Honestly. No one here can really say anything new or relavant at this point. This story has been published hundreds of times, just with a different headline.
Now, what should really happen, is DoJ and BBB attack MS for malpractice. Purposefully creating vulnerable systems and products which thereby require updrades and costly procedures.
These people creating all these hacks and such for IE is a good thing because it makes IE better (hey, look how many people use that browser), but what really needs to happen is create a working browser with real software issues...not stupid security holes that can be easily avoided (and should have been).
They should be creating something that Joe Shmoe can easily program for in XML to change the way it looks. They should be creating something where I can go to a web-site without having to worry about catching a random virus. Perhaps this will add actual value to their product...rather than the forced value (since it HAS to be installed on all Windows machines).
I'm not an expert in this, but there's got to be some rules and explanations about life where there is no atmosphere.
I kinda thought that there had to be some atmosphere (perhaps at one point Europa had a higher one?) in order for any form of life to exist. I could be wrong, because this is just a guess, so if someone would like to enlighten me, please do.
Matrix figures. Because they all wear long black trenchcoates and carry guns.
Perhaps the parents should just keep their kids locked up in a closet until they are 13, so that they don't encounter any of these horrible influences in society...and I bet a bunch of parents do...and they wonder why those kids went nuts.
Well, last I checked. Exploration still has the same rules. I don't think that Mars will be "owned" by anyone. As humans begin manned missions (and more) to Mars, sections will be claimed, and the whole faction system will probably be started again.
Whichever country first lands on Mars will have first claim to it, but they just won't be able to over the entire planet. Just like how the Americas were explored and claimed.
This thing will not work very well in an environment that we don't know that much about. It'd be hard enough to get them to work here on Earth. That robot will be treated just as well as the insects are. Once they start to annoy anything or anyone, they're going to be attacked. They will also be greatly affected by weather, winds and such.
However, they will be good as "scouts" and watch out bugs. Let's say, a terraforming project finally has gone underway on Mars. These bugs will be great to have around to fly around the station and outside nearby the station. Let them go far away, they'll never make it back.
There is definately a good future for these things, as long as it doesn't start running a high bill.
Putting a Hubble type scope on the satellite wouldn't serve any purpose. As it is, the Hubble lenses can see very far away. Putting it somewhere else in our solar system is pointless, because it wouldn't change the range of the telescope, nor would it change it's field of view. It will still see everything as we can see it here (relatively). And it would take significantly longer to relay information back to Earth for us to look at.
12th floor, Union Square West (about 2 miles north of WTC site) Started watching (about 3:30AM EST) because I was kindly remined by a friend. I just assumed that I would be able to see them from the city, so I didn't bother making a note. But I went out to my balcony, and I could see them. Even one or two multiple instances. It was amazing. In the past the city has been too bright, or I was too young to attempt to stay awake that late, so this was my first. It was great. I can't wait for another chance. I'd love to see from on top of a mountain!
Animal cruelty, by it's plain definition, is when an animal is used for experimentation where the animal is made to suffer some sort of test and physical experiments. I would like to call this experiment on those lines. While it is not traditional animal cruelty, and the birds probably can't tell the difference...that is where the problem really is. I hate the fact that we use animals for any sort of study. Yes the study of birds and other animals have given us such abilities as flight (yeah, humans were MEANT to fly). While that has made communication easier, it has bought on other problems. Let me get back to the main point. The use of animals for any matter of study is a cruel act. They are kept in captivity. After a while they are used to this captivity, and will not be able to return to normal freedom even if set free. Migrating birds, might migrate, but they will return to the lab during their return flight. A lab is no place for a bird or any animal to live. There is no kind moral issue in any type of animal study and experimentation. It is just plain cruel.
These are my morals and opinions. If you have a problem with it...then speak so, oh, and do so in english, because I hate it when some sends flamebait to me that is completely incoherant.
OK, those 3 lines in the trailer from the first one were good...here are the ones from this one...
