My numbers are wildly out of date (from the 1960s), but in India, about 700 million tons of cow dung were collected per year, about 300M tons of which were used as fuel, providing about the same heat output as 35M tons of coal.
See Marvin Harris' work on the myth of the sacred cow.
Slashdot has meaning though./. could refer to hidden files in the root directory (although it doesn't, feel free to look up cmdrtaco's joke in the/. name)
I am using an nVidia ION based system running Windows Server 2008 with a ton of storage. Boxee works quite well, but XBMC has trouble with DXVA content (aka hardware decoding). Linux has better decoding/playback software, but MUCH worse flash support for the anemic CPU. There are lots of apps for both Windows and Linux with "10 foot interfaces" for use in an HTPC environment. Additionally, there are several wireless keyboards and remotes out there suited for HTPC use.
The commission doesn't seem to be concerned about the consequences of its actions, just the consequences of the merger. Since business thrives on stability, promoting instability is a powerful weapon in the marketplace, and they seem to be wielding it with abandon. It's like Heisenberg's uncertainty principle - government scrutiny changes the direction of a company.
Yes, what Metalitz says is true, that rightsholders cannot be expected to provide copies that work in perpetuity, but never have rightsholders had the ability to REMOVE the legally purchased right to consume said product. Either rightsholders must accept the burden of maintaining availability, or they must not require DRM. Not a legal opinion, a moral one.
As both a Jew and a human being, it deeply offends me that David Miscavige feels that being deprived the right to post on Wikipedia is equivalent to genocide. While I disagree with Wikipedia's decision, I think it is a ridiculous statement to compare the two. Not every wrong committed should evoke the Nazis.
The problem with either side of this argument is simply that WE DO NOT KNOW what the government is doing. What they claim to be doing is "protecting citizens" and listening to the conversations of terrorists, but we have no way of proving that. In fact, some people fear domestic spying against war critics and even political opponents. Sources? Newsweek, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times(not a direct link, but a mirror) and CNN to start. So tell me, are you feeling a little more nervous yet?
Please stop making puns about the name or the state of copyright law or microsoft or government. Don't you ever get tired of making the same jokes on any article with any word vaguely related to politics?
I did some camping/touring by bike in Maine, Massachussetts, Washington/Vancouver and the Netherlands (separate trips) and while those are nowhere near the several thousand miles you intend to go through, the stuff listed in parent is the most accurate. Serious weaponry should not be a consideration, assuming you don't run into any bears. Bring more than 2 sets of clothes, especially socks and underwear. Consider buying bike shorts despite their lack of style and crotch breathing room. Dr. Bronner's soap is great for washing yourself and your clothes. But back to the topic of technology, a cell phone and a GPS unit would probably be the most important items, and your key consideration should be battery life. A nice windproof lighter and a pocket knife (leatherman or swiss army) can come in handy for all kinds of uses and should not be considered optional. I suppose you could look into higher tech clothing like good rain gear or wicking/thermal properties of clothing.
Are you literate? This isn't killing IE, this is a suit based on IP about plugins. Any browser that has plugins would be vulnerable to future suits, including your precious firefox and opera and konqueror and seamonkey or whatever else. It has nothing to do with standards compliance or the quality of that steaming piece of shit browser. And how are their "shady business practices" in any way related? This isn't about monopolies, or media/browser integration, it's a patent case against a specific browser. It's comments like yours that make slashdot so painful to read.
Haeleth: This is likely the funniest comment I've ever read on/. and I find it appalling that it was initially modded OT. Just because I don't have mod points doesn't mean I can't say it with words.
I wish I'd responded earlier, as a couple things I would have said are covered in other comments. First of all, you're wrong about treason. Second of all, the text of the bill is insufficient for any realistic analysis, because that doesn't give me any idea of how the courts will interpret it. Signing a bill is all well and good, but it means nothing until people get convicted under it.
Also, hanging is considered cruel and unusual on the federal level. Thus, unconstitutional, and inappropriate for punishing a violator of our constitutional rights, wouldn't you say?
I will confess my initial reaction was pure shock and horror, however the worst case scenarios pictured in both the article and slashdotters' heads don't seem likely. It's a clear violation of the first amendment right to free speech to abridge political speech, and NO supreme court, conservative or liberal, would interpret otherwise. I will say, I'm shocked at how Republicans in Congress are pandering to this administration's bizarre and invasive agenda.
