On the contrary, I think it's to the poster's credit that he is asking Slashdot. Despite a lot of noise, this community is more tapped in than most. If you don't think so, then why do you read it? On nearly every article, there is an insightful comment -- I read Slashdot as much for the comments as the links and summaries.
Besides, posting here is one more way of finding emerging tech, and that's his job. I would criticize him if he DIDN'T consider asking Slashdot or any other similar forum.
They're 29 and 28 years old and STILL in college! From TFA: "The grades were changed several times between January and June of 2004, the indictment states."
I work in advertising as a writer, and the purposeful misuse of grammar is an issue that comes up occasionally. When you're speaking to a consumer audience, and you want to say something differently than anyone else, then bending the rules of grammar can be a good thing -- language is a tool when used conversationally after all, it's not a set of strict rules. Advertising to the man on the street != arguing the law in court. Twisting grammar can even have a subtle element of being progressive if done properly. (Apple: "Think different" vs. Apple: "Think differently"). Of course, you can take it too far. I remember an old campaign (several years ago) for Kinkos in which their tagline was "The New Way to Office". Many people disliked how they used office as a verb, even though it effectively communicated what they were trying to say in only 5 words. Marketers have to tread carefully.
While this site doesn't allow you to measure the power consumption of your operating system, it does allow you measure the consumption of many different components. I find it really useful when building a system:
eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite v2.5
Another thing to consider when buying a power supply is to be sure to get one that is 80+ certified, which means it has more than 80% energy efficiency, ie wastes 20% or less electric energy as heat, thus reducing electricity waste and bills. The 80 PLUS Program
I don't see how they possibly thought they could get away with this game. It's almost as if they're are determined to go bust.
They must not have seen it coming.
Think about it. If they suspected it, they would never have developed the game -- what company would voluntarily lose money? Or, for that matter, what company would want to waste their creative energy -- the developers are very creative people who want to get credit for a game being produced. Everyone must have thought they were going to get an M rating.
Maybe we could do an Ask Slashdot about this -- an interview with Manhunt 2's head of development. Imagine how angry and upset people are at Take Two right now.
I wouldn't be surprised if his being arrested had more to do with him sitting in a car outside someone's house than piggybacking on someone's wireless Internet connection. If he'd been in a bedroom next door, it wouldn't have resembled stalking, and I bet he wouldn't have been prosecuted.
What's going to happen to videos like this one? To some extent, studios benefit from having fans modify their video if it helps to spread awareness and popularity of the film (obviously Star Wars doesn't need added popularity, but you get the point).
On one hand, the anti-Tivo argument, Tivo suing Dish Network is like if Netflix sued Blockbuster or Walmart for offering DVDs through the mail. Obviously, that hasn't happened, even though both Blockbuster and Walmart blatantly copied Netflix's business plan. Yet Netflix is still doing well, because they've focused on providing the best possible customer experience via their website. Tivo, with several years of experience, should be way ahead of Dish Network both in terms of technology and interface. The same is true with the iPod and competing mp3 players. Tivo needs to innovate, not just sue the competition.
On the other hand, the pro-Tivo side, Dish Network bundling its DVR with its service is a bit like Microsoft bundling Windows Media Player with Windows. And you know how Europe dealt with that.
Einstein also had a great deal of wit. Just look at some of the quotations attributed to him:
"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it."
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
There are loads more. Just do a search for "einstein quotes" and you'll find some truly inspiring material. The man was more than a great physicist. He was also a great thinker.
Why is this story filed under the Slashdot section Your Rights Online? I fail to see how fermented coffee affects my online freedoms.
Unless... maybe the editors know something we don't.
Maybe this beer reads RFID. Perhaps it scans our passports. Maybe it records our fingerprints with its innocent, refreshing-looking condensation and uploads them to the NSA. Maybe the DRM on this beer is a trap for people drinking it and listening to pirated mp3s. Perhaps it is chemically manipulated to induce truthful confessions from college students regarding their Bittorrent habits.
When I was over in the States recently, quite a few cashiers would notice my chip'n'pin card, mention that the US would be moving over to them soon, and saying how nice it will be to have that extra security.
What? They asked you that?? And they said they were looking forward to the extra security??? Wow! The only thing cashiers in the States ever ask me is if I want a receipt, and that's the smart ones. I'm shopping at all the wrong places.
if a kid can download and apply a patch, he is already in a position to see way more nudity than what is offered in this game.
you're making the assumption that the child will download the patch himself.
given the popularity of GTA, i think it's much more likely that a patch allowing porngraphy in the game would get passed around the schoolyard rather than downloaded individually by each child. that doesn't require any technical expertise at all. in a child's world, there's more than one way to distribute software.
