This system would create a two-tiered Internet in which affluent mass emailers could pay AOL a fee that amounts to an "email tax" for every email sent, in return for a guarantee that such messages would bypass spam filters and go directly to AOL members' inboxes
So this wouldn't stop spam, it would just help AOL profit off of it. Companies that do spam will be weighing out their average gains against the cost of sending mass emails, and I'm sure many will decide it's worth it. I'm sure they would be thrilled to know that their emails can bypass spam filters for a few dollars. Meanwhile, charity groups, e-zines, and other legitimate free mailing lists that people sign up for will be screwed. It looks to me that AOL is taking the "if you can't beat them, join them" approach.
I found an article that talks more about why Utah doesn't get up in arms about evolution. Here's a part of it:
Professor Duane Jeffery, a professor of biology at Brigham Young University, estimates that "probably 90 percent of people who are LDS think the church is against evolution. But they don't get upset about it being taught in public schools." The reason, he says, is the church seminary system, which provides junior high and high school students with a class period of religious instruction during school hours. "Most parents feel their religion is being take care of in seminary," Jeffery says. Conservative gadfly Gayle Ruzicka, president of the Utah Eagle Forum, sees it this way: "Utah's children, for the most part are taught by their parents that evolution is not correct science. The parents feel more control because they know they're teaching their children the truth at home." That truth, she says, is that "you are a child of God," a phrase that Mormons learn from the time they can talk, she says. "It's a year or two of learning about evolution vs. a lifetime of hearing that you are a child of God. Evolution just doesn't win out."
It looks like Utah doesn't feel threatened by teaching evolution because they have faith in what they believe (and what they learn in the seminary). I'd say that's a step in the right direction for seperation of church and state... that is assuming that these semenary classes aren't mandated.
Based on past rulings, the Department of Justice seem to uphold the FOIA in such cases. This isn't the first time the pentagon has used stall tactics to hold back information. I'm glad we have checks and balances.
But the Bush administration says the president as commander in chief of the armed forces has the authority to carry out the intercepts and that Congress also gave him the authority upon approving the use of force in response to the September 11 attacks
... at least we have some checks and balances. I see that the Bush administration still thinks they reign supreme.
I also heard that the president doesn't like pita bread, so we're ridding the country of that as well.
I'm also from Baltimore.... In fact, I went to the same university as this guy, so I've been hearing a lot about this case lately.
Let me start off by saying that I agree with you completely that its not just children that we need to worry about. I do personally think myspace should be limited to 18+ and that there should be an age verification system in place. It seems that the media has their minds set that myspace is something that is only used by underage teenagers. In fact, myspace was intended to be an adult service. Members were originally supposed to be at least 18 years of age, but now I believe it says you should be at least 16. Furthermore, any myspace "user browsing" only allows you to seek an age range of 18 and older. Nevertheless, I do think that "Tom" needs to enforced this more strictly.
However, I think the biggest thing to note from this particular murder case is that neither the killer nor the victim were minors. John Gaumer (22) was a notorious "womanizer" (i.e. date rapist) who claimed to have slept with over 200 women and was known to get enraged when met with rejection. Some of the stories I've heard about this guy from girls who knew him would make just about anyone sick to their stomachs. Even looking at this guy's myspace profile, it was clear to see that he thought a lot of himself (his username was "bigthickdude") and that his "friends" were all women who gave off the image of being promiscuous. The woman he killed, Josie Phyllis Brown, was a single mother of a 7 year old girl who was contacted by Gaumer and went out on a date. It ended with her being beaten to death with a tree branch and left in a ditch by a highway offramp for a month before Gaumer, pressured by investigators, confessed to the crime and led police to her body.
All people, even adults, need to be careful about who they meet and who they give their information out to because there are some very sick predators out there. Its sad that we need lessons like this to remind us.
And in other news, whistle-blower Charleton Heston has been charged with attempts to incite a riot as well as breaking and entering at a government food production facility. Although the production of their main product was found to use human beings as a source for protein and flavoring agents, Mr. Heston has been brought into custody.
His public outcries of "Soylent Green is people!" led to a riot that left 4 people dead and many hospitalized in various conditions.
"He did not have clearance to enter the facility. He broke the law, and that's that", said the prosecuting attorney while nibbling on a cube of Soylent Yellow.
