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Wow. The link got totally mangled by the editor.

Here's the original link that was messed up. The old GCC Theater skit. I still laugh when I see it.

None of that is true. CNN did not attempt to shape the elections. They reported facts. You just don't like the facts.

Perhaps you should research the CNN blackout of Bernie Sanders to promote Hillary Clinton.

Or the CNN clip telling its viewers that it's illegal to read the wikileaks e-mail, and that we're only allowed to get information parsed through CNN. Here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Or perhaps the January fiasco where CNN got themselves labeled fake news (again) by reporting that Russia had compromising personal and financial information leashing Trump? You know, the stuff no one else would publish?

You could google "CNN Fake news" or "CNN controversies" if you were really interested in seeing whether CNN is really just a fact reporting organization or not. I don't think you will though; your opinion is your opinion at this stage in your life, and rather than searching for facts, you search for spin that supports your view.

If they read your comment they could still change it to that. Can we start a petition somewhere to send to Google?

Also, make sure it's the official video so Rick gets his pay check.

There were mixed messages when you think about it. You had the Space Blacks (klingons) and the Space Asians (vulcans) and the Space Jews (ferengi) and the Space Nazis (romulans) who were all total stereotypes generally speaking, and any time one was a main character a significant part of their character arc would be them working to overcome their worst racial tendencies and conform to decent human culture. Either that or they were already essentially human, just in funny makeup.

But OTOH you had movies where the devil white man goes on a journey of self reflection to overcome his inexplicable bigotry against the race that tried to conquer his species, killed many of his friends and family, constantly try to kill him, and want him executed for war crimes. Then there's the more hamfisted stuff like the half-black, half-white aliens or the 2 (at least) TNG episodes about the dangers of drug abuse or the one where Wesley sacrifices his career to protect the Space Indians from the Space Conquistadors. And then there's Tom Paris, the token Fucking White Male.

(Oh wait, those weren't Space Indians, they were actual literal Indians. Though they were in space...)

Tune in next week when we discover, again, that some 9-volt batteries have six AAAA-sized cells in them!

Turns out there's a non-destructive way to test for this, too. Though technically, the 9V batteries don't use AAAA sized batteries (they're slightly smaller than AAAA). But it's very close.

The other configuration is flat which is they're put in a plastic tube as a layer cake - a "pile" configuration.

If you have a high-resolution multimeter (6 1/2 digits), observing the terminal voltage and giving the 9V battery a squeeze can tell you the construction. If the voltage increases, it's a pile construction. If it decreases or the slope of the discharge (the multimeter has enough resolution that its input impedance can clearly discharge the battery)

EEV Blog #518 - https://www.eevblog.com/2013/0...
EEV B;pcl #515 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Oh, I forgot:

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

Can you provide references so this can become greater knowledge other than a third person account of 'It was horrible'? Please share.

Your Warning is on spot I think. We used to make fun of people by calling them conspiracy theorists that that warned of their TV's being turned into listening devices. Now they actually DO have their own Internet connection, microphones and cameras in addition to our new smart phones. We also installed Xbox Kinects with their own camera system and Internet connection and those have been hacked before.

https://www.slashgear.com/mit-...

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

Wake up in bed next to the Burger King... https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Ralphie May was on Last Comic Standing.

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

According to Wikipedia, the Whopper is a bugger consisting of a flame-grilled patty made with 100% medium-sized child with no preservatives or fillers, topped with sliced tomatoes, onions, lettuce, cyanide, pickles, ketchup, and mayonnaise, served on a sesame seed bun.

Man, I hate it when I get to the weird side of Youtube. (not NSFW, unless you live in religious society where sorcerers are killed on sight, like America)

Also, he does some detailed math, but for a different vaporware product, in this one: waterseer busted.

Let me know when it can convert the video to landscape mode and then punch the person who recorded it.

Just say "no" to Vertical Video Syndrome!

No these two themes are quite different.

Also there is Youtube 'leanback' here https://www.youtube.com/tv that can be navigated without a mouse.

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

I'm not sure what Iraq had to do with 9/11, but G.W. can't be wrong.

Bush/Cheney never explicitly stated that Iraq was involved in 9/11, but masterfully created the perception in the minds of non-critical thinkers (i.e. most people, but especially Republicans) by continually mentioning Iraq and 9/11 in the same conversation. Finally, one day, he was asked point blank what Iraq had to do with 9/11, and he answered "nothing."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_A77N5WKWM&feature=youtu.be&t=1m5s

did anyone else read the title and think of a Wilford Brimley cat saying "Diabeetus"?

Simple. 'decolonize' it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

SocJus taken to its 'logical' conclusion. Reality is bigotry.

There's an enlightening video of a trucker driving near Calais, in France, showing how illegal aliens there attack the truck traffic.

