The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen was a great movie that in my opinion too many people have not seen. Of the three movies in the trilogy, it is the most obscure. It also has a a buch of actors who are now famous. The actor playing Sam Lowry in Brazil plays the antagonist town govornment (but we still all remember him from the first infinity car comercial.) Gilliam brought in at least one of the Monty pythond gang (the guy who runs supper fast.) Robin Williams is the man on the moon. And who can forget Uma Thurman as Aphroditee? Also, the barron himself is none other than the Well Manacured Man from X-files.
Changes like this could inspire others. I'm sure there are a FEW people out there who would like other designs. I can just imagine some more retro looks: The fake leopard skin case The pewter palm (a bit heavy) The lego palm (can attach lego pieces to it on top & bottom) The lucite palm (just like those phones you can see inside) The rubber palm (adds another inch of drop survivability) The palm float (take it in the pool) The sandstone palm (look like Fred Flinstone) Fishtank palm (from the soles of your shoes to the palm of your hand, sure as hell beats a tamaguchi) The Neon palm.
I wonder how much actual formating of the data was required between the camera and the implant. Does it actualy get injected to a nxn array of brain cells or do they give him the data 'raw' and let his brain figure it out? The latter seems more eligant, and the brain is cappable of addapting. Getting it to recognize input is there seems tricier. I remember hearing a long time ago of some scientist who wore glasses w/ lenses that flipped everything upsidedown. Eventualy his mind was able to addapt and everything seemed normal to him. So as long as the brain treas the electrical signals as input, interpretation should only be a matter of time, for both children and adults. My guess would be that this is much easier in young children, though.
All this talk about life orgiginating on Mars and comming to Earth. Hasn't anyone considered the alternative that live was blasted onto Mars by an Earth rock, only to die out a few million years latter because it couldn't addapt well enough (or mabee it's still there.)
I wonder if any bactrea as hardy as these two found there way onto Voyager. It would be interesting to see where it ended up and if it survived on another plannet. Would probably be the first human (accidental) colinization of a planet outside the solar system; depending on how fast it got there.
It's Europa with the Ice crust and possibly an ocean underneath. Io is hot. It's the most volcanicaly active body in the solar system with constant eruptions, sulphur, fire, brimstone...well you get the picture.
Yes, the monitary incentive will cause some people to go into CS/IT/IS who are not very good at it. But given all the people who will apply to this program, I seriously doubt that those people will get into the programs. You are more likely to get a group of people who are very intelegent and know what they are doing, who either can't afford the tuition, or like the idea of having the federal govornment pay for their education. These are the people who will most likely be selected. And with limited positions, the govornment can be choosy.
Also, you may be getting paid ~30K extra a year for the few years that someone else is working for the govt', but you are also paying of ~30K a year for a few years in loans (or equivalent, spread out over more years,) unless your parents were wealthy or you went to a chaper school.
It's all how you look at it: 'Have to work for the govornment' vs. 'Guaranteed a job for ~5 years after you graduate' not to mention job experience that emplyoers will love after your'e done.
91 million does not seem like allotfor a govornment program, but consider: Even if half of that goes to administrative overhead (unlikely) there is still enough money to give about 400 people a free ride to ivy league colleges or places like Berkly and Caltech.
Offten, these kinds of programs only pay for thinks like books and tuition, not room and board. so the actual number of people who can be funded is higher, probably arround 600+. And since not everyone is going to places that cost 30K a year. Some may be going to good public CS schools like U of MD or IL, the actual number of students benifiting from the money would be clooser to a thousand. a pretty good number
Everyone is upset with Amazon about the patent; and they feel like boycotting the company will send their message across. But with Amazon loosing money with each transaction, wouldn't it make more sense to try and buy as many of their best deal books as possible.
On the otherhand, greater losses seem to boost their stock price, so mabee this isn't such a great idea after all.
