My father was in charge of international maintenance for Celadon trucking for several years, ending something like ten years ago. Certain incidents involving roadway accidents fell under his purview, including bridge entrapment (remotely authorize the release of air pressure from tires), accidents suspected to be caused by equipment failure, and one particular snarl that required his travel to the accident scene:
This predates graphical GPS navigation systems, but efforts had been made in this direction to facilitate the on time arrival of loads. Someone would have to travel the route in advance, marking significant coordinates and noting instructions to be carried out as they are reached. One note was made, "turn left at the railroad tracks."
One driver made the judgment that this meant that he should actually steer his rig onto the railroad tracks. He succeeded. Fortunately, a passing motorist called the police, who contacted the rail authorities who stopped the trains. It cost the company significantly in delayed rail freight costs and such, and the driver was found to be heavily influenced by drugs.
My uncle got the "free" credit report from freecreditreport.com, but did not read the fine print. He could not get them to cancel the account online or on the phone. It took me about 20 minutes speaking for him with their phone-in customer service to cancel the monthly recurring charges of $15 to his bank account.
Cancellation policy and procedure is not clearly stated on the website... they are real jerks.
^That^ is pretty aggressive. Scientolojerks seem to have a knack for "wooing." I cannot believe that government-bots with actual functioning human brains would even consider this case, let alone issue the original summons, but here it is. WTF^m's, its scientology... cult definition property! Unless... THEY are in on it TOO!11!1 They like the truffles, but can they pony up the ADAM!?!?
Was it score 1, overrated? Score 0, overrated?
1. mod+1 [positive adjective]
2. mod-1 overrated -> should read score 1, overrated
3. mod-1 overrated again -> should definitely read score 0, overrated
4. ???
5. profit
You must be new here, moderation serves no purpose whatsoever but to make the poster feel gratified and to make me^W the moderator feel powerful.
Lately I have been using TeamViewer for Windows remote support. It is a lot easier for end users to configure. It even has a standalone executable and can start as a service. Sometimes I have to work on machines remotely from Vista, so it's a no-brainer. It is faster than the online linux desktop offered by Ulteo, but that's not saying much - as always, VNC-type things are slow as hell.
When my aunt was young, she sat down to the dinner table and declared that she had no appetite because of something she had seen while riding her bike that that evening. When the family asked her why she couldn't eat, she exclaimed, "Have you ever seen a dead dog riding on a bicycle with its guts hanging out?"
Her father asked, "Well, wouldn't his guts get tangled in the spokes?" She burst into tears.
Double negatives are not always correct.
Double negatives are always not correct.
IANAP, but this seems to illustrate a physical possibility, not evidence of past existence. The existence of the moon demands answers, which have been delivered ad nauseum, but this seems to be a bit of "well enough" not being left alone as I see it. TFA:
"The giant impact that likely led to the formation of the Moon launched a lot of material into Earth orbit, and some could well have been caught in the Lagrangian points,"
The possibility of existence does not necessitate existence, but it apparently necessitates a Slashdot headline.
The real headline seems to be:
Post-collision debris from Lunar creation might have persisted a little bit longer than originally thought in these crazy gravitational slots, but no evidence is available to back up this theory, and it sure would be neat-o." Yay.
Windows admin accounts can "take ownership" of folders and files through permissions dialogs, even encrypted files belonging to another admin account. Without Administrator access or a bootable OS, you can install a parallel OS on the machine or just mount the volume from another system, alter the permissions for folders at will, and access everything. We used this regularly to extract documents from a pooched MS OS when I worked as a bench tech--we used an unpatched WIN2K image and a USB IDE card.
On the surface, the sales tax increase is local government deciding to help citizens along in spurring economic development in their immediate vicinity, so that they might reap the benefits of jobs and peripheral economic development to come. Good news, right?
In reality, it is just a tax hike. While some money might make it in some ambiguous way to the project, you will quickly see your government hollow out the concept and replace it with "IOU's" which will never be repaid.
