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Just so the rest of the world doesn't think that it's a small minority of Americans who are doing this, a set of polls on evolution vs Creationism. The majority of Americans believe that we were created by a god in 6 days 10,000 years ago. The religious right's ability to keep proper science out of the class is starting to bite us in the ass as it will get harder to aprove biotech and other "controversial sciences" for funding. The same scientific ignorance causes Americans to abhorr homosexuality as a sinful path chosen by evil people rather than realizing it's a natural mindset encoded into the brain before birth. My only hope for the science in this country is that someone in the government will realize that we should spend money on education instead of war before the median scientific knowledge of our "first world" country falls below that of "third world" countries.

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Wired article as proof

I actually first heard about the slashdot story about the magic sticker when I was reading one of Randi's weekly commentaries where one of the readers comments about certain Slashdotter's inability to seperate reality from fantasy. BTW, the sticker qualifies for the Million Dollar prize along with evidence of psychics, homeopathic medicine, or other bullshit.

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It should be noted that the claim about whether life on Mars exists is not without contrevery. Levin contends that the Viking probes did detect evidence of life on Mars based on biochemical signatures. This past evidence is now supported by the belief that Mars might have an organic methane source. There is also some evidence that Viking detected a circadian rhythm, but like all conclusions draw on such a limited data set, there are a lot of interpretations.

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While I understand that Joe Six Pack wants plug and play functionality without configuring, it is really that hard to add in another layer? When the AP is running on factory settings, it can just cause all Web requests to route to the configuration page along with an easy to explain set up about passwords. AP passwords aren't hard as normal passwords since many APs are in a secure building so writing the password on the AP and locking it in the closet would work half decently.

While the user has to take some blame for technical ignorance, the AP makers also have to take some blame here since they have the tech people to implement better security.

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This isn't as obvious as it sounds. The sites that the article talks about are not the Gratis (e.g., freeipods.com, freegamingsystems.com, freeMiniMacs.com) sites. They are the sites that have the "Hit the target to win an iPod" ads, and then ask you to complete a survey. From what I have seen, it is so obvious that those sites are a waste of time and money, I can't believe anyone tries them.

The Gratis sites are completely legitimate, and it is actually beneficial to complete the offers to get the iPod. I actually got the shipment of my free 1GB iPod Shuffle today (for my fiancee; she was thrilled), and by doing a $1/month trial of Great Fun (I think), I ended up with $20 in Circuit City gift certificates to boot. Hardly a waste of my time, since all I had to do was take 5 minutes to fill out the sign-up form, and then take 5 minutes to call in and cancel (literally, 5 minutes). So in the end, my free iPod Shuffle cost me negative $19 and 10 minutes. Not bad at all.

We need alternative forms of distribution too. I'm not saying publishers suck, although I do believe that in many cases. [laughter] If the plane went down who would care about the marketing guys? We need another way of getting games out there and in players' hands. If any of you bought Half Life 2 at Wal-Mart, please just leave the room.
This is one of the major gripes that people have about games. Acquiring a publisher just adds another person in the contract which brings about more legal hassle (remember Valve delaying HL2's Steam release to match the hardcopy release?) and more overhead. Given the nature of software, physical copies are completely overrated unless they have interesting bonus material. It would be much nicer if companies who make games that are primarily online (Q3, CS, all MMORPGS) just dropped the whole physical aspect. They could just tack on a BitTorrent client to a lightweight download/install program and just send it out to everyone. Then encourage people to make copies of the data files and distribute it to friends (since this is impossible to stop) and just sell the CD keys online. This would be just as effective for games that already require an Internet connection. They could also just give out the installer on DVD for free in stores and sell the CD key online or sell physical cards in stores that contain a CD key.

One of these days, the companies will catch up with the state of technology.

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Look, since it is a pyramid scheme, some people don't get an ipod. Specifically, those who don't go out and get referrals. However, if you join a conga line early enough, like before it hits 40 people, you will actually get your ipod.It's not that hard. Use a disposable email address if oyu are worried about spam, and only get an offer that you would ahve wanted anyway. Not all of us have the kind of money to buy an ipod with cash, so this is a reasonable thing to do.

Wired has shown that this scheme is not disingenous.

Here is the link to the various offers if you want to them yourself.
Free ipods - the original offer from Gratis networks
MP3 players for free - I like this one as it gives you the option of cash, much better than an ipod in my opinion
Grab Free Gear - LCD's, gameboy's, lots of stuff


Here is smartcongalines -they have many various offers for everything from shuffles to playstations and xboxes or mini pc's. This is good for those who are not interested in actively getting referrals, just sign up, and wait. It may take some time, but sooner or later hyou will get ipod or whatever.

