You're rationalizing the trend of profit-seeking in public universities after it's already become standard practice. The plain fact is that such universities are funded by the public and operate for the public good. If they feel they need more money, they should ask the public for it; if the public says no, and they still want it, then they should go into private business. The status quo is a distasteful pretense that eats away at the legitimacy of public universities.
Android's kill switch is only for the programs that come through Google's own app store. So, you can probably pretty much bet that it's only going to be used to regulate malware, or Google's app store won't last long.
Do you really think there'll be a complete boycott of Google's app store if they misuse their power? Be serious. The likely result of bad behavior on Google's part is a noisy campaign in the slashdotosphere with no real effect on google. Not only that, Google's misbehavior will probably be forgotten by slashdotters a few months after the fact.
IMHO, discovery and the possibilities of the unknown were always central to what Star Trek was about. Not future war (DS9) or survivalism (Voyager), or even space battles with exploding consoles (last 2 TNG movies). Just the great ship Enterprise and a whole universe to explore, really.
I fracked the price up, but I was right about the increase - at least for the mid and high end ones!
Before, the Canadian prices were $1149, $1349 and $1549. Now, the prices are $1149, $1399 and $1749. The current lowest-end one is the same as the old lowest-end one, except the former combodrive been upgraded to a superdrive. The mid- and high- end ones are the new models. So, it's not as bad as I said, but the trend is definitely upwards.
The Canadian price for the low-end used to be $1250, now it's $1400. Whatever happened to the maxim that computers get faster & cheaper over time?
Then there's connectivity. One of the mixed blessings of apple is their place on the avant-guard of computer ports; sometimes they're annoying (proprietary video), sometimes not (usb on iMac). All I know is that there's no hope of using an external monitor without shelling out an Elizabeth for an adapter. That, and the newfound lack of firewire (and thus target disk mode) on the most popular apple notebook will result in tears.
I'm half-considering buying an old macbook - the CPU is just as fast, and it's got firewire. My only real concern is whether I'd be able to run Civ4 on the integrated graphics card. Anyone know?
Keep in mind that those "Business Users" also use Linux in a managed environment, with all the nasty details like updates and configuration largely taken care of. Seen this way, the switch to home use is still a big leap for a lot of people.
In battle, they would don a full-length ball gown covered in sequins. The idea was to blind your opponent with luxury.
A more modern tack might simply be to let Frank Ghery design the bomb casing. The high-strength reflective materials would avert damage, while the deconstructionist curved form would, with luck, send the beam back to the attackers, using their own laser against them like in a cliched Star Trek episode.
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OK, if you insist!
Science: NASA Turns 50 Posted by kdawson on Wednesday July 30, @04:19AM
Re:Wowzers! (Score:0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 29, @06:34PM (#24392319)
Strange, though, that the article was posted to Slashdot's front page on the correct date (the 29th), retracted, and then reposted a date late (today). I smell a conspiracy...
Is it possible to get free TV using one of the small 20" or so dishes? I'd love to get a BUD but the cost is prohibitive at the moment, not to mention the question of where to put it...
I'd just like to say that F1 World Grand Prix for the N64 was and remains my favourite racing game of all-time. The graphics overlays as well as the announcer's voice mimicked the real TV broadcast almost perfectly, and the tracks were - to my untrained eye - accurate. The physics were realistic, or at least not arcade-like.
Great game. Still looking for a used copy of it to play on my old machine, as it happens:\
What about users that need firefox for a single application (some ff-only website, say, or an intranet application). They wouldn't necessarily want to change their default browser.
Firefox's old method, of not making itself the default browser on install but asking every time it's run unless told not to, was much better. It didn't trick users (which this new method will), and clearly gave them the choice re: default in a manner that all but the most impatient users would understand.
Basically, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will get some 0.5 meter resolution pictures of the Apollo landing sites. It launches sometime after November 28th of this year (which really is 2008 - the government's telling the truth on that one). Enjoy!
Maybe you can tell me what's happening with my iPod hard drive. It will fail, going through a cycle of making a spin up sound and then a loud click 3-4 times before shutting down. I've 'fixed' it by putting a couple of business cards between the back of the drive & the back of the case... and it's been working for more than a year now. Every so often it'll fail again, and I'll either re-seat the business cards in the middle of the drive, or add another card (I think it's up to three now... with four, the drive refused to spin up).
He can't. But that doesn't mean he can't get a gig with a firm that needs sys admins or custom programming. There'll always be a market for programmers in IT departments, consulting, gov't, academia. Mass market software can be served well enough by free (as in freedom) software - for the most part, it already is.
Sorry for the delay in getting back: this has been an interesting discussion.
After thinking about this problem some more, I came to much the same conclusion as you: the cartoons of Muhammed are the source of the current move to ban images. However, I still think that the cartoons were not intended to insult Islam or Muhammed - the cartoons were made in the tradition of editorial cartoons, which often exaggerates the truth in order to make a point. While a reader of a paper in Belgium might see the bomb-in-beard cartoon as referring to the use of religion to justify acts of violence, others might see it as an insinuation that Muhammed was a murderer.
