Lily Allen came out in strong support for disconnecting offenders. Creating a blog entitled "It's Not Alright" against file sharing, it subsequently came to light that she had copied text directly from the Techdirt website of an interview with 50 Cent. This led to an exchange on the internet, which culminated in accusations being made that Ms. Allen had infringed on other artists' copyrights by creating mix tapes early in her career, that she then made available via her website.
...had taken out their personal laptops in the cockpit... theories in aviation circles that the two pilots might have fallen asleep or were arguing in the cockpit.
...they couldn't see the instruments over the soft mood lighting in the cockpit and couldn't hear the radio chatter over the sweet sounds of "bow chicka wow wow" playing in the background. Now, I don't know exactly what was going on, but they looked pretty relaxed when they landed...
I sent a suggestion that Canonical make their CDs/DVDs available through outlets like Netflicks for people that want physical media to install, but don't need it to keep (or to burn their own copy). Let those for-pay outlets take care of media distribution and return via their established infrastructures.
So unless they run what you think of as freedom on there systems, they aren't worth listening to? I can come up with a thousand reasons not to listen, but your reason is retarded and shows how truely ignorant you are.
I never said not to listen to them, just to be wary of their position - which is what "take it with a grain of salt" means. Learn to comprehend. I use both closed and open source software and try to limit my advocacy to the technical merits of the software only. I'd be wary of someone running closed-source software advocating against the concepts of open source and neutrality - just as I'd be wary of the opposite.
Heartland.org is running (according to Netcraft): Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft-IIS/6.0.
Take their position against free software and net neutrality with a grain of salt...
Perhaps this is a bit of a troll, but it comes from frustration using the products...
I notice in TFA that the photo is of, what looks to be, a fifth grade classroom. Is this the target audience for Windows 7? I mean the commercials - er commercial - seems to be of that seven-year-old girl making a pink-pony presentation.
I'm confused. Is Windows 7 and Office 2007 -- which I hate, by the way (shakes fist) curse you "ribbon"! -- suppose to be so simple a seven-year-old can use it, or so simple that only a seven-year-old can use it.
I guess Microsoft is trying to hook them when they're young...sigh.
In the case when the outsourced data center deleted your Oracle data center,
did they...
Don't know, that was before I was hired and the decision to in-source had already been made. Though all the items you listed are very good points, they're all easier to implement and ensure if in-house anyway.
For me, having things under my direct control was better for everyone, but then, I'm really good at my job:-)
In the long run, given all the things we implemented and supported - and the often dynamic nature of what needed to be accomplished (especially before the Y2K rollover) - the flexibility of having everything in-house was a great benefit.
Yes, if I'm gonna lose personal data I want it to be to my own flawed backup strategy! To hell with professionals whose job and business is to do just that!
Can't tell if you're being funny or sarcastic, but remember that those outside professionals don't really care about your data, they only care about the contract.
Dude, organizations use third party data centers (or data centers that they physically own but are managed by a 3rd party) all the time w/o a glitch.
Ya, "all the time". I worked for a company that outsourced its data center to IBM. They "accidentially" deleted our Oracle database - twice - and it often took two weeks to get things simple done on the servers, like add an entry added to the/etc/hosts file. I was hired as the senior Unix SA and we purchased our own equipment ($2 million worth), brought the operations back in-house, paid the early-termination fee and still came out ahead financially and in operational support for the year with no further screw-ups. Even got an award for moving the data center with no loss in production.
Perhaps for people who don't care about their data... Privacy, security, accountability and reliability cannot be ensured by a third party. I'll keep my data in-house thank you.
We all still use email, of course. But email was better suited to the way we used to use the Internet--logging off and on, checking our messages in bursts. Now, we are always connected, whether we are sitting at a desk or on a mobile phone. The always-on connection, in turn, has created a host of new ways to communicate that are much faster than email, and more fun.
Speak for yourself. I don't have a Facebook or MySpace account, refuse to use IM because it's annoying and don't carry a cell phone (or don't keep it on). I'm not a luddite; I just don't want or need to be that connected all the time. Call or email me at home or work and I'll get back to you when I'm frelling ready. My time is important and, quite frankly, more important than yours - to me anyway. I'll get my "fun" elsewhere thank you.:-)
While I agree with some of the points whereby the later Star Treks overly rely on techno-babble and simplicities, "Data: In theory, a Graviton pulse should collapse the... blah, blah...", and I still enjoy the franchise to a large extent, but I think it's all rather tame. The updated BSG had its moments, but could have been even better.
