Wait, 1 out of every 5000 deaths is caused by a terrorist attack on an airplane. Do you have any idea of how many people die each day in the US?
Or maybe you meant that 1 out of every 5000 airplane passers will end up dying in a terrorist attack? Do you have any idea of the number of commercial flights each day in the US?
Or did you just made up some numbers to make your point?
Indeed, one could argue that English is the modern Lingua Franca because it is impure and therefore highly adaptable to new situations.
You hear this argument a lot, but what nonsense. How can people argue that English the most used language in the world because it is more mixed? How is that relevant? And why then aren't the many languages which are far more mixed more dominant today?
I think Iran -- or any other country -- would be pleased to have these kind of rumors about the damage done circulating. Disinformation or uncertainty as to the present condition of their activities can only benefit them, especially if it causes the enemy to underestimate their power. This assumes that Stux wasn't feeding back information about its activity or that another good source doesn't exist.
Not saying it isn't scary. But so is all war, and I don't understand why people should pop up and complain that the opposing side is terrorizing 'our' soldiers.
I question whether road-side bomb attacks against soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan should be considered terrorism (I am, perhaps wrongly, assuming that most such attacks are against soldiers rather than civilians). If soldiers are being 'terrorised' by the threat of facing bombs, they probably aren't very good soldiers.
Here's a statement from MasterCard a few hours ago:
Please be advised that MasterCard SecureCode Support has detected a service disruption to the MasterCard Directory Server. The Directory Server service has been failed over to a secondary site however customers may still be experiencing intermittent connectivity issues. More information on the estimated time of recovery will be shared in due course.
I wonder if some of the anti-Wikipedia fervor evident among US lawmakers will also be brought to bear against the AP and other mainstream media sources.
Why should they? AP is reporting that Wikileaks collaborated with five media outlets, but Associated Press is not one of those five outlets.
They are: El Pais Le monde The Guardian Der Spiegel The New York Times
rom the article: "'Are you serious?' asked Denver resident Justin Kent, 26, when police stopped him from proceeding down 20th Street. Kent said that he lived just past the closed area, but was told he would have to go around via Park Avenue.'"
Nooooo, not around Park Avenue!!!!! But he lived just past the closed area!!!!
I think someone who uses the letter "k" instead of the letter "c" in their nickname to look kool deserves to have their komputer konfiscated. I'm looking at you kaptink.
Here's what concerns me. We have large numbers of anonymous individuals sending information off to some guy who they assume is some sort of hero or on a moral high ground. In actuality we don't know what Assange's intentions or internal agenda is. It would be trivial for Assange to filter information and only display leaks that would damage the country of his choice.
Sure, but if I'm a whistleblower and I find that WikiLeaks has filtered or doctored the information that I send him, I can choose to release the information to another organisation -- such as a trusted newspaper.
Don't forget the German V1 from WWII, over two thousand of which shot down by propeller planes. Missiles don't have to be faster than a transoceanic jet plane.
Sorry, did I miss 1944 Germany's declaration of war on present-day California?
I want to thank fairy bassist, Meg Whitman and the rest of the whole fucking internet for making my day over 9000 times more awesome. I'd also like to thank Japan for mastering how to take some regular ass shit and make it bizarre. also 8 string bass ftw!
A cookbook can only be judged on two things. Thoroughsity and correctness. If a cookbook is sufficiently thorough in its coverage of the topic and the recipes it provides are better than adequate, it has done its job. Judging it on standards best reserved for textbooks is ridiculous since the domain is completely different.
A dictionary may be judged on two things. Thoroughsity and correctness. If a dictionary is sufficiently thorough in its coverage of the topic and the definitions it provides are better than adequate, it has done its job. Judging it on standards of the words used in this sentence is ridiculous since the domain is completely different.
The same thing happened with Arabic in the Ottoman Empire, with English in the British Empire, and with Mandarin in China. The Japanese also attempted it in China, Taiwan, and Korea in their brief imperial period.
The language of the ruling elite in the Ottoman Empire was Ottoman Turkish, not Arabic. The language was understood by a large segment of society, whatever the ethnic or religious background, and was not a means of trampling "the rights and freedoms of people" since local languages continued to function regionally.
The same thing happened with Arabic in the Ottoman Empire, with English in the British Empire, and with Mandarin in China. The Japanese also attempted it in China, Taiwan, and Korea in their brief imperial period.
The language of the ruling elite in the Ottoman Empire was Ottoman Turkish, not Arabic.
That's where I first read about exactimage and how it could be used for OCR. But his script has strange dependencies and produces large PDFs as output. Mine produces smaller PDFs and has dependencies suitable for my personal setup. YMMV!
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Odds of dying from a terrorist on an airplane:
1 in 5000.
Wait, 1 out of every 5000 deaths is caused by a terrorist attack on an airplane. Do you have any idea of how many people die each day in the US?
Or maybe you meant that 1 out of every 5000 airplane passers will end up dying in a terrorist attack? Do you have any idea of the number of commercial flights each day in the US?
Or did you just made up some numbers to make your point?
Poulsen? Hansen? They sound like Swedish names to me...
