A two stroke engine pollutes far more. The main reason being that it is a terribly inefficient engine. Lots of unburned fuel enters the atmosphere in a two stroke motor.
Amen. I don't see how you can have a sequel when the hero learns at the end of the first movie that he's invincible, omnipotent, etc. What can you possibly have thrown at the hero that could stop him? Basically, you have to throw away the premise with which you ended the first film in order to crank out a few more money makers.
of course, the matrix is already so over-hyped it's amazing. any "philosophy" in that film was abandoned half-way through for a big blow 'em up, shoot out (that's not to say i didn't enjoy it, but it wasn't this incredibly revealing, insightful film like so many fanboys make it out to be). too bad, as i really would have liked to have seen a truly phiolosophical action film.
Copyrights can and do benefit artists, when applied correctly. All the problems of the present copyright system are an outgrowth of the misapplication of copyright.
Copyright is supposed to benefit the whole of society by making sure that creative people get some recompense for being creative. Furthermore, the copyright laws of the US include a provision for fair use (like burning a disc for your friend); however, we currently have a copyright system that exists soley for the profit of CEO's. Copyrights now never expire, making them couterproductive to their original purpose, and the scope of what is considered fair use is being reduced everyday.
Simply ignoring copyright is not a solution. It gives the likes of Valenti and Rosen more amunition in their crusade for DRM and will lead to laws even worse than the DMCA.
If copyright really were a temporary thing, lasting, at most, 28 years, like it is supposed to, we would be able to freely trade almost everything ever recorded by The Beatles, The Doors, Buddy Holly, Elvis, etc. A great many novels would enter the public domain. Many films would be free to distribute. There would be a plentiful, rich, and significant public domain. As it is, books written by men long dead at the beginning of last century are still under copyright, a short cartoon of a rat is still locked up, and Michael Jackson owns the rights to Jahn Lennon's music. I agree that system is bad, but I think just ignoring will make it worse. The RIAA/MPAA/etc. will have even more fuel for their fires, and will be able to get laws passed that make the situation even worse than it is already. Fight for a return of reasonable copyrights, and artists and consumers will benefit.
It's not bad, it's good. This means that quantum theory will become more refined, or perhaps (though not bloody likely) just have quantum physics thrown out entirely for some other, better theory.
Well, maybe not in overall UI terms, but in terms of file management, it rocks. it's really nice to be able to search my hard drives for all mp3's from 1980-1989 excluding any from the Genre hair metal.
of course, that has more to do with the underlying filesystem than with the trakcer itself. hopefully finder will be able to do those kinds of filesystem acrobatics when dominic giampaolo is done hacking on hfs+.
That's happening all over, not just in Texas. I live here, and I don't like it too much, but everything you said in your [flamebait] post is true of nearly everywhere else in the US. And actually, quality of life here is pretty good. The cost of living in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, or Austin, or any of the surrounding 'burbs is quite a bit lower than most every other major metropolitan area in the country.
others have already commented on this, but i thought i would do so intelligently and politely.
a word means whatever the people say it means. that is to say, a word is merely a signifier for some thing. the word in and of itself is meaningless; it only holds meaning in as far as a group of people have all agreed upon that word as having some kind of linguisitic value beyond the phonemes that comprise it. in cases of where differing definitions are given, generally, the majority prevails. so, for all practical purposes, a hacker is someone that does things to computers that are illegal, in particular, circumventing security measures. you might prefer that blackhats be called "crackers" and whitehats be called "hackers," but that's not the way the rest of the world (for better or worse) sees it. remember your simpsons: Hibbert: Yes, I remember Bart's birth well. You don't forget a thing
like [dramatic pause] Siamese twins!
Lisa: I believe they prefer to be called "conjoined twins". Hibbert: And Hillbillies prefer to be called "sons of the soil". But it
ain't gonna happen.
as has been repeated several times by the people who run the site, is US centric, because the people who run the site are from the US. And it's not just US centric in topic, but also in readership. Besides, even if one is not from the US, that fact does not preclude one from having taken a road trip through the western US./me slaps himself for responding to trolls/flamebait.
Sesame street, actually, tends to have an adverse effect upon learning. Too many bright colors and songs, etc. It has the same effect upon kids that other, non-educational kids programming has: the child's brain zones out (that is, alpha wave activity increases and beta wave activity falls).
for more information, consult this book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail /-/0684 856204/qid=1047166988/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-267605 8-2651950?v=glance&s=books
i would respond to everything in both your posts, but, wow, you're...uhh, my head hurts. how you can say this stuff...i'll just nit pick on one thing:
Psychology is my field, and I find anything other than behaviorism (the purely scientific arm of pyschology) to be far less valid.
behaviorism has all the same problems you point out in astrophysics. first, there is observer bias (all observers are humans, and they are studying humans themselves). in order to truly observe human behavior qua the phenomenon of human behavior you would need a non-human observer capable of making observations in non-human terms. secondly, only a very, very, small statistical sample can ever be observed in a scientific manner, unless you can show me a way to study the behavior of 6,000,000,000+ people in a laboratory setting.
warp speed is a little different. when they define warp speed in ST, it's done in relation to a real established measure (light years). also, warp speed as a term in sci-fi probably predates star trek (too lazy to bother to try to find out).
Slashdot Mirror
when I typed about:mozilla into IE all I got was this blue screen...
not a tornado.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
A two stroke engine pollutes far more. The main reason being that it is a terribly inefficient engine. Lots of unburned fuel enters the atmosphere in a two stroke motor.
Each representative has a declaration of financial interest in his page. ANyone knows where I can find that for US senators/congressmen?
you basically can find that information at opensecrets.org
In addition to this, it will include a journaling file system, so us mere mortals can enjoy what Linux Geeks have had for years."
