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Comment Google's response (Score 3, Informative) 385

Google responded to a query from a dutch newsite regarding this issue.

Source: http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107318/google-verbant-belgische-kranten--uitgevers-woest.html

Relevant quote, translated:
``We regret having taken this action, and are open for future cooperation with members of Copiepresse. Would we keep the material in our index, we risk fines up to 25,000 euro per incident. We would be pleased to include Copiepresse in our index if they declare they want to be included on Google Search and refrain from potentional charges``, Google declares to Webwereld.

Original response in dutch:
``"Het spijt ons dat we dit moeten doen, en we staan open voor samenwerking met leden van Copiepresse in de toekomst. Zouden we het materiaal in de index houden, dan riskeren we boetes tot 25.000 euro per inbreuk. We nemen Copiepresse graag weer op in de index als ze aangeven op Google Search te willen verschijnen en afzien van potentiële boetes", verklaart Google tegenover Webwereld.``

Comment Re:Addiction control (Score 1) 462

I agree with any line you say, but like to comment on it please. Yes, i have considered asking meds for my addiction control. However, might (rightful?) fear is i'll just get addicted to the meds as well. Also, caffeine addiction is really in no comparison to other drugs. I quit caffeine without problems once. Heck, in the past i quit some of those other earth- and cloud colored drugs.

Yet, the situation may not be as simple as you suggest. 'Grab the problem by its root' sounds to me pretty much as 'never got born'. Yes, i also have borderline-issues, dont care how you classify them ppl use terms like 'adhd' and 'autism' so often these days it almost got meaningless, in my youth i -apparently- was considered 'a bit odd but still within normal deviation'.. Over-diagnosis and over-treatment might actually be the worse choice in lots of cases; especially if you consider the hard truth of liquor and tabacco (and to a lesser degree marihuana) being generally entirely socially accepted.

The line between 'social, responsable use' and 'abuse' is in fact a large grey zone, and all i could suggest is encourage yourself by some self discipline to try stay on the safer side of that zone. Drink less, smoke only little, internet with care. No psychoanalyst or (over)diagnoses needed here some common sense could help too... Cause in terms of 'adhd' 'bipolar','schizo','autist','asperger' about 80% of /. probably fits such indication yet i doubt they all are heavy smokers or drinkers.

Comment Addiction control (Score 5, Interesting) 462

It's quite obvious your addiction is the major problem. In your post you even already mention your escapes : 'can internet at work' (and on smartphone and at friends and offline at home). Others here tell you, and other others even also say internet can no longer be socially avoided. It's like telephone has been for 100 years, TV for 50 etc.

Now, my advise from here would be addiction control. Yes, the AA will tell alcoholics to entirely quit. Such hardly ever works. Any cigarette smoker will tell you the same. Smoke 1 cigarette after 5 years of quitting, and you'r hooked up again. Also, again, as others point out: internet is an essential part of modern society, and as such even its addiction needs special treatment.

My [patent pending] proposal for most addicts is: Addiction control. Quit the idea of quitting altogether, as a regular thc, ethanol and nicotine user i can guarantuee you such idea is prone to fail. It comes down to some self-discipline and yes, technology makes it easy. It can help you, morally.

Chances are you have a modern router. Find 'parental settings' or something, and set a time clock. Of course, you can overrule it (and from an addictive point of view i even say: feel free so, to do so, at any time you wish). But the netto effect is: If you do nothing (have this self discipline) your internet will be on between 19:00 and 20:00, enough to check your email after cooking, and shuts down after. In the morning dito, have a 30 minute timeframe to fetch that mail or facebook.

On older routers, just plug in such simple 24h wall-clock.

Also, leave pc on, purposely, to rediscover the stuff we could do with computers for 30+ years (about since home computer was invented, around 80's) without ever using internet. Yes, the good old cassette tapes etc, maybe you have nostalgia to that times? [personally, nostalgia, yes. longing back to it, no. how convenient 'just clicking download' is these days]. Going off-topic here, cause my key point was: it's about addiction control:

Make appointments with yourself. Try to keep to them. Do NOT feel guilty when you don't keep to them, just review the appointments you made with yourself.

gl from a junkie.

