I can imagine the FUD campaign the RIAA would run against FF and Microsoft running their own to put FF into the category of P2P software, which will result it in being banned from most businesses.
"The only problem is that the expected retail value of the EyeBud is around $600, about $200 more than a 60 gigabyte iPod."
That's not the ONLY problem. It is also VERY dorky looking and you can't really move about with that thing on, which really takes away the reason for having an iPod. iPods are mobile. They function well and they look nice (huge factor for those outside of the geek/nerd crowd). So, you're left using this while stationary. If you're going to do that, why not just watch it on a TV or monitory and save yourself $600? I could imagine frequent business travellers using one of these but hard to imagine anyone else having an use for it.
I would not trust the stock market to be the expert on science. I work at a finance company. The traders and analysts study companies and their products quite a bit but they don't get any special information nor do they have any special insights. Most of those guys are not scientists (but a few are engineers). They're not much better than you and I (unless you ARE a scientist or more precisely medical doctor, etc.) at knowing if something will work nor not. Remember the dot-com bubble and how those companies were bidded up and later died? Traders and analysts are specialists in their field, but not all fields. This is why people like Buffet prefer traditional business that they can look at the bottom-line or people like Peter Lynch advocates trading in what you know and understand. Lynch, especially, points this out in his famous book, "One Up on Wall Street".
"I guess now all thats left to update is the 'Idiot Outside' that doesn't know anything about using a computer."
I laugh now but there was a time, when I first started using computers, I would look for "Intel Inside" badge on the PC case as a mark of quality. I didn't even know what that really meant or refer to. I just saw the Pentium commercials and TV makes an impression on a 12 year old's mind.
Not a prank of our time but has to be one of the best pranks of all times: the Dreadnought Hoax. It involved some friends, one of them being Virginia Woolf and also Duncan Grant, tricking the Royal Navy into showing them their latest battleship, the Dreadnought, by disguising themselves as foreign royalties.
While I understand the concerns of the Indian government, I question the viability of this in the long run. Security through obscurity is at best a short term fix. If their sites can be attacked simply by knowing the above ground layout, one has to question the overall security of those installations. What's to stop a terrorist from simply getting the photos from another source? Perhaps through aerial photography? If Google agrees to help, I hope the Indian government will take the time to implement some genuine security that's not so vulnerable. Perhaps it's time for security people to experiment with the idea of peer-review?
"You have to keep in mind that there are A LOT of socially inept people in Japan. "
I find that rather hard to believe. It's more likely that their social norms and rules work differently than ours. It might appear inept to us but it's quite normal for them. In fact, a lot of what you just described also applies to the Chinese, which is my heritage.
There are cultures other than us who tend to be non-confrontational and indirect. There are advantages and disadvantages to that. Being indirect means problems are harder and takes longer to solve, especially when it's an issue of miscommunication. On ther other hand, both parties always have the options of backing down without losing too much face and suffering embarassment. Just observe a politician at work during an interview to see how this works. Also, escalation tend to be slower when you're indirect. Going back to your example, not speaking to someone is less likely to lead to physical violence than calling him names. I don't know the specifics of your experience but what might appear to insignificant to you might mean a lot to other people. For example, not taking off your shoes in a Chinese household goes beyond cleanliness and soiling their carpet. It implies that you think their house is not clean enough for you to walk on--the same reason you won't walk barefeet out on the streets.
If you look at things from the Chinese or Japanese perspective, the typical American appears rude, bullying, and uncompromising (at least that's what my parents accuse me of when I argue with them).
I'm a core volunteer for Habitat and it is definitely one of my favorite charities. It's very unique in that it provides housing but also makes the recipients get involved as helping themselves and their neighbors. The way it works is that the recipient must volunteer for X number of hours with Habitat and they end up either working on the home they'll move into or one of their neighbors' homes since Habitat tends to build entire neighborhoods. So they end up knowing each other from the start.
It's also great for those who want to help but don't have the extra cash. It helps me meet some great people who I would normally never meet and I've met a few "nerds" (professors, engineers, etc). The only caveat is that Habitat is a Christian organization but they're pretty light on that and never presses anyone on religion. I'm a devout atheist and have enjoyed working with other volunteers who are often church affliated.
It's a little late to do it now for the holiday season since a house takes some time to complete but try it for the next holiday season. One can imagine the emotion when the key is handed over to the new owners during the holiday season.
"Unfortunately, heat from the radiation source melted the plastic"
So, how did they assemble this radiation source in the first place??? As an aside, radioactive cobalt bomb is VERY nasty and close to a doomsday weapon.
"Using Internet Explorer is still a bit like playing Russian Roulette perfect, but the security of Windows has come a long way."
I can attest to that as well. Windows is fairly secure except MSFT made IE such an integral part of Windows. You end up with a situation where Windows is secure but the most accessible and vulnerable part of it can get you right past all those defense. It's akin to putting a screen door on a vault.
