(For those wanting to mod this funny: I'm reflecting that this story is just following the trend of us getting paranoid at any attempt to attack our precious GPL. But I bet it wouldn't be "funny" if there was a SLIGHT possibility of the suit being accepted. I admit it, I got scared.
After all, didn't Microsoft get charged for monopoly when distributing their Internet Explorer free of charge?)
This is the most ingenuous solution i've heard in a long time!:D
"License agreement. By clicking on this button I agree that I blablabla blablablabla blablablabla blablablabla blablabla blablablabla blablablabla blablablabla blablabla blablablabla blabla agree to have my computer suspended from the [insert network here] for a week ablablabla blablabla blablablablabla blabla blablablablabla blablabla blablablablabla
[I AGREE] "
But frankly, I think setting up their network settings to have a "babysitter" firewall as the gateway is much easier. Then you can filter those packets as you please.
That really is a big drop THat's what they should put in those computers for third-world countries >.>
Shouldn't we start with these stupid monitors? A low-power monitor shouldn't cost the same as another computer. And I'm sick tired of these giant glass boxes heating all the room.
standard monitor: $100 LCD monitor: $500 or more. WTF?
He was convicted of having sex with a girl of 17 while he was 18.
There should be a threshold of 2 or 3 years difference between the ages of the "offended" and "offender". _AND_ the "offended"'s testimony should be taken into account.
How many times you've heard things like "But dad, I love him!"
Obviously the problem is that we live in a society where kids under 16 are already having sex like wild. Maybe we should lower the age of accountability (or watchamacallit).
Spirituality is a good thing, (Organized) Religion is not
Rebuttal:
1) You'll change your mind when you read the papal encyclicas "Populorum Progressio", "Pacem in Terris" and "Nostra Aetate" (and the previously mentioned "Fides et Ratio" by JPII).
2) Any non-fundamentalist christian (belonging to 'mainstream' or 'historical' christian churches) can easily rebuke your statement that religion (at least christianity) is based on fear. Precisely the popularity of evangelical christianity was due to the novel idea that God loves us.
3) Did I mention that pope Benedict XVI's main goal is to build inter-religious dialog?
4) Maybe what you're against is not organized religion per-se, but the abuse of power that a hierarchical structure (such as organized religion) allows. Just ask Stalin, was he religious at all?
5) People can be educated on destructive cults and their manipulation of the masses. Go to www.freedomofmind.org (a cult deprogrammer's site) and get the books. Did I mention that the methods Bush used to manipulate the people after 9/11 are VERY SIMILAR to the ones destructive cults use?
Conclusion: Sorry to bash you with this, but your ignorance regarding organized religion _IS_ an example of the religious intolerance that you claim to be against.
One of the problems with MINGW32 is that the linker doesn't respect the --gc-sections. When I read about the improved dead code ellimination (in the what's new of GCC 4.0), i wonder if we windows users could *finally* deliver executables as small as those made with the VC++ compiler.
Any info on this? When's the mingw port going to be done? Has anyone tested the unofficial mingw build (forgot the url, sorry)?
In the demonstration, Toshiba used an operating system environment it had developed to increase the efficiency of Cell software development. One of the environment's key features is that application software developers can program software without considering which threads will be allotted to each of the different SPEs, because the environment allows the automatically scheduling software to SPEs.
Now *THIS* is the interesting part on their OS. Because the SPEs have different kinds. When I looked at the cell architecture, I thought: "Programming for this thing is going to be a MAJOR MESS!"
Thumbs up for Toshiba on figuring this out AND doing something about it.
You're shortsighed. If you had studied more about history, you'd find out that fundamentalism was a reactionary movement against secular humanism and atheist darwinism.
AND current rejection of religion (including yours, probably) is nothing but a reactionary movement against christian fundamentalism. But let's go further. Have you seen the increase in new age, psychics stuff, tarot, pseudoscience, UFO cults?
