Physics and math have not changed much (at least at the introductory level) in the last 20 years. Technology in IT is in constant flux. It is a lot harder to be up to date if you are not actively doing IT work.
What if the website is your student loan provider? Can't exactly change that easily. (Not that any of those companies do that, just saying "go somewhere else" is not always practical.
The second article says that the people providing the unsecured networks were "cautioned", but it doesn't say they were arrested. I don't think it's a crime to have an open network, though it might go against the TOS.
On the one hand, I'm glad that cops will be forced to obey the law, and not think they are above it. There are cops in my town who park in the fire lane all day.
On the other hand, I really detest red light cameras. They basically operate on the "guilty until proven innocent" principle, sometimes they get you on yellow. Most of the time, they are designed for profit (I've heard companies that manufacture these are often paid per conviction, thus increasing incentive for abuse), not public safety.
Where I live, the traffic cameras are not placed at the most dangerous intersections, but at the ones they think will generate the most revenue for the city. Gines are more than $350 per offense, and go as a point (4 in a year can mean suspension) on your license.
I think my hatred of these red light cameras outweigh my delight about the police getting their ironic comeuppance. I think they should be banned.
It's a safe bet that the Yankees will do well, they always seem to spend almost twice as much as most other teams on talent, not to mention luring good players from other teams away to crush competition. Having said that, they have always spent such money, and not done exceptionally well as of late. 110 wins is a lot, and not many tesms have accomplished that. Safe bet? Hardly.
Summary of article (IMHO):
Guess what. In the future, we will create avatars that will look and sound just like real people. To see how far along we are, take a look at some of these avatars
(decent graphical images, which not an AI make)
There's some money from the NSF to continue this effort.
Really smart guys are working on ways to get realistic sounding voices and
mannerisms.
We're using motion capture too.
Is this commercially viable? We'll have to see.
First of all, this virtual avatar stuff is icing on the cake. The first (easiest) Turing test implementation does not require body language, realistic avatars, or mannerisms, and we are still YEARS from that. What makes anyone think that this is remotely possible by next year?
P.S. The submitter's name seems familiar. Where have I heard it before?
some schoolkids have to wait for the bus in the dark
I never understood school schedules. It has been shown that teenagers naturally wake up later in the day, and that elementary school students wake up earlier. Yet it is the elementary schools that start at 8:30 and the high schools that start at 7:30. Why not make school like work, where it runs 9-5, on a schedule more matching that of the parents? Some will counter that high school students have jobs in the evening, so let them start earlier. Why should jobs drive school schedules?
The SCI FI channel. They seem to cancel all the good series and throw on mindless movie of the week drivel. (And WRESTLING? What's up with that?) It's too bad, I used to like the network.
Solvers are easy, I wrote one in about 3 hours in Java. (For each square, see what permissible values it has, and try to fill things in, brute force). What is more interesting is generation. How do you know that the puzzle you've come up with has a unique solution? With a complete solution in mind, which squares can (should) you remove. That seems harder to me.
IANAL, but I seem to remember a clause in the DMCA that allowed "no-foul" agreements if takedown was immediate if a site was notified that it was hosting copyrighted material, with links to the site given. Is this not the case?
I think many reasonable scientists can separate what they "believe" from what they can visibly see, deduce, and provide evidence for, and determinie which belongs in each category.
For one, with no tv, people will stop becoming passive, and may actually try to be actively involved with life. The Romans knew that a fat and happy populace was one that would not revolt. The government knows which side it's bread is buttered on.
From the article: CD sales fell 23 percent worldwide between 2000 and 2006. Last year saw a 131 percent jump in digital sales overall the industry still saw about a 4 percent decline in revenue.
So CD sales... down... (a lot) Digital music sales... up (a lot)
When I get in an argument with my creationist friends, no one disputes what they call 'micro evolution'. The idea that single cells can mutate to become resistant to bacteria, and those are the only ones that survive. Where people have trouble is with something they call 'macro evolution', that these mutations can over time create entirely new species, organs, and reproductive behavior (sexual vs asexual). I believe it because I think people don't understand exactly how many years we are considering here in the long haul. If the scientific community is not calling 'evolution' what most people agree actually takes place, how can they expect to be taken seriously on more controversial aspects of science?
It seems fairly self important to assume that they didn't understand the math behind the tiles. They generated them, didn't they? Islamic culture was well considered to be centuries ahead of Europe during that time period. They had access to some of the ancient Greek writings that Europe only rediscovered years later. My question is, and I don't mean to troll, what happened? From my perspective, it seems that many people almost disdain the idea of progress in culture and arts now.
illegal to discriminate against someone solely on the basis of a disability IANAL, But I can't imagine it would be against the law to discriminate against someone solely on the basis of a disability if it could be proven that it is detrimental to the job performance. Chauffers must be able to see, for example.
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Physics and math have not changed much (at least at the introductory level) in the last 20 years. Technology in IT is in constant flux. It is a lot harder to be up to date if you are not actively doing IT work.
What if the website is your student loan provider? Can't exactly change that easily. (Not that any of those companies do that, just saying "go somewhere else" is not always practical.
The second article says that the people providing the unsecured networks were "cautioned", but it doesn't say they were arrested. I don't think it's a crime to have an open network, though it might go against the TOS.
I found a blog, which goes into some detail, about 3 patents in this dispute.
