The ancient Greeks believed that the solver of the ten letter puzzle would become immortal..
Gee, um... I bet it's either less or more difficult to do it in Ancient Greek than in English. Or maybe they ancient Greeks did it in English too?
Also, as the article states, one of his words does not appear in the dictionary. Now, maybe it's just me, but using words not found in the dictionary seems to make this task a little bit easier. He is basically saying "No one could solve this using real words, but I did using a (fake) one".
All this time I've been complaining how they don't let real amateur athletes in (they all practice non-stop for years under corporate sponsorship), when I should have been complaining that the Olympics doesn't let real amateur software in instead.
In other news, smart people can avoid being caught by doing stuff...
I mean, any dolt can PGP or GnuPG encrypt a message or just hand deliver messages. Things like wiretaps are good for the duller knives in the drawer. We should still use them to "grab the low hanging fruit" and look elsewhere to capture the rest.
If a person knows he's being wire tapped, he won't say anything incriminating anyway, and if the feds/cops don't get what they want over the phone, they'll just bug some offices instead.
I guess it makes sense. The more time you spend talking the less time you spend thinking.
I still have to wonder about the research methodology though... You stick an introvert who likes being by himself in one machine and an extrovert who hates being by himself in another. Is it really any wonder that the person who likes being by himself has more brain activity in this situation? I think it would be better if they could somehow measure an introvert reading a book and compare that to an extrovert mingling at a party.
If I were from one of those square-type states with lots of farms, I would be on this in a second. It would be the holy grail for farmers: a way to link national security with farm supports.
If the government could help farmers grow soybeans and in return reduce dependence on foreign oil, both left and right wingers would be happy. Imagine that! Good for security, good for American jobs, good for the environment, and even good for business (cars would need some retooling).
Where do I sign up? Oh, it's one of those "This technology will be really cool when it becomes available in 10-15 years" stories, huh?
It's actually worse for Microsoft. The $126 loss statement doesn't take take the fact that stores make a profit into account. Thus the full retail prices does not go back to Microsoft.
Add in marketing, shipping, beta testing, opportunity cost and everything else, and I bet that the real loss per box is much higer.
We've sold off industry, education and science. Looks like our business leaders are now selling their soul. Sure they've done bad things in the past, but their actions are now so blatant. They don't even try to hide what they do any more; they just "pee on our legs and tell us that it's raining".
At what point can we say that business has gone to far? When PR boys start trying to convince us that it's ok for them to install stuff to spy on us? I'm waiting for the brain implants and mandatory goggles to "protect their intellectual privacy rights".
JPEGs aren't your only option. I try to use PNGs for everything. Unlike JPEGs, PNGs can be lossless, meaning that they don't lose quality each time you save them. Internet Explorer, Mozilla, heck just about every web browser except lynx can display them just fine. Sure, they tend to be a bit larger than JPEGs, but I figure the gain in quality is often worth it.
I see this as the future of advertising. Everyone is now using GAIM or some other alternate client, so people miss all of AOL's annoying (yet profit-generating) ads.
AOL had to think of something new -- some way of profiting off of their protocol. Sticking interactive ads, that people think of as their "buddies"! What could be better?
These bots sneak in to your list, pretend to be your friends, and if you send them a message, BAM! Custom ads delivered right to you.
Don't get me wrong, I think spyware is bad. I also think a big company only supporting a few software titles (and probably charging a bit to do it) is bad too.
I'd really prefer to see some kind of meta-moderated system by users to rate software as clear of spyware as it would give small vendors more of a chance. Otherwise, we will just further entrench big monopolies.
What's the point of this service? All those guys and gals with ipods won't care; they already have a better tool for playing the music that they like. Few others will have earbuds for their phones, so they'll either have to put the music on speaker phone (often not available on cells) and annoy everyone around them, or hold their phones up to their ear for hours at a time while they listen to the music.
I can't wait until people start using up their airtime minutes listening to messages like "this music brought to you by [advertiser's name here]".
Rather than trying to bundle music with phones, why can't they bundle wireless more cheaply? Even just improving connectivity with email would be pretty huge in my mind.
My first reaction is that the company is scum. It tries to bury the truth instead of dealing with it. But it is essential to know whether or not her claims are in fact false before questioning the validity of the suit. After all, I can't just say something bad about a company that does bad things.
Then again, you would think the firm would go out of its way to disprove her allegations. It doesn't seem to even try. At trial, the firm would likely need to show her statements as false. If she's telling the truth, I bet the firm will crumble. Rather that having all of their dirt come out in open court, they'll use a last minute excuse like "We felt bad for her kids, so we are letting her outrageous claims go... this time."
President Bush is pleased to introduce the Protect Democracy Act which would ensure the death penalty and forfeiture of all assets for singing a song written in the past 500 years without written permission from the copyright holder.
The nation's test case is already in the pipeline, with an entire boy scout troop under indictment for singing The Star Spangled Banner before playing a game of wiffle ball.
It is hoped that these new regulations make the world safe, in our continuing war on terror.
Well, only 3 comments posted, and the link is already hosed.
