I think anyone who rolls up their sleeves and contributes to Wikipedia for a while will come across people who spend all their time doing such illustrious things as changing categories on hundreds of articles or combing through articles and placing notices, rather than contributing actual content.
What, does the Pentagon expect terrorists to invade a US military base if there are street-level pictures? (which I am unfamiliar with as Google is slow to provide any extras for areas outside of the USA.) Or are they worried about Google Earth people stealing stuff?
I think I'll take this over the additional workplace reforms Liberal was planning if their term was extended yet again. I don't know why Howard-like leaders (which Rudd is) are more popular than someone like Mark Latham, who seemed to have some intelligence behind his policies (as far as I know). A shame he was judged on superficial things like an aggressive revenge handshake (on Howard) and tackling a taxi driver.
I think it's pointless to be partisan though because no party can ever be flawless.
Governments generally respond to the demands of the people, I'd like to know who wants Labor to be carrying this out. The non-IT geeks of this country I presume think this is a good idea and tax dollars well spent. And by non-IT geeks I mean people with an IQ of around 100 or below and 2.3 children.
My main concern is whether will speeds across the country be slowed down like with China, and what sites will be blocked at public terminals now that "net nanny" filtering will be the new default.
It's amazing how long they last without the effects of gravity and an atmosphere with dust and oxygen etc.
Although maybe they're just rugged, the Mars rovers have lasted a long time on the surface of Mars.
I just had a thought, would you get charged the raft of early termination fees that are included in every broadband contract (as far as I know)? I was with an ISP that changed its exit fees to 100% of the remaining contract (!).
I bet the closure of Demonoid swelled The Pirate Bay's ranks a fair bit. I used to go to Demonoid by default whenever looking for a torrent, now I go to The Pirate Bay. I preferred Demonoid's layout though.
Are you basing that on something you've read? Considering that a spacecraft can coast at speed, it seems easier to reach the Asteroid belt, as extra oxygen and food would probably weigh less than the extra fuel needed to touchdown on Mars, reach escape velocity and attain a decent speed back to earth.
That proposed mission seemed at bit strange at first because the asteroids are further out, but not having to escape the gravity of a small planet would make it a lot easier.
It seems a lot more exciting to go that far out than returning to the Moon.
So how does this apply for wikipedia? I got fed up and stopped contributing because increasingly restrictive "fair use" guidelines retroactively applied to all my uploaded images (by a user called BetaCommand) which had to comply with the new guidelines within a week or be deleted.
Perhaps wikipedia should introduce a blanket rule of "[wikipedia articles are] work that adds to the value of the original" and regard users like BetaCommand trolls rather than pat them on the back for deleting (sometimes irretrievably in my case) vast quantities of media.
Just out of curiosity would you have a problem with computers in western countries which serve as indoctrination tools for Apple or Microsoft (Apple was pushing hard to have Macs in schools in the 90's to create a new generation of Mac buyers)
You should give windows 2000 a try, I believe is is the best OS Microsoft has produced. Upgraded only a few months ago to XP and it takes a while to disable all the "handholding" features (security centre, autoplay, error reports, hidden files, simple file search, personalised menus) but it does start up fast, have skins available (eg. Royale Noir) and can run multi-core CPUs if needed.
I think Vista and XP cater too much to the middle aged newbie who is discovering computers for the first time. Anyone with some experience or aptitude wants the OS to stop getting in the way.
This guy is the king of geek cool, not only did he build a full-size Bender but he has a MAME'd Tardis!
I wonder what the speech came out like (I'm surprised a bare CPU can output audio).
Commercial programmers can work on them as their full-time paid job while open-source people are students learning as they go or people working in their spare time.
This is the problem with most open-source software, you (unfortunately) can't really expect it to be able to compete with commercial software.
My library periodically gets rid of some science fiction books in its collection, leading to incomplete series or items not in its collection. Buying is a good way for me to build a collection of books I will read more than once (even if I drag them out once every five or ten years). I favour saving myself money though and tend to borrow a book if my library has it.
