- Then I looked closely at the Register article. The source of this "news" is one man: Greg Palast. Who is Greg Palast? Here's a taste of what he's written.
There was a time where there was a president that was accused of wrongdoing by two reporters (just two, working together). I believe those names are Woodward and Bernstein.
I've read all those articles, and more, Like the expose of the deals that clinton did to keep the indonesian money out of his political life. He's written anti-gore things as well.
It either makes him anti-everyone.... or possibly someone that has something to say.
In Palast's words, Investigative journalism is a thing so rare, they actually wrote a book about it.
Problem is: US media is so 'in-bed' with the presidency, that they don't fact check anything.
Greg Palast has an interesting record regarding Investigative journalism. Unfortunately, because he actually does investigation, he is not quoted in the US.
He was the first to talk about the Ballot issues within florida in the 2000 election, but when he tried to get it on the air in the US, (I believe it was with CBS), the editors there told him that his facts did not check out. When asked who they contacted to fact check, the editorial staff replied that they contacted Jeb Bush's office.
I'm not one to believe what someone tells me is true, but, looking at the facts, and putting it all together leads to a certain way of thinking.
1. Most of the government offices in Iraq were either bombed or looted. The only one not bombed or looted? the Oil ministry (thanks to US military guards. Source: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/119505_oil2 8.html )
2. The US will install a government loyal to itself, IE a Secular Democracy. This at the same time that the shrub is tearing away the separation between church and state here.
3. People that oppose the bushes have a tendancy to get sued Source: http://www.utne.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.display.printab le?client.id=utne_web_specials&story.id=10452 or even killed. source: http://www.lovearth.net/fortunateson.htm)
Seriously. This guy, rather than sue the guy that masqueraded as him, sues the ISP. PUHLEESE.
This is like sueing mastercard for a fraudulent charge. COME ON!
The facts of this case.
This guy (who is not a prodigy user) gets an email from prodigy, who says that because of his aberrant activities is being cut off from the service.
This is the way that things should be. if someone is being abusive, and someone contacts his ISP about it, they have every right to suspend his service. In this case however, this was an account based on fraudulent info.
The service discovers that they have 'several' accounts for this guys imposter.
Who is a victim in this:
the guy who has had his name smeared. (obviously)
Prodigy (for varied fraud from this imposter)
In this case it sounds like a case of kill the messenger.
Your arguement falls apart. If in the first case that happens, you have a legitimate beef. No one has said that it is wrong.
in the second example, ISP's routinely drop abusive users from their systems. (thats how this guy in this case found out about this in the first place). I don't see how an ISP would know it is doing wrong until the perpetrator does wrong. Prodigy did nothing wrong in this case, the imposter did, and it would be wrong to hold prodigy accountable when prodigy was lied to.
In other words, if you look at a machine and think, "Hey--looks like Apple has a new machine out!" then they've violated Apple's trademark/patent rights.
I dunno about that. If someone is dumb enough to look at a red car say a Toyota Rav4. then sees another red car, say a Honda CRV, and says 'hey theres a new Toyota Mini SUV' is that trademark infringement? more like abject stupidity to me. remember that there is more than OOBE and Industrial design to a computer. 1. the computer is more than a collection of parts. when we geeks put it together, build a kernel, etc, we are doing it not for the sake of imitation, we are looking at a final result.... a working system (how we define 'working' is dependant on what the criteria is)
2. seeing the Fujitsu/seimens version (in translucent black) the Fish PC version (in banal colors) and another version of this AMD specification computer (Easy NOW!) is not a rip off, unless apple has trademarked a 'new way' of 'thinking about computers' (namely Computers as furniture). again, no big news to you or me, but the garish colors are typical of the dumbed down computer.
3. EasyNOW! is not an apple derivation, nor (to my eyes) does it even look like one. It might, to a person that is afraid of a pointing device (because it is called a 'mouse'. Don't laugh, i used to train people in software and there were a few, but i digress)
Apple is pissed that they created a new paradigm and now people are using that paradigm. Its like linus saying 'hey, I have this new operating system, you can use it, you can help with the design, but only I can sell it' Thoughts cannot be patentable, only how something is implemented.
