we get a 'hotshot' programmer in here it seems like they try to make the most complicated solutions to simple problems. Just because a solution is complex, doesn't mean it's worse to use. I remember a friend from the CS department in the robotic club complaining about the n00bs not practicing with the goto statements enough, just because it can cause errors and is hard to read. He says that the most cryptic algorithms can be the fastest, and it definitely matters when you need the most of your system resources. He also said it was a way to filter out the best, since the top programmers spend their spare time optimizing code with cryptic solutions, and can see the way others work in nearly an instant (either that or they take joy in figuring out how it works over a long period of reading).
Or reducing the ungodly amount of profits they receive. The cost of bandwidth is already a hell of a lot more than it should be, not to mention you don't even get what you pay for. And hosting servers can be a pain in the ass, not to mention more prone to security attacks. If a small segment of a p2p network fails, the whole system remains intact. It's robust and need based, which is exactly what we need. And to top things off, p2p prevents bot activity by making it more difficult to forge IP addresses.
Oklahoma City Bombing, April 19th 1995 - shortly before 9am, Timothy McVeigh parked a van containing a 5,000lb bomb made mainly of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, nitromethane, and diesel fuel outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. At 9.02am the bomb detonated, killing 168. I know that the Oklahoma bombing occurred. That's where I found out the mixture from. What I was referring to was terrorists doing so. What my post revolves around was that they haven't made a huge move since 9/11 (even though it's so easy), not that such a bomb has never gone off in the US.
I'm sorry, but why does everyone think that a terrorist's only weapon is a jet? How hard do you think it is to make a bomb (hint: diesel fuel+ammonium nitrate found in fertilizer = half the explosive force of dynamite per mass)? Any pissed off retard can mix a truckload those two together and blow up any building. So why hasn't it happened? Has anyone considered the fact that these extremist group leaders have been using religion to gain power and are much more interested in controlling (i.e. terrorizing) their own population. The Muslim religion doesn't passively hate the west, the extremists just use it as a campaign slogan to start a Jihad. That way, anyone who is not with them (non-extremists) are against them. The best way to stop them from getting to us is stopping them from utterly invading the country like the Taliban did.
Not really. Number one, if the next president pulls out too fast, they will be the one blamed for failure. Number two, no matter how successful Iraq may become, he will be judged on how he messed this country up by starting a war that was pointless. I think in the future, people will realize that terrorism was used to control the population just like communism before it. Do you know that Iranians have been the enemy the whole time? The extremists in the middle east have always been WAY more interested in controlling their own population, which is why the kill more civilians. And Iran has been pissed at the US forever, so why does it surprise people that Iran is fighting us in Iraq (to a much greater extent than any terrorists). It's a lie to say that were fighting terrorism. Saddam was never in the axis of evil, even Bush admitted it.
This law just proves that our political leaders are complete idiots, at least the people deciding writing the wording on the laws. Actually, this mostly proves how much politicians don't care, and how much soccer moms with nothing to do actually care. What was probably going through their mind is "fuck it, we'll just give em' 2 years and if enough people piss and moan about it we'll change it again". Politicians only have the ambition to get voted, so they only have to worry about money and people who actually give a shit enough to do anything. It's our fault for being too lazy. Here's a link if you're interested in getting started: http://greghartnett.com/12-ways-to-get-involved/
Windows: End Program - Untitled - Nuclear Defense.
This program is not responding.
To return to Windows and check the status of the program, click Cancel. If you choose to end the program immediately, you will loose any unprotected civilians. To end the program now, click End Now.
Army personnel: Sir, I think we should send an error report.
You can't refine energy that is dissipated as heat when it's at that level. It's mechanical energy that they use. What would be better is just a gym which uses the mechanical energy of a workout. Have bicycles that spin turbines, weight machines use the kinetic energy that power lifters exert, stair machines with similar principles etc. It wouldn't be a difficult design. With all the huge bastards at my gym, we'd be pumping out a lot of watts.
Thats it! We'll just burn bums for fuel! On a more serious note though, hasn't The Matrix just ignored the second law of thermodynamics? I remember watching it again recently and realized that Morpheus said that the energy process was combined with a form of fusion, but it makes even less sense that some stable form of fusion would require a human being (who have to be conscious rather than in an induced coma).
