Why is does DVD use a red laser? I thought it used a green laser. Green lasers have a shorter wavelength and so ought to hold more. Why wasn't DVD designed around green lasers?
But its not as though the US would comply. OTOH, if the accused and accuser are merely in different states, its much more likely there will actually be a verdict.
When a modder finishes the case, sure the thing gets closed up. Once its been dyed black, leds replaced with blue ones, holes cut for windows, lights inside placed, holes for fans cut and fans installed, CPU water cooled, hard drive window cut, drive faces dyed black. Close it up and show it off.
What about Vancouver? Aren't there a whole lot of Japanese families there and therefore, attractive women? Or did all the ugly ones move there and the gorgeous ones to Seattle and San Francisco?
Shop-vac, huh. I was figuring it might make more sense to buy a bunch of plaster, silicone patching material, and caulk. Of course not everyone has a shop-vac. The good ones aren't cheap. Pity the person who can afford a computer but not $50 worth of patching supplies to keep the bugs out in the first place.
Supposedly the actors/models hired for this won't lie when asked if they work for Sony/Ericson, but I wonder how specific the line of questioning has to be? These people are going to waste other peoples' time asking for photos to be taken of them. Ordinarily I'd gladly take a photo of a couple, but these photos are meaningless.
Do you keep sand in your pockets? If I were worried about a CD getting scratched in my pocket I'd also worry about crud finding a way inside a floppy. Just use a plastic sleeve, and like the guy above suggests, buy 3" cd-R, yes they're twice as much per disk, but given more demand that would drop. Personally I like the compact flash or other card-based ideas.
The majority of the 50 states do not have significant technology industries and so might be willing to overturn UCITA which would benefit computer users. Unfortunately it is Congress which passed UCITA in the first place. Congress is composed of individuals who are well paid by businesses in general. UCITA is in the interest of companies, who will pay or refuse to pay politicians who would otherwise repeal UCITA.
Now be helpful and tell me what you really think, redneck. In fifty years the way humanity is going we're all fucked. What's your solution? At least tell me you believe in every-person-for-themselves, screw the third world, God said procreate until there's no more room to move, and all that.
Does the CIA count as military? MKULTRA was all about the CIA giving civilian and military personnel drugs such as LSD without their knowledge or permission. Why? So that mind control drugs could be found to make soldiers / activists more docile / willing to obey authority. This was in the 60s and 70s. The military also exposed personnel to hazardous levels of radiation when it knew about the dangers.
I don't think communism is all that bad. Its human nature that is the problem. Human nature is all about hoarding goods and services, trying to get rich for doing nothing, and not thinking about any generations past potential grandchildren. If the wealthy nations in this world quit being so protectionist of capitalism, they could agree to grow all the food needed to end world hunger. Then they would send 500 billion condoms all across the world along with family planning information so the poorest families in the world would stop having the most kids. While doing this there would be a massive education program to build schools in poor countries.
The problem here? Money. Who would pay for this. Well I don't know if I just described communism or what, but its BEING NEIGHBOORLY WHEN THE WORLD IS YOUR NEIGHBOORHOOD. If a friend gets sick, you go out of your way to do his shopping while you do yours. If a stranger gets sick you let the System take care of it.
One statistic I've read says it would take the equivalent of eight earths to raise the standard of living for the entire world up to that of Americans. Well we don't have eight earths. So either Americans have to lower their standard of living, or we agree to let the third world rot in poverty. Meanwhile their population continues to grow. They will run out of food and water, get into massive civil wars, or fight other countries for resources. In Africa that means Egypt becomes a target, then Israel, neither of which will go down without a massive fight. I won't even speculate on China and south east Asia, but you can be sure when shit hits the fan there, your cheap made in Indonesia Nikes and Singapore TVs are history.
Capitalism is flawed as it exists anyway. Its one big pyramid scheme. If the world population slows companies can't continue to grow except by purchasing other companies. There goes the stock market. It will have about 10 corporations controlling everything. If the standard of living is raised for the entire world that means Nikes and TVs will cost more, making then too expensive for many more Americans. With less buyers the corporations lose money, people are laid off and that's one more person who can't buy a TV.
What's the solution? As I see it, MODIFIED Communism. The world agrees to help every person on the planet improve their life. If people won't do their job, they only get minimum assistance from the world. Meanwhile every person making Nikes eventually gets a TV and the people making TVs eventually get Nikes. I don't have all the answers to every scenario, but I have yet to hear someone explain how to deal with the faults of the current system.
Do you think this will inevitably go mainstream or at least become a luxury purchase like home theater projection systems are now? Thanks for the info.
Haven't you ever wanted to stick your foot so far up somebody's ass you have to leave your shoe there to get your foot out? Just wear crappy shoes to the meetup, bring along soap and hydrogen peroxide for your foot after your remove it.
I know you joke. I'd like to point out that if the San Francisco Bay Area hadn't been split up into San Francisco, Brisbane, San Jose, and Oakland-Alameda, it would be on top. Toranto and London are obviously needing a split.
