So what you're saying is that the people who do road works are taking an active role in child pornography because they helped build the roads? Or that Al Gore is responsible for the child pornography being spread via the internet? He had an active role in having the thing built (by varying degrees of 'built').
Just because something can be abused for bad things, doesn't mean everyone involved in its creation are responsible for those bad things.
I never said it was possible - I was just hoping for some hillarious examples. The ones you posted seem to be just that.
I'm struggling a bit to come up with some Danish proverbs, but the closest I can come is an expression for when people are exagerating a bit: "Spis nu lige brød til". The "best" litteral translation is "Eat now some bread with" but a proper translation is along the lines of "Why don't you eat some bread with that". Not that it makes any more sense, since it's not a part of the English vernacular.
Closer ones that aren't quite the same is "knock on wood" which is "knock under the table" or "seven, nine, thirteen".
I'm damned if my resources are going to be used to propagate child pr0n.
You do realise that your taxes are being used to build and maintain roads? How do you think these people manage to get children, rapists and recording equipment together in the same location? At some point a car is very very likely to be involved.
If you had paid attention to the whole debacle, you'd have noticed that Jon Stewart actually pointed out that they weren't gunning for Cramer particularly - he was just the one that decided to take a stand. At which point they DID start gunning for him.
This was even pointed out when the two met face to face in that half hour interview/blitz krieg.
Here's a thought: Maybe they actually did the math. Maybe they did the math in a much more indepth analysis than you did. But then again - this is Slashdot. Everyone here is a genious who knows much better after 30 seconds than the people who've worked on the projects for months and years.
Well, I am terribly sorry that my third language (Danish and German being the first two) is not perfect. But be that as it may, the "When $thing is outlawed only outlaws will have $thing"-meme is still a circular argument and it's still not funny.
The bible has some rather explicit passages about incest and rape.
How about Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19):
31 And the elder said to the younger Our father is old, and there is no man left on the earth, to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth. 32 Come, let us make him drunk with wine, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the elder went in and lay with her father: but he perceived not neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up. 34 And the next day the elder said to the younger: Behold I lay last night with my father, let us make him drink wine also to night, and thou shalt lie with him, that we may save seed of our father. 35 They made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and lay with him: and neither then did he perceive when she lay down, nor when she rose up. 36 So the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.
That would be catagorized as a date rape in today's society. And of course incesteous.
Then there's this nice bit (2 Kings 13):
1 And it came to pass after this, that Amnon the son of David loved the sister of Absalom the son of David, who was very beautiful, and her name was Thamar. 2 And he was exceedingly fond of her, so that he fell sick for the love of her: for as she was a virgin, he thought it hard to do any thing dishonestly with her. [... guy pretends to be sick to lure his (half/step?)sister to his house] 8 And Thamar came to the house of Amnon her brother: but he was laid down: and she took meal and tempered it: and dissolving it in his sight she made little messes. 9 And taking what she had boiled, she poured it out, and set it before him, but he would not eat: and Amnon said: Put out all persons from me. And when they had put all persons out, 10 Amnon said to Thamar: Bring the mess into the chamber, that I may eat at thy hand. And Thamar took the little messes which she had made, and brought them in to her brother Amnon in the chamber. 11 And when she had presented him the meat, he took hold of her, and said: Come lie with me, my sister. 12 She answered him: Do not so, my brother, do not force me: for no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not thou this folly. 13 For I shall not be able to bear my shame, and thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel: but rather speak to the king, and he will not deny me to thee. 14 But he would not hearken to her prayers, but being stronger overpowered her and lay with her.
Personally I find these tings more offensive than a story about two people of the same gender who truly love eachother...
Can you prove any type of power plant to be environmentally friendly?
I don't mean just the power plant itself - the entire process. From getting the raw materials needed, transforming raw materials into components, building the damn thing, getting the fuel needed etc.
Coal is right out. Oil, gas etc. too. In fact most things that produce electricity is right out as it needs copper, and copper mining isn't exactly a clean process.
In fact, here's a much easier one - prove that humans are environmentally friendly. We're not. We mold the environment to fit us - not the other way around. That's not being environmentally friendly. Personally I find it laughably naive to think that humans past hunter/gatherers are environmentally friendly.