Wrongish in a nitpicky way. FIOS is FIber Optic Services or something along those lines. Thus any service not based on fiber wouldn't be FIOS. See the wiki page or Verizon's about FiOS page.
If you never received a product, you should have contacted them, your credit card company and the Better Business Bureau to file a complaint. You have nobody to blame but yourself in this circumstance. Moreover, I've ordered many a CD from amazon including rare imports as well as foreign import DVDs and never had ANY problems that were not resolved with a minimal effort on my part.
I'm not saying they're nice people or they are the most ethically oriented company out there, but they ARE a damn good online retailer.
Personally, I found (yes, without playing) the descriptions of D&D Online to be lacking in the creativity and originality that makes the pen and paper game worth playing, and I was pleased to see that the article actually took some time to explore that. Frankly, I see nothing particularly creative about the new game. I look forward to future experiments in the field, but this just feels like a solid commercial product, nothing with soul. I'd love to see some software designed to help p&p gamers do videoconferencing for their gaming.
The article on CNet is fine, the problem is that/. is a poor audience for such an article. Yes, there are LOTS of ways to stop an "attack" like this, yes it's primarily an insider threat and one of MANY other ways to accomplish such things. It's the automation of the task and the fact that it can be done in large volumes at high speeds onto a device that non-sysadmins wouldn't think twice about. I don't see why/.ers can't just ignore a story that doesn't apply to them (or better yet, editors reject stupid stories).
Give me mod points, insightful this up!
Probably one of the best uses of Google maps I could imagine, although in terms of making said info available is probably a security concern.
Let me ask a different question that no one seems to have the heart to ask (or perhaps just got modded down for asking). Why does it make a damn bit of difference if these run XP or vista or linux? What's the point of buying overpriced hardware with proprietary software if you're just going to replace the software?
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My numbers are wildly out of date (from the 1960s), but in India, about 700 million tons of cow dung were collected per year, about 300M tons of which were used as fuel, providing about the same heat output as 35M tons of coal. See Marvin Harris' work on the myth of the sacred cow.
Slashdot has meaning though. /. could refer to hidden files in the root directory (although it doesn't, feel free to look up cmdrtaco's joke in the /. name)
I am using an nVidia ION based system running Windows Server 2008 with a ton of storage. Boxee works quite well, but XBMC has trouble with DXVA content (aka hardware decoding). Linux has better decoding/playback software, but MUCH worse flash support for the anemic CPU. There are lots of apps for both Windows and Linux with "10 foot interfaces" for use in an HTPC environment. Additionally, there are several wireless keyboards and remotes out there suited for HTPC use.
Who are you? I also live in downtown Silver Spring and commute to Columbia. Try taking Wayne or Ellsworth instead of Georgia.
A 1 TB drive is less than half that: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150014%20103530090%201035313496&name=1TB Unless you're referring to 2.5" drives or enterprise SAS drives... but you didn't specify.
I get a huge kick out of the fact that the name is a likely play on the X-Men hero "Dazzler", who used light to disorient people.
The commission doesn't seem to be concerned about the consequences of its actions, just the consequences of the merger. Since business thrives on stability, promoting instability is a powerful weapon in the marketplace, and they seem to be wielding it with abandon. It's like Heisenberg's uncertainty principle - government scrutiny changes the direction of a company.
Yes, what Metalitz says is true, that rightsholders cannot be expected to provide copies that work in perpetuity, but never have rightsholders had the ability to REMOVE the legally purchased right to consume said product. Either rightsholders must accept the burden of maintaining availability, or they must not require DRM. Not a legal opinion, a moral one.
Guess nobody bothers to read the article anymore, but this article is old and largely irrelevant.
As both a Jew and a human being, it deeply offends me that David Miscavige feels that being deprived the right to post on Wikipedia is equivalent to genocide. While I disagree with Wikipedia's decision, I think it is a ridiculous statement to compare the two. Not every wrong committed should evoke the Nazis.
I have no idea why you're even using the switch. They have a service processor that allows for remote power control, among other things.
The problem with either side of this argument is simply that WE DO NOT KNOW what the government is doing. What they claim to be doing is "protecting citizens" and listening to the conversations of terrorists, but we have no way of proving that. In fact, some people fear domestic spying against war critics and even political opponents. Sources? Newsweek, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times(not a direct link, but a mirror) and CNN to start. So tell me, are you feeling a little more nervous yet?
