"The link is being investigated by a group of scientists who had all suffered some form of mental disorder."
Shocking.
It's wyy most psychologists become psycholgists too. I have insecurity disorder. I try not to get angry when somebody calls me "stupid" and remind myself, "It doesn't matter what they think since I'm clearly not stupid." Still annoying though.
"Collaborating with materials science professor W. Craig Carter, theyâ(TM)ve developed algorithms that mimic patterns and processes in nature to create unique sculptures possible only through 3D printing."
I guess it's a mystery. Fractals perhaps?
"Most patterns in natureâ"whether scales or spiderwebsâ"have some kind of logic that can be computationally modeled. Armour is bioinspired to protect by being designed specifically to a personâ(TM)s body. Carpal Skin is a prototype of a glove aimed at protecting against carpal tunnel syndrome."
If you take a 320p video stream, stretch it to a projector/etc
The topic was watching teacher videos AT HOME on a student's laptop or PC. The economy line at 1 or 1.5 Mbit/s is more than sufficient to carry a 240p or higher video.
So you route around tolls? Interesting. I don't worry about it. One solitary trip down a tollroad isn't going to bankrupt me, and if I do it repeatedly (like a daily commute) then I learn to avoid that road. Of course oftentimes the tollroad is the cheapest route..... I recall a friend of mine was trying to avoid the Baltimore Tunnel Toll drove *all the way around* the city on 695 beltway.
He probably spent more on gas then if he'd just paid the $1 toll. --- As I became more familiar with the city, I later learned you can avoid the toll by following the Baltimore-Washington Parkway straight through the city (but then you also add half an hour to your cross-city travel time, so again: Not worth it. I'd rather just pay the toll.)
When I purchased the DVD sets I directly asked JMS, "Do you make any money off my purchase?" He said "a little but not much". Per contract the TV studios like PTEN (now merged with Warner Bros) have to pay the actors some kind of residual on show reruns or DVD sales, and as exec. producer & creator, JMS got a residual as well.
Then I asked him about the script books, and he said he has 100% control over them, so it's almost pure profit (minus printing costs). So I bought all those as well.
Well originally Babylon 5 started on the PTEN network at 8pm. Some stations that were affiliated with FOX aired it at 10pm. 8pm was decent; 10pm was also okay with me.
Later my station moved it to Saturday afternoon in a back-to-back Star Trek DS9, B5, Hercules, Xena block, which worked even better (I don't do much in the afternoon). Then with episodes 319 through 422 they moved it to midnight on Sunday, which was just horrible since I had work the next day.
If Hulu had existed in 1996, that's the point I would have stopped watching the show live and instead streamed it off the net. (But of course they don't even want you doing that, claiming that legal alternatives are not workable. Bastiches.)
P.S. Forgot to add that JMS is the guy who wrote 80% of Babylon 5's episodes, and the overarching "novel for TV" storyline which he said extends across 2000 years of fictional history (circa 1200 to 3200 AD).
And Babylon 5 used to air at midnight where I lived. Back then I had to use a VCR to timeshift the show & watch it the next day. If Hulu or piratebay had existed, I would have watched it online (to the annoyance of the MPAA, rights holders, and local stations). Perhaps they should schedule this stuff at a decent time, not midnight, so as not to inconvenience the viewers.
You think DNC.NBC is any better than Faux News?!?!? Was Flame Virus Written by Cyberwarriors or Gamers?
(MSNBC) -- Why would super-secret spy software be written in a video game language? As security researchers continue to unpack the digital mystery that is the Flame virus, that's just one question looming over perhaps the world's most intriguing digital whodunit. With all the talk about Flame being the most powerful, ingenious and stealthy computer virus ever written, some properties of the mysterious malicious software are causing confusion.
