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“ the chances are minuscule but collisions do occur out there in the Universe, and if one came our way and we had no tools like the Teller-Ulam designs, we'd be sitting ducks. ”

Do you have any idea how dangerous that would be to fire a nuclear bomb at an incoming asteroid? What does the Hydrogen bomb have to do with it?

Please watch any of Neil's stuff on this

The kind that would cause us extinction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fUgxmfgIlY

What happens if you “nuke” it:

http://youtu.be/vjdxuT8zhk0?t=3m37s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-ReuLZ2quc

Longer talk dedicated to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi54HYX9pWc

Now here is a target. http://youtu.be/0u7CWB40ezM

Agreed, I have not voted for Dem/Rep in 30 years. I agree w/Carlin. You can ask most Americans basic civic questions and they have no clue. Agree with previous poster that corruption/bribes is now out in open. http://youtu.be/07w9K2XR3f0

http://youtu.be/VSbNumR9Z8k

I really, really hope he follows suit according the understanding of Neil Degrass Tyson and Republicans "not wanting to be poor."

And as a result funding “would never be cut”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEGpuQIPVt8

Checks are cut for geo-political reasons

http://youtu.be/LWqNYiCAbsY?t=3m45s

Hopefully, I'm not falling for the bait.

I don't understand how you think this rates a patent.

Using well-known protocols and scripts already out there in the world I rigged my son's laptop to wake when he walks into the room. This constitutes a gesture in 3D space by the loosest criteria. If you read my post, I said that the patent on the sensing device and related firmware is fair, as that is what is determining the discrete actions in 3D space. However, patenting a response to an input which has very broad and very frequently used precedent is dubious at best.

As soon as the kinect came out dozens of people starting working on how to make the gesture capability do everything (even the impractical) via gesture. So the idea is neither obscure nor non-obvious. The code implementation will be unique and thus protected via copyright, and the gestures may be enforceable via trademark or copyright. This patent ranks right up there with "swipe-to-unlock" which again mimics a mouse movement in a different medium, making it stupidly obvious.

IF they did something super spiffy like authenticating the user via Fitbit, audible pacing of footsteps, and a gesture then the patent still would not be on the concept, it would be on the aggregation of the data in such a manner that it constitutes and unique representation of the user. Definitely patentable, but probably more profitable to keep under lock and key copyrighted. The only reason that Apple wants this patent is to "rent-seek" and inhibit competition on an obvious and ubiquitous feature while they can get away with it in court.

For reference:
http://www.sensiblevision.com/...
http://openkinect.org/wiki/Pro...
http://youtu.be/Krcguf4HO8Q MIT demo of gesture navigation in 3D space, sensors are different, concept... the same.
http://youtu.be/UtozGpoDhwk Same sort of interaction via camera.

Hopefully, I'm not falling for the bait.

I don't understand how you think this rates a patent.

Using well-known protocols and scripts already out there in the world I rigged my son's laptop to wake when he walks into the room. This constitutes a gesture in 3D space by the loosest criteria. If you read my post, I said that the patent on the sensing device and related firmware is fair, as that is what is determining the discrete actions in 3D space. However, patenting a response to an input which has very broad and very frequently used precedent is dubious at best.

As soon as the kinect came out dozens of people starting working on how to make the gesture capability do everything (even the impractical) via gesture. So the idea is neither obscure nor non-obvious. The code implementation will be unique and thus protected via copyright, and the gestures may be enforceable via trademark or copyright. This patent ranks right up there with "swipe-to-unlock" which again mimics a mouse movement in a different medium, making it stupidly obvious.

IF they did something super spiffy like authenticating the user via Fitbit, audible pacing of footsteps, and a gesture then the patent still would not be on the concept, it would be on the aggregation of the data in such a manner that it constitutes and unique representation of the user. Definitely patentable, but probably more profitable to keep under lock and key copyrighted. The only reason that Apple wants this patent is to "rent-seek" and inhibit competition on an obvious and ubiquitous feature while they can get away with it in court.

For reference:
http://www.sensiblevision.com/...
http://openkinect.org/wiki/Pro...
http://youtu.be/Krcguf4HO8Q MIT demo of gesture navigation in 3D space, sensors are different, concept... the same.
http://youtu.be/UtozGpoDhwk Same sort of interaction via camera.

