"This is insightful? Praise God for meta-moderation. "
You`re thinking that a different set of people meta-moderate than just moderate? Why? Its idiots all the way down!
Dont you see how important it is that we can make little plastic lights out of different stuff? It`ll literally transform computing! You no longer have to have a red light telling you that the tv you are watching is turned on - it can be any colour! This stuff is gonna shift units you mark my words!
>The subtlety in the statistical argument derives from the fact that the host is giving you more information half way through the game
Yeah. Actually, the question, as usually posed, DOES result in a 50/50 choice. Ie, if someone says to you:
`ok, there are 3 doors, 1 is open, and has a goat behind it, the other 2 are closed, and one of those 2 has a prize behind it, which do you chose`
the answer is it doesnt matter - its 50/50.
You have to include the initial choice and subsequence opening of the doors for it to be counter-intuitive. I think its THAT which confuses people.
It did me, anyway!
Yes, the true mark of a real religion is visible in the answer to the question:
`are there mentally ill people wandering around the streets of london, babbling to complete strangers about it?`.
If there arent any, then its not a proper religion. Sure, John Travolta et al are pretty stupid (and ugly, and they can`t act), but i`m not sure i`d go so far as to suggest they are mentally ill!
Im thinking of getting a psion revo plus, if i can convince myself that i need one, or that its a justified luxury! but thats got infra red, plays games (speccy emulator, c64 emulator, Emame, plus a bunch of games for Epoc (its os) etc.
"Basically Black and White is a God game. You are a God and your power is based on the amount of people who believe in you. What you do with your power is entirely up to you. You can be Good, Evil, or any combination in between."
Arent all their games like this? I think it really is time they did a new game, rather than Yet Another Populous?!
"I suspect the final outcome will be some judge saying "too bad" and declaring this number illegal without actually explaining himself."
So a database of prime numbers would have to exclude certain numbers? What year do you think it will be when the last country with internet access on earth bows to the wishes of an American judge and orders a such a database to be taken off line? I dont think it will happen this year, anyway?
I remember posting here and suggesting that a database of website addresses be created, and accessible via a look-up number, the idea being that you may be able to make a url illegal to print, but a number would be going too far (this was related to the DeCss issue too i think).
Perhaps we'll find out soon whether numbers CAN be illegal - not just very very long ones, such as a cd (or religious secret), but short or natural ones.
(sorry, for those who dont know, the hitchhikers guide featured a pocket pc type thing which i dont seem to be able to find a picture of anywhere on the net, but you get the idea - a book containing lots of info)
Old people have always been afraid to go out at night! Havent they? When did you last hear an old person talk about the bad old days, and about how much things have got better?
>result of drunk & disorderly behaviour, which a >camera will not stop
I dont think anyone is suggesting cameras will stop violence - the idea is you lock away the people who are responsible for it afterwards. I have no problem with lots and lots of violent people being locked up - do you? If you cant handle your drink, you shouldnt drink so much. If we can`t stop people from drinking too much, then sending them to prison when they get all tired and emotional is the next best thing.
No. I have quite enough dealings with MicroSoft to want to use their stuff in my spare time. I wont be getting one, no matter what. It`ll be PlayStations all the way!
I thought that was very expensive? Otherwise every developer out there would be using them - i imagine you could devise a pretty good system using them & encryption, although maybe not.
Same idea. It`ll get cracked too. How wouldnt it? What will this lot do that all the other software writers of the last 20 odd years overlooked?
Unless its a hardware/software solution. Or i guess, seeing as its a client-server thing, you could only display little bits of info at a time, which were securely removed before downloading the next bit. If you cant cut and paste bits, or do screen grabs, or copy the incoming data via the modem slots, then i guess you`re screwed!
Loved the `post-napster` quote though! Is that anything like `post-beck` or `intelligent dance` then?
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"This is insightful? Praise God for meta-moderation. "
You`re thinking that a different set of people meta-moderate than just moderate? Why? Its idiots all the way down!
No, i think thats an application!
Er...this is about 10 years old!
Dont you see how important it is that we can make little plastic lights out of different stuff? It`ll literally transform computing! You no longer have to have a red light telling you that the tv you are watching is turned on - it can be any colour! This stuff is gonna shift units you mark my words!
>It's a slippery slope. Once you start down that path, companies don't like turning back.
Slippery slope to what? This is different to selling info about things that matter, its just what tv you watch, isnt it?
>The subtlety in the statistical argument derives from the fact that the host is giving you more information half way through the game
Yeah. Actually, the question, as usually posed, DOES result in a 50/50 choice. Ie, if someone says to you:
`ok, there are 3 doors, 1 is open, and has a goat behind it, the other 2 are closed, and one of those 2 has a prize behind it, which do you chose`
the answer is it doesnt matter - its 50/50.
