Treating Wikipedia as a standard Encyclopaedia...
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When Wikipedia Fails
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is just stupid. It isn't. Assuming you go into Wikipedia knowing that anyone can contribute, and that the contents can be inaccurate and biased, it's an invaluable resource.
Text ads are difficult to Adblock - you can Greasemonkey them, but it's hassle. On top of that, the ones on ask.com seem to be very annoying - a long list that takes half the page, so they are very difficult to ignore. I prefer Google's less prominent ones.
Dvorak just likes to make inane random predictions that never, and I mean never, come true. His column inches are dedicated to shots in the dark which don't deserve the time of day. He's a troll with a website who claims to be an expert, and loves making wilder and crazier predictions with a distinct Apple fetish
Apple has the best sales they've ever had, they have no reason to open source it, and it's just... nonsense to anyone.
Looking at Slashdot posts he thinks * Apple is going to move to Windows * Microsoft should buy Opera * Apple are promoted by news people more than they are used * the Creative Commons license is worth trashing * That Apple's move to Intel will harm Linux * Google is planning a web browser * Apple should discontinue the Mac * TiVo is a way of stealing programming
Make your own opinions. Mine is that he's a poor troll. Okay, so he correctly predicted that Apple would move to Intel. But if you fire enough shots and make enough random predictions, you're eventually going to get one on the bullseye.
Why? Well, Apple are trying to get in the movie business, and the only efficient scalable way to distribute huge files is, frankly, P2P, and giving people incentives such as free credit is cheaper than providing the bandwidth themselves. It also partially legitimises P2P, which is considered a "bad thing". About time more companies caught onto it
Dvorak just likes to make inane random predictions that never, and I mean never, come true. His column inches are dedicated to shots in the dark which don't deserve the time of day. He's a troll with a website who claims to be an expert, and loves making wilder and crazier predictions with a distinct Apple fetish
Apple has the best sales they've ever had, they have no reason to open source it, and it's just... nonsense to anyone.
Looking at Slashdot posts he thinks * Apple is going to move to Windows * Microsoft should buy Opera * Apple are promoted by news people more than they are used * the Creative Commons license is worth trashing * That Apple's move to Intel will harm Linux * Google is planning a web browser * Apple should discontinue the Mac * TiVo is a way of stealing programming
Make your own opinions. Mine is that he's a poor troll. Okay, so he correctly predicted that Apple would move to Intel. But if you fire enough shots and make enough random predictions, you're eventually going to get one on the bullseye.
Something similar is already avaliable in the UK
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Is It Time For .tel?
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The domain name.me.uk was originally design for firstname.lastname.me.uk but I only know of one site to use it, and that's a big torrent site. This domain name is pointless except for making companies buy yet another TLD, which really isn't required.
It helps prevent Malware. Sure, MS might have a slim advantage, but it also prevents otherwise botted PCs from accessing MS Updates against things like Blaster. I don't see this as being such a big deal.
Maybe you're just misinterpreting it? "Answers on a postcard" is a well known British turn of phrase, and he's just turned it around with slight geeky humour. 'tis all.
I liked this article. It showed humility and honesty, which you don't usually get in the media, and it sounded like the guy genuinely knew what he was on about which makes a refreshing change.
When your key, and only, audience is computer-literate people, I sincerely doubt that the eBay brand is much stronger than the Google brand, and as soon as Google announce something it automatically get hundreds of thousands. Whatsmore, competition is a good thing. eBay has a virtual monopoly on auctions and electronic payments at the moment, and as such has happily added extremely (almost unreasonably high) fees. If Google becomes legitimate competition, eBay are going to have to do something about it.
Re:Disney and sequels--bad business
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Toy Story 3 Scrapped
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Toy Story 2 was originally intended to be straight-to-video, but the initial tests of the movie showed it was gonna be damn good, so they upped it to a cinema release.
1.5% of which market? I would bet they have a lot more than 1.5% of the MP3 player market - a market that's almost as big as the PC market (that's a guess, but probably true), and a market that I assume Dell is a _very_ small player in.
From what I can gather, SquirrelMail 1.4.4 contains a vunerability enabling you to do nasty things. By adding honeypot sites, it makes real sites to hack slightly more difficult if you're trying to find them via Google.
Because if they cheat, they're gonna get sued. Why bother cheating when they can make several thousand dollars a day legitimately raking the pots in poker games?
These things are ancient. They are just normal projectors with a pressure-sensitive screen and a bit of software to get them working together with a PC. They come with pens without nibs and a piece of software so you can "draw" on them.
My UK-type school thing has had these for 6 years and they are good for teaching stuff like ICT, but they're never going to replace good ol' white boards since they're not as nice to write on. They are, however, great for putting obscene stuff on the screen while the teacher isn't looking.
We've known them as "Smartboards" in my school... They also keep getting stolen (3-4 in the last few yers), as a projector is quite an expensive item and kids are quite handy at robbing places.
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is just stupid. It isn't. Assuming you go into Wikipedia knowing that anyone can contribute, and that the contents can be inaccurate and biased, it's an invaluable resource.
Treat it on its own merits.
Perhaps the long-term strategies of Fiorina and the short-term management of Hurd have paid off. A joint effort...
But Diggdot already exists.
