While you may not have to follow local laws, it's general considered respectful to follow them.
The laws are there for a reason, we tend to put quite a lot of emphasis on keeping juries impartial in this country (the UK): the law is in place, as I understand it, to make sure no media outlets are publishing material which is likely to sway juries either way before the facts have been fairly weighed in court, even for major cases. It's the price we pay for the system of "innoccent until proven guilty", and, at least in my view, is a fair one.
Not only is it a very, very heavily trafficed site, but it's also one the users tend to invest quite a bit of time and effort in (ignoring the "lawl myspace is teh suck", I'm not a huge fan myself but it's getting silly). Any advertiser with sense is going to see a large market there, and one big enough that it's worth making an effort to specifically target the demographics using it, with relevant services.
It's most likely going to prove impossible to inocculate the entire wild bird populations in the areas which are affected by Bird Flu. Further more, one of the main problems with flu strain viruses is their speed of mutation: every year the flu vaccine is different as the strains have adapted. It's a good start, but it doesn't guarantee the flu won't just hide in wild bird populations and re-emerge an even more agressive strain...
I would have thought there's a certain reassurance in knowing there's a certain guaranteed level knowledge that the guys in tech support have, rather than risking a complete stranger who could completely break your [whatever]. Also, I've always used tech support as just a required precursor to them replacing it under warrenty, as generally if the problem is fixable, Google is the only tool you need...
Still, I can see why it would be an advantage, although strictly for software based problems. Hardware problems? I'm not so sure it's a good idea getting someone else to tell you how to fix a peice of delicate machinary/hardware over IM, myself...
Couldn't they have just put a warning message/dislaimer in?
This sort of kneejerk reaction, removing a useful feature, is excedingly irritating. It's not users aren't aware of the fact that if you password something, you'll then need to REMEMBER the password...
Maybe this trend will have all game manufacturers making their games Linux compatible too? (As opposed to having to run them through emulators like Wine and Cedega)...
I know I'd move properly from XP if this were the case, and I suspect a lot of gamers feel the same way - there are a large portion that only use XP because getting the games to run under Linux is such a hassle.
Despite the fact it is suggested in jest above, the best solution to most pest problems normally IS a culinary one. These crabs are definately edible, crab is considered somewhat of a delicacy to many (personally, I'm not a fan, but there are loads who love it), so all you need is to agree to remove quoats on this particular animal, or some similar arrangement, between Norway and Russia (the most challenging part) and start to push crab meat as a new big seller in the area.
I personally won't trust the opinions of anyone who thinks podcasting (shown to be massively overhyped by the media compared to usage) is the next big thing, when most evidence points to it not being, to tell me what to spend my money on...
Is this just me being a cynic? From what I've seen, podcasting is a no-starter...
"It had been widely reported that the government served subpoenas on AOL, MSN and Yahoo in addition to Google. On Thursday, the Justice Department confirmed it had issued the newly reported subpoenas, which went out between June and September."
The article seems to imply that increased aging through cellular decay, forced by radation, is somehow the "opposite" to decreased aging due to time dilation effects: this is clearly nonsence. One may have the opposite EFFECT to the other, but this is a very different thing...
As far as I'm aware, starforce is effectively uncrackable: it was designed by the type of people who normally crack such software, and has not been cracked so far. In addition, it gets regular updates to stay one step ahead of any potential crackers, so anyone who wants to play online etc has no way of avoiding what is arguably malware required to play the game.
Maybe if you guys spent the money on something like, I don't know, a national healthcare system, or something sensible, we wouldn't mind. However, invading other countries, against international law, and to no demonstratable benefit, is NOT a more productive use of your money.
Companies will only research what is commercially viable. The true breakthroughs come from science for science's sake, and this can't be done without funding.
The first thing I thought when I read the title was that, yet again, people were cancelling missions because they had no "obvious benefit" or some such nonsense, completely missing the point that science for science's sake has often lead to many of the greatest breakthroughs in science history.
However, I realised that they're not just cancelling missions that are trying to learn more generally, they're cancelling missions that have immediate and obvious benefits: weather monitoring to try and help avoid natural disasters, studying global warming and suchlike.
What ARE the Americans playing at? This seems to me to be a very foolish course of action, these problems will not go away if we're blind to them...
Well, the real point is to learn more about the universe in general. If it turns out to be a supernova, all the better: we can learn about something we've never really properly observed before.
Science simply for sciences sake make seem silly, but it has resulted in so many useful, practical applications, often from the strangest and most obscure sources, than gathering knowledge about how the universe works should never be seen as a foolish endevour.
As for this particular event, it may have happened 440 million years ago, but we can study it now and it will be indicative of what the event would look like anywhere in the universe. If, say, a nearby star went supernova, understanding how the supernova happens could be vital to the survival of humanity, or something, you just never know.
The light has had to travel 400 million light years, therefore, assuming no acceleration, it would be the average distance between us and the location of the original event over over the 400 million year timespan, (or whatever the exact distance is), I think...
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While you may not have to follow local laws, it's general considered respectful to follow them.
The laws are there for a reason, we tend to put quite a lot of emphasis on keeping juries impartial in this country (the UK): the law is in place, as I understand it, to make sure no media outlets are publishing material which is likely to sway juries either way before the facts have been fairly weighed in court, even for major cases. It's the price we pay for the system of "innoccent until proven guilty", and, at least in my view, is a fair one.
