Is there any science to prove that ear canals are unique? What about irises, blood vessels in the retina, finger prints, or any of the other things that people claim are unique? How is this uniqueness established for legal purposes?
One of her coworkers (a surgeon) gave her the name of a lawyer and suggested calling him. She did just to see how they could possibly get her out of a speeding ticket. The lawyer said that the speeding ticket will be negotiated down to a non-moving violation such as improper parking. She would have to pay the full fine for the speeding ticket plus the lawyer's fee, but it wouldn't affect her insurance rates or add points to her license.
She went along to see if it would work and sure enough, the ticket was negotiated down and she paid the fine and lawyer's fee- IRIC the lawyer charged $150. No points, no increase in insurance rates.
My wife finished her anesthesiology residency just a few years ago, so life as 1%ers is pretty new to us. This event was a real eye opener. I guess this is how the 1% gets away with murder. I can't imagine what it's like to be a 0.1%er.
the King James Bible among the other great works of human creativity. I wouldn't want aliens or just more advanced humans who find this stuff 100k years from now to think that we were superstitious idiots.
You seem to be under the impression that people's votes have some influence on who rules over us. Money is power, and those who have it get what they want (more), and the rest of us are screwed. Elections are held periodically to perpetuate the illusion of democracy. No one's vote that is unaccompanied by a check is worth the paper it's marked on.
Will gravitational waves reflect from the boundaries and is it possible to have a resonant condition? Since gravitational waves move at the speed of light, and the universe is expanding at less than the speed of light (correct me if I'm wrong) the waves will eventually reach the boundaries. Will they be reflected?. With additional energy input from more black holes crashing into each other can a resonant condition occur where everything starts ringing?
"integrating emotional feedback into VR environments heralds many new possibilities in the fields of medical research, gaming — and, of course, marketing research"
printing conventional bricks. Even as expensive as Lego bricks are, 3D printed bricks are crazy expensive when you factor in the machine's cost and the time required to print.
What does make sense is to print stuff that Lego doesn't make or is very difficult to obtain from Lego. As for compatibility, any crappy printer can print things to which you glue real Lego bricks to get absolute compatibility. You can print things with flat surfaces to which the smooth sides or the bottom edge of Lego bricks can be glued with almost any crappy 3D printer.
Do you want to make a swinging door for that Lego house or castle? Print a door with integral hinge than can be glued to a few bricks to allow it to be snapped into the structure. You can make all sorts of motor mounts, gears, hinges, rotary joints, etc., very easily.
The main thing I learned in my endocrinology classes in dental school was this: hormones are nothing to screw around with. They affect so many different things and messing with them causes so many unintended consequences, it is best not to play around with them unless there is a medical reason to do so.
My observations have taught me that people who have time and money and nothing specific to do tend to get into mischief. This applies at both ends of the economic spectrum, though people with lots of time and money also tend to fund some interesting and beneficial things as well as their own self-destruction.
I'm not saying don't give them the money. I'm just saying there is a potential problem that should be anticipated and may need to be addressed. Will people seek jobs if you pay them a basic living without demanding that they work? Certainly some people will and some won't. Does the handing out of money create a permanent underclass? Does it create something else- a permanent artistic class who devotes all its time to "unproductive" activities such as music, dance, and art- all areas that are traditionally difficult to earn a comfortable living? Both?
because of the money that is used to buy politicians/elections. When it becomes cheaper to buy a politician than to pay the tax, you buy the politician. Don't expect to see any changes that result in more tax revenues coming in from corporations or very rich people any time soon. If someone succeeds in increasing tax revenues it will come at the expense of people who work for a living, because they have no say whatsoever in what their government does.
shielded from taxation simply by moving it to another country IS a tax code designed for the digital age. A tax code that wouldn't allow taxes to be avoided that way would sound more like something for an industrial age.
How will an independent Mars colony earn the kind of money it will take to pay the freight for sending things they need to survive from Earth to Mars? It will be the classic coal mining operation just relocated to Mars- people will work all day on Mars doing whatever it is they do and they will earn less than enough to pay their debt to the shipping company that sends them their food, clothing, etc. They will be slaves. Maybe we should send prisoners there...
I want to get funded to build a rocket to go there and scoop up helium and bring it back to earth to fill party balloons! Contribute $5 and you'll get a helium filled balloon. For bigger contributions you can go all the way up to a Macy's parade style balloon, with the very top tier of rewards for BIG contributors reserved for people to ride along on the trip to Saturn.
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Is there any science to prove that ear canals are unique? What about irises, blood vessels in the retina, finger prints, or any of the other things that people claim are unique? How is this uniqueness established for legal purposes?
One of her coworkers (a surgeon) gave her the name of a lawyer and suggested calling him. She did just to see how they could possibly get her out of a speeding ticket. The lawyer said that the speeding ticket will be negotiated down to a non-moving violation such as improper parking. She would have to pay the full fine for the speeding ticket plus the lawyer's fee, but it wouldn't affect her insurance rates or add points to her license.
