I realize that China isn't the moral leaders of the world, but I'm happy to see them playing catch-up when it comes to manned space-flight.
Because, given the way China tends to think, when I see them putting men in space, it makes me think they already have long term plans for trips to the moon, and perhaps even a permanent presence off-planet. And I say, it's about time.
Humans could do much worse than start making the steps to get us off this rock.
Is owning any one of those things or all of them together illegal? The only one I see is the "homemade device to disable buses", but I'm gonna have to know what that is before I can comment. You can disable a bus with sufficient wads of paper stuffed into the gas tank if you so desired.
As far as I know, on the books, thoughtcrime is not actually a crime yet.
Exactly! Who cares what is it as long as it tastes good. This is snobbery at its finest.
So, you don't mind being charged double or triple the cost of something because it is labeled as something more expensive? As long as it tastes good, that isn't a issue for you?
If it is what not to do, Why do I now know their name?
Will you download the album? I deliberately will not, even though I know the name now. Why? Because they are trying to game the system for free publicity while also trying to make P2Pers look bad by blaming them for the leak. I find this kind of underhanded attempt at publicity dishonest and obnoxious and will therefore not even bother to check out their music.
If they had just put there music out on BitTorrent with a press release announcing they had done so, I would have thought that was cool and would have downloaded their album to support the idea and to check out their music.
But with this kind of tactic, they have completely lost me as a potential listener.
I assume you are talking about the underground tram in the Selenetic Age (or whatever it was called). Stupid question, as I haven't played the game in years. Is there an actual "solve the puzzle" solution to that part?
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When I first played the game, I noticed the sounds at each intersection, but I could never find any rhyme or reason to them. Nor did I ever find any clues anywhere else as to an order of the sounds. I eventually found my way through that by trying every direction (and ended up with a pretty nice, detailed map in my notebook) and brute-forcing my way through.
That always seemed like such an un-MYST-like way of solving the puzzle, so I was wondering if there is an actual solution other than brute-force. Is there? Anyone know?
At customs, you apparently aren't in the US yet, so the constitution does not apply.
At least, that is the kind of logic that people who defend this or at least shrug it off as nothing use. I think it is bullshit, but well, it has precedent and seems to be the law.:-/
Humans are social organisms. That is how we evolved, and that is a big part of our success as a species. All social organisms in nature do things that contribute not only to themselves, but to the local population as a whole. Doing so increases the chances of survival and success of the group, which in turn increases the chances of survival and success of the individual. A practical upshot of that is that you don't have to work as hard to survive and reproduce.
Though, there is variation in any population, so I suppose you do have the choice to turn your back on about 2 million years of human evolutionary success and just be a selfish git.;p
If you have a problem with so-called "macro-evolution" then I contend that you cannot possibly conceive of 1 million years. It does not take that long for speciation (which you call macro-evolution, though I contend that there is only evolution). We have witnessed speciation. We have caused speciation in the lab. What more do you need?
You live for maybe 70 years, yet you have a hard time with the idea that several MILLION years ago, humans and chimpanzees had a common ancestor?
Hell, we are close to speciation of dogs. Though still genetically compatible, it shouldn't be hard to argue that St. Bernards and Chihuahuas are reproductively isolated. If we could both be around to see the outcome, I would bet on complete reproductive genetic isolation within a few thousand years, i.e. speciation, or what you want to call "macro-evolution".
Scientifically show me that there is indeed a distinction between your so-called "micro-" and "macro-evolution", and I will be willing to accept the evidence. Otherwise, SCIENCE has shown, repeatedly, that there is no real distinction.
Separating evolution into "micro-" and "macro-" is just another red herring from those unwilling to question their own beliefs about their own importance to the universe, as I mentioned above.
Organisms change over time, due to a number of genetic and environmental factors. This is a FACT. The mechanisms of it are a theory (which is as close to truth as science can get). Why is it difficult for you to believe that, over enough time, things will change so much as to be incompatible (reproductively speaking)?