I hope they translate it before the webcast (at least provisionally), or it's going to be rather limited interest to most people...
Not only is it a very, very heavily trafficed site, but it's also one the users tend to invest quite a bit of time and effort in (ignoring the "lawl myspace is teh suck", I'm not a huge fan myself but it's getting silly). Any advertiser with sense is going to see a large market there, and one big enough that it's worth making an effort to specifically target the demographics using it, with relevant services.
It's most likely going to prove impossible to inocculate the entire wild bird populations in the areas which are affected by Bird Flu. Further more, one of the main problems with flu strain viruses is their speed of mutation: every year the flu vaccine is different as the strains have adapted. It's a good start, but it doesn't guarantee the flu won't just hide in wild bird populations and re-emerge an even more agressive strain...
I would have thought there's a certain reassurance in knowing there's a certain guaranteed level knowledge that the guys in tech support have, rather than risking a complete stranger who could completely break your [whatever]. Also, I've always used tech support as just a required precursor to them replacing it under warrenty, as generally if the problem is fixable, Google is the only tool you need...
Still, I can see why it would be an advantage, although strictly for software based problems. Hardware problems? I'm not so sure it's a good idea getting someone else to tell you how to fix a peice of delicate machinary/hardware over IM, myself...
Couldn't they have just put a warning message/dislaimer in?
This sort of kneejerk reaction, removing a useful feature, is excedingly irritating. It's not users aren't aware of the fact that if you password something, you'll then need to REMEMBER the password...
Maybe this trend will have all game manufacturers making their games Linux compatible too? (As opposed to having to run them through emulators like Wine and Cedega)...
I know I'd move properly from XP if this were the case, and I suspect a lot of gamers feel the same way - there are a large portion that only use XP because getting the games to run under Linux is such a hassle.
We can but hope...
Despite the fact it is suggested in jest above, the best solution to most pest problems normally IS a culinary one. These crabs are definately edible, crab is considered somewhat of a delicacy to many (personally, I'm not a fan, but there are loads who love it), so all you need is to agree to remove quoats on this particular animal, or some similar arrangement, between Norway and Russia (the most challenging part) and start to push crab meat as a new big seller in the area.
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New Scientist have an article on the subject of eating through invading species, although you'll need a subscription to read it: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg18725
...or has this come up before on Slashdot?
Maybe companies selling razor blades might be able to find a nice niche?
Vista code being /too/ complicated...
I personally won't trust the opinions of anyone who thinks podcasting (shown to be massively overhyped by the media compared to usage) is the next big thing, when most evidence points to it not being, to tell me what to spend my money on...
Is this just me being a cynic? From what I've seen, podcasting is a no-starter...
RTFA:
"It had been widely reported that the government served subpoenas on AOL, MSN and Yahoo in addition to Google. On Thursday, the Justice Department confirmed it had issued the newly reported subpoenas, which went out between June and September."
Tentacoo wape? http://www.ghastlycomic.com/
It sounds to me that they're trying to cash in on the films, rather than make a fitting tribute to the books themselves...
The article seems to imply that increased aging through cellular decay, forced by radation, is somehow the "opposite" to decreased aging due to time dilation effects: this is clearly nonsence. One may have the opposite EFFECT to the other, but this is a very different thing...
Warmer sea leads to more viscous water, containing more energy. I don't see why it's any suprise...
As far as I'm aware, starforce is effectively uncrackable: it was designed by the type of people who normally crack such software, and has not been cracked so far. In addition, it gets regular updates to stay one step ahead of any potential crackers, so anyone who wants to play online etc has no way of avoiding what is arguably malware required to play the game.
So what your basically saying is:
"There has been no proof for global warming, so we shouldn't look for or research global warming".
I rest my case...
I didn't want to be the one to say it, but it does seem rather convinient...
Maybe if you guys spent the money on something like, I don't know, a national healthcare system, or something sensible, we wouldn't mind. However, invading other countries, against international law, and to no demonstratable benefit, is NOT a more productive use of your money.
Companies will only research what is commercially viable. The true breakthroughs come from science for science's sake, and this can't be done without funding.
The first thing I thought when I read the title was that, yet again, people were cancelling missions because they had no "obvious benefit" or some such nonsense, completely missing the point that science for science's sake has often lead to many of the greatest breakthroughs in science history.
However, I realised that they're not just cancelling missions that are trying to learn more generally, they're cancelling missions that have immediate and obvious benefits: weather monitoring to try and help avoid natural disasters, studying global warming and suchlike.
What ARE the Americans playing at? This seems to me to be a very foolish course of action, these problems will not go away if we're blind to them...
Which would be 30 nanoseconds ago, thanks :)
Well, the real point is to learn more about the universe in general. If it turns out to be a supernova, all the better: we can learn about something we've never really properly observed before.
Science simply for sciences sake make seem silly, but it has resulted in so many useful, practical applications, often from the strangest and most obscure sources, than gathering knowledge about how the universe works should never be seen as a foolish endevour.
As for this particular event, it may have happened 440 million years ago, but we can study it now and it will be indicative of what the event would look like anywhere in the universe. If, say, a nearby star went supernova, understanding how the supernova happens could be vital to the survival of humanity, or something, you just never know.
Does that make any sense?
The light has had to travel 400 million light years, therefore, assuming no acceleration, it would be the average distance between us and the location of the original event over over the 400 million year timespan, (or whatever the exact distance is), I think...