I have to agree. I haven't been back to/. for a while because the quality of pretty much everything has gone down. Mow I come back to - this?
Seriously, if I want to hear about cunnilingus I talk to the guys at work, my fiancee or her friends. I don't need this sort of thing here, it's a waste of my time.
Speaking as a Brit, and speaking as a Brit who doesn't trust our government, I am going to risk all the Karma I have by suggesting something very cynical
*dons tinfoil hat*
Our government did it.
They have multiple reasons for creating a "terrorist attack". The Identity Cards bill. Anti-terrorism bills. Removing the right to trial by jury. Many, many others. Even if it wasn't them, they're still going to take advantage.
It's curious this happens after the London Olympics bid was successful, not before. To coincide with the G8 summit could have been done two days ago, before the bid - something far more irritating. Also, the 4 blasts hit only what were nuisance targets, no damage to anything important. And one was right outside the BMA.
It's exactly like Gillette, when they first released safety razors. They sell the razor itself for almost nothing, and the blades are really expensive. They even give them away - I got one for my birthday from them!
It raises interesting questions about warfare though... if you can cut a country off from the outside world that easily, then surely that must have some advantage for any invading forces.
I have 1 Gig of memory here... it still takes about 5 minutes to start up, and even loading firefox takes a good 40 seconds. I'm sick of waiting - sometimes I just go make myself some coffee whilst waiting for the thing to start up.
Businesses always jump on the latest bandwagon - not necesarily because it will work, but because it might work.
IT has and will continue to revolutionise the business world, this is something that can only benefit us all. Efficiency in business is a practical way to make people better off.
I have to add my two cents to this discussion. I am a board game designer - yes, I design those archaic games which enourage interation in families.
I have a major problem with your proposed abolition of copyright law - I will lose any incentive to create new games. Copyright law is the only thing stopping large game manufacturers from ripping off the game inventors. We simply cannot afford to produce the games ourselves, but we need money. How can I afford to keep a family if I cannot get any income from royalties?
Because open-source board game design will work... contrary to what you might think, most games are designed by professionals. The average Joe off the street who thought of a great idea generally can never make a decent game out of it. Only about 5 in every 100 submissions to the big companies are ever considered, let alone created.
Copyright law has other ramifications than intellectual property.
This sounds a little like planetary formation. What if these 'halos' were really rings, due to some sort of spin in the original setup? Do they have to be a 3-dimensional halo? I am not an astronomer, but it sounds reasonable to me - could someone please explain this?
I don't know whether it's just me and my uninformed nature, but it occurs to me that switching off these computers would be saving a hell of a lot of money. Rather than using them for something else - which I notice TFA is not clear on, something about a demonstration - why not just power down?
From the Pure Hacking website - Internal on-site penetration testing gives the business the assurance it needs to conduct safely on the internet and with business partners. It would make a lot more sense if this was only intended for use in demonstrations and testing though, as I can imagine very few companies would feel a need to use this sort of distro on a nightly basis, but for one off activities it may be useful.
Much of mathematics isn't just grunt power, there is also a lot of creative work going on there. Without humans to drive the computers doing the work in the right directions, it could take a long time before a computer would be able to get its proof - it simply doesn't know what it is looking for.
I for one welcome our new robotic theorum proving overlords.
What I don't understand is why they didn't just pump the money and development time for 64 into Longhorn. Surely that would have brought down development times, and we could have it sooner?
Of course spare time is an unused resource. If it weren't, then you wouldn't be able to use it to make money. Example: Engineer designing circuits. At home, he works during his spare time, just thinking about the circuits. He comes up with a solution which will save his company $X million. He has used his resource (time) in a productive way and has come up with a measurable profitable result.
I disagree that any age is arbitrary - people do mature during their teens - yes, there are those who may mature quicker, but the majority of people aren't really mature (if they're ever going to become so) until at least 18.
Unfortunately legal systems have trouble with saying one person can do something just because they *seem* more mature. It has to be black and white, otherwise we just start hitting slippery slopes.
And I agree - most of the time it is the fault of the parents.
This is the problem. There are many announcements here about potential products (think vaporware) which never come to light. Surely nobody actually trusts PR departments? I'm only interested if there's a due date.
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I have to agree. I haven't been back to /. for a while because the quality of pretty much everything has gone down.
Mow I come back to - this?
Seriously, if I want to hear about cunnilingus I talk to the guys at work, my fiancee or her friends. I don't need this sort of thing here, it's a waste of my time.
What I'm waiting for is to see the astrologer's reactions to all this...
so this window... crashed? Hmm.
