I saw the same thing. What this DOES do, is add more evidence that the theory of general relativity is, or appears to be, correct (ignoring a 26% margin of error). This is simply to say: "look, the theory predicted a result, and I got the same result" it's not proof, but it does add weight to the original equations.
It's interesting to see that fantasy is also sometimes able to predict the future. David Eddings talked a little about this in one of his series. The point being that when you change weather in one part of the world, the air, energy and such have to go, and come from, somewhere. The effects could be huge...
Before any good/useful course of action can be taken, there are several steps to take: 1) Determine if there is some 'shady' reviewing going on (although this looks like a pretty solid set of circumstancial evidence).
2) Find out who's responsible for it.
If it is amazon, itself, that is doing this sort of thing, then the only actions that can be taken are public outcry, and possibly an e-mail campaign. After all, they may be using it to drum up business, and as we have all learned from spammers: if it works, they'll keep on doing it.
On the other hand, if it is some third party submitting reviews, it might be possible to get Amazon to remove all reviews by said person...
I see something on the horizon, it's big, furry and it has four legs, and seems to be looking at my sheep.
So, I say, "well, shit, I'd better do something about it". Now, if it's not a wolf, I've just wasted time and effort, but there was SOMETHING THERE. (take that, you false analogy)
In this case there is a possibility that we are causing this problem, the solution is not (most likely) cost prohibitive, and has other fringe benifits. And by god, if the US federal government can make claims about unseen, unproven dangers to drum up support for their policies, so can I.
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You do realize that the argument you just gave amounts to the 'prisoner's dilemma' which led to the escalation of the arms race between the US and the USSR, don't you? (along with an appeal to fear)...
The trick is to get more people to do it, not to question the number of people who are not.
The Toyota Prius, and Honda Civic hybrid are both very safe vehicles, btw.
Here's a question for you: You said "for their protection". Protection from what, precisely? If they are concerned that you, as a company will cease to exist, and they will no longer be able to modify their code, then the previously mentioned escrow service should be perfectly fine with both of you. If this is another issue, the question of relevance comes to mind. If they want it to be sure that the software is "secure" from buffer overflows, etc, then you will need to hire a lawyer and write some sort of ironclad document to make sure they can't steal it, sell it, or claim any royalty fees on it. If they want it for any other purpose, I don't see them having a ligitimate claim to the software. I mean, sure, they're your employers, but unless there was something funny in the bid documents, they probably don't have any "right" to see the code.
Is MS going to allow Word to READ this new standard? What about writing to it?
If MS word has NO compatibility with this standard, it may kill it out of the box. Especially since almost every office suite can already read.rtf formatted text.
I can, and do try to RTFA, if at all understandable, but when the POST ITSELF is merely a bunch of rambling, usless links to logs, explanations of RFCs of the protocol he's worked off of, a link to stuff he's done in the past, and one POWER POINT FUCKING link, what do you propose I read?
When choosing to post articles, some quick things to bear in mind: 1) What the hell is he talking about? 2) No Really, I got layer 2-4 networking, I even got "TCP/IP", but what, precisely has he done that is worthy of note here? 3) Besides which, to whom is this software suite useful? Does it have exploit probing, does it simply tell you what stuff lives where? Is it something faster than normal scanning procedures? 4) Background?
All of these things could be (if you were so inclined) attached to the end of our user's posts so that those of us who are interested, but completely lost by the pure amount of jargon flying about to understand, can figure out what is going on...
On a side note,
What the hell is the general purpose of these tools, indivdually or as a group?
"I would doubt, though, that one could ever successfully build an Open Source tax package."
Even if you're right (and you shouldn't be, in fact, I can see this as some poor CS Ph.D. thesis - "Natural Language Programming as Applied to Tax Law" - since the laws are supposed to be some sort of elaborate decision tree), There's no reason someone couldn't write a closed source FOR PROFIT app on Linux to do taxes. Hell, Turbo Tax could even do it themselves, and maybe write up a server version, and sell access to it...
Newton's 3rd law (equal and opposite reaction...), according to their nifty little diagram, this would require satelites surrounding the object, and pushing them from all directions, so: 1) how do you keep the satelites around after they start generating their waves? 2) how do you keep them symmetrical? (the requirement is that they set up a resonator, I think, in which case, spacing is VERY important).
Assuming that journalists are the same as everyone else in a given country, then the actual statistical item I would want to note would be the ratio of (# journalists arrested/total # of journalists) : (# people arrested/Total # of people). Since law enforcement in different countries is different, this would be the only measure of how inconsistent treatment of Journalists was.
secondly, perception is probably more important than the fact too, since if I'm AFRAID I might be arrested, I'm far more likely not to publish something, ragardless of the actual danger of arrest.
