a corporation helping its government to spy is bad? something else? I'd think that a corporation helping its government spy illegally is bad. If the spying is done in a legal, constitutional way, with a judge overseeing the procedures, I don't think most people would object.
In one direction, it looks like an electron went down an energy state, and the extra energy is released as a photon. In the reverse direction, it looks like a photon was absorbed by the electron, thus pushing it to a higher energy state. Both make sense in the context of quantum mechanics and are valid phenomenon. Most theories dealing with time, including relativity, will include t as a variable, but it's usually squared, so its sign doesn't matter, or deal with it as a vector. Certain events mediated by the weak theory are not reversible, but the weak force also breaks parity. It is unclear how this is related to entropy though, and I don't feel too qualified to take this discussion too deeply.
Quantum mechanics doesn't say events are "random", but that they are "unpredictable". Not quite the same thing. From what I can see, we live in a deterministic, non-predictable universe i.e. every effect that occurs can be shown to proceed from a cause according to precise laws of physics. We cannot always predict the effects from the initial conditions, but that doesn't make it random. The only reason you think that "the window was broken because I threw the ball into it" makes more sense than "the ball was thrown into my hand by the window being mended" is because the second example lessens entropy.
And finally, I don't thank God or any extraneous supernatural entity for the parameters of my existence. Time and space being necessary parameters/limitations for perception to occur then it is necessary for us to perceive them is it not?
The phenomenon you explain here isn't a violation of the law, as the law doesn't apply at such scales.
What I was referring to was mostly large-scale phenomenon, astronomical bodies and physical systems that depend on this law. Stellar combustion, planetary ecospheres, etc. Without the second law of thermodynamics, wouldn't it be possible to have a perpetual motion machine? To produce energy without producing heat? What would happen to heat transfer mechanisms that are necessary for biological systems to work?
Looking at the consequences on a quantum level is probably useless, as quantum mechanics doesn't account for general relativity which is pretty basic to the nature of space and time. Trying to understand this in terms of string theory is even more futile in my opinion.
Of course, understanding why the second law os so basic and how it is related to the direction of the temporal dimension would probably help. And to conclude, I'm thinking that the "study" referred to in the article is BS. But speculation is still interesting:-)
The existence of 3 dimensions of time is one of the suggestions of quantum gravity.
Also, why does time seem to flow into a single direction? Most of the equations of physics work fine both ways, but time only appears to flow in a single direction, only its "pace" changes. The best explanation is that there's a breaking of symmetry, a process which for some reason only occurs in one direction of the time dimension(s). The only such process we can observe at this time is entropy. In a closed system, it always increases, it can never decrease. So entropy seems to be linked to time in some intricate way, or maybe it's actually an extra time dimension linked to the first in some way. So what happens if time changes into a space dimension? What does that even MEAN? The only significant difference between time and space is that single direction in which time flows, so does it mean the second law of thermodynamics will stop applying? The flow of entropy will reverse or break its link to the time dimension? This would not necessarily be so "bad" but it would completely break down most of the laws of physics that depend on this phenomenon, thus destroying the universe, no?
in completely unrelated news, Microsoft announced that every copy of Windows trying to validate with WGA from Ecuador was found to be non-genuine. The affected systems have started zeroing the data on their hard drives.
Some of us also understand that the sharing of ideas and of artistic production is more important to our culture and civilization than whether or not rich guy makes 3 millions or 4 millions next year. Some of us live in a country where sharing such media is actually legal if done for personal use.
I think he's referencing Vanguard's constant insults and contempt of WoW, both from the company itself and from the community that built around the game before its release. Those people were like rabid dogs.
Hope that's sarcastic. I didn't touch the prequels, having heard about how bad they were. I leafed through the new sequel the other day in a bookstore, and I read a few pages. It was the worst tripe I'd ever heard. Even the worst of WoT is better than that.
