No, sir, you fail. You are forgetting the very essence of applied Science.
The randomness that appear in Quantum Physics is only part of an axiomatic model that tries to describe reality as far as we can measure it. The model is not the reality. What current Quantum Mechanics describes as random could very well be deterministic in a later, more accurate model.
Those Hardware RNGs definitely seem random in all possible ways, but what actually happens inside them can be ultimately deterministic. Who knows. Maybe God actually does play dice (or his own version of Warcraft, which is my personal guess).
They will, but only after the point of no return. Examples: driving too fast, not using contraception, dropping out of school, killing every female in the country, etc.
If you cross me on the street asking about bootlegs, and I point you in the direction of the street-seller, am I guilty of aiding copyright infringement? Most reasonable people don't think so.
Perhaps not guilty in the legal sense, but if you actively and purposefully made it easier for the bootlegs to be sold, then you would have indeed aided copyright infringement.
Another thing is to discuss whether that is objectionable or not (I, for one, wouldn't raise an eyebrow in the case of your example, but others may do), or whether it is legal or not (which I don't know).
I don't think their problem is not having enough beta testers. More probably it's a shortage of time and competent software engineers who can turn bug reports into fixes. And, of course, the always underestimated effect of Brooks' Law.
Taking into consideration that these people are thinking about using {micro, nano}bots precisely to explore our brains, and keeping the whatcouldpossiblygowrong mindset, this article gives a whole new meaning to gray goo everywhere.
You can disable all that. Go to Tools -> Settings... -> Update
(Actual names may vary, I'm using Firefox in Spanish language)
There uncheck the three boxes under "Automatically search for updates..."
Then you'll have to click on Help -> Search for updates every time you want to update, but at least thou shalt not be nagged at (yes, I do understand you prefer to have Firefox update itself automatically and naglessly, but in the meantime...).
At least now we don't have to worry about our sun going nova, we'll all die in an intergalactic traffic accident first. Probably not. Even when galaxies collide, the odds of something hitting the solar system are remote.
Yes, but... how about the odds of our orbit being thrown slightly off-course by a foreign gravity field, just off enough to make Earth uninhabitable for us mammals? I have no idea, but these odds must be several orders of magnitude greater than those of a heads-on collision.
I don't see signatures. I don't remember if I set it up that way on purpose -I don't like sigs- or it was like that by default. Sorry if I lost the context because of that (btw, I still don't know what your sig says, I'll take a look at the settings later).
By the way, do you have any source that supports the idea that nerds and most otherwise intelligent people give a lot of importance to language (Proper spelling & grammar specifically)
Well, yes, the Jargon File should count as source, IMO. It says 'hackers' where we say 'nerds' or 'geeks', but in a broad sense, meaning approximately the same. I quote the section about the writing style of hackers:
Though it is considered gauche to publicly criticize posters for poor spelling or grammar, the network places a premium on literacy and clarity of expression. It may well be that future historians of literature will see in it a revival of the great tradition of personal letters as art.
However, I have no clear source for the generalization to "intelligent people". It comes mostly from what I have heard and read from psychologists: that language is tightly tied to the ability to think, and that the precision with which we express ourselves reflects the precision of our thoughts.
The greengrocer's apostrophe is a tell-tale sign that you are probably one of those people you refer to.
Nerds (and most otherwise intelligent people, for that matter) usually give a lot of importance to language. Not bothering to express oneself correctly is something "typical people" would do. But not nerds, no. We know better.
Note: English is not my first language, so any grammar mistakes found in this post are the product of ignorance, not sloppiness.
Now that's curious. I live in Spain, which is known to be well behind most European countries in matters of telecommunications; and I haven't had that problem in years. I'd be amazed to find out we have cellphone carriers that are more reliable than those in Holland or the USA.
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Right, but it's proof that your statement "This false idea that the hardcore are all anti-casual gamer is a bunch of bullshit pedalled by internet trolls," is not correct. There ARE people who call themselves hardcore that are upset at what they call "casual."
You missed the word 'all' in his statement. Indeed, as you say, there ARE hardcore gamers who think like that; but that does not necessarily mean they are more than a negligible minority. Are they anything more than that? I honestly don't know, but I don't think so.
You don't seem to be acquainted with the game called Dance Dance Revolution. This breed of gamers (most likely not the FPS-addicted kind of gamer, I'll grant that) seem to enjoy a game that is also an intense anaerobic exercise.
