No, obtaining information about people without their knowledge or consent is spying. Data mining is what you do with the information after you've collected it.
So tell me, how do we get the data I need without manually searching each and every record? (replace "data I need" with terrorist and "every record" with citizen)
Maybe you don't.
Your right to find a potential criminal does not outweigh the rights of millions of people to have their personal affairs remain their personal affairs. Yes, an increased vulnerability to crime is the price we pay for increased insulation against an abusive government. But it's also worth noting that increased government powers provide no guarantee against crime, while limiting its powers *is* an effective protection against abuse.
I highly doubt we are unique, or at least that self-replicating beings capable of problem solving are unique to our planet, but the Sagan-esque "billions and billions" argument is not an axiom. Unless and until we find other life, we don't know the actual odds. The probability could very well be lower than the number of atoms in the universe. Maybe intelligent life only pops up once every other universe or so. Maybe this is the first time ever.
In other words, it is no more foolish to insist that we are unique than to insist that we are not.
The nearest approach offered by current technology is the helicopter. Whirlybirds are noisy, dangerous, expensive and difficult to fly. They take up a hell of a lot of room, too, in the contexts both of airspace and manoeuvres near/on the ground. They aren't going to turn into flying cars any time soon.
Jump-jets like the Harrier are even worse, in that they can't at present get airborne vertically with a useful load. Ducted fans sometimes seem to offer hope, but the idea has been around for a long time without much in the way of credible kit appearing.
The solution is obvious: we merely need to increase the density of our atmosphere to increase buoyancy. The densest known gas, radon, is nearly 8 times more dense than nitrogen, so we pump radon into our atmosphere in quantity and eventually we'll have workable flying cars. Genius!
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Anyone notice how many words that start with sc have negative connotations? Scab, scar, scud, scum, scratch, scabies, scam, and scat, just off the top of my head. About the best I can think of is "school," and that's ambivalent. Good company SCO keeps.. no pun intended.
Note to self, don't name company anything that starts with, or abbreviates to, SC*.
No problem. Also, Dil is really a man, Jacob never left Vietnam, Dr. Crowe is dead, Jack and Tyler are the same person, Jesus comes back to life, and rumor has it that an MLB team will win the World Series this year.
30. a) Have you ever been an officer or a member or made a contribution to an organization dedicated to the violent overthrow of the United States Government and which engages in illegal activities to that end, knowing that the organization engages in such activities with the specific intent to further such activities?
b) Have you ever knowingly engaged in any acts or activities designed to overthrow the United States Government by force?
The problem with Civ4 is that neurotic behavior is a losing proposition for the player almost regardless of the AI (unless the AI displays similar behavior) because the game seems designed to reward planning and execution of a particular strategy rather than constantly shifting tactics. If you've been aggressive toward your neighbors, for example, you almost definitely can't suddenly establish amicable relations. If you've invested in a particular branch of technology, you almost definitely can't switch to another. And if you've established a society with an emphasis on culture, you'll have a hard time switching to military might (which is difficult enough to achieve even when it's the goal all along).
Of course, the emphasis of meticulous planning and execution over spontaneity and flexibility is one of the reasons I suck at, and consequently don't enjoy, Civ4.
Also if any part of a zip line breaks, the whole thing is useless. If the top of a structure breaks, the bottom still works, which could make a difference (though probably wouldn't, since any explosion would likely be from the bottom-up anyway).
TBH, I don't really care what they rate the game(s). I do care that console manufacturers prohibit certain ratings on their platforms, that stores refuse to carry unrated titles, and that not enough people to make a difference seem to care. If we want to change that, we need to A) make more noise and inform more people than the opposition, and/or B) convince the relevant parties that we are a larger portion of their market than those who wish to maintain or tighten the current restrictions.
Because the game teaches you how to effectively become a mass murderer. Duh! Just drive into any garage to change your paint (unless you're in a taxi or LEV) and you can get away with anything.
But seriously, the idea that teaching people how to be effective killers is somehow equivalent to creating a mass murderer is absurd. True, there was the ex-Marine clocktower killer, but the overwhelming majority of the military do not go on killing sprees. Hell, most rifle hunters are effective killers, but likewise, I haven't heard of any statistically significant correlation between hunting and serial/spree killers.
Moreover, any determined individual can and likely will gain access to the tools and information necessary to perpetrate his crime. If strict gun regulations don't prevent criminals from obtaining firearms in the UK, how is a ban supposed to prevent access to a game? Clearly it doesn't; it only prevents people with a casual interest from obtaining it (to a very limited extent) -- the very people I'd argue are least likely to act out their violent fantasies.
