You know, I imagine the cameras would be even more useful if we placed them in the homes of all convicted felons. After all, they are CONVICTED criminals and if they wanted to avoid being under constant suspicion, they shouldn't have committed any crimes.
And now that I think about, why not place cameras in government housing projects? After all, if you don't want to be viewed, you can just pay for a private home.
But even better, since we've got such a strong precedent, why not place cameras in the homes of those who speak out against cameras. Obviously only those who have something to hide oppose the cameras.
Rest asssured, lowly peasants. Your fair and benevolent rulers have presented you with the ultimate cure for the vile scourge known as the black death. This, a lowly bar of soap, shall be your floral scented cure! Fear not any longer.
Why is this any different from a piece of traditional music? Or a traditional literary work? Each is based on a system of elements arranged in a way considered unique or new. If someone were to write "The Ballad of Free Art" using the DMTF tones and the refrain of the melody just happened to be the phone number to the RIAA offices, then the use of that number sequence would be piracy. After all, even if the RIAA isn't actively playing portions of my ballad, they are essentially encoding the melody in a manner I don't approve of.
In my schooling, I was taught that the reason most launch facilities were built near the equator was to decrease the requirements for fuel needed for gravitational escape. So what advantage does this setup in Alaska give? Other than remoteness, I don't quite get it. Does anyone want to tell me what I'm missing?
Making use of Earth-Sun Lagrange points, couldn't we develop a second tier of strong-signal positioning satelites to aid navigation? Is this something that could be made feasible or would the distances involved and the relatively low number of reference points make it imprecise and ineffective?
I think this is something that needs to be done for the benefit of Man. With the advent of an effective and universal system of navigation in space, its privitization would be ever more likely.
I think his point was that they're both "ignorant" religious zealots. It is interesting to note, though, that the Bush administration has backed the Taliban government because of their stance on drugs. Obviously, the rights of citizens in foreign lands are less important than the importation of some grade A hashish.
From my understanding of things...
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It isn't Passport which is flawed but the system of Hotmail itself. This is merely an exploitation of bad data structure that is independent from Passport. That said, if you care about the security of your private communications, don't use Hotmail. Duh?
Obviously, we'll get a slew of complaints concerning anti-trust allegations and such. Yet here's my question: should intercompatibility and interoperability be mandatory in software when they aren't in the rest of market law?
Also, isn't this motivation for a new standard in web browsing? We have one for the languages of the web, and for the content. Yet we don't have one for the viewer or plugins. If there were a standard, such as in CD players or other infrastructure, then we would have a reason to be upset when someone deviates from the standard. As it is, the businesses devise their own standards, for good and bad.
I won't address the statistical errors some believe they have made as I am not a statistician and only have a basic understanding of the field, what with those sigma sums and means, medians and modes, and such. I will address the cartographical problems of the map, though.
First, they've opted for a horrible projection which neglects to include some areas and skews others. Second, it simply doesn't carry much visual impact. If they wanted to make a message, a wiser choice of map projection would have been good. I suggest the Dymaxion Map, designed by Buckminster Fuller. This is the map known as the 'One-island-Earth' map as it accurately prtrays the world as one large land mass. It is nearly 100% perfect in its replication of land size and shape as it is the result of overlaying the globe on an icosahedron and unwrapping it.
You can find some info about the Bucky map here, http://www.bfi.org/map.htm, if you want to see this beauty.
The combination of the two would have been incredible. It would have conveyed the message that our world is becoming homogenized as the cities spread and join together, blanketing the world in light.
"And, so many MS service packs BREAK servers and software when installed, can you also not blame people for NOT rushing ot install them?"
Yes. They decided that they knew more than those who discovered the exploit and consciously decided, "I know more than they do; there is no risk," or "It's just another stupid worm. No big deal."
It was either hubris or negligence. Both are things that shouldn't be excused.
An experiment is not useless if there are variables that haven't been eliminated. While the conclusion the experimenter draws is flawed, to a degree dependent upon the number of potential errors they miss, the conclusion still can serve as a means of basing future experiments on. In this case, if you believe that the reaction is chemical, you design an experiment, based on the flawed experiment from before, that solves the problem and allows for a more accurate conclusion.
