However misguided this is, I seriously doubt that the police did this with malicious intent. I also doubt that we have all the facts. The police in the UK don't go around arresting people who say silly things about bombs, it's a waste of resources.
C# is not a windows only language at all. Mono is a pretty complete implementation of the.NET Framework on Linux (with some good progress on OS X). A lot of really cool apps, such as Beagle, Banshee, F-Spot, Tomboy, and Gnome-Do, are written for Mono.
There's nothing wrong with the government using whatever technology they has at their disposal to search computers they have legally seized. That they haven't been using such technology up to now is baffling.
If one reads the actual article, it's not about overall happiness/enjoyment but happiness and enjoyment when doing math. This has really little to do with the overall happiness of the society, though it could be used, along with other more general studies, for that purpose.
I'm speaking in general however. Social networking is currently dominated by myspace, but once that falls, I don't have a hard time imagining one of the big three taking over.
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Is it me, or are Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo practicing corporate imperialism? They buy out tons of small companies and most likely prevent further innovations. At this rate, the three companies will own all of these "unique" sites and make it difficult for competitors to break into the market, if not impossible. Yes, Google's motto is "Don't be evil", but seeing from how they've assisted the Chinese government in massive censorship, I doubt they still follow it internally.
One of the few Web 2.0 sites I can think of that isn't owned by these giants is meebo.com, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone bought them out soon. The era of the small internet "company" which participates in true interaction with users is coming to an end. Google may be innovative now, but corporate laziness will eventually set in and the overall quality of work will eventually decrease, similar to what happened in Microsoft.
To be honest, I think video games hold back many smart kids from becoming truly skillful in other areas of computing. It also creates social outcasts, but that's another story.
Don't get me wrong, I game occasionally, but people actually make a living out of this stuff.
Of course, what do you think the whole Vista release is? It's windows XP + more CPU and RAM usage. Nothing special or useful. It's pretty pitiful that developers being paid 6 figures work at a slower pace than volunteer open-source developers. It also fits into Microsoft's motto: Less Later. Just like Halo 2, one of the most anticipated games was out years late and really sucked.
Microsoft will always do this, just like Vienna (Fiji, whatever) is supposed to be a complete re-write, bullshit. They'll probably just add some crappy RAM and CPU hogging features and call it inovative.
The US already has nuclear supremacy, we have first-strike capability, the ability to destroy the rest of the world's nuclear arsenal in a first-strike. It's not like we're becoming the largest nuclear power in history, we are the largest nuclear power in history. The US is not capable of losing any war at this moment, building more bombs or not isn't really going to change anything. You could argue that Russia has a huge arsenal, but you forget the gap in their radar of the pacific, as well as the fact that their submarines and fighters are in almost unusable condition, and all they have left are ICBMs (Inter-Continental Balistic Missiles), which are extremely targets. China's nukes aren't even ready for launch, their fighters need 8 hours to be ready to drop a bomb, the ICBMs aren't highly numbered, and they have yet to produce a working submarine. Any nation intending to start nuclear way with the United States is already a goner. Take for instance North Korea, their new missile can supposedly hit continental US, but sadly it'll be destroyed if they even try testing it.
And don't go pointing to examples of mis-use of military power. The Iraq War is far from some outrageous money war, it's a political/strategical war. It's simply the second battle in a long war. You can't kill ideas, but you can destroy their physical manifestations. And for a group of people so hell bent of freedom, why aren't slashdotters a little more enthusiastic about sharing freedom with the rest of the world. We're only a small percentage of the world population here in the US, the majority of the world population lives in extreme poverty and/or under oppresize government.
What a politician said 40+ years ago is not relevant. The arms race and MAD saved mankind in the 20th century, and I surely hope you don't want nuclear holocaust. Ironically, the only way to keep nukes out of the wrong hands is by developing more advanced nukes.
Actually, holocaust revisionism and denial is illegal in the entire EU. It is the "downplay of a human genocide". The question isn't whether the holocaust happened, that's irrelevant. The more important issue is natural rights. The EU has basically created thought-crime, the worst violation of fundamental human rights.
A lot of people don't agree with Section 1305, not to mention that it's rarely, if ever enforced. While on the other hand, a holocaust denier got sentenced to 6+ years in prison for a book he wrote denying the holocaust. You can't create laws to support a certain view of the truth, governments cannot impose laws on historians. Because in the end, history will ALWAYS win, however slowly or painfully, as we have seen in the course of human events.
And the fact that the UN has not condemned the EU for these actions is beyond me. It seems the the United States is the only place in the world where our rights are so valued. But even here, people take these great rights for granted. They don't realize that in other parts of the world, speaking against the government will get you shot. And people have allowed courts and congress to censor us.
