You guys aren't thinking straight!
How many times have you come home form a business trip or travel trip and someone back home is expecting something when you get back. This is the perfect way to get that last minute gift for people waiting back home...Say you are coming home for little timmy's bday and you dont have that gift yet...Why go to the mall or best buy and wait through lines..Or better yet for all those christmas travelers!
hence why he posted to remove the negative moderation he accidently left...If you mod something, then go back to post, it will null out that moderation
Whoa! The ak-47 is old and defunct. I don't think so. They are still one of the best rifles to date as far as Military uses. Over 50 armies of the world still use this weapon in there arsenal. This thing is basically useable after putting it in sand, swamp or dropping it from far heights. They also take standard ammo..Why do you think terrorist organizations love them, and even US soldiers will pick them up over an m-16 or M4. I think you may have your weapons mixed up. Not only all that but they can use 75 round drum magazines. I mean look at these specs
Caliber 7.62x39 mm
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt with 2 lugs
Overall length: 870 mm
Barrel length: 415 mm
Weight, with empty magazine: AK 4.3 kg; AKM 3.14 kg
Magazine capacity 30 rounds (40 rounds box magazines and 75 rounds drums from RPK also may be used)
Cyclic rate of fire 600 rounds per minute
Maximum effective range: about 400 meters
As compared to the M4 and M4A1
Caliber: 5.56mm NATO
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 838 mm (stock extended); 757 mm (stock fully collapsed)
Barrel length: 370 mm
Weight: 2.52 kg without magazine; 3.0 kg with magazine loaded with 30 rounds
Rate of fire: 700 - 950 rounds per minute
Maximum effective range: 360 meters
Rarely do you have to clean, repair or do anything to this rifle to get it to fire accurately.
I am sorry but I would trust my life with an AK over a M4 any day!
To be precise, Cingular (Which is 40% owned by Bellsouth and 60% owned by at&t (all lowercase, the new company formerly SBC and AT&T (landline) bought out AT&T wireless, and kept the name of the parent company "Cingular", due to the fact that name "AT&T Wireless" was still owned by the parent company AT&T (landline) at the time.. Now that SBC obtained (merged whatever) the old AT&T (landline) company, they sat down and decided they wanted to call the new landline company at&t for brand recognition. Now at&t is talking about buying out Bellsouth, which includes the remaining interest is Cingular. The 40% venture is what at&t is really after, only because they see mobile/cellular growth, and they want to keep the profits to themselves. Myself, working for at&t and my wife working for Cingular, have read the memos. Once Bellsouth is obtained, at&t under the lead of Ed Whittacre (or whomever if he retires) Cingular Wireless will once again revert back to at&t wireless for the brand recognition, and to knock one more provider out of the Customer Service ratings standings. These are the facts of the case.
See i still ahve a problem with my hotmail account that has been ongoing for 3 years. Seems they allowed multiple people to have the same email address. I have spoken with the other 2 people hwo own my email adress and all three of us have tried non stop to contavt hotmail regarding this and they still claim it is not thier fault..Thats why i use my primary as gmail and hotmail for everything else
I hate grammer nazi's, but come on people really easy to type up your comments in Word or notepad or document maker of your choice, do a spelling check at least and then paste them into The Slash. Victim is spelled wrong every time..Use a little common sense
Well you can talk to one of the 14 reps i have gone through to challenge this. If you look through the rest of the comments on just this post, you sill see how many peopel have problems with them..Not just me
"One can only hope that Alienware support and hardware won't be ill effected by this acquisition."
Whoa!..Alienware has so many post purchase CS complaints...Hell its hard to even talk to a competant rep once you get your laptop/desktop..When i ordered mone in November 18, 2005...and the did not get it to me until January 31 2006..Thats a little bit of a problem..You actually think Dell buying them out will help this..Maybe the will help with the 8 Stuck pixels that my laptop came with, that Alienware CS is still insisting that they will not replace the laptop for, because it is not center of the screen..When has it ever been ok to release a completely faulty product!
yes well i am a 26 year old who doesnt know any programmin languages, i run my leet box on windows xp! I still readin slashdot..Especially if it means they are takign down Microsoft..As soon as linux gets enough market shares with gaming corps(without haveing to use any extra programs to emulate windowz) i will switch..Until then..my work, and me are stuck with em!