First off, The thing is NOT that cool. Now, I might go out and buy a MP3/CD/DVD audio player for my car, with some sort of cool face plate, but this is excessively silly.
secondly:
the plural of mp3 is mp3s, if the mp3 owned something then that object would be the mp3's. same with CDs, DVDs, and the general pronoun it.
Geez people. I can't believe I'm the first person to notice this.
Modeling is not the real world. If it were, we wouldn't need models, because we could just look at the source code, and see what was going on. The reason that it takes a cpu day to run a given simulation is because the computer is attempting to figure out what will happen next.
This is not a real time simulation. This is a prediction program, there is some hefty math involved, and that math must be done for each time slice. The principle here is they gather information about the shape of and forces acting on the protein each time slice to predict what the protein will look like in the next time slice and then run the calculations for that one, ad infinitum until the protein is stable. So if this folding procedure takes 7 ns to run, and we model it by femtoseconds, that's 7 million time slices that the computer is modeling. so now, lets take a time frame for each slice. Let's pretend, for the sake of fun that it takes 2 seconds for each slice (optimistic in my view, but maybe it's a small protein).
#Privitization can be great. Just ask California #how they like privatized electric utilities.
Not to be a nitpicker, but, I have a nit to pick here.
The problem California ran into head first was EXACTLY this kind of thinking. The "privatization" of California's power system was not total, and created a large number of new regulations, such as ballooning costs for excess power usage.
Personally, I think that some anti-deregulation lobbyists were hoping for exactly the result they got, so they could shout:
"Privitization can be great. Just ask California how they like privatized electric utilities."
This hardly seems like news to me. Assuming of course, that this fellow had to sign an NDA to come to work every day (are there any industry people who know about this stuff present?), he did a BAD thing.
If there wasn't, there are still some fairly blatant theft issues here.
Just to be a contrarian... Most of the places they're talking about are wastelands, nothing grows there right now. They'd probably have to fence it off, but I'm pretty sure the wildlife factor is REAL low (assuming we're talking about mine tailings and the like)...
Does anyone have any more useful links than this one? I know it's in Nature, so there's probably not a free site that directly links the article, but are there any more brain heavy synopses of this article anywhere?
I am interested in several things: 1) what does the Arsenic turn into (chemically speaking). Does the plant change the chemical bonding? I think that most aresnic is stored as sodium arsenate (I could be wrong) if it changes it to something more managable, it would be much better than if it simply concentrates it. HOWEVER, concentrating it is, by itself, an incredible step forward. Period.
2) is it possible to seed these as "suicide" plants, EG: plants that produce no pollen or seeds?
NPR has a pretty good link to an explanation. At the top of the article, there's an real audio recording of the actual report that I listened to this morning. I thought it was fairly accurate, and should give some explanations.
To be precise about it, these fellows did not "discover" apoptosis, they have done a lot of very good work defining the genes and methods responsible for triggering it. From what I've read, though, they certainly deserve the prize.
Although they appear to be saying that the whole "runs windows apps" was a load of crap. Perhaps there's a list somewhere of what windows apps it runs, if any?
I think the click-and-run feature is a bigger deal than these guys seem to think. They're targeting a market of people who are used to Windows, and many end users don't even understand "shortcuts" let alone icons. Click and Run may sell more copies for Lindows than any other service/review.
Also, running as root may not be ideal for Linux people, but end-users would just get irritated if they had to enter the root password everytime they wanted to change the system configuration or mount the cd-rom...
I agree on the firewall, tho. In the interests of protecting everyone, there should be some sort of default "safe" firewall that people can disable...
just my $.02 (a review of a review, what comes next?)
So what do you guys think the possibilty of creating a "open source" company to push these drugs through FDA review processes might be? I'm willing to bet that if we got them approved, people would be willing to sell them.
It seems to just be the initial cost that turns people off.
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With all due respect:
I think you're an idiot and here's why:
0) You probably didn't read the press release.
1) scram-jets.
2) this is a COST SAVING MEASURE. Did you not notice the mention of the fact that this procedure costs LESS than using solid state fuels?
from the press release:
A hybrid rocket uses a liquefied oxidizer that is gasified before being injected into the combustion chamber containing the solid fuel.
GASIFIED?!?! couldn't they have used a word that at least SOUNDS scientific? Is Aerosolized OK? How about "rendered gaseous"?