Most highend consumer All in One printers comes with an ADF capable of handling most types of paper as long as it's not crumpled up, stapled or the like. Some of the more expensive ones can do two sided scanning to a network repository. I work with consumer level HP printers, and the Office Jet Pro L7xxx series does this. The Pro L7680 is 200 US$ at Newegg.com
Now, while that printer comes with some okay OCR software, it's basicly thrown in for free. A lot of the stuff in the kind of documents you're talking about is going to be math heavy mixed in with images, graphs, tables and personal notes. I don't know any OCR software that'll transform that into exact replicas via LaTeX or the like, I'm pretty sure the really expensive OCR software will translate the written text and reproduce the rest as images and neatly transform it into some easily searchable pdf-documents.
That brings you from paper to searchable pdf-files. Catagorizing those is probably not all that hard. I'd suspect you could do some text analysis and break each document down into a list of technical terms and the number of times they're used.
A document that uses the cashmir effect in a single example is probably not a document related to that specific field, whereas documents that talk about it repeatedly, referencing known articles on the subject etc. is. Sorting that out... beyond my knowledge.
I'd suggest you start out with an experiment. Take a "typical" page from the binders, scan it to a non-compressed image at a decent resolution (e.g. TIFF). We usually reccomend around 300 dpi for OCR - beyond that you start picking up things that we don't really look for when we're reading.
Test that page against various OCR software, see what they reproduce as the output. Pick the one that's the best result.
And don't worry - the OCR software is going to be the single most expensive purchase in this equation. I am however more than ready to be proven wrong in that regard.
I'd go with a quote from "The Dark Knight" instead:
Let me get this straight: You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands. And your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck.
Here's what I'd like to see in a new tablet. But I doubt I'll see it.
A4 or A5 sized screen E-ink or similar Touch-like/pen interface (maybe with a decent type of protection for the screen, like thin layer of glass) Slimmed down UI for browing and viewing documents. (Linux seems a safe bet here, even gives you access to better flash storage optimizations) Custom program for displaying pdf-files and the like, where you can write on top of the document. Doesn't have to do recognition, I just want to to put a second layer on top of the file so I can highlight stuff and make my own notes Wifi + sim-card + 3G compatability
Essentially an e-book with better compatability for your own stuff. Hell, if you do it right you could add your own "layers" to websites and just save the interesting bits.
Since it'd use e-ink, you're not looking for super fast performance, so go for a nice ARM processor for better battery life.
The short answer is "we do make our own TV, but it's really not worth watching".
The long answer is REALLY long:
The talent pool isn't nearly as large, nor are the available budgets.
If instead of Sweden you look at Denmark, Norway and Sweden as a coherent group (very similar culture and languages), we have 19.5 million people (and probably no more than that who understands the language) and a GDP of about 800 billion US dollars.
Compare that to the US: 309 million people, 14,000 billion US dollars. (GDP/capita is 10% bigger)
Since English is spoken and understood by close to two billion people, it's also easier for English TV-shows and moves to sold to other countries. This along with the MUCH bigger GDP allows for bigger budgets in movies as well as TV-shows. It also means your productions do not have to be aimed as broadly as possible just to cover your expenses.
Personally I have enough problems stomaching regular high profile series from these countries, because the acting is about par with bad day time soaps in the US. We do have some gems inbetween, but they're few and far apart in my opinion.
A Scandinavian SciFi show? "The Møøse, The Viking and The UFØ"...
AS for why I would be even slightly interested in a show aimed at US/Canadian audiences? Because I'm not a xenophobe, worried that my frail mind will be warped and wither away if I see something from outside my own little sphere of independence. I watch French movies if they're good, even though I need subtitles (yes, I can read, and I can read fast enough that subtitles aren't an issue). Same with German, Japanese, Mexican etc. Plus our culture has embraced the American push for cultural imperialism.
As for the countries you mentioned: UK - 60 million people, language understood by about 2 billion Japan - 127 million, language understood by about as many, completely different culture China - 1,300 million people, primary language (Mandarin) understood by about 800 million, completely different culture France - 65 million people, language understood by about 175 million, hate the British and American cultures quite a bit (from what I understand) Germany - 82 mllion people, language understood by about 185 million, don't really do subtitles as that would take up the entire screen - as such they do dubbing which sounds horrible and thus own productions are better Australia - 21 million, language understood by about 2 billion Mexico - 110 million, language understood by about 330 millon people Canada - 33 million, language understood by about 2 billion (English)/175 million (French)
None of these compare to Scandinavia that well. Population wise Australia comes close, but then the language pulls it WAY out in front.
