I thought it was an attempt to discourage First Post Trolls, by locking people out for a few minutes from posting, if they'd refreshed the homepage several times in the last minute.
It's really important that almost anyone could obtain this independence restoring medical device should they need one. Open Source ought to help with that, since I can just see some company trying to own a part and charging $5000 for a chip that you could get for $5 in Hong Kong.
I just got a new HP computer, and yesterday I was confronted by an HP popup message offering to check for updates. I wonder how much SPYware is in HP products now.
You're right, that would only be funny in a story making fun of deaf or blind people. Certainly not in a story about people who click with no intention of using the page they are loading.
Do you realize the nitrogen content of chicken shit? Clearly the terrorists would want $1.5B worth of chicken shit, and they'd blow the feathers off of an entire city.
My favourite joke about computers crashing comes from a Canadian comedian in a routine from the early 1990s. He was explaining what a pain it is to go into a business and they tell you, "Sorry we can't help you at the moment, the computer is down." He said, "Back in my day, we'd use a pen and paper. When the pen ran out of ink, 'Oh the pen is down' (He sets imaginary pen down, then picked up another) 'There's a new pen, back in business'.
Paper voting is the only way to go, we have to keep a human readable, verifiable way of tracking votes.
"It cost him the premiere and possibly hurt sales."
That's BS. AOL/RIAA is trying to "teach pirates a lesson" by hurting Al. The leaker didn't do a favour, but if their system of secrecy can be felled by one woman, then they need a new business model to survive.
"So far, in the whole history of GPLv2, including notable successes both injunctively and at trial, we have not found any bugs significant enough to warrant such corrections."
"New Generation of Hydrogen Fuel Cells Powers Up" I read that first as a new ___ that generages Hydrogen Fuel Cells, and they are about to power it up for the first time! I guess I ought to try that coffee stuff, or maybe drink more of what comes out of fuel cells.
I beleive the dignified response a consumer should give to Apple and other makers of DRM is: "Neener neener naw naw," coupled with happy-dancing around the computer desk.
That would be nice, but I've just used CDex 1.5 and while I was talking with people on IM, I'd put my CD in, hit the CDdb button, get the track names in a few seconds and hit F9 or whatever to start ripping. I did it in my spare moments, so it filled in otherwise wasted time waiting, and only took an evening or two to do 50 CDs.
There are some features that I think will rule more than MP count will. Things like stabilization, night shooting in different wavelengths (built in), or a camera that focuses fast enough for the instant-one-press novice that doesn't give the camera time to bring the subject into sharp focus. I don't know if those are all features available yet, but they are more important than going past 6MP until we get 40GB memory cards, and 500GB hard drives on every computer with 40GB cheap removable media to make backups of photo libraries.
Perhaps they are not at the moment? But routinely at universities something from Sony and presumably other labels have been since Napster days [and maybe no longer?] sending cease and desist orders to students on campuses, through the university administration.
I recall some case a couple years ago that was a setback for CRIA lawsuits in Canada, but that doesn't mean they won't try intimidating people here even if they will lose in court.
From one perspective that's correct. However, realisticly environmentally friendly options will not become available unless powerful people determine average people want them to be available. So while improvements in delivering carbon neutral technologies to the masses are provided, it seems reasonable that some people will be expending more energy and pollution in the creation of a new way of life. It's not too different from paying a farmer to grow your food so you can work on something else in the day that they can benefit from.
We all have to start adjusting from the bottom-line economy, and start worrying about the economy that takes the environment and our health into account.
My company already is online. And per its objectives, has links to many other companies who have "it" online too. If you're familiar with the term Free Software or Open Source, you'll have heard the phrase that software wants to be free. It may sound strange to anthropomophize lines of code, but to me it means that the natural state of information is "free" to everyone, and to conceal it requires work. The natural state of the universe tries to balance vacuums and areas of higher pressure, so when there isn't enough work into keeping a secret safe, the natural tendency is for it to slip.
A recent example is of the CNN reporter caught with her mic on in the bathroom. She badmouthed her sister-in-law when she wasn't diligently working at keeping the secret of how she felt. The universe conspired against her secret keeping, and now the whole world knows the real information.
That's my long winded way of saying, "Shit happens, so plan for it." Either don't create a secret, or plan for when it gets out.
As Slashdot readers we're aware that when people new to online communication find they can publish anything to the world, they can be like little kids in candy stores. With no parents for supervision, they'll pick a little of this and that, and when caught with a mouthfull by the store owner, will mumble a denial.
Wikipedia gives that kind of power to people unexperienced with digital media attention, and depending on the personality, they may be naive, or malicious.
I hope this means the music I legally obtained from Puretracks, can be repaired. It may be WMA 9, however, in which case the music is essentially lost to me.
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"Yes, you can program your arm to do stuff while you sleep."
I'd expect it to run FoldingLaundry@Home.
Well that's dangerous, but less expensive than the Linux drivers that hand out Free Beer and CDs.
I thought it was an attempt to discourage First Post Trolls, by locking people out for a few minutes from posting, if they'd refreshed the homepage several times in the last minute.
I'm addicted to Web 2.0. It's when you write something and expect someone to write back that they read it.
;-)
Actually that just sounds like I'm addicted to social interaction. Never mind. Oh wait, write back.
