Honestly, that there are any significant geologic processes at all, much less ones that can form these immense and varied landscapes. Pluto and Charon are so small and so far away the Sun that I think most scientists expected Pluto and Charon to be almost featureless balls of ice apart from a few meteor craters.
This also proves planet-like objects (whatever the classification) can have stable, self-sustaining, internal sources of energy and/or volcanism independent of the energy of our Sun or another star. We fixate on "Goldilocks" planets like Earth stable enough to sustain life, we should probably expand the search possibilities.
Steam sales are so good, that you might save money on games in the long run. I usually get my games for 50% or more off and I can't remember the last time I paid full price.
In regards to geophysics specifically the oil and gas industry has always led the science in that field for decades. Almost the entire geophysical field was developed by oil and gas companies to find and map oil fields. Its pretty disengenuous to snub the largest contributor to a field science over a politial issue in a tangential scientific field.
I cannot shake the feeling this is grandstanding. Why now? If a fair trial is what he wanted then back when he leaked the documents he could have had a press-release and a lawyer ready in advance, and immediately turned himself into the nearest public police department. That would still have grabbed the country's attention such that the military/gov't would have to pause in their retaliation, but choosing to flee degrades his conscientious objector position. I am suspicious of why he's trying to negotiate for a "fair" trial now.
I bet the news will motivate Steam to port even more games to Linux. And who knows, we might see some Linux-only blockbuster exclusives soon.
Slashdot's starry-eyed Linux users are so cute.
Instead of developing games for a nearly insignificant fraction of the market, it's more likely this would motivate Valve/Steam to develop console-like devices so people can play PC games on their living room TVs. Oh wait, they are already doing that!
You may be surprised how many businesses and industries rely on GPS measurements and really do need this kind of accurate location data. GPS is an infrastructure investment, just like roads, internet, public water systems, electric grid, etc., that increase the productivity of countless industries and people. The average person using their cell phone GPS probably won't notice much change, but the average person doesn't notice most of the infrastructure around them that keeps their world humming along.
Keep in mind too that one meter accuracy with a handheld GPS* may sound great, but that's only under optimal conditions when there are no tall structures, tree canopies, or thick clouds blocking signals, and enough satellites orbiting overhead in positions to triangulate from. "Real world" accuracy in poor conditions can be +/-20 feet, or more if collecting data on the move.
*- There is secondary GPS equipment and post-processing corrections that can greatly improve the accuracy of handheld GPS, but it's very expensive, so most people muddle along with just a single handheld unit.
Just to be sure....Did you miss the last sentence of the poster above?
....Logged-in, members could still post with anonymity to allow a return of the original intentions.
That sentence wasn't very clear and seemed rushed, so I can understand missing it, but I think it addresses some of your concerns. Basically members should get a toggle if want their comment or submission to be posted anonymously, but they still have to be logged in. I'm not naive enough to think that all trolling and spammers will stop by requiring a log-in, but it's a simple, reasonable step to weed out the laziest of the web's worst. Yes, there are tools to tune out trolls and spam already, but I think those tools would be more useful by reducing the need for them to begin with. Cutting down on the trolls and spammers would also allow moderator points to go towards building up actual discussions instead of modding down junk.
A community website not taking easy steps to deter trolling and spam is like a company not investing in at least some basic cyber security. Just because you can't guarantee a troll/hacker will never get in and wreck things, doesn't mean you do nothing.
Point taken... a counter nit-pick is fair game. In my defense, in the context of politics the word "election" has a more specific connotation than your counter examples. Also, my pointing out that word was meant to help show [and maybe I was too subtle] that a few coin tosses in the Iowa caucus isn't that big of a deal in the larger election cycle. Whether 0.02% of the vote should have gone to Hillary or Sanders is missing the forest through the trees. At the very best this is a Hillary win with a very big footnote, that Sanders is a serious contender and their fight to be the Democratic nominee won't be decided quickly.
I'm nit-picking here, but... The Iowa caucus is not an election. No public office changed. I agree a coin toss is a very stupid way to handle a tie, but that's Iowa's prerogative. Thankfully there are 49 other state caucuses and the Democratic party is not going to base an endorsement on this one incredibly close result.
On another note, I like that this close result in Iowa for both parties will make caucuses in other states even more important and spread the candidate selection process around around the country a little more.
tbh it's very similar to what Omaba did, just on a much more ridiculous scale.
