The GAO's investigation shows that the security measures put in place after 911 are not sufficient for protecting the American people.
When are people going to get this. The laws existing before (insert grand public hysteria event here) were sufficient. There is a difference between needing to increase the strength of the laws, thereby weakening civil liberties, and properly and thoroughly enforcing the laws which are already in place.
The verdict is: 'a tie, but only because both platforms fall short in some ways. Vista's roster of backup features aren't available in every SKU of the product; Ubuntu doesn't have anything like Vista's shadow copy system and its user-friendly backup tools are pretty rudimentary.'"
This is only the conclusion for the backup portion of the review. I looks like the submitter didn't make it to the last page. The actual conclusion?:
Ubuntu's best strength is handling the ordinary task-based day-to-day stuff. Vista has a level of completeness and polish that some people find it hard to do without.
Right now I am completing a Masters of Information Studies (AKA Library Science AKA Information Science). Let me just say that, while not everyone has a computer or Internet culture background here, we do discuss Free Software quite a bit. And not only in our computer classes, but also classes like "Information and its Social Contexts."
While we might not all be programmers, many of us are staunch defenders of open access to all information, including software. We might not seem like FOSS zealots, but we can be, and I think from a different place than strict computer nerds. Part of the reason why I like studying here is because, unlike many other university departments, we are cognisant and critical of the changes that are happening, for both good and bad.
Masters of Library Science student here.... it has been done before, some university OPAC (online public access catalogue) has it, but I cannot remember the school. You can go through the call numbers with back and forward arrows.
students don't know how to judge the authoritativeness or objectivity of web sites, can't narrow down an overly broad search, and can't tailor a message to a particular audience.
Who says they don't fail at reading books as well?
It wasn't racist in the imitation, it was the last sentence. Read the post again, and watch him stereotype a certain way of speaking as poor and uneducated.
Disclaimer: I'm not African-American, and I have never been to Africa or the less affluent regions of any major city.
No but you are ignorant. Your final statement implies that 1. People who talk like that are African-American. 2. People who talk like that live in "less affluent regions" 3. And it is the African-Americans who are living in those areas.
If you did just a litte bit of reading you would realize that "African-American" vernacular, if it does exist, has nothing to do with money or social class. Much of the pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary comes directly from influences of West African languages, and not from a lack of education or money.
The analysis is flawed as a general indicator of MySpace passwords because it is only a subset of people who would actually fall for phishing attacks. Of course such people will have horrible password habits
Now, I am changing my password to cookie321, no one will see that coming.
Finally I can use my LIS nerdiness on slashdot, bastion of computer, science, and math nerds.
The summary says "Nothing unusual there, except the parchment contained writings from a copy of Archimedes' Palimpsest," using the term palimpsest incorrectly. By calling it "a copy of Archimedes' Palimpsest," the summary implies that Archimedes wrote something--a Palimpsest--which was then copied and found on this random scrap of parchment.
In actuality, a palimpsest is a parchment already inscribed where the original ink was scraped off for reuse. Parchment, being the skin of a calf, sheep or goat, was in the Middle Ages very expensive (there is an argument that the Gutenberg revolution was fuelled more by cheap paper then by the printing press, but I digress). It was not discarded, but often reused by monks in Medieval scriptoria.
Many works from antiquity, once thought lost, are found serendipitously through palimpsest, many of them pagan works overwritten in favour of Christian ones. So, what we have found is a palimpsest of a manuscript copy of Archimedes, not a copy of Archimedes' palimpsest
Soon Google will become the central computer, storing all data which we will pull through light terminals.
Look at Star Trek, especially starting with TNG: there are not multiple computers, but the Central Computer, which stores all data and processes on the ship. For even more expansive knowledge, it syncs with database on Earth, which itself syncs with Memory Storage Alpha.
Second, I am surprised that you would bother to trust Grammar Check at all. Not even counting the fact that MS Word's Grammar Check has been throughly disrupted, here on Slashdot (analysis here), but the fact of the matter is that grammar is what makes your voice yours.
Sometimes different pieces call for different grammars, giving different tones. Sometimes, the violation of specific rules of grammar are what give your writing character or emphasis. It is okay sometimes to use the passive voice, sometimes it is perfectly fine to start sentences with "But" or "And", or end them with prepositions. Real writers do it all the time.
Most of the rules of grammar were formed by antiquated stylists attempting to shoehorn English into Latin rules. Thankfully, English as spoken works just fine without their help.
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The GAO's investigation shows that the security measures put in place after 911 are not sufficient for protecting the American people.
When are people going to get this. The laws existing before (insert grand public hysteria event here) were sufficient. There is a difference between needing to increase the strength of the laws, thereby weakening civil liberties, and properly and thoroughly enforcing the laws which are already in place.
jesus...
Slashdot will not tolerate ANY Koreans eating cloned dog comments.
DAMN!
What a slashdot worthy answer. Sir, I commend you.
"Encyclopedia" is to "Wikipedia" what "Library" is to "Some people at a bus stop"
Unless, of course, they are taking the bus too the library
The verdict is: 'a tie, but only because both platforms fall short in some ways. Vista's roster of backup features aren't available in every SKU of the product; Ubuntu doesn't have anything like Vista's shadow copy system and its user-friendly backup tools are pretty rudimentary.'"