Every general leads in battle...
(fade out to show Obi-Won)
Every queen discovers her destiny...
(fade out to show portman)
Every boy becomes a man...
(fade out to show a very yound canadian...)
OK, now that last line makes me crack up...This is funny stuff
The first teaser trailer made me want to watch I, that and the anticipation. Now that I've see I, this teaser sucks. I hope that the real trailer/movie is better. And of course I'm still going to see it on opening night...it is Star Wars after all.
Honeslty, I feel what the submitter feels. I'm sick and tired of companies just doing how they feel. When I got my Sony Clie in Sept. 2000, I was more than annoyed. I ordered, and nothing showed, as it was supposed to in 3-5 days. I called, and they couldn't track my order because they were going through "upgrades."
I don't care what you're doing, I paid you money, so you better be able to tell me where my order is.
Companies now days just take advantage of customers, and their delay-until-we-got-it-under-control. What this means, is that they delay with e-mail, which takes 3-4 days (I thought e-mail was faster than traditional mail), and by that time, most companies have sorted things out, and pretend that nothing went wrong when you finally get a chance to talk to them.
When did all this happen? Why do companies think they can just trample over you? Pretend nothing went wrong because if the consumer "gets their product" they will be happy, regardless of how long it takes. Hey, they did buy the thing, why would they return it. This mentality works especially well for the expensive products, because one just doesn't buy an expensive item for the hell of it. One buys it because they want it.
There should be some way of enforcing a "I get money back if any ONE thing goes wrong" policy.
As for the guy that got the LinuxPD, make sure you follow up, and report them for this. This is more than just a small problem. It's a HUGE legal issue.
When Dolly was first announced, and now, I still have the same thoughts. Bad Idea!
This is why. While it might seem like a noble and worthy cause, it's not. Everything can be made to look good and bad. The bad, I feel, weighs out the good in this case. Thousands of failed tries result one success, which doesn't even have a chance to live very long. Also, we can't predict what is going to happen. What if some of the genese from the surrogate mother do get into the embryo and then via mutation and recombination (since the genese will be very close), we get what we think is a clone, but will infact have odd gene combinations which could lead to a disater (read Jurrasic Park the book for frog/dinosaur example). I admit, I don't know how plausable this is, but wierder things have known to happen in the world of genetics.
One of my biggest problems is morals. Also, survival of the fittest. I guess this technology makes us the fittest, so we have the right to clone, etc, but it is this technology that destroyed everything in the first place. One wrong doesn't deserve another (2 wrongs don't make a right). We should use technology to comabt technology, but common sense. Stop trying to make all these "useful" technologies.
So doctors say that this can be used in research fo cures for diseases....Well, most of these diseases exist because they are induced by current technologies (skin, lung, etc.). If we didn't come up with such harmful things in the first place, then we wouldn't have to invent more things (who knows what harm will come of them) to cure these diseases.
All in all, technology doesn't cure technology. Common sense does.
Seeing this from outside manhattan I'm sure is quie different from seeing it in here. I was on 5th avenue and 23rd street (Flatiron building) when I first saw the fire at 9:00AM. It was like I was watching ID4. I couldn't believe it. I wish I was asleep. Most people didn't know yet. They were just trying to get to work.
I hurried to work so I can catch the news. My office of 10 were glued to Channel 2 CBS (we don't have cable) till 12 when we all left.
Watching those buildings collapse...nothing can describe the horror. "The horror...the horror." One person I know was there on the Brooklyn Bridge watching people jump out of the building after the second crash. They jumped because they couldn't do anything else.
This is the most devastating thing that has happened in recent history. I hope that we can pull ourselves together, and take action swiftly.
All I know is that all I can see is smoke where the towers stood, overpowering the southern skyline.
I hope all of you can help in any which way possible. As you all know, blood is what is being demanded mostly. Most of the banks here are full for the day, so I will try again tomorrow.
