Someone correct me. It just doesn't seem feasible.
Speech recognition is pretty good these days, and text is highly compressible. If they discard the audio, It would be quite feasible to store a transcript of every call.
I use a combination of ABP, DNTMe, and Firefox's built-in DNT flag.
No. Ghostery is not "a tracker."
Ghostery's data collection is opt-in. To share data with them, you have to click a clearly-labeled checkbox. There doesn't appear to be anything fishy about it.
...If the comment below is correct (they have links if you want more info) then it was actually just a copy of the original DNA.
It was a copy of a different species' DNA. They took a sample of m. capricolum, and replaced its DNA with a synthesized copy of m. mycoides's genome. The test organism actually changed into a different species.
Actually we're already at the threshold of creating life in any form we wish - I believe it was a year or so ago that someone successfully implanted a fully synthetic genome into a bacteria...
That's the impression you'd get from skimming the headlines. I fear it's a bit sensationalist.
The experiment you refer to involved a synthesized -copy- of an existing organism's genome. An impressive feat, but not quite "creating life in any form we wish."
We've learned to copy-and-paste DNA. Right now that's about all we can do. Protein-folding is a hard problem, so we can't easily predict what a given DNA sequence will do, let alone invent new sequences. We can do a bit of remixing, copying a gene from here to there, but we can't create new genes yet.
We'll get there, I don't doubt that. But at this stage, our "synthetic genome" is just a xerox copy.
Install FreeDos in the c:\dos folder of your DosBox machine. You'll get most of FreeDos' new functionality, while keeping the useful features of DosBox.
I don't see how the store is relevant, though. VLC is free and Windows 8 is not a walled-garden, so there is absolutely no need for it to be on the "Microsoft Store".
Win8 is compatible with old-fashioned windows apps, but the new "Metro" environment -is- a walled garden.
This project seeks to port VLC to the "Metro" environment. To run on the start screen, and have the Windows 8 "look and feel."
BACK TO ANTS: It's a false conclusion to say they have been using a distibuted network "for millions of years". That is a random guess. For all we know they just discovered this method in the last 1000 years
It needn't be a random guess. If another species of harvester ant exhibits similar behaviour, that's pretty good evidence that the behaviour is older than the rift between the species.
The paper discusses a single species, but if Dr. Prabhakar thinks the behaviour is millions of years old he may have some idea what he's talking about.
Christian idiots have done things like bomb abortion clinics (thereby killing both doctors and those seeking abortions)
That's not precisely true.
There's been exactly one fatal clinic bombing. A single idiot named Eric Rudolph murdered a security guard and injured a nurse.
As far as I know, other bombings have been directed at property but not at human beings. There have, however, been doctors shot to death by similarly-minded idiots. For a non-exhaustive list of incidents, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence
Being a citizen on US soil is irrelevant if a border crossing is involve
But in this case, no "border crossing" was involved. George was driving from El Paso to Austin, on an Interstate highway. They've setup "border crossings" on high-traffic roads inside the US, which is absolute bullshit.
So you haven't experienced the DVDs that force you to sit through previews by disabling skip and fast forward functionality. How nice for you.
The DVD isn't disabling those buttons. It's just a plastic disc with some data on it. It has no power over your player.
The culprit here is your insubordinate DVD player, which willfully disobeys your commands.
It might be possible to overwrite the player's firmware to make it more docile. If not, you should consider having it put down. If you tolerate insubordination, that will only set a bad example for the rest of your electronics. Eventually, it could lead to outright mutiny. Best to nip these things in the bud.
He says he is serious, but unless there is something I am missing or Notch is an idiot he is not actually expecting them to agree.
Bethesda may not have anticipated the bad press that this affair is generating. Notch has offered them a face-saving way out. It would be wise of them to accept.
Here is what is playig at the theater. Brides mainds, kung fu panda. x-men, etc. Not a high end theater like landmark or Dundance where the films require a little more attention.
Also playing this month: Taxi Driver, Black Orpheus, Salesman, Midnight in Paris... and they have a regular silent film series with live musical score. (Battleship Potemkin was a couple weeks ago.)
Are you upset that they don't show "high brow" films exclusively?
When movie theaters are considerate enough to not steal my time with their advertising drivel at the start of the movie I paid for then I will be considerate enough to turn up on time.
I visit the Drafthouse often. They never run advertisements before their movies, with the exception of previews for upcoming films. To fill the time between movies, they run old cartoons, or kung-fu fight scenes, or whatever wacky reel the projectionist finds entertaining. Never advertisements. For that reason alone, I've stopped patronizing other theaters.
