Therein lies the problem. You can't interpret biological stress markers without knowing the situation the person is experiencing. True enough, but if a lot of people get aggravated while certain things are happening on their computers, that still probably tells you something.
Is this patent a harbinger of a dystopian future where computer users' biorhythms will be monitored to increase efficiency? Umm... yes, I do believe that's the idea. What's the "dystopian" part of increased efficiency?
We have 300 to 1,000 threat dreams per year -- one to four per night and just under half are aggressive encounters: physical aggression such as fistfights, and nonphysical aggression such as verbal arguments. I think the only thing this tells us is about the unfortunate psyche of our finish psychologist.
Even the act of eating will take on new meaning, in IBM's view: "You will know everything from the climate and soil the food was grown in, to the pesticides and pollution it was exposed to, to the energy consumed to create the product, to the temperature and air quality of the shipping containers it traveled through on the way to your dinner table." Will such information increase sales or revenue to producers? No. Will it hurt? Quite possibly. Will producers make such information available? It shouldn't take a genius to answer this question.
Bioware and Blizzard haven't exactly been in need of an improvement in any way. (Well, Blizzard graphically perhaps but Activision doesn't help there.) Blizzard chooses to make games that can run well on your average PC that's been around for a few years. Blizzard has "our games are fucking fun" going for it, they don't need to also have the "give your fancy new hardware a workout!" selling point. And WoW STILL looks beautiful. They don't need a change a thing there either.
So either the US Government can uphold their claims by paying royalties or changing the bill styles or they can be hypocrites Even if those WERE the two options, everyone knows which one it would choose.
A corporation is incapable of censorship. Censorship is the realm of governments alone. You're quite factually incorrect. I suggest you consult a dictionary some time.
his was definitely a case of complete asshattery by a business, but it was not censorship. I suppose it might have been more correct technically (the best kind of correct!) if I had said "preemptive censorship".
One would be excused for thinking this post is a trolling (which, if you will remember, is tactically trying to stir up trouble for the troll's own amusement). Though I wouldn't mind if I DO stir up emotions, my goal isn't entertainment for myself or anyone.
Okay, the substance of the post: Let us not forget that Gamespot should still be shunned continually until it at least somehow repents for firing Jeff Gerstmann. Gamepost denied the rumors, Jeff hasn't, and frankly the facts of the matter speak for themselves.
It may well be a fine article (I wouldn't be a Slashdotter if I actually READ it), but we shouldn't forget the apartment policy (of at least willingness) of censorship - especially not just because it's been a little while, and "who cares anymore?".
Sure, I'm blowing it out of proportion, but you should be righteously angry to a relative degree.
It follows a group of elite penetration testers I don't have the slightest clue what an "elite penetration tester" is, but some part of me (i think its the lower/middle part) really wants to major in this field.
Why should someone be punished any less for killing someone they love rather than someone they hate?
Hate crime legislation is thought crime legislation. What matters is you denying someone their rights, not your reasoning for doing it. If punishment exists to "give someone what they deserve", then you're absolutely right as long as the intent wasn't to send a message to a certain minority or such.
But I think retribution is a rather ugly thing, and I don't support it in the least, under any circumstances. On the contrary, I think the purpose of punishment is to prevent future crimes, to lesson the overall number of victims in this society. If you deem it necessary to protect African Americans from the terror and discrimination that still exists in, at least, many parts of this country (and it is necessary), then, as far as punishment goes (that is, not counting other methods), you need to increase the penalty on the type of crimes who's ending you with to prioritize.
Whether or not it's effective is certainly a legitimate question. But my point is that there's nothing fundamentally wrong with "hate crime" laws, unless we are to accept a rather barbaric idea of the purpose of punishment.
Would someone remind me why we wanted to kick out the Republicans by bringing in the Democrats again? I seem to recall being told that they'd be better than this, but I'm sure it's just me 'cause I always get that feeling after Democrats are elected.
You know, there's been a 64 bit version of Windows XP out for quite a while now. I've been running it for... well, my sense of time is warped, but I'm gonna guess a year. So there's zero reason to run Vista.
(BTW, the only two problems I've had are a) finding 64 bit versions of the various unofficial, hacked versions of ATI drivers such as the OMEGA drivers and b) running DJGPP... which, being DOS-based, simply won't happen.)
Vista is much faster than xp in daily use. Benchmarks show otherwise, but that 5-10% difference isn't something you are going to notice. Wait... In order for any of what you just said to make sense, you must have said that Vista is 5-10% faster than XP, which is much faster but not enough for you to notice. Oh, and there's a "but" we need to throw out.
And it need not be mass media: it's often through a careful word in a contributor's ear, a lobbyist's nice lunch with a senator, etc. Communists used to (but not so much anymore) use the phrase agitprop, short for agitation and propaganda. Propaganda is selling the party newspaper, raising banners, giving speeches, etc.. Agitation is, for instance, encouraging workers to fight their bosses for better conditions and wages and to form unions, through strikes or whatever means necessary.
Who's worse, the people who don't understand and therefore misuse the word irony, or the the people who don't understand and then call every use of the word irony they see incorrect? I'm not sure what these taggers THINK irony means, but "However, the latest data suggests that the ring surfaces are even younger than previously thought, meaning, ironically, that the rings themselves are much older" is a perfect example of it.
