With a magnitude of around 27, good luck finding it with your binoculars...
So, unless you have a 8 meter telescope in your backyard, your chance of seeing BX34 are pretty dim (pun intended). Considering this, and considering that it posses no risk of impact, and considering that even in the event of an impact, it would pose no risk at all, and considering similar events happen every few week, I find it difficult to consider this as a newsworthy information.
I hope we won't get a news updated on every piece of rock that fly within a few tenths of LD from earth all the way through 2012.
The whole idea of a "news site" is to be openly accessible. A website on a non-standard port is still openly accessible, but only to those who know the site is accessibly through this port. This knowledge may either be direct or indirect (like through a link like here).
Basically, its a news site only accessible to the general public through linking. This points a lot to "targeted news", which also tend to point into the direction of "false news" and/or "propaganda". Now, I'm not implying this is the case here. In fact, there are many other possible explanation, one of them being the one I just provided. As the previous post said, it "sets off some alarm bells", but it doesn't necessarily mean something foul is going on. It's just weird.
As for your open, trollishy questions, I'll say this. Many illegal activities that are performed on the web, regardless of their nature, do so on sites accessible only through nonstandard ports, like port 82, to hide the said activities from general view. Only those within intimate knowledge of the activities know the ports and can thus access those sites.
After observing the Canadian conservative government go for a while now, I would say don't expect them to do anything. They'll just ignore it, because 1) he's Iranian, 2) it won't contribute to get them reelected and 3) it won't contribute to some good friends in the prairies.
At most, what they could do is revoke his permanent residency and put some security flag on him (ie. put him on some potential dangerous people list).
The conservative, not only do they fail at understanding anything related to international politics, did a great job in the past protecting its citizen abroad and will surely continue doing so in the future.
Yes, of course. Don't judge something because, regardless of the facts, this other fictional fantasy (redundancy intended) might perhaps with luck (again) be true.
I'll be careful and I'll stick to facts, thank you.
As a scientist in the filed of Fourier Transform Spectroscopy I find this perspective quite interesting, even though it is not that different from other techniques we tried to apply in the field to improve performance. Needless to say, we are quite dependent on FFT performances in this field, even more since the deployment of Imagine FTS systems. Any improvement in FFT performance is noteworthy.
Lets see if its one of those "fields" where drastic performance improvement can be met! Regardless, it's quite an interesting break for signal processing.
Just finishing reading this long page on how the file sharing litigation process is flawed, I feel little enlightened. Most of the observation presented have been discussed here over a decade ago. What's interesting though, is where these observations are coming from. Maybe someone on the legal size has finally opened his eyes.
If that's good or bad for file shares and file sharing app creators is another story though.
That's point. While America fight a war on terrorists, the rest of the world are doing criminal investigations on organized crime and terrorist groups. While American fight obesity, the rest of the world seeks solutions to a healthier lifestyle to reduce obesity. While American fight a war on drugs, the rest of the world arrest criminals and put them to trial.
This concept of "fighting wars" on everything is very American (not that wars are not fought somewhere else by other groups, don't get me wrong). This concept is also very hyped by the American medias.
Of course, you are partly right, once those "wars" go beyond the American borders, the become "world wars", although it would be pretty naive to compare those modern "wars" with what was previously called "world word".
There have been investigations and actions taken against terrorist groups and organization long before America somehow declared war on terrorism on 09/12 some 10 years ago.
I'm surprised they even get overflight authorization for Russia. Colleagues here launch Stratospheric balloon for atmospheric research from Sweden on regular basis and getting overflight privileges for Russia always seems to be a problem. And in central Europe its not easier (for somewhat different reasons). Or did they just launch without asking question? (it could also be that the balloon and payload is sized to be allowed to fly in the EU without restrictions, which may not be the case somewhere else, like, lets say, Russia).
I'd like to add the following point. Refusing to understand the problem, to see its nuances, to follow its roots and to staying blocked on a terminological judgement level like you do is what does the most harm to the industries involved.
As long as you fight a problem without understanding it, you will neither get rid of the problem nor find a way around it.
