It is too bad I didn't get the memo that today is an official Slashdot Humorless Monday.
It's a problem all keeners have. There was a really late poker night last night and we do not handle Monday mornings well even when we do get a goods night rest.
I'll make sure you get a copy of that memo, mmmmkay?
So where do you work where coming in with visible bruises regularily is genuinely accepted and not questioned?
I don't doubt that there are real intense masochists out there - but unless that IS their life, its hard to seperate themselves from it. Even consentual abuse is not exactly healthy and could be disturbing to some people. After all, some people are disturbed by watching videos of suicide - and that's pretty much consentual.
When someone at work has a blackberry, they are set up on the Blackberry enterprise server, which manages all their contacts and emails and calendar and such.
If they leave, or are terminated, we are told to send the kill command to their BES account. This will delete any emails off their phone AND their contact details. In some cases, a person will be let go - our IT staff will be let known first so their account can be disabled for security reasons. Then that recently laid off person has lost all of their contact details - including Mom and Dad and sweet Great Aunt Gertrude.
We haven't faced any legal suits yet - but it happened a couple times where people have gotten angry. As a precaution - we've started informing people that this happens - so anyone with a blackberry needs to back up their contacts constantly.
Often times you can just tell. Once you see enough BSDM, you can tell when people are role playing. Especially when its in some room painted all black, and the people come out unmasked, and all those little nuances. When its comes from some tripod across the room in some empty warehouse, the guys wear ski masks to protect their identity and are viciously brutal beyond the point of "just enough to hurt but not leave marks". No one in role playing ever wants a real black eye.
Either way - faked or not - it doesn't really matter. If its convincing enough to seem like real abuse, it's disturbing.
You'll notice more and more BSDM sites are putting the disclaimer at the beginning or end of their videos with both parties saying on camera they consent to the activities.
I mean, not that I would know anything about that.
I mean, i've seen my share of ugly shit in the net. I do think that i've seen most of the worse it has to offer. I mean REALLY? Are there people out there that will get all fucked up because of goatse?
I think it's safe to say that if you think Goatse is even close to the bad things on the internet*, or that you think that the worst stuff you've seen wouldn't mess someone up, than you have not at all seen the worst the internet has to offer.
The world is MUCH uglier than what any publication shows. ANY.
*On a scale of -10 to 10 (0 being neutral, 10 being awesome and -10 being disturbing) Goatse Ranks a -2. You don't even breach -5 until you see the involuntary stuff. Where people are tied up and forced into terrible acts of sexual abuse and mutilation. Then you see the same thing happen to children. A man's anus pales in comparison.
Well, I think the correct term would be "computer literate" - some people just don't know how to read whats on screen, don't know that there are help files, or that the internet is full of this kind of information (or they don't know how to search for it).
But yes - that is basically the reason why most people don't use Linux based Operating systems, and also why so many people hate computers.
I had a stats course about 3 years ago - and so I mean I understand how to do them but I don't remember the formula's off hand like a stats major probably would. It's difficult to say exactly how much of that course I retained exactly.
But in the few pages I read - I was able to follow along quite easily. I guess the best way to put it is: You have to have some understanding of Statistics and how they work, some familiarity with it, you won't be lost in it.
Whether or not it will be USEFUL to you is another thing entirely - and that depends on what you want/need to do and how you plan to make it perform.
I don't own the book myself but a buddy of mine does, and he has also recommended it. It's funny that you mention Baseball Hacks - this friend of mine started using R for a new kind of statistical analysis of the World Cup here not long ago, and it actually is quite impressive with what he's come up with.
Anyways - Of the few pages I've skimmed it was pretty good. I'd definately be a beginner, having only taken one stats course, but I could understand what was on the page and what the tutorials were teaching, even without trying them myself. I think thats really the mark of a good programming book for me. If I can look at the first few pages, without any prior knowledge on the exact subject matter, and still understand whats going on, thats a huge plus.
While what you say is true in the theory of how patents should work - it is not how it is applied today. People abstract a lot of the methodology to claim that their idea IS the methodology.
So while I'm sad to see the current one go, I'm meta-okay with it.
You're Okay with being Okay with it?
What a cool way to put it.
"Meta-stuff" sounds like it'd be the leading cause of redundant statements but I haven't come across any use of the prefix ending up in anything less than awesome.
This is the kind of information that you would probably get through the guy who polishes your Bentley every Wednesday.
Wait, if only the rich people hear these options, why would the person polishing the Bentley know it? I don't think someone who works under you is going to try and run you through a sales pitch on why you might want internet while on the seas.
