I think Intel has put this launch where they think it can do the least amount of damage by actually being noticed.
Intel's new Pentium 4 3.46 Extreme Edition processor touting its 1066MHz FSB and supporting 925XE chipset bring nothing new to the table in terms of real-world performance.
"Is this a paper launch?" Quite frankly, I don't know, and I don't see any real reason to care.
So there you have it folks - the 1066MHz FSB does absolutely nothing for performance.
We can only wonder what Intel is thinking, releasing an entirely new chipset just four months after they released the original. Either the 1066MHz FSB is going to make its way to CPUs faster than we have anticipated, or Intel has just introduced the world's first useless FSB improvement for the next 9 months.
But given that Intel isn't planning on ramping clock speed up too high anytime soon, we'd say that the 1066MHz FSB is best left for late next year, when more useful implementations of it will appear.
"First, if you build it in space, and you make it to Mars, would you have enough thrust in the lower gravity of Mars to lift off again"
The primary craft would remain in Mars orbit. There would be a separate landing craft for traveling between Mars orbit and the surface.
"how the hell would they put this together at a reasonable cost in space? The Russians blew the hell out of their Mir space station at least a few times. And I seem to remember that the new ISS crew nearly rammed the hell out of the space station when they hooked up with the station last week."
NASA plans to test a new robotic spacecraft later this month that can rendezvous with satellites and maneuver around them without human intervention.
If successful, the test will mark the first time NASA has run an entire mission on autopilot, according to DART project manager Jim Snoddy.
It will also bring the space agency one step closer to creating spacecraft that can dock to one another without human help. Doing so would save money and reduce the risk of accidents during dockings, said Snoddy.
The vehicle, five feet wide, has three basic modes: autonomous, remote control or manually driven by onboard human operators. Depending on battlefield circumstances, the vehicle could be controlled remotely, freeing up the soldiers inside it for other tasks, Greiner said.
Where does it say this will be a "killing machine"? From the article: "The vehicle will be able to relay real-time video, audio and sensor readings from the field. Such capabilities could allow for unmanned perimeter patrols of a military installation, or for reconnaissance or carrying supplies such as ammunition, the companies said."
Terrestrial scientists planning to sprout genetically altered weeds on Mars hope to take part in a $300 million mission to the red planet that could pave the way for human colonization.
"It will be a symbolic step of life from Earth, leaving Earth, and growing somewhere else," said Chris McKay, a NASA scientist involved in Mars missions.
"I have no doubt that we can get plants to survive on Mars," said Rob Ferl, a University of Florida scientist who is trying to reserve a spot for the experiment on the proposed 2007 mission.
A common weed along roadsides and trails, the Arabidopsis plant was selected for the project because of its short life cycle, about 5 weeks, its diminutive size, about 7 inches, and because its entire genetic structure has been mapped and sequenced.
If the lowly weed succeeds in its lofty task, the researchers hope it sparks more scientific interest in the possibility of "terraforming" Mars, or engineering its ecosystems to make them more suitable for Earth life.
Such tinkering would likely be required to produce oxygen, food and water for human transplants, as the cost of sending such essentials from Earth would be prohibitive.
"I have no doubt what we can get plants to survive on Mars. When we do, we will have shown that Earth-evolved life is capable of thriving in distant worlds, and we will have set the stage for human colonization," Ferl said.
"JS got invited (partly because of his book, and partly because he has often criticized Crossfire as sympotmatic of the media corruption), and he took the opportunity to make a sincere plea for change. This was about all he could do. And he did a mighty fine job shooting down those two monkeys. "
Jon Stewart got invited because Crossfire(CNN) and The Daily Show(COM) are owned by the same company, Time Warner. His book is being published by Warner Books. This appearance was an ADVERTISEMENT, just like when 60-minutes has an author from a book that a Viacom-company is publishing.
