IANAP (I am not a physicist), but I do know that nuclear fusion doesn't create fallout like nuclear fission does. Perhaps this is what you are thinking of. I ought to also remind you that radiation plays a huge part in medical treatments of all sorts. So while you might have been sarcastic when you said 'tremendous idea,' I'd have to agree with you there.
Sorry to disappoint, but it's just not going to happen. These types of methods of fusion are always going to require more energy input than output. Efficient artificial reactors may be possible in the future, but for now they remain a pipe dream--especially 'cold fusion' ones.
iTMS and the iPod are two separate products that work exclusively with each other.
Exactly. This is no more a monopoly than the XBox 360 + Windows Media Center is a monopoly. If the XBox was the only game console out there, I could understand. But it isn't, there's the PS2 or the GameCube.
The iPod + iTunes is just one of many other combinations, like a Sony player and Sony Connect.
This lawsuit is--no other way to really say it--idiotic.
How many/.ers have iPods that they wish could use Napster or a competing music store to purchase songs with different rights or improved quality?
So go buy a compact disc, or buy from a music store with a product unencumbered by DRM.
Ponzi schemes, affiliate links, 'sign up for this trial / give us personal info and get a free iPod shuffle', etc. have been around forever. There's a price for everything. Not to be harsh, but get a little common sense.
Yeah, try 'completely misunderstood.' Because to me it seems like the energy used in creating that ice would end up negating the benefits, if any, that its eventual melting would provide.
Even in the face of all the evidence that suggests that de-regulation of US telecommunications just doesn't work to the benefit of the consumer, it sickens me that you continue to insist the innocence of telecom giants and blame the government.
It isn't the monopolies' fault that you let your local government give up your rights in exchange for bad service
No, you moron, it's the monopoly that's providng the bad service that's the fault of bad service.
the parallels are interesting
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The parallels here are almost amusingly similar to when Apple bought NeXT, ten years ago. Because so much of NeXT's advanced technology essentially displaced Apple's own struggling and dated codebase for the Mac OS to become Mac OS X, and Steve Jobs' own idea of a trimmed and stylish product line replaced the beige box Power Mac (insert four-digit number here), many industry analysts joked that 'NeXT had bought Apple for negative $400 million.'
Look at what's happening now! Like NeXT, one of Steve's projects, was bought by Apple, and its technology incorporated into the company to revamp its product line, Pixar, again a project of Steve, may very well save Disney. For the purists that either hate to see Disney's long-lived traditional animation replaced by computer 3D rendering, or fear that Disney will mishandle Pixar's talent and resources and bring an unfortunate end to the latter studio's remarkably successful run of films, consider two facts: since this isn't a hostile takeover, clearly the folks in charge at Pixar, Steve Jobs included, believe that this will be as good for Pixar as it will be for Disney. They wouldn't be doing this if they thought that Disney was going to ruin them. Also consider now that Steve Jobs is the largest shareholder at Disney. That really carries some weight. Steve has a reputation for getting what he wants, and I also don't doubt that he made this deal without knowing he would have a significant say in Disney's direction.
So really, guys, calm down! Just imagine the headline read, 'Pixar buys Disney for -$7 billion.'
What "we"?? The company I work at does none of those things, and the network runs almost perfectly. There is a balance.
Sure there's a balance. Don't rely on Windows. It's quite simple. No draconian security policy needed (blocking Google Groups? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?), AND there's but a miniscule risk of malware infection.
Honestly, if I was you in that situation, I would have simply sat back and explained that you could not do any work, and that they are free to try and turn on Windows XP updating, but oh of course any system re-installation and thus potential loss of data would be their fault, not yours, at which point you launch a flurry of complaints to whoever is even higher up in the corporate chain of command.
The issue is not with the equivalent of locking your car. The issue is draconian policies like arbitrary blocking of sites like Google Groups. Therefore, I feel that your analogy isn't right for article in that it assumes that "well there are good and bad things about computers, but the good outweighs the bad." No one's arguing that point. Instead it's more like, "well there are good and bad security policies. At what point does it become simply stupid?"
seriously guys. how do you make something as arcane as auto insurance rates funny? you do it like Geico does. fact is, most people don't find what web browser they're using a terribly fascinating subject either. it might be hard for a lot of slashdotters to swallow, but one of the best ways to get people talking about Firefox is not throwing statistics at them or preaching about open source software. it's proper marketing. this is one of the reasons why Firefox has succeeded reasonably well so far versus, say, Opera. webmasters have 'get firefox' buttons on the bottoms of their web pages. taking it more mainstream would just be easiest, in my opinion, if a bit of humour was thrown in. i can't imagine what exactly it would be, but if you can make car insurance funny, you can make web standards funny too.
Hey, thanks for the comment. I do want to address something you said, though:
But ultimately, as things stand at the end of 2005, Windows is a better platform for gaming than Linux or MacOS -- the support is there, the games are there, and things generally work with little pain.
