They are being cut done for farmland since those farmers use suboptimal farming techniques which necessitate burning through a lot of the land.
I'd like to see something to backup those assertions. My understanding is that farmland has been decreasing in the US for a long time. According to USDA as of 2003:
The Nation's cropland acreage declined from 420 million acres in 1982 to 368 million acres in 2003, a decrease of about 12 percent. The net decline between 1997 and 2003 was 8 million acres, or about 2 percent.
Here's an article indicating the same thing is happening in China:
"The amount of land dedicated to grain production is expected to continue shrinking in the years ahead, but (farm lands) will still have to produce a minimum of 500 million tons to feed China in 2010," the China Daily said.
Not that I particularly care for food raised on modern farms, but it remains that less and less land is producing more and more food.
I have Ubuntu, FF and NoScript. I hit all the links the GP mentioned and they were fine for me. I know what (s?)he's talking about that some sites render for crap, bog down the browser and kick the fans on, but those particular sites don't. I never thought to blame php...
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Thank you to the courageous residents of Montana! I was happy when Mainers passed a resolution. Hopefully now our legislators will follow your example and enact binding legislation.
Monanta - Home of Liberty!
Wasn't Montana the same place that fought the speed limit, too?
Oddly, the only references in the "story" (TFA) are a circular reference back to site itself and an unintelligible link to a story in Japanese. I see nothing that substantiates the claim of 244 copies sold.
Unless you are told/informed/read other wise, a network is NOT public.
Says who? The library has an open AP they don't advertise. My doctors office has an open AP - why should I assume it's not there for my amusement just like the TV in the waiting room? In fact, I'd say that any public place with an open AP could be assumed to be for public use. The ones that want you to pay make it abundantly clear when you connect.
So, if I'm near an apartment building next to a library building I'd be perfectly justified to assume that any open AP I find would be for my use. If it has any kind of security at all, then it's clearly not for my use (whatever I may think of their security).
>3) if both parts of the escrow are Linden Dollars >Then this is gambling.
Does Linden Labs trade in Linden Dollars for real dollars? If not, then as far as L. Labs would be concerned, there is no real value. L. Labs really can't help it if some 3rd parties are trading Linden Dollars for real money.
You and other responders make 2 points, which I will address separately:
1) "The OP was thinking in Spanish and writing in English". No - the OP was intentionally being disrespectful by not using proper capitalization. I was trying to be a little less blunt about it, but there it is. Place names are capitalized in English. Place names are capitalized in Spanish. I'm not buying the Mexican-American brain syndrome argument. By the way, I've done the same thing when posting about politicians whom I disrespect.
2) "The OPs lack of proof reading should be overlooked and we should make an effort to understand what he's trying to say" Well, that's a very generous attitude on your part and if it works for you, fine. It's your time to spend. Look, I have no problem if I run across a post that says something like "English isn't my first language, but I have something to say". I'll usually at least make an effort to understand it, if the topic interests me.
At the end of the day we need a common language if we're going to communicate. If we're trying to communicate in writing, then we should write as clearly we can. Taking the time for even a cursory proof reading is the minimum standard of common courtesy. If what someone posts is of so lttle value to them that it's not worth even a quick proof read, then why should it be of any value at all to me? Why is it worth my time to decipher gibberish when there are millions of other people writing who at least have the courtesy to let the spell checker run?
I don't usually take issue with other peoples writing skills. Firstly, I don't want to discourage people from their expression of free speech. Secondly, if they're tossing off garbage posts just to se their name on the screen, they probably aren't going to care anyway. Thirdly, It probably contributes nothing to the original discussion. Fourthly, I am under no delusion that your truly is an undiscovered Hemingway. Probably other reasons, but you get the idea.
My English language skills certainly aren't going to win me any prizes. But I guarantee you that this post will be (already has been, in fact) proof read and edited for clarity. Yes, there are probably grammatical errors. There probably are not any spelling errors. I probably could have been more succinct. But at least I have enough respect for your time and my mine that I've made an effort to be coherent. It's not too much to expect the same in return.