I'm not sure I want to trust the future of space travel to people who "gasify" things.
I saw the same thing. What this DOES do, is add more evidence that the theory of general relativity is, or appears to be, correct (ignoring a 26% margin of error). This is simply to say: "look, the theory predicted a result, and I got the same result" it's not proof, but it does add weight to the original equations.
It's interesting to see that fantasy is also sometimes able to predict the future. David Eddings talked a little about this in one of his series. The point being that when you change weather in one part of the world, the air, energy and such have to go, and come from, somewhere. The effects could be huge...
Before any good/useful course of action can be taken, there are several steps to take:
1) Determine if there is some 'shady' reviewing going on (although this looks like a pretty solid set of circumstancial evidence).
2) Find out who's responsible for it.
If it is amazon, itself, that is doing this sort of thing, then the only actions that can be taken are public outcry, and possibly an e-mail campaign. After all, they may be using it to drum up business, and as we have all learned from spammers: if it works, they'll keep on doing it.
On the other hand, if it is some third party submitting reviews, it might be possible to get Amazon to remove all reviews by said person...
Just a thought
I see something on the horizon, it's big, furry and it has four legs, and seems to be looking at my sheep.
So, I say, "well, shit, I'd better do something about it". Now, if it's not a wolf, I've just wasted time and effort, but there was SOMETHING THERE. (take that, you false analogy)
In this case there is a possibility that we are causing this problem, the solution is not (most likely) cost prohibitive, and has other fringe benifits. And by god, if the US federal government can make claims about unseen, unproven dangers to drum up support for their policies, so can I.
You do realize that the argument you just gave amounts to the 'prisoner's dilemma' which led to the escalation of the arms race between the US and the USSR, don't you? (along with an appeal to fear)...
The trick is to get more people to do it, not to question the number of people who are not.
The Toyota Prius, and Honda Civic hybrid are both very safe vehicles, btw.
Here's a question for you:
You said "for their protection". Protection from what, precisely?
If they are concerned that you, as a company will cease to exist, and they will no longer be able to modify their code, then the previously mentioned escrow service should be perfectly fine with both of you. If this is another issue, the question of relevance comes to mind. If they want it to be sure that the software is "secure" from buffer overflows, etc, then you will need to hire a lawyer and write some sort of ironclad document to make sure they can't steal it, sell it, or claim any royalty fees on it. If they want it for any other purpose, I don't see them having a ligitimate claim to the software. I mean, sure, they're your employers, but unless there was something funny in the bid documents, they probably don't have any "right" to see the code.
Is MS going to allow Word to READ this new standard? What about writing to it?
.rtf formatted text.
If MS word has NO compatibility with this standard, it may kill it out of the box. Especially since almost every office suite can already read
OK, asshole alert.
I can, and do try to RTFA, if at all understandable, but when the POST ITSELF is merely a bunch of rambling, usless links to logs, explanations of RFCs of the protocol he's worked off of, a link to stuff he's done in the past, and one POWER POINT FUCKING link, what do you propose I read?
When choosing to post articles, some quick things to bear in mind:
1) What the hell is he talking about?
2) No Really, I got layer 2-4 networking, I even got "TCP/IP", but what, precisely has he done that is worthy of note here?
3) Besides which, to whom is this software suite useful? Does it have exploit probing, does it simply tell you what stuff lives where? Is it something faster than normal scanning procedures?
4) Background?
All of these things could be (if you were so inclined) attached to the end of our user's posts so that those of us who are interested, but completely lost by the pure amount of jargon flying about to understand, can figure out what is going on...
On a side note,
What the hell is the general purpose of these tools, indivdually or as a group?
why not?
"I would doubt, though, that one could ever successfully build an Open Source tax package."
Even if you're right (and you shouldn't be, in fact, I can see this as some poor CS Ph.D. thesis - "Natural Language Programming as Applied to Tax Law" - since the laws are supposed to be some sort of elaborate decision tree), There's no reason someone couldn't write a closed source FOR PROFIT app on Linux to do taxes. Hell, Turbo Tax could even do it themselves, and maybe write up a server version, and sell access to it...
Newton's 3rd law (equal and opposite reaction...), according to their nifty little diagram, this would require satelites surrounding the object, and pushing them from all directions, so:
1) how do you keep the satelites around after they start generating their waves?
2) how do you keep them symmetrical? (the requirement is that they set up a resonator, I think, in which case, spacing is VERY important).
Can you imagine what happened to the Beowulf cluster of these? It'd sound like popcorn...
