I am perfectly fine with NewSouth Books changing words in Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn is in the public domain and therefore all are free to create derivative works from it. Once they change the words in the book, however, the work they create is no longer Huckleberry Finn. It is a derivative work of fiction based on Huckleberry Finn; it should be required to be marked and marketed as such. It is not the original book, and it's title should ambiguously confirm this fact, such that the buyer is not confused. It is in their self interest to do so; if buyers are confused as to if they are buying the original book, Huckleberry Finn, or the derivative work, they may mistakenly purchase the book they did not intend to purchase. This could cause lost sales for NewSouth Books. Given this clear information the market will determine if the original or derivative work is more popular. (One would hope the original work wins out in the market of course, for the betterment of society). If they intend to deceive the buyer by calming that the book they publish is actually Huckleberry Finn, then they should be admonished and prevented from doing so, as such actions are harmful to society.
This is not new, or news worthy. A more accepted theory than the one in the blurb is that the rocks get trapped in large ice sheets which are in turn moved by the wind. This explains why rocks that are very far away move in the same exact patterns. Its in the article, but way to not mention it in the blurb. Its still pretty neat, all in all, obligatory you tube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1hoiHvOeGc
Seems like a day in the life of installing linux, at least gentoo, on a laptop. Not to say I don't use gentoo, on my laptop, but it took 4 days to install and then the audio and wireless didn't work right off the bat after that either.
He argues that developing space weapons is a surefire way to launch a new space weapon race.
In other words, "Doing something is a surefire way of doing just that."
Capitalism is the best method for allocating scarce resources.
Actually, capitalism is pretty bad at allocating resources. It is, however, quite good at producing manufatured goods and other products. But there are many better algorithms than cpitalism for allocating resources, they simply don't ensure that there are resources to be allocated.
This sort of thing is not new, in fact it has been done before. Buddy Zoo has been around for at least 3 years and does the exact same thing; although, the algorithm may be different (I have not checked) the idea is exactly the same.
I just asked this question to the team from kansas state at an event here in austin and they do indeed have escorts cars, and are allowed to break the speed limits on this race.
However, in testing and such they must obey speed limits, which as it turns out is just as annoying for them as it is for the rest of us.
unfornetly there is no reason for anyone to develop new code until more details on the switch to intel come forward. So while I would agree with you, it seems more likly they are trying to entice users (also unsucessfuly) to buy out their remaning powerpc hardware.
They don't want to resrve the whole sky, they just want their 2% to continue to be a valuable tool for their research. It's not just SETI either, radio telescopes are used for other less outlandish research.
From my understadning the best method to ensure cell coverage inside the cilyndrical faraday cage that airplanes are is the pico cell soultion.
All calls get picked up by the cell and retransmitted over satalite or other means. The cell singals from inside the plane should be trapped there by the metal exterior and it should be easy to retransmit from the pico cell on a non-interfering frequency.
This Has happened before. When that story broke it was carried by the likes of MTV and USA Today, but not slashdot. According to the later reportsthe students were ever charged with any crimes.
Aprently this is how they've decided to deal with direct connect hubs. I bet neo-modus doesn't want news of this to get out.
When I began working on my CS degree at Ohio State the department was warning incomming students that they might not be able to get into the major. The department scales the required minimum GPA for atdmittance to the major with demand. In 2002 the requirement was a 3.2. Since then it has slipped to 2.5. Because of this I've noticed that, contrary to the artical, the quality of students in the program has decreased somewhat.
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I am perfectly fine with NewSouth Books changing words in Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn is in the public domain and therefore all are free to create derivative works from it. Once they change the words in the book, however, the work they create is no longer Huckleberry Finn. It is a derivative work of fiction based on Huckleberry Finn; it should be required to be marked and marketed as such. It is not the original book, and it's title should ambiguously confirm this fact, such that the buyer is not confused. It is in their self interest to do so; if buyers are confused as to if they are buying the original book, Huckleberry Finn, or the derivative work, they may mistakenly purchase the book they did not intend to purchase. This could cause lost sales for NewSouth Books. Given this clear information the market will determine if the original or derivative work is more popular. (One would hope the original work wins out in the market of course, for the betterment of society). If they intend to deceive the buyer by calming that the book they publish is actually Huckleberry Finn, then they should be admonished and prevented from doing so, as such actions are harmful to society.