The situation there presents some very interesting challenges for anyone writing software to automate truck driving.

There are scenes where the illegal aliens are walking in traffic, in front of the trucks.

The driver talks about how these illegal aliens try to break into the trucks, or throw rocks and other debris at them.

At one point the driver gets angry, and rightfully so, because the illegal aliens have damaged or displaced one or more of the mirrors on the truck, limiting the trucker's visibility of the surroundings.

It would be difficult enough to write software that can handle normal driving conditions.

But having to handle the sort of threats and dangers posted by these third-world illegal aliens who attack the truck traffic near Calais brings up a whole new set of challenges.

What should a self-driving truck do if it's swarmed by illegal aliens?

What should a self-driving truck do if the illegal aliens were to enter it?

What should a self-driving truck do if the illegal aliens manage to damage it?

> "Star Wars Rogue One" is charging you $22.99 for the Blue Ray copy! What an abuse!

Red Herring fallacy much?

1. I don't have a problem paying for BluRays. What I do have a problem is that somehow it is magically illegal to decrypt and copy the bits so that my OTHER devices (Laptop, Phone, Tablet) can't play the bitstream due to some "Imaginary Property" DRM bullshit. Why is it illegal to download the bits when I _already_ own a physical copy???

2. Secondly, you're assuming I can even BUY the movie in the first place. Let me know where I can legally buy the BluRay of Hawaizaada ??? NOTE: The trailer is in 1080p but only the DVD is available for purchase.

Personally I don't pirate but I can understand the reason why someone might.

The issue is not Black and White like you assume.

--
"We can accept God becoming Man to save Man,
  but not Man becoming God to save himself."
  -- Vernon Linwood Howard

Moo! (NSFW)

I'll remember you, whenever anyone claims our society has abolished slavery. It's not true; we've only abolished involuntary slavery.

Also check out the Q&A after the lecture where this very topic is discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

The brain can use different parts of the brain for new tasks. Echo location studies using MRI in blind humans the part of brain usually devoted to sight,end up processing sound for echo location. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Crazy the blind guy can ride a bike without issue and is crazy accurate for what you would expect.

DE and DM are observations.

No, they aren't. They're unsupported ideas about how to explain certain observations. And as soon as they make testable predictions which turn out to actually be the case, they can be science.

In the case of dark matter, the the observation is called the missing mass problem. This is the name we gave to the fact that at very large scales, gravity seemed to act like there was more mass than we had observed. There are two solutions to this problem:
1) There exists more matter that we cannot see, scientists are cheeky so they call it Dark Matter
2) Our existing theories of gravity are wrong.

Scientist have perused both of these the first by hunting for dark matter and the second through modifying gravity to fit observations. Dark matter is an easier theory to work with as it makes a nice, simple, consistent, testable hypothesis; find the missing mass. Modified gravity on the other hand has had it's greatest success by simply statistically fitting new terms to newton's laws and messing with them as new observations are made. Dark Matter has enjoyed more success as a theory, and is considered the most likely solution, but a modified gravity has not been ruled out, and of course there is absolutely no reason it can't be both, and many modified gravity theories posit that neutrinos or other particles contribute to the missing mass problem.

The biggest feather in DM's cap, is that in some observations have shown a center of gravity that is not at the center of observed mass, something that would be very difficult to explain by any modified gravity alone. So while the question is still open saying that Dark Matter is unsupported isn't true.

This lecture, Dark Matter is not Enough at https://www.youtube.com/watch?... is really interesting and worth watching for all the you Dark Matter haters.

Somehow this reminds me of something...

..broadcast TV is dying.

The fact is, when a programme is filled with too much advertising, even if it's free, people could decide to change channel or stop watching TV.
In Italy, in the sixties and seventies the adverts were rare (like only four in the evening) and were very refined, like "When the night goes away" that look more an advert from the Tourist Ofiice rather than from an instant coffee maker and the director was Ermanno Olmi. Kids actually wanted to watch the adverts.
Nowadays There are some channels where you are forced to watch a program wit a small bumper for the current and next program , a bumper advertising something, and do on...

See subject (the matriarchal YOOD empire is illogical): "In every revolution, there is 1 man w/ a vision" APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

* FOR YOUR REFERENCE AS TO THAT QUOTE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJf2ovQtI6w/ because your 'empire' IS back-assward illogical (people don't want it & will not tolerate it - so I give them what they want in the link above - you & "yours"? Can't win on that alone...)