It really is a shame how unstable NASAs budget is, and how neccesary it is for them to sway public oppinion in their favor for each mission. This wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that the average person is disapointed with anything other than resounding success. This forces them to try and put a good spin (no pun intended) on all the probes they send out.
Nasa told us at the begining of the Smaller,Cheaper,Faster push that losses were expected with experimental tech. and that we would learn almost as much from a failure as a completed mission. But this doesn't seem to hit home with most people who see failures as complete losses.
Given, the loss due to the metric conversion wasn't a failure of bleeding edge technology, but it was still a valuable lession. I'm sure it will be a long long time before a similar mistake is made. I just wish more people would realise this and get of NASAs back a little. Forcing them to fight for funding only distracts(and detracts) from making a mission do well.
I'm not quite sure of the exact law, but I belive it states that as long as there is a single, reasonable, legal use for a product, the manufaturer is not liable for its use. This is why lockpicks are legal since locksmiths use them, even if more people use them for theft.
The "resonable" above gives leway to the courts. Back Orifice (for example) is questionable as to its intent for legal use, dispite the manufactures claim, knowning the nature of the CDC.
Another example--handguns--was brought up. Hand guns certianly have a legitimate use. They work well for personal defence. The more law abiding citizens who own (and responsibly care for) hand guns, the more reluctant criminals will be to asault people or break into homes; overall it decreases the utility of crime if the criminal has a greater chance of being shot. And let's not forget that they could be used to revolt if the government became tyranica (albeit with limited effectiveness); the entire point of the 5th amendmant.
Of course, if a gun manufacturer continualy sells more guns to dealers in a city than permits are issued for, it again becomes a question of wether the gun-maker can reasonably belive that their guns are being used for legitimate purposes.
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The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen was a great movie that in my opinion too many people have not seen. Of the three movies in the trilogy, it is the most obscure. It also has a a buch of actors who are now famous. The actor playing Sam Lowry in Brazil plays the antagonist town govornment (but we still all remember him from the first infinity car comercial.) Gilliam brought in at least one of the Monty pythond gang (the guy who runs supper fast.) Robin Williams is the man on the moon. And who can forget Uma Thurman as Aphroditee? Also, the barron himself is none other than the Well Manacured Man from X-files.
Not when you screw Microsoft out of $400 with the rebate fiasco. An $85 palm 5x wasn't bad.
Changes like this could inspire others. I'm sure there are a FEW people out there who would like other designs. I can just imagine some more retro looks:
The fake leopard skin case
The pewter palm (a bit heavy)
The lego palm (can attach lego pieces to it on top & bottom)
The lucite palm (just like those phones you can see inside)
The rubber palm (adds another inch of drop survivability)
The palm float (take it in the pool)
The sandstone palm (look like Fred Flinstone)
Fishtank palm (from the soles of your shoes to the palm of your hand, sure as hell beats a tamaguchi)
The Neon palm.
call now, supplies are limited.
any others?
If you like the terms of the GPL and want it to apply to text, just (not to be taken seriously):
/* { Body of text here } */
:-)
main(){
}
And then GPL the sucker
I wonder how much actual formating of the data was required between the camera and the implant. Does it actualy get injected to a nxn array of brain cells or do they give him the data 'raw' and let his brain figure it out? The latter seems more eligant, and the brain is cappable of addapting. Getting it to recognize input is there seems tricier. I remember hearing a long time ago of some scientist who wore glasses w/ lenses that flipped everything upsidedown. Eventualy his mind was able to addapt and everything seemed normal to him. So as long as the brain treas the electrical signals as input, interpretation should only be a matter of time, for both children and adults. My guess would be that this is much easier in young children, though.
All this talk about life orgiginating on Mars and comming to Earth. Hasn't anyone considered the alternative that live was blasted onto Mars by an Earth rock, only to die out a few million years latter because it couldn't addapt well enough (or mabee it's still there.)
