My grandmother actually lived her whole adult life on only 3 hours a night. She went to bed at 2am every night, and work up at 5am. It was crazy, and not at all what she wanted - however, she was not an insomniac nor was she tired throughout the day. She visited several specialists, but no one knew why she didn't need to sleep... man, I wish I inherited that.
Really smart actually. The congress can pass laws to their heart content, but the executive branch cannot implement them because the president has forbidden them to (so much for Bush being a stumbling moronic cretin by the way).
He didn't invent this practice, so don't give him so much credit. Also, it is incredibly un-democratic for a single ruler to be able to manipulate the law to the extent that Bush has. Here are some sample statements he added from the Boston Globe. If these don't make your blood boil, you truely are a moron - or really believe that Bush is the incarnation of Jesus.
March 9: Justice Department officials must give reports to Congress by certain dates on how the FBI is using the USA Patriot Act to search homes and secretly seize papers.
Bush's signing statement: The president can order Justice Department officials to withhold any information from Congress if he decides it could impair national security or executive branch operations.
Dec. 30, 2005: US interrogators cannot torture prisoners or otherwise subject them to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.
Bush's signing statement: The president, as commander in chief, can waive the torture ban if he decides that harsh interrogation techniques will assist in preventing terrorist attacks.
Dec. 30: When requested, scientific information ''prepared by government researchers and scientists shall be transmitted [to Congress] uncensored and without delay."
Bush's signing statement: The president can tell researchers to withhold any information from Congress if he decides its disclosure could impair foreign relations, national security, or the workings of the executive branch.
Aug. 8: The Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its contractors may not fire or otherwise punish an employee whistle-blower who tells Congress about possible wrongdoing.
Bush's signing statement: The president or his appointees will determine whether employees of the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission can give information to Congress.
Dec. 23, 2004: Forbids US troops in Colombia from participating in any combat against rebels, except in cases of self-defense. Caps the number of US troops allowed in Colombia at 800.
Bush's signing statement: Only the president, as commander in chief, can place restrictions on the use of US armed forces, so the executive branch will construe the law ''as advisory in nature."
Dec. 17: The new national intelligence director shall recruit and train women and minorities to be spies, analysts, and translators in order to ensure diversity in the intelligence community.
Bush's signing statement: The executive branch shall construe the law in a manner consistent with a constitutional clause guaranteeing ''equal protection" for all. (In 2003, the Bush administration argued against race-conscious affirmative-action programs in a Supreme Court case. The court rejected Bush's view.)
Oct. 29: Defense Department personnel are prohibited from interfering with the ability of military lawyers to give independent legal advice to their commanders.
Bush's signing statement: All military attorneys are bound to follow legal conclusions reached by the administration's lawyers in the Justice Department and the Pentagon when giving advice to their commanders.
Aug. 5: The military cannot add to its files any illegally gathered intelligence, including information obtained about Americans in violation of the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches.
Bush's signing statement: Only the president, as commander in chief, can tell the military whether or not it can use any specific piece of intelligence.
Nov. 6, 2003: US officials in Iraq cannot prevent an inspector general for the Coalition Provisional Authority from carrying out any investigation. The inspector general must tell Congress if officials refuse to cooperate with his inquiries.
I did a amateur survey and found that 10 out of 10 union members didn't know jack about the NAFTA Super Highway, nor about the DHS-Maritime Infrastructure Recovery Program, nor about the union-busting regs set forth by the US Labor Relations Board! This populace is truly screwed.....
But Fox News didn't mention any of that stuff - neither did Rush! I'm afraid you must, therefore, be mistaken. Nothing to see here...
That said, it wasn't really news to anyone who follows this type of stuff.
Nothing on here is ever news to anyone who follows the specific topic. Its already been published by some other source first, and fans will know already. But so what?
Did you even take 3 seconds to click on the Frappr link in my post? I guess not.
I did... big deal? I clicked on a beta implementation of a beta project that was likely slashdoted. The slowest thing for me was load-time. You're comparing apples to oranges here. I'm comparing http://maps.google.com/ with http://maps.yahoo.com/ which is what 99% of people out there care about too.
My point is that on average, Google's local search is more accurate than Yahoo!, and it also provides the locations of the objects with a better interface in my opinion.
This is quite a different statement from your original:
Oh and lastly, the "search this map" function in yahoo! maps is a joke and hardly works at all.
