Just as one example I'm personally familiar with, a friend of mine invented and received a patent on a process to electrochemically deburr gun barrels after machining. Prior to this, said deburring was a lengthy, expensive mechanical process. Of course, he invited out representatives from the military to check out the process as part of having it certified for mil-spec work. Within the week his company was seized and shut down, and all of his equipment as well as the process was deemed classified. He was eventually compensated for the seized equipment, but never for the patent or the potential profits he would have made from it.
"I'd be the first to say that you shouldn't be viewing porn sites on a library computer, and no, I don't think you have the "right" to use a publically funded, public access computer to do so."
I call bullshit.
Those public funds are made up of MY tax dollars as well. And I'm sick and tired of individuals such as yourself who seem to have the idea that you're the only ones paying taxes, and therefore have the right to dictate how all public money should be spent.
To put it into a different perspective, parts of the bible are disgusting and perverse in the extreme in my view. Should I have the right to have the bible banned from public libraries because of those views? If you don't grant me that, then STFU about how offended you are.
To quote a great philosopher you may have heard of, "If thine eye offends thee, pluck it out."
...this is a direct result of letting the fundamentalist Christian wing of your party hijack it. Not to single out fundamentalist Christians, as fundamentalists of ANY stripe tend to have dictatorial tendencies based on their "knowledge" of what's right and wrong because some obscure religious tome tells them so. Until the REAL conservatives in the Republican party rise up and give the reactionaries a swift boot (as opposed to boat) in the kiester, you can expect more of the same.
Life is NOT, repeat, NOT safe. No matter how much you may try to child-proof it. People die. It's inevitable. Some die peacefully in their sleep, some die horrible bloody violent deaths. It's all a crapshoot. Throw incredible stupidity into the mix, and you have the human condition. It exists on the net, and anywhere and everywhere else you have people.
I suggest you actually look at the rest of the site and see the blurring of the line between the real and unreal. That was Charles Fort's whole point... never trust the adherents to any priesthood, no matter how polished their presentation. The Museum of Jurassic Technology is an exploration and physical manifestation of that concept.
Uhm... I know everyone here wants to rush to accept this because it fits with all their preconceived notions......but did anyone even look at the source? Marc Abrahams, editor of the bimonthly magazine Annals of Improbable Research and organizer of the IgNobel Prize.
As for social conversation,I suspect a lot of us dislike wasting time in absolutely pointless interchange.
Pointless?
Humans are social animals. Conversation is one of the ways of expressing and reinforcing that sociability and thus acceptance in a given community. Or in other words, it can make the difference in perception of your fellow humans between "Hey, he's an OK Joe" and "Burn him, he's a witch!"
Funny, I'm a Yank. And I know the meaning of both Fall and Autumn. Two different names for the same season. Now, should I refer to you as an "ignorant Brit" (assuming that you are) because you refer to the bonnet and boot of your car as opposed to the hood and trunk? Of course not. That would just show the world I was an ignorant, bigoted, xenophobic shithead.
In other words, pretty much like what you've done with your incredibly childish, pedantic comment.
Having been to both Korea and Japan recently on business, my opinion is that Japan is trying far too much to rely on past successes and reputation (much like the US), while Korea is hungry and driven to excel.
Look out, Toyota and Honda. Give Hyundai and Kia another 5 years, and they'll be kicking your asses too.
All of these alternatives are peachy, but they still don't address the one most valuable use of BartPE. Namely, the ability to run adware/spyware scanners from a clean environment. Unfortunately, there's nothing equivalent to Ad-Aware or Spybot S&D for windows that will run off a Live Linux distribution, TTBOMK.
The main one being that the leaked episode one was an NTSC rip (29.97 fps) and not a PAL (25 fps) that indicates that it did indeed come from an NTSC territory and not a PAL one.
Which means nothing at all. I just ripped a copy of "True Stories" for my girlfriend in Serbia. And reencoded it from NTSC to PAL with no problems whatsoever. The tools are very cheap and easy to use. It could easily have been a reencoded PAL rip.
Slashdot Mirror
Just as one example I'm personally familiar with, a friend of mine invented and received a patent on a process to electrochemically deburr gun barrels after machining. Prior to this, said deburring was a lengthy, expensive mechanical process. Of course, he invited out representatives from the military to check out the process as part of having it certified for mil-spec work. Within the week his company was seized and shut down, and all of his equipment as well as the process was deemed classified. He was eventually compensated for the seized equipment, but never for the patent or the potential profits he would have made from it.
