Even if nothing physical leaves, you still have your brain. Secrets are entrusted with those who are paid not to divulge it indiscriminately. Sometimes information is leaked when too many people know.
Corporate profits are reported to be rising rising rising. All time highs, actually. So are you anticipating a big pension and early retirement or working past 65 looking for work while big business automates the most mundane repetitious details?
Well, if you want your company to contribute to decreased unemployment, just generate tons of emails. All in the line of duty of course. Ask for prices or customer service. Make cold calls. Thank your customers and offer new services. Courageous staffers might start their own spam server.
How much email can upper management scrutinize? They're going to have to hire retirees trying to pad their savings. It's a service to the community and the economy. Business will benefit by dint of new corporate policy.
I suppose the upside might be sheer volume of data could allow you to slip personal stuff through as long as you can hide it from automated scanners.
can anyone recommend a centralized password storage software solution that works well for them?
You might encrypt the passwords and store them in an innocuous file named widget.dll buried in a thousand other.dll files - better yet, some of these are decoys containing what could be passwords but are not.
For every force there is an equal and opposite reaction. Making something go from 0 to 34 in the distance of a gun must produce one major recoil.
Now I foresee a human-carried model! Shoulder rocket launchers let the rocket go on its own - no recoil but don't stand behind the tube. Well, let's replace the burning rocket fuel with a rail gun. The rail shoots out the back in slow motion and the payload goes out the front much much faster. Right? But we're talking magnetic fields at work so....the rail can be curved!! What does that mean?
North and south. Poles that is - double barrel shotgun. As long as both barrels shoot at once one side balances the other as long as the force should cancel at the back end.
Just in case some entrepreneur wants to build one now, remember Equal and Opposite. The rail has to be flexed. In other words, think sawed off shotgun, and even think crossbow. The rail has to be horizontal for the most part until the ends where the ammo is turned by the electromagnetism to shoot forwards. Almost all the force should occur in the horizontal portion while the forward pointing portion doesn't give any more force than a normal gun.
Kind of scary, espcially if the high speed projectile doesn't want to turn the corner at the end, not to mention the long lever arm will make the rails flap. Automatic fire will have to be timed.
The only problem left? electric power for something like this must be pretty big. Kinetic energy = 1/2 mv^2 so even a small m will require a lot of car batteries. I don't see 007 running around with this weapon protecting ski bunnies while his batteries freeze.
Let's look at this from another angle. Voice commands will be practicable in the years to come, and as any Star Trek fan knows, a call to the first computer function is made by saying "computer".
You obviously don't understand Slashdot. You see, Delay is a Republican. Any post that criticizes Republicans is automatically modded to be insightful. The child post to which you also refer was ambiguous but might be construed as being mildly defensive of Delay, in which case there is no chance in hell that it would possibly be given a positive mod. and so forth...
Well well I've had a lot of mod points but never knew the rules!
That's one thing that is going to change with GPL v. 3.
And that's why companies are going to run screaming from the GPL
The saying goes "practice what you preach", alluding to acting consistently. If people followed the rules, there wouldn't be very much anxiety in the RIAA.
Then when the drill hits the outer core will iron spray up the way oil comes up? What if the liquid mantle rises and solidifies around the bit - would this stop the drill? In the Matrix a bullet-like drill makes a hole but it's no use if the liquid mantle corks up the hole. However, any plug that occurs would most likely be much stubbier than the hole itself and could be lifted out relatively easily...
For what it's worth, lying on a resume or in an interview has never made front page news on any low echelon job in any newspaper I've been reading. I think employers assume resumes and interviews are at least 50% exaggerated.
Is it wrong? What do you see in newspapers? Lots and lots of advertising along with catchy phrases like "We will not be undersold!" "Greatest bargains" "Lowest prices" "Most features".
If you make up things like fancy degrees or titles at major companies, expect to be checked out. However, a resume full of work accomplishments might pass without any major scrutiny. Any smart interviewer will try to trip you up.
Expect success to be based on how well you can do your job. THe problem is, also expect your job to be automated away from you so don't try to keep it for decades. Always have a way out, especially those who lie.
