IE7 CSS support is lacking in different - not fewer - ways from IE6, which means your enthusiasm should be quite the opposite. With the release of IE7, CSS authors are going to simply have one more portion of hacks to implement. Perhaps the days of being able to develop for the web using only standards is around the corner, but that corner is several miles away yet.
I don't think there's anything very "clear" about those pictures at all.
From TFA: The pictures were taken several Martian years apart under nearly identical illumination and atmospheric conditions, but the feature once identified as a candidate for MPL's parachute turned out to be the illuminated slope of a small hill, while the dark feature suggesting a rocket blast zone has faded - which would be expected owing to dust deposited by dust storms. But more importantly, the spot interpreted to be the lander has disappeared altogether
Perhaps those interpreting the images now are mistaken in identifying the "parachute" as a hill. Furthermore, if the little dot that might have been the lander has disappeared in the erosion of the features presumed to be the blast area, that may be all the more reason to consider the lander's disappearance the result of the thing being buried.
I think maddox best addressed the issue of all the buzzwords bloggers are shitting out by the minute:
maddox's take.
"Podcast: Someone had the revolutionary idea of taking a compressed audio file and putting it online. Yeah, doesn't sound so sexy when I describe it for what it is, does it you morons?"
Unfortunately, I think public education will likely be one of the very last arenas that benefit from this technology. Sure, it'd be nice, but the military has to find a way to kill people with it before it's used to educate.
I found more interesting this link, found through the link at the bottom of the article. It says that Sony endowed some AIBOs with an adaptive curiosity system that allowed the robot dogs to learn to do things they weren't specifically programmed to do. This was accomplished by giving the dogs a sort of sense of curiosity and boredom. Cool.
Why not introduce a peer review process by which a patent in a particular industry is reviewed by patent holders in the same industry? In this manner, a frivolous patent could be easily circumvented with a simple review request. A few hundred peers simply review the patent and then decide if it is legit.
The question then arises of who chooses the peers on the review-board? Also, I can easily envision a giant corporation in a given industry gaining control of this review board by buying out or otherwise influencing a majority of its members. Once that happens, said corporate entity basically rules the patent process for the industry. Bad idea. The moral is that patent reform isn't about avoiding frivolous patents, but rewarding inventors by protecting their creations.
From the UTD website:
"The problem this creates is interference or an actual denial of service to other students not wishing to utilize these "unknown" access points, as the wireless network cards attempt to connect to the nearest and strongest signal available - which is often the "unknown" access points."
Thus, the obvious fix here is to hand out the SSIDs of legitimate access points to those students trying to connect to UTD's wireless LAN and tell those kids to turn off the option to connect to the "nearest & strongest signal."
This smells like SCO -- if you can't compete, litigate!
I represent Derek Smart, who patented the "if you can't compete, litigate" business model. If you do not cease your libelous references to this model, Mr. Smart will be forced to pursue legal action.
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IE7 CSS support is lacking in different - not fewer - ways from IE6, which means your enthusiasm should be quite the opposite. With the release of IE7, CSS authors are going to simply have one more portion of hacks to implement. Perhaps the days of being able to develop for the web using only standards is around the corner, but that corner is several miles away yet.
Maybe the employee should buy some shares. Then when the company starts going under you lose your job and your investment.
I don't think there's anything very "clear" about those pictures at all.
From TFA: The pictures were taken several Martian years apart under nearly identical illumination and atmospheric conditions, but the feature once identified as a candidate for MPL's parachute turned out to be the illuminated slope of a small hill, while the dark feature suggesting a rocket blast zone has faded - which would be expected owing to dust deposited by dust storms. But more importantly, the spot interpreted to be the lander has disappeared altogether
Perhaps those interpreting the images now are mistaken in identifying the "parachute" as a hill. Furthermore, if the little dot that might have been the lander has disappeared in the erosion of the features presumed to be the blast area, that may be all the more reason to consider the lander's disappearance the result of the thing being buried.
I think maddox best addressed the issue of all the buzzwords bloggers are shitting out by the minute: maddox's take.
"Podcast: Someone had the revolutionary idea of taking a compressed audio file and putting it online. Yeah, doesn't sound so sexy when I describe it for what it is, does it you morons?"
Unfortunately, I think public education will likely be one of the very last arenas that benefit from this technology. Sure, it'd be nice, but the military has to find a way to kill people with it before it's used to educate.
I found more interesting this link, found through the link at the bottom of the article. It says that Sony endowed some AIBOs with an adaptive curiosity system that allowed the robot dogs to learn to do things they weren't specifically programmed to do. This was accomplished by giving the dogs a sort of sense of curiosity and boredom. Cool.
Why not introduce a peer review process by which a patent in a particular industry is reviewed by patent holders in the same industry? In this manner, a frivolous patent could be easily circumvented with a simple review request. A few hundred peers simply review the patent and then decide if it is legit.
The question then arises of who chooses the peers on the review-board? Also, I can easily envision a giant corporation in a given industry gaining control of this review board by buying out or otherwise influencing a majority of its members. Once that happens, said corporate entity basically rules the patent process for the industry. Bad idea. The moral is that patent reform isn't about avoiding frivolous patents, but rewarding inventors by protecting their creations.
Seriously bloggers - quit posting links to your blog which contains a link to the actual story. That's just annoying.
From the UTD website: "The problem this creates is interference or an actual denial of service to other students not wishing to utilize these "unknown" access points, as the wireless network cards attempt to connect to the nearest and strongest signal available - which is often the "unknown" access points." Thus, the obvious fix here is to hand out the SSIDs of legitimate access points to those students trying to connect to UTD's wireless LAN and tell those kids to turn off the option to connect to the "nearest & strongest signal."
This smells like SCO -- if you can't compete, litigate!
I represent Derek Smart, who patented the "if you can't compete, litigate" business model. If you do not cease your libelous references to this model, Mr. Smart will be forced to pursue legal action.
"It offered Newports -- his brand -- for $2.85 a pack, about a third of what he pays at a corner store near his home."
The man is paying $8.50 for a pack of Newports. I think that pretty much sums it up.