I have been outside of my "little suburban island" and it looked glorious, so I can understand why they wouldn't want to watch a meteor shower from the middle of a metropolis. I thought their observatories were already built far away from cities? If they already have high powered telescopes in areas with low light pollution, what EXTRA benefit will an costly 10 flight give them?
To mention that production of any theorized applications will take 5-10 years. Yeesh, the editors usually remember to add that bit of useless info when they add the useless list of possible uses!
I'm simply saying, the same thing that stops spam from being blocked in the first place stops your idea from coming to fruition. Millions of almost, but not quite, the exact same Nigerian scams are sent/stored without us having the ability of accurately checking for redundancy. With ~95% of all email being spam, you could make millions if you developed a program/process for correctly identifying multiple emails that are almost, but not quite, the exact same email CORRECTLY as spam, instead of let's say... a forwarded quiz with answers about yourself that is almost, but not exactly, the same email as the original quiz with your friend's answers (or, insert your example here). Do that, and you not only have found a way to check for redundancy in email storage, you have found a way to stop the redundancy (or, ~95% of the redundancy) from happening in the first place (I'm sorry, the lameness filter has kicked in, please stop attempting to send spam through this email address).
So, no, I'm not rejecting your idea outright. I'm saying that by the time it is possible, it won't be AS needed.
Good Spamers uses multiple methods of fooling spam scans.
~They use pictures of text, instead of text, so it takes more effort to filter based on content.
~They use random text at the bottom of their message to give the filter something to read.
~They generate random noise to superimpose over the picture. Every batch has a different noise layer.
I'm sure they do more [IANASB - spam bot - so I wouldn't know the details] but the slight differences between what WE would perceive as the same message foil both the spam filters and your plan of reducing redundancy. If you find a way to implement your idea, please release it as FOSS! I'm sure you could get a Nobel Peace prize out of it, or at least some free (as in beer) drinks!:)
I haven't been to the buggy-whip store in over a year, either.
Now we call them Fascinations and Castle Boutique, but you can still buy quality bullwhips at discount prices!
I visited the Library at least once a week, ONLY for books. I browse every new book in the new section, hit up the SciFi section, see if there is a new romance book that suits my needs. I'll be there for about an hour, and sometimes I'll head over to Bookmans for a used book afterwards if I can't find what I want. If I'm willing to wait, I use the library's electronic catalog to order the book, and pick it up when I stop by next week.
I can't get a single friend to visit the library, but when I see a book I *know* they will love, I check it out for them, and make them borrow it. I routinely have to borrow ~4 books at a time, just so I have one to read.
So, how about average number of books checked out, because I can't be the only person who brings home entertainment for the masses.
Only if we're allowed to delete the population. That would sate my blood lust, and I'm sure knowing that us bored nerds can easily wreck their game would discourage the 5 or 6 minicities that keep posting here.
DOOM... it's sort of a love/hate relationship with me. Too easy to cheat, where as with the Wolf if you want to find that secret area you have to do the work of checking EVERY SINGLE WALL. DOOM would be my #1 if they took out those stupid cheats and made me work at winning.
Are you aware that even the great DOOM (well, doom 2) paid homage to Wolf with a secret level that had SS troopers?
I've never paid for it and there are thousands of places to dl it, but I'm not sure of the licensing status. A quick look at Wikipedia shows Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory as free (never played it, nor seen screen shots) AND multiplayer, but none of the others are listed as freeware - or even abandonware.
I would spout some nonsense about them losing me as a viewer/customer because of this add business conflicting with my principals, but I'm already only watching the clips that people have embeded in my journal comments, and I can't choose where others host their videos.
It seems much easier to just dl a torrent of any show/video/movie I'm actively seeking - as for the user generated media, 99.9% is utter crap I don't want to see, and the.1% that IS decent is what others usually share with me.
I hate a lot of the sex-laws we have on the books, but may I be a dick and point out a little problem with your post.
consensual (but illegal) sex
Sex with a minor is illegal because they are not allowed to give legal consent. They can not sign medical documents for themselves, they can not enter into a contract by themselves, they can not open up a bank account by themselves (or decide what to do with "their" money), etc (I think you get the point).
Remembering my own pre-adult life, I don't second guess that part of our society. Kids were idiots when I was young, and they are idiots now.
I apologize if you weren't talking about sex with a minor. Maybe you were talking about Gay-sex? Yes, sodomy is still illegal in many states - though I do wonder if anyone is on a registry because of it.
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I have been outside of my "little suburban island" and it looked glorious, so I can understand why they wouldn't want to watch a meteor shower from the middle of a metropolis. I thought their observatories were already built far away from cities? If they already have high powered telescopes in areas with low light pollution, what EXTRA benefit will an costly 10 flight give them?
Meteors watch you!
Seriously, though, what's wrong with watching from an area on the ground that has low Light Pollution? Does it not cost enough?
the comments are fair and balanced!
Ah, but didn't you hear, the sexbots will meet the demand!
