I agree, describe what they're saying with the same language and tone of the article. Watch one of President Bush speeches then read or watch the news coverage. "We gotta, you know, protect our... uh, freedoms, so all of our options should, will, ah, be kept on the table." But the press reports "The President confirmed a military strike still remains an option, saying the use of force is 'on the table.'"
If you're writing an article about poor grammar on the internet then a direct quote is relevant. Otherwise, treat a less educated person's opinion with the same respect show to other sources.
How often do you find the full license agreement inside the package or as part of the download? You'll have a hard time getting a refund after the package is opened or downloaded when you don't like the license.
A lawyer friend of mine once told me "you can't sign away your rights" on a contract. Personal information should be considered a right, and a EULA should not be able to compromise that right. The RIAA, US government, et al. have taken advantage of another organization's data. Even if the company collecting the information has good intentions they don't have complete control of its use.
I loved reading my parents' favorites when I was a kid. You know best what's appropriate for them and you'll be able to discuss it when they're done. On more than one occasion my mother or father reread a book after I renewed their interest, or we picked up a new novel by the author and read it together.
Sharing your love of reading with them can be as much fun for you as it is for them. Enjoy it, soon they'll be moody teens and college know-it-alls looking for literature that's their own.
Sorry, had my US blinders on in the reply. In the US, local elections have also been swayed by purchased votes, especially in large cities. Providing transportation for voters is common in the US too. I was just referring to the impact of directly-purchased votes on national elections.
Why is Twitter consistently included in the list of over-hyped "Web 2.0" sites? From what I've read it only has a fraction of the active users other sites have and doesn't appear to have features other sites lack. Twitter just seems like a less popular social networking site to me. Is it tweets (messages and updates pushed to your friends list)? Honestly I'm not very familiar with the site, so I must be missing something. Does anyone here use it and know what innovations they offer that MySpace, Facebook, etc. don't?
I wonder how much a single vote is really worth. In a popular election you would need to involve thousands of voters to influence a close election. Even if it was financially viable a few of the paid-off voters would eventually go public. IMO, the risk of a scandal is a greater deterrent than law enforcement. Lobbying, political donations, and think tanks are the real threats to democracy.
Um, pretty much every source of economic data. Take a look at the US Census data since 1980. Total manufacturing output in the 2000's is several times greater. As population grows the number of things made follows. It's not of an indicator of economic health, but the US definitely makes more crap today than it did in 1980.
Is there a more useful Slashdot post than a simple link to the story w/out registration? I wish the editors would "correct" links that require registration before posting. I nearly always search for an alternate source or skip the story when faced with a registration form.
They may be communicated to the public in a different way, but from a development perspective they're defects. The article's author describes a software vendor treating vulnerabilities as feature requests. This reminds me of Apple's response to the recent Safari "carpet bomb" controversy. Any possible vulnerability is a defect, usually a high priority one IMO.
That's a great link, and even funnier after I realized it wasn't a parody. Here's my guide to leetspeak for parents... it's like your kids are speaking pig latin or using a decoder ring. Now stop being an over-dramatic control freak, you're going to warp your children.
I thought the same thing but figured the author got the facts wrong. I especially love the fallout:
Alexa's spider was prevented, through other means, from accessing the administrative side of the Web site. So passwords were left exposed on the "administrative" site? And then the moron says:
My dumb-ass boss still didn't want to uninstall Alexa -- could have strangled the man. If I were his dumb-ass boss I'd keep reinstalling it and fire him the minute a tool bar had any negative impact on the site. Actually, I would have fired him on the spot for incompetence the first time.
The AS400 is a minicomputer, but your point is correct, IBM offers Linux as an OS option on mainframe. I'm not sure if the parent meant Linux on x86 won't replace mainframes or that Linux and mainframes are mutually exclusive.
A federal law won't do anything to protect most victims with a legitimate fear for their safety. Abusive spouses and violent classmates will only be subject to state law. The only outcome of this law will be increased surveillance and further limits on speech.
To adolescents, mischief is the greatest motivation for learning. Game cheats and innocent hacking kept me at a PC in my preteens. Explosions and bad smells prepared me for high school chemistry. Let your kids tinker and use their creativity at home and they'll have confidence and passion in the classroom.
I don't know, I think today's best rock music reflects our culture pretty well. Radiohead, DJ Dangermouse, and Trent Reznor have been a much greater threat to the recording industry than the Sex Pistols or independent punk labels ever were. The way popular music is created, distributed, and experienced is dramatically changing. Artists have the opportunity to play a major role in the transformation. Angst and rebellion are not necessarily the same thing.
