Cryonics does not freeze tissue. The current method involves vitrification, not freezing. Vitrification is an ice-free process in which more than 60% of the water inside cells is replaced with protective chemicals. This completely prevents freezing during deep cooling. Instead of freezing, molecules just move slower and slower until all chemistry stops at the glass transition temperature (approximately -124C). Unlike freezing, there is no ice formation or ice damage in vitrified tissue. Blood vessels have been reversibly vitrified, and whole kidneys have been recovered and successfully transplanted after cooling to -45C while protected with vitrification chemicals.
Not until mobile OSes allow for direct hardware access from the browser. Palm's Web OS does, but I can't imagine Apple allowing Fennec to access the accelerometer or camera, say. Particularly if it begins to cannibalize their App Store profits.
1) Huge compendium of human knowledge. 2) Runs off of commonly available, easily stockpiled batteries 3) Runs for a whole year off of one set of batteries (swap Lithium for alkaline, it should run for a decade) 4) Sunlight-readable 5) Compact, sturdy and durable
Hell, at those kind of power usage levels, you could hack a small solar cell into it and it should work anywhere you've got sunlight. Imagine a complete breakdown of civilization as we know it. Books are heavy and inconvenient and make good kindling. Without electricity, compact digital forms of information retrieval become impossible. What do we use to rebuild civilization after a couple generations of this send us back to the dark ages? This thing! It's PERFECT.
http://paranoidlinux.org/ is a project to create a distribution which assumes the user is under assault from the government. Right now, it's a vaguely locked down version of Ubuntu, but someday this might be pretty cool.
In the meantime, just run NetBSD and full-disk encryption.
From wikipedia: NetBSD provides various features in the security area. The Kernel Authorization framework (or Kauth) is a subsystem managing all authorization requests inside the kernel, and used as system-wide security policy. It allows external modules to plug-in the authorization process. NetBSD also incorporates exploit mitigation features, ASLR, MPROTECT and Segvguard from PaX project, and GCC Stack Smashing Protection (SSP, or also known as ProPolice) compiler extensions. The Verified Executables (or Veriexec) is an in-kernel file integrity subsystem in NetBSD. It allows the user to set the digital fingerprints (hashes) of files in the system to monitor by the Veriexec, and prevent the execution of them. For example, one can allow Perl to run only scripts that match the fingerprints. The cryptographic device driver (CGD) provides functionality which allows using the disks or partitions (including CDs and DVDs) for encrypted storage in NetBSD.
It's because of the port blocking T-Mobile does on the T-Zones data plan. If you don't want to go to the $20/mo T-Mobile Internet plan, just configure your WAP to use wap.t-mobile.com as a HTTP proxy on port 8080. That'll get you past the firewall.
That's what virus writing used to be all about. Darn kids and their spam n' such. Why in MY day we wrote virii for the pure joy of destruction and chaos!
I run a web hosting/ISP company, and have offered on several occasions to install news software for my users. No takers, though. The one user I've got who responded said he just uses Google Groups these days. Why mess with NNTP when Google indexes everything anyway, I guess?
You would have to track when you go outside CA, but that doesnt mean this idea doesn't have merit. What you could do is just attach a detector that kicks the CA-mileage indicator off when you cross the state line. We could just make it detect the excess FREEDOM in the air or perhaps simply the lack of TOTALITARIANISM.
The only flaw with the Sidekick is that it's a thin client device. All your data is on the server and subject to T-Mobile's whim. It's a great device, but it can't do stuff like play mp3s or anything that would require a lot of processing power. Still, it's a great smartphone for people on a budget who don't mind being kind of crippled by their service provider.
For my money, though, I'll take my Treo 600 any day. It's quite a bit more expensive up front, but it's far more customizable and expandable. The Sidekick is more of a walled-garden approach.
I find it rather laughable that they even consider corporate privacy in a state where cameras track your every move and there's no legal guarantee of any kind of privacy at all. I mean, fuck- Britons live in Orwell's 1984 made flesh.
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Cryonics does not freeze tissue. The current method involves vitrification, not freezing. Vitrification is an ice-free process in which more than 60% of the water inside cells is replaced with protective chemicals. This completely prevents freezing during deep cooling. Instead of freezing, molecules just move slower and slower until all chemistry stops at the glass transition temperature (approximately -124C). Unlike freezing, there is no ice formation or ice damage in vitrified tissue. Blood vessels have been reversibly vitrified, and whole kidneys have been recovered and successfully transplanted after cooling to -45C while protected with vitrification chemicals.
