Well, if you liked that, then I have to reccommend a related site, FiveMinute.Net. It is also a related parody site, where movies, Star Trek, Science Fiction, and all sorts of shows are compressed into a Five-Minute format, very much like the site mentioned in the news article. However, there's all sorts of extras, and it covers 100's of episodes, series, and movies!
FiveMinute.Net truly is hilarous, and has been around since June 2000. Check it out!
I actually use an organizer / to-do list that I programmed myself in PHP and Javascript (actually using AJAX!), so that I can access it and modify it anywhere in the world! (As it resides on a web server on my computer)
This is a cool achievement, but it does have limitations: (from the article)
"This discovery will not enable paleontologists to determine the sex of all dinosaurs because medullary bone is present only during the egg-laying cycle. But when present, it at least enables scientists to say that a particular example is female.
Not every museum may want to check the sex of its specimens because it requires cutting a long bone in half, said Horner, a co-author of the paper with Schweitzer.
Even then, finding medullary bone is a long shot, Schweitzer said. First the dinosaur has to be an ovulating female. It also has to die before it has finished laying eggs and has to be fossilized. Finally, that fossil has to be found by humans."
Unfortunately, this only means that a few specimens of them can be identified. It says that it's a damaging procedure, can only be used to determine femaleness and also, only works in a few cases.
It also might be interesting to know that this particular dinosaur specimen was also the first specimen they were able to recover soft tissue from a dinosaur.
The actual issue seems to be that the company (MobilePro Corp.) isn't registered with the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. The city officals, however, say the company doesn't need a general contractors license, so they are planning to continue with the construction.
This seems to be Local vs. State issue and while the State doesn't seem to be able to directly cancel the project, they can boot the company out of the state, so they'd need a new company to add to the infrastructure as they are planning to build the Wi-Fi.
The new Xbox definitely looks awesome, and I am sure that it will greatly increase Microsoft's competitiveness in that field.
Yes, google's Web accelerator surely will decrease the bonus to Earthlink, MSN, and AOL - but as reported before - it still has it's problems. I'm hopeful they'll fix any problems and get it more widespread attention!
In theory, by caching web sites on their servers, it could also alleviate the slashdot effect! (If we all used it)
"It really isn't too late to avoid the worst of the Real-ID Act, and Bruce Scheier's essay on it should be required reading."
Yes, definitely! I really like the points he makes, such as that REAL ID is bad because:
- Real addresses on all cards, even for undercover police officers - Insecure RFID technology allowing unauthorized access - Machine readable = ATM > 7-11's Database > Choicepoint > Spammers and Identity Theifs - Expensive ($120 million estimated per state!) and unfunded! The last thing we need are more deficits! - Power grab by national government
And the best of all, besides it probably decreasing security:
- Polls overwhelmingly show no one wants it! And over 600 organizations oppose it!
Now, if that doesn't sound like a completely botched-up job, I don't know what is.
It seems there doing this to prevent PC Manufacturers from bundling it with the cheaper end of the higher-end PCs - probably because buisnesses and others who need a lot but don't need all the full features, would want it, as it is about half as expensive as Home edition, and a lot cheaper than Professional.
If they let it run, then, it would effectively compete with their full versions, hurting their profits!
It sounds like to me this 3D Memory construction is vastly improving the density, now all we need are 3D-Constructed processors! They use vertically and horizontally stacked chips to multiply the processing capability.
Also, if we could only get this in RAM! I'm looking for an upgrade, and my computer case is only so big!
Yes, for some reason, people do seem to mix up the bits and bytes, for example: Most file sizes are in bytes, to make them seem smaller, and connection speeds are in bits, to make them seem faster!*
*Actually, this probably isn't the "official" reason, but it makes sense!
After all, the cell phones use Symbian OS, and the Prius (and Lexus) both do not use it, so it isn't very suprising that the virus wouldn't work. After all, you don't hear very often that a MS-Windows virus infects a Macintosh.
Also, I liked the apparent security features in the car, that it didn't react to the bluetooth traffic, but then again, this is probably just due to an inconpatiblility - i.e. the car won't except any type of data but a specific type, like a valid VCARD phone book.
This uses RNAi technology - that is the RNA they deploy is complementary to the RNA produced in Cancer Cells, and so they complement with the cancer RNA into a double-stranded piece of RNA - which screams virus - and the cell destroys it. Therefore stopping the growth of the cancer.
This method of using the nanomaterials to protect it and enable it to enter the cancer cells surely looks very promising!
Personally, I use Gentoo Linux and I especially like portage and the emerge command! It's incredibly useful, for example, to update your *entire* system, simply use: emerge --update --deep --newuse world
I hope this new Graphical installer will increase the amount of people interested in using it!
What if Microsoft uses a GPL'd font? Is Microsoft now under the GPL? What if a document of international law uses a GPL'd font, then is all of the world under the GPL? Personally, I think either would be hilarious.:)
Also, thanks, I'll definitely be looking for those in-jokes when I go to see the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!
First, I agree that more government intervention in this matter, rather than market alone, isn't helpful, at least in my opinion.
Secondly, There is already a way around this, you simply let the ads/previews start, then press stop, then "DVD Menu" and hit play. The movie starts without any previews or ads!:)
Lastly, will this technology allow us to skip the messages such as "Copying this movie is prohibited by law" and so forth. If it did, it seems like that would be one government agency affecting another!
