Since 1900, U.S. farmers have more than tripled wheat production per acre to 40 bushels in 1997, up from 12. For corn, the gains have been even larger--127 bushels per acre in 1997 versus 28 in 1900. But in the previous century, crop yields barely improved at all. In 1800, wheat yields were 15 bushels per acre and corn yields 25 bushels per acre.
Rather than say, as Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) recently did during a marathon congressional debate, that "Saddam Hussein did not attack the United States; Osama bin Laden did," Mayo said it would be better to say something like, "Osama bin Laden was the only person responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks" -- and not mention Hussein at all.
But do they ever get to exactly the same value? Suppose they start off at.2,.4 and.7 and they get amped up to.6,.7 and.9. You should be able to re-expand these to their original values, right? Does it really ever happen that signals which start at different values get squashed to exactly the same value?
Well, yeah, I suppose it does. Even if we're using all the values, a CD has ~340 million samples and only 2^16 possible values.
Either the original format wastes bits on things we can't hear or the compressed format throws out things we can hear.
In this case, the United States would have to prove that online gambling is sufficiently worse and different from traditional gambling (which is legal in the US) - a reason why traditional gambling doesn't pose a threat to their population, but that online gambling does.
I don't think that does it either. The UIGEA carves out exceptions to allow gambling over the internet for certain domestic ventures.
This is setting a bad precedent. Such remedies should be designed so as to place the burden on the groups found to be violating laws or regulations to the greatest extent possible. Searching for the deepest pockets isn't justice.
So, take it out of the salary of the Congress and the President?
And theoretically, the process is reversible, right? I mean, as long as there was no clipping but only squashing, a good processor should be able to undo it.
I don't think so. Once our recording has two samples with exactly the same value, how can a processor know which one should be louder?
I think you're making my point there. The authors could speculate about the effects of a scientific break-through, or they could just retell WWII stories with a veneer of space stuff. Yeah, it would be a different story. That's the whole point.
To me, the attitude the game takes toward these subjects is much more important than the checklist.
Consider these games:
A) The player takes the role of a cop. He gets points for helping victims and apprehending villains. He responds to a call and finds villains raping and robbing. He has to deal with the hostage situation.
B) The player takes the role of a villain. He gets points for raping and robbing. Cops try to stop him.
Despite having the same check-marks for content, I find (B) much more disturbing, particularly for a young audience. I don't think we need to pretend that violence and sexuality don't exist, but we certainly should be careful about what lessons we're teaching.
Star Trek, like most sci-fi, basically invents technologies which work around what we currently consider physical limitations. IIRC, in Star Trek, they don't use "tachyon particle beams" to communicate at FTL speeds; they use "subspace", which is never really explained in any detail. That's the way it should be too: what's important for the story is that they have the means of communicating FTL, not the exact details in how they accomplish this. So they invent a plot device to allow the story to progress.
The part that's lazy about this is that the story could progress without this sort of hack; it would just be a different story. Instead of exploring the social and scientific effects of vast distances with internally consistent science, the technology comes and goes in order to make the story work pretty much exactly like it would today.
In Star Trek, shouldn't super fast communications plus transporters equal instant long-distance teleportation? Consider how often hyperdrives break conveniently in Star Wars.
Atari did not want to allow third party developers for their console. Third party developers sprang up anyway, and started chucking out whatever they could possibly sell. Since Atari had no licensing arrangements with these companies, there were no quality control checks in place. Today's console makers require licensing arrangements to prevent exactly this sort of problem. (And to make more money!)
Keep in mind that Atari itself released ET for the 2600. We can't blame that on licensing agreements; it was just simply a lack of dedication to quality.
I don't like how we call these crimes "identity theft". "Theft" especially implies that the owner no longer has their identity, which is certainly not the case - that loss could actually free them from the liabilities the "thief" is attaching to their old identity.
It's somewhere in the middle. The "identity thief" takes the person's good reputation. He doesn't just make a copy of their data; he has a pointer to it.
"Normal" is a well defined statistical term. Specifically in most circumstances, "normal" refers to the statistical mean of some value among individuals in a population.
I don't think this has much to do with the parent's point. Normal has an everyday, layman meaning, too.
And then, both pilots die from food poisoning and a whole plane full of retired pilots crashes since no once could actually get into the cockpit to land the darn thing.
3) Are they using multicast IP or peer-to-peer streaming? I would expect the latter since multicasting 190+ channels would seem infeasable.