Finally, there's a strong argument to be made that videogame violence can have a cathartic effect, much the same way it's been demonstrated that profanity is an effective, but largely innocuous, release of anger and frustration. Had a bad day? Fire up GTA and create some mayhem. Spent the ride home stuck in agonizingly slow traffic? Nothing quite like a virtual rocket launcher to deal with those pesky turtles in front of you. We are emotional beings, and while most of us balance our emotions with reason (with varying levels of success), everyone gets angry, everyone gets frustrated, and dealing with those emotions in a non-destructive manner is an important part of creating a functional society. Other forms of entertainment clearly serve that purpose (my life could be that good/thank God my life isn't that bad/my life is like that and it's funny), and we should embrace any tool which further helps to evoke the same effects.
Right, well the exposure time to radiation -- be it heat, radio, or particle -- tends to make a difference, which is why running your finger through a candle's flame is painless, but holding it in the flame for a few seconds can cause serious burns. You apparently managed to quickly extinguish the source, but if your hands had caught fire in the process -- not difficult in a Class B fire -- you would probably be telling a very different story. Playing with fire is inherently fun (otherwise we wouldn't need to constantly remind children not to play with matches/lighters), but if you're going to attempt stuntman-level pyrotechnics, I'd suggest taking stuntman-level safety precautions, which usually include several people with C02 extinguishers and at least 1 paramedic on site. As they say, it's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye. Or 45% of their skin.
That's because flash is extremely slow for writes.. somewhere in the neighborhood of 4MB/s. I've personally never seen faster in my testing, even so-called "60x" or "96x" chips. Better flash may well exist, but I doubt they're using anything faster in commodity hard drives.
As for the power savings, I imagine the bulk of the savings comes from using non-volatile RAM, so constant power isn't required for the cache. A few extraneous spin-ups *might* be avoided, but you don't really want to keep writes cached any longer than necessary. Maybe the savings are significant, but even if it's 20% more efficient, and the HD accounts for, say, 20% of your power consumption (which seems to be a generous estimate), that's only a 4% savings overall. It may useful in conjunction with other power-saving methods perhaps, but seems fairly useless on its own. Perhaps worse than useless, if performance is at all important to you.
But what about hole flow? Without good hole flow, the electrons will get clogged. Also any cable worth its salt will have a synergistic balance between electron flow and hole flow, creating a warmer, richer sound template. And the best way to eliminate RFI is to place an antenna at each junction between the cable, the speaker, and the amplifier; the bigger the better! Just make sure it's a transmitting antenna and not a receiving antenna! Finally, you should install a tube in the exact center of the cable for maximum dancability. Don't forget: measure twice and plasma weld once!
Ah, now you're catching on. When everyone's a criminal, something something Ayn Rand. Anyway, you're in violation of the DMCA for cracking the obfuscation used to hide the master plan. Please turn yourself in to the nearest law enforcement officer or department.
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Data Mining is spying?
No, obtaining information about people without their knowledge or consent is spying. Data mining is what you do with the information after you've collected it.
So tell me, how do we get the data I need without manually searching each and every record? (replace "data I need" with terrorist and "every record" with citizen)
Maybe you don't.
Your right to find a potential criminal does not outweigh the rights of millions of people to have their personal affairs remain their personal affairs. Yes, an increased vulnerability to crime is the price we pay for increased insulation against an abusive government. But it's also worth noting that increased government powers provide no guarantee against crime, while limiting its powers *is* an effective protection against abuse.
I highly doubt we are unique, or at least that self-replicating beings capable of problem solving are unique to our planet, but the Sagan-esque "billions and billions" argument is not an axiom. Unless and until we find other life, we don't know the actual odds. The probability could very well be lower than the number of atoms in the universe. Maybe intelligent life only pops up once every other universe or so. Maybe this is the first time ever.
In other words, it is no more foolish to insist that we are unique than to insist that we are not.
I think your comment is best summed up in one sentence:
LEAVE APPLE ALONE!
Get yourself a Jupiter-sized test tube, a few billion years to observe, and you'll have your answer.
On the serious side, studying atmospheric phenomenon on other planets can give us a better understanding of our own weather.
But does he have the Secret Sauce?
Of course, how many times have we been promised flying cars only to suffer in perpetual disappointment.
Seven. Unless you count Popular Science covers, then 43.
On the bright side, maybe we can harness our perpetual disappointment as a clean energy source.
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Call me when it can properly display my favorite world wide web site.
Anyone notice how many words that start with sc have negative connotations? Scab, scar, scud, scum, scratch, scabies, scam, and scat, just off the top of my head. About the best I can think of is "school," and that's ambivalent. Good company SCO keeps.. no pun intended.
Note to self, don't name company anything that starts with, or abbreviates to, SC*.
As opposed to a Hibbert Curve, in which any given point has a 22 hour TTL. Uh huh huh huh.
No problem. Also, Dil is really a man, Jacob never left Vietnam, Dr. Crowe is dead, Jack and Tyler are the same person, Jesus comes back to life, and rumor has it that an MLB team will win the World Series this year.
My bed is on permafrost you insensitive clod.
Not to be confused with explosive AN-AL fertilizer, which is best countered by the liberal application of Kaopectate or Immodium AD.
