Well, my only source is Marjane Satrapi's "Perseopolis" but apparently since several years Iranians have become experts at hiding satellite dishes during the day, only to uncover them at night.
And they demonstrated it works fine while hitting the damn wall WITH A SHOVEL ! That was the greatest part. Forget the Wii, I want the next zombie game to be played with a wall of concrete and a shovel.
Ray Kurtzweil is a noisy fool. He turns most of the good ideas he gets his hands on into a trollfest. Infinite lifespan due to technology... I can't believe he gets credited for such an obvious SF trope !
Also, the European lab is Swiss EPFL. Remember this name it is the best (only ?) R&D institute in Europe...
There is a decrease in quality of some of the news sources I use. Political inference (I'm in France) and economical reasons could be the cause. I am pondering buying an account to mediapart, who seems to have a lot of scoops before everyone. At 3/month, I can afford that. It is like buying one newspaper a month but getting a rush of information like I bought daily newspaper everyday.
I am wondering if Murdoch is that crazy. Like during the dotcom bubble, I fail to see how journalists expect to be paid by small ad revenues, like dozens of web developers expected to be.
So, do we have picture of the federal agents that were there ? Is this not supposed to be a criminal offense ? And who is (legally) to blame on this one ? Poor procedures ? Decision to use RFID in a situation where it should not be used ? Are they going to say that this is entirely hackers' fault ?
Well considering that these measurement were made by collecting the garbages through a collection device on a boat, I was planning on using the same thing. Obviously, one needs to concentrate garbages much more in order to have something to stand on. But by standing in the middle of the vortex, you should have a constant influx of new material to collect without having to harvest dozens of square miles.
Let me rephrase : by collecting efficiently (be it water filtering or using small nets) would it be possible to heat it, maybe through solar lens, in order to melt and molt it ?
Humorous tone, but couldn't it be done ? I know that the patch is really a zone of high garbage density that are not that close to each other, but couldn't we aggregate enough of them to build habitats ? Could be one hell of a T.A.Z. I am suspecting that this is one of the informal goals of this expedition of enthusiasts...
A psychopath can not feel remorse. It helps the justice to correctly identify one. If a psychopath says "I regret, I did not realize, I'll stop beating my wife now, please don't send me to jail", he is probably lying, but does so because of medical condition. You have to treat him like a rational cynical person and give him a sentence proportional to what he did. He doesn't have a clue of the severity of his offense to other persons, so you have to make it real through a real punishment. If a non-psychopath says the same thing, it is quite possible that he learned something during the interrogation and trial and have a lower probability of recidivism even if he gets no punishment.
Am I really the one who knows nothing about Juche and NK ? Kim Jong Il already strayed away a lot from Kim Il-Song's legacy, to the point of making the real author of the Juche flee to South Korea. He already authorized many things that were strictly forbidden in Song's time. Moreover, he really seems to have a propaganda on the level of Orwell's 1984. War is Peace, Free Market is Communism. Changing the ideology will be the easiest part. The generals, either believe in the ideology and it says Kim has absolute authority to interpret the Juche, or they don't care about ideology and are cynical enough to understand the objectives stated.
I know the letter thing has few chances of changing anything, even a slim chance of getting really to him, but I have seen interviews from his classmates (he studied in Switzerland) hinting at some human aspects in the guy (though it was a few days before he tried to murder his older brother).
My moves:
1) Stop the nuclear program and divert the resources to agricultural programs
2) Use the (presumably) millions of political prisoners as forced labors in this program, gradually making their living condition better so that I don't get too much of international condemnation when I want to open up the country
3) Play a forward-backward dance between South-Korea, China and USA (and maybe Indonesia and Japan as well) in order to stay independent
4) Get basic economics notion so that industries flowers
4b) Make several shopping malls on the south of the country opened to south koreans, where dirt-cheap products made in NK are sold.
