Radiation ("harmful" or otherwise) is energy and the whole point of life is utilising energy to rearrange elements to one's benefit - the more energy, the better, if the lifeform can handle it. Anything that could handle all the "harmful" radiation close to the core would have an advantage as a lifeform, but would be fatally "cold" further out from the core.
Actually, user vlm above has a post about techniques and that's more along the lines of what I was thinking (if I knew more about the internet and what they're actually tracking).
The more clutter the tracking agents receive, the better off the general public will be.
Besides, changing ZIP codes works fine; people do it all the time, just think "change of address forms".
The way I see it, people need to share their surfing. Make the tracking companies see the aggregate of several (random) people's surfing habits rather than just one. Maybe random swapping of IP addresses from time-to-time? (I'm not trained in internet protocols, so I have no idea how this would be done.)
Life (as in life on Earth) may be dependant upon having both a sizeable moon to stabilise the planet and large gas giants to vaccuum up the errant chunks of rock and ice floating around the system.
As important as water is (and it's beginning to look more and more prevalent), I think that for life to exist is more dependant upon things like a large moon and a Jupiter-like aegis -- that makes it less likely that life exists elsewhere. (Sadly)
Because the problem is not bombs. It's "counterfeits" and porn along with control. The purpose of the scans and the searches is not to find bombs but to get the public used to being controlled. Your bomb sniffing dogs, while terrific at fixing the stated problem, won't fix the real and unstated problem.
But the major consoles are still ahead of PCs in how many simultaneous players a game will usually support.
Um, what? In the 80s, my 8-bit Atari 800 supported 8 players with joystick splitting on the 4 built-in joystick ports. How is anything less than that "ahead"?
So what I'm getting from your reply is "yes, it says that, but it also says something else." (Otherwise, I don't see what your reply has to do with my question.)
You know, I'd really like to agree with you that it's not 'representative of the religion as a whole', but I'm still waiting for someone to come out and definitively tell me that the Qu'ran does not say it's okay to convert heathens at swordpoint.
Sadly, Canada is becoming even more what the US never quite achieved. We have a very fundamentalist christian government that while having a minority mandate has been very agily manipulating both the opposition and the population with "tough on crime" "for the children" and "for the canadian economy" arguments. They don't actually follow through on any of these things and actually promote foreign economic interests over canadian ones while cracking down on our freedoms quite effectively, even if slowly (like the turn of a thumbscrew).
Fascist has been overused in describing this government, but it's sadly becoming more the case that it's true. Strong support of ACTA and foreign copyright interests while increasing surveillance and reporting measures along with laws that support only the very small "moral" minority makes it clear that this government does not have the interests of "canadians" at heart, but of only certain canadians which they feel belong to their "tribe" of christian conservative businessmen.
Everyday I fear I see more and more of the "Norsefire" regime (from "V for Vendetta") developing in my home and native land. And for once I don't think I'm a crackpot to see the resemblance.
He's not just some guy, he's David Arlie. He's done work on Xorg stuff, including the nouveau driver. You should be honoured that he called you an idiot, especially since it's his second comment on Slashdot, after the first posted in 2005.
I'm not getting into the argument, just thought I'd point it out, considering that he is kind of a public person in these circles.
I'm guessing his dog must have died and he had to vent, taking these factors into consideration.
Not that I actually disagree with your assessment or anything but you do realise that that's merely an argument to authority, right?
You've struck upon the primary problem with privacy, the one that allows credit reporting agencies to flourish: they are allowed to exist as an "opt-out" option.
There should be legislation that requires these information gathering and reporting agencies to opt you in before they start gathering anything on you.
My privacy is an externality in their business model.
So that brings me to my biggest complaint: that they make money off of my existence without giving me a cut; I'm a resource they mine at little to no cost to them. Make them require my permission and they might start sharing the profits with the source of their wealth in order to garner that permission.
...Once we conquer gravity and develop some sort of gravity drive that doesn't require half a universe's worth of energy to lift off out of a gravity well.
A planet then will be something we can land on, and walk around upon, that is the most significant gravity well in easy distance.
This significantly matches the science fiction (fantasy fiction?) concept of what a planet is...
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Several ways to respond to GP...
You:
Dunno why not, they're just as good in the sack as everyone else.
Pratchet: "'You shouldn't ---- hypocrites then,' effortlessly pronouncing a string of dashes"
Me:
I just can't stand f**ing hypocrites.
You should try it lying down then...
Why limit yourself? With a cleaver marketing campaign, you can own some penniless hippies!
Cleaver marketing campaign? Is that like threatening them with a cleaver until they agree to become your slaves?
That's beautiful, man!
/tear
That's where I would have gone:
Radiation ("harmful" or otherwise) is energy and the whole point of life is utilising energy to rearrange elements to one's benefit - the more energy, the better, if the lifeform can handle it. Anything that could handle all the "harmful" radiation close to the core would have an advantage as a lifeform, but would be fatally "cold" further out from the core.
