Which is EXACTLY what they have done, which is now causing problems because the stone is getting lighter.
IMO a gram should be measured in a similar way distance is measured, ie, 1 meter is defined as how far light travels in 1299,792,458 of a second
1 gram should be based on the distance an object travels when 1 newton of force is applied. instead of something dynamic like a physical entity.
That's just short sighted biggotry, i hope your just trolling.
I'd say that India is running a successful black country? being ~1 billion people in size they have to be doing something right.
Heaven forbid that the symphony would have to come up with something original? also, would the world really be a worse place if Britney Spears didn't release another album?
It's interesting that you think that other people's time and investment isn't worth anything since the final product can be reproduced so easily
You're wrong, i think their time is just not worth anything to me.
i put time and effort into making my lawn look nice, should i be able to charge people to be able to view a picture of this artistic creation? how would this be different?
I think your downplaying the likely hood of vehicle events happening. the mentioned event (regardless of the implementation of the jammer) occurs quite often where I'm from.
I also disagree on relying purely on the car manufactures to implement a fool proof way of disabling this jammer in the event of a vehicle accident as well, considering Toyota can't ensure that the accelerator won't get stuck under normal operating conditions and other vehicle safety devices fail regularly especially in a highly violent event like a crash.
I understand your point of legislating against mobiles based on statistics, but this is only applicable if there is no merits to using the mobile phones in the conditions. you can't state x > y so therefore the ban is justified, otherwise you should be advocating the banning of stake knives too.
If I get hit by someone who is talking on their mobile phone, I didn't get hit because of the mobile phone, I got hit because the driver was in-attentive and wasn't exercising due care while operating heavy machinery, i'd prefer this person to get caught talking on the phone and get fined / have their license taken away and take driving more seriously, then not talk on the phone and still not take driving seriously.
really, if it's against the law. we don't need devices to disable something that is already illegal yet could save your life.
where you are uninjured enough to use the phone, yet not able enough to get out the window or kick the door open, and nobody else around has a phone they can use instead of you.
there is anecdotal(eek) evidence in this thread that shows this does happen.
Internal bleeding where the patient is coherent and yet time is still vital for their survivability comes to mind?
the most severe accidents occur when a driver drives into a stationary object on the side of the road (like a tree) this often occurs at night with less traffic around due to driver fatigue.
So essentially, a door-jamming solo crash -- and the car's jammer continues to work, even with the ignition off. And it's a full moon, and February 29, too, right?
i guess its lucky that all accidents are the same and predictable then. where the driver turns the ignition off (consciously turn the key, the ignition isn't off when the cars engine stops) and is able to escape from the vehicle because all accidents occur around other people and anyone who is conscious is never pinned and able to escape.
Rubbish, the first person to split an atom was in 1933. we then used them in a vessel to stay underwater indefinitely in 1951 what we need is a war that involves space to really kick start the process again.
You can't predict scientific advancement with any consistency. how many people thought we would be traveling in flying cars by now? how many of the same people saw the internet as a catalyst for huge technological advancement in the private sector?
citation required, stability now days is very rarely up to the OS and more about drivers, hardware and 3rd party programs, i had nothing but stability issues with windows 7 64 bit, ran Linux 64 bit (can't remember which one, not important) without any issues at all. reinstalled windows 7 32 bit (as i was sick of trying to get 32 bit apps to work in 64,) and no more stability issues. i've also previously experimented with linux 32 bit & 64 bit previously and had nothing but problems.
you can't really blame an OS for being used in ways it wasn't intended and wondering why stability is an issue?
as long as people have the option of installing other browsers / AV, there shouldn't be an anti trust issue? its like people complaining because windows comes with an inbuilt firewall because that's anti competitive for Firewall companies.
Installing dodgy apps and getting a virus is not the same as handing over your bank details, I'm yet to find a 20 something year old fall for a Nigerian scammer.
I personally think the problem is because all legitimate companies do too much for the user and are too proactive about trying to liberate the users money from them. no longer do you go on line, go to your favorite website and purchase goods or do any research at all before parting with your money. Too many legitimate companies spam your email with "hot deals" and "go to our website and spend more cash". if you want service, you should either research or ask a professional, but the mentality today is to just go with what the marketing department of that company suggest and find something with "sale" written on it. why think for yourself when all you have to do is enter your credit card details and receive goods?
That's right, all life's problems are because of the marketing and sales departments, that's my philosophy anyway.
your analogy only works if you cleaned toilets for a living and decided that you didn't want to touch the disabled toilet because its beneath you.
whats with the aversion to.net anyway? you can show us on the doll what the bad programming language did to you.
