I've seen some speculation that dark matter could be a previously unseen heavy neutrino. I also understand based on current theories there should be a lot more anti-matter than is seen now in the universe. So my armchair physics idea is there was some reaction as part of the matter/anti-matter annihilation in the early universe that converted a lot of the anti-matter into the dark matter forms of heavy neutrinos. Has this idea been pretty much ruled out already?
Anyone know what the deal is with the pipe or rod looking object in the lower right hand side of this picture http://www.esa.int/var/esa/sto.../>? It looks like it is embedded in the comet and is casting a shadow. I am suprised the tin hat people haven't taken off with this yet.
A transistor is a computer. It just computes exactly one function on exactly one set of inputs. It's a simple finite state machine.
So transistor is a finite state machine is a computer. Well I've got a jar of pennies where each one is a finite state machine and therefore each one is a computer. Or else maybe they should start teaching more engineering and less computer science.
Just before 911 the FBI was spending more time and money on finding online copyright violators than finding terrorists. They were even labelling violators as copyright terrorists. It's only a matter of time before the FBI becomes MPAA and RIAA lackeys again.
My opinion is that if these documents are true then Heartland Institute should be dragged across burning hot coals and their stomachs roasted and eaten.
Agreed. Just buy a SIM card from one of the small shops located almost anywhere. Don't buy it from the malls directly across from the border crossings however. You will get ripped off if you do so. Phones are pretty cheap also if bought from the shops selling SIM cards.
Saying "the pictures will never be saved" is known as a "Pie Crust Promise" - easily made, easily broken. Here is some interesting reading on similar promises from the government, especially on how the SSN will never be used for identification. http://www.scragged.com/articles/the-plague-of-presidential-pie-crust-promises . The moral is never EVER trust the government .
I remember when they shut down the Apollo program to do this thing it was suppose to be a permanent hopping off point in space to get us out to the other planets and beyond. They never told us it was just going to go around circles just outside the atmosphere and let astronauts perform little science fair experiments and do little else. Basically, I believe now the space station and the space shuttle were just welfare programs for aerospace companies. Now NASA wants to crash it back to earth and loose everything. I don't blame Russia and the other countries wanting to detach their modules and taking them to play elsewhere. If NASA really wants to salvage the space station project, they need to push it to a higher, more useful orbit, and start building some real interplanetary manned (and unmanned) spaceships out there.
I can almost picture Sony Recipe Corporation and Disney Recipe International suing moms and pops for cooking dinner using pirated recipes...
>You can be sure that were someone to call for it's repeal 300 years later there'd be no >lack of "professional recipe composers" who would talk about how much work they put >into working out new recipes and the time and effort it takes and how we're bad people >for implying that they haven't worked hard and that they somehow don't deserve a cut >whenever someone follows their recipies.
Actually, the expansion of corporate monopolies by use of DRM and DMCA restricts what used to be inalienable rights of both artists and users far more that most people imagine. It is a very dangerous situation right now. Anything to weaken DRM and DMCA is good, at least until the the political process starts working for the people again.
Let me get this straight. Both Verizon and Comcast have lines running across the back of my property in the right of way. Since obtaining the rights to this passage they have each added massive amounts of programming which I have never been compensated for. Looks like it is time to started adding up a bill for each of them. Also, since they have no cable neutrality, I am claiming the right to continuous deep inspection of their programming to make sure they stick to their original agreements for use of my property.
>There's nobody to identify - there's nobody to criticize. They like to stay in the shadows and let their > lawyers do their work, and the lawyers can claim that they're just "representing their client" so >you can't even point to them.
It is true these type of organizations would like to operate with impunity and with no personal accountability. The way to counter this is to shine a light on the people who are really responsible and keep that light shining. For example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Williams_(songwriter) is their fearless leader who a long time ago wrote such songs as "We've Only Just Begun" and "(Just An) Old Fashioned Love Song". Something to consider (or not) when choosing a wedding song.
As an engineer, my work can be heard on television and various other communication devices. With shrinking engineering budgets, I wish I could depend on people being forced to send me moneys in order to pay my mortgage, feed my kids and upgrade my computer. I have a totally middle class income, and no-one is doing anything to guarantee my milking locked in users based on past work. My engineering and other friends are all professionals, and we all need to pay for groceries. The next time you use something I might of had a hand in creating, consider that you don't have to continue support my spending habits based on something I did a long time ago. If you are really passionate about doing this, feel free to donate my moneys you owe me to the EFF instead, because I do wish to share my earlier work with anyone. Also, keep in mind creativity in your industry too was freely shared for most of the history of humanity until the culture barons started to try to privatize and control everything artistic and musical.
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This would work great up here in Alaska. No real competition and a huge pool of potential users.
I've seen some speculation that dark matter could be a previously unseen heavy neutrino. I also understand based on current theories there should be a lot more anti-matter than is seen now in the universe. So my armchair physics idea is there was some reaction as part of the matter/anti-matter annihilation in the early universe that converted a lot of the anti-matter into the dark matter forms of heavy neutrinos. Has this idea been pretty much ruled out already?
Anyone know what the deal is with the pipe or rod looking object in the lower right hand side of this picture http://www.esa.int/var/esa/sto... />? It looks like it is embedded in the comet and is casting a shadow. I am suprised the tin hat people haven't taken off with this yet.
