Napster counted as an end to an era? Wasn't the thing only around (in the form anyone used) for about a year? I remember using it for only a few months before it was down. Wiki says it was technically operational from June 1999 and July 2001, still...
If it's only 5%, set the cap just below where they are and only punish the *actual* problem children...or better yet, don't 'cap' but rate limit. Doesn't DirecTV's internet access do this already?
Better yet, get congress to give them a large sum of money to get better tubes. Pretty good idea isn't it? I wonder why no one has thought of it yet.
If 3D visualization is that helpful, is being immersed within the scene really that good of an idea?
Assuming they can avoid being goatse trolled, yes. Otherwise the thing will be burned down quickly.
A lot of 3d data doesn't really work well on flatscreens. I take confocal microscope images, there are plenty of tricks to convey the 3d, like causing my movies to wobble, but when there's a lot of noise it's tough to keep track of it. Maybe this would help. Of course, the images don't look really good when I blow them up to full monitor, at 30 feet they would become just downright ugly. I'm sure other applications though really are hurting and resolution would be just fine.
When did the "troll" moderation come to mean "Opposes a marketing campaign I'm in some way allied with?" I'd expect it on political issues, I'm not optimistic enough to think that everyone with mod points is going to disagree with the politics in a post and not abuse it. I would expect people to be a little more open to disagreement on something like whether or not clean coal is going to pan out.
How would A work? Do you mean reduce demand for bandwidth by charging more, or do you mean charging more and using the increased money to expand? I'm just somewhat confused, it seems you're saying they don't have the capability, so I'm not sure how charging more is going to increase their capability.
They've also discovered that viruses in the wild actually quite easily jump from species to species, too.
Some do. Rabies appears to infect most mammals, but that's an incredible range for a virus, and there is one virus that can at least tolerate being in a host from a completely different kingdom, don't remember the name of it but it can live in aphids and some plant species (also not sure which one it prefers). As I understand it, most viruses seem to stay within their host species though, it's typically a very lucrative niche. I'd guess it depends on the specific virus, some because of their mechanisms are probably more able to jump to certain species than others.
I've never heard that and kind of dought that. I thought that acute radiation poisoning was due to damage to your blood cells, marrow, and epithelial linings of your gut.
This page mentions that high doses of radiation will lead to symptoms within a half an hour, which seems too fast to be due to a digestion problem. It doesn't seem you die of malnutrition.
Anyway, bacteria populations are quite resillient, even if you were to kill all the bacteria in your mouth off (something that listerine won't do, and I don't know if bleach would either) in minutes or at most hours it would have a normal level of bacteria again. I can't imagine that radiation would kill ALL the helpful bacteria in your gut, so I'd guess that your gut would be back to normal levels rapidly enough to prevent you from starving.
Okay, I do notice now after saying "He wasn't attempting to prove to the world anything with his own weight observations either" that he did say "And I can prove it"... so oops, sorry.
Your anecdote is essentially meaningless, not proof.
Much like your post, since he actually cited research aside from the personal anecdote. He wasn't attempting to prove to the world anything with his own weight observations either, he was just mentioning how he had personally found this to be true. Of course, I know everyone on/. loves to dish out logic 101 fortune cookies, but most of the time they don't really apply. This is one of those times.
This explains SO MANY conversations I've had with law enforcement reguarding public urination! Er... I mean, so many social conversations I've had with cops.
So, you want people in the government who throw morals out the window and do things that are questionably legal at the first sign of a dollar?
Do you see anyone lining up for government jobs who does NOT meet that description? If you think you do, I think what you're seeing is just someone with a better-than-average sense of PR.
Maybe we could institute a draft for the top government jobs... "I know you don't want to be in charge of the DOJ, but that's exactly why you are going to be in charge of the DOJ. If not, you're going to jail. Serve your country!"
sorry, Mr. President, but you're building another nest of evil, just like Bushie did, in hiring RIAA weasels.
I'm quite partisan, so feel free to ignore this next part as you see fit, but I think Bush's neocons are somewhat more evil than the RIAA. The effects could be just as bad if not worse, as both groups have little reguard for constitutional rights, and the road to hell is paved with good intentions (or "slightly better than outright evil intentions" as the case may be.) But yeah, in principle, neocons are more evil.
I also get the impression that Obama can think for himself better than Bush could, but I don't know either enough to say for sure.
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Napster counted as an end to an era? Wasn't the thing only around (in the form anyone used) for about a year? I remember using it for only a few months before it was down. Wiki says it was technically operational from June 1999 and July 2001, still...
Ooh, a new meme: redundancy! I'm going to jump on board, here goes:
Um...
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/16/2047220&art_pos=27
And if there are real reasons to be sceptical, such as those as you suggest, then it'll all come out in the wash.
Assuming it can be summed up in 140 words. And also that anyone will care in the first place.
http://www.myride.com/images/no-transform/myride/promotions/images/images/2009%20Ford%20Fiesta%20five-door-f3-4_400.jpg
Ford fiesta? More like Ford Siesta.
Oops, I think I just killed ford's careful marketing strategy.
Yeah, I know. I should have made the sarcasm a little more obvious.
If it's only 5%, set the cap just below where they are and only punish the *actual* problem children...or better yet, don't 'cap' but rate limit. Doesn't DirecTV's internet access do this already?