Some people seriously need rude awakenings, among them: the EU, Germany (where the Nazi party is banned), France, China (which needs something more closely resembling a revolution), and ignorant americans.
See, while I for instance disagree with most people that criticize our current president (I do have my own complaints) I think that the right to do so is extremely important. A government that imposes beliefs or bans certain viewpoints is just one step closer to dictatorship.
Think about what your saying. You want Game Developers to waste money recompiling every game, just so they are compatible with the new system? That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard. Not only is it a complete waste of money, it kills the whole purpose. People who already have the game would have to buy it again.
And yes, Microsoft does tell us how the emulation is working, maybe you should RTFA.
Actually, yahoo cannot, by law, provide a complete downloads of a book unless:
A)The copyright has expired B)The author has given explicit written permission
The downloadable books will probably all have expired copy rights, as I don't see many authors giving away their books for free. You won't find a complete download of all your favorite tech books, sorry to burst you bubble.
Because the power might go out, and the temperature inside the house will not maintain a temperature as low as inside the freezer; if it did, the water you leave lying around in cups would freeze.
Isn't the whole point of open source to encourage choice. When the government officially sponsers a certain part of the market, you once again start to see a monopoly, regardless of the cost of the product. If everyone uses opensource, then the same problem arises, innovation does not take place. A delicate balance in the market creates a competetive and innotive market.
A recent survey has determined that the majority of office workers are extremely dense.
A survey among 1500 office workers determined that 61 percent spend more time IMing and drinking coffee than working. A very interesting discovery; employers may have to start monitering employee computer use more tightly.
At the door paying: The return of lost money in shipping.
Lost Money in Shipping: The return of online credit card payments.
BTW, the point of credit cards is not to have to lug around tons of cash, and not having to have your account full. If you know how to manage your money, you can say goodbye to paying interest on a credit card bill.
Note: Credit Cards not reccommended for those who spend more than they make.
This is semi-true. First of all, the people that stayed behind are MOSTLY the thugs that wanted to cause chaos after this shit. Think about it, if you were a thug, wanted to kill someone, rape someone, shoot upon firefighters and their families, wouldn't you stay behind?
Actually, experts have proven (time and time again) that global warming does NOT cause more than a 10 increase in power. That would have increased the power maybe 8-9 mph (that's not even a whole category). It's just a fact that the gulf has great sunlight. It being surrounded by land, it conducts more heat. Also, cold currents don't flow as much as in the open sea.
About looting. Looting for food is perfectly legal, as food is necessarry to live. Looting for non-necessities, such as TVs, is illegal and wrong. Also, it's not just TVs, it's fucking assault rifles you imbecile. And the 60% black population means nothing. The looters are like 99% black, not exactly proportional.
I support companies rights to protect there property, but this is too far.
I, and every other entity, has the right to create whatever application I care to. The use of such an application is not my concern at all. The people who do illegal shit with my software are responsible for there own actions.
This is stupid. Software is like a gun. A gun is only a tool, it is harmless and safe. A gun is not a killer, criminals, soldiers, and marines are killers.
My software is not a hacker or software pirate. People that use it for illegal reasons are.
Yes, I think we should send the first version the George Lucas ASAP. "Anakin, Obi Won told me you killed all of the younglings", they're f**king kids!!! "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!";-)
And even better would be technology that would fill parts of the movie with dialogue. This should be sent to the script writer of Alien Versus Predator (the recent one) immediately. Maybe next time, he won't leave the second half of a movie with "Grr.." as the only comprehendable dialogue.
The problem is when both hands pop out of the screen, and you can't tell which one is red and which one is blue. 'Cause they are both blue AND red. Things would get fucked up real fast.
After having to sit through hours of eye pain during Spykids 3D (Those Glasses STING!!!), I don't see myself going to any 3D movie for a long time. It seems like they knew about the pain, because at the begginning they had some retarded guy wearing, plaid pants, popping out of the screen, and telling us that when out eyes start stinging, to spend 20 bucks at the consession stand. I said, "No thanks", but I don't think he heard me.
And forget the pain, all the environments had to be rendered in variations of red and blue, because if not, they would look disgusting with those red and blue lenses. Lets just say that it wasn't very aesthetically pleasing. But, if you ever have a stomach ache, it induced vomit well.
The only good 3D experience in existance, is the IMax experience, but I don't see directors taking that route, because too few theatres have the technology available.
And the guy that said something about the Matrix 3D: Think of the entire movie, in 3D, tinted red and blue, not a pretty picture indeed.
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However misguided this is, I seriously doubt that the police did this with malicious intent. I also doubt that we have all the facts. The police in the UK don't go around arresting people who say silly things about bombs, it's a waste of resources.