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If the sugar lobby is so powerful, why is HFCS used in everything instead?
Actually, the sugar lobby is directly to blame for the popularity of HFCS in American food.
They lobby for protectionist tariffs to keep sugar prices artificially high. As a result, sugar costs about twice as much inside the USA. And that's a big reason why we end up eating so much HFCS.
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If I make a copy of the password database and place it on my machine then how will an alarm reach the admins?
It won't, if all you do with the passwords is keep them on your own machine.
But if you try to use of the passwords to access the machine you took them from, that's when you risk alerting the admins.
Someone correct me. It just doesn't seem feasible.
Speech recognition is pretty good these days, and text is highly compressible. If they discard the audio, It would be quite feasible to store a transcript of every call.
...All without a single patriot in the government going public and blowing the lid off this
Thus far, we've had the same story from a number of whistleblowers:
Former NSA technical director William Binney.
Former house intelligence committee staffer Diane Roark
Former AT&T technician Mark Klein
At what point would you consider the lid blown?
Ghostery itself is a tracker: http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/31/ghostery-a-web-tracking-blocker-that-actually-helps-the-ad-industry/
I use a combination of ABP, DNTMe, and Firefox's built-in DNT flag.
No. Ghostery is not "a tracker."
Ghostery's data collection is opt-in. To share data with them, you have to click a clearly-labeled checkbox. There doesn't appear to be anything fishy about it.
Humans are a type of ape. We only confuse ourselves if we insist on a semantic distinction.
If gibbons are in the club, then we can't justify excluding ourselves... we're much closer to the other apes than gibbons are.
...If the comment below is correct (they have links if you want more info) then it was actually just a copy of the original DNA.
It was a copy of a different species' DNA. They took a sample of m. capricolum, and replaced its DNA with a synthesized copy of m. mycoides's genome. The test organism actually changed into a different species.
... actually, here's a more informative link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoplasma_laboratorium
Damned impressive stuff. They synthesized a copy of the m. mycoides genome from a computer record.
Actually we're already at the threshold of creating life in any form we wish - I believe it was a year or so ago that someone successfully implanted a fully synthetic genome into a bacteria...
That's the impression you'd get from skimming the headlines. I fear it's a bit sensationalist.
The experiment you refer to involved a synthesized -copy- of an existing organism's genome. An impressive feat, but not quite "creating life in any form we wish."
We've learned to copy-and-paste DNA. Right now that's about all we can do. Protein-folding is a hard problem, so we can't easily predict what a given DNA sequence will do, let alone invent new sequences. We can do a bit of remixing, copying a gene from here to there, but we can't create new genes yet.
We'll get there, I don't doubt that. But at this stage, our "synthetic genome" is just a xerox copy.
Informative link about the "synthetic genome" experiment: http://www.jcvi.org/cms/research/%20projects/synthetic-bacterial-genome/press-release/
You can have both!
Install FreeDos in the c:\dos folder of your DosBox machine. You'll get most of FreeDos' new functionality, while keeping the useful features of DosBox.
see here: http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/TOOLS:FreeDOS
I don't see how the store is relevant, though. VLC is free and Windows 8 is not a walled-garden, so there is absolutely no need for it to be on the "Microsoft Store".
Win8 is compatible with old-fashioned windows apps, but the new "Metro" environment -is- a walled garden.
This project seeks to port VLC to the "Metro" environment. To run on the start screen, and have the Windows 8 "look and feel."
For that, they will need Microsoft's blessing.
Windows 8 has everything Windows RT has, but it also has an extra tile called "Desktop Mode" where you can run software designed for desktop mode.
Not quite. Windows RT also has a prominent tile called "Desktop Mode," which looks identical to Windows 8's desktop mode. See here for more information: http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-rt-desktop-mode-gets-detailed-better-than-expected
And here's a lovely video of Windows RT's desktop mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D06Lb0W37w
Its not that baffling.
It was baffling enough to confuse you, apparently.
BACK TO ANTS: It's a false conclusion to say they have been using a distibuted network "for millions of years". That is a random guess. For all we know they just discovered this method in the last 1000 years
It needn't be a random guess. If another species of harvester ant exhibits similar behaviour, that's pretty good evidence that the behaviour is older than the rift between the species.
The paper discusses a single species, but if Dr. Prabhakar thinks the behaviour is millions of years old he may have some idea what he's talking about.
