Note that the DarwinTunes experiment doesn't use any post-processing...the loops are entirely created by software, and the only human input is "I like it" (on a 5-point scale). It's the ultimate, "I don't know much about art, but I know what I like."
I'm curious, will there be any effect felt on Earth, such as a change in tides? How massive/close would an object need to be for us to notice it? This is passing well within the orbit of the moon, but obviously it's much smaller.
Moon = 7.3 e22 kg and 384,748 km
Apophis = 2.7e10 kg and 29,450 km
I don't remember the entire equation, but the distance term gets squared, and everything else cancels out, so the relative effect should be:
(7.3e22 / (384748)^2 ) / (2.7e10/(29450)^2)
...so the moon's pull on the tides is 1.5e10 times greater, and I'm guessing Apophis will go unnoticed.
They're not "new" in the sense that they were recently formed/evolved. They are new species in the sense that they have been newly described. So, in answer to your question, their description was published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Exactly. They sell people an iPhone because of all the cool shit it can do, now they want to make people too scared to actually use it for fear of how much it will cost.
The cynic in me thinks it will go this way: They make this announcement today. For the next few months, they do absolutely nothing. Then, they fabricate a bunch of data, and announce that they've determined that 99% of all P2P traffic is protected by copyright. Authorities cowtow, and those "three-strikes" laws get put in place (and enforced) everywhere.
It doesn't matter that the data was faked...they expressly stated that it would all be anonymised and not linked to any specific customer...so how can anyone prove it's been faked?
The most likely outcome of this is that the networks will finally start an arms race on commercial avoidance strategies.
I really don't get why it is that they still make all of the commercials exactly 30 seconds in length. Ten years ago, I had a VCR with a button that would fast-forward 30 seconds and stop.
Today, MythTV does a darned good job of auto-flagging commercials, and then auto-skipping them for me. And the default fast-forward time is that magical 30 seconds. I haven't watched a commercial in years. I mean, really, VCR manufacturers had it figured out a decade ago, and the networks haven't caught on yet!?!
(OK, if this post is what finally gives the networks a clue, then feel free to hunt me down. I'd deserve it.)
OK, second most interesting thing: the Main Exclusion Criteria includes "Imprisoned persons." I guess that they want to avoid people with prior experience in being locked up in a confined space for long periods!?
What I find most interesting, is that Canada is a member of the ESA:
The candidate’s nationality and residence is restricted to ESA member states participating in the ELIPS programme (Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Norway, The Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom or Canada).
I believe that the GP was calling for the mainstream media to do this kind of investigating, and then their usual level of reporting. Hell, I'd be happy with anyone, mainstream or blogger, who could do both at in the same story.
(BTW - you hit the nail on the head with "confusing and irrelevant babble," I'm glad someone said it.)
On a related side note, the CCD on Hubble is the equivalent to a ONE megapixel camera. I'm not knocking Hubble (as some do with comparisons to the digicam in their pocket) - quite the opposite: I'm constantly amazed how much the space industry in general manages to get such good science out of technology that is quite often considered "obsolete" by the time it launches.
Believe me, I'm a grad student, and I know the power of getting the most out of obsolete equipment!
A related
scenario is when a user attempts to reuse a single legitimately
obtained stamp to validate a single message
sent to thousands of people. This is in fact considered
to be acceptable behavior from the perspective
of CentMail, similar to the use of blind carbon copy
(bcc) for emails.
That sounds like exactly what spammers do - send the same message to thousands of people. So, really, that's $10 for delivery of 1,000 unique messages to unlimited millions of recipients. Good deal!
Have you considered the mass of trees that would be required to offset the mass of CO2 used in a high-rise building? That building would need to be in the middle of a small forest (actually, that sounds quite lovely).
Unfortunately, this takes up rather a lot of space, and you need to remove forests to make room for your new building+forest scheme. Oops.
What if a "friend" decides to "borrow" it without asking permission? You know, just checking email, no harm done. I'll just use this unprotected account...
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Note that the DarwinTunes experiment doesn't use any post-processing...the loops are entirely created by software, and the only human input is "I like it" (on a 5-point scale). It's the ultimate, "I don't know much about art, but I know what I like."
I'm curious, will there be any effect felt on Earth, such as a change in tides? How massive/close would an object need to be for us to notice it? This is passing well within the orbit of the moon, but obviously it's much smaller.