READ: You just got hosed. No matter what you name a tax increase, it is just a tax increase--especially in the case of a local sales tax. Nobody will follow this; the the memory of constituencies is very short. If they had imposed a property or income tax, it would have been a bit more believable. Then there would have been something to grumble about, and to sunset.
I have nothing but good feelings for the spaceport, but viewing from afar I feel that locals got screwed on this one. The likelihood of its repeal *ever* is very small.
I clearly recall that in elementary school, the closing "e" in "Elephant Butte" was painstakingly fingernail-scratched off of every wall map in every classroom. This joke is older than both of us combined. It is one of those fell-off-my-dinosaur deals.
Wow, the "Hello Fellow Computerist" page reads just like a Nigerian scam email. Painful to note that people still fall for crap like this. 1979! Bad-grammar computer scams to turn 40!
The problem is not a lack of regulation; it is that there is already excessive regulation--of end users. The means for organizations like the ones mentioned are based in existing law. The solution is not to make MORE laws, but to repair or preferably repeal the "broken" laws.
What is it that they say about insanity? Doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result... something to that tune. We do not gain freedoms from more laws. Fouling up the code further for people on down the line is not such a great idea, because that's how we find ourselves here. We are the victims of good intentions and unintended consequences.
So, be politically proactive, but focus that energy on removing the legal weapons that are aimed at the public. Instituting NEW weapons aimed at troublesome organizations constitutes a legal arms race, and that only ends in a cold war!
My company is vastly intrigued by your refreshing concepts. Please email all of your code to: code-stealer slashtot.org (sorry for the obfuscation... can't be too careful these days). Once our firm receives your code, we will review it for viability and email you back with our offer. IANAL but I am totally "Al." You can trust everyone online, but be aware, many profitable arrangements are ruined by "best friends" who feign suspicion of legitimate businesses like mine, only to steal the data to resell to Korea. Just think about it. Tens of dollars await you my friend!
Not doubting, but [citation needed]. Seems to me that a heavily traveled dirt road would attract both public attention and maintenance impossibilities. A surface search on Google is not coughing up the goods, so got any write-ups on this? I'm not a conspiracy wonk, but I really dig the real deal.
Closest to ~telepathy~ we'll live to see... cynic.
I won't be satisfied until I can actually communicate with my mind alone. Implants into my brain and straps on my neck do not qualify. Teach me to actually send my thoughts unaided! No, dammit, I don't want to use a tinfoil satellite dish! It is not telepathy unless my flesh can actually just broadcast my thoughts. That'll be the day...
Put down the weed, the dictionary and the Ray Bradbury! Don't dismiss a breakthrough just because it is not 80th century and is tagged as (not literal) telepathy. These guys have worked hard to develop a system that brilliantly answers a big question involving the transformation of thought to the physical world. Lower your cynic shield and watch the wheelchair video (linked in TFA). Have you even known a person with useless or missing legs? Arms? With this they could move about as freely as we "normies" do, utilizing simple vocal gestures. This is a major breakthrough, undeserving of lampooning.
--Not too sure about driving cars though. Or voting. Or intermarriage. Freaks.--/sarcasm
Yes, this is absolutely amazing, and that a "backdoor hack" solution to the problem of "telepathic" communication and mobility is so promising is a testament to our ingenuity as a species. Great work! Please, though, let the commercial demand$ for entertainment and convenience devices $ubsidize the need for mobility and communication devices that disabled people need.
If you RTFA and watch a linked video, you will see a wheelchair controlled by thought. The the current iteration is rough and inaccurate, and the user must undergo training to the device, but I'd hope that the promise of provision and the simplicity of design in form and function will make this a real winner with further development. Reverse it: once the device can be trained to the user, we have a deployable thought-control system that uses our favorite external neural pathway, speech.
Accolades to the designers... I think we have a real winner here based on the proofs-of-concept, and with further development we will be better off is both convenience and humanitarianism.
