All of the mystery lights observed by this group on the nights of 11 and 13 May 2005 can be reliably attributed to automobile headlights travelling along US 67 between Marfa and Presidio, TX.
According to the Lee Paul though, The first recorded Texan history occurred in 1883.
Yep, in 1883 it was all the craze to install those Bi-Xenon headlights on your SUV...
the phones of top Rogers executives had been the target of repeated cloning by a group linked to Hezbollah
Really, so now Hezbollah has activities that are outside of Lebanon? As a Christian Lebanese citizen, I find this somewhat shocking. I should be the last one to try and protect Hezbollah, but it's just unfair when I see them mentioned in articles as a "terrorist" group, in the same way Al-Qaeda. Hezbollah has always been, and is limited to the Lebanese territory... now what the boundaries of those territories are is up to discussion, but I don't think they'd be involved in international activities such as this, since they get most of their support from Syria/Iran.
I sometimes wonder if this kind of "oversight" is not sometimes done on purpose...
Its purpose is to allow users to specify their security requirements, to allow developers to specify the security attributes of their products, and to allow evaluators to determine if products actually meet their claims.
So, who sets the security requirements? Does this certification have any value, or is it the equivalent of "smiley faces for everyone"?
[National Information Assurance Partnership] So, what are your security requirements?
[Bribed Official] I need to be able to install ro0tkits without the user's approval...
[National Information Assurance Partnership] Excellent... EAL 4+ for all!
Those who have read books one and two [...] may wish they had [...] the handy interplanetary "orientation leaflet for newbie passengers" quoted in full in chapter 3 (brazenly entitled "RTFM").
A joint Mexico-U.S. effort to build a monster telescope atop a dormant volcano...
Why does this sound to me like a "bad idea"? This would be a great start for a thriller/action movie...
[Dramatic Voice]Atop dormant volcano in Mexico... containing an ancient Aztec burial ground... the construction of an American military complex awakens undead souls... Disturbed from their sleep, they thirst for revenge... Only one man... can hope to defeat them...
Actually what I had in mind is that by not having any comments posted under the stories posted by *B-B, Slashdot itself would stop putting them since they aren't generating any interest.I have no clue how, why and when pagerank works. So by just IGNORING his stories I was guessing they'd just go away.
But thanks for your contribution of typically ill-informed libertarian rhetoric. It's more obvious when you paste it into random situations like this just how bankrupt that argument is.
Wow. Ignoring the unnecessarily aggressive tone of your argument, I STILL fail to see the problem in my argument:
STORY POSTED BY *B-B ANNOYS EVERYONE -> IGNORE HIS STORIES, NOT CLICKING ON HIS LINKS, NOT POSTING COMMENTS -> SLASHDOT STOPS POSTING STORIES BY **B-B DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST. Where exacty does pagerank fit into my argument?
If all y'all hate the fact that **Beatles-beatles is using/. for financial gain, why don't you just stop posting on every story he submits, instead of posting to complain ? If we ignore any story where he's involved, then the problem will just die away... Simple no?
If you don't like what's on TV, change the channel, don't write in to complain at the TV execs. You don't like **Beatles-Beatles? Don't reply to his stories, and don't click on the links he provides.
*Disclaimer* I know that this post is contradicting itself by its very existence. Just mod it -1 schizophrenic and get over it.
If Yahoo is so much better than Google, than why does GOOG have more than double the market capitalization of YHOO ? Because the stock market is run by people who vote with their money, and therefore by people who try to make the most informed decisions they can. Those who know, know a good product when they see one (OR. they just bought into the hype and invested in Google like crazy, them and the rest of the world. But it paid off. didn't it:)).
Variety is the spice of life, and I think there's a market for both the "all-in-one" Yahoo-type solution just as much as the "function before form" Google method. Your personal preference shouldn't affect your judgement towards the other. I personally use both: Yahoo when I'm bored and Google when I need to get a job done fast.
The truth of the matter is that driving is actually an expression of our implicit memory, the same way as tying one's shoelaces, riding a bike, or normal reading. We do not put a conscious effort to keep the car straight, accelerate the right amount, brake the right amount. It is something that we "just do", after a year or so of driving.
Gamers, especially hardcore gamers, use a lot of such implicit memory, because they are required to play those games where lightning-quick reactions are required (just look at the speed at which you have to react in Soul Calibur III to do a "just ukemi", for example). We are more used to using "that" part of our brain, the one where we have to do things unconsciously, and quickly. So, we should theoretically have much less trouble integrating "cell-phone talking" in our driving skills.
