Now all we have to do is find a way into the 2 dimensional universe!
Speaking of which Scientific American has an article about how reality may be comprised of two spatial dimentions. And you thought you were just being funny.
How is that bullshit? These kids killed someone. Whoever gave them the guns obviously did something wrong with regards to their firearm education. We're talking about a specific situation here, and in retrospect how could it be anything but stupid to let these children have access to guns.
Inundated. Not "barraged." dope.
From dictionary.com
Barrage: An overwhelming, concentrated outpouring, as of words: a barrage of criticism.
Yes, inundated would work also. Good job. You should get extra credit for finding an alternative word. Can you think of any others?
I'm not defending child porn, but it's entirely possible that it represents for many would-be child molesters, an alternative way of satisfying their unhealthy sexual tendencies.
Downloading the material demonstrates demand. Demand leads to more children being abused (i.e. more childed being photographed to supply the demand). There's no proof that pedophiles might be using it as an outlet, but there irrefutable proof that the child in the photograph was abused.
This would be a great way to expand the digital divide! Good idea. This way we won't have all those self taught people vying for our jobs.
Children under 16 shouldn't be able to use them with since they're not responsible enought to drive. So they obviously couldn't handle a computer.
Seems to me the issue is that we're still in a transition period. As children grow up with them those things will fall into the realm common sense. The only thing I can see your policy doing is increasing fear/ignorance which is already rampant enough.
because it's opaque vaporized stuff (fog), not particles suspended in air (smoke).
Fog isn't particles of water(i.e. stuff) suspended in air? Could have fooled me. Remember that water vapor is above 100 degrees fahrenheit which would make it quite uncomfortable to walk through. Here's a quote from the article.
The basic components of the screen are a laminar, non-turbulent airflow, and a thin fog screen (or any particles) injected into and inside a laminar flow.
How exactly do you define a 'copy'? How can it not be a copy? It is a replication of the original isn't it? I understand that it's fun to modify the definitions of words, but be warned that you will confuse people.
digital
\Dig"i*tal\, a. [L. digitals.] Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
It's still made out of bits isn't it? Compression does not analog make.
Where in the article does it say that it is necessary for the person to be seated, very very still, and have regular breathing?
If you would like some actual information on the subject listen to this The Material World Program. They have an interview the people that are developing this.
I think what they're trying to say is that it could be used on you without your knowledge. Granted I would consider that more invasive, but it depends on your perspective.
I don't do anything illegal online (warez, stealing music, etc) so I've nothing to worry about.
Doesn't have to be 'illegal'. Just something you'd rather not have be made public information.
Exactly. Going to socialist and communist political rallies wasn't illegal, but people sure as heck went to jail for it. This was before computer data aggregation. Imagine if the government had been able to do a simple search to find everyone that had attended those conventions. Who knows what activities you are currently engaged in that might be deemed illegal in 15 years.
I work on license plate recognition software and I can tell you
With the current state of license plate recognition technology I say relax. There is no big brother system keeping track of where you drive by having cameras everywhere reading your plate and linking it to your identity.
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Now all we have to do is find a way into the 2 dimensional universe!
Speaking of which Scientific American has an article about how reality may be comprised of two spatial dimentions. And you thought you were just being funny.
That is such bullshit.
How is that bullshit? These kids killed someone. Whoever gave them the guns obviously did something wrong with regards to their firearm education. We're talking about a specific situation here, and in retrospect how could it be anything but stupid to let these children have access to guns.
Any technology not indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. -Pratchett
While Pratchett has a sizable amount of great quotes this one isn't his. It's one of Clarkes Laws
I second that.
Is smoking marijuana more dangerous than speeding? It's interesting how unbalanced our laws really are.
Especially when marijuana make you drive slower. I say we should make it manditory for driving. Added Bonus: No more road rage.
It's an increasingly secular age, and some people just have to believe in some form of heaven.