(A) utilizing such computer to send unsolicited information or material from the protected computer to others;
(B) diverting the Internet browser of the computer, or similar program of the computer used to access and navigate the Internet, away from the site the user intended to view, to one or more other Web pages, such that the user is prevented from viewing the content at the intended Web page;
(C) accessing or using the modem, or Internet connection or service, for the computer and thereby causing damage to the computer or causing the owner or authorized user to incur unauthorized financial charges;
(D) using the computer as part of an activity performed by a group of computers that causes damage to another computer; or
(E) delivering advertisements that a user of the computer cannot close without turning off the computer or closing all sessions of the Internet browser for the computer.
(2) Modifying settings related to use of the computer or to the computer's access to or use of the Internet by altering--
(A) the Web page that appears when the owner or authorized user launches an Internet browser or similar program used to access and navigate the Internet;
(B) the default provider used to access or search the Internet, or other existing Internet connections settings;
(C) a list of bookmarks used by the computer to access Web pages; or
(D) security or other settings of the computer that protect information about the owner or authorized user.
(3) Collecting personally identifiable information through the use of a keystroke logging function or similar function.
(4) Inducing the owner or authorized user to install a computer software component onto the computer, or preventing reasonable efforts to block the installation or execution of, or to disable, a computer software component by--
(A) presenting the owner or authorized user with an option to decline installation of a software component such that, when the option is selected by the owner or authorized user, the installation nevertheless proceeds; or
(B) causing a computer software component that the owner or authorized user has properly removed or disabled to automatically reinstall or reactivate on the computer.
(5) Misrepresenting that installing a separate software component or providing log-in and password information is necessary for security or privacy reasons, or that installing a separate software component is necessary to open, view, or play a particular type of content.
(6) Inducing the owner or authorized user to install or execute computer software by misrepresenting the identity or authority of the person or entity providing the computer software to the owner or user.
(7) Inducing the owner or authorized user to provide personally identifiable information to another person by misrepresenting the identity or authority of the person seeking the information.
(8) Removing, disabling, or rendering inoperative a security, anti-spyware, or anti-virus technology installed on the computer.
(9) Installing or executing on the computer one or more additional computer software components with the intent of causing a person to use such components in a way that violates any other provision of this section.
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As was already posted, AMD has Cool'n'Quiet on the desktop which runs chips at 1GHz using reduced voltage @ 22W.
Intel is planning something similar for the Prescott before eventually getting the P-M to the desktop now that Tejas has been canned.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/200406021 10858.html "The new capabilities Intel plans to include are the so-called AAC technology that adjusts performance depending on load in order to maintain low heat dissipation and quiet operation of personal computers"
"A rechargeable battery that puts out 1.5 volts instead of 1.2 like current NiCds and NiMH batteries."
You should be able to use NiMH batteries in every application that uses 1.5V alkalines. The reason is that while alkalines have a more linear discharge(i.e. in a certain usage after 1hour use they output 1.4V, after 2hours 1.3V, 4hours 1.1V etc.) NiMH maintain 80-90% output for the duration of their charge and then drop off suddenly.
Look at figure 3-10 on page 14 of this document (500KB PDF) to see the discharge curve for NiMH, and here(top image) is the discharge curve for a 1.5V alkaline.
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This game is from Scotland.
"the Scottish firm Traffic Games, which developed the game"
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,209 67,713468,00.html
"Each of us has about a 10 percent lifetime risk of contracting anal warts..."
Perhaps the phraseology is just misleading.
It is probably more like: "people that engage in unprotected sex have a 30% chance of contracting this STD, those that don't have a 0.01% chance of contracting it".
It is certainly not an equal 10% chance for everyone.
" More interesting is what happens in a few years when you dust off the HL2 box to play it again and find that the activation system is no longer online. What then?"