Regarding your view that America is financially and militarily superior, I can only say that maybe the US has a lot of money and certainly the most advanced military in the world, but we waste money like (I can't even think of an extravagant enough analogy) and the majority of the US congress lacks that will to actually *use* the military, so what good does it do?
>(I'll just say I disagree - cut n' run v. stay for eternity)
I need to mark my calendar. A political disagreement on slashdot that didn't didn't get disagreeable. We all need to have solar panels so we can charge our laptops in case of lengthy power outages - unless we can get OLPC wind-up laptops.
>and bad grammar/spelling, I'm to [sic] lazy to edit XD)
Despite your laziness, I read your entire post. "Mexico" and "Mexican" were capitalized all but once. "America" and "American" (each used several times) were never capitalized, even once. Looks like the Mexican school system has a long way to go.
>in the US where we don't have to worry about electricity and whatnot.
I'm not so sure. Frankly, this has been on my mind lately. The power grid has already shown it's fragility. The US congress has become the poster child for "America is unwilling to see a fight through to the end". Every time I see Murtha tearing up in the well of the House or Pelosi doing her Cartman ("Respect my authoriti!") imitation, I can just imagine another attack on US soil. And this one making 9-11 seem like a bad hair day.
How does this relate to OLPC? Easy - if the power grid is down, we can't use our computers and how much stuff do you have saved on hard drives? PDFs, saved web pages, you name it. TFA didn't say if the consumer version would have the handy "wind it up and go" handle, but if it does, I'll be at the head of the line to buy one. That way when the guy with the internet-truck comes around, I'll be able to grab my e-mail.
I suppose I'll be modded down to the 13th level of hell for criticizing the cut_n_run congress...
>I don't like the idea of cellular companies tracking...
It's hard for them not to - turn your phone on, it hits the closest tower and they know where you are. Move around, you jump from tower to tower and they still know where you are.
>The second amendment does not apply to normal citizens. It applies to organized militias.
None other than the DC Court of Appeals would disagree with you.
If I may quote from the article:
A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the District of Columbia's longstanding handgun ban, issuing a decision that will allow the city's citizens to have working firearms in their homes.
In the ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected city officials' arguments that the Second Amendment right to bear arms only applied to state militias.
Yes, of course DC is going to appeal it. Next stop - The Supreme Court, where maybe this will be settled once and for all.
No, I'm not an attorney. If the cost of the pictures is $800, who the hell are these weasels, coming after you for 25 grand? I say, screw'em. Let those British attorneys find a US attorney and come after you. Or file suit in England. It was an honest mistake and it's been rectified. Furthermore, who uploaded the site? You, or your client?
Now, you want to do the right thing by your client, fine. I understand that. Offer them a few bucks to go away.
This is the kind of petulant bullshit that paints all attorneys with tar. Times like this I wish I had a law degree to defend people like you from these vultures.
Have you made sites for other clients who purchased Cobris pictures? Point them out and let them know how much it's going to cost them in future.
The story of the Brown Note, also known as the "Disco Dump," asserts the existence of a low frequency vibration which, when reproduced at sufficient volume, resonates with the depths of the human digestive tract to cause what medical personnel call "involuntary gastrointestinal motility." Put in less technical terms, the Brown Note reputedly precipitates a loss of sphincter control, giving rise to immediate defecation. Different versions of the myth place the frequency between 5 and 20 Hz, and recent variations claim that the effect has been produced at loud rock concerts.
You simply cannot stop people who are intent on circumnavigating the law in order to achieve their goals. But this does not mean that good policy won't make it easy to do the `right' thing and hard to do the `wrong' thing. The focus of such a policy will be to stop most people, not to stop all people. And since people are lazy, almost any non-trivial method of age verification such as requiring a fax or scan of a driver's license will prevent most underaged people from having accounts.
Not that I think this legislation is necessarily good. I'm only pointing out that not being 100% effective shouldn't be considered a barrier to adoption. Condoms have less than a 100% success rate. But that shouldn't stop most people from using condoms if using a condom is in line with their goals.
