The article did state that the probe would also
look at Charon, Pluto's moon, as well as the
Kuiper Belt. The belt may contain clues about
how the solar system formed. These clues could
be anything, my favorite would becarbon asteroids
(there is a scientific name, but I don't remember
it).
"Same goes for autistic kids... they might start beating their heads against a wall because they're wearing the helmet."
Actually, the helmet for autistic kids is there for their own protection. Depending on which camp you listen to, there are different reasons for those autistic kids being self-injurious, but nearly all agree that they need to be protected during those episodes.
Sorry about the off-topic post, but I feel that this issue needed to be addressed.
"Who in you work area doesn't want to play with new toys?"
I like new toys... but I also like toys that work. Just because something is new, doesn't make it better. Several productivity programs and operating systems are much better, in terms of size, capability, ease of use, etc., then what we are forced to use because of better marketing by the 'better' parent company. Yes, having a faster computer is nice, but if all you are doing is rebooting faster, what have you accomplished?
"The complaint is that the publisher is getting credit for the design team's decisions, not that the decisions themselves are bad."
I generally don't blame the publisher if the game sucks. Late arriving, yes. I just wish that the game designers would actually listen to the fans when it comes time to build a sequel. God knows that they messed up FFVIII. FFVII and FFIX are both better games then 8. But will Squaresoft learn. Well, maybe this time they will. But don't count on it.
I don't know... I'm kind of leary about that. I know that they will (hopefully) test this a good bit before unleashing it on us. Anything that turns on or off certain genes can have extremely dangerous side effects. Plus, adding to the age without fixing other problems (senility, arthritis, etc.) associated with old age will cause the new old age to become a living hell for people.
"I just wonder what is the current way of dialing in the US."
Well, it depends on if you are dialing local or long-distance. A local call is 7 digets. PPP-XXXX (P - Prefix, X - Number). Dialing long distance (at least for me) is, 1-AAA-PPP-XXXX (A - Area Code, P - Prefix, X - Number).
The article states that the phone companies were hoarding numbers in case of an 'explosive' need in the case of cell phones or fax machines. As if there would seriously be a shortage. It's not like hoarding canned food during price hikes or hoarding water during natural disasters. It is hoarding numbers in case of an outbreak of rampant tehcnology consumerism. Maybe back when cells first got really affordable, something like this was necessary, but not now.
"The United States was chartered as a Republic, back in the day when nobody but landowners could vote. Is that what you meant?"
Not really. With a republic (and I'm probably messing up part of the defination here), you elect your representatives to make ALL of the governmental decisions. Which is why we have senators, representatives, city council, etc. The idea was that the average person, at the time, wouldn't know enough about the issue(s) to make a 'correct' choice. That is also one of the original reasons for the electorial college (as I was told in history class, waaaaaaaay back when).
The average voter wouldn't know anything about who was running for president, never seen him, heard him speak, knew how he stood on issues, etc. However, the electors, which would be prominent citizens in the state, would be people that he knew, or at least knew better then whoever was running for president.
Unfortunately, with the advent of (inter)national newspaper wire services, radio, tv, and now the internet, there is no need to have the electorial college. The only way to avoid the glut of information surrounding this campaign, both before and after the voting, was to live in a cave, and even then, that wasn't guarenteed.
Now, back to the original question. I think that we (the American people) would be better served, in this instance, by direct representation or popular vote. That is what I meant by I wished we lived in a democracy, rather than a republic. I am not in favor of scrapping all of government at once, or even reorganizing it all at once, but we do need to reorganize a fair portion of what exists.
Unfortunately, as the article states, this long arguement over Florida will continue as Gore continues to try and get extra recounts. Now, I am not really a supporter of either camp. I just want this to be over. All I can think of is, if either Gore was able to carry his home state, or Bush was able to win his brother's state with a larger margin, we wouldn't be having this problem. Makes me wish that we actually lived in a democracy, rather than a republic. Or at least did away with the electorial college.
I think the what they are trying to accomplish is to keep the investors that they have, i.e. the people who are paying for the right to broadcast the olympic events. If you aren't paying for the right, you can't show it (unless you can prove that you can follow that rule about region). Less and less people are watching the olympics. Certain events still draw large crowds, and that is what the news agencies pander to. Unfortunately, for the events that are not a popular, the one of the ways to find out about it and see some of the action is the web (or stay up really late and hope to catch clips on ESPN). What the IOC should realize is that the web is a good medium for increasing the popularity and viewing of some of these 'less popular' events.
NASA should seriously consider putting this test in. It seems that they really wouldn't have anything to lose. Provided of course that they make sure that the lander won't crash in because the wrong unit of measurement was used. Or that it won't get stuck on a rock. Maybe, for this one they should build an exact replica of the lander used in 1976. Exact in every respect. It worked.