Don't misinterpret my words. Quoting a single sentence, ignoring after it is also somewhat counterproductive for society. I'm not claiming anything as you imply. I saying the word "piracy" is very broad and has many faces. Like it or not, this is a fact. A broad word which includes things difficult to compare. Just like the word "theft". Can you compare a child stealing a strawberry in the market to a professional theft stealing his 20th car to resale the parts? (And no, this is not a point or analogy on piracy. I'm just making a point on terminology.) Can you compare them? No you can't. The justice systems in all places I know do not even try to compare them. They understand that there is more to it than just a word.
Regardless of ones believe whether it is right or wrong, anyone should be able to see the difference I pointed in my previous post. If not, it's just another reminder of why we carefully select the people to place these judgements and not let it be done by anyone.
I pay for the software I use, because I know its value. I pay for the music I listen to, because I know its value. The problem is that most people believe what they pay is not the value of what they get in return. Maybe it is partly right, maybe not. Some choose to pay regardless, many do not.
Also, you seem to think our society is quite fragile and so dependent on intellectual property. Don't worry, society survived worse... but changed for less.
Piracy of entertainment product and piracy of production software are two entirely different things. On is used by people to produce stuff and make money out of it. I have no respect for a professional graphic designer who would pirate an Adobe product and use it for its work. On the other hand, I wouldn't say anything about the kid doing a few 'shops for fun in his pass time (and I don't think no one expect him to be able to pay $700 for the software he uses). But we are taking about the same software, the same rules, the same laws. But the intent of the user is quite different. The morality of the act is quite different (from my point of view anyway).
But for someone relying on Photoshop to work, yes, it's worth $700. Heck, that's even cheap compared to the software I have to buy to do my work, and its worth every cent I'm putting in it.
It's not different for entertainment products like movies. There are many reasons to download a movie (availability, worth, laziness, etc.). But one thing that I have quite some trouble with is people taking pirate movies to sell them or present them in public, making money of it.
It is very hard to compare production software to movies or music. For games it is different, as no one expects anyone to make money out of games (except maybe for gaming centers).
In the end, of the problem of the word 'piracy', is that it's quite wage.
Most people do not think it is the case and there are many reasons for that. And it has nothing to do with Slashdot. I actually find the Slashdot audience rather reserved towards piracy. I would even go as far as to say that they bias against piracy is higher here than in the general population.
I personally hold a very high respect and a deep sadness towards to artists that have to live with the current publisher scheme. The publishers, I have zero respect for them.
They don't go against child porn sites because they are illegal. They couldn't care less about that. They go against child porn sites because they are immoral (at least from the perspective of the vast majority).
The vast majority also acknowledges that sites like The Pirate Bay are illegal, but the morality of these sites and their users is rather neutral, if not positively.
I don't think it will go in that direction (or I hope, to be more precise). But understanding what in her genome protected here from dementia-like diseases may help to identified exactly where in the cellular process these illnesses act and how. It could give you a very fundamental understanding of how these diseases work. This is the first step in finding either a cure (which is very unlikely) but above all a first step to find a way to identify people at risk early and provide proper treatment/nutrition to block the progression of the illness before it even starts.
I bet this will happen, because this is the favorite scheme of pharmas.... hook people early on a life long expensive medication. But if it stops Alzheimer and old-age dementia, I'll for once agree to this scheme. If you don't, you probably had no one close who went through these diseases at their end of life.
Did the poster even read the neutrino-story he quotes? The key number of 732 km should be fairly clear in everyone's mind by now... Why the 900 km figure? Is it just more sensational as a puny 732 km?
As for the translation which started this nice story, I would be careful. I learned enough foreign languages to know one thing: Every language has its own subtleties (which may vary from region to region or with social status or through any number of other factors). In this context the word tunnel may not be meant on the literal sense and the translator simply translated the words without understanding their meaning in the context.
Or maybe it explains why the coalition failed to build bridges between the Afghan people and America?
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With a magnitude of around 27, good luck finding it with your binoculars...
So, unless you have a 8 meter telescope in your backyard, your chance of seeing BX34 are pretty dim (pun intended). Considering this, and considering that it posses no risk of impact, and considering that even in the event of an impact, it would pose no risk at all, and considering similar events happen every few week, I find it difficult to consider this as a newsworthy information.