It is another reactionary movement against the world's secularization. Because men cannot find happiness without spirituality, they're falling for cheap spirituality. Their parents already rejected more established forms of spirituality, so this generation's rejection against existing churches slowly becomes a tradition-based prejudice, as first-hand experiences are now lost.
This is like a pendulum. Without finding a good middle, mankind is doomed to go from one extreme, to the other. Everytime becoming more and more radical. Be it in religion, philosophy and even in politics.
No, religion is not the root of all evil. Man's stupidity and selfishness is.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and earth, all was confusion and there was nothing on the land. Darkness covered the abyss while the spirit of God hovered over the surface of the waters". Genesis 1:1.
It is very interesting that the first lifeforms appeared on "the surface of the waters", don't you think?
The problem of these post-19th century fundamentalists is that they take the Bible at face value, while the Bible itself does not say how it should be interpreted.
To get more info about this, you can read John Paul II's papal Encyclica "fides et ratio" (faith and reason). I think the first step towards an mutual respect between churches would have to start with this encyclica.
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Hey, where's the foot icon?
It's covered in a tinfoil boot this time.
(For those wanting to mod this funny: I'm reflecting that this story is just following the trend of us getting paranoid at any attempt to attack our precious GPL. But I bet it wouldn't be "funny" if there was a SLIGHT possibility of the suit being accepted. I admit it, I got scared.
After all, didn't Microsoft get charged for monopoly when distributing their Internet Explorer free of charge?)
This is the most ingenuous solution i've heard in a long time! :D
:P
"License agreement.
By clicking on this button I agree that I
blablabla blablablabla blablablabla blablablabla
blablabla blablablabla blablablabla blablablabla
blablabla blablablabla blabla agree to have my
computer suspended from the [insert network here]
for a week ablablabla blablabla blablablablabla
blabla blablablablabla blablabla blablablablabla
[I AGREE]
"
But frankly, I think setting up their network settings to have a "babysitter" firewall as the gateway is much easier. Then you can filter those packets as you please.
Wait, why not do both?
That really is a big drop THat's what they should put in those computers for third-world countries >.>
Shouldn't we start with these stupid monitors? A low-power monitor shouldn't cost the same as another computer. And I'm sick tired of these giant glass boxes heating all the room.
standard monitor: $100
LCD monitor: $500 or more. WTF?
He was convicted of having sex with a girl of 17 while he was 18.
There should be a threshold of 2 or 3 years difference between the ages of the "offended" and "offender". _AND_ the "offended"'s testimony should be taken into account.
How many times you've heard things like "But dad, I love him!"
Obviously the problem is that we live in a society where kids under 16 are already having sex like wild. Maybe we should lower the age of accountability (or watchamacallit).
What do you think?
A better question is why do we continue to send our criminals back into a system that doesn't fix anything? What is wrong with us?
Let the human rights orgs flame me, but can't we just cut their b**** so it'll be physically impossible for them to do it again?
but man, someone spent a lot of time thinking it up.
Hint: Enable "full headers" on your e-mail. That way you won't spend a second before hitting the delete button.
Gee, maybe Microsoft DOES read Slashdot.
That's a LIE!!! We never...
[Connection reset by peer]
Spirituality is a good thing, (Organized) Religion is not
Rebuttal:
1) You'll change your mind when you read the papal encyclicas "Populorum Progressio", "Pacem in Terris" and "Nostra Aetate" (and the previously mentioned "Fides et Ratio" by JPII).
2) Any non-fundamentalist christian (belonging to 'mainstream' or 'historical' christian churches) can easily rebuke your statement that religion (at least christianity) is based on fear. Precisely the popularity of evangelical christianity was due to the novel idea that God loves us.
3) Did I mention that pope Benedict XVI's main goal is to build inter-religious dialog?
4) Maybe what you're against is not organized religion per-se, but the abuse of power that a hierarchical structure (such as organized religion) allows. Just ask Stalin, was he religious at all?
5) People can be educated on destructive cults and their manipulation of the masses. Go to www.freedomofmind.org (a cult deprogrammer's site) and get the books. Did I mention that the methods Bush used to manipulate the people after 9/11 are VERY SIMILAR to the ones destructive cults use?
