Does this mean that I could just think up the most useful technological anyone could possibly imagine and a big corporation could fund it?
IIRC, Pascal's Wager was first used as an argument for the existence of God. A pretty screwy argument considering that if I can think up a supernatural being who will punish you worse than that of any other religion for disobeying it and reward you the best for obedience, then you automatically must believe it exists.
I'm no fan of *any* editing whatsoever, but I have to say that CB as shown on Cartoon Network has very little editing.
The unedited episodes allow time for commercials at the half-way point, which is where Cartoon Network shows the commericals. No editing is done for lack of time.
Editing for content usually has to do with taking out the word "shit" or putting in less blood than there was originally.
Not great - but pretty damn far from "mega-edited".
I always hate how they put subtitles on DVDs I've seen. Both on Princess Mononoke (which I rented) and the Cowboy Bebop series (that I own) they use these shimmering yellow letters which are impossible to read unless you get right up to the screen and miss all of the action.
I'm alway torn between the English and Japanese voices on CB. I personally prefer the American Ed. Anything involving fights has to be in Japanese. The laugh of Mad Pierot (sp?) has to be heard in Japanese. The conversation between Vicious and The Van in Jupiter Jazz Pt. I needs the Japanese. When Mao Yen Rai meets with the other Capo in Ballad of Fallen Angels it sounds better in English because they add echoes to the voices to compensate for the large room. Etc., etc.
Anyways, the point is that I'm always switching between English and Japanese when watching some episodes on DVD.
Take a class on Computability and you'll find that he has created many proofs/theorems and structures that are quite significant to the field of Computer Science. The Chomsky Hierarchy is a good example.
However you feel about the man's politics (which I disagree with a lot myself) has nothing to do with the fact that he's a brilliant man.
True. But I would rather have powerful companies selling a clean energy source that doesn't depend on keeping unstable/totalitarian governments happy than the current powerful companies.
Whenever I'm tempted to feel depressed about computers besting humans in chess, I simply remind myself that as good as computers are at it, not one of them realizes that they're playing a game of chess. The day they can come up with a computer that can do that, then I'll be impressed. Otherwise they're just pushing around symbols that mean nothing to them. Very very good at pushing around the symbols, but still...
When it comes right down to it, plain brute calculation capability is a real yawn compared to experience, feeling, qualia, etc.
Well the one preview I remember was one I saw in the theaters while the Matrix was playing. That alone had a friend and I convinced to see it in the theaters. It's a pretty hard movie to market because the thing is hard to explain before you see it.
If you haven't already, you should check out the book that the movie was based on. Much more psychotic and really good on its own.
-Tyler
"Did you know that urine is sterile? That's right. You can drink it."
Funny as hell. Unfortunately, there's no way you could get away with that without catching a lot of heat. Great idea your brother has, though. Wish I had some mod points for you.
One thing I remember hearing about electric power cars is that, yeah you're taking a huge notch out of air pollution from burning gasoline, but now you have a whole bunch of batteries with nasty chemicals which have to be discarded eventually. Is this really an improvement to the environment? What about all of the air pollution that is used to create the electricity to charge the cars in the first place?
I think true Robin Hood hackitivism would mean reverse-engineering a big corporation or government controlled product/process, creating your own version of it, and just giving it away to others.
Mostly it would be software, but it could be other things as well. Consider a corporation that produces an AIDS cure, patents it, and sells it for oo-gobs of money which would make it difficult for those from poorer countries to get a hold of it. Now imagine that somehow you were able to figure out a way that people with the right materials could create the cure on their own without as much cost. So you, the hactivist, would say fuck the corporation and give the knowledge out to as many people as you can hoping that the right people can make the stuff much more readily available to those who need it. That would be true hactivism.
What the article talks about, as many others have pointed out already, is just cracktivism.
How about rebuilding practically *all* of technology? Consider having a bunch of people, placing them on another planet with an environemt like ours that was never inhabited before. How would they recreate our technology?
It always fascinated me that human beings developed on this planet with nothing but their natural environment and were able to produce all that we see around us. I'd love to see a technological timeline beginning from when humans developed that shows when what piece of technology was invented and how certain technologies were used to build upon to create other technologies.
I remeber reading in "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers" the story of a great mathematics professor who was told that one of his students had given up following mathematics to be a poet. When he heard this he replied, "Well that's good. He wasn't creative enough to be a mathematician anyways." Unfortunately, I forgot who said it.
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Does this mean that I could just think up the most useful technological anyone could possibly imagine and a big corporation could fund it?
IIRC, Pascal's Wager was first used as an argument for the existence of God. A pretty screwy argument considering that if I can think up a supernatural being who will punish you worse than that of any other religion for disobeying it and reward you the best for obedience, then you automatically must believe it exists.
n/t means n/t
I'm no fan of *any* editing whatsoever, but I have to say that CB as shown on Cartoon Network has very little editing.
The unedited episodes allow time for commercials at the half-way point, which is where Cartoon Network shows the commericals. No editing is done for lack of time.
Editing for content usually has to do with taking out the word "shit" or putting in less blood than there was originally.
Not great - but pretty damn far from "mega-edited".
I always hate how they put subtitles on DVDs I've seen. Both on Princess Mononoke (which I rented) and the Cowboy Bebop series (that I own) they use these shimmering yellow letters which are impossible to read unless you get right up to the screen and miss all of the action.