Modern upgrading methodology, for many people, is quite a lot simpler than swapping internal components. The technique is called networking - add the new machine to the network.
It's cost effective not to mention that the next generation is so incompatible. The first time I upgraded by 486 to a Pentium, I tried to save some money by buying without a sound card and then taking the sound card from the 486 and putting it into the Pentium. But I wanted faster memory, a bigger hard disk, a faster CD, and a better tower. Once I had all that it was just better to stick with the same old system until the next generation becomes better all around.
But what is counting at the level of individual atoms and particles?
The two-slit experiment hints that something might exist in more than one state at the same time (but what is simultaneity actually? That might be a key). So if we go to a small enough scale, logic might be encodable in terms of simultaneous states at different locations, in other words, at a sub-particle scale.
Then, at the level of atoms and molecules, large amounts of logic manipulations would occur in a controlled and predictable manner.
It may be better to leap ahead of controlling single-molecule transistors to controlling arrays of molecules in order to achieve certain useful logic functions. The problem with focusing on one molecule is the small size of the molecule - it is difficult to access - but an array is larger though perhaps more clumsy initially. However, the components molecules in the array may be arranged to interact with each other like a circuit.
How about a poll to ascertain the truth of the Reimann Hypothesis? Or a poll to determine the score of the 2006 World Series?
My point is that voting may be the best way to elect politicians, but I think this poll about life on other planets is a complete waste of time. The only information it can uncover is about the people polled, not about the little green men
True, a poll will not tell you what is really true or not, but a poll can give you insight on behavior patterns. The poll has value in letting us know that people may shift their goals or strategies on the basis that a visit from extraterrestrial intelligence is imminent. As an example, if people didn't have this belief, the audience to Star Wars might be far less.
Q: Who said that Google was giving away free copies of books?
A: Nobody!
I believe what they intend to do is:
scan in the books
user searches for term(s) as usual
results include book titles, authors, etc., not the books themselves
Google does show the actual page content of books, though you cannot see every page.
Even if Google does not give away the whole book, a resourceful person can get quite educated by looking at what Google has scanned. Then again, such a resourceful person can go to the library and get the whole book.
People who live in remote places without the benefits of a well stocked library will benefit.
I support the idea of a search engine presenting the source of information.
When it comes to the touchy subject of providing copyrighted information on the Internet, here is a solution. Let the major Internet players such as the search engines, the ISPs, major software companies, etc. become publishers. Google ought to bear expenses of publishing, including the compensation of authors regardless of whether anyone buys. Furthermore, Google should make the entire contents of books, that it publishes, available for free.
What Google is doing should be economically helpful for us all. Some mechanism is required to return funds to Google and to authors. The whole idea is supposed to be win-win. It's just too sensible.
Yeah, or how the structure of many organizations leaves you in a Dilbert like position, wondering where the hell you're going to be in 20 years, other than stuck under the same a**hole boss whose salary is probably 4-5 times yours
Isn't that so self contradictory?
You and the boss likely go through the same education and career path so why would s/he end up in such different roles after 20 years?
That's not to mention the quick evolution of technology, opening up vistas for educated people.
What seems to be completely overlooked is the creativity of computer scientists. How can any such person be a loser, stereotypical physical attractiveness aside? A forum like this should go more along the lines of "how do I respond to and anticipate the changes in the economy?" A solid education is a great start and in most cases underused. Perhaps those looking for better opportunities can collaborate to produce better software.
What color is the grass on the other side? Many careers involve well-paying steady work doing mind numbing repetitive things in spite of a slew of education. In this age, can one really be confident of working until retirement doing the same job? New powerful machines capable of replacing people emerge continually. In many cases, the machines are expensive and not likely to be installed soon, but Moore's law is at work outside computers. Repetitive jobs become computerized - probably one of Murphy's laws - when not if affordability and profitablity are reached. Then what? Back to school and start over, only to step into a career that becomes mechanized? A living, but not very fun.
Computer people though should be able to stay in control of their destiny at least to the extent of being able to adapt and enter new opportunities. Change and upheaval are desirable in the great scheme of things. Now if only bosses would make it less scary. In some businesses, the established direction seems to be the safest, yet there are some business leaders who foresee change. I suppose that many computer programmers welcome change, at any rate. It is coming.
