scientists are interested in studying whether the temperatures are related to global warming
Wow Mr Gore, nice job! I was impressed with your ability to bring the topic of global warming up during your oscar speech yesterday, but today while summarizing an article about a new submarine! Very impressive!
Politicians will continue to push for stupid "thinkofthechildren" laws as long as it gets them free publicity and the approval of the slack-jawed drooling masses. This accomplishes their goal of getting their name in the spotlight so they have a better chance of getting reelected, which is the only thing any politician is ever really concerned about. What I'd like to see happen is for the news media to start spinning these stories in the direction of "Idiot politicians waste time creating laws that contradict the first amendment so you don't have to be actively involved in parenting" instead of the current "Hero politician tries to save your children from the evils in the world that you're too lazy and stupid to find out about" Perhaps enough negative press about politicians wasting time on video games when there are much more pressing matters in most areas to worry about could end this discussion.
As much as I agree with the fact that the pedophile should be sent to prision to get the warm, loving treatment from the other inmates he deserves, do canucks not have a right protecting them against unreasonable search and seizure? And why is this script kiddie not being prosecuted for computer crimes like every other asshat who gets caught writing trojans to steal data from other people?
You're slightly off target in your example, it's not the actors they'd need to digitally replace, it's Lucas. Unfortunatley, all the digital editing in the world can't fix an ego-maniacal, out of touch, past his prime director bent on raping the cherished memories of my childhood.
I agree with you that the solid-state drives are the most important on the list, but i question where you get the "Lower failure rate" bullet point. If you have a source for that, I'd love to read it. I'm not an expert in either flash memory or conventional magnetic disk hard drives, but what are you basing that upon? The fact that solid-state drives have zero moving parts certainly supports that argument, but according to all the sources I've been able to locate, solid-state memory has a finite number of write/erase cycles before failure which varies between 100,000 and 1,000,000. Most of the drives i was able to read about did include "wear leveling" and "bad block management" hardware to help avoid this limitation, but i was unable to find any direct reliability comparison between the two technologies.
Oh, did the UK start using Mobile Execution Vans to eliminate dissidents? No? Just had a harebrained idea of how to deal with convicted sex offenders ? I fail to see the similarities.
Is any of the content you're playing through the HD-DVD Player HDCP protected? My understanding is that HDCP use is still optional and the content being played determines if it's enabled (but i may be wrong on that). If the HDCP handshake is what's causing the flickering, and none of your HD-DVD's are forcing the DVD player to use HDCP, it the issue wouldn't show up with the device.
Because your countrymen aren't the ones trying to kill you.
Do you believe your friends and family's lives have higher value than others? It's simply an extension of that principle. If you don't hold your family's lives in higher value than other peoples, I'm glad I'm not related to you. It would be frightening to know that I'm no more important to a family member than a stranger is.
And before you try to go into the 'I don't even know most of my countrymen' semantic argument, I believe the context in which he used the term suggested that his countrymen were those fighting alongside him.
In any case, you are way too cynical to be posting on such subjects.
Or perhaps you are way too idealistic. People who kill without remorse are real. Serial killers and terrorists are real and they will not 'see the light' and change their ways because someone shows them how wonderful life can be when everyone plays nice, or becuase someone attempts to publicly humiliate them.
It's seems to really be a moot point whether IQ is genetic, social or monetary as an individual's children will (generally) be raised in the same social and monetary situation as the parents. No personal experience, but my father has been a guidance counselor at a High School since he retired from the military,(about 7 years) and he swears it's genetic. According to him, 95% of the time, if the kid is an idiot, when the parents come in for a meeting they're going to be idiots too, and the same thing holds true for the smart kids.
You don't actually own any of the "property" in any of the games. Just an example from the Second life EULA:
You acknowledge that the Service presently includes a component of in-world fictional currency ("Currency" or "Linden Dollars" or "L$"), which constitutes a limited license right to use a feature of our product when, as, and if allowed by Linden Lab. Linden Lab may charge fees for the right to use Linden Dollars, or may distribute Linden Dollars without charge, in its sole discretion. Regardless of terminology used, Linden Dollars represent a limited license right governed solely under the terms of this Agreement, and are not redeemable for any sum of money or monetary value from Linden Lab at any time. You agree that Linden Lab has the absolute right to manage, regulate, control, modify and/or eliminate such Currency as it sees fit in its sole discretion, in any general or specific case, and that Linden Lab will have no liability to you based on its exercise of such right.
To make it short and simple for you: you can't cash it out if they don't let you, and they can create and destroy the currency at will. I know a similar provision exists in the WoW and most other MMORPG EULA's.
I'm talking about 'ownership' of a bit of data used within a software system, you're talking about a full fledged, standalone software application, they're two different things.
Just because something has value doesn't make it a good investment. A case of beer has value (espicially to me), but it is NOT a good investment as it's value is very unlikely to increase over time ( even if you don't drink it).
Man i wish this would have gone to court, it would have quality entertainment. I know it's inaccurate, but from the headline i get a mental image of a man indignantly arguing in front of a judge that they had copyrighted the act of attacking their wife with penises, and it's just too funny to me.
Actually, I am a programmer. I write battle simulation software for the Army. I create a product. That product has value. That product is NOT something that i would invest money in and expect a return on, because the product can't be expected to increase in value without more effort being put into it. You seem to misunderstand the difference between an item having value and an item being a good investment, which was the focus of my argument. A brand new Porche certainly has value, but is not a good investment, because in the future it is unlikely that its value will increase without significant effort on my part ( and according to my paycheck, that effort has value as well). In the same way, the "collection of bits on a harddrive somewhere" may have value, but it is unlikeley to increase its value without continued effort on my part, making it a bad investment.