As to a model of what, clearly a model of your mother having sex with me last night.

You deserve that response for asking a completely fucking stupid question. Obviously a climate model. Ask more offensively stupid questions and I'll respect with proportional contempt.

As to being an oil shill, I wish. Then I would still say what I believe and get paid for my trouble.

Let us not pretend there are a lot of people on the pro side that would say what they're saying for free... but they are getting paid... aren't they? Yes they are. From the scientists that exist in climate change departments that wouldn't have a tenth of the funding without AGW hysteria to the activists that support a life style parasiting off of donations, to the politicians that get votes and campaign contributions for saying things you want to hear, to the various financial interests that sell products that support your green economy.

Both sides get paid. I'm just sad I don't. I'd totally cash that check.

As to Europe cutting emissions, they're also in a deep recession. So... that's fucking shocking.

As to cynical libertarians, sure... and communists step into to make sure the market does the right thing too... they're probably cynical libertarians too.

Radical islamists that kill children are probably just cynical progressives. Right?

As to Russia boardering on Fascism, facism is typically left wing actually.

National Socialists were facist after all... and they were also socialists.

Can we dispense with existing political definitions? They've been twisted and perverted by too many corrupt people to make any logical sense any more.

Why don't you say what you believe, and I'll counter with what I believe.

Tabula Rasa. For the purposes of this discussion, you're not a crypto communist using environmental issues to achieve long term political an ideological goals. And I'm not whatever the hell you think I am.

As to guns in faces, if I ignore your policies what are you going to send after me? The police? And what will they do?

You threaten my people with bondage to your laws and death:
http://youtu.be/QkWS9PiXekE?t=...

We can have a good discussion. But if your policies rely on coercion rather then concensus and cooperation... then I'm going to label them as such. Your policies require and justify violence against people.

And what you do not grasp is that your ability to actually threaten me or the rest of the planet with such violence is empty. You can't even threaten me anymore credibly. Your policies are collapsing in the US. And beyond our national political spheres, your policies are a joke that the leaders of those lands play along with as an adult plays along with the games of a child.

They take you not seriously at all. Because you can't credibly threaten them.

The only reason you have gotten as far as you have in our societies is that you can credibly threaten many of us. But we are no less intelligent or powerful then you. And you can't keep that gun pressed against our head 24 hours a day. The barrel slips to the right or the left for a moment and we're gone. Which is why the Keystone pipeline is getting built.

That is what happens when your policies are based on threats of violence. You either convince us and speak to us as one man speaks to another in friendship. Or you are an enemy to be outwitted and outlasted.

Choose. Are you so addicted to threats of violence that you can truly see no other options besides pointing guns at people? If so... you make me sad.

Please provide a citation for that being a pure series hybrid being the original intent. Please also provide a citation discussing how the one driving scenario we've discussed above prevents the range extender from being transitioned to a larger battery or a fuel cell. As a counter point, here's one that shows that it wouldn't be difficult at all. Since the ICE is not needed for maximum acceleration or vehicle speed, the Volt does not need that mechanical connection, it is simply an optimization of the equipment that they already had on board for the existing design. Replace the ICE with a battery and you get some higher EV range, but when it runs out it runs out. Replace it with a fuel cell and a Hydrogen tank and you can replenish the battery from that, but now you have to deal with the lack of Hydrogen infrastructure and the challenge of transporting it safely.

The Volt is not a series hybrid. It is not a parallel hybrid. It is not a pure battery-EV. It can be any one of those things depending on driving conditions and state of charge. If you peruse this website and sort by EV% (distance traveled in EV mode as a percentage of total distance traveled) you can see people using their Volts anywhere from nearly completely EV mode all of the time to nearly always series/parallel-hybrid. Obviously there is a use-case for the entire spectrum.

http://youtu.be/ABrKlQVNuPE.

I'm drinking coffee right now that I just brewed in my percolator.

Like this.

http://youtu.be/OTqssZVc-c8 By Spishak, Inc.

How many Russian troops would storm Stalingrad if not for the _Russian_ machine guns aimed at their backs?

I might have been influenced by Enemy at the Gates
http://youtu.be/XgRyLz47liM?t=...
http://youtu.be/8yOBCGwMpeo?t=...
as for placing such activities during Battle of Stalingrad in particular. My historical education here is quite spotty - I was learning it back in times when it was NOT allowed to mention such things. After that, I have learned of the general mechanism, but not specifics.

