The oddly hatted Vermin Supreme of Rockport, Mass. is a perennial candidate who plans to run on a platform of mandatory tooth brushing and zombie preparedness. Vermin also promises a pony for every American.
This particular planet is 600 light years away. We could very well have the same capabilities you described in the time between them detecting our technology and their military response reaching us.
Assuming that millions year old civilization will be forever like gods to us is as unwarranted as assuming they are necessarily peaceful.
So recycling is mandatory, but people in the US go without healthcare? No offense intended guys and gals in the US, but the priorities of your lawmakers seem a little skewed.
That is short term thinking. Humanity will outlast every individual human being, but our resources are finite and therefore more precious. Or, to put it another way...
It is every citizen's final duty to go into the tanks and become one with all the people. - Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Ethics for Tomorrow"
Yeah, everyone I know at Google got perfect or near perfect scores on the SAT, and none of them went to MIT. They all went to other supposedly "elite" schools, had no trouble getting in, and excelled without difficultly.
So what did we learn? Don't apply to MIT if you're not an application-padding suck-up, a lesson not much different than mine. Everything is a filter.
(And her SAT scores were still above the threshold, don't deny it.)
> Just goes to show it's not all grades that count.
I said nothing about grades. Grades are so inflated and non-standard they're practically worthless.
I said SAT, because it is a predictor of intelligence, particularly for systematic thinking. I'm not saying the tests are great, but if you can't beat the average for one of these schools, you have no business applying to its CS program.
No, college rewards those who learn quickly and pass the tests.
Do you think "working harder" will teach you how to program? I remember the people who worked harder at my supposedly "elite" CS school - they frequently stayed up all night on assignments, struggled to get by. Most failed out in the first year, but it was the ones who barely made it that saddened me. Why were they doing this? How could they possibly love to do something they found so difficult?
You've either got he knack for it or you don't. And if there is one field that resembles the stupid logic puzzles of standardized tests, it is this one.
Netflix playback on devices like XBox 360s, Blu-Ray players, and PS3s presents a somewhat less-than-seamless experience
Have you actually used it or are you just making shit up? The Netflix app on the 360 is stellar, and the version that runs on the PS3 and Google TV devices is pretty good, far better than the native UIs of those systems.
It's slow as two-legged dog on my iPad, though, so I don't use it.
remember that even the most basic Symbian phone was counted by Nokia as a smartphone
Of course it was, since every Symbian-based phone sold by Nokia was a smartphone.
And if you use the definition of "smartphone" that includes the iPhone at launch, you'd have to include the S40 phones you're confusing with S60 phones anyway.
Actually, no, Richard Stallman had it right long before Vernor Vinge.
DRM has never been about getting paid, it has always been about keeping control. And for all the shit Microsoft got about Palladium, the Apple zealots sure turned a 180 in 2007.
But the zealots are right about one thing - the iPhone is the future of computing. And that future is a boot stamping on a human face, forever.
I saw practically no math in your link. I did see a lot of bullshit hand-waving, though.
I was going to recommend that you read Entering Space by Robert Zubrin for education in what you believe is cheap and easy, but then I noticed your link had already done so. I liked the part where he dismissed the cost (and Zubrin's estimates) by already assuming a permanent lunar presence with a mass driver putting ore into earth orbit.
Populist rage of the disaffected, only these are unemployed college grads instead of moderately racist suburbanites. And while this group lacks coherent talking points, at least they are angry at the right people.
Well, the important thing is that inarticulate people parroting a form of lowbrow cynicism have found a way to feel superior to those who care about things and take sides on issues.
Slashdot Mirror
Still saner than Michele Bachmann.
This particular planet is 600 light years away. We could very well have the same capabilities you described in the time between them detecting our technology and their military response reaching us.
Assuming that millions year old civilization will be forever like gods to us is as unwarranted as assuming they are necessarily peaceful.
Paging Dunning-Kruger, Dunning-Kruger, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
None.
None.
