Australians must be relieved, the government's censorship software is working just fine. Personally, I wanted this experiment to be a complete failure. The fact that censoring the internet is technically feasible is hardly "good" news.
That's a much better critique than the CNET article (and unlike the summary, you spelled dryer correctly). Privacy and lazy consumers aren't the problem. Peak hours are peak hours for a reason, it's when businesses and consumers need energy. I agree with you, local storage would revolutionize the way we use energy. If homes and buildings had energy "reservoirs" the delivery of power could be distributed better and reduce stress on the grid during peak times. It would also make supplemental sources of energy (sun, wind, geothermal, etc) more practical.
I don't usually reply to inflammatory posts, but it's modded +4 Informative right now and I don't have mod points.
First off, Air Force scientists may be very good, but the fact they gave you a fellowship is hardly supporting evidence. Second, just because someone has a degree from a better university doesn't mean they're more qualified for a promotion. Also, the fact that you posted as an AC and use phrases like "typical ghetto high school" makes me suspect you're not the elite DOD researcher you claim to be.
Maybe the Air Force is a color-blind, apolitical organization and NASA's just a bunch of inept liberals, but this reads more like a rant than a compelling argument.
The difference is they're recasting the characters, not creating a new story line with new characters. Actually, I'd prefer if they did the later. Like Star Trek, Futurama's premise could work if told from a different perspective. Imagine the original Star Trek was recast rather than creating the Next Generation? Futurama's intelligent approach to parody is what makes it great. I'd miss Bender and Fry, but not enough to suffer through other actors mimicking their voices.
It could even breath some life into the series, the last two DVD releases felt like the current story-lines were running out of gas (Leela-Fry relationship, Nibbler's true identity, etc). Bender's Game really seemed like the writers out of ideas.
The idea of a "3 strikes" law makes me irate. Murders', rapists', and child molesters' past offenses are assessed during sentencing, but someone selling small quantities of pot is treated like a drug lord for their third offense. Of course, someone with two murder convictions will be sentenced appropriately in most cases. If you need a law that mandates outrageous sentences against the will of judges and juries, the punishment doesn't fit the crime.
Great features and a competitive price, $300 for touch-screen and $400 with keyboard. My only question is, what is an A+ screen? I can't find much information about the display, other than the resolution. The images appear to have a glossy display, that would be a disadvantage in sunlight and for black and white text.
What is it you're trying to accomplish? Non-standard HTML is certainly not a solution for whatever printing problem you're having, and it eliminates the benefits of HTML. Listen to everyone else that's responded. LaTeX solves most gripes people have with word processors, stick with CSS if you have a compelling reason to use HTML, and look into Docbook XML if you're not happy with the first two options.
If you want to use HTML just to prove it can be done, go for it if you think it sounds fun. But if you're serious about using it for publishing, forget it. No one's going to accept a homegrown HTML file for printing.
You can find a list of investors at the WSJ's site. There are a lot of schools, pension plans, and non-profits on the list that were significantly harmed, it's not a simple case of the wealthy stealing from the wealthy.
On a lighter note, Madoff has an impressive Bacon Factor of 1. The actor wouldn't confirm how much he gave Madoff, but let's hope it was way less than the $10 million Zsa Zsa Gabor claims to have lost. I shudder at the thought of the horrible movies a financially desperate Kevin Bacon would churn out.
No one should be held liable for outrageous bills like this. AT&T failed to put reasonable controls in their billing system so customers are alerted when there's an obvious technical error, unauthorized use, or a simple mistake. American Express says my credit line is unlimited, but if I try to spend $100k they will decline the purchase and contact me. If I had a history of paying $100k bills they may allow it. But AT&T allows an account that's never exceeded a few hundred dollars reach $11,000. We all know why, unlike American Express, AT&T doesn't incur $11,000 in expenses so they don't bother doing anything about it.
It doesn't make any sense to me. Most people are unable to pay the bill, and anyone that can afford it has the resources to fight them. Either way, it generates a lot of bad PR and very little revenue. I'm surprised Apple hasn't put more pressure on them, these stories are frequently reported as "man receives $10,000 iPhone bill."
all the episodes of Simon & Simon are available, but only a few Simpsons.
I hope this means that will changes.
Do you hope they add more episodes of the Simpsons or remove some Simon & Simon episodes? Either way, it sounds like a step in the right direction to me.