I would not mistake this machine for a mac, nor would my wife (who is blissfully computer ignorant), but the small minds at apple see anything with a non-box design and with translucent obscene colors as plaigarism. Enough Let apple litigate themselves into oblivion. Litigation isn't cheap.
I'm also an MCSE. I wouldn't consider the exam HARD. Given a little practice, and a bit of cramming anyone could do it. Sure, some of the simulation questions get tricky and all. I looked at the MSCE stuff as training wheels. First that, then solaris, then Linux.... or should it be the other way around.... after all certifications are for the money right? Becides you can always tell who is paper-credentialed. those are the ones that have 15 M$ certs and have been doing it for one year.
True, Even the time spend doing the routine (but tediously long) paperwork and procedures is considered 'non-billable' time, regardless of whether its to do with the project, the client, or the consultant's company.
That was a pretty misinformed comment. Actually the delay has been caused because congress raised the H1B quotas to about 100,000 per year until 2002. INS now has to deal with the flood of requests coming from companies wanting cheap temporary labor without an increasein staff or budget. The ignorance of most Americans amazes me.
I forget where I read it, but somewhere on the web , I read that as per april of 1999, they were devoting their resources to clearing out the backlog of people waiting for naturalization. According to the article, they did it.... but at what a cost.
I admit that I have more than a passing interest, in that I had to get my wife over here on a green card. When she came over in september, we were told that it could be up to three years to actually get the green card....
seems like they gutted everything just to relieve the backlog on naturalization....
Politeness is not dead. But perhaps its an internet abberation that because of the anonymity of the medium, people have the ability to flame/put on airs/insult people, usually just because they feel they can. This is only from observation of what I have seen on IRC, the web and newsgroups. Just because something can be done without any serious consequence, doesn't mean it should be done. I've seen rants here on/. that were marked up, because they were on topic, and I've seen trolls. the difference was: do they contribute to the discussion? I dont see the need to remove AC. I only see the need of people to grow up!
I'm sorry, no offense to jon katz or anyone, but haven't we seen this film already. yes, I know that this one hasn't been made yet, but it simply sounds like a rehash of several films, once artistic, now turned into a cliche. I still wanna find a new film that hollywood can do. Enough of the warm and fuzzy crap.
Yes obscenity is not protected, but the term 'obscenity' is a rather subjective word. In some areas, books like 'catcher in the rye' are considered obscene, and in others it considered a critical work to be taught in public schools. Putting a government body in charge of itwill do nothing but make the issue worse. Remember that this is the same government that chose to spend millions of dollars to find illegal actions with our President (which the president so graciously supplied), even though many of the men that were on the witchhunt have things to hide themselves.
When sites like aclu.org are censored its a political act, not an ethical one. I don't subscribe to the view of the ACLU, but I defend their right to do what they do.
then there is the issue that many pron sites hae rather deep pockets... lets face it. sex sells in the US. if you block one site, they create 5 other sites. Censor-ware is a challenge to the censored, just as a 'protected network' is to a cracker....
maybe these lists should be catered to the library. I mean why look at erotic fiction on the internet when we can borrow a romance novel, or whatever. Why look at porn when I can go to the library and see reprints of fine art (painting (think michelangelo), scuplture (again michelangelo, or any of the ancient greek sculpters) or photography (no incontroversial figure comes to mind right now)). sure there is a difference between art and porn, and maybe a better tact would be to educate, not to censor.
I think that some people are missing the point a bit. Sex is not what we are talking about as an issue. It's really comes down to a few questions? 1. At what time (if any) should people be taught to understand sexuality, and the issues that relate to it.
2. If it is taught, what is the best way to be taught this topic?
Sexuality is more than just sex. It involves a lot of the human interaction we do as people in a 'normal' world.