The trouble is that CT is requiring 100% accuracy. Otherwise the site op is in for $5,000/day. If I were myspace and this passes, I'd simply blacklist all IP addresses from CT. Of course, you'd have to block proxies, too.
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>You need to re-read the parent first. He's talking about rainforests. How much rainforest does the US have ?
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... I missed the rainforest part.
But, I carefully deleted that part to make my own point seem more valid
Yeah, yeah, ok
I'd like to see something to backup those assertions. My understanding is that farmland has been decreasing in the US for a long time. According to USDA as of 2003:
The Nation's cropland acreage declined from 420 million acres in 1982 to 368 million acres in 2003, a decrease of about 12 percent. The net decline between 1997 and 2003 was 8 million acres, or about 2 percent.
Here's an article indicating the same thing is happening in China:
Not that I particularly care for food raised on modern farms, but it remains that less and less land is producing more and more food.
Wouldn't it be easy for Google to track the virus writers by who paid for the search terms?
I have Ubuntu, FF and NoScript. I hit all the links the GP mentioned and they were fine for me. I know what (s?)he's talking about that some sites render for crap, bog down the browser and kick the fans on, but those particular sites don't. I never thought to blame php ...
Thank you to the courageous residents of Montana! I was happy when Mainers passed a resolution. Hopefully now our legislators will follow your example and enact binding legislation.
Monanta - Home of Liberty!
Wasn't Montana the same place that fought the speed limit, too?
>differences in the way browsers render pages
The bitch is that, noncompliant or not, IE is the defacto standard because it's so bloody widespread. (footers, anyone?)
The situation is improving.
Oddly, the only references in the "story" (TFA) are a circular reference back to site itself and an unintelligible link to a story in Japanese. I see nothing that substantiates the claim of 244 copies sold.
...
Really poor submission
To (mis)quote someone(s) I don't remember:
Society is a millipede - the millipede has a thousand Achilles heels.
Says who? The library has an open AP they don't advertise. My doctors office has an open AP - why should I assume it's not there for my amusement just like the TV in the waiting room? In fact, I'd say that any public place with an open AP could be assumed to be for public use. The ones that want you to pay make it abundantly clear when you connect.
So, if I'm near an apartment building next to a library building I'd be perfectly justified to assume that any open AP I find would be for my use. If it has any kind of security at all, then it's clearly not for my use (whatever I may think of their security).
>3) if both parts of the escrow are Linden Dollars
>Then this is gambling.
Does Linden Labs trade in Linden Dollars for real dollars? If not, then as far as L. Labs would be concerned, there is no real value. L. Labs really can't help it if some 3rd parties are trading Linden Dollars for real money.
You and other responders make 2 points, which I will address separately:
1) "The OP was thinking in Spanish and writing in English".
No - the OP was intentionally being disrespectful by not using proper capitalization. I was trying to be a little less blunt about it, but there it is. Place names are capitalized in English. Place names are capitalized in Spanish. I'm not buying the Mexican-American brain syndrome argument. By the way, I've done the same thing when posting about politicians whom I disrespect.
2) "The OPs lack of proof reading should be overlooked and we should make an effort to understand what he's trying to say"
Well, that's a very generous attitude on your part and if it works for you, fine. It's your time to spend. Look, I have no problem if I run across a post that says something like "English isn't my first language, but I have something to say". I'll usually at least make an effort to understand it, if the topic interests me.
At the end of the day we need a common language if we're going to communicate. If we're trying to communicate in writing, then we should write as clearly we can. Taking the time for even a cursory proof reading is the minimum standard of common courtesy. If what someone posts is of so lttle value to them that it's not worth even a quick proof read, then why should it be of any value at all to me? Why is it worth my time to decipher gibberish when there are millions of other people writing who at least have the courtesy to let the spell checker run?
I don't usually take issue with other peoples writing skills. Firstly, I don't want to discourage people from their expression of free speech. Secondly, if they're tossing off garbage posts just to se their name on the screen, they probably aren't going to care anyway. Thirdly, It probably contributes nothing to the original discussion. Fourthly, I am under no delusion that your truly is an undiscovered Hemingway. Probably other reasons, but you get the idea.