Better yet, get congress to give them a large sum of money to get better tubes. Pretty good idea isn't it? I wonder why no one has thought of it yet.
It's exactly like normal hell; but your nose also itches.
Fuzzyfungus, this generation's Dante :)
Probably about as often as tax cheat Republicans paid their tax on internet purchases.
But probably far less often than moral conservatives get high on pain pills after railing against "druggies."
She did say you were pretty quick.
If 3D visualization is that helpful, is being immersed within the scene really that good of an idea?
Assuming they can avoid being goatse trolled, yes. Otherwise the thing will be burned down quickly.
A lot of 3d data doesn't really work well on flatscreens. I take confocal microscope images, there are plenty of tricks to convey the 3d, like causing my movies to wobble, but when there's a lot of noise it's tough to keep track of it. Maybe this would help. Of course, the images don't look really good when I blow them up to full monitor, at 30 feet they would become just downright ugly. I'm sure other applications though really are hurting and resolution would be just fine.
From what I recall, penicillin was discovered by noticing that mould contaminating a bacteria sample caused the bacteria to die,
And how do you think Flemming determined that the bacteria were dying? With a revolutionary new imaging system of course: his eyes.
I hate sounding like kids over at gamefaqs forums but
[facepalm]
When did the "troll" moderation come to mean "Opposes a marketing campaign I'm in some way allied with?" I'd expect it on political issues, I'm not optimistic enough to think that everyone with mod points is going to disagree with the politics in a post and not abuse it. I would expect people to be a little more open to disagreement on something like whether or not clean coal is going to pan out.
How would A work? Do you mean reduce demand for bandwidth by charging more, or do you mean charging more and using the increased money to expand? I'm just somewhat confused, it seems you're saying they don't have the capability, so I'm not sure how charging more is going to increase their capability.
On a side note, I'd like to propose a new standard unit for the metrically challenged.
Superfreighter -- a unit for large amounts of particulate and SO2 pollution. Approximately equal to 50 million cars.
Is this superfreighter carrying breadboxes, or whales maybe? Atomic bombs? I just need some perspective on this new unit of measurement.
And before I sign off on it, is this metric? Because as an American, I'll be damned if I'm going to use metric.
They've also discovered that viruses in the wild actually quite easily jump from species to species, too.
Some do. Rabies appears to infect most mammals, but that's an incredible range for a virus, and there is one virus that can at least tolerate being in a host from a completely different kingdom, don't remember the name of it but it can live in aphids and some plant species (also not sure which one it prefers). As I understand it, most viruses seem to stay within their host species though, it's typically a very lucrative niche. I'd guess it depends on the specific virus, some because of their mechanisms are probably more able to jump to certain species than others.
I've never heard that and kind of dought that. I thought that acute radiation poisoning was due to damage to your blood cells, marrow, and epithelial linings of your gut.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/radiation-sickness/DS00432/DSECTION=symptoms
This page mentions that high doses of radiation will lead to symptoms within a half an hour, which seems too fast to be due to a digestion problem. It doesn't seem you die of malnutrition.
Anyway, bacteria populations are quite resillient, even if you were to kill all the bacteria in your mouth off (something that listerine won't do, and I don't know if bleach would either) in minutes or at most hours it would have a normal level of bacteria again. I can't imagine that radiation would kill ALL the helpful bacteria in your gut, so I'd guess that your gut would be back to normal levels rapidly enough to prevent you from starving.
Okay, I do notice now after saying "He wasn't attempting to prove to the world anything with his own weight observations either" that he did say "And I can prove it"... so oops, sorry.
Your anecdote is essentially meaningless, not proof.
Much like your post, since he actually cited research aside from the personal anecdote. He wasn't attempting to prove to the world anything with his own weight observations either, he was just mentioning how he had personally found this to be true. Of course, I know everyone on /. loves to dish out logic 101 fortune cookies, but most of the time they don't really apply. This is one of those times.
Why do I get the feeling that many more people discuss this game on Slashdot than actually play it?
I get that feeling about most games. All threads concerning games on /. quickly turn into DRM discussions. Even when there is no DRM.
I guess that was a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy there...
A shorter way of saying what Anenome is getting at is: you can't judge a game by a wiki page.
I still don't understand anything about string theory. Thank you /. for once more making me feel stupid.
This explains SO MANY conversations I've had with law enforcement reguarding public urination! Er... I mean, so many social conversations I've had with cops.
So, you want people in the government who throw morals out the window and do things that are questionably legal at the first sign of a dollar?
Do you see anyone lining up for government jobs who does NOT meet that description? If you think you do, I think what you're seeing is just someone with a better-than-average sense of PR.
Maybe we could institute a draft for the top government jobs... "I know you don't want to be in charge of the DOJ, but that's exactly why you are going to be in charge of the DOJ. If not, you're going to jail. Serve your country!"
sorry, Mr. President, but you're building another nest of evil, just like Bushie did, in hiring RIAA weasels.
I'm quite partisan, so feel free to ignore this next part as you see fit, but I think Bush's neocons are somewhat more evil than the RIAA. The effects could be just as bad if not worse, as both groups have little reguard for constitutional rights, and the road to hell is paved with good intentions (or "slightly better than outright evil intentions" as the case may be.) But yeah, in principle, neocons are more evil.
I also get the impression that Obama can think for himself better than Bush could, but I don't know either enough to say for sure.