A lot of times, I Liken the sexuality debate to the alcoholic debate, in that the people that are most victimised are frequently the ones that have had the least access to knowledge about it.
Good to know that at least there is now a commercially viable alternative to intel in the x86 market
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At work we do have a woman doing desktop support (along with 20 something other guys) I don't think she is marginalised at all. All we care about is can the person do their job, are they a team player, etc. We joke with her as well as anyone else. (albeit its not a linux shop, but i think that OS doesn't really matter as much in this regard.)
Actually i think hemos missed the boat on this a bit. Specifically Malaysia. For those of you that dont know it, Malaysia has the newest airport in the world, KLIA. 'm not from there, nor am i malaysian, but it may be the most sophisticated airport in terms of its systems. Although it had a few initial glitches on its opening last year, it now operates extremely efficiently, (far better than any airport in the us). When they built KLIA they really did pull out all the stops. the KLIA Official website shows it in its splendor AS for its airline, Malaysian Airlines, it has always shown itself of the highest safety records, as well as offering amenities that no US airlines offer at any price.
I am wondering about whether its worthwhile to clone an extinct animal. From what I remember of my High school biology, when 2 things of similar (99% similar within the species) mate, inbreeding occurs. Remember the idea of cousins marrying cousins, mating and causing genetic defects? These extinct animals then could only exist in a lab. Yes I remember hearing that even though Dolly is not exactly like the sheep she was cloned from, I dont think that science can adequately predict what will happen.
a durian is a prickly fruit that is said to smell and taste like hell. Some areas in South East Asia like the fruit and call it 'king of fruit'. incidently, in singapore they are banned from indoor places, and are grown in thailand and malaysia.
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- Then I looked closely at the Register article. The source of this "news" is one man: Greg Palast.
Who is Greg Palast? Here's a taste of what he's written.
There was a time where there was a president that was accused of wrongdoing by two reporters (just two, working together). I believe those names are Woodward and Bernstein.
I've read all those articles, and more, Like the expose of the deals that clinton did to keep the indonesian money out of his political life. He's written anti-gore things as well.
It either makes him anti-everyone.... or possibly someone that has something to say.
In Palast's words, Investigative journalism is a thing so rare, they actually wrote a book about it.
Problem is: US media is so 'in-bed' with the presidency, that they don't fact check anything.
I could go on....
Greg Palast has an interesting record regarding Investigative journalism. Unfortunately, because he actually does investigation, he is not quoted in the US.
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b le?client.id=utne_web_specials&story.id=10452 or even killed. source: http://www.lovearth.net/fortunateson.htm)
He was the first to talk about the Ballot issues within florida in the 2000 election, but when he tried to get it on the air in the US, (I believe it was with CBS), the editors there told him that his facts did not check out. When asked who they contacted to fact check, the editorial staff replied that they contacted Jeb Bush's office.
I'm not one to believe what someone tells me is true, but, looking at the facts, and putting it all together leads to a certain way of thinking.
1. Most of the government offices in Iraq were either bombed or looted. The only one not bombed or looted? the Oil ministry (thanks to US military guards. Source: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/119505_oil
2. The US will install a government loyal to itself, IE a Secular Democracy. This at the same time that the shrub is tearing away the separation between church and state here.
3. People that oppose the bushes have a tendancy to get sued Source: http://www.utne.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.display.printa
It also infects the prefs.js that netscape uses to set itself up...
creepy shit!
actually, being in NYC, thats not buchanan, but Rudolf Giuliani
Seriously. This guy, rather than sue the guy that masqueraded as him, sues the ISP. PUHLEESE.
This is like sueing mastercard for a fraudulent charge. COME ON!
The facts of this case.
This guy (who is not a prodigy user) gets an email from prodigy, who says that because of his aberrant activities is being cut off from the service.
This is the way that things should be. if someone is being abusive, and someone contacts his ISP about it, they have every right to suspend his service. In this case however, this was an account based on fraudulent info.