(Keep in mind, too, that the initial misinterpretation of the intent of the cartoons was compounded when their actual content was misrepresented to those who hadn't seen them: as I recall, many were told that the cartoons were vile, bald-faced insults (e.g. humiliating sexual positions).)
In the end, I think the problem has simply been one of misinterpretation. This is a very old problem, especially in the context of West-Near East cultures. They have a right to be respected; we have a right to uphold our own values. What to do? Stop anti-Muslim and anti-Arab racism; listen to those with an understanding of other cultures when we perceive a threat; and explain ourselves as best we can when others perceive a threat. If we do this, we can at least have a clear conscience.
It bears repeating that there is no problem with any group having their own standards. There is a grave problem when one group imposes its standards on another group. If the prohibition against images of Muhammed is valid, then good Muslims should not create or own images of the prophet - and that is as far as it should go.
Also, it bears mentioning that when Christians show the image of the prophet (on Wikipedia, or in cartoons, or elsewhere), they do not do it out of spite or as an insult. Thus, the analogy you made about Muslims desecrating the image of Christ does not hold: willful desecration is clearly an insult. No, a (much) better analogy would be Muslims working on the Christian day of rest, or not fasting during lent, or not following any other religious law that good Christians must follow.
Finally, it's worth mentioning that some interpretations of Islam hold it a sin to create an image of any living thing: thus, the intricate geometric designs on Muslim holy places instead of pictorial representations (don't believe me? look here). It seems absurd for Muslims to expect to impose this prohibition on all other people simply because their religion calls for it. Given this, can you see the absurdity in non-Muslims being asked (or demanded) to not show or make images of Muhammed?
I agree with the above, and also like the lack of left-hand sidebar for the same reason - it saves space. I've never used the category- and other site- links in that sidebar, anyway.
Slashdot Mirror
Ctrl-Alt-A , or find it under the Tools menu.
IMHO, a useful addition as well as a tool - gives a better understanding of the lay of the land than the more artificial standard controls.
You're rationalizing the trend of profit-seeking in public universities after it's already become standard practice. The plain fact is that such universities are funded by the public and operate for the public good. If they feel they need more money, they should ask the public for it; if the public says no, and they still want it, then they should go into private business. The status quo is a distasteful pretense that eats away at the legitimacy of public universities.
Android's kill switch is only for the programs that come through Google's own app store. So, you can probably pretty much bet that it's only going to be used to regulate malware, or Google's app store won't last long.
Do you really think there'll be a complete boycott of Google's app store if they misuse their power? Be serious. The likely result of bad behavior on Google's part is a noisy campaign in the slashdotosphere with no real effect on google. Not only that, Google's misbehavior will probably be forgotten by slashdotters a few months after the fact.
Well put.
IMHO, discovery and the possibilities of the unknown were always central to what Star Trek was about. Not future war (DS9) or survivalism (Voyager), or even space battles with exploding consoles (last 2 TNG movies). Just the great ship Enterprise and a whole universe to explore, really.
I fracked the price up, but I was right about the increase - at least for the mid and high end ones!
Before, the Canadian prices were $1149, $1349 and $1549. Now, the prices are $1149, $1399 and $1749. The current lowest-end one is the same as the old lowest-end one, except the former combodrive been upgraded to a superdrive. The mid- and high- end ones are the new models. So, it's not as bad as I said, but the trend is definitely upwards.
You're right... I just checked my (two week old) price list and it was $1350 for the mid range model. $1150 for the low end.
The Canadian price for the low-end used to be $1250, now it's $1400. Whatever happened to the maxim that computers get faster & cheaper over time?
Then there's connectivity. One of the mixed blessings of apple is their place on the avant-guard of computer ports; sometimes they're annoying (proprietary video), sometimes not (usb on iMac). All I know is that there's no hope of using an external monitor without shelling out an Elizabeth for an adapter. That, and the newfound lack of firewire (and thus target disk mode) on the most popular apple notebook will result in tears.
I'm half-considering buying an old macbook - the CPU is just as fast, and it's got firewire. My only real concern is whether I'd be able to run Civ4 on the integrated graphics card. Anyone know?
I'm with you. In fact, I'm taking Latin classes at the moment so I can finally avoid vulgar tongues entirely.
The language of Shakespeare is too recent an invention for my tastes; it's the language of Cicero for me!
And for anyone who might find this viewpoint absurd, keep in mind that I'm not taking it too far, like those Sanskrit-only types.
Stop, you're both right!
I would think false alibis are just as likely as framing.
As for evidence, I seem to remember hearing snippets on Off The Hook about this sort of data being used as evidence in the past.
Keep in mind that those "Business Users" also use Linux in a managed environment, with all the nasty details like updates and configuration largely taken care of. Seen this way, the switch to home use is still a big leap for a lot of people.
In battle, they would don a full-length ball gown covered in sequins. The idea was to blind your opponent with luxury.
A more modern tack might simply be to let Frank Ghery design the bomb casing. The high-strength reflective materials would avert damage, while the deconstructionist curved form would, with luck, send the beam back to the attackers, using their own laser against them like in a cliched Star Trek episode.
