Well, just a quick look at the situation in Iraq already told me that the "Make love, not war" isn't too popular anymore.
It is sad that people want to determine other people how to live. Or die.
Can't they just show some confidence in their belief that God is almighty and that he'll punish bad people when they're dead? So, the justice department only has to be involved in people who do bad to other people.
Bert Who lives in a country where gay people can mary and teens rarely get pregnant.
Well, your first sentence says it all, doesn't it?
I read three tomes by Robert A. Caro on Lyndon Johnson. At some point in time electricity company was forced to sell electricity at a lower rate, which the company strongly opposed to. The government won, and later the company had to admit that they made much more profit. This story is not to demonstrate that government always knows best, but to demonstrate that free market also doesn't always know best. Your popular belief is as wrong as the opposite. The only valid point is, look at each issue individually.
Other points not discussed in your contribution: Inertia from consumers to change provider (with all the concommitant hassle, especially now you can't take your e-mail address with you).
Another casse in point: Here in the Netherlands we have to pay for all kinds of banking services, each with their own rates. Only boring IT guys got happy because of this. I think it is completely in line with current behaviour of companies to start inventing all different kinds of things to charge for. xyz packets will be more expensive than pqr packets. You see the same thing (at least over here) with Internet over your phone. One pays megabucks per megabyte. SMS the same thing. Compared to the number of bytes required for voice it is nothing, but they are charged at a premium.
There is also the contagious nature of the behaviour. If one provider does it, and charges another provider, then the other provider has to pass on the cost, and will start doing the same. And on it goes.
I'm perfectly happy with laws that require ISPs to pass thru any packet irrespective of its type.
This weekend I came across a tutorial for installing programs on Ubuntu. I was appalled that it involved more than dragging an icon from one place to another. In fact, the tutorial went on for several (screen)pages. When I have software developed I keep my options open, should I ever want/need to ditch Apple for Linux in my company, but for the time being I'm only all too happy with the former.
With so many planes in the air, it should be possible to rout packets from one plane to the next. It is just like the Internet works, but now the nodes are moving. It saves thousands of miles (up and down) to the satelite, so your ping rates should improve.
Bert Patent attorney opposed to software patents. The above idea is a case in point that for software inventions you don't need any expertise, and not even a glass of beer to stir up the brain cells a bit. In case someone patents this, remember you saw it here first, Mother's day 2006.
I'm surprised at the response so far. I'd do it because I'd love to be without the worries of my keys. Suppose you go swimming, or come home with two hands full of shopping bags? The door of your home/car is open. It is closed when you're gone. No worries. No tripple-checking the door when you go on holidays.
There's plenty of stuff that surgeons leave in your body and can withstand a long time. And inserting or removing a tag is not exactly open heart surgery.
In contrast to body jewelry, once inserted it is guaranteed not to be lost. You don't want to go home in your car only to find out that your RFID ear ring is MIA on the beach.
That wouldn't be enough for me, if the tools MS provides creates non-standard web pages (which their IE will display correctly), still leaving W3C compliant browsers in the cold.
Web browsers should be able to diss out a 1 minute time-out for non-compliant web sites. To get a significant uptime, that would force creators to make the website compliant.
So, what if you enter a random number with random PIN. They have to go thru the trouble to make the card, only to find out it doesn't work. And their face pop up at the video camera's of the ATMs all the time with failed withdrawals.
In another post, Weetjerm wrote "His attack methodology is correct, but it will take more than 40 devices to break the system. The chances are very low that all 40 devices being linearly independent, and therefore each one offering non-duplicate information about the system. If you read the comments, he actually inadvertantly ran into this problem with his small example of 4 keys."
So, what they could do is sell you 10.000 linearly dependent keys.
Bert A patent lawyer who detests software patents and DRM that punishes honest people only
So, it still does stick in a moist environment. Thanks for sharing the observation.
No answer on how fast dentine rots, but the hypothesis is still plausible.
Bert
Re:Would that also mean they had fillings?
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Thanks for the reply.
"no mention of any attempt to fill these teeth (amalgam wasn't exactly perfected until the late 1800s, resin composites not until circa 1950s)"
Well, I had natural resins in mind (those from bark or something). They're known to be antibacterial, so that would help too. And they may not leave a trace for archeologists. That leaves the problem of course of overcoming the tremendous forces on the filling (not just in the direction of the tooth, which would be easy to survice, but also a pulling force exerted by food during chewing).
Any idea how fast such a drilled tooth would start to rot?
Bert Who considers the bacteria cave dwellers
Would that also mean they had fillings?
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Any dentists here?
If the tooth bone (pulp or whatever the stuff below the enamel is) is exposed, wouldn't it start to rot in no time?
If yes and the further decay is limited (4 teeth showed decay associated with the hole), would that suggestion that they filled the hole with clay, resin, or some other material capable of hardening?
From creationists: Where is the fossil that proves....
Why not start asking for evidence too? Eh, where is the arc, the talking snake, the flaming Bush (sorry, couldn't resist).