I hope we won't get a news updated on every piece of rock that fly within a few tenths of LD from earth all the way through 2012.
The whole idea of a "news site" is to be openly accessible. A website on a non-standard port is still openly accessible, but only to those who know the site is accessibly through this port. This knowledge may either be direct or indirect (like through a link like here).
Basically, its a news site only accessible to the general public through linking. This points a lot to "targeted news", which also tend to point into the direction of "false news" and/or "propaganda". Now, I'm not implying this is the case here. In fact, there are many other possible explanation, one of them being the one I just provided. As the previous post said, it "sets off some alarm bells", but it doesn't necessarily mean something foul is going on. It's just weird.
As for your open, trollishy questions, I'll say this. Many illegal activities that are performed on the web, regardless of their nature, do so on sites accessible only through nonstandard ports, like port 82, to hide the said activities from general view. Only those within intimate knowledge of the activities know the ports and can thus access those sites.
I wonder how you can bring out such bold statements following a single vague comment on my part. THAT I don't understand.
After observing the Canadian conservative government go for a while now, I would say don't expect them to do anything. They'll just ignore it, because 1) he's Iranian, 2) it won't contribute to get them reelected and 3) it won't contribute to some good friends in the prairies.
At most, what they could do is revoke his permanent residency and put some security flag on him (ie. put him on some potential dangerous people list).
The conservative, not only do they fail at understanding anything related to international politics, did a great job in the past protecting its citizen abroad and will surely continue doing so in the future.
Yes, of course. Don't judge something because, regardless of the facts, this other fictional fantasy (redundancy intended) might perhaps with luck (again) be true.
I'll be careful and I'll stick to facts, thank you.
That's not even subtle. Can't you do any better than that for the salary you get?
I suppose you see a difference between those two statements?
As a scientist in the filed of Fourier Transform Spectroscopy I find this perspective quite interesting, even though it is not that different from other techniques we tried to apply in the field to improve performance. Needless to say, we are quite dependent on FFT performances in this field, even more since the deployment of Imagine FTS systems. Any improvement in FFT performance is noteworthy.
Lets see if its one of those "fields" where drastic performance improvement can be met! Regardless, it's quite an interesting break for signal processing.
Just finishing reading this long page on how the file sharing litigation process is flawed, I feel little enlightened. Most of the observation presented have been discussed here over a decade ago. What's interesting though, is where these observations are coming from. Maybe someone on the legal size has finally opened his eyes.
If that's good or bad for file shares and file sharing app creators is another story though.
That's point. While America fight a war on terrorists, the rest of the world are doing criminal investigations on organized crime and terrorist groups. While American fight obesity, the rest of the world seeks solutions to a healthier lifestyle to reduce obesity. While American fight a war on drugs, the rest of the world arrest criminals and put them to trial.
This concept of "fighting wars" on everything is very American (not that wars are not fought somewhere else by other groups, don't get me wrong). This concept is also very hyped by the American medias.
Of course, you are partly right, once those "wars" go beyond the American borders, the become "world wars", although it would be pretty naive to compare those modern "wars" with what was previously called "world word".
There have been investigations and actions taken against terrorist groups and organization long before America somehow declared war on terrorism on 09/12 some 10 years ago.
I'm surprised they even get overflight authorization for Russia. Colleagues here launch Stratospheric balloon for atmospheric research from Sweden on regular basis and getting overflight privileges for Russia always seems to be a problem. And in central Europe its not easier (for somewhat different reasons). Or did they just launch without asking question? (it could also be that the balloon and payload is sized to be allowed to fly in the EU without restrictions, which may not be the case somewhere else, like, lets say, Russia).
I'd like to add the following point.
Refusing to understand the problem, to see its nuances, to follow its roots and to staying blocked on a terminological judgement level like you do is what does the most harm to the industries involved.
As long as you fight a problem without understanding it, you will neither get rid of the problem nor find a way around it.
Don't misinterpret my words. Quoting a single sentence, ignoring after it is also somewhat counterproductive for society.
I'm not claiming anything as you imply. I saying the word "piracy" is very broad and has many faces. Like it or not, this is a fact. A broad word which includes things difficult to compare. Just like the word "theft". Can you compare a child stealing a strawberry in the market to a professional theft stealing his 20th car to resale the parts? (And no, this is not a point or analogy on piracy. I'm just making a point on terminology.)