There's an idea. An open source biography, with Linus (and co-author) retaining 'control' over the kernel (birthplace, schooling, etc.). The rest of it put out on the web to see if other writers can improve it. It gets submitted to testers (editors) to see which version works best and is then released. Of course, bootleg copies of alternate versions will float around. And naturally, it will be free, although anyone can develop add-ons and components that they wish to charge for...
I think that is really cool that they can find the light from galaxies thathave mostly 'expired' due to their suns going out...
I just curious, though. What is the point of finding all of these galaxies? I mean, what do we gain from it? Do we derive any tangible benefit from this line of research? I'm not trying to start a flame here, I am simply curious.
because if the 'plastic' disc they use gets too hot, there goes all of your information.
Seriously, if they can manage to iron out the problems that they have with the slow read speed, this looks like it would be a nice solution to the magnetic disc size limitation.
Of course, going from a magnetic read to a 'needle' read means that you will have to buy all of software over again. (Bad reference to the vinyl to cd change-over for music. And yes, it is supposed to be a joke.)
"Only if you learn it and understand it. Only then do you collapse its truth equation, at which point it becomes either fact or fiction. Until then, it's both... and neither."
Or, according to a physics friend of mine, a religion. *shrug* He keeps talking about ten-foot poles fitting in five-foot barns, and I get headaches. As long as the universe minds it's business and doesn't fall apart, fine with me.
what would be best would be notifications prominently displayed on any given.health site of the medical community's acceptance of said treatments, regimens, drugs, etc. That way you could have alternative treatments, new drug therapy combinations (drug cocktails), yoga, exercise sites and the like. As long as there was some sort of cohesive rating system and the ratings were updated, both internal and for the actual sites, on a regular basis, I don't have a problem.
Of course, being in glowing health (for a computer geek) means that I won't be using it as much.
It may just be me, but like I said in the title, "Is this really an issue?" I look more for interesting game play, a good story, and decent graphics. Do I care that the clothing looks realistic? Not really. Do I care that the game obeys the laws of physics? To some extent, yes. But since I play a lot of fantasy and pseudo-fantasy games, those laws get broken a bit. Am I more interested in a good story within the game, motivation for why the characters are doing whatever they are doing in the game, and a good game engine.
I don't want reality in my games. That is what I am escaping from.
"Imagine sitting in a meeting, when your phone starts playing a Brittney Spears song, and in your frantic attempts to make it stop, you accidentally order 10 copies... "
or if a group has two or three distinct 'sounds' to it, buying multiple copies of the same CD.
"Actually, this is not accurate. I have attended a few.NET training seminars and supposedly (you never can be 100%) Microsoft has said that they will be releasing a.NET JIT compiler to run the IL (Interpretive Language) that.NET languages create for the MacOS, and even *NIXes."
If true, I stand corrected. I guess my impression of M$ remains from what it was a couple of years ago, where such cross-platform support would not have seriously been considered. The Mac portion makes sense with the financial support Gates has given/bought. The *NIX support is a *little* more surprising, IMO.
Really. Java is platform independent. While Sun did not succeed with the initial performance claims for Java (ala same speed/execution times) for the various platforms, you can write Java code that can be easily ported to any platform. I say easily as a friend did manage to write some code that he had to modify so that it would work on a Mac (he later learned what he did wrong there). This latest 'offering' my M$ is for the Windows only environment(s).
Now I don't deny them the right to produce for just their product, but to try and claim that it would become a 'standard' is a little annoying. Now I haven't read a counter-point to the original article on.NET, so my views stand right now. If someone wishes to point out a logical counter to the original article, I will be glad to read it and possibly revise my position.
for the privledge of downloading all the music I want. I mean when you think about it, that is pretty cheap all things considered. If I wasn't downloading all those songs, I might be buying a Cd every month only for the three to five songs on it I actually want. For $5 a month, that would be a pretty big savings. And since I usually only listen to music on my computer (no cd in car), I don't have to worry about mp3 players or anything like that. Now if they go with the $20/month price, things might change...
all this means is that eBay is not liable for someone distrubuting 'illegal' music over their auctions, but the recording companies can still go after the seller. Guess that eBay is going to be hit with a lot of subpeonas concerning member information based on 'illegal' cd sales.
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The article did state that the probe would also
look at Charon, Pluto's moon, as well as the
Kuiper Belt. The belt may contain clues about
how the solar system formed. These clues could
be anything, my favorite would becarbon asteroids
(there is a scientific name, but I don't remember
it).
Eric Gearman
--
"Same goes for autistic kids... they might start beating their heads against a wall because they're wearing the helmet."
Actually, the helmet for autistic kids is there for their own protection. Depending on which camp you listen to, there are different reasons for those autistic kids being self-injurious, but nearly all agree that they need to be protected during those episodes.
Sorry about the off-topic post, but I feel that this issue needed to be addressed.
