I dont know, you could test it yourself by.. reading a book and imagining its contents - did it feel like a movie playing in your head?
Actually, a good writer can make it seem like a memory of a movie. To a good reader. That's how I remember many books.
But I have a lot of practice and a good imagination... 8-)
In other words, if the receiver already has most of the information, it can fill in the data lost by the compression. But assumung the information for an unknown transmission, can be a "bug farm" !
How about we take this a bit further and embed a bit of Viagra and aspirin in them - make them actually work in the way people believe they should works (ie. hangover cures and erectile dysfunction)....
This could actually work. You should send it to the company! The smuglers might actually start buying the simulated horn directly, and stop bothering the real rino'.
It's not bare copper, it's insulated by a varnish coating. Very special varnish.
But it's true that the air bubble can cause problems if it's too big. The oil does the cooling, if parts come above the oil they get hot spots. Heat destroys the varnish and causes shorts and fire.
No they were outlawed because (for some models) it was almost as dangerous to be holding the cheap gun as being in front of it. Seriously - some were made in poor quality zinc alloys for critical parts! Not that good quality control on the zinc alloy would have helped much...
For "zip guns" made out of water pipe, maybe so.
But for inexpensive guns made for self-defense by low-income people? They work fine, as long as you don't try to fire them every day.
Some of those guns are still around. And are well known to gunsmiths. Some better than others, but they did their job. The stories of dangerous designs was "propaganda" to justify banning them, using "a little bit of truth" from the actual water-pipe zip-guns.
The example was of a situation where the identity of the objects was not known. Imagine water-worn rocks. They are seldon spherical and often somewhat egg-shaped.
I think the point was that even the best statistics are very misleading when critical data is unknown. And since statisitcs are often used to avoid having to get all of the data, that can be very dangerous.
Also Consider: Very few people are anywhere near average. 8-)
(Of course, that depends on your definition of "anywhere near".)
When governments ban inanimate objects, the only result is windfall profits for criminal gangs. It was obvious in "prohibition", but is true in other cases as well.
... Some git who manages to do a bunch of harm (scamming retirees) is only going to be looked at in a good light in a Robin Hood scenario. Or it will be looked like a P. T. Barnum... and even though he was noted for using people, he was quite well respected for being able to put one over on others....
That has been true for thousands of years... in some circles.
I prefer not to travel in those circles. They are a disaster waiting to happen, stand clear or be collateral damage!
Someone used a hammer to drive a nail! We should ban hammers!
I think it's more like: Someone used a Wrench to drive a screw. We should ban that person from doing carpentry! And maybe check what else they have done before...
After the Flood, around 4,300 years ago, the remnant of the land animals, including dinosaurs, came off the Ark and lived in the present world, along with people....
I grew up in the US, in "The South" where it is very religous. I don't remember anything like -that-!
Maybe I just didn't notice, but if it was widespread I would have.
And anyway, why are y'all giving that website so much publicity?
That'll have been Babbage. Turns out Ada wasn't the first programmer, but the first computer operator, feeding in programs Babbage wrote....
Babbage didn't have the time to design programs. Ada did not only the coding, but also the program design and data structures. And yes, she invented a lot of that. Before her. it was only "tinkering".
We have design drawings and manuals for computers and such. Somebody a long time ago lost the manuals for the human body.;-} Unless we can find copies of them, it will be a long grind to make more from scratch.
Until then, our best are not much more than tinkerers. 8-{ (With all due respect to the hard-working medical researchers! Thank you.)
If the voting majority in a first-world democracy actually wanted reform, they would get it in the next election....
In fact, that is the major advantage of democratic systems. We don't have to shoot -nearly- as many people, to have a revolution. And the infrastucture usually survives! 8-)
I think the error bars on his calculation are much bigger than his answer. He does not know anything, and neither do any of the others. We don't kmow how many are out there, at least not yet. And we don't know what the relative size mixture is.
It doesn't make sense to worry about stuff that you can't do anything about. On the other hand, it would be a good idea to assign at least a few people to find out what they can. 8-)
There was a product called DesQview, that did all that before win3 ever came out. And it did it better, more reliably, faster, and with the existing app. software.
Not the oly one: There was Multi-User Dos, by Digital Research. Yes the one who did CP/M and DR-Dos, and was the company to talk to when IBM looked at making PCs.
