That could well be the case (we really need someone to confirm), as the document has been "like the earlier version but with this feature" for some time.
I have just finished working on a project that created a replacement system from our 40+ year old one. Despite the rules and regulations being written down the whole life of the project, we found that several things in our system were only really documented in the source code and I don't mean 'commented', I mean the only way you knew what something should do was by working out what it did do and hoping that meant the same thing. With iterative software development, I imagine that no matter how much you document the system, the point of some parts will just 'get lost in the mist'. Of course I agree that if they want a standard, then they should spend the effort looking at the source code and working out what everything should do.
As another person has pointed out, all national and local (there are alot of stations) BBC radio is simultaneously streamed online, along with many radio shows to listen to whenever. All in streaming formats, so there is (at least here in the UK) definitely some radio worth tuning in for. But it is usually just easier to use one of these.
"the inafmous "Bridge to Nowhere" that would have costmillions and allowed a small town (can you even call it a town when there's not even 1000 people lviing there? I'd say a village)..."
Sorry, Ted Stevens may be a cranky old man, but you dissapoint me by blatantly lying.
The city the bridge is being built at has over 7,000 people... Paraphrasing of course mine
All I can work out from this is that a village has less 1000 people and a city has more than 7000!
Is there any reason why we can't just grow new muscle fibres outside of the destination body and use those instead of finding a more artifical replacement or do these nano-tubes have an advatange over our tissues? Forgive my noobness on tissue replacement but I was under the impression that we were on the verge of 'test-tube organs' and if that is the case why not artificially grown muscle tissue?
To me the act of presenting himself in that manner and not dropping the act is smart (obvious to me but still smart to actually do, many politicians can't do it that well) - if of course, his self presentation is a consious act.
Of course, my mock outrage was at the suggestion that a politician was not perfect and the usual unfathomable reaction from their supporters who confuse 'good'/polite/familiar person with 'definitely uncorruptable' because I see bribery and corruption as being something that would be difficult for most people to resist for that period of time, especially when dealing with such rich and powerful entities. Just remember everyone has their 'price' and there are companies and individuals who are more than willing to work on those that they have to.
The only unbelievable thing about this is the number of people who will claim that "this politician can't have done anything wrong, he is a good man", despite the fact he *is* a politician. As opposed to the people who heard the 'series of tubes' gaffe and will argue that he's too STUPID to actually be corrupt.;) I don't know, having RTA I see that he has been in power for a long time. He must be pretty smart to have been corrupt and in office that long.
The only unbelievable thing about this is the number of people who will claim that "this politician can't have done anything wrong, he is a good man", despite the fact he *is* a politician.
You understand the dirty bomb principle. Just those Gieger counters reading radiation at the scene would cause immense panic - one of the main aims of many terrorist actions is just to cause disruption through fear and panic.
According to your link, he spend 17 years at Crocker National Bank and Pacific Bell (around 9 years each). They don't seem to have ever been part of Big Blue (at least according to their wiki pages), so thanks for the irrelevant link.
Sony making more optimistic claims trying to force another unwanted format? I just don't understand why they even need to, are there any advantages that other formats don't (and wont) have?
"Entrapment" is not the same as a honeypot, or a sting operation.
Fair point, I guess the fact that people are looking for the stuff (already attempting the act) before they get to the honeypot site. Means that they would have committed the crime without MAFIAA intervention, so no entrapment.
Wikipedia has a pretty good article on entrapment. It you truly believe in your heart that this sort of honeypot is entrapment, you may want to change the Wikipedia article. You're not the first slashdotter by a long shot to consider this kind of thing to be entrapment; perhaps the wikipedia article could use a "Layman's Understanding" in addition to the correct definition. That's because I am not the first/.er who is not a lawyer.
But the moves he claims to have choreographed have some serious prior art, but then again if you can patent DNA then you can patent parts of the process that give rise to new DNA, I suppose.
There is also the question of fraudulent misrepresentation as well as entrapment. It's only entrapment if it's done by the government (e.g. police). Fraudulent, it may be. As for being above the law, it's all about who you know. Just ask Scooter Libby. Considering that the MAFIAA act like the police, work with the police, even train some police forces and help write the laws. Then aren't they effectively the government? Entrapment would seem an accurate distinction to me.
I reckon the main problem is that the competition is to reduce costs instead of administering better healthcare. The result is that insurance companies are trying to *not* treat their customers as opposed to treating them in the most efficient or effective manner.
If the US is using another country's example of how to improve healthcare systems, perhaps France is a better example than the UK. Our NHS is idealistic and does have problems (high expectations being one of them), sometimes we end up sending patients to France for treatment and politicians here use our EU neighbours as examples of how they could improve the NHS.
I can be confident I don't have malware because there's no real way for it to get on. Presumably your XP box is not connected to the internet then?
