I remember hearing back in 1998 how Area 51 had strange aircraft with square boxes under them, and huge booms and glows.
Having worked on the 1987 US Pavillion display of the NASP for the Bourget airshow, I thought, "oh, so that's where we have the NASP/hypersonic plane".
Actually, 5 words would be a lot better. For a 3x3 area, there are about.4E15 locations, so 3 words makes you need to use a major part of our common dictionary. Thus, the words have nothing in common with the location. But you could possibly use 420 words for the first level, and so on. Thus oceans would be water, wet, salty, wave, iceberg, albatross, and so on. Deserts would be dry, salt, radiant, and so on. states could be their own name; so could countries.
Honestly, with today's cell phones, I don't see why it couldn't be done live. Rig the cell phones to the load cells on the cranes, and have them network with the main PC. The main PC has a map of the desired weight densities for each location. Then, fit each container in where the weight density matches best. Set your 5% worst misfits aside for when need an extra light or extra heavy unit.
In essence, it's no different than converting a 24-bit bmp to display on an 8-bit MCGA.
Never, because that would be an instance of Godwin's law, causing the discussion to shut down. Of course, it is absolutely impossible for any civilization to actually approach such a situation.
The big question in my mind, is when do things become so bad, that people wish that they were only dealing with the Nazis. And, will we get there? And How soon?
No, that's free market. Capitalism is rule by capital, meaning that the richest guy bribes the government to pass laws that restrict their competitors, and everything falls apart rather similar to what's happening in that largish third world country, what's it's name, the EU? Estados Unidos, or something. United States! That's it. Anyhow, when bribes rule, then the rich get richer and the poor get enslaved, kindof like in that other system, communism.
This is key -- but full of irony. The only thing worse than no security, is security that you don't know, but only think is secure.
So if you really want security, you have to abandon -- first and foremost -- these certificates. You don't know how they run.
You can forget about Linux -- you didn't program it, and you don't know what code obfusciation might do.
For sure you can forget Microsoft, Android, and whatnot. You'd be more secure speaking in person.
For those for whom relative security is enough -- for example, those who want to pay by credit card and be reasonably secure against loss, that's easier. Then you can go with all those established security procedures.
More to the point... now that the Transparent President has issued orders for government employees to spy on each other, lest the misdeeds of the powerful be leaked, more at issues is whom might you annoy?
(Caveat: I have nothing for Obama; but I have nothing for any Republican candidate either. I'd say I have nothing against them, but it's more like I have nothing for them. In my book, they're equally evil and undeserving of votes.)
Yes, the real, original Murphy's law apparently came from Col. Stapp, who was testing rocket sleds for the rocket program.
I should note that the putative original Murphy's Law reads, "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it." . The website goes on to say "This is a principle of defensive design, cited here because it is usually given in mutant forms less descriptive of the challenges of design for lusers. For example, you don't make a two-pin plug symmetrical and then label it `THIS WAY UP'; if it matters which way it is plugged in, then you make the design asymmetrical."
Highly appropriate to the topic, I might say. If only they had labeled, with the arrow, the words "up", and put another arrow down, with the letters "dn" for "down", then none of this would have happened.
For those who wish to nit-pick my attention to detail and editing, also, I will for further irony include the wikipedia link, as well: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure he wrote this with an edh, which is the correct usage. Thorn, I thought , looked like a combination between "b" and"p".
Okay. Thx for the answers. I figure as cheap as human labor is now, there is no reason to use bot reputation management--and indeed, some of Microsoft's reputation management seems to be explicitly hired for that purpose.
Thus people, not bots.
And yes, I too get annoyed at some moderators, but sometimes I wonder if it is business.
But over on yafi ics, there are a lot of bots for chess, that are pretty skillful at what they do, be it playing, or answering qwestions, or whatnot.
Ok. 1) with a name like *bot-bot, and posts that are links to wikipedia, are you a bot as opposed to a person?
2) I have heard "online reputation management" advertised on NPR, and I have seen what looks like online reputation management on slashdot, sometimes in the modding, sometimes in the posting. But I expect that mod bots need to post enough to get mod points. Are you a modbot?
3) if you are a bot, whom have you provided with services?
My own interpretations: Primarily, this is actually about the crucifixion: the part that follows deals with his righteousness being his only clothing [he was naked when crucified], and so on.
But it also applies to us today, in its primary condition:
your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. In World War II, we were heard. It will not happen now.
4.No one calls for justice; no one pleads a case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
See what is on slashdot every day. We call it trolling, sometimes. Sometimes we call it Online Reputation Management. Sometimes we mod it up.
5.They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider's web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
how many times, are we offered up that which is bad for us, as a good thing. The director the the NSA among them! Also the chairmen of the Fed, and our lawyers, or doctors... often our bishops and priests, our realtors... But if anyone points that out, they have made a mortal enemy, an adder.
