Your thought is correct in that 1/4th the light, but the resolution remains constant (pixels are pixels).
I think what was meant was "pixels per unit surface area of the object." Still, personally I'd refer to an image resized from, say, 100x100 to 50x50 as being half the resolution.
It forgets to mention why I'm supposed to be outraged, or upset, or concerned, or... feel anything at all about this.
Didn't you get the memo? Unless otherwise stated those are the default reactions to be assumed for any Slashdot story, along with "confused" and "horny."
This is rape and murder [blogspot.com]. Maybe not by society's definition.
So then it's not rape and murder.* What other definition actually counts for anything?
Maybe not by the liberalized culture that thinks tricking a 14 year old into baring her breasts on the internet is just good clean fun.
Also not by any level-headed person including those who do think that tricking a 14 year old into exposing herself is a hideous thing to do.
From the page you linked to:
Thus, homosexuality is rape. Thus, one night heterosexual stands are rape. Thus, premarital sex, even with "consent", is rape.
Confirmed: you are an idiot. Doubly so if you actually wrote that and don't just agree with it.
Society's rejection of morality and ethics leads to this. Atheism leads to this. The culture of consent and contraception, leads to this.
No, no, and no. You know what leads to this? Humans. We are all (including the Pope, no matter what the Catholics are told to believe) fallible. We do some shitty things sometimes, and just as many of those things have been in the name of a god as not. Grow out of talking to your imaginary friend and take some collective responsibility along with the rest of us soul-less animals.
Also, find a friend to get laid with. It's awesome!
*Disclaimer: I do think that what happened to this poor girl is terrible and those responsible should face the full force of the law, such as it is. I just decided to focus more on this poster for being a cock-womble.
I don't think the crime as committed by the criminal and the crime as suffered by the victim are quite so inseparable. What if the criminal stabs their victim with a long stick over the border? Or sends a robot over to do the dirty work? Or sets a bomb on a timer while they're in country A, goes back to country B and chooses not to remotely disarm it once they're there? Ridiculous examples, of course, but I do think it's too simplistic to declare that wherever someone happens to physically be is where the crime was committed ("when" also being subject to the whims of lawyers and prosecutors in some cases).
Exactly, a hacker should be tried in the country WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DID THE HACKING.
To play both Devil's Advocate and Captain Pedantic for a moment, you're talking about "where the accused was physically located," which is not the same as "where the crime is said to have occured" - especially once you get lawyers involved.
If I shoot someone from across a border, where was the crime committed?
For example, getting off of the murder charge because you are a woman
No, getting off on a murder change because you have a massive hormonal imbalance which causes you to become uncontrollaby violent.
1981:
Twenty-nine-year-old barmaid Sandie Craddock got off a murder charge after stabbing another worker to death when she pleaded diminished responsibility because of PMS.
The judge accepted the argument that PMS was a mitigating factor in the incident because it turned Craddock "into a raging animal each month".
A review of Craddock's diaries showed that each of her past 30 convictions and multiple suicide attempts occurred around the same time of her menstrual cycle.
Craddock was found guilty of manslaughter, placed on probation and ordered to take progesterone treatment.
Not saying the judge was right or wrong, but out of the three of us (you, me, and him) I'd say he's the one who's more carefully considered all the evidence.
I heard (or I think I heard) about some system where you could play out a rope from a plane and, if the rope was long enough, the plane could circle and somehow the end of the rope would be held over a certain spot on the ground. Apparently (again, if I recall correctly) it could be used to gently lower equipment to the ground, where the receiver could just reach up and unhook the shipment from the rope while the plane was circling overhead. Has anyone ever heard of anything like that?
"Amazon, in an email to Kindle owners, has a revealed
Has a revealed?
that following the settlement in the eBook price fixing lawsuit customers will be entitled to refunds between 30 cents and $1.32 on each book purchased.
the funds will be provided as credits to customers directly in their accounts. Users may request checks for the amount of credit that has been applied to their accounts.
Wow, that's a torturous couple of sentences. How about "the funds will be credited directly to customers' accounts, or by check if requested." Still, credit to the submitter for not just blindly copying and pasting straight from the article.
"'f the Court approves the settlements
What is this, missing initial letter day? Just had the exact same thing in another summary.
Slashdot Mirror
Your thought is correct in that 1/4th the light, but the resolution remains constant (pixels are pixels).
I think what was meant was "pixels per unit surface area of the object." Still, personally I'd refer to an image resized from, say, 100x100 to 50x50 as being half the resolution.
It forgets to mention why I'm supposed to be outraged, or upset, or concerned, or... feel anything at all about this.
Didn't you get the memo? Unless otherwise stated those are the default reactions to be assumed for any Slashdot story, along with "confused" and "horny."
Holding users hostage? Jesus, things are getting desperate in these tough economic times.
"You and me" aren't the legitimate government of a sovereign state recognised by the UN. Well, you might be, but I'm definitely not.
a series of 830 volt shocks from the pacemaker
If there's not, we should have advanced enough technology by that time to move the planet we've already discovered anywhere we want it.
