So, what happens when we can vat-grow large amounts of meat from small pieces of human flesh? Will human flesh become an item on the menus? Eh, it'll probably taste like chicken -- everything else does.
Some more info on the cheating detector from a Georgia Tech Alum of the CS program.
1. The cheating detector is not new. It's been in place for years. When I took intro programming in 1994 they mentioned it, and it wasn't new then.
2. Everybody at Tech knows about it. They tell you about this script the first day of class. Nobody here should be suprised they were caught. The fact that they were caught only shows them to be some of the stupidest people at Tech.
3. It catches people every term. Usual numbers are below 5% range. The fact that it caught someone isn't news. The fact that it caught 10% of a class is news.
4. These classes are cake. There is no reason anyone should need to cheat to pass these classes. They are the most basic concepts of programming.
Okay, it's not generally good form to follow oneself up, but I wrote the analyist "David Hill" and asked him (slightly more politely than what I said here) what he was thinking.
He actually responded,and his response to my which category did he think it qualified for was: "Economics! It would not be a traditional award, but its economic impact would be immense."
I think this particular analyst is in la-la land. The economics award is awarded for work on the advancing the science economics, not making money.
Never, *EVER* accept any advice from the Aberdeen Group. Apparently their analysts don't know shit.
"Either this research is the next 'Cold Fusion' scam that dies away or it's the foundation for a Nobel Prize. I don't have an answer to which one it is yet," said David Hill, a data storage analyst with Boston-based Aberdeen Group.
Wonder which category he expects them to win in...
Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Physiology / Medicine, Peace or Literature
There is no Nobel category for pure mathematics, or computing theory.
Yeah, that's the problem with hydrogen: You can't just dig a hydrogen well, you've got to make it.
You can't just dig a gasoline well either, what's your point? Even natural gas requires refining to remove impurities and other trace gases. With very few exceptions, you're going to have to do some work to get the energy in a form that's usable to you.
Fans of the ultima series might want to check out Exult which will allow you to play Ultima 7, Ultima 7 II, and their add ons without using a speed limiter in DOS.
It's still development, but you can apparently paly Ultima 7, and it's expansion "Forge of Virtue" in their entirety, and most of Ultima 7 II is playable.
It does require you to have the actual game, so it's not a complete game itself, just a re-written engine.
Okay, well the ADA doesn't apply if the person is a reporter, because presumibly a reporter has many other tasks than simply typing stuff into the computer (research etc.) and could concievably simply write longhand and get someone to copy it. Therefore inability to type is not a substantial limitation.
Now reading the decision this appears to be a very narrowly constructed decison. The court doesn't appear to make any statements about typing ability in general, only in the specific case of this specific reporter.
That would presumibly leave open avenues of pursuit for other professions, programmers -- typists (are there any of these anymore?), keypunch operators, stenographers and whatnot.
Actually, just today on NPR they discussed a research study that suggested that many Master and Grandmaster level chess players are using a part of the brain completely unused in the average player. The conclusion drawn by this researcher and study was that your average person is incapible due to his brain structure to become a Grandmaster.
Now while I don't agree with that, since it's been proven that different experiences can help develop the functioning of different parts of the brain, and I would imagine thousands of games of chess in childhood would warp anyone's brain... anyway, there's a point here somewhere.
The point I'm trying to make is that just because you someone may think differently, it's an amazingly concieted assumption to make to assume that it's "stupid".
And no, I can barely keep the names of the pieces right, I'm not a chess fanatic.
Last I checked, Bush's plan relied almost completely upon building a battlestar Galactica type ship up in orbit, something that's also never been done.
Okay, I've been a huge fan of space for years. I've got a plastic space shuttle that was one of my more cherished toys when I was 3 (22 years ago). I've read many books about the Apollo landings, seen several movies, and generally dug the whole experience. But the fact of the matter is, with a few notable exceptions (Mars Pathfinder) NASA has been totally boring.
We're not exploring, we're taking our space truck up into outer space and performing half-assed experiements. What's the current big project? Build a space station! How half-assed is that? Damnit, all we're doing is trucking and construction. Do you see people lining up to watch truckers and construction workers on earth? What makes you think it would be different in space?
If NASA wants to capture America's atention again then F'N *DO* something. Explore mars! Look for new life! Send people! Probes are neat, but they just don't have the same impact as "One small step for a man".
