I've been waiting almost 10 years for The Definitive Evisceration of The Phantom Menace and I must say that now that it's here I'm very disappointed.
My inner child has been abused and betrayed. Im going to mope around, talking to no one, for the next two weeks. I don't think I'll be able to bring myself to see #2 or #3, whatever they will be called.
There were so many good points to be made, but it seems the director just went for the easy, mass appeal, fluff. Maybe if the director wasn't surrounded with mindless 'yes men' with no vision this could have been better. Maybe if they had cast a narrator with a better voice. Unfortunately this 70 minute train wreck cannot be undone.
I hope I don't have to wait 10 years for the The Definitive Evisceration of The Definitive Evisceration of The Phantom Menace.
Given that if this thing blows it could do some serious damage to the country, maybe we should start drilling some holes to release some of the pressure. The cheap geothermal energy would be a bonus.
It has been done, it can be undone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantropa Whatever the arguments against it, I suppose it is within reason that it could be done. But should it be done?
The result, according to Python, works out to around 1.143*10^796, which is large, but not infinite.
This brings up an interesting point. Although infinities exist, there are some things that are very large, but not infinite.
Take a 1 or 2 mega-pixel image (or bigger or smaller). There is a finite number of possibilities. It is almost like there is a finite amount of things to see. What if you had time to see all those?
The same applies to DVDs, or Blu-rays. What if you had time to see every possible DVD?
Would there be anything left to see?
If my computer could create truly random videos I guess with enough time I would get Star Wars on Blu-ray.
Yeah, what's hard about cloning a site (not always that well), hiring a botnet and spamming the whole world
Probably hiring a botnet.
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I believe some companies already do. A friend was trying to sell me some "legal insurance" a few years ago. Though I didnt buy any because I dont particularly care for the "try and sell overpriced crap to your friends and family" type sales model.
Unfortunately in the world of reality, the difference between Idle and Used CPU is at the very least money. My computer idles at ~180W use. When it's at 100% CPU, it's closer to 450W use.
If that CPU time is being used, it has to be paid for.
Well unless its summer time (when schools are closed) and the school is far enough north you could just think of these PCs running SETI@home as electric heaters. 100% of the energy they use is being turned to heat, so some/all (depending on the schools regular heating system) of the cost of running SETI@home can be subtracted from the heating costs.
* For instance, if you were a crewman storing a rifle or pistol in your quarters while making a stop in the lovely Port of Boston, you would be guilty of possessing a firearm without a license. I'm sure the authorities aren't keen on enforcing that law but that such conduct is technically criminal since there is no exemption.
Enjoy your superstition. It has no effect on reality.
I'll bet at some point in your amazing life you have admired Galileo. Do you think he heard things like this when he tried to explain the universe might not revolve around the earth?
He was imprisoned until his death by Theists for heresy.
I don't think it is elegant at all. What is elegant are all the amazing bio-machines that have been built here on earth. When you can make something as efficient and reliable as a human heart, or a computer as complex as the human brain you can be as arrogant as you want. Until then I'm gonna have to believe we were designed like we were on purpose.
You think rejecting evolution and embracing intelligent design is some revolutionary idea on par with Galileo?
Early humans could feel their "aliveness" or "conscience" even before they could imagine math or science. They naturally assumed the simplest possible solution: some God who looks like them gave them a soul, which gives them this feeling of being alive. All these years later, we know so much about science and technology, but nothing about that feeling of being alive. It's there, and unexplained in any way so far. Without it, our lives would be simply meaningless computation. There's still some magic in the universe we need to explain. "no deity" as a refutation of the literal truth of the Bible is very logical. However, don't throw out the baby with the bath water - there is something magical about being alive, and cause to be "spiritual".
The "feeling of being alive" is just an illusion that simply arises out of enough meaningless computation.
Sure we don't fully understand the workings of the brain yet, but historically every time the workings of something is declared to be "magical" it is later found to have a mundane, rational explanation. Such as: The movements of the Sun and the Moon, contagious illnesses, the tides, the seasons, and on and on.
Consciousness is a product of our brains, and our brains operate within the laws of physics, there is no "magic" only "feelings of magic". Some people "feel Jesus", a few "feel Satan", others probably "feel Zeus", sometimes you have to ignore what you feel.
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I've been waiting almost 10 years for The Definitive Evisceration of The Phantom Menace and I must say that now that it's here I'm very disappointed.
My inner child has been abused and betrayed. Im going to mope around, talking to no one, for the next two weeks. I don't think I'll be able to bring myself to see #2 or #3, whatever they will be called.
There were so many good points to be made, but it seems the director just went for the easy, mass appeal, fluff. Maybe if the director wasn't surrounded with mindless 'yes men' with no vision this could have been better. Maybe if they had cast a narrator with a better voice. Unfortunately this 70 minute train wreck cannot be undone.
I hope I don't have to wait 10 years for the The Definitive Evisceration of The Definitive Evisceration of The Phantom Menace.
Given that if this thing blows it could do some serious damage to the country, maybe we should start drilling some holes to release some of the pressure. The cheap geothermal energy would be a bonus.
Maybe the Greeks were right http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_theory_(vision)
Maybe they meant "and will soon begin bathing in the infrared light of the cosmos"
It has been done, it can be undone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantropa
Whatever the arguments against it, I suppose it is within reason that it could be done. But should it be done?
