If they're going to filter any pornography, I demand that they also filter words with the letter 'e' in them. They offend me greatly when written by other people, so to be safe it's best to just get rid of all of them.
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If going to any pornography, I that also words with in. by, so to it's to just rid of all of.
It could be a sign that the judge effectively ordered them to do it. If they'd said they weren't available/willing to sit down the judge would have deemed them uncooperative.
This is in fact the sole thing people need to realize.
The citizens still hold all of the power, they just need to focus it at the right targets. If people *actually* went to the companies they buy services from and demanded a change, it would happen.
The government can do whatever the fuck they want as long as the corporations are happy, the corporations don't have that freedom (with some exception regarding bailouts, but those don't work long term)
Running 5 different programs -- that'll get you nowhere fast. Having all three of the files you're currently working on open for easy reference without switching windows improves productivity considerably.
You should try actually learning something before questioning those smarter than you.
The day my IDE is more rounded corners and empty space than actual code is the day I quit programming forever.
Luckily, my "IDE" is vim. Works great, about 50x more useful and faster than anything else I've tried and is available to me no matter where I am or what operating system I'm on at a given time.
You're talking about two completely separate things:
When you are arrested your right to privacy disappears -- this is sort of almost true. Therefore once arrested you cannot have said non-existent privacy invaded.
So no, the cop can't pull you over and start going through your phone (and even if they did it would be inadmissible). They can pull you over and arrest you, THEN search your phone, car, house, pretty much what they please.
You missed the continuity there, and jumped straight from random traffic stop or some such to arrested (for what exactly?)
Yeah, not sure what the problem is here... I can depress the clutch in about half a second (including reaction time) if something goes wrong. Once that's done I've got all the time in the world to turn off the engine (or leave it on if I really need the power steering, even though it'd kill the engine)
Well hold on, there's a few assumptions you're making there that I'm not entirely sure are valid yet (given that it's still in the R&D phase)
You say that bad devices cannot be blacklisted by others -- I'm very hesitant to believe that any system would be created that worked this way. There will be a method for adding money to the device and at that time a list of blacklisted devices could be added as well (in a write only fashion, of course).
As far as bad money getting into the system -- I'm sorry but organized (and disorganized) crime has been doing that for... ever? The cost of illegitimate transactions has to be eaten just as it is now with credit cards. The goal will be to make the system secure enough and low value enough that the cost of expected breaches don't outweigh the costs of the system that it's replacing.
There's making a perfectly secure system, and there's making a system that is as secure or better than the existing one (cash) but without the massive cost of printing and circulation. Let's not forget which we're talking about here.
I've read about "tamper-proof" chips. In one example one of them was compromised using acid to carefully etch away the protective housing and they said an electron microscope (but it was clearly something else that did the actual manipulation) to manually recode it.
That's not something that scales well, and thus such an implementation would be inherently secure... Secure, not unbreakable.
I've done what I can politically, as a Canadian I've contacted the DOE and my local MP, but my political influence on American policy is less than naught.
You're absolutely right that for the good of the country the US government needs to fund it's research properly. What I'm saying is that for the good of the *world* you guys need to continue what you're doing.
15,000 people around the world willing to fund you at $100 a month nets your entire 2012 operations budget (according to the information on your site). So you need 14,999 more, admittedly just to keep the lights on -- but that's a start.
But that's not even specifically where I was going with this -- I was a little more interested in Jeff Bezos (amazon) recently funding $20million to a Canadian fusion start up. I'm pretty sure he's not looking for monetary return on his investment, since that would be the single worst investment ever. Getting the money out of billionaire nerds is going to be easier than getting it out of the government.
There is money out there, lots enough to keep you going. If it comes to shutting down keep that in mind, it would be a loss to the world for MIT to lose its fusion research outfit.
I'm not a US citizen but would happily kick in $1000 a year for fusion research. I feel the same about space exploration except that the private sector seems to have picked up that torch.
It's not going to get you all the way there, but even a million and a half people around the world kicking in $100 a year would match the current US funding.
I suspect they're not allowed to do it because it's a government owned facility (I assume?) but if they did set up such a project I would happily chip in even just to save this particular research team.
