I think that was Spider Man. Anyways if you are in a position of power, you need to be held accountable. Fingerprinting is not intended to be a pre-accusation of future crime but rather a method to hold you accountable for your actions.
Both 'real' jobs that I've had (ie, since college) have required fingerprinting. (One for a secret security clearance, the other to work at NASA on sensitive-but-unclassified projects). I have no fear because I am an ethical individual and my prints will never cross their paths again.
...which is one of the working theories, the new MSN-Yahoo would be a spinoff company of Microsoft. This would make non-Windows servers a little more palateable.
I'm down with C, my problem with the playstation is the limited graphics capabilities... visualization of the simulation is as improtant as the simulation itself, if it means bad visualization methods don't let you see the true results... so I'm personally wary about buying a PS3 for that reason until I can find some good hard facts on the graphics capabilities with that hypervizor in place...
What I want: a hobbyist card with a Cell chip to do hobbyist things on. There is a company that makes a dual-cell card... for $8000, 'coming soon'. Anyone know of a cheaper way to get into Cell, besides Playstation?
I would think there would be a healthy market for a 'cell accelerator card', especially in the world I come from (Modeling and Simulation)...
I'd agree with respect to every FPS I've ever played. I could put them down whenever I needed to. And to this day, I really have no strong urge to play them unless its at a LAN party.
Everquest, on the other hand, still has a soft spot in my heart even though I'm not playing it (actively) anymore. From time to time - maybe 3 times a year - I find myself typing my credit card to reactivate my 'habit'. Bad crack? Engrossing world? You decide.
I think the issue is that high-schoolers don't always have the foresight to take important, basic classes like mathematics which will help them throughout life (budgeting, building a fence in the back yard, painting the house, yes, all need math) There are outstanding examples, like yourself and many others who do choose to challenge themselves. But many high-schoolers, and their parents unfortunately, do not choose to do so. That is the 'so what'. These kids need classes and they don't all have the maturity and insight to pick them for themselves. And jobs after college aren't as cut and dry as you make them... IT people are a dime a dozen. As someone else already mentioned, plumbers and electricians are not, and don't fear outsourcing. (Myself, I was torn between CS and engineering entering college, I ensured my job security by getting a degree in aerospace engineering... there are some things that can't be outsourced, like our military's missile design and development, and designing space hardware... )
No, we are seeing consumer backlash to digital rights management.
The average consumer doesn't give a shit. And the DRM in Vista, proper, only relates to high-def media files; which are DRMed if you like it or not. Vista just gives you the ability to play them.
The intro was great. (as an elf) I got popped into my own little instance where a battle was taking place. I was ordered to slay goblins, how to move about the world, how to interact with NPC's (kinda like EQ's Mines of Gloomingdeep). After the event you get ported out of your instance, standing where you had stood.
The intro really impressed me. Along with the $199 lifetime subscription. And the way they worked classes (trying to stay true to the era but still incorporating the archetypes people are familiar with: for example the minstrel is a healer... you get your healer but recast into something that would fit in to LOTR). But beyond that, I'm not so sure the game will stand the tests of time. One the problems I forsee is the limited number of races. I also liked combat a bit more than WoW... it was more drawn out even at the lower stages... but that's not saying much. I fear the game will only really hold for the hardcore LOTR fans, and the rest will play awhile and say 'meh'. And there is always the fear of them f*cking it over someday like SOE did with Star Wars Online. (I'm a huge SW fan; however I couldn't bring myself to play the MMO, even though I was a huge MMO fan, because I knew something, someday, would go wrong and wreck my experiance... )
And with that being said 'There's only one Return, and its not of the King, its of the Jedi' -Clerks 2.
My point is more that there is absolutely no documentation to prove how much "money" I had or had not made. IRS doesn't know I have an account,
All they have to do is ask SOE / Blizzard / Turbine / etc. to get a list of active accounts.
and the game company doesn't know who I am.
