I actually changed distros (to Slackware) because I wasn't pleased with the state of KDE 4.0. I guess this means that I may be changing my distribution for the second time in a month now that 4.1 is out.
I just hope that even if there problems persist, people will lay off on the personal attacks on the devs. That is not cool.
"The KDE developers were hoping to change this with KDE 4, the new radical release of KDE, but it was not to be. KDE 4.0 was buggy and unstable, leaving everyone except the hard-core KDE lovers..."
RTF for the exciting conclusion to that sentence: "... unsatisfied."
Meanwhile, Viacom gets user names, IP addresses, and the list of every video watched. If they are smart, they will realize this is way better then any survey or Nelson rating they ever get. And they got it nearly for free. You can be certain that other companies will be very interested in this data too.
is the answer to:
Why do companies keep collecting every bit of data they can like this?... Why does Google need to know the user name of the person watching the videos? Even the IP address is questionable. If they want to track people artificially inflating their views, wouldn't it be simple to keep one day's worth of views by IP address? What value do they get from keeping all the viewing history?
Dude, next time you're at the Opera, look for the screen just below the stage providing real-time translation of the German or Italian. Maybe you'll learn to trust Opera.
Tried as well, no go... even masking as FireFox/1.5 doesn't work, even though it says in mail.live.com that FireFox 1.5 is compatible. Folks, you seem to forget that switching your user agent to Firfefox 1.5 or to IE6 doesn't actually turn your browser into Firefox 1.5 or IE6.
I think you'll find that 90+% of all flights from Europe to Canada goes through the US and at that point you're screwed anyway. I guess you'll be shocked to find out that even places like Winnipeg and Halifax have direct flights to Europe.
I think you'll find that 0% of flights starting in Europe and terminating in Canada (or vice versa) go through the US. And the vast majority of travellers on those routes fly direct to Canada from Europe without a stop in the US.
by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 16, @01:46AM (#23425964)
What's funny about this? SCORE = 5
by mrbluze (1034940) Alter Relationship on Friday May 16, @02:04AM (#23426182) Journal
> What's funny about this?
What's funny about this? SCORE = 4
by Wiseman1024 (993899) Alter Relationship on Friday May 16, @02:14AM (#23426294)
> > What's funny about this?
> What's funny about this?
What's funny about this? SCORE = 3 Proof by induction anyone?
The real question for me is what can be done now?
- Virgils? this is what happened in India and almost on the same level.
I fail to see how Roman poets are going to help.
Phrases such as "Turkey's contribution to spam" are highly misleading. Turkey doesn't actually contribute significantly to spam. How many Turkish language spam messages have you got recently in your mailbox? How many spam messages advertizing a Turkish company's products? None? Then Turkey's contribution to spam is negligible.
I disagree. There needs to be a means of getting all these Turks to get their computers infected. I can tell you that there are many many web-sites targeting Turkish internet users for all sorts of attacks. Plus, downloading music using clients saturated with spyware is common and I'd be shocked if many of these were not also trojans.
So, yeah I think Turkey is totally contributing to the spam problem.
You can't access Youtube in Turkey. The last time Turkey blocked it, the DNS just pointed to a page giving the name of the court decision that had resulted in the blocking. This time around they've taken stronger measures so simply using another DNS server isn't good enough.
In any case, Turkey is a democracy and it still blocks Youtube because of videos insulting national heroes. That's what you get from an independent judiciary with laws restricting free speech.
"Time.com has up a story on Nanaimo, a British Columbia coal mining town of about 78,000 that has had everything conceivable mapped into a Google database.
What? It's been like 100 years since mining was Nanaimo's thing. Seriously, coal long gave way to forestry and even that's on the wane.
I guess some sort of data mining joke is possible, but I'm not even going to bother.
For those who don't know that the word doesn't just duplicate what's done in the USA, check out the Société Civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France (http://www.sppf.com/).
'But the bank's solution is so mind-bogglingly stupid, you have to wonder if these guys need help getting their pants on each morning. First, this is exactly the kind of story bloggers and Net-centric journos crave. Big nasty corporation stomps all over plucky public-serving underdog. Who can resist that plot line? Second, the equation Bank Julius Baer = Money Laundering is now firmly cemented in the minds of everyone who has encountered this story, regardless of whether it's true.
Free advertising! What's so bad about that?
The alert reader will spot other signs of sloppy editing: One pages 18-19, the author should have chosen either "Tables Free" or "CSS-based," and be consistent.
Pot calling the kettle black?
In all seriousness, instead of blaming the author for these problems, the reviewer should be blaming the publisher. Where were the editors? As the quote shows, mistakes are easy to make, but when it comes to print, any half-decent publishing house should be catching them.
It's common knowledge in NASA that lots of US satellites are nuclear powered. It's actually not that dangerous, if it blows in re-entry it will go over a big enough area to just fade into the background radiation, and if it comes down in one piece they can go gather it up. However, people are so worried about such things they would never admit it. This "may contain dangerous materials" is the closest you'll ever get to an admission.
