Of course I haven't RTFA, but I wonder if the test is measuring what the title of the article says it is measuring. Are the results due to playing the video game, or could they be from the physical exercise involved in DDR (considerable). There is probably room for a number of different control groups.
Let's say that we are able to create vat-grown meat sources. If this is so, livestock producers will have no reason to grow the millions of cattle, swine, and poultry that they do now. This will result in almost all of them being slaughtered anyway, since there will be no motivation to keep them, except a few as breeding stock and zoo exhibits.
I don't have any desire to see domesticated animals put in any more pain than needed during slaughter, but face it folks, these animals were bred in captivity to be killed and eaten. Many would not be able to survive in a "natural" environment, and certainly not in all the areas where they are currently raised.
Police officials that Tenereillo has talked to haven't complained about the service because it inevitably encourages drivers to slow down.
So all the cops have to do to slow traffic down city wide would be two periodically send a car around with an officer punching #1 into his cellphone at many locations. This way users would know that there are speed traps EVERYWHERE.
Its like the old potato chip commercial... one cup of coffee may be good for you. I just have a hard time stopping after drinking only one. And drinking 6 - 8 cups of day is baaaaad for you (or so I've heard).
The technology isn't quite there yet, if 800 x 600 is the best it can do. We generally run 1200 x 1040 as a minimum on our conference room big screens, and the average seat is at least 10 feet away.
I work in a software development environment, and a new tester is a godsend in evaluating software usability. As much as testers try to evaluate new features from the user's perspective, after a while we become too familiar with the program. A new viewpoint can sometimes point out an obvious flaw that would otherwise be overlooked.
I stopped buying and listening to the big labels' new music years ago. Of course, part of the problem (as seen from their POV) is that I'm just getting to be an old fart who sits around listening to radical conservative talk radio all day. Not (entirely) true... I still enjoy listening to some '80's music or Jazz... on the radio... but I don't like it enough to pay for it, or even download it.
At first glance, my brain interpreted this headline as "Federal Anti-Obesity Program..." Whew! For a second there I thought that the government was going to come after us for eating too many twinkies during those late night coding sessions.
Roman Kingdom (753 BC - 510 BC)............ Colonial America (1500's - 1776)
Roman Republic (509 BC - 44 BC)............ United States (1776 - ~1950's)
Roman Empire (44 BC - 369 AD).............. United States (~1950's - ???)
I think an analogy can be made between the Roman Republic and the US up until the mid-50's or so. However, this also suggests that the current nation is more like the Roman Empire, where taxes are high, the rich get richer and the poor poorer (and the middle class being squeezed more and more into the later group), and the people have less and less input into the national government every year. The military gets squeezed, and will be unable to respond when it needs to.
The decline of the Roman Empire was a gradual process. After thriving for hundreds of years, the Empire was begun to fail by 369 AD for a number of reasons.
The Government was running out of money. What is the US National Debt now? $3 Trillion? Someday in the not too distant future, this is going to come back and bite us.
The people had to pay up to a third of their money in taxes. I wish I had to pay only a third of my money in taxes. Between Federal, State, Local (Property Taxes), FICA, Medicare, etc., I figure that approximately 46% of my income never sees my wallet.
The rich were given grants of money and land. Can we say juicy government contracts? And it is becoming more and more common for States to try to attract large businesses by offering tax and other "incentives".
There was not enough money to pay for the army. See spending priorities.
The barbarian Vandals were invading the Empire from Germany. Well, at least the Vandals didn't fly a jet plane into the colosseum.
No one had decided on a good way to choose an Emperor And in the last few presidential elections, I have concluded that our system is almost defunct. BOTH sides tend to nominate candidates that cater to the most extreme elements of their respective party. We end up with a executive who doesn't represent the people.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
And the right to free speech was specifically regarding speech about the government, wasn't it?
Niven's Ringworld was 1 million km wide (although the units may have been miles). Assuming that the units were in km, to have the same proportions as the Ringworld, the Halo world would have to be approximately 5/150 times this, or 33,333 km wide.
The specific article linked from this piece has to do with how NASA will deal with the death of an astronaut on a deep space mission. I didn't see any mention of SEX in the article, although that is certainly a consideration in planning a long duration mission with mixed crews.
Doesn't it make you wonder about the mindset of most slashdotters, that they only focus on the sex issue?
Except that the economy of China gets a big influx of money by selling to USA. Sure they can stop selling all their cheap goods over here, but if they do, what are they going to do with them?
Sure, go ahead and sign their contact. Then, be sure to weekly advise your new employer about a great new idea you have for [[anti-gravity device],[perpetual motion machine],[modern day Kama Sutra],...].
It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but the question that comes to my mind is: "Was the box in superman Returns correctly labeled?". Perhaps it was only labeled sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, but someone had mistakenly identified the kryptonite as that substance. After all, why would Lex Luther steal a box containing white powdery substance... oh, wait, never mind.
Drug tests wouldn't be an invasion of privacy. Perhaps this is more analogous to forcing mandatory surgery to open the athletes up to make sure they haven't swallowed a balloon full of drugs.
All that would be needed to make this scheme less useful would be for some bright person to apply the audio watermark to a whole bunch of files that aren't copyrighted. Then, when the spider finds one of these bogus files, a real person has to determine that it isn't copyrighted material.
Of course, the way the **AA has acted in the past, it wouldn't surprise anyone that automated [threat] letters would be sent out. This would leave someone open to counterclaim.
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I'm sorry. Where did I miss this? I was raised to believe that rage is unacceptable anywhere... even in private.
