Here's an old shyster trick: Send somebody an empty evelope via certified mail. You can then claim that received pretty much anything as you have proof of them recieving a letter from you.
I agree completely. My high school newspaper had more journalistic integrity than does slashdot, and we would often write something on a sheet of paper, ask somebody else to read it, and quote them as having said it.
It's called Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem. Goedel demonstrated that any strong axiomatic system T must contain a statement S which staes "S cannot be proven in T." Thus T can be proven iff it is inconsistent.
Actually the article says (thanks babelfish!): "A 10 times 10 centimeters large plate (strength: only about 400 gram weigh, are however three times harder 1.0 cm as hardened steel)."
If I'm groking this correctly, it means that a 10cm diameter, 400gm disk of transparent aluminum oxide is 3 times as strong as 1cm thick steel. What this does not tell us is the disk's thickness. For all we know, this disk could be 6cm thick. Or it could be a mere.5cm, which would be great. My point is that this article doesn't provide sufficient information to judge this material.
It is not knowledge that is being owned, it is novel applications that are being patented. The Pythagorean Formula would not be patentable as it is not a directly applicable method or algorithm; it is simply a fact. Facts cannot be owned even under modern laws, and even if they could, Pythagorus's patent would have expired 17 years after it was approved.
I am constantly shocked by the inanity and the sheer number of misconceptions that people have regarding itellectual property (especially when it relates to what exactly is patentable). If somebody where to find a general solution to the Navier-Stokes equation, this would not be patentable (though an oil company would probably pay him to give them the solution and not to publish it). However, if somebody devises a new algorithm to solve the N-S Equation faster, that algorithm, being an innovation and not just a fact, would be patentable.
That's why I recommended base 3. I personally use the number 2 more than I use 2e^2+e, and I'm a math major. This is not to say that 2 is a more important number than e (the most important numbers, in order of importance, being: 42, 0, 1, i, e, pi, Euler-Mascheroni constant, log(2),...).
Actually, trinary (base 3) is far more usefull than base two as it is closer to e (2.71828...). e has the best ratio of number of digits required to represent numbers of a given magnitude to the complexity of the numbering system.
Also, from a purely algebraic standpoint, base 12 is better as it is divisible by so many positive integers (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12).
Once you note the photon's collision with the chamber, you colapse its wavefunction. Because of this, one can only get a single reading per photon (unless of course the chamber is partially reflecting, but that's a different matter). In order to get the shape of the entire object, they must get those probabilities by shooting a large number of photons at the object.
One could make a quite convincing argument that, were it not for companies selling censorship software, governments like those of PR China and Saudi Arabia would not permit internet access at all. Indeed, I find that an argument along these lines can be made just as convincing as Katz's take on this.
This failure to discuss more than one side of an issue is not uncommon in Katz's postings. Perhaps this why many consider him to be more of a muck-raker than a respectable journalist.
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Speaking as an orthodox Jew, I think you're a little off base when you compare our treatment of women with that of extremist muslim governments. Encouraging women to wear knee length skirts is not the same as covering them completely and not allowing them to visit doctors on pain of severe beatings.
"Revenge of the Jedi" was changed to "Return of the Jedi" at almost the last minute. They had already printed and begun to distribute posters by then. As a side note, these posters are very valuable to those who spend their money on that kind of thing.
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Here's an old shyster trick:
Send somebody an empty evelope via certified mail. You can then claim that received pretty much anything as you have proof of them recieving a letter from you.
I agree completely. My high school newspaper had more journalistic integrity than does slashdot, and we would often write something on a sheet of paper, ask somebody else to read it, and quote them as having said it.
It's called Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem. Goedel demonstrated that any strong axiomatic system T must contain a statement S which staes "S cannot be proven in T." Thus T can be proven iff it is inconsistent.
Not FEMA! Don't you know that they plan to overthrough the government and make us all into slaves?