The service discovers that they have 'several' accounts for this guys imposter.
Who is a victim in this:
the guy who has had his name smeared. (obviously)
Prodigy (for varied fraud from this imposter)
In this case it sounds like a case of kill the messenger.
Your arguement falls apart.
If in the first case that happens, you have a legitimate beef. No one has said that it is wrong.
in the second example, ISP's routinely drop abusive users from their systems. (thats how this guy in this case found out about this in the first place). I don't see how an ISP would know it is doing wrong until the perpetrator does wrong. Prodigy did nothing wrong in this case, the imposter did, and it would be wrong to hold prodigy accountable when prodigy was lied to.
Actually Durex is the company, Avanti is one of their Products
In other words, if you look at a machine and think, "Hey--looks like Apple has a new machine out!" then they've violated Apple's trademark/patent rights.
I dunno about that. If someone is dumb enough to look at a red car say a Toyota Rav4. then sees another red car, say a Honda CRV, and says 'hey theres a new Toyota Mini SUV' is that trademark infringement? more like abject stupidity to me. remember that there is more than OOBE and Industrial design to a computer.
1. the computer is more than a collection of parts. when we geeks put it together, build a kernel, etc, we are doing it not for the sake of imitation, we are looking at a final result.... a working system (how we define 'working' is dependant on what the criteria is)
2. seeing the Fujitsu/seimens version (in translucent black) the Fish PC version (in banal colors) and another version of this AMD specification computer (Easy NOW!) is not a rip off, unless apple has trademarked a 'new way' of 'thinking about computers' (namely Computers as furniture). again, no big news to you or me, but the garish colors are typical of the dumbed down computer.
3. EasyNOW! is not an apple derivation, nor (to my eyes) does it even look like one. It might, to a person that is afraid of a pointing device (because it is called a 'mouse'. Don't laugh, i used to train people in software and there were a few, but i digress)
Apple is pissed that they created a new paradigm and now people are using that paradigm. Its like linus saying 'hey, I have this new operating system, you can use it, you can help with the design, but only I can sell it' Thoughts cannot be patentable, only how something is implemented.
I would not mistake this machine for a mac, nor would my wife (who is blissfully computer ignorant), but the small minds at apple see anything with a non-box design and with translucent obscene colors as plaigarism.
Enough
Let apple litigate themselves into oblivion. Litigation isn't cheap.
seeing as this is a copy of the AMD EasyNow! design, I would presume this is an AMD chip. maybe amd has a 30cm cpu
Damn, and I was just gonna spray my bondi blue translucent case. :)
I'm also an MCSE. I wouldn't consider the exam HARD. Given a little practice, and a bit of cramming anyone could do it. Sure, some of the simulation questions get tricky and all.
I looked at the MSCE stuff as training wheels. First that, then solaris, then Linux.... or should it be the other way around.... after all certifications are for the money right?
Becides you can always tell who is paper-credentialed. those are the ones that have 15 M$ certs and have been doing it for one year.
True, Even the time spend doing the routine (but tediously long) paperwork and procedures is considered 'non-billable' time, regardless of whether its to do with the project, the client, or the consultant's company.
When I went to school, I was taught that that concept was originated in Hegel's work.
That was a pretty misinformed comment. Actually the delay has been caused because congress raised the H1B quotas to about 100,000 per year until 2002. INS now has to deal with the flood of requests coming from companies wanting cheap temporary labor without an increasein staff or budget. The ignorance of most Americans amazes me.
I forget where I read it, but somewhere on the web , I read that as per april of 1999, they were devoting their resources to clearing out the backlog of people waiting for naturalization. According to the article, they did it.... but at what a cost.
I admit that I have more than a passing interest, in that I had to get my wife over here on a green card. When she came over in september, we were told that it could be up to three years to actually get the green card....
seems like they gutted everything just to relieve the backlog on naturalization....
