The Motion Picture Association of America, along with the National Association of Theater Owners, have banned Google Glass and similar devices from being in movie theaters.
It reads like the MPAA are the ones mainly doing the banning, but I'm curious to know if they actually have any real power in the matter, or whether it really all lies with the National Association of Theater Owners.
If a theatre isn't part of NATO (hah) will they still have to follow the MPAA's ruling on this?
There is no way the courts should hold people responsible for something unless they can prove the person who possess it or the evidence of said action can actually be connected.
Yes, but it's not "prove" as in "any other explanation is 100% impossible." It's "prove beyond a reasonable doubt."
Without that you wouldn't be able to convict the man standing over the body with the knife in his hand screaming "I'm glad I killed him." There are endless possibilities for the accused's innocence, but most of them would be rightly considered ridiculous and would only belong in an episode of Jonathan Creek.
Someone who has seen far more of the evidence in this case you or I ever will has decided the criteria for guilt have been met. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, I'm going to lean towards the conclusion that he got convicted not because the system is rigged, but because he did actually do it and the preponderance of evidence was to that effect.
Researchers At Brown University Shattered a Quantum Wave Function
Initial reports of recent events don't usually go for the past tense. It looks a bit weird.
So, if our electron has some probability of being in position (x1,y1,z1) and another probability of being in position (x2,y2,z2), those two probabilities can be isolated from each other, cordoned off like quantum crime scenes.
Yeeaaah... I'm not sure that analogy is as helpful as the author hoped.
...but it's still being measured in imperial units.
which is supposed to have a.05mm resolution
Supposed to have? Is there any reason to think that it might not? All of the other specs seem to have been taken on trust, so why has this one been singled out?
Perhaps the writer was suspicious of these new-fangled millimeters. What's that in 1/256s of a inch?
Doesn't include the margins (none of the options do), but your bordered box will be 21 pixels wide (inclusive of borders). box-sizing:padding-box; makes it 21 pixels excluding borders.
Okay, the article's not clear if it actually went around the Moon, so it probably didn't do that, but it got to within 6,800km, which is 99% of the way there.
So, what was objection based on rudimentary orbital mechanics, then?
It's the first deliberate commercial mission to the moon.
I forget the details but there was a commercial satellite that ended up in the wrong orbit, and the easiest way to fix it was to send it out around the moon and back. Okay, it didn't do any actual science or anything, but still.
When Collins asked who didn't make it out of Vietnam, Stockdale replied:
Oh, that's easy, the optimists.
Sounds more like it was the lapsed optimists. What is Stockdale's first quote, if not optimistic?
You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end - which you can never afford to lose - with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
How do you "confuse" those two things?
Not really sure what life lesson I'm supposed to take away from this - stay optimistic, just don't set a deadline for it so you're never actually disappointed? If you get sent to a POW camp, don't think "I'll be out by next week," think "I'll be out before I die," because then if you are, great, and if you aren't, you won't know about it?
toxic adjective 1. of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition. 2. acting as or having the effect of a poison; poisonous: a toxic drug.
poison noun 1. a substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism when introduced or absorbed.
Slashdot Mirror
A combination of hitting the right notes
But not necessarily in the right order.
Australian Courts Will Be Able To See Your Browsing History
How are they going to get their mitts on my browsing history? Are you sure you didn't mean Australians' browsing histories?
Furthermore, the article says might, not will.
Just because some French guy said something that sounds sinisterly clever doesn't mean it's true.
The Motion Picture Association of America, along with the National Association of Theater Owners, have banned Google Glass and similar devices from being in movie theaters.
It reads like the MPAA are the ones mainly doing the banning, but I'm curious to know if they actually have any real power in the matter, or whether it really all lies with the National Association of Theater Owners.
If a theatre isn't part of NATO (hah) will they still have to follow the MPAA's ruling on this?
and this would scrape data from any feeds that you have access to.
Still not seeing an issue here.
There is no way the courts should hold people responsible for something unless they can prove the person who possess it or the evidence of said action can actually be connected.
Yes, but it's not "prove" as in "any other explanation is 100% impossible." It's "prove beyond a reasonable doubt."
