What would be even more awesome would be if they chose to do it to themselves with the help of some Yoga classes and a mirror. That would make for one heck of a YouTube video.
What I really liked about the original one that I read was, the author said "I got the bone drill, shaved my head, and was a little nervous so TOOK A HIT OF ACID TO CALM MY NERVES."
I can't imagine drilling a hole in my head while tripping. That's... pretty scary!
And, reading a little into the article, I see that acid played a role in Heather's self-trepanation as well. Freaking hippies.:) "I need trepanation like I need a hole in my head."
What is the point of having a car that can go faster then the posted speed limit? In America, we work from the premise that we are free and can do things until prohibited otherwise. You can puchase a car that goes 200mph and have no legal way of driving it that fast, it doesn't mean that all cars will have a 55 or 70 MPH governor installed [...]
My Corvette, rated at 172 mph, I had taken to 145 mph on Alligator Alley. One late night on 95 in south Florida where's it's really fucking flat, I decided to open it up.
I got up to the 145 that I had previously achieved, then went uphill over an overpass (south Florida is really, really flat, if I haven't mentioned it -- it should be possible to get to full speed).
As I crested the overpass and started to descend, with my foot fully on the floor, I felt the engine disengage, and start to slow the car down; the top speed I saw in the heads-up display was 146. I was fucking PISSED! I paid X dollars for this 345 HP car, and come to find out there's a governor installed so I can't wrap myself around the nearest light pole. Epic fail, but at least I lived.
Other countries may operate differently in which you can't do anything without getting permission first. We have gotten there yet.
I like the unintentional typo, and agree that we have already gotten there.
(BTW, I just lost a bunch of moderations, but feel that this comment is more important.)
Sounds like you've found something worth living for. In case there are others out there who are reading this who have not, I would like to offer the following site and associated technique: http://www.emofree.com/
This is EFT, the Emotional Freedom Technique. It's basically just "tapping" on different parts of your body, using your fingers. It is so simple to learn, and has many amazing benefits. I'm recovering from a bunch of different issues including layoff (these days, who isn't?), and EFT has been remarkably useful in this regard.
It's not "Western Science" so may perhaps be a bit for someone to take in. I've also practiced Jin Shin Jyutsu, and after 40 hours of practice I am able to feel the energy in my fingertips (it's like a numbness, like my fingers fell asleep, except they can also feel normally if I touch something -- for me; others experience is as a hot/cold sensation, others as a pressure like magnetism, and others as almost a wind; the "sixth sense" is really not something separate at all, it uses nerves you're already accustomed to, just in a different manner).
Anyway, like I said, you sound like you've gotten through your issues. I hope that anybody else who is struggling with emotions can seek out knowledge of the EFT technique; it is literally a life-saver, and can help with so many emotional issues as well (like fear of heights, or driving, or public speaking, etc).
They said there was a DCMA take down notice. IANAL, but doesn't that require that the issuer of the notice to afiirm under oath that he is the true copyright holder? That would then make it perjury to issue a false notice.
Unfortunately, the media fat cats are smarter than that.
The way the law is written: a takedown notice may be filed with no consequences. The response to that takedown notice, affirming that the content is not infringing, is what is affirmed with penalties of perjury.
If the takedown notice also had provisions for penalties of perjury, then your scenario would work. And many of us would be happier that the world (or at least, the US internet) would be a nicer place to play in, because a company would have to ensure that you were in violation before blasting out takedown notices.
That tiny "loophole" in the law should educate the rest of us as to who paid for this law, and what its purpose really is (to keep down competition).
You're not the only one. I was diagnosed with ADD last year; I'm in my mid-thirties. Like you, I used to read a lot of books; these days, I basically only read in the rest room (and most of the time, I use my phone to read email instead of a book, even though it's connected to Project Gutenberg). It's sad, because there's still so much more to learn and enjoy, but I've basically turned off that input method.
"I didn't stab him. A guy came in wanting to stab someone, so I told him where to get a knife. He then put the knife on the counter so other people could go stabbing with the knife."
And I'd say it's more like, "this doesn't map to existing experience." (Nobody is being deprived of their life, or bodily fluids, when someone makes a copy, unlike when someone stabs.)
I just finish the (short) book "Six Easy Pieces" by Richard Feynman, from his lectures back in 1961. (Excellent read, by the way.) In it, he describes how when particles travel through two slits in a panel, the distribution is around halfway between the two slits; but when waves travel, there's an interference pattern instead.
