Arrest the people working at the Federal reserve.
Make public the identities of the people who actually own it (such as the Rockefeller family).
Make a new currency system that will enable us to actually have money that is worth something, not this worthless piece of paper with Benjamin Franklin on it (shame on the reserve for associating them with this monumental scam).
Make a new law that makes the IRS legal, and the income tax legal - because it is currently ILLEGAL to collect income tax in the US. Stop the war in Iraq and apologize for it. Put Bush on trial for crimes against humanity. Restore peace and bring freedom to the galaxy...
Aside from that, hey, have fun!
I hate to say it, but Geothermal heating systems, even in residential areas, is alraedy available, and has been for such a long time - more than 20 years ago my uncle installed one and it's been working great ever since.
So who decided to post an article HERE, of all places, where most geeks are already aware of this technology and don't need a summary of what it is, like it's 1983?
I wonder how far the bias curve goes... are we getting info here in Slashdot on a "need to know" basis? Is there someone paying so that these articles appear here? I thought this was a publicly-driven website, not commercially-driven. Where'd this come from?
And in case you need info about geothermal heating, check out http://www.geo-exchange.com/. That's a site with in-depth info, standards of the industry, and all that. Don't just give me an article of microwave-reheated crap.
I get it now - you get to stream the song, like Last.fm (what an appropriate name), and then you pay thru your nose for any music you wish to listen.
Before, radio stations would pay for a licence to broadcast each song - a centralized organization would then pay the companies for each broadcast of a song. Bigger hits mean bigger revenues.
This model is now extended to listeners. Instead of ONLY charging the radio station and they lose money, why not charge the listener himself? This way, no radio is "given away" anymore - radio will finally be pay-per-use.
These record companies are eating artists alive, eating record-buyers alive, and now are trying to get more money off us with a tax on internet service, AND charging us for every listen.
How much is this one song worth to you? 5 jobs, a cigar box, and your bank account?
Has anyone tried to run OS X on, say, Ubuntu Linux with VirtualBox running?
So far I've managed to install and run Linux itself, Windows XP SP2, and I have a good feeling about Vista (even though I hate the thing and wouldn't use it).
I'd love to hear about whoever has managed to install it and/or get pointers towards the propers sites where the info on how to do this is stored.
Also - does running OSX "virtually" infringe upon the OSX EULA? Since it's not "technically" running on a PC, but in a VIRTUAL PC...
Why is it that this is just surprising everyone all of a sudden? Growing body parts has been on the agenda for years and years and years. That was the original intent in the beginning of stem cell research. This is obviously a first step in getting the acceptance of the public.
While people are vocal about saying no to stem cell research, they are also saying yes to re-growing their body parts. I find this hypocritical, to say the least of this.
I'm thinking of the future, here, and I wonder when I will hear someone say "well, we regrow arms and livers and legs... why not a whole body? Why not stay alive forever?" I personally do NOT want to see George W. Bush live for another 100 years, when my yet-unborn-grandkids will be having their own kids, and will have to witness the destruction of our environment and of democracy altogether when W. takes power for a 3rd term. It's like Dr Evil all over again.
Before the military start using this, shouldn't there be a universal law passed for the entire planet, saying that we will not misuse this stuff? I see moral, religious, political, military, and more, implications in this kind of technology, and that this kind of thing is important cannot be ignored just by saying "Hey, what about my penis implant?"
Why is I that we always hear about attacks on 'this server', 'that server', yet nobody's ever thought of planning a DDoS (Distributed Denial Of Service, read here for more info) Attack on Spammers? Why not? We could potentially get rid of them, make their machines crash... I just don't get why we have to wait for the law to take matters into their incapable hands.
This piece of software was featured on The Screen Savers about 3-4 months ago. I've already downloaded the software and tried it.
To say the least, this software is... buggy. For some reason, you can "fixate" a window in a certain area of the sphere, but try to re-access it, and it's hard as all H*ll. The point-click interface has its ups and downs, and I definitely think the "traveling" interface should have been reworked... have the interface run like a 3d-shooter game, such as Quake. In that sense you'd have the mouse control most of the movement, just hold down the CTRL-ALT keys as you move... the wheel on the mouse would be the zoom. At least, taht would be an easier way to navigate it.
I also think the mouse click poller needs some more work, because its rate of polling really isn't up to par with the speed at which we navigate in our computers... especially for power users.
BUT... the idea IS good. Just needs more work, more...fluidity.
It's interesting to read the point of view of others. That generally is the way for us to form opinions, and, well, I have my own opinion formed.
