These disorders (ASP, ADD) may be connected with the medication that parents from USA give to their childern (i.e., Ritalin, etc.). These disorders are very uncommon in South America and the rest of the world.
The invented or discovered dilemma is easily solved by this argument: any basic FACT (not ARTIFACT) that other (possibly imaginary) intelligent alien life discovers (or invents), and it happens to be the same as our discovery (or invention), then it was really *discovered*. So, this applies to Math and to Physics. If they happen to discover the fire, then we both *discovered* the fire. If they invent the wheel, then nothing can be said about it through this argument (because the wheel is an artifact).
But I have a better question. Is Mathematics Transuniversal? What I mean is:
Do mathematics (or at least a subset of it) belong only to *our* universe (or some other look-alike universes)? Or can it be said to belong to ALL POSSIBLE UNIVERSES?
The truth is that we can skip those technologies.
We only need a player capable of playing H.264 video streamed from the computer (via LAN, WLAN, Bluetooth, etc.), and with a USB port. If the Movies Industry is smart enough, it will not make the same mistakes of the Record Industry, and will sell downloadable DRM-free HD movies.
Why in the hell would a software have different features for similar processors??? Tip: $$$.
Even if an AMD could handle 15 users in a conference call, they are hard limiting it to 5. This is so shameful to Skype. I'm sure this is one of the things Google means with "do no evil".
I'm sure that this will eventually be circumvented with a 'crack', but, after all, why support a company that does this. Switch to other software...
Although the article don't explicitly says he was infected with Toxoplasma, I am pretty sure this is the cause, because the man worshipped cats, and his late paintings are rather lysergic (Toxoplasma is known to produce LSD)!
It's user interface is *made* for IM... I exchange "instant" e-mails with my girlfriend through it, it is so much easier... and, as e-mail, it does not have that annoying thing from IM's -- people interrupting you and demanding quick answers, when you are in the middle of a job.
Everyone knows Google is trying to conquer half the world. (The other half will be Microsoft's). They are preparing for the next war... the first and second world wars were weapons wars between countries... the third was the intelligence war, the fourth was the economical war... they are just preparing for the fifth and last war. THE INFORMATION WAR, between companies and conglomerates.
Everyone knows why they are buying so much memory, processing power and optical fiber... they are preparing the INFORMATION BOMBS.
"He who controls information, controls decisions; He who controls decisions, controls the future."
I heard it will be very extensible. Will there be support to plain 2D top-view graphics (something like a "classic"-mode), maybe even non-isometric? Sometimes the 3D graphics is too distracting from the gameplay... Also, will there be support for hexagonal tiles?
Information is defined as -log2(p), where p is the probability of the event. E.g, in a coin toss, the probability of H(ead) or T(ail) is 0.5, so the information about this event is -log2(0.5) == 1 (i.e, 1 bit).
Negative information means that the probability p must be higher than 1... well, if this is true, then an entire new probability theory (or quantum information theory) will have to be built! A piece of information of -1 bit is informing something with probability 2.0... what does this means? An event that is doubly sure to happen? =p
I am not defending RIAA, neither in favor of RIAA destroying students just because of some downloaded MP3, but at this $5 price, Yahoo only allows DRM'ed WMA's that are illegal to convert to MP3 or to burn to Audio CD's. The price for burnable music is $0.79/music... still a high price for people who hold libraries of more than 500 MP3...
The exploit was only possible because of a xpi extension hosted on mozilla web site (only default site allowed to install extensions). It has been already patched on server side, no 5MB setup needed!
Well, if their plan is to give Infinity + 1 bytes... and if their definition of Infinity is the same as the one given by the Google calculator... then we will end up with an account of... 1 byte!:(
"And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror."
from The Book of Mozilla, 7:15
P.S: Ain't Mammon that Devil's son in the Constantine movie?
Well... now with all this slashdotting, I guess there will be a *lot more* clicking on "mesothelioma" just for fun... or for making the world a better place taking away some dollars from unscrupulous lawyers!
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No modern language has this... why would you want a "standard" or "endorsed" GUI library when you're free to use Qt, wx, GTK, Microsoft MFC, etc...?
* Insert here joke about our new Voorwerp Overlords. *
These disorders (ASP, ADD) may be connected with the medication that parents from USA give to their childern (i.e., Ritalin, etc.). These disorders are very uncommon in South America and the rest of the world.
The invented or discovered dilemma is easily solved by this argument: any basic FACT (not ARTIFACT) that other (possibly imaginary) intelligent alien life discovers (or invents), and it happens to be the same as our discovery (or invention), then it was really *discovered*. So, this applies to Math and to Physics. If they happen to discover the fire, then we both *discovered* the fire. If they invent the wheel, then nothing can be said about it through this argument (because the wheel is an artifact).
