He calls the Western press "irresponsible" and says that the hoax was designed "to give foreign media a lesson..."
So the next time we get a story like this, we will be twice as skeptical, and may not even believe it at all. Media today uses 'instant information' to formulate stories, and there is a race to be the first to report 'breaking news' - sometimes with little fact checking involved.
With the tight restrictions from the Chinese media and the internet, it is easier to believe a hoax from China, since we do not know, and may never really know, the true story and the facts behind it.
Dell has started offering it on their website, maybe it will catch on. People need to be able to try before they buy, so they can see how it works, then it might catch on. There is a link to do this, but most people would rather not have to install it to try it.
I don't know where you can try Linux in a retail outlet, but it would help convince people to buy it if they could, IMHO.
but it does offer support for eight simultaneous display outputs on four Graphics cards.
Cool! Now I can fight myself in a lightsaber battle on 8 different screens!
More competition is good, lag is bad
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When the local office receives this request, it checks to make sure that the user is authorized to view the new channel, then directs the routers in the local office to add that particular user to the channel's distribution list. In this way, only signals that are currently being watched are actually being sent from the local office to the DSLAM and on to the user.
Sounds like if you change the 'channel' you will have to wait for it to load a few packets to get it started first, I don't see how it could be instantaneous or even quicker than a few seconds. But if most things were 'on-demand' it may not matter that much.
More competition will hopefully mean that our cable bills will go down. Wait and see...
I was curious to see, but got this error instead: OOPS!
The page you tried to access does not exist on this server. This page may not exist due to the following reasons...
Unfortunately the pictures do not work, maybe you should go over to Popeye's and load up on free napkins & condiments instead?;)
To be or not to be Open Source, that is the question.
Whether it is nobler in mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous Microsoft fortune, or to take up your arms against a sea of troubles and by using Linux, end them.
To die, to sleep no more.
In other words, there are many cases where the "before" and "after" images look almost identical. In the cases of color manipulation, most of those black-and-white images are of little value -- occasionally laughably so.
Haha, that was funny...well if you need to see what it actually does, their examples site has some better images.
'The Israeli-French project will allow farmers to better treat their crops, fisherman to locate large quantities of fish in mid-sea...'
There is already a threat of illegal fishing on the high seas, I only see this as being detrimental to the ocean environment. This article states, 'Over half of the global fish stocks are already fully exploited, and 25 percent are overexploited, depleted or recovering from depletion.'
A better use would be to locate and protect certain species from depletion.
But the real question is, does anyone care? Or will they only care when it is too late to do anything about it?
This one involves eBay and a company called MercExchange LLC, which says eBay's popular "Buy It Now" auction feature violates patents held by MercExchange.
Solution, put the 'Buy it Now' patent on sale on eBay using the 'Buy it Now' feature for $50 million. Ebay will buy it then, and the problem is solved.
"The thermonuclear fusion will take place in a series of pulses, each pulse being triggered by laser energy, and/or energetic particles reflected from a previous pulse. The system will be arranged so that the fusion process will decay after each pulse so that the stability of the system is maintained."
After using the saucer, you are so full of radiation that you will begin to glow green. This is helpful when trying to reproduce all aspects of 'alien' saucer lore, as well as to scare the crap out of your neighbours.
..is a good offense, build a kevlar bubble with 0.000000001 micron filter and start rolling over mad scientists before they can spread their evil technology. You can work off those extra pounds and save the world at the same time.
...there are robots running wild, overstaying their welcome.
But seriously, they should send the next lander to the highest elevation on Olympus Mons and then take some panoramic shots and see what is in the Caldera. You could get a shot from 22km elevation from Mars' surface, I think this would be very interesting.
Isn't the ratings system supposed to prevent kids from getting violent games? I know that it doesn't work, but still there are laws out there. Make buying these games by minors just as tough as buying alcohol or cigarettes.
Why is it always people that know little or nothing about video games are always the ones railing so hard against them? It's also interesting that neither Clinton nor Lieberman are saying anything about the TV & Movie industry constantly having violence in their shows/movies which may also harm children.
God forbid a naked breast showing up somewhere. That would be instantly banned and deemed harmful...strange world we live in.
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He calls the Western press "irresponsible" and says that the hoax was designed "to give foreign media a lesson..."
So the next time we get a story like this, we will be twice as skeptical, and may not even believe it at all.
Media today uses 'instant information' to formulate stories, and there is a race to be the first to report 'breaking news' - sometimes with little fact checking involved.
With the tight restrictions from the Chinese media and the internet, it is easier to believe a hoax from China, since we do not know, and may never really know, the true story and the facts behind it.
It costs $200 million to make some movies. If people stop paying to make the movies then that type of movie will not get made in the future.
Well with Bombs like Taxi, Duece Bigalow, and Dukes of Hazzard, this may not be such a bad thing, eh?
