I am curious to see if anyone can sucessfuly manipulate the game to make a fortune, there doesn't seem to be anything in their rules banning it, no YahooSEC.
I had an MD player, and liked it, but for the realtime recording requirement. What I really wanted to see was something to use an MD as a computer storage device, that would have been cool. I think there was one in the matrix.
Oddly enough, I just recievedd my first phishing attempt recently. It might have worked, but for two things. The page looked totally legit, right down to the avoid online fraud bit. The things that made me think it was a phishing attempt were the fact that I don't have a Washington Mutual account, so they wouldnt send me an email, and the fact that it went to 211.121.x.x, rather than the URL. I recently got online checking with my new bank, but I wont ever click a link to get there.
If I remember correctly the things it takes for something to be a public good are that:
Prvate industry wouldnt do it, or would do it poorly
was in there somewhere
but the actual ones
1. The beenefit to each individual is less than the cost that each would have to pay if it were provided priavately, and
2. the total benefits to society are greater than the total cost.
A road meets these qualifications, Free wifi, probably not.
Private industry already does this.
the benefit to the individual is questionable, if everyone in the city used WIFI it would be terribly slow, and a state-run ISP would be a terrible cost to the taxpayers, and would effect even those who don't use the service.
The total benefits to society are probably less than the cost, as it's not necessary for anything for people to be online.
The only reason that the metric system is better is because it uses base-10 to convert between units, to convert from inches to feet to yards to miles one has to multiply by 12, 3 and 1760. TO convert from centimeters to meters to kilometers one has to multiply by 100 and 1000 you tell me which you'd prefer to do? Measures of volume in the American(had to refrain from calling it the idiot system as one of my teachers did) system make more sense, they are basically base-2, but they throw quarts in just to throw you off. Whereas metric is base-10 again.
As you say, there is no inborn sense of which is better insofar as you can't instinctively measure one more easily, unless you are a dead king. However it is much easier for a human to multiply by 10 rather than 12 or 3 or, heaven forbid, 1760. The other good thing about the metric system is that if you dont know how to convert between two units, you can tell pretty easily, assume you dont know anything about mass measurements, if I tell you to convert from grams to kilograms, you are much more likely to be able to do it than ounces to pounds. I have the conversion factors memorized for weight, for, uh, reasons.
I guess metric Isn't better, but it is much easier.
Doesn't one have to own the trademark before something is created in its name in order to sue the creators of the something? Otherwise I'd be able to trademark the word bittorrent, and sue the creator. Could someone explain just how this is going to work to me?
I don't believe that this is a bill yet, because i was planning on writing a letter to my assemblyman, so i did a search on it, It came up with nothing, if someone could point me to this bill, or let me know that this is just an Idea it would be greatly appreciated.
I, for one, think that this is the worst idea possible, do you want someone to be able to see everywhere you go, where you are at any given time? If It were to be required i would definately find some lead plates and surround the reciver with them. This makes me paranoid, especially given that i am watching 1984 at the moment.
Posession with intent to sell is a crime. And the distinction is important, posession doesnt matter, with intent it's a felony. Not quite a victimless crime, but a consensual(sp?) one.
I would think that if these people are too lazy to set their camera's up properly they may not have changed the login either, does anyone know what the default login, and password is to the Axis cameras?
Apple hasn't ever really been about features, features are what make Office suck. They are about making something that you need, with pretty much everything you need and having it be really easy to use.
If we spent as much on colonizing other planets as we spend on missile defense we could do this pretty easy, and screw international cooperation. Think about it this way, if Russia, or China launches nuclear weapons at the US, we blow up Earth from our mars colony. Thats more effective than trying to defend one pile of rock in the earth. Would anyone mess with you if you didn't care about the planet as a whole and they all depended on it?
Although it seems to me that our descendents on mars will be reading an article in 100 years that says that one star lifeforms are doomed to extinction.
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I am curious to see if anyone can sucessfuly manipulate the game to make a fortune, there doesn't seem to be anything in their rules banning it, no YahooSEC.
You know, someone could write a script to just read the headlines, and post the same jokes over and over, come to think of it maybe they have...
I had an MD player, and liked it, but for the realtime recording requirement. What I really wanted to see was something to use an MD as a computer storage device, that would have been cool. I think there was one in the matrix.
