I find that all religions seem to make one key assumption, that I can't agree with: that everything was created by something else. Well, I can't help but wonder then, who created God? Who created His creator? There has to be a point where something just happened and one of this chain beings simply came into existance by accident. This article highlights the two most popular view points of our time: we were The Ones, or, whoever created us was/is/were The One[s].
IMO you could debate this infinitely and never arrive at a conclusion. I, however, must side with the evolutionists. One of my reasons is as follows: If there was some supreme being that created us, why does he not prove once and for all that he exists? And to quote George Carlin, "And this [God] has a special list, of ten things he does not want you to do and if you do any, *ANY*, of these ten things, he's going to send you to a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture, to live and suffer forever and ever, until the end of time!! But he loves you."
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Whats to stop corporations from buying off the tech tutors and having an even more biased judge? It's a nice idea, but I don't think it will have any impact; we've seen from MS that corporations are less than honest, and will often do whatever it takes to win.
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if all music were distributed this way, services like Napster wouldn't exist
If I can take it off the media once, I can copy it, and/or change it to a different format. Something like this would not kill services like Napster, it would simply force people to switch from CD rippers to whatever software could rip the sound off this media.
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It's ridiculous! If I create something, as the creator I have the right to do what I like with it. I didn't have to create it, so the fact that I did, means that I have the absolute right to do what I like with it.
Well, technically the record labels didn't create anything but the distribution media. This seems to call into question whether or not intelectual property can be sold (record companies buy the rights to the songs). Orrin Hatch seems to think not, or as was said in another comment, perhaps he's just showing them something they'd dislike even more so they'll stop whining.
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''We can build a better product than Linux,'' [Jim Allchin] said.
Really... well why haven't you done it yet? Notice he says himself they can, not they have. Heh, you screwed up the BS marketing handed you Jim, try again later. Perhaps if you released your source code where the real programmers could get ahold of it and give you some pointers, you would be able to say you have produced a better product than Linux, for now though, it is apparent that the number of people working on and improving Linux, and the skill of those people, is far above that which Microsoft can muster. I'm probably stating the obvious, Jim, but Microsoft is scared of Linux, and the open-source as a whole; you know it, we know it, and we both also know its only a matter of time before the average Joe reallizes what hes missing and abandons your ship, only to swim to ours. Afterall, if you find a leak on our boat, the people who can patch it are everywhere, and not bound together so as to be forced to work on one hole at a time.
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Supposing for a minute that a policy like the one being proposed here, which implements flat charges on equipment that could be used for copying music were implemented in the US. Could it be declared unconstitutional on grounds that it punishes even those who use the equipment for legal purposes? (this is not intended as a rhetorical question)
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Just because someones genetic code predicts hes going to die from a heart attack in 20 years doesn't mean he won't get hit by a bus tomorrow.
From an insurance standpoint I think present health screens are more effective because they take into account a persons lifestyle, which I believe is a bigger factor in someones overall health.
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I believe you're misinterpretting most of the arguments against these types of systems. The primary reason most people don't like these systems is that they can easily be fooled. The fact that they are automated is the problem, computers have no sense of humor, irony, etc... and therefore cannot judge the difference between a illegal site and a parody. An excelent example is www.shackofcrack.com, the site seems to actually offer crack until you click on "buy", at which point it sends you to a page which makes fun of you for being a crack addict. Any computer system would pick up on that domain and block it when it is in fact harmless, and more than likely, not illegal because its a parody. Therefore, someones freedom is being curtailed.
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I can't seem to get the article, so excuse this if it's covered in the article...
I guess we'll be seeing those spider silk bullet-proof vests sooner than expected. Certain kinds of spider silk are multiple times as strong as steel thread of equal diameter. URLs of interest: Spider Silk Biotechnology ABC News calls it "Bio-Steel"
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Last I heard the alpha of NVidias newest chip was already seven times as powerful as the Geforce2 Ultra. Matter'o'fact, I think i read this on/. some months back. On the other hand, I've been known to dream of these things.:)
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Terrorism and dangerous plans on the internet! nothing like a dangerous cookbook of explosives/booby traps/terrorism techniques has never passed over the net before!!
Please uncle sam, you actually think Bin Laden A) needs the internet to send his terrorism messages and B) bomb recipes has never travelled across the pipes.
Hey Bin Laden, glad to see you're paying attention. Hey Uncle Sam, welcome to the 90s... too bad Bin Laden and the rest of us are in 2001.
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This is just my own hypothesis, so someone feel free to correct me here. Have you considered the fact that geeks and gays are both shunned by those who don't understand them and both go against social norms without concern of offending the lemming conformists? On top of this, most geeks are really sharp people, not likely to be homophobic, which would create a pleasant environment for everyone involved. I think we straight geeks share more in common with gays, not necessily geek gays, than we reallize at first glance.
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The petroleum companies wouldn't let this happen. My dad told me a couple months ago about a carburetor that gets 50 miles to the gallon. Guess who owns the patent.
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uh.... What happens if this thing crashes...
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Laser-equipped 747
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Is anyone else just a bit concerned about what happens if one of these is downed by an enemy? Remember, the laser fires at missiles. So, lets do some math here:
engineers hope to create laser blasts capable of exceeding seven minutes, with planes able to fire off 20 to 30 shots before landing
OK, we've got an explosion of light which we know is over a million watts, can be sustained for more seven minutes, and each plane can fire 20 to 30 of them, all this caused by a chemical reaction. Now, I'm no chemist, but when you have 7 * say, 25 shots, you have enough highly volatile chemicals to fire for 175 minutes, at a million+ watts.
