If you look at the history of "modern science", from circa Newton and forward, the hard science has been separated from philosophy.
In a way you can say that the philosophers are constantly trying to catch up, and integrate the new knowledge in their world perceptions.
As a whole I do not think that is a problem. We might occationally stumble upon a field or a method that we in hindsight can see was a bad idea, for ethical reasons, but the checks and balances that is built into academia and science/science funding will soon enough learn to handle these areas (and perhaps give the philosophers a helping hand in the process).
I see philosophy as contemplative and reactive to the given facts. If we insist that all science must keep pace with philosophy, we will stifle progress enough to start a new "dark age"./Crafack
Paper and pigeons! What'll be the next? A magical tablet that translates your handwaving to images of the Wonders of the Worlds? Pah!
In my day, we had to write the questions using cuneiform script on a damp clay tablet, pack it in an envelope of clay, and then deliver it personally to the priesthood.
Standard SMS services guarantees delivery of your message within 24 hours, if recipient phone is active on a network. Not usable.
The best systems I have seen in use, are either electronic dongles (eg. http://rsa.com/node.aspx?id=1156), or paper-based one-time pads with challenge-response pairs.
We spend a sizeable amount of both time and money securing systems against outside access.
The problem as reported in TFA is in the end-user zone. Malware, trojans etc. are used to steal identities og businesses or persons.
True, most of these problems could be mitigated (for now) if the banks switched to some kind of one-time-pad system, but apparently for now the cost of the system are greater than losses due to attacks./Crafack
Actually, a low UID could also indicate a person that over time has transcended geekiness, and risen to live among the "normal" population.
My own UID is fairly low, and I'm happily married...
My experience in these matters indicate that while you can dream of a situation where you can safely navigate the social waters by use of a gadget like the one from TFA, or a list of positive and/or negative clues, it will not be of any use.
The only thing, in my experience, that will aid you in your quest for a "normal life" is: Guts.
The second you overcome your low self-esteem and your fears of being rejected, you are on the right path.
The moment you dare to admit to yourself, and a girl you meet and perhaps want to date, that you are nervous, but act in spite of that nervousness, you are well along the path.
Being honest will lead to rejection after rejection, but rather be rejected before anything has happened, than when eventually you let the facade fall, and reveal the real you.
Lastly. Remember this: When you meet the right woman[*], all pretenses are wasted effort. She will see through your soul, and even the forgotten dark corners of your soul will be hers to see and love.
[*] or man, if that matches your gender or preference.
Here in DK, the price for gas has run through the roof as of lately.
Current price sets a record high around $6.246 per gallon...
OT: By the way, I love the Google calculator. Just ask it to do the conversion you want, and poof... That makes it a lot easier to convert to and from SI units.
Very OT: I cannot understand why wverybody hasn't fully embraced the metric system yet... 17.7 cm looks a lot bigger than 7 inches... At least on paper;)
On the other hand, another danish law prohibits public utility companies from selling access to their fibre networks, because this would be "unfair competition" against the private sector (including the "market-dominant enterprises" mentioned in the parent).
I live i Viborg, Denmark, where the local power utility company has started laying a fibre network to all households. This project has been stopped/paused because of the aforementioned law.
Damn! Nobody else is at the moment planning a product with the same potential as FTTP./Crafack
Actually, the idea of taking out a patent on your ideas, and then "selling" your patent to the gov't was meant to ensure that the ideas wouldn't leak into the axis' hands during WWII.
The problem with these utils, used in a medium-to-large company is the cost of the port.
Besides, some of these utils may have been written a long time ago, by people who have moved on to other departments (or greener pa$ture$), which increases the amount of time needed to do the port (and thereby the cost).
A thing like WINE allows you to switch to Linux as the main platform, with minimal cost.
Today, there are two methods used when a site is added to a search engine database. The first relies on information submitted by the site, the second relies on information (e.g. keyword fields) found by crawlers. As more sites switch to dynamic content, the sites offer no easy way for a crawler to find information about content. This could be solved by developing some method for storage and retrieval of the data. For an example, look at how the "robots. txt"-mechanism works./Joakim Crafack
Slashdot Mirror
Problem is, that this not a web host, where 17 USC 512(g) would apply. It's Google's App store. /Crafack
Short answer: No.
If you look at the history of "modern science", from circa Newton and forward, the hard science has been separated from philosophy.
In a way you can say that the philosophers are constantly trying to catch up, and integrate the new knowledge in their world perceptions.
As a whole I do not think that is a problem. We might occationally stumble upon a field or a method that we in hindsight can see was a bad idea, for ethical reasons, but the checks and balances that is built into academia and science/science funding will soon enough learn to handle these areas (and perhaps give the philosophers a helping hand in the process).
