However as other people have pointed out I'm not sure that Google will offer any encryption, not because of government coercion but because it makes the data much harder to index (for advertising and searching purposes) and compress (you don't think that your 325 MB GMail box really takes up 325 MB on disk, do you?).
The solution is right there. Google should want to handle the encryption themselves rather then have the user upload encrypted data because it will allow them to first index your data, then compress it and then encrypt it.
If you remove the safety net, some people will indeed learn and take care of themselves. However a LOT of people will not take care of themselves and hurt themselves, their family and perhaps you (through crime/desease/poverty you name it). That is the nature of people.
Now if you still think that this suits you fine, then "Welcome to America";-)
Personally I am inclined to say that certain safety nets that protect people against themselves or each other builds a healthy society.
7-odd billion dollars. Let's suppose that Pixar employees work for peanuts and every movie is a hit and they net $200mil with each one (I'm generous today). That would take 35+ titles to bring those 7-odd billions back.
You forget that Pixar as a company is actually worth a lot of money. The assets, employees and futute profit potential might well have been estimated at 7 billion making the deal look sensible. Though I would love to see it explained in detail by an exec of Disney.
Do you not like statistics, or not understand statistics very well? Is the statistic that 5+ million people are subscribed and enjoying themselves not convincing you that this game is in fact a lot of fun? Oh, and besides the statistical simulation the game does offer something called a 'huge 3D emersive environment', which I don't know how to explain using statistics, probably best to refer back to the 5+ million subscribers number.
When teaching someone about the internet, make sure to start with the big picture. Provide simple comparisons of scale. For example: "Everything that Shakespeare ever wrote will fit on a few floppy disks"[*] and "The amount of new information appearing on the internet every single day will fit on a stack of floppy disks that is as high as the Empire state building"[**].
I would be very interested in a nice catchy explanation as to the types of information that can be found on the internet. Something along the lines of "There is very little control over who offers what type of information on the internet. It ranges from the latest images by NASA from space probes of the outer reaches of existence all the way to minute to minute gossip from Gina, a 16 year old blond girl experimenting with her sexuality, who in real life is a 41 year old bored and frustrated computer nerd living in his parents basement". Yeah, I know...I'm looking for something better then that.
[*] read that somewhere 'on the internet', can't remember where:-) [**] made that up entirely
I would leave all that stuff out because it is so 'today'. Every product you mentioned might help a user today, but unless they get updated with what the hip anti-malware program is 6 months from now their computer will be a mess again. Educating users about scams and malware in general should open their eyes and keep them open for years to come. My parents emailed me that they have been deleting emails from governament officials in Nigeria offering them money. Not because I taught them about 419 scams, but because I tought them about internet scams in general.
The FCC is considering letting us use cellphones on the plane. Are we talking about the same cellphone that I now have to turn off because it could cause interferance with the planes instruments?? Or am I missing something?
You don't understand the Turing test then. It is not a pre-determined set of questions for which we are hoping that a computer can find the answers, it is more along the lines of "ask it questions till you are convinced you are talking to a consious beeing" (originally Turing had added that the questions should be in written form, but I think that this seems unnececary). In your case you want to ask it what it wonders about. In my case I still want it to do my taxes for me.
The medium being 'animation' is about as usefull as the medium being 'film' when it comes to the differences between Anime and Cartoons. This discussion is to long, how about we consider something simple like 'Anime is a sub genre of animations'. All Anime are animations, but not all animations are Anime.
Your friend is a moron if he was that easily influenced
I congratulate you that you are not a moron that is so easily influenced. However is it really that hard to believe that there are a bunch of morons out there that are easily influenced? If they drive unsafely and hit you, would you consider that part of your problem or just their problem?
Dunno, the reason that I call "Spirited Away", "Ghost in the Shell", "Howl's moving castle", "Akira" and the likes anime is because otherwise they would be called animation/cartoon and grouped with "Snow White", "Finding Nemo", "Bugs bunny". More then justifies it for me.
Please name me any US/Disney movie you think is worthy a category name above animation?