Electrons, however, sometimes behave like particles, and sometimes like waves. They're something completely different, and don't quite map to either of our prior-existing ways of looking at the world.
I would say the ability to perfectly copy an object, without depriving the possessor of the object, is something completely new that we've never had before. Our existing laws are not designed to deal with this advancement.
I just look forward to the day when we have matter copiers, and everyone can have a BMW. Or Corvette, or Beechcraft, or whatever weapons they can find blueprints for (yes, the future is scary, oh noes!). And I wonder what gyrations the law will go through then to "protect" the matter salesmen.
I used this same argument in regards to speeding laws, which thanks to cameras means more people are getting ticketed. I argue the solution is not shoddy enforcement, but instead raise the limit to a higher number from 65 to 75 for example, so fewer people get ticketed. (Besides 75 is what the interstate engineers recommended in the first place... politicians need to listen to engineers, not ignore them.)
Agreed; and in addition, I think we need a federal mandate that changes to the speed limit be made in 5 mph increments.
The specific example is going south on Route 1 into Boston over the Tobin Bridge. After paying the toll, the road descends and passes under 93, then ascends and loops around to the right. After the tolls the speed limit is 45 mph. Halfway down the descending portion, it changes to 30! There is often a speed trap at the low point of the road, because you'll be accelerating if you coast, so you need to apply the brakes rather hard to overcome that acceleration due to gravity -- and then a bit harder to lose 1/3 of your current speed.
It's important to note that the road doesn't even start the turn to the right until a quarter mile or so after the low point; so this seems engineered to generate revenue, and expressly not engineered for the most efficient traffic patterns. (But then perhaps there are aspects I'm unaware of, like perhaps faster traffic's vibrations could affect the bridge above, or there's nearby housing and slower speeds keep the noise down, etc...)
And there are edge cases, like a hair-pin turn on a faster road (perhaps a mountain road); and also for exit ramps they'd have ridiculously close decreasing signs, so that's an edge case.
But we're engineers, and can put boundary conditions, such as: "if the road curves by more than 45 degrees, it can be lowered in 10 mph increments; and if it curves by more than 90 degrees, it can be lowered to any speed with a single sign" -- and perhaps more than just two boundaries are needed, but this seems easily workable and can help us eliminate the "extra taxes" our conniving officials put in place for us.
There was a time when you could only buy your land line phone from Bell [...]
Actually, it was even worse: you had to rent your phone from Bell; I recall my parents being warily convinced that we should purchase a phone, so we could remove that line-item from the bill. (They were concerned that any issues with it, Bell wouldn't cover it, or worse, an issue with the line Bell could point to the owner-owned phone and say "sorry that voids the warrantee" or something similar.)
What about running under Wine (which I do for Warcraft 3 / SC)?
Hi, serious question here: how do you get it to run under Wine?
I tried around... a year or two ago (the Linux server just keeps ticking, I rarely log into it these days, especially after the following), and I could get it to appear in a window, but never full-screen.
If I reduced the screen dimensions, then it looked better, but then that screwed up the other windows after I changed it back (back then, I was using it on a more daily basis).
My prior goal was to completely replace my Windows boxes, but the lack of SC playability on Ubuntu (8.04 I think?) ended that quest. If it now works, or you have a better workaround, I'm all ears!
iPhone developers are bound by contract with Apple not to make information available to the public about communications with Apple over the app review.
Why does it seem to me like this is a shroud of secrecy to protect wrong-doing, rather than something honest (etc)?
Is perhaps the case that Apple is giving different deals to different developers, and they don't want each other to know about it?
I don't know why Apple is taking the lion's share of the blame by saying they're still evaluating it, but my guess would be some sort of quid pro quo with AT&T.
Yeah, and the worst part? The FCC can't go crying to the CIA to get the wiretaps on those Apple/AT&T conversations...
Because the secret wiretap room is on AT&T property! AT&T could just delete those conversations from the CIA wiretap database.
Actually, Intel has priced this one very aggressively. I think they're seeing their chance to cease the storage market [...]
Well done typo: they're trying to take control of ("seize") the storage market; and, they're trying to eliminate their competitors from being in business ("cease").
[...] such as when we believe we are required to do so by law.
Emphasis added. Why are those two weasel words necessary? What does "belief" have to do with "law"? Sounds like they're giving themselves an out that they really don't need to do; a corporation does not "believe".
