http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/12/californian_science_dunces/
Even if it was right, having one of the answers at or near the end of the ranges offered all but guarantees that a high proportion will get it wrong.
It's trivia; I may well have checked either 61-70 or 71-80 depending on mood.
Of course people listen to their friends. How is it that game reviews are almost all uniformly over 7/10 even though most of the stuff is trash?
If the gaming press had respect for their readers rather than the publishers and junkets people might actually listen to them over what their friends might say.
As far as I'm concerned, spam is so untargetted that replying to an unsubscribe cannot possibly make it worse. It's vanishingly unlikely to make it better, but how, exactly, does it make it worse?
If you remember this article from the nytimes posted a while back. This guy really seemed to appreciate out of office reply. An anecdote? Yes, but from a self-proclaimed spammer.
But from the ashes of TIA rises the MATRIX. This article on the Register doesn't paint a pretty picture.
And the conspicuous use of the phrase 'anti-terrorism' does send up a red flag, being the standard incantation with which assaults on the liberties and privacy of ordinary citizens are justified.
"The MATRIX pilot project is an effort to increase and enhance the exchange of sensitive terrorism and other criminal activity information between local, state, and federal agencies," the project Web site explains.
The system will use "data analysis and data integration technology to improve the usefulness of information contained in multiple types of document storage systems."
From that it would appear that the scheme is designed to give the Feds what they're not allowed to get simply by re-packaging it and selling it through a back channel. It also looks designed to find and prosecute, perhaps persecute, unfortunate bastards in the name of the American anti-terror Jihad.
Sounds like TIA wasn't so bad after all.
I hate this kind of stuff
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Let the man rest in peace. Did he approve of the editor? Did he have any input in to it since 1930?
"It's like CD collections, or books; libraries have nicely catalogued and ordered collections. Private individuals don't; they have roughly ordered collections on the shelf, and don't bother keeping them in any better order"
Call yourself a geek? How can you possibly but something on a shelf without first checking to see that it's in a proper place observing the subtle cross reference system that backs up the obvious system. Man, I hate it when people move my stuff.
Isn't it possible that something as obviously non-infringing as the BPF filter is just an effort to make the community relax? I can't see how anyone, even a company as litigious as SCO, could possibly be stuck with examples like this. You can dig the algorithm and comments from textbooks over 20 years old. If you was to use it in a college assignment as is it would just be considered proper use of the tools at hand so how can SCO possibly believe that it is infringement.
Am I the only one who believes there has got to be more to this claim? I know that all their actions seem to be designed and timed to boost their stock price every time it seems to be flagging a little from its already inflated position but surely BPF and similar code is not all they have?
Those AT&T contracts IBM signed were pretty damn restrictive and having read the responses from Perens and Raymond I can understand how someone "reasonable" with an understanding of the issues involved can see that this is not the same as a derivative work but we are talking about something coming from a legal point of view which doesn't always look at things reasonably especially when it comes to U.S. copyright law. Even though this is a contract dispute it still looks like it could become another copyright mess so I don't really understand the seemingly overwhelming confidence of the OSS community.
Why do these people assume that scientists have no ethics? Is it currently possible to do research in a cutting edge field without moronic protestors telling you what you are doing is wrong and stirring up the general public to believe you are breaking the laws of nature?
GM foods bad! Embryo research bad! Cloning bad! And now Nanotech bad too. Obviously scientists have no morality or sense of social responsibility. Arse!
I think what this really should have mentioned more prominently is the second story. Talk about imperialist running dogs of the capitalist pig regime. - "Hey there, want a trade agreement? Not unless you bow down and worship the god of copyright exactly like we do"
So insurance companies have found yet another way to bog down any legitimate claim you might have so they can keep the inflated premiums they took off you.
Any time they come up with BS like this they always claim it will lower premiums and give some inflated figure of how much fraudulent claims are costing them, but who is to say how many of those fraudulent claims are not just the companies finding a loophole to screw anybody who makes a claim.
Can't stand them, they have a business model where everybody has to give them money and they resent anybody with a legitimate claim to it.
juries... are usually just as stupid and irrational
Glad to see that the geek community is once more endearing itself to their peers.
If you had any belief in the freedom offered by the GPL you might realise that taking support away from people who use your precious creations is not a good path to take
Sounds like someone wishes they had a monopoly all of their very own. What happened to freedom?
Why is it an achievement to "cripple......the BSDs"? Not that they have been. And when was windows crippled? Is this a magical post sent back from the future to save mankind?
You could get in touch with this guy. Some of the screens look pretty good for a hobbyist's efforts at PS1. Also he's a old school C64 geek so he's gotta be ok.
Sure they did, but her ass was really badly airbrushed which kind of ruined the effect. I can remember thinking how hideous her ass must have been for them to have done that much work on it.
Whilst I haven't done any background checking on the Initiative for Software Choice I think what they seem to be saying is that the best tool for any particular job should be picked. In a case of government contracts I don't see why this should be a problem. Just because they're favouring one side now and it happens to be yours doesn't make it a better system - if the current bill was advising to try proprietary software before open source you'd think it was ridiculous so why isn't the reverse true?
