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I'd support World University and School, which is like Wikipedia with MIT OpenCourseWare, with free, online, MIT-centric, bachelor's, Ph.D., law and M.D. degrees planned in many countries and languages, and for people-to-people, wiki teaching and learning, in all 3,000-8,000 languages and in http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School Ph.D. Degrees at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School World University Law School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School World University Medical School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School World University Music School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme (probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish) (WUaS incorporated in April 2010 as an educational non-profit in California, and received 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in 2011. WUaS is Creative Commons' licensed - http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.html).

I'd support World University and School, which is like Wikipedia with MIT OpenCourseWare, with free, online, MIT-centric, bachelor's, Ph.D., law and M.D. degrees planned in many countries and languages, and for people-to-people, wiki teaching and learning, in all 3,000-8,000 languages and in http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School Ph.D. Degrees at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School World University Law School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School World University Medical School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School World University Music School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme (probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish) (WUaS incorporated in April 2010 as an educational non-profit in California, and received 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in 2011. WUaS is Creative Commons' licensed - http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.html).

I'd support World University and School, which is like Wikipedia with MIT OpenCourseWare, with free, online, MIT-centric, bachelor's, Ph.D., law and M.D. degrees planned in many countries and languages, and for people-to-people, wiki teaching and learning, in all 3,000-8,000 languages and in http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School Ph.D. Degrees at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School World University Law School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School World University Medical School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School World University Music School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme (probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish) (WUaS incorporated in April 2010 as an educational non-profit in California, and received 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in 2011. WUaS is Creative Commons' licensed - http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.html).

I'd support World University and School, which is like Wikipedia with MIT OpenCourseWare, with free, online, MIT-centric, bachelor's, Ph.D., law and M.D. degrees planned in many countries and languages, and for people-to-people, wiki teaching and learning, in all 3,000-8,000 languages and in http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School Ph.D. Degrees at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School World University Law School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School World University Medical School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School World University Music School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme (probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish) (WUaS incorporated in April 2010 as an educational non-profit in California, and received 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in 2011. WUaS is Creative Commons' licensed - http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.html).

"No effort required, it is a bit like glancing at the speedo while you're driving."

So you're saying that it takes a while to get the image out of your head?

The ship does not actually move itself, but, using the Dark Matter Accelerator, it moves the universe around it as stated by Professor Farnsworth, and later realized by Cubert Farnsworth.

http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Planet_Express_ship

Exotic matter, by definition, requires violations of the known laws of physics. ... the currently accepted laws of physics indicate that you need to break the laws of physics to make the drive work.

Yes it sounds improbable, perhaps infinitly improbable, but all we need is some calculations as to exactly how improbable, a finite improbability generator, and a fresh cup of really hot tea.

... but I'm not sure if that is a continuous 1.21 gigawatts

Can we get that in bowler hat form?

This brings a new meaning to the old Royal Guardsmen song 'Bears':

[third verse]
While swimming in your pool try not loose your cool
And be drown-ded... by a Water-Bear!

Citation: http://lyrics.wikia.com/The_Royal_Guardsmen:Bears

Err, no, it requires much more knowledge, intent and work to tap a phone line. To "invade your privacy" over wi-fi all you need is a run-of-the-mill adapter and "Automatically connect to public networks" setting.

There was a case about contents of WiFi already. It goes like this: person A had open wifi. He also had a shared folder with child porn. Person B connected to is wifi, found the shared folder and notified the police. Police came over, connected to wi-fi and arrested him. "A" argued that the evidence was obtained against the law, but judge denied this, ruling that there was no expectation of privacy.

How do you even distinguish between listening to signal and content? Following your reasoning, it's legal to sit behind someone talking, but it's illegal to listen and understand.

Maybe that is not the best study in the world, but you seem to me to be ignoring the context here. I was originally responding to a comment that included stuff on asthma, allergies, and fibromyalgia. The page I am citing and the references covers many allergies, and fibromyalgia in that context (fibromyalgia in practice perhaps often being a catch-all phrase for joint pain which can have multiple causes). Also, you are just out of hand dismissing an MD's report on his own decades of clinical experience. And that experience is also reflected by reports by others, if you look around. It is just not extremely profitable or easy advice to give in this society, compared to pill pushing and surgery selling.

By the way:
"The relation between vitamin D deficiency and fibromyalgia syndrome in women"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21894355

And:
"5 Ways To Control Fibromyalgia With Diet: New research shows that picking these foods may ease pain"
http://www.prevention.com/node/27278
http://www.prevention.com/health/health-concerns/5-ways-control-fibromyalgia-diet/5-veg-out
"Some researchers speculate that oxidative stress may be a cause of fibro symptoms. Oxidative stress occurs when the body doesnâ(TM)t produce enough antioxidants to battle cell-damaging free radicals in the body. Most fruits and veggies are packed with important antioxidants, like vitamins A, C, and E, which fight free radicals to keep your body normalized. Certain studies also show a raw, vegan diet can improve symptoms, but thatâ(TM)s difficult for most people to follow. If you do choose to eat meat, though, opt for a small portion of grass-fed beef. "It is an excellent source of iron and vitamin B12, both nutrients which are extremely important in keeping your pain-processing nervous system healthy," says Holton."