I'm missing an eye, from birth. I wonder if I'd be allowed to reach my mid-20s (let alone 1 year!) in such a future world that you envision (perhaps using both eyes?).
Just wait till the homosexual gene is found. If what you say becomes practice in the future, gays and lesbians will quickly become a large unified group of pro-lifers.
Yeah, but they'll only be pro-life for the embryos that exhibit the homosexual gene.
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So, you're one of those that can give such... :)
I remember reading an account of self-trepanation, back when the Internet was young (1996 or so). Here's the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanation ; there's a link to a more recent account of self-trepanation: http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2008/08/lunch_with_heather_perry.php
What I really liked about the original one that I read was, the author said "I got the bone drill, shaved my head, and was a little nervous so TOOK A HIT OF ACID TO CALM MY NERVES."
I can't imagine drilling a hole in my head while tripping. That's ... pretty scary!
And, reading a little into the article, I see that acid played a role in Heather's self-trepanation as well. Freaking hippies. :) "I need trepanation like I need a hole in my head."
I find your sig highly appropriate to this discussion! "If guns are outlawed, I can only cut you into little pieces."
My Corvette, rated at 172 mph, I had taken to 145 mph on Alligator Alley. One late night on 95 in south Florida where's it's really fucking flat, I decided to open it up.
I got up to the 145 that I had previously achieved, then went uphill over an overpass (south Florida is really, really flat, if I haven't mentioned it -- it should be possible to get to full speed).
As I crested the overpass and started to descend, with my foot fully on the floor, I felt the engine disengage, and start to slow the car down; the top speed I saw in the heads-up display was 146. I was fucking PISSED! I paid X dollars for this 345 HP car, and come to find out there's a governor installed so I can't wrap myself around the nearest light pole. Epic fail, but at least I lived.
I like the unintentional typo, and agree that we have already gotten there.
(BTW, I just lost a bunch of moderations, but feel that this comment is more important.)
Sounds like you've found something worth living for. In case there are others out there who are reading this who have not, I would like to offer the following site and associated technique: http://www.emofree.com/
This is EFT, the Emotional Freedom Technique. It's basically just "tapping" on different parts of your body, using your fingers. It is so simple to learn, and has many amazing benefits. I'm recovering from a bunch of different issues including layoff (these days, who isn't?), and EFT has been remarkably useful in this regard.
It's not "Western Science" so may perhaps be a bit for someone to take in. I've also practiced Jin Shin Jyutsu, and after 40 hours of practice I am able to feel the energy in my fingertips (it's like a numbness, like my fingers fell asleep, except they can also feel normally if I touch something -- for me; others experience is as a hot/cold sensation, others as a pressure like magnetism, and others as almost a wind; the "sixth sense" is really not something separate at all, it uses nerves you're already accustomed to, just in a different manner).
Anyway, like I said, you sound like you've gotten through your issues. I hope that anybody else who is struggling with emotions can seek out knowledge of the EFT technique; it is literally a life-saver, and can help with so many emotional issues as well (like fear of heights, or driving, or public speaking, etc).
Unfortunately, the media fat cats are smarter than that.
The way the law is written: a takedown notice may be filed with no consequences. The response to that takedown notice, affirming that the content is not infringing, is what is affirmed with penalties of perjury.
If the takedown notice also had provisions for penalties of perjury, then your scenario would work. And many of us would be happier that the world (or at least, the US internet) would be a nicer place to play in, because a company would have to ensure that you were in violation before blasting out takedown notices.
That tiny "loophole" in the law should educate the rest of us as to who paid for this law, and what its purpose really is (to keep down competition).
If the Sony rootkit episode didn't alert us all, then I have doubts that anything will...
So, is that "death wish" or merely "IT job security"? :)
Yeah, but you still walk and read books, right? Hypocrite.
You're not the only one. I was diagnosed with ADD last year; I'm in my mid-thirties. Like you, I used to read a lot of books; these days, I basically only read in the rest room (and most of the time, I use my phone to read email instead of a book, even though it's connected to Project Gutenberg). It's sad, because there's still so much more to learn and enjoy, but I've basically turned off that input method.
And I'd say it's more like, "this doesn't map to existing experience." (Nobody is being deprived of their life, or bodily fluids, when someone makes a copy, unlike when someone stabs.)
