I've often heard (from fairly respectable marketing-types (heh)) that they did invent the word 'halitosis', but not having researched the topic, I wasn't comfortable claiming this. In any case, the idea (as we think of halitosis today) certainly was created entirely by marketing genius.
I do share this concern; namely that the quality will be fairly poor -- but sometimes it's nice to have a very large image, even if the quality is sub par. For me, the question is if the quality is bad, or really really bad.
I have to say that I was never a fan of the sandwiches, but the great thing about WaWa is that any one I've been in has a very large selection of Tastycakes.
Specifically, Coconut Juniors, Butterscotch Krumpets, and those penut butter thingies... mmmm...
the referees were so impressed by my efforts (one of them told me that I deserve a book. And a straightjacket. And a padded room [...] they decided to grant me a book for my efforts.
I just saw a graphic on a Budget moving van that suprised me: it's labeled 'how to lift correctly', or something similar. The first drawing (with the word "correct" under it) is of a stick figure holding a box at chest-level, knees slightly bent, and standing up straight. The second drawing (with the word "wrong" under it) is of a stick figure lying on the ground with the box on top, crushing the stick figure.
Just saw that two days ago, but had never noticed it before.
just because it's stupid, it's not wrong, because Congress fully intended for it to be exactly that stupid
I happen to agree with that idea, but I see the DMCA as not only stupid, but also morally wrong. As you ponted out, we need a case to properly demonstrate that the DMCA does eliminate fair use - the chances of Congress waking up and reversing it themselves seems... very small.
If I learned anything from the feature film Mission to Mars, it's that I should not have gone to see that movie. That, plus we have to be careful when we go to Mars. Yeah.
He's certainly tried to do new things. He has made a unicameral legislature a primary initiative for three years, but the issue has never made it to the floor of the House or Senate for a straight vote. Apparently it would require getting a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
It crtainly qualifies as an interesting way to reduce gridlock. IIRC, Nebraska is the only state to currently have a unicameral legislature.
You can't class the Turk as a machine when it was a person! But many people beleived it was.
At a time when the first flying machines were being created, and machanical men playing music were being created, some people were ready to accept The Turk as a machine. Besides, the very _notion_ of an intelligent machine, was a great insipiration to many people. Charles Babbage (for example) visited, played, and lost to The Turk (even after having been given pawn and move). Babbage, of course, was certain it was a person controlling it, but he never could explain how (to my knowledge). He aquired first-edition printings of articles, letters, and other writings on The Turk, and this all clearly influenced how Babbage thought of intelligent machines. His later machinery often sparked the exact same arguments about intelligence in machines...
So, yes, it was a person, but it was presented as a machine. The early purpose of The Turk was not as pecuniary in nature, and Kempelen (the creator) viewed it as an opportunity to advance his other machines (specifically, speech-synthesis machines).
the person is up against the programmers skills as well as the hardware
Kasparov made this very argument himself, after being beaten. In 1999, he said "IBM had a duty, and still has a moral obligation to give the chess world access to the printouts." [code]
Also, in the New York Reiview of Books, John Searle noted that in no way could Deep Blue be considered intelligent: it relies on an illusion. It appears to be a thinking machine, but really, there is a team of engineers inside. In addition, Kasparov said that in the case of Deep Blue, "quantity had become quality". Basically, they used Brute Force. While this is still an accomplishment of note, it's clearly not really a question of machine intelligence. Even IBM engineers have admitted this. Deep Blue is custom-made hardware very adept at solving problems in the very narrow domain of chess.
The worlds chanmpions have been playing machines ever since The Turk. (about 1770)
Of course, it turns out that one of the operators of the Turk was widely regarded as one of the best two players in Paris, so the match results are hardly stunning. Despite the indignation of so many about a 'machine' playing chess, many world-class players and world leaders did play The Turk, and lost quite decisively.
It gets a little redundant, but suggestions from the community (peer review) is how this 'open-sorce' thingy gets to a dope zen-like all-powerful existance. Or, at least, marginally improved. I firmly beleive that in another 11 years, people will wonder what happened to Windows, and Bill Gates will be alone in an alley with nothing but a stuffed tux doll for a pillow. Muhahahahahah!
Everytime I make a joke, I get modded to insightful, and it's starting to scare me.
On a more serious note, the 'less understanding' comment makes a bit of sense because you can now find news and entertainment that fits with your worldview, and you no longer have to confront alternate views about, well, anything.
According to some research into the rates of technological advancement, we could see these as soon as the early 1980's, and possibly sooner!
Personally, I'm far more excited about colonizing Titan. Heck, I'd settle for the Moon or Mars. I figure we should have several cities on these by 2008, maybe 2007 if we really try.
Not really. But some of us understand that we have a duty to pay, as citizens of a nation, so that our funds might be misdirected and misspent at the will of the legislature.