Sounds reasonable except that it should be opt-in rather than opt-out. If they're going to introduce an opt-out system why not apply it to organ donation?
It's only in the drafting stages, hopefully it won't go into effect or if it does, opting out will be a simple process.
Back when only "computer nerds" and IT professionals used the internet you could safely browse without a firewall or antivirus, one consequence of almost every segment of the population now using it is that there are scammers and people susceptible to scamming. Just like people fall for sales pitches or get their card details stolen in real life. When a tool that tells people whether a site in genuine is popular (i.e. they are unable to tell without it) you know that only a minority are immune to scamming.
As a side note I thought spammers, virus makers etc. were out to wreck the internet and it surprises me that they actually earn money from it, and explains why it will never go away.
I hope Tasers never make it to the police force here, the company that makes them cites false data to make it look like no one has died from the use of them.
I saw footage where the police repeatedly tasered a black guy with epilepsy until he stopped "resisting", he stopped moving due to heart failure (and died). The police's defense is that they weren't informed of his condition.
I've always wondered what the effect on Novaya Zemlya (the place over which it was dropped) was. Just did some reading, apparently 224 nuclear devices were detonated there.
The willigness of some prolific individuals do undo countless hours of other's work has left a sour taste in my mouth of late. For example, deleting images within a week unless they satisfy a user called Betacommand's strict criteria for a valid fair use rationale, images that required me to spend time capturing from a DVD editing, and uploading with a dial-up modem.
What I'd like to create (if I had the relevant skills) is a non-centralised wiki encyclopedia that pays no attention to copyright law, or at least pays lip service to it. Basically keeping the original content aspect of Wikipedia (no cutting and pasting) but not becoming paranoid about a photo uploaded from an obscure website.
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I think anyone who rolls up their sleeves and contributes to Wikipedia for a while will come across people who spend all their time doing such illustrious things as changing categories on hundreds of articles or combing through articles and placing notices, rather than contributing actual content.
What, does the Pentagon expect terrorists to invade a US military base if there are street-level pictures? (which I am unfamiliar with as Google is slow to provide any extras for areas outside of the USA.) Or are they worried about Google Earth people stealing stuff?
Gallery pictures are the same price, I just listed some items and the main cost of the insertion fee comes from the gallery picture.
I think I'll take this over the additional workplace reforms Liberal was planning if their term was extended yet again. I don't know why Howard-like leaders (which Rudd is) are more popular than someone like Mark Latham, who seemed to have some intelligence behind his policies (as far as I know). A shame he was judged on superficial things like an aggressive revenge handshake (on Howard) and tackling a taxi driver.
I think it's pointless to be partisan though because no party can ever be flawless.
Governments generally respond to the demands of the people, I'd like to know who wants Labor to be carrying this out. The non-IT geeks of this country I presume think this is a good idea and tax dollars well spent. And by non-IT geeks I mean people with an IQ of around 100 or below and 2.3 children.
My main concern is whether will speeds across the country be slowed down like with China, and what sites will be blocked at public terminals now that "net nanny" filtering will be the new default.
You've got to love majority rule.
It's amazing how long they last without the effects of gravity and an atmosphere with dust and oxygen etc.
Although maybe they're just rugged, the Mars rovers have lasted a long time on the surface of Mars.
I just had a thought, would you get charged the raft of early termination fees that are included in every broadband contract (as far as I know)? I was with an ISP that changed its exit fees to 100% of the remaining contract (!).
I bet the closure of Demonoid swelled The Pirate Bay's ranks a fair bit. I used to go to Demonoid by default whenever looking for a torrent, now I go to The Pirate Bay. I preferred Demonoid's layout though.
Are you basing that on something you've read? Considering that a spacecraft can coast at speed, it seems easier to reach the Asteroid belt, as extra oxygen and food would probably weigh less than the extra fuel needed to touchdown on Mars, reach escape velocity and attain a decent speed back to earth.
