That's one of the themes of the BBC article, and it's so true on a variety of levels. I recall that, recently, the DC Metro (WMATA) had a big chunk of its budget cut because they allowed pro-marijuana ads on trains and buses.
The real stupid part? The metro serves a large number of people and is always in need of more money. So, in reality, they punished the people. Look for lots of punishment from an angry God, er, government because scientists feel differently about religion, environment, and politics in general.
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Does anyone have any information about those three bugs?
Not a sales pitch for them, but...
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For $100 more, you get:
-remote control (for playing movies)
-wireless version of controller
-Xbox Live headset and 'silver' membership
-20GB hard drive (needed to play some Xbox1 games)
-High definition AV cables
If you don't get that more expensive package, you *have* to spend at least another $25 for a memory card to save games. For the Xbox1, you absolutely needed the $25-$30 remote to play DVD movies. I suspect that the Xbox360 will require this.
If you didn't care about high def cables, Xbox Live, or features that need a hard drive, then you have saved $50 at this point. This seems more like a scam to rip people off than really offer them a cheaper package.
Don't forget that air conditioners and refrigerators generate more heat than they actually take away. For example, if you left your freezer door open for several hours, the room temperature would actually increase.
That said, it doesn't mean those Russian scientists don't have some crazy, world-cooling scheme to win that $10,000. Bringing down large, icy asteroids might do the trick.
How many splogs are there and how many posts do they carry ? Its difficult to quantify, but I wouldnt be shocked if we have excluded more than 1mm of them at IceRocket.
1mm? 1 millimeter of bloggers? Doesn't seem like much to me.
Or is he using a multiplicative expression with Roman Numerals? MM is M*M = 1000*1000 = 1000000.
I posted too early... The
updated link says that they were offered "informal adjustments." If they agree to be monitored and stay out of trouble for several months, charges will be dropped.
Now that's not the only thing that the kids are accused of doing, they also turned off the monitoring software (Apple Remote Desktop?) and even used it to monitor the admins. In addition, they're accused of using hacking tools to find the new admin password when it was changed from the password that was taped on the back of the machines.
Also, if you click on the little update link at the bottom of the story, you'll see that the kids were also found to be downloading pornography. Might sound innocent to some of you, but adults / the school can get in trouble for "allowing" them access to X-rated material.
Now, a third degree felony sounds harsh, but they still need some punishment. If they had stopped at using the password taped onto the back of the computers I'd feel sorry for them, but they were spying on admins and using other means to get the password once it was changed.
The robotic guy who says, "You're in a Johnnycab" when you ask where you are. Oh yeah, here's some fun trivia for ST Voyager fans (all 8 of us): Robert Picardo, the holodoctor, was the voice of Johnnycab.
Google, operator of the leading Internet search engine, said it intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital, capital expenditures and possible acquisitions of other businesses or technologies.
The company, however, said it has no current agreements or commitments to any material acquisitions. Pending acquisitions, Google plans to invest the proceeds in highly liquid, investment-grade securities, according to the SEC document.
I think that very nicely clarifies what is going on. Very clear and quite obvious. Yep.
I'll stick with the old fashioned "eye surgery in the bathroom mirror" routine. Come on, would rather be at the mercy of a reversed image and your own hand or the neighborhood P2P bandwidth hogs?
Tell me - would any other country, rich or poor, welcome foreign citizens to take over a large portion of its jobs? I think there's a common attitude across the planet to secure jobs for the "tribe."
You would never see Halo (or any other FPS) as a flagship game for the big N.
Well, isn't Metroid Prime a flagship FPS? Have you played Eternal Darkness? It's not a first person shooter, but it's a mature horror game, better than the Resident Evil games, IMO. I thought the Gamecube was going to be great after this game, but apparently it was just an experiment on Nintendo's part (they effectively cancelled the sequel). In the years since then, I've acquired a PS2 that gets a lot of use, while my Gamecube collects dust.
If nintendo is going through such a downfall, why are they still making way more money than you or I will ever see?
They may still be making money, but how does it compare to years prior? They've alienated me (formerly a good customer) and lots of people I know. When enough people get sick of their crap, will the kiddie stuff be enough to keep them in the black? And no, I haven't outgrown Nintendo - they've stepped back. After typing this, I'm going to get back to playing Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Even the NES and SNES Zeldas felt more mature than Wind Waker. Long ago, Nintendo was about relatively neutral games, not kiddie games.
This kind of arrogance is often attributed to the downfall of Nintendo (though more so on a software basis). As N came to the top, they got greedy with their control on who could release hardware and also had ridiculous fees for being a developer.
With this in effect, suddenly hardware is going to be more expensive with less competition. With the PS3 and Xbox having basically the same game lineup, this could be part of keeps Sony at the top (assuming they don't do anything stupid like this).
If not, give it a try. In the past, anything I've taken from.doc to html (in particular, resumes), seemed to convert nicely if I did a cut-and-paste from Word straight into an html project in Frontpage.
Considering that they have a common core and a part of the Office suite, they seem like they should be the most directly compatibile with each other.