Try again. This is how it went..AT&T wireless was 100% controlled by ATT, Cingular was 60% controlled by SBC and 40 % controlled by bell south. Cingular wireless bought out ATT wireless completely, and the company, still called Cingular wireless, still is owned 60% by SBC and 40% by Bellsouth. Then comes a long a merger between SBC and ATT, which brought the company now to be named AT&T (all lowercase letters). Now at&t wants to buy out Bellsouth, land and the 40% that they own of Cingular Wireless. Which makes at&t(formerly SBC (changed its named due to at&t brand having more name recognition)in 100% control of Cingular Wireless(which is probably going to be named changed to at&t wireless(the only reason that it is still called Cingular is because Bellsouth fought to not have to put all the money into what is called "rebranding" the name in the first place), all of the old AT&T, all of Bellsouth, and all of their original areas that the old SBC covered). You want to know why I know this. I work for what is now at&t, and my wife works for the current Cingular call center)
The argument about this article is about science.. we already know that a lot of people do not like the idea of aborted fetuses stem cells being used.. but the fact of the article is over the allocation of funds for something scientific. One of the Comments stated that this has nothing to do with Slashdot, of which i am commentating on.
To the paralyzed Christian.. i seriously apologize for you injuries. I know several people like you with similar conditions and viewpoints. but i also know a lot of Christians that say if the fetus is being aborted, why not put it to good use...Unfortunately with Bills that those such as in North Dakota (ban on all abortions except where it is to save the mother) a certain group of religious beliefs is being pushed in to the political ring. An unknown author once said..."if it does no harm to anyone, and a great help to society...screw religion" (sidebar: sorry in my opinion a fetus is not an anyone) I think that the politics today are not only motivated by greed, but also way to much religion) Ideals for religions are being forced on people everyday through bills and laws
TO all of those who say this should not be on slashdot..BS!..This is as scientific as nasa, nano technology or anythign else.
This did pass with a wide margin during the last elections, and they really need to shape this up. I think any college applying for grants should not have people on the board..Its called bias, and there are not enough people in the political system who do not have it.
I believe that the more schools help themselves without the grants, the more they should get because of the grants..Instead of putting all thier money into sports, cheerleading and Aestetic purposes, put it into something useful..
We have already proven that this is the next step in curing disabilities, regrowing missing parts(such as teeth..imagine never having to get dentures or an implant), possibly even giving hearing back to the deaf, sight back to the blindies, and possibly(they theorize) regrowing limbs..
If you dont call this science(which is one of the major categories on slashdot) then tell me what do you consider science? All robots and machines..If so i feel sorry for you!
This is not flamebait post, no is it trolling, for people who look at this and shun it, wait until the day they need this science for themselves...I have heard Christians who shun this, until the break thier back, then the whole argument is completely reversed and they are all for it.
You know anyone who really looks at the situation, it is obvious that the RIAA is wanting these investigations to happen. If they get their way, they can force itunes to either use tiered pricing or not and lose lots of money.
Ever since i was young, CDs have been outrageously priced, and when all you wanted was 1 to 2 songs off an album, you are still paying what 3-4 dollars for a "single", 1 song remixed 4 times(and shitty remixes at that) or every once in a while they throw you a good track other then that single.
Personally I do not hear the difference between Lossless and 196 bit rate songs. I am no audiophile and yes i use my ipod with my white headphones. They are comfortable. Plain and simple. If they want to do tier pricing, all done by bit rate, I almost guarantee a lot of people will not be buying lossless, just in cost factor
If this goes through, I do not believe you will see any songs at less then $0.99 , you will just see popular songs go up in price. The one truly sad thing about 1 tier pricing like this is any Independant artists songs are going for the same price all the rest of the crap is there for..
If you go through every CD you own right, how many songs out of the total do you like, and will listen too. Even on my favorite bands soundtracks, there are 2-4 songs i don't like. This is why they want to make more money..Now you don't have to buy the whole caboodle, so they need to make all their xtra profit somewhere.
The other problem is Amounts of sales from Albums. The RIAA cant just buy up stocks up CDS to get their artist recognized anymore Like they used to. You know what happens to those CD's? Most of the time, they are either given away or resold at concert venues.
Before you make a comment like that you might want to look as it is directly related to the article. It is a lank wensite with a.gif file on it..No adverts or anythign else. I applaud you milk and thank you for your service. As for you antifoidulus, everyones not always evil!
Ok a lot of people are bitching that Billy boy and Mikey are getting in teh news also. RTFA!!!! when they say news alerts, they mean front page live stuff like when a bomb goes off or a hurricane hits. We are not talking about the cover of time, or 4 pages deep on tech webistes. We are talking website admins getting off thier arses and scrambling to post this to thier front page first so they can get everyone there. Its like TV stations running "Special news reports" right in the middle of a touchdown drive in the middle of the superbowl. Yes Mike and Bill are getting press, nothing to the point of Apple though.