You will have to download the crack. There is already one available that allows people to use the warezed version of CS:Source on the Steam servers. Is this the same authentication system HL2 will be using?
http://www.nforce.nl/index.php?m=nfo&id=77141
"The Itanium was built for a niche market"
Then why did Intel release a roadmap in 2001 predicting that Itanium would have 90% of the desktop market share by today?
http://www.tweakers.net/reviews/204/6
"Is it reasonable to assume that all of our pollution is not the cause of global warming? No"
p p.org/LDsigs.html
So 105 scientists from MIT, Stanford, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Florida State University, NASA, Kent State University, University of Arizona, University of Virginia, Cornell, etc. are not "reasonable"?
http://www.sepp.org/leipzig.html
http://www.se
As independent scientists concerned with atmospheric and climate problems, we -- along with many of our fellow citizens -- are apprehensive about emission targets and timetables adopted at the Climate Conference held in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997.
The policies to implement the Treaty are, as of now, based solely on unproven scientific theories, imperfect computer models -- and the unsupported assumption that catastrophic global warming follows from an increase in greenhouse gases, requiring immediate action. We do not agree. We believe that the dire predictions of a future warming have not been validated by the historic climate record, which appears to be dominated by natural fluctuations, showing both warming and cooling. These predictions are based on nothing more than theoretical models and cannot be relied on to construct far-reaching policies.
"Besides, the minutes are so cheap, the government tax seekers may be in for a rude awakening when it dawns on them that even a tax as high as ten percent of one penny is still less than one penny.
It may have been a good idea if VOIP minutely rates compared to real phone rates."
TFA:
"The cities, Burbank and El Monte, have asked dozens of Internet phone service providers to collect a monthly fee of about $1.40 from each subscriber"
"Maybe the true problem is that the Libertarians and Greens didn't bother to field any candidates for any office other then the US President"
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That is simply untrue. The LP had 707 candidates running for elected office nationwide in positions ranging from Township Advisory Boards to State Senator and everything in between.
http://www.lp.org/campaigns/candidates.php?year=2
This is not something new. The 1986 Chevette radiator for $19 at Autozone is the most commonly used radiator for DIY water cooling on a budget.
http://www.overclockers.com/tips1022/
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx
Even when it is illegal to criticize the Chancellor's hair?
t ions/week/2003/031003/politics5.html
http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/info/publica
The primary craft would remain in Mars orbit. There would be a separate landing craft for traveling between Mars orbit and the surface.
"how the hell would they put this together at a reasonable cost in space? The Russians blew the hell out of their Mir space station at least a few times. And I seem to remember that the new ISS crew nearly rammed the hell out of the space station when they hooked up with the station last week."
They are working on this problem right now:
http://www.wired.com/news/space/0,2697,65272,00.h
The vehicle, five feet wide, has three basic modes: autonomous, remote control or manually driven by onboard human operators. Depending on battlefield circumstances, the vehicle could be controlled remotely, freeing up the soldiers inside it for other tasks, Greiner said.
Where does it say this will be a "killing machine"? From the article: "The vehicle will be able to relay real-time video, audio and sensor readings from the field. Such capabilities could allow for unmanned perimeter patrols of a military installation, or for reconnaissance or carrying supplies such as ammunition, the companies said."
" AMD is patenting this as a way of *getting around* of SOI disadvantages."
"US patent number 6,800,933 was filed on the 23rd of April 2001, with the following abstract:... "
I doubt its primary purpose was to address an issue with technology not in use until several years later.
"JS got invited (partly because of his book, and partly because he has often criticized Crossfire as sympotmatic of the media corruption), and he took the opportunity to make a sincere plea for change. This was about all he could do. And he did a mighty fine job shooting down those two monkeys. "
Jon Stewart got invited because Crossfire(CNN) and The Daily Show(COM) are owned by the same company, Time Warner. His book is being published by Warner Books. This appearance was an ADVERTISEMENT, just like when 60-minutes has an author from a book that a Viacom-company is publishing.
That is why I always took the JR-line in Kyushuu, no talking on cells allowed.
