One of the many cool things about Einstein was he could write descriptions of relativity accessible to the average person.
This doesn't involve that, or algorithms, or a language like C which punches you in the face. These things would be more obvious if you were as close to Einstein as you imagine.
One need only look to the Internet to see the difference between public and private money.
Public developed it and kept its heart beating for 25 years as a novelty tool of universities. Then capitalism found a use for it, and several trillion dollars later, here we are.
This is the largest and most sophisticated of state actors. It is not inconceivable they could comission a secret billion-dollar machine to crack any electronic equipment.
There was that article a few days back about using doppler and timings of x-rays to read pages of a degenerating book, down through the layers.
Carefully shaving nanometer layers off a chip at near absolute zero ain't no thing.
Ehhhhhh, energy costs for making a car are not trivial. There is a lot of chemistry and whatnot. Remember all the studies on the net losing nature of electric cars once you include maufacturing and eventual disposal of the batteries.
GM can haul that into existence at will. These things are not profitable. What is profitable are large cars.
Ironically, with renewable, clean energy, large cars will come roaring back. We exist in a confused, overlapped time where efficiency is considered useful for the environment and conservation of fossil fuels, though the latter concern is more innumeracy than reality.
I recall a case a few years back where they tried to get a guy to give up his pw for something and failed. Shortly thereafter they cracked it anyway "another way", where that probably meant something they preferred not to potentially have to expose.
Read "A Deepness In The Sky", by Vernor Vinge (the prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, but a completely unrelated story with the same main char.)
Among a dozen interesting ideas he explores is abusing people by inducing a hyper-autistic fixation on whatever you happen to be good at. The ruling class thus has excellent technicians, engineers, and fantastic artworks. The autists are happy because they get to pursue their interest with a single-minded fixation, never bathing and often forgetting to eat.
They are free to do what they want. It is what they want, and how badly they want it, that is abused by the ruling class. They are willing slaves. Willing after initial drugging, of course.
Remember that in all corrupt nations and dictatorships, people go into politics so they can get in the way to so they can get paid to get back out of the way.
It is ludicrous to think a free press and voting removes this dynamic. At best, it reduces it somewhat.
Hillary views the Citizens United decision, which allows this kind of thing, as the worst modern decision, and seeks to overturn it, or have an amendment that alters, for the first time, the First Amendment.
This money buys almost exclusively advertising, which is to say, the mass production and distribution of speech, directly protected in the First Amendment
Politicians will sic the antitrust police on giant corporations that don't play the game, as Google learned in the US and member nations of the EU, but they forgot to donate to politicians of the EU itself in Brussels.
The government doesn't have time to investigate most people. Unless you're clearly up to no good, you don't have to worry about spyware like this. I've never understood why Slashdot users are so paranoid about this type of surveillance. What exactly are you hiding? Terrorism? Illegal porn? Money laundering with Bitcoins? If you weren't breaking the law, you wouldn't have anything to be concerned about.
You assume the only thing it might be used for is terrorism or crime. What if it is a political faction listening in to another one?
That is what happens in most of the world, and why the bulk of the US Constitution was formulated around not giving the king the tools to root through the stuff of their political opponents.
With no tracking or logging, and little more than a checkbox for getting a warrant, it is trivial to bypass this. That is the problem.
And even if the US didn't have this problem with 100% honest officials, what about Putin or China or that newborn dictator in Turkey? Or the entire mideast?
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> complexity analysis
Basic CS???
One of the many cool things about Einstein was he could write descriptions of relativity accessible to the average person.
This doesn't involve that, or algorithms, or a language like C which punches you in the face. These things would be more obvious if you were as close to Einstein as you imagine.
One need only look to the Internet to see the difference between public and private money.
Public developed it and kept its heart beating for 25 years as a novelty tool of universities. Then capitalism found a use for it, and several trillion dollars later, here we are.
This is the largest and most sophisticated of state actors. It is not inconceivable they could comission a secret billion-dollar machine to crack any electronic equipment.
There was that article a few days back about using doppler and timings of x-rays to read pages of a degenerating book, down through the layers.
Carefully shaving nanometer layers off a chip at near absolute zero ain't no thing.
So...Slashdot is also a mundane contract law blog website now?
Not to mention the miniscule tidal difference between the near side and the far side of the satellite, which may show up in such fine measurements.
