Greedo: Hey little girl, would you like to come home with me and share some files? Little Girl: Eeeek! Help help help! Ghost of Charles Bronson: Time to die little man *bang* *bang* *bang* Greedo: Gurgle gurgle
It's long been speculated that infrasound causes these wierd experiences, but this is the first larger scale study I have read about.
Subliminal messages were (and still are) thought to be true and there were many anecdotes surrounding them as well. But they were proven untrue when studied.
This story is important because they have done a controlled experiment that offers more proof that this phenomena is real. Now we need others to do studies of their own to try and replicate the results. If replicated, this will eventually be accepted as a scientific fact.
I've heard infrasound can cause hallucinations, but the article doesn't mention that...
Randi published a short story (second section on the page) about a scientist and his haunted lab experience involving infra-sound, but it's merely an anecdote, unlike the study.
Agreed. An ideal security system would have three levels of security:
1. something you know (password) 2. something you own (token) 3. something you are (biometric)
Of course, bio-metrics *will* be hashable when we start using DNA, but fingerprints and iris scans can't be hashed. But DNA is one of the easiest things to steal, so that's out too.
OT: That's why they're janitors. No, i'm serious. I bet a lot of janitors are really content and have a nice simple life. If I was a janitor, I would probably have more time to dedicate to reading, for example. Right now my brain just shuts down when I am done work.
Also, if you do manage to lose your wallet, you should at least have backups of the passwords elsewhere. And don't keep your PIN # for your cc or bank card in your wallet.
MS Word has something similar. It can give you readability statistics such as the percentage of passive sentences, Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Sentences per Paragraph, Words per Sentence, and Characters per Word.
I think we have plenty of geniuses. We don't have single people accomplishing great things anymore. Instead, we have many geniuses working together and accomplishing great things, such as rocketing to the moon or mapping the human genome.
I thought the point of an essay was to grade the ideas and how well they're expressed. I didn't realize they were spelling/grammar tests.
Maybe I'm just a bit jaded by this because of all the stupid grammar and spelling nitpicking that goes on here on Slashdot. Evidentally, it's much easier to criticize my spelling than it is to provided a rebuttal to my point.
Re-written for your pedantic pleasure:
I thought the point of an essay was to express and support ideas. I didn't realize they were spelling/grammar tests.
Maybe I'm just a bit jaded by this because of all the stupid grammar and spelling nitpicking that goes on here on Slashdot. Evidently, it's much easier to criticize my spelling than it is to provide a rebuttal to my point.
I don't normally waste my time pointing out the errors of others, nor am I trying to be mean to you or be a smart-ass, but I certainly sympathise with those that do. The reason people get annoyed with spelling and grammar errors as these errors can create confusion. This is especially true in an environment where many people are reading what you write. I had to re-read your first sentence before I understood what you meant and I am sure I am not the only person that had this problem. The net amount of time wasted is less if you take the time to proofread your work. You also ensure that others cannot take your words out of context and waste everyone's time by drawing you into a pointless flame war.
This is why you lose marks on an essay if it is rife with spelling and grammar errors, whether your thoughts and ideas are world-shaking or not.
What you describe is no different than someone following you around, taking notes, etc. In some places, the consensus is that is harassment. In other places, that is perfectly acceptable behaviour (perhaps not socially, but legally). And in all places, it's something that is very difficult to prevent.
Unfortunately (for you), you are in the minority here. Most people will willingly give up "privacy" in public places, since we don't really have it anyway. Most people feel that CCTV is rather like having police vigilant on every corner and having them open like this means that the system is harder to abuse.
I'm not too worried about CCTV. I'll pull out the tinfoil when things go all Gattaca...
No, in 1984 they had camera's in people's homes. These are camera's in public areas, where you do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
There are gray areas of course - what about camera's aimed up women's skirts in public spaces, or public restrooms, or camera's that can view into a private backyard...
Here's a (somewhat) OT question: why do some PS2 games make more noise than others. I have been playing Wizardry on the PS2 and I find that it's always spinning and making funny noises. Bloody annoying, actually - games really good though - pleasant mix of old school and new school RPG goodness.
Slashdot Mirror
This isn't that re-released crap, sorry :)
Oh, that's going to go well....
/me is gonna rent Death Wish this weekend :)
Greedo: Hey little girl, would you like to come home with me and share some files?
Little Girl: Eeeek! Help help help!
Ghost of Charles Bronson: Time to die little man
*bang* *bang* *bang*
Greedo: Gurgle gurgle
Gamecube load times are comparatively negligable.
It's long been speculated that infrasound causes these wierd experiences, but this is the first larger scale study I have read about.
Subliminal messages were (and still are) thought to be true and there were many anecdotes surrounding them as well. But they were proven untrue when studied.
