SCO's claims are bogus and BayStar just wasted their money.
People on/. keep saying this. I'm starting to think that word does not mean what you think it does. While SCO has been nothing but inept in their limited disclosures and have taken the (very) low road in pursuing this, it is still very possible that the lawsuit with IBM may have merit. If it does, this could prove to be a very nice investment. Talk of a pump and dump scheme is extremely unlikely, IMO, and very hard to prove without a smoking gun.
I;ve heard others say great things about expensive fountain pens, but I've worried about flying with them. Can you use them on airplanes? Fountain-like ink pens often leak (quite messy) when dealing with pressure differences seen in airplanes. Sometimes it can ruin a pen.
Well when they realized no one would want to be Jediclorian Sith Toad (and other boring creatures), the probabilities go way up. BTW - The jediclorian sith toad does nothing but live in the swamps of the degoth systems, fishing for minats.
I can't figure it out. I personally think it is possible that some bad code made it into LINUX, and this SGI announcement only solitifies that. SCO is targetting the end user and big iron. If they win their litigation with IBM (not sure why SGI admitted problems, that could expose them?), they may be in relatively good shape, and their stock price may not decline. It is a huge risk, and not at all clear. Stock price is also affected by the economy, which if (lets hope) it improves, then that will surely raise its value. A huge risk that I worry you may regret.
Not to sound insulting, but it may have been a commercial aircraft turning directly toward you from a distance. the lights have very narrow and very bright beams. Sometimes if they are sufficiently far away they look like a single point of light that grows and fades in the same (or nearly the same) spot. Being brighter than mars, jupiter or even venus would not be surprising.
Clearly you weren't in hs/college in the early/mid 90's. Wow, we used to play doom so much, at the time it was the only multiplayer 3d game available. It was so much fun... There weren't billions of games available at the time that could all do this, at the time it was either that or castle wolfenstein (no multiplayer, IIRC).
They should video or snap a photo of each person touching the screen as they vote. Therefore, each vote can be verified easily. Anonymization is maintained as long as the picture only takes a pic of the hand...
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It seems they focused on console games? What about the dragon at the end of dragon's lair (the original)? Or the mother brain from metroid? There were several bosses in ghouls and ghosts that were incredible. Doom II had a great endgame. This is the third or fourth list that/. has posted from these guys and I'm not impressed with their expertise. Sometimes I think they are switching 'popular' with 'good'/'overrated'/etc.
Heh, historically jupiter has been hit by rocky objects that could have been mistaken for planets. The article you link to is awful, and should be modded as funny. Particularly the first sentence of the conclusion, "Let's all keep in mind that NASA has lost two shuttle crews because of its own internal political problems." It is pretty pathetic that the best they can come up with is this.
Take united airlines for example. They filed for bankruptcy and the stock was reduced to penny status (UALAQ). The stock really has no value as UAL has announced that it is going to fold the stock and have a new public offering. At one point a couple of months ago it was down to $0.43/share. Now it is $1.02/share. It has since doubled and there is still no 'real' value in those stocks! At least the SCO case has had value. I think some of the investor optimism comes from past successes by the management team (outside of SCO) and the parent.
I'm not so sure. By selling something on the web through ebay, there is an implied lack of privacy between the parties making the transaction. You need to interact with the buyer, and careful buyers are not going to send money to a completely anonymous source (in the traditional way). As a buyer, I agree, being anonymous may be a nice feature. If you are a buyer and not anonymous, is that a feature or a bug? Either way, should law enforcement have access to the record of these transactions? They can already know that the transaction occurred, because that is public, they just don't know the participating parties. By not having the parties open, it puts a lot of trust into ebay and opens up for the possibility of abuses (by ebay). Personally, since the transactions are already public, I would consider the possibility of doing something counterintuitive, have every transaction be public (including the parties involved). It should then be up to the involved parties to go through an anonymous broker if they are concerned about their privacy. In this framework, ebay cannot commit abuses and the privacy concern rests with the (negotiable) relationship between the seller/buyer and the broker who provides anonynimity (sp?). Then ebay doesn't even need a privacy policy.
While your points are correct, I find that many (including myself) really enjoyed their postdoc experiences. It is alot like graduate school without the deadlines. It is up to you to succeed. There is no pressure, at least in my experience, generally my only drive to get up in the morning is imposed by me. BTW - I think it is clear that this was written by someone bitter about being a postdoc, because the other items on the list are (mostly) bogus.
It boils down to this: The RIAA claims that peer-to-peer is destroying the music industry. However, in my case, peer-to-peer has helped me to buy MORE music.
*No* it doesn't. It boils down to the fact that RIAA holds copyrights and people are trading without permission.
Besides, my argument does hold, because these lawsuits target people who share, not necessarily people who download. If you share music (and are therefore targeted by this), it is equivalent to stealing from a bank or anyone else. I might add that if you have never allowed uploads you would be immune to this action.
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"UCSD" is clearly not an abbreviation of "University of California", so what's the problem?
Huh?
-Sean
SCO's claims are bogus and BayStar just wasted their money.
/. keep saying this. I'm starting to think that word does not mean what you think it does. While SCO has been nothing but inept in their limited disclosures and have taken the (very) low road in pursuing this, it is still very possible that the lawsuit with IBM may have merit. If it does, this could prove to be a very nice investment. Talk of a pump and dump scheme is extremely unlikely, IMO, and very hard to prove without a smoking gun.
People on
-Sean
24ft? 3oz? We should use that material for the space elevator!
-Sean
I;ve heard others say great things about expensive fountain pens, but I've worried about flying with them. Can you use them on airplanes? Fountain-like ink pens often leak (quite messy) when dealing with pressure differences seen in airplanes. Sometimes it can ruin a pen.