Politeness is not dead. But perhaps its an internet abberation that because of the anonymity of the medium, people have the ability to flame/put on airs/insult people, usually just because they feel they can. This is only from observation of what I have seen on IRC, the web and newsgroups. Just because something can be done without any serious consequence, doesn't mean it should be done. I've seen rants here on /. that were marked up, because they were on topic, and I've seen trolls. the difference was: do they contribute to the discussion? I dont see the need to remove AC. I only see the need of people to grow up!
I'm sorry, no offense to jon katz or anyone, but haven't we seen this film already. yes, I know that this one hasn't been made yet, but it simply sounds like a rehash of several films, once artistic, now turned into a cliche. I still wanna find a new film that hollywood can do. Enough of the warm and fuzzy crap.
Yes obscenity is not protected, but the term 'obscenity' is a rather subjective word. In some areas, books like 'catcher in the rye' are considered obscene, and in others it considered a critical work to be taught in public schools. Putting a government body in charge of itwill do nothing but make the issue worse. Remember that this is the same government that chose to spend millions of dollars to find illegal actions with our President (which the president so graciously supplied), even though many of the men that were on the witchhunt have things to hide themselves.
When sites like aclu.org are censored its a political act, not an ethical one. I don't subscribe to the view of the ACLU, but I defend their right to do what they do.
then there is the issue that many pron sites hae rather deep pockets... lets face it. sex sells in the US. if you block one site, they create 5 other sites. Censor-ware is a challenge to the censored, just as a 'protected network' is to a cracker....
maybe these lists should be catered to the library. I mean why look at erotic fiction on the internet when we can borrow a romance novel, or whatever. Why look at porn when I can go to the library and see reprints of fine art (painting (think michelangelo), scuplture (again michelangelo, or any of the ancient greek sculpters) or photography (no incontroversial figure comes to mind right now)). sure there is a difference between art and porn, and maybe a better tact would be to educate, not to censor.
Lets use the extra time to build an air tight case...
I think that some people are missing the point a bit.
Sex is not what we are talking about as an issue. It's really comes down to a few questions?
1. At what time (if any) should people be taught to understand sexuality, and the issues that relate to it.
2. If it is taught, what is the best way to be taught this topic?
Sexuality is more than just sex. It involves a lot of the human interaction we do as people in a 'normal' world.
A lot of times, I Liken the sexuality debate to the alcoholic debate, in that the people that are most victimised are frequently the ones that have had the least access to knowledge about it.
Good to know that at least there is now a commercially viable alternative to intel in the x86 market
At work we do have a woman doing desktop support (along with 20 something other guys) I don't think she is marginalised at all. All we care about is can the person do their job, are they a team player, etc. We joke with her as well as anyone else. (albeit its not a linux shop, but i think that OS doesn't really matter as much in this regard.)
But then again, my wife is not a geek at all.
Actually i think hemos missed the boat on this a bit. Specifically Malaysia.
For those of you that dont know it, Malaysia has the newest airport in the world, KLIA. 'm not from there, nor am i malaysian, but it may be the most sophisticated airport in terms of its systems. Although it had a few initial glitches on its opening last year, it now operates extremely efficiently, (far better than any airport in the us).
When they built KLIA they really did pull out all the stops. the KLIA Official website shows it in its splendor
AS for its airline, Malaysian Airlines, it has always shown itself of the highest safety records, as well as offering amenities that no US airlines offer at any price.
I am wondering about whether its worthwhile to clone an extinct animal. From what I remember of my High school biology, when 2 things of similar (99% similar within the species) mate, inbreeding occurs. Remember the idea of cousins marrying cousins, mating and causing genetic defects? These extinct animals then could only exist in a lab. Yes I remember hearing that even though Dolly is not exactly like the sheep she was cloned from, I dont think that science can adequately predict what will happen.
It all seems like a bad idea to me.
a durian is a prickly fruit that is said to smell and taste like hell. Some areas in South East Asia like the fruit and call it 'king of fruit'. incidently, in singapore they are banned from indoor places, and are grown in thailand and malaysia.