Well, the one "skill" most people neglect to mention is simply approaching women and asking them out. I'm not saying you should be an ass and hit on every girl you see, but if you respectfully ask if they'd like to go out sometime they'll either be flattered and decline or say yes. You'll get rejected less often if you're honest about who you are and look for someone like yourself. Are you an overweight nerd that's into renaissance fairs? Walk up to the next chubby girl you meet at the fair and ask it she'd like to split a turkey leg.
There's a world of socially awkward women desperate for someone to show some interest in them. Be confident, don't fear rejection, and make the women that show interest in you feel desirable and attractive.
Yep, this was a $40 million leadership failure. They're trying to blame the IT bogeyman, but according to the article a lack of planning and poor leadership was the problem. The fact that it was a software project is irrelevant, they would have been just as inept if they tried to build a bridge or organize a large event.
The project, a public relations embarrassment for the university, was doomed by poor project leadership and planning, bureaucratic infighting and technical complexity... Giroux said earlier planning budget estimates and timelines had to be changed because "we did not have the full picture of how complex this project would be." He noted a state audit in 2007 of troubled information technology projects identified inadequate planning as the source of most problems.
The help desk is a great entry-level position. You have the opportunity to interact with managers and executives, take advantage of it. Develop relationships with everyone you can, learn everything about the environment (applications, servers, business processes), and build a reputation as the company's "computer guru."
Decide what you want to do and don't be shy about discussing your goals while you're unjamming the VP's printer. When he/she asks how you're doing tell them "a little tired, I was up all night studying for my Oracle certification." Then apply your skills in your current role, even if it means working late. Do users have trouble keeping track of their database passwords? Develop something that applies their password changes to every system. When a position opens, you'll have a leg up on external candidates with more experience.
The GP is a dumb-ass troll, but the comment offers insight into a popular and misguided sentiment among Americans. Iranians, and Iraqis for that matter, aren't backward Muslim extremists hell-bent on spreading their ideology. Despite major political corruption and constant meddling by Cold War powers, until the 1970s Iran was everything the West wants it to be today. Talk to Iranian ex-patriots, they embrace democratic principals, they're well educated, and they have a progressive view of how their faith fits in with the modern world. Just like terrorism fuels negative attitudes towards Muslims in the West, supporting tyrannical leaders empowers anti-Western leaders in the Middle East.
Even today, the West's "allies" are rules by kings and military dictators. Support the democratic process and those brave enough to fight for it. If they choose Muslim law, that's their choice. Put your energy into supporting fair elections and freedom of expression instead imposing your will and a better government will blossom. Just imagine the backlash if a Middle East country dictated who was elected as President of the US.
Thank you for such an informative and helpful post, obviously you've been contributing to this cause long before it hit/. We're always griping about threats to free speech and fair elections, but here's something a person with some technical skill can do to combat it.
Also, this has nothing to do with the election results. Even if Ahmadinejad received more votes, silencing the opposition is a major injustice. The fact that everyday joes can thwart his efforts with a PC and internet connection is pretty amazing. The power of the Internet has been subject to a lot of hyperbole and BS, but this is an example of how it really does change history.
I missed the word "wind" in the summary and thought they had developed a current turbine. Ocean currents have incredible potential, but maintenance challenges make underwater turbines impractical today. But unlike wind and solar power, ocean currents and waves could actually displace fossil fuel as a primary source of energy.
Don't forget, the only reason you care about things like stability and security is because the owner cares. Your job may be on the line, but it's his/her company at risk. Before you roll out a new policy or project, make sure the boss understands how it benefits the organization. Based on my experience, IT changes should be communicated by someone with authority. You'll encounter far less resistance when users understand that you're implementing a company initiative and not just acting on a whim.
I would say that's an indication of the brand's success. Without Cars your only option may have been Thomas the Train or Diego, and that $5 billion in revenue would be in another company's pockets. (Thomas and Diego may very well be owned by Disney, but you get the point)
US box office gross is an afterthought. Cars, for example, grossed over $461million worldwide, made a fortune in DVD sales, and made over $5 billion in merchandising, according to the article. Disney's $120 million investment returned over $5.5 billion, I doubt they're losing any sleep over The Fast and the Furious' $80 million budget.