Last thought: I hope all those fuckers in the West Bank handing out candy and celebrating get what they deserve.
The article fails to make any real points. It's merely a PR article for HP and MIT.
Unlike classical bits, the qubit can be not just 0 or 1 but a superposition of both, in differing proportions.
Um...wrong. The qubit can be in the 0 or 1 state, but can also be both at the same time, and have varying rotations. Which is what makes it immpossible for us to decode them. It is the multiple state position that is what is interesting to us, and what does the parallel computing. We just don't know how to utilize it just yet. There have been various articles. Quibit.org is a great place to start reading up on this stuff. The IBM Almaden has a nice article that will actually tell you something useful.
Has everyone forgotten the original givers? They are the reason we have the mouse. The interaction. The PC. Their research and ideas, abused by Case and later Gates, gave birth to CHI (Computer Human Interaction).
This article fails to mention anything worthy of being noted. It's too bad PARC isn't as big as it used to be.
"Some researchers who say it is not safe to clone humans have told CNN they
fear those who do will use the Duke study to validate their claims that cloning a
human will not create a grotesquely disfigured baby."
For the most part I didn't like his decision. I'm definately a very liberal person and vote Green. But the reasons for me not liking this is that I feel that this is going to lead very quickly to more intense research into cloning. When Dolly was created it spurred much controversy.
What I really fear is that the research groups are going to abuse this funding that Bush has given and try to get into actual cloning. No, 5 cells of a human don't constitute human life, but it is the start of human life. Thousands and thousands of dead sheep was the result of failed "Dolly's"...can you imagine that in human form? I hope that the stem cell research only ends in good results. Here's to hoping...
Here is how one should really look at it. How much money do you spend on something you really like? I'll use music as an example. I will ALWAYS buy CD's by certain groups, but NEVER by others. If I care about something enough, I will spend the money for it. If you only like one-third of something, I doubt you're going to go out and purchase it. If you are worried about legality, you will do what you have to.
Given: Our friends in Seattle make money.
Given: Out friends everywhere pirate the software.
Fact: Our friends don't have BBB down their backs.
Fact: Companies such as, say PricewaterhouseCoopers has an insane number of employees. BBB will be on their backs if they do steal software. PwC buys 300,000 copies of MS's Win XP. MS makes lots of money.
PwC is just one company. MS simplay makes money because other people can't afford to screw up. Hey...if you got put in jail for "tax evasion," you know you must have done something really wrong. Think about it. MS would love to make an extra buck from our friends, but they obviously don't make their big buck from them.
Come one now...I've never seen programs as flexible as those programs. Hell, I can pre-record 30 seconds on track one...meaning you have to play backwards when Track 1 starts to hear it. Hmm...wonder if those windows programs are as easy to do that with.
Also, I find it mildly amuzing/annoying the they all use their own ISO. I mean...i kinda thought mkiso was the proper ISO, but then why does Adaptec, CDRWIN, CDClone all have different ISO that I can't burn in Linux.
Well, I don't see this being that much of a problem. There will always be CD-Burners and programs that will allow me to do whatever I want. This threat really means nothing to the people that care to know.
OK, so by definition, is an OS supposed to regulate the type of files stored on the computer? No! The OS isn't supposed to KNOW anything about the file types that are on the system. The OS's job is to make sure that there is proper time sharing, no memory violations, etc...All this is done at the very root of a system, but here, XP isn't an OS anymore. It's just an extra "device" placed ontop of the OS that will somewhat act like a layer between all software that is not MS and the OS itself. I'm sure by the 7 technical standards, XP solves the problems of an OS, but this is something that an OS is not supposed to do. It is an unknowledgable device. This isn't an OS anymore. It's a regulator.
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Honestly. No one here can really say anything new or relavant at this point. This story has been published hundreds of times, just with a different headline.
Now, what should really happen, is DoJ and BBB attack MS for malpractice. Purposefully creating vulnerable systems and products which thereby require updrades and costly procedures.
