As big as the web is, it's just the same boring drivel over and over... it shouldn't be too hard to make Google Suggest!:)
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Oh, I agree with you, she can do whatever she wants. I would just never want to live or be friends with a person like this. She's treating the effect, not the cause.
This has been holiday tradition for me since about 1999.. it's nothing new anymore.
Problem is that people are starting to bring laptops, family members are startin to have kids, and I'm still just one guy who wants to eat too and drink too much and pass out.
While I think it is extremely cool that we can now do this, I really hoped the genetics revolution wouldn't lead down this path. Obviously gene therapy and better medicine will be the true victories from our learning of ourselves. This is cool, but also a crappy by-product, if you ask me.
In the meantime, I think that money might be better spent on a psychiatrist for this woman. Death is a part of the life cycle - deal with it you loser. Death is nothing to be afraid of, nothing to be mourned for too long. It is the way things are, and you can't run from it forever. I shame someone that is so weak that they must do this - and pay a decent salary to do so in the meantime!
In short - welcome to the future, science is going to be doing some absolutely crazy things. And in all other news, many people are still pathetic losers.
Azureus allows you to throttle and it works extremely well. I can download at 400kb/s total (this absolutely pisses off my roommates as it cripples our net connection (but they appreciate it because I get these awesome downloads from a porno server, and then share the files with them)), and can only upload 30kb/s total.
I agree - we should listen to him a bit and stop refuting everything he says. He makes some decent points.
But his decent points are small and insignificant to the whole picture. Fact is that surfing with Firefox is a MUCH better experience than with IE. It might have some of these small problems still, but it is still a better, more secure browser, despite the fact that I had to download it from DePaul.
Microsoft weenies are resorting to minor nitpicking. OK, we'll fix that. In the meantime, their entire PLATFORM is f'd from the ground up, and Mozilla's isn't.
I just finished reading Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, and was thinking about some stuff like this. Note that I'm a computer engineer and don't know much about this stuff:
Evolution has worked for billions of years. I'd say it's worked out quite a few of its bugs. So why don't we copy it when doing computing? I think the book stated (VERY generally, I assume), that there are 4 bits that get used to build with DNA - A, T, C, and G... obviously this has advantages, so why are we using binary computers?
I don't get why we don't copy this in as many of our simulations as possible. It's obviously prevailed for a reason...
Hi Chris - You have my dream job, and I'm very jealous! Can I come work for you?:)
I am graduating in June of 2005 from the Ohio State University with a BS in computer engineering and a business minor. I have a great amount of experience dating back to my days at an ISP when I was 16 through my engineering/IT co-op with a very large company. I'd love to send you my resume! Send me a message, thanks!
PS: Don't look at my comic linked below if you would ever consider hiring me... haha
Man, there must be something that Firefox does to make my family REALLY smart then... because when they use it instead of IE, they become super-users that just don't get their computers screwed up!
Firefox needs to release their smart chemical to the rest of the world then...
Terrible idea. Every time you make laws that restrict what people can do, you restrict business. You restrict movement, you restrict growth.
All that law would do is crush construction companies, which are a cornerstone in our economy.
I am all for using more renewable resources, but if it's undesirable and not cost-effective vs. petroleum, then you shouldn't force it.
Keep the legislation out of it. When the market tires of our upcoming $80 barrels of oil and has finally made solar cost effective (as another poster noted, we're getting close!), then it'll happen.
Otherwise, why would I want to be a house builder in California? Why would I want to buy a home in California if I have to install additional expensive stuff that won't get me my money back yet? I'd rather move elsewhere.
Personally, I'm of the philosophy that "if you made it, you can unmake it". I'm sure you can find a way to hack it and get a different OS on it, or add components.
One theory posed by Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene, is that if we restrict all humans from breeding until they are 40 or so, we can weed out genes that cause early death, trauma, and senility.
If we slowly keep raising this breeding minimum, we can eventually breed people who can be up to 200 years old!
Of course, this is my extremely short version, but you can sort of see the idea. Pick up the book and other genetics stuff if you're interested, I'm just a drunken ECE college student
The Selfish Gene is an amazing book. It will seriously change the way you think about things.
Hey thanks - I don't check messages on/. much, but i added tejanb to my buddy list. I'm actually in a hotel right now with another interview tomorrow with another company. Looking forward to getting in touch with you afterwards - THANKS!
They're gonna spam regardless. But now they go to Michigan to make their loot, and guess what - you just rid my state of some taxpaying people that would have bought stuff from my neighbor's store and from my business.
I hate spam just as much as you do. But this only starts "brain drain" in its state. I don't see why Ohio would do this - It should be on a federal level.
Keep yer condoms on, kiddies
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We're getting closer, but we're still not close.
So in the meantime, keep those condoms on, and don't do anything stupid. It's not worth it.
I go to Ohio State - In the dorms we had the zip code 43210 (mine is now 43201, almost as fun).. they're free to check the weather here in beautiful Columbus Ohio!
As always... too much crap cluttering it up. I'll stick to my Firefox, but will note that any switches back to Netscape from IE are still good for the community.
Especially since I don't need to clean that person's PC with spyware as much now.
Interviewing with NI (National Instruments). They're flying me out in January, and I have 5 half hour interviews, as well as a 10 minute technical presentation of my choice.
I'm currently planning on "selling" them on switching to Mozilla Firefox, as I want to get into technical sales, and I might package for them a customized version of Firefox with source code, and it'll have extra search capabilities for their intranet and web page.
For the rest of the weekend, they're wining me and dining me. This gig sounds awesome, 1.5 to 3 years of training in Austin, then you get into whatever role (marketing or tech. sales for me) and do your thing. Company is ranked #53 on Fortune's top 100 companies to work for.