"For one thing, the program takes up 20 megabytes of space on infected machines. That's not stealthy; large files usually indicate sloppy programming. Also, unlike Stuxnet, Flame didn't come with precision targeting, and hasn't yet been credited with doing anything as impressive as hacking nuclear power plant computers. But perhaps most mysterious of all: Part of Flame's code was written in the Lua programming language, a simple language used almost exclusively by video game programmers. Why would a nation-state trying to commit secret espionage toy with video game software?..... Flame's authors used Lua, something that confuses observers. "Lua in a spy tool is just... weird," said one Israeli programmer who uses Lua and requested anonymity. "The little snippet I've seen of the code seems so... ordinary... really like the work of your average programmer. Stuxnet sounded genius."
Said another: "Lua is considered a kids language.... All I see around that is built with Lua are games. I mean, the syntax is very simple."
But if people stop buying CDs or MP3s (and just hand money direct to the bands at concerts) then audio engineers, extra instrumentalists, and backing vocalists won't be hired at all for the studio productions, because those CDs/MP3s will no longer be made. Those people will be laid off. Which is why I buy the CDs or MP3s.
Also I disagree that backing vocalists don't get royalties. If I recall correctly Paula Abdul started as a backup singer on Janet Jackson's songs, and she collected a small royalty check for every single or CD sold. By handing your money direct to Janet at a concert, you're cutting out Paula from her fair share. (Perhaps not the best example, but it's the first thing that popped in my head.)
Was Flame Virus Written by Cyberwarriors or Gamers?
(MSNBC) -- Why would super-secret spy software be written in a video game language? As security researchers continue to unpack the digital mystery that is the Flame virus, that's just one question looming over perhaps the world's most intriguing digital whodunit. With all the talk about Flame being the most powerful, ingenious and stealthy computer virus ever written, some properties of the mysterious malicious software are causing confusion.
"For one thing, the program takes up 20 megabytes of space on infected machines. That's not stealthy; large files usually indicate sloppy programming. Also, unlike Stuxnet, Flame didn't come with precision targeting, and hasn't yet been credited with doing anything as impressive as hacking nuclear power plant computers. But perhaps most mysterious of all: Part of Flame's code was written in the Lua programming language, a simple language used almost exclusively by video game programmers. Why would a nation-state trying to commit secret espionage toy with video game software?..... Flame's authors used Lua, something that confuses observers. "Lua in a spy tool is just... weird," said one Israeli programmer who uses Lua and requested anonymity. "The little snippet I've seen of the code seems so... ordinary... really like the work of your average programmer. Stuxnet sounded genius."
Said another: "Lua is considered a kids language.... All I see around that is built with Lua are games. I mean, the syntax is very simple."
According to J.Michael Straczynski (jms), just because the viewers demand content in a certain format or certain time (immediately rather than wait 1 week for the USA-to-BBC feed), does not mean they are entitled too it. He thinks we should stop infringing on his copyrights, as that means he (and others) don't get paid.
According to me, JMS is a stodgy old man who may be internet-literate (using it since the early 90s), but doesn't understand the old "scheduled TV viewing" model is dying and being replaced. If ye put the show on Hulu I'll watch it... even if I have to wait a week (the FOX & Syfy model). But if ye refuse to put the show on Hulu, then yes I'll go find an illegal copy. I am not going to bend-over backwards waiting for a rerun 4 months from now.
And as long as ye keep insisting "DVDs are not returnable for refund or store credit", then I'll keep downloading them too. I have a right to make sure I don't waste my money on feldercarb.
And yes newspapers can come for free, just as news on TV has been free for ~70 years, by charging higher rates to the advertisers to cover the loss in subscription fees.
Well if they really WERE colluding, then the U.S. DOJ or the E.U. equivalent would open an investigation, as the DOJ did against the record companies in 2000. (And later forced them to refund $25 for every CD purchaser who requested one.) Collusion == forming a cartel == illegal.
Not really. He saw a lot of submarine accidents during his career, including ones that were lost at sea.
OFFTOPIC: The best submarine simulation I've ever seen was Red Storm Rising (can be played on Commodore 64 emulator). The reason I mention is is because it includes Los Angeles class submarines as your main weapon to fight the Russians. It seems odd to hear that guy call them "obsolete" but I guess they've been replaced by Seawolf and other classes.
