While i'm not claiming that the conclusions drawn by the author of the study are 100% unfalsifiable, I do like it when someone comes up with a study that proves that deregulating every sector of the market is not the "best" solution.
The truth is that France had realized this early on. Some things shouldn't be left up to the market to decide: electricity, gas, water, telecoms were all owned by the state previously. Even if you lived on top of a lone mountain, it was your right as a French citizen to have access to water, electricity and a phone line (not sure about the phone line and natural gas, can't be bothered to check), and almost on-the-spot service from them. The cost of such a measure was spread out over the millions of users that these companies had. So everyone was happy paying a FIXED FEE, wherever you lived, and usually a pretty low one too.
But now, the EU with their "free market is good no matter what", has been pressuring France into privatizing EDF, GDF, France Telecom/Orange... This study comes 5 years too late:(
KTouch
KTouch is a program for learning touch typing - it helps you learn to type on a keyboard quickly and correctly. Every finger has its place on the keyboard with associated keys to press.
KTouch helps you learn to touch type by providing you with text to train on, and adjusts to different levels depending on how good you are. It can display which key to press next, and the correct finger to use.
This package is part of the official KDE edutainment module.
I dunno if it's what you had in mind, but it seems correct...
Slashdot: Where the socially inept start ripping on the @ generation. Waitasec.. How did you get that +4 karma bonus? Yes, of course by having an active social life:P
We are nerds. We shouldn't rip on these newcomers to the Internet. 0W|\| 7|-|31r \/\/1N|)0z B*x3S maybe, but not rip on them...
Well at least in the longer run it will hurt Microsoft if ALL its big clients start threatening them with Open Source bogeyman... which in turn means less money for them to use to try to buy out their competitors in all the other fields they're investing in, one example being the $126 hit per XBox 360 they sell http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/23/ 1549209&from=rss
Some companies will go through with their threats, some won't, but either way it's a victory for OSS everytime this scenario is reenacted.
According to Scrooge McDuck's "biography"...
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I'm shocked to see so many people standing up to defend such a law, thinking it would be the "morally" correct thing to do.
Remember when you were a teenager & you wanted to buy Mortal Kombat for your Sega Genesis/SNES? Imagine if the guy behind the counter would tell you that you can't: "you're too young". You're 16, you're allowed to drive in some places, but you can't play Mortal Kombat... I know I have played ultra-violent games, I grew up playing them, I enjoyed them. But I also played games like Civ, Transport Tycoon, Populous etc... I graduated from high school and university with the highest honors. Yet I enjoy blood in games.
For all of you above 20 who probably did play these games just as much as me, remember, you were a teenager once too, and I don't think you would've appreciated it if a law would ban you from playing such games. It's so ironic that parents do the dumbest things when they are young (i.e smoke pot, play lame games with no educational value whatsoever) and grow up to become uptight pricks. "We don't want them to do the same mistakes we did...". I'm not condoning the "everything goes" attitude of some parents today, but focus on the things that are actually IMPORTANT, like pushing him to excel in school, grow up to be a respectable and responsible adult, not to avoid "the fruits of the devil" or whatever you feel like calling these things...
Besides, if you're THAT concerned about your child's safety, by him a Ninendo:D [yes I know, flamebait].
Man claims he can talk to Jesus using a funnel to listen to the forest.
Now tell me how this claim differs from "Company Claims Development of True AI". So basically this is a talking version of AIM's Scam-bot (or whatever it was called). Whoopeee. Real AI, queue stories of machines acquiring self-consciousness and randomly killing humans when they realize that what they have been programmed to do [Marketing] is the root of all evil.
Gillon said other browsers, such as Firefox, are sufficiently locked down that the hack doesn't work on them.
[...]However, given the danger presented by this and other recent discoveries of IE security holes, I would strongly recommend that IE users consider downloading and using another browser, like Firefox, Opera or Netscape.
Go Brian Krebs !!!
