...welcome our new oxygen-hating, heat-loving, carbon-dioxide breathing overlords from outer space. I hope you find our athmosphere pleasantly breathable by now. If not, we will proceed with the exhaust of flammable fossils until you are happy.
Until Turkey understands what "human rights" really are - more than a lot of 'bla bla'...
In the end, they should be allowed to join, but that will be at least 10 if not 20 years away - depending on how many more actions Turkey has in stock for it's dissidents.
I know why you are saying this - let's put in ads and television will be happy. Afterwards, there will be tools to strip the ads again and we will be happy too.
Why put the darned things in in the first place ? Only a few people will be able to use the tools at first - and the majority will find that all internetmovies will soon be bugged with horrendous amounts of commercials.
I am willing to buy a DVD of the product or pay for it in a regular way - but I must keep the right to skip those ads.
Get with it - or get shut out...
What TV probably cannot stand is the fact that people will now filter away all inferior quality products that this medium keeps sending out (including commercials - and bad gameshows). It's just those products that will *not* get pirated - and it's just those products that tend to form the majority of television today. People downloading television shows (or series) want the creme-de-la-creme of television - and they want it all: 24, ER, CSI etc.
Instead of keeping these television series off DVD to make sure the (international!) re-broadcasting rights are safe, television-producers should choose to publish the stuff on DVD almost simultaneously as they do on television. Waiting almost 4 years (ER) for the DVD is way too long - and will promote this kind of behaviour even more.
As for the choice between DVD and pirated series: I would choose DVD - it's all-in-one, has the same standard of quality and it contains useful commentaries and background information.
But please, if you do publish a DVD, don't be a cheap-*** and skip the music because the rights cost too much - either give it all or keep it all...
I agree - but 'regular wars' are not so technologically advancing. I never see African countries come up with great new weaponry because of their wars. Instead, they tend to head of in the complete opposite direction (chopping of heads instead of using bullets etc...), whereas our 'luxorious wars' permit us to actually invent stuff while we fend off the enemy at a distance.
I wonder if you would have thought the same if they started a nuclear war back in the 60's or 80's... Maybe technological progress comes in times of war - yet people who forge that progress have to be born someday and have a chance to educate themselves. With war around you - that's pretty tough...
If you visit the Falk AG website, there is nothing on the exploit. The management clearly doesn't know what to do with the problem - otherwise they would have posted a full explanation by now. Ah well, I guess they need some time to wiggle themselves out of this one.
...it is known that you have to backup your bookmarks in another place. I lost them quite often with a certain old release of Mozilla. It happened mostly when the program was exited illegally and thus trashed the bookmarks-file(s).
I hope that this RC was branched in the beginning of October, because there are still some small UI-glitches present that could prove hard to erase (all). Some of them (NL/Dutch):
- About box doesn't work - missing something in aboutdialog.xul
- Downloads title in settings spells just "D"
- "Help for internet explorer users" is not translated (anywhere?).
But I must say that the overall look is getting better, mainly the (re)draw of a lot of icons works towards a more professional image for the browser.
All in all: good luck to the development team getting all the details in place, great job so far!
I guess you don't want to get the hardware at an end-supplier - even a cheap one. They already put (a lot) of margin on the product to keep it profitable for them. That makes buying at the producer the only cheap way.
In the article, there was a clear reminder that the article in question received too much attention because of the Slashdot of it, the other day. I quote: I have not provided a link deliberately. If you wish to read her article, you can find it, I'm sure by a Google search or off of Slashdot, since they made what I consider the unfortunate editorial decision to give the story more widespread readership than it otherwise would have received.
I didn't see this topic being discussed here yet.
I do question whether Slashdot should link to those "clear-FUD" articles at all ? Doesn't Slashdot has to verify it's stories more thoroughly before putting them on their frontpage ?
I guess that won't make "Hot news" 'hot' anymore, as it takes time to verify. But it does make the whole discussion on these delicate subjects more credible.
"This technology has not really been used for immediate battle planning before," said Bob Lucas, a division director at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute, or ISI, which helped port the Urban Resolve software to the Linux supercomputers. "The vast majority of people are computer-generated. Some are very complicated and consume a whole Pentium by themselves. Some are so simple, you can run a few hundred on a computer."
I wonder who they chose to model for the simple simulated persons... ? I guess it's part of the job...
It uses way less processor time than the other solutions (tested RealVNC and TightVNC without the driver), and is fast - with the emphasis on fast. If it weren't for my measle 54Mbit bandwidth, I could easily view video remotely without a glitch.
The transfer files option in the new (development 3) TightVNC is also useful, albeit a bit buggy still.
I am just the average Joe, who is brainwashed by such renowned companies as Microsoft into believing that it is not the software companies that make the mistakes, but the people who make the things that cause the mistakes to trigger!