I don't know if you're aware, but NASA isn't exactly an organization that's leadership is flavored by the current political environment. If the executive branch and House happen to be Republican, it doesn't matter. Most decisions made regarding NASA are general in nature. The house subcommittee doesn't get together and say, "Self-portraits of the frigging planet that have no military intell purpose? Fucking lunacy. What was Gore thinking? No dice!"
Instead, they say "We hate you pansy asses wasting resources on peaceful ventures in space. This ISS? Crap. Hubble? Crap. We don't want you flying more than 8 missions per year. You don't like it, too bad."
It's an internal NASA decision as to what missions to cut. They decided building the ISS is more important than this camera. Their small budget is obviously bad from a scientific viewpoint, but to blame the cut of this mission on Republican vendettas is incorrect.
Any word one whether George Grey will be the host again or will we finally be getting robert Llewellyn back? I enjoyed him as the host a lot and missed him when he was replaced here.
Also, do you know if Cathy will be with us again next season?
This isn't something that deserves to be lambasted and lampooned as much as it seems to be. It's a fine use of some old-school tech to solve a problem of today. Considering the advances in materials science since the days of the Zeppelin, we could produce some reliably safe craft with much greater lifting capabilities than ever before. In addition, the lifting apparatus could also serve as a means of terrestrial transport.
I think it's un-American to risk initiating another arms race by implementing a system that won't work if overwhelmed and won't work if bypassed. The system simply won't work if enough missiles are fired, thus ensuring the need for more nuclear arms for other nations, and the system does nothing to protect against the true threat in nuclear warfare, namely a terrorist taking a nuclear bomb into a well-occupied city and detonating it.
Well I can't speak directly about the mine, I can speak about the Archos 6000 MP3 Jukebox, which is more-or-less a portable HDD. It's got a 6 gig HD and because of the construction, it's quite rugged and easy to upgrade. You just open it up and replace the drive. Simple as that. As it is, the thing is pretty functional. I wish it had a PCMCIA card interface, but I'm willing to settle for it's USB interface.
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I don't know... it seems like quite a few of them might be wired with something.
You know, I imagine the cameras would be even more useful if we placed them in the homes of all convicted felons. After all, they are CONVICTED criminals and if they wanted to avoid being under constant suspicion, they shouldn't have committed any crimes.
And now that I think about, why not place cameras in government housing projects? After all, if you don't want to be viewed, you can just pay for a private home.
But even better, since we've got such a strong precedent, why not place cameras in the homes of those who speak out against cameras. Obviously only those who have something to hide oppose the cameras.
No. As the prior poster said, the distributions are the operating systems.
Your mother.
Rest asssured, lowly peasants. Your fair and benevolent rulers have presented you with the ultimate cure for the vile scourge known as the black death. This, a lowly bar of soap, shall be your floral scented cure! Fear not any longer.
Why is this any different from a piece of traditional music? Or a traditional literary work? Each is based on a system of elements arranged in a way considered unique or new. If someone were to write "The Ballad of Free Art" using the DMTF tones and the refrain of the melody just happened to be the phone number to the RIAA offices, then the use of that number sequence would be piracy. After all, even if the RIAA isn't actively playing portions of my ballad, they are essentially encoding the melody in a manner I don't approve of.
It's a derivative work. Fair use laws apply.
Ahh. Thanks for clearing that up.
In my schooling, I was taught that the reason most launch facilities were built near the equator was to decrease the requirements for fuel needed for gravitational escape. So what advantage does this setup in Alaska give? Other than remoteness, I don't quite get it. Does anyone want to tell me what I'm missing?
Making use of Earth-Sun Lagrange points, couldn't we develop a second tier of strong-signal positioning satelites to aid navigation? Is this something that could be made feasible or would the distances involved and the relatively low number of reference points make it imprecise and ineffective?
I think this is something that needs to be done for the benefit of Man. With the advent of an effective and universal system of navigation in space, its privitization would be ever more likely.
I think his point was that they're both "ignorant" religious zealots. It is interesting to note, though, that the Bush administration has backed the Taliban government because of their stance on drugs. Obviously, the rights of citizens in foreign lands are less important than the importation of some grade A hashish.
It isn't Passport which is flawed but the system of Hotmail itself. This is merely an exploitation of bad data structure that is independent from Passport. That said, if you care about the security of your private communications, don't use Hotmail. Duh?