I'm not saying that people that can't handle talking on a cell phone and driving are n0obs that shouldn't be allowed to drive in the first place, but it's really not that much of a big deal. Keep the phone at hand, use an earphone/microphone set, and raise your awareness level when you're driving AND talking, don't get caught up in the conversation too much.
Well what's next? Swiping your ID card everytime you call from a public payphone ? If monitoring emails is seen as a way to curb terrorism (or so the argument goes), then knowing who is using a public payphone at what time will surely help us in stopping many other potential crime,, rapists, blackmailers, stalkers, will all have to find another way. But no such measure will ever be in place. Why? Because it's not about security, it's not about protecting us.
It's about data mining, it's about control... they want to be able to have access to unlimited information at our expense. Right now governments are pushing their authority as far as they can, just to see how far they CAN go. And apparently they can do whatever the fsck they want.
As a Frenchman, I had wished that Europe in general would remain a beacon of personal freedom while the U.S. ate away its people's freedom in the name of "freedom" (Patriot Act, anyone?). But unfortunately the reality of things is quite different.
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Webhost Sues Google
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· Score: 5, Interesting
Probability that this is a waste of taxpayer's money:
- The page has a a commercial for AIT Inc.'s "Voice, Training, and Data Services for the Office: + 20%.
- The article about AIT suing Google is immediately followed by another one promoting AIT new storefront launch in Chicago. + 35%
- Firefox says that 2 Pop-ups were blocked. I shudder to think of the content of these pop-ups: + 15 %.
-"It's wrong, and stealing and lying are wrong," AIT President Clarence Briggs said. "Somebody needs to do something about it." OMG Somebody think of the children! : + 20 %.
- The article is carried by The Fayetteville (NC) Observer. Any search on Google for AIT, Google, and lawsuit yield nothing: + 40%.
- Interestingly, though, searching for the same keywords on Yahoo does yield a few hits. : - 10 %.
Yep, this is definitely a publicity stunt by a random company trying to capitalize on Google's high profile. The numbers don't lie:)
Jonathan: Do you have any comments about the recent X-Box 360 release, more specifically, the problems they've been having?
Jeff: [...] its funny to make fun of and ill laugh with the best of them and say 'haha, Microsoft blue screen of death, no matter what product you release!' It's not going to hurt them in the long run...
"When countries take steps to reduce software piracy, just about everyone stands to benefit," said Robert Holleyman, BSA president and CEO. "Workers have new jobs, consumers have more choices, entrepreneurs are free to market their creativity and governments benefit from increased tax revenues."
The problem that these people fail to see is that third-world countries can't afford to pay the "normal" (i.e US) prices for software. The numbers the BSA is throwing around is just mind-boggling... $ 400B in economic growth, what the fsck ever. I don't think most of those people would actually replace their pirated copies with the original, just because they can't afford it.
The message they're trying to convey is "OMG that's all we're missing out on because of piracy?", but it doesn't hold water. I'm not condoning piracy, but it really pisses me off when I see the "guys in the suits" blabbering inane propaganda and throwing around numbers to justify their existence.
And if the study includes PC games in the "pirated software" category, this makes it even worse, because the numbers will be again vastly inflated. In third-world countries, copies cost anywhere from $1 to $3, so anyone who goes out and buys games wouldn't leave without at least 3 DVDs, even they never play the games they bought. Which wouldn't be true if the prices were in the $35-55 range.
*Disclaimer* I have no expertise whatsoever in the field but I'm very skeptical of what is being claimed.
The only way an eavesdropper can determine which resistance is being used at which end is to inject current into the communication channel and measure the voltage and current changes in different directions. Doing this, though, exposes the eavesdropper, who is discovered with the very first bit of information extracted.
But what if the eavesdropper was present from the very beginning, how will they be able to differentiate a "clear" network from a tapped one?
As a rule of thumb anyone who claims to have found a way for "totally secure" anything is either a liar looking for cheap publicity/an ego trip/ pushing a terrorist agenda. And IMHO, I can foresee his "simple" solution using resistances being just as "simply" broken using a handheld calculator and a pair of rheostats (see disclaimer).
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Building relationships with potential customer...
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P2P Polluter Shuts Down
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· Score: 5, Funny
Overpeer "intervenes on behalf of our clients to protect their content from piracy on P2P networks. And, in certain cases, we also may help them build relationships with potential customers who happen to be on the P2P site"
Really? I'd like to know how they went around to build these relationships:
[Music] Hit me baby one more time, oh baby baby...[/Music] fkshfkjcxxxx------... You are a pirate. We know who you are. When where you downloaded this song from. Purchase the CD from a retailer (no iTunes they're evil too) and we won't sue you. Your truly. Overpeer.