Just "starting" a new ISP is nearly impossible. At the Tier 1 level, the ISPs can just refuse to peer, and at the Tier 3 level, the ISPs can refuse to provide IP transit. There are really two scenarios that can stop this. One is to bust them for breaking anti-trust laws. The other is summon a meteor to smite them. Personally, I prefer both.
Or you can use the windmills to electrolyze water and compress the hydrogen so that we wont be dependent on foreign oil to run our cars. Hell, it would be good to have individual generators running on it so you don't face the power loss from the cables.
I'm really starting to get ticked off at the "video games make you " headlines. There are countless ways that you can perform an experiment to cherry pick good/bad results with video games and there is a good reason that people seem to overlook. VIDEO GAMES ARE SIMULATORS. They are capable of replicating any scenario that can draw forth any benefits or drawbacks associated with the event. One major study that is very relevant is the one where psychologists assigned the role of prisoner and guard to a bunch of students and they took their role far too seriously. Putting people in these simulations changes their mindsets. Even simple games can put the player in the mindset of a puzzle solver (similar to the role of a mathematician and other problem solvers) or the role of an angry mindless brute. Even other players in the game can influence the people, such as previously kind players that suddenly join guilds to harass noobs because they want to flock with the crowd (a very well known psychological response). The real studies that are worth performing are the ones that quantify very specific data, such as your ability to assess the number of objects in one glance (i.e. without counting).
I don't think you read correctly. Natural is generally better than synthesized (when it comes to drugs) because of the deviations that synthesized have. Also, natural drugs achieve an optimized concentration as well. A perfect example was already mentioned: steroids. Humans generate a natural amount of testosterone. Some generate a LOT more than others. But when you synthesize a different concentration of a testosterone that your body is not used to, a lot of problems can occur. Yes, the difference between organic crops and normal crops is negligent, but when you look at drugs that are natural and synthesized, you can't deny that there is a difference in quantum and chemical structure, and if you think that it makes no difference in the chemical reactions in your body, you're fooling yourself.
There are no completely safe drugs, there are no drugs without side effects. Jut because it has a side effect does not mean it's unsafe. If the side effect of taking steroids was the sniffles (and nothing else), every athlete would be taking it (regardless of legality). That being said, natural drugs generally have little to no harm in comparison to many other synthetic drugs, mostly because huge pharmaceutical companies pay chemical engineers to find a cheap method to produce something found in nature, and thus their quantum structure, and even their chemical composition, can be altered so that the body does not respond well to it (but the drug works so they don't care). It's even the same deal with multivitamins.
I think you wear a part of the motorcycle in order to keep you inside. If you could detach what looks like the built-in jumpsuit, you could wear it anywhere. Still, I don't see how this is not a step back. Regular motorcycles seem much better in almost every aspect. FTA, it says that it's to be environmentally friendly, but if they really wanted it to do that, they would make a design based on The air car. And to make it safer, they could make the front of the motorcycle a dome-like structure that spreads the force of the impact (the bike could lock you in to prevent you from hitting it). Though the glass of the dome would have to be very strong, and probably costly.
I don't think it'll be used to detect what contains an explosive or not. It's too sensitive for that, and dogs could probably do a better job. I think this would be for post examination of an explosion, or to determine the composition of a bomb that needs deactivation and assessment (RTFA). Even cleaning products could set it off, so it'll be used in an occasion where people know that there is/was an explosive.
Light alone can give us a good idea of what the material may be. But if we really wanted to make sure, we'd be better off (both cost and result wise) sending probes to analyze the chemical composition (though I doubt it's any complex organic molecule, so it's not really worth studying).
I'm sorry but there are so many ways to get by this if you really wanted. Remember that viruses are frequently developed programs that constantly evolve. I have seen it takes a thief (though not from start to finish since it's boring). A simple trick that I learned in high school chemistry is that hydrofluoric acid is one of the few (if not the only) acids that can dissolve glass. As for the 24 hour security monitoring, what if someone simply cuts the power, or the video feed is tampered to show a safe house? Besides, were talking the scenario of sneaking in bugs to listen in on conversations. Anyone can plant the bug on the clothes of person that lives in the house and get lucky. Or just deliver a package from some "long lost relative" that happens to contain monitoring devices. Or the next time someone calls for repairs or anything needed in the house, the crooks could simply bribe the guys into taking their places and do their work at their leisure (either stealing or bugging). The list goes on and on, which is why these companies (back to computers now) are falling so far behind.