While I think Barack Obama is actually George Bush in disguise, I think you're being unfair. The government started setting-up websites as early as 1995 when nobody was sure if this "web thing" would take off or just be a place for geeks (like BBSes and Usenet had been). I would call that foresight.
Sadly the government also kills innocent people, not just criminals. Typically it happens after knocking-open the door, and shooting the pet dog, or a little boy, or a daughter, or an Iraq veteran, or a grandmother (all documented cases published in the news). Then they call this an "accident" instead of what it really is: Murder.
>>>I'm not even sure what putting a limit of 14 GB/month is supposed to accomplish with dialup.
Who said there was a limit? My service is unlimited. Also your math is wrong, because dialup maxes out at 53,300 bps (due to FCC restriction) which translates to 5.3 kilobytes/sec actual download speed (10 bits per byte). 14.12 GB total.
>>>A group of minds working together (like a government) should be far more capable than a single mind by itself, but this seems to indicate that the opposite may be true for sufficiently large groups of minds.
A large group also magnifies the inherent evil present in humans while diminishing individuality (just following orders). Hence rights violations.
>>>dropping calls in mid-sentence is simply known as "using AT&T wireless
Since my plan charges by the minute* this saves me a great deal of cash. "Look at it as an opportunity, not a burden." Remember where I told you this comes from.
You think ten years is a long time? Back in the Dialup days of the 80s (35 years ago) it was common for BBSes to change their logos to celebrate holidays. For example "TNT BBS" might suddenly become "Turkey and Tater Tots" BBS for a day. Google's idea is no more original than multitasking, or multiple screening desktops.
Aside-
Also back in the 80s, my telephone company (AT&T) tried to charge an extra fee because I owned a modem that connected my computer to the phoneline ~16 hours a day. They argued I was abusing my "unlimited local calling" privileges, and should either pay $20 extra each month, or 10 cents per call. i.e. Pay my fair share. I threw the letter in the trash.
Unlimited means unlimited. Now the modern ATT and others are trying to charge extra if you use your cellphone to hook-up your computer. Some ideas get recycled again and again.
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Your sarcasm is funny, but it's well known that new releases often have more "holes" than the older releases that have been around for a few years and extensively debugged by users.
As example: I recently upgraded to the latest SeaMonkey browser, and inexplicably the "undo closed tab" function no longer works. It worked just fine in Beta 1, so why would it be broke in Beta 2? According to YOU that should not happen (newer is better), but obviously something went "a little ka-ka* and so I reverted back down.
I found it interesting that people were downloading Firefox in Russia's Siberia and Canada's northwest territories. I didn't think they had internet reaching-out to those distant (cold) isolated regions. Maybe they're using satellite or dialup.
I also thought it surprising that Japan shows very few downloads. I would expect tech-saavy japanese to be grabbing the new "toy" as quickly as possible.
>>>I'd prefer to avoid Opera and Safari altogether.
Ooo a challenge. (loads opera). Opera 11 rendered the map perfectly. It looked identical to Firefox, but with the added bonus of being able to "erase this site's cookies" after I was done. (And only load cached images to speed browsing on slow connections.)
Seamonkey 2.1 also rendered the map perfectly.
Safari browser is on my Mac and will just have to wait 'til I get home.
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>>>It's unfortunate, because delicious is a really useful service and hard to live without
Since we're discussing addons, anyone know where I can find a Youtube-to-MP3 converter? The one I had no longer functions, and I haven't been able to find a replacement.
>>>new version renders using Direct2D on Vista and Win7, but uses software rendering on anything older
+1 informative. Looks like I'll be using 3.6 for a long, long time since I have no plans to move my laptop or desktop from XP (unless they die, of course).
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"The link is being investigated by a group of scientists who had all suffered some form of mental disorder."
Shocking.
It's wyy most psychologists become psycholgists too. I have insecurity disorder. I try not to get angry when somebody calls me "stupid" and remind myself, "It doesn't matter what they think since I'm clearly not stupid." Still annoying though.