You have to include the initial choice and subsequence opening of the doors for it to be counter-intuitive. I think its THAT which confuses people.
It did me, anyway!
Yes, the true mark of a real religion is visible in the answer to the question:
`are there mentally ill people wandering around the streets of london, babbling to complete strangers about it?`.
If there arent any, then its not a proper religion. Sure, John Travolta et al are pretty stupid (and ugly, and they can`t act), but i`m not sure i`d go so far as to suggest they are mentally ill!
"It's called slavery. When they say that you can't go somewhere, and that you can't work for this person, or this person, that's slavery."
No, slavery is when you are taken from where you live, sold to someone else, forced to work for them for no money, beaten, raped, killed etc.
Ever considered studying history?
Im thinking of getting a psion revo plus, if i can convince myself that i need one, or that its a justified luxury! but thats got infra red, plays games (speccy emulator, c64 emulator, Emame, plus a bunch of games for Epoc (its os) etc.
"Basically Black and White is a God game. You are a God and your power is based on the amount of people who believe in you. What you do with your power is entirely up to you. You can be Good, Evil, or any combination in between."
Arent all their games like this? I think it really is time they did a new game, rather than Yet Another Populous?!
"I suspect the final outcome will be some judge saying "too bad" and declaring this number illegal without actually explaining himself."
So a database of prime numbers would have to exclude certain numbers? What year do you think it will be when the last country with internet access on earth bows to the wishes of an American judge and orders a such a database to be taken off line? I dont think it will happen this year, anyway?
:)
So what happens if i find a prime which happens to unzip to Stan by Eminem, or Scientology secrets, or a list of spies, or whatever?
What i someone set up Primster - a site which allows users to trade prime numbers. How hard is it to find these primes?
I remember posting here and suggesting that a database of website addresses be created, and accessible via a look-up number, the idea being that you may be able to make a url illegal to print, but a number would be going too far (this was related to the DeCss issue too i think).
Perhaps we'll find out soon whether numbers CAN be illegal - not just very very long ones, such as a cd (or religious secret), but short or natural ones.
(sorry, for those who dont know, the hitchhikers guide featured a pocket pc type thing which i dont seem to be able to find a picture of anywhere on the net, but you get the idea - a book containing lots of info)
That was written in 1977-78!!! Eat that!
Who cares - send them down! Can i visit them? Please? PLEASE?! :)
"I know I browse at 3+, and am willing to bet that most /. regulars browse at 2 or higher, esp since karma came into play."
I browse at 1, because i dont think many moderators are capable of basic reading/comprehension.
>Sadly, it has a typically poor Stephenson ending.
I thought the same of Snow Crash, but i assumed he was keeping it open for a sequel.
"Ironically enough, however, he took down the DeCSS code because 'enough other people were mirroring it' (paraphrase, can't find the link right now)."
Well, only because in that same document he published the DeCSS source!!!
http://cryptome.org/dvd-hoy-reply.htm
>old people are afraid to go out at night
Old people have always been afraid to go out at night! Havent they? When did you last hear an old person talk about the bad old days, and about how much things have got better?
>result of drunk & disorderly behaviour, which a >camera will not stop
I dont think anyone is suggesting cameras will stop violence - the idea is you lock away the people who are responsible for it afterwards. I have no problem with lots and lots of violent people being locked up - do you? If you cant handle your drink, you shouldnt drink so much. If we can`t stop people from drinking too much, then sending them to prison when they get all tired and emotional is the next best thing.
No. I have quite enough dealings with MicroSoft to want to use their stuff in my spare time. I wont be getting one, no matter what. It`ll be PlayStations all the way!
"Why is everyone so excited that someone else can hack something to get them the service they want? "...
...for free? Dunno mate. No idea.
I thought that was very expensive? Otherwise every developer out there would be using them - i imagine you could devise a pretty good system using them & encryption, although maybe not.
Same idea. It`ll get cracked too. How wouldnt it? What will this lot do that all the other software writers of the last 20 odd years overlooked?
Unless its a hardware/software solution. Or i guess, seeing as its a client-server thing, you could only display little bits of info at a time, which were securely removed before downloading the next bit. If you cant cut and paste bits, or do screen grabs, or copy the incoming data via the modem slots, then i guess you`re screwed!
Loved the `post-napster` quote though! Is that anything like `post-beck` or `intelligent dance` then?
You`ll be lauging on the other side of your face when i mess up all your MDs with my big speaker magnet! :)