While I agree that all politicians will make claims that benefit them at the moment, when it comes to Trump I think the last part of your sentence is key... "on a much more ridiculous scale." The ridiculousness of his claims reveal that these statements are for show and attention only. I just wish the media would call him out on the BS and then move on to real news, or just ignore him outright. Instead the media fans the fires of Trump because they profit from all of us getting riled up, tuning in, clicking stories, posting in forums, etc.
Trump just says stuff because he doesn't actually know how anything works....
Wrong.
Trump says these things because he knows how the media works. He makes wild statements because it gets media outlets, bloggers, and every day people talking about him. As long as he's in the news and in the headlines his "stock" rises. It's very similar to how pundits generate attention [and ultimately profits] for their media businesses, Trump just happens to be running for president. This most recent claim, like so many others before, is outrageous, but Trump knows it will never come back to him to follow through on and it serves his purposes now. Just look at this page and the 350+ comments in less than 5 hours all talking about Trump! The fact that the nation doesn't just ignore Trump's inane statements and we hang on his every word is as big of a problem as he is.
I could use many bad words to describe Donald Trump, but dump or stupid is not one of them.
This is a red herring because international terrorism is not the root issue here. Drones are a very affordable technology that could be used by any whack-job with a desire to cause damage and pain, regardless of motives.
That is a fair point... but it doesn't matter... you miss the key point...
My body, my right...This isn't a debate (or shouldn't be) about the effects of vaccines, it is about what rights do you have as a human being.
I get the "my body, my right" argument and if one holds to just that narrow argument, fine. But if one tries to further support that stance with anti-vaxxer distortions of the vaccine science and risk then society doesn't need to treat those false statements with any respect or deference to the individual's opinion. That's the point I was making above.
However, what's really happening here is we are talking two different points. My main point about vaccinations is one based on public health, and your main point which is the freedom of the individual. Both valid views, but unfortunately they can come into conflict with each other. However, I have some reasons why public health might win out here....
1) The "my body, my right" argument works for [US] citizens 18 years or older, however, most vaccinations occur in childhood with parental authorization. Let's just be clear that for many anti-vaxxers this argument is actually "my body, my child's body, my right." Is it fair that a child could suffer and possibly die from a preventable disease because of a parent's ignorance or negligence about vaccines? (That's a rhetorical question that the larger society may weigh in on someday)
2) The "my body, my right" tugs at our feelings of freedom and individualism, but it's really not as secure a stance as it seems, because there are numerous examples where the greater good of society trumps an individuals rights (like traffic laws, selective service enrollment, voting laws, drugs, firearms, etc.). For vaccinations specifically real public health benefits are the herd immunity effect and I already touched on the slippery slope with children. Don't be shocked if someday society (i.e. government) decides vaccination benefits outweigh individual rights.
Note this up front: Vaccines are good for you. I have zero problems with vaccination as it is beneficial to humanity individually and overall.
Glad we can agree!
Now - about this article: Way the hell too much sensationalism, too much flamebait imputed, and IMHO way too much of this attitude: '...this study is right so I am right and therefore fuck you! Get right with us or else you are not worthy of life you troglodyte!' Seriously... but TFA and summary alike are indicative of what's wrong these days - too much sturm un drang, not enough persuasion.
Interestingly enough, Slate leans a bit to the left... and most anti-vaxxers lean very much to the left, so why was the bile necessary? You'd think that instead of turning it into a contest that hardens opinions (on both sides), that they'd try to at least be a little persuasive about it....or has science degraded into an echo-chamber shouting match these days?
Two things: 1) I like a good public discourse on many subjects, but vaccination is public health issue and treating these sides like equal positions has the potential to do more harm to the public health than good. The proven science of vaccinations is not of equal validity as the fear-based lies spun by anti-vaxxers, and our public discourse should reflect those truths. Sure there could be less insults and flamebaiting, but there's no need to give the anti-vaxxer position any more respect or fair treatment than we would give to any other patently false ideas, like flat-earth theory, cold fusion, phrenology, etc. 2) As for the political leanings of anti-vaxxers being liberal...that may be true in your area or experiences, but the ones I've encountered are usually conservative types (sometimes libertarian) who distrust the government, science, and anything that could be perceived as meddling in their lives.