"Collaborating with materials science professor W. Craig Carter, theyâ(TM)ve developed algorithms that mimic patterns and processes in nature to create unique sculptures possible only through 3D printing."
I guess it's a mystery.
Fractals perhaps?
"Most patterns in natureâ"whether scales or spiderwebsâ"have some kind of logic that can be computationally modeled. Armour is bioinspired to protect by being designed specifically to a personâ(TM)s body. Carpal Skin is a prototype of a glove aimed at protecting against carpal tunnel syndrome."
Try this article from Tech Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39437/
If you take a 320p video stream, stretch it to a projector/etc
The topic was watching teacher videos AT HOME on a student's laptop or PC. The economy line at 1 or 1.5 Mbit/s is more than sufficient to carry a 240p or higher video.
So you route around tolls?
Interesting. I don't worry about it. One solitary trip down a tollroad isn't going to bankrupt me, and if I do it repeatedly (like a daily commute) then I learn to avoid that road. Of course oftentimes the tollroad is the cheapest route..... I recall a friend of mine was trying to avoid the Baltimore Tunnel Toll drove *all the way around* the city on 695 beltway.
He probably spent more on gas then if he'd just paid the $1 toll. --- As I became more familiar with the city, I later learned you can avoid the toll by following the Baltimore-Washington Parkway straight through the city (but then you also add half an hour to your cross-city travel time, so again: Not worth it. I'd rather just pay the toll.)
When I purchased the DVD sets I directly asked JMS, "Do you make any money off my purchase?" He said "a little but not much". Per contract the TV studios like PTEN (now merged with Warner Bros) have to pay the actors some kind of residual on show reruns or DVD sales, and as exec. producer & creator, JMS got a residual as well.
Then I asked him about the script books, and he said he has 100% control over them, so it's almost pure profit (minus printing costs). So I bought all those as well.
Well originally Babylon 5 started on the PTEN network at 8pm. Some stations that were affiliated with FOX aired it at 10pm. 8pm was decent; 10pm was also okay with me.
Later my station moved it to Saturday afternoon in a back-to-back Star Trek DS9, B5, Hercules, Xena block, which worked even better (I don't do much in the afternoon). Then with episodes 319 through 422 they moved it to midnight on Sunday, which was just horrible since I had work the next day.
If Hulu had existed in 1996, that's the point I would have stopped watching the show live and instead streamed it off the net. (But of course they don't even want you doing that, claiming that legal alternatives are not workable. Bastiches.)
P.S. Forgot to add that JMS is the guy who wrote 80% of Babylon 5's episodes, and the overarching "novel for TV" storyline which he said extends across 2000 years of fictional history (circa 1200 to 3200 AD).
And Babylon 5 used to air at midnight where I lived. Back then I had to use a VCR to timeshift the show & watch it the next day. If Hulu or piratebay had existed, I would have watched it online (to the annoyance of the MPAA, rights holders, and local stations). Perhaps they should schedule this stuff at a decent time, not midnight, so as not to inconvenience the viewers.
You think DNC.NBC is any better than Faux News?!?!?
Was Flame Virus Written by Cyberwarriors or Gamers?
(MSNBC) -- Why would super-secret spy software be written in a video game language? As security researchers continue to unpack the digital mystery that is the Flame virus, that's just one question looming over perhaps the world's most intriguing digital whodunit. With all the talk about Flame being the most powerful, ingenious and stealthy computer virus ever written, some properties of the mysterious malicious software are causing confusion.
"For one thing, the program takes up 20 megabytes of space on infected machines. That's not stealthy; large files usually indicate sloppy programming. Also, unlike Stuxnet, Flame didn't come with precision targeting, and hasn't yet been credited with doing anything as impressive as hacking nuclear power plant computers. But perhaps most mysterious of all: Part of Flame's code was written in the Lua programming language, a simple language used almost exclusively by video game programmers. Why would a nation-state trying to commit secret espionage toy with video game software? ..... Flame's authors used Lua, something that confuses observers. "Lua in a spy tool is just ... weird," said one Israeli programmer who uses Lua and requested anonymity. "The little snippet I've seen of the code seems so ... ordinary ... really like the work of your average programmer. Stuxnet sounded genius."