My English language skills certainly aren't going to win me any prizes. But I guarantee you that this post will be (already has been, in fact) proof read and edited for clarity. Yes, there are probably grammatical errors. There probably are not any spelling errors. I probably could have been more succinct. But at least I have enough respect for your time and my mine that I've made an effort to be coherent. It's not too much to expect the same in return.
Regarding your view that America is financially and militarily superior, I can only say that maybe the US has a lot of money and certainly the most advanced military in the world, but we waste money like (I can't even think of an extravagant enough analogy) and the majority of the US congress lacks that will to actually *use* the military, so what good does it do?
>(I'll just say I disagree - cut n' run v. stay for eternity)
I need to mark my calendar. A political disagreement on slashdot that didn't didn't get disagreeable. We all need to have solar panels so we can charge our laptops in case of lengthy power outages - unless we can get OLPC wind-up laptops.
>and bad grammar/spelling, I'm to [sic] lazy to edit XD)
Despite your laziness, I read your entire post. "Mexico" and "Mexican" were capitalized all but once. "America" and "American" (each used several times) were never capitalized, even once. Looks like the Mexican school system has a long way to go.
>Man, automatically translated ungrammatical blog-y Russian, makes for some nigh-incomprehensible English.
No problem. I'll use it for the next round of spam e-mail I send.
>in the US where we don't have to worry about electricity and whatnot.
...
I'm not so sure. Frankly, this has been on my mind lately. The power grid has already shown it's fragility. The US congress has become the poster child for "America is unwilling to see a fight through to the end". Every time I see Murtha tearing up in the well of the House or Pelosi doing her Cartman ("Respect my authoriti!") imitation, I can just imagine another attack on US soil. And this one making 9-11 seem like a bad hair day.
How does this relate to OLPC? Easy - if the power grid is down, we can't use our computers and how much stuff do you have saved on hard drives? PDFs, saved web pages, you name it. TFA didn't say if the consumer version would have the handy "wind it up and go" handle, but if it does, I'll be at the head of the line to buy one. That way when the guy with the internet-truck comes around, I'll be able to grab my e-mail.
I suppose I'll be modded down to the 13th level of hell for criticizing the cut_n_run congress
>I don't like the idea of cellular companies tracking ...
It's hard for them not to - turn your phone on, it hits the closest tower and they know where you are. Move around, you jump from tower to tower and they still know where you are.
>The second amendment does not apply to normal citizens. It applies to organized militias.
None other than the DC Court of Appeals would disagree with you.
If I may quote from the article:
Yes, of course DC is going to appeal it. Next stop - The Supreme Court, where maybe this will be settled once and for all.
No, I'm not an attorney. If the cost of the pictures is $800, who the hell are these weasels, coming after you for 25 grand? I say, screw'em. Let those British attorneys find a US attorney and come after you. Or file suit in England. It was an honest mistake and it's been rectified. Furthermore, who uploaded the site? You, or your client?
Now, you want to do the right thing by your client, fine. I understand that. Offer them a few bucks to go away.
This is the kind of petulant bullshit that paints all attorneys with tar. Times like this I wish I had a law degree to defend people like you from these vultures.
Have you made sites for other clients who purchased Cobris pictures? Point them out and let them know how much it's going to cost them in future.
Good luck.
Maybe patents should be vetted on /. for prior art before being granted?
Are patent applications subject to public comment?
> Microsoft Quietly Releases Windows 2003 SP2
Quietly releases?
Posting it here certainly made it a lot noisier.
For more see here
The trouble is that CT is requiring 100% accuracy. Otherwise the site op is in for $5,000/day. If I were myspace and this passes, I'd simply blacklist all IP addresses from CT. Of course, you'd have to block proxies, too.
The downside to an explosion of Linux installations?
Linux Geeks getting called out when friends and neighbors can't get their Linux Desktops working.
Remember - this was all your idea.