Despite a general disdain for replying to my own post, here's a nifty little list of Why Free Software Usability Tends to Suck that I just noticed. In my experience, numbers 2 and 5, at least, are true.
Disclaimer: I've found the Apache interface on Windows to be far less irritating than IIS.
"unfriendly administration interface" looks to be the only negative thing they could say about it.
In fact, it seems to be the only bad thing I ever hear these days about most open source programs. What the hell is going on? Do we need to hire some UI consultants from Microsoft or something?
I know people don't like hearing this, but I never really considered Myst a game. It was more like a story book with some clicking thrown in, and some maddeningly inane puzzle things.
Nice story, bad game. Obiously, quite a few people disagreed, but whatever.
This guy was training civilians in, uh, Central Park. I could understand part of what you're saying, but I'm not sure attacking Slashdot for posting somebody's journal on physical training is particularly effective...
I didn't believe the guy who said that after his first day, he had to wash his hair by spraying the Shampoo on the wall and rubbing his hair against the wall, into the shampoo. I believe him now.
I happen to think that sort of thing is a bit amusing... sorry you don't agree...
Classifying privacy and consumer's rights issues as 'geek' concerns would disinterest more than a few people who would otherwise show up.
As for the geeks, you'd do better to call it the Million Gamer LAN Party. Marching isn't something we're particularly good at. (Although those Linux Hikes seem to be popular in Europe...)
Somebody better tell the makers of wire that unless they include encryption and copy protection schemes in their products, they could be liable! Anything that carries audio with such blatent disregard for copy protection could easily let consumers send audio to another device, or even (gasp) to speakers, and possibly even maybe (gasp again) to their ears where they could enjoy material they've purchased!!!
I've heard it mentioned that much more money is made from recorders, players, etc. than the record companies / film studios make. If this is true, I wonder why industry doesn't get in the way of itself?
While NASA's funding is down, the funding to nuclear programs, specifically, is UP. This could mean (a) Bush's energy plan is looking everywhere for power or (b) somebody realized this was the next propultion system.
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I've often heard (from fairly respectable marketing-types (heh)) that they did invent the word 'halitosis', but not having researched the topic, I wasn't comfortable claiming this. In any case, the idea (as we think of halitosis today) certainly was created entirely by marketing genius.
This post is dead on -- do you know what 'halatosis' is? The word came into the vernacular because of Listerine commercials.
standard components...
...like pringles cans?
Seriously, as a consumer, I would have serious doubts about security, but I suppose I might just be underestimating the security of my current access.
I do share this concern; namely that the quality will be fairly poor -- but sometimes it's nice to have a very large image, even if the quality is sub par. For me, the question is if the quality is bad, or really really bad.
I have to say that I was never a fan of the sandwiches, but the great thing about WaWa is that any one I've been in has a very large selection of Tastycakes.
Specifically, Coconut Juniors, Butterscotch Krumpets, and those penut butter thingies... mmmm...
He should seek professional help. Soon.
at the bottom of the page:
the referees were so impressed by my efforts (one of them told me that I deserve a book. And a straightjacket. And a padded room [...] they decided to grant me a book for my efforts.
I just saw a graphic on a Budget moving van that suprised me: it's labeled 'how to lift correctly', or something similar. The first drawing (with the word "correct" under it) is of a stick figure holding a box at chest-level, knees slightly bent, and standing up straight. The second drawing (with the word "wrong" under it) is of a stick figure lying on the ground with the box on top, crushing the stick figure.
Just saw that two days ago, but had never noticed it before.
just because it's stupid, it's not wrong, because Congress fully intended for it to be exactly that stupid
I happen to agree with that idea, but I see the DMCA as not only stupid, but also morally wrong. As you ponted out, we need a case to properly demonstrate that the DMCA does eliminate fair use - the chances of Congress waking up and reversing it themselves seems... very small.
I think great care should be taken.
If I learned anything from the feature film Mission to Mars, it's that I should not have gone to see that movie. That, plus we have to be careful when we go to Mars. Yeah.
My apologies to real films.
He's certainly tried to do new things. He has made a unicameral legislature a primary initiative for three years, but the issue has never made it to the floor of the House or Senate for a straight vote. Apparently it would require getting a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
It crtainly qualifies as an interesting way to reduce gridlock. IIRC, Nebraska is the only state to currently have a unicameral legislature.
You can't class the Turk as a machine when it was a person!
But many people beleived it was.
At a time when the first flying machines were being created, and machanical men playing music were being created, some people were ready to accept The Turk as a machine. Besides, the very _notion_ of an intelligent machine, was a great insipiration to many people. Charles Babbage (for example) visited, played, and lost to The Turk (even after having been given pawn and move). Babbage, of course, was certain it was a person controlling it, but he never could explain how (to my knowledge). He aquired first-edition printings of articles, letters, and other writings on The Turk, and this all clearly influenced how Babbage thought of intelligent machines. His later machinery often sparked the exact same arguments about intelligence in machines...