Said another: "Lua is considered a kids language.... All I see around that is built with Lua are games. I mean, the syntax is very simple."
http://www.kcentv.com/story/18679789/was-flame-virus-written-by
But if people stop buying CDs or MP3s (and just hand money direct to the bands at concerts) then audio engineers, extra instrumentalists, and backing vocalists won't be hired at all for the studio productions, because those CDs/MP3s will no longer be made. Those people will be laid off. Which is why I buy the CDs or MP3s.
Also I disagree that backing vocalists don't get royalties. If I recall correctly Paula Abdul started as a backup singer on Janet Jackson's songs, and she collected a small royalty check for every single or CD sold. By handing your money direct to Janet at a concert, you're cutting out Paula from her fair share. (Perhaps not the best example, but it's the first thing that popped in my head.)
You think DNC.NBC is any better than Faux News???
Was Flame Virus Written by Cyberwarriors or Gamers?
(MSNBC) -- Why would super-secret spy software be written in a video game language? As security researchers continue to unpack the digital mystery that is the Flame virus, that's just one question looming over perhaps the world's most intriguing digital whodunit. With all the talk about Flame being the most powerful, ingenious and stealthy computer virus ever written, some properties of the mysterious malicious software are causing confusion.
"For one thing, the program takes up 20 megabytes of space on infected machines. That's not stealthy; large files usually indicate sloppy programming. Also, unlike Stuxnet, Flame didn't come with precision targeting, and hasn't yet been credited with doing anything as impressive as hacking nuclear power plant computers. But perhaps most mysterious of all: Part of Flame's code was written in the Lua programming language, a simple language used almost exclusively by video game programmers. Why would a nation-state trying to commit secret espionage toy with video game software? ..... Flame's authors used Lua, something that confuses observers. "Lua in a spy tool is just ... weird," said one Israeli programmer who uses Lua and requested anonymity. "The little snippet I've seen of the code seems so ... ordinary ... really like the work of your average programmer. Stuxnet sounded genius."
Said another: "Lua is considered a kids language.... All I see around that is built with Lua are games. I mean, the syntax is very simple."
http://www.kcentv.com/story/18679789/was-flame-virus-written-by
According to J.Michael Straczynski (jms), just because the viewers demand content in a certain format or certain time (immediately rather than wait 1 week for the USA-to-BBC feed), does not mean they are entitled too it. He thinks we should stop infringing on his copyrights, as that means he (and others) don't get paid.
According to me, JMS is a stodgy old man who may be internet-literate (using it since the early 90s), but doesn't understand the old "scheduled TV viewing" model is dying and being replaced. If ye put the show on Hulu I'll watch it... even if I have to wait a week (the FOX & Syfy model). But if ye refuse to put the show on Hulu, then yes I'll go find an illegal copy. I am not going to bend-over backwards waiting for a rerun 4 months from now.
And as long as ye keep insisting "DVDs are not returnable for refund or store credit", then I'll keep downloading them too. I have a right to make sure I don't waste my money on feldercarb.
Wow. Someone who's awake.
And yes newspapers can come for free, just as news on TV has been free for ~70 years, by charging higher rates to the advertisers to cover the loss in subscription fees.
Well if they really WERE colluding, then the U.S. DOJ or the E.U. equivalent would open an investigation, as the DOJ did against the record companies in 2000. (And later forced them to refund $25 for every CD purchaser who requested one.) Collusion == forming a cartel == illegal.
Not really. He saw a lot of submarine accidents during his career, including ones that were lost at sea.
