They don't need to make blood clots to kill people. Perfectly mundane things like bullets, missiles and various projectile explosives work perfectly fine to mess up someone's day.
Except that a bullet needs you to aim, and you need line-of-sight. An ultrasonic blood-clotting weapon could surely be made to work through walls, if the army threw enough money at it. And beyond the battlefield, an ultrasonic blood-clotting weapon is a great way to cause a seemingly "natural" death through stroke.
New military gear is on the horizon that promises to do the same, including biosensors, bandages that clot blood using soundwaves
Ok, since they have a bandage that clots blood using soundwaves, you can pretty much guess that they have a weapon that clots blood using soundwaves. Which is pretty fucking scary.
The film will be produced and distributed by MGM -- distributor of the original WarGames -- and directed by Stewart Gillard, director of such gems as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3... The plot revolves around a hacker breaking into a terrorism-simulation computer.
At the rate they're going, why don't they just get Uwe Boll to direct?
According to the BBC, the American Union of Concerned Scientists has put out a statement about the misrepresentation of date and a list of such interference by the U.S. government in scientific research.
What do you expect from a man who can't even pronounce "Nuclear" properly? Honestly?
As with anything, Hollywood has a weird way of viewing computer technology and the people that use it.
It may be weird to you or I, but Hollywood does it that way because that's how your "average joe" sees it.
Crashing can be reduced by reducing the dangers. The maximum speed is easy to set. Next, you can limit or warn about following distance. You could also detect a vehicle following you, and emit some warning brake pattern. Erratic (swerving due to some distraction/impairment) driving behavior could be detected and warned (perhaps it could switch to safer limits too).
I see where you're going with this. Perhaps if we put some sort of sentience in charge of controlling the vehicle, we could accomplish all of those things; maybe an organic neural net, but those take about 9 months to grow, and I think it's illegal to sell them since they ratified the 13th amendment.
Aside from being a bright guy Edison was a businessman.
Yes, a businessman that ripped off Tesla (the real man of science) as much as he could. Furthermore, his dirty tricks in promoting DC over Tesla's AC did nothing to promote the superior solution, but they did serve to fatten his bank account.
Edison was a businessman, and a great one. He made all the money. But Tesla was the genius, and died penniless after Edison forced the AC patents out of him.
So, tell me again, how science is not at the mercy of capitalism?
the RIAA said it had a letter from AOL 'confirm[ing] that defendant owned an internet access account through which copyrighted sound recordings were downloaded and distributed.' When her lawyers got a copy of the actual AOL letter they saw that it had no such statement in it
Is there a reason they don't hold lawyers accountable for stuff like this under penalties similar to perjury? If not, why the hell not?
How much harm has come from Microsoft bundling IE?
Good question. Why don't you tell us?
And while you're pondering that, I posit that Microsoft's decision to bundle IE is what ultimately gave us the development of Firefox. There's a silver lining in every cloud, chief.
Plaintiffs allege that Microsoft's bundling of IE with Windows caused harm to consumers by increasing the consumer's susceptibility to security breaches and bugs.
Apple does the same thing with Safari. Or does that not count? If bundling is bad, hold everybody to the same standard.
News.com is running a story on differences found in Wikipedia's Chinese site content, as compared to content on the same subjects from the English site.
An easy example: On the english site, we can learn that the population of elephants has tripled in the last six months. On the chinese site, we can learn that the population of elephants has tripled in the last 12 solar terms.
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You're not at all familiar with the Air Force's Active Denial System... are you.
Thanks for playing.
You're not at all familiar with the Air Force's Active Denial System... are you.
Thanks for playing.
They don't need to make blood clots to kill people. Perfectly mundane things like bullets, missiles and various projectile explosives work perfectly fine to mess up someone's day.
Except that a bullet needs you to aim, and you need line-of-sight. An ultrasonic blood-clotting weapon could surely be made to work through walls, if the army threw enough money at it. And beyond the battlefield, an ultrasonic blood-clotting weapon is a great way to cause a seemingly "natural" death through stroke.
New military gear is on the horizon that promises to do the same, including biosensors, bandages that clot blood using soundwaves
Ok, since they have a bandage that clots blood using soundwaves, you can pretty much guess that they have a weapon that clots blood using soundwaves. Which is pretty fucking scary.
The film will be produced and distributed by MGM -- distributor of the original WarGames -- and directed by Stewart Gillard, director of such gems as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3... The plot revolves around a hacker breaking into a terrorism-simulation computer.