And if you're questioned about your knowledge of the bible, here's a question you can put in return: Mention at least 4 authors of the bible (answer: John, Luke etc. . Remember it is the Gospel ACCORDING TO John).
It is easy: Shift taxes and the market will do the work. Bad things should be taxed, good things should not. So, you can lower VAT, income taxes etc. and get those for energy up. People will figure it out, especially in those places of the world where a coin is every reason you need to justify any behaviour.
I use a PowerBook to earn my living (have a small company. No not in the creative sector. Who told people that Macs are only used there?). $450 is VERY easy to earn back over a couple of years, eh months. Things like Spotlight which make that I don't have t spend time searching for files, and not having to worry about virusses (which advantage may be lost on Intel-based Macs in the near future) make this saving very real. And even if that weren't all there: Working with a nice looking machine, a nice OS, nice apps etc. help to enjoy work. Worth less than a buck a day? Definitely.
Agreed. But if you read about their memory problems, it is very hard to blame them and certainly managed to get the most out of it. Widgets can be done because there is a big app taking care of lots of stuff. The big app in turn relying on a big OS. I've certainly got more appreciation for what they did from the book.
Bert MacPaint was a big app taking the first Macintosh, as it used some 50 KByte.
Just read it in "Revolution in the valley" by Andy Hertzfeld, one of the creators of the GUI you're working with today, independent of the platform you use, on page 58 the explanation how desk accessories could be running in the background even when another "real" app was in the foreground.
That is why I propose not to let 240 million *in control*. If everyone has 5 arguments to base his opinion on, for any subject there will not be 1.2 billion arguments, but still only a couple of thousand. And it is up to the decision makers to pick from those arguments and solutions what they think is best. Because the arguments and counter-arguments are all available, anyone can verify their decision, and in particular the media (who will love it when they can show a politician uses (repeatedly or continuous to repeat) arguments effectively refuted on the webpage for that issue.
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Could you give us an approximate (but truthful) number of man-time necessary to develop this spiffy looking site?
Bert
Well, just a quick look at the situation in Iraq already told me that the "Make love, not war" isn't too popular anymore.
It is sad that people want to determine other people how to live. Or die.
Can't they just show some confidence in their belief that God is almighty and that he'll punish bad people when they're dead? So, the justice department only has to be involved in people who do bad to other people.
Bert
Who lives in a country where gay people can mary and teens rarely get pregnant.
It's fortunate that they don't see the hard core duo's, so other people can have fun.
Bert
More pentenance:i book.mp4
http://kisco.free.fr/download/stable_window_demo_
Bert
(Couldn't find it on Google at first. Gasp).
Note to self. RTFWSTFBR
t _-_Uses_your_Powerbook_s_motion_detectorl
As pentenance I provide the following links
http://www.digg.com/apple/Carpenter_s_level_Widge
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,66936,00.htm
Bert
(Read the WHOLE f*** slashdot thread first before replying)
You may want to take a look at the contribution by samkass (174571) (Sunday May 21, @03:02AM (#15373867)) who explains the difference.
Bert
New expression? RTFSC (Read the f*** slashdot contribution)
Well, your first sentence says it all, doesn't it?
I read three tomes by Robert A. Caro on Lyndon Johnson. At some point in time electricity company was forced to sell electricity at a lower rate, which the company strongly opposed to. The government won, and later the company had to admit that they made much more profit. This story is not to demonstrate that government always knows best, but to demonstrate that free market also doesn't always know best. Your popular belief is as wrong as the opposite. The only valid point is, look at each issue individually.
Other points not discussed in your contribution: Inertia from consumers to change provider (with all the concommitant hassle, especially now you can't take your e-mail address with you).
Another casse in point: Here in the Netherlands we have to pay for all kinds of banking services, each with their own rates. Only boring IT guys got happy because of this. I think it is completely in line with current behaviour of companies to start inventing all different kinds of things to charge for. xyz packets will be more expensive than pqr packets. You see the same thing (at least over here) with Internet over your phone. One pays megabucks per megabyte. SMS the same thing. Compared to the number of bytes required for voice it is nothing, but they are charged at a premium.
There is also the contagious nature of the behaviour. If one provider does it, and charges another provider, then the other provider has to pass on the cost, and will start doing the same. And on it goes.
I'm perfectly happy with laws that require ISPs to pass thru any packet irrespective of its type.
This weekend I came across a tutorial for installing programs on Ubuntu. I was appalled that it involved more than dragging an icon from one place to another. In fact, the tutorial went on for several (screen)pages. When I have software developed I keep my options open, should I ever want/need to ditch Apple for Linux in my company, but for the time being I'm only all too happy with the former.
Bert
With so many planes in the air, it should be possible to rout packets from one plane to the next. It is just like the Internet works, but now the nodes are moving. It saves thousands of miles (up and down) to the satelite, so your ping rates should improve.
Bert
Patent attorney opposed to software patents. The above idea is a case in point that for software inventions you don't need any expertise, and not even a glass of beer to stir up the brain cells a bit. In case someone patents this, remember you saw it here first, Mother's day 2006.
