while i agree that it's pretty unlikely that these things really exist... i would like to challenge those who question the possibility of such a device.
while we certainly don't have the navigation capabilities nor the energy capabilities in the consumer market, a precedent for almost exactly the same type of "device" already exists in nature: real dragonflies! i don't mean that as a joke, but rather - actual dragonflies don't have some special advanced technology that provides them with navigation or energy. they don't require souped-up battery backs and neat-o remote controls... granted, the biology world may not be able to reproduce it in the consumer market - but it's not completely out of the question to think that the government has the funds and research to create such a thing.
any why not test it at a rally? it's domestic, and perhaps the timing was right and that was the first opportunity.
granted - i'm still skeptical... but not radically so.;-)
apparently no one thought of making red-green color blind robots; as a somewhat red-green color blind human, those greens still look the same to me... go figure.
What's interesting here is both the bashing and aligning that goes with politics and ideology. Ironically, neither "conservative" or "liberal" is really correct or useful on it's own. An ideally suited person would have characteristics of both:
1) On well established and understood principles, they would be conservative -however 2) They would realize the limits of their own abilities and be open to new ideas discussions about how their established principles and views are incomplete, inaccurate, or otherwise require modification.
That's basically how a lot of science works, right? For example, Newtonian laws of physics are reasonably "conservative" and apply quite well in specific (well established) contexts. However, a real scientist has to be open to the ideas of Einstein; otherwise, they are simply limiting their own abilities.
Wouldn't it be better if we could learn the best from each other's ideology instead of creating a divide between the two?
We all travel through time. To exist is to travel from the "past" into the "future". What you cannot do is exist in the "now" since by all appearances, now is absolute and not relative.
Of course, consider that to do most so-called time travel you need to be able to dramatically alter your relative velocity both up and back down. What if going into the past is as simple as slowing down so that the time in your current FOR moves faster than your own? So, you would need to get off the earth, out of the solar system, out of the galaxy, etc... so that those influences on you were removed (and you could "slow" down). And it works, because now the light from earth takes a lot longer to reach you, so you can only observe the earth in the past. Unfortunately, what you cannot do is interact with or influence things on earth. You could travel back to earth and in doing so would "catch back up" to the earth's current FOR - essentially traveling from earth's past to it's present.
This is a bit alarmist. The prediction is that by 2100, all 10 billion people in the world will be living at the same wired standard as the average US citizen today.
That's a bit alarmist for me. By 2100, the technology will be radically different. Networking will obviously be completely wireless for most applications (reducing the need for all that cat5). Other copper uses will be outmoded by new technology (see: Fibre Optic). And, by 2100, there will be many more options that have yet to be imagined that probably won't use copper.
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These two statements seem to be at odds with each other:
"We deeply regret this unfortunate incident," Barbara Desoer, who is in charge of technology, service and fulfillment for the Charlotte-based bank, said in a statement. "The privacy of customer information receives the highest priority at Bank of America, and we take our responsibilities for safeguarding it very seriously."
Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, told Reuters that he had been informed by the Senate Rules Committee that the data tapes were likely stolen off a commercial plane by baggage handlers.
So - they are so concerned about maintaining the security of their data that they gave it (in a very non-descript way mind you) to a group of people outside of their organization who have a history of struggling with integrity.
It is not the responsibility of the various entertainment providers to instill good sense into the people they are entertaining. That is the role of society in general and parents in particular.
Whenever a person commits a heinous act such as this, people look for an explanation. Rarely is the explanation they come up with logical... instead it's an emotional response.
What we should be asking is not "what did the kid see that influenced him to do this"? But rather, "why didn't the kid understand the difference between basic right and wrong behavior"? And "why didn't he understand the consequences of his actions"? A lack of knowing the difference between right and wrong and understanding consequences points the blame squarely at the parents and/or legal guardian of this kid.
Everyone is saying a one time pad is "impossible" to break... I would like to respectfully disagree. I think it's amazingly improbable that you could break it. The reason? There is the remotest chance that you could guess the OTP correctly. Not very likely that you could luck into that... but still a mathematical physical real possibility. And I suppose the same would be true of the quantum encryption.
... that a lot of the respondents are using this as a mechanism to advertise their work rather than to honestly answer the question. But I can't prove it;-)
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i can do it in two minutes ... but we're going to need a really fast spaceship. and maybe a wormhole.
That's a nice patent you've got there. We wouldn't want anything to happen to it. ... well.
It'd be a real shame if
My brother and I have got a little proposition for you.
We can guarantee you that not a single patent will get done over for fifteen hundos a week.
while i agree that it's pretty unlikely that these things really exist ... i would like to challenge those who question the possibility of such a device.
... granted, the biology world may not be able to reproduce it in the consumer market - but it's not completely out of the question to think that the government has the funds and research to create such a thing.
... but not radically so. ;-)
while we certainly don't have the navigation capabilities nor the energy capabilities in the consumer market, a precedent for almost exactly the same type of "device" already exists in nature: real dragonflies! i don't mean that as a joke, but rather - actual dragonflies don't have some special advanced technology that provides them with navigation or energy. they don't require souped-up battery backs and neat-o remote controls
any why not test it at a rally? it's domestic, and perhaps the timing was right and that was the first opportunity.
granted - i'm still skeptical
apparently no one thought of making red-green color blind robots; as a somewhat red-green color blind human, those greens still look the same to me ... go figure.