Printer

Submission + - A Solar-Powered 3D Printer Prints Glass from Sand (thisiscolossal.com)

Tx-0 writes: From the article:
Industrial designer and tinkerer Markus Kayser spent the better part of a year building and experimenting with two fantastic devices that harness the sun’s power in some of the world’s harshest climates. The first he calls a Sun Cutter, a low-tech light cutter that uses a large ball lens to focus the sun’s rays onto a surface that’s moved by a cam-guided system. As the surface moves under the magnified light it cuts 2D components like a laser. The project was tested for the first time in August 2010 in the Egyptian desert and Kayser used thin plywood to create the parts for a few pairs of pretty sweet shades. But he didn’t stop there. Next, Kayser began to examine the process of 3D printing. Merging two of the deserts most abundant resources, nearly unlimited quantities of sand and sun, he created the Solar Sinter, a device that melts sand to create 3D objects out of glass.

Idle

Submission + - WikiLove to encourage newbie editors? (i-programmer.info)

mikejuk writes: Wikipedia has a cunning plan to make wikipedians nicer to each other — its all about WikiLove. They can click on the Love button to make each other feel good about contributing anything from an article to an edit. The idea is that this will encourage newbie editors to stay and contribute rather than slink away into the rest of the web because their contributions get deleted and derided.
Perhaps all we need for world peace is a big enough love button.

Comment could this replace adds (Score 1) 165

Most likely, a system like this is so inefficient in terms of network usage vs potentional computational power plus added administrative overhead, that it would only be wasted bandwidth and electricity and netto only harmful on a macro scale.

Better have the wikipedia servers, and other datacenters, run some boinc when idling. But they won't do that cause it's directly translated to the electricity bill. Network and cpu power are cheap, but still not free, and cpu's make up a large part of that power bill especially when used.

I do however like the general idea though, of 'giving some useful cpu time back' as thanks for using a free service. For example, as alternative for the now-common advertise system. As long if it could be done efficient, i see no objection at all, but i'm afraid it can't, at least not on a 'per-web-request' microscale.

Comment Been figuring for a few days (Score 1) 722

And i've still no clue what would be the most close answer. As numerous people said above, there's none, and not even 1 that comes close enough to be obvious.

Functional names doesn't really match as those names are not describing anything function.

'People' in the first 2 options make it impossible to use any other self-name.

'I don't name my servers' suggest the servers do it themselve or use install defaults, yet, might be the best option as _others_ have named those objects or thing i have named them after already.

Pets, i wish... maybe 'pet projects' or 'pet interests' might suit, but pets.. besides, i have more boxes to name than pets to name them after so i never considered pets as option.

I'm afraid i have to let this poll expire and never get that 'answer 25 polls in a row' achievement...

Linux

Submission + - Boot Linux in your browser

An anonymous reader writes: Fabrice Bellard, the initiator of the QEMU emulator, wrote a PC emulator in Javascript. You can now boot Linux in your browser provided it is recent enough (Firefox 4 and Google Chrome 11 are reported to work).
Education

Submission + - At last - Quicksort the dance! (i-programmer.info)

mikejuk writes: How can you not be impressed by a group of people who manage to dance the steps of the quicksort algorithm? I've known skilled programmers get it wrong and even when they have it right still not be sure how it all works. Now the folk dancing team from Sapientia University are back with their realization of quicksort as a dance despite predictions that it couldn't be done.
Watch the video to see if they have managed it correctly and keep your eyes on the hats!

User Journal

Journal Journal: Why Paint.net sux

What started as a nice project a few years ago, has now become a pain.inthewherethesundontshine. The sheer arrogance of the developers combined with the fact that it is closed source, proves once again why open source is so important and here to stay.
I'm ready to believe the developer had, and has, best intends. I'm also ready to accept his time is limited and that he can not comply to every wish by every user.
Why the hassle you'll ask. Well, after - fi

Apple

Submission + - iPad-like Tablet from 1994 - Should Apple Sue? (gawker.com)

Glyn Moody writes: "Back in 1994, Knight Ridder put together an amazingly prescient video about a tablet device for reading the news. Interestingly, it is rectangular, with rounded corners and has a black border — all elements that Apple is claiming Samsung’s Galaxy Tab "slavishly copies" from the iPad. Perhaps Apple should sue Knight Ridder retrospectively..."

Submission + - Passerby Arrested For Cracking Joke (villagevoice.com)

cobracommand0 writes: We all know that sarcasm is the lowest form of humor, but who knew it could land you a "move directly to jail without passing go" roll in the game of life? New York City's War on Bikes results in some collateral damage as a sarcastic passerby gets the attention of an alpha male cop, who promptly calls in the cavalry and arrests him for "harassment, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest."

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