How is it flawed? Do you honestly think they want people to opt-out? The way it is set up people get to go through a procedure that placates most of them insofar as their personal privacy concerns, and at the same time allow them to swallow up as much data as possible. The people who realize that it is all smoke and mirrors and bullshit are a minority, and one that is very ignored at that.
...promotion's sales being hurt by netbooks. It seems to me that the majority of OLPC G1G1 sales are going to be to geeks who buy it as a curiosity more than as a machine they will be using every day, or for their kids because it is able to withstand more abuse than a netbook. The OLPC isn't quite being targeted at the same users that netbooks are, and a lot of the netbook market probably will never hear about the OLPC anyway.
If the majority vote was the sole decider on every issue, with "advisers" giving people suggestions as to how they should vote, you will end up with heavily bribed advisers (moreso than congresscritters and other government drones), a constant barrage of campaigns with similar content to John McCains "Obama wants to give kindergartners comprehensive sex education" ad or the funny face net neutrality ad, and people voting for issues because they don't like to leave blanks on ballots. Or, in short, the current system, only slower, more corrupt, and less competent.
Can you explain your comment to me? As far as I can see, government officials and policies are going to change, just not the way that the people who voted for John McCain wanted, which occurred because either they were in the minority or they didn't vote (and if you didn't vote and were able, please STFU regarding your political opinions, thank you).
How is it entrapment? Entrapment is when someone is coaxed into doing something illegal that they wouldn't have done otherwise by law enforcement officers. What illegal thing are they compelling him to do? How is getting the guy to come here even borderline entrapment?
No, that is Narbacular Drop that was the senior year project. Portal was developed by Valve (they hired the entire team that worked on Narbacular Drop).
Yeah, but "in some circumstances" with R&D will turn into "in any circumstances." And do you think that something like this won't be developed further?
How many people are going to try a browser because "it is faster?" It is great for the people who already use Firefox, but the majority of new Firefox users had the kid who knows computers down the street install it for them. Those using IE are probably going to continue to use IE until someone manages to get across to them how bad an idea it is, or until whatever apps they are using at work which only work in IE are replaced.
Almost all of Enterprise was crap, but there was the odd episode out that worked really, really well. The last episode of Enterprise was most assuredly good. In a Mirror, Darkly wasn't all that bad either (although it was less because it managed to do the standard Trek stuff well and more because of the fact that they spent the entirety of both episodes in the Mirror Universe, which made the standard Enterprise formula not stick out). Similitude was the type of episode that really defines Trek, and Judgement was the type of episode that actually fleshed out the Trek cannon, and was really more of what the show should have had.
...or were you expecting something closer to the series insofar as ship design is concerned? After seeing the pics of the shuttle (specifically, the control console) I figured that the ship interiors would be tastefully done updates, not complete redesigns.
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How is it flawed? Do you honestly think they want people to opt-out? The way it is set up people get to go through a procedure that placates most of them insofar as their personal privacy concerns, and at the same time allow them to swallow up as much data as possible. The people who realize that it is all smoke and mirrors and bullshit are a minority, and one that is very ignored at that.
Unless he takes a page out of Strom Thurmond's book, at which point we are going to be paying him for at least 15 more years.
This is slashdot, so the only thing someone could suggest would be some sort of car analogy. Say, a highway of sorts.
...promotion's sales being hurt by netbooks. It seems to me that the majority of OLPC G1G1 sales are going to be to geeks who buy it as a curiosity more than as a machine they will be using every day, or for their kids because it is able to withstand more abuse than a netbook. The OLPC isn't quite being targeted at the same users that netbooks are, and a lot of the netbook market probably will never hear about the OLPC anyway.
If the majority vote was the sole decider on every issue, with "advisers" giving people suggestions as to how they should vote, you will end up with heavily bribed advisers (moreso than congresscritters and other government drones), a constant barrage of campaigns with similar content to John McCains "Obama wants to give kindergartners comprehensive sex education" ad or the funny face net neutrality ad, and people voting for issues because they don't like to leave blanks on ballots. Or, in short, the current system, only slower, more corrupt, and less competent.
...before the first 10 posts.
Can you explain your comment to me? As far as I can see, government officials and policies are going to change, just not the way that the people who voted for John McCain wanted, which occurred because either they were in the minority or they didn't vote (and if you didn't vote and were able, please STFU regarding your political opinions, thank you).
How is it entrapment? Entrapment is when someone is coaxed into doing something illegal that they wouldn't have done otherwise by law enforcement officers. What illegal thing are they compelling him to do? How is getting the guy to come here even borderline entrapment?
...THESE GUYS! Seriously, can anyone explain a possible application for this research, other than acting like a prick?
Actually, it was that they didn't understand that "point zero zero two cents per kilobyte" != $.002/KB.
No, that is Narbacular Drop that was the senior year project. Portal was developed by Valve (they hired the entire team that worked on Narbacular Drop).
Feel free to look at any of Peter Schiffs recent interviews.
I wish I had mod points so I could mod this redundant.
I thought the H stood for Hitler.
Yeah, but "in some circumstances" with R&D will turn into "in any circumstances." And do you think that something like this won't be developed further?
How is this not a PDA minus the PIM apps?
How many people are going to try a browser because "it is faster?" It is great for the people who already use Firefox, but the majority of new Firefox users had the kid who knows computers down the street install it for them. Those using IE are probably going to continue to use IE until someone manages to get across to them how bad an idea it is, or until whatever apps they are using at work which only work in IE are replaced.
Jailbreaking DOES void the warranty, and if somehow the install ends up messed up, you are screwed with an unbootable iBrick that has no warranty.
Holy Crap, Rudy Giuliani has a /. account!
That statement would make a lot more sense if said hacker qualified for script-kiddie status.
Almost all of Enterprise was crap, but there was the odd episode out that worked really, really well. The last episode of Enterprise was most assuredly good. In a Mirror, Darkly wasn't all that bad either (although it was less because it managed to do the standard Trek stuff well and more because of the fact that they spent the entirety of both episodes in the Mirror Universe, which made the standard Enterprise formula not stick out). Similitude was the type of episode that really defines Trek, and Judgement was the type of episode that actually fleshed out the Trek cannon, and was really more of what the show should have had.
...or were you expecting something closer to the series insofar as ship design is concerned? After seeing the pics of the shuttle (specifically, the control console) I figured that the ship interiors would be tastefully done updates, not complete redesigns.
...they only filed a motion, and one that probably won't get far. When it gets far, then this should be front page material.
He never said it was certified Unix, he said it was Unix based, which is still wrong, it should be Unix like.
It is Apple, so I would bet it is purely a matter of aesthetics.