the PS2s were very powerful for the time and could be networked to create a crude missile guidance system.
Well, the PS3 will not have this problem. You see, it can't create a crude missile guidance system (any better than its predecessor). On the other hand, it can simulate a crude... nuclear explosion! Number 23 on the TOP500 supercomputer list, sitting under everyone's TV. Wow.
Ummmm... that movie wasn't designed to be a high-spirited glance into the happy, "nifty," future. It was supposed to give a vision of the bad things that could happen if we go too far without stopping to look around. Apparently, you didn't look around.
Huh. I thought that was a line that was only used in Hollywood. Not only that, but it is so unbelievable that a real scientist would ever say such a phrase that I have to assume that this isn't real. Either this is an elaborate hoax, or this is all a Hollywood movie that has been kept secret from us for all these years, a la The Truman Show. Whichever, my advice is to "Hold on to your butts."
I just took the liberty of reading my state's (MN) laws regarding spam and unsolicited commercial email. Apparently, if the email has forged the domain name or contains misleading information in the subject line, I, as the recipient, am eligible for $25 per message, or $35000 per day, whichever is less. In addition to this, if I never consented to receiving such email (which I assume would be nearly impossible for me to prove, considering the fact that all they have to demonstrate is that they have my email address) and the subject line is not started off with the three characters "ADV" then I am eligible to receive $10 per message or $25000 per day, whichever is less.
My question is as follows: if the message originated in my own home state, Minnesota, I am sure I could bring legal action against the perpetrator. If, on the other hand, the message originated in another state, perhaps North Dakota, where there are no laws prohibiting spam, or even another country, perhaps Canada, would I have precedent to bring action against them? They cannot make a case that they do not know what state I am in, considering the fact that my email address is in the.mn.us domain. Does email fall under some kind of interstate trade agreement? If so, wouldn't it be subject only to federal law if it passes state boundaries?
I know these are a lot of questions, but I am surprised and delighted to learn that in my home state I can bring action (and get reimbursed) for each and every unwanted spam email message that I get, and I want to be armed with as much knowledge as possible. Thanks for your time if you have anything to add to this conversation.
If virtualdub is GPL'd, shouldn't it be possible for you to port it to Linux? I certainly is an excellent program, and there really shouldn't be a reason for it not to be available on both platforms. Does the code use Windows system calls that are somehow irreplaceable in Linux?
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It has been cited that the national debt is so great that just the interest on it takes up as much as 30% of the budget. If there was no debt, that's a lot of money that could be spent on other things.
Your explanation is interesting, I hadn't heard that before, but even a few hundred years ago it wouldn't have made enough sense for me to buy into it. And right now, I can't see why we are so averse to trying to pay off our debts. Why is it so fun to spend money you don't have?
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Could you please explain why you think deficit spending is a good thing? It seems to me that in any circumstance other than the absolute worst, deficit spending cannot possibly improve the situation. It simply makes things seem alright now while raping the future.
Now I lay me down to sleep.... I pray Intel the IA-64 Instruction set to keep. But if Intel folds before I wake, I pray AMD picks up their stake... of the market!
Oh crap, I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet! -- Krusty
Oh shit, I just watched Armageddon and Deep Impact last night, and I was pretty fugin' worried about collisions with asteroids as of yesterday. So 15% more... aw jeez, I better pack up that bunker, eh?
What about 411? Last time I checked, they were the same number of digits. 411: 1+1+1=3. 911: 1+1+1=3. Okay, another quick doublecheck proves it, 911 and 411 have the same number of digits.
Actually, at the Macworld conference this week, Steve Jobs stressed in his keynote that Apple was embracing open standards. Quicktime 6, which he officially announced this week, uses MPEG-4. He repeatedly proclaimed that it is completely open.
What OS are you using? If it's not Windows, then I'm sure you'd hate this idea if you really thought about it. Companies would only provide drivers for Windows (kind of like they do now), but now there is no way to acquire a driver for the device because, as you say, there are no drivers or anything. That new NIC you bought for your Linux box? Install Windows. Or that new video card? Why, the driver only works in Windows.
I didn't say 24 was 50% of 36. I said 36 was 50% higher than 24. Good job, pal. Try actually reading it. 50% of 24 is 12. 24 + 12 = 36. 36 is 50% higher than 24. And I didn't even need a calculator! Get a fucking dictionary.
Yeah, it is pretty funny that Japan has less than half the population of the US. Actually, I don't get it. And the term GNP is over a decade out of date, so let's go ahead and use the GDP from now on, shall we? I don't know where you got your information that Japan's GDP is 70% that of the US's, because it's really closer to 30%. And the US's GDP per capita is 50% higher than Japan's.
