Deal with the abuse of the drugs (DUI) not the banning of them, or alcohol.
That's exactly what this invention does. I'm for it.
Driving while drunk is against the law: If you're drunk and you turn the key, you have broken the law. This invention determines whether you are currently breaking the law, not whether you're likely to do so, or have done so in the past.
The "privacy" argument would only make sense if you believe that the actions you take with your car are your own, private business. Considering that they travel on public roads, I disagree with that belief, and frankly find it hard to understand how anyone could argue otherwise.
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...the hardcore Archie-and-Jughead scenes.
(Yes, I know, they probably exist in slash fiction, but a Google Images search reveals surprisingly little. Get on it, folks!)
I disagree. I'm a professional writer who often covers subjects I don't know well. After following my editor's leads, Wikipedia is my first stop for general background. (The trick is to not let it be your *last* stop.)
Among other things, Wikipedia helps me understand jargon: Even an inaccurate article will describe the issue at hand with industry-standard words.
Not a bad idea, but what if the snooper changed your Facebook account's email address during the minute between Blacksheep's checks? That person would pwn you permanently; you couldn't log back in, but the attacker could (by retrieving your password).
I want art that reflects "the truth" -- as seen through many eyes. Video games are art, and deserve the same consideration. Judge it on whether it invokes a feeling of truth, even if it doesn't display authentic truth. You know?
Consider Jerzy Kosinsky's novel, The Painted Bird. It's possibly one of the most shocking, graphic -- and moving -- books ever written. It's gained accolade after accolade for its "truth". And yet there are controversies over how much was based on his reality and how much was invented. Its "lies" don't necessarily diminish its "truth". You know?
So let's see if it's a good game. If it is, praise it. If not, rip it a new one. As Oscar Wilde said, "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written." Same thing here.
I used to live in a false street. The official map for the San Francisco Muni had a tiny spur named Tulip Street, just off of Russ in SOMA. That was my bedroom.
Oh, right, thanks for reminding me of all the liberal violence out there. Anti-gay activists are being lynched and beaten all the time, just like integrationists in the segregated South.
Good job there.
Great quote! But irrelevant. Courtroom proceedings aren't exactly "the government" in the sense you mean -- that is, there's no relation between district courts and the FBI.
FWIW (very little) I agree with the consensus here: The docs should be free, he did break the law, FBI is right to intervene, I hope he ultimately goes free and gets a medal.
If I read the question correctly, you've already written a fair amount of the book already, yes? If so, stop writing. Find the publisher first, then work with them on producing the book.
There is no such thing as a generic book, especially in technology instruction. Peachpit, Apress, O'Reilly, etc. all publish very different sorts of books, with different styles and audiences. Adapting from one to another is more work than writing it "to fit" from the beginning.
I'm currently working on Drupal 7: Visual QuickStart Guide for Peachpit, which has a strict style based on step-by-step instructions and very little narrative writing. If I were writing a generic book, it would be all narrative, and I'd never have gotten this contract. (The Peachpit folks have been wonderful, by the way.)
Take two weeks when you don't have any deadlines and learn the Dvorak keyboard. Seriously! I averaged 25wpm during the training period, but now do 80wpm -- well above my QWERTY average.
Dr. Schaeffer said it well in an email to me. I trust he won't mind if I quote it:
"Say player 1 makes a really dumb move. It is now player 2's move.
Player 2 has a choice of 10 moves.
Player 2 examines the first move and, voila, it is a win! Great!
Do we need to look at the other 9 moves?
No. Move 1 leads to a win, and moves 2 through 10 can do no better.
Some of those moves might also lead to a win, but who cares. We have one winning move and that is all that matters." Now you folks see how much goes into a 600-word story...;)
Here's a relevant quote from Bob Newell (editor of The Checker Maven) that didn't make it into the story:
"[Checkers is] a very finely balanced game, and a very subtle game. The subtleties of checkers are not very well appreciated by the average player. You play as a kid and someone always wins. In chess, differences are larger: In chess, you can make a mistake and still recover. In checkers, if you make a mistake, even a small one, you probably won't recover. People are fascinated by this game of minutiae, if you will. At a high level, at least two games out of three, no-one can gain that small advantage and so the game ends in a draw."