Slashdot Mirror
Well, if you liked that, then I have to reccommend a related site, FiveMinute.Net. It is also a related parody site, where movies, Star Trek, Science Fiction, and all sorts of shows are compressed into a Five-Minute format, very much like the site mentioned in the news article. However, there's all sorts of extras, and it covers 100's of episodes, series, and movies!
FiveMinute.Net truly is hilarous, and has been around since June 2000. Check it out!
I actually use an organizer / to-do list that I programmed myself in PHP and Javascript (actually using AJAX!), so that I can access it and modify it anywhere in the world! (As it resides on a web server on my computer)
This is a cool achievement, but it does have limitations: (from the article)
"This discovery will not enable paleontologists to determine the sex of all dinosaurs because medullary bone is present only during the egg-laying cycle. But when present, it at least enables scientists to say that a particular example is female.
Not every museum may want to check the sex of its specimens because it requires cutting a long bone in half, said Horner, a co-author of the paper with Schweitzer.
Even then, finding medullary bone is a long shot, Schweitzer said. First the dinosaur has to be an ovulating female. It also has to die before it has finished laying eggs and has to be fossilized. Finally, that fossil has to be found by humans."
Unfortunately, this only means that a few specimens of them can be identified. It says that it's a damaging procedure, can only be used to determine femaleness and also, only works in a few cases.
It also might be interesting to know that this particular dinosaur specimen was also the first specimen they were able to recover soft tissue from a dinosaur.
The actual issue seems to be that the company (MobilePro Corp.) isn't registered with the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. The city officals, however, say the company doesn't need a general contractors license, so they are planning to continue with the construction.
This seems to be Local vs. State issue and while the State doesn't seem to be able to directly cancel the project, they can boot the company out of the state, so they'd need a new company to add to the infrastructure as they are planning to build the Wi-Fi.
The new Xbox definitely looks awesome, and I am sure that it will greatly increase Microsoft's competitiveness in that field.
Yes, google's Web accelerator surely will decrease the bonus to Earthlink, MSN, and AOL - but as reported before - it still has it's problems. I'm hopeful they'll fix any problems and get it more widespread attention!
In theory, by caching web sites on their servers, it could also alleviate the slashdot effect! (If we all used it)
"It really isn't too late to avoid the worst of the Real-ID Act, and Bruce Scheier's essay on it should be required reading."
Yes, definitely! I really like the points he makes, such as that REAL ID is bad because:
- Real addresses on all cards, even for undercover police officers
- Insecure RFID technology allowing unauthorized access
- Machine readable = ATM > 7-11's Database > Choicepoint > Spammers and Identity Theifs
- Expensive ($120 million estimated per state!) and unfunded! The last thing we need are more deficits!
- Power grab by national government
And the best of all, besides it probably decreasing security:
- Polls overwhelmingly show no one wants it! And over 600 organizations oppose it!
Now, if that doesn't sound like a completely botched-up job, I don't know what is.
It seems there doing this to prevent PC Manufacturers from bundling it with the cheaper end of the higher-end PCs - probably because buisnesses and others who need a lot but don't need all the full features, would want it, as it is about half as expensive as Home edition, and a lot cheaper than Professional.
If they let it run, then, it would effectively compete with their full versions, hurting their profits!
It sounds like to me this 3D Memory construction is vastly improving the density, now all we need are 3D-Constructed processors! They use vertically and horizontally stacked chips to multiply the processing capability.
Also, if we could only get this in RAM! I'm looking for an upgrade, and my computer case is only so big!
Yes, for some reason, people do seem to mix up the bits and bytes, for example: Most file sizes are in bytes, to make them seem smaller, and connection speeds are in bits, to make them seem faster!*
*Actually, this probably isn't the "official" reason, but it makes sense!
After all, the cell phones use Symbian OS, and the Prius (and Lexus) both do not use it, so it isn't very suprising that the virus wouldn't work. After all, you don't hear very often that a MS-Windows virus infects a Macintosh.
Also, I liked the apparent security features in the car, that it didn't react to the bluetooth traffic, but then again, this is probably just due to an inconpatiblility - i.e. the car won't except any type of data but a specific type, like a valid VCARD phone book.
This uses RNAi technology - that is the RNA they deploy is complementary to the RNA produced in Cancer Cells, and so they complement with the cancer RNA into a double-stranded piece of RNA - which screams virus - and the cell destroys it. Therefore stopping the growth of the cancer.
This method of using the nanomaterials to protect it and enable it to enter the cancer cells surely looks very promising!
Personally, I use Gentoo Linux and I especially like portage and the emerge command! It's incredibly useful, for example, to update your *entire* system, simply use: emerge --update --deep --newuse world
I hope this new Graphical installer will increase the amount of people interested in using it!
I'll definitely recommend it!
What if Microsoft uses a GPL'd font? Is Microsoft now under the GPL? What if a document of international law uses a GPL'd font, then is all of the world under the GPL? Personally, I think either would be hilarious. :)
Also, thanks, I'll definitely be looking for those in-jokes when I go to see the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!
First, I agree that more government intervention in this matter, rather than market alone, isn't helpful, at least in my opinion.
:)
Secondly, There is already a way around this, you simply let the ads/previews start, then press stop, then "DVD Menu" and hit play. The movie starts without any previews or ads!
Lastly, will this technology allow us to skip the messages such as "Copying this movie is prohibited by law" and so forth. If it did, it seems like that would be one government agency affecting another!
This should definitely save me some headaches when I try to find a particular page, but can't find it again!
Especially when search ordering changes, and the one useful page that was #1, is now #20. Doesn't happen often, but has happened.
Can't wait to see what the next thing is that google comes out with!