I give Disney/Pixar credit for releasing imaginative films like WALL-E and Up knowing they'd make far less in merchandising and DVD sales. They would be crazy (incompetent in the eyes of their investors) if they failed to produce films capable of generating billions in revenue. And who's to say the sequels will be any worse than the originals? Toy Story 2 was one of Pixar's better films.
Firefox has earned a lot of goodwill among the general population, but it's probably nearing a plateau in terms of brand recognition and new users. MS is starting to close the gap in features and security perception, so now is the time for FF to make some inroads in the enterprise software market. Users migrated to FF because they were dissatisfied with IE. If Modzilla solves shortcomings in IE for businesses and organizations they'll make some traction. If everyone's generally happy with IE, I don't see any new features that will compel them to invest in the change.
I do see a lot of companies using login scripts to control IE settings, and Active Directory's group policies tend to be an all-or-none (no plug-ins or all plug-ins, can't change homepage or can change it to anything, etc.) so there may be a few things Mozilla can improve on.
In exchange for some pre-election posturing they're willing to eliminate jobs in one of the few growing industries. Not only does it discourage today's game publishers from investing in Germany, they also lose out on the new companies that spring up around the talent they're forcing out of the country.
I had a similar experience at a mall when I was a kid, in a Sears I think. There had been computers on the shelves of Radio Shacks and electronics stores like "Crazy" Eddies (showing my age) for years. But those machines drew about as much attention as a typewriter. The Macintosh displayed the Mona Lisa created in MacPaint, and people gathered around it in amazement. It may not have been a significant application in business or entertainment, but it demonstrated everything revolutionary about personal computers like no other application. Users saw pictures instead of monochromatic words, the program was controlled without a keyboard, windows and icons made it seem intuitive and approachable, unlike cryptic text commands.
For everyday people in the suburbs, it was a glimpse of the computing experience that would become ubiquitous in the next 10-15 years. The people crowded around weren't awed by the pictures on the screen, they were amazed by how powerful home computers were becoming. They studied me and my friends playing around, looking for clues to what exactly we could do with it.
Frankly, it was a profound experience. Those machines soon replaced bank tellers with computer screens, letters with email, encyclopedias with Google, and on and on. For a lot of us in middle-America, that possibility first dawned on us when we saw MacPaint 25 years ago.
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Australians must be relieved, the government's censorship software is working just fine. Personally, I wanted this experiment to be a complete failure. The fact that censoring the internet is technically feasible is hardly "good" news.
That's a much better critique than the CNET article (and unlike the summary, you spelled dryer correctly). Privacy and lazy consumers aren't the problem. Peak hours are peak hours for a reason, it's when businesses and consumers need energy. I agree with you, local storage would revolutionize the way we use energy. If homes and buildings had energy "reservoirs" the delivery of power could be distributed better and reduce stress on the grid during peak times. It would also make supplemental sources of energy (sun, wind, geothermal, etc) more practical.
I don't usually reply to inflammatory posts, but it's modded +4 Informative right now and I don't have mod points.
First off, Air Force scientists may be very good, but the fact they gave you a fellowship is hardly supporting evidence. Second, just because someone has a degree from a better university doesn't mean they're more qualified for a promotion. Also, the fact that you posted as an AC and use phrases like "typical ghetto high school" makes me suspect you're not the elite DOD researcher you claim to be.
Maybe the Air Force is a color-blind, apolitical organization and NASA's just a bunch of inept liberals, but this reads more like a rant than a compelling argument.
The difference is they're recasting the characters, not creating a new story line with new characters. Actually, I'd prefer if they did the later. Like Star Trek, Futurama's premise could work if told from a different perspective. Imagine the original Star Trek was recast rather than creating the Next Generation? Futurama's intelligent approach to parody is what makes it great. I'd miss Bender and Fry, but not enough to suffer through other actors mimicking their voices.
It could even breath some life into the series, the last two DVD releases felt like the current story-lines were running out of gas (Leela-Fry relationship, Nibbler's true identity, etc). Bender's Game really seemed like the writers out of ideas.
The idea of a "3 strikes" law makes me irate. Murders', rapists', and child molesters' past offenses are assessed during sentencing, but someone selling small quantities of pot is treated like a drug lord for their third offense. Of course, someone with two murder convictions will be sentenced appropriately in most cases. If you need a law that mandates outrageous sentences against the will of judges and juries, the punishment doesn't fit the crime.