These people creating all these hacks and such for IE is a good thing because it makes IE better (hey, look how many people use that browser), but what really needs to happen is create a working browser with real software issues...not stupid security holes that can be easily avoided (and should have been).
They should be creating something that Joe Shmoe can easily program for in XML to change the way it looks. They should be creating something where I can go to a web-site without having to worry about catching a random virus. Perhaps this will add actual value to their product...rather than the forced value (since it HAS to be installed on all Windows machines).
I'm not an expert in this, but there's got to be some rules and explanations about life where there is no atmosphere.
I kinda thought that there had to be some atmosphere (perhaps at one point Europa had a higher one?) in order for any form of life to exist. I could be wrong, because this is just a guess, so if someone would like to enlighten me, please do.
Matrix figures. Because they all wear long black trenchcoates and carry guns.
Perhaps the parents should just keep their kids locked up in a closet until they are 13, so that they don't encounter any of these horrible influences in society...and I bet a bunch of parents do...and they wonder why those kids went nuts.
Is to block this site from their parents using parental control...
Well, last I checked. Exploration still has the same rules. I don't think that Mars will be "owned" by anyone. As humans begin manned missions (and more) to Mars, sections will be claimed, and the whole faction system will probably be started again.
Whichever country first lands on Mars will have first claim to it, but they just won't be able to over the entire planet. Just like how the Americas were explored and claimed.
Honestly.
This thing will not work very well in an environment that we don't know that much about. It'd be hard enough to get them to work here on Earth. That robot will be treated just as well as the insects are. Once they start to annoy anything or anyone, they're going to be attacked. They will also be greatly affected by weather, winds and such.
However, they will be good as "scouts" and watch out bugs. Let's say, a terraforming project finally has gone underway on Mars. These bugs will be great to have around to fly around the station and outside nearby the station. Let them go far away, they'll never make it back.
There is definately a good future for these things, as long as it doesn't start running a high bill.
I'm not sure what you mean?
Putting a Hubble type scope on the satellite wouldn't serve any purpose. As it is, the Hubble lenses can see very far away. Putting it somewhere else in our solar system is pointless, because it wouldn't change the range of the telescope, nor would it change it's field of view. It will still see everything as we can see it here (relatively). And it would take significantly longer to relay information back to Earth for us to look at.
Hey...didn't anyone watch that movie? What was it, The Net?
Yeah for "secure" ID's!!!
That was a success in ownership hand down. Perhaps you should ask them how they did it.
12th floor, Union Square West (about 2 miles north of WTC site) Started watching (about 3:30AM EST) because I was kindly remined by a friend. I just assumed that I would be able to see them from the city, so I didn't bother making a note. But I went out to my balcony, and I could see them. Even one or two multiple instances. It was amazing. In the past the city has been too bright, or I was too young to attempt to stay awake that late, so this was my first. It was great. I can't wait for another chance. I'd love to see from on top of a mountain!
Regarding an earlier post and replies back...
Animal cruelty, by it's plain definition, is when an animal is used for experimentation where the animal is made to suffer some sort of test and physical experiments. I would like to call this experiment on those lines. While it is not traditional animal cruelty, and the birds probably can't tell the difference...that is where the problem really is. I hate the fact that we use animals for any sort of study. Yes the study of birds and other animals have given us such abilities as flight (yeah, humans were MEANT to fly). While that has made communication easier, it has bought on other problems. Let me get back to the main point. The use of animals for any matter of study is a cruel act. They are kept in captivity. After a while they are used to this captivity, and will not be able to return to normal freedom even if set free. Migrating birds, might migrate, but they will return to the lab during their return flight. A lab is no place for a bird or any animal to live. There is no kind moral issue in any type of animal study and experimentation. It is just plain cruel.
These are my morals and opinions. If you have a problem with it...then speak so, oh, and do so in english, because I hate it when some sends flamebait to me that is completely incoherant.
OK, those 3 lines in the trailer from the first one were good...here are the ones from this one...