What if they blow up close to the earth's surface? Could that be dangerous? (Serious question)
There is a corresponding Bull Argument that argues the Counterpoint - each with its own rebuttal of the other argument. Dude:
The Vista disaster has caught Wall Street's attention before but I've never seen the popular press understand the issues like this argument in the Motley Fool. **** The opposing argument **** is a weak statement of faith, essentially "as it was in the beginning is now and forever shall be."
Slashdot Mirror
"Google Says Complete Privacy Does Not Exist On Google"
I actually changed distros (to Slackware) because I wasn't pleased with the state of KDE 4.0. I guess this means that I may be changing my distribution for the second time in a month now that 4.1 is out.
I just hope that even if there problems persist, people will lay off on the personal attacks on the devs. That is not cool.
If it was easy, someone would have done it by now, and made Gnype, don't you think?
Why? Don't you think they could get away with sKype or even just Kype?
"The KDE developers were hoping to change this with KDE 4, the new radical release of KDE, but it was not to be. KDE 4.0 was buggy and unstable, leaving everyone except the hard-core KDE lovers ..."
RTF for the exciting conclusion to that sentence: "... unsatisfied."
Or in other words
Meanwhile, Viacom gets user names, IP addresses, and the list of every video watched. If they are smart, they will realize this is way better then any survey or Nelson rating they ever get. And they got it nearly for free. You can be certain that other companies will be very interested in this data too.
is the answer to:
Why do companies keep collecting every bit of data they can like this? ... Why does Google need to know the user name of the person watching the videos? Even the IP address is questionable. If they want to track people artificially inflating their views, wouldn't it be simple to keep one day's worth of views by IP address? What value do they get from keeping all the viewing history?
Meet the new boss...
... same as the old boss.
Won't get fooled again, hey? We'll see about that ...
Dude, next time you're at the Opera, look for the screen just below the stage providing real-time translation of the German or Italian. Maybe you'll learn to trust Opera.
But I'll give you Wagner. What was he on about?
Good old bat, nothing beats bat.
Folks, you seem to forget that switching your user agent to Firfefox 1.5 or to IE6 doesn't actually turn your browser into Firefox 1.5 or IE6.
I think you'll find that 0% of flights starting in Europe and terminating in Canada (or vice versa) go through the US. And the vast majority of travellers on those routes fly direct to Canada from Europe without a stop in the US.
What's funny about this?
SCORE = 5 by mrbluze (1034940) Alter Relationship on Friday May 16, @02:04AM (#23426182) Journal
> What's funny about this?
What's funny about this?
SCORE = 4 by Wiseman1024 (993899) Alter Relationship on Friday May 16, @02:14AM (#23426294)
> > What's funny about this?
> What's funny about this?
What's funny about this?
SCORE = 3
Proof by induction anyone?
And indeed you are right. If I recall correctly (I heard about it on the radio a few days ago), many of the people tested were not related.
If you had a fake, why exactly would you fake it?
- Virgils? this is what happened in India and almost on the same level.
I fail to see how Roman poets are going to help.
I disagree. There needs to be a means of getting all these Turks to get their computers infected. I can tell you that there are many many web-sites targeting Turkish internet users for all sorts of attacks. Plus, downloading music using clients saturated with spyware is common and I'd be shocked if many of these were not also trojans.
So, yeah I think Turkey is totally contributing to the spam problem.
Check it out: http://dot.kde.org/20080401/"
You can't access Youtube in Turkey. The last time Turkey blocked it, the DNS just pointed to a page giving the name of the court decision that had resulted in the blocking. This time around they've taken stronger measures so simply using another DNS server isn't good enough.
In any case, Turkey is a democracy and it still blocks Youtube because of videos insulting national heroes. That's what you get from an independent judiciary with laws restricting free speech.
... let half a million immigrants in every year
... a huge 3rd-world immigration problem
... immigration has transformed a once cohesive population
... Iceland with almost zero immigrationSo, Mr. Huntington, what do you think is the world's greatest problem today?
Even better than this is http://www.swisstrains.ch/, where you can watch Swiss trains moving in real time.
What? It's been like 100 years since mining was Nanaimo's thing. Seriously, coal long gave way to forestry and even that's on the wane.
I guess some sort of data mining joke is possible, but I'm not even going to bother.
Guess what the second "A" stands for?
For those who don't know that the word doesn't just duplicate what's done in the USA, check out the Société Civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France (http://www.sppf.com/).
Free advertising! What's so bad about that?
It's the only money laundering bank I can name.
Pot calling the kettle black?
In all seriousness, instead of blaming the author for these problems, the reviewer should be blaming the publisher. Where were the editors? As the quote shows, mistakes are easy to make, but when it comes to print, any half-decent publishing house should be catching them.
What if they blow up close to the earth's surface? Could that be dangerous? (Serious question)