I made that connection as well... although there's a particular aphorism about everything looking like a nail when all you have is a hammer. I still haven't made up my mind whether I loved that book or hated it.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have just lost the picture.
But what we've seen speaks for itself.
The Corvair spacecraft has apparently been taken over, conquered if you will, by a master race of giant space ants.
It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them.
One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them the ants will soon be here.
And I for one welcome our new insect overlords.
Would like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality I could be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar cave.
The evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria proves that all life evolved from a single cell.
Or in other words: "From a drop of water, a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagra without having seen or heard of one or the other."
The distinction between microevolution and macroevolution is one of semantics.
I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids!
I sure as hell don't read Slashdot for the floating-ice-cube arguments.
Why the hell was that image zipped? These guys can make a supercomputer that's denser than Jesus, and they don't realize that jpegs are already compressed? Makes you wonder about those big-brains at SGI. Wierd.
I'm sure he meant that in the nicest possible way.
Being a morbid, alcoholic poet is actually quite cool in certain social circles... especially those who tend to wear lots of black. And eyeliner. Yes, lots and lots of eyeliner.
Since the article requires registration and I am tired of typing in "asdasdasd" today, forgive me if this comes across as offtopic or irrelevant.
However, it seems to me that the imagining of something amazing hardly equates to the "discovery" of such a thing.
For example: the guy who dreamed up the concept of a flying car is irrelevant compared to the engineer who actually realizes such a thing.
I guess my point is simply that any fool can dream up wild things while under the influence.
Why would the Norwiegians care about aquatic life? They've been violating international treaty on whaling for decades, along with Iceland and Japan.
Not that I'm usually a tree-hugger, but it strikes me as hypocritical that the Scandinavians come across as looking good for pursuing "alternative" energy, when in fact that pursuit is motivated by profit margin and a scarcity of fossil fuel.
Ah, but the rub here is that the images don't look like random garbage...
This Yahoo! Briefcase contains JPEG images which look like the logo of the warez site responsible for uploading them. Within the images is a pirate copy of Paint Shop Pro. The only distingushing characteristic is that they are four megabytes apiece:)
Note that it's not limited to images, either. According to the website, one could conceal things within text files... (!?)
How is this any different from Camouflage, which is used by some "Warez" sites to hide files within images?
I've seen this used to keep zip files on free-webservers which do not allow them.
Quote from their website: "you could create a picture file that looks and behaves exactly like any other picture file but contains hidden encrypted files"
By your argument, the time, energy, and wealth spent creating art, music, literature, and other cultural achievements without a tangible effect could have been better spent baking bread or building roads.
"Quantify" for me the value of the works of Shakespeare.
Good lord, we are talking about a question on the order of profundity as to the existince of God himself.
In EverQuest, there's a built-in feature similar to this called the "gem game," which is what one plays while EQ itself becomes tedious.
I would assume that this feature is used a great deal.
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Damn, that was a bizzare post.
I made that connection as well... although there's a particular aphorism about everything looking like a nail when all you have is a hammer. I still haven't made up my mind whether I loved that book or hated it.
I wanted to compare her 'forked' String Theory but I yet to find more papers from her...hmm...
I can't help but recall a joke in which the punchline is something along the lines of: "I wanna fork on the table."
Perhaps I should get some sleep, or something.
What are you trying to say here, that God does not play dice with the universe?
</lame joke>
By the way, your chimpanzee argument is brilliant.
I was about to say something along the lines of "personal interpretation and perception skewing the blah blah blah..."
However, your post was damn, damn eloquent, and I don't feel the need to anymore. Thank you.
One of the results of your suggested search was a section of a website called "Crank Dot Net."
'nuff said.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have just lost the picture.
But what we've seen speaks for itself.
The Corvair spacecraft has apparently been taken over, conquered if you will, by a master race of giant space ants.
It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them.
One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them the ants will soon be here.
And I for one welcome our new insect overlords.