My bet is that there is still room for many more exercise-based games, and we are still seeing only the beginning of this trend.
Also, Paintball comes to my mind. It doesn't qualify for this discussion because it is a "real" game and not a video game, but I see it as only one of the many possible degrees of virtualization between "couch-potato point-and-click FPS" and "actually being on a battlefield about to kill or die". If there is some way to make a game that requires you to point, shoot, jump and run without using too much real-world space, and only if it is fun enough, then there will be a market for it.
Reading the article, the idea of releasing SO2 into the stratosphere (or any layer of the atmosphere, for that matter) scared me. But if it is true that we are already releasing much more of it into the *lower* atmosphere, then it doesn't seem as bad an idea to have it up there, where at least it is known to cool the Earth's surface temperature.
My thought is that even if there exists what you are searching for, it's only a matter of time until it is dumbed down too.
Good intentions last a while only; after that, money rules. To put it simply: "if there is more demand over there, what the heck are we doing here? Let's go there already!".
According to TFA, it's not about trademark infringement (as in, we seize your trademark, now it's ours and we can sue you if you continue to use it).
Instead, they are seeking to outlaw use of that trademark and logo, just like some signs associated with violence or xenophobia are banned in other parts of the world (like Nazi symbols are in Germany).
Katz was the clear winner. favourite food/animal did not deliver, as did most of Munroe's others. The only lame one of Katz was the 1999 BC. Somewhat off topic, though it gets points for originality.
The others did deliver. Perhaps you were not at home to get them.
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That's true RNGs are not truly random. But, then again, neither is anything else. [...]
You fail at Quantum Mechanics.
Hardware random number generators
No, sir, you fail. You are forgetting the very essence of applied Science.
The randomness that appear in Quantum Physics is only part of an axiomatic model that tries to describe reality as far as we can measure it. The model is not the reality. What current Quantum Mechanics describes as random could very well be deterministic in a later, more accurate model.
Those Hardware RNGs definitely seem random in all possible ways, but what actually happens inside them can be ultimately deterministic. Who knows. Maybe God actually does play dice (or his own version of Warcraft, which is my personal guess).
They will, but only after the point of no return. Examples: driving too fast, not using contraception, dropping out of school, killing every female in the country, etc.
If you cross me on the street asking about bootlegs, and I point you in the direction of the street-seller, am I guilty of aiding copyright infringement? Most reasonable people don't think so.
Perhaps not guilty in the legal sense, but if you actively and purposefully made it easier for the bootlegs to be sold, then you would have indeed aided copyright infringement.
Another thing is to discuss whether that is objectionable or not (I, for one, wouldn't raise an eyebrow in the case of your example, but others may do), or whether it is legal or not (which I don't know).
I don't think their problem is not having enough beta testers. More probably it's a shortage of time and competent software engineers who can turn bug reports into fixes. And, of course, the always underestimated effect of Brooks' Law.
Taking into consideration that these people are thinking about using {micro, nano}bots precisely to explore our brains, and keeping the whatcouldpossiblygowrong mindset, this article gives a whole new meaning to gray goo everywhere.
Wake me when they have edible intelligence pills.
Could they be a substitute for food when we all become zombies and crave for brains?
You can disable all that. Go to Tools -> Settings... -> Update
(Actual names may vary, I'm using Firefox in Spanish language)
There uncheck the three boxes under "Automatically search for updates..."
Then you'll have to click on Help -> Search for updates every time you want to update, but at least thou shalt not be nagged at (yes, I do understand you prefer to have Firefox update itself automatically and naglessly, but in the meantime...).
Man, I sure am glad that I'm not that poor keyboard!
You seem to be thinking about keypresses per minute, while they are talking about words per minute. Quite a difference, may I say.
The problem is in the 'or'. Intelligent criminals and intelligent sociopaths are probably more dangerous than those who are less smart.
At least now we don't have to worry about our sun going nova, we'll all die in an intergalactic traffic accident first. Probably not. Even when galaxies collide, the odds of something hitting the solar system are remote.
Yes, but... how about the odds of our orbit being thrown slightly off-course by a foreign gravity field, just off enough to make Earth uninhabitable for us mammals? I have no idea, but these odds must be several orders of magnitude greater than those of a heads-on collision.
tagged !confirmed. Btw, is there a more general tag for headline hyping?
badheadline is even more general than that, and I think it's quite appropriate.