Regardless of its cost, it would be common knowledge amongst the technological community on whether it's possible. I mean I know I won't be able to afford Virgin's privatized space flights but I know if you want to get into space without being an astronaught thats probably your best bet.
But the system is FOR humans - there'd be no need for a system without humans - I think thats the part of your theory that fails entirely. AI cannot be self serving.
I'm not sure how you got from "Machines automatically creating and ranking indexed entities" to "Destroy all humans" but I'm sure it involved an illegal substance.
Will Google be able to make Metaweb work on their omniscient scale, or was this just Google making sure a startup doesn't become yet another player in search?"
If Metaweb doesn't work at Google's Scale, then it couldn't compete with them.
Well now - this is where the discrepancies come in. I agree, what we've seen isn't exactly art, but that's not to say that if someone actually did pose something, that it couldn't be art?
I mean, it's not like the artist invented a new colour or a new shape, he just put them together on a canvas to create art. It's not like the photographer crafted the bowl or the fruits, but when decoratively posed it can be understood as art. So where do we draw the line?
There are artists who work just in a digital environment, making 3d models and working with lighting and textures to pull off some amazing stuff. Now some of those people work in the games industry. Suppose I took their work and posed it in something like Gary's Mod and took a well lined up screenshot. Is that not like putting a physical object somewhere and taking a picture?
It's really difficult to define what would and wouldn't be art about it. I mean, if I were able to replicate the Mona Lisa, would my piece be considered art, despite the fact that none of it is of my own creativity? Does somethings originality determine its artistic value? Would 2 identical paintings on created opposite sides of the world not consider both to be artistic?
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It is too bad I didn't get the memo that today is an official Slashdot Humorless Monday.
It's a problem all keeners have. There was a really late poker night last night and we do not handle Monday mornings well even when we do get a goods night rest.
I'll make sure you get a copy of that memo, mmmmkay?
So where do you work where coming in with visible bruises regularily is genuinely accepted and not questioned?
I don't doubt that there are real intense masochists out there - but unless that IS their life, its hard to seperate themselves from it. Even consentual abuse is not exactly healthy and could be disturbing to some people. After all, some people are disturbed by watching videos of suicide - and that's pretty much consentual.
Yes, I suppose thats true. I cannot say for certain that the videos are indeed %100 in their authenticity.
I guess where you are skeptical about how many are real, I'm just more worried that they are.
When someone at work has a blackberry, they are set up on the Blackberry enterprise server, which manages all their contacts and emails and calendar and such.
If they leave, or are terminated, we are told to send the kill command to their BES account. This will delete any emails off their phone AND their contact details. In some cases, a person will be let go - our IT staff will be let known first so their account can be disabled for security reasons. Then that recently laid off person has lost all of their contact details - including Mom and Dad and sweet Great Aunt Gertrude.
We haven't faced any legal suits yet - but it happened a couple times where people have gotten angry. As a precaution - we've started informing people that this happens - so anyone with a blackberry needs to back up their contacts constantly.
Man, that joke was so clever and insightful, did you RTFA to come up with it?
Often times you can just tell. Once you see enough BSDM, you can tell when people are role playing. Especially when its in some room painted all black, and the people come out unmasked, and all those little nuances. When its comes from some tripod across the room in some empty warehouse, the guys wear ski masks to protect their identity and are viciously brutal beyond the point of "just enough to hurt but not leave marks". No one in role playing ever wants a real black eye.
Either way - faked or not - it doesn't really matter. If its convincing enough to seem like real abuse, it's disturbing.
You'll notice more and more BSDM sites are putting the disclaimer at the beginning or end of their videos with both parties saying on camera they consent to the activities.
I mean, not that I would know anything about that.
Will the debris be a problem?
I suppose that depends on where it's going to land. If its not going to hit in China, they might not think its their problem.
I mean, i've seen my share of ugly shit in the net. I do think that i've seen most of the worse it has to offer. I mean REALLY? Are there people out there that will get all fucked up because of goatse?
I think it's safe to say that if you think Goatse is even close to the bad things on the internet*, or that you think that the worst stuff you've seen wouldn't mess someone up, than you have not at all seen the worst the internet has to offer.
The world is MUCH uglier than what any publication shows. ANY.
*On a scale of -10 to 10 (0 being neutral, 10 being awesome and -10 being disturbing) Goatse Ranks a -2. You don't even breach -5 until you see the involuntary stuff. Where people are tied up and forced into terrible acts of sexual abuse and mutilation. Then you see the same thing happen to children. A man's anus pales in comparison.
Unless you're just plain stupid
Well, I think the correct term would be "computer literate" - some people just don't know how to read whats on screen, don't know that there are help files, or that the internet is full of this kind of information (or they don't know how to search for it).