I can just hear the small print now!
a seemingly unstoppable cyborg assassin who has been sent back from the year 2029
Just on track, I believe.
To mention that production of any theorized applications will take 5-10 years. Yeesh, the editors usually remember to add that bit of useless info when they add the useless list of possible uses!
I only use software I coded myself, of hardware I've built myself, out of metals I've mined and smelted myself, etc...
Well, thank god we're all so worried about security! Now those "unsecure" files as so secure, not even the author can read them!
I'm simply saying, the same thing that stops spam from being blocked in the first place stops your idea from coming to fruition. Millions of almost, but not quite, the exact same Nigerian scams are sent/stored without us having the ability of accurately checking for redundancy. With ~95% of all email being spam, you could make millions if you developed a program/process for correctly identifying multiple emails that are almost, but not quite, the exact same email CORRECTLY as spam, instead of let's say... a forwarded quiz with answers about yourself that is almost, but not exactly, the same email as the original quiz with your friend's answers (or, insert your example here). Do that, and you not only have found a way to check for redundancy in email storage, you have found a way to stop the redundancy (or, ~95% of the redundancy) from happening in the first place (I'm sorry, the lameness filter has kicked in, please stop attempting to send spam through this email address).
So, no, I'm not rejecting your idea outright. I'm saying that by the time it is possible, it won't be AS needed.
Only 27,000 petabytes? n00b!
My pr0n collection takes at least 3 Internets* to store, archived.
*(sorry, forgot the conversion rate for Libraries of Congress)
Old, but little known axiom - "One Man's Crap is Another Man's...Fetish?"
Good Spamers uses multiple methods of fooling spam scans.
:)
~They use pictures of text, instead of text, so it takes more effort to filter based on content.
~They use random text at the bottom of their message to give the filter something to read.
~They generate random noise to superimpose over the picture. Every batch has a different noise layer.
I'm sure they do more [IANASB - spam bot - so I wouldn't know the details] but the slight differences between what WE would perceive as the same message foil both the spam filters and your plan of reducing redundancy. If you find a way to implement your idea, please release it as FOSS! I'm sure you could get a Nobel Peace prize out of it, or at least some free (as in beer) drinks!
Now we call them Fascinations and Castle Boutique, but you can still buy quality bullwhips at discount prices!
I visited the Library at least once a week, ONLY for books. I browse every new book in the new section, hit up the SciFi section, see if there is a new romance book that suits my needs. I'll be there for about an hour, and sometimes I'll head over to Bookmans for a used book afterwards if I can't find what I want. If I'm willing to wait, I use the library's electronic catalog to order the book, and pick it up when I stop by next week.
I can't get a single friend to visit the library, but when I see a book I *know* they will love, I check it out for them, and make them borrow it. I routinely have to borrow ~4 books at a time, just so I have one to read.
So, how about average number of books checked out, because I can't be the only person who brings home entertainment for the masses.
Only if we're allowed to delete the population. That would sate my blood lust, and I'm sure knowing that us bored nerds can easily wreck their game would discourage the 5 or 6 minicities that keep posting here.
This is /. - everyone else is sitting in front of their computer, naked, reading /. WHILE drinking.
You can see my house from here.
All kidding aside, the little dot in Saturn's rings is us!
Water boarding? If that's anything like wake boarding, count me in!
DOOM... it's sort of a love/hate relationship with me. Too easy to cheat, where as with the Wolf if you want to find that secret area you have to do the work of checking EVERY SINGLE WALL. DOOM would be my #1 if they took out those stupid cheats and made me work at winning.
Are you aware that even the great DOOM (well, doom 2) paid homage to Wolf with a secret level that had SS troopers?
Right with you, aversion to perversion is a handicap (that's my new slogan)
Do you know of a way to use Google to find other pages, which may not be created by Google /deleted/?
There, fixed that for you.
I've never paid for it and there are thousands of places to dl it, but I'm not sure of the licensing status. A quick look at Wikipedia shows Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory as free (never played it, nor seen screen shots) AND multiplayer, but none of the others are listed as freeware - or even abandonware.
Wolfenstein, I still love you!
I would spout some nonsense about them losing me as a viewer/customer because of this add business conflicting with my principals, but I'm already only watching the clips that people have embeded in my journal comments, and I can't choose where others host their videos.
.1% that IS decent is what others usually share with me.
It seems much easier to just dl a torrent of any show/video/movie I'm actively seeking - as for the user generated media, 99.9% is utter crap I don't want to see, and the
consensual (but illegal) sex
Sex with a minor is illegal because they are not allowed to give legal consent. They can not sign medical documents for themselves, they can not enter into a contract by themselves, they can not open up a bank account by themselves (or decide what to do with "their" money), etc (I think you get the point).
Remembering my own pre-adult life, I don't second guess that part of our society. Kids were idiots when I was young, and they are idiots now.
I apologize if you weren't talking about sex with a minor. Maybe you were talking about Gay-sex? Yes, sodomy is still illegal in many states - though I do wonder if anyone is on a registry because of it.