That's an unfair blanket statement to say about anyone who does not want Windows 10 right at this very moment like Microsoft is pushing. There are many non-luddite reasons one might want to hold off upgrading an operating system. Also what about people who try Windows 10, but it doesn't work for them? I tried the Windows 10 upgrade, which gave me much slower loading times, display issues that did not go away after updating video drivers, and moments the whole system would lock up for a few minutes because I dared touch the bottom left master "window" menu button. Windows 10 was unusable for me, so I switched back to Windows 7. My PC is showing it's age these days, but it runs Windows 7 and my other programs very well. I do play games on my PC, so I expect in the next 1-2 years a game will come out that will prompt me to upgrade my computer and I'll go Win10 then, but in meantime I'd appreciate if Microsoft stopped bugging me to upgrade. I'm usually a Microsoft supporter, but this latest Windows 10 roll out is particularly annoying.
Guns are simple mechanical devices where all the inner workings can be observed, inspected, and maintained in a relatively straightforward manner.
Contrary to the impression Slashdot might give itself, the overwhelming vast majority of the world does not have the knowledge and resources to invasively debug embedded code on microelectronics. Provided that code is even accessible.
We have spent over 300 years refining firearms into devices that are about as reliable as we can feasibly make them while still keeping them usable for their purpose. What the President and others are suggesting here is to undo all that progress by introducing the same sweeping potential for problems that we read about consumer electronics having everyday.
Honestly that argument sounds similar to the arguments made by advocates of the horse and carriage against automobile when they were introduced.
Hyperbolic statements are fun and all, but let's get real about the maintenance and repairs of the electronics here... at most it would be changing/charging a battery, or possibly taking it to a gun dealer/repair shop. No advanced degrees in coding or electrical engineering required.
Even regular guns don't work correctly 100% of the time... plenty of soldiers died on the battlefield clutching a jammed rifle.
That's why for centuries gun owners have regularly checked and maintained their guns, but checking and maintaining a simple electronic part is one step too far!
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Honestly, that there are any significant geologic processes at all, much less ones that can form these immense and varied landscapes. Pluto and Charon are so small and so far away the Sun that I think most scientists expected Pluto and Charon to be almost featureless balls of ice apart from a few meteor craters.
This also proves planet-like objects (whatever the classification) can have stable, self-sustaining, internal sources of energy and/or volcanism independent of the energy of our Sun or another star. We fixate on "Goldilocks" planets like Earth stable enough to sustain life, we should probably expand the search possibilities.
I'd rather spend money on games not upgrades...
Steam sales are so good, that you might save money on games in the long run. I usually get my games for 50% or more off and I can't remember the last time I paid full price.
Fair enough. Then maybe the real question is why is this being reported now?
I still think he would have more credibility if he had prepared with a lawyer before the leak and then turned himself in rather than fleeing.
In regards to geophysics specifically the oil and gas industry has always led the science in that field for decades. Almost the entire geophysical field was developed by oil and gas companies to find and map oil fields. Its pretty disengenuous to snub the largest contributor to a field science over a politial issue in a tangential scientific field.
I cannot shake the feeling this is grandstanding. Why now? If a fair trial is what he wanted then back when he leaked the documents he could have had a press-release and a lawyer ready in advance, and immediately turned himself into the nearest public police department. That would still have grabbed the country's attention such that the military/gov't would have to pause in their retaliation, but choosing to flee degrades his conscientious objector position. I am suspicious of why he's trying to negotiate for a "fair" trial now.
Because that's what I always enter when a website asks for my age.
I bet the news will motivate Steam to port even more games to Linux. And who knows, we might see some Linux-only blockbuster exclusives soon.
Slashdot's starry-eyed Linux users are so cute.
Instead of developing games for a nearly insignificant fraction of the market, it's more likely this would motivate Valve/Steam to develop console-like devices so people can play PC games on their living room TVs. Oh wait, they are already doing that!
You may be surprised how many businesses and industries rely on GPS measurements and really do need this kind of accurate location data. GPS is an infrastructure investment, just like roads, internet, public water systems, electric grid, etc., that increase the productivity of countless industries and people. The average person using their cell phone GPS probably won't notice much change, but the average person doesn't notice most of the infrastructure around them that keeps their world humming along.
Keep in mind too that one meter accuracy with a handheld GPS* may sound great, but that's only under optimal conditions when there are no tall structures, tree canopies, or thick clouds blocking signals, and enough satellites orbiting overhead in positions to triangulate from. "Real world" accuracy in poor conditions can be +/-20 feet, or more if collecting data on the move.
*- There is secondary GPS equipment and post-processing corrections that can greatly improve the accuracy of handheld GPS, but it's very expensive, so most people muddle along with just a single handheld unit.