So, yes, it was a person, but it was presented as a machine. The early purpose of The Turk was not as pecuniary in nature, and Kempelen (the creator) viewed it as an opportunity to advance his other machines (specifically, speech-synthesis machines).
the person is up against the programmers skills as well as the hardware
Kasparov made this very argument himself, after being beaten. In 1999, he said "IBM had a duty, and still has a moral obligation to give the chess world access to the printouts." [code]
Also, in the New York Reiview of Books, John Searle noted that in no way could Deep Blue be considered intelligent: it relies on an illusion. It appears to be a thinking machine, but really, there is a team of engineers inside. In addition, Kasparov said that in the case of Deep Blue, "quantity had become quality". Basically, they used Brute Force. While this is still an accomplishment of note, it's clearly not really a question of machine intelligence. Even IBM engineers have admitted this. Deep Blue is custom-made hardware very adept at solving problems in the very narrow domain of chess.
The worlds chanmpions have been playing machines ever since The Turk. (about 1770)
Of course, it turns out that one of the operators of the Turk was widely regarded as one of the best two players in Paris, so the match results are hardly stunning. Despite the indignation of so many about a 'machine' playing chess, many world-class players and world leaders did play The Turk, and lost quite decisively.
I seem to remember
It gets a little redundant, but suggestions from the community (peer review) is how this 'open-sorce' thingy gets to a dope zen-like all-powerful existance. Or, at least, marginally improved. I firmly beleive that in another 11 years, people will wonder what happened to Windows, and Bill Gates will be alone in an alley with nothing but a stuffed tux doll for a pillow. Muhahahahahah!
Everytime I make a joke, I get modded to insightful, and it's starting to scare me.
suffering
I'm sorry. What was that? I missed it.
On a more serious note, the 'less understanding' comment makes a bit of sense because you can now find news and entertainment that fits with your worldview, and you no longer have to confront alternate views about, well, anything.
When do we get the flying cars?
According to some research into the rates of technological advancement, we could see these as soon as the early 1980's, and possibly sooner!
Personally, I'm far more excited about colonizing Titan. Heck, I'd settle for the Moon or Mars. I figure we should have several cities on these by 2008, maybe 2007 if we really try.
aren't-you-glad-you-just-paid-taxes?
Not really. But some of us understand that we have a duty to pay, as citizens of a nation, so that our funds might be misdirected and misspent at the will of the legislature.
Ahem.
Despite a general disdain for replying to my own post, here's a nifty little list of Why Free Software Usability Tends to Suck that I just noticed. In my experience, numbers 2 and 5, at least, are true.
Disclaimer: I've found the Apache interface on Windows to be far less irritating than IIS.
"unfriendly administration interface"
looks to be the only negative thing they could say about it.
In fact, it seems to be the only bad thing I ever hear these days about most open source programs.
What the hell is going on? Do we need to hire some UI consultants from Microsoft or something?
Applefans: I'm kidding
Does the reviewer know who he works for?
First he gives an accurate description of his experience installing Linux and names several positive and truthful attributes. Then he says
"...watch the BBC on RealPlayer"
He's asking for it.
I know people don't like hearing this, but I never really considered Myst a game. It was more like a story book with some clicking thrown in, and some maddeningly inane puzzle things.
Nice story, bad game. Obiously, quite a few people disagreed, but whatever.
This guy was training civilians in, uh, Central Park. I could understand part of what you're saying, but I'm not sure attacking Slashdot for posting somebody's journal on physical training is particularly effective...
I didn't believe the guy who said that after his first day, he had to wash his hair by spraying the Shampoo on the wall and rubbing his hair against the wall, into the shampoo. I believe him now.
I happen to think that sort of thing is a bit amusing... sorry you don't agree...
Classifying privacy and consumer's rights issues as 'geek' concerns would disinterest more than a few people who would otherwise show up.
As for the geeks, you'd do better to call it the Million Gamer LAN Party. Marching isn't something we're particularly good at. (Although those Linux Hikes seem to be popular in Europe...)
Somebody better tell the makers of wire that unless they include encryption and copy protection schemes in their products, they could be liable! Anything that carries audio with such blatent disregard for copy protection could easily let consumers send audio to another device, or even (gasp) to speakers, and possibly even maybe (gasp again) to their ears where they could enjoy material they've purchased!!!
I've heard it mentioned that much more money is made from recorders, players, etc. than the record companies / film studios make. If this is true, I wonder why industry doesn't get in the way of itself?
just won't happen anytime soon
While NASA's funding is down, the funding to nuclear programs, specifically, is UP. This could mean (a) Bush's energy plan is looking everywhere for power or (b) somebody realized this was the next propultion system.