There is basically one kind of HIV. Yes its mutated into different strains, but they are all one general condition. In contrast, there are many many kinds of cancer. It is inaccurate to say that chemo has a proven curative track record against cancer. Some cancers respond well to some forms of chemotherapy. Other forms of cancer have a far worse prognosis than even HIV, and the only treatments are considered palliative.
Stage IV pancreatic cancer, for instance, is sometimes beaten, but in general it's a death sentence. Pancreatic cancer often goes undetected until very late when a patient has only months to live. Such patients [i]are[/i] terminally ill, and are suitable for clinical trials of risky untested drugs.
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If we have found such a test, I would desperately hope that it would be in line to replace the SAT
Actually, the SAT is soon going to move in the other direction. They are making it less of an aptitude test and more of an achievement test. There are some influential educators who find achievement tests more fair, but ironically such a change will just increase the disparity for disadvantaged groups that people claim aptitude tests are biased against.
And then there are those of us who only bought a TiVO in the past year and had no option but to get a series 2. There are probably more of us than people who fall into the category you're flaming. Its a valid concern that a book like this which is trying to convert new people to TiVO is likely full of hacks and upgrades that only work for a product that has been discontinued for quite a while now.
Somewhere in between the two, leaning towards history. I definitely wouldn't classify it in the fantasy genre, but I can't really think of any playable games other than a few war simulations accurate enough to be considered history lessons. No game is completely realistic, but this game definitely leans towards historical verisimilitude over fantasy.
The technology trees progress through realistic historical technology, and I am not aware of any magical or mythological elements to the game. You may encounter a sheep or a camel, but not a mummy. You might build a bonfire, but you won't cast a level 3 fireball.
I loved that game. I must have finished it 5 times in single player mode. My brother and I finished it in 2 player mode twice, in a single session each time. In two player mode you could pick up a pipe and a rock and play baseball, and you weren't immune to each other's attacks which led to no end of backstabbing, especially when you both have special moves and maxxed out stats.
More to the point, why do horrible games which generate no good word of mouth sell while good independent games that are anything less than incredible don't make any money? The difference is big publishers pushing them. I'm not saying that the entertainment industry, whether in video games, books, movies, or music, is a good thing for the consumer, but it is undeniably a major part of the market as it exists today.
It was published by EA. Enough said. There is more to marketing than full page ads. Why did the reviewers look at the game, and why did retailers sell it? The EA machine.
Doesn't help. Real marketing costs money. The best a free independent organization could manage would be a website. Well, there are thousands of websites out there dedicated to games, some of them discuss good freeware or shareware or open source or independent games. However, nothing is going to make tens of millions of consumers visit any of these web sites to inform their purchases. They already exist, but they are a drop in the bucket compared to corporate advertising. Shelf space in major retail chains is also critical for commercial success for nearly all games, and that isn't easy for independent developers to negotiate.
"Crafting: No one class can do all the crafts, and there are people who take pride that have a high skill crafter for most/all the craft trades. High level crafters are an asset to the entire realm."
Exactly why SCS is so necessary.
The developers are supposedly putting in a lot of features to make this game enjoyable for casual players. As someone with a job and limited free time, I quickly was turned off Everquest, where the most successful people are those who spend ungodly amounts of time on it. But if you think about it, appealing mostly to hardcore gamers is not good business. Player who are on all day are more expensive for them, and there is a far smaller pool of players with that much time on their hands than there are potential casual players.
In addition to some of the features that others have mentioned, there are also elements of gameplay that are limited by real life time as opposed to play time, and features like shopkeepers that allow you to accomplish things while you aren't online. This should make it interesting to be a craftsperson even if you can only play an hour a day.
A little math is a dangerous thing. You've confused yourself completely unnecessarily.
He is correct that if Moore's Law were to hold up, then it would take 81 years for computing power to get 2^54 as fast as it is now. Thus in 81 years, we would expect to be able to brute force a key with 54 more bits than one that we can brute force in an equal amount of time now.
Well, the clock was developed in the US, so it will be described accordingly. Until your part of the world stops spending all of your collective time eating cheese and arguing over agricultural subsidies and starts inventing things again, you'll just have to put up with our system of nomenclature.
Did it occur to you that people aren't a monolithic group with identical opinions? Not everyone protests GM food, and certainly not everyone supports GM organ transplants. The people who can't afford food without massive aid aren't going to be able to afford any kind of organ transplant surgery anyway. And the people who protest GM food will for the most part protest GM organs even more loudly.
Well, this was very poor judgement on his part, but he knew he was taking a risk when he did it. This would be a very different story if it were some kid who uploaded a divx of the movie on a file sharing network, but this was an insider who was entrusted with that material and chose to violate that trust, so I have little sympathy for him.
If copyright infringement is stealing, then this is embezzlement, and thats a far greater ethical lapse because the only reason its possible to embezzle is that you were entrusted not to.
Share a OTP of 2^24 bits. Send 256 messages of 2^16 bits at different offsets into the OTP. An unbreakable "many time" pad. Wow! Incredible! Amazing! I'm going to patent this and make a bazillion dollars and never have to work again!