1. Person kicks/attempts to kick you - this is assault
2. You defend/counter-attack to enable yourself to get away - this is self defense
3. You escalate/continue the attack beyond #2 - now you're fighting.
4. You defeat the original attacker using "excessive force" - Congratulations, now you've commited assault. Be sure to give Bubba a high-five in prison shower.
To prevent this being modded off-topic here is the cyber version.
1. Your server is probed by an unknown entity with an IP address in China - this is a cyber attack
2. You block all traffic from said IP address at the firewall - this is self defense
3. You start scanning the IP address in China - now you're fighting.
4. You unleash the full force of/. by redirecting every article link to the IP address in China- Congratulations, now you've commited a cyber crime.
the problem is
1, you defend / counter-attack to enable yourself to get away,
2 person becomes bitter because you fought back and shoots you as you run away, you don't know the persons intentions and what they are capable of.
3, I'd prefer to be hi-fiving Bubber for 3 years then be dead.
I wonder how many women get raped/murdered because they tried to defend them selves by kicking the guy in the nuts and then run away only to be caught again and worse to happen?
the problem is that butter would also be a new invention, and so putting the butter in the fridge would also be patented before butter even hits the shelves, and your saying because it wasn't done before then its not obvious?
windows 98 / ms office isn't designed from the ground up to be a cloud system. you could probably shoehorn it in to work, but in the end your making the foot fit the shoe.
next your going to tell me that there isn't any market for android / iOS because windows mobile was able to do it previously? and the iPad will fail because windows 95 with adobe acrobat & media player would work just fine?
lucky apple discovered that User experience is what sells products (and to a certain extend brand recognition), which allowed them to change the game with smart phones. Google worked out that cheap products that are mostly supported by advertising (you know, like free to air tv and radio have been doing for years) is a very successful model if done right.
most advances are coming from user experience & functionality, we have had most of the "current" technology for years, touch screens aren't new, phones aren't new, lightweight operating systems aren't new, pda's aren't new. its all about putting it all together in a way to fill market niches for a fair price and a focus on user experience.
i don't particularly like advertisers going through my personal information / emails, if i click on a link in a Google search? sure, feel free to try and work out what things I'd buy, but the moment i have to type in a password to access something personal of mine, or something you wouldn't be able to access without entering a password, I'd consider that personal and there is an expectation of privacy.
So, you don't see a difference between, say, four guys lynching a black man just simply because he's black and... oh, killing someone in a drunken barfight?
i do, one is premeditated murder, the other is more than likely accidental manslaughter. reasons for a crime / excuses for crimes should only lessen the extent of punishment as required.
hate crime shouldn't be considered the "next level" of crime because they have nothing to excuse their actions for it, its still "murder one" or whatever.
how is me getting into a fight because you support the wrong football team any different to me getting into a fight with you because your black?
also, in regards to self defense, I'm a firm believer in any amount of force is acceptable for any assault under self defense while the third party is still a threat. if you assault me by kicking? how do i know your not going to take it further with a stab wound after I'm on the ground or just stomping my head until I'm dead? i can attempt to defend myself but what if I'm physically smaller / weaker? your choices would be "defend myself to the letter of the law and probably get my Arse handed to me and i could end up dead" or "excessive force, and survive, hell, i didn't start it and i don't know what the person is capable of." those who start wars don't always get to decide how they end, and those who pick fights shouldn't be the ones who chose what scale it can be elevated to.
The English language is a great communication tool for extremely powerful parallel processing bio-organisms to convey complicated concepts in a lossy format so that original meaning is inferred through experience and "most likely meaning". modern written language is an attempt to digitalis a mostly analogue information transmission mechanism.
programming is a method of digitally communicating simple yet highly specific ideas to a digital entity. we really shouldn't be focusing on trying to make programming languages easier to read for non technical people. the focus should be making programming more logical so that language is not as much of an issue.
Not everyone is equally gifted at learning foreign languages (nor may they be given the opportunity or practice to), but they may yet be brilliant programmers.
i don't think you would be at a significant enough disadvantage to learn the symbolic meaning of certain character groups then if you had to learn programming from scratch by learning that an "English like word" as a particular meaning to the computer.