"In recent years, law enforcement officials have turned to cellular technology as a tool for easily and secretly monitoring the movements of suspects as they occur. But this kind of surveillance - which investigators have been able to conduct with easily obtained court orders - has now come under tougher legal scrutiny."
In the last four months, three federal judges have denied prosecutors the right to get cellphone tracking information
So if I got this right, in recent years our rights were outright ignored, all this while in the name of the fight against terror even more legislation hindering our rights were regularly called for. And now I'm supposed to feel better because of THREE recents cases where judges actually did their jobs? Dunno, I don't have A.D.D, I'm lucid enough to see a situation of "three steps back, one step forward" when I see one.
Exercise
Rosenthal suggests that going for a walk or jog, or doing some other form of exercise can also help beat the blues. Exercising is even more effective against SAD if done outside during bright daytime hours.Eat well
It may be the time of year that you crave comfort foods that are full of starches and sugar, but Rosenthal says these foods can exacerbate seasonal affective disorder.Get away
If all else fails and if you have the time and money, take a vacation to a sunny place.
Exercise? Eat well? Get away? This article has no purpose to insult us geeks. But I did leave the best for last:
Go outside
Spend as much time outside as possible and when inside, try to maximize your exposure to natural sunlight.
There's no way to ask, "If I buy you a game, what game would you want?" without your gamer being able to make an educated guess about what you're planning on doing with the information. There's no faster way to ruin a surprise.
And why would that be a problem? People who aren't gamers cannot understand that our game preferences aren't only based on the quality of the game itself. A game might get rave reviews, and fit in my favorite genre, but I might not buy it. I just am not interested.
The best example I have is Shogun:Total War/Crusader:TW. I loved the first one, played it to death, but I didn't even consider for one second buying Crusader. I wasn't interested. Even though the genre/quality/publisher is the same, I liked the first one because I'm an anime junkie and love anything with sociopaths running around with on horses with Katanas, "Crusader" just didn't work out for me.
Just ask me what I want... screw the surprise, at least you won't end up having paid for a game that I don't want/need.
Slashdot Mirror
Bah, that won't hold against my Carsomyr +6.
Yep, in 1883 it was all the craze to install those Bi-Xenon headlights on your SUV...
Really, so now Hezbollah has activities that are outside of Lebanon? As a Christian Lebanese citizen, I find this somewhat shocking. I should be the last one to try and protect Hezbollah, but it's just unfair when I see them mentioned in articles as a "terrorist" group, in the same way Al-Qaeda. Hezbollah has always been, and is limited to the Lebanese territory... now what the boundaries of those territories are is up to discussion, but I don't think they'd be involved in international activities such as this, since they get most of their support from Syria/Iran.
I sometimes wonder if this kind of "oversight" is not sometimes done on purpose...
Oh, you mean kids' popular toys :(
Predicting earthquakes? A Breakthrough(TM) indeed...
So, who sets the security requirements? Does this certification have any value, or is it the equivalent of "smiley faces for everyone"?
Do0d, just man the man pages...
Why does this sound to me like a "bad idea"? This would be a great start for a thriller/action movie ...
But thanks for your contribution of typically ill-informed libertarian rhetoric. It's more obvious when you paste it into random situations like this just how bankrupt that argument is.
Wow. Ignoring the unnecessarily aggressive tone of your argument, I STILL fail to see the problem in my argument:
STORY POSTED BY *B-B ANNOYS EVERYONE -> IGNORE HIS STORIES, NOT CLICKING ON HIS LINKS, NOT POSTING COMMENTS -> SLASHDOT STOPS POSTING STORIES BY **B-B DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST. Where exacty does pagerank fit into my argument?If you don't like what's on TV, change the channel, don't write in to complain at the TV execs. You don't like **Beatles-Beatles? Don't reply to his stories, and don't click on the links he provides.
*Disclaimer* I know that this post is contradicting itself by its very existence. Just mod it -1 schizophrenic and get over it.
Skoda ? Fiat ?Renault? Cool cars?
You forgot other classic European gems such as the Dacia Logan, and my personal favorite, the latest Lada Niva!
Variety is the spice of life, and I think there's a market for both the "all-in-one" Yahoo-type solution just as much as the "function before form" Google method. Your personal preference shouldn't affect your judgement towards the other. I personally use both: Yahoo when I'm bored and Google when I need to get a job done fast.
Gamers, especially hardcore gamers, use a lot of such implicit memory, because they are required to play those games where lightning-quick reactions are required (just look at the speed at which you have to react in Soul Calibur III to do a "just ukemi", for example). We are more used to using "that" part of our brain, the one where we have to do things unconsciously, and quickly. So, we should theoretically have much less trouble integrating "cell-phone talking" in our driving skills.
