Because the best place to beta test a top-secret military project is in a forum with six billion people watching.
I'm not saying that this shouldn't be used here, but why weren't they tested at, say, a regular Lions game beforehand? It's the same number of people in the same location, just not as many of them are VIPs with the associated security concerns in case of evacuation.
And think how many of those people now believe the little more protection they just purchased is absolute protection and that they're free to open any and all attachments they get from now on.
I know this is Slashot, so painting with a broad brush and taking things out of context is the norm. Maybe PP was supposed to be funny, but if so you missed the mark a bit.
"This terrorist surveillance program has helped prevent terrorist attacks. It remains essential to the security of America. If there are people inside our country who are talking with al-Qaida, we want to know about it -- because we will not sit back and wait to be hit again."
This is the part of the SotU transcript that the gp was referencing. The grandparent was actually very close to Bush's remarks when he facetiously said "demanding that law enforcement agencies obtain warrants (even retrospectively) makes the country unsafe, and helps terrorists".
First off, seriously, whoa. How the heck did that make it past an editor? It's sad and, most of all, not newsworthy.
Second and back on topic, it's not necessary for that level of belief in order to fool the machine. I would be curious how it would work with someone who has repeatedly "lied" to themselves, even if they don't believe it (they would get caught by a traditional polygraph). Is it possible to distinguish between someone recalling the truth, someone recalling a lie and someone making up a lie?
All of the control tests typically utilize "new" events (did you take the watch/money), so people don't have enough time to "prep" their brain for lying.
Still, though... you've got to wonder how much more of this the Republican constituants will accept.
Think of it as parent/child. Your ideas, your beliefs are your intellectual children, as are those who say they will defend them. Go into any public school and watch a parent/teacher conference with a repeat offender. It'll look something like:
Teacher: "Your child was found guilty of [insert offense here]."
Parent: "Not my child! He's perfect!"
Teacher: "But [insert long list of evidence]."
Parent: "I don't believe [you/the witness] and the evidence is [circumstantial/shaky/untrustworthy]. If it's anyone's fault, it's [friend/other child/generic scapegoat]"
For the sake of the metaphor, the teacher is some independent authority (media, courts, scientific study). It's in a parent's nature to deny that their problem child is a problem. This happens in equal parts because the parent truly believes that their child is right and because any attack on their child (even correct ones) is a perceived attack on them.
Even when the question is framed in the most positive manner for the President (relating wiretaps to fighting terrorism), nearly half of the population still is against it?
This is a very encouraging sign.
I disagree. People tend to defend their beliefs. With the current partisan cynicism, it is unlikely many will change their mind, no matter what the facts are. Therefore, the 50/50 split is likely to remain unless someone can effectively reframe the debate away from freedom fighters vs. terrorist huggers.
After 9/11, President Bush authorized government wiretaps on some phone calls in the U.S. without getting court warrants, saying this was necessary to reduce the threat of terrorism. Do you approve or disapprove of this?
53% approve, 46% disapprove, 1% no opinion
After 9/11, George W. Bush authorized government wiretaps on some phone calls in the U.S. without getting court warrants. Do you approve or disapprove of this?
46% approve, 50% disapprove, 3% no opinion.
Basically, somewhere around half the country approve, half disapprove and the margin of error are people who are swayed by how the question is asked.
When I see 'new', I expect to get a nice unopened, shrinkwrapped item.
Well, see, they'll show you a picture of what it was like brand new. Then they'll open it for you and preload all the music and videos that you want on it. Then they'll send it to you.
But don't worry. The one they're sending you was absolutely the one they pictured still sealed in the box, only opened once to load all that extra bonus content on it. Honest.
Organisms living in soil are exposed to numerous chemicals and other species, it's a wonder that they're not immune to even more antibiotics and disinfectant chemicals.
In reality, it's not a matter of "immune". There only needs to be enough of a resistance that the process of evolution can take place. Letting the bacteria multiply, even slowly, will eventually create complete resistance.
So in layman's term, computer is an electronic appliance, you plug in the power, turn it on and use it.
Even if I accept your framing of this debate, there are a few issues. First, you don't just "use" a washing machine. There are settings, types of detergent, general rules about mixing colors, etc. There are even some out there (as I found out when I returned home for the holidays) that don't automatically set the time when you put in quarters, or, even more shockingly, need quarters!
That's the level of complexity that this book should be targetted to. Not teaching how to run a webserver or how to "fix" the hardware (in your analogy, performing maintence or upgrades on the washer), but what a "browser" is and how it talks to other computers, what the "Internet" is and how it is (or was) different from the WWW, how viruses do what they do and why, the difference between RAM and your hard drive. Basically, everything your parents have or have wanted to ask you about computers.