Conclusion: Sorry to bash you with this, but your ignorance regarding organized religion _IS_ an example of the religious intolerance that you claim to be against.
He did NOT say "fix bugs". He said "deliver the full potential", i.e. "developing over the new features".
One of the problems with MINGW32 is that the linker doesn't respect the --gc-sections. When I read about the improved dead code ellimination (in the what's new of GCC 4.0), i wonder if we windows users could *finally* deliver executables as small as those made with the VC++ compiler.
Any info on this? When's the mingw port going to be done? Has anyone tested the unofficial mingw build (forgot the url, sorry)?
Now *THIS* is the interesting part on their OS. Because the SPEs have different kinds. When I looked at the cell architecture, I thought: "Programming for this thing is going to be a MAJOR MESS!"
Thumbs up for Toshiba on figuring this out AND doing something about it.
As an atheist, I am alarmed when people try to mark religious belief as science.
Doh, that's what pseudoscience is! Remember what the term Pseudo means: Imitation.
Pseudoscience is a new term used to describe the attempts of religion to be masked as science, specially in destructive cults.
Religion is the root of all evil.
You're shortsighed. If you had studied more about history, you'd find out that fundamentalism was a reactionary movement against secular humanism and atheist darwinism.
AND current rejection of religion (including yours, probably) is nothing but a reactionary movement against christian fundamentalism. But let's go further. Have you seen the increase in new age, psychics stuff, tarot, pseudoscience, UFO cults?
It is another reactionary movement against the world's secularization. Because men cannot find happiness without spirituality, they're falling for cheap spirituality. Their parents already rejected more established forms of spirituality, so this generation's rejection against existing churches slowly becomes a tradition-based prejudice, as first-hand experiences are now lost.
This is like a pendulum. Without finding a good middle, mankind is doomed to go from one extreme, to the other. Everytime becoming more and more radical. Be it in religion, philosophy and even in politics.
No, religion is not the root of all evil. Man's stupidity and selfishness is.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and earth, all was confusion and there was nothing on the land. Darkness covered the abyss while the spirit of God hovered over the surface of the waters". Genesis 1:1.
It is very interesting that the first lifeforms appeared on "the surface of the waters", don't you think?
The problem of these post-19th century fundamentalists is that they take the Bible at face value, while the Bible itself does not say how it should be interpreted.
To get more info about this, you can read John Paul II's papal Encyclica "fides et ratio" (faith and reason). I think the first step towards an mutual respect between churches would have to start with this encyclica.
The place will be full of dozens of idiots dressed in spandex and insisting thet they come from the future.
Oh, but can they show you their Nintendo3D from 30 years in the future?
you don't want Coop, Jamie and Kiva to appear in their giant robot (specially with Coop on the driver's seat).
Was Virtual Reality just hype?
There is NO THING such as Virtual Reality, Mr. Anderson.
Pi can be simply calculated in base 16 according to the following formula:
h tml )
Pi = SUM(for k=0 to infinity) { 16^(-k) [ 4/(8k+1) - 2/(8k+4) - 1/(8k+5) - 1/(8k+6) ] }
(source: http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ffiles/20010.5.s
It was discovered in 1995.
(So much for randomness)
The first time I read that as "Myhrvold has pursued patentology.."
I hope it's not one of those UFO cults, right?
"And now our heavenly society will rule the world with the use of patents..."
GAH!!!! whew... it was just a dream.
people are exposed to the flu in winter. News at 11.
Rumours say he moved from Transylvania to Redmond.
(9.8-9.62)/ 9.7 = 0.18/9.7 = .018556
Oh wow, Microsoft's sales got overestimated by 1.8%. This _MUST_ appear in Slashdot!</sarcasm>
IBM DID copy thousands of lines into linux. Look!
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}
There are THOUSANDS of these in the Linux code!
But using thumbs as positive I.D. for your bank account is a bad idea.
:)
See?
Thumbs up for that one!
Rinse. Repeat.
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