4) Given that it's likely peer-to-peer, does AT&T really think they have the server capacity to support tens of thousands of customers all streaming different programming at different times?
It's probably multicast. Why do you think that's infeasible?
History teaches us, however, that in the long run, inaccuracies do get weeded out.
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How do we know that? Maybe historians of all times view their current generation as most accurate, even if they're really re-writing history less accurately.
That's only true if the people are vigilant in controlling the power and scope of the government. If they let the politicians do whatever they like, then it becomes false.
How many facts can you name where more than 2 bullets where used effectively to protect one-selves? Subtract from that number the times an automatic weapon was used maliciously.
This is unrelated to my comment.
The second amendment isn't just guaranteeing a right to defending oneself personally. It's defining and limiting the role of government in controlling arms. I know lots of people look at the idea of the militia as quaint, but I don't really think taken as a whole maintaining a standing professional army has been good for the country.
Remove all automatic or semi-automatic guns from shops. The right to bear arms was for self-defense, so use defensive weapons: small with a very limited number of bullets (like 2 or 3). NO-ONE needs an TEC-DC9, a Hi-Point model 995 carbine rifle, a Sawed-off pump-action shotgun or a Double-barrel sawed-off shotgun. a small handgun should suffice.
I don't see how you could possibly come to that conclusion based on the second amendment. Go ahead and argue that the idea is outdated if you want, but don't misrepresent what the actual Bill of Rights states.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
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Yeah, but hr49543 did pass with similar language as part of the port security bill.
Well, yeah, I suppose it does. Even if we're using all the values, a CD has ~340 million samples and only 2^16 possible values.
Either the original format wastes bits on things we can't hear or the compressed format throws out things we can hear.
I don't think that does it either. The UIGEA carves out exceptions to allow gambling over the internet for certain domestic ventures.
So, take it out of the salary of the Congress and the President?
I don't think so. Once our recording has two samples with exactly the same value, how can a processor know which one should be louder?
I think you're making my point there. The authors could speculate about the effects of a scientific break-through, or they could just retell WWII stories with a veneer of space stuff. Yeah, it would be a different story. That's the whole point.
To me, the attitude the game takes toward these subjects is much more important than the checklist.
Consider these games:
A) The player takes the role of a cop. He gets points for helping victims and apprehending villains. He responds to a call and finds villains raping and robbing. He has to deal with the hostage situation.
B) The player takes the role of a villain. He gets points for raping and robbing. Cops try to stop him.
Despite having the same check-marks for content, I find (B) much more disturbing, particularly for a young audience. I don't think we need to pretend that violence and sexuality don't exist, but we certainly should be careful about what lessons we're teaching.
The part that's lazy about this is that the story could progress without this sort of hack; it would just be a different story. Instead of exploring the social and scientific effects of vast distances with internally consistent science, the technology comes and goes in order to make the story work pretty much exactly like it would today.
In Star Trek, shouldn't super fast communications plus transporters equal instant long-distance teleportation? Consider how often hyperdrives break conveniently in Star Wars.
I think there are known equilibrium mixed strategies for some situations involving bluffs, just not the entire game.
Hmmm. What if we call it a banana?
I have to admit to never playing ET. I played and enjoyed Defender, but I honestly thought the Pac Man port was crap.
Keep in mind that Atari itself released ET for the 2600. We can't blame that on licensing agreements; it was just simply a lack of dedication to quality.
It's somewhere in the middle. The "identity thief" takes the person's good reputation. He doesn't just make a copy of their data; he has a pointer to it.
That was beautiful. I laughed out loud.
I don't think this has much to do with the parent's point. Normal has an everyday, layman meaning, too.
Don't let them both eat the fish.
It's probably multicast. Why do you think that's infeasible?
It's news only when it does.
Religious group wants to feed the needy? Distribute their literature? That's not news.
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How do we know that? Maybe historians of all times view their current generation as most accurate, even if they're really re-writing history less accurately.
I appreciate your comment. I hope that an election solves this.
That's only true if the people are vigilant in controlling the power and scope of the government. If they let the politicians do whatever they like, then it becomes false.
This is unrelated to my comment.
The second amendment isn't just guaranteeing a right to defending oneself personally. It's defining and limiting the role of government in controlling arms. I know lots of people look at the idea of the militia as quaint, but I don't really think taken as a whole maintaining a standing professional army has been good for the country.
I don't see how you could possibly come to that conclusion based on the second amendment. Go ahead and argue that the idea is outdated if you want, but don't misrepresent what the actual Bill of Rights states.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.