Actually on an unfunny note, the about.com article incorrectly states that a mole is 6.022 * 10^23. That is only an approximation. It was presented to me as an exact as well when I was in H.S., but that is not correct.
And this is my original point. "The fact that this is modded -1 troll says a lot about Slashdot." I am not sure that the rest of this thread added to or subtracted from that one statement.
Greetings. Clearly you are new to Slashdot. I think you will fit in better if you would stop linking to about.com instead of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the only authoritative source for scientific information, popular culture and anything else.
Also, it is important to note that all posts must contain at least one mispelling.
Abide by these rules and one day you will be an accepted member of Slashdot.
don't get it. A person creates something, somebody else through very little effort on their part makes money off that work. How is that right? I don't condone the **IA's actions, or record industry contracts, I just don't see why people think it's OK to "get free stuff"
The fact that this is modded -1 troll says a lot about Slashdot.
1) Your link is bad. 2) Your site isn't all that sophisticated. Yet you can't handle IE traffic? 85% of all traffic? 3) Your site does accept advertising for IE. I had a nice flash animation for IE8. If that isn't ironic, I don't know what is. 4) Your site doesn't even render properly in Firefox. Your 'digg submit' button on this page http://www.treatyist.com/issue1/savetheearth.aspx hides behind the first table. 5) I love in your site how you have to scroll horizontally to see all the content. 6) And what the hell is with this page http://www.treatyist.com/issue1/comradeobamawoopspirates.aspx. I can't even CLICK on the scroll bars
So, if you are giving lectures on web design, stick it in your ear.
Hi. I see you are making fun of a "security vulnerability". This vulnerability involves being physically present at a PC and being able to boot it. This is a security vulnerability in the same way that my house is insecure to folks who I invite over for dinner.
You obviously have no clue, and I would recommend not posting in security vulnerabilities discussions any more.
No. The correct term is lightest. The writers are not making any indication about density in the summary. They are indicating they they have indeed found the lightest planet discovered using these techniques. This planet wouldn't even be close to being the least dense planet ever discovered. Gas giants are typically far less dense.
(having to wait my obligatory five minutes between posts)
Actually, it would be much wiser to simply continue to talk for the whole twenty years than dialog like that. You would give the recipient a lot of information over that time, and hopefully they would reciprocate.
I wrote it, but was in too big a hurry to bother logging in. And karma is so easy to get on Slashdot that it really doesn't mean anything. And as other AC pointed out... funny != karma:)
Other countries have government health care so they have to pay higher taxes. We can't have that here, no one wants to pay higher taxes! Which is completely stupid since we have a system right now that specifically is trying to make a profit rather than caring a damn if people are suffering or die. It's this selfish, unrealistic attitude that people have that the world is all about them. Sorry, we live in a society. You can find your little groupthink areas where you can all nod your head and complain about taxes and socialism while the grown ups get together and actually talk about ways to try to improve the quality of life of as many people as possible.
Oh, and BTW, I also wrote this in my first post At least in Europe you get a half-way decent health system. Here, after paying all of these taxes, we are stuck paying for our own. And generally, your pension systems are funded. Here, they are underfunded.
So, I never said I don't want to have government sponsored health care. But apparently you can't read that well. You picked one of the three complaints I have with gov't spending and mangled that argument as well. So, call me a child if you want, but you are the one with an elementary-school reading level.
Welfare for people who don't want to work? I'm sorry, but with unemployment as high as it is, there are a lot of people who want to work and can't find it out there. I am lucky and have a nice career, but others not so much
Sorry, I am not referring to anyone who is out of work. I am referring to folks who professionally game the system. Folks who haven't worked a day in their life and get a check. I lived next door to a house full of folks getting subsidized housing and monthly checks for various "disabilities". Apparently attention deficit means you cannot work and get $700/month (that is what the 21 year old kid bragged about). His mom got money for taking care of him and reduced rent. They had other family members with other "problems". Didn't stop them from playing basketball in the street at 1:00am, getting girls pregnant and making themselves a nuisance.
Now contrast this to a friend of mine. Profoundly retarded. He has a case manager and also get subsidized rent. he however works about 25-30 hours per week. The work he does could be handled by a five year old and I am sure the employer is subsidized to make work for him. Yet I don't have a problem with this at all. He has the dignity of contributing to society. He has legitimate problems, yet still has a desire to "pull his own weight". I have no problem with society helping him pull that load.
Depends on perspective, I guess. Since we are an IT board, I think it is good to point this out as an IT problem. If this were a management board, then the question would be how do you properly set up your budgets to hold folks accountable for the areas they should be held accountable for. I know in most organizations, an IT department could institute a power savings plan get no credit for the savings but be responsible for any expenses (new software) to help implement it. And if anything went wrong, some poor IT manager would be left hanging. Can you truly blame the manager for not wanting to stick his neck out for no reward?
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Actually on an unfunny note, the about.com article incorrectly states that a mole is 6.022 * 10^23. That is only an approximation. It was presented to me as an exact as well when I was in H.S., but that is not correct.
And this is my original point. "The fact that this is modded -1 troll says a lot about Slashdot." I am not sure that the rest of this thread added to or subtracted from that one statement.
Greetings. Clearly you are new to Slashdot. I think you will fit in better if you would stop linking to about.com instead of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the only authoritative source for scientific information, popular culture and anything else.