Text ads are difficult to Adblock - you can Greasemonkey them, but it's hassle. On top of that, the ones on ask.com seem to be very annoying - a long list that takes half the page, so they are very difficult to ignore. I prefer Google's less prominent ones.
I'm sure I read something like this last year... :D
Dvorak just likes to make inane random predictions that never, and I mean never, come true. His column inches are dedicated to shots in the dark which don't deserve the time of day. He's a troll with a website who claims to be an expert, and loves making wilder and crazier predictions with a distinct Apple fetish
Apple has the best sales they've ever had, they have no reason to open source it, and it's just... nonsense to anyone.
Looking at Slashdot posts he thinks
* Apple is going to move to Windows
* Microsoft should buy Opera
* Apple are promoted by news people more than they are used
* the Creative Commons license is worth trashing
* That Apple's move to Intel will harm Linux
* Google is planning a web browser
* Apple should discontinue the Mac
* TiVo is a way of stealing programming
Make your own opinions. Mine is that he's a poor troll. Okay, so he correctly predicted that Apple would move to Intel. But if you fire enough shots and make enough random predictions, you're eventually going to get one on the bullseye.
Why? Well, Apple are trying to get in the movie business, and the only efficient scalable way to distribute huge files is, frankly, P2P, and giving people incentives such as free credit is cheaper than providing the bandwidth themselves. It also partially legitimises P2P, which is considered a "bad thing". About time more companies caught onto it
Dvorak just likes to make inane random predictions that never, and I mean never, come true. His column inches are dedicated to shots in the dark which don't deserve the time of day. He's a troll with a website who claims to be an expert, and loves making wilder and crazier predictions with a distinct Apple fetish
Apple has the best sales they've ever had, they have no reason to open source it, and it's just... nonsense to anyone.
Looking at Slashdot posts he thinks
* Apple is going to move to Windows
* Microsoft should buy Opera
* Apple are promoted by news people more than they are used
* the Creative Commons license is worth trashing
* That Apple's move to Intel will harm Linux
* Google is planning a web browser
* Apple should discontinue the Mac
* TiVo is a way of stealing programming
Make your own opinions. Mine is that he's a poor troll. Okay, so he correctly predicted that Apple would move to Intel. But if you fire enough shots and make enough random predictions, you're eventually going to get one on the bullseye.
The domain name .me.uk was originally design for firstname.lastname.me.uk but I only know of one site to use it, and that's a big torrent site. This domain name is pointless except for making companies buy yet another TLD, which really isn't required.
It helps prevent Malware. Sure, MS might have a slim advantage, but it also prevents otherwise botted PCs from accessing MS Updates against things like Blaster. I don't see this as being such a big deal.
Maybe you're just misinterpreting it? "Answers on a postcard" is a well known British turn of phrase, and he's just turned it around with slight geeky humour. 'tis all.
I liked this article. It showed humility and honesty, which you don't usually get in the media, and it sounded like the guy genuinely knew what he was on about which makes a refreshing change.
When your key, and only, audience is computer-literate people, I sincerely doubt that the eBay brand is much stronger than the Google brand, and as soon as Google announce something it automatically get hundreds of thousands. Whatsmore, competition is a good thing. eBay has a virtual monopoly on auctions and electronic payments at the moment, and as such has happily added extremely (almost unreasonably high) fees. If Google becomes legitimate competition, eBay are going to have to do something about it.
Toy Story 2 was originally intended to be straight-to-video, but the initial tests of the movie showed it was gonna be damn good, so they upped it to a cinema release.
1.5% of which market? I would bet they have a lot more than 1.5% of the MP3 player market - a market that's almost as big as the PC market (that's a guess, but probably true), and a market that I assume Dell is a _very_ small player in.
Wine Is Not Ethanol... Oh comeon. Someone had to do it.
Aggrigation of aggrigators of aggrigators are surely search engines, and the recursiveness continues :)
Yet none have used to term "Peer-to-Power". I'm ashamed of you Slashdotters, and your lack of obvious punnery.
UK pre-orders for the machine are being taken at GP2X.co.uk (formerly GBAX) at £125 for the machine. It's shipping in October :)
"We've closed because we weren't making any money out of it anymore"... meh.
I remember the final RC being more stable than the final version too...
From what I can gather, SquirrelMail 1.4.4 contains a vunerability enabling you to do nasty things. By adding honeypot sites, it makes real sites to hack slightly more difficult if you're trying to find them via Google.
that the UK buys the most albums per person of any country in the world, at 2.9 albums per person? So what are these lawsuits for, other than FUD?
i c/4738181.stm>BBC News</a>
Why sue people when the country in question buys an insane amount of music anyway?
Source: <a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/mus
Because if they cheat, they're gonna get sued. Why bother cheating when they can make several thousand dollars a day legitimately raking the pots in poker games?
These things are ancient. They are just normal projectors with a pressure-sensitive screen and a bit of software to get them working together with a PC. They come with pens without nibs and a piece of software so you can "draw" on them.
My UK-type school thing has had these for 6 years and they are good for teaching stuff like ICT, but they're never going to replace good ol' white boards since they're not as nice to write on. They are, however, great for putting obscene stuff on the screen while the teacher isn't looking.
We've known them as "Smartboards" in my school... They also keep getting stolen (3-4 in the last few yers), as a projector is quite an expensive item and kids are quite handy at robbing places.
That one of the biggest BitTorrent trackers in the world, The Pirate Bay has just closed...