I wonder if any bactrea as hardy as these two found there way onto Voyager. It would be interesting to see where it ended up and if it survived on another plannet. Would probably be the first human (accidental) colinization of a planet outside the solar system; depending on how fast it got there.
It's Europa with the Ice crust and possibly an ocean underneath. Io is hot. It's the most volcanicaly active body in the solar system with constant eruptions, sulphur, fire, brimstone...well you get the picture.
Yes, the monitary incentive will cause some people to go into CS/IT/IS who are not very good at it.
But given all the people who will apply to this program, I seriously doubt that those people will get into the programs. You are more likely to get a group of people who are very intelegent and know what they are doing, who either can't afford the tuition, or like the idea of having the federal govornment pay for their education. These are the people who will most likely be selected. And with limited positions, the govornment can be choosy.
Also, you may be getting paid ~30K extra a year for the few years that someone else is working for the govt', but you are also paying of ~30K a year for a few years in loans (or equivalent, spread out over more years,) unless your parents were wealthy or you went to a chaper school.
It's all how you look at it:
'Have to work for the govornment' vs.
'Guaranteed a job for ~5 years after you graduate'
not to mention job experience that emplyoers will love after your'e done.
91 million does not seem like allotfor a govornment program, but consider: Even if half of that goes to administrative overhead (unlikely) there is still enough money to give about 400 people a free ride to ivy league colleges or places like Berkly and Caltech.
Offten, these kinds of programs only pay for thinks like books and tuition, not room and board. so the actual number of people who can be funded is higher, probably arround 600+. And since not everyone is going to places that cost 30K a year. Some may be going to good public CS schools like U of MD or IL, the actual number of students benifiting from the money would be clooser to a thousand.
a pretty good number
-Mateorabi
Everyone is upset with Amazon about the patent; and they feel like boycotting the company will send their message across. But with Amazon loosing money with each transaction, wouldn't it make more sense to try and buy as many of their best deal books as possible.
On the otherhand, greater losses seem to boost their stock price, so mabee this isn't such a great idea after all.
Or another classic line, "While the servant waits, the master bates."
Yes, she had a great role as Cleopatra in History of the World Part I. What other parts did she play besides those in Mel Brooks films?
It really is a shame how unstable NASAs budget is, and how neccesary it is for them to sway public oppinion in their favor for each mission. This wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that the average person is disapointed with anything other than resounding success. This forces them to try and put a good spin (no pun intended) on all the probes they send out.
Nasa told us at the begining of the Smaller,Cheaper,Faster push that losses were expected with experimental tech. and that we would learn almost as much from a failure as a completed mission. But this doesn't seem to hit home with most people who see failures as complete losses.
Given, the loss due to the metric conversion wasn't a failure of bleeding edge technology, but it was still a valuable lession. I'm sure it will be a long long time before a similar mistake is made. I just wish more people would realise this and get of NASAs back a little. Forcing them to fight for funding only distracts(and detracts) from making a mission do well.
I'm not quite sure of the exact law, but I belive it states that as long as there is a single, reasonable, legal use for a product, the manufaturer is not liable for its use. This is why lockpicks are legal since locksmiths use them, even if more people use them for theft.
The "resonable" above gives leway to the courts. Back Orifice (for example) is questionable as to its intent for legal use, dispite the manufactures claim, knowning the nature of the CDC.
Another example--handguns--was brought up. Hand guns certianly have a legitimate use. They work well for personal defence. The more law abiding citizens who own (and responsibly care for) hand guns, the more reluctant criminals will be to asault people or break into homes; overall it decreases the utility of crime if the criminal has a greater chance of being shot. And let's not forget that they could be used to revolt if the government became tyranica (albeit with limited effectiveness); the entire point of the 5th amendmant.
Of course, if a gun manufacturer continualy sells more guns to dealers in a city than permits are issued for, it again becomes a question of wether the gun-maker can reasonably belive that their guns are being used for legitimate purposes.