This story is important because they have done a controlled experiment that offers more proof that this phenomena is real. Now we need others to do studies of their own to try and replicate the results. If replicated, this will eventually be accepted as a scientific fact.
I've heard infrasound can cause hallucinations, but the article doesn't mention that...
Randi published a short story (second section on the page) about a scientist and his haunted lab experience involving infra-sound, but it's merely an anecdote, unlike the study.
I live (and work) near a railroad track. Works well enough, as long as you don't get caught. :)
Agreed. An ideal security system would have three levels of security:
1. something you know (password)
2. something you own (token)
3. something you are (biometric)
Of course, bio-metrics *will* be hashable when we start using DNA, but fingerprints and iris scans can't be hashed. But DNA is one of the easiest things to steal, so that's out too.
Janitors are smarter than that!
OT: That's why they're janitors. No, i'm serious. I bet a lot of janitors are really content and have a nice simple life. If I was a janitor, I would probably have more time to dedicate to reading, for example. Right now my brain just shuts down when I am done work.
Also, if you do manage to lose your wallet, you should at least have backups of the passwords elsewhere. And don't keep your PIN # for your cc or bank card in your wallet.
To appear in episode 3 would undermine his whole lawsuit, no matter what his motivations (whether he truly is suffering or if he is greedy).
MS Word has something similar. It can give you readability statistics such as the percentage of passive sentences, Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Sentences per Paragraph, Words per Sentence, and Characters per Word.
Here is some information about readability formulas.
The hand that marks the papers is the hand that rules the world.
I think we have plenty of geniuses. We don't have single people accomplishing great things anymore. Instead, we have many geniuses working together and accomplishing great things, such as rocketing to the moon or mapping the human genome.
I thought the point of an essay was to grade the ideas and how well they're expressed. I didn't realize they were spelling/grammar tests.
Maybe I'm just a bit jaded by this because of all the stupid grammar and spelling nitpicking that goes on here on Slashdot. Evidentally, it's much easier to criticize my spelling than it is to provided a rebuttal to my point.
Re-written for your pedantic pleasure:
I thought the point of an essay was to express and support ideas. I didn't realize they were spelling/grammar tests.
Maybe I'm just a bit jaded by this because of all the stupid grammar and spelling nitpicking that goes on here on Slashdot. Evidently, it's much easier to criticize my spelling than it is to provide a rebuttal to my point.
I don't normally waste my time pointing out the errors of others, nor am I trying to be mean to you or be a smart-ass, but I certainly sympathise with those that do. The reason people get annoyed with spelling and grammar errors as these errors can create confusion. This is especially true in an environment where many people are reading what you write. I had to re-read your first sentence before I understood what you meant and I am sure I am not the only person that had this problem. The net amount of time wasted is less if you take the time to proofread your work. You also ensure that others cannot take your words out of context and waste everyone's time by drawing you into a pointless flame war.
This is why you lose marks on an essay if it is rife with spelling and grammar errors, whether your thoughts and ideas are world-shaking or not.
Misnamed Atari 5600's aside, the Jaguar failed because it had shitty software. Doom was the only one worth playing.
In the UK, are you not allowed to backup music or movies?
Yet another interesting gray area to consider :)
What you describe is no different than someone following you around, taking notes, etc. In some places, the consensus is that is harassment. In other places, that is perfectly acceptable behaviour (perhaps not socially, but legally). And in all places, it's something that is very difficult to prevent.
Unfortunately (for you), you are in the minority here. Most people will willingly give up "privacy" in public places, since we don't really have it anyway. Most people feel that CCTV is rather like having police vigilant on every corner and having them open like this means that the system is harder to abuse.
I'm not too worried about CCTV. I'll pull out the tinfoil when things go all Gattaca...
UbiSoft has no morals. They published Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor.
It's like they took the bad parts of a dungeon crawl and a console rpg and put out the most craptasstic game ever.
But then the server hosting that camera would go up in smoke and then so would the camera monitoring that one and then the camera monitoring....
whoa. Stop this ride, I want to get off.
No, in 1984 they had camera's in people's homes. These are camera's in public areas, where you do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
There are gray areas of course - what about camera's aimed up women's skirts in public spaces, or public restrooms, or camera's that can view into a private backyard...
Cho Eniki
That game is strange...
The names are similar though - related perhaps?
Heh, I can remember taking pictures like that at work because we didn't want to pay for a stock photo type cd :)
Here's a (somewhat) OT question: why do some PS2 games make more noise than others. I have been playing Wizardry on the PS2 and I find that it's always spinning and making funny noises. Bloody annoying, actually - games really good though - pleasant mix of old school and new school RPG goodness.
Agreed
Besides, if they don't put Mario there, who will they put? Crash Bandicoot? Polygon Man?!?