Posts by Fred 4

Topic on Git closed but...

I think "Gitty McGit Virtual File System" (GMVFS, or GMGVFS) might work...

Mines the one with the autonomous submersible in its packet

Missing the forest for the trees

all of this talk about Office 365, Google Docs, and other cloud services -

is missing a very important issue -

THERE IS NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY

with any cloud based service. If you (collective you) are a Gov't, or business putting your daily correspondence and business documents in a cloud service is ASKING for trouble. Gov't (inter agency as well) spying*, competitor spying*, police spying*.

This is not to mention the issue of directed adverts, looking at you Google

* spying - in this instance, reading copying documents/information that the originator did not intend to for the 'spy' to see/read/have.

Upon opening the link to this story...

the first article & picture in the (right) sidebar is the 'US Condom rules' article and the associated scrunched up face - which is perfectly fitting for THIS article :)

This whole 'Clovis first' thing has been hogwash for years:

excerpt from a 2004 article:

"Topper is the oldest radiocarbon dated site in North America," Goodyear says. "However, other early sites in Brazil and Chile, as well as a site in Oklahoma also suggest that humans were in the Western Hemisphere as early as 30,000 years ago to perhaps 60,000."

<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041118104010.htm>

excerpt from another article, talking about cave/rock art:

"It shows that about 11,000 years ago, there was already a very diverse manifestation of rock art in South America, so probably man arrived in the Americas much earlier than normally is accepted," Neves said.

<http://www.livescience.com/18602-horny-man-rock-carving-giant-phallus.html>

again 1 more excerpt:

What are the artifacts and ecofacts from Monte Verde?...[snip]...

An even bigger problem was the radiocarbon dates placing the site at over 13,500 years oldø older than nearly all the North American evidence and a millennium before Clovis. A much earlier layer that even Dillehay was unwilling to consider a cultural zone, but could have been, was dated to between about 33,000-34,000 years ago.

warning - very long -

<http://www.indiana.edu/~arch/saa/matrix/saa/saa_mod02.html>

So... we have multiple sites across the America's showing human habitation Long before Clovis. So why was Clovis still considered to be "First"???

I dont see anyone mentionng

that Apple did not design the game. Some 3rd party iOS developer designed the game, built the game, setup the in app purchase process etc etc etc.

All Apple - probably - did was make sure that the application did NOT do things like get out of its sandbox, collect/send personal data where it shouldn't, and of course make sure that Apple got it's piece of any in game sales.

Nowhere in the article or in these comments do I see anyone pointing at the developer and saying - shame on you - here is *your* class action suit. In the comments there are some vague references to the developer but not specifically, just generically.

Par-runt is just trying to get $ for free (aka lottery winnings)

Flames because Im sure I get a few....

All of this handwringing is missing another point

that of who is watching *What* you watch??

So... Big Brother wants to see who is a likely threat, real or imagined... scans UV content list looking for (for example) those who own/watch 'V for Vendetta'. Or any version of '1984', or 'Brazil', or 'Animal Farm'..........

Those are obvious, what about "soft porn" - 'Videodrome'

The list and reasons go on and on and on...

This doesn't mention the data that will be sold to various advertisers...

This whole UV concept is a Fail.

If you think I should be wearing a Tinfoil hat then fine - come aback and re-read this comment 3 or 4 years after UV goes live.

BTW - totally of topic - why is it 'Tin foil' hat, when tin is not used for foil any more??

Paris - because she is the only person I can think of who would be fool enough to fall for this.

This ones a small practice target

140 meters - it is big enough to warrant intervention, but small enough that we can try various things - including a nuke - to deflect/destroy it.

A nuke, or other destruction type attempt wont be such a bad thing - at 140 meters - it will break up into smaller pieces all having the same (sum total) kinetic energy of the whole, but even the biggest piece would likely burn up, or only cause minor damage.

of course if we manage to deflect it that would be best from a 'lets see if we can do this, for when a bigger one comes along' point of view.

And since it seems that US has taken it upon themselves to impose their laws world wide, then by al means it should the US that does this.

now - back to reality programming....

the UN will take this matter up, and by around the year 2050 have come up with a solution that will make everyone (and no one) happy, with an expected implementation time of about 10 years. In the mean time, the rock will have hit, set off a good sized tsunami, and wiped 200-300 million people from the world.

Closeness... too close for comfort??

a supernova releases a LOT of high energy photons... 7400 light years is not that far, galatically speaking.

What is the chance that the radiation is of sufficient quantity to damage our living quarters (Earth)?

This will get lost.... but....

F- it all

ALL phones have GPS (or similar) in them - you may not be able to get access to it, but it is there.

If the phone/fondleslab is move more then - I chose 10mph/16kph, pick a slow speed number - the device no longer communicates - EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY calls.

There - done.

For those that complain - what about......

what the F did they do before cell phones - do the same thing now... wait!!!

icon - for the firestorm that is sure to follow - if this is read..

consumers will be able to give a one-time consent -

at the time of service signup - in the terms and conditions on page 435 paragraph 97.

