Story submitter here, yes, I did do a copy/paste submission (using my smartphone, not exactly easy to do!), and after submitting this story noticed this too. I should've picked up on it. Please accept this alternate story link as a token... http://news.discovery.com/human/early-human-tools-121107.html
"Behavioral modernity is a term used in anthropology, archeology and sociology to refer to a set of traits that distinguish present day humans and their recent ancestors from both other living primates and other extinct hominid lineages. It is the point at which Homo sapiens began to demonstrate an ability to use complex symbolic thought and express cultural creativity. These developments are often thought to be associated with the origin of language. [1]
There are two main theories regarding when modern human behavior emerged. [2] One theory holds that behavioral modernity occurred as a sudden event some 50 kya (50,000 years ago) in prehistory, possibly as a result of a major genetic mutation or as a result of a biological reorganization of the brain that led to the emergence of modern human natural languages. [3] Proponents of this theory refer to this event as the Great Leap Forward [4] or the Upper Paleolithic Revolution.
The second theory holds that there was never any single technological or cognitive revolution. Proponents of this view argue that modern human behavior is the result of the gradual accumulation of knowledge, skills and culture occurring over hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution. [5] Proponents of this view include Stephen Oppenheimer in his book Out of Eden, and John Skoyles and Dorion Sagan in their book Up from Dragons: The evolution of human intelligence."
And most C64 users used tv's, most monitors then were the green monochromatic type, color monitors were expensive then. The wiki lenslock link Zaiff posted is informative, I always wondered why the lenslock had rounded cutouts designed into it. So it could fit into a cassette tape box, doh!:-)
If you have a multiple million dollar negotiation on the table, let 'em sweat a little. Never take the first two offers. If they offer you a better, third deal that would let you retire at age 20, you might want to..., take it! There's a saying that goes, "A piece of the pie is better than no pie at all".
Ahhh... the Lenslok
It seemed to work better with some software than others. I had one for Art Studio on the Spectrum and it worked okay, but I recall loads of people complaining about them.
I think the cleverest thing about it was that they made it to fit inside a regular compact cassette box.
The "Lenslock"!!! Thank you! I was mentally kicking myself for not being able to think of the damned name. Made for a great torture device, that thing.
The original Elite was such a great space game for it's day, I played it on the C64 when I was in my twenties. The game used a unique copy protection, a clear plastic prism-like lens that you had to hold up to the screen at just the right distance, which made the obscured code understandable to be typed in to start the game loading. What a huge pita it was to use! I lost the lens and drove to the company's New Jersey office, walked right into the second floor offices (there was no need yet for security in the 80's), where about 20 smiling, happy people were using actual modern IBM computers in a very pleasant office enviornment. I explained to the manager why I was there, was given a little tour of the place, and he reaches into an open cardboard box that had hundreds of those precious decoder lenses, and gave me two of them, in case I lost another. I hope they can live up to the original when they do this remake, but please, lose the "lens based" copy protection!
For myself, I'm not a pornography viewer. How I feel and how others do is none of my business, as long as no kids are involved, and no one's being forced into anything they object to doing. Porn just really isn't my thing. Have a good day sir.