-Sean
You are absolutely correct. Except that the University of Florida has every right to limit certain types of traffic on their network.
-Sean
Well when they realized no one would want to be Jediclorian Sith Toad (and other boring creatures), the probabilities go way up. BTW - The jediclorian sith toad does nothing but live in the swamps of the degoth systems, fishing for minats.
-Sean
I can't figure it out. I personally think it is possible that some bad code made it into LINUX, and this SGI announcement only solitifies that. SCO is targetting the end user and big iron. If they win their litigation with IBM (not sure why SGI admitted problems, that could expose them?), they may be in relatively good shape, and their stock price may not decline. It is a huge risk, and not at all clear. Stock price is also affected by the economy, which if (lets hope) it improves, then that will surely raise its value. A huge risk that I worry you may regret.
-Sean
Not to sound insulting, but it may have been a commercial aircraft turning directly toward you from a distance. the lights have very narrow and very bright beams. Sometimes if they are sufficiently far away they look like a single point of light that grows and fades in the same (or nearly the same) spot. Being brighter than mars, jupiter or even venus would not be surprising.
-Sean
The Recording Industry Association of America called Sharman's "newfound admiration for the importance of copyright law" ironic and "self-serving."
And to that Kazaa replied that the RIAA's newfound disrespect for the legal system ironic and self-serving.
-Sean
Clearly you weren't in hs/college in the early/mid 90's. Wow, we used to play doom so much, at the time it was the only multiplayer 3d game available. It was so much fun... There weren't billions of games available at the time that could all do this, at the time it was either that or castle wolfenstein (no multiplayer, IIRC).
-Sean
They should video or snap a photo of each person touching the screen as they vote. Therefore, each vote can be verified easily. Anonymization is maintained as long as the picture only takes a pic of the hand...
-Sean
My reason for contactig you are my concerns...
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Yup, its from
-Sean
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Trust me, I won't sue! (BTW - is it actually possible to *not* continue to use this service without either being required to 1) spell everything correctly or 2) not surf the web? Admins can do it but lay users certainly can't)
-Sean
For starters, sitefinder doesn't find the slashdot site!
/. just fine.
I just tried it and it found
-Sean
It seems they focused on console games? What about the dragon at the end of dragon's lair (the original)? Or the mother brain from metroid? There were several bosses in ghouls and ghosts that were incredible. Doom II had a great endgame. This is the third or fourth list that /. has posted from these guys and I'm not impressed with their expertise. Sometimes I think they are switching 'popular' with 'good'/'overrated'/etc.
-Sean
Heh, historically jupiter has been hit by rocky objects that could have been mistaken for planets. The article you link to is awful, and should be modded as funny. Particularly the first sentence of the conclusion, "Let's all keep in mind that NASA has lost two shuttle crews because of its own internal political problems." It is pretty pathetic that the best they can come up with is this.
-Sean
Take united airlines for example. They filed for bankruptcy and the stock was reduced to penny status (UALAQ). The stock really has no value as UAL has announced that it is going to fold the stock and have a new public offering. At one point a couple of months ago it was down to $0.43/share. Now it is $1.02/share. It has since doubled and there is still no 'real' value in those stocks! At least the SCO case has had value. I think some of the investor optimism comes from past successes by the management team (outside of SCO) and the parent.
-Sean
I'm not so sure. By selling something on the web through ebay, there is an implied lack of privacy between the parties making the transaction. You need to interact with the buyer, and careful buyers are not going to send money to a completely anonymous source (in the traditional way). As a buyer, I agree, being anonymous may be a nice feature. If you are a buyer and not anonymous, is that a feature or a bug? Either way, should law enforcement have access to the record of these transactions? They can already know that the transaction occurred, because that is public, they just don't know the participating parties. By not having the parties open, it puts a lot of trust into ebay and opens up for the possibility of abuses (by ebay). Personally, since the transactions are already public, I would consider the possibility of doing something counterintuitive, have every transaction be public (including the parties involved). It should then be up to the involved parties to go through an anonymous broker if they are concerned about their privacy. In this framework, ebay cannot commit abuses and the privacy concern rests with the (negotiable) relationship between the seller/buyer and the broker who provides anonynimity (sp?). Then ebay doesn't even need a privacy policy.
-Sean
Since he was going to Lindon, Utah on other business
I have a hard time imagining that.
-Sean
While your points are correct, I find that many (including myself) really enjoyed their postdoc experiences. It is alot like graduate school without the deadlines. It is up to you to succeed. There is no pressure, at least in my experience, generally my only drive to get up in the morning is imposed by me. BTW - I think it is clear that this was written by someone bitter about being a postdoc, because the other items on the list are (mostly) bogus.
-Sean
You heard it here first:
When the do not call list takes effect, I predict the reincarnation of the door to door salesman.
(Besides, haven't you always wanted to know what that telemarketer type person on the other end of the line looks like?)
-Sean
The Neoconservative Plan for Global Dominance
/. can't recognize one when they see it.
Jeebus. For being so angry and accusatory toward trolls, I'm suprised that
-Sean
"It's not like we were doing anything illegal," said Torres.
You're plainly a moron.
WTF? This was the parent talking, not the child.
-Sean
Of course I share copies of the music I buy.
Heh. My view is narrow?
-Sean
It boils down to this: The RIAA claims that peer-to-peer is destroying the music industry. However, in my case, peer-to-peer has helped me to buy MORE music.
*No* it doesn't. It boils down to the fact that RIAA holds copyrights and people are trading without permission.
Besides, my argument does hold, because these lawsuits target people who share, not necessarily people who download. If you share music (and are therefore targeted by this), it is equivalent to stealing from a bank or anyone else. I might add that if you have never allowed uploads you would be immune to this action.
-Sean