They can also be pretty obvious, and require a good angle for reflection off the window both vertically and horizontally. So no 2nd story windows will work, unless you are in a building immediately opposite with nearly-parallel windows.
> This doesn't prove that there is water ice on Mars.
Depends on how you say it. At the outset: "We aim to prove there is water on Mars." So they have proven the thing they set out to prove. At the time they tried to prove a thing was present, it was present. Whether or not it's there afterward is a different matter.
It's like saying "I will prove that shooting you in the head will kill you." So I shoot you in the head and you die. It doesn't mean my premise is suddenly incorrect because you cannot be killed again... unless you're a zombie. You aren't a damned, dirty, zombie, are you?
> And the software and tools to scrub and re-install laptops to a clean OS image is also quite expensive...? I'm going to avoid my knee-jerk "WTF" and seriously ask: what software are you referring to? Because the software I use to do that can be obtained for free, so I am a bit perplexed at such a strange statement.
That is a very interesting point as well. So he was either making a point about subservience or is not all he's cracked up to be (i.e., not all-knowing).
I will refer you to my reply just above which says I was not arguing for or against any laws, in particular or in general. In fact, I have tens of thousands of MP3s myself. I was only arguing that having an MP3 is in no way comparable to "knowing a number". The proposed illegality is not simply knowing a number (which itself would be perfectly fine, albeit impossible), it is having an MP3. Just because an MP3 can be represented as a sequence of numbers, it is not, in itself, just a number.
I can say "fuck you" (I'm not directing that at you, BTW:) is just a string of characters, which is technically true. But those characters also represent something else, obviously. Just as the sequence of numbers that make up that MP3 represent something else.
Tell me what the number is. You don't know the number, you have a device that has the series of numbers stored. But even more, the number represents something that is protected.
I'm not saying this law, or any copyright law is good. I am just arguing against the idea that storing data on a computer that can create the musical sounds is akin to remembering (knowing) what a song sounds like. They are very different things.
> Also early on was the collision with the Mars-sized object that ended up creating our moon. [...] hence "let there be light."
Interesting post, although I found this part to be, at the very least, quite a stretch. "Let there be light" is significantly different from "Let there be a cataclysmic planetary collision."
More importantly, however, is that you did not say anything about the point to which you were referring, which is plants growing before the sun existed. I'm curious if you have any thoughts on that?
> Whatever God says is best, humans tend to rebel against
So, God made us in such a way that we automatically deny him, and thus he condemns us to hell as soon as we are born. That would automatically make him evil, and therefore you would actually be worshiping Satan: The Great Deceiver.
Congratulations: you are a Satanist without even knowing it.
An MP3 is not "knowledge." It is a digital reproduction of (arguably) an artistic work. Simply calling it knowledge, as if it were just some stray thought in your mind, is entirely disingenuous.
> People who dislike it, like you, often testify that you can get a mediocre version of emacs with the default set up of some other IDE
Then there are people like me who dislike it and then ask the question "If someone dislikes it so much, why the heck would they try to mimic it with other program???"
And what about fantastic music that did not thrive because of a corporate stranglehold on distribution and radio play? You probably would have heard some of them instead.
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They can also be pretty obvious, and require a good angle for reflection off the window both vertically and horizontally. So no 2nd story windows will work, unless you are in a building immediately opposite with nearly-parallel windows.
Still, neat idea.
I hears what I wants.
Maybe if I had two sysadmins that hated each other things would work out great...
No, it's an incorrectly-spoken statement that is used all the time. The proper phrase is "I couldn't care less."
> Technology and human society isn't 'nature'.
That is correct: society and technology are the supernatural magicking of Satan, and as such, should be shunned. SHUN, SHUN!
> stop posting on slashdot then
What do you think "busy" means? I'm busy reading Slashdot... it's uh... continuing education. I should be getting CEUs for this!
> This doesn't prove that there is water ice on Mars.
Depends on how you say it. At the outset: "We aim to prove there is water on Mars." So they have proven the thing they set out to prove. At the time they tried to prove a thing was present, it was present. Whether or not it's there afterward is a different matter.