Check out The Mars Society for more information. Better yet, read A case for Mars by Robert Zubrin to see how it could be done for 1/10th of what those bean-counters told Bush.
It is truly a sad, sad day when the scarisity of Bruce Campbell movies restricts the development of 3D shooters. Surely if the movie studios had seen fit to make more Evil Dead movies there'd be plenty more material for Duke to rip off.
The same reason why subscription magazines that are mailed to you include those tear out subscription cards. Sure they could tear them out and save on shipping, but what if a friend is reading your magazine and decides he wants a copy?
What if a friend is at your house watching TV and decides he likes the cable service you've got? The point is since they own the service putting in ads of their own costs next to nothing, and if it catches a few extra subscribers more power to them.
Let's not forget that Amtrak is essentially owned and operated by the US government. Would you find this all that suprising if you found out that the post office is coordinating with the DEA to stop suspected drug shipments?
Although this does bring up a good point... they're a government entitity, they're subject to Freedom of Information requests. If you really want to know the full scoop on what's happening, just ask.
The man may not have known the details and history of the technology when he took on the case, but he certainly seems to have a good handle on the precedents.
Sony v Connectix, Betamax, RIAA v Diamond Multimedia, the guy cites a laundry list of overbroad and overreaching claims by media companies that have been shot down by the courts. Whatever the guy's getting paid, he's worth it.
Here's a nice article posted more than a year ago on slashdot about producing Hydrogen in Algae filled ponds. Sadly the link is broken, but search on most search engines and you'll find what you need to know. Apparently the aparatus is fairly simple. It might even become a backyard industry. Imagine growing and cultivating your own fuel for your car. Being a commuter, I know if I could supply my own fuel I'd have probably another $100 a month to use. Over 3 or four years the savings would more than be paid back.
Who knows, pipe dream or whatever, it's a nice one.
Yes it's a simple laboratory process to turn CO^2 to Oxygen, but there are several problems.
First the average atmospheric pressure on mars is about 5 milibars. That means the atmosphere is 1/200th as thick as earths. Even if *ALL* the CO2 were converted to O2, it would still be about 1/200th as thick. This of course ignores the fact that a pure oxygen atmosphere is a bad thing fire-safety wise.....
Second, it's cold as hell there. Average temperatures on Mars make Antarctica look like the Bahamas.
Third, mars is a PLANET it's going to take a hell of a lot of effort to make it habitable. It's not going to be done in 20 years, it likely won't be done within any one person's lifetime. The most optimistic estimates I've seen are 100-400 years assuming technologies not yet developed. Many estimates are in the greater than 1000 years range.
If you want to know some real facts instead of just spouting crap, try reading Robert Zubrin's "The Case For Mars".
It includes a whole chapter on terraforming mars. Plus chapters on the technologies needed before we can send anyone to Mars.
Having spilled liquid Nitrogen on myself on at least one occasion, and watched someone spill it on themselves intentionally, I can tell you just spilling it on you won't do squat. Now submerging your hand in it -- that's a different matter, but in general unless we're talking about huge quantities the liquid nitrogen will just evaporate, no harm done.
Fair use doesn't allow it, but the right of First sale does. Essentially, it states that once a copyright owner *SELLS* (not licences) a work, anything the consumer does with that work short of copying it is their own business. The owner cannot mantain restrictions on the work. This principle dates back to the early 1900's.
Further, my understanding is that the reason that DeCSS was orginally written for windows was because the code the borrowed from the Xing player
was easier to port to windows than linux. It should be noted that within a week there was a linux utility based on DeCSS available.
Trademarks must be defended against infringments or you risk losing them. Further, they must be defended as quickly as possible against infringement. You're not allowed to let someone use it for a couple of years then suddenly decide to go after them when they become successful.
By looking at the whois record for openssh.com, it's obvious that Openssh has been using the name Openssh publicly since at least October of 1999. That's well over a year. I would hardly call this a timely filing.
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So, what happens when we can vat-grow large amounts of meat from small pieces of human flesh? Will human flesh become an item on the menus? Eh, it'll probably taste like chicken -- everything else does.
The movie industry is under siege from a small community of professors.
I'm blushing, jack. No, we're not all professors.
Well, if we're the professors, I'm guessing that makes Jack V. Mr. Howell -- pointless, useless, and convinced his money can buy everything.
"Muffy, have our lawyer call Congress and have them outlaw that linux thing."
Dibs on Maryanne.
Imagine the terror of a 50 foot tall Finnish programmer wandering the streets.