;)
we BeOS geeks have had this even longer.
A closed source OS can't thrive on two architectures at once.
More or less true, but seeing as OS X is a UNIX, there are lots of free (speech) software/open source apps readliy available.
Amen. I don't see how you can have a sequel when the hero learns at the end of the first movie that he's invincible, omnipotent, etc. What can you possibly have thrown at the hero that could stop him? Basically, you have to throw away the premise with which you ended the first film in order to crank out a few more money makers.
of course, the matrix is already so over-hyped it's amazing. any "philosophy" in that film was abandoned half-way through for a big blow 'em up, shoot out (that's not to say i didn't enjoy it, but it wasn't this incredibly revealing, insightful film like so many fanboys make it out to be). too bad, as i really would have liked to have seen a truly phiolosophical action film.
Copyrights can and do benefit artists, when applied correctly. All the problems of the present copyright system are an outgrowth of the misapplication of copyright.
Copyright is supposed to benefit the whole of society by making sure that creative people get some recompense for being creative. Furthermore, the copyright laws of the US include a provision for fair use (like burning a disc for your friend); however, we currently have a copyright system that exists soley for the profit of CEO's. Copyrights now never expire, making them couterproductive to their original purpose, and the scope of what is considered fair use is being reduced everyday.
Simply ignoring copyright is not a solution. It gives the likes of Valenti and Rosen more amunition in their crusade for DRM and will lead to laws even worse than the DMCA.
If copyright really were a temporary thing, lasting, at most, 28 years, like it is supposed to, we would be able to freely trade almost everything ever recorded by The Beatles, The Doors, Buddy Holly, Elvis, etc. A great many novels would enter the public domain. Many films would be free to distribute. There would be a plentiful, rich, and significant public domain. As it is, books written by men long dead at the beginning of last century are still under copyright, a short cartoon of a rat is still locked up, and Michael Jackson owns the rights to Jahn Lennon's music. I agree that system is bad, but I think just ignoring will make it worse. The RIAA/MPAA/etc. will have even more fuel for their fires, and will be able to get laws passed that make the situation even worse than it is already. Fight for a return of reasonable copyrights, and artists and consumers will benefit.
Quote: "...with no money to eat..."
Which is where I respond with, "You eat money!?!? No wonder your fucking poor!"
It's a poem.
It's not bad, it's good. This means that quantum theory will become more refined, or perhaps (though not bloody likely) just have quantum physics thrown out entirely for some other, better theory.
would be the Tracker from BeOS.
Well, maybe not in overall UI terms, but in terms of file management, it rocks. it's really nice to be able to search my hard drives for all mp3's from 1980-1989 excluding any from the Genre hair metal.
of course, that has more to do with the underlying filesystem than with the trakcer itself. hopefully finder will be able to do those kinds of filesystem acrobatics when dominic giampaolo is done hacking on hfs+.
That's happening all over, not just in Texas. I live here, and I don't like it too much, but everything you said in your [flamebait] post is true of nearly everywhere else in the US. And actually, quality of life here is pretty good. The cost of living in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, or Austin, or any of the surrounding 'burbs is quite a bit lower than most every other major metropolitan area in the country.
linux is ready...for servers.
for desktops, we should try to get this ready by 2005.
Maybe someone that's upset with the way CERT is doing things...
or maybe someone joined CERT just so he/she could play uberhacker.
my earlier comment.
others have already commented on this, but i thought i would do so intelligently and politely.
a word means whatever the people say it means. that is to say, a word is merely a signifier for some thing. the word in and of itself is meaningless; it only holds meaning in as far as a group of people have all agreed upon that word as having some kind of linguisitic value beyond the phonemes that comprise it. in cases of where differing definitions are given, generally, the majority prevails. so, for all practical purposes, a hacker is someone that does things to computers that are illegal, in particular, circumventing security measures. you might prefer that blackhats be called "crackers" and whitehats be called "hackers," but that's not the way the rest of the world (for better or worse) sees it. remember your simpsons:
Hibbert: Yes, I remember Bart's birth well. You don't forget a thing
like [dramatic pause] Siamese twins!
Lisa: I believe they prefer to be called "conjoined twins".
Hibbert: And Hillbillies prefer to be called "sons of the soil". But it
ain't gonna happen.
as has been repeated several times by the people who run the site, is US centric, because the people who run the site are from the US. And it's not just US centric in topic, but also in readership. Besides, even if one is not from the US, that fact does not preclude one from having taken a road trip through the western US. /me slaps himself for responding to trolls/flamebait.
Sesame street, actually, tends to have an adverse effect upon learning. Too many bright colors and songs, etc. It has the same effect upon kids that other, non-educational kids programming has: the child's brain zones out (that is, alpha wave activity increases and beta wave activity falls).
l /-/0684 856204/qid=1047166988/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-267605 8-2651950?v=glance&s=books
for more information, consult this book:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai
I totally agree with your comment; however, it seems oddly ironic when coupled with your .sig.
or maybe it's just me.
behaviorism has all the same problems you point out in astrophysics. first, there is observer bias (all observers are humans, and they are studying humans themselves). in order to truly observe human behavior qua the phenomenon of human behavior you would need a non-human observer capable of making observations in non-human terms. secondly, only a very, very, small statistical sample can ever be observed in a scientific manner, unless you can show me a way to study the behavior of 6,000,000,000+ people in a laboratory setting.
warp speed is a little different. when they define warp speed in ST, it's done in relation to a real established measure (light years). also, warp speed as a term in sci-fi probably predates star trek (too lazy to bother to try to find out).
that will produce enough heat to be worthy of its namesake.
yeah, except reverse engineering is generally held to be "fair use." just because something is in a EULA does not mean that it is legally enforceable.
i'm reminded of the words of jack handy: