...is somebody changed enough to make them a different person?
If somebody elects to have a procedure done to permanently alter the way their brain works, are they still the same person?
I wonder how effective this would be - even after this mood alteration is done, won't the patient still have memories from their past on how they used to act. It's interesting what kind of stress that would put on somebody's psyche to have an abrupt change in how they act, how they think and how a patient would react to the stress.
I wonder if this could be used to correct mental disorders like schizophrenia where medication has been ineffective.
I wonder if this will ever get to the test phase...
...in Engineering we almost entirely use metric becasue it's oh so much easier on the head.
Agreed. Especially when you're interpreting old Autocad drawings and trying to update them to 3D. Is that 3.44 supposed to actually be 3-7/16? is that 4.58 supposed to be 4-37/64? Even more so if a dimension is a loose tolerance. 2.6" can mean so many different things:-(
Fractions are fun!
What's even more fun is interpreting old metric drawings and trying to figure out if the odd dimension value is an inch conversion or if it's just shifted to an exact position. The conversion feature on my TI-85 works real nice for those
When it comes to new construction, soft metric is the way to build in the US. Inch stock, metric dimensions and hardware. Metric stock (bar stock, and structural steel mostly) is harder to find and machine shops prefer to use inch stock.
My understanding is that it's an automated taxi, essentially.
It's true that the traveling range and the grid that they work on is an issue.
As for theft, there is no ability to steal the car. It's connected to a grid, with no means of driving it off the grid. It has no use outside the grid, making it pointless to steal.
So would the car analogy be where the motor can run at a higher RPM on less gas, but the car sputters from time to time, with the possibility of the motor locking up?
Or would it mean more like, a car that goes faster, has better fuel efficiency, but your inputs (gas, brake, steering), doesn't necessarily match the outputs (accel, decel, direction change).
Going back to a PC running with a processor like this, how does an OS run if a processor doesn't repeatably come to the same answer?
Didn't they do the "Windows has too many verions" commercial already? It involved PC spinning a wheel with all the different versions. The wheel landed on "Lose a Turn."
when I get a phone call or text message from my wife, I have to drive back to work before answering it and giving her my location? Awesome. The bar won't be happy:-)
You missed the MacGruber short after the one Pepsi used. The singer only says "Pepsi", and all MacGruber says is "Pepsi". Boat/Shack/Whatever blows up.
I thought the original ban of public funding on new lines of embryonic stem cells was a good compromise. It allowed public research to continue, without allowing the government to endorse the further use of new embryos for research.
It took the usefulness of the research and the moral objections of some of the people into account. I consider that a rational response to a situation.
oh, he just TALKED about going back to see Christ born. Hell, he'd be disappointed just because that date seems to move around a bit. While you're at it, wouldn't erosion have played some part in 2000 years?
Regarding the time circuits, how did it determine the current time?;-)
I think what gets everybody messed up is the 88mph requirement. This gets you into the mindset that the car is driving through a portal to move from one time and space-point to another.
If you consider it more like an near-instantaneous trip of "The Time Machine." The Delorean never leaves the earth - it just travels in the time axis, allowing the vehicle to move in a normal frame of reference from time A to time B.
I can't believe this hasn't been on Slashdot before - this is the ultimate geek-out:-)
That's not exactly the reason that a dimmer doesn't save money. The dimmer is just hooked up to a resister behind the wall, which gobbles up the remaining current. Full Brightness on a normal circuit = any brightness on a dimmed circuit.
I did not RTFA, but it sounds like green options are being considered along with Nuclear options. This summary seems to focus on the nuclear aspect, although a "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tag could be applied to any decentralized grid concept.:-)
Right, meaning you're still paying for the TV service to get your internet. Just like having to pay for a land line to get DSL. Sounds like I'm paying too much for one crappy service either way:-/
I don't think you can. Standard analog cable flows through that line no matter what (at least that's my understanding of it). You need a digital box to use the digital broadcasts and premium channels, but I can still hook up a TV right to cable and get a NTSC signal.
not exactly Skylab, and not exactly Mir. Mir was assembled around a Soyouz(sp?) craft, which did dock with an Apollo capsule (used to dock with Skylab).
I don't think the Soyouz craft that we docked with back then was the same one they made Mir from... I'm too lazy to check Wikipedia;-)
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...is somebody changed enough to make them a different person?
If somebody elects to have a procedure done to permanently alter the way their brain works, are they still the same person?
I wonder how effective this would be - even after this mood alteration is done, won't the patient still have memories from their past on how they used to act. It's interesting what kind of stress that would put on somebody's psyche to have an abrupt change in how they act, how they think and how a patient would react to the stress.
I wonder if this could be used to correct mental disorders like schizophrenia where medication has been ineffective.
I wonder if this will ever get to the test phase...
...in Engineering we almost entirely use metric becasue it's oh so much easier on the head.