Other musicians are doing it too. Trent Reznor released his last single as a Garage Band file on his website so that fans of NIN could remix it themselves (scroll down to 4_15_05 to download the SIT file).
Vodafone in New Zealand has a program called TXT-a-Park that allows Kiwis to pay parking meters with a cell phone. Although there is a 50 cent surcharge, it's useful if you don't have change.
I could see this being very useful in 3rd-world countries where ISPs have severely limited bandwidth.
Internet cafes in China, for example, are painfully slow... I have been in cafes where it feels like the entire room is sharing a single dial-up connection. At times, overseas webmail sites like Hotmail won't load at all. I've been forced to use a ssh connection to my server rather than load a webmail program.
Perhaps the Google Web Accelerator will help in places like this, where a small amount of bandwidth is shared by a large number of people. We shouldn't assume that the product is designed for bandwidth-rich Americans and Europeans.
Science fiction artwork has always thrilled me, and the Hugo awards are one of the few instances where it is given the recognition it deserves. Often we only see such artists' work on book covers and magazine covers, where it is obscured by lots of type. However, if you ever see these pieces in a frame or as a poster, you can't help but be impressive by the artists' imagination and skill.
I was able to find nice galleries online for nominees John Picacio, Fred Gambino, Bob Eggleton, and Donato Giancola. They are definitely worth checking out. You'll probably even recognize some of their work.
Frank Kelly Freas, one of the other nominees, died in January. The Guardian has a nice obituary about his life and work here. It looks like his homepage is down now, but you may be able to find examples of his work elsewhere. He did some of the covers of those great old school scifi books you see in 2nd-hand book shops.
Isaac Asimov also predicted that space debris would limit the speed of space flight:
"At 1/5 the speed of light, dust and atoms might not do significant damage even in a voyage of 40 years,
but the faster you go, the worse it is - space begins to become abrasive.
When you begin to approach the speed of light, hydrogen atoms become cosmic-ray particles, and they will fry the crew.
So 60,000 kilometers per second may be the practical speed limit for space travel."
I used to live in China, and have a great proxy solution: a simple http proxy program called cgi-proxy.
You need to install it on a non-Chinese server. After that, you'll be able to access it so long as it's in a directory under public_html (you should password protect this directory so only you can use it). I paid $7.95 a month to a hosting company in New Jersey to use it (as part of a shared hosting package)... worked perfectly except for https sites, which it wisely doesn't allow because the link from the server running cgi-proxy to you isn't secured. I still use it today, actually, to read my personal email while I'm at work... you can access any port you want, so it's great for web email programs like Neomail, Horde, etc. that are blocked by firewalls.
Slashdot Mirror
The mobile version of Buzz is more interesting than the Gmail version. Check out the Gizmodo review.
remember goatse?
honestly is there anyone who DOESN'T remember?
On the contrary, I think it's to the poster's credit that he is asking Slashdot. Despite a lot of noise, this community is more tapped in than most. If you don't think so, then why do you read it? On nearly every article, there is an insightful comment -- I read Slashdot as much for the comments as the links and summaries.
Besides, posting here is one more way of finding emerging tech, and that's his job. I would criticize him if he DIDN'T consider asking Slashdot or any other similar forum.
So they may no longer be in college.
I work in advertising as a writer, and the purposeful misuse of grammar is an issue that comes up occasionally. When you're speaking to a consumer audience, and you want to say something differently than anyone else, then bending the rules of grammar can be a good thing -- language is a tool when used conversationally after all, it's not a set of strict rules. Advertising to the man on the street != arguing the law in court. Twisting grammar can even have a subtle element of being progressive if done properly. (Apple: "Think different" vs. Apple: "Think differently"). Of course, you can take it too far. I remember an old campaign (several years ago) for Kinkos in which their tagline was "The New Way to Office". Many people disliked how they used office as a verb, even though it effectively communicated what they were trying to say in only 5 words. Marketers have to tread carefully.
eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite v2.5
Another thing to consider when buying a power supply is to be sure to get one that is 80+ certified, which means it has more than 80% energy efficiency, ie wastes 20% or less electric energy as heat, thus reducing electricity waste and bills.
The 80 PLUS Program
And it's the "pinnacle of human achievement".
They must not have seen it coming.
Think about it. If they suspected it, they would never have developed the game -- what company would voluntarily lose money? Or, for that matter, what company would want to waste their creative energy -- the developers are very creative people who want to get credit for a game being produced. Everyone must have thought they were going to get an M rating.
Maybe we could do an Ask Slashdot about this -- an interview with Manhunt 2's head of development. Imagine how angry and upset people are at Take Two right now.