Moon = 7.3 e22 kg and 384,748 km
Apophis = 2.7e10 kg and 29,450 km
I don't remember the entire equation, but the distance term gets squared, and everything else cancels out, so the relative effect should be:
(7.3e22 / (384748)^2 ) / (2.7e10/(29450)^2)
Am I close to doing that right?
They're not "new" in the sense that they were recently formed/evolved. They are new species in the sense that they have been newly described. So, in answer to your question, their description was published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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I cite as prior art every club that charged me a cover fee, while letting the cool, beautiful people skip the line and get in for free.
Exactly. They sell people an iPhone because of all the cool shit it can do, now they want to make people too scared to actually use it for fear of how much it will cost.
The cynic in me thinks it will go this way: They make this announcement today. For the next few months, they do absolutely nothing. Then, they fabricate a bunch of data, and announce that they've determined that 99% of all P2P traffic is protected by copyright. Authorities cowtow, and those "three-strikes" laws get put in place (and enforced) everywhere.
It doesn't matter that the data was faked...they expressly stated that it would all be anonymised and not linked to any specific customer...so how can anyone prove it's been faked?
Excellent points. What was the search phrase that used to lead to GWB's White House page..."ignorant asshole" or "incompetent moron" or something?
The most likely outcome of this is that the networks will finally start an arms race on commercial avoidance strategies.
I really don't get why it is that they still make all of the commercials exactly 30 seconds in length. Ten years ago, I had a VCR with a button that would fast-forward 30 seconds and stop.
Today, MythTV does a darned good job of auto-flagging commercials, and then auto-skipping them for me. And the default fast-forward time is that magical 30 seconds. I haven't watched a commercial in years. I mean, really, VCR manufacturers had it figured out a decade ago, and the networks haven't caught on yet!?!
(OK, if this post is what finally gives the networks a clue, then feel free to hunt me down. I'd deserve it.)
Canada is overseas, right?
What we *really* need is a iPhone that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.
There, fixed that for you.
New product: the iPod Car-edition. No screen and lots of large, tactile buttons.
The underlying infrastructure already exists, it's called Public Transit.
OK, second most interesting thing: the Main Exclusion Criteria includes "Imprisoned persons." I guess that they want to avoid people with prior experience in being locked up in a confined space for long periods!?
Here's a link to the application...and good luck to you all.
What I find most interesting, is that Canada is a member of the ESA:
The candidate’s nationality and residence is restricted to ESA member states participating in the ELIPS programme (Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Norway, The Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom or Canada).
...it sure would save the googlebots a lot of effort.
I believe that the GP was calling for the mainstream media to do this kind of investigating, and then their usual level of reporting. Hell, I'd be happy with anyone, mainstream or blogger, who could do both at in the same story.
(BTW - you hit the nail on the head with "confusing and irrelevant babble," I'm glad someone said it.)
I have to say, I don't really get this "new art" thing.
Link for the lazy.
On a related side note, the CCD on Hubble is the equivalent to a ONE megapixel camera. I'm not knocking Hubble (as some do with comparisons to the digicam in their pocket) - quite the opposite: I'm constantly amazed how much the space industry in general manages to get such good science out of technology that is quite often considered "obsolete" by the time it launches.
Believe me, I'm a grad student, and I know the power of getting the most out of obsolete equipment!
Actually, from TFA:
Researchers assert that a telescope at the site could take images nearly as good as those from the space-based Hubble telescope.
At least this location is on the surface of the planet...
From the paper, section 3.2 http://centmail.net/centmail.pdf :
A related scenario is when a user attempts to reuse a single legitimately obtained stamp to validate a single message sent to thousands of people. This is in fact considered to be acceptable behavior from the perspective of CentMail, similar to the use of blind carbon copy (bcc) for emails.
That sounds like exactly what spammers do - send the same message to thousands of people. So, really, that's $10 for delivery of 1,000 unique messages to unlimited millions of recipients. Good deal!
+5 Insightful, WTF?!?
Have you considered the mass of trees that would be required to offset the mass of CO2 used in a high-rise building? That building would need to be in the middle of a small forest (actually, that sounds quite lovely).
Unfortunately, this takes up rather a lot of space, and you need to remove forests to make room for your new building+forest scheme. Oops.
err, RTFS. They don't hit the blades:
The bats might not be killed by the wind turbine blades directly, but instead by the sudden drop in air pressure the swinging rotors induce
What if a "friend" decides to "borrow" it without asking permission? You know, just checking email, no harm done. I'll just use this unprotected account...