There are much more sources of information and that can be very distracting, especially because it takes so much time to evaluate new sources.
I find it instinctive to be an information packrat, collecting bits and pieces, and marveling at the relationships between a current situation and some idea observed long ago. However, there is so much information that is difficult to really organize since it is encapsulated in some vague relationship to dozens of subjects.
In spite of all the information free for the taking, the big problem remaining is to obtain the relevant in-depth knowledge useful for reaching a major goal.
According to information theory, information aids us by telling us what is true or believable, as opposed to the randomness akin to ignorance (example - the ignorance of the next lottery winning numbers as illustrated by the fact that even winners check their tickets).
A snapshot of thought is information leading from unsolved goal to solved goal. Deduction is so delicate that every step must be completed in order for the ultimate conclusion to deserve confidence.
It is likely that in the years to come the Internet will contain, freely available, information requisite for most problem solutions. It would be helpful for us to collect information and compile it into the form of knowledge that can be easily used. It's very expensive to search for information and separating the so called wheat from the chaff. Computers and the Internet are tools that will decrease the cost of obtaining relevant information, and organizing it would only help in problem solving.
Another aspect of information overload is handling it. Information triggers ideas and may sway beliefs. I say, live and let live. It would be nice to foster a tendency towards achieving new and unique goals and the belief that the information for attaining these goals is readily available. This comes down to the producers and providers of information to output quality while keeping in mind utility.
Right now I see so much information available but so difficult to organize into verifiable deductions. We've come quite a long way though.
Sooner or later, some country will realize that the right way to go to mars is to send a group there and not bring them back. they will almost certainly send 4-6 women with just a few guys.... But most importantly, they will send along sperm and eggs.... be more exposed to radiation, it will be biggest change in evolution.
I've learned some information on the radio that may explain how people come to undertake activities as outlined above:
Low battery life and poor features? My portable computer consists of a ballpoint pen. And I have two palms to write things on, as well as matching forearms.
The saying goes that a statement can be true or false, but not both and not neither (unless you are dealing with certain paradoxes or whatnot).
As far as my experience goes with any computer that runs Windows, it's either a P4 or an Athlon these days. What else is left? P3s? How about my 166? NT runs ok on it although Win95 is preferred for doing what I need to do with it, but I always feared XP would be too slow. There are other processors that are compatible with x86 but I hardly ever hear of them.
If I see a label that says Starter Edition, I just assume it's a lower priced version with fewer features. So naive...
There is an error in the rendering of the view from the light source.
Naturally, the view from a viewer is the most familiar to us and will be assumed to be the most accurate presentation of reality. In other words, the camera view is assumed to be correct. Now ask yourself, what should the view from the light source look like????
If there is only a handful of point sources of light the resulting lit image is pretty simple. Opaque or almost opaque things block light and make shadows. Ha ha ha ha ha! Reflections and lens cause more complications.
The upshot is the bottle's shadow when seen from the light source ought to be right behind the bottle. Instead the rendering shows the bottle's shadow off to the right side.
Further problems: what the bottle blocks from the camera view (perhaps a secret message on the book or a crack in the bottle) should come into view as one looks from the light source. Instead the rendering of the view from the light only becomes a morph of the view from the camera.
The claims of the research are tantamount to taking a photo of the ground in a total eclipse and being able to deduce the dark side of the moon.
Slashdot Mirror
Even if nothing physical leaves, you still have your brain. Secrets are entrusted with those who are paid not to divulge it indiscriminately. Sometimes information is leaked when too many people know.
Corporate profits are reported to be rising rising rising. All time highs, actually. So are you anticipating a big pension and early retirement or working past 65 looking for work while big business automates the most mundane repetitious details?
Well, if you want your company to contribute to decreased unemployment, just generate tons of emails. All in the line of duty of course. Ask for prices or customer service. Make cold calls. Thank your customers and offer new services. Courageous staffers might start their own spam server.