Send them the book Microserfs by Douglas Coupland. Great read for you and your family if you ever want to explain what it is you do every day. From a review: "A hilarious but frighteningly real look at geek life in the '90's". Extra bonus if you actually happend to live in Silicon Valley (not a requirement). Heh, if you have been an engineer for more then a decade this book is going to freak you out as much as it is going to make you love your lifestyle.
Here are the top movies on imdb, filtered to Sci Fi and filtered by "Space Theme" (by me)
spot (imdb spot) [imdb rating] title 1(1)[8.7] Star Wars (1977) 2(2)[8.7] Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 3(8)[8.3] Alien (1979) 4(10)[8.2] Aliens (1986) 5(11)[8.2] 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 6(15)[8.1] Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 7(16)[8.1] Kin-Dza-Dza (1986) 8(19)[8.0] The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 9(23)[8.0] Serenity (2005) 10(33)[7.9] Planet of the Apes (1968)
It seems fairly obvious that the Lego Corporation tried something pretty amoral (using money/lawyers/trademarks to try to maintain their monopoly after their patents had expired). If this was any of a number of known big name companies we would be happy to scream foul and claim evil...but we are talking about Lego...I grew up with that stuff. I have been dreaming of buying it for my son. And now they went evil??!!
Though I am not up to date on the latest speculations regarding panspermia, I never really considered it such an interesting option. So what that life-ON-EARTH came from another planet, that doesn't answer the question as to how life got started. It just means it got started someplace else in quite probably the same way that we think it might have gotten started on earth (thermal vents + rich molecule soup + anything but the hand of god:-)
Let's see, TFA mentions that they did not in fact record a full 360 image, instead they record a 180 degree fisheye image and then "fill in the rest" based on smart guessing (no details provided). They happily adimit that the algorithm isn't perfect and that some environments work better then others. Without providing samples for us to see they allready admit that they had to go out of their way to come up with some samples that looked decent. I like the skydiving example they talk about, the algorithm is capable of filling in the empty sky behind you. Amazing!
As for wether this will work in a regular scene (where stuff actually happends behind the camera), I'll just make a bold statement: It doesn't.
Much better would have been if they used the camera as mentioned by grandparent, recording a 360 degree donut view, where at least most of the interesting information is captured and only the roof and floor need to be made up by the software (now that seems reasonable).
I'll leave the stuff about pot and kettle for yourself to figure out (minor appology to gp would be nice, but I'm not counting on it).
No matter how much oil you personally burn, the total global human population will use a fixed amount of oil Ahh, the art of blatently stating an obvious lie and claiming it as the truth to drive down your opinion. Probably not a great idea to start an argument with such an obvious one though.
we use as much oil as you can pump out of the ground, and we have reached the point where it is very hard to use more oil. We use as much oil as the OPEC wants to pump out of the ground. They can pump more but that would lower the prices and make them less profit. Notice any lack of enviromental concern in the decision process about the amount of oil that should be pumped out of the ground.
So conservation does not help global warming Why would you want conservation to help global warming. You have confused even yourself. We are trying to make an argument wether conservation would help global warming.
it just lowers the price so that the Chineese can burn more Surprisingly you have hit a half-trueth, but I can't give you any points since you reached it without any proper evidence.
For the good of humanity, it is important that you burn as much oil as you can afford to For the good of humanity, it is important that you read more then one opinion about oil production and the environment. Look up the word "propaganda" too. Form an actual opinion for a change.
Sorry this turned into a flame. It will most likely make you upset. That is not all bad though, since you might feel you have to spend just a teensy bit more time writing down your opinion next time.
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However as other people have pointed out I'm not sure that Google will offer any encryption, not because of government coercion but because it makes the data much harder to index (for advertising and searching purposes) and compress (you don't think that your 325 MB GMail box really takes up 325 MB on disk, do you?).
The solution is right there. Google should want to handle the encryption themselves rather then have the user upload encrypted data because it will allow them to first index your data, then compress it and then encrypt it.
If you remove the safety net, some people will indeed learn and take care of themselves. However a LOT of people will not take care of themselves and hurt themselves, their family and perhaps you (through crime/desease/poverty you name it). That is the nature of people.