The problem with Civ4 is that neurotic behavior is a losing proposition for the player almost regardless of the AI (unless the AI displays similar behavior) because the game seems designed to reward planning and execution of a particular strategy rather than constantly shifting tactics. If you've been aggressive toward your neighbors, for example, you almost definitely can't suddenly establish amicable relations. If you've invested in a particular branch of technology, you almost definitely can't switch to another. And if you've established a society with an emphasis on culture, you'll have a hard time switching to military might (which is difficult enough to achieve even when it's the goal all along).
Of course, the emphasis of meticulous planning and execution over spontaneity and flexibility is one of the reasons I suck at, and consequently don't enjoy, Civ4.
Also if any part of a zip line breaks, the whole thing is useless. If the top of a structure breaks, the bottom still works, which could make a difference (though probably wouldn't, since any explosion would likely be from the bottom-up anyway).
TBH, I don't really care what they rate the game(s). I do care that console manufacturers prohibit certain ratings on their platforms, that stores refuse to carry unrated titles, and that not enough people to make a difference seem to care. If we want to change that, we need to A) make more noise and inform more people than the opposition, and/or B) convince the relevant parties that we are a larger portion of their market than those who wish to maintain or tighten the current restrictions.
Because the game teaches you how to effectively become a mass murderer. Duh! Just drive into any garage to change your paint (unless you're in a taxi or LEV) and you can get away with anything.
But seriously, the idea that teaching people how to be effective killers is somehow equivalent to creating a mass murderer is absurd. True, there was the ex-Marine clocktower killer, but the overwhelming majority of the military do not go on killing sprees. Hell, most rifle hunters are effective killers, but likewise, I haven't heard of any statistically significant correlation between hunting and serial/spree killers.
Moreover, any determined individual can and likely will gain access to the tools and information necessary to perpetrate his crime. If strict gun regulations don't prevent criminals from obtaining firearms in the UK, how is a ban supposed to prevent access to a game? Clearly it doesn't; it only prevents people with a casual interest from obtaining it (to a very limited extent) -- the very people I'd argue are least likely to act out their violent fantasies.
Finally, there's a strong argument to be made that videogame violence can have a cathartic effect, much the same way it's been demonstrated that profanity is an effective, but largely innocuous, release of anger and frustration. Had a bad day? Fire up GTA and create some mayhem. Spent the ride home stuck in agonizingly slow traffic? Nothing quite like a virtual rocket launcher to deal with those pesky turtles in front of you. We are emotional beings, and while most of us balance our emotions with reason (with varying levels of success), everyone gets angry, everyone gets frustrated, and dealing with those emotions in a non-destructive manner is an important part of creating a functional society. Other forms of entertainment clearly serve that purpose (my life could be that good/thank God my life isn't that bad/my life is like that and it's funny), and we should embrace any tool which further helps to evoke the same effects.
Right, well the exposure time to radiation -- be it heat, radio, or particle -- tends to make a difference, which is why running your finger through a candle's flame is painless, but holding it in the flame for a few seconds can cause serious burns. You apparently managed to quickly extinguish the source, but if your hands had caught fire in the process -- not difficult in a Class B fire -- you would probably be telling a very different story. Playing with fire is inherently fun (otherwise we wouldn't need to constantly remind children not to play with matches/lighters), but if you're going to attempt stuntman-level pyrotechnics, I'd suggest taking stuntman-level safety precautions, which usually include several people with C02 extinguishers and at least 1 paramedic on site. As they say, it's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye. Or 45% of their skin.
That's because flash is extremely slow for writes.. somewhere in the neighborhood of 4MB/s. I've personally never seen faster in my testing, even so-called "60x" or "96x" chips. Better flash may well exist, but I doubt they're using anything faster in commodity hard drives.
As for the power savings, I imagine the bulk of the savings comes from using non-volatile RAM, so constant power isn't required for the cache. A few extraneous spin-ups *might* be avoided, but you don't really want to keep writes cached any longer than necessary. Maybe the savings are significant, but even if it's 20% more efficient, and the HD accounts for, say, 20% of your power consumption (which seems to be a generous estimate), that's only a 4% savings overall. It may useful in conjunction with other power-saving methods perhaps, but seems fairly useless on its own. Perhaps worse than useless, if performance is at all important to you.
But what about hole flow? Without good hole flow, the electrons will get clogged. Also any cable worth its salt will have a synergistic balance between electron flow and hole flow, creating a warmer, richer sound template. And the best way to eliminate RFI is to place an antenna at each junction between the cable, the speaker, and the amplifier; the bigger the better! Just make sure it's a transmitting antenna and not a receiving antenna! Finally, you should install a tube in the exact center of the cable for maximum dancability. Don't forget: measure twice and plasma weld once!
Ah, now you're catching on. When everyone's a criminal, something something Ayn Rand. Anyway, you're in violation of the DMCA for cracking the obfuscation used to hide the master plan. Please turn yourself in to the nearest law enforcement officer or department.