Does anyone have an IEC login to share so I can actually look at the standard?
At least the Springfield Nuclear Plant is in good hands.
A transistor is a computer. It just computes exactly one function on exactly one set of inputs. It's a simple finite state machine.
So transistor is a finite state machine is a computer. Well I've got a jar of pennies where each one is a finite state machine and therefore each one is a computer. Or else maybe they should start teaching more engineering and less computer science.
Just before 911 the FBI was spending more time and money on finding online copyright violators than finding terrorists. They were even labelling violators as copyright terrorists. It's only a matter of time before the FBI becomes MPAA and RIAA lackeys again.
This cannot be 'current' news.
> Chevy Volt Meets High Resistance, GM Suspends Sales
My opinion is that if these documents are true then Heartland Institute should be dragged across burning hot coals and their stomachs roasted and eaten.
Back when Bush was still in charge I came up with...
George's Electronic Security Transportation and Papers Organization
Agreed. Just buy a SIM card from one of the small shops located almost anywhere. Don't buy it from the malls directly across from the border crossings however. You will get ripped off if you do so. Phones are pretty cheap also if bought from the shops selling SIM cards.
Are we really getting our tax dollars worth with this new upgrade? There seems to be nothing related to hamsters there.
A good Slashdot article would be the history of the title of this article and who got paid to create and spread it.
is already started. Look at Facebooks IPV6 address closely...
snark@toluene:~$ host www.facebook.com
www.facebook.com has address 69.171.224.39
www.facebook.com has IPv6 address 2620:0:1c00:0:face:b00c::
Actually, you can take your pick if you just want to believe in something without caring if it is verifiable. Choose one that makes you feel good.
Marooned should've been listed as one of the most realistic movies since it almost happened just a few years after the movie was made (Apollo 13).
Saying "the pictures will never be saved" is known as a "Pie Crust Promise" - easily made, easily broken. Here is some interesting reading on similar promises from the government, especially on how the SSN will never be used for identification. http://www.scragged.com/articles/the-plague-of-presidential-pie-crust-promises . The moral is never EVER trust the government .
I remember when they shut down the Apollo program to do this thing it was suppose to be a permanent hopping off point in space to get us out to the other planets and beyond. They never told us it was just going to go around circles just outside the atmosphere and let astronauts perform little science fair experiments and do little else. Basically, I believe now the space station and the space shuttle were just welfare programs for aerospace companies. Now NASA wants to crash it back to earth and loose everything. I don't blame Russia and the other countries wanting to detach their modules and taking them to play elsewhere. If NASA really wants to salvage the space station project, they need to push it to a higher, more useful orbit, and start building some real interplanetary manned (and unmanned) spaceships out there.
Send me some money and I'll tell you all about them. I'll even wear some dark aviator shades and a UFO cap while I do so.
I can almost picture Sony Recipe Corporation and Disney Recipe International suing moms and pops for cooking dinner using pirated recipes...
>You can be sure that were someone to call for it's repeal 300 years later there'd be no >lack of "professional recipe composers" who would talk about how much work they put >into working out new recipes and the time and effort it takes and how we're bad people >for implying that they haven't worked hard and that they somehow don't deserve a cut >whenever someone follows their recipies.
Really good post. Spells it out exactly so almost anyone can understand what the problem is.
Actually, the expansion of corporate monopolies by use of DRM and DMCA restricts what used to be inalienable rights of both artists and users far more that most people imagine. It is a very dangerous situation right now. Anything to weaken DRM and DMCA is good, at least until the the political process starts working for the people again.
Let me get this straight. Both Verizon and Comcast have lines running across the back of my property in the right of way. Since obtaining the rights to this passage they have each added massive amounts of programming which I have never been compensated for. Looks like it is time to started adding up a bill for each of them. Also, since they have no cable neutrality, I am claiming the right to continuous deep inspection of their programming to make sure they stick to their original agreements for use of my property.
>There's nobody to identify - there's nobody to criticize. They like to stay in the shadows and let their
> lawyers do their work, and the lawyers can claim that they're just "representing their client" so
>you can't even point to them.
It is true these type of organizations would like to operate with impunity and with no personal accountability. The way to counter this is to shine a light on the people who are really responsible and keep that light shining. For example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Williams_(songwriter) is their fearless leader who a long time ago wrote such songs as "We've Only Just Begun" and "(Just An) Old Fashioned Love Song". Something to consider (or not) when choosing a wedding song.
As an engineer, my work can be heard on television and various other communication devices. With shrinking engineering budgets, I wish I could depend on people being forced to send me moneys in order to pay my mortgage, feed my kids and upgrade my computer. I have a totally middle class income, and no-one is doing anything to guarantee my milking locked in users based on past work. My engineering and other friends are all professionals, and we all need to pay for groceries. The next time you use something I might of had a hand in creating, consider that you don't have to continue support my spending habits based on something I did a long time ago. If you are really passionate about doing this, feel free to donate my moneys you owe me to the EFF instead, because I do wish to share my earlier work with anyone. Also, keep in mind creativity in your industry too was freely shared for most of the history of humanity until the culture barons started to try to privatize and control everything artistic and musical.