On a more serious note, it's nice to see somebody post an article clearly promoting [generic non-IE browser], but IMHO security shouldn't be the only reason why FF is chosen over IE. If it turns out that FF is safer "only" because it isn't targeted by hackers/phishers/terrorists, then everything falls apart. We shouldn't lose sight of the initial raison-d'etre of FF, which is to be an open-source browser, not a "more secure" browser (which is an added side benefit).
For instance, in August, many countries weren't happy about a proposal to have porn sites' Web addresses end in.xxx, rather than.com. But only one government, the United States, was able to actually intercede and eventually scuttle the plan, even though the plan had ICANN's backing.
ICANN? You CANNT do sh*t... Play down U.S influence all you like, it's just not true. When you claim to be an international player, you just can't afford to not have the largest economy in the world on your side, fact. Even if ICANN was based in Yerevan, Armenia, it would still be heavily influenced by the U.S.
This is truly an amazing thing Bioware is doing here. Disregarding the obvious promotional benefits they get by doing something like this, this lets people with nothing more than a fertile imagination break through and potentially land a job in the industry of their dreams.
I am a huge fan of Bioware and their games, the BG, NN, and NWN series are all breathtaking; It's things like this that remind me why I have so much respect them. Bioware have always sold games with virtually no eye-candy, just perfectly narrated stories with near-infinite replay value. It's really cool of them to turn to their fans for inspiration.
On a less optimistic note, I just hope they aren't doing this because they are running out of ideas and their company is sinking...
Me says this is a piece of Dissociative Identity Disorder-striken software that doesn't know where it wants to be... just doesn't have the same ring to it. Of course you are right, but it lacks sex appeal IMHO:(
Or I haven't understood the thing, or it's a completely useless service.
So basically, it's a system that's let's me let other people see what I have, but they can't copy the file for themselves... Ingenious, from a legal standpoint, but I really doubt it'll pick up.
From an older article:
"The system is smart enough to identify copyrighted music that has been uploaded by users into the system."http://informationweek.com/story/showArtic le.jhtml?articleID=173402852
If the system is that smart, why would a "no-copying"policy be required? Hmmm ? Since the files being shared aren't copyrighted, I shouldn't be prohibited from sharing them.
Me says this is a piece of schizophrenic software that doesn't really know where it wants to be, and it probably will be too bandwidth hungry for most people to present any kind of interest.
But then again, maybe I haven't understood the thing:-/
In the controversial operation, tissues, muscles, arteries and veins were taken from a brain-dead donor and attached to the patient's lower face.
But,but,but...what if the brain-dead patient suddenly wakes up and decides to kill everyone who knew about the operation, even though he wasn't awake to know who they were ?
I would THINK it would be a huge factor for home PC users.
I'll tell you why I stopped using WinXP even though I have been playing PC games for 20 years now... The 2 factors that drove me away from XP are:
- I was completely fed up of CONSTANTLY maintaining the Anti-virus/spyware/malware software up-to-date, and STILL get a dozen of so of them every month - I have an computer illiterate family:'(
- IMHO, the quality of PC Games has dropped substantially in the past , oh say 5 years. I used to play PC games because I felt they were usually far more creative and intelligent than any console game: god games (CIV!!!), 1st person shooters (they used to be PC-only before...), simulators ( Apache Longbow, Hind, whatever). But ever since EA has turned its evil eye towards PCs, I came to realize that PCs have started producing games that are fundamentally the same ones as the ones you get on consoles... So the PC as a gaming machine had just become, in my eyes, an expensive console. At the same time, you can see how much better consoles have become in the same period of time, which made my shift even easier.
- Oh and 3- Computer games have become obscenely ressource-hungry, usually with no graphical justification *cough*C&C Generals*cough*. I don't know if this is due to lazy coding and rushed jobs, or malice due to collusion between hardware manufacturers and software producers *cough*EAINTELWINDOWS*cough*. I'm betting on the former, but I have come to expect anything in this industry...