C# is not a windows only language at all. Mono is a pretty complete implementation of the .NET Framework on Linux (with some good progress on OS X). A lot of really cool apps, such as Beagle, Banshee, F-Spot, Tomboy, and Gnome-Do, are written for Mono.
There's nothing wrong with the government using whatever technology they has at their disposal to search computers they have legally seized. That they haven't been using such technology up to now is baffling.
If one reads the actual article, it's not about overall happiness/enjoyment but happiness and enjoyment when doing math. This has really little to do with the overall happiness of the society, though it could be used, along with other more general studies, for that purpose.
I'm speaking in general however. Social networking is currently dominated by myspace, but once that falls, I don't have a hard time imagining one of the big three taking over.
Is it me, or are Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo practicing corporate imperialism? They buy out tons of small companies and most likely prevent further innovations. At this rate, the three companies will own all of these "unique" sites and make it difficult for competitors to break into the market, if not impossible. Yes, Google's motto is "Don't be evil", but seeing from how they've assisted the Chinese government in massive censorship, I doubt they still follow it internally.
One of the few Web 2.0 sites I can think of that isn't owned by these giants is meebo.com, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone bought them out soon. The era of the small internet "company" which participates in true interaction with users is coming to an end. Google may be innovative now, but corporate laziness will eventually set in and the overall quality of work will eventually decrease, similar to what happened in Microsoft.
...the fall of Video Games.
To be honest, I think video games hold back many smart kids from becoming truly skillful in other areas of computing. It also creates social outcasts, but that's another story.
Don't get me wrong, I game occasionally, but people actually make a living out of this stuff.
Of course, what do you think the whole Vista release is? It's windows XP + more CPU and RAM usage. Nothing special or useful. It's pretty pitiful that developers being paid 6 figures work at a slower pace than volunteer open-source developers. It also fits into Microsoft's motto: Less Later. Just like Halo 2, one of the most anticipated games was out years late and really sucked.
Microsoft will always do this, just like Vienna (Fiji, whatever) is supposed to be a complete re-write, bullshit. They'll probably just add some crappy RAM and CPU hogging features and call it inovative.
The US already has nuclear supremacy, we have first-strike capability, the ability to destroy the rest of the world's nuclear arsenal in a first-strike. It's not like we're becoming the largest nuclear power in history, we are the largest nuclear power in history. The US is not capable of losing any war at this moment, building more bombs or not isn't really going to change anything. You could argue that Russia has a huge arsenal, but you forget the gap in their radar of the pacific, as well as the fact that their submarines and fighters are in almost unusable condition, and all they have left are ICBMs (Inter-Continental Balistic Missiles), which are extremely targets. China's nukes aren't even ready for launch, their fighters need 8 hours to be ready to drop a bomb, the ICBMs aren't highly numbered, and they have yet to produce a working submarine. Any nation intending to start nuclear way with the United States is already a goner. Take for instance North Korea, their new missile can supposedly hit continental US, but sadly it'll be destroyed if they even try testing it.
And don't go pointing to examples of mis-use of military power. The Iraq War is far from some outrageous money war, it's a political/strategical war. It's simply the second battle in a long war. You can't kill ideas, but you can destroy their physical manifestations. And for a group of people so hell bent of freedom, why aren't slashdotters a little more enthusiastic about sharing freedom with the rest of the world. We're only a small percentage of the world population here in the US, the majority of the world population lives in extreme poverty and/or under oppresize government.
What a politician said 40+ years ago is not relevant. The arms race and MAD saved mankind in the 20th century, and I surely hope you don't want nuclear holocaust. Ironically, the only way to keep nukes out of the wrong hands is by developing more advanced nukes.
Actually, holocaust revisionism and denial is illegal in the entire EU. It is the "downplay of a human genocide". The question isn't whether the holocaust happened, that's irrelevant. The more important issue is natural rights. The EU has basically created thought-crime, the worst violation of fundamental human rights.
A lot of people don't agree with Section 1305, not to mention that it's rarely, if ever enforced. While on the other hand, a holocaust denier got sentenced to 6+ years in prison for a book he wrote denying the holocaust. You can't create laws to support a certain view of the truth, governments cannot impose laws on historians. Because in the end, history will ALWAYS win, however slowly or painfully, as we have seen in the course of human events.
And the fact that the UN has not condemned the EU for these actions is beyond me. It seems the the United States is the only place in the world where our rights are so valued. But even here, people take these great rights for granted. They don't realize that in other parts of the world, speaking against the government will get you shot. And people have allowed courts and congress to censor us.
Some people seriously need rude awakenings, among them: the EU, Germany (where the Nazi party is banned), France, China (which needs something more closely resembling a revolution), and ignorant americans.