You may proceed with your laughter AFTER you refute what I have said with EVIDENCE.
Yes, there are a lot of other Sci-Fi precedents, but I have to say that my current favorite is "Mjolnir" from Halo (though I wouldn't object to being recycled like the Marathon Mjolnir cyborg after I die).
According to the books, they operated without energy shields for a good many years and kicked some serious ass, so...
Where do I sign up?
Of course, if it is like Heinlein's "Starship Troopers", the same question applies.;)
when he began to formulate his controversial theory of evolution It really seems sad to me that it is still considered "controversial".
The theory of evolution through natural selection, while it has been modified to more accuracy through advances in genetics and our understanding of environmental science and ecology, is one of the best supported theories that science has to offer about how ANYTHING works. It's up there with things like "Ohm's Law" (E=IR), Newton's Laws of Gravity and/or Einstein's Theories of Relativity, the kinetic theory of gases, etc.
People don't question the scientific understanding about what makes our computers, mobile phones, PDAs, microwaves, etc. work, yet they still have issues with evolution, despite the fact that it is all based on EXACTLY THE SAME scientific method (in a nutshell, "observe - question - hypothesize - test - analyze - repeat") as the those things. It really boggles the mind.
I'm not saying the theory of evolution should not be questioned. ALL SCIENCE should be questioned, periodically even, but it should be questioned scientifically (i.e. does my hypothesis fit the data better, and can I devise a test to show this?) But, is it really so hard to accept the idea that we may not be "God's gift to the universe" and are only as important as we make ourselves to be, rather than relying on some higher power, some creator to make us the most important thing around? Honestly, and I grew up with religion, it is a concept that I can no longer understand (and I doubt I ever understood it in the first place)...
What is it? Fear that there may be nothing but what we leave behind after we die? Fear that if we are the product of an unimaginable amount of interactions over a difficult to imagine number of years and nothing more than that? Is it hubris? Fear that we may share the same ancestors as gorillas and orangutans?
Why is the theory of evolution still a controversy? As far as science goes, there is no other hypothesis that even comes close to explaining biology as well. How can so many people (and, honestly, mainly in the United States) still reject at most and at least question based on unscientific ideas -- i.e. not based on the scientific method -- the theory of evolution?
I have no problems with the idea of questioning the theory of evolution, if you can do it on scientific grounds. But doing otherwise is the same (to me) as questioning gravity, electronics, chemistry, etc. If one can accept those things, then why is evolution so hard to accept?
That's not a very good analogy... it doesn't take place at work. It doesn't take place during work hours. Finally, you aren't asking your employer to deliver the communication for you. Take the same example as the GPP, but do it at work. You have finished your work, so you sit at your desk, take a sheet of paper from the notepad paid for by your work, write a letter to someone with the pen provided by your work, put it in the envelope provided by your work, maybe even go so far as to use one stamp that was also provided by your work, drop it in the company mail shute, and send it.
In that case, is it OK for your employer to open the letter and read it before it leaves the building?
Slashdot doesn't give a crap about new websites. The ONLY reason it's mentioned here is because the backbone of the site is Open Source. Apparently that's important enough. Yeah! Ignore that fact the site is all about earth and space science. You know, because everyone at Slashodot has equal levels of knowledge of such things and any site such as this which is meant to further the education of those who don't have that level of knowledge is useless. Yup, definitely not "news for nerds, stuff that matters."
How about you get off your high horses? I'm a teacher teaching the equivalent of 8th grade science and 10th, 11th, and 12th grade biology in Thailand, and I'm glad that this got posted to slashdot or I might have missed it. There is a lot of cool information on that site, and I can see myself using it this year with my science classes. Kudos to Slashdot for bringing it to my attention.
Sorry, but we can't all be genius rocket scientists / earth scientists like the PP and GPP.