6.Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds,
All those webs of intrigue... will never cover their --or our-- nakedness. They will never honor us.
and acts of violence are in their hands.
Remember the last wikileaks scandle, Manning, where video of our soldiers slaughtering innocent civilians and laughing -- a war crime!!! -- was released, and only Manning has been charged? Need I say more?
7.Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood.
Iniquitous laws made by evildoers aside, Manning is innocent in the strongest sense of the word. So is Snowden. Here on Slashdot, I see some deny that, some laugh at him and taunt him -- cowards, you -- some agree with that, and some agree, while laughing that he's going to be destroyed.
They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.
Again, not so much those we name as terrorists, though them too: Rather, our own government, and even us.
8.The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths.
Our leadership destroys our whistleblowers, and let mass murderers go free. In justice, such deserve to die at the hands of the mass murderers they supported.
They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks along them will know peace. 9.So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. 10.Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead. 11.We all growl like bears;try to threaten others for our safety we moan mournfully like doves. gasping in shock and pain We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away. 12.For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:
13.rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God,
this is the source of our problems. Deny it, but you will live it.
inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
I'm going to say, most people--even on slashdot now-- are afraid to post what they believe, by now. Our government embraced Naziism, and we are living in Nazi times.
14.So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.
15.Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
Snowden
The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice. 16.He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;
This is where I look for my answer. When there is noone to save, then look to the Lord to save.
59:1.Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. 2.But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. 3.For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things. 4.No one calls for justice; no one pleads a case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil. 5.They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spiderâ(TM)s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched. 6.Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. 7.Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways. 8.The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks along them will know peace. 9.So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. 10.Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead. 11.We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away. 12.For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities: 13.rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived. 14.So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. 15.Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice. 16.He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;
I think that the ultimate reality IS relationships, especially between people, especially between people and their creator, a God who loves them.
I also think people are spurred to mystical nonsense, or belie into believing in government as an all-good, all-powerful god,,by fooling themselves into thinking that they don't have to believe in God or what He has said and done.
I'm sorry, I neither deify suchess, or the rigorous method. I would argue that Moses and Ysua mosioch had far more success than any modern scientist in dealing with reality.
But humanities are not about doing drugs and floating in the blue: ultimately, they are trying to help the student deal with reality. Picasso and Rembrandt, and Robert Frost had enormously different methods, but all were excellent at communication and sales, both. They were well grounded in reality.
I don't disdain the Humanities; I just don't agree with the original article's reasoning.
Any engineering course worth its weight DOES NOT say this is the way the world is; it DOES teach a healthy skepticism.
In my first aero course, a quarter of the credit was for identifying weather an answer looked possible, or looked like malarky.
Other courses pointed out the variances from theideal gas law, and where they come from, and how they can be approximated.
Other courses pointed out non-newtonian behavior. Other courses dealt with the practical limitations of our understanding of structures, and disasters that have sometimes resulted.
The key here, though, is that all this healthy skepticism is based in reality. No tinfoil hat.
The Humanities, admittedly, also attempt to base their skepticism in reality. However, not having had a rigorous proving method, they have less success.
Jesus fully accepted his death, and did not run away. The point about the betrayal was not that he was tricked, but that a friend betrayed him--itself an enormously painful event.
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There's about a lunar mass of gold in my Madoff fund potfolio.
Oh, wait a minute, that's out of date. I need to see how the fund has been doing recently. Anyone know how to look up that listing?
I remember hearing back in 1998 how Area 51 had strange aircraft with square boxes under them, and huge booms and glows.
Having worked on the 1987 US Pavillion display of the NASP for the Bourget airshow, I thought, "oh, so that's where we have the NASP/hypersonic plane".
Turned out later it was the Aurora.
Actually, 5 words would be a lot better. For a 3x3 area, there are about .4E15 locations, so 3 words makes you need to use a major part of our common dictionary. Thus, the words have nothing in common with the location. But you could possibly use 420 words for the first level, and so on. Thus oceans would be water, wet, salty, wave, iceberg, albatross, and so on. Deserts would be dry, salt, radiant, and so on. states could be their own name; so could countries.
Agreed. Water.water.everywhere yields something maybe 500 miles NE of the Ural Sea.
Near a drainage ditch... in a farmer's field. So "...and not a drop to drink..." doesn't even apply.
It would be better if the words could be made to apply, somehow. Maybe it requires a whole sentence, I dunno.
Honestly, with today's cell phones, I don't see why it couldn't be done live. Rig the cell phones to the load cells on the cranes, and have them network with the main PC. The main PC has a map of the desired weight densities for each location. Then, fit each container in where the weight density matches best. Set your 5% worst misfits aside for when need an extra light or extra heavy unit.