Great features and a competitive price, $300 for touch-screen and $400 with keyboard. My only question is, what is an A+ screen? I can't find much information about the display, other than the resolution. The images appear to have a glossy display, that would be a disadvantage in sunlight and for black and white text.
What is it you're trying to accomplish? Non-standard HTML is certainly not a solution for whatever printing problem you're having, and it eliminates the benefits of HTML. Listen to everyone else that's responded. LaTeX solves most gripes people have with word processors, stick with CSS if you have a compelling reason to use HTML, and look into Docbook XML if you're not happy with the first two options.
If you want to use HTML just to prove it can be done, go for it if you think it sounds fun. But if you're serious about using it for publishing, forget it. No one's going to accept a homegrown HTML file for printing.
You can find a list of investors at the WSJ's site. There are a lot of schools, pension plans, and non-profits on the list that were significantly harmed, it's not a simple case of the wealthy stealing from the wealthy.
On a lighter note, Madoff has an impressive Bacon Factor of 1. The actor wouldn't confirm how much he gave Madoff, but let's hope it was way less than the $10 million Zsa Zsa Gabor claims to have lost. I shudder at the thought of the horrible movies a financially desperate Kevin Bacon would churn out.
No one should be held liable for outrageous bills like this. AT&T failed to put reasonable controls in their billing system so customers are alerted when there's an obvious technical error, unauthorized use, or a simple mistake. American Express says my credit line is unlimited, but if I try to spend $100k they will decline the purchase and contact me. If I had a history of paying $100k bills they may allow it. But AT&T allows an account that's never exceeded a few hundred dollars reach $11,000. We all know why, unlike American Express, AT&T doesn't incur $11,000 in expenses so they don't bother doing anything about it.
It doesn't make any sense to me. Most people are unable to pay the bill, and anyone that can afford it has the resources to fight them. Either way, it generates a lot of bad PR and very little revenue. I'm surprised Apple hasn't put more pressure on them, these stories are frequently reported as "man receives $10,000 iPhone bill."
all the episodes of Simon & Simon are available, but only a few Simpsons. I hope this means that will changes.
Do you hope they add more episodes of the Simpsons or remove some Simon & Simon episodes? Either way, it sounds like a step in the right direction to me.
I'd say don't ask others to lower their standards for you and you'll never have a problem ;)
Well, the one "skill" most people neglect to mention is simply approaching women and asking them out. I'm not saying you should be an ass and hit on every girl you see, but if you respectfully ask if they'd like to go out sometime they'll either be flattered and decline or say yes. You'll get rejected less often if you're honest about who you are and look for someone like yourself. Are you an overweight nerd that's into renaissance fairs? Walk up to the next chubby girl you meet at the fair and ask it she'd like to split a turkey leg.
There's a world of socially awkward women desperate for someone to show some interest in them. Be confident, don't fear rejection, and make the women that show interest in you feel desirable and attractive.
The help desk is a great entry-level position. You have the opportunity to interact with managers and executives, take advantage of it. Develop relationships with everyone you can, learn everything about the environment (applications, servers, business processes), and build a reputation as the company's "computer guru."
Decide what you want to do and don't be shy about discussing your goals while you're unjamming the VP's printer. When he/she asks how you're doing tell them "a little tired, I was up all night studying for my Oracle certification." Then apply your skills in your current role, even if it means working late. Do users have trouble keeping track of their database passwords? Develop something that applies their password changes to every system. When a position opens, you'll have a leg up on external candidates with more experience.
The GP is a dumb-ass troll, but the comment offers insight into a popular and misguided sentiment among Americans. Iranians, and Iraqis for that matter, aren't backward Muslim extremists hell-bent on spreading their ideology. Despite major political corruption and constant meddling by Cold War powers, until the 1970s Iran was everything the West wants it to be today. Talk to Iranian ex-patriots, they embrace democratic principals, they're well educated, and they have a progressive view of how their faith fits in with the modern world. Just like terrorism fuels negative attitudes towards Muslims in the West, supporting tyrannical leaders empowers anti-Western leaders in the Middle East.
Even today, the West's "allies" are rules by kings and military dictators. Support the democratic process and those brave enough to fight for it. If they choose Muslim law, that's their choice. Put your energy into supporting fair elections and freedom of expression instead imposing your will and a better government will blossom. Just imagine the backlash if a Middle East country dictated who was elected as President of the US.