Why don't you try a little reading? I promise, it won't hurt.
You, sir, are the idiot. Indeed, I don't know where you got the idea that I ever said "The US is the only country too fat for its own good." You seem to be mistaking me for your ingrained stereotype of "other people." Your precious enemy, the "green peace equal rights clueless folk." My take on the issue, which you would probably know if you'd actually read my previous posts, would actually be closer along the lines of "Just because the US is wealthy, doesn't mean all the other countries are too." If the US has the highest GDP, and the highest GDP per capita, wouldn't it then follow that there are a lot of countries that are poorer than the US? Namely, all of them?
Funny that you're calling me clueless, but your facts are all wrong. It seems to me that the accuser would be better suited to being accused. (If you didn't catch that one, it means that you're clueless.)
If it's that hard to build, they can just open the code up and not too many people are going to be recompiling their own version of Windows any time soon. It's not like Windows would get pirated any more, and MS could even charge a bunch of money for access to the code, but not too many people would take advantage of the Windows source code to get a free copy of Windows, especially if it's this hard to build.
Which country has a higher GNP? Last time I checked, the US's GNP was like 2x the second highest (China).
There are still a whole hell of a lot of people living in the world that are living the same way their ancestors were (see: Africa). Unless, of course, AIDS is a modern marvel that we should view as a good thing. Yes, humanity as a whole. That includes the people living outside the US and Europe. A lot of people live in Africa and the Middle East, and they're not all swimming in cash. Go read a damn book. A book, not a comic book, not a magazine: a book. With words, not pictures.
What's worse, a simple calculator error or a web of lies?
Half a brain, eh? Sounds like you just volunteered.
No, he meant "species." Well, actually it was "isotope," but everybody knows that radiation makes things come alive, right? What? You mean Godzilla isn't real? Aw, crap.
Damn right, we should just nuke all those big cities that are getting in the way of our precious military bases. Actually we shouldn't. And did you know that in some cities, they even have these cool things called "schools," where people can be taught how to spell such words as "their," and how to avoid the comma splice. Or, in your case, at least what a comma splice is, and why it makes you seem like an idiot.
Wow, isn't it easy to accuse someone of being a fear monger when you hide behind your assertion that whales are gay? I guess we should just start nuking everybody then, because it'll be totally safe for us to go in next week and take it over. Right?
However, your post does serve as an excellent example of mindless backlash against honest opinion and the pointing out of real danger. And how much of a mind does it take to spell "excellent" right?
I hear a lot of people saying that they're glad they don't live in Nevada. Why? What's the difference? If something goes wrong with the storage, wouldn't it affect a lot more than just Nevada? I mean, if there was a leak, wouldn't the entire western half of the US be in danger? And please don't tell me it's all foolproof, because nothing is. Any time someone says that it reminds me of a discussion my class had in 6th grade with some nuclear waste disposal expert:
Expert: So, since nuclear waste is so dangerous, we are planning to seal it up into containers and drop them to the bottom of the ocean. Student 1: What about the fishes? Expert: Don't be stupid, the containers are sealed, there is no way the nuclear waste could get out. Student 2: What if the container breaks? Expert: It can't break. Student 2: But what if it does? Expert: It can't. Student 2: But, what I mean to say it, what if it does break? Expert: But, you see child, it simply can't break. It's a foolproof system.
Ummm... only the US is too fat for its own good. The citizens of many other countries have to fight for their food, or hope that the doughboys across the Atlantic have the kindheartedness to send some aid packages over that week. The USA consists of ~0.04% of the world's population. I don't think 100% of Americans are too fat for their own good, but I think it's safe to assume that at least as high a percentage of people overseas are in a reciprocally bad situation. Probably 0.04% of people are too fat, and at least 0.04% are too starved.
Humanity does not enjoy better material conditions than ever before, unless you count humans as only the ones living in the good ol' US of A.
By the way, I should point out that the sky is not falling, and human ingenuity will win out and make the ingenious fat. But ingenuity cannot just help the one, it harms the other. As one person grows fat, another one or two will starve. Keep that in mind as you wallow in American blindness.
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the PS2s were very powerful for the time and could be networked to create a crude missile guidance system.
Well, the PS3 will not have this problem. You see, it can't create a crude missile guidance system (any better than its predecessor). On the other hand, it can simulate a crude... nuclear explosion! Number 23 on the TOP500 supercomputer list, sitting under everyone's TV. Wow.