From what I understand, Herbert son and Anderson published the prequels first because they thought they couldn't make the sequel without the explanations from the backstory (and to make more cash obviously), but Herbert (father) would have ignored all that and given us a great book which we wouldn't have understood half of until we'd read it 5 times. I prefer it that way.
This fascination with "proper burial" intrigues me. He's dead. Inanimate matter with no more consciousness than a rock. Not human anymore. How does a burial change that?
At least, in Quebec, it would clearly illegal due to implied warranty in the Consumer Protection Law.
What's more, on a purely technical standpoint, software should not in any way cause any permanent physical damage. Of course, if the operating system is not supported, then it would be logical for the manufacturer to ask the customer to reinstall the original system or do it themselves as part of troubleshooting in order to ascertain the cause of the problem. But refusing repairs? Clearly out of line.
Part of my job is repairing Macintosh computers, and if you bring in a unit that has only Windows or Linux installed, I'm going to test the issue with an up-to-date MacOS X system from an external drive, this is fairly easy to do on a Mac. But the thing is, I would do the same tests if the system was running OS X in the first place anyway to make sure the system wasn't the cause of the issue. On a Windows machine, after some basic troubleshooting and making sure the trouble isn't clearly physical (like in this case), I would do a clean Windows install to rule out any problems with the operating system in any way. Data is never under warranty, and software problems are not usually covered by warranties.
HFP was a bit rough at release, but the servers were reasonably stable, with only a couple reboots required in the first week or so. Compared to the vanilla WoW launch, it was a breeze.
Also, mythology is not bad per se. It can help us understand archetypes of human nature, and provides a basis for culture. Believing it's true, indoctrinating children into believing it's true, that the supernatural is real, that they have an invisible friend who lives in the sky listening to them... that's infantile, sad and something that belongs in the middle ages.
Wake up, and stop believing in anything supernatural. There's the Universe, and it's a lot more than we can comprehend even there. But we should at least do our best to figure out what part we can, rather than inventing nonsensical explanations. Creationism, the immaculate conception, heaven & hell, sin, adam & eve, all this is no better than Tartarus or lightning being the tool of Zeus. Same pure bullshit.
And for what it matters, as far as we can historically figure it out, Yeshuah didn't invent christianity. Saul of Tarsus did. Before him, christians were nothing but a rebellious jewish sect.
Twitter, sometimes you talk sense, sometimes you sound like some kind of fundamentalist nutjob. This post made sense and was informative for people not following up on the last news.
But people would take your posts a lot more seriously if you spelled Microsoft or its shorthand version MS properly. I don't like them myself, but there's no need for infantile name-throwing.
No, but any judgement or settlement in favor of the plaintiffs in this case would most likely include a statute to prevent them from continuing this charade.
In theory, although I have seen arguments both ways, they're a "common carrier", like phone companies. As long as they're open to everyone, they can have this status. The phone company isn't responsible if you plan or operate a crime using their phone lines, just as the town isn't responsible if you use the road to flee after a bank robbery.
But as I said, this has not been clearly established, and such a status requires that they accept any business, i.e. not filter or favor certain business. If they block some illegal content, then they could be held responsible for letting some get through. This case might actually be interesting.
WHAT? Leveling to 70 was pretty much a joke, although fairly enjoyable. Gearing up at 70, with epic craftables is not very hard either.
Instance running is a problem these days. A lot of people have quit, a lot of people don't want to run the instances anymore, and all your hear all day in Shattrath is "LF1M tank".
I use my real name on Slashdot, strange as it may appear to some. I've used nicknames elsewhere, but I rarely if ever hide myself, someone could easily find my real name from those common nicks I use.
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something else? I'd think that a corporation helping its government spy illegally is bad. If the spying is done in a legal, constitutional way, with a judge overseeing the procedures, I don't think most people would object.
