What your speakers play is very different than what that file intends. Virtually everyone should be able to hear a very annoying sound when they open that file because most speakers (and probably all computer speakers) are unable to produce those high frequency sounds above our range.
So all you old geysers who are overjoyed you can hear something meant for younger kids, Despair! It is only your speakers making a lower pitched sound!
The statistic stated 1 in 579 people couldn't read (1 in 579 were ILliterate). Anyways, that quote proves nothing, nor was it listed on the website he provided as a reference. The fact that only 1 in 579 people in Connecticut were illiterate, where such a thing matters, means that only 1 in 579 lawyers, judges, university professors, generals, etc were illiterate. Farmers, laborers and slaves were definitely not included.
Well, all arguments for filesharing aside, I downloaded the album and liked it. Much like how they put their money where their mouth is, I have decided to go out and buy the album after listening to it. I always said I bought music that I heard online in order to support the artist. Now is the time to back up my claims.
While I agree that NASA should only launch if they feel it is safe to proceed, I think it would be pathetic if they stalled this launch yet again. They have had more than enough time to ensure the security of the shuttle, but that blundering bureaucracy just can't seem to get anything done these days.
The article was so nice to point out what we already know, American students are simply dumber than their international counterparts. However, it wasn't quite ready to hand over the fact that European students receive little to no homework until reaching 9th grade. At which point, they may have to write the occasional paper.
Being an American student living in Germany, I notice these things.
This poll was simply bogus. If two mutually exclusive questions were asked (like the two I mentioned above), then a significant amount of people would give conflicting answers. I just was trying to make that point.
Seriously though, 8 out of 10 believe that they would be more advanced than us? Yet...only 7 of 10 thought they would be able to communicate across deep space (something we can already do, to an extent). Those figures don't make any sense.
Chances are we're just going to find living martian bacteria in the near future, not just the fossilized remains. I highly doubt we'll find a super-advanced civilization.
I would have to disagree that patents would also be bad for Nokia in the long run. They are poised right now to snatch up a very large portion of IP. With that, they can probably bargain for IP licenses from anyone else in the future.
Personally, I do not believe in software patents in general. In the US, far too many trivial, extremely broad patents were granted that allow companies like SCO to sue small-time devlopers for using simple programming concepts. Hopefully the EU doesn't go through with it; however, I think they will give in the Nokia, IBM, and the powers that be.
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Well, this was just one long troll article. True, in recent times, the gaming industry has turned "Hollywood." That is, they are putting out franchise games, movie-based games, and other crap because they do not want to risk spending development money on a flop. Better AI would probably just cost too much more to program, so they use what they already have.
I think alot of these accusations are true for PC games in the last few years, but the consoles have been full of innovative games (see Nintendo GameCube). Needless to say games like GTA were quite innovative at the start.....but after about 5 installments, it does get somewhat old.
This is not only significant becuase biodiesel may one day be profitable. Utility companies pay for permits allowing them X amount of emissions per Y period of time. By using this system, they will be able to cut their emissions significantly (thereby allowing them to create more electricity without worrying about emissions), and they will be able to sell the byproduct of this process.
Thats too impractical. Most companies store all of the important info on the computers in accounting. They are linked to the normal network because so many people need access to that information.
Having a segregated network is too costly. Just concentrate on keeping your network secure.
Does it really matter if it is a trend or not? At the moment the government is pushing a globalization agenda, so it makes sense at this point in time. It's not like they're doing war games every year for the next 20 years.
OMFG, screw political correctness.
There is no software that exists and is 100% secure. True, there are OS's designed for government applications like air traffic control, power grids, and traffic grids.
If someone hacks into the air traffic control system, they could easily crash several planes a la Die Hard 2. If they changed all the traffic lights in Chicago rush hour to green, more than a few people would die. And so on.
The threat they are most worried about is another terrorist attack while the emergency services are preoccupied by another large-scale problem (i.e. no power, planes crashing, gridlock).
