The first couple lectures actually seem to be somewhat comprehendable!
I would suspect this is the case. Prof. Thorne has written an excellent book titled "Black Holes and Time Warps", which is an explanation of the theory and science of both, and thier history, and this book (1/5" thick) was understandble completely by me, and I've only taken 1 college physics course. Kip Thorne, like Richard Feynman, seems to have a knack for explaining complicated things very well.
I'd be curious if you actualyl fixed it with the higher risers, or if the real fix was some sort of connection problem that was rectified by the act of reinstalling the motherboard when swapping the risers.
Just find it hard to believe (and it sounds as if you're skeptical as well) that anything could have been grounded without touching. If this was the case, there would have been arching, and you would have seen marks. Even some sort of magnetic or eletrical field generated between the board and the case (Is this possible? I have no idea) doesn't seem like it should cause such a problem - I'd imagine that there are fields of all sorts overlapping everywhere in the average case.
In fact there is, by definition, no censorship in Germany.
and then say:
Any restrictions must be justified either by yells of "think of the children" or by some other law, e.g. Holocaust denial is a punishable act specifically mentioned in the Strafgesetzbuch ("book of punishments").
So it sounds like you're actually saying "There is by definition no censorship in Germany, if you define censorship as not applying to any speech against the law," which is pretty meaningless. One could argue that the Anti-Abortion lists are similar to the "Yelling 'Fire!' in a crowded theatre" argument, but stopping holocaust denial - as repugnant as most people might find those sites - is censorship, plain and simple. One of the costs of living in a free society is that not everything is warm and fuzzy - I wish more people would remember that.
Some have speculated that it could be nudged into a permanent Earth orbit where it could be studied at greater length.
I can see it now: "Thanks to a sucessful nudgeing, scientists have been able to determine that Asteroid AA29 is pretty much a big rock. In other news, bizarre tides continue to cause panic and destruction around the world tonight..."
It sounds like it patents both a method and a gene... but being that I no nothing about modern genetics, I can even being to analyze if the more important part of the patents is a novel method, or just a bunch of chemical sequences (which are listed).
I don't know why people harp on about changing your password as a matter of policy. In my experience, this just means that employees will find the simplest system that satisfies the hueristics, and end up with insecure passwords - such as j0e01, 02j0e, j030e, j004e, j0e05, etc - since coming up with f$6hq7# and remembering it every 90 days is a PITA. So your policy makes someone who *would* choose a secure password choose insecure ones becuase they don't want to keep switchng. (or worse, they write them down!!!)
On the other hand, you could educate employees on the benefits of secure passwords, tell them that as long as the pick a secure password, never share it, and never write it down, they can keep it. Yeah, some people will break the rules - but they'll have insecure passwords under any circumstances. But the folks who actually try will end up more secure.
After all... as long as I protect its use and don't share it or record it, f$6hq7# is as secure in a year as it was the day I defined it.
If you go here: http://mercexchange.com/invintprop.html
and check out this guy's company's site... the patents are bunk. He has patents for agents that search multiple auctions and marketplaces, he has a patent for routing packets based on hierarchical information in it's headers. This is stuff that 1) has very obvious analogs in meat-space, and is therefore no more of a leap than ecommerce is a leap from mail-order commerce, or 2) are things that any software developer worth his or her salt would come up with in the course of solving a problem involving, say, routing packets. This guy isn't and inventor - he's a patent lawyer who finds little obvious holes in the current canvas of patented technologies, and grabs the patents with the hopes of licensing them. I'm unimpressed.
I built it overnight (takes a while on an iBook), and posted it up for all to enjoy. It's actually from CVS a little after the release, so it has some goodies like proxy settings in the GUI:)
OK... has anyone actually pulled this off? I can get it to recognize things like my mousewheel settings... but I can't get it to use my proxy. *grumble*
The pictures weren't that bad - but the voices really got to me by the end... keep in mind that the only one talking for most of it was the pharmicist, and she was being nice the whole time, but that's not what you heard. I can see how it would be crazy in VR.
Think about it... when you plug in an optical mouse, you don't need a special driver. So all the optical vs. wheel circuitry must be in the mouse, not the driver. All the mouse is sending over the USB cable is position information, same as a wheeled mouse. All the "take a picture and evaluate the changes" happens inside the mouse.
