I'm really glad people doing actual science don't do things like see penicillin reducing the numbers of bacteria and say, "Yeah, but correlation does not prove causation. I'm going to go ahead and bleed you some more."
if one layer is around 1mm it should be something about the same size and capactity as modern battery.
Finally! All the convenience of batteries with none of the hassle of not-occasionally-blowing-up.
I didn't double-check your math or read the article (I'm a busy guy. I've got Tivo-ed episodes of Will and Grace to watch. I'm beginning to think Will might be gay.), but I hope there's room for improvement on that.
FYI, the "Slashdotters can't get girls" joke is funnier when it's short and good-natured. You just sound like you're gloating for finally getting someone to let you kiss them.
It's not the being extinct that people mind, it's the drowning and starving and walking thigh-high through fields of rotting corpses that comes right before the extinction that's annoying.
Maybe it's because "less scratch-prone" is a nonsensical argument. I've got more than 300 audio CDs, and none of them have any visible scratches
There's no way to respond to that except to say, "No, it's not." And it's not. Maybe if you had fewer CDs, you'd have more scratches. Not that scratches, themselves, actually pose much of a problem until your sister tosses it in the back seat of your car and leaves it there for a few days while her friends sit on it. USB drives are safe from that. And while it's unlikely that that will ever happen again, it's still a check in the USB column.
Sure, you get a free USB flash drive when you buy this thing, but seriously, it's not worth the price difference.
There isn't a price difference. 29 songs = 2.2-ish CDs = 30 bucks.
What you *do* get is music in a lossy format, which is a genuine disadvantage over a CD.
People download songs all the time and feel fine about it. I, personally, can't tell the difference between 128kbps MP3 and a CD, which is why I'm pro-this. And again, if you don't like it, don't buy it. Nobody will hurt you for it. I'm sure CDs are going to be around for at least another week or two in any case.
I'm not sure how that's something to get upset about. If the new content isn't worth 30 bucks to you, don't pay for it. If it were something important, that would be a problem, but it's a video of a band.
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There's also videos on the thing. You don't know how much will be devoted to songs.
It's called answering a question without being a jerk, try it.
So don't buy it. But if you like the music, they're giving you 2 CDs worth of songs for the price of 2 CDs in a smaller, less scratch-prone format. I'm not sure why you're being a dick about that.
What he meant is that the mainstream American media is full of superstitioun and pseudo-science.
Yup.
What the poster most probably implied by that was that this is weakening the critical thinking ability of the American youth.
Yeah. But he was wrong. "Bewitched" did not make anyone less skeptical about the existence of witches. A thousand "Bewitched"s would never have the impact that one conversation with a particularly deceptive fortune teller would, or, more importantly, a conversation with a religious parent.
And if I continued, we'd reduce the argument to the old "video games cause school shootings" thing, so I'm going to stop.
I think that it is possible to be religious and rational at the same time
Don't do any convincing. Just point it out when they get their facts wrong. Bring sources. If they know all the evidence and still want to believe what they do, they're in church, so just go ahead and let them believe it.
What do we really expect when people are fed a steady diet of superstition on TV? What are some of the most popular youth TV shows - Buffy, Charmed, Supernatural, etc.
You're blaming a belief in the supernatural to Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Are you insane? Have you ever watched any of those shows? You think for a second that some teenager sees Sarah Michelle Gellar kicking a vampire or Alissa Milano disappearing in a bad special effect and decides, "Hey, you know what? Maybe there IS a god." Supernatural has about as much effect on people's attitudes toward the afterlife as Nightmare on Elm Street did.
The ghost documentaries probably do some harm, I'll grant you that, because they pretend to give actual evidence, and I really wish they'd stop.
That'll work in XP Pro, but not in XP Home (at least from what I can tell). Of course, maybe I'm the only person alive that ever encounters XP Home. Google seems to think it's rare.
Why don't people just rip the tracks to mp3 and be done with it?
Because you need to put the CD in the computer first.
Does everyone have auto-play on for audio cds?
