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« Last post by Renegade on June 27, 2012, 11:42 AM »This was funny!
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I'm not denying that. What I'm saying is that people say that *he* meant the story to be about censorship, not that *I interpret the content of his writing to have themes of censorship* or something similar. The two are *very* different- one being quite logical, and the other being quite abhorrent to me.-wraith808 (June 26, 2012, 09:31 PM)
^ could it not be both (intentional content/message and other intrepertations)-tomos (June 26, 2012, 03:29 PM)
One point that I want to bring up... F451 wasn't about censorship, and Bradbury himself would get wroth when confronted with the fact that people thought it was about the same.-wraith808 (June 23, 2012, 04:02 PM)
It's been a while, though I might have it in my library - so what was it about? What else were the Firemen doing burning books if it wasn't censorship?-TaoPhoenix (June 23, 2012, 04:15 PM)
Meh... The wait is long enough so no rush~! So is that 8 holes per screw or 1 hole per 8 screws?-Renegade (June 24, 2012, 10:36 AM)
Heh - and with THAT setup I can not longer resist: Guess the Celebrity!
From Wikipedia:
"He earned a bachelor's degree in education and theatre and a master's degree in special education from Queens College in New York. He taught special-education classes in the New York City area and was a substitute teacher for regular classes."-TaoPhoenix (June 25, 2012, 12:31 PM)
The VLC media player recently hit 1 billion downloads, VideoLAN project reports.
VLC’s enormous popularity is largely caused by the huge variety of video-formats it supports, and its cross platform support. VLC is made with Qt and it’s free software. It runs on desktop systems including Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. It also runs on *BSD systems, Solaris, Android, QNX, Syllable, Maemo, MeeGo and OS/2.
It was in 2008 with version 0.9.0 when the VLC project switched to Qt. Since that point it has been downloaded around 824 million times. The real number is even higher because Linux, *BSD and smartphone systems are omitted from the statistics since VLC is downloaded directly from app stores.
The project manager Jean-Baptiste Kempf has spoken to us previously about why they switched from wxWidgets to Qt. It’s cross platform, open source compatible and has UTF-8 support, making it Asian-language friendly. With this 0.9.9 release, the team had to redo the UI from scratch. The did that with Qt, and VLC became a huge success, with the new Qt-based interface a large part of the success, according to Kempf.
“The problem with Qt is that you spend more time thinking about your
problem than coding the solution
Has anyone here tried one of the new digital drills? They have drill bytes, not bits and those are programmable for just about any use.-Arizona Hot (June 24, 2012, 12:44 AM)
I confess I had no idea, if indeed that's how he felt.Well, why doesn't someone ask him? Oh, wait...bugger.-rgdot (June 23, 2012, 07:19 PM)-IainB (June 23, 2012, 10:50 PM)
This was kicking around a few weeks ago on Slashdot too before this article. Last I recall sometimes it's not so easy for the servers to know which is just a permissions "access forbidden" and which is censorship. Also this is sorta a joke, more social commentary, because for 50% of the censorship you can bet the govt won't even allow this error code.
There was a story a few days ago "telling people we are spying on them violates their privacy". (??!)-TaoPhoenix (June 23, 2012, 12:10 PM)
A 1-minute video produced by the European Commission (an unelected sort of federal government of Europe).
Science: It's a Girl Thing! (hat-tip to The Reference Frame)-IainB (June 23, 2012, 09:10 AM)
Clever. And it does add transparency, which is a sorely lacking thing. Does anyone know much about this stuff? I'd like to give it a shot with some software ideas, but the options are a tad freaky now with so many....
@Renegade - Arduino is already established and well beyond the curiosity/novelty stage. Not a bad choice if you're looking to develop something that has an active audience. You can also think outside the box with this puppy. Some musical instruments are out there that use Arduino for their base hardware. Ditto for some audio realtime processing uses.
Might be a natural for you since you're into music apps already. Just a thought...
-40hz (June 20, 2012, 06:22 PM)
Exactly~! Thanks~!That's the perfect jump point for me to focus research on. (I hate chasing down a million different products -- better to start with some advice and a bit of focus!)
-Renegade (June 21, 2012, 05:26 AM)
Police Ticketing Informal Rideshare Participants Based On No Law
This probably falls into the "Read and weep" category.-IainB (June 20, 2012, 07:54 PM)
Does anyone know much about this stuff? I'd like to give it a shot with some software ideas, but the options are a tad freaky now with so many....
@Renegade - Arduino is already established and well beyond the curiosity/novelty stage. Not a bad choice if you're looking to develop something that has an active audience. You can also think outside the box with this puppy. Some musical instruments are out there that use Arduino for their base hardware. Ditto for some audio realtime processing uses.
Might be a natural for you since you're into music apps already. Just a thought...
-40hz (June 20, 2012, 06:22 PM)
That's the perfect jump point for me to focus research on. (I hate chasing down a million different products -- better to start with some advice and a bit of focus!) PLEDGE $50,000 OR MORE
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Some proposed, 2012, and available PC boards:
Raspberry Pi; BeagleBoard-xM; BeagleBone; PandaBoard ES; Cotton Candy; Ninja Blocks; NUC Intel; VIA (APC/Android 8750 PC); Gooseberry; Olimex (A13-OLinuXino); Maple Board (LeafLabs); Arduino; gumstick (gumstix).-sword (June 20, 2012, 12:07 PM)
There is another copyright battle emerging over intellectual property, and this time you, John or Jane Q. Citizen, could be smack-dab in the middle of it, for one of the most innocuous acts you could imagine - selling your used iPad.
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Designed here, but made overseas - that's the issue
According to reports, the Supreme Court case centers around the "first-sale doctrine" in copyright law. The doctrine simply means that you are allowed to buy and sell the things you purchase - even if your things have a copyright holder, you can still sell them because the copyright holder's control extends only to the "first-sale," a concept that the high court has observed for over a century.
Think of it like this. You buy a book by an author; the author owns the copyright so you can't legally make copies of the book without that author's permission. But, under the first-sale doctrine, you bought a copy of the book and sell your copy to someone else - a friend, co-worker or a willing buyer online.
In 1998, the first-sale doctrine was challenged by some copyright holders, but the Supreme Court held that it applied to all products made and sold in the U.S. The current case, however, stems from products manufactured abroad; in particular, it involved textbooks.
I like satan being inside my computer.-Stephen66515 (June 20, 2012, 12:56 PM)
So no more "Tell us where your leader is hiding, or we will play more Justin Beiber" techniques? Goddamn it, we are all doomed!-Stephen66515 (June 18, 2012, 01:33 PM)
Two words...... Mars Attacks!-x16wda (June 19, 2012, 10:30 PM)
Biebers of Mass Destruction?! Wait - if you can get him classified top secret then they'll hide him away and we won't have to listen anymore!-TaoPhoenix (June 20, 2012, 06:35 AM)
He shall be investigated by top men....TOP men!-Stephen66515 (June 20, 2012, 10:52 AM)
So... You're saying he's a bottom...-Stoic Joker (June 20, 2012, 11:20 AM)
Just sat through the full 47 minute video. Looks like a winner to me. Makes the iPad look like the obese iPod it has always been. I really, really can't wait to swap my iPad for a "Surface" now I've seen that it's a PC crammed into a tablet.-nudone (June 19, 2012, 12:50 PM)
Wonder how the keyboard feels, when typing some forum reply or other message-Ath (June 19, 2012, 01:23 PM)