I think the IM clients are a bad example.
The IM clients rely on a central server that costs money.
A company using Microsoft's FAT format for its memory card isn't going to cost Microsoft anything.
Starting your own disk format is much harder than your own IM client.
Really, I've always thought that its the file formats that are keeping Microsoft in their position.
For instance if you could load windows drivers in Linux, or Mac I think Microsoft would be in serious trouble.
The result, according to Python, works out to around 1.143*10^796, which is large, but not infinite.
This brings up an interesting point. Although infinities exist, there are some things that are very large, but not infinite.
Take a 1 or 2 mega-pixel image (or bigger or smaller). There is a finite number of possibilities. It is almost like there is a finite amount of things to see. What if you had time to see all those?
The same applies to DVDs, or Blu-rays. What if you had time to see every possible DVD?
Would there be anything left to see?
If my computer could create truly random videos I guess with enough time I would get Star Wars on Blu-ray.
Yeah, what's hard about cloning a site (not always that well), hiring a botnet and spamming the whole world
Probably hiring a botnet.
In other news, some Slashdot users don't like to do all the hard work of writing inspiring posts to build karma. Instead, they developed a simple online service to 'steal' karma from the hardworking posters. The service allows anyone to scan Slashdot articles for underrated comments and automatically post replies urging moderators to "mod parent up".
Actually I've found that "mod parent up" posts are quite likely to get you modded down.
Replying to let someone know how they're wrong, now that's how you get easy karma!
link? citation?
I believe some companies already do. A friend was trying to sell me some "legal insurance" a few years ago. Though I didnt buy any because I dont particularly care for the "try and sell overpriced crap to your friends and family" type sales model.
Unfortunately in the world of reality, the difference between Idle and Used CPU is at the very least money. My computer idles at ~180W use. When it's at 100% CPU, it's closer to 450W use.
If that CPU time is being used, it has to be paid for.
Well unless its summer time (when schools are closed) and the school is far enough north you could just think of these PCs running SETI@home as electric heaters. 100% of the energy they use is being turned to heat, so some/all (depending on the schools regular heating system) of the cost of running SETI@home can be subtracted from the heating costs.
Word bro, word!! Once we drove to pick up a friend at the airport and we ran out of antifreeze. OMG is all I could say. They have no idea.
thats a great story!
its being billed as a great way to Subdue suspects, get them to comply with orders, etc.
Or just cause a cop feels like it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6I8iUWInds
Maybe you should just make a career change, like lion-taming?
You could be "the guy who died trying to tame lions".
The problem with applying agile to spaceflights is that you kill people when you fail a unit test.
Only if people are in your test unit (or under it when it hits the ground).
Well, most of them are extremely safe bombs.
As bombs, virtually all chemically powered vehicles are complete failures...
Thats because, unlike rockets, most don't carry their oxidizer.
Plus those guys have some RPG-7s.
And the point is.....?
RPG-7 beats Rifle?
* For instance, if you were a crewman storing a rifle or pistol in your quarters while making a stop in the lovely Port of Boston, you would be guilty of possessing a firearm without a license. I'm sure the authorities aren't keen on enforcing that law but that such conduct is technically criminal since there is no exemption.
Thatd be 18 months minimum mandatory
NASA is funned by taxes and no one wants to support people dieing in explosions.
So THATS why you invaded Iraq .. and stayed there.
Yes, remember WMDs? /sarcasm
How else would you describe any chemically powered vehicle?
A small bomb?
Nasa's budget slashed once again....
Enjoy your superstition. It has no effect on reality.
I'll bet at some point in your amazing life you have admired Galileo. Do you think he heard things like this when he tried to explain the universe might not revolve around the earth?
He was imprisoned until his death by Theists for heresy.
I don't think it is elegant at all. What is elegant are all the amazing bio-machines that have been built here on earth. When you can make something as efficient and reliable as a human heart, or a computer as complex as the human brain you can be as arrogant as you want. Until then I'm gonna have to believe we were designed like we were on purpose.
You think rejecting evolution and embracing intelligent design is some revolutionary idea on par with Galileo?
Early humans could feel their "aliveness" or "conscience" even before they could imagine math or science. They naturally assumed the simplest possible solution: some God who looks like them gave them a soul, which gives them this feeling of being alive. All these years later, we know so much about science and technology, but nothing about that feeling of being alive. It's there, and unexplained in any way so far. Without it, our lives would be simply meaningless computation. There's still some magic in the universe we need to explain. "no deity" as a refutation of the literal truth of the Bible is very logical. However, don't throw out the baby with the bath water - there is something magical about being alive, and cause to be "spiritual".
The "feeling of being alive" is just an illusion that simply arises out of enough meaningless computation.
Sure we don't fully understand the workings of the brain yet, but historically every time the workings of something is declared to be "magical" it is later found to have a mundane, rational explanation. Such as: The movements of the Sun and the Moon, contagious illnesses, the tides, the seasons, and on and on.
Consciousness is a product of our brains, and our brains operate within the laws of physics, there is no "magic" only "feelings of magic". Some people "feel Jesus", a few "feel Satan", others probably "feel Zeus", sometimes you have to ignore what you feel.
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