No, but they do have auto-run on for everything, because turning it off requires editing the registry, which 99.97% of Windows users don't even know exists.
terrorists (recently anyone who disagrees with a government minister)
I don't know how it goes on your side of the puddle, so maybe that's true, but I'm going to need to see data on that.
and people who owe parking tickets - who have their car clamped until they pay.
Who gives a damn? I understand being angry about parking tickets, but they're going to make you pay them, and this is a fairly innocuous use of the technology.
Since I don't yet buy your "anyone who disagrees is a terrorist" thing (though if it's true, I'd be happy to be convinced), these all seem like more efficient ways to enforce good, or at least morally ambiguous, laws.
George Orwell was only 20 years too early - he got most of the rest right.
I hate governmental privacy invasion as much as the next guy, but let's not pretend we're living in a dystopia quite yet.
Shortly after 9/11 people in the U.S., especially the media, were criticized and even punished for speaking out against the war in Iraq. Did the government defend their right to free speech? No.
Criticism is also protected speech. As long as the government didn't use force or taxes to silence anyone, it's pretty much fulfilled its obligations.
This will get me modded down, but the US isn't as free-speech as it would like to make out.
Of course it won't get you modded down. It's anti-American. And normally I love anti-American and support those who mod it up, but that's just cheap.
"Free Speech Zones" (which are actually the opposite), anyone?
Who was prevented from saying what they wanted? Who was prevented from peaceably assembling? I'm not sure free speech includes the right to stand exactly where you want to while you're doing it. They moved them a few feet.
Sure, it's a little bit of a grey area, and I'd be more supportive of the people that went out, but protesting to a huge group of your strongest opposition on their way into a building is a dumb idea anyway. They're just going to go inside with new anger at you and share it with their supportive friends.
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"Correlation does not prove causation"
I'm really glad people doing actual science don't do things like see penicillin reducing the numbers of bacteria and say, "Yeah, but correlation does not prove causation. I'm going to go ahead and bleed you some more."
if one layer is around 1mm it should be something about the same size and capactity as modern battery.
Finally! All the convenience of batteries with none of the hassle of not-occasionally-blowing-up.
I didn't double-check your math or read the article (I'm a busy guy. I've got Tivo-ed episodes of Will and Grace to watch. I'm beginning to think Will might be gay.), but I hope there's room for improvement on that.
Correlation does not imply causation.
But it almost always warrants looking into.
FYI, the "Slashdotters can't get girls" joke is funnier when it's short and good-natured. You just sound like you're gloating for finally getting someone to let you kiss them.
More fuel on the fire, BellSouth, it'll only help speed your own destruction.
They can't hear you. The crinkling sounds from the cash they're swimming in are drowning you out.
So what if we are exitinct? Who cares?
It's not the being extinct that people mind, it's the drowning and starving and walking thigh-high through fields of rotting corpses that comes right before the extinction that's annoying.
Maybe it's because "less scratch-prone" is a nonsensical argument. I've got more than 300 audio CDs, and none of them have any visible scratches
There's no way to respond to that except to say, "No, it's not." And it's not. Maybe if you had fewer CDs, you'd have more scratches. Not that scratches, themselves, actually pose much of a problem until your sister tosses it in the back seat of your car and leaves it there for a few days while her friends sit on it. USB drives are safe from that. And while it's unlikely that that will ever happen again, it's still a check in the USB column.
Sure, you get a free USB flash drive when you buy this thing, but seriously, it's not worth the price difference.
There isn't a price difference. 29 songs = 2.2-ish CDs = 30 bucks.
What you *do* get is music in a lossy format, which is a genuine disadvantage over a CD.
People download songs all the time and feel fine about it. I, personally, can't tell the difference between 128kbps MP3 and a CD, which is why I'm pro-this. And again, if you don't like it, don't buy it. Nobody will hurt you for it. I'm sure CDs are going to be around for at least another week or two in any case.
I'm not sure how that's something to get upset about. If the new content isn't worth 30 bucks to you, don't pay for it. If it were something important, that would be a problem, but it's a video of a band.
There's also videos on the thing. You don't know how much will be devoted to songs.
It's called answering a question without being a jerk, try it.
So don't buy it. But if you like the music, they're giving you 2 CDs worth of songs for the price of 2 CDs in a smaller, less scratch-prone format. I'm not sure why you're being a dick about that.