10x10 draughts has a state-space of around 10^30, according to Dr. Schaeffer. (That was in the article's original draft -- no pun intended -- but was cut for space.)
I wrote the story for Nature, and you're absolutely right. The problem I had was that I couldn't find figures on power efficiency through short (under 2 meters) wired connections -- probably because it's damn near 100%, right? My hope was that the comparison I provided would give *some* metric that would be more understandable to the average reader. I hope it wasn't misleading, but that's always the writer's worry.
Hey, folks -- long-time Slashdotter here (check out my 1337 usernumber:) ), and full-time freelance writer. I don't have any inside information about the invention, just the original paper and a FAQ that the developers provided me. And of course I don't speak for Nature or the inventors. But I'm happy to respond to anyone who replies here.
Oh, come on, people. Calling this activity "spam" is like saying a rollerskate is a truck. It's people doing something lawful and unintrusive on their own property, for dogsache. What, are they now required to act invisible because they know a certain airplane might be passing overhead?
Much as the Slashdot community is a repository of information that's always wise and correct;), I'd talk with some locals about this one. Threats to your home vary tremendously from area to area.
Residential real estate is a local business -- which is also why it's mostly resisted corporate conglomeration. Issues can vary tremendously from property to property, even among units in the same building.
--Tom "IAAAREB" (I Actually Am A Real Estate Broker)
Any man who would take on a position at a yarn store, much less a technological position while surrounded by a dozen women, ages 55+ deserves some kind of reward...'"
This is the most hateful, priggish, bigoted, self-limiting, sexist thing I've read in a week. And I read a lot.
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Deal with the abuse of the drugs (DUI) not the banning of them, or alcohol.
That's exactly what this invention does. I'm for it.
Driving while drunk is against the law: If you're drunk and you turn the key, you have broken the law. This invention determines whether you are currently breaking the law, not whether you're likely to do so, or have done so in the past.
The "privacy" argument would only make sense if you believe that the actions you take with your car are your own, private business. Considering that they travel on public roads, I disagree with that belief, and frankly find it hard to understand how anyone could argue otherwise.
...the hardcore Archie-and-Jughead scenes. (Yes, I know, they probably exist in slash fiction, but a Google Images search reveals surprisingly little. Get on it, folks!)
I disagree. I'm a professional writer who often covers subjects I don't know well. After following my editor's leads, Wikipedia is my first stop for general background. (The trick is to not let it be your *last* stop.) Among other things, Wikipedia helps me understand jargon: Even an inaccurate article will describe the issue at hand with industry-standard words.
Not a bad idea, but what if the snooper changed your Facebook account's email address during the minute between Blacksheep's checks? That person would pwn you permanently; you couldn't log back in, but the attacker could (by retrieving your password).
eFUSE can blow itself.
Lucky eFUSE!
For the record, you can run Drupal with PostgreSQL right out of the box.
I want art that reflects "the truth" -- as seen through many eyes. Video games are art, and deserve the same consideration. Judge it on whether it invokes a feeling of truth, even if it doesn't display authentic truth. You know? Consider Jerzy Kosinsky's novel, The Painted Bird. It's possibly one of the most shocking, graphic -- and moving -- books ever written. It's gained accolade after accolade for its "truth". And yet there are controversies over how much was based on his reality and how much was invented. Its "lies" don't necessarily diminish its "truth". You know? So let's see if it's a good game. If it is, praise it. If not, rip it a new one. As Oscar Wilde said, "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written." Same thing here.
I used to live in a false street. The official map for the San Francisco Muni had a tiny spur named Tulip Street, just off of Russ in SOMA. That was my bedroom.
Oh, right, thanks for reminding me of all the liberal violence out there. Anti-gay activists are being lynched and beaten all the time, just like integrationists in the segregated South. Good job there.
Great quote! But irrelevant. Courtroom proceedings aren't exactly "the government" in the sense you mean -- that is, there's no relation between district courts and the FBI. FWIW (very little) I agree with the consensus here: The docs should be free, he did break the law, FBI is right to intervene, I hope he ultimately goes free and gets a medal.
