Same with my sites too. Factor out the cellphone users and you get a whole different set of numbers. I doubt if Redmond is sweating it more than usual. But their Black Swan nemesis is probably coming...
"David Kris of the US Department of Justice. 'We know that foreign governments are actively seeking this information for their own military development. Today's sentence should serve as a warning to anyone who knowingly discloses restricted military data in violation of our laws.' "
No shit. More like a massive kick in balls. This goof shoulda known better.
It's hard enough to have free and fair elections with paper ballots. As we have seen before voting machines are much more difficult to make secure against error and fraud and on-line voting would probably be even less secure. Democracy is the worst system of government, except for all the others. (To paraphrase W.S. Churchill).
There are better ways to argue against a law than hurting people not responsible for it.
Some times you have to. And when people get pissed and make their displeasure known to the pols changes get made. See, when they feel the heat they see the light.
In my enthusiasm to post I didn't expand on what I meant to imply. Lots of us out here view the government with a very jaundiced eyed. I know I do. But to think just because some function is performed by a private enterprise rather than govt. makes it all good is just wrong. Scandals, malfeasance and corruption are just as prevalent in the so-called private sector esp. when they are acting as contractors (Haliburton, Blackwater,) or quasi-govt. functionaries (Clear). As always caveat emptor, eh?
We know what these planets consist of. We know of some pretty crazy bacteria here on earth. Why not shoot a rocket full of random bacteria that can survive our most extreme conditions to places like these?
If I recall correctly NASA has always been super careful about bacteria on space vehicles. Why don't we just infect everything and kick start this whole ET thing ourselves.
To rebut:
Technical excellence can be trumped by mass production. 15 Ford trucks vs. 3 Hummer M2s in a demolition derby. Who will win?
Cheaper, simpler, weapons systems and an unlimited tolerance for casualties (Iraqi insurgents) v. the best high tech weapons ever but a very, very limited tolerance for casualties (US): Who will win? (Hint:Remember Korea and Viet Nam?)
German engineering made some of the best war technology of the conflict. But mass production is what won it for the allies. If the Nazis killed 7 allied tanks to losing 1 of theirs it seems like a good trade-off for them until you realize that American industrial production could overcome even that ratio. War is about attrition and it was that feature that caused the Nazis to ultimately lose despite their scientific and engineering prowess. (The Nazis also exiled or gassed many of their leading nuclear physicists or they'd have got the atomic bomb first too. And that would have been a real game changer.)
At the risk of being modded flamebait here, look at the Iraq situation. Simple weapons (AK-47 rifles, RPGs and IEDs) are what are killing American soldiers. The insurgents' losses are also much higher than their kills (due to America's vastly superior war technology) but in the end they can "out lose" the Americans in KIA as long as they need to in order to outlast the American and make them withdraw. History doesn't repeat but it often rhymes, eh?
That seems to be the situation we are faced with. You visit the liquor store three times in one week and the cams note it. But who cares? If you didn't do anything bad. But wait until some lawyer obtains the camera footage to destroy your reputation in court over a totally unrelated matter. You'll think differently then. This whole thing is creepy. In the UK you can't wear a hat or hoody in a pub because the mandatory spy cams can't make out your face and the watchers don't like this. Very creepy.
The previous cynicism expressed in many previous posts notwithstanding the Pentagon probably doesn't want to reveal its sources and capabilities in this area for now, what with the NoKos, Iranians and everyone else out there trying to develop or acquire ballistic missiles.
This new Pirate MP is something else again. This guy is like the cheating husband caught in bed with another woman by his wife who then tells her solemnly: "Honey who you are gonna believe? Me or your own eyes?" Unless he is the most uniquely moral and upstanding politician in the history of politics (possible but unlikely) his Blagovitch-style explanation is an act performed in order to make his party switch seem like an act of principle rather than what it really is: making a virtue of a necessity. Bottom Line: This guy just wants to stay out of jail and keep his seat.
ultimately to an actual Terminator style killer android. It's bound to. Give America's boundless and insatiable Pentagon and its parasitical enable in the military/industrial complex some group within the political class will urge the military brass to build them. Look at the logic. DARPA money for the universities and think tanks, big contract money for the war industries, big new budgets for the Pentagon, jobs for congressional supporters districts, and no more worrying about casualty reports on the Six O'clock news. Everyone body wins! Until Sky Net nukes us all.