Ummmm... that movie wasn't designed to be a high-spirited glance into the happy, "nifty," future. It was supposed to give a vision of the bad things that could happen if we go too far without stopping to look around. Apparently, you didn't look around.
(Unless it says TICKET of course :-)
;) At least that's what I do.
Yeah, in that case you just tear it up...
"Whatever it is, it's big."
Huh. I thought that was a line that was only used in Hollywood. Not only that, but it is so unbelievable that a real scientist would ever say such a phrase that I have to assume that this isn't real. Either this is an elaborate hoax, or this is all a Hollywood movie that has been kept secret from us for all these years, a la The Truman Show. Whichever, my advice is to "Hold on to your butts."
For those who were wondering, it's a joke.
I just took the liberty of reading my state's (MN) laws regarding spam and unsolicited commercial email. Apparently, if the email has forged the domain name or contains misleading information in the subject line, I, as the recipient, am eligible for $25 per message, or $35000 per day, whichever is less. In addition to this, if I never consented to receiving such email (which I assume would be nearly impossible for me to prove, considering the fact that all they have to demonstrate is that they have my email address) and the subject line is not started off with the three characters "ADV" then I am eligible to receive $10 per message or $25000 per day, whichever is less.
.mn.us domain. Does email fall under some kind of interstate trade agreement? If so, wouldn't it be subject only to federal law if it passes state boundaries?
My question is as follows: if the message originated in my own home state, Minnesota, I am sure I could bring legal action against the perpetrator. If, on the other hand, the message originated in another state, perhaps North Dakota, where there are no laws prohibiting spam, or even another country, perhaps Canada, would I have precedent to bring action against them? They cannot make a case that they do not know what state I am in, considering the fact that my email address is in the
I know these are a lot of questions, but I am surprised and delighted to learn that in my home state I can bring action (and get reimbursed) for each and every unwanted spam email message that I get, and I want to be armed with as much knowledge as possible. Thanks for your time if you have anything to add to this conversation.
If virtualdub is GPL'd, shouldn't it be possible for you to port it to Linux? I certainly is an excellent program, and there really shouldn't be a reason for it not to be available on both platforms. Does the code use Windows system calls that are somehow irreplaceable in Linux?
It has been cited that the national debt is so great that just the interest on it takes up as much as 30% of the budget. If there was no debt, that's a lot of money that could be spent on other things.
Your explanation is interesting, I hadn't heard that before, but even a few hundred years ago it wouldn't have made enough sense for me to buy into it. And right now, I can't see why we are so averse to trying to pay off our debts. Why is it so fun to spend money you don't have?
Could you please explain why you think deficit spending is a good thing? It seems to me that in any circumstance other than the absolute worst, deficit spending cannot possibly improve the situation. It simply makes things seem alright now while raping the future.
Now I lay me down to sleep.... I pray Intel the IA-64 Instruction set to keep. But if Intel folds before I wake, I pray AMD picks up their stake... of the market!
Oh crap, I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet! -- Krusty
Well, actually, you only ever see it right after I'm done with it. By the way, thanks. ;)
Oh shit, I just watched Armageddon and Deep Impact last night, and I was pretty fugin' worried about collisions with asteroids as of yesterday. So 15% more... aw jeez, I better pack up that bunker, eh?
What about 411? Last time I checked, they were the same number of digits. 411: 1+1+1=3. 911: 1+1+1=3. Okay, another quick doublecheck proves it, 911 and 411 have the same number of digits.
Actually, at the Macworld conference this week, Steve Jobs stressed in his keynote that Apple was embracing open standards. Quicktime 6, which he officially announced this week, uses MPEG-4. He repeatedly proclaimed that it is completely open.
Apparently Steve likes cheese sticks too.
What OS are you using? If it's not Windows, then I'm sure you'd hate this idea if you really thought about it. Companies would only provide drivers for Windows (kind of like they do now), but now there is no way to acquire a driver for the device because, as you say, there are no drivers or anything. That new NIC you bought for your Linux box? Install Windows. Or that new video card? Why, the driver only works in Windows.
I didn't say 24 was 50% of 36. I said 36 was 50% higher than 24. Good job, pal. Try actually reading it. 50% of 24 is 12. 24 + 12 = 36. 36 is 50% higher than 24. And I didn't even need a calculator! Get a fucking dictionary.
Dependence on individual brilliance is not necessarily a bad thing. A good system seems better when there's a genius working 12 hours a day on it.