Metro Smartrip cards don't have any personal ID or financial information on them... and nothing else in my wallet has an RFID chip in it... These things don't have much of a range...
...yet.
Kind of an important word that was omitted thrice.
Upon further review, it was found that this DVD was actually the special edition where all the guns had been replaced with walkie-talkies. So it might have saved Munich's Oscar hopes.
3.3 million players bought in the run-up to Christmas and only 30 million songs sold to be put on them? Unless everyone bought a $200+ player to listen to the same 10 songs over and over, they're getting songs from elsewhere, which must be illegally.
The EtBr treatment only states on the presence of double stranded DNA. It intercholates in the base stacks, meaning, aside from poor lysis, if DNase activity (contamination from the user/innate DNase activity usually sequestered away from the nucleus) was present and broke down the DNA into individual bases during the procedure, then their crude scan would be useless. Nevermind the possibility the poor little microbes might be dead and mostly broken down due to being in the cold/oxygenated/hypotonic environment of the clouds for however long... None of the usual answers might be forthcoming using their rudimentary techniques, nor some of the "normal" molecular biology techniques if the microbes are dead.
Given that this stuff literally falls from the sky (they should have enough to do some more brute-force assays), I would be curious as to what could be done to determine protein sequence/structure (potentially more stable than DNA, definitely more stable than RNA). Precipitate off some outer membrane proteins and send them off for Edman degredation and trypsin analysis. See if it matches anything (or comes close enough to assign a phylogenic probability to it).
I've also completely ignored the possibility of astrological origin, which could mean standard DNA and protein approaches might not work, since they might not use DNA to code for amino-acid based proteins. Panspermia's not impossible, but I think the more likely mundane scenario involves something propelling the dust/microbes into the atmosphere (natural occurance, like a tornado, could do the trick) and those microbes raining down.
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Because the best place to beta test a top-secret military project is in a forum with six billion people watching.
I'm not saying that this shouldn't be used here, but why weren't they tested at, say, a regular Lions game beforehand? It's the same number of people in the same location, just not as many of them are VIPs with the associated security concerns in case of evacuation.
And think how many of those people now believe the little more protection they just purchased is absolute protection and that they're free to open any and all attachments they get from now on.
Bill's home mortgage (if it exists) does not exist.
Whoa, man, you're blowing my mind!
Finally, some sense in the P2P/RIAA/MPAA wars!
They get your money to buy the content and then they don't have to pay for the bandwidth to get it to you? How could they not try it?
First off, seriously, whoa. How the heck did that make it past an editor? It's sad and, most of all, not newsworthy.
Second and back on topic, it's not necessary for that level of belief in order to fool the machine. I would be curious how it would work with someone who has repeatedly "lied" to themselves, even if they don't believe it (they would get caught by a traditional polygraph). Is it possible to distinguish between someone recalling the truth, someone recalling a lie and someone making up a lie?
All of the control tests typically utilize "new" events (did you take the watch/money), so people don't have enough time to "prep" their brain for lying.
Off defending something cuter.
Still, though... you've got to wonder how much more of this the Republican constituants will accept.
Think of it as parent/child. Your ideas, your beliefs are your intellectual children, as are those who say they will defend them. Go into any public school and watch a parent/teacher conference with a repeat offender. It'll look something like:
Teacher: "Your child was found guilty of [insert offense here]."
Parent: "Not my child! He's perfect!"
Teacher: "But [insert long list of evidence]."
Parent: "I don't believe [you/the witness] and the evidence is [circumstantial/shaky/untrustworthy]. If it's anyone's fault, it's [friend/other child/generic scapegoat]"
For the sake of the metaphor, the teacher is some independent authority (media, courts, scientific study). It's in a parent's nature to deny that their problem child is a problem. This happens in equal parts because the parent truly believes that their child is right and because any attack on their child (even correct ones) is a perceived attack on them.
Even when the question is framed in the most positive manner for the President (relating wiretaps to fighting terrorism), nearly half of the population still is against it? This is a very encouraging sign.
I disagree. People tend to defend their beliefs. With the current partisan cynicism, it is unlikely many will change their mind, no matter what the facts are. Therefore, the 50/50 split is likely to remain unless someone can effectively reframe the debate away from freedom fighters vs. terrorist huggers.
From the supplement:
After 9/11, President Bush authorized government wiretaps on some phone calls in the U.S. without getting court warrants, saying this was necessary to reduce the threat of terrorism. Do you approve or disapprove of this?