If I read the question correctly, you've already written a fair amount of the book already, yes? If so, stop writing. Find the publisher first, then work with them on producing the book.
There is no such thing as a generic book, especially in technology instruction. Peachpit, Apress, O'Reilly, etc. all publish very different sorts of books, with different styles and audiences. Adapting from one to another is more work than writing it "to fit" from the beginning.
I'm currently working on Drupal 7: Visual QuickStart Guide for Peachpit, which has a strict style based on step-by-step instructions and very little narrative writing. If I were writing a generic book, it would be all narrative, and I'd never have gotten this contract. (The Peachpit folks have been wonderful, by the way.)
You're confusing "abnormal" with "unnatural".
Without meds the OP was abnormal, but also by definition completely "natural".
The question is: Which is the better way for the OP to live? That's his/her decision.
Take two weeks when you don't have any deadlines and learn the Dvorak keyboard. Seriously! I averaged 25wpm during the training period, but now do 80wpm -- well above my QWERTY average.
For the record, his name is not Joe -- it's Sam.
That matters as a bellwether to the fact that pretty much everything he said was a lie.
I beat you all!
And for the record, I'm 40. :)
I wrote the news article for Nature. Here it is. It'll be free for only a few days, so grab it while it's hot!
Well put!
;)
Dr. Schaeffer said it well in an email to me. I trust he won't mind if I quote it:
"Say player 1 makes a really dumb move. It is now player 2's move.
Player 2 has a choice of 10 moves.
Player 2 examines the first move and, voila, it is a win! Great!
Do we need to look at the other 9 moves?
No. Move 1 leads to a win, and moves 2 through 10 can do no better.
Some of those moves might also lead to a win, but who cares. We have
one winning move and that is all that matters."
Now you folks see how much goes into a 600-word story...
Here's a relevant quote from Bob Newell (editor of The Checker Maven) that didn't make it into the story:
"[Checkers is] a very finely balanced game, and a very subtle game. The subtleties of checkers are not very well appreciated by the average player. You play as a kid and someone always wins. In chess, differences are larger: In chess, you can make a mistake and still recover. In checkers, if you make a mistake, even a small one, you probably won't recover. People are fascinated by this game of minutiae, if you will. At a high level, at least two games out of three, no-one can gain that small advantage and so the game ends in a draw."
10x10 draughts has a state-space of around 10^30, according to Dr. Schaeffer. (That was in the article's original draft -- no pun intended -- but was cut for space.)
I wrote the story for Nature, and you're absolutely right. The problem I had was that I couldn't find figures on power efficiency through short (under 2 meters) wired connections -- probably because it's damn near 100%, right? My hope was that the comparison I provided would give *some* metric that would be more understandable to the average reader. I hope it wasn't misleading, but that's always the writer's worry.
--Tom Geller
http://www.tomgeller.com/
Hey, folks -- long-time Slashdotter here (check out my 1337 usernumber :) ), and full-time freelance writer. I don't have any inside information about the invention, just the original paper and a FAQ that the developers provided me. And of course I don't speak for Nature or the inventors. But I'm happy to respond to anyone who replies here.
--Tom Geller
http://www.tomgeller.com/
Oh, come on, people. Calling this activity "spam" is like saying a rollerskate is a truck. It's people doing something lawful and unintrusive on their own property, for dogsache. What, are they now required to act invisible because they know a certain airplane might be passing overhead?
Don't be stupid.
I can't believe nobody's made the obvious and obligatory Futurama reference.
Much as the Slashdot community is a repository of information that's always wise and correct ;), I'd talk with some locals about this one. Threats to your home vary tremendously from area to area.
Residential real estate is a local business -- which is also why it's mostly resisted corporate conglomeration. Issues can vary tremendously from property to property, even among units in the same building.
--Tom "IAAAREB" (I Actually Am A Real Estate Broker)
Any man who would take on a position at a yarn store, much less a technological position while surrounded by a dozen women, ages 55+ deserves some kind of reward...'"
This is the most hateful, priggish, bigoted, self-limiting, sexist thing I've read in a week. And I read a lot.