[27-09-2006] Aunque la fecha real es el 7 de septiembre, hoy Google celebra oficialmente su octavo cumpleaños con la inclusión de un logo conmemorativo.

¿Cuándo usaste Google por primera vez? Uno de los primeros artículos que dieron a conocer a este buscador fue este de Scott Rosenberg en ’salon.com’ en diciembre de 1998 (titulado “Yes, there is a better search engine”), en el que descubrían un nuevo buscador “con el raro nombre de Google.com”.

fuente : http://google.dirson.com/post/2855-google-celebra-8-anos/

Las autoridades chinas han llegado a la conclusión que es mejor dejar a una computadora decidir si un delincuente ha de ser ejecutado.

Un software desarrollado en China está siendo usado por jueces de ese país para decidir las sentencias a aplicar por 100 delitos distintos, entre los que figuran asalto y violación.

La “calculadora punitiva” realiza sus cálculos y propone una sentencia, incluida la pena capital.

Jueces corruptos
El software está orientado a reducir el problema de los jueces corruptos, y hasta ahora ha sido empleado en 1.500 causas judiciales, escribe el periódico británico Daily Mail.

El desarrollador Qin Ye ha trabajado con el programa desde 2003. Ye explica que el software analiza los datos ingresados, que consulta contra una base de datos consistente de las leyes chinas y causas que han sentado precedente legal. Luego de analizar los datos, el programa propone una condena.

El programa ha sido usado durante un período piloto de dos años, y pronto será adoptado en el resto del país.

Record mundial
Sin embargo, voces críticas han argumentado que el software permitirá a los jueces relajarse y no hacer su trabajo, especialmente en causas complejas, que requieren aplicación de criterio. De igual modo, se recalca que el software, como cualquier otro, puede ser hackeado y alterado.

China aplica la pena de muerte para 68 delitos, que incluyen la bigamia, el robo de combustible, la evasión tributaria y el hacking.

En ese país, el Estado quita la vida a más personas que ningún otro país del mundo, incluso en términos demográficos relativos. En 2005 se documentaron 1.779 ejecuciones en China, pero según Amnistía Internacional la cifra real se acerca a las 8.000 debido al número de ejecuciones sumarias secretas.

En 2000, esta publicación informaba sobre un sistema similar aplicado en Brasil, con el nombre de “Justicia Instantánea”.

THE CHINESE have decided that it is better to let a computer decide if a criminal should be executed.

New software patched into a legal database is being used by judges on 100 different crimes, including robbery and rape, by tapping in details of the crime and the mitigating circumstances.

The “penalty calculator” provides a recommended sentence including those punishable by death.

The software was designed as a method of dealing with corrupt judges and been trailed in 1,500 cases. Now it looks like it will be used in courts across the land.

Software designer Qin Ye has been working on the program since 2003 and, helped by Shandong legal officials, has loaded it with a huge database of Chinese law and case precedents.

On the plus side it will ensure standarised decisions on prison terms and avoid abuse of the discretionary power of judges as a result of corruption or insufficient legal training.

On the downside the judges will not have to pay so much attention in drawn-out trials. If the software is ever hacked, then it would be possible for a murder to get a light sentence, or a person who wears a loud shirt in a built up area to be sentenced to death by firing squad.

China has the death penalty for 68 offences including, bigamy, stealing petrol, tax evasion and computer hacking.

The neccesity of sharing files is increasing with the time, and the option of “attaching” files on the e-mail has a limit of size.
A very attractive option to send and share your files are throught virtual drive disks, and here is a list of address that offer this service:

La necesidad de compartir archivos esta aumentando con el pasar del tiempo, y la opcion de “adjuntar” archivos en el e-mail tiene tamaño limitado.
Una muy atractiva opcion es enviar y compartir tus archivos a traves de discos virtuales, y aquie hay una lista de direcciones que ofrecen este servicio:

www.yousendit.com (sitio en inglés)
www.sendthisfile.com (sitio en inglés)
www.xdrive.com (sitio en inglés)
www.discovirtual.terra.com (sitio en español)

Personally, I’ve been using Yousendit.com and also Mailbigfile, getting good results.

I hope this was helpful for you!

Personalmente, he estado usando Yousendit.com y tambien Mailbigfile, consiguiendo buenos resultados.
Espero que haya sido de ayuda!!

Cuentan de un gigante que se disponia a atravesar un rio profundo y se encontro en la orilla con un pigmeo que no sabia nadar y no podia atravesar el rio por su profundidad. El gigante lo cargo sobre sus hombros y se metio en el agua.

Hacia la mitad de la travesia, el pigmeo, que sobresalia casi medio metro por encima de la cabeza del gigante, alcanzo a ver, sigilosamente apostados tras la vegetacion de la otra orilla, a los indios de una tribu que esperaban con sus arcos a que se acercase el gigante.

El pigmeo aviso al gigante, Este se detuvo, dio media vuelta y comenzo a deshacer la travesia. En aquel momento, una flecha disparada desde la otra orilla se hundio en el agua cerca del gigante, pero sin haber podido ya llegar hasta el. Asi ocurrio con otras sucesivas flechas, mientras ambos - gigante y pigmeo - ganaban la orilla de salida sanos y salvos.