Can you compare them? No you can't. The justice systems in all places I know do not even try to compare them. They understand that there is more to it than just a word.
Regardless of ones believe whether it is right or wrong, anyone should be able to see the difference I pointed in my previous post. If not, it's just another reminder of why we carefully select the people to place these judgements and not let it be done by anyone.
I pay for the software I use, because I know its value. I pay for the music I listen to, because I know its value. The problem is that most people believe what they pay is not the value of what they get in return. Maybe it is partly right, maybe not. Some choose to pay regardless, many do not.
Also, you seem to think our society is quite fragile and so dependent on intellectual property. Don't worry, society survived worse... but changed for less.
Piracy of entertainment product and piracy of production software are two entirely different things. On is used by people to produce stuff and make money out of it. I have no respect for a professional graphic designer who would pirate an Adobe product and use it for its work. On the other hand, I wouldn't say anything about the kid doing a few 'shops for fun in his pass time (and I don't think no one expect him to be able to pay $700 for the software he uses). But we are taking about the same software, the same rules, the same laws. But the intent of the user is quite different. The morality of the act is quite different (from my point of view anyway).
But for someone relying on Photoshop to work, yes, it's worth $700. Heck, that's even cheap compared to the software I have to buy to do my work, and its worth every cent I'm putting in it.
It's not different for entertainment products like movies. There are many reasons to download a movie (availability, worth, laziness, etc.). But one thing that I have quite some trouble with is people taking pirate movies to sell them or present them in public, making money of it.
It is very hard to compare production software to movies or music. For games it is different, as no one expects anyone to make money out of games (except maybe for gaming centers).
In the end, of the problem of the word 'piracy', is that it's quite wage.
Most people do not think it is the case and there are many reasons for that. And it has nothing to do with Slashdot. I actually find the Slashdot audience rather reserved towards piracy. I would even go as far as to say that they bias against piracy is higher here than in the general population.
I personally hold a very high respect and a deep sadness towards to artists that have to live with the current publisher scheme. The publishers, I have zero respect for them.
Thank you, good anonymous. That really moved me.
That would be "A carpenter..." instead of "A good carpenter..."
A good *insert profession* doesn't buy crappy tools or use them wrong. Or even let someone else use their tools the wrong way.
They don't go against child porn sites because they are illegal. They couldn't care less about that. They go against child porn sites because they are immoral (at least from the perspective of the vast majority).
The vast majority also acknowledges that sites like The Pirate Bay are illegal, but the morality of these sites and their users is rather neutral, if not positively.
I don't think it will go in that direction (or I hope, to be more precise). But understanding what in her genome protected here from dementia-like diseases may help to identified exactly where in the cellular process these illnesses act and how. It could give you a very fundamental understanding of how these diseases work. This is the first step in finding either a cure (which is very unlikely) but above all a first step to find a way to identify people at risk early and provide proper treatment/nutrition to block the progression of the illness before it even starts.
I bet this will happen, because this is the favorite scheme of pharmas.... hook people early on a life long expensive medication. But if it stops Alzheimer and old-age dementia, I'll for once agree to this scheme. If you don't, you probably had no one close who went through these diseases at their end of life.
I fail to see your point. On the contrary, I would believe devices going through the RIM network much easier to spy on.
The Americas, circa 1875.
Or someone uses the term "order of magnitude" without actually knowing what it really means, not that this ever really happens.
In doubt, repost it with the obligatory [/obligatory] remark. That's how this place works from the looks of it.
Did the poster even read the neutrino-story he quotes? The key number of 732 km should be fairly clear in everyone's mind by now...
Why the 900 km figure? Is it just more sensational as a puny 732 km?
As for the translation which started this nice story, I would be careful. I learned enough foreign languages to know one thing: Every language has its own subtleties (which may vary from region to region or with social status or through any number of other factors). In this context the word tunnel may not be meant on the literal sense and the translator simply translated the words without understanding their meaning in the context.
Or maybe it explains why the coalition failed to build bridges between the Afghan people and America?
The solution to this little problem is quite easy.... /dev/random > /dev/null.