Ah, I love you. I question just about every other supposedly unique superiority of humans, but the ability to consider morality as a thing itself, not as a means to our personal interests, is perhaps the greatest of our maybe two truly unique qualities*. It's scary how many people can forget humanity while studying humans.
*even if its not unique, it's surely the greatest quality any life form in this universe can obtain.
The site was written in Linux, thats why it doesn't work! if they'd had have made it with Apache on OS X Leoperd then it would work flawlessly. I know it's foolish to ask anything of flamebaiters... but seriously, "The site was written IN Linux"? That sounds like something my mom would say if she became a flamebaiter.
If we start playing candy dispenser, they come down on us fast and hard. I've decided to give my brain a break and decide that I don't need to make sense of the medical industry, but does that mean you toil on the "no nothing for no one!" side instead of the "a pill for every ailment!" side? Or is this more about "abuse" prevention?
Do you remember high school? Actually, I dropped out three or four months into my freshman year. Not that I have a joke to add to that. I mean, everyone already knows high school + jock + things that move = crimes against nature, unless TV and movies have steered me wrong.
By virtue of our aesthetic and utilitarian preferences we ourselves have been responsible for molding the present human form and consciousness. Uh, doesn't that apply to all other animals too? There's a reason, say, flying squirrels don't run around humping anything at random, or humping sick and dying flying squirrels. I suppose we have the probably somewhat special ability to reason who the mate best able to care for young, as simply understanding what people need to do to do well in human society requires a certain amount of reason.
But last I heard, there were some pretty awesome lizards with three different types of males in a complicated competition between them that all adds up to great evolutionary fun. Maybe when we genetically alter ourselves to take that lizard trait we'll be something special. But when it comes to procreation, we're just apes, man.
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You could smoke crack in a bong if you really wanted to. And anyway, this guy is too logically crazy to be a coke head.
Will producers make such information available? It shouldn't take a genius to answer this question.
One would be excused for thinking this post is a trolling (which, if you will remember, is tactically trying to stir up trouble for the troll's own amusement). Though I wouldn't mind if I DO stir up emotions, my goal isn't entertainment for myself or anyone.
Okay, the substance of the post:
Let us not forget that Gamespot should still be shunned continually until it at least somehow repents for firing Jeff Gerstmann. Gamepost denied the rumors, Jeff hasn't, and frankly the facts of the matter speak for themselves.
It may well be a fine article (I wouldn't be a Slashdotter if I actually READ it), but we shouldn't forget the apartment policy (of at least willingness) of censorship - especially not just because it's been a little while, and "who cares anymore?".
Sure, I'm blowing it out of proportion, but you should be righteously angry to a relative degree.
(Geeks + tech info + "penetration") = chaos.
Be more careful, Slashdot.
Hate crime legislation is thought crime legislation. What matters is you denying someone their rights, not your reasoning for doing it. If punishment exists to "give someone what they deserve", then you're absolutely right as long as the intent wasn't to send a message to a certain minority or such.
But I think retribution is a rather ugly thing, and I don't support it in the least, under any circumstances. On the contrary, I think the purpose of punishment is to prevent future crimes, to lesson the overall number of victims in this society. If you deem it necessary to protect African Americans from the terror and discrimination that still exists in, at least, many parts of this country (and it is necessary), then, as far as punishment goes (that is, not counting other methods), you need to increase the penalty on the type of crimes who's ending you with to prioritize.
Whether or not it's effective is certainly a legitimate question. But my point is that there's nothing fundamentally wrong with "hate crime" laws, unless we are to accept a rather barbaric idea of the purpose of punishment.
Would someone remind me why we wanted to kick out the Republicans by bringing in the Democrats again? I seem to recall being told that they'd be better than this, but I'm sure it's just me 'cause I always get that feeling after Democrats are elected.
You know, there's been a 64 bit version of Windows XP out for quite a while now. I've been running it for... well, my sense of time is warped, but I'm gonna guess a year. So there's zero reason to run Vista.
(BTW, the only two problems I've had are a) finding 64 bit versions of the various unofficial, hacked versions of ATI drivers such as the OMEGA drivers and b) running DJGPP... which, being DOS-based, simply won't happen.)
Who's worse, the people who don't understand and therefore misuse the word irony, or the the people who don't understand and then call every use of the word irony they see incorrect? I'm not sure what these taggers THINK irony means, but "However, the latest data suggests that the ring surfaces are even younger than previously thought, meaning, ironically, that the rings themselves are much older" is a perfect example of it.
Ah, I love you. I question just about every other supposedly unique superiority of humans, but the ability to consider morality as a thing itself, not as a means to our personal interests, is perhaps the greatest of our maybe two truly unique qualities*. It's scary how many people can forget humanity while studying humans.
*even if its not unique, it's surely the greatest quality any life form in this universe can obtain.
Oh, and the "if they'd had" was precious too.
Just curious.
But last I heard, there were some pretty awesome lizards with three different types of males in a complicated competition between them that all adds up to great evolutionary fun. Maybe when we genetically alter ourselves to take that lizard trait we'll be something special. But when it comes to procreation, we're just apes, man.