A few years later, get the same recognition as some tyrannical kings in Middle East or North Africa, that bother no one and get bothered by none. At this point, you can consider using another transportation than armored train (Kim never flies any plane). Actually, I have the feeling that "playing NK" would be quite easy, but that Kim got caught into his father's and his own propaganda, really believing he is a genius and that his directions can solve every of the country's problem.
You know, I am really pondering trying to send a letter to Kim's heir, who is about my age...
They are weapons manufacturers and dealers. They are China's diplomatic sandbox. They have thousands of artillery pieces pointing to Seoul. These are why they still exist. Diplomatically, they are just an embarrassment. They are the most isolated nation in the world, they couldn't get any normal relationship with their neighbors, and the "sweetheart deals" they get are humanitarian help in the form of tons of rice.
Their artillery blackmail is the only thing that keeps people on the negotiation table, but since 20 years, they got nothing apart increased isolation (self-inflicted, in some cases). They are nutty. Dangerous, yes, but nutty.
I was multiplying the number of people by the number of time they get pissed off in their lives. It takes several pissing off to make someone go postal. In fact, the average human is remarkably resistant to pressure.
Proportions and statistics. As many people note, these kind of occurrence are quite rare. If you consider that every pissed off person has a one on a billion chance to go postal (that's still high!) he is more likely to go after his own school, hospital, city hall, company, church or the generally crowded street he takes every day. These are far more annoying in average that your regular high tech company. We hear a lot of complaint about RIAA trials on/., but in real life I hear more stories about people annoyed about a local administration.
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Would you accept to have your ID card scanned before buying a newspaper at the kiosk ?
Well, my only source is Marjane Satrapi's "Perseopolis" but apparently since several years Iranians have become experts at hiding satellite dishes during the day, only to uncover them at night.
Also it is done on the experimental branch of Ubuntu : karmic koala, that will be release in october. Hold your horses before it is really released.
It is outrageous that it is possible, it is outrageous that he asks, it is outrageous if Amazon accepts. Stay away from the Kindle.
And they demonstrated it works fine while hitting the damn wall WITH A SHOVEL ! That was the greatest part. Forget the Wii, I want the next zombie game to be played with a wall of concrete and a shovel.
Ssshhhh, any FPS player knows that bullets travel in infinite straight line at the speed of light.
Ray Kurtzweil is a noisy fool. He turns most of the good ideas he gets his hands on into a trollfest. Infinite lifespan due to technology... I can't believe he gets credited for such an obvious SF trope !
Also, the European lab is Swiss EPFL. Remember this name it is the best (only ?) R&D institute in Europe...
There is a decrease in quality of some of the news sources I use. Political inference (I'm in France) and economical reasons could be the cause. I am pondering buying an account to mediapart, who seems to have a lot of scoops before everyone. At 3/month, I can afford that. It is like buying one newspaper a month but getting a rush of information like I bought daily newspaper everyday.
I am wondering if Murdoch is that crazy. Like during the dotcom bubble, I fail to see how journalists expect to be paid by small ad revenues, like dozens of web developers expected to be.
Revealing the identity of a federal agent. Apparently the feds were carrying an easily identifiable security RFID-enabled card.
TFA states that the censro seems to have been lifted two days ago...
So, do we have picture of the federal agents that were there ? Is this not supposed to be a criminal offense ? And who is (legally) to blame on this one ? Poor procedures ? Decision to use RFID in a situation where it should not be used ? Are they going to say that this is entirely hackers' fault ?
Well considering that these measurement were made by collecting the garbages through a collection device on a boat, I was planning on using the same thing. Obviously, one needs to concentrate garbages much more in order to have something to stand on. But by standing in the middle of the vortex, you should have a constant influx of new material to collect without having to harvest dozens of square miles.
Let me rephrase : by collecting efficiently (be it water filtering or using small nets) would it be possible to heat it, maybe through solar lens, in order to melt and molt it ?
More importantly, is Yahoo considered evil now ?