The most "fair" country I can think of off hand to compare Scandinavia to would be The Netherlands. 16.5 million people, about 22 million speak the language. GDP is 675 billion US dollars. And can't think of a single Dutch movie or TV-show I've ever seen (though I've heard of Big Brother, and I believe that was a Dutch idea).
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Well, if it's built anything like the new Ford Fiesta it doesn't come with cupholders. It comes with grenade holders.
Top Gear road testing the Ford Fiesta ("What if I'm asked to take part in a beach assault with the Royal Marines?")
So what you're saying is that the people who do road works are taking an active role in child pornography because they helped build the roads? Or that Al Gore is responsible for the child pornography being spread via the internet? He had an active role in having the thing built (by varying degrees of 'built').
Just because something can be abused for bad things, doesn't mean everyone involved in its creation are responsible for those bad things.
I never said it was possible - I was just hoping for some hillarious examples. The ones you posted seem to be just that.
I'm struggling a bit to come up with some Danish proverbs, but the closest I can come is an expression for when people are exagerating a bit: "Spis nu lige brød til". The "best" litteral translation is "Eat now some bread with" but a proper translation is along the lines of "Why don't you eat some bread with that". Not that it makes any more sense, since it's not a part of the English vernacular.
Closer ones that aren't quite the same is "knock on wood" which is "knock under the table" or "seven, nine, thirteen".
You do realise that your taxes are being used to build and maintain roads? How do you think these people manage to get children, rapists and recording equipment together in the same location? At some point a car is very very likely to be involved.
You can't throw that out there without doing a two way translation or at the very least tell us what it'd be equivalent to in English!
If you had paid attention to the whole debacle, you'd have noticed that Jon Stewart actually pointed out that they weren't gunning for Cramer particularly - he was just the one that decided to take a stand. At which point they DID start gunning for him.
This was even pointed out when the two met face to face in that half hour interview/blitz krieg.
I don't think this counts as a cheat code, but it's close to god mode in my opinion:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Sure you can. The Mythbusters even managed to get a very nice shine on it.
Mythbusters: Polishing a Turd
Any particular reason a metal detector wouldn't work on a bullet?
Not sure how you'd do that, but that's gotta hurt!
Here's a thought: Maybe they actually did the math. Maybe they did the math in a much more indepth analysis than you did. But then again - this is Slashdot. Everyone here is a genious who knows much better after 30 seconds than the people who've worked on the projects for months and years.
Well, I am terribly sorry that my third language (Danish and German being the first two) is not perfect. But be that as it may, the "When $thing is outlawed only outlaws will have $thing"-meme is still a circular argument and it's still not funny.
When child pornography is outlawed, only outlaws will have child pornography.
It's a circular argument and it has no merrits. And it's about as funny as a four legged horse.
The bible has some rather explicit passages about incest and rape.
How about Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19):
That would be catagorized as a date rape in today's society. And of course incesteous.
Then there's this nice bit (2 Kings 13):
Personally I find these tings more offensive than a story about two people of the same gender who truly love eachother ...
I think of it more along the lines of "safe for work", not "reasuring".
Am I the only one who finds it funny, when "think of the children" is brought up in discussions about sex, pornography and obscenity?
Can you prove any type of power plant to be environmentally friendly?
I don't mean just the power plant itself - the entire process. From getting the raw materials needed, transforming raw materials into components, building the damn thing, getting the fuel needed etc.
Coal is right out. Oil, gas etc. too. In fact most things that produce electricity is right out as it needs copper, and copper mining isn't exactly a clean process.
In fact, here's a much easier one - prove that humans are environmentally friendly. We're not. We mold the environment to fit us - not the other way around. That's not being environmentally friendly. Personally I find it laughably naive to think that humans past hunter/gatherers are environmentally friendly.
Just don't get it mixed up with fusion welding. When the Mythbusters tried it, I heard they managed to take out windows a mile away
Why?
Nah, that's an old one. I like the updated version much better:
"He who lives by the sword is shot by someone who doesn't"
Most highend consumer All in One printers comes with an ADF capable of handling most types of paper as long as it's not crumpled up, stapled or the like. Some of the more expensive ones can do two sided scanning to a network repository. I work with consumer level HP printers, and the Office Jet Pro L7xxx series does this. The Pro L7680 is 200 US$ at Newegg.com
Now, while that printer comes with some okay OCR software, it's basicly thrown in for free. A lot of the stuff in the kind of documents you're talking about is going to be math heavy mixed in with images, graphs, tables and personal notes. I don't know any OCR software that'll transform that into exact replicas via LaTeX or the like, I'm pretty sure the really expensive OCR software will translate the written text and reproduce the rest as images and neatly transform it into some easily searchable pdf-documents.