Unlike the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, the Mozilla Corporation is a taxable entity. In contrast to most commercial organizations, the Mozilla Corporation is not motivated by a desire for profit, reinvesting all profits back into the Mozilla projects.
The purpose is to have a taxable entity that can compete with Microsoft and others in ways that not-for-profits are not allowed to, generating already-taxed donation money for the foundation. Please wake up, grow up and realize that "corporation" is not equivalent with"evil empire."
The point is that it is a REFERENCE, not a blog or forum. WikiPedia is not trying to become THE "trustworthy and credible" resource... rather it is trying to be relatively trustworthy, with a tip of the hat to recency and immediate bias filtering coupled with a credo of credibility via citation and rechecking, all with the goal of showing up the firstest with the mostest regarding accurate info. If you are reading up on a controversial subject, WikiPedia is rather worthless. If you are looking into the workings of an internal combustion engine, you will find the F&W and Britannica entries underwhelming where WikiPedia is overwhelming.
I hate to beat you over the head with it, but you said yourself that it is a "useful quick reference." What is useful, quick or reference-worthy regarding blogs? The rules you describe are blog rules. Touchy subjects are going to be inaccurate no matter the source. Think about how the 1948 encyclopedia articles on Japan must read. The density of various igneous rocks has changed little over the years, and is not in dispute. Just like WikiPedia, print encyclopedias can be trusted for some things, and not for others.
I was speaking with the Dean of History for a major university recently about Wikipedia. He made a few predictions: 1) The old guard (of college profs/admins) is getting older, and WikiPedia is becoming more accurate, so naturally it will eventually become an equal with its established counterparts as those who have relied upon it come of age. 2) Reputable sources will shift to the internet as reliance on actual print is diminished in the same way, so web citation will become the norm. 3) The recency of information will remain important, and as information supply continues to accelerate in growth, fast delivery of reliable information will continue to become more and more important. 4) WikiPedia's viability will soon be nil as new information delivery methods are devised.
Regarding advertisement insertion... people are learning to know the difference. Very few people actually confuse advertisements with real information, and those people are too stupid to be doing real research anyway. If you cannot tell the difference, you deserve to be fooled.
Slashdot Mirror
I second wishes for ROI.
9th Ammendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
You can't beat me on the grade!!!
"I play meat."
"You play meat?"
"That's sick man, sick!"
Spielberg's finest hour.
My father was in charge of international maintenance for Celadon trucking for several years, ending something like ten years ago. Certain incidents involving roadway accidents fell under his purview, including bridge entrapment (remotely authorize the release of air pressure from tires), accidents suspected to be caused by equipment failure, and one particular snarl that required his travel to the accident scene:
This predates graphical GPS navigation systems, but efforts had been made in this direction to facilitate the on time arrival of loads. Someone would have to travel the route in advance, marking significant coordinates and noting instructions to be carried out as they are reached. One note was made, "turn left at the railroad tracks."
One driver made the judgment that this meant that he should actually steer his rig onto the railroad tracks. He succeeded. Fortunately, a passing motorist called the police, who contacted the rail authorities who stopped the trains. It cost the company significantly in delayed rail freight costs and such, and the driver was found to be heavily influenced by drugs.
My uncle got the "free" credit report from freecreditreport.com, but did not read the fine print. He could not get them to cancel the account online or on the phone. It took me about 20 minutes speaking for him with their phone-in customer service to cancel the monthly recurring charges of $15 to his bank account.
Cancellation policy and procedure is not clearly stated on the website... they are real jerks.
^That^ is pretty aggressive. Scientolojerks seem to have a knack for "wooing." I cannot believe that government-bots with actual functioning human brains would even consider this case, let alone issue the original summons, but here it is. WTF^m's, its scientology... cult definition property! Unless... THEY are in on it TOO!11!1 They like the truffles, but can they pony up the ADAM!?!?
Was it score 1, overrated? Score 0, overrated?
