According to
this article, penguins have been around more than 60 million years.
Of course, this comes with the "well that's f'n obvious" tagline of "The oldest penguin fossils yet found suggest that at least some ancestors of modern birds survived the mass extinction that killed off the dinosaurs." Duhh. They're here now, their ancestors must have survived.
I was surprised that the US radio stations did not have to pay royalties. As many people have indicated, this is not the norm for the industry elsewhere.
However, for the RIAA president to call this practice "criminal", when it's duly legislated by their own government, indicates that this group is not in touch with reality. As far as the "all request" stations go, I can't see how these pose a problem for the recording industry. It's not as if one person can request every song from a CD, record it and avoid purchasing the music in another from, is it?
I do not see how any of this [insert appropriate word] that the RIAA is pulling helps the artists they supposedly represent, nor how it encourages people to start buying CDs. On the other hand, they appear to be sleeping too soundly for any reasonable wake up call to rouse them. This activity is likely to continue and become even more egregious.
Opera is my primary browser and has been for several years (even back before your experiment).
Opera doesn't crash on me for flash sites. I have had problems, but all of my troubles are related to either poor web authoring (those pages that assume you're either using MS IE [possibly 6] or Firefox [or Netscape] and refuse to let you go past the browser check, even with a capable browser) or due to the filtering proxy I use to block all kinds of stuff, including flash adverts.
With the advances in Opera, I really no longer need to use the filtering proxy, which I had originally installed to block MIDI files from playing. I guess I just keep it so that I can filter on the other browsers I use from time to time. It also comes in handy when monitoring the traffic between the browser and the web.
Opera is the browser that best suits my needs. It has all I need without going to adding extensions (whatever their current name is) and has a good email client, all in a remarkably lightweight package. It might not be what you need, but that is for you to decide.
While it's a form of mouse gesture software, the innovation seems to be that you don't click the mouse to notify the software you want to make a gesture. You wait for a hover overlay to appear. Ouch.
I've been totally addicted to Opera's mouse gestures since their first introduction, installed Optimoz near its inception and have used StrokeIt since I discovered it... but I'm not sure that GentleMouse is exactly what I want.
A bunch of soon-to-be-ex customers of Oracle (who are in the process of moving to SAP) log in from SAP computers and download all kinds of support information. It might be a bit more than coincidence.
One has to wonder if there was a discount if you passed along your Oracle support credentials. That would be an interesting marketing strategy.
One problem is that these customers downloaded files which weren't supposed to be made available to them under the terms of their support contracts. Why were their accounts able to get to these files then? I'm not sure that Oracle would want to admit they can't control the security of their own website, even if it boosts the credibility of the rest of their complaint.
Skip the press release and go right to the Complaint. (IT IS A PDF!! You've been warned.)
Given the report in The Register today, the researchers could have been better off using Live.com as their search engine for researching this topic.
Seriously, I have had phishing email for some of these 80.77.x.y websites recently as well. A "Good on ya!" to MicroSoft & UC Davis! Root the bastards out and stomp 'em!
It doesn't make any sense, as the entire body of water is underground, and the soil is dry. If the water melted, it would likely be entirely absorbed by the ground. (I guess you can't say "earth".) There would be no ocean.
All we can really say is that if it all melted, there would be no water-ice at the poles...
They could find gunshot residue on your hand - all that means is you fired it
Actually, it doesn't mean that much - you could have gotten the GSR from handling the recently discharged weapon. I believe that the pattern of residue would indicate the likelihood that you had fired the gun.
When I first glanced at this headline, I saw "underwater FPS", and wondered why they'd be able to patent game software like that. Perhaps if you're correct, this will be the next step.
the Presidents main duty is selecting what operating system and office platform to run
Wow, the current guy really isn't doing his job, is he? With this being the case, it is really too bad that the Yanks require a native born "son" as President. Otherwise there could be a Linus Torvalds for Pres in, um, 2020 campaign.
