Re:Some kind of record has to be kept
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eLection '04
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when you vote at a brick and mortar polling place, they should use a computer registration system that first recognizes that you are registered, and then requires you to sign a digital pad. this cross-references your signature and tells the central state computer that you are no longer eligible to vote online. if you try to come back to a polling place to vote again, it won't work because of the registration system, and if you go home and try to vote online, the state system won't let you do it because the polling placed locked out your online vote.
It looks to me that Isonews.com provides information for people to download ISOs of ripped DC GD-ROMS.
GD-ROM technology was used to prevent such activity, and when Sega's efforts failed to stem pirated DC games, they need to do something to stop the market for such games. Pirated games effect all consumers that purchase console games. Most consoles games cost from 40-50 dollars a pop. Prices will continually rise (above the rate of inflation) as this sort of activity continues.
ISOnews.com isn't a matter of free speech at all. Sega isn't "censoring" speech. They are attempting to stem illegal activity at its source- the information site that points people to the illegal games.
I for one love console games. I would really hate to give it up if prices of games next year reach 70 bucks.
I'm trying to keep out of this discussion, but I feel that some people are looking at this the wrong way.
1. Is the Dreamcast free? Yes. You get $200 bucks back for signing up for the ISP. So what if you have to pay $500 up front? You get 2 years of internet access, a Dreamcast, a keyboard, a controller, and Sega Swirl for only about $300.
2. Will Sega be able to compete with PS2? Yes. Don't call them down for the count without seeing the market first. 2 million consoles are already in homes, one of which is one behind me as we speak. Sega expects to have 6 mill in the US by the end of the year. Sega will be able to compete with PS2 with 2nd gen software alone. Sure it won't be better graphically, but I'll bet you that the games will be more polished (being 2nd gen)
3. Sega is betting the bank If Sega fails here, its over. They are betting the company on this promotion, and it better work or people like me will be very mad when the software suddenly stops going to Best Buy. However, will Sega fail? I highly doubt it. With the support of Blockbuster and GTE, Sega will succeed.
i see what you are saying. the original idea was to create a basic definition for life that does not limit itself. when looking at ordered life, the "organism" does utilize energy to life processes (like a plant). energy from the sun, in plants, produces the electrons needed for the Calvin Cycle (from water) and thus reduces carbon dioxide into a sugar (G3P). but this reaction *gives off heat*... we would not be measuring entropy directly (how can you?), but by using an indirect method, we could see that localized heat in certain areas could be organisms utilizing the environmental energy for their life processes.
lets say we have a sample from any planet (it doesn't matter which). lay that sample on a plate that has square cells (like a spreadsheet) only these "cells" are very small. each measures localized heat. if we had a yeast colony on this plate, you would see heat areas for each cell of yeast. thats because the cell is burning glucose to produce ATP and *heat*... if you zoom out on the picture, you would see a mini-representation of the colony in terms of its localized heat. this method, of course, does not take into account background chemical reactions (like inorganic equilibria or other environmental reactions).
one of the responses stated that "fire" would be life simply because gives off heat. incorrect... we want to look for localized heat... heat that makes up the smallest essense of "life"... it doesn't have to be a cell, but from our knowledge of chemistry, everything breaks down into smaller units. on earth, that unit of life is a cell.. who knows what that unit is on other worlds? the fact that these units give off *localized heat* is what interests me... not that fire is hot and therefore must be life.
i actually did a project on testing for life on europa during highschool. during the final semester, groups devised ways of testing for life on other planets (integrating our knowledge of physics, chemistry, and biology). Most of the other groups centered on definitions of life directly derived from our own existance.
we, on the other hand, decided to change the definition because basing all "life" in the universe on our planet would be self centered.;-)
we decided to use the idea of entropy. as entropy increases (disorder), heat is given off (general thermodynamics). if one could measure heat changes in a sample of space material from the planet in question and somehow filter out heat given off by exothermic chemical reactions, one could establish a criteria for finding life on other planets that doesn't have to follow the "cell as the basis of life" theory. of course, this was a trivial highschool idea, but it seems to make perfect sense. living things have to utilize environmental energy to survive, and one of the by products of that usage should be heat (or a positive entropy). why couldn't this work? and its less limited than saying all life has to have cells, uses water, and is made of some formation of carbon.... comments?
possible explanation from NASA: "After further review, we found that a slight miscalculation of the location of Mars occurred. For some reason, a NASA engineer mistook the Sun for Mars. Oops."
I'm a novice at Linux, and used an NT box a while back as well. But I think that both operating systems have their pro and cons, and people are way to biased to one side of the issue.
Sure, the NT box I used crashed a lot, had video driver problems, and would BSOD for absolutely no reason. But the fact remains that NT is pretty easy for someone to learn (it's not so easy that anyone can use NT and be an expert administrator, but the learning curve is lower).