Of course, they don't cite their studies; some other studies are mentioned here:
http://www.beyondveg.com/cat/links-out/raw-research.shtml

So, be skeptical of new information. But how about being skeptical about old information, too? And maybe going a bit further and looking around for yourself at a new idea (or an old one that was forgotten or driven out socially)? It's not very scientific to just dismiss all new ideas for lack of enough evidence (for example, what kept us from LENR (Cold Fusion) for two decades because some hot fusion scientists at MIT could not replicate an experiment in a week or two where success would have jeopardized their own livelihood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoskepticism
http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Pathological_skepticism
http://pesn.com/2011/12/27/9601994_History_of_MITs_Blatant_Suppression_of_Cold_Fusion/

The scientific enterprise in our society is so messed up in so many ways, as reflected in the quotes I collected here; one example:
http://www.pdfernhout.net/to-james-randi-on-skepticism-about-mainstream-science.html#Some_quotes_on_social_problems_in_science
"In the laboratory, Latour and Woolgar observed that a typical experiment produces only inconclusive data that is attributed to failure of the apparatus or experimental method, and that a large part of scientific training involves learning how to make the subjective decision of what data to keep and what data to throw out. To an untrained outsider, Latour and Woolgar argued the entire process resembles not an unbiased searc

All the way across the country from Dr House.

This was the series pilot subject disease.

As long as Bill is on this ship it would be fine.
Still, a horrible thing to inflict upon whatever world it lands on.

The way most science fiction and cape-comics writers get around this is by trying to claim the suits are one-offs from individual super geniuses a la Iron Man, Steel and even Batman at times.

Of course, this has absolutely no bearing in reality. It's really not going to happen that "just this one person in the world can makes this". I don't know if it would be awesome or terrifying if such and individual arose, but the idea is so silly that, as you said, it's not likely to ever leave the realm of fiction.

The way most science fiction and cape-comics writers get around this is by trying to claim the suits are one-offs from individual super geniuses a la Iron Man, Steel and even Batman at times.

Of course, this has absolutely no bearing in reality. It's really not going to happen that "just this one person in the world can makes this". I don't know if it would be awesome or terrifying if such and individual arose, but the idea is so silly that, as you said, it's not likely to ever leave the realm of fiction.

The way most science fiction and cape-comics writers get around this is by trying to claim the suits are one-offs from individual super geniuses a la Iron Man, Steel and even Batman at times.

Of course, this has absolutely no bearing in reality. It's really not going to happen that "just this one person in the world can makes this". I don't know if it would be awesome or terrifying if such and individual arose, but the idea is so silly that, as you said, it's not likely to ever leave the realm of fiction.

it was Gale. Gale was the dog. His last episode was called "Problem Dog"
http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Gale_Boetticher

"Jesse, who is on the verge of tears walks towards Gale still pointing the gun at his head but doesn't reply to Gale's offers. Gale looks down and implores Jesse to not kill him, and tells him that he doesn't have to do it. He raises his eyes up to Jesse and appears to focus his vision on the barrel of the gun. A second later, he pulls the trigger and the gun goes off ("Full Measure")"

FSM followers go to the Great Pasta Bowl where they enjoy enjoy stripper factories & beer volcanoes for all eternity. Steve Jobs might make a guest appearance as a meatball.

I'm thinking something along Oblivion's Annoying Fan might do the job, and have a chance to fit in.

Considering the size of Fallout 3, the bug list is pretty short. Personally, I've never had any issues with Fallout 3. New Vegas is a different story. But then again, Bethesda didn't make New Vegas. Obsidian did.

Capcom thought about this a while ago http://capcom.wikia.com/wiki/Baby_Head

This. Canon PowerShot hackers have developed a replacement firmware to provide the user more tools than the standard firmware - scripting, access to RAW files, and so on. It is, however, still a hack, so things like power management take a hit.

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Other cameras have the ability to install your own firmware. I forget which brand it is, but you can give yourself manual controls on a compact digital camera, the likes of which are normally only found on much more expensive, bulkier DSLs. These cameras have better software options than my camera does, despite being much more expensive.

Think you meant less expensive, and you're probably talking about CHDK for Canon cameras.

Artist's concept of a dusty torus, or donut, of accreting material fueling a quasar.

There's a "WASH ME" car analogy in there somewhere... I just can't find it!

Probably a reference to http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Border_search_exception

>one step closer to recording myself into a body not ravaged by television and cheetos

One step closer to nerve stapling.

I'll leave you to guess which of the two technologies gets developed first.

Too bad Tony Stark isn't real. I want a resilient repulsor powered car. http://images.wikia.com/marveldatabase/images/c/c6/Stark_Resilient's_Repulsor_Car.JPG

Immediately remembered about Tata Motors.

Human space flight has so far consisted of series of expensive demo projects. Our one big attempt at building an affordable, reusable low orbit vehicle (the space shuttle) has finally sputtered out. The various private efforts at building spacecraft are steps in the right direction, but very tiny ones. The ISS does some cool science, but doesn't represent the beginning of a real space infrastructure — it can't even provide its inhabitants with clean clothes!