;-)
Now if you still think that this suits you fine, then "Welcome to America"
Personally I am inclined to say that certain safety nets that protect people against themselves or each other builds a healthy society.
NSA==GWB
:-(
NSA>EFF
FU AT&T
7-odd billion dollars. Let's suppose that Pixar employees work for peanuts and every movie is a hit and they net $200mil with each one (I'm generous today). That would take 35+ titles to bring those 7-odd billions back.
You forget that Pixar as a company is actually worth a lot of money. The assets, employees and futute profit potential might well have been estimated at 7 billion making the deal look sensible. Though I would love to see it explained in detail by an exec of Disney.
Do you not like statistics, or not understand statistics very well? Is the statistic that 5+ million people are subscribed and enjoying themselves not convincing you that this game is in fact a lot of fun? Oh, and besides the statistical simulation the game does offer something called a 'huge 3D emersive environment', which I don't know how to explain using statistics, probably best to refer back to the 5+ million subscribers number.
When teaching someone about the internet, make sure to start with the big picture. Provide simple comparisons of scale. For example: "Everything that Shakespeare ever wrote will fit on a few floppy disks"[*] and "The amount of new information appearing on the internet every single day will fit on a stack of floppy disks that is as high as the Empire state building"[**].
:-)
I would be very interested in a nice catchy explanation as to the types of information that can be found on the internet. Something along the lines of "There is very little control over who offers what type of information on the internet. It ranges from the latest images by NASA from space probes of the outer reaches of existence all the way to minute to minute gossip from Gina, a 16 year old blond girl experimenting with her sexuality, who in real life is a 41 year old bored and frustrated computer nerd living in his parents basement". Yeah, I know...I'm looking for something better then that.
[*] read that somewhere 'on the internet', can't remember where
[**] made that up entirely
I would leave all that stuff out because it is so 'today'. Every product you mentioned might help a user today, but unless they get updated with what the hip anti-malware program is 6 months from now their computer will be a mess again. Educating users about scams and malware in general should open their eyes and keep them open for years to come. My parents emailed me that they have been deleting emails from governament officials in Nigeria offering them money. Not because I taught them about 419 scams, but because I tought them about internet scams in general.
The FCC is considering letting us use cellphones on the plane. Are we talking about the same cellphone that I now have to turn off because it could cause interferance with the planes instruments?? Or am I missing something?
You don't understand the Turing test then. It is not a pre-determined set of questions for which we are hoping that a computer can find the answers, it is more along the lines of "ask it questions till you are convinced you are talking to a consious beeing" (originally Turing had added that the questions should be in written form, but I think that this seems unnececary). In your case you want to ask it what it wonders about. In my case I still want it to do my taxes for me.
FTFA:
highly controversial theory that would require a significant change in the current understanding of the laws of physics
rrrrrright. So this is just physics fantasy for now, and not something "we are building".
The medium being 'animation' is about as usefull as the medium being 'film' when it comes to the differences between Anime and Cartoons. This discussion is to long, how about we consider something simple like 'Anime is a sub genre of animations'. All Anime are animations, but not all animations are Anime.
Your friend is a moron if he was that easily influenced
I congratulate you that you are not a moron that is so easily influenced. However is it really that hard to believe that there are a bunch of morons out there that are easily influenced? If they drive unsafely and hit you, would you consider that part of your problem or just their problem?
Dunno, the reason that I call "Spirited Away", "Ghost in the Shell", "Howl's moving castle", "Akira" and the likes anime is because otherwise they would be called animation/cartoon and grouped with "Snow White", "Finding Nemo", "Bugs bunny". More then justifies it for me.
Please name me any US/Disney movie you think is worthy a category name above animation?
Send them the book Microserfs by Douglas Coupland. Great read for you and your family if you ever want to explain what it is you do every day. From a review: "A hilarious but frighteningly real look at geek life in the '90's". Extra bonus if you actually happend to live in Silicon Valley (not a requirement). Heh, if you have been an engineer for more then a decade this book is going to freak you out as much as it is going to make you love your lifestyle.
Enjoy.
I know, GOOGLEZON was pushing it. But the concepts of the "google-grid" and "epic" where pretty cool for a little 'made-it-up-flash-movie-on-the-web'.
