If you don't like their business practices, then don't use their product. Staying addicted to their entertainment simply cements their position and ability to hurt others.
If you don't like their business practices, then don't use their product. Staying addicted to their entertainment only cements their position and ability to hurt others.
When regional exclusion comes into account, I for all means support copyright infringement. My comments were addressed to those who circumvent copyright when moral (not necessarily legal) means are available to them, in order to save money.
If the producers and distributors of the media do not see you as a potential customer and refuse to offer their product in your area, then you are doing no moral harm by acquiring the media by alternative distribution channels.
Lets me set bookmark profiles for different devices/environments, so I have my "Work" bookmarks distinct from my home use ones. Automatically synchronizes between all major browsers and devices. I mainly only keep smart bookmarks and daily-use ones, so I don't ever need dead link checking or any frills like that. Covers my needs.
I also use Xmarks and the related Lastpass. I'm so happy with them that I have no problem with paying them $12 yearly for the Premium version, just to ensure that the company stays in business.
The only thing really missing for me is the horrible Firefox bookmarks search. You cannot search for folders, and you cannot see in which folders reside the bookmarks found. Here is my Python script for searching the Firefox bookmarks, tested on a few Debian-based Linux distros: https://github.com/dotancohen/...
This is a mistake, then. If you want to torrent and avoid copyright holders, you need to use a SEED BOX somewhere overseas where they don't keep records.
Or how about a more novel idea: Instead of paying to avoid copyright, either actually pay for the movies you watch or don't watch them. Seriously, I use a VPN and I use bittorrent for legitimate purposes, and you are ruining my ability to use my tools responsibly.
Just like the idiots that shine laser pointers at landing airplanes so now I cannot use a laser pointer to responsibly teach my daughters astronomy, you are abusing and ruining a tool for nothing of value. If you are so addicted to movies that you cannot even afford to pay for your habit, then you need counseling.
...what really will happen is that in a few years the advertisements will be full of religious propaganda and proselytizing. Allowing _one_ advertisement is fine, but it opens the door to a whole slew of continually-worsening ads. And being "protected religious speech" they will contain other messages, such as anti-Israel, pro-Sharia, neo-Nazi, and anti-Muslim messages. The competition will be fierce!
Of course, the same could be said about any type of advertising. But by experience the religious nutcases' ads will be far worse than the for-profit corporations' ads.
Is the ability to practice on a particular patient really necessary? It seems like the time it would take to do a dry-run is the time that the surgeon could be performing another surgery. If individual patients' vascular systems so different that they cause problems for surgeons, then sure this development is great. But are they all really so different as to justify an expensive and time-consuming test dry run before each operation?
So can baseballs. I'd insult your general attitude, but you're going to find out that regulation will mean that your days of calling yourself a "pilot" outside of your living room will soon be over.
If a sudden surge of people throwing hundreds of thousands of baseballs, constantly, in major cities were to happen then in fact I would expect the government to regulate baseballs. And that is exactly what is happening with autonomous flying craft.
Now replace baseballs with stones. In your city, what would the police do to people who throw stones at other people constantly?
I can't understand why people think autonomous operating modes are the problem aside from people just assume the publicized crashes must involved that mode.
Because with autonomous mode the quad can navigate beyond line of sight. Stupid rises exponentially with distance.
Additionally, RC pilots know their skill level, and have experience battling winds, updrafts, etc. You and I know the limits of the craft, or at least, when they are approaching the limits and in what weather not to launch. Drone users get right up against the limits of the vehicle's capability then crash, with no warning to either the standers-by nor the "operator". They have no idea that the wind at 100 meters is different from the wind at ground level, furthermore, even if they read that the wind is different they don't know how to identify it from the ground, before launch.
In short, autonomous mode lowers the bar of entry to using a dangerous device.
...this is a good thing. Non-drone quads, like all RC craft, require skill to do something stupid that will hurt more than your neighbours or your wallet. Autonomous, self-piloting, drones can be more dangerous than a car if flown improperly. Regulate them, just as cars and other aircraft are regulated.
The complaints remind me of the old usenet groups, especially C and perl programming.
Even worse than that, one would expect the author's examples to actually illustrate his point, but the examples given are terrible questions that should in fact be closed by any objective measure. The problem is that the author wants to use emotion ("it's _my_ question") to keep his dupes open.