Of course, lest they take us over first. You don't want to be a slave to an alien civilization, do you? With all of the overlord welcoming that goes on around here, I wouldn't be surprised if the answer to that question is "Yes".
I've also heard nitpicks about the top menu bar having (gasp!) square corners on top instead of rounded corners. Oh for the love of all that is good in this world, are you going to let THAT bother you?
I was less than thrilled to see rounded corners go. They are easier on the eyes, IMHO, but that may just be because I'm used to them after having used MacOS since System 6. As for letting them bother me?
Well, square corners slightly bothered me for all of the two minutes it took to find Displaperture.app, which restores the roundness and lets you set how much roundness you want.:D
But, yeah, I do find some amusement with the ultra-super fanbois who simply lack the ability to get over it or find another solution instead of bitching and moaning.
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You are right. Given the submitter's final question, it probably should have been an "Ask Slashdot". ;)
Or it might finally make people realize that we are all human, and a stupid act at 18 doesn't equate to judgment post 30. Naaahhh...
You must be new here. Welcome to Earth. We're a little strange here, but you will find that some of us can be relaxed and groovy. Enjoy your stay.
P.S. Please take me with you when you leave the planet
I realize that China isn't the moral leaders of the world, but I'm happy to see them playing catch-up when it comes to manned space-flight.
Because, given the way China tends to think, when I see them putting men in space, it makes me think they already have long term plans for trips to the moon, and perhaps even a permanent presence off-planet. And I say, it's about time.
Humans could do much worse than start making the steps to get us off this rock.
Is owning any one of those things or all of them together illegal? The only one I see is the "homemade device to disable buses", but I'm gonna have to know what that is before I can comment. You can disable a bus with sufficient wads of paper stuffed into the gas tank if you so desired.
As far as I know, on the books, thoughtcrime is not actually a crime yet.
So says Arterion:
Exactly! Who cares what is it as long as it tastes good. This is snobbery at its finest.
So, you don't mind being charged double or triple the cost of something because it is labeled as something more expensive? As long as it tastes good, that isn't a issue for you?
"It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money." - Canada Bill Jones, 19th century poker player
:D
I thought that a singularity is infinitely small... :-/
Well done! Now I'm gonna have that commercial stuck in my head all day. :D
If it is what not to do, Why do I now know their name?
Will you download the album? I deliberately will not, even though I know the name now. Why? Because they are trying to game the system for free publicity while also trying to make P2Pers look bad by blaming them for the leak. I find this kind of underhanded attempt at publicity dishonest and obnoxious and will therefore not even bother to check out their music.
If they had just put there music out on BitTorrent with a press release announcing they had done so, I would have thought that was cool and would have downloaded their album to support the idea and to check out their music.
But with this kind of tactic, they have completely lost me as a potential listener.
.
When I first played the game, I noticed the sounds at each intersection, but I could never find any rhyme or reason to them. Nor did I ever find any clues anywhere else as to an order of the sounds. I eventually found my way through that by trying every direction (and ended up with a pretty nice, detailed map in my notebook) and brute-forcing my way through.
That always seemed like such an un-MYST-like way of solving the puzzle, so I was wondering if there is an actual solution other than brute-force. Is there? Anyone know?
I logged in for the first time in probably 9 or 10 years and the account is still there despite the complete lack of activity.
I'm actually kind of impressed with that. I don't even have access to the email account that my ICQ account is linked to.
At least, that is the kind of logic that people who defend this or at least shrug it off as nothing use. I think it is bullshit, but well, it has precedent and seems to be the law. :-/
Though, there is variation in any population, so I suppose you do have the choice to turn your back on about 2 million years of human evolutionary success and just be a selfish git. ;p
You live for maybe 70 years, yet you have a hard time with the idea that several MILLION years ago, humans and chimpanzees had a common ancestor?
Hell, we are close to speciation of dogs. Though still genetically compatible, it shouldn't be hard to argue that St. Bernards and Chihuahuas are reproductively isolated. If we could both be around to see the outcome, I would bet on complete reproductive genetic isolation within a few thousand years, i.e. speciation, or what you want to call "macro-evolution".
