Are you fucking joking? Like the FBI has never made a mistake?
Remember that old catch phrase, "Innocent until proven guilty?" It's not, "Innocent until fingered by the feds." Or even, "Innocent until questioned by the feds."
Is it any surprise that getting the latest operating system is going to force you to upgrade your computer to see peak performance? NO! Microsoft and Intel make a LOT of money on planned obsolescence, there's no reason (that they recognize) to improve their record.
Geez, I'd hate to be one of the guys in the control room on this one. With a) variably dense atmosphere, and b) major guesswork on how the heat will affect the spacecraft, I wouldn't be all that surprised if c) the ship failed! Also, can you imagine how difficult it is to "think ahead" and predict what's going on when the data you're looking at has taken a few minutes to get here from Mars? I guess that's why people consider rocket science difficult.
I didn't see any real mention of the martian winds in this article, don't they get up to hundreds of miles per hour in the upper atmosphere? Couldn't that seriously screw up an aerobraking attempt? Or is that just a drop in the bucket compared to the speed of the spacecraft (which I didn't see in the article, but can probably be found on NASA's site - too bad I'm lazy)?
This definitely gives pause when considering the difficulty of landing manned craft on the surface. With so many variables, you're almost guaranteed that something is going to go wrong. I'd hazard a guess that contingency planning is high on NASA's list right now!
I think not having an audit trail for vote counts saved to disk is a serious flaw. Aside from the possibility of a trojan being installed in the vote counting or recording software, floppies, hard drives, zip's (or whatever) do fail. The whole point of a new voting system is to INCREASE the number of legitimate votes that get counted.
I think a modified way of doing this would be to have the touch screen system print out the vote record on a card, that was then turned in (in a little blinder envelope) to the vote counting staff. The cards could be quickly counted my optical machine (with mechanical creation of votes, should have a VERY low failure rate) and provide the benefit of giving the voter a chance to review their card for inaccuracies.
I agree with the moderators about your post, it is definitely insightful. Lobbying groups represent the primary monied powers in the US, and having a lobbying group dedicated to providing our government with the "geek perspective" would be a Good Thing.
Does anyone know of any geek lobbying groups out there that we can join? Does the FSF maintain offices in DC? Can we all encourage them to start a lobbying group if they haven't already?
Are you afraid that you will be judged by this supposed AI and found lacking? Do you think you have a monopoly on consciousness? AI could be the next stage of human evolution, and you're scared? Well, shit, me too.
I guess I'm totally the target market for this book.. limited personal experience with robots, but I think they're cool as anything. It has some exotic and very interesting photos, and the interviews provide a good look inside the robot research world.
Eeriest photo: robot surgeon working on a cadaver, I guess they've got to practice on something, but it sure seemed like a scene from the Re-Animator.
Looks like the public criticism of the Passport policy is waking some people up. Check this post from cnet about this passport bs. Sorry if this is a dup, couldn't read all the posts.
Do you all think this could be a good step towards "designer" storage systems? I'm thinking of esthetically pleasing shapes and colors for crystal structures, you could use as ornamentation. Will these holographic devices necessarily have to be cubicle? What about tetrahedrons? I wouldn't mind having a pyramid of around 100 TB... mount in a base with wireless, and you've got a portable crystal ball.
Oh powerful and wise crystal tower, what is the average velocity of an unladen swallow?
It sure seems to me that VA was just scared of getting sued by a company that has more money for lawyers.. unfortunately, court battles in the US go to the one with the most cash. I think this is really why Apple lost the suit against Microsoft; Microsoft could afford the lawyers to keep the battle going on and on and on.
Yes, deregulation is leading to higher power bills, but the root cause is increasing demand for electricity. California is in the midst of an electrical emergency (they lit the state Christmas tree for only 5 minutes!), where the total power used is within 5-7 % of available. Anytime you have scarcity of resources, the price goes up (supply and demand are powerful forces nearly beyond human comprehension). Power companies will respond by increasing capacity, but that's a slow process.
The truly frightening thing about many of these responses is that they just indicate exactly how messed up our school system is. Systematic ignorance is no better than unintentional stupidity. Teachers and administrators are part of the problem, and outdated ideas about education and the process of growing up just make it worse.