Eric Gearman
--
Don't turn out the light! Stay in the light!
Arrrrgggghhhh!!!!
Grues!!!!!!!!
*munch munch*
Eric Gearman
--
"Who in you work area doesn't want to play with new toys?"
I like new toys... but I also like toys that work. Just because something is new, doesn't make it better. Several productivity programs and operating systems are much better, in terms of size, capability, ease of use, etc., then what we are forced to use because of better marketing by the 'better' parent company. Yes, having a faster computer is nice, but if all you are doing is rebooting faster, what have you accomplished?
Eric Gearman
--
"The complaint is that the publisher is getting credit for the design team's decisions, not that the decisions themselves are bad."
I generally don't blame the publisher if the game sucks. Late arriving, yes. I just wish that the game designers would actually listen to the fans when it comes time to build a sequel. God knows that they messed up FFVIII. FFVII and FFIX are both better games then 8. But will Squaresoft learn. Well, maybe this time they will. But don't count on it.
Eric Gearman
--
I don't know... I'm kind of leary about that. I know that they will (hopefully) test this a good bit before unleashing it on us. Anything that turns on or off certain genes can have extremely dangerous side effects. Plus, adding to the age without fixing other problems (senility, arthritis, etc.) associated with old age will cause the new old age to become a living hell for people.
Eric Gearman
--
"How much freedom can they take from us before it becomes too much?"
As much as we let them.
Eric Gearman
--
"I just wonder what is the current way of dialing in the US."
Well, it depends on if you are dialing local or long-distance. A local call is 7 digets. PPP-XXXX (P - Prefix, X - Number). Dialing long distance (at least for me) is, 1-AAA-PPP-XXXX (A - Area Code, P - Prefix, X - Number).
Eric Gearman
--
The article states that the phone companies were hoarding numbers in case of an 'explosive' need in the case of cell phones or fax machines. As if there would seriously be a shortage. It's not like hoarding canned food during price hikes or hoarding water during natural disasters. It is hoarding numbers in case of an outbreak of rampant tehcnology consumerism. Maybe back when cells first got really affordable, something like this was necessary, but not now.
Eric Gearman
--
"The United States was chartered as a Republic, back in the day when nobody but landowners could vote. Is that what you meant?"
Not really. With a republic (and I'm probably messing up part of the defination here), you elect your representatives to make ALL of the governmental decisions. Which is why we have senators, representatives, city council, etc. The idea was that the average person, at the time, wouldn't know enough about the issue(s) to make a 'correct' choice. That is also one of the original reasons for the electorial college (as I was told in history class, waaaaaaaay back when).
The average voter wouldn't know anything about who was running for president, never seen him, heard him speak, knew how he stood on issues, etc. However, the electors, which would be prominent citizens in the state, would be people that he knew, or at least knew better then whoever was running for president.
Unfortunately, with the advent of (inter)national newspaper wire services, radio, tv, and now the internet, there is no need to have the electorial college. The only way to avoid the glut of information surrounding this campaign, both before and after the voting, was to live in a cave, and even then, that wasn't guarenteed.
Now, back to the original question. I think that we (the American people) would be better served, in this instance, by direct representation or popular vote. That is what I meant by I wished we lived in a democracy, rather than a republic. I am not in favor of scrapping all of government at once, or even reorganizing it all at once, but we do need to reorganize a fair portion of what exists.
Just my opinion.
Eric Gearman
--
Unfortunately, as the article states, this long arguement over Florida will continue as Gore continues to try and get extra recounts. Now, I am not really a supporter of either camp. I just want this to be over. All I can think of is, if either Gore was able to carry his home state, or Bush was able to win his brother's state with a larger margin, we wouldn't be having this problem. Makes me wish that we actually lived in a democracy, rather than a republic. Or at least did away with the electorial college.
Eric Gearman
--
I think the what they are trying to accomplish is to keep the investors that they have, i.e. the people who are paying for the right to broadcast the olympic events. If you aren't paying for the right, you can't show it (unless you can prove that you can follow that rule about region). Less and less people are watching the olympics. Certain events still draw large crowds, and that is what the news agencies pander to. Unfortunately, for the events that are not a popular, the one of the ways to find out about it and see some of the action is the web (or stay up really late and hope to catch clips on ESPN). What the IOC should realize is that the web is a good medium for increasing the popularity and viewing of some of these 'less popular' events.
Eric Gearman
--
NASA should seriously consider putting this test in. It seems that they really wouldn't have anything to lose. Provided of course that they make sure that the lander won't crash in because the wrong unit of measurement was used. Or that it won't get stuck on a rock. Maybe, for this one they should build an exact replica of the lander used in 1976. Exact in every respect. It worked.
