Yes, and even better, she's under GPL, so she can be shared with your friends too. However, it goes without saying that you will want to scan for viruses often...
That was my first thought...I mean, those late-night Girls Gone Wild ads are on some channels regardless of the program content. Does this mean that we will be forced to watch offensive contect because it is ia commercial.
If anyone ever wanted a fast track to the Supreme Court, put out the most offensive ad you can think of during prime time and see if you can't get this repealed. A law divided against itself cannot stand...
So true. When the boss says, "Why isn't it working? Who is responsible for that?" it's always easier to blame a faceless corporation. To point at Joe Linuxguy and say "Well, he's responsible for keeping that part of the system running" makes the boss feel like he has power to make Joe work faster. Plus, when Joe Stockholder says "Where's my profits?" he personally sympathizes with Windows-related problems, whereas he expects Joe Linuxguy to do everything correctly the first time.
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"Would you give this book to an eager young programmer? Either it would be a bit like taking a sledgehammer to a kitten..."
Goodness, how graphic. If someone wants eager young programmers to knock off kittens, there are alternatives.
Maybe Winzip and Ziplock should merge. I think it'd be nice to have encrypted, password protected sandwich bags, but at 90% compression, I think the bread might not taste so good afterwards.
"This makes it difficult to send any kind of mass mail."
Well, not exactly any kind...there's still snail mail. Of course, at $0.37 per person * 100,000 users = $37,000 per mass mailing, then * 12 months = $444,000 annually, it gets pretty expensive, but at least it would keep out all but the most dedicated spammers.
At its very roots, the ease of sending an email makes it a problem. If someone really wants to eliminate their spam, another tier or two needs to be added to email, wherein there is a verification system in place to ensure that an email was sent from where it says it was sent from, or only selected users can send someone an email, or something like that. Strangers can't just walk right into a CEO's office, they've got to go through layers of secretaries, etc. Why should a strange email be allowed to walk right into a CEO's inbox?
By referring to a mother-in-law, you're implying that you are married, which implies that you have had relations with a feminine being, so basically, you're bragging...you insensitive clod!
Speaking of which, I found a full version of nibbles.bas, but I don't have the CD key. Anyone know a good warez site where I can get a keygen and download those other two games?
Some people have good English skills. Some people simply don't know how to organize their thoughts. Some people take forever to get to the point, and when they're done, you don't even realize what their point was. Any way you look at it, this blurb was poorly written. Is it the beginning of the end of a bad headline, or just more fluff to encourage reading the article?"
I'm probably going to upset a few people in saying this, but....what's the big deal? If we apply the same rules to the American work force as we do to corporations, then without outsourcing, the American work force would be considered a monopoly. That is, companies would be forced to hire American workers, depsite that they may work less efficiently than their overseas counterparts (much like Microsoft products vs. Linux).
The idea of outsourcing is to (1) buy cheaper labor and thus (2) increase profits for American companies. These increased profits must go somewhere, and in fact, they go to the stockholders, along with entrepreneurs and/or managers who make such outsourcing decisions.
In fact, I would say that outsourcing lowers the barrier to entry for the capitalist market. Nowdays, companies can be formed with smaller initial capital because some of the labor/manufacturing is outsourced. If anything, outsourcing stimulates the entreprenurial spirit--something I would consider the heart of captialism itself.
Outsourcing will be a major player in advancing the U.S. technologically. If someone has an innovation, they don't have to invest millions to start up a company, buy equipment, hire workers, etc. You spend orders of magnitude less by securing a patent, sending design specs overseas, getting your product, testing and tweaking it, then order the product by the boatload and sell it to the public. I already see this happening to some degree already.
We will truly be a society where ideas and innovation are valued and rewarded appropriately. The little guy will have a chance to succeed, anyone will a little cash and a good idea can do big things.
Well, all I know is that the results as presented seem a bit misleading. I mean, it obviously can't be 109% accurate, and it can be a low as 89% accurate. Thus, given an upper limit of 100% accuracy, shouldn't they be saying 94.5% accurate to within 5.5%?
I would have to strongly disagree with you there. While it may be true that some geeks no longer need to solder, if they are "true" geeks, they learned to do all this electrical stuff before their parents would buy them a surface mount soldering machine.