I see philosophy as contemplative and reactive to the given facts. If we insist that all science must keep pace with philosophy, we will stifle progress enough to start a new "dark age". /Crafack
1. ??? (whatever)
2. Ask for tax money to compensate for your (own/clients) stupidity.
3. Profit!
Paper and pigeons! What'll be the next? A magical tablet that translates your handwaving to images of the Wonders of the Worlds? Pah!
In my day, we had to write the questions using cuneiform script on a damp clay tablet, pack it in an envelope of clay, and then deliver it personally to the priesthood.
/Crafack
"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken...
which is a quote from "Atlas Shrugged" (1957) by Ayn Rand
/Crafack
The best systems I have seen in use, are either electronic dongles (eg. http://rsa.com/node.aspx?id=1156), or paper-based one-time pads with challenge-response pairs.
/Crafack
I'm in IT Operations for a bank in EU.
/Crafack
We spend a sizeable amount of both time and money securing systems against outside access.
The problem as reported in TFA is in the end-user zone. Malware, trojans etc. are used to steal identities og businesses or persons.
True, most of these problems could be mitigated (for now) if the banks switched to some kind of one-time-pad system, but apparently for now the cost of the system are greater than losses due to attacks.
No. It's virtual servers all the way down.
/me thinksnot
Actually, a low UID could also indicate a person that over time has transcended geekiness, and risen to live among the "normal" population.
My own UID is fairly low, and I'm happily married...
My experience in these matters indicate that while you can dream of a situation where you can safely navigate the social waters by use of a gadget like the one from TFA, or a list of positive and/or negative clues, it will not be of any use.
The only thing, in my experience, that will aid you in your quest for a "normal life" is: Guts.
The second you overcome your low self-esteem and your fears of being rejected, you are on the right path.
The moment you dare to admit to yourself, and a girl you meet and perhaps want to date, that you are nervous, but act in spite of that nervousness, you are well along the path.
Being honest will lead to rejection after rejection, but rather be rejected before anything has happened, than when eventually you let the facade fall, and reveal the real you.
Lastly. Remember this: When you meet the right woman[*], all pretenses are wasted effort. She will see through your soul, and even the forgotten dark corners of your soul will be hers to see and love.
[*] or man, if that matches your gender or preference.
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/Crafack
The story of Mel, the Real Programmer: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html
/Crafack
Wishful thinking, perhaps ?
/Crafack
Current price sets a record high around $6.246 per gallon...
OT: By the way, I love the Google calculator. Just ask it to do the conversion you want, and poof... That makes it a lot easier to convert to and from SI units.
Very OT: I cannot understand why wverybody hasn't fully embraced the metric system yet... 17.7 cm looks a lot bigger than 7 inches... At least on paper ;)
/Crafack
On the other hand, another danish law prohibits public utility companies from selling access to their fibre networks, because this would be "unfair competition" against the private sector (including the "market-dominant enterprises" mentioned in the parent).
/Crafack
I live i Viborg, Denmark, where the local power utility company has started laying a fibre network to all households. This project has been stopped/paused because of the aforementioned law.
Damn! Nobody else is at the moment planning a product with the same potential as FTTP.
They just should've listened to Reason. /Crafack
That might explain something...
/Crafack
Actually, the idea of taking out a patent on your ideas, and then "selling" your patent to the gov't was meant to ensure that the ideas wouldn't leak into the axis' hands during WWII.
/Joakim
There's a bit about it in Rhode's book "The Making of the Atomic Bomb".
The problem with these utils, used in a medium-to-large company is the cost of the port.
Besides, some of these utils may have been written a long time ago, by people who have moved on to other departments (or greener pa$ture$), which increases the amount of time needed to do the port (and thereby the cost).
A thing like WINE allows you to switch to Linux as the main platform, with minimal cost.
/Joakim
I agree, that patent judges are unsuited to determine the originality of software patents. This job would be much better handled by SW professionals.
I think that a patent period of 6 to 9 months is too short for some SW patents (e.g. a revolutionary new algorithm for multimedia compression).
/Crafack
/Joakim Crafack
Today, there are two methods used when a site is added to a search engine database. The first relies on information submitted by the site, the second relies on information (e.g. keyword fields) found by crawlers. As more sites switch to dynamic content, the sites offer no easy way for a crawler to find information about content. This could be solved by developing some method for storage and retrieval of the data. For an example, look at how the "robots. txt"-mechanism works. /Joakim Crafack
There's a "sample" of his book "Acts of the Apostles" on his page. Actually the sample sums up to 99 pages (when dumped to printer).
I wonder if any major book publishers would have allowed this?
I don't know if Mandrake is copyrightedd, but I know that there's a MUD server in Finland (mandrake.cs.hut.fi:4000) who bears that name.