First of all, Yahoo! Maps is flash based and doesn't even work properly across all platforms. Only recently has it started working in Linux. 64 bit? Forget it.
You say "it's in flash" like thats such a horrible thing. I don't care if its AJAXy-goodness or flash. It works on most computers. Anyway, lest we forget it is still in beta? And, like, 6 months old at that?
Secondly, even on the platforms where it does work, it is HORRENDOUSLY SLOW compared to Google Maps.
This is not my experience at all lately. It was slow about 3 months ago, but have you tried it recently? I use it because its actually faster than google.
Also, the maps on yahoo! maps are just plain ugly at a lot of zoom levels, and they don't have anywhere near as much sat. imagery at the deep zoom in levels (my city is totally missing, it's all there on Google).
That is unfortunate for you, but actually yahoo's zoom is better. Why? Because when you get to a certain level of detail it doesn't use sat imagery... it actually uses higher-def aerial photography.
Oh and lastly, the "search this map" function in yahoo! maps is a joke and hardly works at all.
Once again, you sound like a google fan-boy. Google's "search this map" thing isn't great either. Case-in-point: yesterday I was over Kansas City, searching for the Sprint Corportation. Although it was labeled "Sprint Corportation", and on my current map, did google find it? Nope. Not under any variation. Yahoo did.
Don't worry, the Rapture will come way before global warming kicks in. Its coming soon... anytime now... just a few more moments... hold on... it's a comin'... Oh! Is it now? I can feel it! No, no wait... that's just gas.
But, please, at least call him what he is and stop throwing around religious ideas when it has nothing to do with the truth: he's incompetent to lead, not inherently evil.
You seem to think there's a difference? "Evil" is action, not motive. Even motived by a desire for "good" action can be evil. It reminds me of my favorite Adam Smith quote: "Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience." Meaning that one never feels bad for being too virtuous, so its potential for evil is worse.
Well, as long as we're talking about violations of due process, judges should be required to inform juries of their right to nullify. Above I was meaning of removing juries for civil cases.
Or we could abolish the jury system, replace them with educated panels of judges--experts in their areas (think Patent Courts)... oh wait, did I say that out loud?
Understandable. But I also like being able to use artifacts without having to wonder if they still work. My personal belief is that, when JDK 7 adds support for scripting languages and a compiler API/hooks, Java as a language will slowly be replaced by task-specific ones, becoming just a really good JVM. Use the language you want (like.NET is supposed to be). The fact that JRuby has been brought on by Sun is a step into this direction.
This is like saying that a human's appendix is the result of bad design, and nature should have thought it through better, because its mostly useless now. Its just an artifact of evolution, just like Java's old collections. I think Sun has done a pretty decent job of retrofitting their old utilities into the collections framework, and then into the new generics framework.
That article you cite is over 3 years old! Sure, mistakes have been made, but EJB3 is sooo much better than anything out there for what it does - and I am also a Rails developer (its all fun until you try and use it for legacy databases, deploy it, or maintain it).
120 features get mapped into a feature vector, effectively pinpointing a position in 120 dimensional space. All of the other images are indexed in the space, and it's a simple nearest-neighbor search to find the best matches. The interesting thing here is that funky things happen to space when you are in very high dimensions, and without creative indexing, it may be just as quick to do a scan and compare against the whole database. Obviously, not optimal. That's what they mean by "simple", since some multimedia search systems deal with indexes of thousands of features - thousands of dimensions.
That's because if you hack a Linux box all you get is control a system that belongs to some 28 year old guy who lives in his aunts basement. [citation needed]
The value in finding security holes in a Windows box is that there are millions that can be turned into zombies to be used to crank out spam or worse. There is no money in hacking Linux. [citation needed]
Most of the holes found in Windows come from Linux hackers who rarely take a look at their own OS. While there are many secure features in a standard Linux distro most sysadmins never address them. [citation needed]
The way most people implement Linux is like parking an armored car outside of the bank but leaving the doors open. [citation needed]
Just because you say it in a expert tone, does not make it credible or correct.
I'm afriad I don't have much experience with styles, beyond the standard ones (header, etc). My formatting is of the more manual variety. I don't really see where in Writely one may manage styles, if at all.
My only thought is why would google spend $1.6 billion on a company that will face legal doom, when they could have spent $5 Million producing a web application and convinced the MPAA/RIAA that google-tube was the best place for them to have their videos and they should sue YouTube?
