I see what you're saying, but it's probably a safe bet that building factories on Mars that belch tons of greenhouse gasses would affect the Martian environment. We might be able to start warming up Mars a bit by doing that.
I think he discovered he could make just as much money by making fun of government (which, let's be honest here, doesn't take much effort) and rehashing his best bits as he could by writing tons of new material at considerable effort. And I think he was just cynical enough to laugh at that fact, and exploit the hell out of it.
I think we need a constitutional amendment. It should read: "Any bill that comes before the Congress to be passed into law must be able to be summarized accurately and without loss of detail into 50 words or less. Once this is accomplished, the original multi-thousand page document shall be thrown out, and the 50-word summary presented for passage into law."
And perhaps another one: "Anyone who attempts to add text to a bill that is completely at odds with or irrelevant to the bill's title shall be considered guilty of treason and put to death immediately in as brutal a way as possible."
Since I can't read the article, I'll speculate wildly. I've often wondered why chlorophyll isn't black for maximum sunlight absorption. The impression I get from the paragraph of the article that I can read without paying for it is that leaves maintain the optimum temperature for photosynthesis. Is green perhaps the easiest color to manufacture that will keep the leaves at the right temperature, even in full sunlight? That would explain why green was selected over other colors despite the fact that it's reflecting away a huge percentage of the sun's light.
Problem is, all these new HD specs are covered by patents. In order to license those patents, you must enter into agreements that prevent you from making hardware that ignores broadcast flags and all those other neat DRM things.
So first you'd have to invent your own open HD standard, then you'd have to buy a major cable company to distribute it, then you'd have to buy all the movie companies, because there's no way in hell they'd sell you distribution rights if it were known you were going to distribute their precious IP over a non-DRM'd system.
So in other words, you'd need to call up Bill Gates and ask for a loan.
I've wanted to do this with a power car seat for ages. I seem to recall seeing an article on Slashdot, many, many moons ago, about someone who actually did that.
According to TFA, they have about 11,000 images that they generate hashes for. Then they scan the web for images with the same hash.
So the easiest way around this is to create a program that automatically changes the value of a random single pixel in a graphic. Problem solved, crisis averted.
What I want to know is will the list of sites being blocked be publicly available for review? I bet not...
From TFS: "However, TrueSuite goes a step further with the fingerprint reader, also allowing you to log in to Web sites, applications, and networks as well by using just your fingerprints."
Thinkpads have done this for at least two years already. The password manager app even has a plugin for Firefox. Mind you, I disabled it almost immediately because it adds an addition, out-of-place "Save this password?" prompt to every ever remotely passwordy prompt in Windows, IE, or Firefox.
But the functionality is there, and has been for some time. I hope these TrueSuite guys don't genuinely think they've got something new.
Actually I think they're targeting P2Pers because P2P uses as much or more UPSTREAM bandwidth as downstream, which none of the major ISPs have designed their networks around. Cable networks are the worst about this due to how cable internet works, but all the ISPs built their networks around the idea that most users upload less than 2% of what they download. Now P2P is forcing them to realize the intended functionality of the internet, and it's becoming clear to them that their "download only" systems aren't going to cut it. So naturally they're going to do everything they can to curb upstream bandwidth. Otherwise, they might actually have to spend money upgrading their network, at which point they'll be replaced by their shareholders for failing to maximize profits.
There are already Spanish and French language learning programs for the DS. No idea whether they're any good or not, though, or if they're even games in the traditional sense.
If someone read my mind they'd deserve every ounce of psychological trauma they received.
Seriously though, this device has nothing to do with mind-reading. It's not even capable of reading brainwaves like an EEG machine. It's just measuring electrical signals to muscles on your face.
I'll tell you what will happen. After a year or so, you'll be able to do 'apt-get install steam-daemon' on your resident Debian/Ubuntu box and get your copy of Steam to connect to it for authorization. Or perhaps you'll be able to download [NoSteam] EXE files off of GameCopyWorld. If Steam's central server is deactivated for whatever reason, someone somewhere will figure out a way around it, just as every other copy protection ever created has been defeated.
I've never understood why developers who have problems with the Wii's controls don't just release games that require a Gamecube or Virtual Console controller. Most people who have a Wii have at least one of those controllers already.
One day more than they originally planned. They just managed to reestablish communication with the probe after a Martian^H^H^H^H^H^H^H cosmic ray switched off the UHS antenna on the orbiter relay.
Given the regulation of the astronauts' diets, I'd think diarrhea would be extraordinarily unlikely for any reason short of illness, which they're screened pretty heavily for. Diarrhea in space would be the worst...
This is the same problem I run into at my company. I try to implement secure logins, and executives/management complain about having to enter passwords. I try to keep the PCs from being used by non-authorized personnel, and people complain about having to "relogin every five minutes" even though the passworded screensaver only kicks in after an hour. It's impossible to have any semblance of sane security when management complaints trumps IT's policies. This despite the fact that we deal with customers' personal and credit information and are thus covered by many of the same laws that cover banks regarding securing that information...
Has the electric universe theory made any headway in offering a viable alternative to currently accepted cosmology? Last I heard it was a fringe pseudoscience based mostly on conjecture and magical thinking.
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I see what you're saying, but it's probably a safe bet that building factories on Mars that belch tons of greenhouse gasses would affect the Martian environment. We might be able to start warming up Mars a bit by doing that.
Smiling? I bet not, but if he's got that kind of view, he's probably doing something on us.
Sure wish it'd stop raining.
I think he discovered he could make just as much money by making fun of government (which, let's be honest here, doesn't take much effort) and rehashing his best bits as he could by writing tons of new material at considerable effort. And I think he was just cynical enough to laugh at that fact, and exploit the hell out of it.
