People use the moons orbit as a benchmark for closeness. This guy was 1.2 times distant the moons orbit. Remember, this is going to happen *a lot* and only a small fraction of the observations are really going to be worrisome. And besides, even if this rock did hit earth the probability that it would hit something important is small. Tsunami would be the biggest worry I think.
-Sean
Re:Anyone up for Zork: The Movie?
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Resident Evil
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· Score: 2
The perfect Zork movie would consist of:
Opening Credits, short scrolling synapsis, Closing credits
You could also image doing this with regular any noise and random observations. Like solar observations, for instance or other space observations. Could even be based on traffic to specific web sites....
(Slightly OT) The problem with the i830M often lies in the vendor bios. A good summary of a potential solution (and further problems) is the linux w/ the dell c400:
If, however, Microsoft are severely penalised, the IT industry is very likely to decline, as there is at the moment a large dependency on Microsoft in the IT industry. And there is no point denying it.
This is incorrect. What you should say is that the tech sector of the stock market might decline in the short term. The industry itself would most certainly not decline, especially since so many companies are looking for ways to make money. Kill the king and the peasants will plunder the riches.
The interface could be plugged in much like a Unix interface. I remember they had a win 3.1 interface that made OS/2 look exactly like windows 3.1!(?) Also, the default interface, being totally object oriented, was infinitely configurable. True oo is really cool for an interface, things can be put anywhere and configured anyway you like!
The other day/. posted that netscape 6 is supposedly spyware. one poster replied that He was going to screw up the spyware system by searching google for "CROSSDRESSING MONKEY PORNO" a bunch. I replied with a physical link for search google for this. Sometime later an anonymous coward posted that the/. article had become the #1 result for those search words. It has since fallen back to the original results, but it shows that google can be tampered with using lots of hits.
But these posts on/. today can argue all they want, but IMO Google's results are qualitatively more relavent than altavista. So if this is going to be problem, we haven't seen it yet.
Piss off. Did you even read my post? I didn't say it wasn't *true*, Duh. All I said was that it was mighty *convenient*./. could've easily changed this in their posting guidelines.
I really don't want to sound like a dick. (CmdrTaco & Hemos: I love/. think mostly everything you said is correct) BUT, that said, I find it pretty convenient that no one can mirror slashdot comments because of copyright issues with the poster:
hemos_ I cannot grant him permission to repost the comments.
CmdrTaco We don't have the right to give people permission to repost comments.
This is a bit like saying that we support things being open and free, *BUT* it is really impossible to make it so because we created the rules so that only we can host them. Why don't you say that/. mirrors are illegal and we don't like them because they threaten our livelihood?
I can't believe that no one has mentioned PNAS, the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences. If you say it really fast during talks you can get some inquisitive looks, but no one dares smile.
While I tend to think Flash sites are overdone, I do think that flash is useful. I wish, however, that there was a more open standard for developing flash-like functionality. Kind of like a postscript versus pdf. There aren't many non-commercial options when trying to develop this kind of functionality. Macromedia might want to rule the world, but they probably shouldn't.
We all knew it had to be coming. The question is, what would have worked better: 1) Building a volunteer subscription system and toting is features. 'OR' 2) Just opening a pay-pal account and asking for donations. It worked for laid off tod. Oh yeah, but he wasn't publically traded...
I think we can sum up the solution to this debate relatively easily:
Babies free from disease == Good
Babies who look like Arnold Schwartzenegger and Maria Shriver == Bad
-Sean
Why Lindows may not work
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· Score: 5, Insightful
Unfortunately, history has told Lindows a bit, but I'm not sure they listened. Hardware compatibility issues aside, IBM OS/2 had a great platform for running windows, unix (with some free software) and os/2 apps all on the same box at the same time. It was awesome, 32 bit pre-emptive multitasking running 16bit windows apps. If an app crashes, just ctrl-esc and kill it. Unfortunately, IBM practically couldn't give it away. It didn't take.
If people want to run windows apps they are going to choose windows. If they do run Lindows, Lindows itself will not be able to keep up with changes microsoft implements just to cost companies like lindows money.