I think it's probably not so much a matter of "strengthening" a synapse to remember more clearly. I think it's more of an associative memory thing. As we all know, remembering certain things are "triggered" by events, occurences and coincidences. Certain things could be remembered during a conversation on a certain topic, for example; haven't we all played that game where someone says how bad a fall they took from their bike when that someone was young, and then we go on to say "Well, check out the fall I took..." and then go on to tell them an even worse fall? I think it's things we see, hear, taste, smell, touch, that trigger these memories into surfacing.
Part of this is associative, and we all do it. But, some events are almost omnipresent in our minds. For example, a rape victim. The victim will remember this event on the premise that so many times she's heard about how bad that could be, how intolerable a behaviour that could be for a human, and we get it drilled in our minds. When the event actually happens to her, it will trigger all these memories of hearing how bad it is all at once.
The reverse will then happen: anytime a rape victim will see a commercial on rape prevention, or a attempted rape scene in a movie, that will in turn trigger all these times that she was told that rape is bad, and the event itself. (Keep in mind here, I'm in no way saying rape is just an "event" - I do NOT condone it. We're just not discussing the moral implications here.)
Associations are made between memories and, in turn, synapses, because of all the possible interconnections they have. Based on all the similarities or closeness of incidents in our lives, we re-associate events that happen daily to old, pushed-away-to-the-side memories. That's how when you see an old friend you haven't seen in so long can "bring back" so many great memories.. and bad ones as well.
I doubt that certain events are more powerful than others, but I think they might be more potent than some, simply by all these things we associate together.
Well-acted? Ok, well I guess Mark Hamill got all these great acting jobs after Episode IV because of his amazing talent.
Not to say anything, but this has always been the problem with me vs all Star Wars fans. The thing is, when you guys saw it in 77, you were "hypnotized" by it because it was all new. But all in all, it's Spider-Man with a laser sword. (Trust me, I'm not trying to diss Star Wars, I'm a huge fan myself)
I just think the thing was so overblown back then that people now have made it their own movie. But this is Lucas' movie. You either like it or you don't but this is his creation. You couldn't very well show up at his doorstep and tell George Lucas "I think the 3rd episode Luke Skywalker needs to be back as a dark Jedi". That's something that would never work for George, and he would never do it.
This movie has gotten to the point of fanatism by so many, and look at what happens when fans become fanatics: Dimebag Darrell from Damageplan/Pantera died for what again? Yes, that's right -- for a FAN. An unstable, crazed-out, Pantera fanatic.
People write stuff on the internet as though they are throwing their own thoughts straight out onto a diary, but others read it and then it becomes this HUGE thing. "Morbid curiosity"... does that mean Jar-Jar Binks killed your Star Wars dream of seeing Han Solo naked in the forest? Are you mad at George Lucas? I think you should call him.
See how stupid this sounds? I'm a fan, not a fanatic. I know LOTS of trivia about Star wars, but I take what Lucas gives me, and deal with it. So why can't the rest of geek nation?
Seriously, folks, I'd be hard-pressed to see that paint in action. This is something that would definitely have it's applications (no pun intended), but for an everyday purpose? Hmm. I guess that means I buy paint and don't have to worry about a firewall, an anti-spam and anti-virus app... Oh wait, it doesn't filter spam? Aww.
For the everyday person, this sort of paint is kinda pointless. Besides, wasn't there a big issue a couple years back about lead paint being banned from any commercial use? Hope this doesn't give me cancer, too.
The mere fact that labels are making a big fuss about this is enough for any person to think about ripping off songs. When I was a kid, my mom told me to clean my room, so automatically, I didn't do it.
I'm a musician myself, and I look forward to the day when people start ripping off my CDs... because everyone should know that bands and artists make about 0.07$ off each cd sold. The labels make about 10$. When people rip off my albums, more people will hear it, and I'll be making money when they come to see my concerts.
The labels are greedy, filthy rich people that are trying to impose a system on us so they can raise the prices on us at christmas and sell the products that they advertise during their friggin award shows on tv (which are strictly useless, because artists cannot be compared on merit or sales alone... people's tastes are sole judges here).
I have over 80 Gigabytes of ripped music in my drive, and I will NEVER stop ripping music.
besides... someone is bound to come up with a crack for this!
... cause when I think how many people are gonna read about this, and how many of those will just be flat out believers of whatever bull-crap story NASA or the US Gov or even the news are gonna serve them, it just boggles my mind.
This is exactly what happened when americans elected Bush to be president... since that day, the lies have kept getting bigger, and bigger, and the level of the stench of the SH** we're all in keeps getting higher, and higher... When are people gonna understand that this is all a huge telephone game?
I think I agree that it's a good idea to get people interested in the change. Linux is the better choice, but people are afraid, fundamentally, of change. If they can't find their "My Documents" icon in the same spot every day, they panic. So to win them over, Gnome is doing something that they should do, while not actually copying the Windows layout. Good idea, but let's hope they don't go too far with it.
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Arrest the people working at the Federal reserve.
