I don't think a significant number of people really can accept any proof for the non-existance of god, as described by religious traditions.
In light of things such as scientific cosmology, constantly changing 'eternal truths', and the collective history of religious organizations they either redefine god, pushing it into more abstract (untestable) realms, keep strict fundamental beliefs, or decide not to decide.
Personaly, I think there's plenty of evidence for the non-existance of god but if religion has taught us anything its that it exists because it responds the psychology of indivduals not because of any tests or proof.
The fence-sitters really are waiting for one of two things, the final nail in the religious coffin (which is impossible) or the next modern-friendly definition of god (which can be anything). This game can go on forever.
I think its about time the collective religious people just give up. Both liberal and fundamental religions constantly are proving how archaic they are, either through the silly redefinition game or through oppressive demands to keep with strict tradition.
Of course this won't happen until everyone on a very personal level stops playing the fence sitter's redefinition game about god, gods, spirits, karma, or enlightenment and question heavily indoctrined fundamentalist thinking.
Seriously, give it up, its sad and in the end helps turn people into sheep, and I don't mean the nice Jesus kind.
Most if not all these posts fall under 'fair use' and/. readers DO NOT own their posts, MS will *rightly* argue. Katz's book is proof enough. Using whole posts without giving credit in a commercial book sounds like/. owns the posts./.'s own hypocrisy is gonna catch up with it.
The post-acid (last few albums) Beatles have nothing in common with Britney Spears and little to do with typical pop music sounds. Try listening to the music before you decry it.
Reinstalling it and getting a new username doesn't un-ban you, they're either leaving files or registry changes on my machine or their banning IPs. Anyone find a hack yet?
Every outlet that sells IDG's for dummies books has another set of books with the same bright neon lettering/font about the exact same topics written for the exact same demographic except they're called 'The complete idiot's guide to...'
I've always seen this as a ripoff of IDG that might confuse some consumers, but the lawsuit will never happen as the Idiot's guide people will point out 'for dummies' has had lots of prior use and marketing books to people who consider themselves clueless is nothing new. Because Idiot's guide has money for litigation they're left alone.
IDG will pick on the non-corporate entities because they are completely defenseless. This has nothing to do with protecting trademarks, its about controling what comes out of a search engine after you type 'for dummies' into it and trying to build credibility with an obviously fake, stolen, and unoriginal trademark.
Oh come on, do a little homework before you're off kissing corporate ass. Not only is for' dummies' common english words and not original creations they've been used a million times in print and belong to a title of a book from the 70's.
Second, satire, parody, and reference allow the use of trademarks/copyrights with both commercial and non-commercial uses.
This gets even worse when non-profit or personal web pages use the term and IDG, and other corporate bullies, get to show off their legal muscle.
I don't buy 'we're protecting our TMs' line, when most uses fall under fair use. The issue is about making sure customers get to the proper IDG website when they type the words 'For Dummies' into any search engine and not some site that might give them free information of *gasp* criticize their product or politics.
Considering this worm runs itself through the preview panel, in Outlook that is, I find it hard to blame 'stupid' users, especially when most people know the damage.exe files can do to their system. "Don't run executables from people you don't know," didn't do much for ILOVEYOU.
Microsoft targets its products to new users, hey we were all ignorant once, I put the blame squarely on MS and the IT managers who use Exchange and Outlook for critical services. The 'stupid' user *should* be using software that is secure, false advertising and forcing users to use unsecure software at work is not their fault.
How about advertising claims like "unstoppable" NT or "98% uptime" then you read the disclaimers that admit its all BS.
I'm getting slightly off-topic here but if a company can't back up its claim with a reasonable warranty should they be allowed to make any advertising claims at all?
Seldom-sought gas found in bathroom an hour after my dad ate a spicy meal. Scientists are now designing the first methane powered fan and are close to solving the mystery of the missing meatloaf. Standard olfactory tests do suggest the meatloaf was consumed by father, but until further tests are performed it is still speculation.
A few years later we'll see a behind the scenes documentary about these kids being treated for trauma because they weren't 'smart' enough to keep a dolphin from drowning.
I think many/. posters either didn't read the article or didn't quite grasp it. This has nothing to do with reading minds, its just a clever use of the frequency following response. If you watch a 10-hz light or listen to 10-hz binaural beats your mind's electrical activity tends to match the signal.
With practice you can get better and faster syncronization, as seen since the 60's with Light/Sound machines or Cranial Electro Stimunators and an EEG. Though these devices are used to train people to get into relaxing or stimulating mind states its still the same technology. Not even half as interesting as that IBM quantum interface posted last week.
If anyone wants to play with binaural beats, this is a nice shareware generator.