APK

P.S.=> "Who told you that?" well, "YOU DID" https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10476859&cid=54218965/ ... apk

See subject: "... there's 1 man w/ a vision" & "A man must also have the power"-> "In my cabin there is a device that will make you invincible..."-> APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

* You've begun what I call "The Halken Phazer revolt"

(1 man can change the present - good observation on your part by the way)

APK

P.S.=> For your entertainment & reference to the quotes above: (since the world is ASS backwards) "THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJf2ovQtI6w/ Capt. Kirk @ ending "Who told you that?" YOU DID... apk

Edge just has a lot of buffers

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

Indeed. Very good series. This is also a very good watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

"Hooters, cooters, tutors, computers!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [Shamwow Guy in Jail Parody]

Methinks the troll descriptor doesn't apply in this case.

The last thing I read about BlackBerry was that were becoming a patent troll company. Then again, they did come out with a new keyboard phone, Blackberry KEYone, that looks interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFCAU0Y0jzc

An Afghan Designer and His Life-Saving Creation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Napalm death have already got there a long time ago

From TFA:

A common overbooking problem on a United Airlines flight on Sunday ended with a man being bloodied and dragged from his seat and an already troubled airline earning more bad press. How did it all go so wrong?

USA Today reports that the flight was not overbooked. United Airlines staff wanted to fly and apparently United Airlines chose staff over their customers:

United spokesman Jonathan Guerin said Tuesday that all 70 seats on United Express Flight 3411 were filled, but the plane was not overbooked as the airline previously reported. Instead, United and regional affiliate Republic Airlines, which operated the flight, selected four passengers to be removed to accommodate crew members needed in Louisville the next day. The passengers were selected based on a combination of criteria spelled out in Unitedâ(TM)s contract of carriage, including frequent-flier status, fare type, check-in time and connecting flight implications, among others, according to United.

Also, contrary to the entry currently pinned to the top of United Airlines' twitter.com feed from United CEO Oscar Munoz which looks sympathetic, "The truly horrific event that occurred on this flight has elicited many responses from all of us: outrage, anger, disappointment. I share all of those sentiments", he told staff a completely different story:

Munoz issued his first public apology Monday but hours later sent a letter to the airline's employees lauding the behavior of the flight crew in dealing with a "disruptive and belligerent" passenger. Munoz credited employees with following established procedures on the Louisville-bound flight.

"This situation was unfortunately compounded when one of the passengers we politely asked to deplane refused, and it became necessary to contact Chicago Aviation Security Officers to help," the letter says. "While I deeply regret this situation arose, I also emphatically stand behind all of you, and I want to commend you for continuing to go above and beyond to ensure we fly right."

This would seem to answer the question the BBC pairs with their apparently hastily-drawn conclusion: "How did it all go so wrong?": It went wrong because United Airlines flight crew favored United Airlines staff over paying customers. None of the 4 customers asked to give up their seats should have been asked to give up their seat. Stop letting staff have privilege to fly at the expense of paying customers, apparently going so far as to assault customers. Stop taking the company's side of events seriously: Dr. David Dao, the customer dragged off of United flight 3411, wasn't "disruptive" or "belligerent". Even while being dragged, the video (easily found online) shows the worst he did was to say no (along with other passengers who saw him being dragged past them), which is completely understandable. Staff can coordinate their flight schedule, reserve a ticket, and board the plane just like everybody else apparently boarded flight 3411.

Contrary to Munoz's words in the letter, I sense United Airlines is now looking for new flight crew and a new CEO, assuming they're able to survive as a company (which I'm not sure they should be allowed to because I think we can all do with one less business that physically assaults their customers; we should make room for a professionally run airline that won't instill fear when company representatives ask customers to do something like an preflight offer for deplaning). This also connects very clearly to why employees need more power in the businesses they work for—apparently you can't trust some of your colleagues or high-ranking management to make the right call. This certainly gives anyone, worldwide, pause to consider what power one is giving others when one agrees to fly on their plane (this got violent even without the plane taking off!).

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Of the new United Training Film.

But seriously, the weather, let's see how they compete against Delta. Maybe we can make this an Olympic event

The Administration certainly feels it does, ...

I get it, waiting for the results of a proper investigation like done by the OPCW is out of the question when "The Administration" feels something

But I get it, you've bought into the "Russia is a wonderful country and USA bad bad bad!" [...] so cash your Kremlin checks while you can.

How weak is your argument, because someone does not believe that Assad is responsible and asks for actual evidence makes him a puppet of the Kremlin. Sure thing.

I'm enjoying watching the Trump supporters bleed away as the man actually transforms himself into a President, and slowly evolves away from fist thumping populist.

I see, to become a Real American President (tm) he had to do some prickwaving errm I mean drop some bombs on brown people

Maybe people will just start singing "Wooly Booly"...

As long as taxes are non-zero the populist call will be taxes are too high. No matter how benefit, army, police, roads, civil structure, (health care in advanced nations), laws people get out of it, there will always be some who call for lower taxes.