It's a very clever move on NASA's part. For the cost of the reward, $20 million, they managed to get all the contestants to invest their money to do the research. Even if each contestant invested less than the $20 million, the sum of their research investment will add up to be more than $20 million, even if you discount for some redundancy in their research efforts. I think it's a very good example of using public money to promote private investment in something that will eventually benefit the public.
"'The mission of the United States Air Force is to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests -- to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace.' "
You could be worried about it but if you read it more narrowly and in context, it's not that scary. The USAF will fight in space, air, and cyberspace as it relates to warfare. Given how dependent the US miliary and other militaries are on information, it's reasonable to expect them to practice techniques for attacking and defend networks. Put it another way, while the air force practices gaining air superiority, we rarely ever see them go around downing civilian aircraft in times of peace (though there have been mistakes). Just because they're developing the ability it doesn't mean they're going to recklessly use it on everyone. The military needs to be prepared for things that might happen.
We at Target would like to thank all of you for publicize this story, but more importantly helping us stop these scams by turning Barcode Magic's web server into a pile molten metal. As you are all surely aware, a site that allows users to print up barcodes is up to no good and deserve to be "Slashdotted", to use the common parlance of our times. We thank you for your vigilante justice. Consider it as a service to all the shoppers at Target. The prevention of future scams will result in savings passed onto the our shoppers, and not into the pocket of our executives.
Sincerely,
Target
"Walmart, without all the Lower Class"
"Highways out west were designed to be wide enough and have a long enough straight line to allow for a B52 bomber to land and be refueled."
The bad thing about American highways, which the Germans avoided, is long straight roads. In comparison the German highway system generally followed the contour and lay of the land. This helps prevent boredom and drivers falling asleep. Then again, highways going out west is going to pass through some pretty flat, straight stretches. So I guess some of it was pretty unavoidable.
Blizzard Entertainment has launched their torpedo and commenced a submarine patent attack on the man trying to create artificial tornadoes. Blizzard claims prior art on the idea of man-made weather phenomenons, citing the "Blizzard" spell found in hit titles such as "WarCraft", "WarCraft II", and "WarCraft III". From the depth of their lair, they pulled out a letter from the US patent office granting them rights to all ideas concerning the control of weather by man. In a Double Whammy ruling, Blizzard was also granted rights over all forms of "death and decay" techniques by an evil entity. Talks between Blizzard and Microsoft is currently underway on how Microsoft can license such technology.
I don't know man. I think I'm intelligent, I don't believe it, and I live by myself. Tom Cruise might be intelligent, believes in Scientology, and gets to fuck Kate Holmes. Hm....
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I can imagine the FUD campaign the RIAA would run against FF and Microsoft running their own to put FF into the category of P2P software, which will result it in being banned from most businesses.
That's not the ONLY problem. It is also VERY dorky looking and you can't really move about with that thing on, which really takes away the reason for having an iPod. iPods are mobile. They function well and they look nice (huge factor for those outside of the geek/nerd crowd). So, you're left using this while stationary. If you're going to do that, why not just watch it on a TV or monitory and save yourself $600? I could imagine frequent business travellers using one of these but hard to imagine anyone else having an use for it.
I would not trust the stock market to be the expert on science. I work at a finance company. The traders and analysts study companies and their products quite a bit but they don't get any special information nor do they have any special insights. Most of those guys are not scientists (but a few are engineers). They're not much better than you and I (unless you ARE a scientist or more precisely medical doctor, etc.) at knowing if something will work nor not. Remember the dot-com bubble and how those companies were bidded up and later died? Traders and analysts are specialists in their field, but not all fields. This is why people like Buffet prefer traditional business that they can look at the bottom-line or people like Peter Lynch advocates trading in what you know and understand. Lynch, especially, points this out in his famous book, "One Up on Wall Street".
How far away is Redmond from Mt. St. Helens?
Why do you say that? Just curious. I'm not an economist or anything like that.
I laugh now but there was a time, when I first started using computers, I would look for "Intel Inside" badge on the PC case as a mark of quality. I didn't even know what that really meant or refer to. I just saw the Pentium commercials and TV makes an impression on a 12 year old's mind.
Not a prank of our time but has to be one of the best pranks of all times: the Dreadnought Hoax. It involved some friends, one of them being Virginia Woolf and also Duncan Grant, tricking the Royal Navy into showing them their latest battleship, the Dreadnought, by disguising themselves as foreign royalties.
Been there once and was impressed by the exhibit. I remember seeing an Aeron chair, an iPod mini, and a Mac there.
Oh yeah?! Well here in the US on our Discovery channel we get shows about redecorating people's homes...
