I immediately found a book for $99.95 and downloaded it. Saved almost $100!
I'll come back tomorrow and see if I can find five more for $99.95, so I can buy a new laptop.
- yep I learned logical reasoning from the music industry.
Eg, looking for a math book and all I see is shit like "Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty"
Does this have any numbers on how many/.ers sitting in mom's basement are male?
Government, and religion. This is slashdot, where we blame religion for everything, but this time that is where the blame belongs.
I agree to a large extent: Within Christianity suicide for any reason is wrong. This religious conviction is pushed on others. Even in a wider Western culture this conviction isn't held. In Greek philosophy the autonomy of the individual is more important, some allow suicide in case of terminal illness, some regard suicide as a way to maintain personal autonomy when forced into unethical behavior.
But I think Christianity has a point with their slippery-slope argument: There could be a dangerous move from "acceptable" to "expected". For example drug tests at companies are completely voluntary. You of course get fired if you refuse. And in some states you don't get unemployment benefits if that's the reason for getting fired. But as I said, the test is completely "voluntary". Now lets say grandma has some quite expensive terminal illness, no pain and with treatment she could live another 10 years. She quite enjoys the grandkids. The insurance company says it's incurable, not covered, but it's her decision after all. She can now have a voluntary suicide or make sure her kids lose the house.
Yes there is a way out. But without universal health care, and in a society were money trumps people, I'd rather have a patient's will and a doctor who helps in the grey-zone with some pain killers than open that can of worms and end up with even less autonomy than now.
I think all the netbooks w/ Linux preinstalled got killed off pretty quickly since people mostly returned them.
That was a long time ago -two years?- at a time when people came from Windows laptops. Netbooks were new, and linux something for hackers.
Now, linux is still something for hackers, but people have their android phones, and there are tablets around. Netbooks are not experienced as the underpowered laptops but as a step above the android phone. A Linux netbook might just be the step up from the android gadget.
I think all the netbooks w/ Linux preinstalled got killed off pretty quickly since people mostly returned them.
That was a long time ago -two years?- at a time when people came from Windows laptops. Netbooks were new, and Linux something for hackers.
Now, Linux is still something for hackers, but people have their android phones, and there are tablets around. Netbooks are not experienced as the underpowered laptops but as a step above the android phone. A Linux netbook might just be the step up from the android gadget.
You might be up to something. I just heard that al-Qaeda had amazing benefits. Mi-6 might just trying to copy their benefits package
"More proof of its corporate structure: As odd as it sounds, al-Qaida had excellent HR benefits. The seized documents showed that al-Qaida paid an unusual amount of attention to its fighters and their families. Married members were allowed to have seven days of vacation for every three weeks worked. " ( npr)
It's mostly counterfeit goods domains seized, almost nothing for online pirate streaming, though a few of those are there.
Mostly counterfeit goods, but quite a few gambling sites (was in the news a while ago), and then things like torrent-finder.com, planetmoviez.com, filespump.com, thepiratecity.org
Because quantum systems become unstable quickly, their error threshold is an important factor. How many bits can 'break' before the system stops working?
more importantly: how many cats will have to die because of it?
Can anyone recommend a few states where these taxes are unlikely, preferably also a place where I have multiple choices of ISP?
States with high-end jobs will want good Universities and infrastructure and will also have taxes to pay for that. If you don't need it and want to avoid paying for it, move to one of the states that are currently re-positioning themselves to attract low wage jobs.
Unless I completely missed some mostrously epic hack - wtf is NATO doing chasing these guys? Where in the NATO charter does it say track down delinquents engaging in electronic forms of protest?
Well, IBM used to make typewriters. As typewriter sales plummeted they branched out into related fields.
The USA fights anything with military force. Be it international justice, drugs, terrorists or whatever.
What's the difference? The difference is how the US handles it internally. War on terrorism, war on drugs, now Cyberwar.
Labeling it a war makes it possible to circumvent the traditional justice system of a civil society. The patriot act has just been renewed. Just wait for the next spin-cycle: Anonymous is the new Al Qaida, Wikileaks a terrorist organization, Assange a hostile agent, Manning the new Rosenberg, circumventing the DCMA is attacking the national security, exposing a company's security risks is treason, and by criticizing it you're aiding the enemy.
And transportation is going to be electric, as batteries improve.
No need for batteries with trains. Most of the US freight train system is still diesel while it's electric in Europe.