El gigante dio las gracias al pigmeo, pero este le replico: - ‘Si no me hubiese apoyado en ti, no habria podido ver mas lejos que tu’.
“Solo cuando nos apoyamos unos a otros logramos ver mas alla de nuestros horizontes”.

Creo que todos conocen a Eric S. Raymond el fundador del OSS y bien conocido por sus documentos de Halloween. Hay mucho que se puede decir de el, pero primero checkeen esta graciosa conversacion de mail entre Eric y Microsoft.
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I think you all know Eric S. Raymond the founder of OSS and well know for his Halloween Documents. There is lot to be told about him. But first do check out a funny conversation mail between Eric and Microsoft.

The following is, verbatim, a letter Eric received from a Microsoft recruiter.

From: “Mike Walters (Search Wizards)”

To:

Eric,

I am a member of the Microsoft Central Sourcing Team. Microsoft is seeking world class engineers to help create products that help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.

Your name and contact info was brought to my attention as someone who could potentially be a contributor at Microsoft. I would love an opportunity to speak with you in detail about your interest in a career at Microsoft, along with your experience, background and qualifications.

I would be happy to answer any questions that you may have and can also provide you with any information I have available in regard to the position s and work life at Microsoft.

Please take a moment to visit My Calendar online to schedule a convenient time for me to contact you. You can learn more about our vision for the New World of Work at http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail.

Additionally, if you are aware of any current or previous colleagues who might also be interested in opportunities at Microsoft, I would be happy to speak with them as well. Referrals are always welcome, and are greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance and I look forward to an opportunity to speak to you in the near future Best regards,

Mike

How far will you go?
Mike Walters
CST Senior Recruiter
Microsoft
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052

I called Mike Walters, who told me my name had been passed to him by his research team. I indicated to him that I thought somebody was probably having a little joke at his expense, and promised him an email reply. Here is my reply in its entirety:
To: “Mike Walters (Search Wizards)”
From:

I’d thank you for your offer of employment at Microsoft, except that it indicates that either you or your research team (or both) couldn’t get a clue if it were pounded into you with baseball bats.

What were you going to do with the rest of your afternoon, offer jobs to Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds? Or were you going to stick to something easier, like talking Pope Benedict into presiding at a Satanist orgy?

If you had bothered to do five seconds of background checking, you might have discovered that I am the guy who responded to Craig Mundie’s “Who are you?” with “I’m your worst nightmare”, and that I’ve in fact been something pretty close to your company’s worst nightmare since about 1997. You’ve maybe heard about this “open source” thing?

You get one guess who wrote most of the theory and propaganda for it and talked IBM and Wall Street and the Fortune 500 into buying in.

But don’t think I’m trying to destroy your company. Oh, no; I’d be just as determined to do in any other proprietary-software monopoly, and the community I helped found is well on its way to accomplishing that goal.

On the day *I* go to work for Microsoft, faint oinking sounds will be heard from far overhead, the moon will not merely turn blue but develop polkadots, and hell will freeze over so solid the brimstone will go superconductive.

But I must thank you for dropping a good joke on my afternoon. On that hopefully not too far distant day that I piss on Microsoft’s grave, I sincerely hope none of it will splash on you.

Cordially yours,
Eric S. Raymond

What is more indecent, a group of people including women protesting against government actions without their shirts on or a government bombarding a country?

¿Que es mas indecente, un grupo de personas incluyendo mujeres protestando contra las acciones del gobierno sin una camisa o que un gobierno bombardee un pais?

Segun la cancion del video: “Una vez en el tiempo la vida era mas simple,
en el que las personas tomaban de la naturaleza solo lo que necesitaban
y siempre habia suficiente para todos…”

A year older , this day always makes me take a look in my life, I decided that my goal for today would be to do something meaningful and I think I did it, spending time with old friends and family is always pleasent and getting phone calls, greeting cards and e-mails always cheers me up. Thanks to all my friends, family/friends and those people that even though we aren’t too close we are still part of eachother’s life and there is respect and consideration between us. (Read more)

Un añito mas de vida Esta epoca siempre me lleva a una introspeccion, decidi que hoy mi proposito seria hacer algo con significado y creo que lo he logrado, pasar un tiempo con viejas amistades y familia siempre es placentero y recibir llamadas, tarjetas y correos de personas siempre alegra el corazon. Gracias a todos mis amigos, familia/amigos y aquellas personas que aunq no somos muy cercanos somos parte de la vida del otro y nos tenemos respeto y consideracion. (Leer mas)

For those who spend hours watching videos in YouTube (like me) and want to be able of seeing them offline, I leave some tips here showing how to do it, it’s simple and it’s in steps. (Read more)
Para aquellos que se la pasan viendo videos en YouTube por horas (asi como yo) y quieren tener la posibilidad de verlo offline, aqui les dejo algunos tips de como hacerlo, es sencillo y esta por pasos. (Leer mas)