I avoid tv as well. I watch maybe 6 hours a month, all of that from DVDs. My problem with purchasing books (aside from reference material) is that after reading it once, I remember it for a long time. At most I'll reread it maybe a year or two later, after I've forgotten most of the details. As a result my shelves are full of only the books I really, really enjoyed.
I also grew up with the habit of visiting the local public library for most of my book needs; I just can't justify paying money for something my tax dollars are already supporting free access to.
How in the world do you correct for all other factors and then go on to claim that computers make kids less intelligent than having 500 books in the household? Adding together all my fiction, reference, and technical books I barely break the 200 count. Aren't they really saying that kids in more affluent homes are smarter? And are they factoring in easy access to public libraries?
This is the man who many would argue ruined Ultima Online and then went on to helm the disaster that is Star Wars Galaxies. The same man who, on his personal website, proclaimed that when it comes to design, the player (customer) is wrong and should be ignored. Now he's releasing a book? I'll pass.
I just returned to the US from a vacation in China, and in many of the rural areas (near Yunan, Dali, I was in the southern area) 400 RMB a month is enough to eat, rent an apartment, buy clothes, and still afford a few vcds and dvds a month. That's roughly $50 USD. Do you seriously think those people are going to see a $9.99 USD CD and think "oh what a bargain!"? No, they'll grab the 7 RMB copy next to it instead.
In case anyone else interpreted the summary as saying that nothing went wrong with the deorbiting of the satellite, I'd like to point out that the second article only says that nothing went wrong during the mission. It makes no mention of the crash.
Regardless, China probably figures that deorbiting satellites into sparsely populated areas is perfectly safe because really, if it takes out a family or two, well, there's more where they came from. (Note to angry reactionists: I'm Chinese.)
I've noticed this as well. LiveJournal is apparently where most of the white people hang out. I'm not really sure how these things happen, but there it is.
Posted by timothy on Monday October 12, @03:00PM from the came-back-and-bit-us-in-the-ass dept. someguy writes "The 30,000-plus-member Internet Chess Club filed suit today against the University of Colorado at Boulder for encouraging students to hack their service as part of research funded by the National Science Foundation. With guidance from University of Colorado at Boulder computer security researcher John Black, two students were able to reverse-engineer the service to up their ranks and steal passwords."
This way, your biometric data and flight history is never stored by the system, maintaining your privacy, but is available from your card as necessary.
You must be new here...
In all seriousness, do you for one second believe that the current government security agencies under Bush gave any thought at all to protecting your privacy? Your entire flight history including biometrics is probably stored, unencrypted, in some government database from the moment you sign up until your death. And probably well beyond that.
I think this is a great move by the state for consumer protection. I only wish the federal government would pass similar legislation.
I recently purchased a Jamba Juice card because they were offering a free drink with the purchase of a $25 card, and I figured that since I was going to spend that much eventually anyway, I might as well get a free drink out of it.
I noticed on the back that if you don't use your card for 12 months, they start deducting $2 a month for every subsequent month you don't use it as a "maintenance fee". While I applaud them for putting this on the card itself, I still think it's wrong. You've basically given them cash; they have no right to start taking it from you just because you haven't asked for any back in a while. The interest they're making on the amount I "deposited" should be more than enough. (And before anyone points out that $25 is not much interest, think about 4,000 people buying cards... all of a sudden, interest on $100,000 doesn't seem so small anymore does it?)
The offerings could include downloading film trailers and sports highlights, access to e-mails with large attachments, and locating automated bank machines, movie theaters or restaurants.
Bank of America already offers this service via their 1-800 automated system. As far back as two years ago I could call from my cell phone and ask it to tell me the closest ATM - and it was usually pretty accurate.
I don't know if it was because of my carrier - Sprint PCS - or because of my account type - Premier - or a combination; can anyone else confirm or deny?
In 2002 a group named exceed released a true 64KB demo (ok, it's 65536 bytes, close enough) called "Heaven 7" that was absolutely amazing for its time. You can check out their website here.
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...it's a space station!
I avoid tv as well. I watch maybe 6 hours a month, all of that from DVDs. My problem with purchasing books (aside from reference material) is that after reading it once, I remember it for a long time. At most I'll reread it maybe a year or two later, after I've forgotten most of the details. As a result my shelves are full of only the books I really, really enjoyed.
I also grew up with the habit of visiting the local public library for most of my book needs; I just can't justify paying money for something my tax dollars are already supporting free access to.
How in the world do you correct for all other factors and then go on to claim that computers make kids less intelligent than having 500 books in the household? Adding together all my fiction, reference, and technical books I barely break the 200 count. Aren't they really saying that kids in more affluent homes are smarter? And are they factoring in easy access to public libraries?