I just finish the (short) book "Six Easy Pieces" by Richard Feynman, from his lectures back in 1961. (Excellent read, by the way.) In it, he describes how when particles travel through two slits in a panel, the distribution is around halfway between the two slits; but when waves travel, there's an interference pattern instead.
Electrons, however, sometimes behave like particles, and sometimes like waves. They're something completely different, and don't quite map to either of our prior-existing ways of looking at the world.
I would say the ability to perfectly copy an object, without depriving the possessor of the object, is something completely new that we've never had before. Our existing laws are not designed to deal with this advancement.
I just look forward to the day when we have matter copiers, and everyone can have a BMW. Or Corvette, or Beechcraft, or whatever weapons they can find blueprints for (yes, the future is scary, oh noes!). And I wonder what gyrations the law will go through then to "protect" the matter salesmen.
Agreed; and in addition, I think we need a federal mandate that changes to the speed limit be made in 5 mph increments.
The specific example is going south on Route 1 into Boston over the Tobin Bridge. After paying the toll, the road descends and passes under 93, then ascends and loops around to the right. After the tolls the speed limit is 45 mph. Halfway down the descending portion, it changes to 30! There is often a speed trap at the low point of the road, because you'll be accelerating if you coast, so you need to apply the brakes rather hard to overcome that acceleration due to gravity -- and then a bit harder to lose 1/3 of your current speed.
It's important to note that the road doesn't even start the turn to the right until a quarter mile or so after the low point; so this seems engineered to generate revenue, and expressly not engineered for the most efficient traffic patterns. (But then perhaps there are aspects I'm unaware of, like perhaps faster traffic's vibrations could affect the bridge above, or there's nearby housing and slower speeds keep the noise down, etc...)
And there are edge cases, like a hair-pin turn on a faster road (perhaps a mountain road); and also for exit ramps they'd have ridiculously close decreasing signs, so that's an edge case.
But we're engineers, and can put boundary conditions, such as: "if the road curves by more than 45 degrees, it can be lowered in 10 mph increments; and if it curves by more than 90 degrees, it can be lowered to any speed with a single sign" -- and perhaps more than just two boundaries are needed, but this seems easily workable and can help us eliminate the "extra taxes" our conniving officials put in place for us.
Actually, it was even worse: you had to rent your phone from Bell; I recall my parents being warily convinced that we should purchase a phone, so we could remove that line-item from the bill. (They were concerned that any issues with it, Bell wouldn't cover it, or worse, an issue with the line Bell could point to the owner-owned phone and say "sorry that voids the warrantee" or something similar.)
Well, only in the gameplay sense.
SC's dependence on the IPX protocol should die die die.
Hi, serious question here: how do you get it to run under Wine?
I tried around ... a year or two ago (the Linux server just keeps ticking, I rarely log into it these days, especially after the following), and I could get it to appear in a window, but never full-screen.
If I reduced the screen dimensions, then it looked better, but then that screwed up the other windows after I changed it back (back then, I was using it on a more daily basis).
My prior goal was to completely replace my Windows boxes, but the lack of SC playability on Ubuntu (8.04 I think?) ended that quest. If it now works, or you have a better workaround, I'm all ears!
Why does it seem to me like this is a shroud of secrecy to protect wrong-doing, rather than something honest (etc)?
Is perhaps the case that Apple is giving different deals to different developers, and they don't want each other to know about it?
Yeah, and the worst part? The FCC can't go crying to the CIA to get the wiretaps on those Apple/AT&T conversations...
Because the secret wiretap room is on AT&T property! AT&T could just delete those conversations from the CIA wiretap database.
I love good theatre.
Well done typo: they're trying to take control of ("seize") the storage market; and, they're trying to eliminate their competitors from being in business ("cease").
Yes, yes, your wrists are scary, now put teh elbow gloves back on!
Hmm...
Emphasis added. Why are those two weasel words necessary? What does "belief" have to do with "law"? Sounds like they're giving themselves an out that they really don't need to do; a corporation does not "believe".
I'm missing an eye, from birth. I wonder if I'd be allowed to reach my mid-20s (let alone 1 year!) in such a future world that you envision (perhaps using both eyes?).
Yeah, but they'll only be pro-life for the embryos that exhibit the homosexual gene.
The future gets weirder and weirder.
WTF. Why TF didn't the authorities investigate the obviously crooked judge? I mean, I'm in another country and I can smell the corruption.