None of what you say is individually wrong, but you're very wrong with the overall statement you are making.
Not all energy advances must make things cheaper per KW directly, not having to deal with (relatively) huge amounts of radioactive waste is a huge benefit worth lots of dough, as is complete safety and many of the other benefits of fusion.
Startups don't all work out (not even fucking close).
The idea of kickstarter, the entire idea of it, is to distribute the costs among many people so that each is investing no more than an amount they are comfortable losing.
Instead of a share of profits like you would get with a large investment in the business, you get token rewards if and when it succeeds.
Kickstarter is entirely clear about all of this, and anyone who invests in something should a) do their homework and ask the right questions and b) not give up more than they can walk away from.
The whole idea is that for the price of a theatre trip (for one!) you can help fund a cool idea, and lots of people are willing to do that. It's not about contracts and buying stuff it's about good will and helping something you believe in come to life.
I'm in your boat exactly, it's the future... not the present.
The other thing people don't get is that for the ~15,000 that I would have spent getting an electric car I could do vastly better things for the environment. So even if you *do* have money to burn and 15 grand is a non issue it's *still* not a good investment in the environment.
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If they're going to filter any pornography, I demand that they also filter words with the letter 'e' in them. They offend me greatly when written by other people, so to be safe it's best to just get rid of all of them.
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If going to any pornography, I that also words with in. by, so to it's to just rid of all of.
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It could be a sign that the judge effectively ordered them to do it. If they'd said they weren't available/willing to sit down the judge would have deemed them uncooperative.
3G, GSM, etc. are not technical inventions.
They are standards.
When a standards body agrees to take a patent as part of the standard, they generally require FRAND licensing as part of that agreement.
Nowhere anywhere does something *have* to be FRAND, but if you want it in a standard you're going to be going down that road.
This doesn't work long term.
The only way to get rid of them *is* to stop consuming their products, it will work and it will work faster than most people think.
This is in fact the sole thing people need to realize.
The citizens still hold all of the power, they just need to focus it at the right targets. If people *actually* went to the companies they buy services from and demanded a change, it would happen.
The government can do whatever the fuck they want as long as the corporations are happy, the corporations don't have that freedom (with some exception regarding bailouts, but those don't work long term)
I think you need to actually read up on how the cloud backups work before you say anymore on this subject.
You're embarrassing yourself.
Well that's not true.
Match may suck, I wouldn't know as I don't use it. But iTunes on mac is fantastic.
Whatever you're doing that makes it seem bloated or doggy, it's you not the program.
Just because you're dumb doesn't mean others are trolls.
You'd do well to remember that
You clearly don't know much about the mind.
Running 5 different programs -- that'll get you nowhere fast. Having all three of the files you're currently working on open for easy reference without switching windows improves productivity considerably.
You should try actually learning something before questioning those smarter than you.
Why exactly do you want to see code as something other than what it is?
Abstraction layers lead to nothing but hassle...
Yeah, just the fact that you said '27" display' tells me everything I need to know about you.
I have a great big 55" display that has a lower resolution than any of the three 21.5" ones sitting in front of me.
There are times I've considered a fourth...
Wait am I a hipster or an old fart?
The two aren't really compatible...
The day my IDE is more rounded corners and empty space than actual code is the day I quit programming forever.
Luckily, my "IDE" is vim. Works great, about 50x more useful and faster than anything else I've tried and is available to me no matter where I am or what operating system I'm on at a given time.
You understand precisely nothing of what's happening here.
They are creating a specified number of cells that know how to fight the HIV virus, because your normal immune system can't differentiate well enough.
This is exactly nothing like the xkcd you posted.
You're talking about two completely separate things:
When you are arrested your right to privacy disappears -- this is sort of almost true. Therefore once arrested you cannot have said non-existent privacy invaded.
So no, the cop can't pull you over and start going through your phone (and even if they did it would be inadmissible). They can pull you over and arrest you, THEN search your phone, car, house, pretty much what they please.
You missed the continuity there, and jumped straight from random traffic stop or some such to arrested (for what exactly?)