How much email can upper management scrutinize? They're going to have to hire retirees trying to pad their savings. It's a service to the community and the economy. Business will benefit by dint of new corporate policy.
I suppose the upside might be sheer volume of data could allow you to slip personal stuff through as long as you can hide it from automated scanners.
can anyone recommend a centralized password storage software solution that works well for them?
.dll files - better yet, some of these are decoys containing what could be passwords but are not.
You might encrypt the passwords and store them in an innocuous file named widget.dll buried in a thousand other
For every force there is an equal and opposite reaction. Making something go from 0 to 34 in the distance of a gun must produce one major recoil.
Now I foresee a human-carried model! Shoulder rocket launchers let the rocket go on its own - no recoil but don't stand behind the tube. Well, let's replace the burning rocket fuel with a rail gun. The rail shoots out the back in slow motion and the payload goes out the front much much faster. Right? But we're talking magnetic fields at work so....the rail can be curved!! What does that mean?
North and south. Poles that is - double barrel shotgun. As long as both barrels shoot at once one side balances the other as long as the force should cancel at the back end.
Just in case some entrepreneur wants to build one now, remember Equal and Opposite. The rail has to be flexed. In other words, think sawed off shotgun, and even think crossbow. The rail has to be horizontal for the most part until the ends where the ammo is turned by the electromagnetism to shoot forwards. Almost all the force should occur in the horizontal portion while the forward pointing portion doesn't give any more force than a normal gun.
Kind of scary, espcially if the high speed projectile doesn't want to turn the corner at the end, not to mention the long lever arm will make the rails flap. Automatic fire will have to be timed.
The only problem left? electric power for something like this must be pretty big. Kinetic energy = 1/2 mv^2 so even a small m will require a lot of car batteries. I don't see 007 running around with this weapon protecting ski bunnies while his batteries freeze.
Let's look at this from another angle. Voice commands will be practicable in the years to come, and as any Star Trek fan knows, a call to the first computer function is made by saying "computer".
You obviously don't understand Slashdot. You see, Delay is a Republican. Any post that criticizes Republicans is automatically modded to be insightful. The child post to which you also refer was ambiguous but might be construed as being mildly defensive of Delay, in which case there is no chance in hell that it would possibly be given a positive mod. and so forth ...
Well well I've had a lot of mod points but never knew the rules!
That's one thing that is going to change with GPL v. 3.
And that's why companies are going to run screaming from the GPL
The saying goes "practice what you preach", alluding to acting consistently. If people followed the rules, there wouldn't be very much anxiety in the RIAA.
Maybe they kidnap them from Japan.
Word of advice: act retarded in public.
Then when the drill hits the outer core will iron spray up the way oil comes up? What if the liquid mantle rises and solidifies around the bit - would this stop the drill? In the Matrix a bullet-like drill makes a hole but it's no use if the liquid mantle corks up the hole. However, any plug that occurs would most likely be much stubbier than the hole itself and could be lifted out relatively easily ...
For what it's worth, lying on a resume or in an interview has never made front page news on any low echelon job in any newspaper I've been reading. I think employers assume resumes and interviews are at least 50% exaggerated.
Is it wrong? What do you see in newspapers? Lots and lots of advertising along with catchy phrases like "We will not be undersold!" "Greatest bargains" "Lowest prices" "Most features".
If you make up things like fancy degrees or titles at major companies, expect to be checked out. However, a resume full of work accomplishments might pass without any major scrutiny. Any smart interviewer will try to trip you up.
Expect success to be based on how well you can do your job. THe problem is, also expect your job to be automated away from you so don't try to keep it for decades. Always have a way out, especially those who lie.
Modern upgrading methodology, for many people, is quite a lot simpler than swapping internal components. The technique is called networking - add the new machine to the network.
It's cost effective not to mention that the next generation is so incompatible. The first time I upgraded by 486 to a Pentium, I tried to save some money by buying without a sound card and then taking the sound card from the 486 and putting it into the Pentium. But I wanted faster memory, a bigger hard disk, a faster CD, and a better tower. Once I had all that it was just better to stick with the same old system until the next generation becomes better all around.
Mod parent up!