I wonder if all these might add up to more distortion than a fixed point on the Earth.
A mix is the answer.
Anyone who says otherwise is selling something or has been conned by salesfolk.
We don't want a mix, or else scorching the skies to defeat the machines is a non-starter. Think, dude!
Ehhhhhh, energy costs for making a car are not trivial. There is a lot of chemistry and whatnot. Remember all the studies on the net losing nature of electric cars once you include maufacturing and eventual disposal of the batteries.
GM can haul that into existence at will. These things are not profitable. What is profitable are large cars.
Ironically, with renewable, clean energy, large cars will come roaring back. We exist in a confused, overlapped time where efficiency is considered useful for the environment and conservation of fossil fuels, though the latter concern is more innumeracy than reality.
I recall a case a few years back where they tried to get a guy to give up his pw for something and failed. Shortly thereafter they cracked it anyway "another way", where that probably meant something they preferred not to potentially have to expose.
It isn't just authoritarian governments -- many other democracies have no First Amendment-like protections.
When, not if, censorship decisions come down the pike, well, congratulations.
A Jew who lived across the hall in college ate bacon. I asked him why. He said because he liked it.
Also, my formerly Catholic genitals were mutilated in the new world, presumably against my will, too.
You'd be surprised how much is protected by the First Amendment.
Golly! Do you have a pamphlet?
What about Gary 7?
When technology is invented, the whole planet generally benefits.
This was core to Julian Simon's observations -- the more freedom a society has, the more invention they generate.
Dictatorships and corruption both drag this down.
What about the fat older ones with type ii diabetes?
Read "A Deepness In The Sky", by Vernor Vinge (the prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, but a completely unrelated story with the same main char.)
Among a dozen interesting ideas he explores is abusing people by inducing a hyper-autistic fixation on whatever you happen to be good at. The ruling class thus has excellent technicians, engineers, and fantastic artworks. The autists are happy because they get to pursue their interest with a single-minded fixation, never bathing and often forgetting to eat.
They are free to do what they want. It is what they want, and how badly they want it, that is abused by the ruling class. They are willing slaves. Willing after initial drugging, of course.
She is a supervillain
Then we need another supervillain to fight her: Agent Orange!
Remember that in all corrupt nations and dictatorships, people go into politics so they can get in the way to so they can get paid to get back out of the way.
It is ludicrous to think a free press and voting removes this dynamic. At best, it reduces it somewhat.
Hillary views the Citizens United decision, which allows this kind of thing, as the worst modern decision, and seeks to overturn it, or have an amendment that alters, for the first time, the First Amendment.
This money buys almost exclusively advertising, which is to say, the mass production and distribution of speech, directly protected in the First Amendment
Can't have that!
Politicians will sic the antitrust police on giant corporations that don't play the game, as Google learned in the US and member nations of the EU, but they forgot to donate to politicians of the EU itself in Brussels.
That protects the right of inventors against common man looters, the soul of communism and why it doesn't work.
When a farmer cannot be assured his field won't be looted by the rabble, he does not plant it to begin with.
The government doesn't have time to investigate most people. Unless you're clearly up to no good, you don't have to worry about spyware like this. I've never understood why Slashdot users are so paranoid about this type of surveillance. What exactly are you hiding? Terrorism? Illegal porn? Money laundering with Bitcoins? If you weren't breaking the law, you wouldn't have anything to be concerned about.
You assume the only thing it might be used for is terrorism or crime. What if it is a political faction listening in to another one?
That is what happens in most of the world, and why the bulk of the US Constitution was formulated around not giving the king the tools to root through the stuff of their political opponents.
With no tracking or logging, and little more than a checkbox for getting a warrant, it is trivial to bypass this. That is the problem.
And even if the US didn't have this problem with 100% honest officials, what about Putin or China or that newborn dictator in Turkey? Or the entire mideast?
We need to stop building these tools.
Wait! I meant Amy Acker!
Wait, both Amys. The ending is up to me!
They could do that today. They did it with Hitler for a documentary by digitally putting his face into an actor.
I kinda wish they would actually. Bring back Firefly, finish Angel
The ending is up to you! For example:
Angel Secret Ending: Charisma Carpenter and Amy Adams make love to each other for 17 hours, the end.