WalMart also had those advantages over Netflix, but look at what happened. They stopped taking new subscriptions (because they intend to stop the service) not too long ago.
Duh, if people are buying more laptops (one at a younger age and then another one sooner, when this one is too old to be useful), it helps the stock of various companies.
Also, people feel similarly about cell phones and younger kids (there are even special phones marketed for them) and they can be good for an emergency, but they mostly just get used at inappropriate times, just like the parents do with their phones.
Is for better user interfaces. A lot of open source stuff is started by people with *nix backgrounds who hate GUIs, and it shows. Some are so bad that even the Win32 port of the software is horribly clunky to use.
One good example is The GIMP. It's an art tool, but I doubt many artists would use it due to its unwieldiness. If it felt a little more like Photoshop or (my favorite) Paint Shop Pro, it would have a better chance of going mainstream.
This article talks about Linux being used for stuff like a corporate web server, and that is important in being a part of the 'mainstream,' but maybe some focus should be put into other typs of users, like the average joe.
4-1-9 Schemes frequently use the following tactics:
An individual or company receives a letter or fax from an alleged
"official" representing a foreign government or agency.
An offer is made to transfer millions of dollars in "over invoiced contract" funds into your personal bank account.
You are encouraged to travel overseas to complete the transaction.
You are requested to provide blank company letterhead forms, banking account information, telephone/fax numbers.
You receive numerous documents with official looking stamps,
seals and logo testifying to the authenticity of the proposal.
Eventually you must provide up-front or advance fees for various
taxes, attorney fees, transaction fees or bribes.
Other forms of 4-1-9 schemes include: c.o.d. of goods or services,
real estate ventures, purchases of crude oil at reduced prices,
beneficiary of a will, recipient of an award and paper currency
conversion.
Considering what it requires one to do (lots of illegal stuff), anyone suckered into one of these probably deserves to be taken.
I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO TRANSFER A SUM
EQUALING TEN TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (10-25 %) OF YOUR YEARLY INCOME TO
OUR ACCOUNT TO AID IN THIS IMPORTANT VENTURE.
I thought it was a hoax and didn't pay the 10-25% of my income and boy was I sorry.
It just goes to show that you shouldn't ignore an email typed entirely in caps.
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That's one of the themes of the BBC article, and it's so true on a variety of levels. I recall that, recently, the DC Metro (WMATA) had a big chunk of its budget cut because they allowed pro-marijuana ads on trains and buses.
The real stupid part? The metro serves a large number of people and is always in need of more money. So, in reality, they punished the people. Look for lots of punishment from an angry God, er, government because scientists feel differently about religion, environment, and politics in general.
Does anyone have any information about those three bugs?
For $100 more, you get:
-remote control (for playing movies)
-wireless version of controller
-Xbox Live headset and 'silver' membership
-20GB hard drive (needed to play some Xbox1 games)
-High definition AV cables
If you don't get that more expensive package, you *have* to spend at least another $25 for a memory card to save games. For the Xbox1, you absolutely needed the $25-$30 remote to play DVD movies. I suspect that the Xbox360 will require this.
If you didn't care about high def cables, Xbox Live, or features that need a hard drive, then you have saved $50 at this point. This seems more like a scam to rip people off than really offer them a cheaper package.
Don't forget that air conditioners and refrigerators generate more heat than they actually take away. For example, if you left your freezer door open for several hours, the room temperature would actually increase.
That said, it doesn't mean those Russian scientists don't have some crazy, world-cooling scheme to win that $10,000. Bringing down large, icy asteroids might do the trick.
How many splogs are there and how many posts do they carry ? Its difficult to quantify, but I wouldnt be shocked if we have excluded more than 1mm of them at IceRocket.
1mm? 1 millimeter of bloggers? Doesn't seem like much to me.
Or is he using a multiplicative expression with Roman Numerals? MM is M*M = 1000*1000 = 1000000.
I posted too early... The updated link says that they were offered "informal adjustments." If they agree to be monitored and stay out of trouble for several months, charges will be dropped.
From the article:
Now that's not the only thing that the kids are accused of doing, they also turned off the monitoring software (Apple Remote Desktop?) and even used it to monitor the admins. In addition, they're accused of using hacking tools to find the new admin password when it was changed from the password that was taped on the back of the machines.
Also, if you click on the little update link at the bottom of the story, you'll see that the kids were also found to be downloading pornography. Might sound innocent to some of you, but adults / the school can get in trouble for "allowing" them access to X-rated material.
Now, a third degree felony sounds harsh, but they still need some punishment. If they had stopped at using the password taped onto the back of the computers I'd feel sorry for them, but they were spying on admins and using other means to get the password once it was changed.
The robotic guy who says, "You're in a Johnnycab" when you ask where you are. Oh yeah, here's some fun trivia for ST Voyager fans (all 8 of us): Robert Picardo, the holodoctor, was the voice of Johnnycab.
Well, he's being informed by his boss to get back to work ;) .
Finally! A reason to beat up the geeky kid next door and take his stuff (in real life).
Since when do we need a reason to beat up the geeky kid next door?
Heh, someone saw it... I was hoping for a "funny" moderation for my post, but I decided to just quietly walk away with the "+3, Informative."