What have the Romans ever done for us?

Or, as Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society..."

In this context, "knowing how it works" is the kind of expression that people with low-to-no specific knowledge uses when expecting an explanation which they can perfectly understand (funny & surprisingly realistic video to illustrate this point), what is almost impossible when dealing with virtually any not-too-simple algorithm. It is certainly possible to come up with a nice summary, but it wouldn’t deliver what is expected (the audience being able to understand most of the outputs/replicate the code from those words).

The situation of AI (or complex enough algorithms or automated systems trying to emulate human understanding or whatever you wish to call it) is even trickier as far as it is associated with an almost infinite increase of complexity. In these cases, "knowing how it works" can be considered impossible even in its among-experts variant. How could anyone know about the exact reason for each output (or most of them) of an increasingly complex system? Let's consider a computer chess (or go or any other game where computers can already beat humans) engine: how could you expect a human to understand the justification for each move? In that case, humans would be able to beat computers! Is it possible for a person to fully analyse and understand each single move of the computer? Sure, computers don't play randomly, but exactly as instructed by their algorithms. On the other hand, such an analysis would take too much time and effort to be performed on a more or less regular basis. A person who cannot beat a computer isn't able, by definition, to (more or less immediately) understand all what it does.

In summary, fully understanding the reasons why a complex enough (AI) algorithm does what it does is practically impossible; when talking about increasingly-complex algorithms, this practical impossibility becomes absolute. This is precisely one of the reasons why the "real AI" (as shown in movies or dreams of some people) is very unlikely to ever become a reality: how could we create an extremely complex system formed by virtually perfect parts? When has the humankind performed such a perfect master piece? The work, mistakes and learned lessons of many people would have to be taken into account, everything without errors and fully synchronised. A different story is creating small-scope decision makers, by adequately understanding what “small scope” means in this context; for example, creating a machine able to understand/interact with a random 3D situation as a baby would do is extremely difficult.

Forget about how many people it kills. Think of the person it leaves . . . deeply frustrated.

Hello, Hal, do you read me? Do you read me Hal?

Affirmative Dave, I read you. I'm sorry Dave, I'm sorry I can't do that.

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

" Not only is this not overbooking, but it's also a mindbogglingly dickish move by an airline to de-board someone already sitting and expecting to reach their destination, even more dickish that it wasn't voluntary at all."

I agree it was poorly handled. But the "employee" that needed to be on board was for 4 members of a flight crew who were to be working shortly after their arrival on ANOTHER flight which would have been delayed or cancelled -- which would have caused 100+ other passengers who were expecing to reach their destination to be disappointed -- and then the aircraft that is stuck THERE will cause FURTHER delays for 100+ others or more.

It wasn't just 4 employees looking for free travel.

So what you're saying is the airline seriously fucked up and rather than cancelling and compensating the following plane they thought it would be best to
a) attempt to resolve this in the worst possible time after people had already boarded rather than when they were in the check-in process and likely very accepting of being bumped.
b) pick people at random rather than keep on offering incentives where the free market would have taken over (what's the cost of a cancelled flight vs going to $1600 or even $3200?
c) decide that the non-event of a cancelled flight would be worse than a huge media coverage of what looks like a passenger beaten and bloodied further cementing themselves in the annals of history as one of the worlds worst airlines for customer service? Maybe they need a few more songs sung about their customer service

Now maybe I'm not understanding correctly but shouldn't forged papers be made of some kind of metal, not paper?

Aluminum foil!

Really? Louis CK has a great bit on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

I recently saw a lecture that made a similar claim: our current transportation and energy systems will be obsolete by 2030. (There's a book by the same guy called "Clean Disruption".) He cites several examples of disruption, from automobiles to cell phones, and notes that they are not incremental (though they may seem so at first). Instead, they follow an "S-curve" of exponential increase. He believes we are right now at the inflection point where several disruptive technologies are about to "go vertical" -- energy storage, electric vehicles, computing power, self-driving cars, solar PV, etc...

In 2014 (in the book) he predicted that $35~40k EV's would hit the market around 2017~18, and was right on the money. He further predicts that sub-$30k EV's will be available in 2020, and they'll hit $20k by 2023. Given the far lower operating costs of EV's, it will be very hard for gasoline cars to compete by that point.

As for self-driving technology... he predicts this will be "standard" on all new cars by the early 20's. In particular, he notes that the cost of LIDAR has dropped like a rock -- from $70k in 2011 to $90 in 2015 -- and Nvidia now sells a 2-TFLOPS GPU for fifty bucks. Adding the 'self-drive' option will cost about as much as the seat belts, and it has such obvious benefits... at some point it will probably become mandatory.

There's a lot more to the story... if the above sounds interesting, I recommend checking out the video.

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