Netflix : Hi, thank you for calling netflix support. My name is <fill in your favorite Indian name>. How can I help you?

You : I want to turn off the 'share video history' option.

Netflix : Oh you didnt want to share your netflix movie history with everyone in the bleedin world?!?!?! I am sorry, you can not opt out, once you have opted in you cannot opt out.

You : Please cancel my account.

Netflix : You want to cancel your account??

no problem, you no longer have to pay us a monthly service charge, and you will have to return "Douglas does The Cowbooys" before the account closure will take effect. However this will not stop your history from being shared to every 'friend' we skimmed from your facebook account. Nor will this stop our access to your facebook account. Nor will this action stop your video history (and all other personal data we have) from being sold and sold and sold yet again.

Have nice day.

<sounds of phone call - or email or chat>

Facebook : Hi thanks for contacting Facebook support. My Name is <same person from above>, how can I help you.

You : Hi there, I would like to delete my facebook account.

Facebook : You cant do that. Thank you for your inquiry <click>.

Let me be the first to say...

.. at least for this article...

They Don't Make them Like They Used too....

Mines the one with the Clovis point in the pocket :)

Im not sure...

from reading the article -

Is this decision from a High court? (in the US it would be the Supreme Court), or is this some local constabulary court making this decision??

in other words, is there an appeal possible by BT?

158kg - a very large person...

Well, in this season's First Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens Football (U.S. football).

The Ravens fielded an Offensive Tackle - <something> McKinnie who the announcers claimed showed up at training camp at 400lbs or about 181.4 kg or 42.95 jubs, and took the field at 372lbs or 168.7 kg or 39.94 jubs -- at 6 feet 8 inches, 2 meters, or 14.5 linguine.

He is indeed a VERY large person, and out weighs the falling debris by a bit. :)

The root cause?

the same one that is going to fuel similar activity in the US -

MASSIVE disparity in income and wealth ownership, coupled with the existing and future economic failure.

The prols revolting against the corp-tocracy

probably too late to be seen...

I have a Mac 512k (that is the model stuffed between the original 128k (and those numbers refer to RAM in the computer) and the Mac Plus. THe case still had the signatures of the deisgn team embedded on the interior of the case.

This oldie has an external, SERIAL port connected, hard drive which was called "HD-20".

A 20 megabyte hard drive that connected via the serial port (and had a pass through so you could put an external 400k floppy drive on the Mac too). Access times were in the 1500 millisecond range.

All of this still works :)

Doesnt work as promised

Problem: no insulin producing cells (beta cells)

Question: why?

Answers:

1 - type 1 diabetes

2 - pancreatic cancer

3 - severe pancreatitis

re - #1 - Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune system failure. The person's own immune system is/has attacked the insulin producing cells - killing them. Producing more cells from testes or else where from the same person results in - guess what - more auto immune system based destruction of Beta cells. ergo - sooner ( more likely) or later no more beta cells -- again.

re #2 - well.... the only time in which the teste based replacement therapy might be useful would be when the pancreas was removed, other wise the cancer is likely to spread to the 'new' pancreas.

re#3 - this is one place where it will be useful. The lab I work in is doing an experimental therapy, for patient's who's pancreas is being removed. We take the removed pancreas, remove and isolate the beta cells, then re-inject them into the patient into the liver. Where they function normally. However, this is a stop gap measure, as eventually they will all die off; as there are no more pancreatatic stem cells (no pancreas) there is no renewal of the beta cells. So... when they die they are gone.

This new therapy could be very useful here. Although, I suspect that root cause of the original pancreatitis will return and damage the new organ.

As Ive said before

to stop cell phone usage while driving :

(in the US ALL call phones have GPS or similar - required for emergency call location)

Since this is ALREADY THERE - take advantage of it.

If the phone is moving at move then 10 mph (16kph) it shuts itself downNo incoming no out going calls/text etc. With the exception of emergency calls.

NO new tech, no jammer, just a firmware/software update. - Done

complete buggery!

if this had been done by an individual they would be getting years to life.

58,000 child images, from web cameras in laptops - this were most likely in the users bedroom.

There is surely at least 1 (if not many more) "inappropriate" images.

As the trouser snakes that perpetrate idiot rules and regs say : "... think of the children..."

prosecute them ALL -

Minimally fire them ALL

how much of the air space do I have rights too??

over my land of course....

Its Duck Season!

Its Wabbit Season@!

Its Duck Season!

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Shoot 'em now, Doc. Shoot 'em now!

<Bang>

Oops! Thought it was duck 8 )

Penguin - closest thing to a duck available... Where is our Warner Bros Icon :)

if it works as well...

as their carpet cleaner then there are going to be some badly injured "warfighters" out there.

iRobot roomba - didnt make 3 months, replacement made < 2 months. I gave up - it still drive around -just doesnt do anything - kinda like I expect this thing will do.

Alternatives

iWork - $39 (usd) when purchased with a computer at education store, $79 straight retail

open office - free

either one is as good as or better than MS's ribbon encrusted piece of shyte