Sure they do. Even if you pay in game cards they still require personal information to set up the initial account (be it an email address or a physical address and phone number). Sure, you can put in misleading information just like you can lie on your 1040, but the error is in your court, not the IRS's.
It is like me running down a random street and throwing a pack of collectors baseball cards at the first pedestrian I see, and then saying the government is going to tax that guy for that income.
No, because it is a gift. He gave nothing to you. You, however, might need to file a gift tax form if it was in excess of $12,000. You probably won't owe anything, though...
With the current interface (a stick) that's probably gonna be the killer app, if they can get past the lack of actual "clash" of sabers. (Force Feedback could help... but either way, with no resistance it'll be interesting to see how it plays out)
The thrust of the judge's findings about blocking software was that it blocks a high proportion of pornography
..was difficult to read without having thoughts I shouldn't be having at work:P
Anyways I'd argue his math is flawed as we don't know the number of porn sites in existance (and how do we rank it? by site? what about mirrored domains pointing to the same content? etc) along with the non-porn sites being blocked (was it offensive material that borderlines porn? Something a parent installing a filter would want blocked anyways?) etc. Pulling numbers out of you ass without backing it up only results in figures favorable to your cause...
Good luck running your computer without it. Whatcha gonna use? HURD? Minix?
It's possible to run the linux kernel with a gpl2 userland (IE: what 99.9% of us are doing now), but it isn't possible to run a gpl2 userland without the linux kernel.
I've found that the theoretical differences in safety are fairly insignificant.
Even neglecting the escape system, you have a system that is, in theory ( theory == it is all speculation now, we haven't flown one, much less enough to do a statistical analysis. But we can look back at our forefathers... ) safer due to the stack design itself. Both fatal shuttle missions were caused due to parallel staging - a SRB rupture and foam decellerating and impacting the shuttle. The stack design alone will virtually negate both of those failure modes (depending on the magnitude of a future rupture there is a possibility that the CEV could be effected - but remember, we at least have the option of trying the escape tower, ie, not a guaranteed fatality as it stands now. And the foam would never again be an issue to the CEV.
What existing man-rated launcher are you planning to use?
Ares I and Ares V reuse the shuttle SRB and SSME's along with a new J-2X engine. Essentially you are taking the man-rated portions of the shuttle and reconfiguring them into a more sane and proven configuration (See: 1000+ Soyuz launched)
Starting right at launch, the LES can fail when needed.
Versus the shuttle... when exactly have we been able to take advantage of any kind of LES? Challenger? Hello!
When you start the re-entry phase, you face the problem of dropping off the parts no longer needed. (You can either drop too early, or fail to drop on time. The Soyuz has had both happen.) Parachutes can fail to deploy and have no backups, and your landing braking system (rockets or airbags, NASA hasn't decided between them) can fail to operate.
The Shuttle was intended from day one as the service vehicle for a space station. As the original Shuttle tended station was cancelled in 1972 - all the satellite/SpaceHab/etc... missions moved from being secondary missions to being primary placeholders while NASA waited for Congress to authorize a station.
Yes, yes, it services station. I was also intended to service (and return) satellites, and deliver DoD satellites. Guess what it hasn't done since Challenger. My point is, why drive a truck when you don't need a truck? Why have a shuttle with an empty cargo bay and several thousand sqft of TPS to fail during reentry when you could bring back the equivalent amount of stuff you were bringing back in a capsule with a few hundred sqft of TPS?
(Soyuz has had its braking rockets fail at least twice.)
And you run the risk on Shuttle of missing tiles (Columbia), a failing OMS system (without the S-turns it is a very, very hot ride down, and no second-attempt opportunity. What's the point of wings without a second-attempt opportunity? At least with parachutes you can pack a backup.
There are also the risks of landing off-target. (Again, something that has happened to Soyuz on multiple occasions.)
Something that isn't as big a problem when you are landing in the ocean. On land with Soyuz, yea, it is a bigger deal. Wouldn't want to hit a roaming nomad.