And please pardon me. I'm rather newish to posting on/., just started this year. I know some ettiquette now about/., though not all. I wasn't feeling my best that day when the story was here. One thing I still need to learn is when I should just read the comments, and not to post. No harm done, have a good one, sir.:-)
Einstein rejected the label atheist, which he associated with certainty regarding God's nonexistence. Einstein stated: "I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being." [1]
According to Prince Hubertus, Einstein said, "In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what really makes me angry is that they quote me for the support of such views." [16]
Einstein had previously explored the belief that man could not understand the nature of God. In an interview published in 1930 in G. S. Viereck's book Glimpses of the Great, Einstein, in response to a question about whether or not he believed in God, explained: Your question [about God] is the most difficult in the world. It is not a question I can answer simply with yes or no. I am not an Atheist. I do not know if I can define myself as a Pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. May I not reply with a parable? The human mind, no matter how highly trained, cannot grasp the universe. We are in the position of a little child, entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written those books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books, a mysterious order, which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of the human mind, even the greatest and most cultured, toward God. We see a universe marvelously arranged, obeying certain laws, but we understand the laws only dimly. Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that sways the constellations. I am fascinated by Spinoza's Pantheism. I admire even more his contributions to modern thought. Spinoza is the greatest of modern philosophers, because he is the first philosopher who deals with the soul and the body as one, not as two separate things. [17]
Einstien's view on religion (Wikipedia): d Beliefs Albert Einstein, 1921. Albert Einstein's religious views have been studied due to his sometimes apparently ambiguous statements and writings on the subject. He said he believed in the god of Baruch Spinoza, but not in a personal god, a belief he criticized. He also reportedly called himself an agnostic, and criticized atheism, preferring he said "an attitude of humility." [1]
"In a letter to Beatrice Frohlich, 17 December 1952 Einstein stated, "The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naïve." [8] Eric Gutkind sent a copy of his book "Choose Life: The Biblical Call To Revolt" [9] to Einstein in 1954. Einstein sent Gutkind a letter in response and wrote, "The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this. These subtilised interpretations are highly manifold according to their nature and have almost nothing to do with the original text."
I'm not trying to spread any ideas. US law is what it is, my main comments were about the guy in the story. I have no dog in any copyright fight. There are a lot of laws that I don't agree with, like prostitution should be legal. Drugs should be legal. Patent reform should be happening. The list goes on.
As to having my posts modded 'troll', not at all was I trolling, I just stated my opinion that pornography debases women and, incidentally, also the viewer of porn. This is a strange site sometimes. Someone posting feels he's the 'authority' of/. . Power-crazed geek? Possibly. Spending too much time in his mom's basement. Possibly. I'll get through, somehow (*sniff*), though I don't know how I'll ever show my face at StarTrek Cons again....;-)
"many people in line are not fluent in English and are either Asian immigrants or visitors" - doesn't this apply to a very large percentage of NY population?
Probably, but I'm nor surprised that Asians of all people would like to get their hands on their new 7.9-inch device. *ducks*
How dare you! To be so insensitive to the great people of Asian descent! Take that brand of bigotry of yours and...
Oops, just noticed your username.... Okay, I guess you get a 'pass'.;-)
I just checked back & saw all these comments, one reply and I'm done with this crap. 1) I don't think sex is wrong at all. When you're doing it with someone you love. It is my opinion, and how I live my life. If that isn't your opinion, fine with me. 2) I've seen my share of porn, enough to know most of what's out there is crap, IMO. It debases women, and for the most part is an asinine way to spend your time. To each his own. 3) This guy's life seems to be a train wreck of bad decion making. He didn't go to court and had a default judgement placed on him, bad decision to not attend his own hearing. Uploading copyrighted material is against the law in the U.S., bad decision to upload what you don't have permission to upload. He got slammed for it, and there's a saying that goes, "You pays for the ticket, you takes the ride." 4) If voicing my opinion here causes anyone to want to label me 'troll' and whatever other distasteful language that was used towards me, it like water off a ducks back to me. I know who I am and who I am not, what some internet poster thinks means nada.
When someone starts to lose their judgement & morality, it's a slippery slope that can turn into a 'sleighride to hell' in a lot of ways in life. Make your own decisions of how to live your life and I'll make mine. Good day to you all, (even the freakazoids):-)
That's what you call "predicting" he weather. As good as weather prediction is nowadays, it's still about only 50% correct. The Farmer's Almanac has a better track record.
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"He 'will' find you!! That's ALL he does!!!"
