Taxes pay for the CBC where even the most obscure artists get free advertising at no cost to their publishers; Taxes on recording media generate money ostensibly meant to cover royalties for the pirating that the publishers have convinced the gov't will be occuring... yes, every unit of recording media will be used for pirating. And the publishers get tax breaks for their role in promoting culture, blah blah blah And the real kicker, in response to the station a**hole who stated only "bird song" is free, it ISN'T if some publisher gets the 'rights' to a recording of birds singing!
If the climate models are correct and if the ice shelves behave according to their models and if predators move in to the niche (presumably according to some model) and if, importantly, the penguins themselves in no way adapt to the changing situation then the penguins MAY be affected.
Each 'if' contributes an error that makes for a big margin over all. Why not just say, 'we really don't know what this means for the future, but we're hoping to develop a better understanding of the present'... and nothing more.
... based on incomplete information, while insisting that the models are still valid and the situation is still dire. What is more likely is that the penguins will adapt to their environmental changes... as they have for millenia. Remember? They didn't just arrive on the planet and occupy their niche a few years ago.
Love the science but am mightily weary of doom and gloom alarmist extrapolations to secure funding or public interest.
I wonder if, in the penguin colonies, there are alarmist penguins saying that if they continue to procreate there will be no unstained snow left for little penguins to play in.
Or if you are just worried about completely covering your ass... can't be done. If you've done nothing illegal, move on with a clear conscience. If you have done something illegal, well sooner or later it will catch up with you. In the mean time, move on with a less than clear conscience.
Or is the truth that you've just been tasked with producing a 'Company Sys Admin Turnover Process' ? In which case, ask/. if someone has one they'd be willing to share.
The $4 latte will be what the user wanted/expected. If not, it can be returned and a new one made. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The app is $1, or more, for something that may not work as advertised, or at all. And no refund.
A buyer is concerned about being ripped off, regardless the price. A buyer doesn't like to give away money, no matter how small... or else pan-handling would be an honourable and profitable profession.
Evnetually the government or big business will push something like this through. They will seize control. So, what can be done? Is there an alternative, like a homebrew, grassroots equivalent?
The planes have a degree of autonomy. When control is lost they have 'brains' and act according to a preset contingency plan. So jamming the comms isn't really a show stopper.
Spoofing? So the Iranians spoofed the ENCRYPTED GPS signal? Yeah, right. You can easily spoof the open signal but the military gear uses the high precision, encrypted GPS signal.
You could easily jam the GPS signal but then the inertial navigation system will kick in to get it home anyways. This is a standard design protocol because it is expected that the GPS signal will be lost sometimes.
These aren't Best Buy radio control helicopters. They are valued, high precision, high tech, high cost machines. They are not vulnerable to jamming or GPS. EMP or mechanical failure forcing an unexpected landing, that makes sense.
How much do fingerprints change with age? Is this a way of fingerprinting the entire population (that attends school at some point)? It's kind of brilliant. Fingerprint everyone under the auspices of 'attendance monitoring'. Relinquish the database to police when requested...
Will it take a concerted effort on the part of someone to force the industry to bring down prices eg. One Laptop per Child project?
Could anyone explain why in this day and age of awesome signal processing, hearing aids are still crap? My dad has a pair and they still feedback and are virtually useless in even a lightly crowded room of conversing people.
He's gone to a cool little company: Liquid Robotics - http://liquidr.com/. Check out the careers section and you'll find that only US citizens need apply. Not surprisingly there must be some very interesting DOD applications for the technology. Nothing wrong with that, just a bit disappointing somehow.
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Are they not closer to human physiology... or is that just BS so nobody feels bad about the god-awful things they do to pigs in the name of science/medecine? But then Korea has a bit of a hate-on for dogs so it makes sense.
the photos and story are a fabrication. The photographer set it up and concocted the entire scenario to sell the story. So really, the copyright claim is valid since the photographer did do the work. The Daily Mail is reacting since it is trying to cover up the lie it published. If too much scrutiny is drawn to the pictures, then the hoax will become apparent.
Next story: monkeys hack in to cell phone accounts and leave cute messages.