Now let's just hope RMS doesn't scale either.
Some more info on the cheating detector from a Georgia Tech Alum of the CS program.
1. The cheating detector is not new. It's been in place for years. When I took intro programming in 1994 they mentioned it, and it wasn't new then.
2. Everybody at Tech knows about it. They tell you about this script the first day of class. Nobody here should be suprised they were caught. The fact that they were caught only shows them to be some of the stupidest people at Tech.
3. It catches people every term. Usual numbers are below 5% range. The fact that it caught someone isn't news. The fact that it caught 10% of a class is news.
4. These classes are cake. There is no reason anyone should need to cheat to pass these classes. They are the most basic concepts of programming.
Okay, it's not generally good form to follow oneself up, but I wrote the analyist "David Hill" and asked him (slightly more politely than what I said here) what he was thinking.
He actually responded,and his response to my which category did he think it qualified for was: "Economics! It would not be a traditional award, but its economic impact would be immense."
I think this particular analyst is in la-la land. The economics award is awarded for work on the advancing the science economics, not making money.
Never, *EVER* accept any advice from the Aberdeen Group. Apparently their analysts don't know shit.
"Either this research is the next 'Cold Fusion' scam that dies away or it's the foundation for a Nobel Prize. I don't have an answer to which one it is yet," said David Hill, a data storage analyst with Boston-based Aberdeen Group.
Wonder which category he expects them to win in...
Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Physiology / Medicine, Peace or Literature
There is no Nobel category for pure mathematics, or computing theory.
Yeah, that's the problem with hydrogen: You can't just dig a hydrogen well, you've got to make it.
You can't just dig a gasoline well either, what's your point? Even natural gas requires refining to remove impurities and other trace gases. With very few exceptions, you're going to have to do some work to get the energy in a form that's usable to you.
Fans of the ultima series might want to check out Exult which will allow you to play Ultima 7, Ultima 7 II, and their add ons without using a speed limiter in DOS.
It's still development, but you can apparently paly Ultima 7, and it's expansion "Forge of Virtue" in their entirety, and most of Ultima 7 II is playable.
It does require you to have the actual game, so it's not a complete game itself, just a re-written engine.
Okay, well the ADA doesn't apply if the person is a reporter, because presumibly a reporter has many other tasks than simply typing stuff into the computer (research etc.) and could concievably simply write longhand and get someone to copy it. Therefore inability to type is not a substantial limitation.
Now reading the decision this appears to be a very narrowly constructed decison. The court doesn't appear to make any statements about typing ability in general, only in the specific case of this specific reporter.
That would presumibly leave open avenues of pursuit for other professions, programmers -- typists (are there any of these anymore?), keypunch operators, stenographers and whatnot.
If you had read the first sentence in the article, you would have seen that it's a solar powered craft.
Actually, just today on NPR they discussed a research study that suggested that many Master and Grandmaster level chess players are using a part of the brain completely unused in the average player. The conclusion drawn by this researcher and study was that your average person is incapible due to his brain structure to become a Grandmaster.
Now while I don't agree with that, since it's been proven that different experiences can help develop the functioning of different parts of the brain, and I would imagine thousands of games of chess in childhood would warp anyone's brain... anyway, there's a point here somewhere.
The point I'm trying to make is that just because you someone may think differently, it's an amazingly concieted assumption to make to assume that it's "stupid".
And no, I can barely keep the names of the pieces right, I'm not a chess fanatic.
Adobe took every measure likely to be successful to get Elcomsoft to cease and desist.
Every effort that is, other than fixing the security hole.
Last I checked, Bush's plan relied almost completely upon building a battlestar Galactica type ship up in orbit, something that's also never been done.
Okay, I've been a huge fan of space for years. I've got a plastic space shuttle that was one of my more cherished toys when I was 3 (22 years ago). I've read many books about the Apollo landings, seen several movies, and generally dug the whole experience. But the fact of the matter is, with a few notable exceptions (Mars Pathfinder) NASA has been totally boring.
We're not exploring, we're taking our space truck up into outer space and performing half-assed experiements. What's the current big project? Build a space station! How half-assed is that? Damnit, all we're doing is trucking and construction. Do you see people lining up to watch truckers and construction workers on earth? What makes you think it would be different in space?
If NASA wants to capture America's atention again then F'N *DO* something. Explore mars! Look for new life! Send people! Probes are neat, but they just don't have the same impact as "One small step for a man".