The NRA President faces up to 5 years in prison if convicted.
We're still a long way away from the Futurama tea cup that reassembles itself after it breaks =).
Its still a neat idea, sort of a "crumple zone" for a coffee mug. What I don't understand is how it still holds liquid after the crash. Are we assuming it lands upright?
I think the key issue is that everyone is asking for flawless, high quality, on demand data streams. We currently have streaming broadcasts over a User Datagram Protocol.
The difference between UDP and other protocols is that UDP does not ensure that packets are not lost. This works well for audio and video because if you miss a frame or two, you probably won't notice too much. This is the equivalent of broadcasting a signal over the air waves. Sometimes it'll be a little fuzzy, but you can still understand what's being sent.
But like I mentioned before, UDP streaming broadcasts will not give you a high quality, 100% accurate and on demand data stream. That's why we're focussing on P2P instead.
I think the worries over the datacenters is a bit unfounded at the moment. 10 years ago, using 1GB of harddrive space and ever needing more than a 14.4kbps modem seemed insane. But now things are different. And the cable tv to internet swtich won't happen overnight. I think our technology will catch up by the time it catches on.
Look for this item in next years Ikea catalog as part of the Tákkí collection. At the low price of $15,995.99 it is a perfect addition to any Mátereülisték line of furniture and Yöpee accessories. If you are a Mátereülisték person looking to spend some money, a Tákkí coffee table with a PC built into it would be a perfect addition to your Yöpee house! It is custom made to fit into your gas-guzzling Hummer for easy delivery. And just imagine how well it would look gathering dust between your baby-harp-seal-skin sofa and 97 inch high definition television!
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Hideous piece of show-off crap... this is the most useless invention since the pet rock!
I really like this move of bringing Jim Starkey aboard. I've heard his name before, and I think he will really point MySQL's new engine in the right direction.
From the interview, I see that he is a big fan of Java. I've only worked with a slightly older version of MySQL but I feel that Java support is where MySQL is lagging behind Oracle. While MySQL works with a JDBC connection, an Oracle database seems to return faster results and more functional result sets. And I don't know too much about how well MySQL stores java code, but I know the newer versions of Oracle have really added some neat functionality with that.
I'm definitely looking forward to seeing where MySQL is headed and I'm glad they're standing up to Oracle's monopolizing.
Here is a very well written article that offers more in-depth theories on how people make conscious decisions: Decision Making and Problem Solving
The best theory offered to relate to this article IMO is the prespective theory. It hints on the idea that when faced with a problem consciously, humans try to use various decision making heuristics that are more geared towards simple such as a "right/wrong" problem. However, the world is complex with different value systems, different perspectives, and a lot of other variables that must be taken into consideration. Our "simple" decision-making algorithms tend to break down when faced with higher level choices. Maybe on some unconscious level, we actually use methods more befitting to complexity.
I actually think this result is just a matter of a having a trained eye... just as a real musician would probably cringe at the sound of most pop songs on the radio, despite the fact that a large number of people actually enjoyed that kind of "music". [flamebait warning]
But seriously, I wouldn't expect a "lay person" to be able to understand the technology involved in these units and to be able to make any intelligent\educated distinctions about their quality. IMHO, there's a reason we call them experts and they are the only ones we should really be paying attention to.
This isn't the first time Ehrlich has tried to re-open debate issues involving putting your trust into machines. [washingtonpost.com]
But on a more serious note... this article mentions nothing about annonymity. The type of paper trail that they seek would essentially mean that they would have to keep track of your voter ID and who your choice was. While I think it would be paranoid to assume that they would actually go back and try to figure out who voted for who, it does undermine the idea of a secret ballot.
I think what they really need to work on more is enhanced security and a more accurate verification system. That would ensure that you are indeed a unique registered voter without having to log who you voted for. If they can be sure of who the vote is coming from, then they can assume the vote is indeed accurate.
O'Grady said Oracle could benefit from MySQL in the way that IBM has from its acquisition of Gluecode
This analyst is obviously a genius. Who knew that buying out all your competition would benefit your company?
MySQL was created for low volume applications which don't need all the excessive functionality and optimization. What isn't mentioned is that this would probably ruin many small businesses who depend on open-source software because they can't afford large expensive distributions such as Oracle. The article mentions that Oracle has already bought out Sleepycat and InnoDB and now is planning move to take over JBoss. Do we really need to wait until all the competition is dead and gone before we realize they are monopolizing the market?