Speaking as a Brit, and speaking as a Brit who doesn't trust our government, I am going to risk all the Karma I have by suggesting something very cynical
*dons tinfoil hat*
Our government did it.
They have multiple reasons for creating a "terrorist attack". The Identity Cards bill. Anti-terrorism bills. Removing the right to trial by jury. Many, many others. Even if it wasn't them, they're still going to take advantage.
It's curious this happens after the London Olympics bid was successful, not before. To coincide with the G8 summit could have been done two days ago, before the bid - something far more irritating. Also, the 4 blasts hit only what were nuisance targets, no damage to anything important. And one was right outside the BMA.
Maybe I'm just paranoid.
It's exactly like Gillette, when they first released safety razors. They sell the razor itself for almost nothing, and the blades are really expensive. They even give them away - I got one for my birthday from them!
It raises interesting questions about warfare though... if you can cut a country off from the outside world that easily, then surely that must have some advantage for any invading forces.
I have 1 Gig of memory here... it still takes about 5 minutes to start up, and even loading firefox takes a good 40 seconds. I'm sick of waiting - sometimes I just go make myself some coffee whilst waiting for the thing to start up.
I describe myself as the second greatest, and such I am...
Though most researchers will end up on stuff like the Sega Saturn, doing 'research'.
Businesses always jump on the latest bandwagon - not necesarily because it will work, but because it might work.
IT has and will continue to revolutionise the business world, this is something that can only benefit us all. Efficiency in business is a practical way to make people better off.
It's probably better that you don't take out allied troops whilst you're at it... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-15173 27,00.html
I have to add my two cents to this discussion. I am a board game designer - yes, I design those archaic games which enourage interation in families.
I have a major problem with your proposed abolition of copyright law - I will lose any incentive to create new games. Copyright law is the only thing stopping large game manufacturers from ripping off the game inventors. We simply cannot afford to produce the games ourselves, but we need money. How can I afford to keep a family if I cannot get any income from royalties?
Because open-source board game design will work... contrary to what you might think, most games are designed by professionals. The average Joe off the street who thought of a great idea generally can never make a decent game out of it. Only about 5 in every 100 submissions to the big companies are ever considered, let alone created.
Copyright law has other ramifications than intellectual property.
Indeed - check out the websites of most fan clubs, wikipedia, and even the bbc website if you're interested - http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/
This is old news.
I have no flat surfaces in my house, you insensitive clod!
This sounds a little like planetary formation. What if these 'halos' were really rings, due to some sort of spin in the original setup? Do they have to be a 3-dimensional halo? I am not an astronomer, but it sounds reasonable to me - could someone please explain this?
I don't know whether it's just me and my uninformed nature, but it occurs to me that switching off these computers would be saving a hell of a lot of money. Rather than using them for something else - which I notice TFA is not clear on, something about a demonstration - why not just power down?
From the Pure Hacking website - Internal on-site penetration testing gives the business the assurance it needs to conduct safely on the internet and with business partners.
It would make a lot more sense if this was only intended for use in demonstrations and testing though, as I can imagine very few companies would feel a need to use this sort of distro on a nightly basis, but for one off activities it may be useful.
Imagine a beo... oh, wait.
Much of mathematics isn't just grunt power, there is also a lot of creative work going on there. Without humans to drive the computers doing the work in the right directions, it could take a long time before a computer would be able to get its proof - it simply doesn't know what it is looking for.
I for one welcome our new robotic theorum proving overlords.
I was about to say - what happens when it starts to rain? Unless the roof's made out of Macs, that is ;)
Who the hell modded this flamebait? It was a genuine question! There goes my tenuous hold on my Karma...
What I don't understand is why they didn't just pump the money and development time for 64 into Longhorn. Surely that would have brought down development times, and we could have it sooner?
Slashdotted already.
Of course spare time is an unused resource. If it weren't, then you wouldn't be able to use it to make money. Example: Engineer designing circuits. At home, he works during his spare time, just thinking about the circuits. He comes up with a solution which will save his company $X million. He has used his resource (time) in a productive way and has come up with a measurable profitable result.
I disagree that any age is arbitrary - people do mature during their teens - yes, there are those who may mature quicker, but the majority of people aren't really mature (if they're ever going to become so) until at least 18.
Unfortunately legal systems have trouble with saying one person can do something just because they *seem* more mature. It has to be black and white, otherwise we just start hitting slippery slopes.
And I agree - most of the time it is the fault of the parents.
This is the problem. There are many announcements here about potential products (think vaporware) which never come to light. Surely nobody actually trusts PR departments? I'm only interested if there's a due date.
Wow! What a coincidence! I'm No. 14,223,920!