Every general leads in battle...
(fade out to show Obi-Won)
Every queen discovers her destiny...
(fade out to show portman)
Every boy becomes a man...
(fade out to show a very yound canadian...)
OK, now that last line makes me crack up...This is funny stuff
The first teaser trailer made me want to watch I, that and the anticipation. Now that I've see I, this teaser sucks. I hope that the real trailer/movie is better. And of course I'm still going to see it on opening night...it is Star Wars after all.
So now that they are developers. They can give us all more porn web-site "with experienced" pictures.
Honeslty, I feel what the submitter feels. I'm sick and tired of companies just doing how they feel. When I got my Sony Clie in Sept. 2000, I was more than annoyed. I ordered, and nothing showed, as it was supposed to in 3-5 days. I called, and they couldn't track my order because they were going through "upgrades."
I don't care what you're doing, I paid you money, so you better be able to tell me where my order is.
Companies now days just take advantage of customers, and their delay-until-we-got-it-under-control. What this means, is that they delay with e-mail, which takes 3-4 days (I thought e-mail was faster than traditional mail), and by that time, most companies have sorted things out, and pretend that nothing went wrong when you finally get a chance to talk to them.
When did all this happen? Why do companies think they can just trample over you? Pretend nothing went wrong because if the consumer "gets their product" they will be happy, regardless of how long it takes. Hey, they did buy the thing, why would they return it. This mentality works especially well for the expensive products, because one just doesn't buy an expensive item for the hell of it. One buys it because they want it.
There should be some way of enforcing a "I get money back if any ONE thing goes wrong" policy.
As for the guy that got the LinuxPD, make sure you follow up, and report them for this. This is more than just a small problem. It's a HUGE legal issue.
When Dolly was first announced, and now, I still have the same thoughts. Bad Idea!
This is why. While it might seem like a noble and worthy cause, it's not. Everything can be made to look good and bad. The bad, I feel, weighs out the good in this case. Thousands of failed tries result one success, which doesn't even have a chance to live very long. Also, we can't predict what is going to happen. What if some of the genese from the surrogate mother do get into the embryo and then via mutation and recombination (since the genese will be very close), we get what we think is a clone, but will infact have odd gene combinations which could lead to a disater (read Jurrasic Park the book for frog/dinosaur example). I admit, I don't know how plausable this is, but wierder things have known to happen in the world of genetics.
One of my biggest problems is morals. Also, survival of the fittest. I guess this technology makes us the fittest, so we have the right to clone, etc, but it is this technology that destroyed everything in the first place. One wrong doesn't deserve another (2 wrongs don't make a right). We should use technology to comabt technology, but common sense. Stop trying to make all these "useful" technologies.
So doctors say that this can be used in research fo cures for diseases....Well, most of these diseases exist because they are induced by current technologies (skin, lung, etc.). If we didn't come up with such harmful things in the first place, then we wouldn't have to invent more things (who knows what harm will come of them) to cure these diseases.
All in all, technology doesn't cure technology. Common sense does.
Here is a link on Yahoo! that is just their most recent pictures. I saw up to about page 5 or 6 that were just of this.
Seeing this from outside manhattan I'm sure is quie different from seeing it in here. I was on 5th avenue and 23rd street (Flatiron building) when I first saw the fire at 9:00AM. It was like I was watching ID4. I couldn't believe it. I wish I was asleep. Most people didn't know yet. They were just trying to get to work.
I hurried to work so I can catch the news. My office of 10 were glued to Channel 2 CBS (we don't have cable) till 12 when we all left.
Watching those buildings collapse...nothing can describe the horror. "The horror...the horror." One person I know was there on the Brooklyn Bridge watching people jump out of the building after the second crash. They jumped because they couldn't do anything else.
This is the most devastating thing that has happened in recent history. I hope that we can pull ourselves together, and take action swiftly.
All I know is that all I can see is smoke where the towers stood, overpowering the southern skyline.