This doesn't really make sense except for the fact that Windows happens to have a greater userbase, which itself does not make the platform any better or worse for gaming than any other platform. It is just as easy or difficult to develop a game for other platforms, as Blizzard, id, Aspyr, Ambrosia, Shrapnel, etc. have demonstrated, as it is to develop for Windows.
Amazing....Two minutes ago this was +4 insightful, and now I'm modded troll. Everything I've said is true and I think my points are valid....an IGN/Fileplanet 'Stress Test Event' does not belong here. I'm sure they know perfectly well how many users they can handle.
Who says I wouldn't subscribe? If it's a really good game, then it could be worth it....too bad I can't even try it to see if I like it or not. More to the original point, I'm not going to buy a Windows machine just for a game, nor do I appreciate slashvertisements for IGN and Fileplanet.
Looks to be Windows-only. Gee thanks guys. Also I apparently have to be some member of IGN and/or FilePlanet, both ad-ridden slow over-commercialised scourges of the Internet. Does no one understand that this stuff is mainly a ploy to get users to sign up for the forums and buy subscriptions? Get me an actual freely available download and a Mac or Linux version, otherwise I think I'll pass on this one.
EVERY SINGLE COMMENT 'dada21' makes appears to be anarcho-capitalist in some way, for good, for bad.
The 'free market' --in this case, everyone stuck on Microsoft proprietary formats--IS NOT FREE IN ANY WAY.
If it was up to dada21 the USA would abandon all of its social programs. Does he understand that this is not the state governments telling companies what to do, it is their own damn internal policy?
"Taxachusetts"? Ever been to Europe, buddy? Alabama (failing schools, shitty roads, ridiculous poverty) is not the centre of the universe.
Jackont took his computer to the Israeli police last fall and was told to reformat it. But his problems persisted. So the police examined his computer more closely and discovered that a malicious program known as a Trojan horse lay hidden deep inside and had hijacked the machine from a remote location.
So he reformatted his drive but the virus was still there? What?
I'm sorry, but does it really take much effort to get the facts right? EVERYONE seems to get it wrong: CNN, MSNBC, the NY Times, CNET. Somehow, the writers chosen to pump out articles like this either don't really understand technology or just pick subjects of which they don't really know anything.
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Damn, and I thought this was about Apple's new top-secret iPod camera.
IANAP (I am not a physicist), but I do know that nuclear fusion doesn't create fallout like nuclear fission does. Perhaps this is what you are thinking of. I ought to also remind you that radiation plays a huge part in medical treatments of all sorts. So while you might have been sarcastic when you said 'tremendous idea,' I'd have to agree with you there.
I hope this works out as a decent power source
Sorry to disappoint, but it's just not going to happen. These types of methods of fusion are always going to require more energy input than output. Efficient artificial reactors may be possible in the future, but for now they remain a pipe dream--especially 'cold fusion' ones.
iTMS and the iPod are two separate products that work exclusively with each other.
/.ers have iPods that they wish could use Napster or a competing music store to purchase songs with different rights or improved quality?
Exactly. This is no more a monopoly than the XBox 360 + Windows Media Center is a monopoly. If the XBox was the only game console out there, I could understand. But it isn't, there's the PS2 or the GameCube.
The iPod + iTunes is just one of many other combinations, like a Sony player and Sony Connect.
This lawsuit is--no other way to really say it--idiotic.
How many
So go buy a compact disc, or buy from a music store with a product unencumbered by DRM.
--Eoban
Ponzi schemes, affiliate links, 'sign up for this trial / give us personal info and get a free iPod shuffle', etc. have been around forever. There's a price for everything. Not to be harsh, but get a little common sense.
How have you not yet realised that sites like this simply can't exist without being scams?
incompletely understood global chaotic system
Yeah, try 'completely misunderstood.' Because to me it seems like the energy used in creating that ice would end up negating the benefits, if any, that its eventual melting would provide.
Why was he working on APL?
He was helping John Titor save the world.
Even in the face of all the evidence that suggests that de-regulation of US telecommunications just doesn't work to the benefit of the consumer, it sickens me that you continue to insist the innocence of telecom giants and blame the government.
It isn't the monopolies' fault that you let your local government give up your rights in exchange for bad service
No, you moron, it's the monopoly that's providng the bad service that's the fault of bad service.
don't forget radeon X1900 XTX
The parallels here are almost amusingly similar to when Apple bought NeXT, ten years ago. Because so much of NeXT's advanced technology essentially displaced Apple's own struggling and dated codebase for the Mac OS to become Mac OS X, and Steve Jobs' own idea of a trimmed and stylish product line replaced the beige box Power Mac (insert four-digit number here), many industry analysts joked that 'NeXT had bought Apple for negative $400 million.'
