good point - when i was about 7, my dad brought home my grandfather's shotgun, so he could clean it and sell it. it was sitting there, open, no shells inside (we didn't even have any shells in the apartment). i picked it up, and looked into the barrel, and to my great surprise he yelled at me not to do that. "but i can clearly see that it's not loaded!", complained I, and received a 2 hour lecture about why i should never do that, no matter what. i didn't understand anything back then, but i do now - people make mistakes. our memory, both short-term and long-term, is horribly unreliable. even if you think you just checked and made sure a gun isn't loaded, there's always a chance, however small, that you're wrong. and assuming that the utility of death is -Inf, no matter how small the chance, there's only one rational conclusion - never assume a gun is safe.
one possible solution would be to find a set of potential reference points, and then apply some kind of transformation on the map so all the points match their true positions at once. would be a fun thing to look at. though you'd need some assumptions about the nature of error in maps, i.e. what sort of distortions did people draw with in the first place. and you'd either need experienced mapologists for that (yeah i know that's not a word), or tons of data.
and many other software download sites [claim to] thoroughly test submitted applications with antiviruses. in recent times i haven't downloaded any app from them that turned out to contain any sort of malware.
i actually remember watching a french mini-series adaptation of this book when i was a kid... but i didn't understand shit back then... partly because it was in french:). but i do remember my siblings being particularly impressed by it.
dude, if you're so masochistic as to like using the ie6 POS interface, then the whole "kill ie6" movement is actually good for you. more websites you can't use => more pain => more sick perverted pleasure.
also, try chopping off your balls. i hear it huts real nice.
lol, trust me, if it could be rolled up like that, you'd already seen geeks partying in the streets by now... that tech is still several years away, though i am looking forward to having a "tablet" that looks like a floppy sheet of [clear] plastic with some ding-dong at the end that'll do the computing and all. i think it'll happen within the next 10-15 years.
yes, i believe it's that study that i had in mind, though unfortunately i don't speak german, and am not able to find it on their website.
one note: in the case of a binary choice, worse than random can be turned into better than random with a trivial transformation...:] though i doubt that the margins were outside the range of statistical insignificance.
Slashdot Mirror
treat it as though it is loaded at all times
good point - when i was about 7, my dad brought home my grandfather's shotgun, so he could clean it and sell it. it was sitting there, open, no shells inside (we didn't even have any shells in the apartment). i picked it up, and looked into the barrel, and to my great surprise he yelled at me not to do that. "but i can clearly see that it's not loaded!", complained I, and received a 2 hour lecture about why i should never do that, no matter what. i didn't understand anything back then, but i do now - people make mistakes. our memory, both short-term and long-term, is horribly unreliable. even if you think you just checked and made sure a gun isn't loaded, there's always a chance, however small, that you're wrong. and assuming that the utility of death is -Inf, no matter how small the chance, there's only one rational conclusion - never assume a gun is safe.
herself. it was a girl.
oblig. http://xkcd.com/327/
oh, right, cartographers....
one possible solution would be to find a set of potential reference points, and then apply some kind of transformation on the map so all the points match their true positions at once. would be a fun thing to look at. though you'd need some assumptions about the nature of error in maps, i.e. what sort of distortions did people draw with in the first place. and you'd either need experienced mapologists for that (yeah i know that's not a word), or tons of data.
piqued, not peaked
/grammar nazi
are you using lynx right now, by any chance?
so you're saying newegg should become walmart?
i know, i know, -1 flaimbait...
REALLY?
what if they were testing their packaging pipeline?
good point, which is why i typically try to download relatively popular software, which is another thing such sites can help you determine.
and many other software download sites [claim to] thoroughly test submitted applications with antiviruses. in recent times i haven't downloaded any app from them that turned out to contain any sort of malware.
only after you put it in one of these first: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/new_babysafe_ball_makes_shaking
+1 the matrix...
i thought their stuff was only black&white? won't you need some pretty severe UI changes to get something useful out of a netbook like that?
"performing some autopsy while it was still alive" => vivisection. How am I being a troll, exactly???
or, if there are rats, then it's a potential location for acquiring emergency nutrition supplies in case a space trip goes awry...
i actually remember watching a french mini-series adaptation of this book when i was a kid... but i didn't understand shit back then... partly because it was in french :). but i do remember my siblings being particularly impressed by it.
maybe i should read it someday... oh well.
vivisection, it's called
can you explain please?
yes i'm illiterate.
it's not being buried alive. it's been undead for a looong time now.
dude, if you're so masochistic as to like using the ie6 POS interface, then the whole "kill ie6" movement is actually good for you. more websites you can't use => more pain => more sick perverted pleasure.
also, try chopping off your balls. i hear it huts real nice.
lol, trust me, if it could be rolled up like that, you'd already seen geeks partying in the streets by now... that tech is still several years away, though i am looking forward to having a "tablet" that looks like a floppy sheet of [clear] plastic with some ding-dong at the end that'll do the computing and all. i think it'll happen within the next 10-15 years.
wireless headphones suck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RbDe8ftdAw
yes, i believe it's that study that i had in mind, though unfortunately i don't speak german, and am not able to find it on their website.
:] though i doubt that the margins were outside the range of statistical insignificance.
one note: in the case of a binary choice, worse than random can be turned into better than random with a trivial transformation...