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Of course I haven't RTFA, but I wonder if the test is measuring what the title of the article says it is measuring. Are the results due to playing the video game, or could they be from the physical exercise involved in DDR (considerable). There is probably room for a number of different control groups.
This article just says that the Air Force is considering it. It doesn't make mention of the Army|Navy|etc.
Let's say that we are able to create vat-grown meat sources. If this is so, livestock producers will have no reason to grow the millions of cattle, swine, and poultry that they do now. This will result in almost all of them being slaughtered anyway, since there will be no motivation to keep them, except a few as breeding stock and zoo exhibits.
I don't have any desire to see domesticated animals put in any more pain than needed during slaughter, but face it folks, these animals were bred in captivity to be killed and eaten. Many would not be able to survive in a "natural" environment, and certainly not in all the areas where they are currently raised.
Police officials that Tenereillo has talked to haven't complained about the service because it inevitably encourages drivers to slow down.
So all the cops have to do to slow traffic down city wide would be two periodically send a car around with an officer punching #1 into his cellphone at many locations. This way users would know that there are speed traps EVERYWHERE.
Its like the old potato chip commercial... one cup of coffee may be good for you. I just have a hard time stopping after drinking only one. And drinking 6 - 8 cups of day is baaaaad for you (or so I've heard).
The technology isn't quite there yet, if 800 x 600 is the best it can do. We generally run 1200 x 1040 as a minimum on our conference room big screens, and the average seat is at least 10 feet away.
I work in a software development environment, and a new tester is a godsend in evaluating software usability. As much as testers try to evaluate new features from the user's perspective, after a while we become too familiar with the program. A new viewpoint can sometimes point out an obvious flaw that would otherwise be overlooked.
I'm going to develop a method of storing data on quarks, for really high data storage density!
I stopped buying and listening to the big labels' new music years ago. Of course, part of the problem (as seen from their POV) is that I'm just getting to be an old fart who sits around listening to radical conservative talk radio all day. Not (entirely) true... I still enjoy listening to some '80's music or Jazz... on the radio... but I don't like it enough to pay for it, or even download it.
At first glance, my brain interpreted this headline as "Federal Anti-Obesity Program..." Whew! For a second there I thought that the government was going to come after us for eating too many twinkies during those late night coding sessions.
Internet connectivity is provided on our new flights, but personal electronic devices will henceforth be restricted due to security concerns...
It is thus logical that a truly superior human will learn to abandon any primitive altruistic tendencies.
Roman Kingdom (753 BC - 510 BC) ............ Colonial America (1500's - 1776)
Roman Republic (509 BC - 44 BC) ............ United States (1776 - ~1950's)
Roman Empire (44 BC - 369 AD) .............. United States (~1950's - ???)
I think an analogy can be made between the Roman Republic and the US up until the mid-50's or so. However, this also suggests that the current nation is more like the Roman Empire, where taxes are high, the rich get richer and the poor poorer (and the middle class being squeezed more and more into the later group), and the people have less and less input into the national government every year. The military gets squeezed, and will be unable to respond when it needs to.
The decline of the Roman Empire was a gradual process. After thriving for hundreds of years, the Empire was begun to fail by 369 AD for a number of reasons.
What is the US National Debt now? $3 Trillion? Someday in the not too distant future, this is going to come back and bite us.
I wish I had to pay only a third of my money in taxes. Between Federal, State, Local (Property Taxes), FICA, Medicare, etc., I figure that approximately 46% of my income never sees my wallet.
Can we say juicy government contracts? And it is becoming more and more common for States to try to attract large businesses by offering tax and other "incentives".
See spending priorities.
Well, at least the Vandals didn't fly a jet plane into the colosseum.
And in the last few presidential elections, I have concluded that our system is almost defunct. BOTH sides tend to nominate candidates that cater to the most extreme elements of their respective party. We end up with a executive who doesn't represent the people.
'Nuff said.
They may be able to disable the fast forward, but its highly doubtful that they can disable the go-to-the-bathroom feature.
Right to privacy is basically what the 4th Amendment is about.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
And the right to free speech was specifically regarding speech about the government, wasn't it?
Niven's Ringworld was 1 million km wide (although the units may have been miles). Assuming that the units were in km, to have the same proportions as the Ringworld, the Halo world would have to be approximately 5/150 times this, or 33,333 km wide.
The specific article linked from this piece has to do with how NASA will deal with the death of an astronaut on a deep space mission. I didn't see any mention of SEX in the article, although that is certainly a consideration in planning a long duration mission with mixed crews.
Doesn't it make you wonder about the mindset of most slashdotters, that they only focus on the sex issue?
Except that the economy of China gets a big influx of money by selling to USA. Sure they can stop selling all their cheap goods over here, but if they do, what are they going to do with them?
Sure, go ahead and sign their contact. Then, be sure to weekly advise your new employer about a great new idea you have for [[anti-gravity device],[perpetual motion machine],[modern day Kama Sutra], ...].
It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but the question that comes to my mind is: "Was the box in superman Returns correctly labeled?". Perhaps it was only labeled sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, but someone had mistakenly identified the kryptonite as that substance. After all, why would Lex Luther steal a box containing white powdery substance... oh, wait, never mind.
Drug tests wouldn't be an invasion of privacy. Perhaps this is more analogous to forcing mandatory surgery to open the athletes up to make sure they haven't swallowed a balloon full of drugs.
All that would be needed to make this scheme less useful would be for some bright person to apply the audio watermark to a whole bunch of files that aren't copyrighted. Then, when the spider finds one of these bogus files, a real person has to determine that it isn't copyrighted material.
Of course, the way the **AA has acted in the past, it wouldn't surprise anyone that automated [threat] letters would be sent out. This would leave someone open to counterclaim.