This article (better, but longer) is his account of the journey into Papoose Lake... again, not sure how much of it is fantasy/embellishment... but it's a fascinating read.
I'll give that to you... with one small caveat. If you own a gazeteer/map that will allow you to make sense of the UTM or lat/long coordinates and/or any small visual clues you get from your consumer grade GPS... then chances are, you already knew where you were on your map in the first place
Mark the hotel we'd just checked into, so we could easily find it again
"John... we just have to walk NE about 900 Meters, we'll be at the hotel room in no time!"
"gorilla (36491)... we're in Manhattan... how do you suppose we'll do that?"
You have the map, right? (discussed earlier) Write that info down.
Check our speedo was accurate, to ensure no nasty fines
Really? What were your findings? Did you adjust your speed by the +/-.13 MPH and optimize your road trip? (more to the point... did you drive the speed limit the whole time!?!? James Dean, you're not.
Record how far we drove each day
You realize, of course, that we'll have no need for this function once america's engineers can finally master the "Car-Odometer"... (no longer in the realm of science fiction! We'll have it in the next dozen years, I have it on good authority).
(Relax... I own a GPS, too... they're great fun. But no need to justify your purchase in this way:)
I am a pupil in the sixth grade at Westview School. We have been talking about animals and plants in Science. There are a few children in our room that do not understand why people are classed as animals. I would appreciate it very much if you would please answer this and explain to me why people are classed as animals.
Thanking you, Sincerely, Carol November 12, 1952
The very thoughtful answer...
Dear Children:
We should not ask "What is an animal" but "what sort of thing do we call an animal?" Well, we call something an animal which has certain characteristics: it takes nourishment, it descends from parents similar to itself, it grows, it moves by itself, it dies if its time has run out. That's why we call the worms, the chicken, the dog, the monkey an animal. What about us humans? Think about it in the above mentioned way and then decide for yourselves whether it is a natural thing to regard ourselves as animals.
With kind regards, Albert Einstein January 17, 1953
It's very hard to create a composite sketch of people based on behaviour (too narrow). But, you'd be suprised how easy it is to make this same sketch from spatial data.
I work for a rather large GIS software company, and one of our larger clients is responsible for most of the dead tree junkmail you get in your mailbox. How do they figure out that you would likely buy a Lexus/are looking to refinance your mortgage/want to join a health club?
put your zip code in there and see how accurately your spending/watching habits are reflected. Perhaps TiVo should ditch their "personal" profiling for regional profiling.
the Interstate Highway System, the TVA, rural electrification, the Public Library system (just off the top of my head)... none of these were driven by these elusive "market forces" the original poster refers to.
(which is not to say that they didn't precipitate in quite a little jolt for this nation's capitalists)...
Clearly there's a bit of saliency to the argument that a little "push" by the govt. can jump-start some of these "market forces."
I'm not trying to be priggish... and I'm not the kind of person to tilt at every semantic windmill... but calling these things "toys" (even though they have an undeniable geek/tech allure)... minimizes their deadliness.
Something designed to efficiently kill humans isn't a "toy."
I realize the purpose and ubiquity of war... and I'm not "above" talking about it (or the implements used in it) constructively... but let's not call these deadly things "toys."
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Well, I can't fault your methods, you've got every base covered. It would appear that you've conclusively proven this experiment to be a hoax!
Another peer-review success story.
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help 'guilty' filesharers appear innocent.
Not one thing.
very, very insightful
... the same way you'd go about becoming an astronaut!
here
(pretty neat little site, IMO)
This article (better, but longer) is his account of the journey into Papoose Lake... again, not sure how much of it is fantasy/embellishment... but it's a fascinating read.
Not sure how much is fantasy, and how much reality... but it's clear to me that he did do it.
(He didn't get caught, either... died many years later, in his sleep).
Of course... Leibniz is the real father of the 2060 apolcalypse.
I'll give that to you... with one small caveat. If you own a gazeteer/map that will allow you to make sense of the UTM or lat/long coordinates and/or any small visual clues you get from your consumer grade GPS... then chances are, you already knew where you were on your map in the first place
"John... we just have to walk NE about 900 Meters, we'll be at the hotel room in no time!"
"gorilla (36491)... we're in Manhattan... how do you suppose we'll do that?"
You have the map, right? (discussed earlier) Write that info down.
Really? What were your findings? Did you adjust your speed by the +/- .13 MPH and optimize your road trip? (more to the point... did you drive the speed limit the whole time!?!? James Dean, you're not.
You realize, of course, that we'll have no need for this function once america's engineers can finally master the "Car-Odometer"... (no longer in the realm of science fiction! We'll have it in the next dozen years, I have it on good authority).
(Relax... I own a GPS, too... they're great fun. But no need to justify your purchase in this way :)
...it's a beowulf cluster of Blackfoot indians in some sort of recursive dance.
Some Highlights...
The very thoughtful answer...
Here's a newsflash... improve cube farm conditions along with factory conditions.
That poor sap punching out industrial sprinkler fitting heaters has every bit as much of a right to expect decent working conditions.
WAKE UP tech-geek gunslinger. There are millions of us now, and we are interchangeable to a frightening degree. "Us vs. them" went out with the furby.
I work for a rather large GIS software company, and one of our larger clients is responsible for most of the dead tree junkmail you get in your mailbox. How do they figure out that you would likely buy a Lexus/are looking to refinance your mortgage/want to join a health club?
simple... PRISM
put your zip code in there and see how accurately your spending/watching habits are reflected. Perhaps TiVo should ditch their "personal" profiling for regional profiling.
or WAS HE?!
Sounds like a good plan, champ... well thought out.
Who else is just salivating at some of these "open market determine[d] rates" right about now.
For those who haven't had a chance to look at the Degree Confluence Project ... do so now. Don't waste another second.
Basically, they're trying to take a photograph of the confluence of every latitude/longitude integer degree intersections... Absolutely fascinating.
(which is not to say that they didn't precipitate in quite a little jolt for this nation's capitalists)...
Clearly there's a bit of saliency to the argument that a little "push" by the govt. can jump-start some of these "market forces."
What were the market forces behind the underappreciated and pioneering MIR?
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After all, isn't it cooler when the lego creations actually do something ?
well... there are several models competing...
The 1 plot, 3 plot, 7, 26, 36... it could go on forever...
check here for a list of different models.
This is my formula... feel free to make it your own.
My on reckoning of "theft" would make it impossible to "steal" from Columbia Records (or Sony... or whomever).
No tears shed for those corporations... or the artists who consent to their exploitation.
I'm not trying to be priggish... and I'm not the kind of person to tilt at every semantic windmill... but calling these things "toys" (even though they have an undeniable geek/tech allure)... minimizes their deadliness.
Something designed to efficiently kill humans isn't a "toy."
I realize the purpose and ubiquity of war... and I'm not "above" talking about it (or the implements used in it) constructively... but let's not call these deadly things "toys."