"Unix based window managers (along with others) have had virtual desktops for years, where did Microsoft drop the ball?"
r toys/xppowertoys.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powe
Virtual Desktop Manager
Manage up to four desktops from the Windows taskbar
" I wonder what the exact definition of spyware is according to that bill ?"
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I posted it here
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=124534&ci
Please define "spyware"
Here are the criteria specified in the bill
http://thomas.loc.gov
H.R. 2929
(1) Taking control of the computer by--
(A) utilizing such computer to send unsolicited information or material from the protected computer to others;
(B) diverting the Internet browser of the computer, or similar program of the computer used to access and navigate the Internet, away from the site the user intended to view, to one or more other Web pages, such that the user is prevented from viewing the content at the intended Web page;
(C) accessing or using the modem, or Internet connection or service, for the computer and thereby causing damage to the computer or causing the owner or authorized user to incur unauthorized financial charges;
(D) using the computer as part of an activity performed by a group of computers that causes damage to another computer; or
(E) delivering advertisements that a user of the computer cannot close without turning off the computer or closing all sessions of the Internet browser for the computer.
(2) Modifying settings related to use of the computer or to the computer's access to or use of the Internet by altering--
(A) the Web page that appears when the owner or authorized user launches an Internet browser or similar program used to access and navigate the Internet;
(B) the default provider used to access or search the Internet, or other existing Internet connections settings;
(C) a list of bookmarks used by the computer to access Web pages; or
(D) security or other settings of the computer that protect information about the owner or authorized user.
(3) Collecting personally identifiable information through the use of a keystroke logging function or similar function.
(4) Inducing the owner or authorized user to install a computer software component onto the computer, or preventing reasonable efforts to block the installation or execution of, or to disable, a computer software component by--
(A) presenting the owner or authorized user with an option to decline installation of a software component such that, when the option is selected by the owner or authorized user, the installation nevertheless proceeds; or
(B) causing a computer software component that the owner or authorized user has properly removed or disabled to automatically reinstall or reactivate on the computer.
(5) Misrepresenting that installing a separate software component or providing log-in and password information is necessary for security or privacy reasons, or that installing a separate software component is necessary to open, view, or play a particular type of content.
(6) Inducing the owner or authorized user to install or execute computer software by misrepresenting the identity or authority of the person or entity providing the computer software to the owner or user.
(7) Inducing the owner or authorized user to provide personally identifiable information to another person by misrepresenting the identity or authority of the person seeking the information.
(8) Removing, disabling, or rendering inoperative a security, anti-spyware, or anti-virus technology installed on the computer.
(9) Installing or executing on the computer one or more additional computer software components with the intent of causing a person to use such components in a way that violates any other provision of this section.
As was already posted, AMD has Cool'n'Quiet on the desktop which runs chips at 1GHz using reduced voltage @ 22W.
1 10858.html
Intel is planning something similar for the Prescott before eventually getting the P-M to the desktop now that Tejas has been canned.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20040602
"The new capabilities Intel plans to include are the so-called AAC technology that adjusts performance depending on load in order to maintain low heat dissipation and quiet operation of personal computers"
"You can't run a big company with a "you're my enemy so I won't do business with you" mentality."
Someone better get that memo to Scott McNealy.
"A rechargeable battery that puts out 1.5 volts instead of 1.2 like current NiCds and NiMH batteries."
You should be able to use NiMH batteries in every application that uses 1.5V alkalines. The reason is that while alkalines have a more linear discharge(i.e. in a certain usage after 1hour use they output 1.4V, after 2hours 1.3V, 4hours 1.1V etc.) NiMH maintain 80-90% output for the duration of their charge and then drop off suddenly.
Look at figure 3-10 on page 14 of this document (500KB PDF) to see the discharge curve for NiMH, and here(top image) is the discharge curve for a 1.5V alkaline.
Here is the Inq writeup on this from a few days ago: Man that inspired The Matrix reckons we should all learn assembler
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