Slashdot Mirror
You guys aren't thinking straight! How many times have you come home form a business trip or travel trip and someone back home is expecting something when you get back. This is the perfect way to get that last minute gift for people waiting back home...Say you are coming home for little timmy's bday and you dont have that gift yet...Why go to the mall or best buy and wait through lines..Or better yet for all those christmas travelers!
hence why he posted to remove the negative moderation he accidently left...If you mod something, then go back to post, it will null out that moderation
Whoa! The ak-47 is old and defunct. I don't think so. They are still one of the best rifles to date as far as Military uses. Over 50 armies of the world still use this weapon in there arsenal. This thing is basically useable after putting it in sand, swamp or dropping it from far heights. They also take standard ammo. .Why do you think terrorist organizations love them, and even US soldiers will pick them up over an m-16 or M4. I think you may have your weapons mixed up. Not only all that but they can use 75 round drum magazines. I mean look at these specs
Caliber 7.62x39 mm
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt with 2 lugs
Overall length: 870 mm
Barrel length: 415 mm
Weight, with empty magazine: AK 4.3 kg; AKM 3.14 kg
Magazine capacity 30 rounds (40 rounds box magazines and 75 rounds drums from RPK also may be used)
Cyclic rate of fire 600 rounds per minute
Maximum effective range: about 400 meters
As compared to the M4 and M4A1
Caliber: 5.56mm NATO
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 838 mm (stock extended); 757 mm (stock fully collapsed)
Barrel length: 370 mm
Weight: 2.52 kg without magazine; 3.0 kg with magazine loaded with 30 rounds
Rate of fire: 700 - 950 rounds per minute
Maximum effective range: 360 meters
Rarely do you have to clean, repair or do anything to this rifle to get it to fire accurately.
I am sorry but I would trust my life with an AK over a M4 any day!
To be precise, Cingular (Which is 40% owned by Bellsouth and 60% owned by at&t (all lowercase, the new company formerly SBC and AT&T (landline) bought out AT&T wireless, and kept the name of the parent company "Cingular", due to the fact that name "AT&T Wireless" was still owned by the parent company AT&T (landline) at the time.. Now that SBC obtained (merged whatever) the old AT&T (landline) company, they sat down and decided they wanted to call the new landline company at&t for brand recognition. Now at&t is talking about buying out Bellsouth, which includes the remaining interest is Cingular. The 40% venture is what at&t is really after, only because they see mobile/cellular growth, and they want to keep the profits to themselves. Myself, working for at&t and my wife working for Cingular, have read the memos. Once Bellsouth is obtained, at&t under the lead of Ed Whittacre (or whomever if he retires) Cingular Wireless will once again revert back to at&t wireless for the brand recognition, and to knock one more provider out of the Customer Service ratings standings. These are the facts of the case.
See i still ahve a problem with my hotmail account that has been ongoing for 3 years. Seems they allowed multiple people to have the same email address. I have spoken with the other 2 people hwo own my email adress and all three of us have tried non stop to contavt hotmail regarding this and they still claim it is not thier fault..Thats why i use my primary as gmail and hotmail for everything else
I hate grammer nazi's, but come on people really easy to type up your comments in Word or notepad or document maker of your choice, do a spelling check at least and then paste them into The Slash. Victim is spelled wrong every time..Use a little common sense
Well you can talk to one of the 14 reps i have gone through to challenge this. If you look through the rest of the comments on just this post, you sill see how many peopel have problems with them..Not just me
NOt only that but they have been known to remove "critisizing" post from thier forums..Yeah censorship..well they are a chinese company!
"One can only hope that Alienware support and hardware won't be ill effected by this acquisition." Whoa!..Alienware has so many post purchase CS complaints...Hell its hard to even talk to a competant rep once you get your laptop/desktop..When i ordered mone in November 18, 2005...and the did not get it to me until January 31 2006..Thats a little bit of a problem..You actually think Dell buying them out will help this..Maybe the will help with the 8 Stuck pixels that my laptop came with, that Alienware CS is still insisting that they will not replace the laptop for, because it is not center of the screen..When has it ever been ok to release a completely faulty product!
yes well i am a 26 year old who doesnt know any programmin languages, i run my leet box on windows xp! I still readin slashdot..Especially if it means they are takign down Microsoft..As soon as linux gets enough market shares with gaming corps(without haveing to use any extra programs to emulate windowz) i will switch..Until then..my work, and me are stuck with em!
Try again. This is how it went..AT&T wireless was 100% controlled by ATT, Cingular was 60% controlled by SBC and 40 % controlled by bell south. Cingular wireless bought out ATT wireless completely, and the company, still called Cingular wireless, still is owned 60% by SBC and 40% by Bellsouth. Then comes a long a merger between SBC and ATT, which brought the company now to be named AT&T (all lowercase letters). Now at&t wants to buy out Bellsouth, land and the 40% that they own of Cingular Wireless. Which makes at&t(formerly SBC (changed its named due to at&t brand having more name recognition)in 100% control of Cingular Wireless(which is probably going to be named changed to at&t wireless(the only reason that it is still called Cingular is because Bellsouth fought to not have to put all the money into what is called "rebranding" the name in the first place), all of the old AT&T, all of Bellsouth, and all of their original areas that the old SBC covered). You want to know why I know this. I work for what is now at&t, and my wife works for the current Cingular call center)
What and next your gonna tell my not all scots are drunks!