I think we need a constitutional amendment. It should read:
"Any bill that comes before the Congress to be passed into law must be able to be summarized accurately and without loss of detail into 50 words or less. Once this is accomplished, the original multi-thousand page document shall be thrown out, and the 50-word summary presented for passage into law."
And perhaps another one:
"Anyone who attempts to add text to a bill that is completely at odds with or irrelevant to the bill's title shall be considered guilty of treason and put to death immediately in as brutal a way as possible."
Since I can't read the article, I'll speculate wildly. I've often wondered why chlorophyll isn't black for maximum sunlight absorption. The impression I get from the paragraph of the article that I can read without paying for it is that leaves maintain the optimum temperature for photosynthesis. Is green perhaps the easiest color to manufacture that will keep the leaves at the right temperature, even in full sunlight? That would explain why green was selected over other colors despite the fact that it's reflecting away a huge percentage of the sun's light.
Problem is, all these new HD specs are covered by patents. In order to license those patents, you must enter into agreements that prevent you from making hardware that ignores broadcast flags and all those other neat DRM things.
So first you'd have to invent your own open HD standard, then you'd have to buy a major cable company to distribute it, then you'd have to buy all the movie companies, because there's no way in hell they'd sell you distribution rights if it were known you were going to distribute their precious IP over a non-DRM'd system.
So in other words, you'd need to call up Bill Gates and ask for a loan.
25 to 30 years, I'd guess.
I've wanted to do this with a power car seat for ages. I seem to recall seeing an article on Slashdot, many, many moons ago, about someone who actually did that.
Wake me up when puppies start having kittens.
Okay. See you in a few million years. I've got a breeding program to set up...
Actually, that's not hypothetical. That's a group called the Christian Scientists (irony abounds), and that is exactly what they do their children.
Fortunately they're a relatively small group. And if they keep doing as their belief tells them, they'll get smaller still.
According to TFA, they have about 11,000 images that they generate hashes for. Then they scan the web for images with the same hash.
So the easiest way around this is to create a program that automatically changes the value of a random single pixel in a graphic. Problem solved, crisis averted.
What I want to know is will the list of sites being blocked be publicly available for review? I bet not...
The old Wheel of Time game had the best, most nuanced and complicated deathmatch-style PvP of any game I've ever played.
As far as modern PvP goes, Guild Wars (for all the PvE problems of late) still has some of the best PvP action around.
From TFS: "However, TrueSuite goes a step further with the fingerprint reader, also allowing you to log in to Web sites, applications, and networks as well by using just your fingerprints."
Thinkpads have done this for at least two years already. The password manager app even has a plugin for Firefox. Mind you, I disabled it almost immediately because it adds an addition, out-of-place "Save this password?" prompt to every ever remotely passwordy prompt in Windows, IE, or Firefox.
But the functionality is there, and has been for some time. I hope these TrueSuite guys don't genuinely think they've got something new.
Actually I think they're targeting P2Pers because P2P uses as much or more UPSTREAM bandwidth as downstream, which none of the major ISPs have designed their networks around. Cable networks are the worst about this due to how cable internet works, but all the ISPs built their networks around the idea that most users upload less than 2% of what they download. Now P2P is forcing them to realize the intended functionality of the internet, and it's becoming clear to them that their "download only" systems aren't going to cut it. So naturally they're going to do everything they can to curb upstream bandwidth. Otherwise, they might actually have to spend money upgrading their network, at which point they'll be replaced by their shareholders for failing to maximize profits.
Since I'm pretty sure you can't board the plane without showing ID at some point, what will probably happen is you won't fly anywhere that day.
Unless you look foreign. Then you'll fly down south for a nice vacation somewhere sunny. Like Cuba.
There are already Spanish and French language learning programs for the DS. No idea whether they're any good or not, though, or if they're even games in the traditional sense.
Bang your head against Deborah cliff to make a hole.
If someone read my mind they'd deserve every ounce of psychological trauma they received.
Seriously though, this device has nothing to do with mind-reading. It's not even capable of reading brainwaves like an EEG machine. It's just measuring electrical signals to muscles on your face.
I'll tell you what will happen. After a year or so, you'll be able to do 'apt-get install steam-daemon' on your resident Debian/Ubuntu box and get your copy of Steam to connect to it for authorization. Or perhaps you'll be able to download [NoSteam] EXE files off of GameCopyWorld. If Steam's central server is deactivated for whatever reason, someone somewhere will figure out a way around it, just as every other copy protection ever created has been defeated.
I've never understood why developers who have problems with the Wii's controls don't just release games that require a Gamecube or Virtual Console controller. Most people who have a Wii have at least one of those controllers already.
Oops. That would be UHF, not UHS.
One day more than they originally planned. They just managed to reestablish communication with the probe after a Martian^H^H^H^H^H^H^H cosmic ray switched off the UHS antenna on the orbiter relay.
Given the regulation of the astronauts' diets, I'd think diarrhea would be extraordinarily unlikely for any reason short of illness, which they're screened pretty heavily for. Diarrhea in space would be the worst...
This is the same problem I run into at my company. I try to implement secure logins, and executives/management complain about having to enter passwords. I try to keep the PCs from being used by non-authorized personnel, and people complain about having to "relogin every five minutes" even though the passworded screensaver only kicks in after an hour. It's impossible to have any semblance of sane security when management complaints trumps IT's policies. This despite the fact that we deal with customers' personal and credit information and are thus covered by many of the same laws that cover banks regarding securing that information...
Has the electric universe theory made any headway in offering a viable alternative to currently accepted cosmology? Last I heard it was a fringe pseudoscience based mostly on conjecture and magical thinking.