There is no reason other than emotion to compartmentalize people and cargo. None. A rocket that cannot be trusted with people shouldn't be trusted with billion dollar cargoes. (And vice versa.)
It isn't a matter of trust, it is a matter of efficiency. Why send up a load of people with an essentially empty cargo bay, and pay the mass penalty for the cargo bay, the TPS to defend it during reentry, etc? These things do not scale linearly.
Current NASA thinking indicates that an entirely new SRM may be required - using 5 segments vice the current 4, for example.
The 5 segment booster has been the plan for awhile now (years? I remember hearing a presentatin on it at JPL 2 years ago) on Ares I. Ares V uses a liquid core with 2 strapons. It wouldn't be an entirely new structure, yes it would be a new configuration of an existing structure.
And why does that make OSS any less of a bazaar? Eh?
He doesn't say this particular release makes OSS any less of a bazaar, his statement is that most successful open source software is backed by a corporation, thus blurring the line between cathedral-bazaar. It isn't as much a bazaar as idealists like to think.
You forgot the three rules of real estate (see the subject line). They bought land on the main drag. Who cares if some outlying islands are created. It is all about location, location, location.
(disclaimer: I've worked for Coldwell Bankers before, but just as a courier to get through college.)
Why does there seem to be such a big hatred for college degrees here on slashdot?... Most companies require it for you to be able to work for them.
Because in a lot of fields, it isn't enough anymore. Just getting your college degree gets you into the ranks of 'hireable'... but your master's or Ph.D. puts you in the ranks of 'desirable' (with additional pay and perks to boot).
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I think that was Spider Man. Anyways if you are in a position of power, you need to be held accountable. Fingerprinting is not intended to be a pre-accusation of future crime but rather a method to hold you accountable for your actions.
Both 'real' jobs that I've had (ie, since college) have required fingerprinting. (One for a secret security clearance, the other to work at NASA on sensitive-but-unclassified projects). I have no fear because I am an ethical individual and my prints will never cross their paths again.
...which is one of the working theories, the new MSN-Yahoo would be a spinoff company of Microsoft. This would make non-Windows servers a little more palateable.
sounds like an excellent poll, I'd be interested in the results
I'm down with C, my problem with the playstation is the limited graphics capabilities ... visualization of the simulation is as improtant as the simulation itself, if it means bad visualization methods don't let you see the true results ... so I'm personally wary about buying a PS3 for that reason until I can find some good hard facts on the graphics capabilities with that hypervizor in place...
What I want: a hobbyist card with a Cell chip to do hobbyist things on. There is a company that makes a dual-cell card ... for $8000, 'coming soon'. Anyone know of a cheaper way to get into Cell, besides Playstation?
I would think there would be a healthy market for a 'cell accelerator card', especially in the world I come from (Modeling and Simulation)...
Well, forced because Microsoft will end support for their previous versions
...
and like I'm getting support from the Linux community on kernel 1.0
I'd agree with respect to every FPS I've ever played. I could put them down whenever I needed to. And to this day, I really have no strong urge to play them unless its at a LAN party.
Everquest, on the other hand, still has a soft spot in my heart even though I'm not playing it (actively) anymore. From time to time - maybe 3 times a year - I find myself typing my credit card to reactivate my 'habit'. Bad crack? Engrossing world? You decide.
I think the issue is that high-schoolers don't always have the foresight to take important, basic classes like mathematics which will help them throughout life (budgeting, building a fence in the back yard, painting the house, yes, all need math) There are outstanding examples, like yourself and many others who do choose to challenge themselves. But many high-schoolers, and their parents unfortunately, do not choose to do so. That is the 'so what'. These kids need classes and they don't all have the maturity and insight to pick them for themselves. And jobs after college aren't as cut and dry as you make them ... IT people are a dime a dozen. As someone else already mentioned, plumbers and electricians are not, and don't fear outsourcing. (Myself, I was torn between CS and engineering entering college, I ensured my job security by getting a degree in aerospace engineering ... there are some things that can't be outsourced, like our military's missile design and development, and designing space hardware ... )
How's your heating bill?
