The author lists an apparent problem of this 3D search as a lack of molecular structures and calls for a "jump start" in the supply of 3D data, I call BS on this claim. A quick look at the Cambridge Structural Database shows 400,977 strucutures of 363,931 different molecules. There are another 89,064 structures of inorganic molecules in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database. On the biological side there are 3,425 structures of Nucleic Acids in the NDB as well as 42,082 structures of proteins and polypeptides in the PDB. If that still isn't enough for the authors, fire up any number of ab initioquantumchemistryprograms and in a short time you can create a library of good guesses for the structure of small molecules.
I tend to think the authors of the article are refering to the problems of a "useable form" for the structures and easy access of many of these databases. The first problem is mearly a problem of converting between the various structural file formats out there, something a good programmer (or grad student) can solve is a few weeks or less. The second is a bureaucrat issue and not a scientific one.
Actually they do! They even have a Knowledge Base Article on it. I'm still a little confused on why my modem speed matters when setting up Pregnancy...
Yes, I'll agree that anything that helps a lifeguard is good, and they do make mistakes, lot of them actually. But in my option, systems like these will be used as excuse to hire fewer real lifeguards as people will think the systems can take the place of them. As a lifeguard I'd think you'd agree that no computer system can see what a good lifeguard can spot in the pool.
As a long time swimmer and a lifeguard myself, I have to say I think a system like this is a complete waste of money.
I've been to lots of pool where the lifeguard were sitting at a desk reading and not watching the water or in some cases there stayed inside an office. Now most of these pools were lap pool where only 'hardcore' swimmers spend time, but still a pulled muscle in the deep end and even the best swimmer can go down.
On the other hand I've been to other pools, and worked at one with really good lifeguards. The pool I worked at had Ellis lifeguards and our training and expectations were a orders of magnitude higher that the traditional Red Cross lifeguards at most pools (sorry I have to shame any organization that tells you to treat someone for a neck injury before getting the person breathing). I doubt the girl in the article would have made it to the bottom at my pool. A good lifeguard can tell which swimmers can swim and which can't by watching them. Those that can't swim get watched more, and if they do something stupid, like jumping into the deep end, in seconds you'll know if their coming up or not.
I think that system like these will only decrease the number of good lifeguards hired and we will see more and more lifeguards sitting behind desk or in offices reading because "the computer is watching the kids". The £65,000 cost of the Poseidon system would have been better spend hiring more and better trained lifeguards and keeping them well trained.
Yes, because that robotic arm, the space suit your wearing, and the GIANT Space Shuttle and Space Station in front of you were not made by humans, they just grew up from the ground.
Actually most breathalyzers in bars will only tell you your BAC level if it is below the legal limit for this very reason. Some will also tell you when your slightly over, but most just have a "to drunk to drive" light that tell you when your over the limit.
Actually the Justices are quite capable of reading, the 5th amendment clearly reads, as you so nicely pointed out:...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
In the Kelo v. New London case the homeowners who refused to give up their land WERE offered compensation for their private property. When they refused, then and only then were they lots ordered condemned. This actions would be exactly the same if the land was being used for a road, park, or other more generaly though of public use facility.
Actually the keypad is NOT transposed for an accountaint. I know my Dad is a CPA and can fly through pages of numbers on a printing calculator or on the keypad of a standard computer keyboard. Went he got a laptop a few years ago the first thing he asked was if he could get an external keypad, which he went out and bough the next day. Anyone who adds lots of number better be competent on a keypad (better use 3 fingers!) and wouldn't like to use your more 'familiar' keypad.
If you want Virtual Windows in MS-Windows go download VirtuaWin. From the site VirtuaWin "is a virtual window manager for Win9x/NT/Win2K/XP." It's simple, small, and best of all Open Source!
You could always try using a one handed dvorak setup. Then you don't have to buy any new hardware just rearrange the keys on an old junker keyboard. And if you find you like the layout you can move to the standard Dvorak layout once/if you hand heals. Heck you can even get X keysym files.
As a student of Michigan Tech I thought everyone might want a little inside scoop on what this lawsuit has been like for a student of MTU. Starting off the first thing I saw about the case was on slashdot. I expected Tompkins to send out a letter to the all-student list the next day or two, but this didn't happen...so I waited. I got an email from my department System Admin saying we shouldn't pirate musics, etc. Finally on April 7, four days after appearing on slashdot, we got a email "from" Tompkins about the case. Looking at it a little further many student, including me, noticed it was simply a copy of Penn's States letter with Penn State replaced with Michigan Tech (Penn State copy here http://www.politechbot.com/p-04614.html)
Then on the 8th we got another letter, informing us that the last email wasn't really written by Tompkins! Here are a few quotes from the letter:
The letter written over my name should have clearly stated that this
was not my work. This is no different than what we tell students in the
classroom every day: cite your sources when you are quoting directly
from someone else. Give credit where credit is due. I did not do that
and I apologize.