Eric Gearman
--
There's an idea. An open source biography, with Linus (and co-author) retaining 'control' over the kernel (birthplace, schooling, etc.). The rest of it put out on the web to see if other writers can improve it. It gets submitted to testers (editors) to see which version works best and is then released. Of course, bootleg copies of alternate versions will float around. And naturally, it will be free, although anyone can develop add-ons and components that they wish to charge for...
Heh...
Eric Gearman
--
I think that is really cool that they can find the light from galaxies thathave mostly 'expired' due to their suns going out...
I just curious, though. What is the point of finding all of these galaxies? I mean, what do we gain from it? Do we derive any tangible benefit from this line of research? I'm not trying to start a flame here, I am simply curious.
Eric Gearman
--
"i think this is a wonderful idea especially for RPGers like myself who can write new plots, characters, monsters, dungeons.."
Heh... I can see it now... someone writes a RPG and people just keep adding on to it... We just might see a game with 1000 dungeon levels...
hmmm.... I might have to take some time off of work for that one...
Eric Gearman
--
because if the 'plastic' disc they use gets too hot, there goes all of your information.
Seriously, if they can manage to iron out the problems that they have with the slow read speed, this looks like it would be a nice solution to the magnetic disc size limitation.
Of course, going from a magnetic read to a 'needle' read means that you will have to buy all of software over again. (Bad reference to the vinyl to cd change-over for music. And yes, it is supposed to be a joke.)
Eric Gearman
--
"Only if you learn it and understand it. Only then do you collapse its truth equation, at which point it becomes either fact or fiction. Until then, it's both... and neither."
Or, according to a physics friend of mine, a religion. *shrug* He keeps talking about ten-foot poles fitting in five-foot barns, and I get headaches. As long as the universe minds it's business and doesn't fall apart, fine with me.
Eric Gearman
--
what would be best would be notifications prominently displayed on any given .health site of the medical community's acceptance of said treatments, regimens, drugs, etc. That way you could have alternative treatments, new drug therapy combinations (drug cocktails), yoga, exercise sites and the like. As long as there was some sort of cohesive rating system and the ratings were updated, both internal and for the actual sites, on a regular basis, I don't have a problem.
Of course, being in glowing health (for a computer geek) means that I won't be using it as much.
Eric Gearman
--
It may just be me, but like I said in the title, "Is this really an issue?" I look more for interesting game play, a good story, and decent graphics. Do I care that the clothing looks realistic? Not really. Do I care that the game obeys the laws of physics? To some extent, yes. But since I play a lot of fantasy and pseudo-fantasy games, those laws get broken a bit. Am I more interested in a good story within the game, motivation for why the characters are doing whatever they are doing in the game, and a good game engine.
I don't want reality in my games. That is what I am escaping from.
Eric Gearman
--
"Imagine sitting in a meeting, when your phone starts playing a Brittney Spears song, and in your frantic attempts to make it stop, you accidentally order 10 copies... "
or if a group has two or three distinct 'sounds' to it, buying multiple copies of the same CD.
Eric Gearman
--
"Actually, this is not accurate. I have attended a few .NET training seminars and supposedly (you never can be 100%) Microsoft has said that they will be releasing a .NET JIT compiler to run the IL (Interpretive Language) that .NET languages create for the MacOS, and even *NIXes."
If true, I stand corrected. I guess my impression of M$ remains from what it was a couple of years ago, where such cross-platform support would not have seriously been considered. The Mac portion makes sense with the financial support Gates has given/bought. The *NIX support is a *little* more surprising, IMO.
Eric Gearman
--
"Sun wants you to wear their handcuffs."
.NET, so my views stand right now. If someone wishes to point out a logical counter to the original article, I will be glad to read it and possibly revise my position.
Really. Java is platform independent. While Sun did not succeed with the initial performance claims for Java (ala same speed/execution times) for the various platforms, you can write Java code that can be easily ported to any platform. I say easily as a friend did manage to write some code that he had to modify so that it would work on a Mac (he later learned what he did wrong there). This latest 'offering' my M$ is for the Windows only environment(s).
Now I don't deny them the right to produce for just their product, but to try and claim that it would become a 'standard' is a little annoying. Now I haven't read a counter-point to the original article on
Eric Gearman
--
for the privledge of downloading all the music I want. I mean when you think about it, that is pretty cheap all things considered. If I wasn't downloading all those songs, I might be buying a Cd every month only for the three to five songs on it I actually want. For $5 a month, that would be a pretty big savings. And since I usually only listen to music on my computer (no cd in car), I don't have to worry about mp3 players or anything like that. Now if they go with the $20/month price, things might change...
Eric Gearman
--
all this means is that eBay is not liable for someone distrubuting 'illegal' music over their auctions, but the recording companies can still go after the seller. Guess that eBay is going to be hit with a lot of subpeonas concerning member information based on 'illegal' cd sales.
Eric Gearman
--