And gaming under Linux just keeps on getting better with time, now with Quake IV http://www.filecloud.com/files/file.php?file_id=22 97 binaries available, I believe this is the first step towards mainstream acceptance of Linux as a gaming machine.
Sony BMG didn't understand the software it was introducing to people's computers"
Really, then I suppose that when the head of Sony BMG's global digital business, Thomas Hesse, told National Public Radio:"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" I assume that he includes HIMSELF as part of those "people".
Sony BMG officials insist that they acted as quickly as they could, and that they expected to be able to go public and offer a software patch at the same time. However, Russinovich posted his blog item first, forcing Sony BMG to scramble to contain the crisis.
Bad Russinovich, not giving Sony enough time to "do the right thing" [be a man;)] I'm sure they were going to go public with the glitch as soon as they had found out about it. Because Sony is irresponsible enough to install software which they don't even "understand" apparently, I'm supposed to believe them when they claim that they were going to act responsible and actually go public with this thing? What the f*ck ever...
I hope they didn't have a percentage of the test group who were hopeless stoners and skewed the results
Well if you had RTA, you would've surely not missed this line:
To better understand the factors that can impact activity levels, the ONPRC scientists studied 17 female rhesus macaque monkeys housed in single cages compared to 12 female monkeys group housed in large pens
On a much more serious note: I'm not a neuroscientist, and I wouldn't want to seem arrogant enough to claim that I know better than them, but I'm having trouble accepting the conclusion that since different monkeys inherently have different levels of activity, regardless of the environment, then people are born couch potatoes... Seems more like sensationalist journalism to me.
And besides, humans have different methods of being "active". Being blessed with a brain, we could actually be making use of it even though on the outside we are motionless. Like the guy who discovered the Laws of Gravity, he was sitting like a lazy bum under a tree!:)
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This article was not written, endorsed, and paid for by Autodesk,Inc.http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=adsk&d=t. This article provides objective opinions. We are your friends...
Why should an article finish with a paragraph of marketing b*llsh*t? I mean, if you're going to pay a guy to write a nice article for you, shouldn't he at least try to not make it so obvious? Or is it just standard practice nowadays?
Well at least this will help the P2P movement as a whole, by moving the 20 or so users of Kazaa towards other more popular networks... Let's give Kazaa the proper burial it should've received ages ago. I for one have no regrets...
Well to make things clear, I'm French, but I quoted the U.S Constitution because it's the first example I came accross on the Internet, not because I believe it's better/more accurate/the ultimate truth. So yes your comment is valid and I apologize for being a lazy bum:P
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The truth is that France had realized this early on. Some things shouldn't be left up to the market to decide: electricity, gas, water, telecoms were all owned by the state previously. Even if you lived on top of a lone mountain, it was your right as a French citizen to have access to water, electricity and a phone line (not sure about the phone line and natural gas, can't be bothered to check), and almost on-the-spot service from them. The cost of such a measure was spread out over the millions of users that these companies had. So everyone was happy paying a FIXED FEE, wherever you lived, and usually a pretty low one too.
But now, the EU with their "free market is good no matter what", has been pressuring France into privatizing EDF, GDF, France Telecom/Orange... This study comes 5 years too late :(
I dunno if it's what you had in mind, but it seems correct...
We are nerds. We shouldn't rip on these newcomers to the Internet. 0W|\| 7|-|31r \/\/1N|)0z B*x3S maybe, but not rip on them...
Someone please define advantage :-\
Some companies will go through with their threats, some won't, but either way it's a victory for OSS everytime this scenario is reenacted.
Anybody knows where I can download the tape ?