Please stop making puns about the name or the state of copyright law or microsoft or government. Don't you ever get tired of making the same jokes on any article with any word vaguely related to politics?
I did some camping/touring by bike in Maine, Massachussetts, Washington/Vancouver and the Netherlands (separate trips) and while those are nowhere near the several thousand miles you intend to go through, the stuff listed in parent is the most accurate. Serious weaponry should not be a consideration, assuming you don't run into any bears. Bring more than 2 sets of clothes, especially socks and underwear. Consider buying bike shorts despite their lack of style and crotch breathing room. Dr. Bronner's soap is great for washing yourself and your clothes. But back to the topic of technology, a cell phone and a GPS unit would probably be the most important items, and your key consideration should be battery life. A nice windproof lighter and a pocket knife (leatherman or swiss army) can come in handy for all kinds of uses and should not be considered optional. I suppose you could look into higher tech clothing like good rain gear or wicking/thermal properties of clothing.
Are you literate? This isn't killing IE, this is a suit based on IP about plugins. Any browser that has plugins would be vulnerable to future suits, including your precious firefox and opera and konqueror and seamonkey or whatever else. It has nothing to do with standards compliance or the quality of that steaming piece of shit browser. And how are their "shady business practices" in any way related? This isn't about monopolies, or media/browser integration, it's a patent case against a specific browser. It's comments like yours that make slashdot so painful to read.
Haeleth: This is likely the funniest comment I've ever read on /. and I find it appalling that it was initially modded OT. Just because I don't have mod points doesn't mean I can't say it with words.
I wish I'd responded earlier, as a couple things I would have said are covered in other comments. First of all, you're wrong about treason. Second of all, the text of the bill is insufficient for any realistic analysis, because that doesn't give me any idea of how the courts will interpret it. Signing a bill is all well and good, but it means nothing until people get convicted under it.
Also, hanging is considered cruel and unusual on the federal level. Thus, unconstitutional, and inappropriate for punishing a violator of our constitutional rights, wouldn't you say?
I will confess my initial reaction was pure shock and horror, however the worst case scenarios pictured in both the article and slashdotters' heads don't seem likely. It's a clear violation of the first amendment right to free speech to abridge political speech, and NO supreme court, conservative or liberal, would interpret otherwise. I will say, I'm shocked at how Republicans in Congress are pandering to this administration's bizarre and invasive agenda.
Wrongish in a nitpicky way. FIOS is FIber Optic Services or something along those lines. Thus any service not based on fiber wouldn't be FIOS. See the wiki page or Verizon's about FiOS page.
If you never received a product, you should have contacted them, your credit card company and the Better Business Bureau to file a complaint. You have nobody to blame but yourself in this circumstance. Moreover, I've ordered many a CD from amazon including rare imports as well as foreign import DVDs and never had ANY problems that were not resolved with a minimal effort on my part.
I'm not saying they're nice people or they are the most ethically oriented company out there, but they ARE a damn good online retailer.
Personally, I found (yes, without playing) the descriptions of D&D Online to be lacking in the creativity and originality that makes the pen and paper game worth playing, and I was pleased to see that the article actually took some time to explore that. Frankly, I see nothing particularly creative about the new game. I look forward to future experiments in the field, but this just feels like a solid commercial product, nothing with soul. I'd love to see some software designed to help p&p gamers do videoconferencing for their gaming.
The article on CNet is fine, the problem is that /. is a poor audience for such an article. Yes, there are LOTS of ways to stop an "attack" like this, yes it's primarily an insider threat and one of MANY other ways to accomplish such things. It's the automation of the task and the fact that it can be done in large volumes at high speeds onto a device that non-sysadmins wouldn't think twice about. I don't see why /.ers can't just ignore a story that doesn't apply to them (or better yet, editors reject stupid stories).
Give me mod points, insightful this up!
Probably one of the best uses of Google maps I could imagine, although in terms of making said info available is probably a security concern.
Let me ask a different question that no one seems to have the heart to ask (or perhaps just got modded down for asking). Why does it make a damn bit of difference if these run XP or vista or linux? What's the point of buying overpriced hardware with proprietary software if you're just going to replace the software?
Long live spam!