Yeah, it is pretty funny that Japan has less than half the population of the US. Actually, I don't get it. And the term GNP is over a decade out of date, so let's go ahead and use the GDP from now on, shall we? I don't know where you got your information that Japan's GDP is 70% that of the US's, because it's really closer to 30%. And the US's GDP per capita is 50% higher than Japan's.
Why don't you try a little reading? I promise, it won't hurt.
You, sir, are the idiot. Indeed, I don't know where you got the idea that I ever said "The US is the only country too fat for its own good." You seem to be mistaking me for your ingrained stereotype of "other people." Your precious enemy, the "green peace equal rights clueless folk." My take on the issue, which you would probably know if you'd actually read my previous posts, would actually be closer along the lines of "Just because the US is wealthy, doesn't mean all the other countries are too." If the US has the highest GDP, and the highest GDP per capita, wouldn't it then follow that there are a lot of countries that are poorer than the US? Namely, all of them?
Funny that you're calling me clueless, but your facts are all wrong. It seems to me that the accuser would be better suited to being accused. (If you didn't catch that one, it means that you're clueless.)
If it's that hard to build, they can just open the code up and not too many people are going to be recompiling their own version of Windows any time soon. It's not like Windows would get pirated any more, and MS could even charge a bunch of money for access to the code, but not too many people would take advantage of the Windows source code to get a free copy of Windows, especially if it's this hard to build.
Which country has a higher GNP? Last time I checked, the US's GNP was like 2x the second highest (China).
There are still a whole hell of a lot of people living in the world that are living the same way their ancestors were (see: Africa). Unless, of course, AIDS is a modern marvel that we should view as a good thing. Yes, humanity as a whole. That includes the people living outside the US and Europe. A lot of people live in Africa and the Middle East, and they're not all swimming in cash. Go read a damn book. A book, not a comic book, not a magazine: a book. With words, not pictures.
What's worse, a simple calculator error or a web of lies?
Half a brain, eh? Sounds like you just volunteered.
No, he meant "species." Well, actually it was "isotope," but everybody knows that radiation makes things come alive, right? What? You mean Godzilla isn't real? Aw, crap.
Damn right, we should just nuke all those big cities that are getting in the way of our precious military bases. Actually we shouldn't. And did you know that in some cities, they even have these cool things called "schools," where people can be taught how to spell such words as "their," and how to avoid the comma splice. Or, in your case, at least what a comma splice is, and why it makes you seem like an idiot.
Wow, isn't it easy to accuse someone of being a fear monger when you hide behind your assertion that whales are gay? I guess we should just start nuking everybody then, because it'll be totally safe for us to go in next week and take it over. Right?
However, your post does serve as an excellent example of mindless backlash against honest opinion and the pointing out of real danger. And how much of a mind does it take to spell "excellent" right?
I hear a lot of people saying that they're glad they don't live in Nevada. Why? What's the difference? If something goes wrong with the storage, wouldn't it affect a lot more than just Nevada? I mean, if there was a leak, wouldn't the entire western half of the US be in danger? And please don't tell me it's all foolproof, because nothing is. Any time someone says that it reminds me of a discussion my class had in 6th grade with some nuclear waste disposal expert:
Expert: So, since nuclear waste is so dangerous, we are planning to seal it up into containers and drop them to the bottom of the ocean.
Student 1: What about the fishes?
Expert: Don't be stupid, the containers are sealed, there is no way the nuclear waste could get out.
Student 2: What if the container breaks?
Expert: It can't break.
Student 2: But what if it does?
Expert: It can't.
Student 2: But, what I mean to say it, what if it does break?
Expert: But, you see child, it simply can't break. It's a foolproof system.
Uh huh...
Well, it's 9:20 in DC, he should be awake pretty soon to start fighting it...
Ummm... only the US is too fat for its own good. The citizens of many other countries have to fight for their food, or hope that the doughboys across the Atlantic have the kindheartedness to send some aid packages over that week. The USA consists of ~0.04% of the world's population. I don't think 100% of Americans are too fat for their own good, but I think it's safe to assume that at least as high a percentage of people overseas are in a reciprocally bad situation. Probably 0.04% of people are too fat, and at least 0.04% are too starved.
Humanity does not enjoy better material conditions than ever before, unless you count humans as only the ones living in the good ol' US of A.
By the way, I should point out that the sky is not falling, and human ingenuity will win out and make the ingenious fat. But ingenuity cannot just help the one, it harms the other. As one person grows fat, another one or two will starve. Keep that in mind as you wallow in American blindness.