But I have a better question. Is Mathematics Transuniversal? What I mean is:
Do mathematics (or at least a subset of it) belong only to *our* universe (or some other look-alike universes)? Or can it be said to belong to ALL POSSIBLE UNIVERSES?
The truth is that we can skip those technologies. We only need a player capable of playing H.264 video streamed from the computer (via LAN, WLAN, Bluetooth, etc.), and with a USB port. If the Movies Industry is smart enough, it will not make the same mistakes of the Record Industry, and will sell downloadable DRM-free HD movies.
The Bill Gates Borg Icon never made so much sense...
How do they know it?
Why in the hell would a software have different features for similar processors??? Tip: $$$.
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Even if an AMD could handle 15 users in a conference call, they are hard limiting it to 5. This is so shameful to Skype. I'm sure this is one of the things Google means with "do no evil".
I'm sure that this will eventually be circumvented with a 'crack', but, after all, why support a company that does this. Switch to other software...
Google Talk does conference call:
http://www.lpahome.com/call.html
TeamSpeak did conference call way before Skype:
http://www.teamspeak.org/
And many other softwares too:
http://www.google.com/Top/Business/Telecommunicat
This is dyabolic!
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/nbb421/st udent2003/epl8/Blank%20Page%202.htm
Although the article don't explicitly says he was infected with Toxoplasma, I am pretty sure this is the cause, because the man worshipped cats, and his late paintings are rather lysergic (Toxoplasma is known to produce LSD)!
It's user interface is *made* for IM... I exchange "instant" e-mails with my girlfriend through it, it is so much easier... and, as e-mail, it does not have that annoying thing from IM's -- people interrupting you and demanding quick answers, when you are in the middle of a job.
LOL, mod parent up!
Everyone knows Google is trying to conquer half the world. (The other half will be Microsoft's). They are preparing for the next war... the first and second world wars were weapons wars between countries... the third was the intelligence war, the fourth was the economical war... they are just preparing for the fifth and last war. THE INFORMATION WAR, between companies and conglomerates.
Everyone knows why they are buying so much memory, processing power and optical fiber... they are preparing the INFORMATION BOMBS.
"He who controls information, controls decisions; He
who controls decisions, controls the future."
GDNEMA!!!
Google, Do No Evil My Ass!!!
But the true question that the article doesn't answer is:
Does Mr. GOTO use GOTO statements to optimize it?
Is this about that secret conference they were going to hold???
If it is lossless, I won't be able to store MPEG, XVid, JPEG and MP3 on it anymore? :(
I heard it will be very extensible. Will there be support to plain 2D top-view graphics (something like a "classic"-mode), maybe even non-isometric? Sometimes the 3D graphics is too distracting from the gameplay... Also, will there be support for hexagonal tiles?
Information is defined as -log2(p), where p is the probability of the event. E.g, in a coin toss, the probability of H(ead) or T(ail) is 0.5, so the information about this event is -log2(0.5) == 1 (i.e, 1 bit).
Negative information means that the probability p must be higher than 1... well, if this is true, then an entire new probability theory (or quantum information theory) will have to be built! A piece of information of -1 bit is informing something with probability 2.0... what does this means? An event that is doubly sure to happen? =p
I am not defending RIAA, neither in favor of RIAA destroying students just because of some downloaded MP3, but at this $5 price, Yahoo only allows DRM'ed WMA's that are illegal to convert to MP3 or to burn to Audio CD's. The price for burnable music is $0.79/music... still a high price for people who hold libraries of more than 500 MP3...
The exploit was only possible because of a xpi extension hosted on mozilla web site (only default site allowed to install extensions). It has been already patched on server side, no 5MB setup needed!
Yahoo says will keep competitive to Google, and is now offering Infinity plus Infinity megabytes.
Google replies, offering Infinity squared megabytes.
But 1/0 is very close to infinity, because:
lim |1/x| as x->0 = Infinity
Well, if their plan is to give Infinity + 1 bytes... and if their definition of Infinity is the same as the one given by the Google calculator... then we will end up with an account of... 1 byte! :(
Just look at:
http://www.google.com/search?q=(1/0)+1
I think this point of view is too pessimistic. To deep understand computers, you still need a lot of intelligence and wisdom.
"And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror." from The Book of Mozilla, 7:15 P.S: Ain't Mammon that Devil's son in the Constantine movie?
Well... now with all this slashdotting, I guess there will be a *lot more* clicking on "mesothelioma" just for fun... or for making the world a better place taking away some dollars from unscrupulous lawyers!