A misleading article summary on/.? I'm shocked and appalled!
A better way to state this story is that within 20 years, SETI will have the capacity to detect transmissions from across our galaxy, rather than just a small slice of it. Whether or not there's any signal to pick up is another matter entirely...
He used to be the little guy in the media business - CNN was initially greeted with derision, but instead ended up creating a new market for 24-hour news channels.
ATM's are certainly great for when you need quick access to cash, particularly when you're travelling abroad, but an even better development has been the debit card. I find that I hardly ever carry cash anymore, as the debit card is not only convenient (no change jingling in your pocket), but also makes tracking much easier if you use something like Quicken or Money.
I was lucky enough to win an HP TC1100 from MIT's Technology Review magazine (follow the link below my UID above). My initial thought was to just turn around and sell it on eBay, but once I started playing around with it, it found a permanent place in my home...
Remember that they got injections of capital funding to pursue this venture, as well as a few million $$$ of "revenue" during the first quarter of their SCOSource program. As far as any can tell, that quarter's revenue came nearly entirely from the sale of licenses to Microsoft and Sun.
The only ones really making money off this long and terrible saga are the lawyers - but is that any surprise?
Face it, during an election cycle, lawmakers would rather be percieved as budget-minded tax cutters than bold visionaries. If any major funding for NASA is to come, it will have to be shortly after the election, when a president is in a better position to advocate major change.
The Entrepreneur's Dilemma
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Birth of the iPod
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· Score: 3, Insightful
"It was probably a mistake, but then you have to go with what you think at the time," he said.' "
This is a dilemma all entrepreneurs (and software developers) face - if you wait until a product is absolutely perfected before taking it to market, you will likely lose your opportunity. At some point, you have to get it out there and gauge public opinion (which should help guide further development), lest you burn all your resources in R&D.
This site IS for experts, and we aren't going to be interested in a book that is for 'laymen'.
I think it's a suggestion for our Xmas shopping lists, in order to keep Uncle Louie from calling all the time asking if such-and-such email is fake or not...
Back in my day, my first computer came with 8K, and IIIIIiiiii liked it! When it came time to upgrade to 16K, it cost $200 and I had to send it away for a couple weeks! (I shit you not)
What a load of bullshit. If your raw material is cheaper, profits go UP, not down.
Not necessarily - if the crop is so cheap that it significantly lowers the barrier to entry for that market, you could end up with more firms competing for the business, driving down margins for each party involved...
Well, I guess I'll just have to go outside, or talk to a girl...
Most readers here would need a published API for such interaction...
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As far as sports are concerned, several studies that I've read... (excessive tripe deleted)
That is just about the stupidest thing I think I've ever read on Slashdot. Congratulations!!!
Seriously, people spend money on things that provide value to them, your assumptions about their motives notwithstanding. People buy tickets to games, buy sponsored products, etc. to fund sporting events because they enjoy them. You may think that holds no value, but billions of other people around the world think it does. That's why they are called "personal" preferences.
Dude, I think you forgot to take your medicine this morning.
What I'm talking about here isn't an end-all be-all cure for all crime. It's a simple, common-sense idea - when you fly, you already present your ID to verify that you are the person to whom the ticket has been issued. Simply bounce that ID against a consolidated watch list and notify law enforcement when a match is made.
If you're on the list, they're already after you. Get over it. All I'm saying is that we should take existing information and just try and get it into the right people's hands.
Either way, I think you're taking the proposal to the ridiculous extreme. What I'm talking about is that if you're going to get on a commercial flight, that your ID (which you have to present already) be checked against law enforcement "wanted" lists such as warrants for arrest.
You as a passenger wouldn't be asked for any further documentation than you already provide - it's just that law enforcement would have an opportunity to apprehend suspects that are trying to travel. In my mind, this wouldn't be useful just for terrorists, but a broader class of criminals as well.
As a rule I do not read any newspaper online that I have to register for. In fact, I refuse to purchase the Star Tribune or Pioneer Press here in Minnesota because of their policy requiring user registration. Fake accounts be dammed, you want me to read your paper and have to look through your ads you will let me do so without a cookie linked to information, fake or otherwise.
So they are supposed to provide world-class journalism and post it on a world-class website and you can't be bothered to host a cookie and look at some ads (which can be easily blocked anyway) in return?
What a massive sense of entitlement you have. Either that or a severe cookie-phobia...
First, being on the "watch list" didn't stop a couple of them from coming in the country.
Such a system may well have prevented that, or flagged law enforcement to trail them once they arrived.
Second, Atta had the bench warrant, and was pulled over with a bench warrant, and not arrested.
Checking passenger ID's against warrant lists would allow them to make such an arrest. The reason he got away before is that the officer wasn't aware of the warrant.
Third, good grief - everyone with a ticket won't be able to fly? They only write about a gazillion of those things a day.
No, not tickets, warrants - there's a big difference. Also, they could include on the list what the warrant is for, and use that information in making a determination as to whether to arrest the person.
Finally, since when are airline ticket takers constables?
They aren't - but there are plenty of security staff and police officers onhand at airports who would have such authority.
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A misleading article summary on /.? I'm shocked and appalled!
A better way to state this story is that within 20 years, SETI will have the capacity to detect transmissions from across our galaxy, rather than just a small slice of it. Whether or not there's any signal to pick up is another matter entirely...
He used to be the little guy in the media business - CNN was initially greeted with derision, but instead ended up creating a new market for 24-hour news channels.