For me, I chose Linux over Win95 or NT because I need an OS that can survive a weekend without crashing spontaneously (so I can access my classwork). It was tougher to learn, and even after using it for a year, I still am a novice at using it. (although I have learned a ton over these months and linux turned out to be a ton of fun).
But if I was in the position to choose a server or desktop for my business (if i ever have one), I would weigh the pros and cons of each OS, probably ending up with a hybrid of sorts-- using Linux for some tasks and NT for others.
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when you vote at a brick and mortar polling place, they should use a computer registration system that first recognizes that you are registered, and then requires you to sign a digital pad. this cross-references your signature and tells the central state computer that you are no longer eligible to vote online. if you try to come back to a polling place to vote again, it won't work because of the registration system, and if you go home and try to vote online, the state system won't let you do it because the polling placed locked out your online vote.
GD-ROM technology was used to prevent such activity, and when Sega's efforts failed to stem pirated DC games, they need to do something to stop the market for such games. Pirated games effect all consumers that purchase console games. Most consoles games cost from 40-50 dollars a pop. Prices will continually rise (above the rate of inflation) as this sort of activity continues.
ISOnews.com isn't a matter of free speech at all. Sega isn't "censoring" speech. They are attempting to stem illegal activity at its source- the information site that points people to the illegal games.
I for one love console games. I would really hate to give it up if prices of games next year reach 70 bucks.
I'm trying to keep out of this discussion, but I feel that some people are looking at this the wrong way.
1. Is the Dreamcast free?
Yes. You get $200 bucks back for signing up for the ISP. So what if you have to pay $500 up front? You get 2 years of internet access, a Dreamcast, a keyboard, a controller, and Sega Swirl for only about $300.
2. Will Sega be able to compete with PS2?
Yes. Don't call them down for the count without seeing the market first. 2 million consoles are already in homes, one of which is one behind me as we speak. Sega expects to have 6 mill in the US by the end of the year. Sega will be able to compete with PS2 with 2nd gen software alone. Sure it won't be better graphically, but I'll bet you that the games will be more polished (being 2nd gen)
3. Sega is betting the bank
If Sega fails here, its over. They are betting the company on this promotion, and it better work or people like me will be very mad when the software suddenly stops going to Best Buy. However, will Sega fail? I highly doubt it. With the support of Blockbuster and GTE, Sega will succeed.
lets say we have a sample from any planet (it doesn't matter which). lay that sample on a plate that has square cells (like a spreadsheet) only these "cells" are very small. each measures localized heat. if we had a yeast colony on this plate, you would see heat areas for each cell of yeast. thats because the cell is burning glucose to produce ATP and *heat* ... if you zoom out on the picture, you would see a mini-representation of the colony in terms of its localized heat. this method, of course, does not take into account background chemical reactions (like inorganic equilibria or other environmental reactions).
one of the responses stated that "fire" would be life simply because gives off heat. incorrect ... we want to look for localized heat ... heat that makes up the smallest essense of "life" ... it doesn't have to be a cell, but from our knowledge of chemistry, everything breaks down into smaller units. on earth, that unit of life is a cell .. who knows what that unit is on other worlds? the fact that these units give off *localized heat* is what interests me ... not that fire is hot and therefore must be life.
saugar maripuri
we, on the other hand, decided to change the definition because basing all "life" in the universe on our planet would be self centered. ;-)
we decided to use the idea of entropy. as entropy increases (disorder), heat is given off (general thermodynamics). if one could measure heat changes in a sample of space material from the planet in question and somehow filter out heat given off by exothermic chemical reactions, one could establish a criteria for finding life on other planets that doesn't have to follow the "cell as the basis of life" theory. of course, this was a trivial highschool idea, but it seems to make perfect sense. living things have to utilize environmental energy to survive, and one of the by products of that usage should be heat (or a positive entropy). why couldn't this work? and its less limited than saying all life has to have cells, uses water, and is made of some formation of carbon .... comments?
saugar maripuri
saugar@yahoo.com
possible explanation from NASA: "After further review, we found that a slight miscalculation of the location of Mars occurred. For some reason, a NASA engineer mistook the Sun for Mars. Oops."
wow, an even bigger doorstop!
I'm a novice at Linux, and used an NT box a while back as well. But I think that both operating systems have their pro and cons, and people are way to biased to one side of the issue.
Sure, the NT box I used crashed a lot, had video driver problems, and would BSOD for absolutely no reason. But the fact remains that NT is pretty easy for someone to learn (it's not so easy that anyone can use NT and be an expert administrator, but the learning curve is lower).
For me, I chose Linux over Win95 or NT because I need an OS that can survive a weekend without crashing spontaneously (so I can access my classwork). It was tougher to learn, and even after using it for a year, I still am a novice at using it. (although I have learned a ton over these months and linux turned out to be a ton of fun).
But if I was in the position to choose a server or desktop for my business (if i ever have one), I would weigh the pros and cons of each OS, probably ending up with a hybrid of sorts-- using Linux for some tasks and NT for others.
Just my reaction.