How many Russian troops would storm Stalingrad if not for the _Russian_ machine guns aimed at their backs?

I might have been influenced by Enemy at the Gates
http://youtu.be/XgRyLz47liM?t=...
http://youtu.be/8yOBCGwMpeo?t=...
as for placing such activities during Battle of Stalingrad in particular. My historical education here is quite spotty - I was learning it back in times when it was NOT allowed to mention such things. After that, I have learned of the general mechanism, but not specifics.

Completely agree. First off, trying to upsell by giving a 10% off coupon is just lousy as hell. And especially for digital goods. And second, 5 days extension for a 4-day down time is extremely weak. It's not like they haven't had a chance to learn.

Far as I can tell the article that this slashdot post is wrong. Based on this video that far as I can tell is correct on this type of details.

http://youtu.be/XBr4GkRnY04

Or to quote another of your politicians: http://youtu.be/-ej7ZEnjSeA

This was also covered at Defcon 22... and not just for AWS keys: http://youtu.be/nBR7Kru6JX0?t=...

The kit includes a color sensor... the rest is up to the imagination of the student building it: http://youtu.be/d4k9bWbtJEk

Hell, TFS was TL;DR.

TFA in a nutshell:

"We're going to discover all these neat behavioral things via neurobiology, and change the world!"

It doesn't say they've actually discovered any of these things yet. Just that they plan to.

It reads very much like this.

Never ever talk to the police.

It will *never* help you.

Here's a great video of a lawyer/law-professor and cop who explains why.
http://youtu.be/6wXkI4t7nuc

The surprisingly accurate dramatization of Google's takeover! (In three parts!)

http://youtu.be/nBT1oHGSeFc?t=...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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Where Picard is a war lord and sexual deviant:
TNG Recut 1

The early videos are a little all over the place, but the later videos have over arching themes and stories, some are masterfully put together. Watch for Janeway, Archer, and Sisko to all make appearances as enemies of The Picard.

If you can look through the change in uniforms, sets, dialog tone... It can be quite funny. If you cant tune that out, then you probably wont enjoy them. I always enjoy hearing dialog from cast members in movies they were in that I never saw.

This guy is an inspiration when dealing with the scammers:

Best Prank Call Ever by Tom Mabe: http://youtu.be/rBfsdkGeMc8

According to Wikipedia*

I won't even touch WP hoaxes with ideological slants.

#notyourshield was largely a sockpuppet sham.

Like this well-known sockpuppet. No, I'm not even going to fucking joke about how disgusting the reaction to NYS was, misgendering people and denying them opinions unless they doxxed themselves. SJWs are not your friends, they do not fight for freedom; just look at how they deal with marginalized people who have the 'wrong' opinion. Just take a step back and take an objective look at upper class white people telling PoC they're objects, not actors, because they believe the wrong thing. Or straight cis males telling transgender people they're not really transgender, because you have to agree with them for that privilege.
Fuck that.

I work in a cleanroom as you do and have found that my smartwatch is useful for the very reasons you describe. I have a different suggestion though, which is IMO a more versatile and certainly cheaper. Buy a Motorola MotoACTV and root it. What a lot of people don't realize is that the 360 is actually Motorola's second generation watch already. They billed the MotoACTV as a fitness tracker, but it does all the smartwatch type things stock, and then you can install a custom android ROM and run whatever apps you want. I bought mine off ebay for $60, and with a little help from here I got results similar to this. It basically becomes the world's smallest tablet on your wrist, and my gmail and facebook messenger work fine on it. The only issue I have is that they don't support our corporate exchange server email, but if you set up forwarding you can work around that.

Let's see...

Science has already solved his and the rest of humanity's egg problem. http://youtu.be/Cmn9JZ1_RPA

http://youtu.be/De2SuYAjrdY

Hell Get JJ. Abrams on board and add a bunch of lens flare.

I gotta fever, and the only prescription is more lens flare!

Star Wars 7 Trailer, Lens Flare Edition

YouTube: MinuteEarth - http://youtu.be/3IaYhG11ckA?li...

A classic bluegrass tune "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" by Jim & Jesse.

Often heard as "I'll Wear Your Underwear Tonight".

