a century is 100 years, so there is no such thing as a nanocentury, but hell let's examine it anyway
a nanocentury would be like a microyear, or.000001 years
so since a year has 31557600 seconds, a nanocentury would be 31.5576 seconds. That's pretty far off from Pi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Doing pretty much anything on the internet opens you up for SPAM, especially signing up for internet email accounts. All I say is "that's why they made the delete button." Just delete it and move on, and don't go doing anything stupid like signing up for special offers from MSN. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Look, all I'm saying is that after a certain amount of precision it's really useless. If we knew like 100, or maybe 500 digits of Pi that would be enough. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once again I have to say that these types of studies make no sense. Use of the internet causes depression, now it doesn't? Ugh, stop, just stop, there's no need to research this kind of thing. People cause depression, OK, people, they're weaknesses, frailties, complexes, and all their damn discussions on depression... that all causes depression. The internet is just another thing in the world like TV or the interstate system, use it if you want to, if you get a depression and kill yourself, don't say "the internet made me do it." Take the damn responsibility for yourself people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Can someone tell me some down to earth, real reasons that anyone should care what the 12,345th digit of Pi is? I mean really, who cares? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Companies can complain all they want to. The internet grows as it's number of users grows. "The Internet" is really just a network of networks, pulled together by several "backbones." These backbones are fine and they are robust enough, the problem is when the local ISP or whoever puts up their half-assed networks. That, my friends, can only be addressed ISP to ISP, so the businesses that want more reliability, well put on your net police uniforms, go visit those ISPs, and get to work! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When I lived in my off campus apartment back in college one of the reasons I moved there was they had a high speed internet connection in every room. Well it was an Ethernet connection to a server that had a connection to the internet, and that server was used by the ISP not only as a router, but also to restrict certain ports and do other various things for what they called "security." In reality all they were doing was giving us an incomplete internet connection, it was their version of what we "needed." Unfortunately for the residents, this meant we had no Napster, no FTP, no Gnutella, and the list goes on. All we basically could do was browse the internet and email. They didn't even have the network set up so that residents could share files with each other (through network neighborhood.) I think it was totally wrong of them to do this. They didn't give out all of these specifications when they advertised the place and when we took a tour and asked questions, all we got was "high speed internet connection." I know that it's the businesses choice to provide whatever, but in this case we had no alternative, and also it's just wrong to control what people can and can't do with their network connection if they are paying for a network connection. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Does gaming turn kids into Jocks? First of all, let's say athletes, because Jock just isn't a good word. So kids play video games all their lives, it makes them quicker and more reflexive, and turns them into athletes? Well it sounds reasonable. Maybe those kids were already athletes and they liked their sports so they like to play them on video games too. Maybe the competitive spirit that makes the kids want to play video games and beat their friends carries over to athletic events and gives them more drive than others. I doubt that sitting in front of a TV all day makes you more athletic, I don't care what you're doing. I wish this was the absolute truth though, I would have had more time to play Madden 64 when I was in HS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I wish I knew who these sense-of-humor-deprived moderaters were so I could personally open up a can of home grown whoop ass on each and every one of them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The only Negro problem is that idiots like you still make comments and think thoughts like the one you posted. I have an idea, why don't we give you a mule and ship your ass to Venus, I hear the air is nice there... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you're out in public... HOW ABOUT LEAVING YOUR DAMN CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE!!!! I don't care what the sound is, if you're at a restaurant or a movie or something, I don't want to hear your stupid little phone. Whatever the person is calling about, I'm sure it's not so important that you have to disturb EVERYONE ELSE AROUND YOU.
I agree, we have other things we could spend the money on. However there is something called the advancement of Man that we must not neglect. Without such programs deemed "not necessary" we would not further our technology and our understanding of the universe, and we would therefore be stuck, which would eventually kill us. The space program has provided earth with many advancements which have saved countless lives and bettered life in many ways. I know it would make more readers of "Seventeen" happy if we handed out free food to poor people, but I think the money is being well spent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yeah, I know, I was kidding. It was my attempt at a high-tech Steve Irwin, something like "I'll just stick my finger in this electric socket and we'll see how awesome and exciting these animals called computers can be. Watch out now, she looks a bit naughty...." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Does this mean that now my buddy list is going to have a whole bunch of names proceeded by AOL, MSN, ICQ, etc? Take my nick for instance, will it be AIM-Uttles rather than just Uttles?
I think this is really cool if they ever get it to work, but I do wonder exactly why AOL is suddenly interested in this, and I wonder if Yahoo, MSN, and others will share the interest.
On the other hand, it's about time "chatting" was standardized just like internet browsing, file transfer, telnet, email, etc. When you think about it, the single "backbone" and multiple client scheme is the way most things on the internet should operate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I don't see why a video game company would waste effort on something like this. People buy the PS2 so they can pop in a CD and start pressing buttons. If they wanted to make the PS2 better, they should start with decreasing the load times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Will this system be "crocodile hunter friendly"? I mean Australia seems to be pretty old-school (nothing wrong with that) so I'm not sure the blokes will like this.
On the serious side, I think it's really cool how the code for the system is public knowledge. Gives you a sense of security, you know. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Finally a good informative discussion on real, useful encryption! Death to ROT-13!
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a century is 100 years, so there is no such thing as a nanocentury, but hell let's examine it anyway .000001 years
a nanocentury would be like a microyear, or
so since a year has 31557600 seconds, a nanocentury would be 31.5576 seconds. That's pretty far off from Pi
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Doing pretty much anything on the internet opens you up for SPAM, especially signing up for internet email accounts. All I say is "that's why they made the delete button." Just delete it and move on, and don't go doing anything stupid like signing up for special offers from MSN.