That brings you from paper to searchable pdf-files. Catagorizing those is probably not all that hard. I'd suspect you could do some text analysis and break each document down into a list of technical terms and the number of times they're used.
A document that uses the cashmir effect in a single example is probably not a document related to that specific field, whereas documents that talk about it repeatedly, referencing known articles on the subject etc. is. Sorting that out ... beyond my knowledge.
I'd suggest you start out with an experiment. Take a "typical" page from the binders, scan it to a non-compressed image at a decent resolution (e.g. TIFF). We usually reccomend around 300 dpi for OCR - beyond that you start picking up things that we don't really look for when we're reading.
Test that page against various OCR software, see what they reproduce as the output. Pick the one that's the best result.
And don't worry - the OCR software is going to be the single most expensive purchase in this equation. I am however more than ready to be proven wrong in that regard.
I'd go with a quote from "The Dark Knight" instead:
Here's what I'd like to see in a new tablet. But I doubt I'll see it.
A4 or A5 sized screen
E-ink or similar
Touch-like/pen interface (maybe with a decent type of protection for the screen, like thin layer of glass)
Slimmed down UI for browing and viewing documents. (Linux seems a safe bet here, even gives you access to better flash storage optimizations)
Custom program for displaying pdf-files and the like, where you can write on top of the document. Doesn't have to do recognition, I just want to to put a second layer on top of the file so I can highlight stuff and make my own notes
Wifi + sim-card + 3G compatability
Essentially an e-book with better compatability for your own stuff. Hell, if you do it right you could add your own "layers" to websites and just save the interesting bits.
Since it'd use e-ink, you're not looking for super fast performance, so go for a nice ARM processor for better battery life.
Ah, well. I can dream, can't I?
The short answer is "we do make our own TV, but it's really not worth watching".
The long answer is REALLY long:
The talent pool isn't nearly as large, nor are the available budgets.
If instead of Sweden you look at Denmark, Norway and Sweden as a coherent group (very similar culture and languages), we have 19.5 million people (and probably no more than that who understands the language) and a GDP of about 800 billion US dollars.
Compare that to the US: 309 million people, 14,000 billion US dollars. (GDP/capita is 10% bigger)
Since English is spoken and understood by close to two billion people, it's also easier for English TV-shows and moves to sold to other countries. This along with the MUCH bigger GDP allows for bigger budgets in movies as well as TV-shows. It also means your productions do not have to be aimed as broadly as possible just to cover your expenses.
Personally I have enough problems stomaching regular high profile series from these countries, because the acting is about par with bad day time soaps in the US. We do have some gems inbetween, but they're few and far apart in my opinion.
A Scandinavian SciFi show? "The Møøse, The Viking and The UFØ" ...
AS for why I would be even slightly interested in a show aimed at US/Canadian audiences? Because I'm not a xenophobe, worried that my frail mind will be warped and wither away if I see something from outside my own little sphere of independence. I watch French movies if they're good, even though I need subtitles (yes, I can read, and I can read fast enough that subtitles aren't an issue). Same with German, Japanese, Mexican etc. Plus our culture has embraced the American push for cultural imperialism.
As for the countries you mentioned:
UK - 60 million people, language understood by about 2 billion
Japan - 127 million, language understood by about as many, completely different culture
China - 1,300 million people, primary language (Mandarin) understood by about 800 million, completely different culture
France - 65 million people, language understood by about 175 million, hate the British and American cultures quite a bit (from what I understand)
Germany - 82 mllion people, language understood by about 185 million, don't really do subtitles as that would take up the entire screen - as such they do dubbing which sounds horrible and thus own productions are better
Australia - 21 million, language understood by about 2 billion
Mexico - 110 million, language understood by about 330 millon people
Canada - 33 million, language understood by about 2 billion (English)/175 million (French)
None of these compare to Scandinavia that well. Population wise Australia comes close, but then the language pulls it WAY out in front.
The most "fair" country I can think of off hand to compare Scandinavia to would be The Netherlands. 16.5 million people, about 22 million speak the language. GDP is 675 billion US dollars. And can't think of a single Dutch movie or TV-show I've ever seen (though I've heard of Big Brother, and I believe that was a Dutch idea).
Well, Sweden isn't located in the US, so both NBC and Hulu blocks me. Well, NBC might allow you to see stuff if you're in Canada.