They're afraid of being torn to shreds by the open source community; the Firefox trademark is seen as something like a big life preserver for Mozilla. Without that trademark, they have a wide-open platform that can be duplicated, repackaged, improved upon (out of spite), etc. But people recognize the Firefox brand, and that's all they got. So ironically, they end up being afraid of their own community. Sad.
My guess is there's a way to remotely mark people. But I really don't know. Ship them weapons with this stuff smeared on it? Anyway, you can read about the technology I mentioned in the PDF file by the Special Operations Group. It specifically mentions stains and even shows a photo of a guy's arm with the stain on it.
You spray a unique bullseye on the target so you can differentiate between targets when several targets converge in another zone. You want to know which one must be killed, which can just be injured (like security guards) etc. Don't trust me though, look it up in the provided SOG PDF files. It's all spelled out right there.
Enemy combatants are sprayed or otherwise marked (lots of ways to do this) with a marker known as a "perfume" or a "stain."
This marker works on a very, very small scale. It contains little devices that convert microwave energy into DC power (rectennae).
This effectively gives the military an "electrical output" somewhere on your body that they can use to read your signal. What is being output? Why, your biological signature.
So the military fly over you while emitting microwaves, or otherwise light you up. Then they get a positive read on a Mr. Sadiq Abbad from Pakistan...and what's he doing with these other characters? Etc.
I was wondering about the status of open source in Russia. I knew they had recently invaded the neighboring country of Georgia and had been involved in some atrocities against civilians and journalists, but in the midst of all that I was like, "hey, where is this country with the whole open source thing?" Thank you for your efforts to clear this up.
I agree that there's something wrong with their approach. When I work with marketing teams who come up with tightly spec'd campaigns that are based on unwise or outright stupid ideas of who should be targeted, it often means that there's a good deal of micromanaging going on by their superiors. I'm not familiar with MS enough to say so, but that's the feeling I get - an ad agency that put this together to fit the MS culture or worked under severe pressure from above (while using Macs, most likely).
Delicious, butt-wagging, Seinfeld, cheap shoe stores being abhorrent, poking fun at Mexicans...what do all these things have in common?
Look at your common PHB. Likes "delicious food" as opposed to what the Mac guy eats, probably raw food or wheat grass or something. Thinks butt-wagging and slapstick are funny. Probably laughs at Seinfeld re-runs. Is glad he doesn't shop at the cheap shoe store for athletic shoes, but probably gets his dress shoes there, because who can tell. Has Mexican neighbors, is uncomfortable knowing he's in the same class they are.
This ad is brilliantly tarteted as a sort of subconscious reminder that PHB doesn't have to be a Mac guy, darnit, and he's good enough. Microsoft is here to shove more Applebees cake down his throat.
People who don't sympathize like to imagine that everyone who believes in something outside of our normal sphere of experience is dangerous. They believe that Christians, Muslims, Jews, Quakers, Mormons, etc. are all groups that band together and get what they want while preventing others from enjoying the party too. The criticism tends to work on a sliding scale where religions with the highest requirements of personal sacrifice receive the most criticism, and those that don't necessarily (like some sects of Buddhism, the New Coke for spiritual atheists) get off easy.
We're heading toward a world where, ironically, because of this fear toward belief systems, the state (USA or wherever) is slowly transformed into a megachurch by people who want to be protected from True Believers. The way this always ends is, the people turn the state into a church and worship it (compulsory, of course, unlike normal organized religion) while it gives them license to act in ways that people with moral systems find counterproductive to a trusting society. Fear, distrust, hatred...these are all things politicians will continue to play on for a long time.
It's sad to me that someone like the profanity guy just doesn't have a clue about the emailing mechanism (if he is indeed seeing emailed articles). I support people in their right to really find their own niche on the web; it's just too bad that many of them will never find it because the curve is too steep. Those of us who are happy to use Slashdot have already found our own ways of blocking trash we don't like, but many people are forced to wade through LOTS of stuff that they don't want to see as part of their normal web-surfing experience.
So, I totally sympathize with him, even though it's obvious his email is misdirected.
I tried using CREST TOOTHPASTE and my Dentist told me not to anymore because it makes my teeth better and he can't work on 'em anymore because they are SO GOOD AFTER USING CREST TOOTHPASTE!
I'm really not sure why CREST TOOTHPASTE is hated by so many Dentists.