Specifically, the best geeks know how to solder because they were interested enough in electronics at an early enough age that their only option to join wires was soldering.
I'm still in college, and it is an unusually strong correlation. The students who've only done the book learning have never held a soldering iron, but the students who have actually built a circuit or two know how to solder quite well, plus they have a much fuller understanding of the education they're receiveing.
If I were to donate, I don't think I'd want the money to go toward a full page ad. That seems to me like it wouldn't have much effect. What might work better is to follow the AOL approach and send out individual CDs with the software on it. That way, Joe Dialup doesn't have to worry about download times for it or anything. Print on the back some of the problems with IE, list the benefits of Firefox, state that Firefox is and always will be completely free, and that installation only takes minutes.
Converting them one a time is sure to work a lot better. Plus, I'm sure some percentage of people will install it believing that they'll now get the internet for free. Although those people will be disappointed that they still have to pay for their internet connection, at that point the software will already be installed, and they've run it at least once to see what happens. If they check an option to "always use this program to connect to the internet", some people may never figure out how to get IE back.
On the downside, for that small percentage of people, Firefox would seem to have the properties of Spyware, but chances are those people are already full to the brim with real spyware, so they've learned to live with it.
For the rest of the population...people will just keep the CDs lying around, using them as a coaster until their curiosity gets the better of them, at which point, they take the leap.
Come to think of it, you might as well throw OpenOffice on there too, along with anything else that will fit...
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Yes, and even better, she's under GPL, so she can be shared with your friends too. However, it goes without saying that you will want to scan for viruses often...
That was my first thought...I mean, those late-night Girls Gone Wild ads are on some channels regardless of the program content. Does this mean that we will be forced to watch offensive contect because it is ia commercial.
If anyone ever wanted a fast track to the Supreme Court, put out the most offensive ad you can think of during prime time and see if you can't get this repealed. A law divided against itself cannot stand...
So true. When the boss says, "Why isn't it working? Who is responsible for that?" it's always easier to blame a faceless corporation. To point at Joe Linuxguy and say "Well, he's responsible for keeping that part of the system running" makes the boss feel like he has power to make Joe work faster. Plus, when Joe Stockholder says "Where's my profits?" he personally sympathizes with Windows-related problems, whereas he expects Joe Linuxguy to do everything correctly the first time.
"Would you give this book to an eager young programmer? Either it would be a bit like taking a sledgehammer to a kitten..."
Goodness, how graphic. If someone wants eager young programmers to knock off kittens, there are alternatives.
Maybe Winzip and Ziplock should merge. I think it'd be nice to have encrypted, password protected sandwich bags, but at 90% compression, I think the bread might not taste so good afterwards.
"This makes it difficult to send any kind of mass mail."
Well, not exactly any kind...there's still snail mail. Of course, at $0.37 per person * 100,000 users = $37,000 per mass mailing, then * 12 months = $444,000 annually, it gets pretty expensive, but at least it would keep out all but the most dedicated spammers.
At its very roots, the ease of sending an email makes it a problem. If someone really wants to eliminate their spam, another tier or two needs to be added to email, wherein there is a verification system in place to ensure that an email was sent from where it says it was sent from, or only selected users can send someone an email, or something like that. Strangers can't just walk right into a CEO's office, they've got to go through layers of secretaries, etc. Why should a strange email be allowed to walk right into a CEO's inbox?
By referring to a mother-in-law, you're implying that you are married, which implies that you have had relations with a feminine being, so basically, you're bragging...you insensitive clod!
I could just see the duals between Guybrush Threepwood and Vader...
Vader: "Guybrush, I am your father"
Guybrush Threepwood: "With breath like yours, I think I'll smother!"
Speaking of which, I found a full version of nibbles.bas, but I don't have the CD key. Anyone know a good warez site where I can get a keygen and download those other two games?
No need to wait, just submit the request twice within a day (or hour), and nobody will notice...
Or if we shall be divided, let it be by one among us, or by our very selves.
Which raises the question: Why beg the question when you can raise the question? http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/begs.html
"around 419 per week have been blocked"
Is this to mean that 418+1 emails per week have been blocked, or that the 419 emails are blocked on a weekly basis (www.419eater.com)?
Some people have good English skills. Some people simply don't know how to organize their thoughts. Some people take forever to get to the point, and when they're done, you don't even realize what their point was. Any way you look at it, this blurb was poorly written. Is it the beginning of the end of a bad headline, or just more fluff to encourage reading the article?"