Using viruses (see TFA) to implant the necessary genetic changes to motor neurons, prisoners and other bad people can be 'prepared' for control by authorities... but then so could we all, without our knowledge or consent... even at birth.
What is really chilling is the sense that the articles author sees nothing wrong with controlling a brain. Of course it would be hard for him to see past his ego.
"... the free end of the optical fiber is simply inserted into the brain of the live animal when needed, or coupled at the time of experimentation to an implanted optical fiber."
blah blah blah on how this could help humanity and.01% of the world's population with a disability or in need of a prosthetic.
Tamaki is confident that people will get used to the idea once they see how useful it can be: "We believe convenient technology will overcome a feeling of fear."
Justifiable fear. What the fuck is with the Japanese penchant for controlling living things remotely? If the damn \. search was half useful you would find cockroaches and human balance having been controlled remotely. Is there no part of any of these researcher's minds that asks "What will this be used for?" or some sense of self-preservation that thinks, "Hey maybe I might end up being controlled!"
These are without a doubt the most disturbing types of experiments. When the machines take over it will not be via a war a la Skynet. Instead, mankind will simply wake up no longer able to physically do anything but minister to the machines' needs. Billions of minds trapped in bodies no longer under their control. Not assimilated, simply co-opted until no longer needed. No revolution would be possible.
-skynet command- You will now take your life. -\skynet command-
Specialists hated his meddling when it challenged them. But specialists often fall in to lock step with incorrect theories for reasons that have more to do with the politics of career advancement rather than good science. (Look at the history of the theory of plate tectonics.) Generalists don't have the vested interest in succumbing to peer pressure that specialists do and so are free to explore whatever avenues of thought they think might be fruitful, free of the worry of achieving prominence in any given field.
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Greedy greedy greedy music industry!
Taxes pay for the CBC where even the most obscure artists get free advertising at no cost to their publishers; ... yes, every unit of recording media will be used for pirating.
Taxes on recording media generate money ostensibly meant to cover royalties for the pirating that the publishers have convinced the gov't will be occuring
And the publishers get tax breaks for their role in promoting culture, blah blah blah
And the real kicker, in response to the station a**hole who stated only "bird song" is free, it ISN'T if some publisher gets the 'rights' to a recording of birds singing!
The book is "The Wave":
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/books/review/Morris-t.html?pagewanted=all
If the climate models are correct
and if the ice shelves behave according to their models
and if predators move in to the niche (presumably according to some model)
and if, importantly, the penguins themselves in no way adapt to the changing situation
then the penguins MAY be affected.
Each 'if' contributes an error that makes for a big margin over all. Why not just say, 'we really don't know what this means for the future, but we're hoping to develop a better understanding of the present' ... and nothing more.
... based on incomplete information, while insisting that the models are still valid and the situation is still dire. What is more likely is that the penguins will adapt to their environmental changes ... as they have for millenia. Remember? They didn't just arrive on the planet and occupy their niche a few years ago.
Love the science but am mightily weary of doom and gloom alarmist extrapolations to secure funding or public interest.
I wonder if, in the penguin colonies, there are alarmist penguins saying that if they continue to procreate there will be no unstained snow left for little penguins to play in.
... what would _you_ like to know?
Or if you are just worried about completely covering your ass ... can't be done. If you've done nothing illegal, move on with a clear conscience. If you have done something illegal, well sooner or later it will catch up with you. In the mean time, move on with a less than clear conscience.
Or is the truth that you've just been tasked with producing a 'Company Sys Admin Turnover Process' ? In which case, ask /. if someone has one they'd be willing to share.
Power corrupts; absolute power, corrupts absolutely. There is no surprise here, simply the time it took for the companies to be investigated.
The $4 latte will be what the user wanted/expected. If not, it can be returned and a new one made. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The app is $1, or more, for something that may not work as advertised, or at all. And no refund.
A buyer is concerned about being ripped off, regardless the price. A buyer doesn't like to give away money, no matter how small ... or else pan-handling would be an honourable and profitable profession.
Evnetually the government or big business will push something like this through. They will seize control. So, what can be done? Is there an alternative, like a homebrew, grassroots equivalent?
The planes have a degree of autonomy. When control is lost they have 'brains' and act according to a preset contingency plan. So jamming the comms isn't really a show stopper.