Not until mobile OSes allow for direct hardware access from the browser. Palm's Web OS does, but I can't imagine Apple allowing Fennec to access the accelerometer or camera, say. Particularly if it begins to cannibalize their App Store profits.
1) Huge compendium of human knowledge.
2) Runs off of commonly available, easily stockpiled batteries
3) Runs for a whole year off of one set of batteries (swap Lithium for alkaline, it should run for a decade)
4) Sunlight-readable
5) Compact, sturdy and durable
Hell, at those kind of power usage levels, you could hack a small solar cell into it and it should work anywhere you've got sunlight. Imagine a complete breakdown of civilization as we know it. Books are heavy and inconvenient and make good kindling. Without electricity, compact digital forms of information retrieval become impossible. What do we use to rebuild civilization after a couple generations of this send us back to the dark ages? This thing! It's PERFECT.
Don't they have an IT guy who can root those? Sounds like they have physical access, should be pretty easy.
http://paranoidlinux.org/ is a project to create a distribution which assumes the user is under assault from the government. Right now, it's a vaguely locked down version of Ubuntu, but someday this might be pretty cool.
In the meantime, just run NetBSD and full-disk encryption.
From wikipedia:
NetBSD provides various features in the security area. The Kernel Authorization framework (or Kauth) is a subsystem managing all authorization requests inside the kernel, and used as system-wide security policy. It allows external modules to plug-in the authorization process. NetBSD also incorporates exploit mitigation features, ASLR, MPROTECT and Segvguard from PaX project, and GCC Stack Smashing Protection (SSP, or also known as ProPolice) compiler extensions. The Verified Executables (or Veriexec) is an in-kernel file integrity subsystem in NetBSD. It allows the user to set the digital fingerprints (hashes) of files in the system to monitor by the Veriexec, and prevent the execution of them. For example, one can allow Perl to run only scripts that match the fingerprints. The cryptographic device driver (CGD) provides functionality which allows using the disks or partitions (including CDs and DVDs) for encrypted storage in NetBSD.
I decide what's stupid. In this case, I'm looking for poor use of the language, that is to say formal stupidity rather than contextual stupidity.
And you didn't link the actual website in the post. It's http://stupidfilter.org
Go ahead, slashdot me. I dare ya.
Having worked for them, I honestly think that engineering there doesn't know how to lock down their proxy correctly.
It's because of the port blocking T-Mobile does on the T-Zones data plan. If you don't want to go to the $20/mo T-Mobile Internet plan, just configure your WAP to use wap.t-mobile.com as a HTTP proxy on port 8080. That'll get you past the firewall.
Tartigrades, otherwise known as Water Bears might survive such a journey. They're the cutest microscopic animals ever!
Drove down from Albuquerque with several friends. We got some decent pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/killbox/
Well, my girlfriend DID say she wanted a puppy.
"Is your website out of date? You could be fined $3000! Instead, pay us to update your site!"
Makes me wish this would happen in the US.
..to see if he could.
That's what virus writing used to be all about. Darn kids and their spam n' such. Why in MY day we wrote virii for the pure joy of destruction and chaos!
So many e-paper technologies...so much vaporware.
Gates is merely doing what's best for the stockholders. Oh wait. That's HIM.
I run a web hosting/ISP company, and have offered on several occasions to install news software for my users. No takers, though. The one user I've got who responded said he just uses Google Groups these days. Why mess with NNTP when Google indexes everything anyway, I guess?
You would have to track when you go outside CA, but that doesnt mean this idea doesn't have merit. What you could do is just attach a detector that kicks the CA-mileage indicator off when you cross the state line. We could just make it detect the excess FREEDOM in the air or perhaps simply the lack of TOTALITARIANISM.
already been done: http://www.imwatching.net
They're actually using pulsed microwave bursts to manipulate the electron's spin, not the transistor itself, really.
The only flaw with the Sidekick is that it's a thin client device. All your data is on the server and subject to T-Mobile's whim. It's a great device, but it can't do stuff like play mp3s or anything that would require a lot of processing power. Still, it's a great smartphone for people on a budget who don't mind being kind of crippled by their service provider.
For my money, though, I'll take my Treo 600 any day. It's quite a bit more expensive up front, but it's far more customizable and expandable. The Sidekick is more of a walled-garden approach.
Does it indicate the insidious presence of Mr. Clean??
Who knows what evil lurks in the shiny surfaces...
I find it rather laughable that they even consider corporate privacy in a state where cameras track your every move and there's no legal guarantee of any kind of privacy at all. I mean, fuck- Britons live in Orwell's 1984 made flesh.
Bah, screenshots. Why, in MY day all we had was a command line. AND WE WERE GLAD!