Unfortunately, I had not seen the letter, but I was told that the
Michigan Tech letter would be similar to the letter from Penn State. I
didn't realize that my letter would be a duplicate. The staff member,
as happens often, handled the details.
And now our President "writes" another letter to the RIAA, I wonder if one of his staff memebers copied and pasted this one too from some other email. Other than this life at Tech is exactly the same, classes are still held, to much dismay, and the campus resnet is still kicking.
Oh ya, all quotes from are from MTU, wait no, Penn State's...crap how do I cite this one.
I'm a little dissapointed in slashdot, using the word war to describe the situation in Iraq. I think someone should take another look at the good old U.S. Constitution...
Article I, Section 8: "The Congress shall have power... To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;"
Now last time I checked, Congress had not declared war, so the US is not at war with Iraq anymore than we our at war with Canada. Checking out CSPAN it looks like Congress is still in the middle of some finance debate, so don't expect a declaration of war anytime soon. If you look at Bush's speech you see that he never said we are at war with Iraq, now if only slashdot was as smart as Bush
War, when did this happen?
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Anyone find it ironic that CNN, ABC News, etc have said that we are at 'War with Iraq'? I think someone at these news agencies should take another look at the good old U.S. Constitution...
Article I, Section 8:
"The Congress shall have power...
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;"
Now last time I checked, Congress had not declared war, so the US is not at war with Iraq anymore than we our at war with Canada. I really wish people would stop throwing that word out there for fun.
"Sierra Railroad...perhaps best known to steampunk aficionados for providing the time traveling 19th century locomotive to the movie, Back to the Future III."
They have a time traveling train and all they brought back from the future was another train that produces electricity! I expected more...I mean at least the thing could fly.
Really? It "worked" in my Opera too (win32, 6.0) of course after the flash played the page links didn't work, anywhere you clicked would send you to AT&T's page. Now thats what I call an ad!
I had one of these laptop, it was a Zenith Data Systems Z-Star 433VL. The "j" mouse was really nice, although occasionally you would get an extra "j" in your documents. Basically I think the j key had two position a regular deep push step, which would produce a "j" and a less deep push that would be used to control the mouse. Searching on the net brough up a keyboard that has this j key too http://www.vtama.com/shopu/sejinjmkb/
also of interest the new Compaq IPAQ internet device uses this j mouse
http://athome.compaq.com/showroom/static/review_ pc p_040401.html
Actually with some of the experimental FreeCom toys,a command.com replacment, which is again open, you can actually swap out large parts of command.com to free up conventional memory! This is great while running memory hogging games/program. Although the kernel still eats some conventional memory you might be able to get 600k of conventional memory.
FreeDos, www.freedos.org, is an open source "copy" of MS-DOS which would be great for playing old games. It actually is better in some respects than MS-DOS. Besides being free, in both senses, it can installed on large drives, not sure about the current limitations, but I think it's above 8 gigs now. Also the FAT-32 flavor of kernel, still in alpha/beta stages, supports Windows LFN and large partitions. If you wish to help out this project we are always looking for programmers and supports. We really could use a good EMM386 clone, and some work on the XMS managers. If anyones interested.
Of course the DOS port of DJGPP only supports 386s and above, which before you say, who uses a 286, look at a project like Freedos (www.freedos.org) who's very goal is to run on 8008 to Pentium 4's. This is a project thats needs a open Source C compiler but really lacks one, Borland C 1.1 is the default c compiler for the project currently
Just thought I'd add that this was the plot behind a Star Trek: The Next Generation epiosode. The crew goes down to this purfect planet and Wesley acidentally runs into resticted grass and according to the laws he has to be killed. This can be applied to both the grass and computer idea, what happens if you accententally walk on the grass/break into the computer? Btw, in Star Trek Wesley isn't killed, damn I was really wishing he was
Isn't GLIBC under LGPL now, so the claim is lesser, beause the LGPL allows many more rights to users than the GPL, it actually ends up being like the BSD linc.
This list does seem to be lacking the good old 80's and early 90's games that really deserve recognition. So I'm summit a list of the top 3 games that should be on the list for there high quality at the time.
3. Kingdom of Kroz (1987, Apogee) - This games was really the first overhead 3rd person game I ever saw.
2. Commander Keen (1990, Apogee) - No list should be without this great side scroller, rememeber not all of us has GebeForce 8 video cards. This game really lead to Duke Nukem (the origanal, not 3D), then Wolfenstein 3-D and eventually to Doom.
And
1. ZZT (1991, Epic MegaGames)- This game really was great for it's time, It had unlimited playablity with it's built in programming language (ZZT-OOP). Game development continues on it even today! Also it can run on just about any PC you have laying around. First really great game from the makers of Unreal.