Spoofing? So the Iranians spoofed the ENCRYPTED GPS signal? Yeah, right. You can easily spoof the open signal but the military gear uses the high precision, encrypted GPS signal.
You could easily jam the GPS signal but then the inertial navigation system will kick in to get it home anyways. This is a standard design protocol because it is expected that the GPS signal will be lost sometimes.
These aren't Best Buy radio control helicopters. They are valued, high precision, high tech, high cost machines. They are not vulnerable to jamming or GPS. EMP or mechanical failure forcing an unexpected landing, that makes sense.
Anyways, Christian Science Monitor? WTF ?
Make a region dependent on an artificially created local microclimate ... and use your control of it to extort whatever you want from the region.
You ain't free, 'cause you ain't brave. American Woman, stay away from me!
How much do fingerprints change with age? Is this a way of fingerprinting the entire population (that attends school at some point)? It's kind of brilliant. Fingerprint everyone under the auspices of 'attendance monitoring'. Relinquish the database to police when requested ...
Will it take a concerted effort on the part of someone to force the industry to bring down prices eg. One Laptop per Child project?
Could anyone explain why in this day and age of awesome signal processing, hearing aids are still crap? My dad has a pair and they still feedback and are virtually useless in even a lightly crowded room of conversing people.
He's gone to a cool little company: Liquid Robotics - http://liquidr.com/. Check out the careers section and you'll find that only US citizens need apply. Not surprisingly there must be some very interesting DOD applications for the technology. Nothing wrong with that, just a bit disappointing somehow.
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http://www.pythonanywhere.com/
Google turned this up: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/30731
Are they not closer to human physiology ... or is that just BS so nobody feels bad about the god-awful things they do to pigs in the name of science/medecine? But then Korea has a bit of a hate-on for dogs so it makes sense.
How did a such a patently obvious, dumb-ass marketing question like this get posted?
If you have to ask the question, you are not, nor ever were, a 'nerd'.
Interesting discussion on copyright. But what if:
the photos and story are a fabrication. The photographer set it up and concocted the entire scenario to sell the story. So really, the copyright claim is valid since the photographer did do the work. The Daily Mail is reacting since it is trying to cover up the lie it published. If too much scrutiny is drawn to the pictures, then the hoax will become apparent.
Next story: monkeys hack in to cell phone accounts and leave cute messages.
Using viruses (see TFA) to implant the necessary genetic changes to motor neurons, prisoners and other bad people can be 'prepared' for control by authorities ... but then so could we all, without our knowledge or consent ... even at birth.
What is really chilling is the sense that the articles author sees nothing wrong with controlling a brain. Of course it would be hard for him to see past his ego.
From TFA:
"... the free end of the optical fiber is simply inserted into the brain of the live animal when needed, or coupled at the time of experimentation to an implanted optical fiber."
blah blah blah on how this could help humanity and .01% of the world's population with a disability or in need of a prosthetic.
Tamaki is confident that people will get used to the idea once they see how useful it can be: "We believe convenient technology will overcome a feeling of fear."
Justifiable fear. What the fuck is with the Japanese penchant for controlling living things remotely? If the damn \. search was half useful you would find cockroaches and human balance having been controlled remotely. Is there no part of any of these researcher's minds that asks "What will this be used for?" or some sense of self-preservation that thinks, "Hey maybe I might end up being controlled!"
These are without a doubt the most disturbing types of experiments. When the machines take over it will not be via a war a la Skynet. Instead, mankind will simply wake up no longer able to physically do anything but minister to the machines' needs. Billions of minds trapped in bodies no longer under their control. Not assimilated, simply co-opted until no longer needed. No revolution would be possible.
-skynet command- You will now take your life. -\skynet command-
Sometimes it isn't so much that spam is a problem:
http://cthulhuchick.com/296/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things/
Specialists hated his meddling when it challenged them. But specialists often fall in to lock step with incorrect theories for reasons that have more to do with the politics of career advancement rather than good science. (Look at the history of the theory of plate tectonics.) Generalists don't have the vested interest in succumbing to peer pressure that specialists do and so are free to explore whatever avenues of thought they think might be fruitful, free of the worry of achieving prominence in any given field.