If guitar hero actually did teach you to play guitar, I would respect it. I understand that everyone is entitled to their own fun, but can anyone tell me why guitar hero stands out over all the other "press a button when we tell you to" games? I always envisioned a fun game that would be more complex and with more of a reaction to your actions, like kung-fu (though side scrolling games would most likely be better).
Using your comparison of malware to the real life scenario of your house being broke into, it's impossible to make a house that can't be penetrated (or would be so difficult that it's not worth it). It would be the equivalent of building a fortress and running it with the various employees. Assuming people wanted to get into your house to bug it for information (i.e. spyware), it would be much more efficient to have a cheap house that you can demolish and rebuild.
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I can't wait for the day it phases out Microsoft (on a personal level at least). On a side note, is it possible to sue a non-profit organization?
Now I can play VIRTUAL Hide The Sausage!
Or reducing the ungodly amount of profits they receive. The cost of bandwidth is already a hell of a lot more than it should be, not to mention you don't even get what you pay for. And hosting servers can be a pain in the ass, not to mention more prone to security attacks. If a small segment of a p2p network fails, the whole system remains intact. It's robust and need based, which is exactly what we need. And to top things off, p2p prevents bot activity by making it more difficult to forge IP addresses.
Supreme Court: well Mr. president it looks like the prisoners will be granted Habeas Corpus
Bush: Shit, what does that mean?
Dick: Psst. Don't worry, it's Latin for 'you have the body'. That can mean anything!
I'm sorry, but why does everyone think that a terrorist's only weapon is a jet? How hard do you think it is to make a bomb (hint: diesel fuel+ammonium nitrate found in fertilizer = half the explosive force of dynamite per mass)? Any pissed off retard can mix a truckload those two together and blow up any building. So why hasn't it happened? Has anyone considered the fact that these extremist group leaders have been using religion to gain power and are much more interested in controlling (i.e. terrorizing) their own population. The Muslim religion doesn't passively hate the west, the extremists just use it as a campaign slogan to start a Jihad. That way, anyone who is not with them (non-extremists) are against them. The best way to stop them from getting to us is stopping them from utterly invading the country like the Taliban did.
Not really. Number one, if the next president pulls out too fast, they will be the one blamed for failure. Number two, no matter how successful Iraq may become, he will be judged on how he messed this country up by starting a war that was pointless. I think in the future, people will realize that terrorism was used to control the population just like communism before it. Do you know that Iranians have been the enemy the whole time? The extremists in the middle east have always been WAY more interested in controlling their own population, which is why the kill more civilians. And Iran has been pissed at the US forever, so why does it surprise people that Iran is fighting us in Iraq (to a much greater extent than any terrorists). It's a lie to say that were fighting terrorism. Saddam was never in the axis of evil, even Bush admitted it.
Windows: End Program - Untitled - Nuclear Defense. This program is not responding. To return to Windows and check the status of the program, click Cancel. If you choose to end the program immediately, you will loose any unprotected civilians. To end the program now, click End Now. Army personnel: Sir, I think we should send an error report.
You can't refine energy that is dissipated as heat when it's at that level. It's mechanical energy that they use. What would be better is just a gym which uses the mechanical energy of a workout. Have bicycles that spin turbines, weight machines use the kinetic energy that power lifters exert, stair machines with similar principles etc. It wouldn't be a difficult design. With all the huge bastards at my gym, we'd be pumping out a lot of watts.
Thats it! We'll just burn bums for fuel! On a more serious note though, hasn't The Matrix just ignored the second law of thermodynamics? I remember watching it again recently and realized that Morpheus said that the energy process was combined with a form of fusion, but it makes even less sense that some stable form of fusion would require a human being (who have to be conscious rather than in an induced coma).
Just "starting" a new ISP is nearly impossible. At the Tier 1 level, the ISPs can just refuse to peer, and at the Tier 3 level, the ISPs can refuse to provide IP transit. There are really two scenarios that can stop this. One is to bust them for breaking anti-trust laws. The other is summon a meteor to smite them. Personally, I prefer both.
Or you can use the windmills to electrolyze water and compress the hydrogen so that we wont be dependent on foreign oil to run our cars. Hell, it would be good to have individual generators running on it so you don't face the power loss from the cables.