In essence, it's no different than converting a 24-bit bmp to display on an 8-bit MCGA.
Well, if you voted for the guy who's in office right now, what are you complaining about? You got what you wanted.
If you voted for someone who didn't get elected, I guess you just didn't try hard enough. You got a fair shake--complaints not allowed.
Well, still, if you didn't vote, you don't have any right to complain.
Never, because that would be an instance of Godwin's law, causing the discussion to shut down. Of course, it is absolutely impossible for any civilization to actually approach such a situation.
The big question in my mind, is when do things become so bad, that people wish that they were only dealing with the Nazis. And, will we get there? And How soon?
No, that's free market. Capitalism is rule by capital, meaning that the richest guy bribes the government to pass laws that restrict their competitors, and everything falls apart rather similar to what's happening in that largish third world country, what's it's name, the EU? Estados Unidos, or something. United States! That's it. Anyhow, when bribes rule, then the rich get richer and the poor get enslaved, kindof like in that other system, communism.
Kudos to you, I too got 0wned
This is key -- but full of irony. The only thing worse than no security, is security that you don't know, but only think is secure.
So if you really want security, you have to abandon -- first and foremost -- these certificates. You don't know how they run.
You can forget about Linux -- you didn't program it, and you don't know what code obfusciation might do.
For sure you can forget Microsoft, Android, and whatnot. You'd be more secure speaking in person.
For those for whom relative security is enough -- for example, those who want to pay by credit card and be reasonably secure against loss, that's easier. Then you can go with all those established security procedures.
More to the point... now that the Transparent President has issued orders for government employees to spy on each other, lest the misdeeds of the powerful be leaked, more at issues is whom might you annoy?
(Caveat: I have nothing for Obama; but I have nothing for any Republican candidate either. I'd say I have nothing against them, but it's more like I have nothing for them. In my book, they're equally evil and undeserving of votes.)
Yes, the real, original Murphy's law apparently came from Col. Stapp, who was testing rocket sleds for the rocket program.
I should note that the putative original Murphy's Law reads, "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it." . The website goes on to say "This is a principle of defensive design, cited here because it is usually given in mutant forms less descriptive of the challenges of design for lusers. For example, you don't make a two-pin plug symmetrical and then label it `THIS WAY UP'; if it matters which way it is plugged in, then you make the design asymmetrical."
Highly appropriate to the topic, I might say. If only they had labeled, with the arrow, the words "up", and put another arrow down, with the letters "dn" for "down", then none of this would have happened.
For those who wish to nit-pick my attention to detail and editing, also, I will for further irony include the wikipedia link, as well: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure he wrote this with an edh, which is the correct usage. Thorn, I thought , looked like a combination between "b" and"p".
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Okay. Thx for the answers. I figure as cheap as human labor is now, there is no reason to use bot reputation management--and indeed, some of Microsoft's reputation management seems to be explicitly hired for that purpose.
Thus people, not bots.
And yes, I too get annoyed at some moderators, but sometimes I wonder if it is business.
But over on yafi ics, there are a lot of bots for chess, that are pretty skillful at what they do, be it playing, or answering qwestions, or whatnot.
Ok. 1) with a name like *bot-bot, and posts that are links to wikipedia, are you a bot as opposed to a person?
2) I have heard "online reputation management" advertised on NPR, and I have seen what looks like online reputation management on slashdot, sometimes in the modding, sometimes in the posting. But I expect that mod bots need to post enough to get mod points. Are you a modbot?
3) if you are a bot, whom have you provided with services?
My own interpretations:
Primarily, this is actually about the crucifixion: the part that follows deals with his righteousness being his only clothing [he was naked when crucified], and so on.
But it also applies to us today, in its primary condition:
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.
In World War II, we were heard. It will not happen now.
4.No one calls for justice;
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies;
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
See what is on slashdot every day. We call it trolling, sometimes. Sometimes we call it Online Reputation Management. Sometimes we mod it up.
5.They hatch the eggs of vipers
and spin a spider's web.
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
how many times, are we offered up that which is bad for us, as a good thing. The director the the NSA among them! Also the chairmen of the Fed, and our lawyers, or doctors... often our bishops and priests, our realtors... But if anyone points that out, they have made a mortal enemy, an adder.
6.Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.
Their deeds are evil deeds,
All those webs of intrigue... will never cover their --or our-- nakedness. They will never honor us.
and acts of violence are in their hands.
Remember the last wikileaks scandle, Manning, where video of our soldiers slaughtering innocent civilians and laughing -- a war crime!!! -- was released, and only Manning has been charged? Need I say more?
7.Their feet rush into sin;
they are swift to shed innocent blood.