Thank you for such an informative and helpful post, obviously you've been contributing to this cause long before it hit /. We're always griping about threats to free speech and fair elections, but here's something a person with some technical skill can do to combat it.
Also, this has nothing to do with the election results. Even if Ahmadinejad received more votes, silencing the opposition is a major injustice. The fact that everyday joes can thwart his efforts with a PC and internet connection is pretty amazing. The power of the Internet has been subject to a lot of hyperbole and BS, but this is an example of how it really does change history.
I missed the word "wind" in the summary and thought they had developed a current turbine. Ocean currents have incredible potential, but maintenance challenges make underwater turbines impractical today. But unlike wind and solar power, ocean currents and waves could actually displace fossil fuel as a primary source of energy.
Yeah, they should have just put the song on a Russian MP3 site and sued them for $1.65 trillion
Don't forget, the only reason you care about things like stability and security is because the owner cares. Your job may be on the line, but it's his/her company at risk. Before you roll out a new policy or project, make sure the boss understands how it benefits the organization. Based on my experience, IT changes should be communicated by someone with authority. You'll encounter far less resistance when users understand that you're implementing a company initiative and not just acting on a whim.
I would say that's an indication of the brand's success. Without Cars your only option may have been Thomas the Train or Diego, and that $5 billion in revenue would be in another company's pockets. (Thomas and Diego may very well be owned by Disney, but you get the point)
US box office gross is an afterthought. Cars, for example, grossed over $461million worldwide, made a fortune in DVD sales, and made over $5 billion in merchandising, according to the article. Disney's $120 million investment returned over $5.5 billion, I doubt they're losing any sleep over The Fast and the Furious' $80 million budget.
I give Disney/Pixar credit for releasing imaginative films like WALL-E and Up knowing they'd make far less in merchandising and DVD sales. They would be crazy (incompetent in the eyes of their investors) if they failed to produce films capable of generating billions in revenue. And who's to say the sequels will be any worse than the originals? Toy Story 2 was one of Pixar's better films.
Firefox has earned a lot of goodwill among the general population, but it's probably nearing a plateau in terms of brand recognition and new users. MS is starting to close the gap in features and security perception, so now is the time for FF to make some inroads in the enterprise software market. Users migrated to FF because they were dissatisfied with IE. If Modzilla solves shortcomings in IE for businesses and organizations they'll make some traction. If everyone's generally happy with IE, I don't see any new features that will compel them to invest in the change.
I do see a lot of companies using login scripts to control IE settings, and Active Directory's group policies tend to be an all-or-none (no plug-ins or all plug-ins, can't change homepage or can change it to anything, etc.) so there may be a few things Mozilla can improve on.
In exchange for some pre-election posturing they're willing to eliminate jobs in one of the few growing industries. Not only does it discourage today's game publishers from investing in Germany, they also lose out on the new companies that spring up around the talent they're forcing out of the country.
>The wealthy person who gets a kick out of buying this will surely know a thing or two about mice.
No, they know a thing or two about business. They probably know feck all about mice, and leave that to us penniless geeks :o)
Oh, if that's true then I'm disappointed it's not a serial mouse with a single button ;)
I had a similar experience at a mall when I was a kid, in a Sears I think. There had been computers on the shelves of Radio Shacks and electronics stores like "Crazy" Eddies (showing my age) for years. But those machines drew about as much attention as a typewriter. The Macintosh displayed the Mona Lisa created in MacPaint, and people gathered around it in amazement. It may not have been a significant application in business or entertainment, but it demonstrated everything revolutionary about personal computers like no other application. Users saw pictures instead of monochromatic words, the program was controlled without a keyboard, windows and icons made it seem intuitive and approachable, unlike cryptic text commands.
For everyday people in the suburbs, it was a glimpse of the computing experience that would become ubiquitous in the next 10-15 years. The people crowded around weren't awed by the pictures on the screen, they were amazed by how powerful home computers were becoming. They studied me and my friends playing around, looking for clues to what exactly we could do with it.
Frankly, it was a profound experience. Those machines soon replaced bank tellers with computer screens, letters with email, encyclopedias with Google, and on and on. For a lot of us in middle-America, that possibility first dawned on us when we saw MacPaint 25 years ago.