I'm not saying that people that can't handle talking on a cell phone and driving are n0obs that shouldn't be allowed to drive in the first place, but it's really not that much of a big deal. Keep the phone at hand, use an earphone/microphone set, and raise your awareness level when you're driving AND talking, don't get caught up in the conversation too much.
It's about data mining, it's about control... they want to be able to have access to unlimited information at our expense. Right now governments are pushing their authority as far as they can, just to see how far they CAN go. And apparently they can do whatever the fsck they want.
As a Frenchman, I had wished that Europe in general would remain a beacon of personal freedom while the U.S. ate away its people's freedom in the name of "freedom" (Patriot Act, anyone?). But unfortunately the reality of things is quite different.
- The page has a a commercial for AIT Inc.'s "Voice, Training, and Data Services for the Office: + 20%.
- The article about AIT suing Google is immediately followed by another one promoting AIT new storefront launch in Chicago. + 35%
- Firefox says that 2 Pop-ups were blocked. I shudder to think of the content of these pop-ups: + 15 %.
-"It's wrong, and stealing and lying are wrong," AIT President Clarence Briggs said. "Somebody needs to do something about it." OMG Somebody think of the children! : + 20 %.
- The article is carried by The Fayetteville (NC) Observer. Any search on Google for AIT, Google, and lawsuit yield nothing: + 40%.
- Interestingly, though, searching for the same keywords on Yahoo does yield a few hits. : - 10 %.
Yep, this is definitely a publicity stunt by a random company trying to capitalize on Google's high profile. The numbers don't lie :)
Jeff: [...] its funny to make fun of and ill laugh with the best of them and say 'haha, Microsoft blue screen of death, no matter what product you release!' It's not going to hurt them in the long run...
Jonathan: Isn't that fun though?
Jeff: It is fun, well, it's always fun...
My kind of guy :')
Just so you know, your post is being displayed on my Panasoanic monitor, and I'm replying using my Logitake keyboard and mouse.
The problem that these people fail to see is that third-world countries can't afford to pay the "normal" (i.e US) prices for software. The numbers the BSA is throwing around is just mind-boggling... $ 400B in economic growth, what the fsck ever. I don't think most of those people would actually replace their pirated copies with the original, just because they can't afford it.
The message they're trying to convey is "OMG that's all we're missing out on because of piracy?", but it doesn't hold water. I'm not condoning piracy, but it really pisses me off when I see the "guys in the suits" blabbering inane propaganda and throwing around numbers to justify their existence.
And if the study includes PC games in the "pirated software" category, this makes it even worse, because the numbers will be again vastly inflated. In third-world countries, copies cost anywhere from $1 to $3, so anyone who goes out and buys games wouldn't leave without at least 3 DVDs, even they never play the games they bought. Which wouldn't be true if the prices were in the $35-55 range.
The only way an eavesdropper can determine which resistance is being used at which end is to inject current into the communication channel and measure the voltage and current changes in different directions. Doing this, though, exposes the eavesdropper, who is discovered with the very first bit of information extracted.
But what if the eavesdropper was present from the very beginning, how will they be able to differentiate a "clear" network from a tapped one?
As a rule of thumb anyone who claims to have found a way for "totally secure" anything is either a liar looking for cheap publicity/an ego trip/ pushing a terrorist agenda. And IMHO, I can foresee his "simple" solution using resistances being just as "simply" broken using a handheld calculator and a pair of rheostats (see disclaimer).
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Really? I'd like to know how they went around to build these relationships:
In the last four months, three federal judges have denied prosecutors the right to get cellphone tracking information
So if I got this right, in recent years our rights were outright ignored, all this while in the name of the fight against terror even more legislation hindering our rights were regularly called for. And now I'm supposed to feel better because of THREE recents cases where judges actually did their jobs? Dunno, I don't have A.D.D, I'm lucid enough to see a situation of "three steps back, one step forward" when I see one.
Exercise? Eat well? Get away? This article has no purpose to insult us geeks. But I did leave the best for last:
And why would that be a problem? People who aren't gamers cannot understand that our game preferences aren't only based on the quality of the game itself. A game might get rave reviews, and fit in my favorite genre, but I might not buy it. I just am not interested.
The best example I have is Shogun:Total War/Crusader:TW. I loved the first one, played it to death, but I didn't even consider for one second buying Crusader. I wasn't interested. Even though the genre/quality/publisher is the same, I liked the first one because I'm an anime junkie and love anything with sociopaths running around with on horses with Katanas, "Crusader" just didn't work out for me.Just ask me what I want... screw the surprise, at least you won't end up having paid for a game that I don't want/need.
If you want a sphere shaped information-gathering robot, look no further .