Story submitter here, yes, I did do a copy/paste submission (using my smartphone, not exactly easy to do!), and after submitting this story noticed this too. I should've picked up on it. Please accept this alternate story link as a token ... http://news.discovery.com/human/early-human-tools-121107.html
"Behavioral modernity is a term used in anthropology, archeology and sociology to refer to a set of traits that distinguish present day humans and their recent ancestors from both other living primates and other extinct hominid lineages. It is the point at which Homo sapiens began to demonstrate an ability to use complex symbolic thought and express cultural creativity. These developments are often thought to be associated with the origin of language. [1] There are two main theories regarding when modern human behavior emerged. [2] One theory holds that behavioral modernity occurred as a sudden event some 50 kya (50,000 years ago) in prehistory, possibly as a result of a major genetic mutation or as a result of a biological reorganization of the brain that led to the emergence of modern human natural languages. [3] Proponents of this theory refer to this event as the Great Leap Forward [4] or the Upper Paleolithic Revolution. The second theory holds that there was never any single technological or cognitive revolution. Proponents of this view argue that modern human behavior is the result of the gradual accumulation of knowledge, skills and culture occurring over hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution. [5] Proponents of this view include Stephen Oppenheimer in his book Out of Eden, and John Skoyles and Dorion Sagan in their book Up from Dragons: The evolution of human intelligence."
Don't worry. Obama can fix it. Just hope it with all your heart and he will change it for you.
Sour grapes anyone?
http://blogs.computerworld.com/smartphones/21291/appless-foxconnsharp-iphone-supply-problem-hints-bigger-problems?mm_ref=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnews%2Furl%3Fsr%3D1%26ct2%3Dus%252F1_0_s_4_1_a%26sa%3Dt%26usg%3DAFQjCNGqf2gr494dICZZt4VZC-RZas5i8A%26cid%3D52778023275786%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fblogs.computerworld.com%252Fsmartphones%252F21291%252Fappless-foxconnsharp-iphone-supply-problem-hints-bigger-problems%26ei%3DG8eaUPDUHZTUtwfxeQ%26sig2%3DOF6X4c_AQfrJ61Q874PANQ%26rt%3DHOMEPAGE%26vm%3DSTANDARD%26bvm%3Dsection%26twa%3Df%26did%3D6835041860395839870%26sid%3Daf1b2b414f7c7d35
And most C64 users used tv's, most monitors then were the green monochromatic type, color monitors were expensive then. The wiki lenslock link Zaiff posted is informative, I always wondered why the lenslock had rounded cutouts designed into it. So it could fit into a cassette tape box, doh! :-)
If you have a multiple million dollar negotiation on the table, let 'em sweat a little. Never take the first two offers. If they offer you a better, third deal that would let you retire at age 20, you might want to..., take it! There's a saying that goes, "A piece of the pie is better than no pie at all".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=HQqIQyT-RuM
Ahhh... the Lenslok It seemed to work better with some software than others. I had one for Art Studio on the Spectrum and it worked okay, but I recall loads of people complaining about them. I think the cleverest thing about it was that they made it to fit inside a regular compact cassette box.
The "Lenslock"!!! Thank you! I was mentally kicking myself for not being able to think of the damned name. Made for a great torture device, that thing.
The original Elite was such a great space game for it's day, I played it on the C64 when I was in my twenties. The game used a unique copy protection, a clear plastic prism-like lens that you had to hold up to the screen at just the right distance, which made the obscured code understandable to be typed in to start the game loading. What a huge pita it was to use! I lost the lens and drove to the company's New Jersey office, walked right into the second floor offices (there was no need yet for security in the 80's), where about 20 smiling, happy people were using actual modern IBM computers in a very pleasant office enviornment. I explained to the manager why I was there, was given a little tour of the place, and he reaches into an open cardboard box that had hundreds of those precious decoder lenses, and gave me two of them, in case I lost another. I hope they can live up to the original when they do this remake, but please, lose the "lens based" copy protection!
For myself, I'm not a pornography viewer. How I feel and how others do is none of my business, as long as no kids are involved, and no one's being forced into anything they object to doing. Porn just really isn't my thing. Have a good day sir.