Around $100 for heating (water and air) and electricity, family of four, three computers, 2000 sq ft home.
I'll take laissez-faire capitalism over socialism, thanks!
No, we are seeing consumer backlash to digital rights management.
The average consumer doesn't give a shit. And the DRM in Vista, proper, only relates to high-def media files; which are DRMed if you like it or not. Vista just gives you the ability to play them.
The intro was great. (as an elf) I got popped into my own little instance where a battle was taking place. I was ordered to slay goblins, how to move about the world, how to interact with NPC's (kinda like EQ's Mines of Gloomingdeep). After the event you get ported out of your instance, standing where you had stood.
... it was more drawn out even at the lower stages ... but that's not saying much. I fear the game will only really hold for the hardcore LOTR fans, and the rest will play awhile and say 'meh'. And there is always the fear of them f*cking it over someday like SOE did with Star Wars Online. (I'm a huge SW fan; however I couldn't bring myself to play the MMO, even though I was a huge MMO fan, because I knew something, someday, would go wrong and wreck my experiance ... )
The intro really impressed me. Along with the $199 lifetime subscription. And the way they worked classes (trying to stay true to the era but still incorporating the archetypes people are familiar with: for example the minstrel is a healer... you get your healer but recast into something that would fit in to LOTR). But beyond that, I'm not so sure the game will stand the tests of time. One the problems I forsee is the limited number of races. I also liked combat a bit more than WoW
And with that being said 'There's only one Return, and its not of the King, its of the Jedi' -Clerks 2.
My point is more that there is absolutely no documentation to prove how much "money" I had or had not made. IRS doesn't know I have an account,
All they have to do is ask SOE / Blizzard / Turbine / etc. to get a list of active accounts.
and the game company doesn't know who I am.
Sure they do. Even if you pay in game cards they still require personal information to set up the initial account (be it an email address or a physical address and phone number). Sure, you can put in misleading information just like you can lie on your 1040, but the error is in your court, not the IRS's.
It is like me running down a random street and throwing a pack of collectors baseball cards at the first pedestrian I see, and then saying the government is going to tax that guy for that income.
No, because it is a gift. He gave nothing to you. You, however, might need to file a gift tax form if it was in excess of $12,000. You probably won't owe anything, though...
cause they've sued over block duplication before
And Helmholtz
With the current interface (a stick) that's probably gonna be the killer app, if they can get past the lack of actual "clash" of sabers. (Force Feedback could help ... but either way, with no resistance it'll be interesting to see how it plays out)
Plus shall we mention this is the first time this has been done in a game?
Far from it: Microsoft flight simulator
X-Plane
Weather Channel Golf
And there has been weather integration in Second Life as well...
The thrust of the judge's findings about blocking software was that it blocks a high proportion of pornography
..was difficult to read without having thoughts I shouldn't be having at work :P
Anyways I'd argue his math is flawed as we don't know the number of porn sites in existance (and how do we rank it? by site? what about mirrored domains pointing to the same content? etc) along with the non-porn sites being blocked (was it offensive material that borderlines porn? Something a parent installing a filter would want blocked anyways?) etc. Pulling numbers out of you ass without backing it up only results in figures favorable to your cause...
Linux is just the kernel
Good luck running your computer without it. Whatcha gonna use? HURD? Minix?
It's possible to run the linux kernel with a gpl2 userland (IE: what 99.9% of us are doing now), but it isn't possible to run a gpl2 userland without the linux kernel.
http://www.saltypickle.com/rubydotnet
http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000049
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I've found that the theoretical differences in safety are fairly insignificant.