Make public the identities of the people who actually own it (such as the Rockefeller family).
Make a new currency system that will enable us to actually have money that is worth something, not this worthless piece of paper with Benjamin Franklin on it (shame on the reserve for associating them with this monumental scam).
Make a new law that makes the IRS legal, and the income tax legal - because it is currently ILLEGAL to collect income tax in the US.
Stop the war in Iraq and apologize for it.
Put Bush on trial for crimes against humanity.
Restore peace and bring freedom to the galaxy...
Aside from that, hey, have fun!
I hate to say it, but Geothermal heating systems, even in residential areas, is alraedy available, and has been for such a long time - more than 20 years ago my uncle installed one and it's been working great ever since. So who decided to post an article HERE, of all places, where most geeks are already aware of this technology and don't need a summary of what it is, like it's 1983? I wonder how far the bias curve goes... are we getting info here in Slashdot on a "need to know" basis? Is there someone paying so that these articles appear here? I thought this was a publicly-driven website, not commercially-driven. Where'd this come from? And in case you need info about geothermal heating, check out http://www.geo-exchange.com/. That's a site with in-depth info, standards of the industry, and all that. Don't just give me an article of microwave-reheated crap.
I get it now - you get to stream the song, like Last.fm (what an appropriate name), and then you pay thru your nose for any music you wish to listen.
Before, radio stations would pay for a licence to broadcast each song - a centralized organization would then pay the companies for each broadcast of a song. Bigger hits mean bigger revenues.
This model is now extended to listeners. Instead of ONLY charging the radio station and they lose money, why not charge the listener himself? This way, no radio is "given away" anymore - radio will finally be pay-per-use.
These record companies are eating artists alive, eating record-buyers alive, and now are trying to get more money off us with a tax on internet service, AND charging us for every listen.
How much is this one song worth to you? 5 jobs, a cigar box, and your bank account?
Has anyone tried to run OS X on, say, Ubuntu Linux with VirtualBox running? So far I've managed to install and run Linux itself, Windows XP SP2, and I have a good feeling about Vista (even though I hate the thing and wouldn't use it). I'd love to hear about whoever has managed to install it and/or get pointers towards the propers sites where the info on how to do this is stored. Also - does running OSX "virtually" infringe upon the OSX EULA? Since it's not "technically" running on a PC, but in a VIRTUAL PC...
Why is it that this is just surprising everyone all of a sudden? Growing body parts has been on the agenda for years and years and years. That was the original intent in the beginning of stem cell research. This is obviously a first step in getting the acceptance of the public.
While people are vocal about saying no to stem cell research, they are also saying yes to re-growing their body parts. I find this hypocritical, to say the least of this.
I'm thinking of the future, here, and I wonder when I will hear someone say "well, we regrow arms and livers and legs... why not a whole body? Why not stay alive forever?" I personally do NOT want to see George W. Bush live for another 100 years, when my yet-unborn-grandkids will be having their own kids, and will have to witness the destruction of our environment and of democracy altogether when W. takes power for a 3rd term. It's like Dr Evil all over again.
Before the military start using this, shouldn't there be a universal law passed for the entire planet, saying that we will not misuse this stuff? I see moral, religious, political, military, and more, implications in this kind of technology, and that this kind of thing is important cannot be ignored just by saying "Hey, what about my penis implant?"
Why is I that we always hear about attacks on 'this server', 'that server', yet nobody's ever thought of planning a DDoS (Distributed Denial Of Service, read here for more info) Attack on Spammers? Why not? We could potentially get rid of them, make their machines crash... I just don't get why we have to wait for the law to take matters into their incapable hands.
Not that I'm trying to incite you or anything.
This piece of software was featured on The Screen Savers about 3-4 months ago. I've already downloaded the software and tried it.
To say the least, this software is... buggy. For some reason, you can "fixate" a window in a certain area of the sphere, but try to re-access it, and it's hard as all H*ll. The point-click interface has its ups and downs, and I definitely think the "traveling" interface should have been reworked... have the interface run like a 3d-shooter game, such as Quake. In that sense you'd have the mouse control most of the movement, just hold down the CTRL-ALT keys as you move... the wheel on the mouse would be the zoom. At least, taht would be an easier way to navigate it.
I also think the mouse click poller needs some more work, because its rate of polling really isn't up to par with the speed at which we navigate in our computers... especially for power users.
BUT... the idea IS good. Just needs more work, more...fluidity.
It's interesting to read the point of view of others. That generally is the way for us to form opinions, and, well, I have my own opinion formed.