While not perfect either, I'm happy, instead, to re-watch my Firefly and (more specifically) Farscape DVDs.
I'm saddened by your loss. No one, couple, or family should have to go through this sort of thing. Not only are GBMs aggressive, but are difficult to treat via the "standard" treatment -- resect, chemo, radiation -- without great damage. And since no treatment gets everything, it's all just a stop-gap. For my wife, the tumor location (next to her brain stem) made resection impractical, so the other treatments were much less effective.
Well-meaning friends would mention Lance Armstrong, or another survivor, in an attempt to foster hope, but I had to explain that those "lump" type tumors were very different and in (relatively) easy-access locations. I used this analogy for her GBM... Mix salt (cancer cells) and sugar (normal cells) in a bowl and then try to remove only the salt. Every sugar cell removed is irreversible brain damage. If you leave even one salt crystal, everything grows back.
There are a lot of new treatments being investigated - Reovirus comes to mind. They're working on breast cancer at the moment, but it works on several types of cancer, like Metastatic Melanoma, as well. The problem is delivery as something like 99% of the population has antibodies for it. In addition, Scorpion Venom is being investigated for brain cancer. All too little, too late for now.
The major advantage of proton treatment over conventional radiation, however, is that the energy distribution of protons can be directed and deposited in tissue volumes designated by the physicians-in a three-dimensional pattern from each beam used.
While an x-ray beam deposits energy along its entire path through the body, a beam of charged particles does damage only after electrical interactions have slowed it sufficiently to create a high chance of collision with atomic nuclei. This means that proton beams deposit most of their energy over a focused area, such as a collection of tumour cells, in the last millimetre of their journey.
You can't surgically resect a GBM unless you are willing to remove an entire cerebral hemisphere.
You don't need to resect. You can access as with a Stereotactic biopsy, using a computer and (previously done) MRI scans to generate a 3-D image of the brain mapped to the patient's head during surgery to guide instrumentation. This allows the surgeon to maneuver around blood vessels (bleeding being the most immediate threat) and such. Radioactive disks can be inserted and removed like this as well.
I believe the system used for my wife's biopsy was accurate to 0.4 mm. They only drilled a "small" (surgeon's words) 5/8 inch hole in her head, behind the right ear, for access. When done, it was patched up and you couldn't tell anything had been done after the incision healed.
... that seek out and destroy GMB brain cancer cells...
Wish they had things like this when my wife was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme four years ago. One afternoon, six weeks after diagnosis, she said she was sleepy. We said "I love you" and shared a kiss before she fell asleep. Later that afternoon, swelling around the tumor herniated her brain stem. She never woke up and died in my arms one week later. Twenty years together. I miss her every day and I don't think I'll ever recover.
Love the people in your life like there's no tomorrow. (We were lucky.)
P.S. For you Googlers, the more common abbreviation is GBM.
A developer can pretend to submit an app, but abandon their submission at the last moment, avoiding the need to actually create an application, but keeping hold of the app's name. In limbo.
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I second this sentiment. Let's reserve "Vishing" for people pretending to be Vishnu.
Pot? Kettle is on the phone...
I sent a suggestion that Canonical make their CDs/DVDs available through outlets like Netflicks for people that want physical media to install, but don't need it to keep (or to burn their own copy). Let those for-pay outlets take care of media distribution and return via their established infrastructures.
I never said not to listen to them, just to be wary of their position - which is what "take it with a grain of salt" means. Learn to comprehend. I use both closed and open source software and try to limit my advocacy to the technical merits of the software only. I'd be wary of someone running closed-source software advocating against the concepts of open source and neutrality - just as I'd be wary of the opposite.
Heartland.org is running (according to Netcraft): Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft-IIS/6.0.
Take their position against free software and net neutrality with a grain of salt...
I notice in TFA that the photo is of, what looks to be, a fifth grade classroom. Is this the target audience for Windows 7? I mean the commercials - er commercial - seems to be of that seven-year-old girl making a pink-pony presentation.
I'm confused. Is Windows 7 and Office 2007 -- which I hate, by the way (shakes fist) curse you "ribbon"! -- suppose to be so simple a seven-year-old can use it, or so simple that only a seven-year-old can use it.