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This system would create a two-tiered Internet in which affluent mass emailers could pay AOL a fee that amounts to an "email tax" for every email sent, in return for a guarantee that such messages would bypass spam filters and go directly to AOL members' inboxes
So this wouldn't stop spam, it would just help AOL profit off of it. Companies that do spam will be weighing out their average gains against the cost of sending mass emails, and I'm sure many will decide it's worth it. I'm sure they would be thrilled to know that their emails can bypass spam filters for a few dollars. Meanwhile, charity groups, e-zines, and other legitimate free mailing lists that people sign up for will be screwed. It looks to me that AOL is taking the "if you can't beat them, join them" approach.Professor Duane Jeffery, a professor of biology at Brigham Young University, estimates that "probably 90 percent of people who are LDS think the church is against evolution. But they don't get upset about it being taught in public schools." The reason, he says, is the church seminary system, which provides junior high and high school students with a class period of religious instruction during school hours. "Most parents feel their religion is being take care of in seminary," Jeffery says. Conservative gadfly Gayle Ruzicka, president of the Utah Eagle Forum, sees it this way: "Utah's children, for the most part are taught by their parents that evolution is not correct science. The parents feel more control because they know they're teaching their children the truth at home." That truth, she says, is that "you are a child of God," a phrase that Mormons learn from the time they can talk, she says. "It's a year or two of learning about evolution vs. a lifetime of hearing that you are a child of God. Evolution just doesn't win out."
It looks like Utah doesn't feel threatened by teaching evolution because they have faith in what they believe (and what they learn in the seminary). I'd say that's a step in the right direction for seperation of church and state... that is assuming that these semenary classes aren't mandated.But the Bush administration says the president as commander in chief of the armed forces has the authority to carry out the intercepts and that Congress also gave him the authority upon approving the use of force in response to the September 11 attacks
I also heard that the president doesn't like pita bread, so we're ridding the country of that as well.
I'm also from Baltimore.... In fact, I went to the same university as this guy, so I've been hearing a lot about this case lately.
Let me start off by saying that I agree with you completely that its not just children that we need to worry about. I do personally think myspace should be limited to 18+ and that there should be an age verification system in place. It seems that the media has their minds set that myspace is something that is only used by underage teenagers. In fact, myspace was intended to be an adult service. Members were originally supposed to be at least 18 years of age, but now I believe it says you should be at least 16. Furthermore, any myspace "user browsing" only allows you to seek an age range of 18 and older. Nevertheless, I do think that "Tom" needs to enforced this more strictly.
However, I think the biggest thing to note from this particular murder case is that neither the killer nor the victim were minors. John Gaumer (22) was a notorious "womanizer" (i.e. date rapist) who claimed to have slept with over 200 women and was known to get enraged when met with rejection. Some of the stories I've heard about this guy from girls who knew him would make just about anyone sick to their stomachs. Even looking at this guy's myspace profile, it was clear to see that he thought a lot of himself (his username was "bigthickdude") and that his "friends" were all women who gave off the image of being promiscuous. The woman he killed, Josie Phyllis Brown, was a single mother of a 7 year old girl who was contacted by Gaumer and went out on a date. It ended with her being beaten to death with a tree branch and left in a ditch by a highway offramp for a month before Gaumer, pressured by investigators, confessed to the crime and led police to her body.
All people, even adults, need to be careful about who they meet and who they give their information out to because there are some very sick predators out there. Its sad that we need lessons like this to remind us.
And in other news, whistle-blower Charleton Heston has been charged with attempts to incite a riot as well as breaking and entering at a government food production facility. Although the production of their main product was found to use human beings as a source for protein and flavoring agents, Mr. Heston has been brought into custody.
His public outcries of "Soylent Green is people!" led to a riot that left 4 people dead and many hospitalized in various conditions.
"He did not have clearance to enter the facility. He broke the law, and that's that", said the prosecuting attorney while nibbling on a cube of Soylent Yellow.
The NRA President faces up to 5 years in prison if convicted.
We're still a long way away from the Futurama tea cup that reassembles itself after it breaks =).