I am not a huge anime fan. I've seen Akira, Ghost in the Shell, but thats about it. Over the past couple years I've been getting into it more because, in the bay area, KTEH pbs channel 54 (broadcast, dunno for cable) shows pretty good anime on Sunday nights at 9 or 9:30pm. All unedited, they've shown Evangelion, some Dirty Pair series and another one I can't remember.
Anyways, if you are in the Bay Area and want to get into Anime this is a pretty cool place to start.
I hate to say it, but now that my server logs are constantly filled up with infected machines calling out with their infected packets, I must question why M$ isn't liable for damages done by their security holes? Viruses are expensive, whether they are.NET viruses, outlook viruses or IIE viruses. They should be held accountable.
1) Bill the horse. One of my favorite characters from the book is undoubtedly cut to shreds by the film. I don't know why they even bothered including the five-second scene of Sam and Bill. Maybe simple nostalgia from Jackson and possibly trying to give Sam some type of emotional grounding since his only other character scene was dancing with Lucy in the first moments in Hobbiton.
Am I the only one who found the inclusion of that scene kind of ridiculous. To my recollection, there were numerous other scenes before that that clearly showed bill not with the party. I can't remember the book, but it seems to me that Bill came from the shire. He wasn't on the boat (fleeing from the wraiths), he wasn't on weathertop, etc. Did he come from bilbo?
Uh, I agree/. is not a normal news organization. But they play the part and they are certainly revered as such. Just because they don't have reporters doesn't mean they don't have responsibility to their millions of readers.
Besides, according to Numerous sources the average salary in Afghanistan is on the order of $10-20 USD equiv per month.
I haven't felt this way before, but this is the first article I have really wanted to see withdrawn from slashdot. It scares me that a news orginization with the readership of its magnitude could post this crap.
Slashdot Mirror
People use the moons orbit as a benchmark for closeness. This guy was 1.2 times distant the moons orbit. Remember, this is going to happen *a lot* and only a small fraction of the observations are really going to be worrisome. And besides, even if this rock did hit earth the probability that it would hit something important is small. Tsunami would be the biggest worry I think.
-Sean
The perfect Zork movie would consist of:
Opening Credits, short scrolling synapsis, Closing credits
-Sean
You could also image doing this with regular any noise and random observations. Like solar observations, for instance or other space observations. Could even be based on traffic to specific web sites....
-Sean
Jeez, as if Microsoft has never broken the rules before....
*cough*hypo*choke*crites*cough*
-Sean
(Slightly OT) The problem with the i830M often lies in the vendor bios. A good summary of a potential solution (and further problems) is the linux w/ the dell c400:
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/linux/c400.html
Hope this helps.
-Sean
If, however, Microsoft are severely penalised, the IT industry is very likely to decline, as there is at the moment a large dependency on Microsoft in the IT industry. And there is no point denying it.
This is incorrect. What you should say is that the tech sector of the stock market might decline in the short term. The industry itself would most certainly not decline, especially since so many companies are looking for ways to make money. Kill the king and the peasants will plunder the riches.
-Sean
The interface could be plugged in much like a Unix interface. I remember they had a win 3.1 interface that made OS/2 look exactly like windows 3.1!(?) Also, the default interface, being totally object oriented, was infinitely configurable. True oo is really cool for an interface, things can be put anywhere and configured anyway you like!
-Sean
Here's a very relavant /. example:
/. posted that netscape 6 is supposedly spyware. one poster replied that /. article had become the #1 result for those search words. It has since fallen back to the original results, but it shows that google can be tampered with using lots of hits.
/. today can argue all they want, but IMO Google's results are qualitatively more relavent than altavista. So if this is going to be problem, we haven't seen it yet.
The other day
He was going to screw up the spyware system by searching google for "CROSSDRESSING MONKEY PORNO" a bunch. I replied with a physical link for search google for this. Sometime later an anonymous coward posted that the
But these posts on
-Sean
Here's the link for that:
Google Search: Crossdressing Monkey Porno
Just doing my part. (I think its funny how google suggests that I meant porn. Anyway,
shouldn't that be pr0n?)
-Sean
Piss off. Did you even read my post? I didn't say it wasn't *true*, Duh. All I said was that it was mighty *convenient*. /. could've easily changed this in their posting guidelines.