There is as much coding talent in Redmond as there is in Mountain View. The hackers and gamers will always be with us so whoever takes the initiative to beat them down the best without making their product difficult to use will win this particular battle, IMHO.
...same good results. Google's page rank system can and is being gamed all the time and so Google results includes lots of results that Bing's algorithm spares us from. Brin is right to be nervous. And I hate to say it too (i.e.,that Bing is a Mircro$oft service.) It just goes to show that MS really can perform, when they want to. It was the same way during the browser wars years ago. MS made a better one at a lower cost and improved it constantly. But after Netscape was crushed MS just cruised along on the wave of a monopoly. IE got stale, slow and ripe for competition to emerge. Kinda like Google search is today.
about. While nearly everyone wishes the defedent well we're also secretly thinking "I'm sure glad this isn't me in the dock" as well. So just by having the trial (win or lose) the RIAA/MPAA and their ilk keep their scare factor alive and paranoid in the public mind. And that was their intention in the first place too, eh? FUD.
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Okay maybe Obama or someone like that but really who needs to communicate every damn detail of their daily existence to the world? Is is worth the effort? No wonder the huge drop off rate for this service.
Stop your whining. Grow a dick. Learn to say "no". Mastering these three steps is a much more valuable life skill than anything you'll learn at an art school.
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Oh yeah? Ask Dick Cheney's hunting partner about that, Mr. clone.
Jeez dude, call a tree and lawn service.
Same with my sites too. Factor out the cellphone users and you get a whole different set of numbers. I doubt if Redmond is sweating it more than usual. But their Black Swan nemesis is probably coming...
totally agree.
"David Kris of the US Department of Justice. 'We know that foreign governments are actively seeking this information for their own military development. Today's sentence should serve as a warning to anyone who knowingly discloses restricted military data in violation of our laws.' " No shit. More like a massive kick in balls. This goof shoulda known better.
It's hard enough to have free and fair elections with paper ballots. As we have seen before voting machines are much more difficult to make secure against error and fraud and on-line voting would probably be even less secure. Democracy is the worst system of government, except for all the others. (To paraphrase W.S. Churchill).
There are better ways to argue against a law than hurting people not responsible for it.
Some times you have to. And when people get pissed and make their displeasure known to the pols changes get made. See, when they feel the heat they see the light.
In my enthusiasm to post I didn't expand on what I meant to imply. Lots of us out here view the government with a very jaundiced eyed. I know I do. But to think just because some function is performed by a private enterprise rather than govt. makes it all good is just wrong. Scandals, malfeasance and corruption are just as prevalent in the so-called private sector esp. when they are acting as contractors (Haliburton, Blackwater,) or quasi-govt. functionaries (Clear). As always caveat emptor, eh?
For those folks who trust private enterprises more than governments. WTF did you expect?
We know what these planets consist of. We know of some pretty crazy bacteria here on earth. Why not shoot a rocket full of random bacteria that can survive our most extreme conditions to places like these?
If I recall correctly NASA has always been super careful about bacteria on space vehicles. Why don't we just infect everything and kick start this whole ET thing ourselves.
What! And violate the Prime Directive.
To rebut: Technical excellence can be trumped by mass production. 15 Ford trucks vs. 3 Hummer M2s in a demolition derby. Who will win? Cheaper, simpler, weapons systems and an unlimited tolerance for casualties (Iraqi insurgents) v. the best high tech weapons ever but a very, very limited tolerance for casualties (US): Who will win? (Hint:Remember Korea and Viet Nam?)