In terms of the arrest statistic:
Assuming that journalists are the same as everyone else in a given country, then the actual statistical item I would want to note would be the ratio of (# journalists arrested/total # of journalists) : (# people arrested/Total # of people). Since law enforcement in different countries is different, this would be the only measure of how inconsistent treatment of Journalists was.
secondly, perception is probably more important than the fact too, since if I'm AFRAID I might be arrested, I'm far more likely not to publish something, ragardless of the actual danger of arrest.
First off, The thing is NOT that cool. Now, I might go out and buy a MP3/CD/DVD audio player for my car, with some sort of cool face plate, but this is excessively silly.
secondly:
the plural of mp3 is mp3s, if the mp3 owned something then that object would be the mp3's. same with CDs, DVDs, and the general pronoun it.
Geez people. I can't believe I'm the first person to notice this.
Umm,
NO.
Modeling is not the real world. If it were, we wouldn't need models, because we could just look at the source code, and see what was going on. The reason that it takes a cpu day to run a given simulation is because the computer is attempting to figure out what will happen next.
This is not a real time simulation. This is a prediction program, there is some hefty math involved, and that math must be done for each time slice. The principle here is they gather information about the shape of and forces acting on the protein each time slice to predict what the protein will look like in the next time slice and then run the calculations for that one, ad infinitum until the protein is stable. So if this folding procedure takes 7 ns to run, and we model it by femtoseconds, that's 7 million time slices that the computer is modeling. so now, lets take a time frame for each slice. Let's pretend, for the sake of fun that it takes 2 seconds for each slice (optimistic in my view, but maybe it's a small protein).
that's 7000000*2 seconds = 233,333 min = 3888 hours ~= 162 days.
#Privitization can be great. Just ask California #how they like privatized electric utilities.
Not to be a nitpicker, but, I have a nit to pick here.
The problem California ran into head first was EXACTLY this kind of thinking. The "privatization" of California's power system was not total, and created a large number of new regulations, such as ballooning costs for excess power usage.
Personally, I think that some anti-deregulation lobbyists were hoping for exactly the result they got, so they could shout:
"Privitization can be great. Just ask California how they like privatized electric utilities."
This hardly seems like news to me. Assuming of course, that this fellow had to sign an NDA to come to work every day (are there any industry people who know about this stuff present?), he did a BAD thing.
If there wasn't, there are still some fairly blatant theft issues here.
Just to be a contrarian... Most of the places they're talking about are wastelands, nothing grows there right now. They'd probably have to fence it off, but I'm pretty sure the wildlife factor is REAL low (assuming we're talking about mine tailings and the like)...
Does anyone have any more useful links than this one? I know it's in Nature, so there's probably not a free site that directly links the article, but are there any more brain heavy synopses of this article anywhere?
I am interested in several things:
1) what does the Arsenic turn into (chemically speaking). Does the plant change the chemical bonding? I think that most aresnic is stored as sodium arsenate (I could be wrong) if it changes it to something more managable, it would be much better than if it simply concentrates it. HOWEVER, concentrating it is, by itself, an incredible step forward. Period.
2) is it possible to seed these as "suicide" plants, EG: plants that produce no pollen or seeds?
NPR has a pretty good link to an explanation. At the top of the article, there's an real audio recording of the actual report that I listened to this morning. I thought it was fairly accurate, and should give some explanations.
To be precise about it, these fellows did not "discover" apoptosis, they have done a lot of very good work defining the genes and methods responsible for triggering it. From what I've read, though, they certainly deserve the prize.
Although they appear to be saying that the whole "runs windows apps" was a load of crap. Perhaps there's a list somewhere of what windows apps it runs, if any?
I think the click-and-run feature is a bigger deal than these guys seem to think. They're targeting a market of people who are used to Windows, and many end users don't even understand "shortcuts" let alone icons. Click and Run may sell more copies for Lindows than any other service/review.
Also, running as root may not be ideal for Linux people, but end-users would just get irritated if they had to enter the root password everytime they wanted to change the system configuration or mount the cd-rom...
I agree on the firewall, tho. In the interests of protecting everyone, there should be some sort of default "safe" firewall that people can disable...
just my $.02 (a review of a review, what comes next?)
So when are they going to send one west of the Rockies?
I mean really, some of us only have so much money in our travel budgets...
So what do you guys think the possibilty of creating a "open source" company to push these drugs through FDA review processes might be? I'm willing to bet that if we got them approved, people would be willing to sell them.
It seems to just be the initial cost that turns people off.