When you or I have the power and authority of the DOJ, then come back to me with your incredibly poor analogy. Maybe it'll hold water then.
"I'd be the first to say that you shouldn't be viewing porn sites on a library computer, and no, I don't think you have the "right" to use a publically funded, public access computer to do so."
I call bullshit.
Those public funds are made up of MY tax dollars as well. And I'm sick and tired of individuals such as yourself who seem to have the idea that you're the only ones paying taxes, and therefore have the right to dictate how all public money should be spent.
To put it into a different perspective, parts of the bible are disgusting and perverse in the extreme in my view. Should I have the right to have the bible banned from public libraries because of those views? If you don't grant me that, then STFU about how offended you are.
To quote a great philosopher you may have heard of, "If thine eye offends thee, pluck it out."
+1, profound
...this is a direct result of letting the fundamentalist Christian wing of your party hijack it. Not to single out fundamentalist Christians, as fundamentalists of ANY stripe tend to have dictatorial tendencies based on their "knowledge" of what's right and wrong because some obscure religious tome tells them so. Until the REAL conservatives in the Republican party rise up and give the reactionaries a swift boot (as opposed to boat) in the kiester, you can expect more of the same.
Life is NOT, repeat, NOT safe. No matter how much you may try to child-proof it. People die. It's inevitable. Some die peacefully in their sleep, some die horrible bloody violent deaths. It's all a crapshoot. Throw incredible stupidity into the mix, and you have the human condition. It exists on the net, and anywhere and everywhere else you have people.
And BTW, your FOAF story reeks of bullshit to me.
They'll be crying all the way to the bank.
I suggest you actually look at the rest of the site and see the blurring of the line between the real and unreal. That was Charles Fort's whole point... never trust the adherents to any priesthood, no matter how polished their presentation. The Museum of Jurassic Technology is an exploration and physical manifestation of that concept.
http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/stinkant.html
real?
unreal?
Charles Fort would have been proud.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals_of_Improbable_ Research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize
even bring back Monty Python with a newer funnier cast
BLASPHEMER!!!
That sonic boom you just felt was the joke approaching Mach 1 over your head.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who's_On_First Who's On First?
Corn-Sheep.
Give me... the butter.
As for social conversation,I suspect a lot of us dislike wasting time in absolutely pointless interchange. Pointless? Humans are social animals. Conversation is one of the ways of expressing and reinforcing that sociability and thus acceptance in a given community. Or in other words, it can make the difference in perception of your fellow humans between "Hey, he's an OK Joe" and "Burn him, he's a witch!"
Why would one need to heat hot water?
It's a water heater.
...build your own notebook.
e .asp?article=articles/archive/c0509/31c09a/31c09a. asp&guid=8211E93568BC44CCBB9A7980FB4250D3
http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/articl
Not exactly what you're describing, but it's a start.
...is no way to go through life.
Funny, I'm a Yank. And I know the meaning of both Fall and Autumn. Two different names for the same season. Now, should I refer to you as an "ignorant Brit" (assuming that you are) because you refer to the bonnet and boot of your car as opposed to the hood and trunk? Of course not. That would just show the world I was an ignorant, bigoted, xenophobic shithead.
In other words, pretty much like what you've done with your incredibly childish, pedantic comment.
Every time we slashdot a small site god kills a kitten. What about the kittens?!?! (oh wait.. maybe that was masturbation...)
Every time we slashdot a small site god masturbates?
No pony?
The Pilot pen company brought a suit against them for trademark infringement.
Having been to both Korea and Japan recently on business, my opinion is that Japan is trying far too much to rely on past successes and reputation (much like the US), while Korea is hungry and driven to excel.
Look out, Toyota and Honda. Give Hyundai and Kia another 5 years, and they'll be kicking your asses too.
All of these alternatives are peachy, but they still don't address the one most valuable use of BartPE. Namely, the ability to run adware/spyware scanners from a clean environment. Unfortunately, there's nothing equivalent to Ad-Aware or Spybot S&D for windows that will run off a Live Linux distribution, TTBOMK.
you are WAY overthinking this...
The Dow? Stock index, right?
There is the Dow... and the S&P 500. That which is not the Dow.
Which means nothing at all. I just ripped a copy of "True Stories" for my girlfriend in Serbia. And reencoded it from NTSC to PAL with no problems whatsoever. The tools are very cheap and easy to use. It could easily have been a reencoded PAL rip.