1. Loudly complain about annoying features in the beta stage 2. Watch as company removes said features because they're in vulnerable position 3. Rinse and repeat on other products 4. Realize why so many corporations fight for control of the media 5. Start your own local newspaper 6. ? 7. Go out of business because nobody reads newspapers anymore, you moron
I would upload one copy to a couple of streaming video sites like Youtube and Vimeo. Once you've done that, take your highest-res copy and any other material you want to share, and upload to archive.org. That way, if people want to watch on their own terms, the video is available in a huge digital library that tries to invest in digital permanence. Be clear about the licensing terms and leave your contact information.
You say you'd do anything. Does that mean you'd look for a new job that doesn't suck so bad before you try to force everyone else in your field to unionize? Because if you wouldn't do that, I don't think you're ready to do anything but be spoon-fed.
I work at a sewage treatment plant, so needless to say, I was VERY excited about this release right until I realized it said that *faces* are recognized. Bummer. So I guess I'll have to wait until version 4 to get my taxonomy project underway.
How much did IP (intellectual property) concerns weigh on the process of opening the driver code? We've been hearing from companies like nVidia that IP issues prevent them from opening their own code, so I'd be interested to hear just how it is that VIA were able to get to this point in the face of today's treacherous environment regarding IP.
So when I bought my Dell Ubuntu laptop last year, I thought, "Intel and nVidia are the LEAST evil of the graphics chipset manufaacturers." Wanting a little more oomph, I went with nVidia.
Now, a year later, nVidia is looking ridiculous by clinging to closed-source binary drivers while the rest of the industry (including ATi, for pete's sake) go open. And the fact that freaking VIA is more open than nVidia really makes me feel...frustrated. Sorry nVidia, but I can't recommend you as long as you lag like this.
Hey, we have a "Godwin's Law" for mentions of Nazism. Can we get some sort of snarky law for people who suddenly bring up a Star Trek analogy in a discussion?:-)
Yeah, forgot to mention my source image was from a friend who used to be in the Republican Guard...he says NASA always edit their panos before the public see them. Some of their cattle mutilation images from Titan are pretty impressive.
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They're afraid of being torn to shreds by the open source community; the Firefox trademark is seen as something like a big life preserver for Mozilla. Without that trademark, they have a wide-open platform that can be duplicated, repackaged, improved upon (out of spite), etc. But people recognize the Firefox brand, and that's all they got. So ironically, they end up being afraid of their own community. Sad.
My guess is there's a way to remotely mark people. But I really don't know. Ship them weapons with this stuff smeared on it? Anyway, you can read about the technology I mentioned in the PDF file by the Special Operations Group. It specifically mentions stains and even shows a photo of a guy's arm with the stain on it.
You spray a unique bullseye on the target so you can differentiate between targets when several targets converge in another zone. You want to know which one must be killed, which can just be injured (like security guards) etc. Don't trust me though, look it up in the provided SOG PDF files. It's all spelled out right there.
Enemy combatants are sprayed or otherwise marked (lots of ways to do this) with a marker known as a "perfume" or a "stain." This marker works on a very, very small scale. It contains little devices that convert microwave energy into DC power (rectennae).
This effectively gives the military an "electrical output" somewhere on your body that they can use to read your signal. What is being output? Why, your biological signature. So the military fly over you while emitting microwaves, or otherwise light you up. Then they get a positive read on a Mr. Sadiq Abbad from Pakistan...and what's he doing with these other characters? Etc.
"I'm feeling left out"
:-)
Congratulations, you've just comprehended the whole of Apple's advertising strategy.
Flash with audio doesn't crash Firefox here. At all. What flash version are you using, 10 alpha or something?
Don't you find what you did dishonest?
Can you explain that Ekiga part? Judging by your mod points I'm the first one who really didn't get what you're saying.
I was wondering about the status of open source in Russia. I knew they had recently invaded the neighboring country of Georgia and had been involved in some atrocities against civilians and journalists, but in the midst of all that I was like, "hey, where is this country with the whole open source thing?" Thank you for your efforts to clear this up.
I agree that there's something wrong with their approach. When I work with marketing teams who come up with tightly spec'd campaigns that are based on unwise or outright stupid ideas of who should be targeted, it often means that there's a good deal of micromanaging going on by their superiors. I'm not familiar with MS enough to say so, but that's the feeling I get - an ad agency that put this together to fit the MS culture or worked under severe pressure from above (while using Macs, most likely).
Delicious, butt-wagging, Seinfeld, cheap shoe stores being abhorrent, poking fun at Mexicans...what do all these things have in common?
