... I'd speculate that it should be pretty easy to differentiate hollow coin from a normal one.
Yes, if you you were specifically looking to differentiate one from the other. If, on the other hand, you were just scanning a pocketful of stuff emptied at an airport scanner, you would probably see a bunch of coins and a ring. I have no idea if the traces of the Micro-SD would show through, but if you had enough other "stuff" in your pocket, it would probably not even raise an eyebrow.
Better yet, just "forget that you had your lucky coin in that other pocket" and walk through the metal detector. Then show the coin when they pass the wand over you.
We will naturally make multiple copies of everything we consider important, continually transcribing important data onto the latest generation data storage media. (Consider what was the very first publication printed on Gutenberg's big invention.) Unfortunately, that's not necessarily what will be considered important many generations into the future.
I have every confidence that, far into the future, we will have or be able to develop the capability to read any media we preserve today. The problem then becomes how to determine what data we should should preserve now rather than how to preserve it. What do we know now that will be important and useful to someone 10^n years from today?
For what it's worth, I still disagree with the guy but there's got to be some advantage to your youth, if nothing else, think of all the abysmal 1980s technology you skipped right over!
Bugger that! Think of all the abysmal 1980s music you skipped over. A Flock of seagulls, Wham, Adam and The Ants, Human League, Culture Club etc. I don't know how we did it, but we finally realized that just because a synthesizer could make nearly every possible sound, they didn't all have to be in the same song! And the fashion! Dear God, what horrors! - shoulder pads, big hair, jackets with sleeves rolled up, zip-up shoes (remember Ciaks?), scraps of brightly fabric tied everywhere, puffy shirts, skinny leather neckties, faux military uniforms, solitary white gloves. Oh, the humanity!
The problem isn't the likelihood of failure, it's the consequence of failure. Big ship breaks - spend a few uncomfortable days in a lifeboat. Big plane breaks - spend a few terrifying minutes in a death dive.
I must be missing something, because I just don't buy that if I'm driving in a manner appropriate to snowy conditions (i.e. slower and with more care than usual), I can approach an intersection and mistake a green glow where the left turn arrow is for a regular go-straight green light. If, on the other hand, I am driving with reckless abandon and not paying close attention to the task at hand, then yeah, I can see how it could be an easy mistake to make.
Are you trying to tell me that an occluding covering of snow could have physically relocated individual lights within the display? It doesn't matter whether the lights are in columns of 5, 3 or whatever. It doesn't take much more than a quick glance at the lights to work out which light refers to which direction at an intersection.
(Disclaimer: I have never driven in snowy conditions, so I do not know for certain whether snow can, in fact, physically relocate traffic lights.)
Did the snow also move the green arrow to the location of the green circle? I very much doubt it.
I'd hazard a guess that what happened is this: The guy didn't really read the traffic lights, he just looked at them as he was approaching way too fast for the conditions, saw a bit of green light somewhere up there and barreled on through. I'll bet he's a much more careful driver now that he has a road death on his conscience.
It's not reasonable to expect to see screenshots of Trumpet and Netscape because they were not part of Windows. My point was only that they're not "suspiciously missing", they're just not supposed to be there.
I have heard that folk up that way did occasionally dig the woolly wonders out of the permafrost/glaciers/tundra and eat them but I hadn't heard any mention of how the meat tasted. Might I suggest though, that anyone who is prepared to eat centuries-old roadkill is probably just very fucking hungry and not really a reliable judge of gastronomic delights?
I'm still waiting for them to do this with the wooly mammoth; logic dictates that if my ancestors hunted this species to extinction, they must have been REALLY tasty!
Logic dictates nothing of the sort. It could be that mammoth meat tasted terrible, but a mammoth tusk was the standard price for a blowjob.
Pod racing makes for a video game without weapons or violence. That gets it into the "G" rated games market, which is just perfect for (acceptable to more parents of) the age group that identifies with Anakin and will pester their parents to buy them the action toys.
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Bea-ker, Bea-ker, Bea-ker, Bea-ker!
Yaaaaaay, Beaker!
... I'd speculate that it should be pretty easy to differentiate hollow coin from a normal one.
Yes, if you you were specifically looking to differentiate one from the other. If, on the other hand, you were just scanning a pocketful of stuff emptied at an airport scanner, you would probably see a bunch of coins and a ring. I have no idea if the traces of the Micro-SD would show through, but if you had enough other "stuff" in your pocket, it would probably not even raise an eyebrow.
Better yet, just "forget that you had your lucky coin in that other pocket" and walk through the metal detector. Then show the coin when they pass the wand over you.
We will naturally make multiple copies of everything we consider important, continually transcribing important data onto the latest generation data storage media. (Consider what was the very first publication printed on Gutenberg's big invention.) Unfortunately, that's not necessarily what will be considered important many generations into the future.
