The day that I see a story on the/. front page that a woman holds the *overall* record for time in space is the day I will start believing that humanity has come to terms with equality between the sexes.
Drum fill!
My aspiration level is not so exorbitant; if equal wages would be paid down on earth, I think humanity could do without the/. frontpage story.
The fonts and distortion is getting worse and worse to the point where it's usually 2 or 3 attempts before I can get one correctly, purely because letters are so distorted in them these days.
The St. Louis-based biotechnology giant alleges that the family
saved its transgenic seeds from one season and planted them the next, a
violation of the company's patent.
...
"I'm worried about control of our genetic resources with the patenting of
these varieties," she says. "Seed traditionally has been in the public
realm. With gmo seeds, corporations own it. It's not just the seed issue,
but control over food."
When more than 50% of the CPU cycles in my PC go to security software (Antivirus, Antiphising, Antispyware, Antiadware, Antifraud, heuristics scanning, SPAM filter, personal firewall, strange DMZ browser-thingeys) during the display of a simple HTML page in a browser i would say that our current approach is broken. Totally.
What do you expect when the asylum is run by those who should be the inmates??
On a more serious note: All adds up to turnaround, and there we are at the core of all cycles involved.
However, the earliest known use of the expression is in Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer-winning 1928 play, Strange Interlude, in which Edmund Darrell describes his son as, "an insensitive clod".
37% of email users said spam had increased in their personal email accounts, up from 28% of email users who said that two years ago. And 29% of work email users said spam had increased in their work email accounts, up from 21% two years ago. Yet fewer people say spam is "a big problem" for them.
c.f. (report PDF, phone survey about spam that was conducted between February 15 and March 7, 2007)
Now does this tell us something about e-mail or about recipients?
Slashdot is not one person. Slashdot is a diverse group of users...
... ... you seem to think that what's okay for the MPAA is not okay for Slashdot. For you to hold Slashdot to a stricter standard than the MPAA is, quite simply, mind boggling.
* In the 1950s, Marvin Minsky and Rollo Silver^289 built a "hydroflip computer" using hydraulic logic elements consisting of millimeter-wide grooves and holes in multiple layers of plastic sheets with small rods and balls inserted in some of the grooves. When the assembly was pressed together and connected to a water supply, it became a hydraulic computer powered by a 3-inch high column of water, operating at ~30 Hz.
289. Marvin Minsky, "Virtual Molecular Reality," in Markus Krummenacker, James Lewis, eds., Prospects in Nanotechnology: Toward Molecular Manufacturing, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1995, pp. 187-195.
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'. ...
Bob Dylan (1963?)
Quote: "Starting with Ubuntu's 7.04 release in April, Ubuntu users will gain access to Linspire's newly opened CNR (Click and Run) e-commerce and software delivery system."
referenced here: http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/08/ 1830240 : "Canonical and Linspire Make a Deal... Ubuntu users will get access to proprietary software (DVD players, media codecs) via Linspire's..."
What will a potential user make out of this while asking himself whether things will work for him?
Worse, if like the Spanish flu they will probably be dying in the street - as a friend who has learned it from his father who was an eye-witness told me - and is also mentioned here, quote: "Victims were dying in the street, in stores, in offices, in military barracks, turning blue and struggling for air as they suffocated in bloody froth.".
Reason enough for people to use youtube just for the sensation.
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The day that I see a story on the /. front page that a woman holds the *overall* record for time in space is the day I will start believing that humanity has come to terms with equality between the sexes.
/. frontpage story.
Drum fill!
My aspiration level is not so exorbitant; if equal wages would be paid down on earth, I think humanity could do without the
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The following members of the Virginia State Bar have been suspended for failure ... Alvin Norman FELDZAMEN, Ithaca, NY. ... (Google is your friend)
Finding the whole thing a little strange, to say the least, I did a little research and suspect a personal tragedy.
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I'm sure we have had them over 5 years, if not more, maybe even 8 years?
In Germany the first ones were sold late 1998.
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this starts to worry me
Don't. There will be many more history books in English than there are in Latin today.
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No amount of experimentation proves something is always true
Give up trying. The majority will never get a grip - the consensus (faith like in religion(s)) is that there is "scientific proof".
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The fonts and distortion is getting worse and worse to the point where it's usually 2 or 3 attempts before I can get one correctly, purely because letters are so distorted in them these days.
THNX, I thought I was the only one.
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Actually with genetic engineering and patents of life this might already be the case.
...