I think it's probably not so much a matter of "strengthening" a synapse to remember more clearly. I think it's more of an associative memory thing. As we all know, remembering certain things are "triggered" by events, occurences and coincidences. Certain things could be remembered during a conversation on a certain topic, for example; haven't we all played that game where someone says how bad a fall they took from their bike when that someone was young, and then we go on to say "Well, check out the fall I took..." and then go on to tell them an even worse fall? I think it's things we see, hear, taste, smell, touch, that trigger these memories into surfacing.
Part of this is associative, and we all do it. But, some events are almost omnipresent in our minds. For example, a rape victim. The victim will remember this event on the premise that so many times she's heard about how bad that could be, how intolerable a behaviour that could be for a human, and we get it drilled in our minds. When the event actually happens to her, it will trigger all these memories of hearing how bad it is all at once.
The reverse will then happen: anytime a rape victim will see a commercial on rape prevention, or a attempted rape scene in a movie, that will in turn trigger all these times that she was told that rape is bad, and the event itself. (Keep in mind here, I'm in no way saying rape is just an "event" - I do NOT condone it. We're just not discussing the moral implications here.)
Associations are made between memories and, in turn, synapses, because of all the possible interconnections they have. Based on all the similarities or closeness of incidents in our lives, we re-associate events that happen daily to old, pushed-away-to-the-side memories. That's how when you see an old friend you haven't seen in so long can "bring back" so many great memories.. and bad ones as well.
I doubt that certain events are more powerful than others, but I think they might be more potent than some, simply by all these things we associate together.
My 2 cents!
Well-acted? Ok, well I guess Mark Hamill got all these great acting jobs after Episode IV because of his amazing talent.
Not to say anything, but this has always been the problem with me vs all Star Wars fans. The thing is, when you guys saw it in 77, you were "hypnotized" by it because it was all new. But all in all, it's Spider-Man with a laser sword. (Trust me, I'm not trying to diss Star Wars, I'm a huge fan myself)
I just think the thing was so overblown back then that people now have made it their own movie. But this is Lucas' movie. You either like it or you don't but this is his creation. You couldn't very well show up at his doorstep and tell George Lucas "I think the 3rd episode Luke Skywalker needs to be back as a dark Jedi". That's something that would never work for George, and he would never do it.
This movie has gotten to the point of fanatism by so many, and look at what happens when fans become fanatics: Dimebag Darrell from Damageplan/Pantera died for what again? Yes, that's right -- for a FAN. An unstable, crazed-out, Pantera fanatic.
People write stuff on the internet as though they are throwing their own thoughts straight out onto a diary, but others read it and then it becomes this HUGE thing. "Morbid curiosity"... does that mean Jar-Jar Binks killed your Star Wars dream of seeing Han Solo naked in the forest? Are you mad at George Lucas? I think you should call him.
See how stupid this sounds? I'm a fan, not a fanatic. I know LOTS of trivia about Star wars, but I take what Lucas gives me, and deal with it. So why can't the rest of geek nation?
Seriously, folks, I'd be hard-pressed to see that paint in action. This is something that would definitely have it's applications (no pun intended), but for an everyday purpose? Hmm. I guess that means I buy paint and don't have to worry about a firewall, an anti-spam and anti-virus app... Oh wait, it doesn't filter spam? Aww.
For the everyday person, this sort of paint is kinda pointless. Besides, wasn't there a big issue a couple years back about lead paint being banned from any commercial use? Hope this doesn't give me cancer, too.
The mere fact that labels are making a big fuss about this is enough for any person to think about ripping off songs. When I was a kid, my mom told me to clean my room, so automatically, I didn't do it.
I'm a musician myself, and I look forward to the day when people start ripping off my CDs... because everyone should know that bands and artists make about 0.07$ off each cd sold. The labels make about 10$. When people rip off my albums, more people will hear it, and I'll be making money when they come to see my concerts.
The labels are greedy, filthy rich people that are trying to impose a system on us so they can raise the prices on us at christmas and sell the products that they advertise during their friggin award shows on tv (which are strictly useless, because artists cannot be compared on merit or sales alone... people's tastes are sole judges here).
I have over 80 Gigabytes of ripped music in my drive, and I will NEVER stop ripping music.
besides... someone is bound to come up with a crack for this!
... cause when I think how many people are gonna read about this, and how many of those will just be flat out believers of whatever bull-crap story NASA or the US Gov or even the news are gonna serve them, it just boggles my mind.
This is exactly what happened when americans elected Bush to be president... since that day, the lies have kept getting bigger, and bigger, and the level of the stench of the SH** we're all in keeps getting higher, and higher... When are people gonna understand that this is all a huge telephone game?
I think I agree that it's a good idea to get people interested in the change. Linux is the better choice, but people are afraid, fundamentally, of change. If they can't find their "My Documents" icon in the same spot every day, they panic. So to win them over, Gnome is doing something that they should do, while not actually copying the Windows layout. Good idea, but let's hope they don't go too far with it.