Then make sure you run right out and buy that really expensive fuel-cell car. Oh, and feel free to pay some extra voluntary taxes with a little note attached 'please give to alternative-energy scientists'.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not to hip on coal either. But my point is that it's always better to pursue the cheapest energy. If we can incorporate the 'pollution' costs into the cost of that energy, then these alternatives start to look sexy.
what a chicken little-type statement. It's not an easy place to put a bomb. You would need a raft, boat, or something, and then you would have to cross the floating fence they would put up around it.
and any 'terrorist' wouldn't really get that much bang out of it-- stuff doesn't blow up that easily when it's in the water.
How long will EVERY conversation we have about ANYTHING require the obligatory security/terrorist wanring/advocation?
i've said it before and i'll say it again: if i want overtly political and security-related news, I'll go to CNN or allpolitics.com, not slashdot.
This site is (i thought) supposed to be including political stories only when it affects the Internet, digital rights, or some other form of IT censorship-- not wild speculation on a 'purposefully leaked' memo about tactical nuclear weapons.
No, I did not miss the point of a representative democracy. You missed the point of my post: the petition itself was flawed, in that it only offered a "do you want a Pluto mission: yes/no" and gave no consideration to the fact that congress and nasa must account for its budget.
It is because this is a representative democracy that the mission was approved, because the immediate press and 'benefits' outweighed any 'costs' in marginally increasing taxes to cover the mission. Hence we have a plethora of porkbarrel projects in every district in the country.
There is no single point of responsibility for the budget; the President comes closest (de facto not de jure)-- thus the budgetary restrictions coming from the White house.
Congress specifically added the Pluto mission in response to public interest - and we believe that public interest is important to the program."
Of course they did. That mission was never presented as an 'either-or' scenario, where funding would be drawn from some other budget to pay for the mission-- because no congressman wanted to appear as 'anti-science'. A true campaign would be to ask us plebes 'which of the following missions do you want see funded? a) Mars b) ISS c) Europa d) . . .
I applaud the fiscal responsibility in this new budget. The reality of the situation is that we are at war, and money is tight. Nothing is stopping these scientists from going to Tokyo, London, Paris, or Moscow to plead their case for the mission.
It's very sexy to support programmers who fight 'bad' encryption routines, 'ludicrous' copyright schemes, and the like, but when it comes to skript k1ddi5 hacking OUR stuff, we want to string them up by thier fingernails.
The tough part of this issue is that it begs the question (from the general population's viewpoint): "Which side of the law are we (slashdot community) on?" The unwashed masses out there see both of these as the same thing...
I mean, they can pirate English versions still, but I'm sure they would prefer copies in their own languages.
They must have localized versions. English or European language software cannot cope with the double-byte characters for Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
Am I reading correctly? Is this a debate over limiting vs. allowing certain behavior? What part of the Open Source philosophy got suspended while I was at lunch?
Let some distribution try this. It may take off, it may fail-- that's what it's all about...
Funny-- I had one of these when i was in High School: i rode it on the sidewalks, it went about 10-15 mph, i pushed it along, and i stored it in my locker. I covered it with punk rock stickers and little ying-yangs, and i wore Vans when using it.
This is a $6000 electric skateboard-- but for lazy middle-aged yo-yos. but wait, i thought skateboarding was illegal in most urban environments...
Three years ago, my company was going to volunteer to do the website for Doctos Without Borders, but we didn't do it because of budgetary restraints (ours). Four months later, they won the Nobel Peace Prize... Doh!
When I spoke with them, I realized that many of these NGOs are struggling through IT and licencing problems, just like any small business on a tight budget. Even the Red Cross forks over millions to the Voracious One in licensing fees every year. You might be able to donate your services as a sysadmin, setting up communications and logistics for these organizations-- even in the bush.
I cannot speak for the company, but I bet that Red Hat would be willing to listen to a good idea as part of their Open Source Now project. (these comments reflect my personal opinion and do not reflect on the opinions or positions of others)
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How cool would it be to play the piano on my desk? Someone may have figured out a way to make money on all of those people playing 'airguitar' everytime Led Zeppelin comes on the radio...
So far, I've seen very little attention paid to the database connectivity, dynamic content interaction, or nuts-and-bolts of ERP integration-- without which a website is useless...
