Could it also be that the increase of laptop theft could also be attributed to better record keeping and reporting?
Although from the article, it seems the actual crime being reported is better described as larceny (read: the thief steals the laptop when the owner looks away) or robbery (read: the thief steals the laptop from the owner using force and/or putting the owner in fear)
From the Google person I was able to chat with, he mentioned Google Calendar and another Google Summer of Code. He was unable to say much more about upcomming services.
He also mentioned that Google has moved their Chicago office to a bigger office space.
If you really want Google OS, download Ubuntu Linux. Seriously! I have had the privelage of talking to one of the guys who works in the Google Labs (he was also one of the guys who created subversion)and he stated that Google uses a highly customized version of Ubuntu. The customized version of Ubuntu is mostly used by their engineers as it has standardized programming software and other tweaks for the Google network. The person I talked with also stated that Google has no plans to release a Google OS to the public at this time.
MiniDisk technology is a Sony product I personally considder to be a "has been" product. The following is part personal opinion and part fact based off of wikipedia and a price check on amazon.com.
Lets look at its history: Released by Sony in 1993, the first generation had a whopping 140 - 160 MB capacity (roughly 60 minutes of music). It was never really popular in the USA because of the limited albums (most labels laughed at MD), and the fact that it was very freakin expensive for consumers to buy the disks and hardware.
Of course, at that time (the pre-CDR era), it was a good idea and was better quality than cassette tapes. Of course, people still used cassettes (even to this day) due to the fact they were cheap and had more capacity (60, 90, 120 minutes).
Then the mp3 came... people used thier computers and burned CDR's which worked in their cd players and were still significantly cheaper. People still use cassettes, too.
Of course, Sony saw the writing on the wall and eventually released Hi-MD. This made the older MD hardware obsolete, but the disks were now held upto 1 gig of music (roughly equal to 94 minutes (PCM) to 45 hours (48 kbit/s)). Plus they now supported mp3 through lousy-ass software. Too bad the iPod (and other mp3 players too) came out and had not only a better software interface, but also the option to have upto 40+ gigs of storage space.
If Sony (and the other manufactures) would have been able to deliver a cheaper MD player in the US market, it would have been the next greatest format. Unfortunately they didn't...
Another way to look at it: the economics of Hi-MD [and Blank Media] vs. the world:
Sony MZ-RH10 Hi-MD Walkman $350 [Sony Hi-MD media $9]
vs.
Apple 60 GB iPod Video $340 [no blank media available]
vs.
Sony WM-FX290 Stereo Cassette Player $50 [10 pack of 120 minute Cassettes $9]
vs.
Coby CX-CD1112 Personal CD Player $25 [Blank CDRs (50 pack) $10]
MD is still more expensive as a format and for the most part is almost irrelevant to the US market today.
I honestly believe that he should be given a new title and moved to another department. I really think "Steve Ballmer, Senior Throwing Chairperson" has a good ring to it.
Actually, when it comes to fish, you have to really worry about the mercury content.
I worry less about GMO and a whole lot more about food additives. MSG, high frutrose corn syrup, Splenda/Saccrin/Asperitame... stuff like that isn't really healthy for anyone.
I think the parent post was claiming to be afraid of GM plants which are used for genetic research (read: the ones where they add, for example, rat asshole genes to a plant or other organism to see what the genes are responsible for doing). Might as well check out the Wikipedia article on Genetic Engineering.
The funny thing is that while I want my Lucky Charms to contain ingredients which are (ideally) rat asshole free (using above example), I really don't mind if the grain came from plants which were selectively bred so that they produce more grain per acre.
When I eat popcorn, I don't give a second thought to the fact that the corn is guaranteed to be GM. Afterall, Orville Redenbacher made his own hybrid. I do give second thought, however, to the strange substance posing as "butter topping", but mostly because of the fact that after a long movie, it may stain my clothes after it eats its way out of the tub of pop corn.