Indeed, one could argue that English is the modern Lingua Franca because it is impure and therefore highly adaptable to new situations.
You hear this argument a lot, but what nonsense. How can people argue that English the most used language in the world because it is more mixed? How is that relevant? And why then aren't the many languages which are far more mixed more dominant today?
I think Iran -- or any other country -- would be pleased to have these kind of rumors about the damage done circulating. Disinformation or uncertainty as to the present condition of their activities can only benefit them, especially if it causes the enemy to underestimate their power. This assumes that Stux wasn't feeding back information about its activity or that another good source doesn't exist.
Not saying it isn't scary. But so is all war, and I don't understand why people should pop up and complain that the opposing side is terrorizing 'our' soldiers.
I question whether road-side bomb attacks against soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan should be considered terrorism (I am, perhaps wrongly, assuming that most such attacks are against soldiers rather than civilians). If soldiers are being 'terrorised' by the threat of facing bombs, they probably aren't very good soldiers.
Here's a statement from MasterCard a few hours ago:
Please be advised that MasterCard SecureCode Support has detected a service disruption to the MasterCard Directory Server. The Directory Server service has been failed over to a secondary site however customers may still be experiencing intermittent connectivity issues. More information on the estimated time of recovery will be shared in due course.
I wonder if some of the anti-Wikipedia fervor evident among US lawmakers will also be brought to bear against the AP and other mainstream media sources.
Why should they? AP is reporting that Wikileaks collaborated with five media outlets, but Associated Press is not one of those five outlets.
They are:
El Pais
Le monde
The Guardian
Der Spiegel
The New York Times
She calls them Yahoo's and she's been using them since she was governor of Alaska.
rom the article: "'Are you serious?' asked Denver resident Justin Kent, 26, when police stopped him from proceeding down 20th Street. Kent said that he lived just past the closed area, but was told he would have to go around via Park Avenue.'"
Nooooo, not around Park Avenue!!!!! But he lived just past the closed area!!!!
I think someone who uses the letter "k" instead of the letter "c" in their nickname to look kool deserves to have their komputer konfiscated. I'm looking at you kaptink.
Here's what concerns me. We have large numbers of anonymous individuals sending information off to some guy who they assume is some sort of hero or on a moral high ground. In actuality we don't know what Assange's intentions or internal agenda is. It would be trivial for Assange to filter information and only display leaks that would damage the country of his choice.
Sure, but if I'm a whistleblower and I find that WikiLeaks has filtered or doctored the information that I send him, I can choose to release the information to another organisation -- such as a trusted newspaper.
I believe it's an elaborate setup by assange himself so people will believe twisted organizations are after him.
I believe the cops have organised it to make it look like Assange is trying to frame them. At least that's what Assange wants us to believe...
Don't forget the German V1 from WWII, over two thousand of which shot down by propeller planes. Missiles don't have to be faster than a transoceanic jet plane.
Sorry, did I miss 1944 Germany's declaration of war on present-day California?
... there seems to be a strange fascination even among the urban middle classes for presenting their children with owls ...
Hoo knew?
I'm more worried about the giant, 8ft tall zebra standing there.
What? Perspective is important these days?
IANAM (I am not an American)
Wouldn't that be "I am not a Mexican" or "I am not a Montenegran"?
And what's the point of using an acronym once when you need to define it for people to understand?
... word for word:
I want to thank fairy bassist, Meg Whitman and the rest of the whole fucking internet for making my day over 9000 times more awesome. I'd also like to thank Japan for mastering how to take some regular ass shit and make it bizarre. also 8 string bass ftw!
A cookbook can only be judged on two things. Thoroughsity and correctness. If a cookbook is sufficiently thorough in its coverage of the topic and the recipes it provides are better than adequate, it has done its job. Judging it on standards best reserved for textbooks is ridiculous since the domain is completely different.
A dictionary may be judged on two things. Thoroughsity and correctness. If a dictionary is sufficiently thorough in its coverage of the topic and the definitions it provides are better than adequate, it has done its job. Judging it on standards of the words used in this sentence is ridiculous since the domain is completely different.
The same thing happened with Arabic in the Ottoman Empire, with English in the British Empire, and with Mandarin in China. The Japanese also attempted it in China, Taiwan, and Korea in their brief imperial period.
The language of the ruling elite in the Ottoman Empire was Ottoman Turkish, not Arabic. The language was understood by a large segment of society, whatever the ethnic or religious background, and was not a means of trampling "the rights and freedoms of people" since local languages continued to function regionally.
The same thing happened with Arabic in the Ottoman Empire, with English in the British Empire, and with Mandarin in China. The Japanese also attempted it in China, Taiwan, and Korea in their brief imperial period.
The language of the ruling elite in the Ottoman Empire was Ottoman Turkish, not Arabic.
Note: don't use cuneiform 0.9 or 1.0.
Feel free to make suggestions: pdfocr.
That's where I first read about exactimage and how it could be used for OCR. But his script has strange dependencies and produces large PDFs as output. Mine produces smaller PDFs and has dependencies suitable for my personal setup. YMMV!
Where shall I send it?