If life is found on Mars which is similar in cellular structure to life on Earth, it demonstrates cross-contamination (either from spacecraft or meteors). If life is found on Mars which is completely different at the cellular level, it shows life evolved on Mars.
Either way, deliberately sending microbes from Earth would not prevent us from determining if there was a separate biogenesis on Mars.
In the real world, everything has different prices depending on demand.
Well you really got that one wrong! In the real world, prices are set by supply and demand, and supply of digital content is set arbitrarily by the copyright holder. Your entire argument is based on a false premise.
To those of us who enjoy reading such stuff away from the computer
eBook readers? smart phones? netbooks? I mean, come on, people! If you're in to tech you surely know there are alternatives to big, clunky desktop computers and dead trees.
Shared cubes? Cubes are insulting enough. If I were offered a job in a shared cube, I would laugh, walk out the door, then shit in front of their door. That's called reciprocity.
I've worked with a system like that, and it was all false positives, all the time.
The best part is having to determine that everything is a false positive. "This IDS says someone in the bangalore office sent a lot of data to a mail server for the first time. I don't know who it was or how to contact him. Now what?" Meanwhile, the console fills up with 10000 other false positives...
There's no way to tune. "Larger" does not mean "more suspicious." DHCP is fun, too.
Most companies do have inadequate security, and many pay dearly for neglecting something so essential--they just cover it up so you don't hear about it.
But using data flows to catch insiders? A doubtful proposition. Insiders would likely steal/sabotage the data they work with daily, so it would be expected to see flows to those people.
Again, directing people toward banking, civil engineering, or accounting is likely to reduce their starting salaries.
You are wrong, wrong, and wrong. Computer Science/Engineering has changed over the years because it is moving to higher-level stuff. Changing is not dying, but it may mean career death for those who are unwilling to change *awkward silence*.
If you are calling me ignorant, you are mistaken. I certainly covered binary number representation in college. But it hasn't been useful since then. I work on much higher level stuff. I imagine this is true for most people. There isn't a lot of demand for people who write new operating systems... that's just the industry moving forward while you're stuck in the past.
Did you think that through before you typed it? If you care about your own child, you want to decrease the chance that she dies in a wreck; and you are willing to pay for whatever technology accomplishes that goal.
Your info is wrong. CS majors make more money than any other 4-year degree.
Also--2's compliment? You must be joking. They don't emphasize knowing how to solder or replace vacuum tubes today, either.
Also, Computer Science is a misnomer. Since the 1970s, 99% of these scientists were really just software engineers. They weren't developing novel new algorithms, just putting together code to help business do its thing.
it can calculate how fast the car behind you is going. It can then calculate the probability that the car behind you would rear-end you if it hit the breaks.
You should have the collision sensor removed from your air bags. Replace it with a button which says "deploy airbags." You could have another button which tightens your seatbelt, leaving the belt loose until pressed.
That would empower you to make these decisions for yourself, rather than relying on the instant reflexes and unwavering attention of machinery.
Before everyone here rushes to spout off edge-cases for which this may make things worse, I would like to remind you all that this is still a very good thing so long as it saves more lives than it kills.
Yes, a piece of automation that occasionally kills people is a good thing if it saves even more lives.
I think a better idea would be to simply delete all the certificates from your box (CA certs included!). Then start marking individual web certs as trusted after you inspect them yourself.
"Honey, did you order those tickets yet?"
"Hold on! I'm reading through their certificate issuer's published policy documents. I think I am going to have to audit their CA systems on-site before I can connect to this website."
Oh how I wish it were possible to have a discussion of biology on Slashdot without discussing mythology. Having to explain/defend the basic principles of evolution over and over to the the hordes of deliberately miseducated really is a tiring exercise.
It was obvious to the intelligent person that this entire situation was made of fail from the get-go. Any time spent analyzing this will likely just make us all dumber. Quit giving it press.
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If life is found on Mars which is similar in cellular structure to life on Earth, it demonstrates cross-contamination (either from spacecraft or meteors). If life is found on Mars which is completely different at the cellular level, it shows life evolved on Mars.
Either way, deliberately sending microbes from Earth would not prevent us from determining if there was a separate biogenesis on Mars.
Well you really got that one wrong! In the real world, prices are set by supply and demand, and supply of digital content is set arbitrarily by the copyright holder. Your entire argument is based on a false premise.
eBook readers? smart phones? netbooks? I mean, come on, people! If you're in to tech you surely know there are alternatives to big, clunky desktop computers and dead trees.