I know this is a cliche, but where's the outrage? This is the *second* worldwide virus that uses the same type of security leak in 2 years. What I do see is lots of techies saying "I told you so," while the popular press is very uncritical of MS and Outlook. When will the press use words like 'very unsecure' when describing Outlook or just MS in general?
What do you think is the % of people who will quit using Outlook after being hit by this? 5% 1% 0%? If the press would do its job, namely informing and protecting the layman we'd see a lot less Outlook users. Instead we get 'don't open this mail, which is useless when the preview pane is always on' and 'all is well, download new virus updates, MS is still your friend.'
A few points on 'the law' here as the above poster is fond of talking about. Exactly which laws prove that Napster Inc or the end users are at fault for anything? Copyrights? Are you refering to bootleg laws? Where is the money? The point of sale? Where's the proof of a violation? How many search warrants have been issued, don't know whats in my CD collection without breaking the door in.
This case is important because it will define and set a precedent for what can and can't be done online. Don't assume anything illegal has been done until we see the results of the courts. Innocent until... You know what I'm talking about.
If Metallica does get money this way they have an obligation to pass most if not all of that cash to the record company. Its the company that invests, promotes, and produces this Backstreet Boys for AlternaTeens band. Instead of handing them this legaly dangerous money just donate the $15 bucks to charity unders Lars's name.
I can't wait to see the next press release if this catches on, "Pirates, stop donating my money to charity!"
Your work has 'product of drug culture' written all over it. I've always seen it as a Silver Surfer comic created solely while high and giggling. Is drug use a part of your creative process or lifestyle like say, George Carlin does or used to do?
About half of the posts, and especially this one have too many qualities of the pathetic fanboy. This reminds me of that Simpsons episode when Homer becomes the voice for Poochy and all the local nerds bring out questions like the above. Go back to writing inspirational slogans and posters, thanks.
There's lots of affordable robot kits over at robotstore.com, no this isn't an ad I just happen to get their catalog. Or for 25k a day you can rent the 60,000 pound firebreathing car eater Robosaurus.
Who are these idle millionaires who are supporting this prize? Why not invest this cash with a reputable company they think has major potential instead of setting up this little trust to hasten something that takes time to do right and when isn't done correctly might just kill test pilots and passengers?
I've seen this Diamandis character on TV, all he needs is a persian cat and a monocle and he's a damn Bond Villian. Nothing stinks of insincerity like talking about how there are expected casualties in the new privte space race. Screw him, no one's life is worth his prize and private developers should take the responsible and slow way to develop a reusable 'space' tourist craft.
If someone really believes that RedHat is Linux, then they don't know the first thing about Linux. This begs the question of why they have a strong opinion about something they have little experience with.
Ignorant people with strong opinions rarely are swayed by the facts, nice try but it'll probably fall on deaf ears. You could have easily pointed them to an informative Linux site, I don't why this site is even needed.
Here's a link to the russian space shuttle Buran in english. And for you dot.com millionaires it looks like you can buy one, in russian though. Real photos, not any of that CG crap. This one is especially sexy, can we say Brrrr, comrade?
This badboy's rocket, Energia, could lift 4 times the tonnage compared to the space shuttle's engine and booster, it even had an automatic landing program.
How's this: I only wanted 2 Dr. Dre songs but his monopolistic recording company bundled these other songs with the pacakge and is forcing consumers to pay extra for something they don't want.
Or, I'm protesting his illegal use of Lucasfilm's THX deep note by downloading and listening to his songs, though I would never buy his albums he believes I'm huring him. This may be illegal but it is a crime of protest and passion, if you find me guilty 10,000 angry Star Wars fans will tear this courthouse down and string Dre like the hypocrite he is.
You should be paying mefor MY services! I'm giving the record industry a free wake up call. Their ancient CD format and pricing schemes will not be tolerated any longer. Viva compressed formats, rewritable digital media, and cheap music.
Screw Dre, he probably realized what Lucas is gonna take from him and is gonna make it back by suing you and me. Exactly what part of the gangsta-rap tradition involves copyright protection when the whole genre evolved from ripping off hooks and melodies of other artists and *talking* over it.
Simple and intuitive interfaces work just fine and as long as powerusers have access to command prompts I don't see a problem. If Keisler thinks there aren't any complex instruments out there he hasn't been to his local music store lately, check out some of the high-end synths for a dazzling display of features and buttons.
I think what he's responding to is how electronica is heavily loop based and you can literally make a song with only pressing a few buttons. It won't be original, but it'll be cliched enough to dance to.
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Just download an early 2.0 release of Napster from zdnet.com, it doesn't have any of the banning code. Worked for me after a few uninstalls.
I don't think a significant number of people really can accept any proof for the non-existance of god, as described by religious traditions.