I suspect a liquid future isn't too far off if the price of 3M Novec drops just a little bit more

Neil deGrasse Tyson's video pleas We Stopped Dreaming and its follow-up A New Perspective proposed we increase NASA spending to 1% of the US Federal Budget (current spending: 0.5%) suggests we could go to Mars and innovate the way we did in the 70s, so there's a long way to go (a 2% boost leaves us 98% shy of Tyson's goal).

NASA is already trying to plan a manned mission to Mars or an asteroid in the future. It would be nice if they were funded for it.

Neil deGrasse Tyson's video pleas We Stopped Dreaming and its follow-up A New Perspective proposed we increase NASA spending to 1% of the US Federal Budget (current spending: 0.5%) suggests we could go to Mars and innovate the way we did in the 70s, so there's a long way to go (a 2% boost leaves us 98% shy of Tyson's goal).

NASA is already trying to plan a manned mission to Mars or an asteroid in the future. It would be nice if they were funded for it.

Obligatory HaHa

If you actually read TFA, you'd see that it also indicates that Bush had little to no knowledge of the specifics of the interrogations or their brutality

Yeah, he didn't really strike me as the curious type. But Cheney claims to have known every single detail. I guess he gets off on that stuff.

and in 2006, upon his learning of it, it was ramped down.

"Say fellas? You think we can ramp down the shoving of pureed food up prisoners' asses a little bit? The screaming is starting to keep Laura awake at night and somebody keeps stealing the mashed peas out of the White House fridge. Now watch this drive"

http://youtu.be/Z3p9y_OEAdc

The major disagreement between political factions is how much to tax, who to tax and what to spend the money on, but never about taxation itself.

Oh so basically you've bounded the debate? Are you being paid for your time spend propagandizing? By the way, it is in the best interest of the state (undoubtedly the most powerful entity in the US) to make everyone think that the only options are different flavours of itself.

Regardless, you have to explain what "lawful" means. I don't care about legal this and changed-the-constitution-100-years-ago-now-its-lawful. Because morally, there's no difference between taxation and thieft-at-gunpoint-threatened-with-kidnapping. Other than 400 years ago, we did it with swords and gallows and dungeons and now we've made it a bit cleaner. Morally, the difference between a "noble" passing a law that he can rape your wife on the first night of your marriage and then take your money for the rest of your life, is exactly the same as changing the US constitution to allow the state to tax in like manner.

Please reply. With a MORAL argument. Not a legal one. Do you really think that I could take you back in time before The State (blessed be thy name) made stealing wrong (but not the legal kind) and killing wrong (but, again, not the legal kind) and the shoot you in the head, just because it was not legally wrong? Is there no room in this world for morals? Are you saying that if you took your family sailing, and happened to get blown to an island outside of the US EEC zone, that anyone who found you could just steal, rape, kill at will? Because, in your opinion, it's not "legally" wrong? The only problem I have with statists is that I've never met one with a moral compass, and that's sad

We're talking about the importance of garages. Does IBM have a garage? Does IBM have a Function Generator that plays the Halleluiah Chorus? I didn't think so! Who said I had to have a point anyway? THIS IS /.!

Garages are important. Any sort of startup that can't afford a commercial space, a garage is a convenient space that can be used as a workshop. Garages are a sizable amount of square footage that can be used in place of a commercial shop for everything from personal hobbies to budding businesses. Similar amounts of space probably are less available inside of people's homes. When several friend of mine were looking to buy a house, a large garage has been a very attractive thing because it was a place they could work with machinery on their hobbies. Now that I'm looking for a house, I'm finding myself in the same mindset.

We're talking about the importance of garages. Does IBM have a garage? Does IBM have a Function Generator that plays the Halleluiah Chorus? I didn't think so! Who said I had to have a point anyway? THIS IS /.!

My 4 y/o daughter loves making things, robots, planets, rockets and has an interest in biology. A couple months ago a friend showed her a new toy, she was all interested. She asked if he made it. He said no, she replied "awww" and immediately lost interest.

As a baby I took her to local maker meetings that met in a workshop where people showed off whatever projects they were working on. She used to just sit in her carrier and look around at all the tools, parts and stuff lying around. At that age with their brains developing as they are they pretty much soak up any sort of visual stimulation. Of course she had all the usual bright plastic or plush baby toys that most kids get to look at but she also had a machine shop! I quit taking her when she got a bit older and couldn't sit still and quiet for that long but I think it left an impression on her development.