53% approve, 46% disapprove, 1% no opinion
After 9/11, George W. Bush authorized government wiretaps on some phone calls in the U.S. without getting court warrants. Do you approve or disapprove of this?
46% approve, 50% disapprove, 3% no opinion.
Basically, somewhere around half the country approve, half disapprove and the margin of error are people who are swayed by how the question is asked.
Pixar isn't randomly greenlighting movie screenplays based on explosion/boob ratio.
And they're doing lots of other things wrong, too!
Does this mean new donald duck episodes may include luxo?
No, but all future Luxo Jr. shorts will have subliminal messages in the background.
When I see 'new', I expect to get a nice unopened, shrinkwrapped item.
Well, see, they'll show you a picture of what it was like brand new. Then they'll open it for you and preload all the music and videos that you want on it. Then they'll send it to you.
But don't worry. The one they're sending you was absolutely the one they pictured still sealed in the box, only opened once to load all that extra bonus content on it. Honest.
Organisms living in soil are exposed to numerous chemicals and other species, it's a wonder that they're not immune to even more antibiotics and disinfectant chemicals.
In reality, it's not a matter of "immune". There only needs to be enough of a resistance that the process of evolution can take place. Letting the bacteria multiply, even slowly, will eventually create complete resistance.
Why they celebrate birthdays and not conception days (they're so adamant at trying to control non-believers definitions of "life").
Because the mental image of your parents performing the act that led to your conception is icky.
I am sure George Michael can figure out how to rip episodes and upload them.
Yeah, but then every episode would start off with that time he filmed himself having a mock light-saber battle in the garage.
So in layman's term, computer is an electronic appliance, you plug in the power, turn it on and use it.
Even if I accept your framing of this debate, there are a few issues. First, you don't just "use" a washing machine. There are settings, types of detergent, general rules about mixing colors, etc. There are even some out there (as I found out when I returned home for the holidays) that don't automatically set the time when you put in quarters, or, even more shockingly, need quarters!
That's the level of complexity that this book should be targetted to. Not teaching how to run a webserver or how to "fix" the hardware (in your analogy, performing maintence or upgrades on the washer), but what a "browser" is and how it talks to other computers, what the "Internet" is and how it is (or was) different from the WWW, how viruses do what they do and why, the difference between RAM and your hard drive. Basically, everything your parents have or have wanted to ask you about computers.
Metro Smartrip cards don't have any personal ID or financial information on them...
and nothing else in my wallet has an RFID chip in it...
These things don't have much of a range...
...yet.
Kind of an important word that was omitted thrice.
That way Apple will have internet access which they could use for downloading music/video, web-surfing...
...with a click wheel?
Did it hurt?
Upon further review, it was found that this DVD was actually the special edition where all the guns had been replaced with walkie-talkies. So it might have saved Munich's Oscar hopes.
Wow. That's dangerous.
No, that's natural selection in action!
Oh, yeah, like that'd be helpful.
3.3 million players bought in the run-up to Christmas and only 30 million songs sold to be put on them? Unless everyone bought a $200+ player to listen to the same 10 songs over and over, they're getting songs from elsewhere, which must be illegally.
That's what they'll say, anyways.
The EtBr treatment only states on the presence of double stranded DNA. It intercholates in the base stacks, meaning, aside from poor lysis, if DNase activity (contamination from the user/innate DNase activity usually sequestered away from the nucleus) was present and broke down the DNA into individual bases during the procedure, then their crude scan would be useless. Nevermind the possibility the poor little microbes might be dead and mostly broken down due to being in the cold/oxygenated/hypotonic environment of the clouds for however long... None of the usual answers might be forthcoming using their rudimentary techniques, nor some of the "normal" molecular biology techniques if the microbes are dead.
Given that this stuff literally falls from the sky (they should have enough to do some more brute-force assays), I would be curious as to what could be done to determine protein sequence/structure (potentially more stable than DNA, definitely more stable than RNA). Precipitate off some outer membrane proteins and send them off for Edman degredation and trypsin analysis. See if it matches anything (or comes close enough to assign a phylogenic probability to it).
I've also completely ignored the possibility of astrological origin, which could mean standard DNA and protein approaches might not work, since they might not use DNA to code for amino-acid based proteins. Panspermia's not impossible, but I think the more likely mundane scenario involves something propelling the dust/microbes into the atmosphere (natural occurance, like a tornado, could do the trick) and those microbes raining down.
A method to cheaply and easily turn any given substance into gold...
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