I don't think that college and work are an either/or proposition. I've been taking classes and working since I graduated high school (7 long and wonderful years ago), and I've learned a lot in both places. I consider it my mission in life to learn cool new things, and wherever I can do that, I will! I'm still waiting for a computer college to open that teaches by creating cool products (hopefully open/free) and subsidizing the cost of providing educational services by selling documentation and support.
To address the second paragraph of your post, it seems like Apple, IBM and Motorola are all able to cooperate, get along, etc. when there isn't much money involved. When Apple goes through one of it's upswings, the three major players on the hardware side start bickering, leading to the kind of BS we're seeing now. Why haven't faster G4 processors been made available? Because Motorola doesn't want IBM to get the contract to produce them.
These three businesses are behaving in a manner typical of most big business, cooperate only as long as there is a significant advantage, then stab each other in the back when you see the possiblity of more money. Wake up boys! You'll kill the market (again) if you don't cooperate, innovate, and SELL FAST COMPUTERS!
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Are you fucking joking? Like the FBI has never made a mistake?
Remember that old catch phrase, "Innocent until proven guilty?" It's not, "Innocent until fingered by the feds." Or even, "Innocent until questioned by the feds."
Read this title as, "Mangling Linux with Webmin?"
Killer app: put the shopping list on there.
Maybe that's a little too real world for this conversation?
Be careful during your next all weekend campus game!
Can you imagine the Monday morning bandwidth hangover? "Yes Johnnie, your dorm racked up $35,000 in charges. Will that be cash, check or charge?"
Maybe they're just freakin' clueless? I hope they get sued and hire some high powered lawyers to shove the DMCA up the MPAA's anal cavity.
Is it any surprise that getting the latest operating system is going to force you to upgrade your computer to see peak performance? NO! Microsoft and Intel make a LOT of money on planned obsolescence, there's no reason (that they recognize) to improve their record.
I didn't see any real mention of the martian winds in this article, don't they get up to hundreds of miles per hour in the upper atmosphere? Couldn't that seriously screw up an aerobraking attempt? Or is that just a drop in the bucket compared to the speed of the spacecraft (which I didn't see in the article, but can probably be found on NASA's site - too bad I'm lazy)?
This definitely gives pause when considering the difficulty of landing manned craft on the surface. With so many variables, you're almost guaranteed that something is going to go wrong. I'd hazard a guess that contingency planning is high on NASA's list right now!
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I think a modified way of doing this would be to have the touch screen system print out the vote record on a card, that was then turned in (in a little blinder envelope) to the vote counting staff. The cards could be quickly counted my optical machine (with mechanical creation of votes, should have a VERY low failure rate) and provide the benefit of giving the voter a chance to review their card for inaccuracies.
Does anyone know of any geek lobbying groups out there that we can join? Does the FSF maintain offices in DC? Can we all encourage them to start a lobbying group if they haven't already?
Are you afraid that you will be judged by this supposed AI and found lacking? Do you think you have a monopoly on consciousness? AI could be the next stage of human evolution, and you're scared? Well, shit, me too.
Eeriest photo: robot surgeon working on a cadaver, I guess they've got to practice on something, but it sure seemed like a scene from the Re-Animator.
Looks like the public criticism of the Passport policy is waking some people up. Check this post from cnet about this passport bs. Sorry if this is a dup, couldn't read all the posts.
Oh powerful and wise crystal tower, what is the average velocity of an unladen swallow?
don't like it? leave.
Linux = MGB - niche, fast, pretty, but pray it doesn't break!
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Not my president.
Yes, deregulation is leading to higher power bills, but the root cause is increasing demand for electricity. California is in the midst of an electrical emergency (they lit the state Christmas tree for only 5 minutes!), where the total power used is within 5-7 % of available. Anytime you have scarcity of resources, the price goes up (supply and demand are powerful forces nearly beyond human comprehension). Power companies will respond by increasing capacity, but that's a slow process.
The truly frightening thing about many of these responses is that they just indicate exactly how messed up our school system is. Systematic ignorance is no better than unintentional stupidity. Teachers and administrators are part of the problem, and outdated ideas about education and the process of growing up just make it worse.
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These three businesses are behaving in a manner typical of most big business, cooperate only as long as there is a significant advantage, then stab each other in the back when you see the possiblity of more money. Wake up boys! You'll kill the market (again) if you don't cooperate, innovate, and SELL FAST COMPUTERS!