Actually, they are just trying to look away from the freak who keeps staring them in the face.
Shared cubes? Cubes are insulting enough. If I were offered a job in a shared cube, I would laugh, walk out the door, then shit in front of their door. That's called reciprocity.
I'm pretty sure we will have the tech to orbit some big sun-shades before the sun boils us.
We will be using stem cells to replace our body parts as they age. There's no need to digitize our brains.
I've worked with a system like that, and it was all false positives, all the time.
The best part is having to determine that everything is a false positive. "This IDS says someone in the bangalore office sent a lot of data to a mail server for the first time. I don't know who it was or how to contact him. Now what?" Meanwhile, the console fills up with 10000 other false positives...
There's no way to tune. "Larger" does not mean "more suspicious." DHCP is fun, too.
Most companies do have inadequate security, and many pay dearly for neglecting something so essential--they just cover it up so you don't hear about it.
But using data flows to catch insiders? A doubtful proposition. Insiders would likely steal/sabotage the data they work with daily, so it would be expected to see flows to those people.
You described the derivative market, not the stock market.
Are you dense? Nuclear = 24/7 power. Solar = sometimes power.
Packages like ebox being broken by default in the latest version of ubuntu--that's pretty annoying.
All the hackery necessary to get 32 bit apps, like Flash, working in 64bit ubuntu is annoying.
No CLI tools equivalent to the GUI tools for basic system configuration--that's annoying (editing lots of files in /etc with vi is just not fun).
Overall, it's the best of the linuxes, but major improvements could be made.
"Things have changed DRAMATICALLY" [citation needed]
Facts not BS: http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/18/college-majors-lucrative-lead-cx_kb_0618majors.html
Again, directing people toward banking, civil engineering, or accounting is likely to reduce their starting salaries.
You are wrong, wrong, and wrong. Computer Science/Engineering has changed over the years because it is moving to higher-level stuff. Changing is not dying, but it may mean career death for those who are unwilling to change *awkward silence*.
starting salaries by major, 2003
If you are calling me ignorant, you are mistaken. I certainly covered binary number representation in college. But it hasn't been useful since then. I work on much higher level stuff. I imagine this is true for most people. There isn't a lot of demand for people who write new operating systems... that's just the industry moving forward while you're stuck in the past.
Did you think that through before you typed it? If you care about your own child, you want to decrease the chance that she dies in a wreck; and you are willing to pay for whatever technology accomplishes that goal.
Your info is wrong. CS majors make more money than any other 4-year degree.
Also--2's compliment? You must be joking. They don't emphasize knowing how to solder or replace vacuum tubes today, either.
Also, Computer Science is a misnomer. Since the 1970s, 99% of these scientists were really just software engineers. They weren't developing novel new algorithms, just putting together code to help business do its thing.
Reread my post and you will see the word "probability."
If the computer controlling this knows that
it can calculate how fast the car behind you is going. It can then calculate the probability that the car behind you would rear-end you if it hit the breaks.
You should have the collision sensor removed from your air bags. Replace it with a button which says "deploy airbags." You could have another button which tightens your seatbelt, leaving the belt loose until pressed.
That would empower you to make these decisions for yourself, rather than relying on the instant reflexes and unwavering attention of machinery.
Before everyone here rushes to spout off edge-cases for which this may make things worse, I would like to remind you all that this is still a very good thing so long as it saves more lives than it kills.
Yes, a piece of automation that occasionally kills people is a good thing if it saves even more lives.
That's a weak excuse, especially since not everyone has the logos turned on.
Unless we are talking about an extremely popular app (Linux, Firefox), the first or second line of the summary should tell what the hell the app is!!
I am amazed that the slashdot editors still don't get this after so many years.
"Honey, did you order those tickets yet?"
"Hold on! I'm reading through their certificate issuer's published policy documents. I think I am going to have to audit their CA systems on-site before I can connect to this website."
Oh how I wish it were possible to have a discussion of biology on Slashdot without discussing mythology. Having to explain/defend the basic principles of evolution over and over to the the hordes of deliberately miseducated really is a tiring exercise.
It was obvious to the intelligent person that this entire situation was made of fail from the get-go. Any time spent analyzing this will likely just make us all dumber. Quit giving it press.