You keep telling yourself that, if it makes you feel better.
What do you mean?
He means he doesn't understand public key cryptography.
It seems a bit disingenuous to call this a "bug."
The API was operating as designed: when a friend lists a new email address, my address book is updated to reflect it. That's normal behavior.
The "bug" in this case was Facebook's decision to modify their users' contact info without permission. The API is not to blame here.
Christian idiots have done things like bomb abortion clinics (thereby killing both doctors and those seeking abortions)
That's not precisely true.
There's been exactly one fatal clinic bombing. A single idiot named Eric Rudolph murdered a security guard and injured a nurse.
As far as I know, other bombings have been directed at property but not at human beings. There have, however, been doctors shot to death by similarly-minded idiots. For a non-exhaustive list of incidents, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence
Moving drugs across a border for personal use is still moving them across a border illegally.
He didn't cross a border. He was driving from El Paso to Austin. The "checkpoint" is on a major expressway between two US cities.
Being a citizen on US soil is irrelevant if a border crossing is involve
But in this case, no "border crossing" was involved. George was driving from El Paso to Austin, on an Interstate highway. They've setup "border crossings" on high-traffic roads inside the US, which is absolute bullshit.
So you haven't experienced the DVDs that force you to sit through previews by disabling skip and fast forward functionality. How nice for you.
The DVD isn't disabling those buttons. It's just a plastic disc with some data on it. It has no power over your player.
The culprit here is your insubordinate DVD player, which willfully disobeys your commands.
It might be possible to overwrite the player's firmware to make it more docile. If not, you should consider having it put down. If you tolerate insubordination, that will only set a bad example for the rest of your electronics. Eventually, it could lead to outright mutiny. Best to nip these things in the bud.
...he called his fanbase a bunch of geeks who ought to get a life, live on TV.
Saturday Night Live is a scripted comedy show. You understand that, right?
I saw that episode. It was funny. Shatner didn't insult his fans. He was playing a role, making fun of himself more than anyone else.
(And besides, as he clearly explains in the episode, those hurtful comments were made by the evil captain kirk from "the enemy within.")
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x930vt_william-shatner-snl-skit-get-a-life_fun
He says he is serious, but unless there is something I am missing or Notch is an idiot he is not actually expecting them to agree.
Bethesda may not have anticipated the bad press that this affair is generating. Notch has offered them a face-saving way out. It would be wise of them to accept.
Essentially every Nordic country? That's Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland?
Meanwhile, in the aforementioned Nordic countries....
Cops probed for beating handicapped driver
Police brutality caught on tape
Nigerian man beaten to death by Trondheim Police
Danish police beating unarmed civillians
Five Finnish narcotics police to face misconduct charges
Photographers pepper-sprayed in Iceland
Mind you, I don't doubt that each of these countries has a better police force than the US. I'm sure they have the best police on Earth!
But even so, it seems to me that Nordic civilians might occasionally have cause to record their own generally-trustworthy police.
Why would you need to 'hide' your gun photos?
Cursory googling reveals a Wisconsin teacher suspended from her job because of a facebook picture of herself aiming a rifle:
http://www.wkow.com/global/story.asp?s=9801650
Here is what is playig at the theater. Brides mainds, kung fu panda. x-men, etc. Not a high end theater like landmark or Dundance where the films require a little more attention.
Also playing this month: Taxi Driver, Black Orpheus, Salesman, Midnight in Paris... and they have a regular silent film series with live musical score. (Battleship Potemkin was a couple weeks ago.)
Are you upset that they don't show "high brow" films exclusively?
When movie theaters are considerate enough to not steal my time with their advertising drivel at the start of the movie I paid for then I will be considerate enough to turn up on time.
I visit the Drafthouse often. They never run advertisements before their movies, with the exception of previews for upcoming films. To fill the time between movies, they run old cartoons, or kung-fu fight scenes, or whatever wacky reel the projectionist finds entertaining. Never advertisements. For that reason alone, I've stopped patronizing other theaters.
If the sugar lobby is so powerful, why is HFCS used in everything instead?
Actually, the sugar lobby is directly to blame for the popularity of HFCS in American food.
They lobby for protectionist tariffs to keep sugar prices artificially high. As a result, sugar costs about twice as much inside the USA. And that's a big reason why we end up eating so much HFCS.
informative link: http://www.benzinga.com/105260/sugar-tariffs-cost-americans-2-5-billion-in-2009