This is only the conclusion for the backup portion of the review. I looks like the submitter didn't make it to the last page. The actual conclusion?:
Ubuntu's best strength is handling the ordinary task-based day-to-day stuff. Vista has a level of completeness and polish that some people find it hard to do without.
98% accuracy!! What the blood clot?!
Of course the EU would say that, Europeans are socialists and Linux is communism.
Want the truth? Get the facts where they are totally straight and objective, from honest American corporations.
(Insert tongue in cheek)
Right now I am completing a Masters of Information Studies (AKA Library Science AKA Information Science). Let me just say that, while not everyone has a computer or Internet culture background here, we do discuss Free Software quite a bit. And not only in our computer classes, but also classes like "Information and its Social Contexts."
While we might not all be programmers, many of us are staunch defenders of open access to all information, including software. We might not seem like FOSS zealots, but we can be, and I think from a different place than strict computer nerds. Part of the reason why I like studying here is because, unlike many other university departments, we are cognisant and critical of the changes that are happening, for both good and bad.
Even modest libraries will have some kind of IT person to do the install. Unless, of course, all the computers run Windows.
Masters of Library Science student here.... it has been done before, some university OPAC (online public access catalogue) has it, but I cannot remember the school. You can go through the call numbers with back and forward arrows.
Actually, when using NeoOffice, it is more like:
a it-Wait-Wait-Typey-Typey"
"Double-Clickey-Wait-Wait-Wait-Wait-Typey-Typey-W
students don't know how to judge the authoritativeness or objectivity of web sites, can't narrow down an overly broad search, and can't tailor a message to a particular audience.
Who says they don't fail at reading books as well?
Rock stars don't wash their clothes, square.
As far as "racist" things not being funny in Canada....what are you, Québécois?
Yes
It wasn't racist in the imitation, it was the last sentence. Read the post again, and watch him stereotype a certain way of speaking as poor and uneducated.
I'm sorry, I'm Canadian, racists aren't humourous here anymore I guess.
Disclaimer: I'm not African-American, and I have never been to Africa or the less affluent regions of any major city.
No but you are ignorant. Your final statement implies that 1. People who talk like that are African-American. 2. People who talk like that live in "less affluent regions" 3. And it is the African-Americans who are living in those areas.
If you did just a litte bit of reading you would realize that "African-American" vernacular, if it does exist, has nothing to do with money or social class. Much of the pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary comes directly from influences of West African languages, and not from a lack of education or money.
"Now that I am a movie star, 'tell your wife to come over to my place if she wants a little boom-shaka-laka boom-shaka-laka boom-shaka-laka boom'"
The analysis is flawed as a general indicator of MySpace passwords because it is only a subset of people who would actually fall for phishing attacks. Of course such people will have horrible password habits
Now, I am changing my password to cookie321, no one will see that coming.
Finally I can use my LIS nerdiness on slashdot, bastion of computer, science, and math nerds.
The summary says "Nothing unusual there, except the parchment contained writings from a copy of Archimedes' Palimpsest," using the term palimpsest incorrectly. By calling it "a copy of Archimedes' Palimpsest," the summary implies that Archimedes wrote something--a Palimpsest--which was then copied and found on this random scrap of parchment.
In actuality, a palimpsest is a parchment already inscribed where the original ink was scraped off for reuse. Parchment, being the skin of a calf, sheep or goat, was in the Middle Ages very expensive (there is an argument that the Gutenberg revolution was fuelled more by cheap paper then by the printing press, but I digress). It was not discarded, but often reused by monks in Medieval scriptoria.
Many works from antiquity, once thought lost, are found serendipitously through palimpsest, many of them pagan works overwritten in favour of Christian ones. So, what we have found is a palimpsest of a manuscript copy of Archimedes, not a copy of Archimedes' palimpsest
This is the way the computer.
Soon Google will become the central computer, storing all data which we will pull through light terminals.
Look at Star Trek, especially starting with TNG: there are not multiple computers, but the Central Computer, which stores all data and processes on the ship. For even more expansive knowledge, it syncs with database on Earth, which itself syncs with Memory Storage Alpha.
Of course, next is Borg.
**SNAP!**
I guess there is a little Nazi inside of all of us. I call mine Hermann.
S.
First of all, it is judgement, not judgment.
Second, I am surprised that you would bother to trust Grammar Check at all. Not even counting the fact that MS Word's Grammar Check has been throughly disrupted, here on Slashdot (analysis here), but the fact of the matter is that grammar is what makes your voice yours.
Sometimes different pieces call for different grammars, giving different tones. Sometimes, the violation of specific rules of grammar are what give your writing character or emphasis. It is okay sometimes to use the passive voice, sometimes it is perfectly fine to start sentences with "But" or "And", or end them with prepositions. Real writers do it all the time.
Most of the rules of grammar were formed by antiquated stylists attempting to shoehorn English into Latin rules. Thankfully, English as spoken works just fine without their help.