Uh, they did develop their own app, but no one went there. They want the people to advertise to, thats all. If they have an even larger audience, their ad revenue will increase across the board.
I wouldn't worry about Google getting sued. Why? Because 5 parent companies (GE, Time/Warner, Disney, Viacom, News Corp) control most of that content anyway. They need to make deals with those companines, and then swat at the smaller ones. YouTube wasn't doing so well because of the bandwidth cost. Bandwidth is one thing that Google has plenty of, and is cheap (for them).
You make a good point. But unless import/export is perfect, doesn't the disadvantage of using a limited web-based tool all the time to edit outweigh the advantage of occasionally being able to work on another computer?
Have you used the import/export unction on Writely? It's damn near perfect (exen my funky formatting looks good). I'm using it to collaborate writing a book with another guy - we are never in the same place at once. It has been invaluable.
Also, the internet connection is the single least reliable part of most people's computer setup.
Perhaps yours. But for those of use who travel around alot, using weird and strange computers on a daily basis, connection to the internet has actually become the most constant thing in out lives. Hence, the appeal of tools like del.icio.us.
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My grandmother actually lived her whole adult life on only 3 hours a night. She went to bed at 2am every night, and work up at 5am. It was crazy, and not at all what she wanted - however, she was not an insomniac nor was she tired throughout the day. She visited several specialists, but no one knew why she didn't need to sleep... man, I wish I inherited that.
I learned everything I needed to know about the fundamentals of mathematics from the Zakon series: http://www.trillia.com/products.html
He didn't invent this practice, so don't give him so much credit. Also, it is incredibly un-democratic for a single ruler to be able to manipulate the law to the extent that Bush has. Here are some sample statements he added from the Boston Globe. If these don't make your blood boil, you truely are a moron - or really believe that Bush is the incarnation of Jesus.
March 9: Justice Department officials must give reports to Congress by certain dates on how the FBI is using the USA Patriot Act to search homes and secretly seize papers.
Bush's signing statement: The president can order Justice Department officials to withhold any information from Congress if he decides it could impair national security or executive branch operations.
Dec. 30, 2005: US interrogators cannot torture prisoners or otherwise subject them to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.
Bush's signing statement: The president, as commander in chief, can waive the torture ban if he decides that harsh interrogation techniques will assist in preventing terrorist attacks.
Dec. 30: When requested, scientific information ''prepared by government researchers and scientists shall be transmitted [to Congress] uncensored and without delay."
Bush's signing statement: The president can tell researchers to withhold any information from Congress if he decides its disclosure could impair foreign relations, national security, or the workings of the executive branch.
Aug. 8: The Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its contractors may not fire or otherwise punish an employee whistle-blower who tells Congress about possible wrongdoing.
Bush's signing statement: The president or his appointees will determine whether employees of the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission can give information to Congress.
Dec. 23, 2004: Forbids US troops in Colombia from participating in any combat against rebels, except in cases of self-defense. Caps the number of US troops allowed in Colombia at 800.
Bush's signing statement: Only the president, as commander in chief, can place restrictions on the use of US armed forces, so the executive branch will construe the law ''as advisory in nature."
Dec. 17: The new national intelligence director shall recruit and train women and minorities to be spies, analysts, and translators in order to ensure diversity in the intelligence community.
Bush's signing statement: The executive branch shall construe the law in a manner consistent with a constitutional clause guaranteeing ''equal protection" for all. (In 2003, the Bush administration argued against race-conscious affirmative-action programs in a Supreme Court case. The court rejected Bush's view.)
Oct. 29: Defense Department personnel are prohibited from interfering with the ability of military lawyers to give independent legal advice to their commanders.
Bush's signing statement: All military attorneys are bound to follow legal conclusions reached by the administration's lawyers in the Justice Department and the Pentagon when giving advice to their commanders.
Aug. 5: The military cannot add to its files any illegally gathered intelligence, including information obtained about Americans in violation of the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches.
Bush's signing statement: Only the president, as commander in chief, can tell the military whether or not it can use any specific piece of intelligence.
Nov. 6, 2003: US officials in Iraq cannot prevent an inspector general for the Coalition Provisional Authority from carrying out any investigation. The inspector general must tell Congress if officials refuse to cooperate with his inquiries.
