Because articles are (generally) on one website they can be changed. This is unlike a newspaper archive where it would be costly to destroy all copies of the paper.
It's costly to destroy all copies of a newspaper. It's almost impossible to destroy all copies of an online file - because making a digital copy costs nothing.
Just try getting rid of embarrassing personal information off the internet. It's not easy. Look at all the trouble facebook or myspace users have to go through. Once you put something on the internet, it's very hard to take it off.
Even if the government or the media were to rewrite history, the real news would be shared on peer to peer networks, republished on other sites, or cached by archives.
Let's call it swine flu. You know, like what everyone else calls it and knows it by!
I fear if all the sudden the media starts calling this H1N1, everybody will get confused, perhaps thinking h1n1 is distinct from swine flu.
Calling something by it's scientific name isn't always the best choice for non-scientists. Take animals for instance - few use an animal's scientific name outside of scientific discussions.
This experiment is important because it reveals something about physics.
However, I wonder if this could also lead to practical inventions. Could a high intensity energy efficient light bulb be made from millions of tiny nanolamps clumped together?
The effect is great in theory, but I think they over did it. Old arcade games are certainly a bit blurry, and have some ghosting issues, but this effect makes every little sprite into a pile of fuzzy crap. It's too bad to be true, and it ends up looking fake. Reminds me of those pre-faded jeans, with so much added wear that its easy to tell the wear and tear is not natural. Instead of looking like a pair of old jeans, they look like a pair of new jeans that someone split bleach on.
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Yeah, Osama Bin Laden? Do you have the new battletoads game?
Because articles are (generally) on one website they can be changed. This is unlike a newspaper archive where it would be costly to destroy all copies of the paper.
It's costly to destroy all copies of a newspaper. It's almost impossible to destroy all copies of an online file - because making a digital copy costs nothing. Just try getting rid of embarrassing personal information off the internet. It's not easy. Look at all the trouble facebook or myspace users have to go through. Once you put something on the internet, it's very hard to take it off. Even if the government or the media were to rewrite history, the real news would be shared on peer to peer networks, republished on other sites, or cached by archives.
Does your John Deer run linux?
Let's call it swine flu. You know, like what everyone else calls it and knows it by! I fear if all the sudden the media starts calling this H1N1, everybody will get confused, perhaps thinking h1n1 is distinct from swine flu. Calling something by it's scientific name isn't always the best choice for non-scientists. Take animals for instance - few use an animal's scientific name outside of scientific discussions.
This experiment is important because it reveals something about physics. However, I wonder if this could also lead to practical inventions. Could a high intensity energy efficient light bulb be made from millions of tiny nanolamps clumped together?
The effect is great in theory, but I think they over did it. Old arcade games are certainly a bit blurry, and have some ghosting issues, but this effect makes every little sprite into a pile of fuzzy crap. It's too bad to be true, and it ends up looking fake. Reminds me of those pre-faded jeans, with so much added wear that its easy to tell the wear and tear is not natural. Instead of looking like a pair of old jeans, they look like a pair of new jeans that someone split bleach on. Like these
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Well then how the hell am I supposed to send my heartbeats to twitter?
Answer that! Ball's in your court.
I happen to be the owner of Shakespeare's Cannons Inc. and your infringing on my trademark, you insensitive clod!