I'm glad to see resourcefulness acknowledged by the slashdotters. It's a nice break from the Microsoft whining. Maybe we should give this guy some sort of award for teaching, something like the "First Annual MacGyver Award" or something...
I like your idea. The government needs to do the same thing they did with AT&T, break them apart and develop standards. It would not be that hard to make a set of standards so that computers running different OS's could run the same software. The OS would have to have certain featurs and then they would be at liberty to add additional things for competition. I like the idea though, break up the company and let some competition come through.
Finally, someone rational talks about code red. I really enjoyed reading the useful information that was in this article, even though there was some babble to go with it. Now I just want to know where the other news sources got the "billions of dollars of damage" information from. Maybe this was all just a big scheme by the government to hide a bunch of money going into secret research projects. You know, like the $20k toilet and the $50k hammer...
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I don't know, I just thought that was funny, for more information on MSN, just call Qwest... seems like they're giving people the runaround before they even call...
I think this is a good opportunity for the enhancement of video games. For my senior project in college, I made a "human frogger" where a person moved around a room, tracked by digital cameras, and had to interact with enemies on a big TV screen (all done in Visual C.) This was a challenge for me because it not only had to be a smooth running game but it also had to interact in real time with massive amounts of input from the cameras. Anyway my point is that it would have been nice to have such a forum/journal as this to look to for advice, or maybe even contribute my final results to. I hope this journal results in better gaming for everyone.
We need more things like this to further commercial involvement in space. I love anything that takes the power away from the government and puts it into the hands of the people. It sounds like this guy knows what he's doing (from the article) and I wish him success. Even if he blows up and becomes a high tech fireworks show, it will still be an acheivement of bravery like none shown in recent times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Yes, Pi comes up in all sorts of places, ALL SORTS OF PLACES WHERE THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A CIRCLE IS AT ISSUE. Dumbass. Waveforms... sine waves, HALF CIRCLES. Angle measurements... 90 degrees = 1/2 Pi. Again, in all of these computations you never go past two or three significant digits. I took a great deal of math in college, came out with a math minor, and most of my professors said just use 3.14. My point is just that in calculations the decimal places lose value exponentially after the millionths place or so. Think about your MP3's like you pointed out: if one sound sample is converted over as.00000000000000000000001 unit of pitch higher, will you know? Not at all! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OK so the court said that Microsoft acted illegally yet they denied requests to speed up the proceedings. What happens to Microsoft now? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Yeah but you could do that with 128 bit RSA so why bother. Plus Chinese people don't like cookies anyway (joke) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
True, but it's obvious that Sony is just "testing the waters" before they try the same crap over here in the US. Also, I'm sure eastern europe has similar laws on these things, maybe even more stringent ones, as Europe tends to be harder on technological companies and more protective of consumers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aren't there laws in the US about selling intentionally defective goods and not advertising the fact that they have been made defective? Giving something a fancy name and calling it a security measure should not protect these companies from having to face questions about their product quality and safety. If this latest thing is true, the CD's can damage equipment, then something has to be done, it's absolutely ridiculous for companies to sell CD's that are intentionally messed up and damaging to our players. If anyone knows what the actual law is on this matter, please inform the rest of us. I know there is the Better Business Bureau that can protect consumers from malicious acts like this, but is there any real legal action that can be taken? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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WHO CARES!