Dell has started offering it on their website, maybe it will catch on. People need to be able to try before they buy, so they can see how it works, then it might catch on. There is a link to do this, but most people would rather not have to install it to try it.
I don't know where you can try Linux in a retail outlet, but it would help convince people to buy it if they could, IMHO.
but it does offer support for eight simultaneous display outputs on four Graphics cards.
Cool! Now I can fight myself in a lightsaber battle on 8 different screens!
When the local office receives this request, it checks to make sure that the user is authorized to view the new channel, then directs the routers in the local office to add that particular user to the channel's distribution list. In this way, only signals that are currently being watched are actually being sent from the local office to the DSLAM and on to the user.
Sounds like if you change the 'channel' you will have to wait for it to load a few packets to get it started first, I don't see how it could be instantaneous or even quicker than a few seconds. But if most things were 'on-demand' it may not matter that much.
More competition will hopefully mean that our cable bills will go down. Wait and see...
Advice: "Surround yourself with really, really smart people and don't be afraid to give them equity, because it's all about the team," says Sternberg.
Translation: Surround yourself with women at your workplace, and you are halfway there to actually getting a date.
Got it man, it does work! Hopefully, you will be able to make better phone calls too.
Now off to Popeye's for some overpriced carbonated high-fructose corn syrup water and/or some instant heartburn!
I was curious to see, but got this error instead:
;)
OOPS!
The page you tried to access does not exist on this server. This page may not exist due to the following reasons...
Unfortunately the pictures do not work, maybe you should go over to Popeye's and load up on free napkins & condiments instead?
C'mon! "Ekiga?" Is that the sound of a penguin expectorating?
Only if you show it drawn by a Japanese person in the 'dramatic' style.
To be or not to be Open Source, that is the question.
Whether it is nobler in mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous Microsoft fortune, or to take up your arms against a sea of troubles and by using Linux, end them.
To die, to sleep no more.
In other words, there are many cases where the "before" and "after" images look almost identical. In the cases of color manipulation, most of those black-and-white images are of little value -- occasionally laughably so.
Haha, that was funny...well if you need to see what it actually does, their examples site has some better images.
'The Israeli-French project will allow farmers to better treat their crops, fisherman to locate large quantities of fish in mid-sea...'
There is already a threat of illegal fishing on the high seas, I only see this as being detrimental to the ocean environment.
This article states, 'Over half of the global fish stocks are already fully exploited, and 25 percent are overexploited, depleted or recovering from depletion.'
A better use would be to locate and protect certain species from depletion.
But the real question is, does anyone care? Or will they only care when it is too late to do anything about it?
This one involves eBay and a company called MercExchange LLC, which says eBay's popular "Buy It Now" auction feature violates patents held by MercExchange.
Solution, put the 'Buy it Now' patent on sale on eBay using the 'Buy it Now' feature for $50 million. Ebay will buy it then, and the problem is solved.
"The thermonuclear fusion will take place in a series of pulses, each pulse being triggered by laser energy, and/or energetic particles reflected from a previous pulse. The system will be arranged so that the fusion process will decay after each pulse so that the stability of the system is maintained."
After using the saucer, you are so full of radiation that you will begin to glow green.
This is helpful when trying to reproduce all aspects of 'alien' saucer lore, as well as to scare the crap out of your neighbours.
..is a good offense, build a kevlar bubble with 0.000000001 micron filter and start rolling over mad scientists before they can spread their evil technology. You can work off those extra pounds and save the world at the same time.
If only McAfee had quarantined itself before this disaster, it would have worked perfectly!
Vista needs to be released first
Looks like Vista is the Photoshop-killer-killer
...there are robots running wild, overstaying their welcome.
But seriously, they should send the next lander to the highest elevation on Olympus Mons and then take some panoramic shots and see what is in the Caldera. You could get a shot from 22km elevation from Mars' surface, I think this would be very interesting.
If you want to get a good overview of what you are buying, try typing the address in Google Earth and then see what lies around it.
Great minds think alike, you beat me to it :)
SacreBl.eu !
Clearly, we won't know until final systems ship.
Need we discuss this any further?
The 8.5GB dual layer discs will now be MUCH cheaper, right? Anyone?
They will have to lower their prices for their services, otherwise they will start losing millions. So this a win-win situation for the consumer?
Isn't the ratings system supposed to prevent kids from getting violent games? I know that it doesn't work, but still there are laws out there. Make buying these games by minors just as tough as buying alcohol or cigarettes.
Why is it always people that know little or nothing about video games are always the ones railing so hard against them? It's also interesting that neither Clinton nor Lieberman are saying anything about the TV & Movie industry constantly having violence in their shows/movies which may also harm children.
God forbid a naked breast showing up somewhere. That would be instantly banned and deemed harmful...strange world we live in.