Its still a neat idea, sort of a "crumple zone" for a coffee mug. What I don't understand is how it still holds liquid after the crash. Are we assuming it lands upright?
I think the key issue is that everyone is asking for flawless, high quality, on demand data streams. We currently have streaming broadcasts over a User Datagram Protocol.
The difference between UDP and other protocols is that UDP does not ensure that packets are not lost. This works well for audio and video because if you miss a frame or two, you probably won't notice too much. This is the equivalent of broadcasting a signal over the air waves. Sometimes it'll be a little fuzzy, but you can still understand what's being sent.
But like I mentioned before, UDP streaming broadcasts will not give you a high quality, 100% accurate and on demand data stream. That's why we're focussing on P2P instead.
I think the worries over the datacenters is a bit unfounded at the moment. 10 years ago, using 1GB of harddrive space and ever needing more than a 14.4kbps modem seemed insane. But now things are different. And the cable tv to internet swtich won't happen overnight. I think our technology will catch up by the time it catches on.
Look for this item in next years Ikea catalog as part of the Tákkí collection. At the low price of $15,995.99 it is a perfect addition to any Mátereülisték line of furniture and Yöpee accessories. If you are a Mátereülisték person looking to spend some money, a Tákkí coffee table with a PC built into it would be a perfect addition to your Yöpee house! It is custom made to fit into your gas-guzzling Hummer for easy delivery. And just imagine how well it would look gathering dust between your baby-harp-seal-skin sofa and 97 inch high definition television!
- ---------- -
Hideous piece of show-off crap... this is the most useless invention since the pet rock!
I really like this move of bringing Jim Starkey aboard. I've heard his name before, and I think he will really point MySQL's new engine in the right direction.
From the interview, I see that he is a big fan of Java. I've only worked with a slightly older version of MySQL but I feel that Java support is where MySQL is lagging behind Oracle. While MySQL works with a JDBC connection, an Oracle database seems to return faster results and more functional result sets. And I don't know too much about how well MySQL stores java code, but I know the newer versions of Oracle have really added some neat functionality with that.
I'm definitely looking forward to seeing where MySQL is headed and I'm glad they're standing up to Oracle's monopolizing.
Here is a very well written article that offers more in-depth theories on how people make conscious decisions: Decision Making and Problem Solving
The best theory offered to relate to this article IMO is the prespective theory. It hints on the idea that when faced with a problem consciously, humans try to use various decision making heuristics that are more geared towards simple such as a "right/wrong" problem. However, the world is complex with different value systems, different perspectives, and a lot of other variables that must be taken into consideration. Our "simple" decision-making algorithms tend to break down when faced with higher level choices. Maybe on some unconscious level, we actually use methods more befitting to complexity.
I actually think this result is just a matter of a having a trained eye... just as a real musician would probably cringe at the sound of most pop songs on the radio, despite the fact that a large number of people actually enjoyed that kind of "music". [flamebait warning]
But seriously, I wouldn't expect a "lay person" to be able to understand the technology involved in these units and to be able to make any intelligent\educated distinctions about their quality. IMHO, there's a reason we call them experts and they are the only ones we should really be paying attention to.
This isn't the first time Ehrlich has tried to re-open debate issues involving putting your trust into machines. [washingtonpost.com]
But on a more serious note... this article mentions nothing about annonymity. The type of paper trail that they seek would essentially mean that they would have to keep track of your voter ID and who your choice was. While I think it would be paranoid to assume that they would actually go back and try to figure out who voted for who, it does undermine the idea of a secret ballot.
I think what they really need to work on more is enhanced security and a more accurate verification system. That would ensure that you are indeed a unique registered voter without having to log who you voted for. If they can be sure of who the vote is coming from, then they can assume the vote is indeed accurate.
O'Grady said Oracle could benefit from MySQL in the way that IBM has from its acquisition of Gluecode
This analyst is obviously a genius. Who knew that buying out all your competition would benefit your company?MySQL was created for low volume applications which don't need all the excessive functionality and optimization. What isn't mentioned is that this would probably ruin many small businesses who depend on open-source software because they can't afford large expensive distributions such as Oracle. The article mentions that Oracle has already bought out Sleepycat and InnoDB and now is planning move to take over JBoss. Do we really need to wait until all the competition is dead and gone before we realize they are monopolizing the market?