See, while I for instance disagree with most people that criticize our current president (I do have my own complaints) I think that the right to do so is extremely important. A government that imposes beliefs or bans certain viewpoints is just one step closer to dictatorship.
All bills make it into committee, but only the important ones get any attention in the committee.
Think about what your saying. You want Game Developers to waste money recompiling every game, just so they are compatible with the new system? That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard. Not only is it a complete waste of money, it kills the whole purpose. People who already have the game would have to buy it again.
And yes, Microsoft does tell us how the emulation is working, maybe you should RTFA.
Actually, yahoo cannot, by law, provide a complete downloads of a book unless:
A)The copyright has expired
B)The author has given explicit written permission
The downloadable books will probably all have expired copy rights, as I don't see many authors giving away their books for free. You won't find a complete download of all your favorite tech books, sorry to burst you bubble.
Because the power might go out, and the temperature inside the house will not maintain a temperature as low as inside the freezer; if it did, the water you leave lying around in cups would freeze.
Isn't the whole point of open source to encourage choice. When the government officially sponsers a certain part of the market, you once again start to see a monopoly, regardless of the cost of the product. If everyone uses opensource, then the same problem arises, innovation does not take place. A delicate balance in the market creates a competetive and innotive market.
A recent survey has determined that the majority of office workers are extremely dense.
A survey among 1500 office workers determined that 61 percent spend more time IMing and drinking coffee than working. A very interesting discovery; employers may have to start monitering employee computer use more tightly.
Cash Payments: The return of at the door paying.
At the door paying: The return of lost money in shipping.
Lost Money in Shipping: The return of online credit card payments.
BTW, the point of credit cards is not to have to lug around tons of cash, and not having to have your account full. If you know how to manage your money, you can say goodbye to paying interest on a credit card bill.
Note: Credit Cards not reccommended for those who spend more than they make.
This is semi-true. First of all, the people that stayed behind are MOSTLY the thugs that wanted to cause chaos after this shit. Think about it, if you were a thug, wanted to kill someone, rape someone, shoot upon firefighters and their families, wouldn't you stay behind? Actually, experts have proven (time and time again) that global warming does NOT cause more than a 10 increase in power. That would have increased the power maybe 8-9 mph (that's not even a whole category). It's just a fact that the gulf has great sunlight. It being surrounded by land, it conducts more heat. Also, cold currents don't flow as much as in the open sea. About looting. Looting for food is perfectly legal, as food is necessarry to live. Looting for non-necessities, such as TVs, is illegal and wrong. Also, it's not just TVs, it's fucking assault rifles you imbecile. And the 60% black population means nothing. The looters are like 99% black, not exactly proportional.
Maybe in your parallel dimension a little thing called sarcastic humor is not a allowed to triangular physlics and thus you cannot grasp the concept.
Me, having the biggest mouth in existance, wouldnot be able to keep shut about things like politics.
That's what I use google for, except that I get the reliable information right from the get-go.
I support companies rights to protect there property, but this is too far. I, and every other entity, has the right to create whatever application I care to. The use of such an application is not my concern at all. The people who do illegal shit with my software are responsible for there own actions. This is stupid. Software is like a gun. A gun is only a tool, it is harmless and safe. A gun is not a killer, criminals, soldiers, and marines are killers. My software is not a hacker or software pirate. People that use it for illegal reasons are.
Yes, I think we should send the first version the George Lucas ASAP. "Anakin, Obi Won told me you killed all of the younglings", they're f**king kids!!! "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" ;-)
And even better would be technology that would fill parts of the movie with dialogue. This should be sent to the script writer of Alien Versus Predator (the recent one) immediately. Maybe next time, he won't leave the second half of a movie with "Grr.." as the only comprehendable dialogue.
The problem is when both hands pop out of the screen, and you can't tell which one is red and which one is blue. 'Cause they are both blue AND red. Things would get fucked up real fast.
After having to sit through hours of eye pain during Spykids 3D (Those Glasses STING!!!), I don't see myself going to any 3D movie for a long time. It seems like they knew about the pain, because at the begginning they had some retarded guy wearing, plaid pants, popping out of the screen, and telling us that when out eyes start stinging, to spend 20 bucks at the consession stand. I said, "No thanks", but I don't think he heard me.
And forget the pain, all the environments had to be rendered in variations of red and blue, because if not, they would look disgusting with those red and blue lenses. Lets just say that it wasn't very aesthetically pleasing. But, if you ever have a stomach ache, it induced vomit well.
The only good 3D experience in existance, is the IMax experience, but I don't see directors taking that route, because too few theatres have the technology available.
And the guy that said something about the Matrix 3D: Think of the entire movie, in 3D, tinted red and blue, not a pretty picture indeed.