You ask very poor rhetorical questions.
That is short term thinking. Humanity will outlast every individual human being, but our resources are finite and therefore more precious. Or, to put it another way...
It is every citizen's final duty to go into the tanks and become one with all the people. - Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Ethics for Tomorrow"
Yeah, everyone I know at Google got perfect or near perfect scores on the SAT, and none of them went to MIT. They all went to other supposedly "elite" schools, had no trouble getting in, and excelled without difficultly.
So what did we learn? Don't apply to MIT if you're not an application-padding suck-up, a lesson not much different than mine. Everything is a filter.
(And her SAT scores were still above the threshold, don't deny it.)
> Just goes to show it's not all grades that count.
I said nothing about grades. Grades are so inflated and non-standard they're practically worthless.
I said SAT, because it is a predictor of intelligence, particularly for systematic thinking. I'm not saying the tests are great, but if you can't beat the average for one of these schools, you have no business applying to its CS program.
No, college rewards those who learn quickly and pass the tests.
Do you think "working harder" will teach you how to program? I remember the people who worked harder at my supposedly "elite" CS school - they frequently stayed up all night on assignments, struggled to get by. Most failed out in the first year, but it was the ones who barely made it that saddened me. Why were they doing this? How could they possibly love to do something they found so difficult?
You've either got he knack for it or you don't. And if there is one field that resembles the stupid logic puzzles of standardized tests, it is this one.
If you don't get in on your SAT scores alone, you're probably not smart enough, so don't bother.
Have you actually used it or are you just making shit up? The Netflix app on the 360 is stellar, and the version that runs on the PS3 and Google TV devices is pretty good, far better than the native UIs of those systems.
It's slow as two-legged dog on my iPad, though, so I don't use it.
In how many other fields is "distinguishing the baby from the bathwater" a necessary warning when reading the authorities in the field?
I mean, really, what knowledge has postmodernist literary criticism actually discovered? What value has it at all?
Is it a "kneejerk" reaction when people ridicule homeopathy, creationism, or politically motivated climate change deniers?
Of course it was, since every Symbian-based phone sold by Nokia was a smartphone.
And if you use the definition of "smartphone" that includes the iPhone at launch, you'd have to include the S40 phones you're confusing with S60 phones anyway.
Why is Slashdot trying to create the impression of a scandal when there isn't one? What is theodp hoping to gain from his FUD?
Actually, no, Richard Stallman had it right long before Vernor Vinge.
DRM has never been about getting paid, it has always been about keeping control. And for all the shit Microsoft got about Palladium, the Apple zealots sure turned a 180 in 2007.
But the zealots are right about one thing - the iPhone is the future of computing. And that future is a boot stamping on a human face, forever.
ie. Slashdot.
You should inform Dr. Breeden of his error. I'm sure he'd be eager to see your calculations.
I saw practically no math in your link. I did see a lot of bullshit hand-waving, though.
I was going to recommend that you read Entering Space by Robert Zubrin for education in what you believe is cheap and easy, but then I noticed your link had already done so. I liked the part where he dismissed the cost (and Zubrin's estimates) by already assuming a permanent lunar presence with a mass driver putting ore into earth orbit.
Populist rage of the disaffected, only these are unemployed college grads instead of moderately racist suburbanites. And while this group lacks coherent talking points, at least they are angry at the right people.
If Facebook lost 60% of its most active users, that would only improve it.
As it is now, everyone I know who writes things worth reading are on G+. Facebook is for showing baby pictures to grandparents.
Because you can't.
Well, the important thing is that inarticulate people parroting a form of lowbrow cynicism have found a way to feel superior to those who care about things and take sides on issues.
IT'S AFRAID!
Where else will all the T-Mobile customers go?
Sprint? Stay with AT&T? lol
Well, the important thing is that you've framed both sides as equally bad so that you can feel superior to anyone who cares.
Well, the important thing is that you've framed them both as equally bad so that you can feel superior to anyone who cares.