But yes - that is basically the reason why most people don't use Linux based Operating systems, and also why so many people hate computers.
I had a stats course about 3 years ago - and so I mean I understand how to do them but I don't remember the formula's off hand like a stats major probably would. It's difficult to say exactly how much of that course I retained exactly.
But in the few pages I read - I was able to follow along quite easily. I guess the best way to put it is: You have to have some understanding of Statistics and how they work, some familiarity with it, you won't be lost in it.
Whether or not it will be USEFUL to you is another thing entirely - and that depends on what you want/need to do and how you plan to make it perform.
I don't own the book myself but a buddy of mine does, and he has also recommended it. It's funny that you mention Baseball Hacks - this friend of mine started using R for a new kind of statistical analysis of the World Cup here not long ago, and it actually is quite impressive with what he's come up with.
Anyways - Of the few pages I've skimmed it was pretty good. I'd definately be a beginner, having only taken one stats course, but I could understand what was on the page and what the tutorials were teaching, even without trying them myself. I think thats really the mark of a good programming book for me. If I can look at the first few pages, without any prior knowledge on the exact subject matter, and still understand whats going on, thats a huge plus.
Oh no. I find the shot without BCI easier to read.
Am I getting old? Do I like old things better than new things?
I don't wanna grow up! I'm too young to own a lawn!
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Okay - consider this your correction.
While what you say is true in the theory of how patents should work - it is not how it is applied today. People abstract a lot of the methodology to claim that their idea IS the methodology.
So while I'm sad to see the current one go, I'm meta-okay with it.
You're Okay with being Okay with it?
What a cool way to put it.
"Meta-stuff" sounds like it'd be the leading cause of redundant statements but I haven't come across any use of the prefix ending up in anything less than awesome.
Yes.
This is the kind of information that you would probably get through the guy who polishes your Bentley every Wednesday.
Wait, if only the rich people hear these options, why would the person polishing the Bentley know it? I don't think someone who works under you is going to try and run you through a sales pitch on why you might want internet while on the seas.
Regardless of its cost, it would be common knowledge amongst the technological community on whether it's possible. I mean I know I won't be able to afford Virgin's privatized space flights but I know if you want to get into space without being an astronaught thats probably your best bet.
You can Synch with Office?
I thought it was just Outlook.
What happens when I synch excel on my phone?
How much of your power comes from solar. Exactly. More research is required.
That's not a problem of research, thats a problem in application.
You can spend billions on research but if no one ever deploys the solution, no one will use it.
We have solar panels, solar panels work, the problems we run into mostly are that they are expensive and fragile.
But the system is FOR humans - there'd be no need for a system without humans - I think thats the part of your theory that fails entirely. AI cannot be self serving.
I'm not sure how you got from "Machines automatically creating and ranking indexed entities" to "Destroy all humans" but I'm sure it involved an illegal substance.
shows a total of 5,688 flight hours from Fiscal Year 2006 to July 13, 2010. The CBP accident rate is 52.7 accidents per 100,000 flight hours
Wait - so they haven't logged 100,000 flight hours, under 6,000 - and you are extrapolating up to 100,000?
This reminds me of an XKCD
Before you know it, they'll move on from the web and acquire the mesh!
Will Google be able to make Metaweb work on their omniscient scale, or was this just Google making sure a startup doesn't become yet another player in search?"
If Metaweb doesn't work at Google's Scale, then it couldn't compete with them.
Well now - this is where the discrepancies come in. I agree, what we've seen isn't exactly art, but that's not to say that if someone actually did pose something, that it couldn't be art?
I mean, it's not like the artist invented a new colour or a new shape, he just put them together on a canvas to create art. It's not like the photographer crafted the bowl or the fruits, but when decoratively posed it can be understood as art. So where do we draw the line?
There are artists who work just in a digital environment, making 3d models and working with lighting and textures to pull off some amazing stuff. Now some of those people work in the games industry. Suppose I took their work and posed it in something like Gary's Mod and took a well lined up screenshot. Is that not like putting a physical object somewhere and taking a picture?
It's really difficult to define what would and wouldn't be art about it. I mean, if I were able to replicate the Mona Lisa, would my piece be considered art, despite the fact that none of it is of my own creativity? Does somethings originality determine its artistic value? Would 2 identical paintings on created opposite sides of the world not consider both to be artistic?
This is not as clear cut as it seems.
Instant movie formula:
The X-rays* are boiling the Earth's Core? That's Impossible!
*Substitute X-rays for Neutrinos, Beta Waves, Gamma Radiation, C02 gasses, or whatever scares most people at the current time.