...does not agree with the results of this study.
Now picture some guy walking along a busy street with an exoskeleton, and me in a cafe nearby, seemingly playing "Frogger" on my laptop...
You want to reenact of the Wallace and Gromit "The Wrong Trousers" episode.
Just to be sure....Did you miss the last sentence of the poster above?
....Logged-in, members could still post with anonymity to allow a return of the original intentions.
That sentence wasn't very clear and seemed rushed, so I can understand missing it, but I think it addresses some of your concerns. Basically members should get a toggle if want their comment or submission to be posted anonymously, but they still have to be logged in. I'm not naive enough to think that all trolling and spammers will stop by requiring a log-in, but it's a simple, reasonable step to weed out the laziest of the web's worst. Yes, there are tools to tune out trolls and spam already, but I think those tools would be more useful by reducing the need for them to begin with. Cutting down on the trolls and spammers would also allow moderator points to go towards building up actual discussions instead of modding down junk.
A community website not taking easy steps to deter trolling and spam is like a company not investing in at least some basic cyber security. Just because you can't guarantee a troll/hacker will never get in and wreck things, doesn't mean you do nothing.
Point taken... a counter nit-pick is fair game. In my defense, in the context of politics the word "election" has a more specific connotation than your counter examples. Also, my pointing out that word was meant to help show [and maybe I was too subtle] that a few coin tosses in the Iowa caucus isn't that big of a deal in the larger election cycle. Whether 0.02% of the vote should have gone to Hillary or Sanders is missing the forest through the trees. At the very best this is a Hillary win with a very big footnote, that Sanders is a serious contender and their fight to be the Democratic nominee won't be decided quickly.
...a really stupid way to decide an election...
I'm nit-picking here, but... The Iowa caucus is not an election. No public office changed. I agree a coin toss is a very stupid way to handle a tie, but that's Iowa's prerogative. Thankfully there are 49 other state caucuses and the Democratic party is not going to base an endorsement on this one incredibly close result.
On another note, I like that this close result in Iowa for both parties will make caucuses in other states even more important and spread the candidate selection process around around the country a little more.
tbh it's very similar to what Omaba did, just on a much more ridiculous scale.
While I agree that all politicians will make claims that benefit them at the moment, when it comes to Trump I think the last part of your sentence is key... "on a much more ridiculous scale." The ridiculousness of his claims reveal that these statements are for show and attention only. I just wish the media would call him out on the BS and then move on to real news, or just ignore him outright. Instead the media fans the fires of Trump because they profit from all of us getting riled up, tuning in, clicking stories, posting in forums, etc.
Trump just says stuff because he doesn't actually know how anything works....
Wrong.
Trump says these things because he knows how the media works. He makes wild statements because it gets media outlets, bloggers, and every day people talking about him. As long as he's in the news and in the headlines his "stock" rises. It's very similar to how pundits generate attention [and ultimately profits] for their media businesses, Trump just happens to be running for president. This most recent claim, like so many others before, is outrageous, but Trump knows it will never come back to him to follow through on and it serves his purposes now. Just look at this page and the 350+ comments in less than 5 hours all talking about Trump! The fact that the nation doesn't just ignore Trump's inane statements and we hang on his every word is as big of a problem as he is.
I could use many bad words to describe Donald Trump, but dump or stupid is not one of them.
On a related topic... NASA should try Brawndo because it's got what plants crave! It's got electrolytes!
This is a red herring because international terrorism is not the root issue here. Drones are a very affordable technology that could be used by any whack-job with a desire to cause damage and pain, regardless of motives.
That is a fair point... but it doesn't matter... you miss the key point...
My body, my right...This isn't a debate (or shouldn't be) about the effects of vaccines, it is about what rights do you have as a human being.
I get the "my body, my right" argument and if one holds to just that narrow argument, fine. But if one tries to further support that stance with anti-vaxxer distortions of the vaccine science and risk then society doesn't need to treat those false statements with any respect or deference to the individual's opinion. That's the point I was making above.
However, what's really happening here is we are talking two different points. My main point about vaccinations is one based on public health, and your main point which is the freedom of the individual. Both valid views, but unfortunately they can come into conflict with each other. However, I have some reasons why public health might win out here....