Found: A very common meaning for ABC is "Alphabet"
Quite an astounding set of meanings for common contractions, huh?
Does anyone know these? LASER, FD, C, C++
Some others to puzzle on a rainy day: URL, HTML, HTTP, XML, VRML, SGML, SOAP, AOL, COM, DCOM, ADO, OLE, MOS, CMOS, FET, CCD, DB, OLEDB, TTL, ASP, IIS, BMP, FAT, DAT, MIPS, FLOPS, TCP, TCP/IP, IP (intellectual property? or internet protocol?), IT, KB (keyboard or kilobyte), MB, GB MAC, DOS (denial of service or disk operating system), DDOS, WOW, NT, ME, IE, GNU, CD, DVD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, HD, HT, CAD, DAC, AC, DC, RAID, IO, IOU
A large gang of 28 people in an apartment - that draws a lot of attention, and once someone catches on, there's no escape.
Not to mention, having shadowcrew.com as a registered name, well that just isn't what grandma would use.
But what is counting at the level of individual atoms and particles?
The two-slit experiment hints that something might exist in more than one state at the same time (but what is simultaneity actually? That might be a key). So if we go to a small enough scale, logic might be encodable in terms of simultaneous states at different locations, in other words, at a sub-particle scale.
Then, at the level of atoms and molecules, large amounts of logic manipulations would occur in a controlled and predictable manner.
It may be better to leap ahead of controlling single-molecule transistors to controlling arrays of molecules in order to achieve certain useful logic functions. The problem with focusing on one molecule is the small size of the molecule - it is difficult to access - but an array is larger though perhaps more clumsy initially. However, the components molecules in the array may be arranged to interact with each other like a circuit.
How about a poll to ascertain the truth of the Reimann Hypothesis? Or a poll to determine the score of the 2006 World Series?
My point is that voting may be the best way to elect politicians, but I think this poll about life on other planets is a complete waste of time. The only information it can uncover is about the people polled, not about the little green men
True, a poll will not tell you what is really true or not, but a poll can give you insight on behavior patterns. The poll has value in letting us know that people may shift their goals or strategies on the basis that a visit from extraterrestrial intelligence is imminent. As an example, if people didn't have this belief, the audience to Star Wars might be far less.
As software outsourcing to India has been deemed too costly, the Indian government has legislated that it be given away.
A: Nobody!
I believe what they intend to do is:
Google does show the actual page content of books, though you cannot see every page.
Even if Google does not give away the whole book, a resourceful person can get quite educated by looking at what Google has scanned. Then again, such a resourceful person can go to the library and get the whole book.
People who live in remote places without the benefits of a well stocked library will benefit.
I support the idea of a search engine presenting the source of information.
When it comes to the touchy subject of providing copyrighted information on the Internet, here is a solution. Let the major Internet players such as the search engines, the ISPs, major software companies, etc. become publishers. Google ought to bear expenses of publishing, including the compensation of authors regardless of whether anyone buys. Furthermore, Google should make the entire contents of books, that it publishes, available for free.
What Google is doing should be economically helpful for us all. Some mechanism is required to return funds to Google and to authors. The whole idea is supposed to be win-win. It's just too sensible.
Yeah, or how the structure of many organizations leaves you in a Dilbert like position, wondering where the hell you're going to be in 20 years, other than stuck under the same a**hole boss whose salary is probably 4-5 times yours
Isn't that so self contradictory?
You and the boss likely go through the same education and career path so why would s/he end up in such different roles after 20 years?
That's not to mention the quick evolution of technology, opening up vistas for educated people.
What seems to be completely overlooked is the creativity of computer scientists. How can any such person be a loser, stereotypical physical attractiveness aside? A forum like this should go more along the lines of "how do I respond to and anticipate the changes in the economy?" A solid education is a great start and in most cases underused. Perhaps those looking for better opportunities can collaborate to produce better software.