As many people now are experiencing that their cellphones are blocked in most public-places (theaters, trains, libraries, cafe's, hospitals, restaurants, buses, subways, stations, etc.), and the only alternative is to use the payphone provided there, this powerphone is THE solution for nowadays connected businessman/-woman.
It contains a 15 Watt transceiver, capable of transmitting through even the most powerful GSM-blockers (proper headshielding required, no medical guarantees). In emergencies, it can provide a 25 Watt burstmode (wireless headset required, do not operate within 20 feet of humans) for 1 minute.
Comes packed with standard 100VA-batterypack that will last at least 30 minutes.
Leave our cars alone ! Even though they suck in air, burn it with millions years old Dinosaur-meat, then plunge out recycled Dinosaur-meat in the form of CO(2), that doesn't mean they are the problem.
I think we can only test your far fetched hypothesis by producing new 10-20 liter cars, and decrease the petrol cost by 75% at least. If, after say 25 years, we are imitating the faith of the creatures we now burn, I would say we need to discuss the consequences.
...in his coat? This warrants a clear Slashdot story, but I will certainly not send it in(after 4 rejections, sigh).
I would call every slashdotter to get out his personal jamming device, and go to the next debate.
Heck, wouldn't it be kewl to instead of jamming it, to actually transmit your own answers to mr. Bush ?
Q: Gentlemen, what do you think of the leader of Afghanistan ?
K: I think he deserves all the support we got.
B: I... eh... think Saddam Hussayn should lead Afghanistan to true freedom, like he has done before!
Q: Gentlemen, what is the message you would like to bring out to your voters ?
K: Make a choice for a new America, a shining star amongst nations.
B: I think.... eh.... we should vote for a Democrat government this time. I resign !
Slashdot Mirror
...Bittorrent sites report that the attack on their website has stopped.
...welcome our new oxygen-hating, heat-loving, carbon-dioxide breathing overlords from outer space.
I hope you find our athmosphere pleasantly breathable by now. If not, we will proceed with the exhaust of flammable fossils until you are happy.
Until Turkey understands what "human rights" really are - more than a lot of 'bla bla'...
In the end, they should be allowed to join, but that will be at least 10 if not 20 years away - depending on how many more actions Turkey has in stock for it's dissidents.
I know why you are saying this - let's put in ads and television will be happy. Afterwards, there will be tools to strip the ads again and we will be happy too.
Why put the darned things in in the first place ? Only a few people will be able to use the tools at first - and the majority will find that all internetmovies will soon be bugged with horrendous amounts of commercials.
I am willing to buy a DVD of the product or pay for it in a regular way - but I must keep the right to skip those ads.
Get with it - or get shut out...
What TV probably cannot stand is the fact that people will now filter away all inferior quality products that this medium keeps sending out (including commercials - and bad gameshows). It's just those products that will *not* get pirated - and it's just those products that tend to form the majority of television today.
People downloading television shows (or series) want the creme-de-la-creme of television - and they want it all: 24, ER, CSI etc.
Instead of keeping these television series off DVD to make sure the (international!) re-broadcasting rights are safe, television-producers should choose to publish the stuff on DVD almost simultaneously as they do on television. Waiting almost 4 years (ER) for the DVD is way too long - and will promote this kind of behaviour even more.
As for the choice between DVD and pirated series: I would choose DVD - it's all-in-one, has the same standard of quality and it contains useful commentaries and background information.
But please, if you do publish a DVD, don't be a cheap-*** and skip the music because the rights cost too much - either give it all or keep it all...
I agree - but 'regular wars' are not so technologically advancing. I never see African countries come up with great new weaponry because of their wars. Instead, they tend to head of in the complete opposite direction (chopping of heads instead of using bullets etc...), whereas our 'luxorious wars' permit us to actually invent stuff while we fend off the enemy at a distance.
I wonder if you would have thought the same if they started a nuclear war back in the 60's or 80's...
Maybe technological progress comes in times of war - yet people who forge that progress have to be born someday and have a chance to educate themselves.
With war around you - that's pretty tough...
If it wasn't for the very democratic China, the US couldn't grow any deficit at all - sense the irony of that...
If you visit the Falk AG website, there is nothing on the exploit. The management clearly doesn't know what to do with the problem - otherwise they would have posted a full explanation by now. Ah well, I guess they need some time to wiggle themselves out of this one.
...it is known that you have to backup your bookmarks in another place. I lost them quite often with a certain old release of Mozilla. It happened mostly when the program was exited illegally and thus trashed the bookmarks-file(s).
Repeat after me: we hate Microsoft/(name your proprietary software maker here).
I guess someone needs to go to Open Source re-education camp again...