It seems this book is aimed at advertising and graphic designers who are still attempting to dabble in website design. In that sense, this book will probably be successful: there are thousands of shops out there skimming this surface, and who would welcome a book about basics like this.
Before everyone starts running around screaming Orwellian doomsday and the death of civil liberties, please remember that we still live in a country where there are courts, due process, trial by jury, and plain ol' common sense.
No one is going to get thrown in the Gaol for scribbling on the Jennifer Aniston Shrine or for lifting someone's Yahoo username and password in a chat Room.
You ARE in trouble if you hack into DoD systems, steal credit cards, or try to move a lot of money around anonymously, and rightly so.
Please go back and read the Bill of Rights (for you Americans out there) and remember that there are 9 wise souls in Washington who do nothing but think about this stuff all day.
StarOffice won't work in China, Korea, or Japan. East Asian languages require double-byte encoding, and StarOffice doesn't support that.
For these countries, you'll need Hancom Office (hancomlinux.co.jp)
BTW, I weened myself off of Windoze and MSO a month ago, and I'll never go back. My job depends on writting proposals in.doc and.xsl formats-- and staroffice works wonders.
This is straight out of 'Brazil'. Good thing is was something relatively innocuous... Just think if someone I.D.'d this guy as the Olympic Bomber, terrorist, or worse, a drug dealer [GASP!]
There may be another possible explanation: fear of liability. I know that Germany has strict laws that outlaw neo-nazi content from being hosted, this may extend to linking to nazi-content (can a German/.er confirm?)
Content, and the laws governing how links are controlled and how responsibility is doled out for those links is certainly different than in the US.
Could this be preventing M$ from deploying smart-gag over there?
The trick to handling Japanese data-driven content is to remove all the 'text' filters you may have in place for the content administration or data types in the system. Unfortunately, when you tell it 'text', it assumes the single-byte limitations (which is fine for ascii). But Japanese is double-byte, and as long as you pass data along as raw data, everything should be okay.
I'm sorry if that's restating the obvious-- but it's a point many people overlook.
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how can it be "free" if it costs $20?
Help me, Obi wan Kenobi
You're my only hope to move THESE USED CARS DIRECT TO YOU at LOW LOW PRICES!
hurry now!
Then make sure you run right out and buy that really expensive fuel-cell car. Oh, and feel free to pay some extra voluntary taxes with a little note attached 'please give to alternative-energy scientists'.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not to hip on coal either. But my point is that it's always better to pursue the cheapest energy. If we can incorporate the 'pollution' costs into the cost of that energy, then these alternatives start to look sexy.
what a chicken little-type statement. It's not an easy place to put a bomb. You would need a raft, boat, or something, and then you would have to cross the floating fence they would put up around it.
and any 'terrorist' wouldn't really get that much bang out of it-- stuff doesn't blow up that easily when it's in the water.
How long will EVERY conversation we have about ANYTHING require the obligatory security/terrorist wanring/advocation?
i've said it before and i'll say it again: if i want overtly political and security-related news, I'll go to CNN or allpolitics.com, not slashdot.
This site is (i thought) supposed to be including political stories only when it affects the Internet, digital rights, or some other form of IT censorship-- not wild speculation on a 'purposefully leaked' memo about tactical nuclear weapons.
C'mon CMDRTACO-- show some editorial integrity...
Mort Halperin: Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy, The Brooking Institute, Washington, DC 1974
The first responsibility of any bureaucracy is the preservation of itself.
The second is to expand its 'responsiblities'.
No, I did not miss the point of a representative democracy. You missed the point of my post: the petition itself was flawed, in that it only offered a "do you want a Pluto mission: yes/no" and gave no consideration to the fact that congress and nasa must account for its budget.
It is because this is a representative democracy that the mission was approved, because the immediate press and 'benefits' outweighed any 'costs' in marginally increasing taxes to cover the mission. Hence we have a plethora of porkbarrel projects in every district in the country.
There is no single point of responsibility for the budget; the President comes closest (de facto not de jure)-- thus the budgetary restrictions coming from the White house.
Congress specifically added the Pluto mission in response to public interest - and we believe that public interest is important to the program."
Of course they did. That mission was never presented as an 'either-or' scenario, where funding would be drawn from some other budget to pay for the mission-- because no congressman wanted to appear as 'anti-science'. A true campaign would be to ask us plebes 'which of the following missions do you want see funded? a) Mars b) ISS c) Europa d) . . .