There are non-underage children? Yes. COPPA only applies to those under 13.
GP asked (rethorically, I assume) whether a child can be "non-underage", not whether an underage person can be "not a child".
So, does "underage children" convey any more information than just "children"? I don't think so, but you know, legalese is weird that way.
I assumed my signature would be the first clue.
I don't see signatures. I don't remember if I set it up that way on purpose -I don't like sigs- or it was like that by default. Sorry if I lost the context because of that (btw, I still don't know what your sig says, I'll take a look at the settings later).
By the way, do you have any source that supports the idea that nerds and most otherwise intelligent people give a lot of importance to language (Proper spelling & grammar specifically)
Well, yes, the Jargon File should count as source, IMO. It says 'hackers' where we say 'nerds' or 'geeks', but in a broad sense, meaning approximately the same. I quote the section about the writing style of hackers:
Though it is considered gauche to publicly criticize posters for poor spelling or grammar, the network places a premium on literacy and clarity of expression. It may well be that future historians of literature will see in it a revival of the great tradition of personal letters as art.
However, I have no clear source for the generalization to "intelligent people". It comes mostly from what I have heard and read from psychologists: that language is tightly tied to the ability to think, and that the precision with which we express ourselves reflects the precision of our thoughts.
The greengrocer's apostrophe is a tell-tale sign that you are probably one of those people you refer to.
Nerds (and most otherwise intelligent people, for that matter) usually give a lot of importance to language. Not bothering to express oneself correctly is something "typical people" would do. But not nerds, no. We know better.
Note: English is not my first language, so any grammar mistakes found in this post are the product of ignorance, not sloppiness.
Now that's curious. I live in Spain, which is known to be well behind most European countries in matters of telecommunications; and I haven't had that problem in years. I'd be amazed to find out we have cellphone carriers that are more reliable than those in Holland or the USA.
Right, but it's proof that your statement "This false idea that the hardcore are all anti-casual gamer is a bunch of bullshit pedalled by internet trolls," is not correct. There ARE people who call themselves hardcore that are upset at what they call "casual."
You missed the word 'all' in his statement. Indeed, as you say, there ARE hardcore gamers who think like that; but that does not necessarily mean they are more than a negligible minority. Are they anything more than that? I honestly don't know, but I don't think so.
You don't seem to be acquainted with the game called Dance Dance Revolution. This breed of gamers (most likely not the FPS-addicted kind of gamer, I'll grant that) seem to enjoy a game that is also an intense anaerobic exercise.
My bet is that there is still room for many more exercise-based games, and we are still seeing only the beginning of this trend.
Also, Paintball comes to my mind. It doesn't qualify for this discussion because it is a "real" game and not a video game, but I see it as only one of the many possible degrees of virtualization between "couch-potato point-and-click FPS" and "actually being on a battlefield about to kill or die". If there is some way to make a game that requires you to point, shoot, jump and run without using too much real-world space, and only if it is fun enough, then there will be a market for it.
Reading the article, the idea of releasing SO2 into the stratosphere (or any layer of the atmosphere, for that matter) scared me. But if it is true that we are already releasing much more of it into the *lower* atmosphere, then it doesn't seem as bad an idea to have it up there, where at least it is known to cool the Earth's surface temperature.
My thought is that even if there exists what you are searching for, it's only a matter of time until it is dumbed down too.
Good intentions last a while only; after that, money rules. To put it simply: "if there is more demand over there, what the heck are we doing here? Let's go there already!".
According to TFA, it's not about trademark infringement (as in, we seize your trademark, now it's ours and we can sue you if you continue to use it).
Instead, they are seeking to outlaw use of that trademark and logo, just like some signs associated with violence or xenophobia are banned in other parts of the world (like Nazi symbols are in Germany).
Surely those are used containers. They must be cheaper than new ones, right?
$300/month seems fairly conservative for hanger fees.
If your wardrobe is 10km long, then maybe. But I'm sure I spend less than $3/month in hangers.
OTOH, hangars are very expensive, aren't they?
Katz was the clear winner. favourite food/animal did not deliver, as did most of Munroe's others. The only lame one of Katz was the 1999 BC. Somewhat off topic, though it gets points for originality.
The others did deliver. Perhaps you were not at home to get them.
--verbose, please?