I wholeheartedly agree. Excel was very useful in undergraduate physics courses (storing observations, simple regression, etc.) I doubt Excel would be sufficient for upper-level/graduate work involving large data sources and complex computation (I wasn't a physics major, but many friends were). I wonder how many of the professors discouraging programming requirements made it through their education and career without the aid of a programming language.
As someone who exercises regularly, how would you rate playing Wii Fit vs cycling or swimming? Is it a just healthier way to spend 30 minutes in front of the TV, or could you substitute a game for a trip to the gym and get similar benefits? I can see it working well for stretching and balance, but I have my doubts about the cardiovascular benefit.
I find the UK legislation scarier than in the US. I like to believe that the US government would be deterred by significant public opposition, and that they're only getting away with it until a public backlash catches up. But the UK government has been successfully rolling out surveillance laws and cases like this against popular opinion.
Even if the submitter was trying to fool the editors it wasn't a very convincing trick. The date appears clear-as-day above the article's headline. The submitter could have just as easily missed the year of the article, but I'd fault the editor for the miss.
Whoa, no s**t... the iRex is $600-$700 and only comes with 128 MB of storage, so tack on a few more dollars for some flash memory.
12 hours on a single charge and stylus input is nice, but that's a lot of money for a grey-scale display and a short list of supported file types (PDF, HTML, TXT, JPG, BMP, PNG). At 8.5 x 6 x 0.5 inches and nearly one pound it's not that much easier to lug around than a laptop. I'd love to give one a try, but I'll wait until the price dips under $300.
I deal with a lot of healthcare data as part of my job. We use secure FTP for all transactions and PGP encrypt all of our files. We instruct external groups to decrypt the files to a secure location on a secure machine. There's no guarantee the application or desktop user downloading the file is on a secure system. Encrypting the file prevents someone from accidentally leaving the file on a laptop or network folder.
I see a lot posts suggesting you mail or hand-deliver the files on disk. In my experience more data is leaked through lost mail and courier mistakes than by hackers.
I second that! CGI-laden films don't age as well either, just watch Star Wars Episode 1 and the original Star Wars together. The effects in Episode 1 already feel outdated and become a bigger distraction each time I see it.
After 30 years I'm still mesmerized by the original's intricate models and costumes. Granted, the rubber costumes in the cantina are a bit muppet-esque, but the storm troopers, darth vadar, and droids are still impressive. It's not a digital reproduction of reality, they actually built the ships, droids, and creatures. It's like the chariot race in Ben Hur, the scene is exciting and intense in large part because they were filming an exciting and intense event taking place.
My intuition tells me that concentrating less on driving is dangerous, but MRI images are hardly compelling evidence. Showing a correlation between books on tape and an increase in accidents would be far more valuable. How much does a book on tape increase the chance or accident? Is it negligible or the greatest threat to drivers' safety? This study proves it's one or the other, or somewhere in between.
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I agree, describe what they're saying with the same language and tone of the article. Watch one of President Bush speeches then read or watch the news coverage. "We gotta, you know, protect our... uh, freedoms, so all of our options should, will, ah, be kept on the table." But the press reports "The President confirmed a military strike still remains an option, saying the use of force is 'on the table.'"
If you're writing an article about poor grammar on the internet then a direct quote is relevant. Otherwise, treat a less educated person's opinion with the same respect show to other sources.
How often do you find the full license agreement inside the package or as part of the download? You'll have a hard time getting a refund after the package is opened or downloaded when you don't like the license.
A lawyer friend of mine once told me "you can't sign away your rights" on a contract. Personal information should be considered a right, and a EULA should not be able to compromise that right. The RIAA, US government, et al. have taken advantage of another organization's data. Even if the company collecting the information has good intentions they don't have complete control of its use.
As the hiring manager, I would like to say welcome aboard *bsd!
I loved reading my parents' favorites when I was a kid. You know best what's appropriate for them and you'll be able to discuss it when they're done. On more than one occasion my mother or father reread a book after I renewed their interest, or we picked up a new novel by the author and read it together.
Sharing your love of reading with them can be as much fun for you as it is for them. Enjoy it, soon they'll be moody teens and college know-it-alls looking for literature that's their own.
Sorry, had my US blinders on in the reply. In the US, local elections have also been swayed by purchased votes, especially in large cities. Providing transportation for voters is common in the US too. I was just referring to the impact of directly-purchased votes on national elections.
Why is Twitter consistently included in the list of over-hyped "Web 2.0" sites? From what I've read it only has a fraction of the active users other sites have and doesn't appear to have features other sites lack. Twitter just seems like a less popular social networking site to me. Is it tweets (messages and updates pushed to your friends list)? Honestly I'm not very familiar with the site, so I must be missing something. Does anyone here use it and know what innovations they offer that MySpace, Facebook, etc. don't?