Now, logic would suggest if this thing gets shot down, we have 175 minutes of million-watt-chemicals, which they're saying creates an explosion of light(and who knows what else) mixing together in one instant. Has the government gone completely insane or is light the only thing produced by the explosion? (in which case they're just going to blind everyone in a 10 mile radius)
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Ah. I took it as something to the effect of, "Linus tried Win2k/C#, decided it was crap, then went on to make something better." (ignoring chronology of course)
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acquired a "patent for the human genes responsible for common, hereditary, red-green colorblindness".
Does this mean anyone who suffers from color blindness can be sued for patent infringement? "This person admittedly suffers from a form color blindness, your honor. My client owns the patent to said color blindness. The defendant has not paid any royalties to possess such color blindness, and is therefore guilty of patent infringement."
This patent-everything-we-can-think-of stuff got out of hand a long time ago. Now its just plain ridiculous.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Theres a new MMORPG coming out and it's looking VERY promising. It's called Dawn. Last I heard they were still looking for beta testers for their spring beta. www.glitchless.com. I'm hoping this isn't going to turn into vapourware because from the looks of what they're trying to implement, they've got a real job in front of them; it's going to be incredible if they pull it off.
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Did anyone else happen to notice the FPS clock in the upper right? The first screenshot is at 8 FPS, the second there is a strangely faded "1" to the left of a well defined 9 (interpret as you will) and the last shows 12. If the motion blur is going to drop your FPS by that much it doesnt take a genius to figure out that no one will use it(bloat*hard*ware anyone?). I guess they could be trying to justify this by saying, "We would like to STRESS VERY STRONGLY that motion blur isn't implemented fully as yet."
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Where I went to high school, the teachers wanted the techs to break through security, because they knew that some day some unscrupulus character would figure something out and get through the security measures, so we found the holes first and made them aware so they could patch them.
Instead of suspending this kid, they should be utilizing his skills(provided hes not some silly script kiddie) to strengthen their security, my high school did, and got some security that rivals Fort Knox.
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IMO you could debate this infinitely and never arrive at a conclusion. I, however, must side with the evolutionists. One of my reasons is as follows: If there was some supreme being that created us, why does he not prove once and for all that he exists? And to quote George Carlin, "And this [God] has a special list, of ten things he does not want you to do and if you do any, *ANY*, of these ten things, he's going to send you to a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture, to live and suffer forever and ever, until the end of time!! But he loves you."
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
You're forgetting one of the three great virtues of a programmer is hubris. Well, according to Larry Wall anyway.
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"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
If I can take it off the media once, I can copy it, and/or change it to a different format. Something like this would not kill services like Napster, it would simply force people to switch from CD rippers to whatever software could rip the sound off this media.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Well, technically the record labels didn't create anything but the distribution media. This seems to call into question whether or not intelectual property can be sold (record companies buy the rights to the songs). Orrin Hatch seems to think not, or as was said in another comment, perhaps he's just showing them something they'd dislike even more so they'll stop whining.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Really... well why haven't you done it yet?
Notice he says himself they can, not they have. Heh, you screwed up the BS marketing handed you Jim, try again later. Perhaps if you released your source code where the real programmers could get ahold of it and give you some pointers, you would be able to say you have produced a better product than Linux, for now though, it is apparent that the number of people working on and improving Linux, and the skill of those people, is far above that which Microsoft can muster. I'm probably stating the obvious, Jim, but Microsoft is scared of Linux, and the open-source as a whole; you know it, we know it, and we both also know its only a matter of time before the average Joe reallizes what hes missing and abandons your ship, only to swim to ours. Afterall, if you find a leak on our boat, the people who can patch it are everywhere, and not bound together so as to be forced to work on one hole at a time.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
From an insurance standpoint I think present health screens are more effective because they take into account a persons lifestyle, which I believe is a bigger factor in someones overall health.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
I guess we'll be seeing those spider silk bullet-proof vests sooner than expected. Certain kinds of spider silk are multiple times as strong as steel thread of equal diameter. URLs of interest:
Spider Silk Biotechnology
ABC News calls it "Bio-Steel"
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Errr... Yeah, how bout giving me some nanofunding timothy.... :)
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"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Please uncle sam, you actually think Bin Laden A) needs the internet to send his terrorism messages and B) bomb recipes has never travelled across the pipes.
Hey Bin Laden, glad to see you're paying attention. Hey Uncle Sam, welcome to the 90s... too bad Bin Laden and the rest of us are in 2001.
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"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
On a semi-related note I think the slashdot crowd would get quite a kick out of these weird C compiler errors
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"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
engineers hope to create laser blasts capable of exceeding seven minutes, with planes able to fire off 20 to 30 shots before landing
OK, we've got an explosion of light which we know is over a million watts, can be sustained for more seven minutes, and each plane can fire 20 to 30 of them, all this caused by a chemical reaction. Now, I'm no chemist, but when you have 7 * say, 25 shots, you have enough highly volatile chemicals to fire for 175 minutes, at a million+ watts.
Now, logic would suggest if this thing gets shot down, we have 175 minutes of million-watt-chemicals, which they're saying creates an explosion of light(and who knows what else) mixing together in one instant. Has the government gone completely insane or is light the only thing produced by the explosion? (in which case they're just going to blind everyone in a 10 mile radius)
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Does this mean anyone who suffers from color blindness can be sued for patent infringement? "This person admittedly suffers from a form color blindness, your honor. My client owns the patent to said color blindness. The defendant has not paid any royalties to possess such color blindness, and is therefore guilty of patent infringement."
This patent-everything-we-can-think-of stuff got out of hand a long time ago. Now its just plain ridiculous.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Instead of suspending this kid, they should be utilizing his skills(provided hes not some silly script kiddie) to strengthen their security, my high school did, and got some security that rivals Fort Knox.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"