I think he was confusing it with the reductio ad absurdium. Not a fallacy, but a term in logic in which a point is proven by showing that its inverse implies something which is evidently false.
Network effects. If someone made an open facebook, even if it was ten times better in every way, it'd flop simply because no-one is going to join if none of their friends are on it. Facebook managed through a combination of good management, good timing and a lot of luck.
Alex was the far edge of the distribution. An outlier. If this research can make parrots even a little bit smarter by genetic modification, every parrot can be an Alex.
The name does appear to predate the use as a substitute-£ by a long way, which I was not aware of, but aside from that everything I said about its use as a workaround for limited pre-unicode character sets is true.
Plain old towers are as close to optimal as you're going to get in terms of useable space per land area and useable space per unit cost. It's also a very extensively tested method safety-wise, and doesn't require overhangs. Why build anything else if you don't have to?
It's called a pound symbol because ASCII (And the character sets that once competed) didn't have a £ symbol. They were designed in the US, and with only seven bits to work with there was no room for symbols with little use in that country like accented characters and non-dollar currencies. So until the coming of unicode and other means of character encoding, typing a £ in the UK tended to break things - the only way to represent it was the upper-ascii character that not all software supported. The workaround was very simple: People used a # symbol in place of the £ and shouted curses about stupid selfish yanks.
To this day, when I am using MUCKs, I cannot send a £ symbol. The software, written long before unicode, simply drops the character as invalid.
USB boot is standard feature on all BIOSs for PCs and similar now, but it is possible that in future the trend towards closed, locked-down devices will provide an incentive to disable it. In the interests of 'security' of course... as well as making sure people upgrade their computer more frequently and don't try to circumvent the manufacturer-installed spyware. Right now OEMs are just dreaming that they may one day be able to copy the practices that are commonplace in the mobile phone world, and with tablets to bridge the gap two very different markets are starting to collide.
Dogs don't have the vocal ability to talk. That's why I suggested birds. They have surprisingly adaptive vocal abilities. People already like talking birds, so they should like even more when the birds can understand a bit more... even if their comprehension is limited to that of a toddler at most, it's still cooler than pure mimicry. Plus, it's better for the birds: It'd be much easier to care for them if they can communicate even simple concepts like 'hungry,' 'tired' and 'want out of cage.'
Mice? A good start. Now start hacking more interesting species. I won't be happy until we have birds smart enough to carry on a conversation. Start with dogs, then sell them as super-pets to finance more research.
The boyfriend isn't there to offer opinions. Anyone who can get a girl friend knows the importance of lying when asked about clothes. The boyfriend is taken to serve as a pack-mule.
Actually not an entirely useless idea. Raised lettering sounds a lot like an old-fashioned printing plate. A 3d printer of sufficient resolution (one of the pricier models) could produce printing plates by that method, even if they aren't good for as long as a metal plate. While it'd still cost more per-page by far than a common laser printer, it'd be ideal for things like decorative wall markings or custom one-off ink stamps. So when you're doing, say, a special event requiring payment, you can print a stamp with the event logo to mark people's hands to indicate they have paid.
Right now, stripboard remains the choice for hobbyists. Given a few more years of refinement this new idea holds promise, but right now it's just a proof of concept.
Etching components is the standard way to do things in high-frequency RF applications. Through arcane mathematics, all those weirdly shaped tracks do stuff to the signal.
Maybe they stopped doing it. I don't want to pester any friends over just a test message, so I'll try it next time I talk to one of them for some other reason.
It's not always clear what motives are. For example, on MSN, you can't mention any address ending in no-ip.org. Microsoft did it, so I gather, because some botnet was using no-ip.org dynamic addresses and spreading via IM (One of those 'go to mysite.no-ip.org/pictures_of_the_holiday.exe' things I imagine), but it's still very annoying for people like me who have a legitimate use for no-ip.org subdomains.
Because not all batteries are equal. Some are just made to higher standards. Some are old, and with age comes lost capacity. Some will be damaged by abuse. A battery replacement service is just a machine by which someone can turn their hundred-quid cheap box of plastic and lead-acids into a fresh new five-thousand-quid li-ion pack. Operators would also have to inspect every single battery by hand to ensure it hasn't been damaged, or else be held potentially liable when they install it into another vehicle which shorts and ignites.
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I think he was confusing it with the reductio ad absurdium. Not a fallacy, but a term in logic in which a point is proven by showing that its inverse implies something which is evidently false.
According to wikipedia, they found a loophole: The temporary, easily-obtained B-visa.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading
Network effects. If someone made an open facebook, even if it was ten times better in every way, it'd flop simply because no-one is going to join if none of their friends are on it. Facebook managed through a combination of good management, good timing and a lot of luck.