I'm surprised at the response so far. I'd do it because I'd love to be without the worries of my keys. Suppose you go swimming, or come home with two hands full of shopping bags? The door of your home/car is open. It is closed when you're gone. No worries. No tripple-checking the door when you go on holidays.
There's plenty of stuff that surgeons leave in your body and can withstand a long time. And inserting or removing a tag is not exactly open heart surgery.
In contrast to body jewelry, once inserted it is guaranteed not to be lost. You don't want to go home in your car only to find out that your RFID ear ring is MIA on the beach.
Bert
That wouldn't be enough for me, if the tools MS provides creates non-standard web pages (which their IE will display correctly), still leaving W3C compliant browsers in the cold.
Web browsers should be able to diss out a 1 minute time-out for non-compliant web sites. To get a significant uptime, that would force creators to make the website compliant.
Bert
So, what if you enter a random number with random PIN. They have to go thru the trouble to make the card, only to find out it doesn't work. And their face pop up at the video camera's of the ATMs all the time with failed withdrawals.
Bert
In another post, Weetjerm wrote "His attack methodology is correct, but it will take more than 40 devices to break the system. The chances are very low that all 40 devices being linearly independent, and therefore each one offering non-duplicate information about the system. If you read the comments, he actually inadvertantly ran into this problem with his small example of 4 keys."
So, what they could do is sell you 10.000 linearly dependent keys.
Bert
A patent lawyer who detests software patents and DRM that punishes honest people only
It is a contribution from politics to the benefit of the world.
Bert
Thanks for, eh, filling out the missing bit.
OK, so the verdict is that either they had dental hygiene or fillings (or both).
Bert
Who wonders how the hell an informative post like yours gets modded "0"
So, it still does stick in a moist environment. Thanks for sharing the observation.
No answer on how fast dentine rots, but the hypothesis is still plausible.
Bert
Thanks for the reply.
"no mention of any attempt to fill these teeth (amalgam wasn't exactly perfected until the late 1800s, resin composites not until circa 1950s)"
Well, I had natural resins in mind (those from bark or something). They're known to be antibacterial, so that would help too. And they may not leave a trace for archeologists. That leaves the problem of course of overcoming the tremendous forces on the filling (not just in the direction of the tooth, which would be easy to survice, but also a pulling force exerted by food during chewing).
Any idea how fast such a drilled tooth would start to rot?
Bert
Who considers the bacteria cave dwellers
Any dentists here?
If the tooth bone (pulp or whatever the stuff below the enamel is) is exposed, wouldn't it start to rot in no time?
If yes and the further decay is limited (4 teeth showed decay associated with the hole), would that suggestion that they filled the hole with clay, resin, or some other material capable of hardening?
Bert
From creationists: Where is the fossil that proves....
Why not start asking for evidence too?
Eh, where is the arc, the talking snake, the flaming Bush (sorry, couldn't resist).
And if you're questioned about your knowledge of the bible, here's a question you can put in return:
Mention at least 4 authors of the bible (answer: John, Luke etc. . Remember it is the Gospel ACCORDING TO John).
Bert
"Issue Date: 12/23/2003"
Oh, that is just one of millions of examples where the date is mixed up to result in a non-sensical order.
Bert
But YYYYMMDD or DDMMYYYY is fine with me.
It is easy: Shift taxes and the market will do the work. Bad things should be taxed, good things should not. So, you can lower VAT, income taxes etc. and get those for energy up. People will figure it out, especially in those places of the world where a coin is every reason you need to justify any behaviour.
Bert
I use a PowerBook to earn my living (have a small company. No not in the creative sector. Who told people that Macs are only used there?). $450 is VERY easy to earn back over a couple of years, eh months. Things like Spotlight which make that I don't have t spend time searching for files, and not having to worry about virusses (which advantage may be lost on Intel-based Macs in the near future) make this saving very real. And even if that weren't all there: Working with a nice looking machine, a nice OS, nice apps etc. help to enjoy work. Worth less than a buck a day? Definitely.
Bert
Agreed. But if you read about their memory problems, it is very hard to blame them and certainly managed to get the most out of it. Widgets can be done because there is a big app taking care of lots of stuff. The big app in turn relying on a big OS. I've certainly got more appreciation for what they did from the book.
Bert
MacPaint was a big app taking the first Macintosh, as it used some 50 KByte.
"MacOS lacked multitasking"
Just read it in "Revolution in the valley" by Andy Hertzfeld, one of the creators of the GUI you're working with today, independent of the platform you use, on page 58 the explanation how desk accessories could be running in the background even when another "real" app was in the foreground.
Bert
Who thinks it is a great book
That is why I propose not to let 240 million *in control*. If everyone has 5 arguments to base his opinion on, for any subject there will not be 1.2 billion arguments, but still only a couple of thousand. And it is up to the decision makers to pick from those arguments and solutions what they think is best. Because the arguments and counter-arguments are all available, anyone can verify their decision, and in particular the media (who will love it when they can show a politician uses (repeatedly or continuous to repeat) arguments effectively refuted on the webpage for that issue.
Bert