There are billions of ideas, comments, insights on why this is cool or wrong...
the only thing I'm really surprised about is why someone didn't think of this any sooner? It was really only a matter of time, but I'm surprised nobody else thought of it!
This is funny. Do these people realize that when I choose to start my business, California has basically ZERO chance of me an my employees working and living there?
All taxes do is tell smart, hard-working Americans to screw off and go somewhere else. Fine by me, there's plenty of other states that aren't going to try to restrict how much my salespeople can do their jobs and make money.
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As big as the web is, it's just the same boring drivel over and over... it shouldn't be too hard to make Google Suggest! :)
Oh, I agree with you, she can do whatever she wants. I would just never want to live or be friends with a person like this. She's treating the effect, not the cause.
Problem is that people are starting to bring laptops, family members are startin to have kids, and I'm still just one guy who wants to eat too and drink too much and pass out.
In the meantime, I think that money might be better spent on a psychiatrist for this woman. Death is a part of the life cycle - deal with it you loser. Death is nothing to be afraid of, nothing to be mourned for too long. It is the way things are, and you can't run from it forever. I shame someone that is so weak that they must do this - and pay a decent salary to do so in the meantime!
In short - welcome to the future, science is going to be doing some absolutely crazy things. And in all other news, many people are still pathetic losers.
Why hasn't freenet taken off yet? Is enough of this going to happen where freenet becomes the show-stopper?
Azureus allows you to throttle and it works extremely well. I can download at 400kb/s total (this absolutely pisses off my roommates as it cripples our net connection (but they appreciate it because I get these awesome downloads from a porno server, and then share the files with them)), and can only upload 30kb/s total.
However - I've never heard any of the radio series. Is there a place where I can download them? Or do they have to be bought somewhere? Thanks..
But his decent points are small and insignificant to the whole picture. Fact is that surfing with Firefox is a MUCH better experience than with IE. It might have some of these small problems still, but it is still a better, more secure browser, despite the fact that I had to download it from DePaul.
Microsoft weenies are resorting to minor nitpicking. OK, we'll fix that. In the meantime, their entire PLATFORM is f'd from the ground up, and Mozilla's isn't.
I've given up all hope. If they guessed my full name, then they're guessing everything. Might as well go publish my e-mail address on usenet! :)
Evolution has worked for billions of years. I'd say it's worked out quite a few of its bugs. So why don't we copy it when doing computing? I think the book stated (VERY generally, I assume), that there are 4 bits that get used to build with DNA - A, T, C, and G... obviously this has advantages, so why are we using binary computers?
I don't get why we don't copy this in as many of our simulations as possible. It's obviously prevailed for a reason...
I am graduating in June of 2005 from the Ohio State University with a BS in computer engineering and a business minor. I have a great amount of experience dating back to my days at an ISP when I was 16 through my engineering/IT co-op with a very large company. I'd love to send you my resume! Send me a message, thanks!
PS: Don't look at my comic linked below if you would ever consider hiring me... haha
Firefox needs to release their smart chemical to the rest of the world then...
All that law would do is crush construction companies, which are a cornerstone in our economy.
I am all for using more renewable resources, but if it's undesirable and not cost-effective vs. petroleum, then you shouldn't force it.
Keep the legislation out of it. When the market tires of our upcoming $80 barrels of oil and has finally made solar cost effective (as another poster noted, we're getting close!), then it'll happen.
Otherwise, why would I want to be a house builder in California? Why would I want to buy a home in California if I have to install additional expensive stuff that won't get me my money back yet? I'd rather move elsewhere.
You just need to try harder :)
If we slowly keep raising this breeding minimum, we can eventually breed people who can be up to 200 years old!
Of course, this is my extremely short version, but you can sort of see the idea. Pick up the book and other genetics stuff if you're interested, I'm just a drunken ECE college student
The Selfish Gene is an amazing book. It will seriously change the way you think about things.
Hey thanks - I don't check messages on /. much, but i added tejanb to my buddy list. I'm actually in a hotel right now with another interview tomorrow with another company. Looking forward to getting in touch with you afterwards - THANKS!
I'm from Ohio. Spammer's pay bills (ie bandwidth, servers, employees, salesmen, etc..).
They're gonna spam regardless. But now they go to Michigan to make their loot, and guess what - you just rid my state of some taxpaying people that would have bought stuff from my neighbor's store and from my business.
I hate spam just as much as you do. But this only starts "brain drain" in its state. I don't see why Ohio would do this - It should be on a federal level.
So in the meantime, keep those condoms on, and don't do anything stupid. It's not worth it.
Oh, wait, I'm on slashdot... !
I go to Ohio State - In the dorms we had the zip code 43210 (mine is now 43201, almost as fun).. they're free to check the weather here in beautiful Columbus Ohio!
Especially since I don't need to clean that person's PC with spyware as much now.
I'm currently planning on "selling" them on switching to Mozilla Firefox, as I want to get into technical sales, and I might package for them a customized version of Firefox with source code, and it'll have extra search capabilities for their intranet and web page.
For the rest of the weekend, they're wining me and dining me. This gig sounds awesome, 1.5 to 3 years of training in Austin, then you get into whatever role (marketing or tech. sales for me) and do your thing. Company is ranked #53 on Fortune's top 100 companies to work for.
Know anyone working for them that can testify?
Any comments? I hear it's AWESOME down there
Lawyer anyone? I'm quite curious about this one...
the only thing I'm really surprised about is why someone didn't think of this any sooner? It was really only a matter of time, but I'm surprised nobody else thought of it!
What other insane ideas are we leaving out?
All taxes do is tell smart, hard-working Americans to screw off and go somewhere else. Fine by me, there's plenty of other states that aren't going to try to restrict how much my salespeople can do their jobs and make money.