I wonder how much a single vote is really worth. In a popular election you would need to involve thousands of voters to influence a close election. Even if it was financially viable a few of the paid-off voters would eventually go public. IMO, the risk of a scandal is a greater deterrent than law enforcement. Lobbying, political donations, and think tanks are the real threats to democracy.
Um, pretty much every source of economic data. Take a look at the US Census data since 1980. Total manufacturing output in the 2000's is several times greater. As population grows the number of things made follows. It's not of an indicator of economic health, but the US definitely makes more crap today than it did in 1980.
Is there a more useful Slashdot post than a simple link to the story w/out registration? I wish the editors would "correct" links that require registration before posting. I nearly always search for an alternate source or skip the story when faced with a registration form.
They may be communicated to the public in a different way, but from a development perspective they're defects. The article's author describes a software vendor treating vulnerabilities as feature requests. This reminds me of Apple's response to the recent Safari "carpet bomb" controversy. Any possible vulnerability is a defect, usually a high priority one IMO.
That's a great link, and even funnier after I realized it wasn't a parody. Here's my guide to leetspeak for parents... it's like your kids are speaking pig latin or using a decoder ring. Now stop being an over-dramatic control freak, you're going to warp your children.
The AS400 is a minicomputer, but your point is correct, IBM offers Linux as an OS option on mainframe. I'm not sure if the parent meant Linux on x86 won't replace mainframes or that Linux and mainframes are mutually exclusive.
TSA: Your ID please.
Passenger: I don't have to show you my ID!
TSA: Yes you do. Security, please escort him out of the airport. Next passenger! Your ID please.
Passenger 2: Here you go.
A federal law won't do anything to protect most victims with a legitimate fear for their safety. Abusive spouses and violent classmates will only be subject to state law. The only outcome of this law will be increased surveillance and further limits on speech.
To adolescents, mischief is the greatest motivation for learning. Game cheats and innocent hacking kept me at a PC in my preteens. Explosions and bad smells prepared me for high school chemistry. Let your kids tinker and use their creativity at home and they'll have confidence and passion in the classroom.
I don't know, I think today's best rock music reflects our culture pretty well. Radiohead, DJ Dangermouse, and Trent Reznor have been a much greater threat to the recording industry than the Sex Pistols or independent punk labels ever were. The way popular music is created, distributed, and experienced is dramatically changing. Artists have the opportunity to play a major role in the transformation. Angst and rebellion are not necessarily the same thing.
I wholeheartedly agree. Excel was very useful in undergraduate physics courses (storing observations, simple regression, etc.) I doubt Excel would be sufficient for upper-level/graduate work involving large data sources and complex computation (I wasn't a physics major, but many friends were). I wonder how many of the professors discouraging programming requirements made it through their education and career without the aid of a programming language.
As someone who exercises regularly, how would you rate playing Wii Fit vs cycling or swimming? Is it a just healthier way to spend 30 minutes in front of the TV, or could you substitute a game for a trip to the gym and get similar benefits? I can see it working well for stretching and balance, but I have my doubts about the cardiovascular benefit.
I find the UK legislation scarier than in the US. I like to believe that the US government would be deterred by significant public opposition, and that they're only getting away with it until a public backlash catches up. But the UK government has been successfully rolling out surveillance laws and cases like this against popular opinion.
Even if the submitter was trying to fool the editors it wasn't a very convincing trick. The date appears clear-as-day above the article's headline. The submitter could have just as easily missed the year of the article, but I'd fault the editor for the miss.
12 hours on a single charge and stylus input is nice, but that's a lot of money for a grey-scale display and a short list of supported file types (PDF, HTML, TXT, JPG, BMP, PNG). At 8.5 x 6 x 0.5 inches and nearly one pound it's not that much easier to lug around than a laptop. I'd love to give one a try, but I'll wait until the price dips under $300.
I see a lot posts suggesting you mail or hand-deliver the files on disk. In my experience more data is leaked through lost mail and courier mistakes than by hackers.
After 30 years I'm still mesmerized by the original's intricate models and costumes. Granted, the rubber costumes in the cantina are a bit muppet-esque, but the storm troopers, darth vadar, and droids are still impressive. It's not a digital reproduction of reality, they actually built the ships, droids, and creatures. It's like the chariot race in Ben Hur, the scene is exciting and intense in large part because they were filming an exciting and intense event taking place.
My intuition tells me that concentrating less on driving is dangerous, but MRI images are hardly compelling evidence. Showing a correlation between books on tape and an increase in accidents would be far more valuable. How much does a book on tape increase the chance or accident? Is it negligible or the greatest threat to drivers' safety? This study proves it's one or the other, or somewhere in between.