I have every confidence that, far into the future, we will have or be able to develop the capability to read any media we preserve today. The problem then becomes how to determine what data we should should preserve now rather than how to preserve it. What do we know now that will be important and useful to someone 10^n years from today?
25 if done in Miami or NYC.
25 minutes... A timeline - <puts on Sunglasses of Justice(TM) > - For murder!
YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!
No, I don't.
(The impatient may wish to skip ahead 49 seconds into the clip.)
For what it's worth, I still disagree with the guy but there's got to be some advantage to your youth, if nothing else, think of all the abysmal 1980s technology you skipped right over!
Bugger that! Think of all the abysmal 1980s music you skipped over. A Flock of seagulls, Wham, Adam and The Ants, Human League, Culture Club etc. I don't know how we did it, but we finally realized that just because a synthesizer could make nearly every possible sound, they didn't all have to be in the same song! And the fashion! Dear God, what horrors! - shoulder pads, big hair, jackets with sleeves rolled up, zip-up shoes (remember Ciaks?), scraps of brightly fabric tied everywhere, puffy shirts, skinny leather neckties, faux military uniforms, solitary white gloves. Oh, the humanity!
The problem isn't the likelihood of failure, it's the consequence of failure. Big ship breaks - spend a few uncomfortable days in a lifeboat. Big plane breaks - spend a few terrifying minutes in a death dive.
No, not really. Dinosaurs had teeth. Birds do not.
If this holds up, Birds Are Dinosaurs. Period.
No, they're not. Birds are not dinosaurs any more than squid, octopus and nautilus are ammonites. Closely related they may be, but birds are birds.
When and where I talk to Jesus is my own business, thank you very much.
I'm cool with that. Just don't do it loud enough to encroach on my business, 'kay?
You aren't Vin Diesel.
I'm Vin Diesel - and so is my wife!
Talentless artist drools.
Fixed.
No, no. You were right the first time. "I'm and idiot" conveys the intended meaning much more effectively.
Of course you're depriving them of their franchise if you deprive them of their life. I mean, if they're dead, they can't vote, can they? Oh wait...
I must be missing something, because I just don't buy that if I'm driving in a manner appropriate to snowy conditions (i.e. slower and with more care than usual), I can approach an intersection and mistake a green glow where the left turn arrow is for a regular go-straight green light. If, on the other hand, I am driving with reckless abandon and not paying close attention to the task at hand, then yeah, I can see how it could be an easy mistake to make.
Are you trying to tell me that an occluding covering of snow could have physically relocated individual lights within the display? It doesn't matter whether the lights are in columns of 5, 3 or whatever. It doesn't take much more than a quick glance at the lights to work out which light refers to which direction at an intersection.
(Disclaimer: I have never driven in snowy conditions, so I do not know for certain whether snow can, in fact, physically relocate traffic lights .)
Did the snow also move the green arrow to the location of the green circle? I very much doubt it.
I'd hazard a guess that what happened is this: The guy didn't really read the traffic lights, he just looked at them as he was approaching way too fast for the conditions, saw a bit of green light somewhere up there and barreled on through. I'll bet he's a much more careful driver now that he has a road death on his conscience.
Of course, it's going to be a little hard to explain if it fails ;-)
I wouldn't worry, there's a tshirt for that!
It's not reasonable to expect to see screenshots of Trumpet and Netscape because they were not part of Windows. My point was only that they're not "suspiciously missing", they're just not supposed to be there.
Wait, was that your point in the first place?
I have heard that folk up that way did occasionally dig the woolly wonders out of the permafrost/glaciers/tundra and eat them but I hadn't heard any mention of how the meat tasted. Might I suggest though, that anyone who is prepared to eat centuries-old roadkill is probably just very fucking hungry and not really a reliable judge of gastronomic delights?
Have you no imagination? Give everyone on the plane a MAC-10!
Great idea. Let's make flying dangerous again. You'd better really want to get there fast if'n you're gonna fly!
I'm still waiting for them to do this with the wooly mammoth; logic dictates that if my ancestors hunted this species to extinction, they must have been REALLY tasty!
Logic dictates nothing of the sort. It could be that mammoth meat tasted terrible, but a mammoth tusk was the standard price for a blowjob.
Your Trumpet Winsock and Netscape weren't third party apps like mine? Wow, you really were an advanced user!
No, no you won't.
If it's Scotch you drink, it's called Whisky. If it's whiskey you drink, it's no' Scotch!
Pod racing makes for a video game without weapons or violence. That gets it into the "G" rated games market, which is just perfect for (acceptable to more parents of) the age group that identifies with Anakin and will pester their parents to buy them the action toys.