Scientifically show me that there is indeed a distinction between your so-called "micro-" and "macro-evolution", and I will be willing to accept the evidence. Otherwise, SCIENCE has shown, repeatedly, that there is no real distinction.
Separating evolution into "micro-" and "macro-" is just another red herring from those unwilling to question their own beliefs about their own importance to the universe, as I mentioned above.
Organisms change over time, due to a number of genetic and environmental factors. This is a FACT. The mechanisms of it are a theory (which is as close to truth as science can get). Why is it difficult for you to believe that, over enough time, things will change so much as to be incompatible (reproductively speaking)?
You may proceed with your laughter AFTER you refute what I have said with EVIDENCE.
According to the books, they operated without energy shields for a good many years and kicked some serious ass, so...
Where do I sign up?
Of course, if it is like Heinlein's "Starship Troopers", the same question applies. ;)
The theory of evolution through natural selection, while it has been modified to more accuracy through advances in genetics and our understanding of environmental science and ecology, is one of the best supported theories that science has to offer about how ANYTHING works. It's up there with things like "Ohm's Law" (E=IR), Newton's Laws of Gravity and/or Einstein's Theories of Relativity, the kinetic theory of gases, etc.
People don't question the scientific understanding about what makes our computers, mobile phones, PDAs, microwaves, etc. work, yet they still have issues with evolution, despite the fact that it is all based on EXACTLY THE SAME scientific method (in a nutshell, "observe - question - hypothesize - test - analyze - repeat") as the those things. It really boggles the mind.
I'm not saying the theory of evolution should not be questioned. ALL SCIENCE should be questioned, periodically even, but it should be questioned scientifically (i.e. does my hypothesis fit the data better, and can I devise a test to show this?) But, is it really so hard to accept the idea that we may not be "God's gift to the universe" and are only as important as we make ourselves to be, rather than relying on some higher power, some creator to make us the most important thing around? Honestly, and I grew up with religion, it is a concept that I can no longer understand (and I doubt I ever understood it in the first place)...
What is it? Fear that there may be nothing but what we leave behind after we die? Fear that if we are the product of an unimaginable amount of interactions over a difficult to imagine number of years and nothing more than that? Is it hubris? Fear that we may share the same ancestors as gorillas and orangutans?
Why is the theory of evolution still a controversy? As far as science goes, there is no other hypothesis that even comes close to explaining biology as well. How can so many people (and, honestly, mainly in the United States) still reject at most and at least question based on unscientific ideas -- i.e. not based on the scientific method -- the theory of evolution?
I have no problems with the idea of questioning the theory of evolution, if you can do it on scientific grounds. But doing otherwise is the same (to me) as questioning gravity, electronics, chemistry, etc. If one can accept those things, then why is evolution so hard to accept?
In that case, is it OK for your employer to open the letter and read it before it leaves the building?
How about you get off your high horses? I'm a teacher teaching the equivalent of 8th grade science and 10th, 11th, and 12th grade biology in Thailand, and I'm glad that this got posted to slashdot or I might have missed it. There is a lot of cool information on that site, and I can see myself using it this year with my science classes. Kudos to Slashdot for bringing it to my attention.
Sorry, but we can't all be genius rocket scientists / earth scientists like the PP and GPP.
The Chinese government would then either have to live with it or re-block the English pages.
Well, square corners slightly bothered me for all of the two minutes it took to find Displaperture.app, which restores the roundness and lets you set how much roundness you want. :D
But, yeah, I do find some amusement with the ultra-super fanbois who simply lack the ability to get over it or find another solution instead of bitching and moaning.
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*sigh* I've watched that movie way too many times, I think.
I bet you don't even like popcorn. In fact, I'd go so far as to say you hate it, don't you?
I know of a worthwhile house to target, if someone can come up with enough popcorn.