Obviously, we'll get a slew of complaints concerning anti-trust allegations and such. Yet here's my question: should intercompatibility and interoperability be mandatory in software when they aren't in the rest of market law?
Also, isn't this motivation for a new standard in web browsing? We have one for the languages of the web, and for the content. Yet we don't have one for the viewer or plugins. If there were a standard, such as in CD players or other infrastructure, then we would have a reason to be upset when someone deviates from the standard. As it is, the businesses devise their own standards, for good and bad.
I won't address the statistical errors some believe they have made as I am not a statistician and only have a basic understanding of the field, what with those sigma sums and means, medians and modes, and such. I will address the cartographical problems of the map, though.
First, they've opted for a horrible projection which neglects to include some areas and skews others. Second, it simply doesn't carry much visual impact. If they wanted to make a message, a wiser choice of map projection would have been good. I suggest the Dymaxion Map, designed by Buckminster Fuller. This is the map known as the 'One-island-Earth' map as it accurately prtrays the world as one large land mass. It is nearly 100% perfect in its replication of land size and shape as it is the result of overlaying the globe on an icosahedron and unwrapping it.
You can find some info about the Bucky map here, http://www.bfi.org/map.htm, if you want to see this beauty.
The combination of the two would have been incredible. It would have conveyed the message that our world is becoming homogenized as the cities spread and join together, blanketing the world in light.
"And, so many MS service packs BREAK servers and software when installed, can you also not blame people for NOT rushing ot install them?"
Yes. They decided that they knew more than those who discovered the exploit and consciously decided, "I know more than they do; there is no risk," or "It's just another stupid worm. No big deal."
It was either hubris or negligence. Both are things that shouldn't be excused.
An experiment is not useless if there are variables that haven't been eliminated. While the conclusion the experimenter draws is flawed, to a degree dependent upon the number of potential errors they miss, the conclusion still can serve as a means of basing future experiments on. In this case, if you believe that the reaction is chemical, you design an experiment, based on the flawed experiment from before, that solves the problem and allows for a more accurate conclusion.
I don't know if you're aware, but NASA isn't exactly an organization that's leadership is flavored by the current political environment. If the executive branch and House happen to be Republican, it doesn't matter. Most decisions made regarding NASA are general in nature. The house subcommittee doesn't get together and say, "Self-portraits of the frigging planet that have no military intell purpose? Fucking lunacy. What was Gore thinking? No dice!"
Instead, they say "We hate you pansy asses wasting resources on peaceful ventures in space. This ISS? Crap. Hubble? Crap. We don't want you flying more than 8 missions per year. You don't like it, too bad."
It's an internal NASA decision as to what missions to cut. They decided building the ISS is more important than this camera. Their small budget is obviously bad from a scientific viewpoint, but to blame the cut of this mission on Republican vendettas is incorrect.
Any word one whether George Grey will be the host again or will we finally be getting robert Llewellyn back? I enjoyed him as the host a lot and missed him when he was replaced here.
Also, do you know if Cathy will be with us again next season?
His grasp of rocketry is impressive and his insight incredible. Mod it up, please.
And, yes, I'm aware that the craft in the article is a simple balloon not a powered craft. You have to start somewhere, though.
This isn't something that deserves to be lambasted and lampooned as much as it seems to be. It's a fine use of some old-school tech to solve a problem of today. Considering the advances in materials science since the days of the Zeppelin, we could produce some reliably safe craft with much greater lifting capabilities than ever before. In addition, the lifting apparatus could also serve as a means of terrestrial transport.
I think it's un-American to risk initiating another arms race by implementing a system that won't work if overwhelmed and won't work if bypassed. The system simply won't work if enough missiles are fired, thus ensuring the need for more nuclear arms for other nations, and the system does nothing to protect against the true threat in nuclear warfare, namely a terrorist taking a nuclear bomb into a well-occupied city and detonating it.
And it's only half the price of the mine.
Well I can't speak directly about the mine, I can speak about the Archos 6000 MP3 Jukebox, which is more-or-less a portable HDD. It's got a 6 gig HD and because of the construction, it's quite rugged and easy to upgrade. You just open it up and replace the drive. Simple as that. As it is, the thing is pretty functional. I wish it had a PCMCIA card interface, but I'm willing to settle for it's USB interface.
How long until the DIY Buzzbomb kit comes out?