Re:Profit on selling customer list?
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I, Spammer
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Someone here could do it with the same logic the RIAA uses for their financial analysis, and show that had AOL not sold out, they would own the entire world. Since customer loss is clearly purely due to spam, AOL would then sue the spammers for $97 Billion. Then AOL would be allowed to attack any spammer's computer and delete or alter anything that has the same name as an e-mail client....
Six Easy/Not-So-Easy Pieces actually have very little quantum physics in them, but they do have a good deal on simple and relativistic mechanics, as well as symmetry and space-time. They are definitely both good reads, but probably not what you're looking for.
Undergraduate skills? Ha. We had a lab back in high school (seriously) where we synthesized ampicillin resistant bacteria. (Not penicillin, but another antibiotic) It just took a couple weeks and some basic basic lab skills. I'd go into further detail, but I'm already worried about my door being kicked in...
Yeah, one time I got a bunch of disposable cameras from the photo shop for free for a project. They're a hell of a lot of fun to play with. You can charge the capacitor as if you were going to take a picture and then discharge it with . If you use something with a low conductivity (such as metal) it will make a satisfying pop with a little arc. Just don't use your body. I made that mistake once and it literally knocked me on my ass. (This capacitor is about 1/3 the size of an AA battery, if I remember correctly. Deceptively safe looking.) I never tried them as makeshift tazors, but the thought did cross my mind...
This story is SOOO old. It's been on seanbaby.com for over 2 years! (http://www.seanbaby.com/news/pandaporn.htm) I mean, I can understand that when it gets busy, things may be delayed, but 2 years???
This story is SOOOOO old. I read about it two years ago while working at a reactor facility... We came to the mutual conclusion that having the know-how to do something like this sure as hell doesn't mean that you SHOULD. The thing that really struck me was that while this kid obviously had an understanding of some of the involved physics, was there no alarm in the back of his head? I mean, you're building a NUCLEAR REACTOR. Did the health risks even occur to him?
Back when I was in middle school (I'm graduating HS in 3 days) we would have maybe a couple days a month dedicated to Marathon 2. (These were generally Fridays when we had finished the week's curriculum) Was it unproductive? Probably. But my fondest memories of middle school were having heated debates with my teacher about why the missile SHOULD have hit him. It was great fun. When Infinity came out, we made our own levels and physics models. This was all on Performa 5400s or something like that. And it was educational, in a way. Whenever a computer wasn't on the LAN, we had to troubleshoot it so we could play. I'm still not sure how the administration allowed this, but my guess is that they didn't know about it. By the time the Thurston HS shooting happened (here in my home state), I think we stopped playing. But what fun it was.
Re:does this break the theory of relativity?
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If you are asking if Cerenkov radiation breaks the theory of relativity, it does not. For those who don't know, Cerenkov radiation is a phoenomenon (spelling?) visible in nuclear reactors. What basically happens is the nuclear reation puts off many beta particles that have a LOT of kinetic energy. In fact, their speed exceeds the speed that light can travel underwater. This causes them to polarize the water molecules which, in their re-orientation, emit a photon. The wavelength varies with the medium, but it water the photons are in the upper-visible band with a bit of UV, creating an eerie purple-blue glow. It's quite a sight. But getting back to the presumed question, since the particles do not exceed 200,000mps, they do not exceed the speed of light in a vacuum. Therefore, from what little I understand of relativity, it seems to work out.
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Someone here could do it with the same logic the RIAA uses for their financial analysis, and show that had AOL not sold out, they would own the entire world. Since customer loss is clearly purely due to spam, AOL would then sue the spammers for $97 Billion. Then AOL would be allowed to attack any spammer's computer and delete or alter anything that has the same name as an e-mail client....
Six Easy/Not-So-Easy Pieces actually have very little quantum physics in them, but they do have a good deal on simple and relativistic mechanics, as well as symmetry and space-time. They are definitely both good reads, but probably not what you're looking for.
Nothing against Fark, but it's one of the main links on CNN's home page right now. I mean, come on. This is not buried in obscure local news.
"Did everything just taste purple for a second?"
Boy, you sure expect the words "Britney Spears" and "chest" to appear together, but not quite in that fashion...
Undergraduate skills? Ha. We had a lab back in high school (seriously) where we synthesized ampicillin resistant bacteria. (Not penicillin, but another antibiotic) It just took a couple weeks and some basic basic lab skills. I'd go into further detail, but I'm already worried about my door being kicked in...
Yeah, one time I got a bunch of disposable cameras from the photo shop for free for a project. They're a hell of a lot of fun to play with. You can charge the capacitor as if you were going to take a picture and then discharge it with . If you use something with a low conductivity (such as metal) it will make a satisfying pop with a little arc. Just don't use your body. I made that mistake once and it literally knocked me on my ass. (This capacitor is about 1/3 the size of an AA battery, if I remember correctly. Deceptively safe looking.) I never tried them as makeshift tazors, but the thought did cross my mind...
This story is SOOO old. It's been on seanbaby.com for over 2 years! (http://www.seanbaby.com/news/pandaporn.htm) I mean, I can understand that when it gets busy, things may be delayed, but 2 years???
This story is SOOOOO old. I read about it two years ago while working at a reactor facility... We came to the mutual conclusion that having the know-how to do something like this sure as hell doesn't mean that you SHOULD. The thing that really struck me was that while this kid obviously had an understanding of some of the involved physics, was there no alarm in the back of his head? I mean, you're building a NUCLEAR REACTOR. Did the health risks even occur to him?
Back when I was in middle school (I'm graduating HS in 3 days) we would have maybe a couple days a month dedicated to Marathon 2. (These were generally Fridays when we had finished the week's curriculum) Was it unproductive? Probably. But my fondest memories of middle school were having heated debates with my teacher about why the missile SHOULD have hit him. It was great fun. When Infinity came out, we made our own levels and physics models. This was all on Performa 5400s or something like that. And it was educational, in a way. Whenever a computer wasn't on the LAN, we had to troubleshoot it so we could play. I'm still not sure how the administration allowed this, but my guess is that they didn't know about it. By the time the Thurston HS shooting happened (here in my home state), I think we stopped playing. But what fun it was.
If you are asking if Cerenkov radiation breaks the theory of relativity, it does not. For those who don't know, Cerenkov radiation is a phoenomenon (spelling?) visible in nuclear reactors. What basically happens is the nuclear reation puts off many beta particles that have a LOT of kinetic energy. In fact, their speed exceeds the speed that light can travel underwater. This causes them to polarize the water molecules which, in their re-orientation, emit a photon. The wavelength varies with the medium, but it water the photons are in the upper-visible band with a bit of UV, creating an eerie purple-blue glow. It's quite a sight. But getting back to the presumed question, since the particles do not exceed 200,000mps, they do not exceed the speed of light in a vacuum. Therefore, from what little I understand of relativity, it seems to work out.