I love how he handled the attempt at 48:40 to get him to give up a bitcoin soundbite. He just asks for another question without even answering LOL! A very disciplined speaker.
They are a very influential lobbying organization. A lot of what they hand congressmen (in paper bags full of money) turns directly into policy and law. Intelligence on economic policy is extremely vital, so their emails and whatnot would absolutely be worth reading by the Chinese government.
"In addition to the neutrino observatory, KM3NeT will house equipment for monitoring the deep-sea environment, including (according to Popsci) the recording of whale song and the observation of bioluminescent organisms."
Yeah, I guess if they use the Stephen Hawking voice that's true! They probably don't owe him anything either.
I suppose an argument might be made in this case that Majel is an extremely rare first name, and that her character is well known, and she voiced a computer on a mega-media franchise. And they are using it for a highly commercial endeavor. IF it ends up sounding anything like her (and if it doesn't, what's the point)...
"Google, it is widely held, is Siri’s best challenger. The company has offered Google Voice Search on the iPhone and its Android devices since 2008, and that application has been expanded to cover 29 languages, supporting accents in 37 countries, including the Middle East."
I have an iPhone, and my initial reaction to this was a jealousy I have not experienced before. It's a cool idea. I assume they cleared this with her estate, Paramount, etc., right? Anyway, it's not like you would just "be talking to an emotionless computer". That's a very shallow take on it.
I'm not sure if you've ever actually been to a bar or real party (read: rager) but most of those environments are dark enough that without flash, your pictures are nearly useless when attempting to identify people.
Not so for me. I use a Nikon D700 camera with a 85mm f/1.4 lens and need no flash to shoot in near-darkness. I have many images to back up that statement.
Then they'll have to put a warning on it that says "not for use with MasterOfGoingFaster's Nikon D700 camera with a 85mm f/1.4 lens. He has images to back up that statement."
That's good thinking. We need need to send people there to mine drywall. I'm with you.
But seriously, these bots are doing so well we should just stop thinking about sending people places like Mars. There's no science in it, it's just a stunt. Unless there's a political reason to spend a truly immense amount of money just showing off (or military of course, in which case it will happen whether or not it's a good idea,) let's concentrate on unmanned missions. If we can afford to spend more, then buy things like the James Web telescope which we learn a lot more from.
Yeah pretty much. I know this is/. so we have to quibble about every goddamn thing, but if you're installing something like phpMyAdmin and it doesn't ask you about passwords, or whatever dumbass thing happened here, the problem is that somebody screwed the pooch by just leaving it that way. We gotta make it a little harder than that.
I think the takeaway from this story is that there are "sysadmins" that don't know what they are doing and occasionally demonstrate this in spectacular ways. There are also VP's that fire good people before they are finished because they themselves don't understand the business they are in. It sorta works? OK, that's good enough, you're fired.
Just speculating that the context of the discussion matters a lot. Maybe they felt a lot of peer pressure to discredit the idea, since they were all together. Or it could be that they are sick of real kooks talking about aliens. "Aliens" is different than "life". Aliens is Sigourney Weaver.
A relative of mine worked at an public observatory/science center for many years in a big city. He had to deal with a lot of loonies who know what flavor of ice cream the aliens like. Many feel a very religious connection with "aliens". Perhaps they pick this up from movies. From a scientific POV this has more to do with human psychology than exobiology. It's a part of our culture, and it's a difficult place to start from if you want to get at the truth.
Earth biology is a science we know comparatively little about. Exobiology is so speculative, you could run a lot of very expensive experiments, come up empty, and not have scratched the surface or have proved anything either way. Experiments that don't prove anything unless you hit a very unlikely home run are easy to laugh off. There could be a billion planets out there, full of life, or we could be alone. It doesn't change the odds when we don't even know what we are talking about.
It kind of makes SETI look like a waste of time. I guess it's worth doing, but it's like pissing in the ocean.
It makes it more difficult, but isn't it just silica dust? I mean it's not good to breathe at all, but we have silica dust here too. Moon dust isn't magically different. Mining is dangerous here too. Bring a lots and lots of filters and scrubbers with you and leave the suit in the airlock. Since this would be described as an extremely dangerous job anyway, I don't see how the moon dust is a deal breaker.
Love to see that waiver of liability and "hold harmless" though. If this next martian rover actually works, it's starting to show we don't need to send people at all. It adds 10X to the expense of a mission. These one way trip scenarios are romantic and all, but I don't think one will ever leave the ground due to all the lawyering.
I supposed a totalitarian government that runs it's own court system could get away with it. Or a completely military venture.
We’ve reached Facebook’s Director of Public Policy Andrew Noyes in an attempt to confirm the settlement, but he responded saying “We’re declining to comment.”
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I love how he handled the attempt at 48:40 to get him to give up a bitcoin soundbite. He just asks for another question without even answering LOL! A very disciplined speaker.
People do use handguns for hunting animals. People do use bittorrent for FOSS. People do use laser beams for things other than shark-mounting.
They are a very influential lobbying organization. A lot of what they hand congressmen (in paper bags full of money) turns directly into policy and law. Intelligence on economic policy is extremely vital, so their emails and whatnot would absolutely be worth reading by the Chinese government.
Maybe not kiddies this time.
Good idea. Get started!