This is not new, or news worthy. A more accepted theory than the one in the blurb is that the rocks get trapped in large ice sheets which are in turn moved by the wind. This explains why rocks that are very far away move in the same exact patterns. Its in the article, but way to not mention it in the blurb. Its still pretty neat, all in all, obligatory you tube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1hoiHvOeGc
The writeup says soon, but facebook has been allowing sign-ups for geogrphical regions for months now. Old news, move along.
Seems like a day in the life of installing linux, at least gentoo, on a laptop. Not to say I don't use gentoo, on my laptop, but it took 4 days to install and then the audio and wireless didn't work right off the bat after that either.
I think not, given the post immedatly after this one on the main page: Marquette Dental Student Suspended For Blogging
Well maybe not quite a dupe cause they are actually testing the system now, but close enough. Orignal Here
He argues that developing space weapons is a surefire way to launch a new space weapon race. In other words, "Doing something is a surefire way of doing just that."
Capitalism is the best method for allocating scarce resources.
Actually, capitalism is pretty bad at allocating resources. It is, however, quite good at producing manufatured goods and other products. But there are many better algorithms than cpitalism for allocating resources, they simply don't ensure that there are resources to be allocated.
This sort of thing is not new, in fact it has been done before. Buddy Zoo has been around for at least 3 years and does the exact same thing; although, the algorithm may be different (I have not checked) the idea is exactly the same.
so is the immediate slashdoting a result of the orginal or the dupe?
I just asked this question to the team from kansas state at an event here in austin and they do indeed have escorts cars, and are allowed to break the speed limits on this race.
However, in testing and such they must obey speed limits, which as it turns out is just as annoying for them as it is for the rest of us.
They taught you reading and wirting in college? man I went to the wrong school.
unfornetly there is no reason for anyone to develop new code until more details on the switch to intel come forward. So while I would agree with you, it seems more likly they are trying to entice users (also unsucessfuly) to buy out their remaning powerpc hardware.
They don't want to resrve the whole sky, they just want their 2% to continue to be a valuable tool for their research. It's not just SETI either, radio telescopes are used for other less outlandish research.
From my understadning the best method to ensure cell coverage inside the cilyndrical faraday cage that airplanes are is the pico cell soultion.
All calls get picked up by the cell and retransmitted over satalite or other means. The cell singals from inside the plane should be trapped there by the metal exterior and it should be easy to retransmit from the pico cell on a non-interfering frequency.
From the article:
"This is what every teenager wants: Instant messaging protected by quantum cryptography," he said.
What teenager is worried his parents are using a packet sniffer to monitor their his/her instant messaging?
From the looks of that form factor we might not be as far from G5 powerbooks as we thought? I think I'll still wait for those.
Although, if they had just included a battery and touch screen we'd have the perfect tablet "PC" for giants.
This Has happened before. When that story broke it was carried by the likes of MTV and USA Today, but not slashdot. According to the later reportsthe students were ever charged with any crimes. Aprently this is how they've decided to deal with direct connect hubs. I bet neo-modus doesn't want news of this to get out.
No one under 18 uses MSN... well if they do they don't talk to anyone. All the kids use AOL and I can't imagine even google changing that.
I think google should use the money to build their own theme park. With hookers! And blackjack! In fact, forget the theme park!
When I began working on my CS degree at Ohio State the department was warning incomming students that they might not be able to get into the major. The department scales the required minimum GPA for atdmittance to the major with demand. In 2002 the requirement was a 3.2. Since then it has slipped to 2.5. Because of this I've noticed that, contrary to the artical, the quality of students in the program has decreased somewhat.