This is a gateway to pingpong-ball-less motion capture. In future with sufficient processing power and algorithyms, it ought to be possible to combine two lenses spaced apart for stereo, combined with x,y,and z axis positioning sensors. Such a device could record stereo data, combined positional data and the understanding that objects "grow" as the come closer", to make 3D models of anything it sees. The more time it can watch an object and rotate/zoom around it, the more detailed the model can be. It doesn't even have to make the model in realtime, just record as much data as it can then upload it to more powerful computers later. When does Minority Report take place? 2050 or so? Well by then I fully expect that instead of the flat holograms Tom Cruise watched we'll have full 3D.
The machines already do. We're trapped in The Matrix and we don't even know it. The machines finally realized that lions generate more body heat than humans and don't need their minds kept busy in a virtual reality like we do. The machines need some time though to grow enough lions to replace humanity before we're all destroyed by the asterloid.
if it was in an earth orbit buildings could be tied down to one side and the rock will shelter them from at least half of the debris all over the place up there.
Your user number is lower than mine, yet you've never realized or heard as I have about going to Preferences, Exclude Stories From the Homepage, Topics, then checking the MOZILLA BOX. BOOM! Mozilla stories will forever disappear from/. for you. What's that? You want to hear about Mozilla 1.1 but not the alpha and beta? Try that freshmeat site you mention but I've never checked out. Or follow the Mozilla timetable and use ICQs reminder feature or whatever. You're wasting your breath when a very significant group of/. readers want to hear about Mozilla alpha and betas.
The problem with boats is if one is situated in a landlocked state, then travel by foot or bike is needed. Since many interstate routes prohibit bikes or walking, there is a violation of the right to free association. Of course, the high court has never ruled if Americans have a right to travel annonymously.
Preach on brother. I think the idea of improving security at airports is funny. Where does the airport end? Is it the curb where people unload? A carbomb will take that out. Is it the road leading to the unloading zone? If there's an overpass nearby just steal a car, fill it with bottles of gasoline, aim it right, tie down the steering wheel, and put a brick on the accelerator. That will make a good bomb any place where there's a crowd of people, and the terrorist doesn't even have to be in the car!
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Why is does DVD use a red laser? I thought it used a green laser. Green lasers have a shorter wavelength and so ought to hold more. Why wasn't DVD designed around green lasers?
But its not as though the US would comply. OTOH, if the accused and accuser are merely in different states, its much more likely there will actually be a verdict.
When a modder finishes the case, sure the thing gets closed up. Once its been dyed black, leds replaced with blue ones, holes cut for windows, lights inside placed, holes for fans cut and fans installed, CPU water cooled, hard drive window cut, drive faces dyed black. Close it up and show it off.
What about Vancouver? Aren't there a whole lot of Japanese families there and therefore, attractive women? Or did all the ugly ones move there and the gorgeous ones to Seattle and San Francisco?
Shop-vac, huh. I was figuring it might make more sense to buy a bunch of plaster, silicone patching material, and caulk. Of course not everyone has a shop-vac. The good ones aren't cheap. Pity the person who can afford a computer but not $50 worth of patching supplies to keep the bugs out in the first place.
Supposedly the actors/models hired for this won't lie when asked if they work for Sony/Ericson, but I wonder how specific the line of questioning has to be? These people are going to waste other peoples' time asking for photos to be taken of them. Ordinarily I'd gladly take a photo of a couple, but these photos are meaningless.
Do you keep sand in your pockets? If I were worried about a CD getting scratched in my pocket I'd also worry about crud finding a way inside a floppy. Just use a plastic sleeve, and like the guy above suggests, buy 3" cd-R, yes they're twice as much per disk, but given more demand that would drop. Personally I like the compact flash or other card-based ideas.
The majority of the 50 states do not have significant technology industries and so might be willing to overturn UCITA which would benefit computer users. Unfortunately it is Congress which passed UCITA in the first place. Congress is composed of individuals who are well paid by businesses in general. UCITA is in the interest of companies, who will pay or refuse to pay politicians who would otherwise repeal UCITA.
Now be helpful and tell me what you really think, redneck. In fifty years the way humanity is going we're all fucked. What's your solution? At least tell me you believe in every-person-for-themselves, screw the third world, God said procreate until there's no more room to move, and all that.
Does the CIA count as military? MKULTRA was all about the CIA giving civilian and military personnel drugs such as LSD without their knowledge or permission. Why? So that mind control drugs could be found to make soldiers / activists more docile / willing to obey authority. This was in the 60s and 70s. The military also exposed personnel to hazardous levels of radiation when it knew about the dangers.
I don't think communism is all that bad. Its human nature that is the problem. Human nature is all about hoarding goods and services, trying to get rich for doing nothing, and not thinking about any generations past potential grandchildren. If the wealthy nations in this world quit being so protectionist of capitalism, they could agree to grow all the food needed to end world hunger. Then they would send 500 billion condoms all across the world along with family planning information so the poorest families in the world would stop having the most kids. While doing this there would be a massive education program to build schools in poor countries.