Would like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality I could be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar cave.
When I worked in retail we had a particular phrase to describe this phenomenon:
"Welcome to $BUSINESS, assume the position!"
The evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria proves that all life evolved from a single cell.
Or in other words: "From a drop of water, a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagra without having seen or heard of one or the other."
The distinction between microevolution and macroevolution is one of semantics.
Here is a police artist's sketch of the guy!
I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids!
I sure as hell don't read Slashdot for the floating-ice-cube arguments.
Why the hell was that image zipped? These guys can make a supercomputer that's denser than Jesus, and they don't realize that jpegs are already compressed? Makes you wonder about those big-brains at SGI. Wierd.
I'm sure he meant that in the nicest possible way.
Being a morbid, alcoholic poet is actually quite cool in certain social circles... especially those who tend to wear lots of black. And eyeliner. Yes, lots and lots of eyeliner.
Here's a link to the "poem" in question: Eureka. It's appears to me to be simply nine pages of unreadable drivel.
However I did find a rather interesting quote from Poe: "Great intellects guess well."
Since the article requires registration and I am tired of typing in "asdasdasd" today, forgive me if this comes across as offtopic or irrelevant.
However, it seems to me that the imagining of something amazing hardly equates to the "discovery" of such a thing.
For example: the guy who dreamed up the concept of a flying car is irrelevant compared to the engineer who actually realizes such a thing.
I guess my point is simply that any fool can dream up wild things while under the influence.
Vernor Vinge's A Fire upon the Deep is one of my favorite books, and I was quite happy to see it mentioned in the beginning of the article.
A rather memorable quote:
"Half-assed programming was a time-filler that, like knitting, must date to the beginning of the human experience."
Why would the Norwiegians care about aquatic life? They've been violating international treaty on whaling for decades, along with Iceland and Japan.
Not that I'm usually a tree-hugger, but it strikes me as hypocritical that the Scandinavians come across as looking good for pursuing "alternative" energy, when in fact that pursuit is motivated by profit margin and a scarcity of fossil fuel.
So now I'm sitting here, alone, uh, talking to myself. That's chaos.
Or better yet: Hold on to your butts.
It's way too early in the morning for this.
Why is it that so many moderators mark the unpopular position on a controversial subject as a Troll?
For the record, I agree with you on most of those points, and I'm glad someone had the courage to articulate them.
Don't forget to vote today!
I viewed Lexx for the first time a few days ago... and was rather shocked.
The premise appears to be a cranky old man, porno-quality woman, and an invincible man with enormous hair living in a spaceship/insect.
The episode consisted of a number of hostile, floating arms attempting to eat said spacecraft.
I can't decide whether I love it or I hate it.
Ah, but the rub here is that the images don't look like random garbage...
:)
This Yahoo! Briefcase contains JPEG images which look like the logo of the warez site responsible for uploading them. Within the images is a pirate copy of Paint Shop Pro. The only distingushing characteristic is that they are four megabytes apiece
Note that it's not limited to images, either. According to the website, one could conceal things within text files... (!?)
How is this any different from Camouflage, which is used by some "Warez" sites to hide files within images?
I've seen this used to keep zip files on free-webservers which do not allow them.
Quote from their website: "you could create a picture file that looks and behaves exactly like any other picture file but contains hidden encrypted files"
There is a reasonable limit to practicality.
By your argument, the time, energy, and wealth spent creating art, music, literature, and other cultural achievements without a tangible effect could have been better spent baking bread or building roads.
"Quantify" for me the value of the works of Shakespeare.
Good lord, we are talking about a question on the order of profundity as to the existince of God himself.
In EverQuest, there's a built-in feature similar to this called the "gem game," which is what one plays while EQ itself becomes tedious. I would assume that this feature is used a great deal.
There is no life elsewhere in the universe! Give it up.
This statement makes me very sad. My reply to you is a quotation:
"The dream alone is of interest. What is life without dreams?" - Edmond Rostand