While I understand the concerns of the Indian government, I question the viability of this in the long run. Security through obscurity is at best a short term fix. If their sites can be attacked simply by knowing the above ground layout, one has to question the overall security of those installations. What's to stop a terrorist from simply getting the photos from another source? Perhaps through aerial photography? If Google agrees to help, I hope the Indian government will take the time to implement some genuine security that's not so vulnerable. Perhaps it's time for security people to experiment with the idea of peer-review?
Wow, I can't think of a Slashdot post with more intelligence (no puns intended) or more insight.
Sorry about the poor grammar in my post. It's late.
I find that rather hard to believe. It's more likely that their social norms and rules work differently than ours. It might appear inept to us but it's quite normal for them. In fact, a lot of what you just described also applies to the Chinese, which is my heritage.
There are cultures other than us who tend to be non-confrontational and indirect. There are advantages and disadvantages to that. Being indirect means problems are harder and takes longer to solve, especially when it's an issue of miscommunication. On ther other hand, both parties always have the options of backing down without losing too much face and suffering embarassment. Just observe a politician at work during an interview to see how this works. Also, escalation tend to be slower when you're indirect. Going back to your example, not speaking to someone is less likely to lead to physical violence than calling him names. I don't know the specifics of your experience but what might appear to insignificant to you might mean a lot to other people. For example, not taking off your shoes in a Chinese household goes beyond cleanliness and soiling their carpet. It implies that you think their house is not clean enough for you to walk on--the same reason you won't walk barefeet out on the streets.
If you look at things from the Chinese or Japanese perspective, the typical American appears rude, bullying, and uncompromising (at least that's what my parents accuse me of when I argue with them).
It's also great for those who want to help but don't have the extra cash. It helps me meet some great people who I would normally never meet and I've met a few "nerds" (professors, engineers, etc). The only caveat is that Habitat is a Christian organization but they're pretty light on that and never presses anyone on religion. I'm a devout atheist and have enjoyed working with other volunteers who are often church affliated.
It's a little late to do it now for the holiday season since a house takes some time to complete but try it for the next holiday season. One can imagine the emotion when the key is handed over to the new owners during the holiday season.
So, how did they assemble this radiation source in the first place??? As an aside, radioactive cobalt bomb is VERY nasty and close to a doomsday weapon.
Someone mod him up, +5 insightful! He just saved me a bundle of cash!
I can attest to that as well. Windows is fairly secure except MSFT made IE such an integral part of Windows. You end up with a situation where Windows is secure but the most accessible and vulnerable part of it can get you right past all those defense. It's akin to putting a screen door on a vault.
As a side question, anyone know if humans have the longest maturing period among animals? If so, why?
It's a very clever move on NASA's part. For the cost of the reward, $20 million, they managed to get all the contestants to invest their money to do the research. Even if each contestant invested less than the $20 million, the sum of their research investment will add up to be more than $20 million, even if you discount for some redundancy in their research efforts. I think it's a very good example of using public money to promote private investment in something that will eventually benefit the public.
You could be worried about it but if you read it more narrowly and in context, it's not that scary. The USAF will fight in space, air, and cyberspace as it relates to warfare. Given how dependent the US miliary and other militaries are on information, it's reasonable to expect them to practice techniques for attacking and defend networks. Put it another way, while the air force practices gaining air superiority, we rarely ever see them go around downing civilian aircraft in times of peace (though there have been mistakes). Just because they're developing the ability it doesn't mean they're going to recklessly use it on everyone. The military needs to be prepared for things that might happen.
No, no, what we need is "Googles does Dallas"!
We at Target would like to thank all of you for publicize this story, but more importantly helping us stop these scams by turning Barcode Magic's web server into a pile molten metal. As you are all surely aware, a site that allows users to print up barcodes is up to no good and deserve to be "Slashdotted", to use the common parlance of our times. We thank you for your vigilante justice. Consider it as a service to all the shoppers at Target. The prevention of future scams will result in savings passed onto the our shoppers, and not into the pocket of our executives.
Sincerely, Target "Walmart, without all the Lower Class"
The bad thing about American highways, which the Germans avoided, is long straight roads. In comparison the German highway system generally followed the contour and lay of the land. This helps prevent boredom and drivers falling asleep. Then again, highways going out west is going to pass through some pretty flat, straight stretches. So I guess some of it was pretty unavoidable.
Blizzard Entertainment has launched their torpedo and commenced a submarine patent attack on the man trying to create artificial tornadoes. Blizzard claims prior art on the idea of man-made weather phenomenons, citing the "Blizzard" spell found in hit titles such as "WarCraft", "WarCraft II", and "WarCraft III". From the depth of their lair, they pulled out a letter from the US patent office granting them rights to all ideas concerning the control of weather by man. In a Double Whammy ruling, Blizzard was also granted rights over all forms of "death and decay" techniques by an evil entity. Talks between Blizzard and Microsoft is currently underway on how Microsoft can license such technology.
j/k