Fascinating, but it does bring to light the fallacy of the suggested changes to programming.
you essentially type in a command, which is then converted into something that the reader would understand
change the reader from a Japanese reading person to a computer compiler and it shows how unnecessary it would be to have additional characters.
i guess if you are proficient typing in "!!" (2*(shift+1)) as you are typing in "" (alt+787) it won't make any difference? i don't understand how they would consider character limitation an issue with coding? could we move to a uni-character system for coding? sure, but why? its completely unnecessary.
Unibody : not an innovation, maybe new to the laptop market but car makers have been using the "monocoque chassis" for a bit longer. GREAT APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY!
also, magnetic joints where around as early as 2001 used mostly for deep fryers.
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/07/03/deep.fryers/... so not an innovation, a very smart idea though to include into a premium laptop... GREAT APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY!
mac mini - 2006;
http://www.mini-itx.com/news/2006/01/, looks like "mini" pc's had been out for a while. its hardly innovative to bring specialized equipment to the mainstream, its certainly a challange that Apple has met well. GREAT APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY!
Don't get me wrong, Apple is very good at what they do and by focusing efforts on user experience instead of innovation have gotten them where they are today, if they focused on innovation instead of user experience you would probably have a sub par product and apple wouldn't be anywhere near as successful as it is, not to mention clumsier devices with a higher price tag.
The Supreme Court has recognized a right of privacy and has extended that right to corporations.
and herein lies the problems, why should corporations have the right to privacy? Corporations should have no expectation of privacy, and using the analogy above, if you are taken to court and your medical history is relevant to the investigation (IE, mental illness etc) do you think they would close the doors for your case?
the code may also be worth millions, but try and steal any valuable information from the court logs.
i hate how people treat information as sacred.. its an unlimited resource and we are trying to control it like a limited resource, like somehow only those who have enough money should be entitled to "know" things... i think its fair if you charge people who are willing to pay for that information.. but are you entitled to money for someone else knowing that information? of course not.
better, your opinion, more powerful... i don't think so, suck on my Samsung Galaxy S thanks:)
This is all petty anyway, "oh, my phone can be used like a full computer" "yeah, but mine can too... but better because it has an I infront of the name" "but mines better because google made it" "mine has prettier colours" "mines 3 inches longer and made out of metal" " mine shoots lazer beems!"
both the iOS and Android are incredible when you consider where smart phones were 5 years ago, the differences are so minor and mostly based on taste. if you say "my phones better because it can do this" your wrong, because chances are the other can as well in some form or another.
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Which is EXACTLY what they have done, which is now causing problems because the stone is getting lighter. IMO a gram should be measured in a similar way distance is measured, ie, 1 meter is defined as how far light travels in 1299,792,458 of a second 1 gram should be based on the distance an object travels when 1 newton of force is applied. instead of something dynamic like a physical entity.
That's just short sighted biggotry, i hope your just trolling. I'd say that India is running a successful black country? being ~1 billion people in size they have to be doing something right.
It's interesting that you think that other people's time and investment isn't worth anything since the final product can be reproduced so easily
You're wrong, i think their time is just not worth anything to me. i put time and effort into making my lawn look nice, should i be able to charge people to be able to view a picture of this artistic creation? how would this be different?
I think your downplaying the likely hood of vehicle events happening. the mentioned event (regardless of the implementation of the jammer) occurs quite often where I'm from.
I also disagree on relying purely on the car manufactures to implement a fool proof way of disabling this jammer in the event of a vehicle accident as well, considering Toyota can't ensure that the accelerator won't get stuck under normal operating conditions and other vehicle safety devices fail regularly especially in a highly violent event like a crash.
I understand your point of legislating against mobiles based on statistics, but this is only applicable if there is no merits to using the mobile phones in the conditions. you can't state x > y so therefore the ban is justified, otherwise you should be advocating the banning of stake knives too.
If I get hit by someone who is talking on their mobile phone, I didn't get hit because of the mobile phone, I got hit because the driver was in-attentive and wasn't exercising due care while operating heavy machinery, i'd prefer this person to get caught talking on the phone and get fined / have their license taken away and take driving more seriously, then not talk on the phone and still not take driving seriously.
really, if it's against the law. we don't need devices to disable something that is already illegal yet could save your life.
where you are uninjured enough to use the phone, yet not able enough to get out the window or kick the door open, and nobody else around has a phone they can use instead of you.
there is anecdotal(eek) evidence in this thread that shows this does happen.
Internal bleeding where the patient is coherent and yet time is still vital for their survivability comes to mind?
the most severe accidents occur when a driver drives into a stationary object on the side of the road (like a tree) this often occurs at night with less traffic around due to driver fatigue.