I hope that this RC was branched in the beginning of October, because there are still some small UI-glitches present that could prove hard to erase (all). Some of them (NL/Dutch): - About box doesn't work - missing something in aboutdialog.xul - Downloads title in settings spells just "D" - "Help for internet explorer users" is not translated (anywhere?). But I must say that the overall look is getting better, mainly the (re)draw of a lot of icons works towards a more professional image for the browser. All in all: good luck to the development team getting all the details in place, great job so far!
I guess you don't want to get the hardware at an end-supplier - even a cheap one. They already put (a lot) of margin on the product to keep it profitable for them. That makes buying at the producer the only cheap way.
In the article, there was a clear reminder that the article in question received too much attention because of the Slashdot of it, the other day. I quote:
I have not provided a link deliberately. If you wish to read her article, you can find it, I'm sure by a Google search or off of Slashdot, since they made what I consider the unfortunate editorial decision to give the story more widespread readership than it otherwise would have received.
I didn't see this topic being discussed here yet.
I do question whether Slashdot should link to those "clear-FUD" articles at all ? Doesn't Slashdot has to verify it's stories more thoroughly before putting them on their frontpage ?
I guess that won't make "Hot news" 'hot' anymore, as it takes time to verify. But it does make the whole discussion on these delicate subjects more credible.
"This technology has not really been used for immediate battle planning before," said Bob Lucas, a division director at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute, or ISI, which helped port the Urban Resolve software to the Linux supercomputers. "The vast majority of people are computer-generated. Some are very complicated and consume a whole Pentium by themselves. Some are so simple, you can run a few hundred on a computer."
... ?
I wonder who they chose to model for the simple simulated persons
I guess it's part of the job...
???
:)'
I assume that would probably be what women reading this would think, instead of all the really cool nerd-stuff you could do with it.
'Sure honey, go right ahead
Why did I think of the fairytale "The emperor's new clothes" right now?
...flying cars will be massively deployed in 2008, people will take holidays on Mars by 2009, and you will be able to fly to Saturn in 2010.
Editorial note: this information will be inaccurate and grossly overestimated as of 2008.
It uses way less processor time than the other solutions (tested RealVNC and TightVNC without the driver), and is fast - with the emphasis on fast. If it weren't for my measle 54Mbit bandwidth, I could easily view video remotely without a glitch.
The transfer files option in the new (development 3) TightVNC is also useful, albeit a bit buggy still.
I am just the average Joe, who is brainwashed by such renowned companies as Microsoft into believing that it is not the software companies that make the mistakes, but the people who make the things that cause the mistakes to trigger!
if you had an analogue system. We are talking about GSM kinda, which is digital :) :-)
In any case, shouting won't work - the bits don't get through
As many people now are experiencing that their cellphones are blocked in most public-places (theaters, trains, libraries, cafe's, hospitals, restaurants, buses, subways, stations, etc.), and the only alternative is to use the payphone provided there, this powerphone is THE solution for nowadays connected businessman/-woman.
It contains a 15 Watt transceiver, capable of transmitting through even the most powerful GSM-blockers (proper headshielding required, no medical guarantees).
In emergencies, it can provide a 25 Watt burstmode (wireless headset required, do not operate within 20 feet of humans) for 1 minute.
Comes packed with standard 100VA-batterypack that will last at least 30 minutes.
Leave our cars alone ! Even though they suck in air, burn it with millions years old Dinosaur-meat, then plunge out recycled Dinosaur-meat in the form of CO(2), that doesn't mean they are the problem.
I think we can only test your far fetched hypothesis by producing new 10-20 liter cars, and decrease the petrol cost by 75% at least. If, after say 25 years, we are imitating the faith of the creatures we now burn, I would say we need to discuss the consequences.
In the mean time, keep burning that oil folks !
...in his coat? This warrants a clear Slashdot story, but I will certainly not send it in(after 4 rejections, sigh).
... eh... think Saddam Hussayn should lead Afghanistan to true freedom, like he has done before!
.... eh .... we should vote for a Democrat government this time. I resign !
I would call every slashdotter to get out his personal jamming device, and go to the next debate.
Heck, wouldn't it be kewl to instead of jamming it, to actually transmit your own answers to mr. Bush ?
Q: Gentlemen, what do you think of the leader of Afghanistan ?
K: I think he deserves all the support we got.
B: I
Q: Gentlemen, what is the message you would like to bring out to your voters ?
K: Make a choice for a new America, a shining star amongst nations.
B: I think
Where is this "Anti X-prize" then ?
My personal idea for the contents for such a prize would be:
Prize for the craft that crashes most spectacular (without people, duh)
Prize for the most useless invention on (name your territory here)
Prize for the worst overshoot of a set target (wanted to the moon, went to Mars)
Any more ?
...the rest of the millions will ignore this fact, and happily watch (name your stupid television show here).
In contrast to what other posters mentioned, this will not bring about anything.
At most, it's a Harisson Bergeron thing - reality I guess.