Oddly enough, I just recievedd my first phishing attempt recently. It might have worked, but for two things. The page looked totally legit, right down to the avoid online fraud bit. The things that made me think it was a phishing attempt were the fact that I don't have a Washington Mutual account, so they wouldnt send me an email, and the fact that it went to 211.121.x.x, rather than the URL. I recently got online checking with my new bank, but I wont ever click a link to get there.
You know, Compared to mixing up metric and imperial units, this seems downright intelligent of them.
If I remember correctly the things it takes for something to be a public good are that: Prvate industry wouldnt do it, or would do it poorly was in there somewhere but the actual ones 1. The beenefit to each individual is less than the cost that each would have to pay if it were provided priavately, and 2. the total benefits to society are greater than the total cost. A road meets these qualifications, Free wifi, probably not. Private industry already does this. the benefit to the individual is questionable, if everyone in the city used WIFI it would be terribly slow, and a state-run ISP would be a terrible cost to the taxpayers, and would effect even those who don't use the service. The total benefits to society are probably less than the cost, as it's not necessary for anything for people to be online.
There is a baskin robin's right near my class today, I get free lunch.
That's really cheap for getting what free publicity, especially on slashdot.
no, 2*3*5*7+1 is a prime.
The only reason that the metric system is better is because it uses base-10 to convert between units, to convert from inches to feet to yards to miles one has to multiply by 12, 3 and 1760. TO convert from centimeters to meters to kilometers one has to multiply by 100 and 1000 you tell me which you'd prefer to do? Measures of volume in the American(had to refrain from calling it the idiot system as one of my teachers did) system make more sense, they are basically base-2, but they throw quarts in just to throw you off. Whereas metric is base-10 again. As you say, there is no inborn sense of which is better insofar as you can't instinctively measure one more easily, unless you are a dead king. However it is much easier for a human to multiply by 10 rather than 12 or 3 or, heaven forbid, 1760. The other good thing about the metric system is that if you dont know how to convert between two units, you can tell pretty easily, assume you dont know anything about mass measurements, if I tell you to convert from grams to kilograms, you are much more likely to be able to do it than ounces to pounds. I have the conversion factors memorized for weight, for, uh, reasons. I guess metric Isn't better, but it is much easier.
Brownian motion generator.
Doesn't one have to own the trademark before something is created in its name in order to sue the creators of the something? Otherwise I'd be able to trademark the word bittorrent, and sue the creator. Could someone explain just how this is going to work to me?
Even the Blockbuster wensite is a blatant copy of the netflix interface, and they are great about customer service.
I don't believe that this is a bill yet, because i was planning on writing a letter to my assemblyman, so i did a search on it, It came up with nothing, if someone could point me to this bill, or let me know that this is just an Idea it would be greatly appreciated. I, for one, think that this is the worst idea possible, do you want someone to be able to see everywhere you go, where you are at any given time? If It were to be required i would definately find some lead plates and surround the reciver with them. This makes me paranoid, especially given that i am watching 1984 at the moment.
it doesnt seem like those ads will do much, if you are downloading the movie you don't see it, right?
DoublePlusUngood.
Posession with intent to sell is a crime. And the distinction is important, posession doesnt matter, with intent it's a felony. Not quite a victimless crime, but a consensual(sp?) one.
Damn, I've been misinformed, thanks.
It is Redundant Array of inexpensive discs. The iPod sorta kills that aspect of it.
They have company dope? Even Google doesn't do that.
Mmmm. Adams.
I'm wondering how exactly it slices the bread.
I would think that if these people are too lazy to set their camera's up properly they may not have changed the login either, does anyone know what the default login, and password is to the Axis cameras?
Apple hasn't ever really been about features, features are what make Office suck. They are about making something that you need, with pretty much everything you need and having it be really easy to use.
If we spent as much on colonizing other planets as we spend on missile defense we could do this pretty easy, and screw international cooperation. Think about it this way, if Russia, or China launches nuclear weapons at the US, we blow up Earth from our mars colony. Thats more effective than trying to defend one pile of rock in the earth. Would anyone mess with you if you didn't care about the planet as a whole and they all depended on it?
Although it seems to me that our descendents on mars will be reading an article in 100 years that says that one star lifeforms are doomed to extinction.