In light of things such as scientific cosmology, constantly changing 'eternal truths', and the collective history of religious organizations they either redefine god, pushing it into more abstract (untestable) realms, keep strict fundamental beliefs, or decide not to decide.
Personaly, I think there's plenty of evidence for the non-existance of god but if religion has taught us anything its that it exists because it responds the psychology of indivduals not because of any tests or proof.
The fence-sitters really are waiting for one of two things, the final nail in the religious coffin (which is impossible) or the next modern-friendly definition of god (which can be anything). This game can go on forever.
I think its about time the collective religious people just give up. Both liberal and fundamental religions constantly are proving how archaic they are, either through the silly redefinition game or through oppressive demands to keep with strict tradition.
Of course this won't happen until everyone on a very personal level stops playing the fence sitter's redefinition game about god, gods, spirits, karma, or enlightenment and question heavily indoctrined fundamentalist thinking.
Seriously, give it up, its sad and in the end helps turn people into sheep, and I don't mean the nice Jesus kind.
I'm easily offended, please don't use the word offensive to me for I find it offensive. Being offended is a horrible part of my life, stop the hurt!
Thanks You.
Nothing like PC moderation
Theory is the end of the scientific method. Law is for legal matters.
One theory is chock full of supporting evidence and the other is the collective hysterics of fundamentalists. Care to guess which is which?
Most if not all these posts fall under 'fair use' and /. readers DO NOT own their posts, MS will *rightly* argue. Katz's book is proof enough. Using whole posts without giving credit in a commercial book sounds like /. owns the posts. /.'s own hypocrisy is gonna catch up with it.
The post-acid (last few albums) Beatles have nothing in common with Britney Spears and little to do with typical pop music sounds. Try listening to the music before you decry it.
Reinstalling it and getting a new username doesn't un-ban you, they're either leaving files or registry changes on my machine or their banning IPs. Anyone find a hack yet?
Every outlet that sells IDG's for dummies books has another set of books with the same bright neon lettering/font about the exact same topics written for the exact same demographic except they're called 'The complete idiot's guide to...'
I've always seen this as a ripoff of IDG that might confuse some consumers, but the lawsuit will never happen as the Idiot's guide people will point out 'for dummies' has had lots of prior use and marketing books to people who consider themselves clueless is nothing new. Because Idiot's guide has money for litigation they're left alone.
IDG will pick on the non-corporate entities because they are completely defenseless. This has nothing to do with protecting trademarks, its about controling what comes out of a search engine after you type 'for dummies' into it and trying to build credibility with an obviously fake, stolen, and unoriginal trademark.
Oh come on, do a little homework before you're off kissing corporate ass. Not only is for' dummies' common english words and not original creations they've been used a million times in print and belong to a title of a book from the 70's.
Second, satire, parody, and reference allow the use of trademarks/copyrights with both commercial and non-commercial uses.
This gets even worse when non-profit or personal web pages use the term and IDG, and other corporate bullies, get to show off their legal muscle.
I don't buy 'we're protecting our TMs' line, when most uses fall under fair use. The issue is about making sure customers get to the proper IDG website when they type the words 'For Dummies' into any search engine and not some site that might give them free information of *gasp* criticize their product or politics.
Considering this worm runs itself through the preview panel, in Outlook that is, I find it hard to blame 'stupid' users, especially when most people know the damage .exe files can do to their system. "Don't run executables from people you don't know," didn't do much for ILOVEYOU.
Microsoft targets its products to new users, hey we were all ignorant once, I put the blame squarely on MS and the IT managers who use Exchange and Outlook for critical services. The 'stupid' user *should* be using software that is secure, false advertising and forcing users to use unsecure software at work is not their fault.
How about advertising claims like "unstoppable" NT or "98% uptime" then you read the disclaimers that admit its all BS.
I'm getting slightly off-topic here but if a company can't back up its claim with a reasonable warranty should they be allowed to make any advertising claims at all?
Seldom-sought gas found in bathroom an hour after my dad ate a spicy meal. Scientists are now designing the first methane powered fan and are close to solving the mystery of the missing meatloaf. Standard olfactory tests do suggest the meatloaf was consumed by father, but until further tests are performed it is still speculation.
A few years later we'll see a behind the scenes documentary about these kids being treated for trauma because they weren't 'smart' enough to keep a dolphin from drowning.
I think many /. posters either didn't read the article or didn't quite grasp it. This has nothing to do with reading minds, its just a clever use of the frequency following response. If you watch a 10-hz light or listen to 10-hz binaural beats your mind's electrical activity tends to match the signal.
With practice you can get better and faster syncronization, as seen since the 60's with Light/Sound machines or Cranial Electro Stimunators and an EEG. Though these devices are used to train people to get into relaxing or stimulating mind states its still the same technology. Not even half as interesting as that IBM quantum interface posted last week.