Some countries have gone to a train system where different companies can run their trains on a common rail system - imagine UPS could run their own freight trains at 120 mp/h non-stop throughout the US. They could reach almost any distribution center within a day, no flights needed. Trucks would mainly do regional distribution, you would need no new feeder system and could get started with 2 or 3 main connections. You could have large solar plants in the Southwest, fueling most of the US bulk transportation system.
Obviously gimp 2.6 will have to be replaced by 3.0 as well.
But now, will a 3.0 kernel also work with KDE 4.6 or would I have to go with a lower version number like Gnome3 ?
.. since reactors world wide are run by an industry lobby, that tries to give out as little bad news as possible.
Let me translate:
An accident may have occurred: We had an accident, but don't know how bad it is.
This might affect civilians: If for sure will affect civilians, but hopefully not at a scale significant enough to change things.
We are looking into the possibility of evacuations: My family is already out of here, but getting you out is too expensive.
Nuclear energy is still the safest energy: Don't ask for measures to make it safer.
Unlike a cheese store, that sells cheese, an app store is not a store for apps.
An app store might be an apple store. With app for apple. Like iHeadache which means icecream headache.
That sounds reasonable. App Store is short for "apple store". We see similar abbreviations with words like "potential head".
Only the good people are gonna be taken to heaven tomorrow...
If you wake up tomorrow and you're still on earth, you know that you haven't been good. But then again, you knew that already..
See you tomorrow on earth.
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I immediately found a book for $99.95 and downloaded it. Saved almost $100!
I'll come back tomorrow and see if I can find five more for $99.95, so I can buy a new laptop.
- yep I learned logical reasoning from the music industry.
Eg, looking for a math book and all I see is shit like "Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty"
Does this have any numbers on how many /.ers sitting in mom's basement are male?
Government, and religion. This is slashdot, where we blame religion for everything, but this time that is where the blame belongs.
I agree to a large extent: Within Christianity suicide for any reason is wrong. This religious conviction is pushed on others. Even in a wider Western culture this conviction isn't held. In Greek philosophy the autonomy of the individual is more important, some allow suicide in case of terminal illness, some regard suicide as a way to maintain personal autonomy when forced into unethical behavior.
But I think Christianity has a point with their slippery-slope argument: There could be a dangerous move from "acceptable" to "expected". For example drug tests at companies are completely voluntary. You of course get fired if you refuse. And in some states you don't get unemployment benefits if that's the reason for getting fired. But as I said, the test is completely "voluntary".
Now lets say grandma has some quite expensive terminal illness, no pain and with treatment she could live another 10 years. She quite enjoys the grandkids. The insurance company says it's incurable, not covered, but it's her decision after all. She can now have a voluntary suicide or make sure her kids lose the house.
Yes there is a way out. But without universal health care, and in a society were money trumps people, I'd rather have a patient's will and a doctor who helps in the grey-zone with some pain killers than open that can of worms and end up with even less autonomy than now.
I think all the netbooks w/ Linux preinstalled got killed off pretty quickly since people mostly returned them.
That was a long time ago -two years?- at a time when people came from Windows laptops. Netbooks were new, and linux something for hackers.
Now, linux is still something for hackers, but people have their android phones, and there are tablets around. Netbooks are not experienced as the underpowered laptops but as a step above the android phone. A Linux netbook might just be the step up from the android gadget.
I think all the netbooks w/ Linux preinstalled got killed off pretty quickly since people mostly returned them.
That was a long time ago -two years?- at a time when people came from Windows laptops. Netbooks were new, and Linux something for hackers.
Now, Linux is still something for hackers, but people have their android phones, and there are tablets around. Netbooks are not experienced as the underpowered laptops but as a step above the android phone. A Linux netbook might just be the step up from the android gadget.
You might be up to something. I just heard that al-Qaeda had amazing benefits. Mi-6 might just trying to copy their benefits package
"More proof of its corporate structure: As odd as it sounds, al-Qaida had excellent HR benefits. The seized documents showed that al-Qaida paid an unusual amount of attention to its fighters and their families. Married members were allowed to have seven days of vacation for every three weeks worked. " ( npr)
Except for a few ex-AIM, nobody does.
Paranoid much??
Yes.
We know...
And yet we have several programs that can read/write to Office files. It seems the same could be done with MS Skype - call it OpenSkype or LibreSkype.