The argument about this article is about science.. we already know that a lot of people do not like the idea of aborted fetuses stem cells being used.. but the fact of the article is over the allocation of funds for something scientific. One of the Comments stated that this has nothing to do with Slashdot, of which i am commentating on.
To the paralyzed Christian.. i seriously apologize for you injuries. I know several people like you with similar conditions and viewpoints. but i also know a lot of Christians that say if the fetus is being aborted, why not put it to good use...Unfortunately with Bills that those such as in North Dakota (ban on all abortions except where it is to save the mother) a certain group of religious beliefs is being pushed in to the political ring. An unknown author once said..."if it does no harm to anyone, and a great help to society...screw religion" (sidebar: sorry in my opinion a fetus is not an anyone) I think that the politics today are not only motivated by greed, but also way to much religion) Ideals for religions are being forced on people everyday through bills and laws
TO all of those who say this should not be on slashdot..BS!..This is as scientific as nasa, nano technology or anythign else.
This did pass with a wide margin during the last elections, and they really need to shape this up. I think any college applying for grants should not have people on the board..Its called bias, and there are not enough people in the political system who do not have it.
I believe that the more schools help themselves without the grants, the more they should get because of the grants..Instead of putting all thier money into sports, cheerleading and Aestetic purposes, put it into something useful..
We have already proven that this is the next step in curing disabilities, regrowing missing parts(such as teeth..imagine never having to get dentures or an implant), possibly even giving hearing back to the deaf, sight back to the blindies, and possibly(they theorize) regrowing limbs..
If you dont call this science(which is one of the major categories on slashdot) then tell me what do you consider science? All robots and machines..If so i feel sorry for you!
This is not flamebait post, no is it trolling, for people who look at this and shun it, wait until the day they need this science for themselves...I have heard Christians who shun this, until the break thier back, then the whole argument is completely reversed and they are all for it.
You know anyone who really looks at the situation, it is obvious that the RIAA is wanting these investigations to happen. If they get their way, they can force itunes to either use tiered pricing or not and lose lots of money.
Ever since i was young, CDs have been outrageously priced, and when all you wanted was 1 to 2 songs off an album, you are still paying what 3-4 dollars for a "single", 1 song remixed 4 times(and shitty remixes at that) or every once in a while they throw you a good track other then that single.
Personally I do not hear the difference between Lossless and 196 bit rate songs. I am no audiophile and yes i use my ipod with my white headphones. They are comfortable. Plain and simple. If they want to do tier pricing, all done by bit rate, I almost guarantee a lot of people will not be buying lossless, just in cost factor
If this goes through, I do not believe you will see any songs at less then $0.99 , you will just see popular songs go up in price. The one truly sad thing about 1 tier pricing like this is any Independant artists songs are going for the same price all the rest of the crap is there for..
If you go through every CD you own right, how many songs out of the total do you like, and will listen too. Even on my favorite bands soundtracks, there are 2-4 songs i don't like. This is why they want to make more money..Now you don't have to buy the whole caboodle, so they need to make all their xtra profit somewhere.
The other problem is Amounts of sales from Albums. The RIAA cant just buy up stocks up CDS to get their artist recognized anymore Like they used to. You know what happens to those CD's? Most of the time, they are either given away or resold at concert venues.
God that is suck a great book! For anyone wondering where the idea stems from check out this site . http://www.cryptonomicon.com/
First you need to get a woman interested in a geek like you!
Before you make a comment like that you might want to look as it is directly related to the article. It is a lank wensite with a .gif file on it..No adverts or anythign else. I applaud you milk and thank you for your service. As for you antifoidulus, everyones not always evil!
Ok a lot of people are bitching that Billy boy and Mikey are getting in teh news also. RTFA!!!! when they say news alerts, they mean front page live stuff like when a bomb goes off or a hurricane hits. We are not talking about the cover of time, or 4 pages deep on tech webistes. We are talking website admins getting off thier arses and scrambling to post this to thier front page first so they can get everyone there. Its like TV stations running "Special news reports" right in the middle of a touchdown drive in the middle of the superbowl. Yes Mike and Bill are getting press, nothing to the point of Apple though.
Its "Kool-aid" ...Get it right or i will have to roundhouse kikc you back to childhood!
Ahh thats right..Well that blows
Why not just get a US friend, Have them buy it for you and send it to you?
Here we opnly have NPR on AM stations, which this thing will nto do..Oh well so much for listening to my kings games on my ipod!
No it would bring production back to the US and would help strengthen our job market and economy again!
you are correct as i used the wrong letter as per this article:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/55799