Check out The Mars Society for more information. Better yet, read A case for Mars by Robert Zubrin to see how it could be done for 1/10th of what those bean-counters told Bush.
It is truly a sad, sad day when the scarisity of Bruce Campbell movies restricts the development of 3D shooters. Surely if the movie studios had seen fit to make more Evil Dead movies there'd be plenty more material for Duke to rip off.
The same reason why subscription magazines that are mailed to you include those tear out subscription cards. Sure they could tear them out and save on shipping, but what if a friend is reading your magazine and decides he wants a copy?
What if a friend is at your house watching TV and decides he likes the cable service you've got? The point is since they own the service putting in ads of their own costs next to nothing, and if it catches a few extra subscribers more power to them.
Okay, it'll never happen, but here's a thought.
They've got fuel cells that will generate electricity from most types of natural gases.
What would happen if you hooked one of those into your pda, and your PDA via a long tube to the methane generating portions of your body?
Okay, it's stupid but what about as a source of energy for wearable computers? Your wearable PC could be powered by your underwear energy harness!
Let's not forget that Amtrak is essentially owned and operated by the US government. Would you find this all that suprising if you found out that the post office is coordinating with the DEA to stop suspected drug shipments?
Although this does bring up a good point... they're a government entitity, they're subject to Freedom of Information requests. If you really want to know the full scoop on what's happening, just ask.
The solution works quite nicely, it just doesn't take into account that the guessing is simultaneous.
The man may not have known the details and history of the technology when he took on the case, but he certainly seems to have a good handle on the precedents.
Sony v Connectix, Betamax, RIAA v Diamond Multimedia, the guy cites a laundry list of overbroad and overreaching claims by media companies that have been shot down by the courts. Whatever the guy's getting paid, he's worth it.
Here's a nice article posted more than a year ago on slashdot about producing Hydrogen in Algae filled ponds. Sadly the link is broken, but search on most search engines and you'll find what you need to know. Apparently the aparatus is fairly simple. It might even become a backyard industry. Imagine growing and cultivating your own fuel for your car. Being a commuter, I know if I could supply my own fuel I'd have probably another $100 a month to use. Over 3 or four years the savings would more than be paid back.
Who knows, pipe dream or whatever, it's a nice one.
What kind of crack are you smoking?
Yes it's a simple laboratory process to turn CO^2 to Oxygen, but there are several problems.
First the average atmospheric pressure on mars is about 5 milibars. That means the atmosphere is 1/200th as thick as earths. Even if *ALL* the CO2 were converted to O2, it would still be about 1/200th as thick. This of course ignores the fact that a pure oxygen atmosphere is a bad thing fire-safety wise.....
Second, it's cold as hell there. Average temperatures on Mars make Antarctica look like the Bahamas.
Third, mars is a PLANET it's going to take a hell of a lot of effort to make it habitable. It's not going to be done in 20 years, it likely won't be done within any one person's lifetime. The most optimistic estimates I've seen are 100-400 years assuming technologies not yet developed. Many estimates are in the greater than 1000 years range.
If you want to know some real facts instead of just spouting crap, try reading Robert Zubrin's "The Case For Mars".
It includes a whole chapter on terraforming mars. Plus chapters on the technologies needed before we can send anyone to Mars.
Having spilled liquid Nitrogen on myself on at least one occasion, and watched someone spill it on themselves intentionally, I can tell you just spilling it on you won't do squat. Now submerging your hand in it -- that's a different matter, but in general unless we're talking about huge quantities the liquid nitrogen will just evaporate, no harm done.
Fair use doesn't allow it, but the right of First sale does. Essentially, it states that once a copyright owner *SELLS* (not licences) a work, anything the consumer does with that work short of copying it is their own business. The owner cannot mantain restrictions on the work. This principle dates back to the early 1900's.
Further, my understanding is that the reason that DeCSS was orginally written for windows was because the code the borrowed from the Xing player
was easier to port to windows than linux. It should be noted that within a week there was a linux utility based on DeCSS available.
As always, IANAL --
Trademarks must be defended against infringments or you risk losing them. Further, they must be defended as quickly as possible against infringement. You're not allowed to let someone use it for a couple of years then suddenly decide to go after them when they become successful.
By looking at the whois record for openssh.com, it's obvious that Openssh has been using the name Openssh publicly since at least October of 1999. That's well over a year. I would hardly call this a timely filing.