I'm probably going to upset a few people in saying this, but....what's the big deal? If we apply the same rules to the American work force as we do to corporations, then without outsourcing, the American work force would be considered a monopoly. That is, companies would be forced to hire American workers, depsite that they may work less efficiently than their overseas counterparts (much like Microsoft products vs. Linux).
The idea of outsourcing is to (1) buy cheaper labor and thus (2) increase profits for American companies. These increased profits must go somewhere, and in fact, they go to the stockholders, along with entrepreneurs and/or managers who make such outsourcing decisions.
In fact, I would say that outsourcing lowers the barrier to entry for the capitalist market. Nowdays, companies can be formed with smaller initial capital because some of the labor/manufacturing is outsourced. If anything, outsourcing stimulates the entreprenurial spirit--something I would consider the heart of captialism itself.
Outsourcing will be a major player in advancing the U.S. technologically. If someone has an innovation, they don't have to invest millions to start up a company, buy equipment, hire workers, etc. You spend orders of magnitude less by securing a patent, sending design specs overseas, getting your product, testing and tweaking it, then order the product by the boatload and sell it to the public. I already see this happening to some degree already.
We will truly be a society where ideas and innovation are valued and rewarded appropriately. The little guy will have a chance to succeed, anyone will a little cash and a good idea can do big things.
Just my $0.02
Well, all I know is that the results as presented seem a bit misleading. I mean, it obviously can't be 109% accurate, and it can be a low as 89% accurate. Thus, given an upper limit of 100% accuracy, shouldn't they be saying 94.5% accurate to within 5.5%?
The genome may be shorter, but we can always compensate by increasing the blurb length... it should all balance out in the end.
Anyone know what the price tag is on a computer like this?
Not that I'm in the market, but I'm just curious if this has any significant benefits over simply buying two supercomputers at half the speed...
Next up: NEC announces a name change to "Empire"
Please revise headlines to read "Empire Strikes Back With SX-8 Supercomputer"
Alternate headline: "Outsourcing to Japan Raises unemployment concerns for C3PO & R2D2"
In Soviet Russia, a beowulf cluster of SX-8 supercomputer overlords welcome me!
Not only that, it would appear that H. Kari is writing about the internet committing Hari-Kari...
Makes me kinda glad that someone named W.M. Destruction isn't writing about the end of the world.
I would have to strongly disagree with you there. While it may be true that some geeks no longer need to solder, if they are "true" geeks, they learned to do all this electrical stuff before their parents would buy them a surface mount soldering machine.
Specifically, the best geeks know how to solder because they were interested enough in electronics at an early enough age that their only option to join wires was soldering.
I'm still in college, and it is an unusually strong correlation. The students who've only done the book learning have never held a soldering iron, but the students who have actually built a circuit or two know how to solder quite well, plus they have a much fuller understanding of the education they're receiveing.
I never noticed that partilar shot where Princess Leia's bikini thing fell off for a second...
:)
Oh, the site is Slashdotted now? Too bad...sorry guys, that's a shame.
If I were to donate, I don't think I'd want the money to go toward a full page ad. That seems to me like it wouldn't have much effect. What might work better is to follow the AOL approach and send out individual CDs with the software on it. That way, Joe Dialup doesn't have to worry about download times for it or anything. Print on the back some of the problems with IE, list the benefits of Firefox, state that Firefox is and always will be completely free, and that installation only takes minutes.
Converting them one a time is sure to work a lot better. Plus, I'm sure some percentage of people will install it believing that they'll now get the internet for free. Although those people will be disappointed that they still have to pay for their internet connection, at that point the software will already be installed, and they've run it at least once to see what happens. If they check an option to "always use this program to connect to the internet", some people may never figure out how to get IE back.
On the downside, for that small percentage of people, Firefox would seem to have the properties of Spyware, but chances are those people are already full to the brim with real spyware, so they've learned to live with it.
For the rest of the population...people will just keep the CDs lying around, using them as a coaster until their curiosity gets the better of them, at which point, they take the leap.
Come to think of it, you might as well throw OpenOffice on there too, along with anything else that will fit...
Uhh...I mean thanks for the clarification...
Boy do I feel stupid.