As reported by Darknet dot com, a darknet is nothing more than a place where illegal communication (filesharing/hacking talk/speaking badly of the US president) can take place.
I don't see how darknets will make things any different. For years we've had gopher, IRC and other communication channels that have been below the vision of the management elite.
I think lawyers are starting to learn that techies can't be bullied as easily as most, because techies are able to build new infrastructures. Instead of giving up, techies take threats as a challenge or motivation to dive further and further away from public vision.
OK, I see a new installer has been released. Any word on how it compares to other installers? It looks pretty much like the Debian installer, and the (gulp) RedHat installation has been pretty easy for some time.
You'll probably think that I am a nut, but I think that Google ads are important for a democratic system. Here's why.
In the traditional media world (newspapers and TV), content producers are beholden to advertisers. They don't want to say anything that will offend their sponsors for fear of losing revenue.
Google (online) ads correct the problem. By truly separating producer and advertiser, keeping each fairly anonymous to the other, content producers are not required to pander to advertisers -- it's difficult for advertisers to boycott the web pages on which their ads happen to appear. Content producers can create content as they wish and express the ideas that they wish without fear of retaliation.
It's too bad a similar system can never be created in the offline (dead-tree) world that Google is now examining.
What's with the need to come up with complex names that don't describe the product? Why not call it an "Intel Entertainment Center" or "Intel Home Theater"?
How many geeks are going to be able to explain to their spouses why they need to shell out lots of hard earned money for a "viiv"?
Spammers aren't the problem. They are just a symptom. Email is a broken standard. We need to create a system that cannot be taken advantage of.
We could even just add a bit onto the current email systems. Have clients either sign outgoing messages with a GnuPG key, or encrypt messages with the recipient's public key. All mail that isn't signed by a friend or encrypted to the recipient is trashed.
Spammers wouldn't have an accepted sig, and they sure wouldn't have the time to encrypt each message to each address.
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The ancient Greeks believed that the solver of the ten letter puzzle would become immortal..
Gee, um... I bet it's either less or more difficult to do it in Ancient Greek than in English. Or maybe they ancient Greeks did it in English too?
Also, as the article states, one of his words does not appear in the dictionary. Now, maybe it's just me, but using words not found in the dictionary seems to make this task a little bit easier. He is basically saying "No one could solve this using real words, but I did using a (fake) one".
It's ironic. Really.
All this time I've been complaining how they don't let real amateur athletes in (they all practice non-stop for years under corporate sponsorship), when I should have been complaining that the Olympics doesn't let real amateur software in instead.
You mean that IE isn't 100% dedicated to perfect security?
I don't see the point of these announcements. People who care about not getting hacked are using Firefox, Opera, Safari or Lynx at this point.
People who still use IE... well... they probably won't do much in response to this warning anyway.
In other news, smart people can avoid being caught by doing stuff...
I mean, any dolt can PGP or GnuPG encrypt a message or just hand deliver messages. Things like wiretaps are good for the duller knives in the drawer. We should still use them to "grab the low hanging fruit" and look elsewhere to capture the rest.
If a person knows he's being wire tapped, he won't say anything incriminating anyway, and if the feds/cops don't get what they want over the phone, they'll just bug some offices instead.
I guess it makes sense. The more time you spend talking the less time you spend thinking.
I still have to wonder about the research methodology though... You stick an introvert who likes being by himself in one machine and an extrovert who hates being by himself in another. Is it really any wonder that the person who likes being by himself has more brain activity in this situation? I think it would be better if they could somehow measure an introvert reading a book and compare that to an extrovert mingling at a party.
Isn't it odd that the party that believes in "small government" is the one that keeps throwing all these laws on the books?
I know that people say "I've done nothing wrong, so I have nothing to hide", but come on. Government, please stay out of my personal life!
If I were from one of those square-type states with lots of farms, I would be on this in a second. It would be the holy grail for farmers: a way to link national security with farm supports.
If the government could help farmers grow soybeans and in return reduce dependence on foreign oil, both left and right wingers would be happy. Imagine that! Good for security, good for American jobs, good for the environment, and even good for business (cars would need some retooling).
Where do I sign up? Oh, it's one of those "This technology will be really cool when it becomes available in 10-15 years" stories, huh?
Hell, I've never flushed with the old kind, why would I need a NEW toilet???
It's actually worse for Microsoft. The $126 loss statement doesn't take take the fact that stores make a profit into account. Thus the full retail prices does not go back to Microsoft.
Add in marketing, shipping, beta testing, opportunity cost and everything else, and I bet that the real loss per box is much higer.
Microsoft's motto is embrace and extend.
It embraces like a boa constrictor, and then extends like a medieval torture rack.
Microsoft, sit down, and let's hear from someone else.
How to really write unmaintainable code:
Apply equal parts of Perl and Guinness
We've sold off industry, education and science. Looks like our business leaders are now selling their soul. Sure they've done bad things in the past, but their actions are now so blatant. They don't even try to hide what they do any more; they just "pee on our legs and tell us that it's raining".