Actually, user vlm above has a post about techniques and that's more along the lines of what I was thinking (if I knew more about the internet and what they're actually tracking).
The more clutter the tracking agents receive, the better off the general public will be.
Besides, changing ZIP codes works fine; people do it all the time, just think "change of address forms".
The way I see it, people need to share their surfing. Make the tracking companies see the aggregate of several (random) people's surfing habits rather than just one. Maybe random swapping of IP addresses from time-to-time? (I'm not trained in internet protocols, so I have no idea how this would be done.)
Pluto.
(You didn't ask for a planet, only a "non-gas giant".)
Life (as in life on Earth) may be dependant upon having both a sizeable moon to stabilise the planet and large gas giants to vaccuum up the errant chunks of rock and ice floating around the system.
As important as water is (and it's beginning to look more and more prevalent), I think that for life to exist is more dependant upon things like a large moon and a Jupiter-like aegis -- that makes it less likely that life exists elsewhere. (Sadly)
I'm just getting nostalgic for the days when games were fun and not just competitive.
Because the problem is not bombs. It's "counterfeits" and porn along with control. The purpose of the scans and the searches is not to find bombs but to get the public used to being controlled. Your bomb sniffing dogs, while terrific at fixing the stated problem, won't fix the real and unstated problem.
But the major consoles are still ahead of PCs in how many simultaneous players a game will usually support.
Um, what? In the 80s, my 8-bit Atari 800 supported 8 players with joystick splitting on the 4 built-in joystick ports. How is anything less than that "ahead"?
I still prefer it in the original Klingon!
Perhaps "the word god" is some sort of writing automaton... then the OP could patent it... Just sayin'
In fact, beck has even gone out of his way to expressly state that he doesn't blame obama for it.
"I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him." I think you miss the degree of Beck's rhetoric.
I was so used to seeing it misquoted as "intensive purposes", I was too shocked to reply myself... I think "intense and purposes" is a new one for me.
Thank you Reverend Malthus. Still insightful after two hundred years.
"Environmental Controls" or "Life Support".
Come on guys... this is supposed to be a nerd site afterall.
Gentlemen, we cannot afford to allow a mineshaft gap!
So what I'm getting from your reply is "yes, it says that, but it also says something else." (Otherwise, I don't see what your reply has to do with my question.)
You know, I'd really like to agree with you that it's not 'representative of the religion as a whole', but I'm still waiting for someone to come out and definitively tell me that the Qu'ran does not say it's okay to convert heathens at swordpoint.
Sadly, Canada is becoming even more what the US never quite achieved. We have a very fundamentalist christian government that while having a minority mandate has been very agily manipulating both the opposition and the population with "tough on crime" "for the children" and "for the canadian economy" arguments. They don't actually follow through on any of these things and actually promote foreign economic interests over canadian ones while cracking down on our freedoms quite effectively, even if slowly (like the turn of a thumbscrew).
Fascist has been overused in describing this government, but it's sadly becoming more the case that it's true. Strong support of ACTA and foreign copyright interests while increasing surveillance and reporting measures along with laws that support only the very small "moral" minority makes it clear that this government does not have the interests of "canadians" at heart, but of only certain canadians which they feel belong to their "tribe" of christian conservative businessmen.
Everyday I fear I see more and more of the "Norsefire" regime (from "V for Vendetta") developing in my home and native land. And for once I don't think I'm a crackpot to see the resemblance.
He's not just some guy, he's David Arlie. He's done work on Xorg stuff, including the nouveau driver. You should be honoured that he called you an idiot, especially since it's his second comment on Slashdot, after the first posted in 2005.
I'm not getting into the argument, just thought I'd point it out, considering that he is kind of a public person in these circles.
I'm guessing his dog must have died and he had to vent, taking these factors into consideration.
Not that I actually disagree with your assessment or anything but you do realise that that's merely an argument to authority, right?
Actually, failed stars was more my vote, but yes, it was an intentional gap.
You've struck upon the primary problem with privacy, the one that allows credit reporting agencies to flourish: they are allowed to exist as an "opt-out" option.
There should be legislation that requires these information gathering and reporting agencies to opt you in before they start gathering anything on you.
My privacy is an externality in their business model.
So that brings me to my biggest complaint: that they make money off of my existence without giving me a cut; I'm a resource they mine at little to no cost to them. Make them require my permission and they might start sharing the profits with the source of their wealth in order to garner that permission.
...Once we conquer gravity and develop some sort of gravity drive that doesn't require half a universe's worth of energy to lift off out of a gravity well.
A planet then will be something we can land on, and walk around upon, that is the most significant gravity well in easy distance.
This significantly matches the science fiction (fantasy fiction?) concept of what a planet is...