But Microsoft is now turning its considerable might toward catching up. It's a move that puts Microsoft head to head with Google, the world's most popular Web surfing vehicle, and Yahoo, the Internet's most popular destination...
Interesting choice of words... probably has nothing to do with where this story is posted, huh?
3. "OpenOffice 1.1 is an open source alternative."
OpenOffice does not have a dedicated development or support rteam. Consequently, if bugs go unresolved, users have the option to resolve problems by scouring through numerous community sites and chat rooms.
So, Microsoft has a dedicated team working on MS Office that's *larger* than all the people combined who work on OpenOffice?
Also, bugs often go unresolved in Open Source projects?
Given how fast bogus rumours such as the teddy bear virus move around the internet, and how hard they are to kill, the internet represents and easy way to anonymously disseminiate dis-information about a candidate.
Yes; quality of information is generally a huge problem with the Internet. But slandering is something that has followed politics for a long, long time; probably since its very inception.
A famous, historical (though not that ancient) example is when Richard Nixon insinuated in a 1950 senate race that his opponent, Helen Gahagan Douglas, was a Communist who was "pink right down to her underwear." This is said to have been quite successful.
Also, there ARE reliable news sources on the Internet, and of course... one can always use the almighty font of wisdom that is Google.
Mr. Weinberg isn't talking economics. He is, after all, a physicist. On actually reading the full article, you see arguments against the actual scientific utility of space travel. Arguments such as these:
Much of the "scientific" program assigned to astronauts on the space shuttle and the space station has the flavor of projects done for a high school science talent contest. Some of the work looks interesting, but it is hard to see why it has to be done by people.
...
Looking into the future, we need to ask, what scientific work can be done by astronauts on Mars? They can walk around and look at the terrain, and carry out tests on rocks, looking for signs of water or life, but all that can be done by robots. They can bring back rock samples, as the Apollo astronauts did from the moon, but that too can be done by robots.
...
It is hoped that while vast sums are being spent on manned space flight missions, a little money will be diverted to real science. I think that this attitude is self-defeating. Whenever NASA runs into trouble, it is science that is likely to be sacrificed first. After NASA had pushed the Apollo program to the point where people stopped watching lunar landings on television, it canceled Apollo 18 and 19, the missions that were to be specifically devoted to scientific research.
Well, it's not exactly stated explicitly in the story (although it should be), but it's pretty clear from the context that RIAA is doing this scanning over Kazaa and other p2p networks.
And since users of these networks are voluntarily making this stuff public, I doubt there are any legal ramifications. But it is rather embarassing for the people being taken to court that they allowed themselves to be traced this way.
Trust no one, hide your IP address... or else 'they' will get you!
The mistake dates back to the actuator's assembly at Hamilton Sundstrand in Rockford, Illinois, and is not easy to spot. The gear fits into the assembly both ways, but is slightly asymmetric so the teeth do not fit exactly if the gear is reversed.
Show me a man who can find a slightly asymmetric shape, and I'll show you a man who can find a slightly tritriangular number.
Or a slightly odd one... hey wait, that's me. Except I am not a number, I am a free man!
Um - call be crazy, but it seems to me that the linked article does not actually propose any solution/technology to fight spam. It's about possible new top level domain names, and it only briefly mentions the fact that some anti-spammers want to use.mail to store mail server information. Whee...
Personally, I don't think anti-spammers' interest in.mail is the main story here. It's certainly not the only one...
Wow - now I finally have a way of putting Brainf*ck on my resume. Thanks!
This opens so many possibilites. Like, I think I'll put my 5 years as a pothead down as 'joint development' After all, I did progam something too, I... think....
There is nowhere remotely inhabitable anywhere near us we could have any hope of colonizing in a sustainable way in the time frame.
Well, NASA says that they might be able to turn New Jersey into a viable colony through only minimal terraforming... about 50 years I think it was. So cheer up!
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Speaking of humility:
But Microsoft is now turning its considerable might toward catching up. It's a move that puts Microsoft head to head with Google, the world's most popular Web surfing vehicle, and Yahoo, the Internet's most popular destination ...
Interesting choice of words... probably has nothing to do with where this story is posted, huh?
Here's an interesting point from the document:
3. "OpenOffice 1.1 is an open source alternative."
OpenOffice does not have a dedicated development or support rteam. Consequently, if bugs go unresolved, users have the option to resolve problems by scouring through numerous community sites and chat rooms.
So, Microsoft has a dedicated team working on MS Office that's *larger* than all the people combined who work on OpenOffice?
Also, bugs often go unresolved in Open Source projects?
Wow, thanks for pointing this out to me!
I've got your Interesting Uses For Trusted Computing right here:
1) You can shove it up your a**
2) You can shove it up your b***
3) You can shove it up your t***
Given how fast bogus rumours such as the teddy bear virus move around the internet, and how hard they are to kill, the internet represents and easy way to anonymously disseminiate dis-information about a candidate.
Yes; quality of information is generally a huge problem with the Internet. But slandering is something that has followed politics for a long, long time; probably since its very inception.