Monsanto sues North Dakota farmer on patent violation
http://www.gene.ch/genet/2001/Feb/msg00067.html
The St. Louis-based biotechnology giant alleges that the family saved its transgenic seeds from one season and planted them the next, a violation of the company's patent.
"I'm worried about control of our genetic resources with the patenting of these varieties," she says. "Seed traditionally has been in the public realm. With gmo seeds, corporations own it. It's not just the seed issue, but control over food."
Picture all the consequences.
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When more than 50% of the CPU cycles in my PC go to security software (Antivirus, Antiphising, Antispyware, Antiadware, Antifraud, heuristics scanning, SPAM filter, personal firewall, strange DMZ browser-thingeys) during the display of a simple HTML page in a browser i would say that our current approach is broken. Totally.
What do you expect when the asylum is run by those who should be the inmates??
On a more serious note: All adds up to turnaround, and there we are at the core of all cycles involved.
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Is the zoo-like Minority Report world in which children are growing up in today doing more harm than good?
They have to get used to being spied upon so that they can find ways to cheat early enough.
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see also ...
http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Slashdot_su bculture#You_insensitive_clod.21
However, the earliest known use of the expression is in Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer-winning 1928 play, Strange Interlude, in which Edmund Darrell describes his son as, "an insensitive clod".
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http://ideasinwiring.blogspot.com/2005/06/writing- parallel-programs-in-labview.html
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The whole set, from the 'creative idea' to ending up here - an excellent example of 'Progressive Stupidity'.
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Battlefield tours from Moscow and the relic hunting in Russia. / http://www.militarytravelclub.ru/battle.html
Hmmm. It seems to be ame...commercialized now.
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37% of email users said spam had increased in their personal email accounts, up from 28% of email users who said that two years ago. And 29% of work email users said spam had increased in their work email accounts, up from 21% two years ago. Yet fewer people say spam is "a big problem" for them.
c.f. (report PDF, phone survey about spam that was conducted between February 15 and March 7, 2007)
Now does this tell us something about e-mail or about recipients?
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From TFA: ... Reliable search results are the core of Google's franchise. ...
Always thought that one sells (the) an image these days.
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Now that natural language is unstructured text you should not sense semantics with wetware. CC.
http://www.elpj.com/main.html
At least similar.
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What US is becoming is a Corporatocracy, which is just soviet style communism with a better marketing department.
A merger of 'Brave New World' and '1984'. What a beast.
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Impressive. http://www.sterpin.net/uk/ddibookg4uk.htm has a photo adventure. CC.
Slashdot is not one person. Slashdot is a diverse group of users ...
...
... you seem to think that what's okay for the MPAA is not okay for Slashdot. For you to hold Slashdot to a stricter standard than the MPAA is, quite simply, mind boggling.
What a mind-boggling waterfall of logic.
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Yes indeed ...
from http://www.nanomedicine.com/NMI/9.2.7.6.htm
* In the 1950s, Marvin Minsky and Rollo Silver^289 built a "hydroflip computer" using hydraulic logic elements consisting of millimeter-wide grooves and holes in multiple layers of plastic sheets with small rods and balls inserted in some of the grooves. When the assembly was pressed together and connected to a water supply, it became a hydraulic computer powered by a 3-inch high column of water, operating at ~30 Hz.
289. Marvin Minsky, "Virtual Molecular Reality," in Markus Krummenacker, James Lewis, eds., Prospects in Nanotechnology: Toward Molecular Manufacturing, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1995, pp. 187-195.
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Come gather 'round people
...
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
Bob Dylan (1963?)
More enlightening news at eleven.
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They say: <>.
Presumably "China" rather formally requested them to surrender.
So, informally, they are still not evil.
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Quote: "Starting with Ubuntu's 7.04 release in April, Ubuntu users will gain access to Linspire's newly opened CNR (Click and Run) e-commerce and software delivery system."/ 1830240 : "Canonical and Linspire Make a Deal ... Ubuntu users will get access to proprietary software (DVD players, media codecs) via Linspire's ..."
referenced here: http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/08
What will a potential user make out of this while asking himself whether things will work for him?
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people dying in their beds
Worse, if like the Spanish flu they will probably be dying in the street - as a friend who has learned it from his father who was an eye-witness told me - and is also mentioned here, quote: "Victims were dying in the street, in stores, in offices, in military barracks, turning blue and struggling for air as they suffocated in bloody froth.".
Reason enough for people to use youtube just for the sensation.
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