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Look, all I'm saying is that after a certain amount of precision it's really useless. If we knew like 100, or maybe 500 digits of Pi that would be enough.
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wouldn't that be a nanometer?
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Once again I have to say that these types of studies make no sense. Use of the internet causes depression, now it doesn't? Ugh, stop, just stop, there's no need to research this kind of thing. People cause depression, OK, people, they're weaknesses, frailties, complexes, and all their damn discussions on depression... that all causes depression. The internet is just another thing in the world like TV or the interstate system, use it if you want to, if you get a depression and kill yourself, don't say "the internet made me do it." Take the damn responsibility for yourself people.
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well less repressing would be good for me...
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Can someone tell me some down to earth, real reasons that anyone should care what the 12,345th digit of Pi is? I mean really, who cares?
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Companies can complain all they want to. The internet grows as it's number of users grows. "The Internet" is really just a network of networks, pulled together by several "backbones." These backbones are fine and they are robust enough, the problem is when the local ISP or whoever puts up their half-assed networks. That, my friends, can only be addressed ISP to ISP, so the businesses that want more reliability, well put on your net police uniforms, go visit those ISPs, and get to work!
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When I lived in my off campus apartment back in college one of the reasons I moved there was they had a high speed internet connection in every room. Well it was an Ethernet connection to a server that had a connection to the internet, and that server was used by the ISP not only as a router, but also to restrict certain ports and do other various things for what they called "security." In reality all they were doing was giving us an incomplete internet connection, it was their version of what we "needed." Unfortunately for the residents, this meant we had no Napster, no FTP, no Gnutella, and the list goes on. All we basically could do was browse the internet and email. They didn't even have the network set up so that residents could share files with each other (through network neighborhood.) I think it was totally wrong of them to do this. They didn't give out all of these specifications when they advertised the place and when we took a tour and asked questions, all we got was "high speed internet connection." I know that it's the businesses choice to provide whatever, but in this case we had no alternative, and also it's just wrong to control what people can and can't do with their network connection if they are paying for a network connection.
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Does gaming turn kids into Jocks? First of all, let's say athletes, because Jock just isn't a good word. So kids play video games all their lives, it makes them quicker and more reflexive, and turns them into athletes? Well it sounds reasonable. Maybe those kids were already athletes and they liked their sports so they like to play them on video games too. Maybe the competitive spirit that makes the kids want to play video games and beat their friends carries over to athletic events and gives them more drive than others. I doubt that sitting in front of a TV all day makes you more athletic, I don't care what you're doing. I wish this was the absolute truth though, I would have had more time to play Madden 64 when I was in HS!
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I wish I knew who these sense-of-humor-deprived moderaters were so I could personally open up a can of home grown whoop ass on each and every one of them.
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Refer to My post about this
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The only Negro problem is that idiots like you still make comments and think thoughts like the one you posted. I have an idea, why don't we give you a mule and ship your ass to Venus, I hear the air is nice there...
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When you're out in public... HOW ABOUT LEAVING YOUR DAMN CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE!!!! I don't care what the sound is, if you're at a restaurant or a movie or something, I don't want to hear your stupid little phone. Whatever the person is calling about, I'm sure it's not so important that you have to disturb EVERYONE ELSE AROUND YOU.
... just a little note...
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I guess po folks like me will just have to be un-edumacated if they be chargin all kinds of dollas fo they site...
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Hell yeah! Can I get a "Amen!" ???
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I agree, we have other things we could spend the money on. However there is something called the advancement of Man that we must not neglect. Without such programs deemed "not necessary" we would not further our technology and our understanding of the universe, and we would therefore be stuck, which would eventually kill us. The space program has provided earth with many advancements which have saved countless lives and bettered life in many ways. I know it would make more readers of "Seventeen" happy if we handed out free food to poor people, but I think the money is being well spent.
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Yeah, I know, I was kidding. It was my attempt at a high-tech Steve Irwin, something like "I'll just stick my finger in this electric socket and we'll see how awesome and exciting these animals called computers can be. Watch out now, she looks a bit naughty...."
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What about ET's who might be flashing us with their asses, instead of radio-waves or light?
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Does this mean that now my buddy list is going to have a whole bunch of names proceeded by AOL, MSN, ICQ, etc? Take my nick for instance, will it be AIM-Uttles rather than just Uttles?
I think this is really cool if they ever get it to work, but I do wonder exactly why AOL is suddenly interested in this, and I wonder if Yahoo, MSN, and others will share the interest.
On the other hand, it's about time "chatting" was standardized just like internet browsing, file transfer, telnet, email, etc. When you think about it, the single "backbone" and multiple client scheme is the way most things on the internet should operate.
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I don't see why a video game company would waste effort on something like this. People buy the PS2 so they can pop in a CD and start pressing buttons. If they wanted to make the PS2 better, they should start with decreasing the load times.
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Will this system be "crocodile hunter friendly"? I mean Australia seems to be pretty old-school (nothing wrong with that) so I'm not sure the blokes will like this.
On the serious side, I think it's really cool how the code for the system is public knowledge. Gives you a sense of security, you know.
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You mean to tell me that the northerners of that time period weren't virtuous, pure, godly people? Oh goodness, my whole world is up-side-down now...
(sarcasm)
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... as long as it uses the voice of Stephen Hawking...
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