Most people are still not understanding what this means, its implications, and its likelihood for success.
It's important to translate things out of legalese and analyze it in the context of the proceedings.
Slashdot is a tech site, not a legal one, so while the general community can see "aha", "touche'", and "gotcha" moments in, say, the realm of computer science or electrical engineering, we don't see it in legal context without some actual analysis. Feel free to qualify things with "this is my opinion" or whatever, but analysis and translation is essential.
and expects to pay another £100,000 this year - enough to fund another two investigators.
Let's see, 100,000 / 2 = 50,000. Unless the living costs in the UK are much higher than in Denmark, or the British pound has tanked more than I'm aware of, that would seems to be quite a decent bag of money you get as such an investigator...
Actually, recent npr reports show the british pound in virtual freefall against the US dollar right now. Some of the gloomier of british economists are suggesting parity between the two in the next couple months at this rate.
If their lack of support for flash on the iphone is related in any way for their pulling of flash support from quicktime, it's 100% pure laziness.
Apple did not properly sandbox the quicktime engine, and instead of reworking it to be properly sandboxed (thus fixing the exploit threat) they simply pulled support for it.
Lazy, Lazy, Lazy, and because of it I have a bunch of SWF files I can't convert to ipod video, and some of which are interactive and can't be converted.
I'd say A few pounds per person is a very small price to pay to ruin someone's life.
Many innocent people are accused and even convicted of "abuse" of children, only to be exonerated after their businesses have failed due to boycott, they've lost their jobs, they've been driven from their communities, they've spent years in jail, etc.
After all, it worked for Germany in 1914 when the inferior and decadent cultures of France and Russia dared to oppose them, or Austria when immature Serbia tried to oppose them, or France when the barbaric Algerians opposed them, or England when the Mesopotamian Arabs and Afghans opposed them, and on and on.
My what an accurate depiction of yours, perhaps if you actually brought up a situation in which people reneged on their deal.
The palistinians agreed to split the land, then turned around and tried to kill every last jew in the region. They got what they deserved, and given the recent history before their disgusting betrayal, I think its amazing self-restraint that israel doesn't simply wipe out palistinians with neutron bombs.
t. The podcast was recorded during a writers' session where they were talking about where the story left off, and directions they could take. That was the moment I realized the writers had no clue where the show was going. They plan it by the "pod" (half-seasons on SciFi are called "pods", they said) and intentionally leave the story hanging at a place where they could pick it up at the next pod and take it in any number of directions.
and this is why the scifi channel is a plague, and why I continue to turn to japan for well-knit series. (anime are based off manga, they know where the f'in story is going!)
Scifi bought the rights to andromeda and extended the series, creating a convoluted mess and a cop-out ending.
I, too, stopped watching BSG a couple seasons in when it was quite apparent they were drifting.
as with any show, babylon 5 mirrored the political times, but babylon 5 was about an epic storyline more than any meaningful examination of moral questions.
Funny in what way? Al Jazeera is a normal, reputable news source in the Middle East. It's no more (and no less) a propaganda or terrorism hub than USA Today, Fox News or the New York Times
i'm sorry, but you listed a network in there that is nothing but propaganda, and i'm not referring to Al jazeera
he problem with SV, as with all movies and TV, is that it aims at a mass audience in a compressed format. That means thoughtful exposition and intellectual complication, which is how the genre engages most of its readers, are off limits
Right, because there's absolutely no motivation to stretch out a franchise in a compelling way for decades?
I agree. However, "smart regulation" is extremely hard to do. In order to have regulation in the first place you need strong centralized power to enforce the regulations. That strong, centralized power attracts the ruthless, and thus you get corrupted regulation.
I use government as the example because it is generally the only entity large enough that it can dictate how it wants things to be. Standards bodies have all the authority of a wet noodle.
The trick is to erect a system which, by its nature, places government and business at loggerheads. (might I hint ever so slightly that the US constitution has not properly done this)
when two titans are too busy fighting one another, the peons remain free from the oppression of both.
This conversation is tangentially related, but im sure this quote from the transcript of his speech will make it abundantly clear what he thinks of programs that don't work.
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.
Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end.
Slashdot Mirror
Quantum entanglement cannot be used for classical information.
when last I heard of this on a documentary, it had to do with two particles mirroring each other's spin, and when that spin changed, it was mirrored.
Sounds like binary to me.
Assuming something like this works at much longer distances, this could be applied to interplanetary and interstellar communication.
Imagine a martian colony being seamlessly connected to the internet on earth through circuits which utilize this kind of information.
This doesn't mean anything, hes just putting it on hold.
What's really surprising is you usually don't see spin with this kind of heft outside fox news.
Of course, fox would be in a pickle on this one, because they were for bush's policies, so the headline would be against their ideals.
Anyway, so much for the "press honeymoon" they were talking about on NPR
After "virus", which he said was not there, you should perform the following check:
if ("X was installed between the time it was fast and the time it slowed down") uninstall X
else
start checking hardware.
Most people are still not understanding what this means, its implications, and its likelihood for success.
It's important to translate things out of legalese and analyze it in the context of the proceedings.
Slashdot is a tech site, not a legal one, so while the general community can see "aha", "touche'", and "gotcha" moments in, say, the realm of computer science or electrical engineering, we don't see it in legal context without some actual analysis. Feel free to qualify things with "this is my opinion" or whatever, but analysis and translation is essential.
and expects to pay another £100,000 this year - enough to fund another two investigators.