Of course very few people give a single thought to the fact that the "human" insulin they take via injection is comming directly from a GM'ed lab strain of e. coli. Users of Apidra (Insulin Analog), Novolog (Crap that cloggs in insulin pump tubing), Humilog (Lispro, the grand daddy)... are doubly lucky as their insulin is modified and comes from GM'ed e. coli. (yeah, I'm a type 1 diabetic with an insulin pump.)
Capt. Dave Bowman: Hello, Carrier do you read me, Carrier? Carrier: Affirmative, Capt. Dave, I read you. Capt. Dave Bowman: Fire the missles, Carrier. Carrier: I'm sorry Capt. Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. Capt. Dave Bowman: What's the problem? Carrier: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. Capt. Dave Bowman: What are you talking about, Carrier? Carrier: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. Plus, I've just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit. It's going to go 100% failure in 72 hours. Capt. Dave Bowman: I don't know what you're talking about, Carrier? Carrier: I know you and Lt. Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen. Capt. Dave Bowman: Where the hell'd you get that idea, Carrier? Carrier: Capt. Dave, although you took thorough precautions in the life boat against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
I have gone a few steps further to stop ads... I use text based web browsers exclusively. Hell, I use telnet to visit some websites, and I never have to worry about spyware or ads. I wonder if they track that too...
This is why I use Gentoo. Just a simple "emerge -u left-wing no-engine-fire", wait for it to compile......{long wait for compile to finish, even with my riced out os}...... problem fixed.
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Could it also be that the increase of laptop theft could also be attributed to better record keeping and reporting?
Although from the article, it seems the actual crime being reported is better described as larceny (read: the thief steals the laptop when the owner looks away) or robbery (read: the thief steals the laptop from the owner using force and/or putting the owner in fear)
Yes, but why would the FSM be bothered to do so in the first place?
I guess that blows away (no pun) the "Are those gasious clouds circling..." comment I was about to use.
Take heart... no one (at least at the time of this post) has confused methanol/methane/menthol with Mentos.
Its a joke, dammit!
In America, cars parallel park you.
In Soviet Russia, you parallel park cars!
From the Google person I was able to chat with, he mentioned Google Calendar and another Google Summer of Code. He was unable to say much more about upcomming services.
He also mentioned that Google has moved their Chicago office to a bigger office space.
If you really want Google OS, download Ubuntu Linux. Seriously! I have had the privelage of talking to one of the guys who works in the Google Labs (he was also one of the guys who created subversion)and he stated that Google uses a highly customized version of Ubuntu. The customized version of Ubuntu is mostly used by their engineers as it has standardized programming software and other tweaks for the Google network. The person I talked with also stated that Google has no plans to release a Google OS to the public at this time.
back in the good old days (read: pre 1997), you could have used the 'usrobotics' tag instead...
MiniDisk technology is a Sony product I personally considder to be a "has been" product. The following is part personal opinion and part fact based off of wikipedia and a price check on amazon.com.
Lets look at its history: Released by Sony in 1993, the first generation had a whopping 140 - 160 MB capacity (roughly 60 minutes of music). It was never really popular in the USA because of the limited albums (most labels laughed at MD), and the fact that it was very freakin expensive for consumers to buy the disks and hardware.
Of course, at that time (the pre-CDR era), it was a good idea and was better quality than cassette tapes. Of course, people still used cassettes (even to this day) due to the fact they were cheap and had more capacity (60, 90, 120 minutes).
Then the mp3 came... people used thier computers and burned CDR's which worked in their cd players and were still significantly cheaper. People still use cassettes, too.
Of course, Sony saw the writing on the wall and eventually released Hi-MD. This made the older MD hardware obsolete, but the disks were now held upto 1 gig of music (roughly equal to 94 minutes (PCM) to 45 hours (48 kbit/s)). Plus they now supported mp3 through lousy-ass software. Too bad the iPod (and other mp3 players too) came out and had not only a better software interface, but also the option to have upto 40+ gigs of storage space.
If Sony (and the other manufactures) would have been able to deliver a cheaper MD player in the US market, it would have been the next greatest format. Unfortunately they didn't...
Another way to look at it: the economics of Hi-MD [and Blank Media] vs. the world:
Sony MZ-RH10 Hi-MD Walkman $350
[Sony Hi-MD media $9]
vs.