Isn't this just the equivalent of the usual attempts by designers to make applications to be everything to everyone instead of just doing one frigging job well?
"Information in One Place" - I already have access to all my personal information and files in appropriate windows. So does anyone using a basic OS.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/12/californian_science_dunces/ Even if it was right, having one of the answers at or near the end of the ranges offered all but guarantees that a high proportion will get it wrong. It's trivia; I may well have checked either 61-70 or 71-80 depending on mood.
Of course people listen to their friends. How is it that game reviews are almost all uniformly over 7/10 even though most of the stuff is trash? If the gaming press had respect for their readers rather than the publishers and junkets people might actually listen to them over what their friends might say.
No, I think he means monotheist
If you remember this article from the nytimes posted a while back. This guy really seemed to appreciate out of office reply. An anecdote? Yes, but from a self-proclaimed spammer.
And the conspicuous use of the phrase 'anti-terrorism' does send up a red flag, being the standard incantation with which assaults on the liberties and privacy of ordinary citizens are justified. "The MATRIX pilot project is an effort to increase and enhance the exchange of sensitive terrorism and other criminal activity information between local, state, and federal agencies," the project Web site explains. The system will use "data analysis and data integration technology to improve the usefulness of information contained in multiple types of document storage systems." From that it would appear that the scheme is designed to give the Feds what they're not allowed to get simply by re-packaging it and selling it through a back channel. It also looks designed to find and prosecute, perhaps persecute, unfortunate bastards in the name of the American anti-terror Jihad.
Sounds like TIA wasn't so bad after all.
Free as a Bird anyone?
How much material has Tupac released since he died?
And all that crap that Tolkien's son claimed he wrote to make some money
Why, why, why do this to Heinlein as well?
Call yourself a geek? How can you possibly but something on a shelf without first checking to see that it's in a proper place observing the subtle cross reference system that backs up the obvious system. Man, I hate it when people move my stuff.
Why don't these people just put some effort in reiserFS?
Am I the only one who believes there has got to be more to this claim? I know that all their actions seem to be designed and timed to boost their stock price every time it seems to be flagging a little from its already inflated position but surely BPF and similar code is not all they have?
Those AT&T contracts IBM signed were pretty damn restrictive and having read the responses from Perens and Raymond I can understand how someone "reasonable" with an understanding of the issues involved can see that this is not the same as a derivative work but we are talking about something coming from a legal point of view which doesn't always look at things reasonably especially when it comes to U.S. copyright law. Even though this is a contract dispute it still looks like it could become another copyright mess so I don't really understand the seemingly overwhelming confidence of the OSS community.
GM foods bad! Embryo research bad! Cloning bad! And now Nanotech bad too. Obviously scientists have no morality or sense of social responsibility. Arse!
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I think what this really should have mentioned more prominently is the second story. Talk about imperialist running dogs of the capitalist pig regime. - "Hey there, want a trade agreement? Not unless you bow down and worship the god of copyright exactly like we do"
And the game was so short it was easy to get all the endings... at least I think it was.
Drive share prices up.
Somebody somewhere probably will pay them. Do we know who the "Fortune 500" company is yet?
Can those who they threaten be given damages for the wilful actions of this litigious little bastard of a company?
Cease and Desist... or give us money.
Any time they come up with BS like this they always claim it will lower premiums and give some inflated figure of how much fraudulent claims are costing them, but who is to say how many of those fraudulent claims are not just the companies finding a loophole to screw anybody who makes a claim.
Can't stand them, they have a business model where everybody has to give them money and they resent anybody with a legitimate claim to it.
Nothing like being patronised by the mainstream media to make people feel relevant.
Glad to see that the geek community is once more endearing itself to their peers.
If you had any belief in the freedom offered by the GPL you might realise that taking support away from people who use your precious creations is not a good path to take
Why is it an achievement to "cripple... ...the BSDs"? Not that they have been. And when was windows crippled? Is this a magical post sent back from the future to save mankind?
You could get in touch with this guy. Some of the screens look pretty good for a hobbyist's efforts at PS1. Also he's a old school C64 geek so he's gotta be ok.
Sure they did, but her ass was really badly airbrushed which kind of ruined the effect. I can remember thinking how hideous her ass must have been for them to have done that much work on it.
Marisa Tomei/Raquel
Patrick Warburton/Rip
D.L.Hughley/Turbo
Rachel Dratch/Alice
James Sie/Sam Chang
Marie Matiko/Vox
E.G.Dailey/Billy
WRITERS
David Sacks ("The Simpsons"), Ross Venokur,Jason Venokur and David Goetsch
And some pictures here (pdf)
Whilst I haven't done any background checking on the Initiative for Software Choice I think what they seem to be saying is that the best tool for any particular job should be picked. In a case of government contracts I don't see why this should be a problem. Just because they're favouring one side now and it happens to be yours doesn't make it a better system - if the current bill was advising to try proprietary software before open source you'd think it was ridiculous so why isn't the reverse true?
Isn't this just the equivalent of the usual attempts by designers to make applications to be everything to everyone instead of just doing one frigging job well?
"Information in One Place" - I already have access to all my personal information and files in appropriate windows. So does anyone using a basic OS.