Which someone needs to push.
Alex was the far edge of the distribution. An outlier. If this research can make parrots even a little bit smarter by genetic modification, every parrot can be an Alex.
The name does appear to predate the use as a substitute-£ by a long way, which I was not aware of, but aside from that everything I said about its use as a workaround for limited pre-unicode character sets is true.
Plain old towers are as close to optimal as you're going to get in terms of useable space per land area and useable space per unit cost. It's also a very extensively tested method safety-wise, and doesn't require overhangs. Why build anything else if you don't have to?
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± Most churches.
It's called a pound symbol because ASCII (And the character sets that once competed) didn't have a £ symbol. They were designed in the US, and with only seven bits to work with there was no room for symbols with little use in that country like accented characters and non-dollar currencies. So until the coming of unicode and other means of character encoding, typing a £ in the UK tended to break things - the only way to represent it was the upper-ascii character that not all software supported. The workaround was very simple: People used a # symbol in place of the £ and shouted curses about stupid selfish yanks.
To this day, when I am using MUCKs, I cannot send a £ symbol. The software, written long before unicode, simply drops the character as invalid.
USB boot is standard feature on all BIOSs for PCs and similar now, but it is possible that in future the trend towards closed, locked-down devices will provide an incentive to disable it. In the interests of 'security' of course... as well as making sure people upgrade their computer more frequently and don't try to circumvent the manufacturer-installed spyware. Right now OEMs are just dreaming that they may one day be able to copy the practices that are commonplace in the mobile phone world, and with tablets to bridge the gap two very different markets are starting to collide.
Dogs don't have the vocal ability to talk. That's why I suggested birds. They have surprisingly adaptive vocal abilities. People already like talking birds, so they should like even more when the birds can understand a bit more... even if their comprehension is limited to that of a toddler at most, it's still cooler than pure mimicry. Plus, it's better for the birds: It'd be much easier to care for them if they can communicate even simple concepts like 'hungry,' 'tired' and 'want out of cage.'
Mice? A good start. Now start hacking more interesting species. I won't be happy until we have birds smart enough to carry on a conversation. Start with dogs, then sell them as super-pets to finance more research.
The boyfriend isn't there to offer opinions. Anyone who can get a girl friend knows the importance of lying when asked about clothes. The boyfriend is taken to serve as a pack-mule.
Horizontal stripes are fattening, vertical are thinning. It's an optical illusion. Regarding colors though... no.
Military applications?
Combat. Dolphins.
That is a good argument if you want to convince people *not* to encourage this research.
Actually not an entirely useless idea. Raised lettering sounds a lot like an old-fashioned printing plate. A 3d printer of sufficient resolution (one of the pricier models) could produce printing plates by that method, even if they aren't good for as long as a metal plate. While it'd still cost more per-page by far than a common laser printer, it'd be ideal for things like decorative wall markings or custom one-off ink stamps. So when you're doing, say, a special event requiring payment, you can print a stamp with the event logo to mark people's hands to indicate they have paid.
Cupric?
Cupric?!
It's Copper(II) chloride! Use the modern name!
Right now, stripboard remains the choice for hobbyists. Given a few more years of refinement this new idea holds promise, but right now it's just a proof of concept.
Etching components is the standard way to do things in high-frequency RF applications. Through arcane mathematics, all those weirdly shaped tracks do stuff to the signal.
Maybe they stopped doing it. I don't want to pester any friends over just a test message, so I'll try it next time I talk to one of them for some other reason.
It's not always clear what motives are. For example, on MSN, you can't mention any address ending in no-ip.org. Microsoft did it, so I gather, because some botnet was using no-ip.org dynamic addresses and spreading via IM (One of those 'go to mysite.no-ip.org/pictures_of_the_holiday.exe' things I imagine), but it's still very annoying for people like me who have a legitimate use for no-ip.org subdomains.
Perhaps a poorly-worded attempt not to insult users by calling them spammers.
I meant avoidance, but you make a point: As each word gets too many slimy associations, a new one is made up to replace it.
Because not all batteries are equal. Some are just made to higher standards. Some are old, and with age comes lost capacity. Some will be damaged by abuse. A battery replacement service is just a machine by which someone can turn their hundred-quid cheap box of plastic and lead-acids into a fresh new five-thousand-quid li-ion pack. Operators would also have to inspect every single battery by hand to ensure it hasn't been damaged, or else be held potentially liable when they install it into another vehicle which shorts and ignites.