1. I've never heard of a piece of software that does this sort of thing, and wonder why it would ever exist in the first place (other than just for the novelty of it).
2. Even if it is just for fun, why are they charging you to search through it?
All features of the Huminity software are completely free apart from the "Search Path" using free-text, which is provided at an economical yearly subscription price of $28.
3. If they can't even create a website that can be viewed in anything other than the latest M$ browser [ditto for their DEMO], I don't think I'd trust their software running on my computer anways.
"Processing at the speed of light, you can have safer airports" Its really quite sick and disturbing that the aftermath of 9/11 has degraded to a marketing ploy.
Well, Lenslet is an Israeli start-up and from what I've heard over the past several years, Israel has had some very strict policies in regards to their airports due to terrorist acts/threats. I really don't think that this has to do with 9/11 explicitly, but the world-wide (or at least Israeli) terrorist threat situation in general.
I think they're just saying that you can do a lot of things more efficiently with faster computers... and having "safer airports, autonomous military systems, high-definition multimedia broadcast systems and advanced next-generation communications systems" are just a few examples.
Ahhh, you must be referring to the new h4x0r plug-in that they will include with their software. It will save you time in trying to figure out what you really want to type in l33t-sp33k.
Apparently music piracy is gaining ground and its prevention is just as important as keeping kids off drugs.:-P''' (At the moment, I can't even get the DARE website to pull up.)
I'm willing to bet that kids now-a-days hear and read more about how drugs are OK for you (Viagara, penis enlargement, muscle augmentation, sex pheromones, etc...) than music piracy.
I know it's still not a simple/quick process to map the genetic code of an organism, but wouldn't it be wise to take DNA samples of all of these "new species" and examine them further?
You never know: something could be drastically different in the genetic code of an Atlantic Salmon and Rainbow Trout even if they appear (physically/taxonomically) to be so similar.
192.168.123.101.32.13.1.1.24.202.12.13.24.35.64. 42 or C0.A8.7B.65.... or C0A87B65.C019BD30.CAC.. ... or some other scheme?
And will all of the addresses be divided amongst groups? (Everything beginning with "10000000.*" thru "1FFFFFFF.*" belongs to educational facilities, "20000000.*" thru "2FFFFFFF.*" belongs to governmental bodies, and "2FFFFFFF.10000000.*" thru "2FFFFFFF.12FFFFFF.*" belongs to governmental bodies in the state of Ohio, etc...)
I'm pretty sure something like this exists already for IPv4, but it's been several years since I've read anything on this.
Anyone else get confused over the math results in the article?
...The study, released Thursday, was controlled for gender, weight and age, and found that each inch in height added about $789 a year in pay.
"If you take this over the course of a 30-year career and compound it, we're talking about literally hundreds of thousands of dollars of earnings advantage that a tall person enjoys"...
$789 * 30 = $23,670 How is that "literally hundreds of thousands of dollars"? Unless they're talking about people that are 6 to 10 inches taller than normal....
Then again, maybe they're saying if they invest that money and let it build off of interest, it could be hundreds of thousands by retirement....
Probably about a year or two ago I read about some (Australian?) company that was creating kiosks, for airports at first, to actually PRINT out an entire book for you. Kind of like a book vending machine. You put your money in, select the book you want from the list of thousands in their database and it would print out the whole book for you in paperback in roughly 10-15 minutes... neatly bound and pictures and everything.
Although, since I haven't heard much of it in a while, I'm assuming they either ran out of funding, it took too long (and used too much ink) to print out the books to be worthwhile, or publishing companies were starting to throw fits about it.
Oops. I actually meant eInk not ePaper. (flexible digital paper where you only need an electrical current to change the pages, but not to keep it turned on.)
In other words, it is nice to get away from the computer sometimes and just read.
Yes, but sometimes it's nice to have an electronic document to read off of your computer screen so when someone walks past your desk during business hours, you can tell them you're "researching for an upcoming project" while you're actually reading about nanotechnology or something else that interests you.
Personally, I applaud the efforts of this project. Once products like ePaper begin to be mass-produced and available to the public, you will be able to have YOUR way (tactile reading) and I will still be able to have MINE (be able to read the same document off of a computer screen). Well, I actually DO like books, but I'm just trying to say that having a CHOICE is a GREAT thing.
And FURTHERMORE, once all of these books get converted from plain text files into XMLfiles, you'll be able to apply whatever your favorite stylesheet is to it to have your own personalized reading experience. (Examples: If you're older and have vision problems, you can have bigger fonts. Maybe you prefer plain black text on white background; maybe you prefer green text on a black background with a Courier New font. It's up to you!)
And of course, speaking of vision problems, you can also have a text-to-speach program READ the text to blind people (or people who like audio books) as well!
I prefer my artwork to be of Silicone, rather than Silicon. First of all, you don't need a microscope to appreciate it. Secondly, depending on where you live, you can appreciate it freely (and possibly even openly) on the beach or even in a gentleman's club up-close!