Look at what's happening now! Like NeXT, one of Steve's projects, was bought by Apple, and its technology incorporated into the company to revamp its product line, Pixar, again a project of Steve, may very well save Disney. For the purists that either hate to see Disney's long-lived traditional animation replaced by computer 3D rendering, or fear that Disney will mishandle Pixar's talent and resources and bring an unfortunate end to the latter studio's remarkably successful run of films, consider two facts: since this isn't a hostile takeover, clearly the folks in charge at Pixar, Steve Jobs included, believe that this will be as good for Pixar as it will be for Disney. They wouldn't be doing this if they thought that Disney was going to ruin them. Also consider now that Steve Jobs is the largest shareholder at Disney. That really carries some weight. Steve has a reputation for getting what he wants, and I also don't doubt that he made this deal without knowing he would have a significant say in Disney's direction.
So really, guys, calm down! Just imagine the headline read, 'Pixar buys Disney for -$7 billion.'
Yes! My 386 still has it, in fact.
What "we"?? The company I work at does none of those things, and the network runs almost perfectly. There is a balance.
Sure there's a balance. Don't rely on Windows. It's quite simple. No draconian security policy needed (blocking Google Groups? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?), AND there's but a miniscule risk of malware infection.
Honestly, if I was you in that situation, I would have simply sat back and explained that you could not do any work, and that they are free to try and turn on Windows XP updating, but oh of course any system re-installation and thus potential loss of data would be their fault, not yours, at which point you launch a flurry of complaints to whoever is even higher up in the corporate chain of command.
The issue is not with the equivalent of locking your car. The issue is draconian policies like arbitrary blocking of sites like Google Groups. Therefore, I feel that your analogy isn't right for article in that it assumes that "well there are good and bad things about computers, but the good outweighs the bad." No one's arguing that point. Instead it's more like, "well there are good and bad security policies. At what point does it become simply stupid?"
I have little doubt in my mind that AbiWord and Apple will soon support OpenDocument as well.
Double "the" in article:
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In order to ensure that the the atomic time
No, that's a leap the.
seriously guys. how do you make something as arcane as auto insurance rates funny? you do it like Geico does. fact is, most people don't find what web browser they're using a terribly fascinating subject either. it might be hard for a lot of slashdotters to swallow, but one of the best ways to get people talking about Firefox is not throwing statistics at them or preaching about open source software. it's proper marketing. this is one of the reasons why Firefox has succeeded reasonably well so far versus, say, Opera. webmasters have 'get firefox' buttons on the bottoms of their web pages. taking it more mainstream would just be easiest, in my opinion, if a bit of humour was thrown in. i can't imagine what exactly it would be, but if you can make car insurance funny, you can make web standards funny too.
The GP's point was that anarchy is not a sustainable society.
Hey, thanks for the comment. I do want to address something you said, though: But ultimately, as things stand at the end of 2005, Windows is a better platform for gaming than Linux or MacOS -- the support is there, the games are there, and things generally work with little pain. This doesn't really make sense except for the fact that Windows happens to have a greater userbase, which itself does not make the platform any better or worse for gaming than any other platform. It is just as easy or difficult to develop a game for other platforms, as Blizzard, id, Aspyr, Ambrosia, Shrapnel, etc. have demonstrated, as it is to develop for Windows.
Amazing....Two minutes ago this was +4 insightful, and now I'm modded troll. Everything I've said is true and I think my points are valid....an IGN/Fileplanet 'Stress Test Event' does not belong here. I'm sure they know perfectly well how many users they can handle.
Who says I wouldn't subscribe? If it's a really good game, then it could be worth it....too bad I can't even try it to see if I like it or not. More to the original point, I'm not going to buy a Windows machine just for a game, nor do I appreciate slashvertisements for IGN and Fileplanet.
Looks to be Windows-only. Gee thanks guys. Also I apparently have to be some member of IGN and/or FilePlanet, both ad-ridden slow over-commercialised scourges of the Internet. Does no one understand that this stuff is mainly a ploy to get users to sign up for the forums and buy subscriptions? Get me an actual freely available download and a Mac or Linux version, otherwise I think I'll pass on this one.
EVERY SINGLE COMMENT 'dada21' makes appears to be anarcho-capitalist in some way, for good, for bad.
The 'free market' --in this case, everyone stuck on Microsoft proprietary formats--IS NOT FREE IN ANY WAY.
If it was up to dada21 the USA would abandon all of its social programs. Does he understand that this is not the state governments telling companies what to do, it is their own damn internal policy?
"Taxachusetts"? Ever been to Europe, buddy? Alabama (failing schools, shitty roads, ridiculous poverty) is not the centre of the universe.
Nice troll.
I particularly love this part:
Jackont took his computer to the Israeli police last fall and was told to reformat it. But his problems persisted. So the police examined his computer more closely and discovered that a malicious program known as a Trojan horse lay hidden deep inside and had hijacked the machine from a remote location.
So he reformatted his drive but the virus was still there? What?
I'm sorry, but does it really take much effort to get the facts right? EVERYONE seems to get it wrong: CNN, MSNBC, the NY Times, CNET. Somehow, the writers chosen to pump out articles like this either don't really understand technology or just pick subjects of which they don't really know anything.