Actually the article says (thanks babelfish!):
.5cm, which would be great. My point is that this article doesn't provide sufficient information to judge this material.
"A 10 times 10 centimeters large plate (strength: only about 400 gram weigh, are however three times harder 1.0 cm as hardened steel)."
If I'm groking this correctly, it means that a 10cm diameter, 400gm disk of transparent aluminum oxide is 3 times as strong as 1cm thick steel. What this does not tell us is the disk's thickness. For all we know, this disk could be 6cm thick. Or it could be a mere
It is not knowledge that is being owned, it is novel applications that are being patented. The Pythagorean Formula would not be patentable as it is not a directly applicable method or algorithm; it is simply a fact. Facts cannot be owned even under modern laws, and even if they could, Pythagorus's patent would have expired 17 years after it was approved.
I am constantly shocked by the inanity and the sheer number of misconceptions that people have regarding itellectual property (especially when it relates to what exactly is patentable). If somebody where to find a general solution to the Navier-Stokes equation, this would not be patentable (though an oil company would probably pay him to give them the solution and not to publish it). However, if somebody devises a new algorithm to solve the N-S Equation faster, that algorithm, being an innovation and not just a fact, would be patentable.
I think maybe it is really time to book Katz into some sort of literacy rehab centre for tired journalists.
Since when was Katz a journalist (no, writing for Wired does not count as journalism)?
You've finally posted something without mentioning that you wrote for Wired!
Much like this proposal, carrier pigeons would provide a high latency connection. It's been fully considered; there's even an RFC on it:
Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams on avian carriers.
Clever list of topic suggestions.
That's why I recommended base 3. I personally use the number 2 more than I use 2e^2+e, and I'm a math major. This is not to say that 2 is a more important number than e (the most important numbers, in order of importance, being: 42, 0, 1, i, e, pi, Euler-Mascheroni constant, log(2), ...).
Actually, trinary (base 3) is far more usefull than base two as it is closer to e (2.71828...). e has the best ratio of number of digits required to represent numbers of a given magnitude to the complexity of the numbering system.
Also, from a purely algebraic standpoint, base 12 is better as it is divisible by so many positive integers (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12).
Argle baga huep! Nip nip, noop! Zeeb, ontor bagel, zimbobway! Gurch fled cat!
Once you note the photon's collision with the chamber, you colapse its wavefunction. Because of this, one can only get a single reading per photon (unless of course the chamber is partially reflecting, but that's a different matter). In order to get the shape of the entire object, they must get those probabilities by shooting a large number of photons at the object.
"You aren't getting many pro-active posts like you usually do, which should prove that you are venturing into the danger zone of journalism."
I think Katz ventured out of "the danger zone of jourbalism" an into the "the whiny zone of rants" several weeks ago.
OK, I can accept that.
One could make a quite convincing argument that, were it not for companies selling censorship software, governments like those of PR China and Saudi Arabia would not permit internet access at all. Indeed, I find that an argument along these lines can be made just as convincing as Katz's take on this.
This failure to discuss more than one side of an issue is not uncommon in Katz's postings. Perhaps this why many consider him to be more of a muck-raker than a respectable journalist.
Speaking as an orthodox Jew, I think you're a little off base when you compare our treatment of women with that of extremist muslim governments. Encouraging women to wear knee length skirts is not the same as covering them completely and not allowing them to visit doctors on pain of severe beatings.
Why should the color of the casing have anything to do with whether or not it crashes?
Finally, somebody makes an intelligent post in this thread. Why has this not been modded up?
They are using stale beer for this. Only a fool would poor a fresh Corona on the ground.
Why was this modded up? It consists solely of baseless speculations about the XBox and provides no new information.
Do you have any basis for your assumptions about the XBox's DVD playback features or are you making this up as you go along?
"Revenge of the Jedi" was changed to "Return of the Jedi" at almost the last minute. They had already printed and begun to distribute posters by then. As a side note, these posters are very valuable to those who spend their money on that kind of thing.