OK so the ratio of the circumference of a circle to it's diameter just happens to be a number that has infinite decimal places and contains an equal distribution of all possible base 10 numbers... what in the hell does this prove? First of all, it's not proven anyway, and second of all, do these people think that Pi is the secret to life or something? Really folks, it's just a number, and since we have no practical means of measuring anything past the... oh... say... 1,000,000,000ths digit, why bother? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm sure they'll figure out a way to tell if something is genuine or a nanotech-made copy. It can't be too hard to tell the difference between real molecules and robot molecules. As for weapons, well now there probably will be new treaties about these things, but I'm sure they will follow the same principles as the existing treaties (minimum human suffering, etc)
I mean we've been talking a lot lately about MP3's and piracy... well think about this: Your content is sent out electronically to someone's computer, and before it is displayed, someone else "adds" to it, potentially (and probably) changing the message or theme of your work. To me that sounds like a violation of not only the right to free speech but also the right to protect your ideas. Anyone else feel this way? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't you think it's time we stop slashdotting these researcher's websites? Please mirror these things before you go posting links like crazy. These people don't have enough time or money as it is, I don't think we should add to their headache by crashing their servers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's a pretty cool idea but I think it would be better with the magnetic squares on the table that could be activated and deactivated, that way you wouldn't have to change the design of whatever the product was that was being sorted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Really folks, the only way to stop these people from their ruthless marketing techniques of not only popping up ads every 2 second when you're browsing the net but also taking over your computer when you install their software is to simply NOT go to their website. Don't ever go there, don't buy anything from them, tell all of your friends how evil they are. Spread the word, don't let them do any business, and they will cease to exist. Of course, someone else will probably come along doing the same thing... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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They should just make the nurses to squats and other leg and back workouts. Offering a $5k raise for the nurse to workout 3 times a week would be a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a bionic suit. Also, I never liked hospitals, especially when I was a kid. Can you imagine how scared little kids would be if they saw and heard these bionic nurses walking around? I'm a grown-ass-man and it'd probably freak me out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Isn't this the same sort of illegal action that Microsoft has gotten in trouble for already? Well I guess you could say trouble, they have been found guilty but have suffered no consequences as of yet. I really hate Microsoft but you have to give it to them, they have guts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No physical books at all. Libraries should have palm-pilot like devices that you could download information onto in order to read about computers. I think the internet is and will be for a long time the best source of information on computers. The only book a person could really use for good information about computers would be some sort of concepts book that includes historical commentary. I don't know of any off the top of my head, but something that told about the basic ideas behind computers and told the story of how computer technology reached present day... that would be something worth reading. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OK, I'm not an expert, but as I understand things, any form of evidence gathering that is not covered under a search warrant MUST give the individual the expectation of privacy. In other words, they can't use what you say in confession against you in court, but if they get a warrant they can search through your private things in your house. That's how the FBI taps phones, they get a warrant from the judge first. The warrant names a specific person, and the FBI can only use the evidence against that person. I think that if the FBI gets a warrant to use the keyboard bug first then that's fine, but without a warrant it is a definite invasion of privacy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So the bombs don't need explosives then? Great, we can just drop our trash on our enemies, but at such an altitude it will blow them up... kind of like when you were a kid and you always wanted to drop pennies on people... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They've figured it out. Now when you get aids or cancer, they'll just have you come in for periodic injections of these little nanoprobe things and you'll be A OK, for a little while, until it's time for another shot. So just like drug dealers, they'll have people coming back over and over again, rather than curing the disease so the people can just live happily. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I'm glad to see resourcefulness acknowledged by the slashdotters. It's a nice break from the Microsoft whining. Maybe we should give this guy some sort of award for teaching, something like the "First Annual MacGyver Award" or something...
I like your idea. The government needs to do the same thing they did with AT&T, break them apart and develop standards. It would not be that hard to make a set of standards so that computers running different OS's could run the same software. The OS would have to have certain featurs and then they would be at liberty to add additional things for competition. I like the idea though, break up the company and let some competition come through.
Finally, someone rational talks about code red. I really enjoyed reading the useful information that was in this article, even though there was some babble to go with it. Now I just want to know where the other news sources got the "billions of dollars of damage" information from. Maybe this was all just a big scheme by the government to hide a bunch of money going into secret research projects. You know, like the $20k toilet and the $50k hammer...
Q: Is there a phone number I can call with questions regarding changes in my service?
A: For more information about MSN Internet Access services or questions about your service, please contact the Qwest® Sales and Service Office by calling 1-800-244-1111.
I don't know, I just thought that was funny, for more information on MSN, just call Qwest... seems like they're giving people the runaround before they even call...
I think this is a good opportunity for the enhancement of video games. For my senior project in college, I made a "human frogger" where a person moved around a room, tracked by digital cameras, and had to interact with enemies on a big TV screen (all done in Visual C.) This was a challenge for me because it not only had to be a smooth running game but it also had to interact in real time with massive amounts of input from the cameras. Anyway my point is that it would have been nice to have such a forum/journal as this to look to for advice, or maybe even contribute my final results to. I hope this journal results in better gaming for everyone.
... oh what a disgusting image that is...
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We need more things like this to further commercial involvement in space. I love anything that takes the power away from the government and puts it into the hands of the people. It sounds like this guy knows what he's doing (from the article) and I wish him success. Even if he blows up and becomes a high tech fireworks show, it will still be an acheivement of bravery like none shown in recent times.
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Yes, Pi comes up in all sorts of places, ALL SORTS OF PLACES WHERE THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A CIRCLE IS AT ISSUE. Dumbass. Waveforms... sine waves, HALF CIRCLES. Angle measurements... 90 degrees = 1/2 Pi. Again, in all of these computations you never go past two or three significant digits. I took a great deal of math in college, came out with a math minor, and most of my professors said just use 3.14. My point is just that in calculations the decimal places lose value exponentially after the millionths place or so. Think about your MP3's like you pointed out: if one sound sample is converted over as .00000000000000000000001 unit of pitch higher, will you know? Not at all!