Check these out, and remember to read the small print and use your brain. If you are smart, you can benefit from this whole free ipod fad.

You can also use a temporary credit card if you're really paranoid. These function as debit cards so you only risk the amount of money you put it. This might be useful if you're ultra paranoid and like to limit the number of people you give your credit card to. You still need a real credit card for WebCertificate but it is an extra layer of protection.

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Likewise for me with a Mac Mini. I did have to pay $0.99 for one of the offers, but the key is to sign up for an offer that's actually worth it rather than one of the crazy ones like diet pills.

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Disclaimer: I haven not tried hard nor received
my free ipod...

But...

Several friends of mine have... Some have even gotten free flat panel monitors,
and even a free Dell Dimension 4000 system... Apparently, it helps to have
a popular website to promote it...
But the truth of the matter is that SOME of these free offers do exist... Wired
has published stories with mixed results...

Also, since signing up, I haven't noticed *any* increase in snail mail spam... I
did not give out my real phone number, and no credit card is necessary. My
throwaway gmail account has only 8 messages in it (and only 2 may be related...)
so who knows... I am a believer for the time being....

Sign up and find out for yourself.

The output system will be the same as normal 3d films since 3d movie tech hasn't evolved that much. I'm guessing a pair of polarized lenses in the standard cheap paper glasses. The interesting part is generating 3d images from 2d data. Since Lucas didn't film all the scenes in 3d, he has to use postproduction tricks to extract 3d info. This is mainly done using parallax shifts which is when the foreground and background images apparently move at different speeds during a pan. Static shots would probably have to be 3d'd (or whatever buzzword) in a semi-manual fashion with people telling the computer which parts are at which distance. This also means that certain objects like a person sitting still at a table with a gun won't have enough information to be 3d'd and will either be done manually or left in 2d. It also means that the final movie won't be full 3d since there probably isn't enough parallax data to extract depth information about a person's face in most cases. So you'll have 2d foreground images moving in 3d in front of 2d background images. I'm not sure how good this would look in a full motion sequence.

I'm guessing the software will be similar to this with some changes due to the limited motions of normal cameras. That's the only intersting part about this whole venture.

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I can't seem to find any evidence that it's been discredited yet (Google keeps giving me the quack sites rather than trustable responses) but I did find this.
Since it was a news program, it can't be considered too credible. (Though, this might just be an American bias since we've had major news networks show "proof" of faith healing and the Apollo moon hoax) However, it seems to have been conducted by credible scientists along with Randi himself. As expected, it showed no statistical deviation.

Since 4 other studies seemed to support the orginal one, but no mention was made of how many contradicted it, I'm going to guess that all 5 studies supporting it were due to statistical or human error.

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While the idea of a 3D printer cheap enough for personal use /is/ going to revolutionize the world by making certain real items as cheap as software, the part about it being a von Neumann machine is overrated. The article just mentions it in passing and there is no evidence that he's actually figured out how to do that. That's been one of the holy grails of engineering since it was proposed. The article doesn't mention whether the materials used will be recyclable. Since everyone and their grandmother will start spitting out objects if they have this and since it would probably be cheaper to build a new object rather than repairing an old one, mass use of UCs will produce tons of waste. Imagine if you could never delete any file on your computer but could create more easily. You would run out of space very quickly.

BTW, for a good book on the social implications of cheap universal constructors, I suggest the Stephenson's book Diamond Age.

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Link It should be noted that this isn't an atmosphere in the common sense. The air is continually created and lost due to internal sources and weak gravity.

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Really? So like if I say click here to get a free Mac Mini or here for a free iPod it'll work!?!?!

...create a signature that advertises Free iPods and such after every forum post.

(Directed at no one in particular. Besides I actually like the company's Free Condoms offer...)

You must have been asleep when Gratis Internet started offering Free iPods (referral-free link). Then again, bloggers are necessarily a self-obsessed self-zealous group, concerned more with garnering interest than with creating actual content. The obsession with "help me get free shit! Click my ads!" is reminiscent of the AllAdvantage/GoGoCity/etc craze of 1999, when every personal web site had FREE MONEY FAST offers. Trust me! Some guy's personal web page says that he has a guy who took pictures of a REAL CHECK he got from the company! It works! Click here, dammit!