I hope all of you can help in any which way possible. As you all know, blood is what is being demanded mostly. Most of the banks here are full for the day, so I will try again tomorrow.
Last thought: I hope all those fuckers in the West Bank handing out candy and celebrating get what they deserve.
Quite a lame article, IMO.
The article fails to make any real points. It's merely a PR article for HP and MIT.
Unlike classical bits, the qubit can be not just 0 or 1 but a superposition of both, in differing proportions.
Um...wrong. The qubit can be in the 0 or 1 state, but can also be both at the same time, and have varying rotations. Which is what makes it immpossible for us to decode them. It is the multiple state position that is what is interesting to us, and what does the parallel computing. We just don't know how to utilize it just yet. There have been various articles. Quibit.org is a great place to start reading up on this stuff. The IBM Almaden has a nice article that will actually tell you something useful.
Has everyone forgotten the original givers? They are the reason we have the mouse. The interaction. The PC. Their research and ideas, abused by Case and later Gates, gave birth to CHI (Computer Human Interaction).
This article fails to mention anything worthy of being noted. It's too bad PARC isn't as big as it used to be.
Here is another article on CNN.com.
"Some researchers who say it is not safe to clone humans have told CNN they fear those who do will use the Duke study to validate their claims that cloning a human will not create a grotesquely disfigured baby."
For the most part I didn't like his decision. I'm definately a very liberal person and vote Green. But the reasons for me not liking this is that I feel that this is going to lead very quickly to more intense research into cloning. When Dolly was created it spurred much controversy.
What I really fear is that the research groups are going to abuse this funding that Bush has given and try to get into actual cloning. No, 5 cells of a human don't constitute human life, but it is the start of human life. Thousands and thousands of dead sheep was the result of failed "Dolly's"...can you imagine that in human form? I hope that the stem cell research only ends in good results. Here's to hoping...
Here is how one should really look at it. How much money do you spend on something you really like? I'll use music as an example. I will ALWAYS buy CD's by certain groups, but NEVER by others. If I care about something enough, I will spend the money for it. If you only like one-third of something, I doubt you're going to go out and purchase it. If you are worried about legality, you will do what you have to.
Given: Our friends in Seattle make money.
Given: Out friends everywhere pirate the software.
Fact: Our friends don't have BBB down their backs.
Fact: Companies such as, say PricewaterhouseCoopers has an insane number of employees. BBB will be on their backs if they do steal software. PwC buys 300,000 copies of MS's Win XP. MS makes lots of money.
PwC is just one company. MS simplay makes money because other people can't afford to screw up. Hey...if you got put in jail for "tax evasion," you know you must have done something really wrong. Think about it. MS would love to make an extra buck from our friends, but they obviously don't make their big buck from them.
Come one now...I've never seen programs as flexible as those programs. Hell, I can pre-record 30 seconds on track one...meaning you have to play backwards when Track 1 starts to hear it. Hmm...wonder if those windows programs are as easy to do that with.
Also, I find it mildly amuzing/annoying the they all use their own ISO. I mean...i kinda thought mkiso was the proper ISO, but then why does Adaptec, CDRWIN, CDClone all have different ISO that I can't burn in Linux. Well, I don't see this being that much of a problem. There will always be CD-Burners and programs that will allow me to do whatever I want. This threat really means nothing to the people that care to know.
OK, so by definition, is an OS supposed to regulate the type of files stored on the computer? No! The OS isn't supposed to KNOW anything about the file types that are on the system. The OS's job is to make sure that there is proper time sharing, no memory violations, etc...All this is done at the very root of a system, but here, XP isn't an OS anymore. It's just an extra "device" placed ontop of the OS that will somewhat act like a layer between all software that is not MS and the OS itself. I'm sure by the 7 technical standards, XP solves the problems of an OS, but this is something that an OS is not supposed to do. It is an unknowledgable device. This isn't an OS anymore. It's a regulator.