Bush's signing
You found Yavok funny? And funnier than Borat? I mean, wow. Just... wow.
Jesus! Haven't you heard of artistic hyperbole? Obviously its not true, just a fly-by-the-cuff comment.
Don't worry, the Rapture will come way before global warming kicks in. Its coming soon... anytime now... just a few more moments... hold on... it's a comin'... Oh! Is it now? I can feel it! No, no wait... that's just gas.
But seriously, don't worry.
Well, as long as we're talking about violations of due process, judges should be required to inform juries of their right to nullify. Above I was meaning of removing juries for civil cases.
Or we could abolish the jury system, replace them with educated panels of judges--experts in their areas (think Patent Courts)... oh wait, did I say that out loud?
Don't you mean "If you can read this, the internet is not yet owned by the USA". Because its not.
In case you didn't know.
Understandable. But I also like being able to use artifacts without having to wonder if they still work. My personal belief is that, when JDK 7 adds support for scripting languages and a compiler API/hooks, Java as a language will slowly be replaced by task-specific ones, becoming just a really good JVM. Use the language you want (like .NET is supposed to be). The fact that JRuby has been brought on by Sun is a step into this direction.
This is like saying that a human's appendix is the result of bad design, and nature should have thought it through better, because its mostly useless now. Its just an artifact of evolution, just like Java's old collections. I think Sun has done a pretty decent job of retrofitting their old utilities into the collections framework, and then into the new generics framework.
That article you cite is over 3 years old! Sure, mistakes have been made, but EJB3 is sooo much better than anything out there for what it does - and I am also a Rails developer (its all fun until you try and use it for legacy databases, deploy it, or maintain it).
120 features get mapped into a feature vector, effectively pinpointing a position in 120 dimensional space. All of the other images are indexed in the space, and it's a simple nearest-neighbor search to find the best matches. The interesting thing here is that funky things happen to space when you are in very high dimensions, and without creative indexing, it may be just as quick to do a scan and compare against the whole database. Obviously, not optimal. That's what they mean by "simple", since some multimedia search systems deal with indexes of thousands of features - thousands of dimensions.
Perfect! It can burn gas to reach those temperatures! And thus the problem was solved, once and for all.
Oh... what?
I'd like a feature that filters out dup articles :)
Why the hell would anyone brag about comming to Kansas?
That's because if you hack a Linux box all you get is control a system that belongs to some 28 year old guy who lives in his aunts basement. [citation needed]
The value in finding security holes in a Windows box is that there are millions that can be turned into zombies to be used to crank out spam or worse. There is no money in hacking Linux. [citation needed]
Most of the holes found in Windows come from Linux hackers who rarely take a look at their own OS. While there are many secure features in a standard Linux distro most sysadmins never address them. [citation needed]
The way most people implement Linux is like parking an armored car outside of the bank but leaving the doors open. [citation needed]
Just because you say it in a expert tone, does not make it credible or correct.
I'm afriad I don't have much experience with styles, beyond the standard ones (header, etc). My formatting is of the more manual variety. I don't really see where in Writely one may manage styles, if at all.
My only thought is why would google spend $1.6 billion on a company that will face legal doom, when they could have spent $5 Million producing a web application and convinced the MPAA/RIAA that google-tube was the best place for them to have their videos and they should sue YouTube?
Uh, they did develop their own app, but no one went there. They want the people to advertise to, thats all. If they have an even larger audience, their ad revenue will increase across the board.I wouldn't worry about Google getting sued. Why? Because 5 parent companies (GE, Time/Warner, Disney, Viacom, News Corp) control most of that content anyway. They need to make deals with those companines, and then swat at the smaller ones. YouTube wasn't doing so well because of the bandwidth cost. Bandwidth is one thing that Google has plenty of, and is cheap (for them).
You make a good point. But unless import/export is perfect, doesn't the disadvantage of using a limited web-based tool all the time to edit outweigh the advantage of occasionally being able to work on another computer?
Have you used the import/export unction on Writely? It's damn near perfect (exen my funky formatting looks good). I'm using it to collaborate writing a book with another guy - we are never in the same place at once. It has been invaluable.
Also, the internet connection is the single least reliable part of most people's computer setup.
Perhaps yours. But for those of use who travel around alot, using weird and strange computers on a daily basis, connection to the internet has actually become the most constant thing in out lives. Hence, the appeal of tools like del.icio.us.