Just imagine: if this trend continues, the nightly news in 2020 will consist of "So I saw on NBC that Joe said that Mike said that Kim said that some guy in the Ukraine totally went to a web forum and downloaded info about HEY GET YOUR FREE MAC MICRO HERE something having to do with Korea. Comments?"

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Hey, I know wired wrote back in August that free ipod was "legit"... anyone know if they still are?

Since the same company is now doing: free minimac...

Any followups on this?

Does anyone know if this will this help or hinder battery life of laptops? Does offloading work to the GPU tend to increase power consumption or decrease power consumption? (I bet it increases)

Or should I say "notebooks", since today's portable computers tend to burn one's crotch and are really not designed to be used on one's lap.

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free ipods

http://www.freeipods.com/?r=13420731

http://www.FreeDesktopPC.com
http://www.freeiPods.com
http://www.FreeFlatScreens.com

reminds me of the 4 functions of the hypothalamus (four fs):

fighting, feeding, fleeing, and...mating...

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Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "Balls of Steel"

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The Dude: F*** sympathy! I don't need your f***in' sympathy, man, I need my f***ing johnson!

Donny: What do you need that for, Dude?

Maybe The Dude was wrong and Donnie was actually right, with prosthetic limbs on the way and all...

Sell your soul to the devil for a free ipod. Who wouldn't?

Mother: Dear, little Joey has swallowed the lego men who were SUPPOSED to be protecting our computer from malicious spyware! Now our computer is in danger of being INFECTED! What ever shall we do?

Father: Don't worry, cutesy buttons, we'll send a team of highly skilled lego robot probes to sift through Joey's feces in our Lego toilet. We won't let those little suckers get away so easily.

Mother: Are those robots water-proof and poop-proof?

Father: They are highly trained and heavily armored Lego dung probes. In the worst possible case, we'll have to summon the Lego Poopsmith to take care of things. In any event, we will hunt down and kill those deserting punks just as our savior Dubya did with Osama bin Lego....I mean Saddam....whoever the bad guy is according to Fox News....

Father and Mother, in unison: Oh, how we love the 11th commandment*! (kiss)


* 11th commandment == Patriot Act

Note: Cutesy buttons and Poopsmith references shamelessly taken from homestarrunner.com

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Sell your soul to the devil for a free ipod?
Who wouldn't?

this site it for real> www.freeiPods.com >> http://www.freeipods.com/?r=13116055> heres an artilce about it in wired & geek.com>>> http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,64614,00.html http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Aug/gee20040 819026544.htm use my referal link too;-) >> http://www.freeipods.com/?r=13116055

this site it for real> www.freeiPods.com >> http://www.freeipods.com/?r=13116055> heres an artilce about it in wired & geek.com>>> http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,64614,00.html http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Aug/gee20040 819026544.htm use my referal link too;-) >> http://www.freeipods.com/?r=13116055

"Oh please, please, please use my link: http://www.freeipods.com/?r=10879128"

Slashdotters would never do that. Well, I'd never do that. Well...

Oh well.

I think its free, my friend got one and he paid nothing.... I would say that was free, now I try to get one and I wont pay anything... http://www.freeipods.com/?r=8100213?

Well, this is ironic, isn't it? :-)

I joined for the free ipod deal. I don't see what all the fuss is about. The "affiliates" you have to sign up with are reputable companies that aren't going to start charging your credit card on a whim (e.g. AOL, Infone, Ebay, etc). And yes, you'll get a ton of spam on your email address...isn't that was throwaway accounts on yahoo or gmail are for? Is it a pyramid scheme? Of course it is. Gratis wouldn't be making any money if everyone got a free ipod just for signing up and doing nothing. Is it a scam? Absolutely not. I have several friends that have already gotten their ipods.

I haven't gotten my ipod yet, but I'm not particularly nervous about the prospect of whether or not I get one. I haven't spent any money, and my two main email accounts for friends and associates are perfectly free of Gratis spam.

What's the problem here?

A $45 purchase I would have never made otherwise. Oh well, there's still USENET. :)

Shhhhh...don't want them to start eyeing that...

Obligitory Free Ipod ....won't you help out an Ipod-less college student?

Try getting a free iPod from one of the many sites offering them.

http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=11684670
http://www.freephotoiPods.com/?r=11684514
http://www.tech4free.com/default.aspx?ref=1930
http://www.mp3players4free.com/default.aspx?r=4362 1
http://FreeiPodPhotos.com/index.php?referral=43

You could end up with serveral to hack...