She went along to see if it would work and sure enough, the ticket was negotiated down and she paid the fine and lawyer's fee- IRIC the lawyer charged $150. No points, no increase in insurance rates.
My wife finished her anesthesiology residency just a few years ago, so life as 1%ers is pretty new to us. This event was a real eye opener. I guess this is how the 1% gets away with murder. I can't imagine what it's like to be a 0.1%er.
If it doesn't have Teddy bears it ain't Star Wars!
First the Republicans refuse to do their jobs and now they can be joined by the computers!
the King James Bible among the other great works of human creativity. I wouldn't want aliens or just more advanced humans who find this stuff 100k years from now to think that we were superstitious idiots.
You seem to be under the impression that people's votes have some influence on who rules over us. Money is power, and those who have it get what they want (more), and the rest of us are screwed. Elections are held periodically to perpetuate the illusion of democracy. No one's vote that is unaccompanied by a check is worth the paper it's marked on.
I was referring specifically to windows 3.1, not malware directed at it.
Will gravitational waves reflect from the boundaries and is it possible to have a resonant condition?
Since gravitational waves move at the speed of light, and the universe is expanding at less than the speed of light (correct me if I'm wrong) the waves will eventually reach the boundaries. Will they be reflected?. With additional energy input from more black holes crashing into each other can a resonant condition occur where everything starts ringing?
in the online museum of malware.
to the triggering event and the general direction it came from?
"integrating emotional feedback into VR environments heralds many new possibilities in the fields of medical research, gaming — and, of course, marketing research"
and of course, porn.
printing conventional bricks. Even as expensive as Lego bricks are, 3D printed bricks are crazy expensive when you factor in the machine's cost and the time required to print.
What does make sense is to print stuff that Lego doesn't make or is very difficult to obtain from Lego. As for compatibility, any crappy printer can print things to which you glue real Lego bricks to get absolute compatibility. You can print things with flat surfaces to which the smooth sides or the bottom edge of Lego bricks can be glued with almost any crappy 3D printer.
Do you want to make a swinging door for that Lego house or castle? Print a door with integral hinge than can be glued to a few bricks to allow it to be snapped into the structure. You can make all sorts of motor mounts, gears, hinges, rotary joints, etc., very easily.
temperature had a bigger effect on particle emission than the extruder temperature.
http://pubs.acs.org/appl/liter...
This implies that a lot of particle emissions are coming from the bed/print interface. What would cause that?
I manage 6 of these machines all tucked into a not particularly well ventilated corner of a room at the makerspace. I'll be taking this seriously.
Is that unusual?
they have yet to discover the power of monatomic gold! Once they do they will set aside their toys...
My wife getting hysterical every time a car passes in front of me isn't enough. Now I'll have to listen to my car screaming at me, too.
intelligence to carry a gun: if you try to take it on a plane, you fail.
The main thing I learned in my endocrinology classes in dental school was this: hormones are nothing to screw around with. They affect so many different things and messing with them causes so many unintended consequences, it is best not to play around with them unless there is a medical reason to do so.
a Paul Auster novel.
email!
My observations have taught me that people who have time and money and nothing specific to do tend to get into mischief. This applies at both ends of the economic spectrum, though people with lots of time and money also tend to fund some interesting and beneficial things as well as their own self-destruction.
I'm not saying don't give them the money. I'm just saying there is a potential problem that should be anticipated and may need to be addressed. Will people seek jobs if you pay them a basic living without demanding that they work? Certainly some people will and some won't. Does the handing out of money create a permanent underclass? Does it create something else- a permanent artistic class who devotes all its time to "unproductive" activities such as music, dance, and art- all areas that are traditionally difficult to earn a comfortable living? Both?
because of the money that is used to buy politicians/elections. When it becomes cheaper to buy a politician than to pay the tax, you buy the politician. Don't expect to see any changes that result in more tax revenues coming in from corporations or very rich people any time soon. If someone succeeds in increasing tax revenues it will come at the expense of people who work for a living, because they have no say whatsoever in what their government does.
shielded from taxation simply by moving it to another country IS a tax code designed for the digital age. A tax code that wouldn't allow taxes to be avoided that way would sound more like something for an industrial age.
How will an independent Mars colony earn the kind of money it will take to pay the freight for sending things they need to survive from Earth to Mars? It will be the classic coal mining operation just relocated to Mars- people will work all day on Mars doing whatever it is they do and they will earn less than enough to pay their debt to the shipping company that sends them their food, clothing, etc. They will be slaves. Maybe we should send prisoners there...
I want to get funded to build a rocket to go there and scoop up helium and bring it back to earth to fill party balloons!
Contribute $5 and you'll get a helium filled balloon. For bigger contributions you can go all the way up to a Macy's parade style balloon, with the very top tier of rewards for BIG contributors reserved for people to ride along on the trip to Saturn.