I give all my environmental money to outdoor clubs that work to preserve trails and wild areas. This is because I am a hiker/backpaker, but also becuase they tend to do tangible things, have benefits reaped by large numbers of people, and are more pragmatic and less political and idealistic.
This way you are preserving wilderness forever - you great, great grandkids will be able to hike on the trails you support. (And by preserving green space, you're helping out with other problems also)
You scurvy shiester bastard! Stop pointing out weaknesses my analogies!;)
But yeah, you have an interesting point - although I would argue that clothing is often a very symbolic thing - for instance, wearing Nike running shorts rather than brand X.
Not that this really relates to my original argument, but there is lately a trend in buying antique engagement rings and cleaning them up. I suspose that at least some of this popularity could be in reaction to the high prices and dubious ethics of the modern diamond merchant.
YES!! Unless she told you no, then you ought to get one for her. Perhaps you can find an heirlom diamond in your family that you would be able to use, thus saving on cost and ethical issues.
But basically, unless you pass the following test, I suspect that deep down you are looking for an excuse to be cheap:
Do you only buy ethically OK clothing, and be very careful to make sure of it?
Do you make sure that your coffee is grown under ethical conditions?
Do you ensure that all your computer products and other electronics haven't been made for cheap in Mexico, thereby polluting the environment there even worse?
Do you ensure that all your tech products are disposed of properly, and not polluting some third world country?
Do you avoid buying things "Made in China" or elsewhere where you cannot be sure of the conditions/ages of the workers?
Unless you do all of those things, I would posit that you are already contributing to unethical behavior with your participation in commerce. If you do do all those things, and your g/f isn't open to the no diamond idea although she will jump through those hoops, then she is being hypocritical.
I say buy her the diamond and have a wonderful life together. Coming from a happily engaged man (who both bought and used inheritted diamonds)
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The first couple lectures actually seem to be somewhat comprehendable!
I would suspect this is the case. Prof. Thorne has written an excellent book titled "Black Holes and Time Warps", which is an explanation of the theory and science of both, and thier history, and this book (1/5" thick) was understandble completely by me, and I've only taken 1 college physics course. Kip Thorne, like Richard Feynman, seems to have a knack for explaining complicated things very well.
...that isn't /.'ed.
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http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/secretofs
I'd be curious if you actualyl fixed it with the higher risers, or if the real fix was some sort of connection problem that was rectified by the act of reinstalling the motherboard when swapping the risers.
Just find it hard to believe (and it sounds as if you're skeptical as well) that anything could have been grounded without touching. If this was the case, there would have been arching, and you would have seen marks. Even some sort of magnetic or eletrical field generated between the board and the case (Is this possible? I have no idea) doesn't seem like it should cause such a problem - I'd imagine that there are fields of all sorts overlapping everywhere in the average case.
you gf comes and sees the dragon, my o my
Didn't you mean "your g/f sees the dragon and comes, my o my"
Ah... I understand now. Sorry about that.
You say:
In fact there is, by definition, no censorship in Germany.
and then say:
Any restrictions must be justified either by yells of "think of the children" or by some other law, e.g. Holocaust denial is a punishable act specifically mentioned in the Strafgesetzbuch ("book of punishments").
So it sounds like you're actually saying "There is by definition no censorship in Germany, if you define censorship as not applying to any speech against the law," which is pretty meaningless. One could argue that the Anti-Abortion lists are similar to the "Yelling 'Fire!' in a crowded theatre" argument, but stopping holocaust denial - as repugnant as most people might find those sites - is censorship, plain and simple. One of the costs of living in a free society is that not everything is warm and fuzzy - I wish more people would remember that.
Ya know, there's always one guy who has to go and kill the joke by injecting science into the discusssion. Geesh - the nerve of some people.
I take it your algorithm is redundant?
Some have speculated that it could be nudged into a permanent Earth orbit where it could be studied at greater length.
I can see it now: "Thanks to a sucessful nudgeing, scientists have been able to determine that Asteroid AA29 is pretty much a big rock. In other news, bizarre tides continue to cause panic and destruction around the world tonight..."
You can view it here.
It sounds like it patents both a method and a gene... but being that I no nothing about modern genetics, I can even being to analyze if the more important part of the patents is a novel method, or just a bunch of chemical sequences (which are listed).