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What your speakers play is very different than what that file intends. Virtually everyone should be able to hear a very annoying sound when they open that file because most speakers (and probably all computer speakers) are unable to produce those high frequency sounds above our range. So all you old geysers who are overjoyed you can hear something meant for younger kids, Despair! It is only your speakers making a lower pitched sound!
The statistic stated 1 in 579 people couldn't read (1 in 579 were ILliterate). Anyways, that quote proves nothing, nor was it listed on the website he provided as a reference. The fact that only 1 in 579 people in Connecticut were illiterate, where such a thing matters, means that only 1 in 579 lawyers, judges, university professors, generals, etc were illiterate. Farmers, laborers and slaves were definitely not included.
Well, all arguments for filesharing aside, I downloaded the album and liked it. Much like how they put their money where their mouth is, I have decided to go out and buy the album after listening to it. I always said I bought music that I heard online in order to support the artist. Now is the time to back up my claims.
While I agree that NASA should only launch if they feel it is safe to proceed, I think it would be pathetic if they stalled this launch yet again. They have had more than enough time to ensure the security of the shuttle, but that blundering bureaucracy just can't seem to get anything done these days.
it isn't really MY computer anymore, now is it?
The article was so nice to point out what we already know, American students are simply dumber than their international counterparts. However, it wasn't quite ready to hand over the fact that European students receive little to no homework until reaching 9th grade. At which point, they may have to write the occasional paper. Being an American student living in Germany, I notice these things.
This poll was simply bogus. If two mutually exclusive questions were asked (like the two I mentioned above), then a significant amount of people would give conflicting answers. I just was trying to make that point.
Seriously though, 8 out of 10 believe that they would be more advanced than us? Yet...only 7 of 10 thought they would be able to communicate across deep space (something we can already do, to an extent). Those figures don't make any sense.
Chances are we're just going to find living martian bacteria in the near future, not just the fossilized remains. I highly doubt we'll find a super-advanced civilization.
I would have to disagree that patents would also be bad for Nokia in the long run. They are poised right now to snatch up a very large portion of IP. With that, they can probably bargain for IP licenses from anyone else in the future. Personally, I do not believe in software patents in general. In the US, far too many trivial, extremely broad patents were granted that allow companies like SCO to sue small-time devlopers for using simple programming concepts. Hopefully the EU doesn't go through with it; however, I think they will give in the Nokia, IBM, and the powers that be.
Well, this was just one long troll article. True, in recent times, the gaming industry has turned "Hollywood." That is, they are putting out franchise games, movie-based games, and other crap because they do not want to risk spending development money on a flop. Better AI would probably just cost too much more to program, so they use what they already have. I think alot of these accusations are true for PC games in the last few years, but the consoles have been full of innovative games (see Nintendo GameCube). Needless to say games like GTA were quite innovative at the start.....but after about 5 installments, it does get somewhat old.
This is not only significant becuase biodiesel may one day be profitable. Utility companies pay for permits allowing them X amount of emissions per Y period of time. By using this system, they will be able to cut their emissions significantly (thereby allowing them to create more electricity without worrying about emissions), and they will be able to sell the byproduct of this process.
Thats too impractical. Most companies store all of the important info on the computers in accounting. They are linked to the normal network because so many people need access to that information. Having a segregated network is too costly. Just concentrate on keeping your network secure.
Whoever posted this article probably is trying to pump up the visitors number for this website in this contest http://www.contagiousmedia.org/ .
Does it really matter if it is a trend or not? At the moment the government is pushing a globalization agenda, so it makes sense at this point in time. It's not like they're doing war games every year for the next 20 years. OMFG, screw political correctness.
There is no software that exists and is 100% secure. True, there are OS's designed for government applications like air traffic control, power grids, and traffic grids. If someone hacks into the air traffic control system, they could easily crash several planes a la Die Hard 2. If they changed all the traffic lights in Chicago rush hour to green, more than a few people would die. And so on. The threat they are most worried about is another terrorist attack while the emergency services are preoccupied by another large-scale problem (i.e. no power, planes crashing, gridlock).