1) The "my body, my right" argument works for [US] citizens 18 years or older, however, most vaccinations occur in childhood with parental authorization. Let's just be clear that for many anti-vaxxers this argument is actually "my body, my child's body, my right." Is it fair that a child could suffer and possibly die from a preventable disease because of a parent's ignorance or negligence about vaccines? (That's a rhetorical question that the larger society may weigh in on someday)
2) The "my body, my right" tugs at our feelings of freedom and individualism, but it's really not as secure a stance as it seems, because there are numerous examples where the greater good of society trumps an individuals rights (like traffic laws, selective service enrollment, voting laws, drugs, firearms, etc.). For vaccinations specifically real public health benefits are the herd immunity effect and I already touched on the slippery slope with children. Don't be shocked if someday society (i.e. government) decides vaccination benefits outweigh individual rights.
Note this up front: Vaccines are good for you. I have zero problems with vaccination as it is beneficial to humanity individually and overall.
Glad we can agree!
Now - about this article: Way the hell too much sensationalism, too much flamebait imputed, and IMHO way too much of this attitude: '...this study is right so I am right and therefore fuck you! Get right with us or else you are not worthy of life you troglodyte!' Seriously... but TFA and summary alike are indicative of what's wrong these days - too much sturm un drang, not enough persuasion.
Interestingly enough, Slate leans a bit to the left... and most anti-vaxxers lean very much to the left, so why was the bile necessary? You'd think that instead of turning it into a contest that hardens opinions (on both sides), that they'd try to at least be a little persuasive about it. ...or has science degraded into an echo-chamber shouting match these days?
Two things:
1) I like a good public discourse on many subjects, but vaccination is public health issue and treating these sides like equal positions has the potential to do more harm to the public health than good. The proven science of vaccinations is not of equal validity as the fear-based lies spun by anti-vaxxers, and our public discourse should reflect those truths. Sure there could be less insults and flamebaiting, but there's no need to give the anti-vaxxer position any more respect or fair treatment than we would give to any other patently false ideas, like flat-earth theory, cold fusion, phrenology, etc.
2) As for the political leanings of anti-vaxxers being liberal...that may be true in your area or experiences, but the ones I've encountered are usually conservative types (sometimes libertarian) who distrust the government, science, and anything that could be perceived as meddling in their lives.
I don't see a problem with adapting at all.
That's an unfair blanket statement to say about anyone who does not want Windows 10 right at this very moment like Microsoft is pushing. There are many non-luddite reasons one might want to hold off upgrading an operating system. Also what about people who try Windows 10, but it doesn't work for them? I tried the Windows 10 upgrade, which gave me much slower loading times, display issues that did not go away after updating video drivers, and moments the whole system would lock up for a few minutes because I dared touch the bottom left master "window" menu button. Windows 10 was unusable for me, so I switched back to Windows 7. My PC is showing it's age these days, but it runs Windows 7 and my other programs very well. I do play games on my PC, so I expect in the next 1-2 years a game will come out that will prompt me to upgrade my computer and I'll go Win10 then, but in meantime I'd appreciate if Microsoft stopped bugging me to upgrade. I'm usually a Microsoft supporter, but this latest Windows 10 roll out is particularly annoying.
Guns are simple mechanical devices where all the inner workings can be observed, inspected, and maintained in a relatively straightforward manner.
Contrary to the impression Slashdot might give itself, the overwhelming vast majority of the world does not have the knowledge and resources to invasively debug embedded code on microelectronics. Provided that code is even accessible.
We have spent over 300 years refining firearms into devices that are about as reliable as we can feasibly make them while still keeping them usable for their purpose. What the President and others are suggesting here is to undo all that progress by introducing the same sweeping potential for problems that we read about consumer electronics having everyday.
Honestly that argument sounds similar to the arguments made by advocates of the horse and carriage against automobile when they were introduced.
Hyperbolic statements are fun and all, but let's get real about the maintenance and repairs of the electronics here... at most it would be changing/charging a battery, or possibly taking it to a gun dealer/repair shop. No advanced degrees in coding or electrical engineering required.
...how about a gun that stores a photo of what it shoots. Then classify all those images and make a decision about smart guns?
I don't want the government watching who I murder!
Even regular guns don't work correctly 100% of the time... plenty of soldiers died on the battlefield clutching a jammed rifle.
That's why for centuries gun owners have regularly checked and maintained their guns, but checking and maintaining a simple electronic part is one step too far!
Looks like Captain Obvious is trolling Slashdot now
Ok. Before I thought you were only referring to streaming rights, but now I understand how you meant to relate it to league to league competition.