Agreed. Especially when you're interpreting old Autocad drawings and trying to update them to 3D. Is that 3.44 supposed to actually be 3-7/16? is that 4.58 supposed to be 4-37/64? Even more so if a dimension is a loose tolerance. 2.6" can mean so many different things :-(
Fractions are fun!
What's even more fun is interpreting old metric drawings and trying to figure out if the odd dimension value is an inch conversion or if it's just shifted to an exact position. The conversion feature on my TI-85 works real nice for those
When it comes to new construction, soft metric is the way to build in the US. Inch stock, metric dimensions and hardware. Metric stock (bar stock, and structural steel mostly) is harder to find and machine shops prefer to use inch stock.
And the racism, don't forget the 12-year-old kids spouting racial epithets left and right?
:-)
Makes me wonder why I stick to single player and playing with friends only?
I for one welcome our modular overlords.
My understanding is that it's an automated taxi, essentially.
:-)
It's true that the traveling range and the grid that they work on is an issue.
As for theft, there is no ability to steal the car. It's connected to a grid, with no means of driving it off the grid. It has no use outside the grid, making it pointless to steal.
Vandalism on the other hand...
So would the car analogy be where the motor can run at a higher RPM on less gas, but the car sputters from time to time, with the possibility of the motor locking up?
Or would it mean more like, a car that goes faster, has better fuel efficiency, but your inputs (gas, brake, steering), doesn't necessarily match the outputs (accel, decel, direction change).
Going back to a PC running with a processor like this, how does an OS run if a processor doesn't repeatably come to the same answer?
Didn't they do the "Windows has too many verions" commercial already? It involved PC spinning a wheel with all the different versions. The wheel landed on "Lose a Turn."
http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/
It's from 2007 called "Choose a vista"
Well, looks like I'm saved - I don't have a new enough phone.
They work on a bunch of blackberries and other high-end phones, but they're still a bit dodgey with phones that only run java for apps.
Here's to a few more weeks of drinking!
when I get a phone call or text message from my wife, I have to drive back to work before answering it and giving her my location? Awesome. The bar won't be happy :-)
You missed the MacGruber short after the one Pepsi used. The singer only says "Pepsi", and all MacGruber says is "Pepsi". Boat/Shack/Whatever blows up.
I thought the original ban of public funding on new lines of embryonic stem cells was a good compromise. It allowed public research to continue, without allowing the government to endorse the further use of new embryos for research.
It took the usefulness of the research and the moral objections of some of the people into account. I consider that a rational response to a situation.
I thought I heard that last week?
Informative tag.... only on Slashdot... ;-)
I must bow to your logic :-)
Probably used some un-obtainium material that did not change in the time frame, allowing a decay measurement to be used to accurately tell time.
oh, he just TALKED about going back to see Christ born. Hell, he'd be disappointed just because that date seems to move around a bit. While you're at it, wouldn't erosion have played some part in 2000 years?
;-)
Regarding the time circuits, how did it determine the current time?
did he do that after he had Mr. Fusion and the flying rig?
I think what gets everybody messed up is the 88mph requirement. This gets you into the mindset that the car is driving through a portal to move from one time and space-point to another.
:-)
If you consider it more like an near-instantaneous trip of "The Time Machine." The Delorean never leaves the earth - it just travels in the time axis, allowing the vehicle to move in a normal frame of reference from time A to time B.
I can't believe this hasn't been on Slashdot before - this is the ultimate geek-out
That's not exactly the reason that a dimmer doesn't save money. The dimmer is just hooked up to a resister behind the wall, which gobbles up the remaining current. Full Brightness on a normal circuit = any brightness on a dimmed circuit.
:-)
Sorry to nitpic
BRILLIANT!
I did not RTFA, but it sounds like green options are being considered along with Nuclear options. This summary seems to focus on the nuclear aspect, although a "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tag could be applied to any decentralized grid concept. :-)
Right, meaning you're still paying for the TV service to get your internet. Just like having to pay for a land line to get DSL. Sounds like I'm paying too much for one crappy service either way :-/
on the last page of the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinal.
It had a picture of Dora the Explorer with a tear in her eye. The text said that Time Warner was canceling 19 channels in the Milwaukee area.
Viacom's name was in very small text at the bottom of the page.
I don't think you can. Standard analog cable flows through that line no matter what (at least that's my understanding of it). You need a digital box to use the digital broadcasts and premium channels, but I can still hook up a TV right to cable and get a NTSC signal.
not exactly Skylab, and not exactly Mir. Mir was assembled around a Soyouz(sp?) craft, which did dock with an Apollo capsule (used to dock with Skylab).
;-)
I don't think the Soyouz craft that we docked with back then was the same one they made Mir from... I'm too lazy to check Wikipedia
Skylab, you mean ;-)