Without that you wouldn't be able to convict the man standing over the body with the knife in his hand screaming "I'm glad I killed him." There are endless possibilities for the accused's innocence, but most of them would be rightly considered ridiculous and would only belong in an episode of Jonathan Creek.
Someone who has seen far more of the evidence in this case you or I ever will has decided the criteria for guilt have been met. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, I'm going to lean towards the conclusion that he got convicted not because the system is rigged, but because he did actually do it and the preponderance of evidence was to that effect.
Proud? Why? No-one* cares any more. And that's awesome.
"We're here! We're queer! Get used to it!"
"We are used to it! You do this every year!"
"Oh, be nice."
*well, no-one worth listening to, probably
Hmm. If someone proclaimed they were proud to be straight, wouldn't that sound a bit homophobic?
I thought belief in God and being gay were mutually exclusive
Well, then, you're an idiot.
Asteroid insurance?
Researchers At Brown University Shattered a Quantum Wave Function
Initial reports of recent events don't usually go for the past tense. It looks a bit weird.
So, if our electron has some probability of being in position (x1,y1,z1) and another probability of being in position (x2,y2,z2), those two probabilities can be isolated from each other, cordoned off like quantum crime scenes.
Yeeaaah... I'm not sure that analogy is as helpful as the author hoped.
...but it's still being measured in imperial units.
which is supposed to have a .05mm resolution
Supposed to have? Is there any reason to think that it might not? All of the other specs seem to have been taken on trust, so why has this one been singled out?
Perhaps the writer was suspicious of these new-fangled millimeters. What's that in 1/256s of a inch?
{ box-sizing:border-box; width:21px; padding:5px; margin:5px; border:1px solid black; }
Doesn't include the margins (none of the options do), but your bordered box will be 21 pixels wide (inclusive of borders). box-sizing:padding-box; makes it 21 pixels excluding borders.
Once the plane leaves, is it EX-LAX?
Here's Why Apple Rejected Your iOS App
My iOS app? What iOS app? I haven't written one.
Just give me the news without trying to pal up to me.
Steve Ballmer Gets Billion-Dollar Tax Write-Off For Being Basketball Baron
C'mon, we can do better than that:
Ballmer Bags Billion Bucks By Becaming Basketball Baron
ORLY?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...
Okay, the article's not clear if it actually went around the Moon, so it probably didn't do that, but it got to within 6,800km, which is 99% of the way there.
So, what was objection based on rudimentary orbital mechanics, then?
It's the first deliberate commercial mission to the moon.
I forget the details but there was a commercial satellite that ended up in the wrong orbit, and the easiest way to fix it was to send it out around the moon and back. Okay, it didn't do any actual science or anything, but still.
I never doubted [...] that I would get out
When Collins asked who didn't make it out of Vietnam, Stockdale replied:
Oh, that's easy, the optimists.
Sounds more like it was the lapsed optimists. What is Stockdale's first quote, if not optimistic?
You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end - which you can never afford to lose - with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
How do you "confuse" those two things?
Not really sure what life lesson I'm supposed to take away from this - stay optimistic, just don't set a deadline for it so you're never actually disappointed? If you get sent to a POW camp, don't think "I'll be out by next week," think "I'll be out before I die," because then if you are, great, and if you aren't, you won't know about it?
Firefly first, Serenity later.
I need to build a system for outdoor use, capable of withstanding a high pressure water jet! "Embedded PC," I hear you cry.
No, I cry - well, no, just say, really - "why?"
That's okay, plenty more on eBay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/48K-...
But you do have the right to choose a different type of cheese. You can choose microsoft cheese, bsd cheese, linux cheese.
I'm lactose intolerant, you insensitive clod!
It has now been established in law...
No it hasn't.
(this comment for readers who can't identify hyperbole)
How long would it take you to drive 135,908 feet?
How long would it take you to drive 25 miles?
I'd say the latter is easier to guess at than the former.
toxic
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison:
a toxic condition.
2.
acting as or having the effect of a poison; poisonous:
a toxic drug.
poison
noun
1.
a substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism when introduced or absorbed.