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OK so the court said that Microsoft acted illegally yet they denied requests to speed up the proceedings. What happens to Microsoft now?
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Yeah but you could do that with 128 bit RSA so why bother. Plus Chinese people don't like cookies anyway (joke)
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True, but it's obvious that Sony is just "testing the waters" before they try the same crap over here in the US. Also, I'm sure eastern europe has similar laws on these things, maybe even more stringent ones, as Europe tends to be harder on technological companies and more protective of consumers.
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Aren't there laws in the US about selling intentionally defective goods and not advertising the fact that they have been made defective? Giving something a fancy name and calling it a security measure should not protect these companies from having to face questions about their product quality and safety. If this latest thing is true, the CD's can damage equipment, then something has to be done, it's absolutely ridiculous for companies to sell CD's that are intentionally messed up and damaging to our players. If anyone knows what the actual law is on this matter, please inform the rest of us. I know there is the Better Business Bureau that can protect consumers from malicious acts like this, but is there any real legal action that can be taken?
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WHO CARES!
OK so the ratio of the circumference of a circle to it's diameter just happens to be a number that has infinite decimal places and contains an equal distribution of all possible base 10 numbers... what in the hell does this prove? First of all, it's not proven anyway, and second of all, do these people think that Pi is the secret to life or something? Really folks, it's just a number, and since we have no practical means of measuring anything past the... oh... say... 1,000,000,000ths digit, why bother?
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I'm sure they'll figure out a way to tell if something is genuine or a nanotech-made copy. It can't be too hard to tell the difference between real molecules and robot molecules. As for weapons, well now there probably will be new treaties about these things, but I'm sure they will follow the same principles as the existing treaties (minimum human suffering, etc)
I mean we've been talking a lot lately about MP3's and piracy... well think about this: Your content is sent out electronically to someone's computer, and before it is displayed, someone else "adds" to it, potentially (and probably) changing the message or theme of your work. To me that sounds like a violation of not only the right to free speech but also the right to protect your ideas. Anyone else feel this way?
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Don't you think it's time we stop slashdotting these researcher's websites? Please mirror these things before you go posting links like crazy. These people don't have enough time or money as it is, I don't think we should add to their headache by crashing their servers.
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That's a pretty cool idea but I think it would be better with the magnetic squares on the table that could be activated and deactivated, that way you wouldn't have to change the design of whatever the product was that was being sorted.
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OK, thank you Dr. Hoover!
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Really folks, the only way to stop these people from their ruthless marketing techniques of not only popping up ads every 2 second when you're browsing the net but also taking over your computer when you install their software is to simply NOT go to their website. Don't ever go there, don't buy anything from them, tell all of your friends how evil they are. Spread the word, don't let them do any business, and they will cease to exist. Of course, someone else will probably come along doing the same thing...
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They should just make the nurses to squats and other leg and back workouts. Offering a $5k raise for the nurse to workout 3 times a week would be a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a bionic suit. Also, I never liked hospitals, especially when I was a kid. Can you imagine how scared little kids would be if they saw and heard these bionic nurses walking around? I'm a grown-ass-man and it'd probably freak me out!
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Isn't this the same sort of illegal action that Microsoft has gotten in trouble for already? Well I guess you could say trouble, they have been found guilty but have suffered no consequences as of yet. I really hate Microsoft but you have to give it to them, they have guts.
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No physical books at all. Libraries should have palm-pilot like devices that you could download information onto in order to read about computers. I think the internet is and will be for a long time the best source of information on computers. The only book a person could really use for good information about computers would be some sort of concepts book that includes historical commentary. I don't know of any off the top of my head, but something that told about the basic ideas behind computers and told the story of how computer technology reached present day... that would be something worth reading.
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OK, I'm not an expert, but as I understand things, any form of evidence gathering that is not covered under a search warrant MUST give the individual the expectation of privacy. In other words, they can't use what you say in confession against you in court, but if they get a warrant they can search through your private things in your house. That's how the FBI taps phones, they get a warrant from the judge first. The warrant names a specific person, and the FBI can only use the evidence against that person. I think that if the FBI gets a warrant to use the keyboard bug first then that's fine, but without a warrant it is a definite invasion of privacy.
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So the bombs don't need explosives then? Great, we can just drop our trash on our enemies, but at such an altitude it will blow them up... kind of like when you were a kid and you always wanted to drop pennies on people...
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They've figured it out. Now when you get aids or cancer, they'll just have you come in for periodic injections of these little nanoprobe things and you'll be A OK, for a little while, until it's time for another shot. So just like drug dealers, they'll have people coming back over and over again, rather than curing the disease so the people can just live happily.
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