It was a Multi-thread OS with multiple users and multiple consoles and terminals, like an old DEC or IBM mainframe, but it ran Dos apps. Not just one per user, the users terminals could have several threads or "virtual terminals". It originally was 8086 and 80286, ours ran on 386, and was upgraded for later BIOS versions and CPUs. Even had an API, similar to Sockets, for talking between apps.
But, it was not a QUI, just a Dos command line. Although many of the Dos apps looked "sort of GUI" by using smart terminal commands. (That included Clarion for Dos.)
I never looked at MS Windows until Win95, because I was much more impressed with Muli-User Dos. And it was still used for the main computers until XP came out.
... But Windows is full of crap, and full of "If you can't make it work right, make it look good - Bill Gates" that it basically caused IT to be shit....
Here is another one: "Don't worry about how big or slow it is, computers will get bigger and faster. - Bill Gates". While technically he was right, he was very wrong. It is why MS stuff is so bloated and slow compared to other stuff.
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
If you're going to just go ahead and assume it works as intended, sure.
I think you missed the point. What the line means is that Democracy doesn't work as intended, but even then it is better than others. The major advantage is that we can have a revolution without shooting as many people. At least as long as most agree to follow the rules...
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I dont know, you could test it yourself by .. reading a book and imagining its contents - did it feel like a movie playing in your head?
Actually, a good writer can make it seem like a memory of a movie. To a good reader. That's how I remember many books.
But I have a lot of practice and a good imagination... 8-)
In other words, if the receiver already has most of the information, it can fill in the data lost by the compression. But assumung the information for an unknown transmission, can be a "bug farm" !
How about we take this a bit further and embed a bit of Viagra and aspirin in them - make them actually work in the way people believe they should works (ie. hangover cures and erectile dysfunction). ...
This could actually work. You should send it to the company!
The smuglers might actually start buying the simulated horn directly, and stop bothering the real rino'.
... a transformer is full of bare copper...
It's not bare copper, it's insulated by a varnish coating. Very special varnish.
But it's true that the air bubble can cause problems if it's too big. The oil does the cooling, if parts come above the oil they get hot spots. Heat destroys the varnish and causes shorts and fire.
If you don't like the name "Modern", wait until they start using "Post-Modern" !!
By the way, "modern" does no longer means "up to date", it refers to the 1950's era... 8-P
Agreed. That's why I call these systems a.i. (artificial ignorance) as opposed to A.I. (Actual Intelligence)
Or, to quote a few Science Fiction novels: A.S. = Artificial Stupid.
Although, that does seem a bit harsh. The poor machine is "dancing as fast as it can".
No they were outlawed because (for some models) it was almost as dangerous to be holding the cheap gun as being in front of it.
Seriously - some were made in poor quality zinc alloys for critical parts! Not that good quality control on the zinc alloy would have helped much...
For "zip guns" made out of water pipe, maybe so.
But for inexpensive guns made for self-defense by low-income people? They work fine, as long as you don't try to fire them every day.
Some of those guns are still around. And are well known to gunsmiths. Some better than others, but they did their job.
The stories of dangerous designs was "propaganda" to justify banning them, using "a little bit of truth" from the actual water-pipe zip-guns.
Mos technology KIM-1 board, 6502 CPU, Kim to S100 converter/expander board, 2 Seals 4K Ram boards, MS ROM BASIC edited in assembler for 6502.
8-)
Oh, you mean the computer I do my work on?
Intel i5 Quad 3Ghz, 16Gb RAM, 1TB disk. Looking to get an SSD...
The example was of a situation where the identity of the objects was not known. Imagine water-worn rocks. They are seldon spherical and often somewhat egg-shaped.
I think the point was that even the best statistics are very misleading when critical data is unknown. And since statisitcs are often used to avoid having to get all of the data, that can be very dangerous.
Also Consider: Very few people are anywhere near average. 8-)
(Of course, that depends on your definition of "anywhere near".)
We had a freind who was in the war. He knew guns and we thought he liked them. But he said one day that he saw no need for assault rifles.
We asked him why. It turned out that he had been a tank commander, and thought anything smaller than a 100mm bore was too small for practical use!
8-)
When governments ban inanimate objects, the only result is windfall profits for criminal gangs.
It was obvious in "prohibition", but is true in other cases as well.
9mm > 5.56mm
Only in diameter, not in power. Look at the cartrige cases, the 9mm Parabellum is much smaller.
... Some git who manages to do a bunch of harm (scamming retirees) is only going to be looked at in a good light in a Robin Hood scenario. Or it will be looked like a P. T. Barnum... and even though he was noted for using people, he was quite well respected for being able to put one over on others. ...