Iniquitous laws made by evildoers aside, Manning is innocent in the strongest sense of the word. So is Snowden. Here on Slashdot, I see some deny that, some laugh at him and taunt him -- cowards, you -- some agree with that, and some agree, while laughing that he's going to be destroyed.
They pursue evil schemes;
acts of violence mark their ways.
Again, not so much those we name as terrorists, though them too: Rather, our own government, and even us.
8.The way of peace they do not know;
there is no justice in their paths.
Our leadership destroys our whistleblowers, and let mass murderers go free. In justice, such deserve to die at the hands of the mass murderers they supported.
They have turned them into crooked roads;
no one who walks along them will know peace.
9.So justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;
for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10.Like the blind we grope along the wall,
feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble as if it were twilight;
among the strong, we are like the dead.
11.We all growl like bears;try to threaten others for our safety
we moan mournfully like doves. gasping in shock and pain
We look for justice, but find none;
for deliverance, but it is far away.
12.For our offenses are many in your sight,
and our sins testify against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
and we acknowledge our iniquities:
13.rebellion and treachery against the Lord,
turning our backs on our God,
this is the source of our problems. Deny it, but you will live it.
inciting revolt and oppression,
uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
I'm going to say, most people--even on slashdot now-- are afraid to post what they believe, by now. Our government embraced Naziism, and we are living in Nazi times.
14.So justice is driven back,
and righteousness stands at a distance;
truth has stumbled in the streets,
honesty cannot enter.
15.Truth is nowhere to be found,
and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
Snowden
The Lord looked and was displeased
that there was no justice.
16.He saw that there was no one,
he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;
This is where I look for my answer. When there is noone to save, then look to the Lord to save.
59:1.Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.
2.But your iniquities have separated
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.
3.For your hands are stained with blood,
your fingers with guilt.
Your lips have spoken falsely,
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4.No one calls for justice;
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies;
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
5.They hatch the eggs of vipers
and spin a spiderâ(TM)s web.
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6.Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.
Their deeds are evil deeds,
and acts of violence are in their hands.
7.Their feet rush into sin;
they are swift to shed innocent blood.
They pursue evil schemes;
acts of violence mark their ways.
8.The way of peace they do not know;
there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;
no one who walks along them will know peace.
9.So justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;
for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10.Like the blind we grope along the wall,
feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble as if it were twilight;
among the strong, we are like the dead.
11.We all growl like bears;
we moan mournfully like doves.
We look for justice, but find none;
for deliverance, but it is far away.
12.For our offenses are many in your sight,
and our sins testify against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
and we acknowledge our iniquities:
13.rebellion and treachery against the Lord,
turning our backs on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,
uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
14.So justice is driven back,
and righteousness stands at a distance;
truth has stumbled in the streets,
honesty cannot enter.
15.Truth is nowhere to be found,
and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
The Lord looked and was displeased
that there was no justice.
16.He saw that there was no one,
he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;
>Socrates really did die in vain
You only have to read Plato's "The Republic" to know that.
Robo-Rally gamers unite!
I think that the ultimate reality IS relationships, especially between people, especially between people and their creator, a God who loves them.
I also think people are spurred to mystical nonsense, or belie into believing in government as an all-good, all-powerful god, ,by fooling themselves into thinking that they don't have to believe in God or what He has said and done.
The ultimate delusion, if you will.
I'm sorry, I neither deify suchess, or the rigorous method. I would argue that Moses and Ysua mosioch had far more success than any modern scientist in dealing with reality.
But humanities are not about doing drugs and floating in the blue: ultimately, they are trying to help the student deal with reality. Picasso and Rembrandt, and Robert Frost had enormously different methods, but all were excellent at communication and sales, both. They were well grounded in reality.
I don't disdain the Humanities; I just don't agree with the original article's reasoning.
Any engineering course worth its weight DOES NOT say this is the way the world is; it DOES teach a healthy skepticism.
In my first aero course, a quarter of the credit was for identifying weather an answer looked possible, or looked like malarky.
Other courses pointed out the variances from theideal gas law, and where they come from, and how they can be approximated.
Other courses pointed out non-newtonian behavior. Other courses dealt with the practical limitations of our understanding of structures, and disasters that have sometimes resulted.
The key here, though, is that all this healthy skepticism is based in reality. No tinfoil hat.
The Humanities, admittedly, also attempt to base their skepticism in reality. However, not having had a rigorous proving method, they have less success.
But chablis IS terrible wine that comes in big glass jugs.
For good wine, I'd say go for the red muscadine from North Carolina. But the muscdine is an American grape that grows singly, not in clusters.
Obviously, some people just have no taste.
Jesus fully accepted his death, and did not run away. The point about the betrayal was not that he was tricked, but that a friend betrayed him--itself an enormously painful event.