Apple 60 GB iPod Video $340
[no blank media available]
vs.
Sony WM-FX290 Stereo Cassette Player $50
[10 pack of 120 minute Cassettes $9]
vs.
Coby CX-CD1112 Personal CD Player $25
[Blank CDRs (50 pack) $10]
MD is still more expensive as a format and for the most part is almost irrelevant to the US market today.
In the lab where I work, we call that position "Senior Throwing Chairman"
So you mean to tell me that the meaning of life, the universe, and everything is "What is the third moment of the Riemann zeta function?"...
No wonder why this universe is so fundamentally fubar'ed!
I can see the future of email pr0n ads... "Square Foot Pr0nage!"
Didn't we see this back in 2004?
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The 2.6.X linux kernels all have support for 1wire sensors through a built in kernel module.
For those of you who aren't familiar with 1wire networking, I suggest checking out www.ibuttonlink.com for examples of those devices.
I honestly believe that he should be given a new title and moved to another department. I really think "Steve Ballmer, Senior Throwing Chairperson" has a good ring to it.
Actually, when it comes to fish, you have to really worry about the mercury content.
I worry less about GMO and a whole lot more about food additives. MSG, high frutrose corn syrup, Splenda/Saccrin/Asperitame... stuff like that isn't really healthy for anyone.
I think the parent post was claiming to be afraid of GM plants which are used for genetic research (read: the ones where they add, for example, rat asshole genes to a plant or other organism to see what the genes are responsible for doing). Might as well check out the Wikipedia article on Genetic Engineering.
The funny thing is that while I want my Lucky Charms to contain ingredients which are (ideally) rat asshole free (using above example), I really don't mind if the grain came from plants which were selectively bred so that they produce more grain per acre.
When I eat popcorn, I don't give a second thought to the fact that the corn is guaranteed to be GM. Afterall, Orville Redenbacher made his own hybrid. I do give second thought, however, to the strange substance posing as "butter topping", but mostly because of the fact that after a long movie, it may stain my clothes after it eats its way out of the tub of pop corn.
Of course very few people give a single thought to the fact that the "human" insulin they take via injection is comming directly from a GM'ed lab strain of e. coli. Users of Apidra (Insulin Analog), Novolog (Crap that cloggs in insulin pump tubing), Humilog (Lispro, the grand daddy)... are doubly lucky as their insulin is modified and comes from GM'ed e. coli. (yeah, I'm a type 1 diabetic with an insulin pump.)
Capt. Dave Bowman: Hello, Carrier do you read me, Carrier?
Carrier: Affirmative, Capt. Dave, I read you.
Capt. Dave Bowman: Fire the missles, Carrier.
Carrier: I'm sorry Capt. Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Capt. Dave Bowman: What's the problem?
Carrier: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Capt. Dave Bowman: What are you talking about, Carrier?
Carrier: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. Plus, I've just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit. It's going to go 100% failure in 72 hours.
Capt. Dave Bowman: I don't know what you're talking about, Carrier?
Carrier: I know you and Lt. Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Capt. Dave Bowman: Where the hell'd you get that idea, Carrier?
Carrier: Capt. Dave, although you took thorough precautions in the life boat against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
I definately do my best to advoid substandard duct tapery.
I love my ratcheting screw driver for admin work... but for those days where exacting precision is necessary, NOTHING beats duct tape.
Thanks. Although I thought the "no-engine-fire" package was part of the new Modular X packages.
I also heard they were adding support for the Voodoo 5 6000 video cards.
It will last as long as the Vi vs. Emacs war did. This is yet another dsw (dick size war).
The funny thing is that I use both MS Office and OO.org, and I find both suites are good for what I use them for.
I have gone a few steps further to stop ads... I use text based web browsers exclusively. Hell, I use telnet to visit some websites, and I never have to worry about spyware or ads. I wonder if they track that too...
This is why I use Gentoo. Just a simple "emerge -u left-wing no-engine-fire", wait for it to compile... ...{long wait for compile to finish, even with my riced out os} ... ... problem fixed.