Google, operator of the leading Internet search engine, said it intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital, capital expenditures and possible acquisitions of other businesses or technologies.
The company, however, said it has no current agreements or commitments to any material acquisitions. Pending acquisitions, Google plans to invest the proceeds in highly liquid, investment-grade securities, according to the SEC document.
I think that very nicely clarifies what is going on. Very clear and quite obvious. Yep.
I'll stick with the old fashioned "eye surgery in the bathroom mirror" routine. Come on, would rather be at the mercy of a reversed image and your own hand or the neighborhood P2P bandwidth hogs?
Tell me - would any other country, rich or poor, welcome foreign citizens to take over a large portion of its jobs? I think there's a common attitude across the planet to secure jobs for the "tribe."
Heh, I was about to post the same.
But they get upset if you accuse Discovery of being a garbage scow, so we need to spin the whole garbage man thing.
Instead of "took out the trash" we could say, "they engaged in activities vital to orbital sanitation under zero-g environments."
You would never see Halo (or any other FPS) as a flagship game for the big N.
Well, isn't Metroid Prime a flagship FPS? Have you played Eternal Darkness? It's not a first person shooter, but it's a mature horror game, better than the Resident Evil games, IMO. I thought the Gamecube was going to be great after this game, but apparently it was just an experiment on Nintendo's part (they effectively cancelled the sequel). In the years since then, I've acquired a PS2 that gets a lot of use, while my Gamecube collects dust.
If nintendo is going through such a downfall, why are they still making way more money than you or I will ever see?
They may still be making money, but how does it compare to years prior? They've alienated me (formerly a good customer) and lots of people I know. When enough people get sick of their crap, will the kiddie stuff be enough to keep them in the black? And no, I haven't outgrown Nintendo - they've stepped back. After typing this, I'm going to get back to playing Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Even the NES and SNES Zeldas felt more mature than Wind Waker. Long ago, Nintendo was about relatively neutral games, not kiddie games.
At first, I thought you were referring to APDA. Easy mistake. Never mind.
Ok, stupid question... Would this be the American Parkinson's Disease Assocation or the American Asian People's Disability Alliance?
This kind of arrogance is often attributed to the downfall of Nintendo (though more so on a software basis). As N came to the top, they got greedy with their control on who could release hardware and also had ridiculous fees for being a developer.
With this in effect, suddenly hardware is going to be more expensive with less competition. With the PS3 and Xbox having basically the same game lineup, this could be part of keeps Sony at the top (assuming they don't do anything stupid like this).
No, no, no...
Usually they are from academic users
It sounds like this might be a university environment. The correct answer should be grad students .
If not, give it a try. In the past, anything I've taken from .doc to html (in particular, resumes), seemed to convert nicely if I did a cut-and-paste from Word straight into an html project in Frontpage.
Considering that they have a common core and a part of the Office suite, they seem like they should be the most directly compatibile with each other.
WalMart also had those advantages over Netflix, but look at what happened. They stopped taking new subscriptions (because they intend to stop the service) not too long ago.
Duh, if people are buying more laptops (one at a younger age and then another one sooner, when this one is too old to be useful), it helps the stock of various companies.
Also, people feel similarly about cell phones and younger kids (there are even special phones marketed for them) and they can be good for an emergency, but they mostly just get used at inappropriate times, just like the parents do with their phones.
Is for better user interfaces. A lot of open source stuff is started by people with *nix backgrounds who hate GUIs, and it shows. Some are so bad that even the Win32 port of the software is horribly clunky to use.
One good example is The GIMP. It's an art tool, but I doubt many artists would use it due to its unwieldiness. If it felt a little more like Photoshop or (my favorite) Paint Shop Pro, it would have a better chance of going mainstream.
This article talks about Linux being used for stuff like a corporate web server, and that is important in being a part of the 'mainstream,' but maybe some focus should be put into other typs of users, like the average joe.
4-1-9 Schemes frequently use the following tactics:
An individual or company receives a letter or fax from an alleged "official" representing a foreign government or agency.
An offer is made to transfer millions of dollars in "over invoiced contract" funds into your personal bank account.
You are encouraged to travel overseas to complete the transaction.
You are requested to provide blank company letterhead forms, banking account information, telephone/fax numbers.
You receive numerous documents with official looking stamps, seals and logo testifying to the authenticity of the proposal.
Eventually you must provide up-front or advance fees for various taxes, attorney fees, transaction fees or bribes.
Other forms of 4-1-9 schemes include: c.o.d. of goods or services, real estate ventures, purchases of crude oil at reduced prices, beneficiary of a will, recipient of an award and paper currency conversion.
Considering what it requires one to do (lots of illegal stuff), anyone suckered into one of these probably deserves to be taken.
I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO TRANSFER A SUM EQUALING TEN TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (10-25 %) OF YOUR YEARLY INCOME TO OUR ACCOUNT TO AID IN THIS IMPORTANT VENTURE.
I thought it was a hoax and didn't pay the 10-25% of my income and boy was I sorry.
It just goes to show that you shouldn't ignore an email typed entirely in caps.