Since she first learned to talk I have tried to answer all of her questions with how things really work. I try to explain it in a way that keeps it interesting too.

For example:

"why is it getting dark, why is it getting night?" Well... we live on a really really (arms held wide) big ball. See the sun over there? That's what makes it light. We don't feel it but it's spinning really really fast.You know how cars go really fast. Well.. that is nothing compared to how fast the Earth is spinning. See that house over there, see that tree. Those are big and look like they could never move. Well.. they are moving too but we don't see it because we are moving. Yup, we and everything around us is moving faster than even a car goes. Anyway.. you asked why it is getting dark. See the sun over there? As our ball, the Earth is spinning our side of it is turning away from the sun. We will be in the dark because the sun is on the other side of the ball. But.. you know what.. there are people on that side too. While we had our night they had their day. Now it's their turn and they will have day while we have night.

My Dad once heard me explaining something or other to her, I don't remember what and accused me of taking all of the magic out of it for her by removing the mystery or something like that. Really? If you really look at how the universe actually is what kind of kid story would be more fantastic than living on the skin of a giant ball flying at unimaginable speeds around a ball of fire that dwarfs even that? Living on the backs of turtles?

Answers like this will lead to many more questions. Keep answering. It's hard to tell what you will end up talking about before it is over. It's kind of like getting sucked into Wikipedia.

Use the internet. I like to show her pictures of the things I explain to her. Often we would end up sitting together at the computer and I would search Google images for whatever we were talking about. When she started showing an interest in planets I showed them to her using Celestia too. Now she asks to "go look at planets" but what she really means is go look at pictures on the internet. She will tell me what she wants to see pictures of, planets, robots, cells and I will show them to her. She loves videos too so long as there are short and preferably animated. Here's one she really loves http://youtu.be/B_zD3NxSsD8.

Speaking of watching things, we watch a lot of Phineas and Ferb. I also made a DVD for her with videos I downloaded from Youtube. She can watch it when she is not with me and she loves it! It is a mix of space and electronics stuff. The space part takes a historical arc, it starts with a Saturn V launch is one track then videos of the first moon landing then splashdown, a shuttle launch, an iss docking, a shuttle landing. I edited each video to keep them short. Gotta remember, kids attention span. In between each is something that is not space, I don't remember what all I used, I know Adafruits Circuit Playground is part of it.

Speaking of Circuit Playground, she loves it! I though it would be too che

The sad part is parents and school boards will demand them because "our kids need to learn the tools used in industry: Microsoft Office. "

The real answer is Linux: http://youtu.be/ry5-wGluJsg

http://youtu.be/VSbNumR9Z8k

Yes. Following the nice officer's commands worked well for this guy.
http://youtu.be/KeT_oSLtI-o?t=...

http://youtu.be/avzG4yckDpk?t=...

I prefer Labrador... http://youtu.be/1jHi-8Ykx-8

The 'big drop' was in good part because of changes in the 'definitions'.
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Here is someone with some details:
        http://youtu.be/XIDmK5qwarU
(Worth the time if you care about future .. and things.)

Knowing he's schizophrenic , its interesting listening to him code and try to explain. You can definitely tell and hear the interruptions he has possibly as he may be hearing internal voices or whatnot.

He pushes through the mental interruptions as he tries to explain his code and write code

TempleOS: 5-Minute Random Code Walk-Thru #83: http://youtu.be/mILn4H-UehQ

His channel has over 80 5 minute coding sessions, and its wild hearing him speak as his brain internal voice constantly interrupts him.

They travel to far off reaches of the universe to collect spoons

http://youtu.be/xzDKMl24D70

Supremes: a bunch of senile old luddites. Lesser judges ... judge du jour

Now now, be very careful there or someone'll attempt to go all GitMo on your a$$.

Why? Because you might be telling the truth there. And then they'll escort and torture (sorry, "interview") you until you finally tell them exactly what they want to hear.

Understand? Not what you said -- or not even perhaps the truth as you know it -- but what they expect and want you to say; the truth that they want to hear.

And then they'll stop -- who continues to torture a person once they've finally told everything they know?

(Because if they did, you might change your story yet again and that might make them ACTUALLY upset with you.)