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Of course, this comes with the "well that's f'n obvious" tagline of "The oldest penguin fossils yet found suggest that at least some ancestors of modern birds survived the mass extinction that killed off the dinosaurs." Duhh. They're here now, their ancestors must have survived.
These are not the oil-rich targets you're looking for.
Thor Larholm also announced a Firefox hole today. Wasn't completely patched in the last release.
Big deal - a ship is rather large. Can you find my keys?
Haven't really gotten hooked on the "speed dial" thing yet.
However, for the RIAA president to call this practice "criminal", when it's duly legislated by their own government, indicates that this group is not in touch with reality. As far as the "all request" stations go, I can't see how these pose a problem for the recording industry. It's not as if one person can request every song from a CD, record it and avoid purchasing the music in another from, is it?
I do not see how any of this [insert appropriate word] that the RIAA is pulling helps the artists they supposedly represent, nor how it encourages people to start buying CDs. On the other hand, they appear to be sleeping too soundly for any reasonable wake up call to rouse them. This activity is likely to continue and become even more egregious.
Okay, I'll volunteer.
I for one am glad that I can proudly bare my thumbnails once again. Whhat about finger nails, though?
Opera doesn't crash on me for flash sites. I have had problems, but all of my troubles are related to either poor web authoring (those pages that assume you're either using MS IE [possibly 6] or Firefox [or Netscape] and refuse to let you go past the browser check, even with a capable browser) or due to the filtering proxy I use to block all kinds of stuff, including flash adverts.
With the advances in Opera, I really no longer need to use the filtering proxy, which I had originally installed to block MIDI files from playing. I guess I just keep it so that I can filter on the other browsers I use from time to time. It also comes in handy when monitoring the traffic between the browser and the web.
Opera is the browser that best suits my needs. It has all I need without going to adding extensions (whatever their current name is) and has a good email client, all in a remarkably lightweight package. It might not be what you need, but that is for you to decide.
i) Use a filtering proxy (like Proxomitron) to remove sponsored ads from search engine sites. Or, ignore these ads.
ii) The very trite - patch your software! The exploited MS IE hole was patched over a year ago.
Um, NO. I filter those out. But I can take the high road, 'cause I use Opera.
The patch blocks the loading of cursors from directories other than those below the Windows base directory. Source included.
A slashdot without summaries? Do you want just headlines or no stories at all?
I've been totally addicted to Opera's mouse gestures since their first introduction, installed Optimoz near its inception and have used StrokeIt since I discovered it ... but I'm not sure that GentleMouse is exactly what I want.
One has to wonder if there was a discount if you passed along your Oracle support credentials. That would be an interesting marketing strategy.
One problem is that these customers downloaded files which weren't supposed to be made available to them under the terms of their support contracts. Why were their accounts able to get to these files then? I'm not sure that Oracle would want to admit they can't control the security of their own website, even if it boosts the credibility of the rest of their complaint.
Skip the press release and go right to the Complaint. (IT IS A PDF!! You've been warned.)
Does this mean my ancient Mayan computer will no longer work after 2012?
Oddly enough the Mayans thought farther ahead than Unix programmers.
I am undecided as to whether having a calendar that outlasts your culture is a good thing or not.
Seriously, I have had phishing email for some of these 80.77.x.y websites recently as well. A "Good on ya!" to MicroSoft & UC Davis! Root the bastards out and stomp 'em!
Alluring alliteration amusing. Microsoft manager mauled mightily. Assaulted sausage seeks safety.
All we can really say is that if it all melted, there would be no water-ice at the poles ...
Especially considering that booze is usually used to make clothes disappear.
When I first glanced at this headline, I saw "underwater FPS", and wondered why they'd be able to patent game software like that. Perhaps if you're correct, this will be the next step.
Okay, I give up - is this Jefferson or FDR? (I'm not an American, nor do I play one on Jeopardy.)
Wow, the current guy really isn't doing his job, is he? With this being the case, it is really too bad that the Yanks require a native born "son" as President. Otherwise there could be a Linus Torvalds for Pres in, um, 2020 campaign.
I'm wondering - does this foul-up mean that there will be an extension on the filing deadline?