There's confidence in knowledge and then there's complacency. Anti-virus/-spyware programs are not there as a defence *to* clean, they are there to serve as a 'confirmation' that you *are* clean. Except when used to vet incoming emails, remember the really bad ones come from people you know.
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That being the case, the pictures didn't show any difference. Probably more an inditment of the cameraman than the PSPs.
That could well be the case (we really need someone to confirm), as the document has been "like the earlier version but with this feature" for some time.
I have just finished working on a project that created a replacement system from our 40+ year old one. Despite the rules and regulations being written down the whole life of the project, we found that several things in our system were only really documented in the source code and I don't mean 'commented', I mean the only way you knew what something should do was by working out what it did do and hoping that meant the same thing. With iterative software development, I imagine that no matter how much you document the system, the point of some parts will just 'get lost in the mist'.
Of course I agree that if they want a standard, then they should spend the effort looking at the source code and working out what everything should do.
As another person has pointed out, all national and local (there are alot of stations) BBC radio is simultaneously streamed online, along with many radio shows to listen to whenever. All in streaming formats, so there is (at least here in the UK) definitely some radio worth tuning in for.
But it is usually just easier to use one of these.
Sorry, Ted Stevens may be a cranky old man, but you dissapoint me by blatantly lying.
The city the bridge is being built at has over 7,000 people... Paraphrasing of course mine
All I can work out from this is that a village has less 1000 people and a city has more than 7000!
Are you sure, the article (and summary) seemed to suggest human prosthetics, or have I misunderstood this completely?
Is there any reason why we can't just grow new muscle fibres outside of the destination body and use those instead of finding a more artifical replacement or do these nano-tubes have an advatange over our tissues?
Forgive my noobness on tissue replacement but I was under the impression that we were on the verge of 'test-tube organs' and if that is the case why not artificially grown muscle tissue?
To me the act of presenting himself in that manner and not dropping the act is smart (obvious to me but still smart to actually do, many politicians can't do it that well) - if of course, his self presentation is a consious act.
Of course, my mock outrage was at the suggestion that a politician was not perfect and the usual unfathomable reaction from their supporters who confuse 'good'/polite/familiar person with 'definitely uncorruptable' because I see bribery and corruption as being something that would be difficult for most people to resist for that period of time, especially when dealing with such rich and powerful entities. Just remember everyone has their 'price' and there are companies and individuals who are more than willing to work on those that they have to.
A politician, corrupt. - I am flabergasted.
The only unbelievable thing about this is the number of people who will claim that "this politician can't have done anything wrong, he is a good man", despite the fact he *is* a politician.
Dont wory about it. I know I've been sure of something wrong before a few times.
You understand the dirty bomb principle. Just those Gieger counters reading radiation at the scene would cause immense panic - one of the main aims of many terrorist actions is just to cause disruption through fear and panic.
According to your link, he spend 17 years at Crocker National Bank and Pacific Bell (around 9 years each). They don't seem to have ever been part of Big Blue (at least according to their wiki pages), so thanks for the irrelevant link.
Actually his name is Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He was knighted in 2004.
I'll allow someone else of the further pedantery of his full first name, middle name and letters, but the 'Sir' thing is his name now.
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Sony making more optimistic claims trying to force another unwanted format?
I just don't understand why they even need to, are there any advantages that other formats don't (and wont) have?
"Entrapment" is not the same as a honeypot, or a sting operation.
Fair point, I guess the fact that people are looking for the stuff (already attempting the act) before they get to the honeypot site. Means that they would have committed the crime without MAFIAA intervention, so no entrapment. Wikipedia has a pretty good article on entrapment. It you truly believe in your heart that this sort of honeypot is entrapment, you may want to change the Wikipedia article. You're not the first slashdotter by a long shot to consider this kind of thing to be entrapment; perhaps the wikipedia article could use a "Layman's Understanding" in addition to the correct definition. That's because I am not the firstBut the moves he claims to have choreographed have some serious prior art, but then again if you can patent DNA then you can patent parts of the process that give rise to new DNA, I suppose.
Some say this guy built an almost working version a long time ago. But generally it just upset a lot of people.
I hope to god that Jack Thompson doesn't read that post. Who knows what damage he could do with a quote.
Candidate for a +6 mod, that is simply a perfect comment.
I reckon the main problem is that the competition is to reduce costs instead of administering better healthcare. The result is that insurance companies are trying to *not* treat their customers as opposed to treating them in the most efficient or effective manner.
If the US is using another country's example of how to improve healthcare systems, perhaps France is a better example than the UK. Our NHS is idealistic and does have problems (high expectations being one of them), sometimes we end up sending patients to France for treatment and politicians here use our EU neighbours as examples of how they could improve the NHS.
There's confidence in knowledge and then there's complacency. Anti-virus/-spyware programs are not there as a defence *to* clean, they are there to serve as a 'confirmation' that you *are* clean. Except when used to vet incoming emails, remember the really bad ones come from people you know.