Check out this amazing story about the possible future of Google:
Epic 2005 (flash)
Sure it's fiction, but WOW!
Here are the top movies on imdb, filtered to Sci Fi and filtered by "Space Theme" (by me)
spot (imdb spot) [imdb rating] title
1(1)[8.7] Star Wars (1977)
2(2)[8.7] Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
3(8)[8.3] Alien (1979)
4(10)[8.2] Aliens (1986)
5(11)[8.2] 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
6(15)[8.1] Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
7(16)[8.1] Kin-Dza-Dza (1986)
8(19)[8.0] The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
9(23)[8.0] Serenity (2005)
10(33)[7.9] Planet of the Apes (1968)
Original sci-fi imdb list here
It seems fairly obvious that the Lego Corporation tried something pretty amoral (using money/lawyers/trademarks to try to maintain their monopoly after their patents had expired). If this was any of a number of known big name companies we would be happy to scream foul and claim evil...but we are talking about Lego...I grew up with that stuff. I have been dreaming of buying it for my son. And now they went evil??!!
Man, that hurts.
Though I am not up to date on the latest speculations regarding panspermia, I never really considered it such an interesting option. So what that life-ON-EARTH came from another planet, that doesn't answer the question as to how life got started. It just means it got started someplace else in quite probably the same way that we think it might have gotten started on earth (thermal vents + rich molecule soup + anything but the hand of god :-)
PP - public perception
Not bad, but I think we can simplify this to P - Propaganda
my guess
Let's see, TFA mentions that they did not in fact record a full 360 image, instead they record a 180 degree fisheye image and then "fill in the rest" based on smart guessing (no details provided). They happily adimit that the algorithm isn't perfect and that some environments work better then others. Without providing samples for us to see they allready admit that they had to go out of their way to come up with some samples that looked decent. I like the skydiving example they talk about, the algorithm is capable of filling in the empty sky behind you. Amazing!
As for wether this will work in a regular scene (where stuff actually happends behind the camera), I'll just make a bold statement: It doesn't.
Much better would have been if they used the camera as mentioned by grandparent, recording a 360 degree donut view, where at least most of the interesting information is captured and only the roof and floor need to be made up by the software (now that seems reasonable).
I'll leave the stuff about pot and kettle for yourself to figure out (minor appology to gp would be nice, but I'm not counting on it).
No matter how much oil you personally burn, the total global human population will use a fixed amount of oil
Ahh, the art of blatently stating an obvious lie and claiming it as the truth to drive down your opinion. Probably not a great idea to start an argument with such an obvious one though.
we use as much oil as you can pump out of the ground, and we have reached the point where it is very hard to use more oil.
We use as much oil as the OPEC wants to pump out of the ground. They can pump more but that would lower the prices and make them less profit. Notice any lack of enviromental concern in the decision process about the amount of oil that should be pumped out of the ground.
So conservation does not help global warming
Why would you want conservation to help global warming. You have confused even yourself. We are trying to make an argument wether conservation would help global warming.
it just lowers the price so that the Chineese can burn more
Surprisingly you have hit a half-trueth, but I can't give you any points since you reached it without any proper evidence.
For the good of humanity, it is important that you burn as much oil as you can afford to
For the good of humanity, it is important that you read more then one opinion about oil production and the environment. Look up the word "propaganda" too. Form an actual opinion for a change.
Sorry this turned into a flame. It will most likely make you upset. That is not all bad though, since you might feel you have to spend just a teensy bit more time writing down your opinion next time.
Use "it's" when you can replace it with "it is"
Well, that is what someone told me anyway. English is not my primary language, if the above is not correct then please don't shoot me.
20 kilometers per hour!
;-)
Hmmm, thats suspiciously close to the maximum speed one can unroll a fiber cable
99% of the time I want to:
[x] click on a zip file and see the zip files content
[ ] in a file/folder way rather then a flat directory list
[x] press a button to extract
[ ] have this button be obvious and not hidden between other options
[x] pick or create a target folder
[ ] then with one simple button I would like to close winzip and have it drop me in the folder I just unzipped my files to!
Is this really all that hard?