For example, his "Does Stack Overflow have any way of preventing vote trolls" question was marked as a dupe of "How to react to unfair downvotes". Though superficially a related but distinct question, in fact his question is a request for clarification about the general case discussed in the question his was marked as a dupe of. People who engineer objective code will see this, people who copy and paste but do not understand why things work the way they do just won't see it, it's a left-brain vs. right-brain issue. So the system is self-filtering, that's fine.
I remember how hard it was to get rep on ServerFault, the SO site for server admins. Any question that I asked I felt was downvoted or closed. Now that I understand the concepts, I understand why. And not understanding why but getting frustrated with the SF community helped me formulate better questions and propelled my knowledge. And when I do turn to SF now, I'm glad that newbies like I was are kept at bay and there is room for the real admins to discuss real admin problems.
Would it not work if we somehow used an "bungee jump" like rope to give some acceleration to a ship?(Even if just for a brief period of time?)
It might. Divide the velocity of the comet by the maximum acceleration that you are willing to subject to your craft, that will give you the time needed for the "bungee maneuver". Multiply that time by the stretch rate of your bungee cord and that will tell you how much longer it will be after the maneuver than before. Multiply that number by the coefficient of elasticity of the cord material to tell you how long the cord needs to be.
For most real-world materials and accelerations that won't flatten the astronauts, you are looking at a cord thousands of kilometers in length, with weights that we currently cannot launch to LEO.
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If you don't like their business practices, then don't use their product. Staying addicted to their entertainment simply cements their position and ability to hurt others.
If you don't like their business practices, then don't use their product. Staying addicted to their entertainment only cements their position and ability to hurt others.
Nice, thank you.
I tried that. No one would take my money.
When regional exclusion comes into account, I for all means support copyright infringement. My comments were addressed to those who circumvent copyright when moral (not necessarily legal) means are available to them, in order to save money.
If the producers and distributors of the media do not see you as a potential customer and refuse to offer their product in your area, then you are doing no moral harm by acquiring the media by alternative distribution channels.
Wont work on linux or mac osx though :-(
Works in KDE. This is a very basic feature, I have a hard time believing that any modern Linux desktop doesn't support opening a .URL file.
Here is a description of the format if you want to write a Python script to handle it:
http://www.fmtz.com/formats/ur...
Lets me set bookmark profiles for different devices/environments, so I have my "Work" bookmarks distinct from my home use ones. Automatically synchronizes between all major browsers and devices. I mainly only keep smart bookmarks and daily-use ones, so I don't ever need dead link checking or any frills like that. Covers my needs.
I also use Xmarks and the related Lastpass. I'm so happy with them that I have no problem with paying them $12 yearly for the Premium version, just to ensure that the company stays in business.
The only thing really missing for me is the horrible Firefox bookmarks search. You cannot search for folders, and you cannot see in which folders reside the bookmarks found. Here is my Python script for searching the Firefox bookmarks, tested on a few Debian-based Linux distros:
https://github.com/dotancohen/...
This is a mistake, then. If you want to torrent and avoid copyright holders, you need to use a SEED BOX somewhere overseas where they don't keep records.
Or how about a more novel idea: Instead of paying to avoid copyright, either actually pay for the movies you watch or don't watch them. Seriously, I use a VPN and I use bittorrent for legitimate purposes, and you are ruining my ability to use my tools responsibly.
Just like the idiots that shine laser pointers at landing airplanes so now I cannot use a laser pointer to responsibly teach my daughters astronomy, you are abusing and ruining a tool for nothing of value. If you are so addicted to movies that you cannot even afford to pay for your habit, then you need counseling.
Leaf it to the AC to get to the root of the discussion.
To lose part of your rocket.
I had no idea that Elon Musk is Jewish!
And that is why people hate systemd. Its creator doesn't understand UNIX.
Of this whole stupid shit-fest, THIS is the comment that needs to be modded up. And I'm typing this on a systemd-based Linux distro.
Who wood have thought?
I would love to taste chips made of this stuff!
...what really will happen is that in a few years the advertisements will be full of religious propaganda and proselytizing. Allowing _one_ advertisement is fine, but it opens the door to a whole slew of continually-worsening ads. And being "protected religious speech" they will contain other messages, such as anti-Israel, pro-Sharia, neo-Nazi, and anti-Muslim messages. The competition will be fierce!
Of course, the same could be said about any type of advertising. But by experience the religious nutcases' ads will be far worse than the for-profit corporations' ads.
Please startswithabang, go away.