At what point can we say that business has gone to far? When PR boys start trying to convince us that it's ok for them to install stuff to spy on us? I'm waiting for the brain implants and mandatory goggles to "protect their intellectual privacy rights".
Yuck.
JPEGs aren't your only option. I try to use PNGs for everything. Unlike JPEGs, PNGs can be lossless, meaning that they don't lose quality each time you save them. Internet Explorer, Mozilla, heck just about every web browser except lynx can display them just fine. Sure, they tend to be a bit larger than JPEGs, but I figure the gain in quality is often worth it.
I see this as the future of advertising. Everyone is now using GAIM or some other alternate client, so people miss all of AOL's annoying (yet profit-generating) ads.
AOL had to think of something new -- some way of profiting off of their protocol. Sticking interactive ads, that people think of as their "buddies"! What could be better?
These bots sneak in to your list, pretend to be your friends, and if you send them a message, BAM! Custom ads delivered right to you.
Way back in March, Slashdot carried an article saying Office Depot will only carry Windows XP approved software.
Don't get me wrong, I think spyware is bad. I also think a big company only supporting a few software titles (and probably charging a bit to do it) is bad too.
I'd really prefer to see some kind of meta-moderated system by users to rate software as clear of spyware as it would give small vendors more of a chance. Otherwise, we will just further entrench big monopolies.
I don't get it. At all.
What's the point of this service? All those guys and gals with ipods won't care; they already have a better tool for playing the music that they like. Few others will have earbuds for their phones, so they'll either have to put the music on speaker phone (often not available on cells) and annoy everyone around them, or hold their phones up to their ear for hours at a time while they listen to the music.
I can't wait until people start using up their airtime minutes listening to messages like "this music brought to you by [advertiser's name here]".
Rather than trying to bundle music with phones, why can't they bundle wireless more cheaply? Even just improving connectivity with email would be pretty huge in my mind.
My first reaction is that the company is scum. It tries to bury the truth instead of dealing with it. But it is essential to know whether or not her claims are in fact false before questioning the validity of the suit. After all, I can't just say something bad about a company that does bad things.
Then again, you would think the firm would go out of its way to disprove her allegations. It doesn't seem to even try. At trial, the firm would likely need to show her statements as false. If she's telling the truth, I bet the firm will crumble. Rather that having all of their dirt come out in open court, they'll use a last minute excuse like "We felt bad for her kids, so we are letting her outrageous claims go... this time."
I can't wait to see how this turns out.
And in tomorrow's news...
President Bush is pleased to introduce the Protect Democracy Act which would ensure the death penalty and forfeiture of all assets for singing a song written in the past 500 years without written permission from the copyright holder.
The nation's test case is already in the pipeline, with an entire boy scout troop under indictment for singing The Star Spangled Banner before playing a game of wiffle ball.
It is hoped that these new regulations make the world safe, in our continuing war on terror.
Well, only 3 comments posted, and the link is already hosed.
As reported by Darknet dot com, a darknet is nothing more than a place where illegal communication (filesharing/hacking talk/speaking badly of the US president) can take place.
I don't see how darknets will make things any different. For years we've had gopher, IRC and other communication channels that have been below the vision of the management elite.
I think lawyers are starting to learn that techies can't be bullied as easily as most, because techies are able to build new infrastructures. Instead of giving up, techies take threats as a challenge or motivation to dive further and further away from public vision.
The real question is how can I, as an inventor, patent my time machine?
I mean, anyone can just go back in time with my intention and claim my patent!! WTF??
Note to self: Remeber to clear browser cache before killing someone.
Thanks for the reminder slashdot!
OK, I see a new installer has been released. Any word on how it compares to other installers? It looks pretty much like the Debian installer, and the (gulp) RedHat installation has been pretty easy for some time.
What's the "killer feature" for this installer?
You'll probably think that I am a nut, but I think that Google ads are important for a democratic system. Here's why.
In the traditional media world (newspapers and TV), content producers are beholden to advertisers. They don't want to say anything that will offend their sponsors for fear of losing revenue.
Google (online) ads correct the problem. By truly separating producer and advertiser, keeping each fairly anonymous to the other, content producers are not required to pander to advertisers -- it's difficult for advertisers to boycott the web pages on which their ads happen to appear. Content producers can create content as they wish and express the ideas that they wish without fear of retaliation.
It's too bad a similar system can never be created in the offline (dead-tree) world that Google is now examining.
What's with the need to come up with complex names that don't describe the product? Why not call it an "Intel Entertainment Center" or "Intel Home Theater"?
How many geeks are going to be able to explain to their spouses why they need to shell out lots of hard earned money for a "viiv"?
Spammers aren't the problem. They are just a symptom. Email is a broken standard. We need to create a system that cannot be taken advantage of.
We could even just add a bit onto the current email systems. Have clients either sign outgoing messages with a GnuPG key, or encrypt messages with the recipient's public key. All mail that isn't signed by a friend or encrypted to the recipient is trashed.
Spammers wouldn't have an accepted sig, and they sure wouldn't have the time to encrypt each message to each address.