Verizon-Vonage patent analysis Part One: 6,282,574
Verizon-Vonage Patent analysis Part Two: 6,104,711
Verizon-Vonage Patent analysis Part Three: 6,359,880
On the one hand, I'm glad that cops will be forced to obey the law, and not think they are above it. There are cops in my town who park in the fire lane all day.
On the other hand, I really detest red light cameras. They basically operate on the "guilty until proven innocent" principle, sometimes they get you on yellow. Most of the time, they are designed for profit (I've heard companies that manufacture these are often paid per conviction, thus increasing incentive for abuse), not public safety.
Where I live, the traffic cameras are not placed at the most dangerous intersections, but at the ones they think will generate the most revenue for the city. Gines are more than $350 per offense, and go as a point (4 in a year can mean suspension) on your license.
I think my hatred of these red light cameras outweigh my delight about the police getting their ironic comeuppance. I think they should be banned.
It's a safe bet that the Yankees will do well, they always seem to spend almost twice as much as most other teams on talent, not to mention luring good players from other teams away to crush competition. Having said that, they have always spent such money, and not done exceptionally well as of late. 110 wins is a lot, and not many tesms have accomplished that. Safe bet? Hardly.
Summary of article (IMHO):
Guess what. In the future, we will create avatars that will look and sound just like real people. To see how far along we are, take a look at some of these avatars
(decent graphical images, which not an AI make)
There's some money from the NSF to continue this effort.
Really smart guys are working on ways to get realistic sounding voices and
mannerisms.
We're using motion capture too.
Is this commercially viable? We'll have to see.
First of all, this virtual avatar stuff is icing on the cake. The first (easiest) Turing test implementation does not require body language, realistic avatars, or
mannerisms, and we are still YEARS from that. What makes anyone think that this is remotely possible by next year?
P.S. The submitter's name seems familiar. Where have I heard it before?
some schoolkids have to wait for the bus in the dark
I never understood school schedules. It has been shown that teenagers naturally wake up later in the day, and that elementary school students wake up earlier. Yet it is the elementary schools that start at 8:30 and the high schools that start at 7:30. Why not make school like work, where it runs 9-5, on a schedule more matching that of the parents? Some will counter that high school students have jobs in the evening, so let them start earlier. Why should jobs drive school schedules?
If he forgot ageism, he should be an agesimist, not an ageist.
Wouldn't a stylus approach, with a touch screen allow for arbitrary button placement? Wouldn't this solve this problem?
The SCI FI channel. They seem to cancel all the good series and throw on mindless movie of the week drivel. (And WRESTLING? What's up with that?) It's too bad, I used to like the network.
Solvers are easy, I wrote one in about 3 hours in Java. (For each square, see what permissible values it has, and try to fill things in, brute force). What is more interesting is generation. How do you know that the puzzle you've come up with has a unique solution? With a complete solution in mind, which squares can (should) you remove. That seems harder to me.
IANAL, but I seem to remember a clause in the DMCA that allowed "no-foul" agreements if takedown was immediate if a site was notified that it was hosting copyrighted material, with links to the site given. Is this not the case?
Does LA mean Los Angeles or Louisana, in this case?
I think many reasonable scientists can separate what they "believe" from what they can visibly see, deduce, and provide evidence for, and determinie which belongs in each category.
For one, with no tv, people will stop becoming passive, and may actually try to be actively involved with life. The Romans knew that a fat and happy populace was one that would not revolt. The government knows which side it's bread is buttered on.
$1 billion to the government is chump change. Not even 0.1% of the budget. Do you know how much more is spent on far more useless things?
I hear they use it on the Excelsior as well. It's a great little secret weapon, let's hope the Klingons don't get it.
So where did I put that new "low reflectivity" bottle of vodka? I can't seem to find it.
From the article:
... up (a lot)
CD sales fell 23 percent worldwide between 2000 and 2006.
Last year saw a 131 percent jump in digital sales
overall the industry still saw about a 4 percent decline in revenue.
So CD sales... down... (a lot)
Digital music sales
Overall down... ( a little)
Blame Jobs!
Brilliant!
What color is the sky in their world?
When I get in an argument with my creationist friends, no one disputes what they call 'micro evolution'. The idea that single cells can mutate to become resistant to bacteria, and those are the only ones that survive. Where people have trouble is with something they call 'macro evolution', that these mutations can over time create entirely new species, organs, and reproductive behavior (sexual vs asexual). I believe it because I think people don't understand exactly how many years we are considering here in the long haul. If the scientific community is not calling 'evolution' what most people agree actually takes place, how can they expect to be taken seriously on more controversial aspects of science?
I don't generally like to feed the trolls, but...
Which country works the most?
It seems fairly self important to assume that they didn't understand the math behind the tiles. They generated them, didn't they? Islamic culture was well considered to be centuries ahead of Europe during that time period. They had access to some of the ancient Greek writings that Europe only rediscovered years later. My question is, and I don't mean to troll, what happened? From my perspective, it seems that many people almost disdain the idea of progress in culture and arts now.
Kid's can't drive. They can't vote. They can't buy or consume alcohol. They can't go to R rated movies. They can't buy cigarettes. Do I need to go on?
Yet they can still be tried as adults for certain crimes.
We personal freedoms comes personal responsibility.
Yet it seems like the only time kids are treated as adults are as you put it in extreme cases
This seems wrong.
I agree with the rest of your post though.
illegal to discriminate against someone solely on the basis of a disability
IANAL, But I can't imagine it would be against the law to discriminate against someone solely on the basis of a disability if it could be proven that it is detrimental to the job performance. Chauffers must be able to see, for example.