If anyone wants to play with binaural beats, this is a nice shareware generator.
I know this is a cliche, but where's the outrage? This is the *second* worldwide virus that uses the same type of security leak in 2 years. What I do see is lots of techies saying "I told you so," while the popular press is very uncritical of MS and Outlook. When will the press use words like 'very unsecure' when describing Outlook or just MS in general?
What do you think is the % of people who will quit using Outlook after being hit by this? 5% 1% 0%? If the press would do its job, namely informing and protecting the layman we'd see a lot less Outlook users. Instead we get 'don't open this mail, which is useless when the preview pane is always on' and 'all is well, download new virus updates, MS is still your friend.'
A few points on 'the law' here as the above poster is fond of talking about. Exactly which laws prove that Napster Inc or the end users are at fault for anything? Copyrights? Are you refering to bootleg laws? Where is the money? The point of sale? Where's the proof of a violation? How many search warrants have been issued, don't know whats in my CD collection without breaking the door in.
This case is important because it will define and set a precedent for what can and can't be done online. Don't assume anything illegal has been done until we see the results of the courts. Innocent until... You know what I'm talking about.
If Metallica does get money this way they have an obligation to pass most if not all of that cash to the record company. Its the company that invests, promotes, and produces this Backstreet Boys for AlternaTeens band. Instead of handing them this legaly dangerous money just donate the $15 bucks to charity unders Lars's name.
I can't wait to see the next press release if this catches on, "Pirates, stop donating my money to charity!"
Your work has 'product of drug culture' written all over it. I've always seen it as a Silver Surfer comic created solely while high and giggling. Is drug use a part of your creative process or lifestyle like say, George Carlin does or used to do?
About half of the posts, and especially this one have too many qualities of the pathetic fanboy. This reminds me of that Simpsons episode when Homer becomes the voice for Poochy and all the local nerds bring out questions like the above. Go back to writing inspirational slogans and posters, thanks.
There's lots of affordable robot kits over at robotstore.com, no this isn't an ad I just happen to get their catalog. Or for 25k a day you can rent the 60,000 pound firebreathing car eater Robosaurus.
Who are these idle millionaires who are supporting this prize? Why not invest this cash with a reputable company they think has major potential instead of setting up this little trust to hasten something that takes time to do right and when isn't done correctly might just kill test pilots and passengers?
I've seen this Diamandis character on TV, all he needs is a persian cat and a monocle and he's a damn Bond Villian. Nothing stinks of insincerity like talking about how there are expected casualties in the new privte space race. Screw him, no one's life is worth his prize and private developers should take the responsible and slow way to develop a reusable 'space' tourist craft.
If someone really believes that RedHat is Linux, then they don't know the first thing about Linux. This begs the question of why they have a strong opinion about something they have little experience with.
Ignorant people with strong opinions rarely are swayed by the facts, nice try but it'll probably fall on deaf ears. You could have easily pointed them to an informative Linux site, I don't why this site is even needed.
Here's a link to the russian space shuttle Buran in english. And for you dot.com millionaires it looks like you can buy one, in russian though. Real photos, not any of that CG crap. This one is especially sexy, can we say Brrrr, comrade?
This badboy's rocket, Energia, could lift 4 times the tonnage compared to the space shuttle's engine and booster, it even had an automatic landing program.
How's this: I only wanted 2 Dr. Dre songs but his monopolistic recording company bundled these other songs with the pacakge and is forcing consumers to pay extra for something they don't want.
Or, I'm protesting his illegal use of Lucasfilm's THX deep note by downloading and listening to his songs, though I would never buy his albums he believes I'm huring him. This may be illegal but it is a crime of protest and passion, if you find me guilty 10,000 angry Star Wars fans will tear this courthouse down and string Dre like the hypocrite he is.
You should be paying mefor MY services! I'm giving the record industry a free wake up call. Their ancient CD format and pricing schemes will not be tolerated any longer. Viva compressed formats, rewritable digital media, and cheap music.
Screw Dre, he probably realized what Lucas is gonna take from him and is gonna make it back by suing you and me. Exactly what part of the gangsta-rap tradition involves copyright protection when the whole genre evolved from ripping off hooks and melodies of other artists and *talking* over it.
Simple and intuitive interfaces work just fine and as long as powerusers have access to command prompts I don't see a problem. If Keisler thinks there aren't any complex instruments out there he hasn't been to his local music store lately, check out some of the high-end synths for a dazzling display of features and buttons.
I think what he's responding to is how electronica is heavily loop based and you can literally make a song with only pressing a few buttons. It won't be original, but it'll be cliched enough to dance to.