And please pardon me. I'm rather newish to posting on /., just started this year. I know some ettiquette now about /., though not all. I wasn't feeling my best that day when the story was here. One thing I still need to learn is when I should just read the comments, and not to post. No harm done, have a good one, sir. :-)
Tesla's main site/models: http://www.teslamotors.com/models
YouTube -Test drive ridealong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqRuPrT2azw
Motorward has a link to YouTube -Drag race, Tesla Model S vs. BMW M5: http://www.motorward.com/2012/10/drag-race-tesla-model-s-vs-bmw-m5-f10
YouTube - Test drive ridealong: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=oqRuPrT2azw
YouTube - Drag race, Tesla Model S vs. BMW M5: http://www.motorward.com/2012/10/drag-race-tesla-model-s-vs-bmw-m5-f10
Unwittingly admitting your crime to the customer's friend and getting himself charged with two felonies - Priceless!
"I belive in the 11th Commandment. Keep thine own religion to thineself!" - George Carlin
According to Prince Hubertus, Einstein said, "In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what really makes me angry is that they quote me for the support of such views." [16]
Einstein had previously explored the belief that man could not understand the nature of God. In an interview published in 1930 in G. S. Viereck's book Glimpses of the Great, Einstein, in response to a question about whether or not he believed in God, explained: Your question [about God] is the most difficult in the world. It is not a question I can answer simply with yes or no. I am not an Atheist. I do not know if I can define myself as a Pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. May I not reply with a parable? The human mind, no matter how highly trained, cannot grasp the universe. We are in the position of a little child, entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written those books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books, a mysterious order, which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of the human mind, even the greatest and most cultured, toward God. We see a universe marvelously arranged, obeying certain laws, but we understand the laws only dimly. Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that sways the constellations. I am fascinated by Spinoza's Pantheism. I admire even more his contributions to modern thought. Spinoza is the greatest of modern philosophers, because he is the first philosopher who deals with the soul and the body as one, not as two separate things. [17]
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Albert_Einstein#section_2
"In a letter to Beatrice Frohlich, 17 December 1952 Einstein stated, "The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naïve." [8] Eric Gutkind sent a copy of his book "Choose Life: The Biblical Call To Revolt" [9] to Einstein in 1954. Einstein sent Gutkind a letter in response and wrote, "The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this. These subtilised interpretations are highly manifold according to their nature and have almost nothing to do with the original text."
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Albert_Einstein#section_2
As to having my posts modded 'troll', not at all was I trolling, I just stated my opinion that pornography debases women and, incidentally, also the viewer of porn. This is a strange site sometimes. Someone posting feels he's the 'authority' of /. . Power-crazed geek? Possibly. Spending too much time in his mom's basement. Possibly. I'll get through, somehow (*sniff*), though I don't know how I'll ever show my face at StarTrek Cons again.... ;-)
"many people in line are not fluent in English and are either Asian immigrants or visitors" - doesn't this apply to a very large percentage of NY population?
Probably, but I'm nor surprised that Asians of all people would like to get their hands on their new 7.9-inch device. *ducks*
How dare you! To be so insensitive to the great people of Asian descent! Take that brand of bigotry of yours and...
Oops, just noticed your username.... Okay, I guess you get a 'pass'. ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqRuPrT2azw
http://www.motorward.com/2012/10/drag-race-tesla-model-s-vs-bmw-m5-f10/
When someone starts to lose their judgement & morality, it's a slippery slope that can turn into a 'sleighride to hell' in a lot of ways in life. Make your own decisions of how to live your life and I'll make mine. Good day to you all, (even the freakazoids) :-)
thank you for that spot on post.
Sandy was a category 1 hurricane. In 1938, landfall was made by a category 3 hurricane. So is global warming making the hurricanes weaker?
Ah, but Sandy was a very low pressure storm. In that respect it was regarded at the Cat 3 level.
That's what you call "predicting" he weather. As good as weather prediction is nowadays, it's still about only 50% correct. The Farmer's Almanac has a better track record.