Despite the sound of it, 9 pounds of muscle added in 2 weeks would be awesome. Normally for a beginner body builder, it could take you a couple months to achieve that. (assuming proper sleep, diet and exercise of course.)
If you consider yourself "an 80 pound weakling" [BTW, is a "weekling" "someone who only lasts a week"?] start eating more beef and chicken and start lifting some weights dude.
Then again, if you're only 13 years old, you COULD just wait for puberty.... And if you're about to graduate from highschool, you will soon discover another, more readily accessible concoction called "beer" that may quickly add pounds to your body... although not particularly muscle mass. Or if you're about to graduate college, you will discover a "desk job" which will have roughly the same effect as "beer" but will not be fun.
but they have a long way to go before they can go out and take a stroll through a field or walk down a busy city sidewalk in traffic
All it takes is adding a very large speaker to the Sumo robot's head and repeating a tiny sound-byte from The Princess Bride: "EVERYBODY MOVE!!!!!"
(oh yes, and bring-on the "friggin laser" comments since I mentioned its "head")
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Whoa, has anyone else been freaked out by that slashdot icon for The Gimp? I never noticed it before, but the eyes twitch every now-and-then. I thought I was seeing things at first and then when I thought I saw it move again, I just assumed that I've been reading too much from my computer monitor over the past several years...
Alexei A. Abrikosov Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA... born 1928 (75 years) in Moscow
Vitaly L. Ginzburg P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia... born 1916 (87 years) in Moscow
Anthony J. Leggett University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA... born 1938 (65 years) in London
So, yes, 2 Russians and a Brit... But also 2 Americans and a Russian. Don't be so picky. I was born in Erie Pennsylvania, but I tell everyone I'm from Cleveland Ohio because that's where I live and work now.
Coincidentally, I just finished reading "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown last week. The book talks a little about CERN's work in "recreating the Big Bang" and anti-matter and all that fun stuff. It's a pretty good book about the Illuminati, and it gives you a little look into art history in and around the Vatican as well.
It wasn't as good as "The DaVinci Code" though. (Possibly one of the most interesting books I've ever read.)
NOTE: If you want to read the books, don't look at the pictures on the website until AFTER you read the book(s).
You know what? I really don't mean for this to be a troll or anything, but I've always wondered about the origin of this phrase.
I know in its essence it conveys something like: don't dump your trash on your own property, cuz the smell will be horrible and is unsightly... and if it's toxic, can harm you and any plant/animal life in the vacinity...
But why "don't sh*t in your own backyard"? Septic tanks have been around for a long time and composting even longer. From what I understand, it's actually GOOD to sh*t in your own backyard (if you know how to process it correctly, of course).
Anyone know of the origin of this phrase? (or have any ideas of how to go about finding it?)
This is especially important for those ants who now regret the indiscretions of their teenage years.
Perhaps "teenage weeks" or "teenage months", but certainly notyears. Yes, I understand your post was quite witty; ya never know when a random [worthless] piece of knowledge might come in handy though.:-)
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2. Even if it is just for fun, why are they charging you to search through it?
3. If they can't even create a website that can be viewed in anything other than the latest M$ browser [ditto for their DEMO], I don't think I'd trust their software running on my computer anways.
I think they're just saying that you can do a lot of things more efficiently with faster computers... and having "safer airports, autonomous military systems, high-definition multimedia broadcast systems and advanced next-generation communications systems" are just a few examples.
Ach... Ah SPEAK Ancient Anglish. Ye best nuh' be gettin yer jollies off'n mah speech nah, me boy-o.
Apparently music piracy is gaining ground and its prevention is just as important as keeping kids off drugs. :-P'''
(At the moment, I can't even get the DARE website to pull up.)
I'm willing to bet that kids now-a-days hear and read more about how drugs are OK for you (Viagara, penis enlargement, muscle augmentation, sex pheromones, etc...) than music piracy.
I know it's still not a simple/quick process to map the genetic code of an organism, but wouldn't it be wise to take DNA samples of all of these "new species" and examine them further?
You never know: something could be drastically different in the genetic code of an Atlantic Salmon and Rainbow Trout even if they appear (physically/taxonomically) to be so similar.
Have your own tattoo parlor, right on your computer desktop!
(Caution: be sure to have plenty of gauze and ice, a phone, and be in a place where the EMTs can find you easily...)
What will the IP addresses look like?
. 42 . ...
192.168.123.101.32.13.1.1.24.202.12.13.24.35.64
or
C0.A8.7B.65....
or
C0A87B65.C019BD30.CAC.
or some other scheme?
And will all of the addresses be divided amongst groups? (Everything beginning with "10000000.*" thru "1FFFFFFF.*" belongs to educational facilities, "20000000.*" thru "2FFFFFFF.*" belongs to governmental bodies, and "2FFFFFFF.10000000.*" thru "2FFFFFFF.12FFFFFF.*" belongs to governmental bodies in the state of Ohio, etc...)