In one direction, it looks like an electron went down an energy state, and the extra energy is released as a photon. In the reverse direction, it looks like a photon was absorbed by the electron, thus pushing it to a higher energy state. Both make sense in the context of quantum mechanics and are valid phenomenon. Most theories dealing with time, including relativity, will include t as a variable, but it's usually squared, so its sign doesn't matter, or deal with it as a vector. Certain events mediated by the weak theory are not reversible, but the weak force also breaks parity. It is unclear how this is related to entropy though, and I don't feel too qualified to take this discussion too deeply.
Quantum mechanics doesn't say events are "random", but that they are "unpredictable". Not quite the same thing. From what I can see, we live in a deterministic, non-predictable universe i.e. every effect that occurs can be shown to proceed from a cause according to precise laws of physics. We cannot always predict the effects from the initial conditions, but that doesn't make it random. The only reason you think that "the window was broken because I threw the ball into it" makes more sense than "the ball was thrown into my hand by the window being mended" is because the second example lessens entropy.
And finally, I don't thank God or any extraneous supernatural entity for the parameters of my existence. Time and space being necessary parameters/limitations for perception to occur then it is necessary for us to perceive them is it not?
I will refer you to
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_thermodynamics#Microscopic_systems
The phenomenon you explain here isn't a violation of the law, as the law doesn't apply at such scales.
What I was referring to was mostly large-scale phenomenon, astronomical bodies and physical systems that depend on this law. Stellar combustion, planetary ecospheres, etc. Without the second law of thermodynamics, wouldn't it be possible to have a perpetual motion machine? To produce energy without producing heat? What would happen to heat transfer mechanisms that are necessary for biological systems to work?
Looking at the consequences on a quantum level is probably useless, as quantum mechanics doesn't account for general relativity which is pretty basic to the nature of space and time. Trying to understand this in terms of string theory is even more futile in my opinion.
Of course, understanding why the second law os so basic and how it is related to the direction of the temporal dimension would probably help. And to conclude, I'm thinking that the "study" referred to in the article is BS. But speculation is still interesting
The existence of 3 dimensions of time is one of the suggestions of quantum gravity.
Also, why does time seem to flow into a single direction? Most of the equations of physics work fine both ways, but time only appears to flow in a single direction, only its "pace" changes. The best explanation is that there's a breaking of symmetry, a process which for some reason only occurs in one direction of the time dimension(s). The only such process we can observe at this time is entropy. In a closed system, it always increases, it can never decrease. So entropy seems to be linked to time in some intricate way, or maybe it's actually an extra time dimension linked to the first in some way. So what happens if time changes into a space dimension? What does that even MEAN? The only significant difference between time and space is that single direction in which time flows, so does it mean the second law of thermodynamics will stop applying? The flow of entropy will reverse or break its link to the time dimension? This would not necessarily be so "bad" but it would completely break down most of the laws of physics that depend on this phenomenon, thus destroying the universe, no?
Well, you can try, but no agency or store is forced to accept.
They registered their copyrights, which makes them eligible for statutory damages maybe?
in completely unrelated news, Microsoft announced that every copy of Windows trying to validate with WGA from Ecuador was found to be non-genuine. The affected systems have started zeroing the data on their hard drives.
Some of us also understand that the sharing of ideas and of artistic production is more important to our culture and civilization than whether or not rich guy makes 3 millions or 4 millions next year. Some of us live in a country where sharing such media is actually legal if done for personal use.
Mine is better. It has Knight Templars in it.
I think he's referencing Vanguard's constant insults and contempt of WoW, both from the company itself and from the community that built around the game before its release. Those people were like rabid dogs.
Hope that's sarcastic. I didn't touch the prequels, having heard about how bad they were. I leafed through the new sequel the other day in a bookstore, and I read a few pages. It was the worst tripe I'd ever heard. Even the worst of WoT is better than that.
From what I understand, Herbert son and Anderson published the prequels first because they thought they couldn't make the sequel without the explanations from the backstory (and to make more cash obviously), but Herbert (father) would have ignored all that and given us a great book which we wouldn't have understood half of until we'd read it 5 times. I prefer it that way.