What he meant is that the mainstream American media is full of superstitioun and pseudo-science.
Yup.
What the poster most probably implied by that was that this is weakening the critical thinking ability of the American youth.
Yeah. But he was wrong. "Bewitched" did not make anyone less skeptical about the existence of witches. A thousand "Bewitched"s would never have the impact that one conversation with a particularly deceptive fortune teller would, or, more importantly, a conversation with a religious parent.
And if I continued, we'd reduce the argument to the old "video games cause school shootings" thing, so I'm going to stop.
I think that it is possible to be religious and rational at the same time
I have no doubt that that's true.
Don't do any convincing. Just point it out when they get their facts wrong. Bring sources. If they know all the evidence and still want to believe what they do, they're in church, so just go ahead and let them believe it.
What do we really expect when people are fed a steady diet of superstition on TV? What are some of the most popular youth TV shows - Buffy, Charmed, Supernatural, etc.
You're blaming a belief in the supernatural to Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Are you insane? Have you ever watched any of those shows? You think for a second that some teenager sees Sarah Michelle Gellar kicking a vampire or Alissa Milano disappearing in a bad special effect and decides, "Hey, you know what? Maybe there IS a god." Supernatural has about as much effect on people's attitudes toward the afterlife as Nightmare on Elm Street did.
The ghost documentaries probably do some harm, I'll grant you that, because they pretend to give actual evidence, and I really wish they'd stop.
That'll work in XP Pro, but not in XP Home (at least from what I can tell). Of course, maybe I'm the only person alive that ever encounters XP Home. Google seems to think it's rare.
Why don't people just rip the tracks to mp3 and be done with it?
Because you need to put the CD in the computer first.
Does everyone have auto-play on for audio cds?
No, but they do have auto-run on for everything, because turning it off requires editing the registry, which 99.97% of Windows users don't even know exists.
You deserve what you get if you use aluminum foil. Any conspiracy theorist worth his salary won't accept anything less than genuine tin.
I'm going to guess he's being funny and chuckle accordingly.
Cell phone tracking is violent, now?
Now beiing used to find stolen cars
Car thief privacy is important.
terrorists (recently anyone who disagrees with a government minister)
I don't know how it goes on your side of the puddle, so maybe that's true, but I'm going to need to see data on that.
and people who owe parking tickets - who have their car clamped until they pay.
Who gives a damn? I understand being angry about parking tickets, but they're going to make you pay them, and this is a fairly innocuous use of the technology.
Since I don't yet buy your "anyone who disagrees is a terrorist" thing (though if it's true, I'd be happy to be convinced), these all seem like more efficient ways to enforce good, or at least morally ambiguous, laws.
George Orwell was only 20 years too early - he got most of the rest right.
I hate governmental privacy invasion as much as the next guy, but let's not pretend we're living in a dystopia quite yet.
He used the colon notation (1:2:3) not the dot (1.2.3.4), so it's very likely he was talking about v6.
And the leaking was, itself, a crime. Hence the investigation.
Shortly after 9/11 people in the U.S., especially the media, were criticized and even punished for speaking out against the war in Iraq. Did the government defend their right to free speech? No.
Criticism is also protected speech. As long as the government didn't use force or taxes to silence anyone, it's pretty much fulfilled its obligations.
You mean something like this.
I don't know. Probably, but when I clicked on the link the website made me blind before I could read it.
Currently the US, shuts down some "Islamic Extremist" websites.
Outside the US? The only ones I've heard about were inside the US.
This will get me modded down, but the US isn't as free-speech as it would like to make out.
Of course it won't get you modded down. It's anti-American. And normally I love anti-American and support those who mod it up, but that's just cheap.
"Free Speech Zones" (which are actually the opposite), anyone?
Who was prevented from saying what they wanted? Who was prevented from peaceably assembling? I'm not sure free speech includes the right to stand exactly where you want to while you're doing it. They moved them a few feet.
Sure, it's a little bit of a grey area, and I'd be more supportive of the people that went out, but protesting to a huge group of your strongest opposition on their way into a building is a dumb idea anyway. They're just going to go inside with new anger at you and share it with their supportive friends.