I'm pretty sure something like this exists already for IPv4, but it's been several years since I've read anything on this.
He went from degrading my broadband to degrading broads.
$789 * 30 = $23,670
How is that "literally hundreds of thousands of dollars"? Unless they're talking about people that are 6 to 10 inches taller than normal....
Then again, maybe they're saying if they invest that money and let it build off of interest, it could be hundreds of thousands by retirement....
Probably about a year or two ago I read about some (Australian?) company that was creating kiosks, for airports at first, to actually PRINT out an entire book for you. Kind of like a book vending machine. You put your money in, select the book you want from the list of thousands in their database and it would print out the whole book for you in paperback in roughly 10-15 minutes... neatly bound and pictures and everything.
Although, since I haven't heard much of it in a while, I'm assuming they either ran out of funding, it took too long (and used too much ink) to print out the books to be worthwhile, or publishing companies were starting to throw fits about it.
Oops. I actually meant eInk not ePaper. (flexible digital paper where you only need an electrical current to change the pages, but not to keep it turned on.)
Personally, I applaud the efforts of this project. Once products like ePaper begin to be mass-produced and available to the public, you will be able to have YOUR way (tactile reading) and I will still be able to have MINE (be able to read the same document off of a computer screen). Well, I actually DO like books, but I'm just trying to say that having a CHOICE is a GREAT thing.
And FURTHERMORE, once all of these books get converted from plain text files into XML files, you'll be able to apply whatever your favorite stylesheet is to it to have your own personalized reading experience. (Examples: If you're older and have vision problems, you can have bigger fonts. Maybe you prefer plain black text on white background; maybe you prefer green text on a black background with a Courier New font. It's up to you!)
And of course, speaking of vision problems, you can also have a text-to-speach program READ the text to blind people (or people who like audio books) as well!
Ain't technology a wonderful thing?!?
I prefer my artwork to be of Silicone, rather than Silicon. First of all, you don't need a microscope to appreciate it. Secondly, depending on where you live, you can appreciate it freely (and possibly even openly) on the beach or even in a gentleman's club up-close!
Despite the sound of it, 9 pounds of muscle added in 2 weeks would be awesome. Normally for a beginner body builder, it could take you a couple months to achieve that. (assuming proper sleep, diet and exercise of course.)
... And if you're about to graduate from highschool, you will soon discover another, more readily accessible concoction called "beer" that may quickly add pounds to your body... although not particularly muscle mass. Or if you're about to graduate college, you will discover a "desk job" which will have roughly the same effect as "beer" but will not be fun.
If you consider yourself "an 80 pound weakling" [BTW, is a "weekling" "someone who only lasts a week"?] start eating more beef and chicken and start lifting some weights dude.
Then again, if you're only 13 years old, you COULD just wait for puberty.
But I digress.
(oh yes, and bring-on the "friggin laser" comments since I mentioned its "head")
Whoa, has anyone else been freaked out by that slashdot icon for The Gimp? I never noticed it before, but the eyes twitch every now-and-then. I thought I was seeing things at first and then when I thought I saw it move again, I just assumed that I've been reading too much from my computer monitor over the past several years...
Directly [clipped] from the article:
Alexei A. Abrikosov
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA... born 1928 (75 years) in Moscow
Vitaly L. Ginzburg
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia... born 1916 (87 years) in Moscow
Anthony J. Leggett
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA... born 1938 (65 years) in London
So, yes, 2 Russians and a Brit... But also 2 Americans and a Russian. Don't be so picky. I was born in Erie Pennsylvania, but I tell everyone I'm from Cleveland Ohio because that's where I live and work now.
How often do you see something like "In "?
And by the way... CERN IS THE DEVIL!
;-)
What's their logo all about? 2 rings and 5 lines going out from it?? Rotate the logo and you'll see three 6's!!! SATANISTS!!!
Coincidentally, I just finished reading "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown last week. The book talks a little about CERN's work in "recreating the Big Bang" and anti-matter and all that fun stuff. It's a pretty good book about the Illuminati, and it gives you a little look into art history in and around the Vatican as well.
It wasn't as good as "The DaVinci Code" though. (Possibly one of the most interesting books I've ever read.)
NOTE: If you want to read the books, don't look at the pictures on the website until AFTER you read the book(s).
the simple truth: don't sh*t in your own backyard
You know what? I really don't mean for this to be a troll or anything, but I've always wondered about the origin of this phrase.
I know in its essence it conveys something like: don't dump your trash on your own property, cuz the smell will be horrible and is unsightly... and if it's toxic, can harm you and any plant/animal life in the vacinity...
But why "don't sh*t in your own backyard"? Septic tanks have been around for a long time and composting even longer. From what I understand, it's actually GOOD to sh*t in your own backyard (if you know how to process it correctly, of course).
Anyone know of the origin of this phrase? (or have any ideas of how to go about finding it?)
Yes, I understand your post was quite witty; ya never know when a random [worthless] piece of knowledge might come in handy though.