Never post again.
OK, if you insist!
Science: NASA Turns 50
Posted by kdawson on Wednesday July 30, @04:19AM
Re:Wowzers! (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 29, @06:34PM (#24392319)
Strange, though, that the article was posted to Slashdot's front page on the correct date (the 29th), retracted, and then reposted a date late (today). I smell a conspiracy...
Am I seeing things, or does this story have no comments attached to it five hours after it was posted to slashdot?!?!
That's got to be some record, at least post-1998.
I guess that means I can say... First Post!
Also, Go Nasa! Keep the orbiting observatories coming!
Is it possible to get free TV using one of the small 20" or so dishes? I'd love to get a BUD but the cost is prohibitive at the moment, not to mention the question of where to put it...
I'd just like to say that F1 World Grand Prix for the N64 was and remains my favourite racing game of all-time. The graphics overlays as well as the announcer's voice mimicked the real TV broadcast almost perfectly, and the tracks were - to my untrained eye - accurate. The physics were realistic, or at least not arcade-like.
:\
Great game. Still looking for a used copy of it to play on my old machine, as it happens
What about users that need firefox for a single application (some ff-only website, say, or an intranet application). They wouldn't necessarily want to change their default browser.
Firefox's old method, of not making itself the default browser on install but asking every time it's run unless told not to, was much better. It didn't trick users (which this new method will), and clearly gave them the choice re: default in a manner that all but the most impatient users would understand.
Heck, I don't think this is a troll - it's an interesting question. So I looked, and found this:
Abandoned Spaceships on the Moon
Basically, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will get some 0.5 meter resolution pictures of the Apollo landing sites. It launches sometime after November 28th of this year (which really is 2008 - the government's telling the truth on that one). Enjoy!
Maybe you can tell me what's happening with my iPod hard drive. It will fail, going through a cycle of making a spin up sound and then a loud click 3-4 times before shutting down. I've 'fixed' it by putting a couple of business cards between the back of the drive & the back of the case... and it's been working for more than a year now. Every so often it'll fail again, and I'll either re-seat the business cards in the middle of the drive, or add another card (I think it's up to three now... with four, the drive refused to spin up).
They should suggest that people switch to Seamonkey, not Firefox. It's (a) suite, after all :) .
TFA says the chip manufacturer was misleading, implying that AES was used for all data when in fact it was used for the key.
That said, the case manufacturers should have tested the product themselves. They should at least offer returns / refunds.
Quebec / New France was never a prison colony. That's not to say that hard-luck cases were never 'volunteered' to go there, tho :)
He can't. But that doesn't mean he can't get a gig with a firm that needs sys admins or custom programming. There'll always be a market for programmers in IT departments, consulting, gov't, academia. Mass market software can be served well enough by free (as in freedom) software - for the most part, it already is.
Sorry for the delay in getting back: this has been an interesting discussion.
After thinking about this problem some more, I came to much the same conclusion as you: the cartoons of Muhammed are the source of the current move to ban images. However, I still think that the cartoons were not intended to insult Islam or Muhammed - the cartoons were made in the tradition of editorial cartoons, which often exaggerates the truth in order to make a point. While a reader of a paper in Belgium might see the bomb-in-beard cartoon as referring to the use of religion to justify acts of violence, others might see it as an insinuation that Muhammed was a murderer.
(Keep in mind, too, that the initial misinterpretation of the intent of the cartoons was compounded when their actual content was misrepresented to those who hadn't seen them: as I recall, many were told that the cartoons were vile, bald-faced insults (e.g. humiliating sexual positions).)
In the end, I think the problem has simply been one of misinterpretation. This is a very old problem, especially in the context of West-Near East cultures. They have a right to be respected; we have a right to uphold our own values. What to do? Stop anti-Muslim and anti-Arab racism; listen to those with an understanding of other cultures when we perceive a threat; and explain ourselves as best we can when others perceive a threat. If we do this, we can at least have a clear conscience.
It bears repeating that there is no problem with any group having their own standards. There is a grave problem when one group imposes its standards on another group. If the prohibition against images of Muhammed is valid, then good Muslims should not create or own images of the prophet - and that is as far as it should go.
Also, it bears mentioning that when Christians show the image of the prophet (on Wikipedia, or in cartoons, or elsewhere), they do not do it out of spite or as an insult. Thus, the analogy you made about Muslims desecrating the image of Christ does not hold: willful desecration is clearly an insult. No, a (much) better analogy would be Muslims working on the Christian day of rest, or not fasting during lent, or not following any other religious law that good Christians must follow.
Finally, it's worth mentioning that some interpretations of Islam hold it a sin to create an image of any living thing: thus, the intricate geometric designs on Muslim holy places instead of pictorial representations (don't believe me? look here). It seems absurd for Muslims to expect to impose this prohibition on all other people simply because their religion calls for it. Given this, can you see the absurdity in non-Muslims being asked (or demanded) to not show or make images of Muhammed?
I agree with the above, and also like the lack of left-hand sidebar for the same reason - it saves space. I've never used the category- and other site- links in that sidebar, anyway.