I'm sorry, buy if you consider investing in virtual property in a Video Game a good idea, you have absolutely no business managing your own funds. You'd probably be better off investing in a pyramid scheme ( aside from the fact that they're illegal ). At least most pyramid schemes have some sort of actual product that moves around, rather than just a collection of bits on some hard drive somewhere.
So does this mean I can finally just send my brain to work while I stay home without dieing?
hmmm....
I'll need to grow hands from my brain too, so it can shut off the alarm clock on its way out.
So what's the big deal? I can carry a lot more than two C02 molecules around and make turns and my parents are still kicking themselves for creating me, why should these scientists be proud of their inferior creation?
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Politicians will continue to push for stupid "thinkofthechildren" laws as long as it gets them free publicity and the approval of the slack-jawed drooling masses. This accomplishes their goal of getting their name in the spotlight so they have a better chance of getting reelected, which is the only thing any politician is ever really concerned about. What I'd like to see happen is for the news media to start spinning these stories in the direction of "Idiot politicians waste time creating laws that contradict the first amendment so you don't have to be actively involved in parenting" instead of the current "Hero politician tries to save your children from the evils in the world that you're too lazy and stupid to find out about" Perhaps enough negative press about politicians wasting time on video games when there are much more pressing matters in most areas to worry about could end this discussion.
As much as I agree with the fact that the pedophile should be sent to prision to get the warm, loving treatment from the other inmates he deserves, do canucks not have a right protecting them against unreasonable search and seizure? And why is this script kiddie not being prosecuted for computer crimes like every other asshat who gets caught writing trojans to steal data from other people?
Where's the "Crimes Against Humanity" tag when you need it?
Did they forget about the BB gun, pepper spray, 6" knife and rubber tubing? Oh... Wrong astronaut...
You're slightly off target in your example, it's not the actors they'd need to digitally replace, it's Lucas. Unfortunatley, all the digital editing in the world can't fix an ego-maniacal, out of touch, past his prime director bent on raping the cherished memories of my childhood.
I agree with you that the solid-state drives are the most important on the list, but i question where you get the "Lower failure rate" bullet point. If you have a source for that, I'd love to read it. I'm not an expert in either flash memory or conventional magnetic disk hard drives, but what are you basing that upon? The fact that solid-state drives have zero moving parts certainly supports that argument, but according to all the sources I've been able to locate, solid-state memory has a finite number of write/erase cycles before failure which varies between 100,000 and 1,000,000. Most of the drives i was able to read about did include "wear leveling" and "bad block management" hardware to help avoid this limitation, but i was unable to find any direct reliability comparison between the two technologies.
I guess this thing makes my expensive new water block cooling system for my processor and gpu kind of redundant.
I would think that the Digital Make everyone a Criminal Act would prevent a company from marketing a device like this...
Oh, did the UK start using Mobile Execution Vans to eliminate dissidents? No? Just had a harebrained idea of how to deal with convicted sex offenders ?
I fail to see the similarities.
When did Billy Corgan gain weight, change his name to Alan Graham and start writing a tech column?
Is any of the content you're playing through the HD-DVD Player HDCP protected? My understanding is that HDCP use is still optional and the content being played determines if it's enabled (but i may be wrong on that). If the HDCP handshake is what's causing the flickering, and none of your HD-DVD's are forcing the DVD player to use HDCP, it the issue wouldn't show up with the device.
I was wondering why he kept sending his annoying employees to ask me for money.
Do you believe your friends and family's lives have higher value than others? It's simply an extension of that principle. If you don't hold your family's lives in higher value than other peoples, I'm glad I'm not related to you. It would be frightening to know that I'm no more important to a family member than a stranger is.
And before you try to go into the 'I don't even know most of my countrymen' semantic argument, I believe the context in which he used the term suggested that his countrymen were those fighting alongside him.
It's seems to really be a moot point whether IQ is genetic, social or monetary as an individual's children will (generally) be raised in the same social and monetary situation as the parents. No personal experience, but my father has been a guidance counselor at a High School since he retired from the military,(about 7 years) and he swears it's genetic. According to him, 95% of the time, if the kid is an idiot, when the parents come in for a meeting they're going to be idiots too, and the same thing holds true for the smart kids.
Man i wish this would have gone to court, it would have quality entertainment. I know it's inaccurate, but from the headline i get a mental image of a man indignantly arguing in front of a judge that they had copyrighted the act of attacking their wife with penises, and it's just too funny to me.
Actually, I am a programmer. I write battle simulation software for the Army. I create a product. That product has value. That product is NOT something that i would invest money in and expect a return on, because the product can't be expected to increase in value without more effort being put into it. You seem to misunderstand the difference between an item having value and an item being a good investment, which was the focus of my argument. A brand new Porche certainly has value, but is not a good investment, because in the future it is unlikely that its value will increase without significant effort on my part ( and according to my paycheck, that effort has value as well). In the same way, the "collection of bits on a harddrive somewhere" may have value, but it is unlikeley to increase its value without continued effort on my part, making it a bad investment.
I'm sorry, buy if you consider investing in virtual property in a Video Game a good idea, you have absolutely no business managing your own funds. You'd probably be better off investing in a pyramid scheme ( aside from the fact that they're illegal ). At least most pyramid schemes have some sort of actual product that moves around, rather than just a collection of bits on some hard drive somewhere.
I hope you're right. I can't wait for my thermal vision eye implants :)
So does this mean I can finally just send my brain to work while I stay home without dieing? hmmm.... I'll need to grow hands from my brain too, so it can shut off the alarm clock on its way out.
So what's the big deal? I can carry a lot more than two C02 molecules around and make turns and my parents are still kicking themselves for creating me, why should these scientists be proud of their inferior creation?
Aaaah HOA's... The last bastions of fascism in America.