If we want people in space, we need to spend a lot of money on long term goals. That means big, high-orbit reusable vehicles, and finding some way to bootstrap the whole thing economically (asteroid mining? zero-gee factories?), so we don't have to keep coming back to taxpayers who are less and less likely to shell out for blue sky projects. It's technically feasible, but do you see any politician motivated to stake his career on making it happen?

Unless things change drastically (like some genius inventing a practical alternative to chemical rockets, or the Overlords invade and give us some motivation), even a return to the moon is a pipe dream, never mind a trip to Mars. And yet I hear people talking as if it's a done deal.

Jeez, what are you taking, and where can I get a prescription?

...which generally means that the translation is a lot worse (especially at that time). Then again, it could have more gems like "You spoony bard!".

"Asplode" is a perfectly cromulent English word, dontcherknow?

Hey, ease up, Zadaz. You'd probably be an irritating asshole if you were a god of death, too.

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Kelemvor

I always associated kangaroo courts with Australians or perhaps Dr. Seuss

I remember playing that competition. What stumped me is that I could not find Warmech

I beat the game like 3-4 times in search of him, but the Random Number Generator never let me encounter this dude :) Congratulations on your win. Back then I was so hungry for any video game competition. I did pretty well in the Super Mario Bros/Rad Racer/Tetris world championships once. I guess I should fire up Starcraft2 and play for serious because that's where some of the best Esports is right now.

Why didn't you just google 'neighboring right' and see that it indeed is the term to use: http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Neighboring_rights

Monty, is that you?

There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.

I'm willing to be that he's including in his numbers all the people who bought editions of the game that came with the DLC included.

For DAO, these included a home base with a storage chest. I mean, FFS, a home base with a storage facility has been part of the RPG milieu for as long as I can remember (in games where you have a limited inventory capacity). You have sufficient camp followers with wagons in DAO to justify a chest being part of your camp, so it's not done for narrative reasons - it's done to exploit the well-known hoarding tendencies of RPG players.

Clearly your not a 70s DC comics fan. Here's the goal:

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superbaby_(Earth-One)

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out "I TOLD YOU SO!"

Yes.

All this and more...

She clearly sees this micro-culture as an unfortunate anomaly, not something fundamental to hacker culture.

No, she doesn't:

Inspired by multiple reports of groping, sexual assault, and pornography at open tech/culture conferences, the Ada Initiative co-founders...

Note "conferences". Aurora is an Ada initiative co-founder.
Also this little timeline of "geek" "crimes against women", which she refers to: TImeline
Many of these are not done by geeks (e.g. the Ecole Polytechnique massacre), others aren't "crimes", some are neither.

In 1991 the Philosopher's Stone became the target of the Dark Wizard Lord Voldemort in his quest for immortality. Voldemort used a human host, Quirinus Quirrell, to seek it out at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where it was being held. The stone was originally stored at Gringotts Wizarding Bank in Vault 713. However, possibly suspecting a threat, Albus Dumbledore had Rubeus Hagrid retreive the stone the very morning of an attempted robbery.

http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Philosopher's_Stone

You could use this:
http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Fing-Longer

Here's your problem, bro:

http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Nice_guy_syndrome

I know it's not exactly the same, but the first thing that came to mind was ch'hala trees from the Star Wars novel "The Last Command" (specifically, the "making any touch to the parts of the plant a replayable signal"). Of course, "touch" is different from air movements, but should that "minor" detail be worked out, just hook up something to broadcast those signals and instant spies! ;-)

This lot sound like they should all be on the Golgafrincham B ark: http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Golgafrincham

The Geek Feminism blog claims the use of Lena Soderberg's image as the first in a long list of geek crimes against women. This despite the fact that the crop of the image normally used shows no nudity, and that if it were in a different magazine, the full shot would have been considered an artistic nude.

As you can see on the following page, this is not an isolated indecent:
http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_incidents

If you want to show a pattern, you have to make the so-called "incidents" have something in common. The Ecole Polytechnique massacre, really? Taking a computer science course (and dropping out) does not make one a geek.

A lot of the rest aren't much more convincing. A sexually suggestive ad ("support") which would not raise an eyebrow in the mainstream? The "OMG ponies" Slashdot April Fools joke?

The only pattern I'm really seeing is repeated attempts to smear geeks and geek culture with the label of misogynistic. I might think there was something to it except
1) I know a lot of geeks -- of them, only one might have an issue, and he's moved over to the sales side since. Also not a software guy.
2) I've seen "brogramming" used as an example. Not the existence of the joke, but the existence of the actual thing.

As you can see on the following page, this is not an isolated indecent:
http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_incidents

Sadly, this type of behavior is often considered "normal" in geek communities. Other than just talking about the problem, what can people do about it? For starters, make sure that your event has an anti-harassment policy (http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy) and make sure you actually enforce it. I've seen several female friends and colleagues harassed at conferences and events only to be told, "Oh that's normal, just ignore him" or otherwise dismissed. And then we wonder why there are few women attending these events!