I think that regardless of how remote we can get from killing things with our machines, we need to keep the perspective that we're still killing people.
I think a lot of people miss that point when you watch it on television or a computer screen.
Seems that we have a way to go in anticryptography. Once you've recieved some of the messages that people have sent, you'd have to really think about how to reassemble them and figure out what they mean.
Try http://www.matessa.org/~mike/dutil-dumas.html for example. There are instructions on how to interpet it, but it's not something that the common person is going to be able to decipher quickly.
Not to be completely off topic, but where I work at (large software company) there are more women than men in managment positions, and more men than women in the technical positions.
I may be wrong of course, because I haven't done a statistical enumeration of this or anything.
Not to get even more off topic but...Where did you get the information that 15 miles an hour is the magic speed at which helmets become useless?
There's a meme right there.
Just consider this: how many brick walls are out there for motorcyclists to run into? If you flew off your bike onto pavement at 80 miles an hour and you were sliding down the pavement, would you want a helmet?
I would, because I'd rather have my helmet grind away on the pavement than my face.
Check out the Hurt Study. It was done in the early 80's regarding motorcycle safety. The statistics from that study seem to be twisted to suit the cause of whoever is quoting them, but it's always the same statistics.
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Um. Hello.
Microsoft still has a presence in Mountain View. Part of the Xbox group is going to be stationed there.
I think that regardless of how remote we can get from killing things with our machines, we need to keep the perspective that we're still killing people.
I think a lot of people miss that point when you watch it on television or a computer screen.
Seems that we have a way to go in anticryptography. Once you've recieved some of the messages that people have sent, you'd have to really think about how to reassemble them and figure out what they mean.
Try http://www.matessa.org/~mike/dutil-dumas.html for example. There are instructions on how to interpet it, but it's not something that the common person is going to be able to decipher quickly.
What does TOS stand for?
Not to be completely off topic, but where I work at (large software company) there are more women than men in managment positions, and more men than women in the technical positions.
I may be wrong of course, because I haven't done a statistical enumeration of this or anything.
Aaron
Not to get even more off topic but...Where did you get the information that 15 miles an hour is the magic speed at which helmets become useless?
There's a meme right there.
Just consider this: how many brick walls are out there for motorcyclists to run into? If you flew off your bike onto pavement at 80 miles an hour and you were sliding down the pavement, would you want a helmet?
I would, because I'd rather have my helmet grind away on the pavement than my face.
Check out the Hurt Study. It was done in the early 80's regarding motorcycle safety. The statistics from that study seem to be twisted to suit the cause of whoever is quoting them, but it's always the same statistics.