The problem here? Money. Who would pay for this. Well I don't know if I just described communism or what, but its BEING NEIGHBOORLY WHEN THE WORLD IS YOUR NEIGHBOORHOOD. If a friend gets sick, you go out of your way to do his shopping while you do yours. If a stranger gets sick you let the System take care of it.
One statistic I've read says it would take the equivalent of eight earths to raise the standard of living for the entire world up to that of Americans. Well we don't have eight earths. So either Americans have to lower their standard of living, or we agree to let the third world rot in poverty. Meanwhile their population continues to grow. They will run out of food and water, get into massive civil wars, or fight other countries for resources. In Africa that means Egypt becomes a target, then Israel, neither of which will go down without a massive fight. I won't even speculate on China and south east Asia, but you can be sure when shit hits the fan there, your cheap made in Indonesia Nikes and Singapore TVs are history.
Capitalism is flawed as it exists anyway. Its one big pyramid scheme. If the world population slows companies can't continue to grow except by purchasing other companies. There goes the stock market. It will have about 10 corporations controlling everything. If the standard of living is raised for the entire world that means Nikes and TVs will cost more, making then too expensive for many more Americans. With less buyers the corporations lose money, people are laid off and that's one more person who can't buy a TV.
What's the solution? As I see it, MODIFIED Communism. The world agrees to help every person on the planet improve their life. If people won't do their job, they only get minimum assistance from the world. Meanwhile every person making Nikes eventually gets a TV and the people making TVs eventually get Nikes. I don't have all the answers to every scenario, but I have yet to hear someone explain how to deal with the faults of the current system.
Do you think this will inevitably go mainstream or at least become a luxury purchase like home theater projection systems are now? Thanks for the info.
Haven't you ever wanted to stick your foot so far up somebody's ass you have to leave your shoe there to get your foot out? Just wear crappy shoes to the meetup, bring along soap and hydrogen peroxide for your foot after your remove it.
I know you joke. I'd like to point out that if the San Francisco Bay Area hadn't been split up into San Francisco, Brisbane, San Jose, and Oakland-Alameda, it would be on top. Toranto and London are obviously needing a split.
This is a gateway to pingpong-ball-less motion capture. In future with sufficient processing power and algorithyms, it ought to be possible to combine two lenses spaced apart for stereo, combined with x,y,and z axis positioning sensors. Such a device could record stereo data, combined positional data and the understanding that objects "grow" as the come closer", to make 3D models of anything it sees. The more time it can watch an object and rotate/zoom around it, the more detailed the model can be. It doesn't even have to make the model in realtime, just record as much data as it can then upload it to more powerful computers later. When does Minority Report take place? 2050 or so? Well by then I fully expect that instead of the flat holograms Tom Cruise watched we'll have full 3D.
The machines already do. We're trapped in The Matrix and we don't even know it. The machines finally realized that lions generate more body heat than humans and don't need their minds kept busy in a virtual reality like we do. The machines need some time though to grow enough lions to replace humanity before we're all destroyed by the asterloid.
well I don't have mod points, but you made my evening, thanks
if it was in an earth orbit buildings could be tied down to one side and the rock will shelter them from at least half of the debris all over the place up there.
I hope one chunk destroys the Space Needle. Not because I have anything against it, I just think that would be totally cool and a perfect target.
Your user number is lower than mine, yet you've never realized or heard as I have about going to Preferences, Exclude Stories From the Homepage, Topics, then checking the MOZILLA BOX. BOOM! Mozilla stories will forever disappear from /. for you. What's that? You want to hear about Mozilla 1.1 but not the alpha and beta? Try that freshmeat site you mention but I've never checked out. Or follow the Mozilla timetable and use ICQs reminder feature or whatever. You're wasting your breath when a very significant group of /. readers want to hear about Mozilla alpha and betas.
The problem with boats is if one is situated in a landlocked state, then travel by foot or bike is needed. Since many interstate routes prohibit bikes or walking, there is a violation of the right to free association. Of course, the high court has never ruled if Americans have a right to travel annonymously.
So the Dems get ugly folk, and Repubs have stupid dolts.
I really hope the Coast Guard starts randomly stopping all Hawaii bound boats they can find. Then I'll have to SWIM.
I'm sure you're right, but that should never mean retarded rules are passed and enforced to make the public feel safe when they are not.
Preach on brother. I think the idea of improving security at airports is funny. Where does the airport end? Is it the curb where people unload? A carbomb will take that out. Is it the road leading to the unloading zone? If there's an overpass nearby just steal a car, fill it with bottles of gasoline, aim it right, tie down the steering wheel, and put a brick on the accelerator. That will make a good bomb any place where there's a crowd of people, and the terrorist doesn't even have to be in the car!
Part of his complaint is the regulations created by Ashcroft and company are SECRET and changed at will and therefore unconstitutional.