Slashdot Mirror
I tend to think the authors of the article are refering to the problems of a "useable form" for the structures and easy access of many of these databases. The first problem is mearly a problem of converting between the various structural file formats out there, something a good programmer (or grad student) can solve is a few weeks or less. The second is a bureaucrat issue and not a scientific one.
Actually they do! They even have a Knowledge Base Article on it. I'm still a little confused on why my modem speed matters when setting up Pregnancy...
Yes, I'll agree that anything that helps a lifeguard is good, and they do make mistakes, lot of them actually. But in my option, systems like these will be used as excuse to hire fewer real lifeguards as people will think the systems can take the place of them. As a lifeguard I'd think you'd agree that no computer system can see what a good lifeguard can spot in the pool.
I've been to lots of pool where the lifeguard were sitting at a desk reading and not watching the water or in some cases there stayed inside an office. Now most of these pools were lap pool where only 'hardcore' swimmers spend time, but still a pulled muscle in the deep end and even the best swimmer can go down.
On the other hand I've been to other pools, and worked at one with really good lifeguards. The pool I worked at had Ellis lifeguards and our training and expectations were a orders of magnitude higher that the traditional Red Cross lifeguards at most pools (sorry I have to shame any organization that tells you to treat someone for a neck injury before getting the person breathing). I doubt the girl in the article would have made it to the bottom at my pool. A good lifeguard can tell which swimmers can swim and which can't by watching them. Those that can't swim get watched more, and if they do something stupid, like jumping into the deep end, in seconds you'll know if their coming up or not.
I think that system like these will only decrease the number of good lifeguards hired and we will see more and more lifeguards sitting behind desk or in offices reading because "the computer is watching the kids". The £65,000 cost of the Poseidon system would have been better spend hiring more and better trained lifeguards and keeping them well trained.
Yes, because that robotic arm, the space suit your wearing, and the GIANT Space Shuttle and Space Station in front of you were not made by humans, they just grew up from the ground.
Actually most breathalyzers in bars will only tell you your BAC level if it is below the legal limit for this very reason. Some will also tell you when your slightly over, but most just have a "to drunk to drive" light that tell you when your over the limit.
Actually the Justices are quite capable of reading, the 5th amendment clearly reads, as you so nicely pointed out: ...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
In the Kelo v. New London case the homeowners who refused to give up their land WERE offered compensation for their private property. When they refused, then and only then were they lots ordered condemned. This actions would be exactly the same if the land was being used for a road, park, or other more generaly though of public use facility.
The entire court document is here: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?c ourt=US&vol=000&invol=04-108 and is worth a read. Besides handing out decision the Justices pump out some well written documents.
Actually the keypad is NOT transposed for an accountaint. I know my Dad is a CPA and can fly through pages of numbers on a printing calculator or on the keypad of a standard computer keyboard. Went he got a laptop a few years ago the first thing he asked was if he could get an external keypad, which he went out and bough the next day. Anyone who adds lots of number better be competent on a keypad (better use 3 fingers!) and wouldn't like to use your more 'familiar' keypad.
No, but NetBSD seems to install fine!
If you want Virtual Windows in MS-Windows go download VirtuaWin. From the site VirtuaWin "is a virtual window manager for Win9x/NT/Win2K/XP." It's simple, small, and best of all Open Source!
You could always try using a one handed dvorak setup. Then you don't have to buy any new hardware just rearrange the keys on an old junker keyboard. And if you find you like the layout you can move to the standard Dvorak layout once/if you hand heals. Heck you can even get X keysym files.
As a student of Michigan Tech I thought everyone might want a little inside scoop on what this lawsuit has been like for a student of MTU. Starting off the first thing I saw about the case was on slashdot. I expected Tompkins to send out a letter to the all-student list the next day or two, but this didn't happen...so I waited. I got an email from my department System Admin saying we shouldn't pirate musics, etc. Finally on April 7, four days after appearing on slashdot, we got a email "from" Tompkins about the case. Looking at it a little further many student, including me, noticed it was simply a copy of Penn's States letter with Penn State replaced with Michigan Tech (Penn State copy here http://www.politechbot.com/p-04614.html)
Then on the 8th we got another letter, informing us that the last email wasn't really written by Tompkins! Here are a few quotes from the letter:
The letter written over my name should have clearly stated that this was not my work. This is no different than what we tell students in the classroom every day: cite your sources when you are quoting directly from someone else. Give credit where credit is due. I did not do that and I apologize.
Unfortunately, I had not seen the letter, but I was told that the Michigan Tech letter would be similar to the letter from Penn State. I didn't realize that my letter would be a duplicate. The staff member, as happens often, handled the details.