I guess Microsoft is trying to hook them when they're young...sigh.
I think there's a place in West Hollywood you can get that done for about $20.
(Bring a friend for 10% off.)
Don't know, that was before I was hired and the decision to in-source had already been made. Though all the items you listed are very good points, they're all easier to implement and ensure if in-house anyway.
For me, having things under my direct control was better for everyone, but then, I'm really good at my job :-)
In the long run, given all the things we implemented and supported - and the often dynamic nature of what needed to be accomplished (especially before the Y2K rollover) - the flexibility of having everything in-house was a great benefit.
Can't tell if you're being funny or sarcastic, but remember that those outside professionals don't really care about your data, they only care about the contract.
Ya, "all the time". I worked for a company that outsourced its data center to IBM. They "accidentially" deleted our Oracle database - twice - and it often took two weeks to get things simple done on the servers, like add an entry added to the /etc/hosts file. I was hired as the senior Unix SA and we purchased our own equipment ($2 million worth), brought the operations back in-house, paid the early-termination fee and still came out ahead financially and in operational support for the year with no further screw-ups. Even got an award for moving the data center with no loss in production.
Sure, to each their own, but beware.
Perhaps for people who don't care about their data... Privacy, security, accountability and reliability cannot be ensured by a third party. I'll keep my data in-house thank you.
Let's not, but since you mentioned it... Messages are "tweets" and "followers are "twits" - ya, you heard me; get over it Twitter users. :-)
Speak for yourself. I don't have a Facebook or MySpace account, refuse to use IM because it's annoying and don't carry a cell phone (or don't keep it on). I'm not a luddite; I just don't want or need to be that connected all the time. Call or email me at home or work and I'll get back to you when I'm frelling ready. My time is important and, quite frankly, more important than yours - to me anyway. I'll get my "fun" elsewhere thank you. :-)
Sucks to be TI. I'm sure they'll survive.
While not perfect either, I'm happy, instead, to re-watch my Firefly and (more specifically) Farscape DVDs.
Given the content of Wikipedia, I'd say this is "mostly harmless"...
I'm waiting for Leela and Amy.
Well-meaning friends would mention Lance Armstrong, or another survivor, in an attempt to foster hope, but I had to explain that those "lump" type tumors were very different and in (relatively) easy-access locations. I used this analogy for her GBM... Mix salt (cancer cells) and sugar (normal cells) in a bowl and then try to remove only the salt. Every sugar cell removed is irreversible brain damage. If you leave even one salt crystal, everything grows back.
There are a lot of new treatments being investigated - Reovirus comes to mind. They're working on breast cancer at the moment, but it works on several types of cancer, like Metastatic Melanoma, as well. The problem is delivery as something like 99% of the population has antibodies for it. In addition, Scorpion Venom is being investigated for brain cancer. All too little, too late for now.
My best to you and yours.
The major advantage of proton treatment over conventional radiation, however, is that the energy distribution of protons can be directed and deposited in tissue volumes designated by the physicians-in a three-dimensional pattern from each beam used.
and Antimatter Therapy:
While an x-ray beam deposits energy along its entire path through the body, a beam of charged particles does damage only after electrical interactions have slowed it sufficiently to create a high chance of collision with atomic nuclei. This means that proton beams deposit most of their energy over a focused area, such as a collection of tumour cells, in the last millimetre of their journey.
You don't need to resect. You can access as with a Stereotactic biopsy, using a computer and (previously done) MRI scans to generate a 3-D image of the brain mapped to the patient's head during surgery to guide instrumentation. This allows the surgeon to maneuver around blood vessels (bleeding being the most immediate threat) and such. Radioactive disks can be inserted and removed like this as well.
I believe the system used for my wife's biopsy was accurate to 0.4 mm. They only drilled a "small" (surgeon's words) 5/8 inch hole in her head, behind the right ear, for access. When done, it was patched up and you couldn't tell anything had been done after the incision healed.
Wish they had things like this when my wife was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme four years ago. One afternoon, six weeks after diagnosis, she said she was sleepy. We said "I love you" and shared a kiss before she fell asleep. Later that afternoon, swelling around the tumor herniated her brain stem. She never woke up and died in my arms one week later. Twenty years together. I miss her every day and I don't think I'll ever recover.
Love the people in your life like there's no tomorrow. (We were lucky.)
P.S. For you Googlers, the more common abbreviation is GBM.
iSquatter?