1. mod+1 [positive adjective]
2. mod-1 overrated -> should read score 1, overrated
3. mod-1 overrated again -> should definitely read score 0, overrated
4. ???
5. profit
You must be new here, moderation serves no purpose whatsoever but to make the poster feel gratified and to make me^W the moderator feel powerful.
Lately I have been using TeamViewer for Windows remote support. It is a lot easier for end users to configure. It even has a standalone executable and can start as a service. Sometimes I have to work on machines remotely from Vista, so it's a no-brainer. It is faster than the online linux desktop offered by Ulteo, but that's not saying much - as always, VNC-type things are slow as hell.
When my aunt was young, she sat down to the dinner table and declared that she had no appetite because of something she had seen while riding her bike that that evening. When the family asked her why she couldn't eat, she exclaimed, "Have you ever seen a dead dog riding on a bicycle with its guts hanging out?"
Her father asked, "Well, wouldn't his guts get tangled in the spokes?" She burst into tears.
Double negatives are not always correct.
Double negatives are always not correct.
Don't they omit floor 13 on some many-storied buildings?
Wow, fantastic work!
Thanks, though.
The real headline seems to be:
Post-collision debris from Lunar creation might have persisted a little bit longer than originally thought in these crazy gravitational slots, but no evidence is available to back up this theory, and it sure would be neat-o."
Yay.
Windows admin accounts can "take ownership" of folders and files through permissions dialogs, even encrypted files belonging to another admin account. Without Administrator access or a bootable OS, you can install a parallel OS on the machine or just mount the volume from another system, alter the permissions for folders at will, and access everything. We used this regularly to extract documents from a pooched MS OS when I worked as a bench tech--we used an unpatched WIN2K image and a USB IDE card.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268019/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us
On the surface, the sales tax increase is local government deciding to help citizens along in spurring economic development in their immediate vicinity, so that they might reap the benefits of jobs and peripheral economic development to come. Good news, right?
In reality, it is just a tax hike. While some money might make it in some ambiguous way to the project, you will quickly see your government hollow out the concept and replace it with "IOU's" which will never be repaid.
READ: You just got hosed. No matter what you name a tax increase, it is just a tax increase--especially in the case of a local sales tax. Nobody will follow this; the the memory of constituencies is very short. If they had imposed a property or income tax, it would have been a bit more believable. Then there would have been something to grumble about, and to sunset.
I have nothing but good feelings for the spaceport, but viewing from afar I feel that locals got screwed on this one. The likelihood of its repeal *ever* is very small.
I clearly recall that in elementary school, the closing "e" in "Elephant Butte" was painstakingly fingernail-scratched off of every wall map in every classroom. This joke is older than both of us combined. It is one of those fell-off-my-dinosaur deals.
Yeah, there doesn't seem to be moch going on there.
Wow, the "Hello Fellow Computerist" page reads just like a Nigerian scam email. Painful to note that people still fall for crap like this. 1979! Bad-grammar computer scams to turn 40!
The problem is not a lack of regulation; it is that there is already excessive regulation--of end users. The means for organizations like the ones mentioned are based in existing law. The solution is not to make MORE laws, but to repair or preferably repeal the "broken" laws.
What is it that they say about insanity? Doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result... something to that tune. We do not gain freedoms from more laws. Fouling up the code further for people on down the line is not such a great idea, because that's how we find ourselves here. We are the victims of good intentions and unintended consequences.
So, be politically proactive, but focus that energy on removing the legal weapons that are aimed at the public. Instituting NEW weapons aimed at troublesome organizations constitutes a legal arms race, and that only ends in a cold war!
My company is vastly intrigued by your refreshing concepts. Please email all of your code to: code-stealer slashtot.org (sorry for the obfuscation... can't be too careful these days). Once our firm receives your code, we will review it for viability and email you back with our offer. IANAL but I am totally "Al." You can trust everyone online, but be aware, many profitable arrangements are ruined by "best friends" who feign suspicion of legitimate businesses like mine, only to steal the data to resell to Korea. Just think about it. Tens of dollars await you my friend!