It does show up on google at around $100 (CDW). When you click on the link it's really $174. Newegg is currently $162. Think I'll wait awhile.
"In addition to the neutrino observatory, KM3NeT will house equipment for monitoring the deep-sea environment, including (according to Popsci) the recording of whale song and the observation of bioluminescent organisms."
I guess they thought of that.
Yeah, I guess if they use the Stephen Hawking voice that's true! They probably don't owe him anything either.
I suppose an argument might be made in this case that Majel is an extremely rare first name, and that her character is well known, and she voiced a computer on a mega-media franchise. And they are using it for a highly commercial endeavor. IF it ends up sounding anything like her (and if it doesn't, what's the point)...
But if you say it's OK, I trust you.
Score:6, Should be Obvious to Anyone
Newly designed fighter aircraft are very dangerous to fly.
If only you had been there, he would be a free man today. In fact, the film probably was better without all that sterile, fake looking animation.
Indeed, FTFA -
"Google, it is widely held, is Siri’s best challenger. The company has offered Google Voice Search on the iPhone and its Android devices since 2008, and that application has been expanded to cover 29 languages, supporting accents in 37 countries, including the Middle East."
Ouch.
I have an iPhone, and my initial reaction to this was a jealousy I have not experienced before. It's a cool idea. I assume they cleared this with her estate, Paramount, etc., right? Anyway, it's not like you would just "be talking to an emotionless computer". That's a very shallow take on it.
... It is the strongest computer in the world...
I'm scared of this.
I'm not sure if you've ever actually been to a bar or real party (read: rager) but most of those environments are dark enough that without flash, your pictures are nearly useless when attempting to identify people.
Not so for me. I use a Nikon D700 camera with a 85mm f/1.4 lens and need no flash to shoot in near-darkness. I have many images to back up that statement.
Then they'll have to put a warning on it that says "not for use with MasterOfGoingFaster's Nikon D700 camera with a 85mm f/1.4 lens. He has images to back up that statement."
It would be fun to enjoy this while being treated to the sound cannon. Watch out, occupy, next up is the "smell launcher" and the "taste catapult".
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Apple is the nice one.
That's good thinking. We need need to send people there to mine drywall. I'm with you.
But seriously, these bots are doing so well we should just stop thinking about sending people places like Mars. There's no science in it, it's just a stunt. Unless there's a political reason to spend a truly immense amount of money just showing off (or military of course, in which case it will happen whether or not it's a good idea,) let's concentrate on unmanned missions. If we can afford to spend more, then buy things like the James Web telescope which we learn a lot more from.
Yeah pretty much. I know this is /. so we have to quibble about every goddamn thing, but if you're installing something like phpMyAdmin and it doesn't ask you about passwords, or whatever dumbass thing happened here, the problem is that somebody screwed the pooch by just leaving it that way. We gotta make it a little harder than that.
I think the takeaway from this story is that there are "sysadmins" that don't know what they are doing and occasionally demonstrate this in spectacular ways. There are also VP's that fire good people before they are finished because they themselves don't understand the business they are in. It sorta works? OK, that's good enough, you're fired.
This upsurge in Russian penetration is relevant to my interests. I need to see more evidence.
Just speculating that the context of the discussion matters a lot. Maybe they felt a lot of peer pressure to discredit the idea, since they were all together. Or it could be that they are sick of real kooks talking about aliens. "Aliens" is different than "life". Aliens is Sigourney Weaver.
A relative of mine worked at an public observatory/science center for many years in a big city. He had to deal with a lot of loonies who know what flavor of ice cream the aliens like. Many feel a very religious connection with "aliens". Perhaps they pick this up from movies. From a scientific POV this has more to do with human psychology than exobiology. It's a part of our culture, and it's a difficult place to start from if you want to get at the truth.
Earth biology is a science we know comparatively little about. Exobiology is so speculative, you could run a lot of very expensive experiments, come up empty, and not have scratched the surface or have proved anything either way. Experiments that don't prove anything unless you hit a very unlikely home run are easy to laugh off. There could be a billion planets out there, full of life, or we could be alone. It doesn't change the odds when we don't even know what we are talking about.
It kind of makes SETI look like a waste of time. I guess it's worth doing, but it's like pissing in the ocean.
I cannot confirm the existence of Praxis.
It makes it more difficult, but isn't it just silica dust? I mean it's not good to breathe at all, but we have silica dust here too. Moon dust isn't magically different. Mining is dangerous here too. Bring a lots and lots of filters and scrubbers with you and leave the suit in the airlock. Since this would be described as an extremely dangerous job anyway, I don't see how the moon dust is a deal breaker.
Love to see that waiver of liability and "hold harmless" though. If this next martian rover actually works, it's starting to show we don't need to send people at all. It adds 10X to the expense of a mission. These one way trip scenarios are romantic and all, but I don't think one will ever leave the ground due to all the lawyering.
I supposed a totalitarian government that runs it's own court system could get away with it. Or a completely military venture.
W3C Police. Sounds good to me.
Alternatives:
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Mrfrozen biology department literally conducts every experiment after august but before march2011
We’ve reached Facebook’s Director of Public Policy Andrew Noyes in an attempt to confirm the settlement, but he responded saying “We’re declining to comment.”
That's the spirit!