Right, please bring back Bennett Haselton instead! Please!
WTF?!? Is the OP serious? startswithabang seems to be one of the best serial-posters here.
Neither place is going to provide a solution to Earth's population problems and environmental problems.
You are right, for the reasons that you mention. But "Backup Earth" is not the only reason to go out colonizing.
Humankind must get it's addiction to population increase under control.
Right, so long as its not my offspring that you are willing to sacrifice. And everybody has this same viewpoint for his own value of "my".
I see, thanks. Your last sentence summed it up pretty well.
Is the ability to practice on a particular patient really necessary? It seems like the time it would take to do a dry-run is the time that the surgeon could be performing another surgery. If individual patients' vascular systems so different that they cause problems for surgeons, then sure this development is great. But are they all really so different as to justify an expensive and time-consuming test dry run before each operation?
Citation required.
Are you trolling, it is extremely well documented:
http://tinyurl.com/fucfz
Where did your knowledge go?
Oh, I'm still stupid! But at least now I know that I'm stupid.
So can baseballs. I'd insult your general attitude, but you're going to find out that regulation will mean that your days of calling yourself a "pilot" outside of your living room will soon be over.
If a sudden surge of people throwing hundreds of thousands of baseballs, constantly, in major cities were to happen then in fact I would expect the government to regulate baseballs. And that is exactly what is happening with autonomous flying craft.
Now replace baseballs with stones. In your city, what would the police do to people who throw stones at other people constantly?
I can't understand why people think autonomous operating modes are the problem aside from people just assume the publicized crashes must involved that mode.
Because with autonomous mode the quad can navigate beyond line of sight. Stupid rises exponentially with distance.
Additionally, RC pilots know their skill level, and have experience battling winds, updrafts, etc. You and I know the limits of the craft, or at least, when they are approaching the limits and in what weather not to launch. Drone users get right up against the limits of the vehicle's capability then crash, with no warning to either the standers-by nor the "operator". They have no idea that the wind at 100 meters is different from the wind at ground level, furthermore, even if they read that the wind is different they don't know how to identify it from the ground, before launch.
In short, autonomous mode lowers the bar of entry to using a dangerous device.
So that's your justification for them including 9-ounce balsa wood model airplanes in this process? really?
Right, that is exactly what I said. Are you perchance a blood relation of my wife?
...this is a good thing. Non-drone quads, like all RC craft, require skill to do something stupid that will hurt more than your neighbours or your wallet. Autonomous, self-piloting, drones can be more dangerous than a car if flown improperly. Regulate them, just as cars and other aircraft are regulated.
Taking what you claim as a given (the Moon being more challenging) then wouldn't that be a good argument for colonizing the Moon first?
Not at all. Not only are the challenges harder, but they simply don't apply to Mars.
The complaints remind me of the old usenet groups, especially C and perl programming.
Even worse than that, one would expect the author's examples to actually illustrate his point, but the examples given are terrible questions that should in fact be closed by any objective measure. The problem is that the author wants to use emotion ("it's _my_ question") to keep his dupes open.
For example, his "Does Stack Overflow have any way of preventing vote trolls" question was marked as a dupe of "How to react to unfair downvotes". Though superficially a related but distinct question, in fact his question is a request for clarification about the general case discussed in the question his was marked as a dupe of. People who engineer objective code will see this, people who copy and paste but do not understand why things work the way they do just won't see it, it's a left-brain vs. right-brain issue. So the system is self-filtering, that's fine.
I remember how hard it was to get rep on ServerFault, the SO site for server admins. Any question that I asked I felt was downvoted or closed. Now that I understand the concepts, I understand why. And not understanding why but getting frustrated with the SF community helped me formulate better questions and propelled my knowledge. And when I do turn to SF now, I'm glad that newbies like I was are kept at bay and there is room for the real admins to discuss real admin problems.
Would it not work if we somehow used an "bungee jump" like rope to give some acceleration to a ship?(Even if just for a brief period of time?)
It might. Divide the velocity of the comet by the maximum acceleration that you are willing to subject to your craft, that will give you the time needed for the "bungee maneuver". Multiply that time by the stretch rate of your bungee cord and that will tell you how much longer it will be after the maneuver than before. Multiply that number by the coefficient of elasticity of the cord material to tell you how long the cord needs to be.
For most real-world materials and accelerations that won't flatten the astronauts, you are looking at a cord thousands of kilometers in length, with weights that we currently cannot launch to LEO.