Yeah, but they've been saying planet-moving technology is five years away since the 60s.
My guess is that you didn't read TFS either - the planet is orbiting the smaller of the binary pair.
"As a councilman from the Bronx," he said, "a disparity like that does concern me."
But when I make it to senator, eh, not so much.
Either fish or cut bait.
Or you could put more consideration into planning the fishing trip so you don't end up tangled in the line.
Things like this happen literally ALL the time.
I do not think that means what you think it means.
This is rape and murder [blogspot.com]. Maybe not by society's definition.
So then it's not rape and murder.* What other definition actually counts for anything?
Maybe not by the liberalized culture that thinks tricking a 14 year old into baring her breasts on the internet is just good clean fun.
Also not by any level-headed person including those who do think that tricking a 14 year old into exposing herself is a hideous thing to do.
From the page you linked to:
Thus, homosexuality is rape. Thus, one night heterosexual stands are rape. Thus, premarital sex, even with "consent", is rape.
Confirmed: you are an idiot. Doubly so if you actually wrote that and don't just agree with it.
Society's rejection of morality and ethics leads to this. Atheism leads to this. The culture of consent and contraception, leads to this.
No, no, and no. You know what leads to this? Humans. We are all (including the Pope, no matter what the Catholics are told to believe) fallible. We do some shitty things sometimes, and just as many of those things have been in the name of a god as not. Grow out of talking to your imaginary friend and take some collective responsibility along with the rest of us soul-less animals.
Also, find a friend to get laid with. It's awesome!
*Disclaimer: I do think that what happened to this poor girl is terrible and those responsible should face the full force of the law, such as it is. I just decided to focus more on this poster for being a cock-womble.
Teach these kids the power of civil disobedience, and show them what happens when everyone agrees to switch ID cards.
unless you think getting shot is a crime too.
I don't think the crime as committed by the criminal and the crime as suffered by the victim are quite so inseparable. What if the criminal stabs their victim with a long stick over the border? Or sends a robot over to do the dirty work? Or sets a bomb on a timer while they're in country A, goes back to country B and chooses not to remotely disarm it once they're there? Ridiculous examples, of course, but I do think it's too simplistic to declare that wherever someone happens to physically be is where the crime was committed ("when" also being subject to the whims of lawyers and prosecutors in some cases).
Exactly, a hacker should be tried in the country WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DID THE HACKING.
To play both Devil's Advocate and Captain Pedantic for a moment, you're talking about "where the accused was physically located," which is not the same as "where the crime is said to have occured" - especially once you get lawyers involved.
If I shoot someone from across a border, where was the crime committed?
For example, getting off of the murder charge because you are a woman
No, getting off on a murder change because you have a massive hormonal imbalance which causes you to become uncontrollaby violent.
1981: Twenty-nine-year-old barmaid Sandie Craddock got off a murder charge after stabbing another worker to death when she pleaded diminished responsibility because of PMS. The judge accepted the argument that PMS was a mitigating factor in the incident because it turned Craddock "into a raging animal each month". A review of Craddock's diaries showed that each of her past 30 convictions and multiple suicide attempts occurred around the same time of her menstrual cycle. Craddock was found guilty of manslaughter, placed on probation and ordered to take progesterone treatment.
Not saying the judge was right or wrong, but out of the three of us (you, me, and him) I'd say he's the one who's more carefully considered all the evidence.
At least rename the project FFS
Catchy name...
Funny, there's no mention of the FBI in the article. Did someone get over-excited when they wrote the headline?
No zeroes?
...
No, wait, even I can't be bothered to work out how much that would improve my chances.
I heard (or I think I heard) about some system where you could play out a rope from a plane and, if the rope was long enough, the plane could circle and somehow the end of the rope would be held over a certain spot on the ground. Apparently (again, if I recall correctly) it could be used to gently lower equipment to the ground, where the receiver could just reach up and unhook the shipment from the rope while the plane was circling overhead. Has anyone ever heard of anything like that?
Another stupid webmaster who never learned about aspect ratios.
Or thumbnails.
Those civil-war "re-enactors" don't even use the same people.
Unless one thinks one can get away with it.
The reliability of the New Testament is also beyond reproach.
Now there's a scientific attitude.
"Amazon, in an email to Kindle owners, has a revealed
Has a revealed?
that following the settlement in the eBook price fixing lawsuit customers will be entitled to refunds between 30 cents and $1.32 on each book purchased.
Have you met the comma?
the funds will be provided as credits to customers directly in their accounts. Users may request checks for the amount of credit that has been applied to their accounts.
Wow, that's a torturous couple of sentences. How about "the funds will be credited directly to customers' accounts, or by check if requested." Still, credit to the submitter for not just blindly copying and pasting straight from the article.
"'f the Court approves the settlements
What is this, missing initial letter day? Just had the exact same thing in another summary.
In Soviet Russia, abyss gazes upon... no, wait, you gaze upon... ah, screw it.