I'm really starting to get ticked off at the "video games make you " headlines. There are countless ways that you can perform an experiment to cherry pick good/bad results with video games and there is a good reason that people seem to overlook. VIDEO GAMES ARE SIMULATORS. They are capable of replicating any scenario that can draw forth any benefits or drawbacks associated with the event. One major study that is very relevant is the one where psychologists assigned the role of prisoner and guard to a bunch of students and they took their role far too seriously. Putting people in these simulations changes their mindsets. Even simple games can put the player in the mindset of a puzzle solver (similar to the role of a mathematician and other problem solvers) or the role of an angry mindless brute. Even other players in the game can influence the people, such as previously kind players that suddenly join guilds to harass noobs because they want to flock with the crowd (a very well known psychological response). The real studies that are worth performing are the ones that quantify very specific data, such as your ability to assess the number of objects in one glance (i.e. without counting).
I can't find a reference to everything, but here is a good article I found: http://www.sangsters.com/nlm/natural.shtml
I don't think you read correctly. Natural is generally better than synthesized (when it comes to drugs) because of the deviations that synthesized have. Also, natural drugs achieve an optimized concentration as well. A perfect example was already mentioned: steroids. Humans generate a natural amount of testosterone. Some generate a LOT more than others. But when you synthesize a different concentration of a testosterone that your body is not used to, a lot of problems can occur. Yes, the difference between organic crops and normal crops is negligent, but when you look at drugs that are natural and synthesized, you can't deny that there is a difference in quantum and chemical structure, and if you think that it makes no difference in the chemical reactions in your body, you're fooling yourself.
You can't mine sugar, it's grown. Douche bag.
I think you wear a part of the motorcycle in order to keep you inside. If you could detach what looks like the built-in jumpsuit, you could wear it anywhere. Still, I don't see how this is not a step back. Regular motorcycles seem much better in almost every aspect. FTA, it says that it's to be environmentally friendly, but if they really wanted it to do that, they would make a design based on The air car. And to make it safer, they could make the front of the motorcycle a dome-like structure that spreads the force of the impact (the bike could lock you in to prevent you from hitting it). Though the glass of the dome would have to be very strong, and probably costly.
I don't think it'll be used to detect what contains an explosive or not. It's too sensitive for that, and dogs could probably do a better job. I think this would be for post examination of an explosion, or to determine the composition of a bomb that needs deactivation and assessment (RTFA). Even cleaning products could set it off, so it'll be used in an occasion where people know that there is/was an explosive.
Light alone can give us a good idea of what the material may be. But if we really wanted to make sure, we'd be better off (both cost and result wise) sending probes to analyze the chemical composition (though I doubt it's any complex organic molecule, so it's not really worth studying).
I'm sorry but there are so many ways to get by this if you really wanted. Remember that viruses are frequently developed programs that constantly evolve. I have seen it takes a thief (though not from start to finish since it's boring). A simple trick that I learned in high school chemistry is that hydrofluoric acid is one of the few (if not the only) acids that can dissolve glass. As for the 24 hour security monitoring, what if someone simply cuts the power, or the video feed is tampered to show a safe house? Besides, were talking the scenario of sneaking in bugs to listen in on conversations. Anyone can plant the bug on the clothes of person that lives in the house and get lucky. Or just deliver a package from some "long lost relative" that happens to contain monitoring devices. Or the next time someone calls for repairs or anything needed in the house, the crooks could simply bribe the guys into taking their places and do their work at their leisure (either stealing or bugging). The list goes on and on, which is why these companies (back to computers now) are falling so far behind.
If guitar hero actually did teach you to play guitar, I would respect it. I understand that everyone is entitled to their own fun, but can anyone tell me why guitar hero stands out over all the other "press a button when we tell you to" games? I always envisioned a fun game that would be more complex and with more of a reaction to your actions, like kung-fu (though side scrolling games would most likely be better).
Using your comparison of malware to the real life scenario of your house being broke into, it's impossible to make a house that can't be penetrated (or would be so difficult that it's not worth it). It would be the equivalent of building a fortress and running it with the various employees. Assuming people wanted to get into your house to bug it for information (i.e. spyware), it would be much more efficient to have a cheap house that you can demolish and rebuild.