Yes, it is true, there is a lot of peer pressure to not be a stand out intellectually. But to be a stand out in sports, thats A OK.
I think sports figures don't intimidate anyone. We all get over a physical beating. But smart students everyone sees as future rich people. And we are all constantly abused by the rich, and its not so easy to get over.
"c me and free me" was the saying at my school. But this has always been the way, its not a new trend.
We know Japanese work long hours. We also know they don't work nearly as hard as Americans.
I do not agree that laziness is a major issue, as much as greed. Management is the number one issue.
Managers or CEOs make almost exclusively short term decisions to make themselves look better; Then they leave for a better job before the piper has to be paid.
America is capitalist, but we are becomming short term only capitalist. Mortgaging our future on almost every single issue.
A stock also gives you rights to the assets of the company. So while you may only be able to get $0.05 per share on the market, if the company goes belly up, you get part of the assets which could be more than $0.05 per share.
So its not all about confidence.
Used to be the same way for the dollar when it was backed by Fort Knox and based on Gold. But now the US dollar is not backed by gold.
These devices can NOT be used on doorways for several reasons, not the least of which is the DMCA.
1. These devices are low power low frequency devices which must be VERY close to the antenna since the anteanna is providing the power for the chip. They don't contain batteries.
2. If used on a passageway, think of those with pacemakers passing through this 'exciting' antenna doorway.
3. People with passive entry systems such as those on BMW or Volvo will be disturbed to know Wal-Mart is reading their Key-Fobs (which contain RFID tags) when they pass through the doorways. And note that these RFID tags data is encrypted, so the DMCA can play a role here. That is, the ID is not encrypted, but if they think its one of their tags, and start trying to read the data, they could get into trouble.
Side note. man people predict passive entry will replace key-less entry within 10 years. if this is the case and were all walking around with RFID keys to our cars, privacy concerns could go up quite a bit.
True. I have only shopped at them back before 1992. Before it became widely know what they represent.
But as a rule I favor regardless of price, the mom and pop stores. Unfortunately, many are not in an economic position to do the same. Others are not economically savvy enough to comprehend why they should. And the game seeks to keep them to busy to ever get there.
These RFID tags look like a faster simpler replacement for barcodes. I still don't understand what all the fuss is about.
Its for inventory. Why should I care how Wal-mart or any company manages their inventory? If they try to keep them embedded in the items you purchase such as shoes, or pants, then I'll take issue. Else, its a non-issue. Give it a rest.
Electric plants are far more efficient than automotive engines. Thus, while the pollution has been shifted from the car to the electric plant, overall, the amount of pollution will decrease.
Not only that, gas engines have an optimal efficiency at a certain speed. That is why hybrid cars can be even more efficient that gas cars. because the hybrid can run its engine at a set speed.
Point of clarification. These bozos live or are operating out of a wealthy suburb of Detroit called "Bloomfield Hills." Where your average automotive executive calls home. Not us working class folk.
After coming back to WP at about v8-9, and moving through v11, I can safely say this program is stagnant. It seems like every other product bought by a company and shipped out to Russia or elsewhere for development. (Except Turbocad which I love)
See what simple bell you can add so that we can up the version and ship out a new one in 6 months. Fix old bugs? Sure a few, but the focus is more on adding junk in order to name a new edition.
I quit and gave in to MS Office. Why MS office? becuase it works best with windows (MS secret APIs undoubtidly), and my mom uses windows because of the visual aid software available on it. and I can not teach my mother to use Linux, so don't even say it! She is legally blind already..
Re-read the post you are replying too. Your statement that Christianity is predicated on the infallibility of the Bible shows your lack of knowledge of Christianity.
To add a little more irony, Adam and Eve were vegetarians. But Noah was given rules about eating Animals by god. IIRC, he was the first human carnivore.
The one thing I give to Islam though is that it came 200 years after Christianity. Therefore, they saw what happened as Christians began to assemble the history of their formation (New Testament.) Islam could take a warning from Christianity and get it right the first time.
Notwithstanding, this only accounds for the *mistakes*. It does nothing for the intentional alterations. And how much Koranic criticism has there been? Is one even allowed to question the perfection of the Koran?
90% is a bit harsh my friend. I too feel that most Christian leaders are overly political and seek power. They are corrupt.
I studied the Bible and learned lots of things about it that I KNOW christian leaders must have learned in their teaching. But they dont reveal it to their followers...
"Father forgive them for they know not what they do." Biblical scholors know that Jesus did not say this now. But they were not able to remove it from the bible because of popular demand.
All christians should read the PREFACE to their bibles so they know what is altered and what is left improper because they most often disclose a large portion of these things.
For instance, the italic writing represents things which are not in the original text. Go figure. There are also other important marks one should observe.
Oh, and that the most accurate bible "New Revised Standard Version" is copywrighted and you can not duplicate it without permission is an abomonation of the highest level.