I would agree with your point that under some circumstances suicide can enhance inclusive genetic fitness, however not all behaviors are genetically programmed, and this possibility does not in itself constitute evidence that suicide is the result of a genetic predisposition. Higher thought processes are often just emergent properties of complex interactions between simple components, rather than direct expressions of genetic information. Thus there are often behaviors that have no genetic purpose but are merely an outgrowth of other behaviors that do serve a purpose. Suicidal behaviors may or may not have been evolutionarily selected for, but could just be a part of the price we pay for other traits that are advantageous.
More importantly though, your point is not really relevant to the topic. Cell suicide is not really relevant the suicide of an organism. Cell suicide is one tool which our body uses to direct growth and development of the body as a whole. It is a necessary part of life, not something that only happens to end a life.
Your point?
Otter did not claim that Syria is in Egypt, nor did I. The example was used because they have similar income and standard of living (though Egypt is a little better off). However, Otter seemed to be implying that 2 cents per minute is somehow cheaper than 25 cents per hour, perhaps because he misread 25 cents per hour as 25 cents per minute.
Their per capita GDP is $3000 per person, about 1/11 of the US, and the distribution of wealth/income is not unreasonable. So lets say that is the equivalent of $3/hour in terms of local purchasing power. That compares favorably to the way dialup ISPs used to work before flat rate plans became commonplace, and they are not committed to any monthly bill, they only have to pay for what they need.
Internet Cafes are also popular in Egypt, another way that the general population has affordable access to the net.
I'm sure you're right that very few "whiners" have listened to any of their albums in their entirety. What sane adult male could withstand that sort of torture?
I'll bet nearly all of them have been exposed to enough of one or more of their songs. Boy bands saturate enough radio, music videos, and commercials, that most of us have probably heard enough to make an informed decision NOT to voluntarily listen to any of their entire albums. Fortunately this saturation is not so great now as it was a few years back. I'd like to say that taste won out, but sadly the most heavily promoted music is still junk.
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You're either being facetious or ignorant, and it isn't immediately obvious which. As two entire genres, there are far more Science Fiction and Fantasy novels each year than you could read in a lifetime. As in any genre, the majority of them are total crap, but many are far to well written to be dismissed so lightly. The fact that you can't find anything you like indicates that are either predisposed to dislike the genre or your tastes are changing to that point, or that you are terrible at seeking out novels you would actually enjoy.
Not every science fiction story can be written off as "Whiz-bang technobabble and flashy crypto-breaking".
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There is basically one kind of HIV. Yes its mutated into different strains, but they are all one general condition. In contrast, there are many many kinds of cancer. It is inaccurate to say that chemo has a proven curative track record against cancer. Some cancers respond well to some forms of chemotherapy. Other forms of cancer have a far worse prognosis than even HIV, and the only treatments are considered palliative. Stage IV pancreatic cancer, for instance, is sometimes beaten, but in general it's a death sentence. Pancreatic cancer often goes undetected until very late when a patient has only months to live. Such patients [i]are[/i] terminally ill, and are suitable for clinical trials of risky untested drugs.
If we have found such a test, I would desperately hope that it would be in line to replace the SAT Actually, the SAT is soon going to move in the other direction. They are making it less of an aptitude test and more of an achievement test. There are some influential educators who find achievement tests more fair, but ironically such a change will just increase the disparity for disadvantaged groups that people claim aptitude tests are biased against.
And then there are those of us who only bought a TiVO in the past year and had no option but to get a series 2. There are probably more of us than people who fall into the category you're flaming. Its a valid concern that a book like this which is trying to convert new people to TiVO is likely full of hacks and upgrades that only work for a product that has been discontinued for quite a while now.
Somewhere in between the two, leaning towards history. I definitely wouldn't classify it in the fantasy genre, but I can't really think of any playable games other than a few war simulations accurate enough to be considered history lessons. No game is completely realistic, but this game definitely leans towards historical verisimilitude over fantasy. The technology trees progress through realistic historical technology, and I am not aware of any magical or mythological elements to the game. You may encounter a sheep or a camel, but not a mummy. You might build a bonfire, but you won't cast a level 3 fireball.
I loved that game. I must have finished it 5 times in single player mode. My brother and I finished it in 2 player mode twice, in a single session each time. In two player mode you could pick up a pipe and a rock and play baseball, and you weren't immune to each other's attacks which led to no end of backstabbing, especially when you both have special moves and maxxed out stats.
More to the point, why do horrible games which generate no good word of mouth sell while good independent games that are anything less than incredible don't make any money? The difference is big publishers pushing them. I'm not saying that the entertainment industry, whether in video games, books, movies, or music, is a good thing for the consumer, but it is undeniably a major part of the market as it exists today.
It was published by EA. Enough said. There is more to marketing than full page ads. Why did the reviewers look at the game, and why did retailers sell it? The EA machine.
Doesn't help. Real marketing costs money. The best a free independent organization could manage would be a website. Well, there are thousands of websites out there dedicated to games, some of them discuss good freeware or shareware or open source or independent games. However, nothing is going to make tens of millions of consumers visit any of these web sites to inform their purchases. They already exist, but they are a drop in the bucket compared to corporate advertising. Shelf space in major retail chains is also critical for commercial success for nearly all games, and that isn't easy for independent developers to negotiate.