Remember when you were a teenager & you wanted to buy Mortal Kombat for your Sega Genesis/SNES? Imagine if the guy behind the counter would tell you that you can't: "you're too young". You're 16, you're allowed to drive in some places, but you can't play Mortal Kombat... I know I have played ultra-violent games, I grew up playing them, I enjoyed them. But I also played games like Civ, Transport Tycoon, Populous etc... I graduated from high school and university with the highest honors. Yet I enjoy blood in games.
For all of you above 20 who probably did play these games just as much as me, remember, you were a teenager once too, and I don't think you would've appreciated it if a law would ban you from playing such games. It's so ironic that parents do the dumbest things when they are young (i.e smoke pot, play lame games with no educational value whatsoever) and grow up to become uptight pricks. "We don't want them to do the same mistakes we did...". I'm not condoning the "everything goes" attitude of some parents today, but focus on the things that are actually IMPORTANT, like pushing him to excel in school, grow up to be a respectable and responsible adult, not to avoid "the fruits of the devil" or whatever you feel like calling these things...
Besides, if you're THAT concerned about your child's safety, by him a Ninendo :D [yes I know, flamebait].
Now tell me how this claim differs from "Company Claims Development of True AI". So basically this is a talking version of AIM's Scam-bot (or whatever it was called). Whoopeee. Real AI, queue stories of machines acquiring self-consciousness and randomly killing humans when they realize that what they have been programmed to do [Marketing] is the root of all evil.
You can fix that with an Alt-F4, or better yet , Ctrl-Alt-Del...
[...]However, given the danger presented by this and other recent discoveries of IE security holes, I would strongly recommend that IE users consider downloading and using another browser, like Firefox, Opera or Netscape.
Go Brian Krebs !!!
On a more serious note, it's nice to see somebody post an article clearly promoting [generic non-IE browser], but IMHO security shouldn't be the only reason why FF is chosen over IE. If it turns out that FF is safer "only" because it isn't targeted by hackers/phishers/terrorists, then everything falls apart. We shouldn't lose sight of the initial raison-d'etre of FF, which is to be an open-source browser, not a "more secure" browser (which is an added side benefit).
ICANN? You CANNT do sh*t... Play down U.S influence all you like, it's just not true. When you claim to be an international player, you just can't afford to not have the largest economy in the world on your side, fact. Even if ICANN was based in Yerevan, Armenia, it would still be heavily influenced by the U.S.
I am a huge fan of Bioware and their games, the BG, NN, and NWN series are all breathtaking; It's things like this that remind me why I have so much respect them. Bioware have always sold games with virtually no eye-candy, just perfectly narrated stories with near-infinite replay value. It's really cool of them to turn to their fans for inspiration.
On a less optimistic note, I just hope they aren't doing this because they are running out of ideas and their company is sinking...
Me says this is a piece of Dissociative Identity Disorder-striken software that doesn't know where it wants to be ... just doesn't have the same ring to it. Of course you are right, but it lacks sex appeal IMHO :(
Signed, Concerned Fan....
So basically, it's a system that's let's me let other people see what I have, but they can't copy the file for themselves... Ingenious, from a legal standpoint, but I really doubt it'll pick up. From an older article: "The system is smart enough to identify copyrighted music that has been uploaded by users into the system."http://informationweek.com/story/showArtic le.jhtml?articleID=173402852
If the system is that smart, why would a "no-copying"policy be required? Hmmm ? Since the files being shared aren't copyrighted, I shouldn't be prohibited from sharing them.
Me says this is a piece of schizophrenic software that doesn't really know where it wants to be, and it probably will be too bandwidth hungry for most people to present any kind of interest.
But then again, maybe I haven't understood the thing :-/
But,but,but...what if the brain-dead patient suddenly wakes up and decides to kill everyone who knew about the operation, even though he wasn't awake to know who they were ?
--Concerned movie freak.