What's interesting here is both the bashing and aligning that goes with politics and ideology. Ironically, neither "conservative" or "liberal" is really correct or useful on it's own. An ideally suited person would have characteristics of both:
1) On well established and understood principles, they would be conservative
-however
2) They would realize the limits of their own abilities and be open to new ideas discussions about how their established principles and views are incomplete, inaccurate, or otherwise require modification.
That's basically how a lot of science works, right? For example, Newtonian laws of physics are reasonably "conservative" and apply quite well in specific (well established) contexts. However, a real scientist has to be open to the ideas of Einstein; otherwise, they are simply limiting their own abilities.
Wouldn't it be better if we could learn the best from each other's ideology instead of creating a divide between the two?
I heard that they ARE going to put up a Flying Spaghetti Monster museum next to this one. It's tentatively going to be called "The Olive Garden".
What about international spell check day? That site is in desperate need of that holiday.
i for one welcome our gender bending.... *sigh* (you can fill in the rest)
-or-
1. sign up for online game
2. assume female identity
3. ??
4. profit
-or-
in soviet russia, female avatars play games as you
-or-
well... you get picture....
We all travel through time. To exist is to travel from the "past" into the "future". What you cannot do is exist in the "now" since by all appearances, now is absolute and not relative.
Of course, consider that to do most so-called time travel you need to be able to dramatically alter your relative velocity both up and back down. What if going into the past is as simple as slowing down so that the time in your current FOR moves faster than your own? So, you would need to get off the earth, out of the solar system, out of the galaxy, etc... so that those influences on you were removed (and you could "slow" down). And it works, because now the light from earth takes a lot longer to reach you, so you can only observe the earth in the past. Unfortunately, what you cannot do is interact with or influence things on earth. You could travel back to earth and in doing so would "catch back up" to the earth's current FOR - essentially traveling from earth's past to it's present.
This is a bit alarmist. The prediction is that by 2100, all 10 billion people in the world will be living at the same wired standard as the average US citizen today.
That's a bit alarmist for me. By 2100, the technology will be radically different. Networking will obviously be completely wireless for most applications (reducing the need for all that cat5). Other copper uses will be outmoded by new technology (see: Fibre Optic). And, by 2100, there will be many more options that have yet to be imagined that probably won't use copper.
Just my 2 pennies worth.
am I the only one who had to read this comment multiple times before realizing T-FA is Two Factor Auth, not The F*'ing Article ... ;-)
Slashdotters are lucky to get out of bed, much less actually read the f'in article. Now they're all bent outta shape when it's missing.
Is this irony?
Interestingly enough, I've seen this same quote bastardized thus:
Truth flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
everybody now...
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There's a hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a hole, there's a hole
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There's a branch on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
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There's a branch on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a bump on the branch on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a bump on the branch on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a bump, there's a bump
There's a bump on the branch on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a frog on the bump on the branch on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a frog on the bump on the branch on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
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bottom of the sea
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bottom of the sea.
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the hole in the bottom of the sea
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in fact, everyone who pays taxes is a sponsor ;-)
These two statements seem to be at odds with each other:
"We deeply regret this unfortunate incident," Barbara Desoer, who is in charge of technology, service and fulfillment for the Charlotte-based bank, said in a statement. "The privacy of customer information receives the highest priority at Bank of America, and we take our responsibilities for safeguarding it very seriously."
Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, told Reuters that he had been informed by the Senate Rules Committee that the data tapes were likely stolen off a commercial plane by baggage handlers.
So - they are so concerned about maintaining the security of their data that they gave it (in a very non-descript way mind you) to a group of people outside of their organization who have a history of struggling with integrity.
yippee...
Here's the problem...
It is not the responsibility of the various entertainment providers to instill good sense into the people they are entertaining. That is the role of society in general and parents in particular.
Whenever a person commits a heinous act such as this, people look for an explanation. Rarely is the explanation they come up with logical... instead it's an emotional response.
What we should be asking is not "what did the kid see that influenced him to do this"? But rather, "why didn't the kid understand the difference between basic right and wrong behavior"? And "why didn't he understand the consequences of his actions"? A lack of knowing the difference between right and wrong and understanding consequences points the blame squarely at the parents and/or legal guardian of this kid.
Everyone is saying a one time pad is "impossible" to break... I would like to respectfully disagree. I think it's amazingly improbable that you could break it. The reason? There is the remotest chance that you could guess the OTP correctly. Not very likely that you could luck into that... but still a mathematical physical real possibility. And I suppose the same would be true of the quantum encryption.
what the hell is that?
oh... i know what that is...
what is this "reality" you speak of?
... that a lot of the respondents are using this as a mechanism to advertise their work rather than to honestly answer the question. But I can't prove it ;-)
Severance packages are known to include up to four months of FREE AOL SERVICE!
Woo hoo!
....ought to be about enough for anyone. ;-)
Yeah, that's right - the original personal robot. Forget RoboSapien, you want Mr. Machine.
I, for one, welcome our plastic robot overlords....
And most importantly - imagine a beowolf cluster of Mr. Machines.
Yes, but you rarely operate your cell phone, PDA, or laptop in the vicinity of your car exhaust....