That proposed mission seemed at bit strange at first because the asteroids are further out, but not having to escape the gravity of a small planet would make it a lot easier. It seems a lot more exciting to go that far out than returning to the Moon.
So how does this apply for wikipedia? I got fed up and stopped contributing because increasingly restrictive "fair use" guidelines retroactively applied to all my uploaded images (by a user called BetaCommand) which had to comply with the new guidelines within a week or be deleted.
Perhaps wikipedia should introduce a blanket rule of "[wikipedia articles are] work that adds to the value of the original" and regard users like BetaCommand trolls rather than pat them on the back for deleting (sometimes irretrievably in my case) vast quantities of media.
Just out of curiosity would you have a problem with computers in western countries which serve as indoctrination tools for Apple or Microsoft (Apple was pushing hard to have Macs in schools in the 90's to create a new generation of Mac buyers)
You should give windows 2000 a try, I believe is is the best OS Microsoft has produced. Upgraded only a few months ago to XP and it takes a while to disable all the "handholding" features (security centre, autoplay, error reports, hidden files, simple file search, personalised menus) but it does start up fast, have skins available (eg. Royale Noir) and can run multi-core CPUs if needed. I think Vista and XP cater too much to the middle aged newbie who is discovering computers for the first time. Anyone with some experience or aptitude wants the OS to stop getting in the way.
This guy is the king of geek cool, not only did he build a full-size Bender but he has a MAME'd Tardis! I wonder what the speech came out like (I'm surprised a bare CPU can output audio).
Yeah 10 extra GB per layer.
Commercial programmers can work on them as their full-time paid job while open-source people are students learning as they go or people working in their spare time. This is the problem with most open-source software, you (unfortunately) can't really expect it to be able to compete with commercial software.
So are you saying it's a money-making exercise rather than simply righting a wrong?
My library periodically gets rid of some science fiction books in its collection, leading to incomplete series or items not in its collection. Buying is a good way for me to build a collection of books I will read more than once (even if I drag them out once every five or ten years). I favour saving myself money though and tend to borrow a book if my library has it.
Sounds reasonable except that it should be opt-in rather than opt-out. If they're going to introduce an opt-out system why not apply it to organ donation? It's only in the drafting stages, hopefully it won't go into effect or if it does, opting out will be a simple process.
Back when only "computer nerds" and IT professionals used the internet you could safely browse without a firewall or antivirus, one consequence of almost every segment of the population now using it is that there are scammers and people susceptible to scamming. Just like people fall for sales pitches or get their card details stolen in real life. When a tool that tells people whether a site in genuine is popular (i.e. they are unable to tell without it) you know that only a minority are immune to scamming.
As a side note I thought spammers, virus makers etc. were out to wreck the internet and it surprises me that they actually earn money from it, and explains why it will never go away.
Millions of dollars of punitive damages? Why not just ask for refunds for the items and the cost of the convention ticket?
I hope Tasers never make it to the police force here, the company that makes them cites false data to make it look like no one has died from the use of them. I saw footage where the police repeatedly tasered a black guy with epilepsy until he stopped "resisting", he stopped moving due to heart failure (and died). The police's defense is that they weren't informed of his condition.
Yet another example of brain drain. Not that I'd begrudge anyone the opportunity to take a high-paying job in the U.S.
I've always wondered what the effect on Novaya Zemlya (the place over which it was dropped) was. Just did some reading, apparently 224 nuclear devices were detonated there.
The willigness of some prolific individuals do undo countless hours of other's work has left a sour taste in my mouth of late. For example, deleting images within a week unless they satisfy a user called Betacommand's strict criteria for a valid fair use rationale, images that required me to spend time capturing from a DVD editing, and uploading with a dial-up modem. What I'd like to create (if I had the relevant skills) is a non-centralised wiki encyclopedia that pays no attention to copyright law, or at least pays lip service to it. Basically keeping the original content aspect of Wikipedia (no cutting and pasting) but not becoming paranoid about a photo uploaded from an obscure website.