So essentially, a door-jamming solo crash -- and the car's jammer continues to work, even with the ignition off. And it's a full moon, and February 29, too, right?
i guess its lucky that all accidents are the same and predictable then. where the driver turns the ignition off (consciously turn the key, the ignition isn't off when the cars engine stops) and is able to escape from the vehicle because all accidents occur around other people and anyone who is conscious is never pinned and able to escape.
Oh wait, that's not right, you're an idiot.
you don't have a wife/gf do you?
tried to open a door after you've been in an accident?
we should also ban drivers talking to their passengers too. cell phone use is not the same as drink driving.
i think its mutual.
Rubbish, the first person to split an atom was in 1933. we then used them in a vessel to stay underwater indefinitely in 1951 what we need is a war that involves space to really kick start the process again. You can't predict scientific advancement with any consistency. how many people thought we would be traveling in flying cars by now? how many of the same people saw the internet as a catalyst for huge technological advancement in the private sector?
citation required, stability now days is very rarely up to the OS and more about drivers, hardware and 3rd party programs, i had nothing but stability issues with windows 7 64 bit, ran Linux 64 bit (can't remember which one, not important) without any issues at all. reinstalled windows 7 32 bit (as i was sick of trying to get 32 bit apps to work in 64,) and no more stability issues. i've also previously experimented with linux 32 bit & 64 bit previously and had nothing but problems. you can't really blame an OS for being used in ways it wasn't intended and wondering why stability is an issue?
as long as people have the option of installing other browsers / AV, there shouldn't be an anti trust issue? its like people complaining because windows comes with an inbuilt firewall because that's anti competitive for Firewall companies.
This is great because it stops people buying stupid shit from even legitimately run business because they received a flier with 'sale' written on it.
Installing dodgy apps and getting a virus is not the same as handing over your bank details, I'm yet to find a 20 something year old fall for a Nigerian scammer.
I personally think the problem is because all legitimate companies do too much for the user and are too proactive about trying to liberate the users money from them. no longer do you go on line, go to your favorite website and purchase goods or do any research at all before parting with your money. Too many legitimate companies spam your email with "hot deals" and "go to our website and spend more cash". if you want service, you should either research or ask a professional, but the mentality today is to just go with what the marketing department of that company suggest and find something with "sale" written on it. why think for yourself when all you have to do is enter your credit card details and receive goods?
That's right, all life's problems are because of the marketing and sales departments, that's my philosophy anyway.
your analogy only works if you cleaned toilets for a living and decided that you didn't want to touch the disabled toilet because its beneath you. whats with the aversion to .net anyway? you can show us on the doll what the bad programming language did to you.
1. Person kicks/attempts to kick you - this is assault 2. You defend/counter-attack to enable yourself to get away - this is self defense 3. You escalate/continue the attack beyond #2 - now you're fighting. 4. You defeat the original attacker using "excessive force" - Congratulations, now you've commited assault. Be sure to give Bubba a high-five in prison shower.
To prevent this being modded off-topic here is the cyber version.
1. Your server is probed by an unknown entity with an IP address in China - this is a cyber attack 2. You block all traffic from said IP address at the firewall - this is self defense 3. You start scanning the IP address in China - now you're fighting. 4. You unleash the full force of /. by redirecting every article link to the IP address in China- Congratulations, now you've commited a cyber crime.
the problem is
1, you defend / counter-attack to enable yourself to get away,
2 person becomes bitter because you fought back and shoots you as you run away, you don't know the persons intentions and what they are capable of.
3, I'd prefer to be hi-fiving Bubber for 3 years then be dead.
I wonder how many women get raped/murdered because they tried to defend them selves by kicking the guy in the nuts and then run away only to be caught again and worse to happen?
the problem is that butter would also be a new invention, and so putting the butter in the fridge would also be patented before butter even hits the shelves, and your saying because it wasn't done before then its not obvious?
windows 98 / ms office isn't designed from the ground up to be a cloud system. you could probably shoehorn it in to work, but in the end your making the foot fit the shoe.
next your going to tell me that there isn't any market for android / iOS because windows mobile was able to do it previously? and the iPad will fail because windows 95 with adobe acrobat & media player would work just fine?
lucky apple discovered that User experience is what sells products (and to a certain extend brand recognition), which allowed them to change the game with smart phones. Google worked out that cheap products that are mostly supported by advertising (you know, like free to air tv and radio have been doing for years) is a very successful model if done right.
most advances are coming from user experience & functionality, we have had most of the "current" technology for years, touch screens aren't new, phones aren't new, lightweight operating systems aren't new, pda's aren't new. its all about putting it all together in a way to fill market niches for a fair price and a focus on user experience.
i don't particularly like advertisers going through my personal information / emails, if i click on a link in a Google search? sure, feel free to try and work out what things I'd buy, but the moment i have to type in a password to access something personal of mine, or something you wouldn't be able to access without entering a password, I'd consider that personal and there is an expectation of privacy.