What color is the grass on the other side? Many careers involve well-paying steady work doing mind numbing repetitive things in spite of a slew of education. In this age, can one really be confident of working until retirement doing the same job? New powerful machines capable of replacing people emerge continually. In many cases, the machines are expensive and not likely to be installed soon, but Moore's law is at work outside computers. Repetitive jobs become computerized - probably one of Murphy's laws - when not if affordability and profitablity are reached. Then what? Back to school and start over, only to step into a career that becomes mechanized? A living, but not very fun.
Computer people though should be able to stay in control of their destiny at least to the extent of being able to adapt and enter new opportunities. Change and upheaval are desirable in the great scheme of things. Now if only bosses would make it less scary. In some businesses, the established direction seems to be the safest, yet there are some business leaders who foresee change. I suppose that many computer programmers welcome change, at any rate. It is coming.
There are much more sources of information and that can be very distracting, especially because it takes so much time to evaluate new sources.
I find it instinctive to be an information packrat, collecting bits and pieces, and marveling at the relationships between a current situation and some idea observed long ago. However, there is so much information that is difficult to really organize since it is encapsulated in some vague relationship to dozens of subjects.
In spite of all the information free for the taking, the big problem remaining is to obtain the relevant in-depth knowledge useful for reaching a major goal.
According to information theory, information aids us by telling us what is true or believable, as opposed to the randomness akin to ignorance (example - the ignorance of the next lottery winning numbers as illustrated by the fact that even winners check their tickets).
A snapshot of thought is information leading from unsolved goal to solved goal. Deduction is so delicate that every step must be completed in order for the ultimate conclusion to deserve confidence.
It is likely that in the years to come the Internet will contain, freely available, information requisite for most problem solutions. It would be helpful for us to collect information and compile it into the form of knowledge that can be easily used. It's very expensive to search for information and separating the so called wheat from the chaff. Computers and the Internet are tools that will decrease the cost of obtaining relevant information, and organizing it would only help in problem solving.
Another aspect of information overload is handling it. Information triggers ideas and may sway beliefs. I say, live and let live. It would be nice to foster a tendency towards achieving new and unique goals and the belief that the information for attaining these goals is readily available. This comes down to the producers and providers of information to output quality while keeping in mind utility.
Right now I see so much information available but so difficult to organize into verifiable deductions. We've come quite a long way though.
Windows Loghorn will present you less BSOD
Motion to rename the next Windows to Windows Foghorn Leghorn.
Sooner or later, some country will realize that the right way to go to mars is to send a group there and not bring them back. they will almost certainly send 4-6 women with just a few guys. ... But most importantly, they will send along sperm and eggs. ... be more exposed to radiation, it will be biggest change in evolution.
I've learned some information on the radio that may explain how people come to undertake activities as outlined above:
Men are like Mars and women want a penis.
Low battery life and poor features? My portable computer consists of a ballpoint pen. And I have two palms to write things on, as well as matching forearms.
The saying goes that a statement can be true or false, but not both and not neither (unless you are dealing with certain paradoxes or whatnot).
As far as my experience goes with any computer that runs Windows, it's either a P4 or an Athlon these days. What else is left? P3s? How about my 166? NT runs ok on it although Win95 is preferred for doing what I need to do with it, but I always feared XP would be too slow. There are other processors that are compatible with x86 but I hardly ever hear of them.
If I see a label that says Starter Edition, I just assume it's a lower priced version with fewer features. So naive...
The Shadow knows!
There is an error in the rendering of the view from the light source.
Naturally, the view from a viewer is the most familiar to us and will be assumed to be the most accurate presentation of reality. In other words, the camera view is assumed to be correct. Now ask yourself, what should the view from the light source look like????
If there is only a handful of point sources of light the resulting lit image is pretty simple. Opaque or almost opaque things block light and make shadows. Ha ha ha ha ha! Reflections and lens cause more complications.
The upshot is the bottle's shadow when seen from the light source ought to be right behind the bottle. Instead the rendering shows the bottle's shadow off to the right side.
Further problems: what the bottle blocks from the camera view (perhaps a secret message on the book or a crack in the bottle) should come into view as one looks from the light source. Instead the rendering of the view from the light only becomes a morph of the view from the camera.
The claims of the research are tantamount to taking a photo of the ground in a total eclipse and being able to deduce the dark side of the moon.