This fascination with "proper burial" intrigues me. He's dead. Inanimate matter with no more consciousness than a rock. Not human anymore. How does a burial change that?
At least, in Quebec, it would clearly illegal due to implied warranty in the Consumer Protection Law.
What's more, on a purely technical standpoint, software should not in any way cause any permanent physical damage. Of course, if the operating system is not supported, then it would be logical for the manufacturer to ask the customer to reinstall the original system or do it themselves as part of troubleshooting in order to ascertain the cause of the problem. But refusing repairs? Clearly out of line.
Part of my job is repairing Macintosh computers, and if you bring in a unit that has only Windows or Linux installed, I'm going to test the issue with an up-to-date MacOS X system from an external drive, this is fairly easy to do on a Mac. But the thing is, I would do the same tests if the system was running OS X in the first place anyway to make sure the system wasn't the cause of the issue. On a Windows machine, after some basic troubleshooting and making sure the trouble isn't clearly physical (like in this case), I would do a clean Windows install to rule out any problems with the operating system in any way. Data is never under warranty, and software problems are not usually covered by warranties.
Is "walking without rhythm" a euphemism for installing Linux?
HFP was a bit rough at release, but the servers were reasonably stable, with only a couple reboots required in the first week or so. Compared to the vanilla WoW launch, it was a breeze.
There is no hell.
Also, mythology is not bad per se. It can help us understand archetypes of human nature, and provides a basis for culture. Believing it's true, indoctrinating children into believing it's true, that the supernatural is real, that they have an invisible friend who lives in the sky listening to them... that's infantile, sad and something that belongs in the middle ages.
Wake up, and stop believing in anything supernatural. There's the Universe, and it's a lot more than we can comprehend even there. But we should at least do our best to figure out what part we can, rather than inventing nonsensical explanations. Creationism, the immaculate conception, heaven & hell, sin, adam & eve, all this is no better than Tartarus or lightning being the tool of Zeus. Same pure bullshit.
And for what it matters, as far as we can historically figure it out, Yeshuah didn't invent christianity. Saul of Tarsus did. Before him, christians were nothing but a rebellious jewish sect.
Twitter, sometimes you talk sense, sometimes you sound like some kind of fundamentalist nutjob. This post made sense and was informative for people not following up on the last news.
But people would take your posts a lot more seriously if you spelled Microsoft or its shorthand version MS properly. I don't like them myself, but there's no need for infantile name-throwing.
No, but any judgement or settlement in favor of the plaintiffs in this case would most likely include a statute to prevent them from continuing this charade.
In theory, although I have seen arguments both ways, they're a "common carrier", like phone companies. As long as they're open to everyone, they can have this status. The phone company isn't responsible if you plan or operate a crime using their phone lines, just as the town isn't responsible if you use the road to flee after a bank robbery.
But as I said, this has not been clearly established, and such a status requires that they accept any business, i.e. not filter or favor certain business. If they block some illegal content, then they could be held responsible for letting some get through. This case might actually be interesting.
I feel a lot of repressed anger in you. Jealous much?
That's not what he said. He said that you cannot use absolutes to define one type as worse or better than the other.
You can have situations where murder would be acceptable.
WHAT? Leveling to 70 was pretty much a joke, although fairly enjoyable. Gearing up at 70, with epic craftables is not very hard either.
Instance running is a problem these days. A lot of people have quit, a lot of people don't want to run the instances anymore, and all your hear all day in Shattrath is "LF1M tank".
I use my real name on Slashdot, strange as it may appear to some. I've used nicknames elsewhere, but I rarely if ever hide myself, someone could easily find my real name from those common nicks I use.
Stupid Slashcode. The first sentence was supposed to be "Monopoly doesn't equal 100% market" but Slashcode ate the not equal.
Or fascist America, depending on which side of the pond you live.