Look at your common PHB. Likes "delicious food" as opposed to what the Mac guy eats, probably raw food or wheat grass or something. Thinks butt-wagging and slapstick are funny. Probably laughs at Seinfeld re-runs. Is glad he doesn't shop at the cheap shoe store for athletic shoes, but probably gets his dress shoes there, because who can tell. Has Mexican neighbors, is uncomfortable knowing he's in the same class they are.
This ad is brilliantly tarteted as a sort of subconscious reminder that PHB doesn't have to be a Mac guy, darnit, and he's good enough. Microsoft is here to shove more Applebees cake down his throat.
Monty was last seen boarding a ferry to France.
People who don't sympathize like to imagine that everyone who believes in something outside of our normal sphere of experience is dangerous. They believe that Christians, Muslims, Jews, Quakers, Mormons, etc. are all groups that band together and get what they want while preventing others from enjoying the party too. The criticism tends to work on a sliding scale where religions with the highest requirements of personal sacrifice receive the most criticism, and those that don't necessarily (like some sects of Buddhism, the New Coke for spiritual atheists) get off easy.
We're heading toward a world where, ironically, because of this fear toward belief systems, the state (USA or wherever) is slowly transformed into a megachurch by people who want to be protected from True Believers. The way this always ends is, the people turn the state into a church and worship it (compulsory, of course, unlike normal organized religion) while it gives them license to act in ways that people with moral systems find counterproductive to a trusting society. Fear, distrust, hatred...these are all things politicians will continue to play on for a long time.
It's sad to me that someone like the profanity guy just doesn't have a clue about the emailing mechanism (if he is indeed seeing emailed articles). I support people in their right to really find their own niche on the web; it's just too bad that many of them will never find it because the curve is too steep. Those of us who are happy to use Slashdot have already found our own ways of blocking trash we don't like, but many people are forced to wade through LOTS of stuff that they don't want to see as part of their normal web-surfing experience.
So, I totally sympathize with him, even though it's obvious his email is misdirected.
What's the word at Amazon?
I tried using CREST TOOTHPASTE and my Dentist told me not to anymore because it makes my teeth better and he can't work on 'em anymore because they are SO GOOD AFTER USING CREST TOOTHPASTE!
I'm really not sure why CREST TOOTHPASTE is hated by so many Dentists.
WHAT HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE???!!! (arrgh)
"Four SSIDs Compared - Jeffz2Wire, Belkin_N_Wireless_8882D7, Linksys, and THOMPSON_HOME"
Hmmm, let's see...
1. Loudly complain about annoying features in the beta stage
2. Watch as company removes said features because they're in vulnerable position
3. Rinse and repeat on other products
4. Realize why so many corporations fight for control of the media
5. Start your own local newspaper
6. ?
7. Go out of business because nobody reads newspapers anymore, you moron
I would upload one copy to a couple of streaming video sites like Youtube and Vimeo. Once you've done that, take your highest-res copy and any other material you want to share, and upload to archive.org. That way, if people want to watch on their own terms, the video is available in a huge digital library that tries to invest in digital permanence. Be clear about the licensing terms and leave your contact information.
You say you'd do anything. Does that mean you'd look for a new job that doesn't suck so bad before you try to force everyone else in your field to unionize? Because if you wouldn't do that, I don't think you're ready to do anything but be spoon-fed.
I work at a sewage treatment plant, so needless to say, I was VERY excited about this release right until I realized it said that *faces* are recognized. Bummer. So I guess I'll have to wait until version 4 to get my taxonomy project underway.
How much did IP (intellectual property) concerns weigh on the process of opening the driver code? We've been hearing from companies like nVidia that IP issues prevent them from opening their own code, so I'd be interested to hear just how it is that VIA were able to get to this point in the face of today's treacherous environment regarding IP.
So when I bought my Dell Ubuntu laptop last year, I thought, "Intel and nVidia are the LEAST evil of the graphics chipset manufaacturers." Wanting a little more oomph, I went with nVidia.
Now, a year later, nVidia is looking ridiculous by clinging to closed-source binary drivers while the rest of the industry (including ATi, for pete's sake) go open. And the fact that freaking VIA is more open than nVidia really makes me feel...frustrated. Sorry nVidia, but I can't recommend you as long as you lag like this.
Hey, we have a "Godwin's Law" for mentions of Nazism. Can we get some sort of snarky law for people who suddenly bring up a Star Trek analogy in a discussion? :-)
Yeah, forgot to mention my source image was from a friend who used to be in the Republican Guard...he says NASA always edit their panos before the public see them. Some of their cattle mutilation images from Titan are pretty impressive.