A famous, historical (though not that ancient) example is when Richard Nixon insinuated in a 1950 senate race that his opponent, Helen Gahagan Douglas, was a Communist who was "pink right down to her underwear." This is said to have been quite successful.
Also, there ARE reliable news sources on the Internet, and of course ... one can always use the almighty font of wisdom that is Google.
this_ruling = null
No, no, no ... what are you thinking of ?? Microsoft programmers using Java ?? I think you must mean:
this_ruling = NULL
Economics? Indeed ...
Mr. Weinberg isn't talking economics. He is, after all, a physicist. On actually reading the full article, you see arguments against the actual scientific utility of space travel. Arguments such as these:
Much of the "scientific" program assigned to astronauts on the space shuttle and the space station has the flavor of projects done for a high school science talent contest. Some of the work looks interesting, but it is hard to see why it has to be done by people.
...
Looking into the future, we need to ask, what scientific work can be done by astronauts on Mars? They can walk around and look at the terrain, and carry out tests on rocks, looking for signs of water or life, but all that can be done by robots. They can bring back rock samples, as the Apollo astronauts did from the moon, but that too can be done by robots.
...
It is hoped that while vast sums are being spent on manned space flight missions, a little money will be diverted to real science. I think that this attitude is self-defeating. Whenever NASA runs into trouble, it is science that is likely to be sacrificed first. After NASA had pushed the Apollo program to the point where people stopped watching lunar landings on television, it canceled Apollo 18 and 19, the missions that were to be specifically devoted to scientific research.
Advertising on demand!? Hmm....
I DEMAND that you show me advertising right now! I can't get enough of advertising, nossir! MORE MORE MORE advertising, NOW!
What's wrong with this picture?
Recently overheard somewhere at One Microsoft Way:
What's this: "New Documents Shed Light on Microsoft's Tactics" ?!
I thought I told you guys to SHRED those documents, nod SHED them!
That's a marketing department gone bad.
No, no, no! You forget that this is a Japanse invention. So it actually means 'Beefsteak Plant Ink'
See this for reference.
With 10gb over copper... All your pr0n are belong to us!!
Not unless you're connected to an intranet with massive amounts of pr0n lying around you won't. CAT5 is used in LANs, is it not?
Oh, and by the way... stop using AYB references. They give me rashes.
Don't need to me a member, just log in as a guest...
Am I the only one who started thinking about some new HTML tag on seeing the article title?
Uh... OK, so I can go into your house and look through your stuff next time you're away? I'm a private entity, right?
Well, it's not exactly stated explicitly in the story (although it should be), but it's pretty clear from the context that RIAA is doing this scanning over Kazaa and other p2p networks.
And since users of these networks are voluntarily making this stuff public, I doubt there are any legal ramifications. But it is rather embarassing for the people being taken to court that they allowed themselves to be traced this way.
Trust no one, hide your IP address ... or else 'they' will get you!
The EU will very likely stick to its guns. The only reason why the US didn't begins with 'W'.
It's a good thing that the EU is made up of so many different countries... in this case anyway.
No worries, mate
The soon-to-be-released MyDundee worm will take care of 'em SCO bastards in a hurry.
MyDoom is not a worm, THIS is a worm!
The purpose of YouCANN is simple. It goes like this:
YouCANN: You CANN use .xxx as a TDL.
ICANN: I CANN? Great, thanks!
Does Ramzi make an appearance?
The mistake dates back to the actuator's assembly at Hamilton Sundstrand in Rockford, Illinois, and is not easy to spot. The gear fits into the assembly both ways, but is slightly asymmetric so the teeth do not fit exactly if the gear is reversed.
Show me a man who can find a slightly asymmetric shape, and I'll show you a man who can find a slightly tritriangular number.
Or a slightly odd one ... hey wait, that's me. Except I am not a number, I am a free man!
Um - call be crazy, but it seems to me that the linked article does not actually propose any solution/technology to fight spam. It's about possible new top level domain names, and it only briefly mentions the fact that some anti-spammers want to use .mail to store mail server information. Whee ...
Personally, I don't think anti-spammers' interest in .mail is the main story here. It's certainly not the only one...
TELEPHONE TRANSCRIPT 7/11/94; 10:03 ET
SPEAKING: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Robert Underdunk Terwilliger (names changed to protect to protect the innocent/punish the guilty)
AP: Tech support; head of tech support speaking.
RUT: Great, I have some questions ...
AP: You may ask me three questions.
RUT: Are you really the head of tech support?
AP: Yes...
RUT: Really!?
AP: Yes...
RUT: You!?
AP: Yes... I hope this has been enlightening to you. Thank you come again.
Some exposure to: Ruby, Coral 66, BF
Wow - now I finally have a way of putting Brainf*ck on my resume. Thanks!
This opens so many possibilites. Like, I think I'll put my 5 years as a pothead down as 'joint development' After all, I did progam something too, I ... think ....
There is nowhere remotely inhabitable anywhere near us we could have any hope of colonizing in a sustainable way in the time frame.
Well, NASA says that they might be able to turn New Jersey into a viable colony through only minimal terraforming... about 50 years I think it was. So cheer up!
Now THAT is retro!
No keyboard -> No programming -> No fun