The environmentalist is just looking for a perfect technology to replace our current real technologies. Why go through the trouble replacing it if it's not absolutely perfect?
I went with a friend to the Apple store for him to get the new iPhone. While standing there I stated comparing my version 1 iPhone to the new ones. While holding them side by side for a size comparison I noticed the new version had only 3 bars while my phone had 5 bars. I thought it may have been this particular phone but nope every phone in the store had 3 bars! I'm waintg for version 3 if my battery will hold out.
What are the units on the scales, and are the units the same on the different versions? No units, eh? Thought so. You're comparing apples to oranges, most likely.
The number of hypothetical cases of bacteria, parasites or viruses altering human mental activity is frightening at first. That said, I don't know how well-backed any of these hypotheses are.
We...I can tell you that nothing like this exists for humans, definitely not ones that can influence a human's postings to Slashdot.
If we could isolate what it is that makes the brain do that, put it into an airborne form and spray it over an enemy, then we could simply march in and say "We are taking your land, your government and your freedom", and their response would be (in a semi-zombie state) "Oh. Okay. I hope you enjoy it".
And most of them, you're talking to the same guy for support that developed it, and filled the sales order. Out of his basement or garage. Multi-million dollar a year law firm, and it can be brought to its knees if one of our obscure applications goes down and needs support, and the one guy that can support it is out taking his kids to soccer practice.
I'm looking at you North Winds Software. I'll BUY a support contract! If you offered such a thing. If you answered the phone.
So why did a law firm like this put itself at the mercy of such a developer?
the combination of a known object (such as a power source) to another known object (such as a camera) for the same purpose as provided by the original object (such as providing power) is considered obvious - and therefore not patentable.
You're telling me my application for a portable music device powered by a combination of 2 AAA, 1 AA, and 1 N battery is going to get rejected because it's obvious?!? Who the hell would have thought of that?
The costs associated with seeing a doctor, on the other hand, are NOT trivial. Wearing a seatbelt and going to a doctor are both ways of hedging against risk. But you can't decide if it's worth the cost of hedging without knowing how much the hedge will actually protect you.
You're basically advocating the service as opposed to selling position that a lot of people on slashdot have been advocating in the software sector for years. While it may work for you I don't think it can work on a universal level. Why would someone hire you to ghost write a book if they can't get any profit from the actual sale of that book?
How about a large number of people hiring you to write your next copyright-free book, having liked your previous one?
Every time I've had to go to the doctor lately I've successfully diagnosed myself with the internet and known the treatment before I went, only to pay $120 for a doctor to look at me for 5 minutes and say what I had already guessed.
And every time I've ever rode in a car, I was never in a wreck, so there's obviously no reason to wear my seat belt. The doctor is there to diagnose those less-often and perhaps life-threatening things you'll diagnose wrong.
One thing I've noticed living here in Florida for 20+ years where it's quite moist is that it seems to rain on almost every holiday where there's
a) Masses of people BBQ-ing
b) Masses of people setting off fireworks
Both of these activities fill the air with excess dust particles, which eventually crowd the area where water vapor accumulates quicker than happens naturally & causes the rain to fall.
Sounds more like Murphy's Law. It's a holiday and people out enjoying themselves, therefore it will rain.
Wait a minute, isn't this flaw (getting free rides) fundamentally different than a DNS flaw (intercepting someone else's communications, forging sites)? That's the point of being inflexible about reporting the latter kind, because the flaw in one person's system puts another person at risk. In this case, the flaw is costly to those who maintain the flawed systems, so nobody else benefits by reporting the flaw (at least assuming I understand the situation).
Unfortunately, the agency was using Microsoft speech recognition, so the slogan printed on the posters was "Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all".
More importantly, why does it matter whether we discuss this news story the day it happens, or a few days later? Slashdot is for geek discussion about stories, not to simply get the stories so one can take timely action.
We wont' use one nuke. We will blowup the big one then we will blow up the smaller ones into smaller pieces. We will do this until the chunks are small enough that the atmosphere will handle.
I swear I have a sense of deja vu when reading this...
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Hay man, some people spend all there time making ends meat!
The environmentalist is just looking for a perfect technology to replace our current real technologies. Why go through the trouble replacing it if it's not absolutely perfect?
What are the units on the scales, and are the units the same on the different versions? No units, eh? Thought so. You're comparing apples to oranges, most likely.
We...I can tell you that nothing like this exists for humans, definitely not ones that can influence a human's postings to Slashdot.
Welcome to the U.S, and please enjoy your stay.
They most likely require several matching readings from different people before they consider it deciphered.
So why did a law firm like this put itself at the mercy of such a developer?
I pull out an umbrella!
You're telling me my application for a portable music device powered by a combination of 2 AAA, 1 AA, and 1 N battery is going to get rejected because it's obvious?!? Who the hell would have thought of that?
OK, good point!
How about a large number of people hiring you to write your next copyright-free book, having liked your previous one?
And every time I've ever rode in a car, I was never in a wreck, so there's obviously no reason to wear my seat belt. The doctor is there to diagnose those less-often and perhaps life-threatening things you'll diagnose wrong.
Sounds more like Murphy's Law. It's a holiday and people out enjoying themselves, therefore it will rain.
Wait a minute, isn't this flaw (getting free rides) fundamentally different than a DNS flaw (intercepting someone else's communications, forging sites)? That's the point of being inflexible about reporting the latter kind, because the flaw in one person's system puts another person at risk. In this case, the flaw is costly to those who maintain the flawed systems, so nobody else benefits by reporting the flaw (at least assuming I understand the situation).
Unfortunately, the agency was using Microsoft speech recognition, so the slogan printed on the posters was "Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all".
And you might try going to the dictionary.
Apparently you're a "damn n00b" when it comes to Slashdot humor. Whoosh!
There, fixed that for you.
More importantly, why does it matter whether we discuss this news story the day it happens, or a few days later? Slashdot is for geek discussion about stories, not to simply get the stories so one can take timely action.
Yeah, but the TSA knew he didn't mean to bring them. They didn't stop him because he wasn't a terrorist. They know these things, you know.
People who top-post have known this for ages.
Bah; this tool can recover discs you don't even have anymore, or hell, discs you never had to begin with!
A common typo; the keys are like right next to each other.
I swear I have a sense of deja vu when reading this...
Wouldn't the communication already be compressed, thereby removing any detectable redundancy/structure?