I'm alway torn between the English and Japanese voices on CB. I personally prefer the American Ed. Anything involving fights has to be in Japanese. The laugh of Mad Pierot (sp?) has to be heard in Japanese. The conversation between Vicious and The Van in Jupiter Jazz Pt. I needs the Japanese. When Mao Yen Rai meets with the other Capo in Ballad of Fallen Angels it sounds better in English because they add echoes to the voices to compensate for the large room. Etc., etc.
Anyways, the point is that I'm always switching between English and Japanese when watching some episodes on DVD.
Yes I realize that I'm way too into the series.
Take a class on Computability and you'll find that he has created many proofs/theorems and structures that are quite significant to the field of Computer Science. The Chomsky Hierarchy is a good example.
However you feel about the man's politics (which I disagree with a lot myself) has nothing to do with the fact that he's a brilliant man.
Ahhh but with suicide you only kill yourself. Commit mass homicide and you've done much more for the reduction of mankind.
Ok everybody, it's time again to spin the...
Wheel! Of! Genocide!
-Tyler
Here's an idea of companies to be included in an edited version of Blade Runner that could use it...
Starbucks
Walmart
AOL/Time Warner
Microsoft
Disney
Anyone I'm missing?
"I've been saying this among friends for a while... the only reason that these early electric and hybrid cars all look like ass! "
Arrrrggggghhh!!! Finish the sentence! What is this supposed to mean?
-Tyler
Vacuums really make my blood boil.
"It's not a difficult thing to make a lot of money if all one wants out of life is to make a lot of money." -Citizen Kane
True. But I would rather have powerful companies selling a clean energy source that doesn't depend on keeping unstable/totalitarian governments happy than the current powerful companies.
Wouldn't you?
But remember, Columbus discovered America in 1429.
Me like obscure references.
no body
Whenever I'm tempted to feel depressed about computers besting humans in chess, I simply remind myself that as good as computers are at it, not one of them realizes that they're playing a game of chess. The day they can come up with a computer that can do that, then I'll be impressed. Otherwise they're just pushing around symbols that mean nothing to them. Very very good at pushing around the symbols, but still...
When it comes right down to it, plain brute calculation capability is a real yawn compared to experience, feeling, qualia, etc.
-Tyler
...that gave us the Kama Sutra?
You'd think they'd be more enlightened over there.
Well the one preview I remember was one I saw in the theaters while the Matrix was playing. That alone had a friend and I convinced to see it in the theaters. It's a pretty hard movie to market because the thing is hard to explain before you see it.
If you haven't already, you should check out the book that the movie was based on. Much more psychotic and really good on its own.
-Tyler
"Did you know that urine is sterile? That's right. You can drink it."
SSssshhhhhhh....
*I don't think he's seeing any posts with a mod level lower than 1.*
Hehe. "My honor student shot your kid bully."
Funny as hell. Unfortunately, there's no way you could get away with that without catching a lot of heat. Great idea your brother has, though. Wish I had some mod points for you.
Well duh it isn't a race. However, I can think of very few Hindus who aren't also Indian. (Though I could be wrong).
...that whenever I use this device and a Hindu looks over my shoulder to see what I'm doing the computer starts acting whacky?
(Ok so that's borderline racist, but how could I resist?)
-Tyler
Q: "What would Marilyn Monroe be doing if she were alive today?"
A: "Clawing at the lid of her coffin."
One thing I remember hearing about electric power cars is that, yeah you're taking a huge notch out of air pollution from burning gasoline, but now you have a whole bunch of batteries with nasty chemicals which have to be discarded eventually. Is this really an improvement to the environment? What about all of the air pollution that is used to create the electricity to charge the cars in the first place?
Can anyone offer any insight?
Tyler
I think true Robin Hood hackitivism would mean reverse-engineering a big corporation or government controlled product/process, creating your own version of it, and just giving it away to others.
Mostly it would be software, but it could be other things as well. Consider a corporation that produces an AIDS cure, patents it, and sells it for oo-gobs of money which would make it difficult for those from poorer countries to get a hold of it. Now imagine that somehow you were able to figure out a way that people with the right materials could create the cure on their own without as much cost. So you, the hactivist, would say fuck the corporation and give the knowledge out to as many people as you can hoping that the right people can make the stuff much more readily available to those who need it. That would be true hactivism.
What the article talks about, as many others have pointed out already, is just cracktivism.
Tyler
Yeah instead of downloading the piece of hardware you wanted, you get a robot intent on beating the living crap out of you!
"Hey wait a minute, I didn't download the newest heavyweight Battle Bot model. YAARAARRRRRRggggGGGGG!"
-Tyler
How about rebuilding practically *all* of technology? Consider having a bunch of people, placing them on another planet with an environemt like ours that was never inhabited before. How would they recreate our technology?
It always fascinated me that human beings developed on this planet with nothing but their natural environment and were able to produce all that we see around us. I'd love to see a technological timeline beginning from when humans developed that shows when what piece of technology was invented and how certain technologies were used to build upon to create other technologies.
-Tyler
The wheel is overrated. Fire is the shit!
...the closest intelligent race has no sense of sight. Then pictures won't get us very far.
"If Helen Keller could read other people's minds, would she have a fourth sense?"
-Tyler
I remeber reading in "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers" the story of a great mathematics professor who was told that one of his students had given up following mathematics to be a poet. When he heard this he replied, "Well that's good. He wasn't creative enough to be a mathematician anyways." Unfortunately, I forgot who said it.