Do they assign 80 hours of homework a week to students? I mean, they want to make it realistic right?
This is the man who many would argue ruined Ultima Online and then went on to helm the disaster that is Star Wars Galaxies. The same man who, on his personal website, proclaimed that when it comes to design, the player (customer) is wrong and should be ignored. Now he's releasing a book? I'll pass.
Bob Dole says, I don't get it.
This might be the most creative LOTR twist I've seen in a looong time. Deserves to be +6 at least.
I just returned to the US from a vacation in China, and in many of the rural areas (near Yunan, Dali, I was in the southern area) 400 RMB a month is enough to eat, rent an apartment, buy clothes, and still afford a few vcds and dvds a month. That's roughly $50 USD. Do you seriously think those people are going to see a $9.99 USD CD and think "oh what a bargain!"? No, they'll grab the 7 RMB copy next to it instead.
In case anyone else interpreted the summary as saying that nothing went wrong with the deorbiting of the satellite, I'd like to point out that the second article only says that nothing went wrong during the mission. It makes no mention of the crash.
Regardless, China probably figures that deorbiting satellites into sparsely populated areas is perfectly safe because really, if it takes out a family or two, well, there's more where they came from. (Note to angry reactionists: I'm Chinese.)
I've noticed this as well. LiveJournal is apparently where most of the white people hang out. I'm not really sure how these things happen, but there it is.
As someone who has been to the campus and used to date a student there, I can confirm that this is more or less true.
Posted by timothy on Monday October 12, @03:00PM
from the came-back-and-bit-us-in-the-ass dept.
someguy writes "The 30,000-plus-member Internet Chess Club filed suit today against the University of Colorado at Boulder for encouraging students to hack their service as part of research funded by the National Science Foundation. With guidance from University of Colorado at Boulder computer security researcher John Black, two students were able to reverse-engineer the service to up their ranks and steal passwords."
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who unchecks every option in any program I install that begins with "Automatically [check for/download] and install ..."?
Found this image on [H]ardOCP: off-road segway
;)
For those of you using lynx: it's a segway with huge spiked tires on a sled hitched to the back of a Hummer H2. Go figure.
If it's only as big as a AAA what are you going to power it with? Your own sence of self satisfaction?
Why, with a AAAA of course.
Too bad that they eat old people's medicine for fuel.
Too bad that they don't eat old people for fuel.
This way, your biometric data and flight history is never stored by the system, maintaining your privacy, but is available from your card as necessary.
You must be new here...
In all seriousness, do you for one second believe that the current government security agencies under Bush gave any thought at all to protecting your privacy? Your entire flight history including biometrics is probably stored, unencrypted, in some government database from the moment you sign up until your death. And probably well beyond that.
Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, etc
How many felines are left? Even including "cat" and others, they are bound to run out, aren't they?
Personally, I'm waiting for the Ocelot release before I upgrade again.
I think this is a great move by the state for consumer protection. I only wish the federal government would pass similar legislation.
I recently purchased a Jamba Juice card because they were offering a free drink with the purchase of a $25 card, and I figured that since I was going to spend that much eventually anyway, I might as well get a free drink out of it.
I noticed on the back that if you don't use your card for 12 months, they start deducting $2 a month for every subsequent month you don't use it as a "maintenance fee". While I applaud them for putting this on the card itself, I still think it's wrong. You've basically given them cash; they have no right to start taking it from you just because you haven't asked for any back in a while. The interest they're making on the amount I "deposited" should be more than enough. (And before anyone points out that $25 is not much interest, think about 4,000 people buying cards... all of a sudden, interest on $100,000 doesn't seem so small anymore does it?)
The "hot chick chick next door suntanning nude in the backyard" detection module, that is.
They are going to open the source of their network protocols. The first thing they are opening is the TCP/IP protocols. ;-)
They already have. It's right here.
The offerings could include downloading film trailers and sports highlights, access to e-mails with large attachments, and locating automated bank machines, movie theaters or restaurants.
Bank of America already offers this service via their 1-800 automated system. As far back as two years ago I could call from my cell phone and ask it to tell me the closest ATM - and it was usually pretty accurate.
I don't know if it was because of my carrier - Sprint PCS - or because of my account type - Premier - or a combination; can anyone else confirm or deny?
Sorry, I've been coding all day... got 65535 stuck in my brain. :)
In 2002 a group named exceed released a true 64KB demo (ok, it's 65536 bytes, close enough) called "Heaven 7" that was absolutely amazing for its time. You can check out their website here.
The answer is simple: BIGGER POCKETS!
I prefer multidimensional pockets personally.