Let's see, 100,000 / 2 = 50,000. Unless the living costs in the UK are much higher than in Denmark, or the British pound has tanked more than I'm aware of, that would seems to be quite a decent bag of money you get as such an investigator...
Actually, recent npr reports show the british pound in virtual freefall against the US dollar right now. Some of the gloomier of british economists are suggesting parity between the two in the next couple months at this rate.
If their lack of support for flash on the iphone is related in any way for their pulling of flash support from quicktime, it's 100% pure laziness.
Apple did not properly sandbox the quicktime engine, and instead of reworking it to be properly sandboxed (thus fixing the exploit threat) they simply pulled support for it.
Lazy, Lazy, Lazy, and because of it I have a bunch of SWF files I can't convert to ipod video, and some of which are interactive and can't be converted.
I'd say A few pounds per person is a very small price to pay to ruin someone's life.
Many innocent people are accused and even convicted of "abuse" of children, only to be exonerated after their businesses have failed due to boycott, they've lost their jobs, they've been driven from their communities, they've spent years in jail, etc.
Mod parent informative.
Preferences->security
check box under cookies which says "only from sites I navigate to"
Super? Just "super"? Firefox has an AWESOME bar! SUCK IT, REDMOND!!!!!11
The correct phrase is "SUCK IT REDSTONE!"
..the article in one sentence:
Mac OSX displays a button for each application open, and Win7 displays a button for each document that is open and then groups them by application.
nah! that's not the same at all!
If you right click, click and hold, or control click on an open app in the dock, it will show you a context menu with all open documents.
it IS a ripoff of the dock. I hope apple sues microsoft and seizes the bulk of their assets.
Their alert, unlike every other antivirus company alert, does not tell you how to remove the trojan.
Nice.
Recession is on.
Politicians don't have idle time to persecute random innocent everyday activities anymore.
Should have sat on it until the economy was well into recovery territory.
What are the advantages of this over using an engine or sail? Would it be friendlier to the environment, faster, or efficient?
Whatever the practical application, this is cool!
It's a brilliant way to ship your toothpicks overseas one at a time.
All across the jersey shore the sounds of shovels can be heard as terrorists smell pay-dirt.
Fortunately, there's enough garbage there to keep them searching until theyre all dead.
A much more interesting form of self-enforcement than the TSA, don't you think?
After all, it worked for Germany in 1914 when the inferior and decadent cultures of France and Russia dared to oppose them, or Austria when immature Serbia tried to oppose them, or France when the barbaric Algerians opposed them, or England when the Mesopotamian Arabs and Afghans opposed them, and on and on.
My what an accurate depiction of yours, perhaps if you actually brought up a situation in which people reneged on their deal.
The palistinians agreed to split the land, then turned around and tried to kill every last jew in the region. They got what they deserved, and given the recent history before their disgusting betrayal, I think its amazing self-restraint that israel doesn't simply wipe out palistinians with neutron bombs.
t. The podcast was recorded during a writers' session where they were talking about where the story left off, and directions they could take. That was the moment I realized the writers had no clue where the show was going. They plan it by the "pod" (half-seasons on SciFi are called "pods", they said) and intentionally leave the story hanging at a place where they could pick it up at the next pod and take it in any number of directions.
and this is why the scifi channel is a plague, and why I continue to turn to japan for well-knit series. (anime are based off manga, they know where the f'in story is going!)
Scifi bought the rights to andromeda and extended the series, creating a convoluted mess and a cop-out ending.
I, too, stopped watching BSG a couple seasons in when it was quite apparent they were drifting.
I disagree on B5.
as with any show, babylon 5 mirrored the political times, but babylon 5 was about an epic storyline more than any meaningful examination of moral questions.
Funny in what way? Al Jazeera is a normal, reputable news source in the Middle East. It's no more (and no less) a propaganda or terrorism hub than USA Today, Fox News or the New York Times
i'm sorry, but you listed a network in there that is nothing but propaganda, and i'm not referring to Al jazeera
he problem with SV, as with all movies and TV, is that it aims at a mass audience in a compressed format. That means thoughtful exposition and intellectual complication, which is how the genre engages most of its readers, are off limits
Right, because there's absolutely no motivation to stretch out a franchise in a compelling way for decades?
I agree. However, "smart regulation" is extremely hard to do. In order to have regulation in the first place you need strong centralized power to enforce the regulations. That strong, centralized power attracts the ruthless, and thus you get corrupted regulation.
I use government as the example because it is generally the only entity large enough that it can dictate how it wants things to be. Standards bodies have all the authority of a wet noodle.
The trick is to erect a system which, by its nature, places government and business at loggerheads. (might I hint ever so slightly that the US constitution has not properly done this)
when two titans are too busy fighting one another, the peons remain free from the oppression of both.
If not for JFK you would not be around, and your parents would be radioactive shadows on some ruin which used to be a US state capital.
In either case, picking that out as even a top-100 issue in the US is so rediculous its hardly worth even getting into.
I remember a link to one of obama's feedback blogs where he answered the highest couple-hundred questions (community moderated).
The choices were linked to one of the slashdot threads and i was amazed..
50% of them were dupes, and they all said, to paraphrase.. "when the fuck are you ending the war on drugs"
This conversation is tangentially related, but im sure this quote from the transcript of his speech will make it abundantly clear what he thinks of programs that don't work.
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.
Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end.