Yeah, not sure what the problem is here... I can depress the clutch in about half a second (including reaction time) if something goes wrong. Once that's done I've got all the time in the world to turn off the engine (or leave it on if I really need the power steering, even though it'd kill the engine)
Well hold on, there's a few assumptions you're making there that I'm not entirely sure are valid yet (given that it's still in the R&D phase)
You say that bad devices cannot be blacklisted by others -- I'm very hesitant to believe that any system would be created that worked this way. There will be a method for adding money to the device and at that time a list of blacklisted devices could be added as well (in a write only fashion, of course).
As far as bad money getting into the system -- I'm sorry but organized (and disorganized) crime has been doing that for... ever? The cost of illegitimate transactions has to be eaten just as it is now with credit cards. The goal will be to make the system secure enough and low value enough that the cost of expected breaches don't outweigh the costs of the system that it's replacing.
There's making a perfectly secure system, and there's making a system that is as secure or better than the existing one (cash) but without the massive cost of printing and circulation. Let's not forget which we're talking about here.
No because it's a branching game, one move now opens and closes other possible moves.
There's no doubt that a computer can solve it, and on modern hardware it probably wouldn't even be measured in years... but it's not a quick solution.
You're assuming a purely hardware crack.
I've read about "tamper-proof" chips. In one example one of them was compromised using acid to carefully etch away the protective housing and they said an electron microscope (but it was clearly something else that did the actual manipulation) to manually recode it.
That's not something that scales well, and thus such an implementation would be inherently secure... Secure, not unbreakable.
I've done what I can politically, as a Canadian I've contacted the DOE and my local MP, but my political influence on American policy is less than naught.
You're absolutely right that for the good of the country the US government needs to fund it's research properly. What I'm saying is that for the good of the *world* you guys need to continue what you're doing.
15,000 people around the world willing to fund you at $100 a month nets your entire 2012 operations budget (according to the information on your site). So you need 14,999 more, admittedly just to keep the lights on -- but that's a start.
But that's not even specifically where I was going with this -- I was a little more interested in Jeff Bezos (amazon) recently funding $20million to a Canadian fusion start up. I'm pretty sure he's not looking for monetary return on his investment, since that would be the single worst investment ever. Getting the money out of billionaire nerds is going to be easier than getting it out of the government.
There is money out there, lots enough to keep you going. If it comes to shutting down keep that in mind, it would be a loss to the world for MIT to lose its fusion research outfit.
I do have a specific question, probably a quick one:
Would you be allowed, if the opportunity presented itself, to raise the money directly? Or does the money have to come in the form of US budget?
I'm in on this.
I'm not a US citizen but would happily kick in $1000 a year for fusion research. I feel the same about space exploration except that the private sector seems to have picked up that torch.
It's not going to get you all the way there, but even a million and a half people around the world kicking in $100 a year would match the current US funding.
I suspect they're not allowed to do it because it's a government owned facility (I assume?) but if they did set up such a project I would happily chip in even just to save this particular research team.
None of what you say is individually wrong, but you're very wrong with the overall statement you are making.
Not all energy advances must make things cheaper per KW directly, not having to deal with (relatively) huge amounts of radioactive waste is a huge benefit worth lots of dough, as is complete safety and many of the other benefits of fusion.
You're not wrong, but you are so wrong...
Startups don't all work out (not even fucking close).
The idea of kickstarter, the entire idea of it, is to distribute the costs among many people so that each is investing no more than an amount they are comfortable losing.
Instead of a share of profits like you would get with a large investment in the business, you get token rewards if and when it succeeds.
Kickstarter is entirely clear about all of this, and anyone who invests in something should a) do their homework and ask the right questions and b) not give up more than they can walk away from.
The whole idea is that for the price of a theatre trip (for one!) you can help fund a cool idea, and lots of people are willing to do that. It's not about contracts and buying stuff it's about good will and helping something you believe in come to life.
I'm in your boat exactly, it's the future... not the present.
The other thing people don't get is that for the ~15,000 that I would have spent getting an electric car I could do vastly better things for the environment. So even if you *do* have money to burn and 15 grand is a non issue it's *still* not a good investment in the environment.