At the rate they're going, why don't they just get Uwe Boll to direct?
Startup Polar Rose is in the news today after announcing it will soon launch a service that uses facial recognition software,
The only "facial" recognition software I use is Google Image Search with Safesearch turned off.
They're going to have to fight Despair, Inc for the frowny-face emoticon.
Just the same, the FCC won't release the data to consumers, citing national security risks.
Once again, confirming the fact that "national security risks" and "risks to corporate profit" are the same thing.
According to the BBC, the American Union of Concerned Scientists has put out a statement about the misrepresentation of date and a list of such interference by the U.S. government in scientific research.
What do you expect from a man who can't even pronounce "Nuclear" properly? Honestly?
As with anything, Hollywood has a weird way of viewing computer technology and the people that use it.
It may be weird to you or I, but Hollywood does it that way because that's how your "average joe" sees it.
Information Week reports that a spoofed server has been released that can be used to activate Microsoft's Vista Enterprise versions.
And you don't even need a separate computer. You can spoof the activation from the same machine.
Crashing can be reduced by reducing the dangers. The maximum speed is easy to set. Next, you can limit or warn about following distance. You could also detect a vehicle following you, and emit some warning brake pattern. Erratic (swerving due to some distraction/impairment) driving behavior could be detected and warned (perhaps it could switch to safer limits too).
I see where you're going with this. Perhaps if we put some sort of sentience in charge of controlling the vehicle, we could accomplish all of those things; maybe an organic neural net, but those take about 9 months to grow, and I think it's illegal to sell them since they ratified the 13th amendment.
The WSJ reports that the growing use of email gadgets is spawning a generation of resentful children.
I wouldn't point the finger at the email gadgets per se. It seems more likely that nanny-state lazy parenting is to blame.
Does that mean that if you leave your OScars door open, everyone is free to drive it?
No, that's City CarShare.
Although, I could see ZipCar or City CarShare being interested in the Open Source Car.
The young German is the founder of the OScar project, whose goal is to develop and build a car according to open-source principles.
Finally, all those car analogies people make on computer forums might actually be relevant..
The young German is the founder of the OScar project, whose goal is to develop and build a car according to open-source principles.
Does that mean it will crash less than other cars?
Aside from being a bright guy Edison was a businessman.
Yes, a businessman that ripped off Tesla (the real man of science) as much as he could. Furthermore, his dirty tricks in promoting DC over Tesla's AC did nothing to promote the superior solution, but they did serve to fatten his bank account.
Edison was a businessman, and a great one. He made all the money. But Tesla was the genius, and died penniless after Edison forced the AC patents out of him.
So, tell me again, how science is not at the mercy of capitalism?
the RIAA said it had a letter from AOL 'confirm[ing] that defendant owned an internet access account through which copyrighted sound recordings were downloaded and distributed.' When her lawyers got a copy of the actual AOL letter they saw that it had no such statement in it
Is there a reason they don't hold lawyers accountable for stuff like this under penalties similar to perjury? If not, why the hell not?
Reuters reports that some original Edison light bulbs and extremely important scientific documents will be auctioned off in the UK.
Science... perpetually at the mercy of capitalism.
In a huge advancement of citizen journalism, Reuters and Yahoo! are asking average people to be journalists
I see they're taking FOX News' lead then. FOX has been asking average people to be journalists for years.
But what about biology? An international team of U.S. and Scottish mathematicians and biologists has built a math model to predict tumor behavior.
In other news, an international team of U.S. and Scottish mathematicians and biologists has built a computer simulation of the RIAA's business model.
How much harm has come from Microsoft bundling IE?
Good question. Why don't you tell us?
And while you're pondering that, I posit that Microsoft's decision to bundle IE is what ultimately gave us the development of Firefox. There's a silver lining in every cloud, chief.
Plaintiffs allege that Microsoft's bundling of IE with Windows caused harm to consumers by increasing the consumer's susceptibility to security breaches and bugs.
Apple does the same thing with Safari. Or does that not count? If bundling is bad, hold everybody to the same standard.
News.com is running a story on differences found in Wikipedia's Chinese site content, as compared to content on the same subjects from the English site.
An easy example: On the english site, we can learn that the population of elephants has tripled in the last six months. On the chinese site, we can learn that the population of elephants has tripled in the last 12 solar terms.
The Imperial College in London is reporting that genetically-engineered blood protein can be used to split water into oxygen and hydrogen.
I can hear it now... "No blood for oil! or hydrogen!"