Just last week I heard amazing news.
Bionic Arm.
It's really important that almost anyone could obtain this independence restoring medical device should they need one. Open Source ought to help with that, since I can just see some company trying to own a part and charging $5000 for a chip that you could get for $5 in Hong Kong.
I just got a new HP computer, and yesterday I was confronted by an HP popup message offering to check for updates. I wonder how much SPYware is in HP products now.
""Nothing to see hear move along""
You're right, that would only be funny in a story making fun of deaf or blind people. Certainly not in a story about people who click with no intention of using the page they are loading.
"inside the world of click fraud":
"Nothing to see here. Move along."
I guess I got defrauded into clicking on a story that wasn't there.
Do you realize the nitrogen content of chicken shit? Clearly the terrorists would want $1.5B worth of chicken shit, and they'd blow the feathers off of an entire city.
My favourite joke about computers crashing comes from a Canadian comedian in a routine from the early 1990s. He was explaining what a pain it is to go into a business and they tell you, "Sorry we can't help you at the moment, the computer is down." He said, "Back in my day, we'd use a pen and paper. When the pen ran out of ink, 'Oh the pen is down' (He sets imaginary pen down, then picked up another) 'There's a new pen, back in business'.
Paper voting is the only way to go, we have to keep a human readable, verifiable way of tracking votes.
"It cost him the premiere and possibly hurt sales."
That's BS. AOL/RIAA is trying to "teach pirates a lesson" by hurting Al. The leaker didn't do a favour, but if their system of secrecy can be felled by one woman, then they need a new business model to survive.
"So far, in the whole history of GPLv2, including notable successes both injunctively and at trial, we have not found any bugs significant enough to warrant such corrections."
Why fix it then?
"New Generation of Hydrogen Fuel Cells Powers Up"
I read that first as a new ___ that generages Hydrogen Fuel Cells, and they are about to power it up for the first time! I guess I ought to try that coffee stuff, or maybe drink more of what comes out of fuel cells.
I guess this means that Google is going to be banned in Alabama libraries? I'm assuming they have libraries in Alabama.
Kidding! Of course they do.
I beleive the dignified response a consumer should give to Apple and other makers of DRM is:
"Neener neener naw naw," coupled with happy-dancing around the computer desk.
And I'm not sure if the Internet killed marketing, or put it on steroids like an 800lb Purple Gorilla.
That would be nice, but I've just used CDex 1.5 and while I was talking with people on IM, I'd put my CD in, hit the CDdb button, get the track names in a few seconds and hit F9 or whatever to start ripping. I did it in my spare moments, so it filled in otherwise wasted time waiting, and only took an evening or two to do 50 CDs.
There are some features that I think will rule more than MP count will. Things like stabilization, night shooting in different wavelengths (built in), or a camera that focuses fast enough for the instant-one-press novice that doesn't give the camera time to bring the subject into sharp focus. I don't know if those are all features available yet, but they are more important than going past 6MP until we get 40GB memory cards, and 500GB hard drives on every computer with 40GB cheap removable media to make backups of photo libraries.
Perhaps they are not at the moment? But routinely at universities something from Sony and presumably other labels have been since Napster days [and maybe no longer?] sending cease and desist orders to students on campuses, through the university administration.
I recall some case a couple years ago that was a setback for CRIA lawsuits in Canada, but that doesn't mean they won't try intimidating people here even if they will lose in court.
"selling indulgences"
From one perspective that's correct. However, realisticly environmentally friendly options will not become available unless powerful people determine average people want them to be available. So while improvements in delivering carbon neutral technologies to the masses are provided, it seems reasonable that some people will be expending more energy and pollution in the creation of a new way of life. It's not too different from paying a farmer to grow your food so you can work on something else in the day that they can benefit from.
We all have to start adjusting from the bottom-line economy, and start worrying about the economy that takes the environment and our health into account.
Is it worth fighting a CRIA lawsuit for possessing downloaded music in Canada?
"Yeah, but image the length of the queue !"
I tried, but I started to think about a Beowulf cluster of black holes for some reason.
My company already is online. And per its objectives, has links to many other companies who have "it" online too. If you're familiar with the term Free Software or Open Source, you'll have heard the phrase that software wants to be free. It may sound strange to anthropomophize lines of code, but to me it means that the natural state of information is "free" to everyone, and to conceal it requires work. The natural state of the universe tries to balance vacuums and areas of higher pressure, so when there isn't enough work into keeping a secret safe, the natural tendency is for it to slip.
A recent example is of the CNN reporter caught with her mic on in the bathroom. She badmouthed her sister-in-law when she wasn't diligently working at keeping the secret of how she felt. The universe conspired against her secret keeping, and now the whole world knows the real information.
That's my long winded way of saying, "Shit happens, so plan for it."
Either don't create a secret, or plan for when it gets out.
As Slashdot readers we're aware that when people new to online communication find they can publish anything to the world, they can be like little kids in candy stores. With no parents for supervision, they'll pick a little of this and that, and when caught with a mouthfull by the store owner, will mumble a denial.
Wikipedia gives that kind of power to people unexperienced with digital media attention, and depending on the personality, they may be naive, or malicious.
I hope this means the music I legally obtained from Puretracks, can be repaired. It may be WMA 9, however, in which case the music is essentially lost to me.