I'd imagine that exactly the issue. If there's no heaven for me to goto I sure as hell want to get as much out of this existance as I can.
But if Alan Cox can do it I don't see why I can't.
Bwaa ha ha hahaa ha ha.
Inundated. Not "barraged." dope. From dictionary.com
Barrage: An overwhelming, concentrated outpouring, as of words: a barrage of criticism.
Yes, inundated would work also. Good job. You should get extra credit for finding an alternative word. Can you think of any others?
I think if a Cray "decided" to make another computer the actual computer community's responses would be more along the lines of "WTF?????"
Odd that they have 16$ million in orders then.
I'm not defending child porn, but it's entirely possible that it represents for many would-be child molesters, an alternative way of satisfying their unhealthy sexual tendencies.
Downloading the material demonstrates demand. Demand leads to more children being abused (i.e. more childed being photographed to supply the demand). There's no proof that pedophiles might be using it as an outlet, but there irrefutable proof that the child in the photograph was abused.
This would be a great way to expand the digital divide! Good idea. This way we won't have all those self taught people vying for our jobs.
Children under 16 shouldn't be able to use them with since they're not responsible enought to drive. So they obviously couldn't handle a computer.
Seems to me the issue is that we're still in a transition period. As children grow up with them those things will fall into the realm common sense. The only thing I can see your policy doing is increasing fear/ignorance which is already rampant enough.
Or even better a fluid mechanics plugin for winamp! You could display fog on the fog!
because it's opaque vaporized stuff (fog), not particles suspended in air (smoke).
Fog isn't particles of water(i.e. stuff) suspended in air? Could have fooled me. Remember that water vapor is above 100 degrees fahrenheit which would make it quite uncomfortable to walk through. Here's a quote from the article.
The basic components of the screen are a laminar, non-turbulent airflow, and a thin fog screen (or any particles) injected into and inside a laminar flow.
Notice the how they mention particles.
the result is not a copy.
How exactly do you define a 'copy'? How can it not be a copy? It is a replication of the original isn't it? I understand that it's fun to modify the definitions of words, but be warned that you will confuse people.
Well here's one possibility. If that's possible, anything is.
MP3s are compressed, they aren't digital copies.
digital
\Dig"i*tal\, a. [L. digitals.] Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
It's still made out of bits isn't it? Compression does not analog make.
Where in the article does it say that it is necessary for the person to be seated, very very still, and have regular breathing?
If you would like some actual information on the subject listen to this The Material World Program. They have an interview the people that are developing this.
I think what they're trying to say is that it could be used on you without your knowledge. Granted I would consider that more invasive, but it depends on your perspective.
From the Article: "Their improvement ranged between 13.5% and 17%."
Where does it say exactly?
I don't do anything illegal online (warez, stealing music, etc) so I've nothing to worry about.
Doesn't have to be 'illegal'. Just something you'd rather not have be made public information.
Exactly. Going to socialist and communist political rallies wasn't illegal, but people sure as heck went to jail for it. This was before computer data aggregation. Imagine if the government had been able to do a simple search to find everyone that had attended those conventions. Who knows what activities you are currently engaged in that might be deemed illegal in 15 years.
I work on license plate recognition software and I can tell you
With the current state of license plate recognition technology I say relax. There is no big brother system keeping track of where you drive by having cameras everywhere reading your plate and linking it to your identity.
So you say, but you're one of them!
Can someone explain to me how he decides how many columns to have? Sure cellular automata makes pretty patterns, but is the grid arbitrary?
At about 44,000ft, you need to be wearing a pressure suit, because if not the blood will start to heat and actually boil.
It's my understanding that the blood wouldn't actually heat, it would boil because of the lack of pressure. Am I wrong?
there is a large part of our population that has an IQ under 100..
Yep, half the population even. Go figure.
Try reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Granted it doesn't prove anything since it's a fictional story, but it makes a very good case for greed.