I wouldn't be surprised if his being arrested had more to do with him sitting in a car outside someone's house than piggybacking on someone's wireless Internet connection. If he'd been in a bedroom next door, it wouldn't have resembled stalking, and I bet he wouldn't have been prosecuted.
What's going to happen to videos like this one? To some extent, studios benefit from having fans modify their video if it helps to spread awareness and popularity of the film (obviously Star Wars doesn't need added popularity, but you get the point).
Actually the password would be zorkzork!.
video of the scooba in action on google video. pretty noisy little fella.
On one hand, the anti-Tivo argument, Tivo suing Dish Network is like if Netflix sued Blockbuster or Walmart for offering DVDs through the mail. Obviously, that hasn't happened, even though both Blockbuster and Walmart blatantly copied Netflix's business plan. Yet Netflix is still doing well, because they've focused on providing the best possible customer experience via their website. Tivo, with several years of experience, should be way ahead of Dish Network both in terms of technology and interface. The same is true with the iPod and competing mp3 players. Tivo needs to innovate, not just sue the competition.
On the other hand, the pro-Tivo side, Dish Network bundling its DVR with its service is a bit like Microsoft bundling Windows Media Player with Windows. And you know how Europe dealt with that.
Solitaire is always going to get you in trouble because it's so recognizable.
"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it."
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
There are loads more. Just do a search for "einstein quotes" and you'll find some truly inspiring material. The man was more than a great physicist. He was also a great thinker.
Unless... maybe the editors know something we don't.
Maybe this beer reads RFID. Perhaps it scans our passports. Maybe it records our fingerprints with its innocent, refreshing-looking condensation and uploads them to the NSA. Maybe the DRM on this beer is a trap for people drinking it and listening to pirated mp3s. Perhaps it is chemically manipulated to induce truthful confessions from college students regarding their Bittorrent habits.
You guys may smell coffee. I smell a rat.
When I was over in the States recently, quite a few cashiers would notice my chip'n'pin card, mention that the US would be moving over to them soon, and saying how nice it will be to have that extra security.
What? They asked you that?? And they said they were looking forward to the extra security??? Wow! The only thing cashiers in the States ever ask me is if I want a receipt, and that's the smart ones. I'm shopping at all the wrong places.
you're making the assumption that the child will download the patch himself.
given the popularity of GTA, i think it's much more likely that a patch allowing porngraphy in the game would get passed around the schoolyard rather than downloaded individually by each child. that doesn't require any technical expertise at all. in a child's world, there's more than one way to distribute software.
Other musicians are doing it too. Trent Reznor released his last single as a Garage Band file on his website so that fans of NIN could remix it themselves (scroll down to 4_15_05 to download the SIT file).
Vodafone in New Zealand has a program called TXT-a-Park that allows Kiwis to pay parking meters with a cell phone. Although there is a 50 cent surcharge, it's useful if you don't have change.
Internet cafes in China, for example, are painfully slow... I have been in cafes where it feels like the entire room is sharing a single dial-up connection. At times, overseas webmail sites like Hotmail won't load at all. I've been forced to use a ssh connection to my server rather than load a webmail program.
Perhaps the Google Web Accelerator will help in places like this, where a small amount of bandwidth is shared by a large number of people. We shouldn't assume that the product is designed for bandwidth-rich Americans and Europeans.
I was able to find nice galleries online for nominees John Picacio, Fred Gambino, Bob Eggleton, and Donato Giancola. They are definitely worth checking out. You'll probably even recognize some of their work.
Frank Kelly Freas, one of the other nominees, died in January. The Guardian has a nice obituary about his life and work here. It looks like his homepage is down now, but you may be able to find examples of his work elsewhere. He did some of the covers of those great old school scifi books you see in 2nd-hand book shops.
"At 1/5 the speed of light, dust and atoms might not do significant damage even in a voyage of 40 years, but the faster you go, the worse it is - space begins to become abrasive. When you begin to approach the speed of light, hydrogen atoms become cosmic-ray particles, and they will fry the crew. So 60,000 kilometers per second may be the practical speed limit for space travel."
You need to install it on a non-Chinese server. After that, you'll be able to access it so long as it's in a directory under public_html (you should password protect this directory so only you can use it). I paid $7.95 a month to a hosting company in New Jersey to use it (as part of a shared hosting package)... worked perfectly except for https sites, which it wisely doesn't allow because the link from the server running cgi-proxy to you isn't secured. I still use it today, actually, to read my personal email while I'm at work... you can access any port you want, so it's great for web email programs like Neomail, Horde, etc. that are blocked by firewalls.
You might have to add small holes to the boxes for the cables though... perhaps you could disguise the cables as some errant cheese.