/.
wtf legal advice on
Not doubting, but [citation needed]. Seems to me that a heavily traveled dirt road would attract both public attention and maintenance impossibilities. A surface search on Google is not coughing up the goods, so got any write-ups on this? I'm not a conspiracy wonk, but I really dig the real deal.
Closest to ~telepathy~ we'll live to see... cynic. I won't be satisfied until I can actually communicate with my mind alone. Implants into my brain and straps on my neck do not qualify. Teach me to actually send my thoughts unaided! No, dammit, I don't want to use a tinfoil satellite dish! It is not telepathy unless my flesh can actually just broadcast my thoughts. That'll be the day...
/sarcasm
Put down the weed, the dictionary and the Ray Bradbury! Don't dismiss a breakthrough just because it is not 80th century and is tagged as (not literal) telepathy. These guys have worked hard to develop a system that brilliantly answers a big question involving the transformation of thought to the physical world. Lower your cynic shield and watch the wheelchair video (linked in TFA). Have you even known a person with useless or missing legs? Arms? With this they could move about as freely as we "normies" do, utilizing simple vocal gestures. This is a major breakthrough, undeserving of lampooning.
--Not too sure about driving cars though. Or voting. Or intermarriage. Freaks.--
Yes, this is absolutely amazing, and that a "backdoor hack" solution to the problem of "telepathic" communication and mobility is so promising is a testament to our ingenuity as a species. Great work! Please, though, let the commercial demand$ for entertainment and convenience devices $ubsidize the need for mobility and communication devices that disabled people need.
If you RTFA and watch a linked video, you will see a wheelchair controlled by thought. The the current iteration is rough and inaccurate, and the user must undergo training to the device, but I'd hope that the promise of provision and the simplicity of design in form and function will make this a real winner with further development. Reverse it: once the device can be trained to the user, we have a deployable thought-control system that uses our favorite external neural pathway, speech.
Accolades to the designers... I think we have a real winner here based on the proofs-of-concept, and with further development we will be better off is both convenience and humanitarianism.
The point is that it is a REFERENCE, not a blog or forum. WikiPedia is not trying to become THE "trustworthy and credible" resource... rather it is trying to be relatively trustworthy, with a tip of the hat to recency and immediate bias filtering coupled with a credo of credibility via citation and rechecking, all with the goal of showing up the firstest with the mostest regarding accurate info. If you are reading up on a controversial subject, WikiPedia is rather worthless. If you are looking into the workings of an internal combustion engine, you will find the F&W and Britannica entries underwhelming where WikiPedia is overwhelming.
I hate to beat you over the head with it, but you said yourself that it is a "useful quick reference." What is useful, quick or reference-worthy regarding blogs? The rules you describe are blog rules. Touchy subjects are going to be inaccurate no matter the source. Think about how the 1948 encyclopedia articles on Japan must read. The density of various igneous rocks has changed little over the years, and is not in dispute. Just like WikiPedia, print encyclopedias can be trusted for some things, and not for others.
I was speaking with the Dean of History for a major university recently about Wikipedia. He made a few predictions: 1) The old guard (of college profs/admins) is getting older, and WikiPedia is becoming more accurate, so naturally it will eventually become an equal with its established counterparts as those who have relied upon it come of age. 2) Reputable sources will shift to the internet as reliance on actual print is diminished in the same way, so web citation will become the norm. 3) The recency of information will remain important, and as information supply continues to accelerate in growth, fast delivery of reliable information will continue to become more and more important. 4) WikiPedia's viability will soon be nil as new information delivery methods are devised.
Regarding advertisement insertion... people are learning to know the difference. Very few people actually confuse advertisements with real information, and those people are too stupid to be doing real research anyway. If you cannot tell the difference, you deserve to be fooled.