Humorous tone, but couldn't it be done ? I know that the patch is really a zone of high garbage density that are not that close to each other, but couldn't we aggregate enough of them to build habitats ? Could be one hell of a T.A.Z. I am suspecting that this is one of the informal goals of this expedition of enthusiasts...
It is not an island. It is a patch of high garbage density but not high enough to see it by satellite. I encourage reader to tag this story !island.
Wait Windows 7 will be sold ?
It is not only bank CEOs. The higher you get in any hierarchy, the higher the prevalence of sociopath or psychopathy.
A psychopath can not feel remorse. It helps the justice to correctly identify one. If a psychopath says "I regret, I did not realize, I'll stop beating my wife now, please don't send me to jail", he is probably lying, but does so because of medical condition. You have to treat him like a rational cynical person and give him a sentence proportional to what he did. He doesn't have a clue of the severity of his offense to other persons, so you have to make it real through a real punishment. If a non-psychopath says the same thing, it is quite possible that he learned something during the interrogation and trial and have a lower probability of recidivism even if he gets no punishment.
Am I really the one who knows nothing about Juche and NK ? Kim Jong Il already strayed away a lot from Kim Il-Song's legacy, to the point of making the real author of the Juche flee to South Korea. He already authorized many things that were strictly forbidden in Song's time. Moreover, he really seems to have a propaganda on the level of Orwell's 1984. War is Peace, Free Market is Communism. Changing the ideology will be the easiest part. The generals, either believe in the ideology and it says Kim has absolute authority to interpret the Juche, or they don't care about ideology and are cynical enough to understand the objectives stated.
I know the letter thing has few chances of changing anything, even a slim chance of getting really to him, but I have seen interviews from his classmates (he studied in Switzerland) hinting at some human aspects in the guy (though it was a few days before he tried to murder his older brother).
My moves :
1) Stop the nuclear program and divert the resources to agricultural programs
2) Use the (presumably) millions of political prisoners as forced labors in this program, gradually making their living condition better so that I don't get too much of international condemnation when I want to open up the country
3) Play a forward-backward dance between South-Korea, China and USA (and maybe Indonesia and Japan as well) in order to stay independent
4) Get basic economics notion so that industries flowers
4b) Make several shopping malls on the south of the country opened to south koreans, where dirt-cheap products made in NK are sold.
A few years later, get the same recognition as some tyrannical kings in Middle East or North Africa, that bother no one and get bothered by none. At this point, you can consider using another transportation than armored train (Kim never flies any plane). Actually, I have the feeling that "playing NK" would be quite easy, but that Kim got caught into his father's and his own propaganda, really believing he is a genius and that his directions can solve every of the country's problem.
You know, I am really pondering trying to send a letter to Kim's heir, who is about my age...
They are weapons manufacturers and dealers. They are China's diplomatic sandbox. They have thousands of artillery pieces pointing to Seoul. These are why they still exist. Diplomatically, they are just an embarrassment. They are the most isolated nation in the world, they couldn't get any normal relationship with their neighbors, and the "sweetheart deals" they get are humanitarian help in the form of tons of rice.
Their artillery blackmail is the only thing that keeps people on the negotiation table, but since 20 years, they got nothing apart increased isolation (self-inflicted, in some cases). They are nutty. Dangerous, yes, but nutty.
I was multiplying the number of people by the number of time they get pissed off in their lives. It takes several pissing off to make someone go postal. In fact, the average human is remarkably resistant to pressure.
You can win a trial against the winter. But it usually doesn't comply.
Proportions and statistics. As many people note, these kind of occurrence are quite rare. If you consider that every pissed off person has a one on a billion chance to go postal (that's still high!) he is more likely to go after his own school, hospital, city hall, company, church or the generally crowded street he takes every day. These are far more annoying in average that your regular high tech company. We hear a lot of complaint about RIAA trials on /., but in real life I hear more stories about people annoyed about a local administration.