I encrypt all my comments in double ROT-13, it helps me keep my job :)
I'll tell you why I stopped using WinXP even though I have been playing PC games for 20 years now... The 2 factors that drove me away from XP are:
- I was completely fed up of CONSTANTLY maintaining the Anti-virus/spyware/malware software up-to-date, and STILL get a dozen of so of them every month - I have an computer illiterate family :'(
- IMHO, the quality of PC Games has dropped substantially in the past , oh say 5 years. I used to play PC games because I felt they were usually far more creative and intelligent than any console game: god games (CIV!!!), 1st person shooters (they used to be PC-only before...), simulators ( Apache Longbow, Hind, whatever). But ever since EA has turned its evil eye towards PCs, I came to realize that PCs have started producing games that are fundamentally the same ones as the ones you get on consoles... So the PC as a gaming machine had just become, in my eyes, an expensive console. At the same time, you can see how much better consoles have become in the same period of time, which made my shift even easier.
- Oh and 3- Computer games have become obscenely ressource-hungry, usually with no graphical justification *cough*C&C Generals*cough*. I don't know if this is due to lazy coding and rushed jobs, or malice due to collusion between hardware manufacturers and software producers *cough*EAINTELWINDOWS*cough*. I'm betting on the former, but I have come to expect anything in this industry...
And gaming under Linux just keeps on getting better with time, now with Quake IV http://www.filecloud.com/files/file.php?file_id=22 97 binaries available, I believe this is the first step towards mainstream acceptance of Linux as a gaming machine.
Really, then I suppose that when the head of Sony BMG's global digital business, Thomas Hesse, told National Public Radio:"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" I assume that he includes HIMSELF as part of those "people".
Sony BMG officials insist that they acted as quickly as they could, and that they expected to be able to go public and offer a software patch at the same time. However, Russinovich posted his blog item first, forcing Sony BMG to scramble to contain the crisis.
Bad Russinovich, not giving Sony enough time to "do the right thing" [be a man ;)] I'm sure they were going to go public with the glitch as soon as they had found out about it. Because Sony is irresponsible enough to install software which they don't even "understand" apparently, I'm supposed to believe them when they claim that they were going to act responsible and actually go public with this thing? What the f*ck ever...
THE most hardore site on the Internet, Literally!
I just need to find a few heroine addicts willing to do the things required to honor the XXXX name...
"Call me a troll"
Consider it done...
Well if you had RTA, you would've surely not missed this line:
To better understand the factors that can impact activity levels, the ONPRC scientists studied 17 female rhesus macaque monkeys housed in single cages compared to 12 female monkeys group housed in large pens
Hopeless stoner female rhesus macaque monkeys, kinky stuff...
On a much more serious note: I'm not a neuroscientist, and I wouldn't want to seem arrogant enough to claim that I know better than them, but I'm having trouble accepting the conclusion that since different monkeys inherently have different levels of activity, regardless of the environment, then people are born couch potatoes... Seems more like sensationalist journalism to me.
And besides, humans have different methods of being "active". Being blessed with a brain, we could actually be making use of it even though on the outside we are motionless. Like the guy who discovered the Laws of Gravity, he was sitting like a lazy bum under a tree! :)
"Autodesk, Inc. is wholly focused on ensuring that great ideas are turned into reality. With over seven million users, Autodesk is the world's leading software and services company for the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media, and wireless data services fields. Autodesk's solutions help customers create, manage, and share their data and digital assets more effectively. As a result, customers turn ideas into competitive advantage by becoming more productive, streamlining project efficiency, and maximizing profits."
This article was not written, endorsed, and paid for by Autodesk,Inc.http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=adsk&d=t . This article provides objective opinions. We are your friends...
Why should an article finish with a paragraph of marketing b*llsh*t? I mean, if you're going to pay a guy to write a nice article for you, shouldn't he at least try to not make it so obvious? Or is it just standard practice nowadays?
Well to make things clear, I'm French, but I quoted the U.S Constitution because it's the first example I came accross on the Internet, not because I believe it's better/more accurate/the ultimate truth. So yes your comment is valid and I apologize for being a lazy bum :P