German engineering made some of the best war technology of the conflict. But mass production is what won it for the allies. If the Nazis killed 7 allied tanks to losing 1 of theirs it seems like a good trade-off for them until you realize that American industrial production could overcome even that ratio. War is about attrition and it was that feature that caused the Nazis to ultimately lose despite their scientific and engineering prowess. (The Nazis also exiled or gassed many of their leading nuclear physicists or they'd have got the atomic bomb first too. And that would have been a real game changer.) At the risk of being modded flamebait here, look at the Iraq situation. Simple weapons (AK-47 rifles, RPGs and IEDs) are what are killing American soldiers. The insurgents' losses are also much higher than their kills (due to America's vastly superior war technology) but in the end they can "out lose" the Americans in KIA as long as they need to in order to outlast the American and make them withdraw. History doesn't repeat but it often rhymes, eh?
I like it. I live in Ann Arbor though.
That seems to be the situation we are faced with. You visit the liquor store three times in one week and the cams note it. But who cares? If you didn't do anything bad. But wait until some lawyer obtains the camera footage to destroy your reputation in court over a totally unrelated matter. You'll think differently then. This whole thing is creepy. In the UK you can't wear a hat or hoody in a pub because the mandatory spy cams can't make out your face and the watchers don't like this. Very creepy.
The previous cynicism expressed in many previous posts notwithstanding the Pentagon probably doesn't want to reveal its sources and capabilities in this area for now, what with the NoKos, Iranians and everyone else out there trying to develop or acquire ballistic missiles.
I'm sure first and second world dictatorships all over the world will be looking at buying that technology.
This new Pirate MP is something else again. This guy is like the cheating husband caught in bed with another woman by his wife who then tells her solemnly: "Honey who you are gonna believe? Me or your own eyes?" Unless he is the most uniquely moral and upstanding politician in the history of politics (possible but unlikely) his Blagovitch-style explanation is an act performed in order to make his party switch seem like an act of principle rather than what it really is: making a virtue of a necessity. Bottom Line: This guy just wants to stay out of jail and keep his seat.
ultimately to an actual Terminator style killer android. It's bound to. Give America's boundless and insatiable Pentagon and its parasitical enable in the military/industrial complex some group within the political class will urge the military brass to build them. Look at the logic. DARPA money for the universities and think tanks, big contract money for the war industries, big new budgets for the Pentagon, jobs for congressional supporters districts, and no more worrying about casualty reports on the Six O'clock news. Everyone body wins! Until Sky Net nukes us all.
There is as much coding talent in Redmond as there is in Mountain View. The hackers and gamers will always be with us so whoever takes the initiative to beat them down the best without making their product difficult to use will win this particular battle, IMHO.
...same good results. Google's page rank system can and is being gamed all the time and so Google results includes lots of results that Bing's algorithm spares us from. Brin is right to be nervous. And I hate to say it too (i.e.,that Bing is a Mircro$oft service.) It just goes to show that MS really can perform, when they want to. It was the same way during the browser wars years ago. MS made a better one at a lower cost and improved it constantly. But after Netscape was crushed MS just cruised along on the wave of a monopoly. IE got stale, slow and ripe for competition to emerge. Kinda like Google search is today.
about. While nearly everyone wishes the defedent well we're also secretly thinking "I'm sure glad this isn't me in the dock" as well. So just by having the trial (win or lose) the RIAA /MPAA and their ilk keep their scare factor alive and paranoid in the public mind. And that was their intention in the first place too, eh? FUD.
Okay maybe Obama or someone like that but really who needs to communicate every damn detail of their daily existence to the world? Is is worth the effort? No wonder the huge drop off rate for this service.
if the PRC is really interested in Mars or if this is just bread & circuses to distract and amuse their people?
Probably so.
Stop your whining. Grow a dick. Learn to say "no". Mastering these three steps is a much more valuable life skill than anything you'll learn at an art school.