And as for the 'lost' texts as well as the apocryphal texts, you should read them. Some of them are very demeaning to women, and other things which are starteling. But I agree they should still be in there so people can know ALL of this stuff was written by the hands of imperfect men trying to transcribe a perfect message.
Go easy on the biblical criticism. Just because one persons theory may not hold up, does not make the bible itself false, as the bible is rarely so specific to even allow direct challenge.
You will have to cite evidence to support your claim of biblical rewritting, translation, and modification, many many times. You did go there. The Bible in its original language is relatively known to us. We dont speak it so we use translations. Rewriting of the bible I have never heard of nor seen any proof of. I have heard of quite a bit of modifications, almost constantly. But we generally know the different renditions, and if you needed to see them all, you could. or at least those parts we have discovered. such as the dead sea scrolls.
There is another theory called the Canopy Theory which suggests the earth was covered by a thick canopy of water in the atmosphere. This rained down quickly, and the water level rose before all of it could sink deep into the earth and lower again.
I am loosing my understanding of why the key can not be intercepted though. I know reading the key destroys it, but what can't someone read the key, destroy it, and send a different one in its place. How will the receiver ever know?
I read this as, they not only exchanged keys, but in fact transmitted an encrypted message as well(?)
Yes, but only one of the two had anything to do with Quantim Mechanics. The "ordinary" key was exchanged using the Quantum technique. This "ordinary" key was used to encrypt/decrypt the message. Thus, the message was encrypted/decrypted in an ordinary fashion. Its the key exchange that was Quantum.
Otherwise, generally you have the right idea.
There statement "Entangled photon pairs enable absolutely secure transfer of information." is absolute bullshit. The message can be cracked without the key of course. Just takes a while. Note, this does not involve quantum computation.
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Yes, it is true, there is a lot of peer pressure to not be a stand out intellectually. But to be a stand out in sports, thats A OK.
I think sports figures don't intimidate anyone. We all get over a physical beating. But smart students everyone sees as future rich people. And we are all constantly abused by the rich, and its not so easy to get over.
"c me and free me" was the saying at my school. But this has always been the way, its not a new trend.
We know Japanese work long hours. We also know they don't work nearly as hard as Americans.
I do not agree that laziness is a major issue, as much as greed. Management is the number one issue.
Managers or CEOs make almost exclusively short term decisions to make themselves look better; Then they leave for a better job before the piper has to be paid.
America is capitalist, but we are becomming short term only capitalist. Mortgaging our future on almost every single issue.
Your not 100% correct here.
A stock also gives you rights to the assets of the company. So while you may only be able to get $0.05 per share on the market, if the company goes belly up, you get part of the assets which could be more than $0.05 per share.
So its not all about confidence.
Used to be the same way for the dollar when it was backed by Fort Knox and based on Gold. But now the US dollar is not backed by gold.
These devices can NOT be used on doorways for several reasons, not the least of which is the DMCA.
1. These devices are low power low frequency devices which must be VERY close to the antenna since the anteanna is providing the power for the chip. They don't contain batteries.
2. If used on a passageway, think of those with pacemakers passing through this 'exciting' antenna doorway.
3. People with passive entry systems such as those on BMW or Volvo will be disturbed to know Wal-Mart is reading their Key-Fobs (which contain RFID tags) when they pass through the doorways. And note that these RFID tags data is encrypted, so the DMCA can play a role here. That is, the ID is not encrypted, but if they think its one of their tags, and start trying to read the data, they could get into trouble.
Side note. man people predict passive entry will replace key-less entry within 10 years. if this is the case and were all walking around with RFID keys to our cars, privacy concerns could go up quite a bit.
True. I have only shopped at them back before 1992. Before it became widely know what they represent.
But as a rule I favor regardless of price, the mom and pop stores. Unfortunately, many are not in an economic position to do the same. Others are not economically savvy enough to comprehend why they should. And the game seeks to keep them to busy to ever get there.
These RFID tags look like a faster simpler replacement for barcodes. I still don't understand what all the fuss is about.
Its for inventory. Why should I care how Wal-mart or any company manages their inventory? If they try to keep them embedded in the items you purchase such as shoes, or pants, then I'll take issue. Else, its a non-issue. Give it a rest.
Actually no. I do not know how it got there, nor do I know how to get rid of it.
However, after several hours of research I can figure it out.
This affects even us in The Know.
Of course. Slashdot has to follow the laws. At least until the ACLU succeeds in getting them declared unconstitutional.
The ACLU can not do it without our support.
We do, its called a Heat Pump. But nobody wants to increase the cost of their fridge by having to add piping to outside of their house.
Electric plants are far more efficient than automotive engines. Thus, while the pollution has been shifted from the car to the electric plant, overall, the amount of pollution will decrease.