And now our President "writes" another letter to the RIAA, I wonder if one of his staff memebers copied and pasted this one too from some other email. Other than this life at Tech is exactly the same, classes are still held, to much dismay, and the campus resnet is still kicking.
Oh ya, all quotes from are from MTU, wait no, Penn State's...crap how do I cite this one.
Article I, Section 8: "The Congress shall have power... To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;"
Now last time I checked, Congress had not declared war, so the US is not at war with Iraq anymore than we our at war with Canada. Checking out CSPAN it looks like Congress is still in the middle of some finance debate, so don't expect a declaration of war anytime soon. If you look at Bush's speech you see that he never said we are at war with Iraq, now if only slashdot was as smart as Bush
Article I, Section 8: "The Congress shall have power... To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;"
Now last time I checked, Congress had not declared war, so the US is not at war with Iraq anymore than we our at war with Canada. I really wish people would stop throwing that word out there for fun.
Wait did I read this right?
"Sierra Railroad...perhaps best known to steampunk aficionados for providing the time traveling 19th century locomotive to the movie, Back to the Future III."
They have a time traveling train and all they brought back from the future was another train that produces electricity! I expected more...I mean at least the thing could fly.
Really? It "worked" in my Opera too (win32, 6.0) of course after the flash played the page links didn't work, anywhere you clicked would send you to AT&T's page. Now thats what I call an ad!
I had one of these laptop, it was a Zenith Data Systems Z-Star 433VL. The "j" mouse was really nice, although occasionally you would get an extra "j" in your documents. Basically I think the j key had two position a regular deep push step, which would produce a "j" and a less deep push that would be used to control the mouse. Searching on the net brough up a keyboard that has this j key too http://www.vtama.com/shopu/sejinjmkb/_ pc p_040401.html
also of interest the new Compaq IPAQ internet device uses this j mouse
http://athome.compaq.com/showroom/static/review
Actually in FreeDos you can type tab to auto complete.....oh thats for another story
Actually with some of the experimental FreeCom toys,a command.com replacment, which is again open, you can actually swap out large parts of command.com to free up conventional memory! This is great while running memory hogging games/program. Although the kernel still eats some conventional memory you might be able to get 600k of conventional memory.
FreeDos, www.freedos.org, is an open source "copy" of MS-DOS which would be great for playing old games. It actually is better in some respects than MS-DOS. Besides being free, in both senses, it can installed on large drives, not sure about the current limitations, but I think it's above 8 gigs now. Also the FAT-32 flavor of kernel, still in alpha/beta stages, supports Windows LFN and large partitions. If you wish to help out this project we are always looking for programmers and supports. We really could use a good EMM386 clone, and some work on the XMS managers. If anyones interested.
Of course the DOS port of DJGPP only supports 386s and above, which before you say, who uses a 286, look at a project like Freedos (www.freedos.org) who's very goal is to run on 8008 to Pentium 4's. This is a project thats needs a open Source C compiler but really lacks one, Borland C 1.1 is the default c compiler for the project currently
Just thought I'd add that this was the plot behind a Star Trek: The Next Generation epiosode. The crew goes down to this purfect planet and Wesley acidentally runs into resticted grass and according to the laws he has to be killed. This can be applied to both the grass and computer idea, what happens if you accententally walk on the grass/break into the computer? Btw, in Star Trek Wesley isn't killed, damn I was really wishing he was
Isn't GLIBC under LGPL now, so the claim is lesser, beause the LGPL allows many more rights to users than the GPL, it actually ends up being like the BSD linc.
This list does seem to be lacking the good old 80's and early 90's games that really deserve recognition. So I'm summit a list of the top 3 games that should be on the list for there high quality at the time.
3. Kingdom of Kroz (1987, Apogee) - This games was really the first overhead 3rd person game I ever saw.
2. Commander Keen (1990, Apogee) - No list should be without this great side scroller, rememeber not all of us has GebeForce 8 video cards. This game really lead to Duke Nukem (the origanal, not 3D), then Wolfenstein 3-D and eventually to Doom.
And
1. ZZT (1991, Epic MegaGames)- This game really was great for it's time, It had unlimited playablity with it's built in programming language (ZZT-OOP). Game development continues on it even today! Also it can run on just about any PC you have laying around. First really great game from the makers of Unreal.
*Quote is Property of MS*
People will have control over how, when and what information is delivered to them.
Sorta like we have control over what Windows does.....oh wait we don't....
Why does about.mozilla crash my computer (because I told it what information to display?)
Why did Windows crash right before i saved three hours of typed papers due in 5 minutes (becuase I have control over when the computer crashes!)
Why does Windows not support legacy software like the package promissed? ( because I have control over how Windows operates!)
Yet another M$ lie used to draw the lemmings to the water