That has been true for thousands of years ... in some circles.
I prefer not to travel in those circles. They are a disaster waiting to happen, stand clear or be collateral damage!
Ban all the things!
Banning things only provides windfall profits to Criminal gangs!
Someone used a hammer to drive a nail! We should ban hammers!
I think it's more like:
Someone used a Wrench to drive a screw. We should ban that person from doing carpentry!
And maybe check what else they have done before...
I grew up in the US, in "The South" where it is very religous. I don't remember anything like -that-!
Maybe I just didn't notice, but if it was widespread I would have.
And anyway, why are y'all giving that website so much publicity?
That'll have been Babbage. Turns out Ada wasn't the first programmer, but the first computer operator, feeding in programs Babbage wrote. ...
Babbage didn't have the time to design programs. Ada did not only the coding, but also the program design and data structures. And yes, she invented a lot of that. Before her. it was only "tinkering".
Look it up for yourself... 8-)
I wonder if the research group had anyone that actually knew anything about farming? I doesn't sound like it.
They say "die of lack of oxygen" and "Fire from too much oxygen" at the same time? Strange...
I think it was a bunch of freshman students. 8-)
biology is really still in its infancy
To say the least!
We have design drawings and manuals for computers and such. Somebody a long time ago lost the manuals for the human body. ;-}
Unless we can find copies of them, it will be a long grind to make more from scratch.
Until then, our best are not much more than tinkerers. 8-{
(With all due respect to the hard-working medical researchers! Thank you.)
If the voting majority in a first-world democracy actually wanted reform, they would get it in the next election. ...
In fact, that is the major advantage of democratic systems. We don't have to shoot -nearly- as many people, to have a revolution. And the infrastucture usually survives! 8-)
I think the error bars on his calculation are much bigger than his answer.
He does not know anything, and neither do any of the others. We don't kmow how many are out there, at least not yet. And we don't know what the relative size mixture is.
It doesn't make sense to worry about stuff that you can't do anything about. On the other hand, it would be a good idea to assign at least a few people to find out what they can. 8-)
... All ruined in the name of anti skuemorphism which was the most advanced progress made in gui development since win 3.0. What a shame sigh
MS was terrified that the standard Windows QUI was too high-resolution for smartphones. And they wanted to be on all the smartphones.
So they rushed to change the QUI to a low-resolution design, just like the old DOS apps.
Unfortunatly, about the time they were all ready to go, the smartphones go new screens that are higher resolution than the old PCs!!
Fail... 8-)
And we get DOS app screens. Yay! (Not) 8-(
There was a product called DesQview, that did all that before win3 ever came out. And it did it better, more reliably, faster, and with the existing app. software.
Not the oly one: There was Multi-User Dos, by Digital Research. Yes the one who did CP/M and DR-Dos, and was the company to talk to when IBM looked at making PCs.
It was a Multi-thread OS with multiple users and multiple consoles and terminals, like an old DEC or IBM mainframe, but it ran Dos apps. Not just one per user, the users terminals could have several threads or "virtual terminals". It originally was 8086 and 80286, ours ran on 386, and was upgraded for later BIOS versions and CPUs. Even had an API, similar to Sockets, for talking between apps.
But, it was not a QUI, just a Dos command line. Although many of the Dos apps looked "sort of GUI" by using smart terminal commands. (That included Clarion for Dos.)
I never looked at MS Windows until Win95, because I was much more impressed with Muli-User Dos. And it was still used for the main computers until XP came out.
... But Windows is full of crap, and full of "If you can't make it work right, make it look good - Bill Gates" that it basically caused IT to be shit. ...
Here is another one: "Don't worry about how big or slow it is, computers will get bigger and faster. - Bill Gates". While technically he was right, he was very wrong. It is why MS stuff is so bloated and slow compared to other stuff.
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
If you're going to just go ahead and assume it works as intended, sure.
I think you missed the point. What the line means is that Democracy doesn't work as intended, but even then it is better than others.
The major advantage is that we can have a revolution without shooting as many people. At least as long as most agree to follow the rules...
You mean jack income tax rates up to 90%? Half kidding, but I'm curious what you see about the differences between Democrats now vs. JFK era.
IIRC the 90% marginal rate was under Eisenhower. And I'd be all for returning to that!
Keep in mind that when the politicians say "tax the Rich", they mean anyone who has a job. So it includes you and me, probably... 8-)