Not only that, gas engines have an optimal efficiency at a certain speed. That is why hybrid cars can be even more efficient that gas cars. because the hybrid can run its engine at a set speed.
Point of clarification. These bozos live or are operating out of a wealthy suburb of Detroit called "Bloomfield Hills." Where your average automotive executive calls home. Not us working class folk.
After coming back to WP at about v8-9, and moving through v11, I can safely say this program is stagnant. It seems like every other product bought by a company and shipped out to Russia or elsewhere for development. (Except Turbocad which I love)
See what simple bell you can add so that we can up the version and ship out a new one in 6 months. Fix old bugs? Sure a few, but the focus is more on adding junk in order to name a new edition.
I quit and gave in to MS Office. Why MS office? becuase it works best with windows (MS secret APIs undoubtidly), and my mom uses windows because of the visual aid software available on it. and I can not teach my mother to use Linux, so don't even say it! She is legally blind already..
Re-read the post you are replying too. Your statement that Christianity is predicated on the infallibility of the Bible shows your lack of knowledge of Christianity.
To add a little more irony, Adam and Eve were vegetarians. But Noah was given rules about eating Animals by god. IIRC, he was the first human carnivore.
The one thing I give to Islam though is that it came 200 years after Christianity. Therefore, they saw what happened as Christians began to assemble the history of their formation (New Testament.) Islam could take a warning from Christianity and get it right the first time.
Notwithstanding, this only accounds for the *mistakes*. It does nothing for the intentional alterations. And how much Koranic criticism has there been? Is one even allowed to question the perfection of the Koran?
90% is a bit harsh my friend. I too feel that most Christian leaders are overly political and seek power. They are corrupt.
I studied the Bible and learned lots of things about it that I KNOW christian leaders must have learned in their teaching. But they dont reveal it to their followers...
"Father forgive them for they know not what they do." Biblical scholors know that Jesus did not say this now. But they were not able to remove it from the bible because of popular demand.
All christians should read the PREFACE to their bibles so they know what is altered and what is left improper because they most often disclose a large portion of these things.
For instance, the italic writing represents things which are not in the original text. Go figure. There are also other important marks one should observe.
Oh, and that the most accurate bible "New Revised Standard Version" is copywrighted and you can not duplicate it without permission is an abomonation of the highest level.
And as for the 'lost' texts as well as the apocryphal texts, you should read them. Some of them are very demeaning to women, and other things which are starteling. But I agree they should still be in there so people can know ALL of this stuff was written by the hands of imperfect men trying to transcribe a perfect message.
Go easy on the biblical criticism. Just because one persons theory may not hold up, does not make the bible itself false, as the bible is rarely so specific to even allow direct challenge.
You will have to cite evidence to support your claim of biblical rewritting, translation, and modification, many many times. You did go there. The Bible in its original language is relatively known to us. We dont speak it so we use translations. Rewriting of the bible I have never heard of nor seen any proof of. I have heard of quite a bit of modifications, almost constantly. But we generally know the different renditions, and if you needed to see them all, you could. or at least those parts we have discovered. such as the dead sea scrolls.
There is another theory called the Canopy Theory which suggests the earth was covered by a thick canopy of water in the atmosphere. This rained down quickly, and the water level rose before all of it could sink deep into the earth and lower again.
Yes, lets replace religion/culture with individualism...Spoken as only an American can.
I won't be voting for either. I hear many people get frightened into voting democrat because they fear
A. Bush will stay in office if they do not vote Democrat.
b. Their vote does not count unless they vote democrat or republican.
I refuse to give into fear-mongering.
Just because you have more bandwidth does not mean you should waste it.
Presentation should almost always be in lossy formats. Storage should almost always be in lossless formats.
Of course you know this is more about ground water seepage and the future of the world.
If NVIDIA has not caught up, my next MB will be a dreaded VIA just to support this move. Boy I really dont look forward to VIA drivers again...
Interesting. Thanks.
I am loosing my understanding of why the key can not be intercepted though. I know reading the key destroys it, but what can't someone read the key, destroy it, and send a different one in its place. How will the receiver ever know?
And unfortunately Seagate admitted they were not planning on including particle accelerators in their hard disks any time soon...
I would enjoy the chance to jump online and fight against America's Finest :)
I read this as, they not only exchanged keys, but in fact transmitted an encrypted message as well(?)
Yes, but only one of the two had anything to do with Quantim Mechanics. The "ordinary" key was exchanged using the Quantum technique. This "ordinary" key was used to encrypt/decrypt the message. Thus, the message was encrypted/decrypted in an ordinary fashion. Its the key exchange that was Quantum.
Otherwise, generally you have the right idea.
There statement "Entangled photon pairs enable absolutely secure transfer of information." is absolute bullshit. The message can be cracked without the key of course. Just takes a while. Note, this does not involve quantum computation.