I applaud the fiscal responsibility in this new budget. The reality of the situation is that we are at war, and money is tight. Nothing is stopping these scientists from going to Tokyo, London, Paris, or Moscow to plead their case for the mission.
It's very sexy to support programmers who fight 'bad' encryption routines, 'ludicrous' copyright schemes, and the like, but when it comes to skript k1ddi5 hacking OUR stuff, we want to string them up by thier fingernails.
The tough part of this issue is that it begs the question (from the general population's viewpoint): "Which side of the law are we (slashdot community) on?" The unwashed masses out there see both of these as the same thing...
I mean, they can pirate English versions still, but I'm sure they would prefer copies in their own languages.
They must have localized versions. English or European language software cannot cope with the double-byte characters for Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
Am I reading correctly? Is this a debate over limiting vs. allowing certain behavior? What part of the Open Source philosophy got suspended while I was at lunch?
Let some distribution try this. It may take off, it may fail-- that's what it's all about...
And what's with that Flash piece at the beginning of their website? I keep expecting the Powerpuff Girls to Zoom in from the left...
This is a $6000 electric skateboard-- but for lazy middle-aged yo-yos. but wait, i thought skateboarding was illegal in most urban environments...
When I spoke with them, I realized that many of these NGOs are struggling through IT and licencing problems, just like any small business on a tight budget. Even the Red Cross forks over millions to the Voracious One in licensing fees every year. You might be able to donate your services as a sysadmin, setting up communications and logistics for these organizations-- even in the bush.
I cannot speak for the company, but I bet that Red Hat would be willing to listen to a good idea as part of their Open Source Now project.
(these comments reflect my personal opinion and do not reflect on the opinions or positions of others)
How cool would it be to play the piano on my desk? Someone may have figured out a way to make money on all of those people playing 'airguitar' everytime Led Zeppelin comes on the radio...
It seems this book is aimed at advertising and graphic designers who are still attempting to dabble in website design. In that sense, this book will probably be successful: there are thousands of shops out there skimming this surface, and who would welcome a book about basics like this.
We've taken care of everything
The words you hear the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to you eyes.
It's one for all and all for one
We work together common sons
Never need to wonder how or why.
We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls...
And this affects me how? . . .
Before everyone starts running around screaming Orwellian doomsday and the death of civil liberties, please remember that we still live in a country where there are courts, due process, trial by jury, and plain ol' common sense.
No one is going to get thrown in the Gaol for scribbling on the Jennifer Aniston Shrine or for lifting someone's Yahoo username and password in a chat Room.
You ARE in trouble if you hack into DoD systems, steal credit cards, or try to move a lot of money around anonymously, and rightly so.
Please go back and read the Bill of Rights (for you Americans out there) and remember that there are 9 wise souls in Washington who do nothing but think about this stuff all day.
StarOffice won't work in China, Korea, or Japan. East Asian languages require double-byte encoding, and StarOffice doesn't support that.
.doc and .xsl formats-- and staroffice works wonders.
For these countries, you'll need Hancom Office (hancomlinux.co.jp)
BTW, I weened myself off of Windoze and MSO a month ago, and I'll never go back. My job depends on writting proposals in
Stick it up your a**, bill.
Price is not secondary. Price is always first or tied for first. Where are you? There's an enormous slow-down in America. Price is first.
One is an endless stream of angry tripe, celebrity rumor, and shiny things to preoccupy the masses, and the other is Music TeleVision.
This is straight out of 'Brazil'. Good thing is was something relatively innocuous... Just think if someone I.D.'d this guy as the Olympic Bomber, terrorist, or worse, a drug dealer [GASP!]
Content, and the laws governing how links are controlled and how responsibility is doled out for those links is certainly different than in the US.
Could this be preventing M$ from deploying smart-gag over there?
- use the unicode like you've been trying
- use shift-JIS (like most Japanese websites)
The trick to handling Japanese data-driven content is to remove all the 'text' filters you may have in place for the content administration or data types in the system. Unfortunately, when you tell it 'text', it assumes the single-byte limitations (which is fine for ascii). But Japanese is double-byte, and as long as you pass data along as raw data, everything should be okay.I'm sorry if that's restating the obvious-- but it's a point many people overlook.
yoroshiku,
Dave