Also, it is important to note that all posts must contain at least one mispelling.
Abide by these rules and one day you will be an accepted member of Slashdot.
It is sad that there are so many who don't place a value on the most valuable asset we have -- creativity.
Yeah, but all the "information wants to be free" and "death to the RIAA" posts get modded +5 insightful.
don't get it. A person creates something, somebody else through very little effort on their part makes money off that work.
How is that right?
I don't condone the **IA's actions, or record industry contracts, I just don't see why people think it's OK to "get free stuff"
The fact that this is modded -1 troll says a lot about Slashdot.
1) Your link is bad.
2) Your site isn't all that sophisticated. Yet you can't handle IE traffic? 85% of all traffic?
3) Your site does accept advertising for IE. I had a nice flash animation for IE8. If that isn't ironic, I don't know what is.
4) Your site doesn't even render properly in Firefox. Your 'digg submit' button on this page http://www.treatyist.com/issue1/savetheearth.aspx hides behind the first table.
5) I love in your site how you have to scroll horizontally to see all the content.
6) And what the hell is with this page http://www.treatyist.com/issue1/comradeobamawoopspirates.aspx. I can't even CLICK on the scroll bars
So, if you are giving lectures on web design, stick it in your ear.
How is something +4 Informative when no reasoning is given behind the thinking?
Yup.... cuz not hearing about some obscure toy that didn't even last two years makes you unworthy of being a geek.
And wallet.... you forgot the wallet.
Hi. I see you are making fun of a "security vulnerability". This vulnerability involves being physically present at a PC and being able to boot it. This is a security vulnerability in the same way that my house is insecure to folks who I invite over for dinner.
You obviously have no clue, and I would recommend not posting in security vulnerabilities discussions any more.
kthxbai.
Thank you! My memory is bad.
And for the record it is Arthur C. Clarke which both of us spelled incorrectly.
The kicker is that radio does not travel at the speed of light
Where, pray tell, did you come up with this?
Actually, the idea of talking continuously came from an Arthur Clark short story... have Googled but cannot come up with a title :(
No. The correct term is lightest. The writers are not making any indication about density in the summary. They are indicating they they have indeed found the lightest planet discovered using these techniques. This planet wouldn't even be close to being the least dense planet ever discovered. Gas giants are typically far less dense.
(having to wait my obligatory five minutes between posts)
Yeah, the AC who posted about 14 minutes before you noticed this as well.
Actually, it would be much wiser to simply continue to talk for the whole twenty years than dialog like that. You would give the recipient a lot of information over that time, and hopefully they would reciprocate.
Similar to this.
I wrote it, but was in too big a hurry to bother logging in. And karma is so easy to get on Slashdot that it really doesn't mean anything. And as other AC pointed out... funny != karma :)
New Swedish Data Retension Law
I thought most backup systems did this to the tapes automatically...
No wonder I Kant get anything done in Python!!!
*looks around and sees no one laughing*
*quietly backs off of the stage*
Stupid closing tags :(
Other countries have government health care so they have to pay higher taxes. We can't have that here, no one wants to pay higher taxes! Which is completely stupid since we have a system right now that specifically is trying to make a profit rather than caring a damn if people are suffering or die. It's this selfish, unrealistic attitude that people have that the world is all about them. Sorry, we live in a society. You can find your little groupthink areas where you can all nod your head and complain about taxes and socialism while the grown ups get together and actually talk about ways to try to improve the quality of life of as many people as possible.
Oh, and BTW, I also wrote this in my first post At least in Europe you get a half-way decent health system. Here, after paying all of these taxes, we are stuck paying for our own. And generally, your pension systems are funded. Here, they are underfunded.
So, I never said I don't want to have government sponsored health care. But apparently you can't read that well. You picked one of the three complaints I have with gov't spending and mangled that argument as well. So, call me a child if you want, but you are the one with an elementary-school reading level.
Welfare for people who don't want to work? I'm sorry, but with unemployment as high as it is, there are a lot of people who want to work and can't find it out there. I am lucky and have a nice career, but others not so much
Sorry, I am not referring to anyone who is out of work. I am referring to folks who professionally game the system. Folks who haven't worked a day in their life and get a check. I lived next door to a house full of folks getting subsidized housing and monthly checks for various "disabilities". Apparently attention deficit means you cannot work and get $700/month (that is what the 21 year old kid bragged about). His mom got money for taking care of him and reduced rent. They had other family members with other "problems". Didn't stop them from playing basketball in the street at 1:00am, getting girls pregnant and making themselves a nuisance.
Now contrast this to a friend of mine. Profoundly retarded. He has a case manager and also get subsidized rent. he however works about 25-30 hours per week. The work he does could be handled by a five year old and I am sure the employer is subsidized to make work for him. Yet I don't have a problem with this at all. He has the dignity of contributing to society. He has legitimate problems, yet still has a desire to "pull his own weight". I have no problem with society helping him pull that load.
Depends on perspective, I guess. Since we are an IT board, I think it is good to point this out as an IT problem. If this were a management board, then the question would be how do you properly set up your budgets to hold folks accountable for the areas they should be held accountable for. I know in most organizations, an IT department could institute a power savings plan get no credit for the savings but be responsible for any expenses (new software) to help implement it. And if anything went wrong, some poor IT manager would be left hanging. Can you truly blame the manager for not wanting to stick his neck out for no reward?