"Crafting: No one class can do all the crafts, and there are people who take pride that have a high skill crafter for most/all the craft trades. High level crafters are an asset to the entire realm." Exactly why SCS is so necessary.
The developers are supposedly putting in a lot of features to make this game enjoyable for casual players. As someone with a job and limited free time, I quickly was turned off Everquest, where the most successful people are those who spend ungodly amounts of time on it. But if you think about it, appealing mostly to hardcore gamers is not good business. Player who are on all day are more expensive for them, and there is a far smaller pool of players with that much time on their hands than there are potential casual players. In addition to some of the features that others have mentioned, there are also elements of gameplay that are limited by real life time as opposed to play time, and features like shopkeepers that allow you to accomplish things while you aren't online. This should make it interesting to be a craftsperson even if you can only play an hour a day.
A little math is a dangerous thing. You've confused yourself completely unnecessarily. He is correct that if Moore's Law were to hold up, then it would take 81 years for computing power to get 2^54 as fast as it is now. Thus in 81 years, we would expect to be able to brute force a key with 54 more bits than one that we can brute force in an equal amount of time now.
Well, the clock was developed in the US, so it will be described accordingly. Until your part of the world stops spending all of your collective time eating cheese and arguing over agricultural subsidies and starts inventing things again, you'll just have to put up with our system of nomenclature.
No, I didn't waste 1000 hours this year playing EverCrack, it was important research!
Did it occur to you that people aren't a monolithic group with identical opinions? Not everyone protests GM food, and certainly not everyone supports GM organ transplants. The people who can't afford food without massive aid aren't going to be able to afford any kind of organ transplant surgery anyway. And the people who protest GM food will for the most part protest GM organs even more loudly.
He's talking about flat panel LCDs, as in the parent topic, and you're talking about CRTs. Pay attention.
Well, this was very poor judgement on his part, but he knew he was taking a risk when he did it. This would be a very different story if it were some kid who uploaded a divx of the movie on a file sharing network, but this was an insider who was entrusted with that material and chose to violate that trust, so I have little sympathy for him. If copyright infringement is stealing, then this is embezzlement, and thats a far greater ethical lapse because the only reason its possible to embezzle is that you were entrusted not to.
Share a OTP of 2^24 bits. Send 256 messages of 2^16 bits at different offsets into the OTP. An unbreakable "many time" pad. Wow! Incredible! Amazing! I'm going to patent this and make a bazillion dollars and never have to work again!
I would agree with your point that under some circumstances suicide can enhance inclusive genetic fitness, however not all behaviors are genetically programmed, and this possibility does not in itself constitute evidence that suicide is the result of a genetic predisposition. Higher thought processes are often just emergent properties of complex interactions between simple components, rather than direct expressions of genetic information. Thus there are often behaviors that have no genetic purpose but are merely an outgrowth of other behaviors that do serve a purpose. Suicidal behaviors may or may not have been evolutionarily selected for, but could just be a part of the price we pay for other traits that are advantageous. More importantly though, your point is not really relevant to the topic. Cell suicide is not really relevant the suicide of an organism. Cell suicide is one tool which our body uses to direct growth and development of the body as a whole. It is a necessary part of life, not something that only happens to end a life.
Your point? Otter did not claim that Syria is in Egypt, nor did I. The example was used because they have similar income and standard of living (though Egypt is a little better off). However, Otter seemed to be implying that 2 cents per minute is somehow cheaper than 25 cents per hour, perhaps because he misread 25 cents per hour as 25 cents per minute.
2 cents per minute is $1.20 per hour. The article says 25 cents per hour, not minute.
Their per capita GDP is $3000 per person, about 1/11 of the US, and the distribution of wealth/income is not unreasonable. So lets say that is the equivalent of $3/hour in terms of local purchasing power. That compares favorably to the way dialup ISPs used to work before flat rate plans became commonplace, and they are not committed to any monthly bill, they only have to pay for what they need. Internet Cafes are also popular in Egypt, another way that the general population has affordable access to the net.
I'm sure you're right that very few "whiners" have listened to any of their albums in their entirety. What sane adult male could withstand that sort of torture? I'll bet nearly all of them have been exposed to enough of one or more of their songs. Boy bands saturate enough radio, music videos, and commercials, that most of us have probably heard enough to make an informed decision NOT to voluntarily listen to any of their entire albums. Fortunately this saturation is not so great now as it was a few years back. I'd like to say that taste won out, but sadly the most heavily promoted music is still junk.
You're either being facetious or ignorant, and it isn't immediately obvious which. As two entire genres, there are far more Science Fiction and Fantasy novels each year than you could read in a lifetime. As in any genre, the majority of them are total crap, but many are far to well written to be dismissed so lightly. The fact that you can't find anything you like indicates that are either predisposed to dislike the genre or your tastes are changing to that point, or that you are terrible at seeking out novels you would actually enjoy. Not every science fiction story can be written off as "Whiz-bang technobabble and flashy crypto-breaking".