I don't know why people harp on about changing your password as a matter of policy. In my experience, this just means that employees will find the simplest system that satisfies the hueristics, and end up with insecure passwords - such as j0e01, 02j0e, j030e, j004e, j0e05, etc - since coming up with f$6hq7# and remembering it every 90 days is a PITA. So your policy makes someone who *would* choose a secure password choose insecure ones becuase they don't want to keep switchng. (or worse, they write them down!!!)
On the other hand, you could educate employees on the benefits of secure passwords, tell them that as long as the pick a secure password, never share it, and never write it down, they can keep it. Yeah, some people will break the rules - but they'll have insecure passwords under any circumstances. But the folks who actually try will end up more secure.
After all... as long as I protect its use and don't share it or record it, f$6hq7# is as secure in a year as it was the day I defined it.
If you read the article, you'd know it was 14 years. Geesh.
If you go here: http://mercexchange.com/invintprop.html
and check out this guy's company's site... the patents are bunk. He has patents for agents that search multiple auctions and marketplaces, he has a patent for routing packets based on hierarchical information in it's headers. This is stuff that 1) has very obvious analogs in meat-space, and is therefore no more of a leap than ecommerce is a leap from mail-order commerce, or 2) are things that any software developer worth his or her salt would come up with in the course of solving a problem involving, say, routing packets. This guy isn't and inventor - he's a patent lawyer who finds little obvious holes in the current canvas of patented technologies, and grabs the patents with the hopes of licensing them. I'm unimpressed.
The next-gen JSF would feature a mini-oven and a jacuzzi for the pilot and co-pilot.
Right... I can see it now:
Pilot: I need to use the laser Slider... time to fire up the oven.
Copilot: Shit Maverick, this is the 15th batch of hot pockets I've had to eat this flight - can't you use a fucking missile or something?
I built it overnight (takes a while on an iBook), and posted it up for all to enjoy. It's actually from CVS a little after the release, so it has some goodies like proxy settings in the GUI :)
x .html
http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~dmorriso/phoenix/inde
Ok, got it, you need to make sure you have:
user_pref("network.proxy.type", 2);
or
user_pref("network.proxy.type", 1);
depending on if you want auto (2) or manual (1).
OK... has anyone actually pulled this off? I can get it to recognize things like my mousewheel settings... but I can't get it to use my proxy. *grumble*
The pictures weren't that bad - but the voices really got to me by the end... keep in mind that the only one talking for most of it was the pharmicist, and she was being nice the whole time, but that's not what you heard. I can see how it would be crazy in VR.
Think about it... when you plug in an optical mouse, you don't need a special driver. So all the optical vs. wheel circuitry must be in the mouse, not the driver. All the mouse is sending over the USB cable is position information, same as a wheeled mouse. All the "take a picture and evaluate the changes" happens inside the mouse.
As a side note, I'll sell you my Cue Cat for $50.
slightly to the right of Attila the Hun
Hrm... was that a concious allusion to Evita I wonder?
Not to mention "dudes" that need a couple of English classes ASAP.
I give all my environmental money to outdoor clubs that work to preserve trails and wild areas. This is because I am a hiker/backpaker, but also becuase they tend to do tangible things, have benefits reaped by large numbers of people, and are more pragmatic and less political and idealistic.
This way you are preserving wilderness forever - you great, great grandkids will be able to hike on the trails you support. (And by preserving green space, you're helping out with other problems also)
Well, just my 2 cents.
Got any pics or info on your boat anywhere? Sounds intriguing...
You scurvy shiester bastard! Stop pointing out weaknesses my analogies! ;)
But yeah, you have an interesting point - although I would argue that clothing is often a very symbolic thing - for instance, wearing Nike running shorts rather than brand X.
Not that this really relates to my original argument, but there is lately a trend in buying antique engagement rings and cleaning them up. I suspose that at least some of this popularity could be in reaction to the high prices and dubious ethics of the modern diamond merchant.
But basically, unless you pass the following test, I suspect that deep down you are looking for an excuse to be cheap:
Unless you do all of those things, I would posit that you are already contributing to unethical behavior with your participation in commerce. If you do do all those things, and your g/f isn't open to the no diamond idea although she will jump through those hoops, then she is being hypocritical.
I say buy her the diamond and have a wonderful life together. Coming from a happily engaged man (who both bought and used inheritted diamonds)