-Sean
I really don't want to sound like a dick. (CmdrTaco & Hemos: I love /. think mostly everything you said is correct) BUT, that said, I find it pretty convenient that no one can mirror slashdot comments because of copyright issues with the poster:
/. mirrors are illegal and we don't like them because they threaten our livelihood?
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hemos_ I cannot grant him permission to repost the comments.
CmdrTaco We don't have the right to give people permission to repost comments.
This is a bit like saying that we support things being open and free, *BUT* it is really impossible to make it so because we created the rules so that only we can host them. Why don't you say that
Just my
-Sean
I can't believe that no one has mentioned PNAS, the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences. If you say it really fast during talks you can get some inquisitive looks, but no one dares smile.
-Sean
While I tend to think Flash sites are overdone, I do think that flash is useful. I wish, however, that there was a more open standard for developing flash-like functionality. Kind of like a postscript versus pdf. There aren't many non-commercial options when trying to develop this kind of functionality. Macromedia might want to rule the world, but they probably shouldn't.
-Sean
One acre of forest: $25,000
Three lumberjacks and a Mill worker: $125,000/year
Machine for Laser Identifying Paper Quality: $250,000
Wiping your ass with the finest toilet paper ever made: priceless
We all knew it had to be coming. The question is, what would have worked better: 1) Building a volunteer subscription system and toting is features. 'OR' 2) Just opening a pay-pal account and asking for donations. It worked for laid off tod. Oh yeah, but he wasn't publically traded...
-Sean
For you and your families sake, I really hope you are a troll.
-Sean
I think we can sum up the solution to this debate relatively easily:
Babies free from disease == Good
Babies who look like Arnold Schwartzenegger and Maria Shriver == Bad
-Sean
Unfortunately, history has told Lindows a bit, but I'm not sure they listened. Hardware compatibility issues aside, IBM OS/2 had a great platform for running windows, unix (with some free software) and os/2 apps all on the same box at the same time. It was awesome, 32 bit pre-emptive multitasking running 16bit windows apps. If an app crashes, just ctrl-esc and kill it. Unfortunately, IBM practically couldn't give it away. It didn't take.
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If people want to run windows apps they are going to choose windows. If they do run Lindows, Lindows itself will not be able to keep up with changes microsoft implements just to cost companies like lindows money.
Just my
-Sean
I am not a huge anime fan. I've seen Akira, Ghost in the Shell, but thats about it. Over the past couple years I've been getting into it more because, in the bay area, KTEH pbs channel 54 (broadcast, dunno for cable) shows pretty good anime on Sunday nights at 9 or 9:30pm. All unedited, they've shown Evangelion, some Dirty Pair series and another one I can't remember.
Anyways, if you are in the Bay Area and want to get into Anime this is a pretty cool place to start.
-Sean
I hate to say it, but now that my server logs are constantly filled up with infected machines calling out with their infected packets, I must question why M$ isn't liable for damages done by their security holes? Viruses are expensive, whether they are .NET viruses, outlook viruses or IIE viruses. They should be held accountable.
-Sean
1) Bill the horse. One of my favorite characters from the book is undoubtedly cut to shreds by the film. I don't know why they even bothered including the five-second scene of Sam and Bill. Maybe simple nostalgia from Jackson and possibly trying to give Sam some type of emotional grounding since his only other character scene was dancing with Lucy in the first moments in Hobbiton.
Am I the only one who found the inclusion of that scene kind of ridiculous. To my recollection, there were numerous other scenes before that that clearly showed bill not with the party. I can't remember the book, but it seems to me that Bill came from the shire. He wasn't on the boat (fleeing from the wraiths), he wasn't on weathertop, etc. Did he come from bilbo?
-Sean
I can't believe the number of so-called "fans" that can't even spell his name.
... )
Hey cyberkrieger,
Who peed in your cheerios?
-Sean (heh, heh
Hello... hello? Slashdot? Could this be the last slashdot story ever?
-Sean
Uh, I agree /. is not a normal news organization. But they play the part and they are certainly revered as such. Just because they don't have reporters doesn't mean they don't have responsibility to their millions of readers.
Besides, according to Numerous sources the average salary in Afghanistan is on the order of $10-20 USD equiv per month.
I haven't felt this way before, but this is the first article I have really wanted to see withdrawn from slashdot. It scares me that a news orginization with the readership of its magnitude could post this crap.
-Sean