ATM's are certainly great for when you need quick access to cash, particularly when you're travelling abroad, but an even better development has been the debit card. I find that I hardly ever carry cash anymore, as the debit card is not only convenient (no change jingling in your pocket), but also makes tracking much easier if you use something like Quicken or Money.
I was lucky enough to win an HP TC1100 from MIT's Technology Review magazine (follow the link below my UID above). My initial thought was to just turn around and sell it on eBay, but once I started playing around with it, it found a permanent place in my home...
Remember that they got injections of capital funding to pursue this venture, as well as a few million $$$ of "revenue" during the first quarter of their SCOSource program. As far as any can tell, that quarter's revenue came nearly entirely from the sale of licenses to Microsoft and Sun.
The only ones really making money off this long and terrible saga are the lawyers - but is that any surprise?
Face it, during an election cycle, lawmakers would rather be percieved as budget-minded tax cutters than bold visionaries. If any major funding for NASA is to come, it will have to be shortly after the election, when a president is in a better position to advocate major change.
"It was probably a mistake, but then you have to go with what you think at the time," he said.' "
This is a dilemma all entrepreneurs (and software developers) face - if you wait until a product is absolutely perfected before taking it to market, you will likely lose your opportunity. At some point, you have to get it out there and gauge public opinion (which should help guide further development), lest you burn all your resources in R&D.
Travelling off-topic, but this year's election IS nothing more than Bush/Not Bush.
I'd have to agree, and this site sums this up quite nicely...
This site IS for experts, and we aren't going to be interested in a book that is for 'laymen'.
I think it's a suggestion for our Xmas shopping lists, in order to keep Uncle Louie from calling all the time asking if such-and-such email is fake or not...
Wow, it must have taken forever to set up LAN parties with that thing...
Change it so that there's a www2., www3. ?
No, it would be www, wwww, wwwww, wwwwww, etc...
Son, When i was young 640K was enough for anyone.
Back in my day, my first computer came with 8K, and IIIIIiiiii liked it! When it came time to upgrade to 16K, it cost $200 and I had to send it away for a couple weeks! (I shit you not)
What a load of bullshit. If your raw material is cheaper, profits go UP, not down.
Not necessarily - if the crop is so cheap that it significantly lowers the barrier to entry for that market, you could end up with more firms competing for the business, driving down margins for each party involved...
It must be those hockey teams - the Atlanta Thrashers ran into a similar fight from a magazine (I think for skateboarders) of the same name...
You know, if you had gotten snipped a long time ago you wouldn't have to worry about putting two kids through college...
Good luck doing that without the hard drives!
PS: It doesn't render correctly with mozilla-firefox and version 7 of the flash for linux player.
Whew, I thought it was just me... ^&%@! plugins...
Well, I guess I'll just have to go outside, or talk to a girl...
Most readers here would need a published API for such interaction...
As far as sports are concerned, several studies that I've read... (excessive tripe deleted)
That is just about the stupidest thing I think I've ever read on Slashdot. Congratulations!!!
Seriously, people spend money on things that provide value to them, your assumptions about their motives notwithstanding. People buy tickets to games, buy sponsored products, etc. to fund sporting events because they enjoy them. You may think that holds no value, but billions of other people around the world think it does. That's why they are called "personal" preferences.
I hear the hockey is better in Canada than in Indian, too, eh?
Maybe for that brief moment in time (1972). It's certainly not considered that now (or in 2001).
Oh, just give that Jeopardy guy a chance. By the time he tops $10 million, the country will be teeming with Brainiac wannabes...
Dude, I think you forgot to take your medicine this morning.
What I'm talking about here isn't an end-all be-all cure for all crime. It's a simple, common-sense idea - when you fly, you already present your ID to verify that you are the person to whom the ticket has been issued. Simply bounce that ID against a consolidated watch list and notify law enforcement when a match is made.
If you're on the list, they're already after you. Get over it. All I'm saying is that we should take existing information and just try and get it into the right people's hands.
Either way, I think you're taking the proposal to the ridiculous extreme. What I'm talking about is that if you're going to get on a commercial flight, that your ID (which you have to present already) be checked against law enforcement "wanted" lists such as warrants for arrest.
You as a passenger wouldn't be asked for any further documentation than you already provide - it's just that law enforcement would have an opportunity to apprehend suspects that are trying to travel. In my mind, this wouldn't be useful just for terrorists, but a broader class of criminals as well.
As a rule I do not read any newspaper online that I have to register for. In fact, I refuse to purchase the Star Tribune or Pioneer Press here in Minnesota because of their policy requiring user registration. Fake accounts be dammed, you want me to read your paper and have to look through your ads you will let me do so without a cookie linked to information, fake or otherwise.
So they are supposed to provide world-class journalism and post it on a world-class website and you can't be bothered to host a cookie and look at some ads (which can be easily blocked anyway) in return?
What a massive sense of entitlement you have. Either that or a severe cookie-phobia...
First, being on the "watch list" didn't stop a couple of them from coming in the country.
Such a system may well have prevented that, or flagged law enforcement to trail them once they arrived.
Second, Atta had the bench warrant, and was pulled over with a bench warrant, and not arrested.
Checking passenger ID's against warrant lists would allow them to make such an arrest. The reason he got away before is that the officer wasn't aware of the warrant.
Third, good grief - everyone with a ticket won't be able to fly? They only write about a gazillion of those things a day.
No, not tickets, warrants - there's a big difference. Also, they could include on the list what the warrant is for, and use that information in making a determination as to whether to arrest the person.
Finally, since when are airline ticket takers constables?
They aren't - but there are plenty of security staff and police officers onhand at airports who would have such authority.