It's like saying "I will prove that shooting you in the head will kill you." So I shoot you in the head and you die. It doesn't mean my premise is suddenly incorrect because you cannot be killed again... unless you're a zombie. You aren't a damned, dirty, zombie, are you?
> You buy crack the same way you [buy?] dope!
Assuming by "dope" you mean marijuana, and not heroin, there are still some backward people who buy it in eighths-of-ounces. Heathens!
There is a phrase called "Shove it up your ass."
Shampoo directions call for you to "Lather, rinse, repeat," which has become a commonly-used phrase in its own right.
So, he is saying "Shove it up your ass... repeatedly."
Jerking for Jesus! (... not to Jesus, sicko)
> And the software and tools to scrub and re-install laptops to a clean OS image is also quite expensive ...? I'm going to avoid my knee-jerk "WTF" and seriously ask: what software are you referring to? Because the software I use to do that can be obtained for free, so I am a bit perplexed at such a strange statement.
It's been a LOOOOOONG time since I laughed out loud at a Soviet Russia joke. Well played, sir.
There is no Linux version. So no amount of RAM will make is "playable". IOW, "able to be played".
> game that, for all we know, could be vaporware?
2007 called. They're asking that you get with the times. 2006 was shouting at you in the background.
That is a very interesting point as well. So he was either making a point about subservience or is not all he's cracked up to be (i.e., not all-knowing).
I will refer you to my reply just above which says I was not arguing for or against any laws, in particular or in general. In fact, I have tens of thousands of MP3s myself. I was only arguing that having an MP3 is in no way comparable to "knowing a number". The proposed illegality is not simply knowing a number (which itself would be perfectly fine, albeit impossible), it is having an MP3. Just because an MP3 can be represented as a sequence of numbers, it is not, in itself, just a number.
:) is just a string of characters, which is technically true. But those characters also represent something else, obviously. Just as the sequence of numbers that make up that MP3 represent something else.
I can say "fuck you" (I'm not directing that at you, BTW
Tell me what the number is. You don't know the number, you have a device that has the series of numbers stored. But even more, the number represents something that is protected.
I'm not saying this law, or any copyright law is good. I am just arguing against the idea that storing data on a computer that can create the musical sounds is akin to remembering (knowing) what a song sounds like. They are very different things.
> One easily look at the demographic trends in say Islam to see that religion succeeds in terms of promoting evolution
I wouldn't call that evolution, if you are referring to the Middle East in particular... That's more of an example of human-induced regression.
> Also early on was the collision with the Mars-sized object that ended up creating our moon. [...] hence "let there be light."
Interesting post, although I found this part to be, at the very least, quite a stretch. "Let there be light" is significantly different from "Let there be a cataclysmic planetary collision."
More importantly, however, is that you did not say anything about the point to which you were referring, which is plants growing before the sun existed. I'm curious if you have any thoughts on that?
> Whatever God says is best, humans tend to rebel against
So, God made us in such a way that we automatically deny him, and thus he condemns us to hell as soon as we are born. That would automatically make him evil, and therefore you would actually be worshiping Satan: The Great Deceiver.
Congratulations: you are a Satanist without even knowing it.
> He had been in law enforcement for years and he was shocked at the outright blatant lies told to him about this 'evidence'.
Then your friend a fscking idiot. LEOs lie constantly and with complete disregard for how it affects the lowly citizens under their boot.
An MP3 is not "knowledge." It is a digital reproduction of (arguably) an artistic work. Simply calling it knowledge, as if it were just some stray thought in your mind, is entirely disingenuous.
> People who dislike it, like you, often testify that you can get a mediocre version of emacs with the default set up of some other IDE
Then there are people like me who dislike it and then ask the question "If someone dislikes it so much, why the heck would they try to mimic it with other program???"
And what about fantastic music that did not thrive because of a corporate stranglehold on distribution and radio play? You probably would have heard some of them instead.
> all their assets are sized
... sorry for the typo sniping...
X-Large, XX-Large, and XXX-Large