You can't call it anything-Skype.
Replace Skype with something similar. Heavenpi, Skipole, Ski-pie, Kyte, Skate, Scalp?
Great! OpenScalp!!
It's mostly counterfeit goods domains seized, almost nothing for online pirate streaming, though a few of those are there.
Mostly counterfeit goods, but quite a few gambling sites (was in the news a while ago), and then things like torrent-finder.com, planetmoviez.com, filespump.com, thepiratecity.org
How fucking dare anyone out there make fun of Lady Gaga [..] SHE'S A HUMAN! [...] BASTARDS! [...] LEAVE HER ALONE!
Now why would anyone mod this "offtopic"?
The claim for Lady G. to be human is certainly news; and it is for nerds, since it addresses you personally, "BASTARDS".
the alternate approach could handle noise and used probabilities to make a mostly valid assumption.
It's called Wikipedia.
Because quantum systems become unstable quickly, their error threshold is an important factor. How many bits can 'break' before the system stops working?
more importantly: how many cats will have to die because of it?
Can anyone recommend a few states where these taxes are unlikely, preferably also a place where I have multiple choices of ISP?
States with high-end jobs will want good Universities and infrastructure and will also have taxes to pay for that. If you don't need it and want to avoid paying for it, move to one of the states that are currently re-positioning themselves to attract low wage jobs.
Unless I completely missed some mostrously epic hack - wtf is NATO doing chasing these guys? Where in the NATO charter does it say track down delinquents engaging in electronic forms of protest?
Well, IBM used to make typewriters. As typewriter sales plummeted they branched out into related fields.
Yeah, you thought the "War on Terror" was vague? How about a "War on Anonymous?" Anyone and everyone could be an "enemy combatant."
That's the beauty it.
Anything against any company, civil disobedience, the on-line equivalent of a sit-in, and you're an unpatriotic enemy agent.
Haven't you heard of Seal Team 6?
the new Disney movie?
- Can't wait to find out how that turns out.
The USA fights anything with military force. Be it international justice, drugs, terrorists or whatever.
What's the difference? The difference is how the US handles it internally. War on terrorism, war on drugs, now Cyberwar.
Labeling it a war makes it possible to circumvent the traditional justice system of a civil society. The patriot act has just been renewed. Just wait for the next spin-cycle: Anonymous is the new Al Qaida, Wikileaks a terrorist organization, Assange a hostile agent, Manning the new Rosenberg, circumventing the DCMA is attacking the national security, exposing a company's security risks is treason, and by criticizing it you're aiding the enemy.
And transportation is going to be electric, as batteries improve.
No need for batteries with trains. Most of the US freight train system is still diesel while it's electric in Europe.
Some countries have gone to a train system where different companies can run their trains on a common rail system - imagine UPS could run their own freight trains at 120 mp/h non-stop throughout the US. They could reach almost any distribution center within a day, no flights needed. Trucks would mainly do regional distribution, you would need no new feeder system and could get started with 2 or 3 main connections. You could have large solar plants in the Southwest, fueling most of the US bulk transportation system.
Obviously gimp 2.6 will have to be replaced by 3.0 as well.
But now, will a 3.0 kernel also work with KDE 4.6 or would I have to go with a lower version number like Gnome3 ?
The ignorance of the statement "You might think of linguistics as being interesting but not really useful" is simply astounding.
Right. Would they have a linguist on basically every interplanetary mission, if they were just a bunch of useless bookish nerds ?!!
Don't expect this to get any better till they finally capture or kill Osama bin Laden.
Since when is "may have" the same as "confirms" ?
Let me translate:
An accident may have occurred: We had an accident, but don't know how bad it is.
This might affect civilians: If for sure will affect civilians, but hopefully not at a scale significant enough to change things.
We are looking into the possibility of evacuations: My family is already out of here, but getting you out is too expensive.
Nuclear energy is still the safest energy: Don't ask for measures to make it safer.
Unlike a cheese store, that sells cheese, an app store is not a store for apps.
An app store might be an apple store. With app for apple. Like iHeadache which means icecream headache.
That sounds reasonable. App Store is short for "apple store". We see similar abbreviations with words like "potential head".
app store
crack whore
pot head
ding bat
Only the good people are gonna be taken to heaven tomorrow...
If you wake up tomorrow and you're still on earth, you know that you haven't been good. But then again, you knew that already..
See you tomorrow on earth.