... ) safer due to the stack design itself. Both fatal shuttle missions were caused due to parallel staging - a SRB rupture and foam decellerating and impacting the shuttle. The stack design alone will virtually negate both of those failure modes (depending on the magnitude of a future rupture there is a possibility that the CEV could be effected - but remember, we at least have the option of trying the escape tower, ie, not a guaranteed fatality as it stands now. And the foam would never again be an issue to the CEV.
What existing man-rated launcher are you planning to use?
Even neglecting the escape system, you have a system that is, in theory ( theory == it is all speculation now, we haven't flown one, much less enough to do a statistical analysis. But we can look back at our forefathers
Ares I and Ares V reuse the shuttle SRB and SSME's along with a new J-2X engine. Essentially you are taking the man-rated portions of the shuttle and reconfiguring them into a more sane and proven configuration (See: 1000+ Soyuz launched)
Sorry I'm a little late but I will defend myself.
... when exactly have we been able to take advantage of any kind of LES? Challenger? Hello!
Starting right at launch, the LES can fail when needed.
Versus the shuttle
When you start the re-entry phase, you face the problem of dropping off the parts no longer needed. (You can either drop too early, or fail to drop on time. The Soyuz has had both happen.) Parachutes can fail to deploy and have no backups, and your landing braking system (rockets or airbags, NASA hasn't decided between them) can fail to operate. The Shuttle was intended from day one as the service vehicle for a space station. As the original Shuttle tended station was cancelled in 1972 - all the satellite/SpaceHab/etc... missions moved from being secondary missions to being primary placeholders while NASA waited for Congress to authorize a station.
Yes, yes, it services station. I was also intended to service (and return) satellites, and deliver DoD satellites. Guess what it hasn't done since Challenger. My point is, why drive a truck when you don't need a truck? Why have a shuttle with an empty cargo bay and several thousand sqft of TPS to fail during reentry when you could bring back the equivalent amount of stuff you were bringing back in a capsule with a few hundred sqft of TPS?
(Soyuz has had its braking rockets fail at least twice.)
And you run the risk on Shuttle of missing tiles (Columbia), a failing OMS system (without the S-turns it is a very, very hot ride down, and no second-attempt opportunity. What's the point of wings without a second-attempt opportunity? At least with parachutes you can pack a backup.
There are also the risks of landing off-target. (Again, something that has happened to Soyuz on multiple occasions.)
Something that isn't as big a problem when you are landing in the ocean. On land with Soyuz, yea, it is a bigger deal. Wouldn't want to hit a roaming nomad. There is no reason other than emotion to compartmentalize people and cargo. None. A rocket that cannot be trusted with people shouldn't be trusted with billion dollar cargoes. (And vice versa.)
It isn't a matter of trust, it is a matter of efficiency. Why send up a load of people with an essentially empty cargo bay, and pay the mass penalty for the cargo bay, the TPS to defend it during reentry, etc? These things do not scale linearly.
Current NASA thinking indicates that an entirely new SRM may be required - using 5 segments vice the current 4, for example.
The 5 segment booster has been the plan for awhile now (years? I remember hearing a presentatin on it at JPL 2 years ago) on Ares I. Ares V uses a liquid core with 2 strapons. It wouldn't be an entirely new structure, yes it would be a new configuration of an existing structure.
And why does that make OSS any less of a bazaar? Eh?
He doesn't say this particular release makes OSS any less of a bazaar, his statement is that most successful open source software is backed by a corporation, thus blurring the line between cathedral-bazaar. It isn't as much a bazaar as idealists like to think.
You forgot the three rules of real estate (see the subject line). They bought land on the main drag. Who cares if some outlying islands are created. It is all about location, location, location.
(disclaimer: I've worked for Coldwell Bankers before, but just as a courier to get through college.)
Why does there seem to be such a big hatred for college degrees here on slashdot? ... Most companies require it for you to be able to work for them.
... but your master's or Ph.D. puts you in the ranks of 'desirable' (with additional pay and perks to boot).
Because in a lot of fields, it isn't enough anymore. Just getting your college degree gets you into the ranks of 'hireable'