OFFTOPIC: The best submarine simulation I've ever seen was Red Storm Rising (can be played on Commodore 64 emulator). The reason I mention is is because it includes Los Angeles class submarines as your main weapon to fight the Russians. It seems odd to hear that guy call them "obsolete" but I guess they've been replaced by Seawolf and other classes.
While I think Barack Obama is actually George Bush in disguise, I think you're being unfair. The government started setting-up websites as early as 1995 when nobody was sure if this "web thing" would take off or just be a place for geeks (like BBSes and Usenet had been). I would call that foresight.
Sadly the government also kills innocent people, not just criminals. Typically it happens after knocking-open the door, and shooting the pet dog, or a little boy, or a daughter, or an Iraq veteran, or a grandmother (all documented cases published in the news). Then they call this an "accident" instead of what it really is: Murder.
>>>I'm not even sure what putting a limit of 14 GB/month is supposed to accomplish with dialup.
Who said there was a limit?
My service is unlimited.
Also your math is wrong, because dialup maxes out at 53,300 bps (due to FCC restriction) which translates to 5.3 kilobytes/sec actual download speed (10 bits per byte). 14.12 GB total.
>>>A group of minds working together (like a government) should be far more capable than a single mind by itself, but this seems to indicate that the opposite may be true for sufficiently large groups of minds.
A large group
also magnifies the inherent evil present in humans
while diminishing individuality (just following orders).
Hence rights violations.
>>>dropping calls in mid-sentence is simply known as "using AT&T wireless
Since my plan charges by the minute* this saves me a great deal of cash. "Look at it as an opportunity, not a burden." Remember where I told you this comes from.
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* $0.00 per month and 18 cents/min
Filing: 2001
Granting: 2011
You think ten years is a long time? Back in the Dialup days of the 80s (35 years ago) it was common for BBSes to change their logos to celebrate holidays. For example "TNT BBS" might suddenly become "Turkey and Tater Tots" BBS for a day. Google's idea is no more original than multitasking, or multiple screening desktops.
Aside-
Also back in the 80s, my telephone company (AT&T) tried to charge an extra fee because I owned a modem that connected my computer to the phoneline ~16 hours a day. They argued I was abusing my "unlimited local calling" privileges, and should either pay $20 extra each month, or 10 cents per call. i.e. Pay my fair share. I threw the letter in the trash.
Unlimited means unlimited. Now the modern ATT and others are trying to charge extra if you use your cellphone to hook-up your computer. Some ideas get recycled again and again.
Your sarcasm is funny, but it's well known that new releases often have more "holes" than the older releases that have been around for a few years and extensively debugged by users.
As example: I recently upgraded to the latest SeaMonkey browser, and inexplicably the "undo closed tab" function no longer works. It worked just fine in Beta 1, so why would it be broke in Beta 2? According to YOU that should not happen (newer is better), but obviously something went "a little ka-ka* and so I reverted back down.
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* Quantum Leap reference.
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I found it interesting that people were downloading Firefox in Russia's Siberia and Canada's northwest territories. I didn't think they had internet reaching-out to those distant (cold) isolated regions. Maybe they're using satellite or dialup.
I also thought it surprising that Japan shows very few downloads. I would expect tech-saavy japanese to be grabbing the new "toy" as quickly as possible.
>>>I'd prefer to avoid Opera and Safari altogether.
Ooo a challenge. (loads opera). Opera 11 rendered the map perfectly. It looked identical to Firefox, but with the added bonus of being able to "erase this site's cookies" after I was done. (And only load cached images to speed browsing on slow connections.)
Seamonkey 2.1 also rendered the map perfectly.
Safari browser is on my Mac and will just have to wait 'til I get home.
>>>It's unfortunate, because delicious is a really useful service and hard to live without
Since we're discussing addons, anyone know where I can find a Youtube-to-MP3 converter? The one I had no longer functions, and I haven't been able to find a replacement.
>>>new version renders using Direct2D on Vista and Win7, but uses software rendering on anything older
+1 informative.
Looks like I'll be using 3.6 for a long, long time since I have no plans to move my laptop or desktop from XP (unless they die, of course).