So, you don't see a difference between, say, four guys lynching a black man just simply because he's black and ... oh, killing someone in a drunken barfight?
i do, one is premeditated murder, the other is more than likely accidental manslaughter. reasons for a crime / excuses for crimes should only lessen the extent of punishment as required.
hate crime shouldn't be considered the "next level" of crime because they have nothing to excuse their actions for it, its still "murder one" or whatever.
how is me getting into a fight because you support the wrong football team any different to me getting into a fight with you because your black?
also, in regards to self defense, I'm a firm believer in any amount of force is acceptable for any assault under self defense while the third party is still a threat. if you assault me by kicking? how do i know your not going to take it further with a stab wound after I'm on the ground or just stomping my head until I'm dead? i can attempt to defend myself but what if I'm physically smaller / weaker? your choices would be "defend myself to the letter of the law and probably get my Arse handed to me and i could end up dead" or "excessive force, and survive, hell, i didn't start it and i don't know what the person is capable of." those who start wars don't always get to decide how they end, and those who pick fights shouldn't be the ones who chose what scale it can be elevated to.
programming is a method of digitally communicating simple yet highly specific ideas to a digital entity. we really shouldn't be focusing on trying to make programming languages easier to read for non technical people. the focus should be making programming more logical so that language is not as much of an issue.
Not everyone is equally gifted at learning foreign languages (nor may they be given the opportunity or practice to), but they may yet be brilliant programmers.
i don't think you would be at a significant enough disadvantage to learn the symbolic meaning of certain character groups then if you had to learn programming from scratch by learning that an "English like word" as a particular meaning to the computer.
Fascinating, but it does bring to light the fallacy of the suggested changes to programming.
you essentially type in a command, which is then converted into something that the reader would understand change the reader from a Japanese reading person to a computer compiler and it shows how unnecessary it would be to have additional characters.
i guess if you are proficient typing in "!!" (2*(shift+1)) as you are typing in "" (alt+787) it won't make any difference? i don't understand how they would consider character limitation an issue with coding? could we move to a uni-character system for coding? sure, but why? its completely unnecessary.
Unibody : not an innovation, maybe new to the laptop market but car makers have been using the "monocoque chassis" for a bit longer. GREAT APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY! also, magnetic joints where around as early as 2001 used mostly for deep fryers. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/07/03/deep.fryers/... so not an innovation, a very smart idea though to include into a premium laptop... GREAT APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY! mac mini - 2006; http://www.mini-itx.com/news/2006/01/, looks like "mini" pc's had been out for a while. its hardly innovative to bring specialized equipment to the mainstream, its certainly a challange that Apple has met well. GREAT APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY! Don't get me wrong, Apple is very good at what they do and by focusing efforts on user experience instead of innovation have gotten them where they are today, if they focused on innovation instead of user experience you would probably have a sub par product and apple wouldn't be anywhere near as successful as it is, not to mention clumsier devices with a higher price tag.
The Supreme Court has recognized a right of privacy and has extended that right to corporations.
and herein lies the problems, why should corporations have the right to privacy? Corporations should have no expectation of privacy, and using the analogy above, if you are taken to court and your medical history is relevant to the investigation (IE, mental illness etc) do you think they would close the doors for your case? the code may also be worth millions, but try and steal any valuable information from the court logs. i hate how people treat information as sacred.. its an unlimited resource and we are trying to control it like a limited resource, like somehow only those who have enough money should be entitled to "know" things... i think its fair if you charge people who are willing to pay for that information.. but are you entitled to money for someone else knowing that information? of course not.
better, your opinion, more powerful... i don't think so, suck on my Samsung Galaxy S thanks :)
This is all petty anyway, "oh, my phone can be used like a full computer" "yeah, but mine can too... but better because it has an I infront of the name" "but mines better because google made it" "mine has prettier colours" "mines 3 inches longer and made out of metal" " mine shoots lazer beems!"
both the iOS and Android are incredible when you consider where smart phones were 5 years ago, the differences are so minor and mostly based on taste. if you say "my phones better because it can do this" your wrong, because chances are the other can as well in some form or another.