I would have to agree only if you restate it as "if it is impossible for the person to come up with an explaination given an infinite amount of time, then the person doesn't understand it." I have trouble articulating my thoughts also sometimes, moreso if they are abstract. Another poster mentioned the Japanese saying "doki doki" and that there is no real translation into English. This describes a feeling, and I'm sure that if you put a Japanese speaker and and English speaker in a situation envoking those feelings, they would both feel the same way, it's just that the English speaker would have to describe it differently and it would take longer. All this assumes is that the only difference between these people is their language, not their upbringing, but you get the point.
Of course language influences how you think, just like how Newton had to create Calculus in order to describe Classical Physics and then discovered new ideas from the equations -- discovered new types of thought, if you will.
Just like how knowledge doesn't make you wise, transfer of knowledge by language is not the same as transfer of wisdom. It is hard to describe how things interact, espescially if there are many objects, which is probably why wisdom is so hard to confer to other people.
I don't particularly like this future. It's not that it's bad, it's just that he doesn't seem to be looking at real problems. I mean, imperfect human memory is good enough for most things and few people really need such an elaborate system as recording everything you do. If it's not enough, just write a list. And even nearly infinite storage will run out. It seems like in his future, we are going to become isolated from each other in ways dwarfing the isolation that TV, games, books, and the internet create. Technology should enhance what makes it great to be human, not supplant it.
Of course, in my future, I would like some sort of computer that directly augments the brain by being like a coprocessor, so that when you reach back into your memory for who this person is or what is the capital of Lithuania, the computer will google for it and you will just know. But I'm not even sure that is a good idea or feasible within 100 years.
We should focus more on human rights, since technology means nothing without the ability to use it properly. Humans should be more rational, and I think that it would be beneficial to even reduce the length of the work week more and legalize Marijuana since Americans really don't know how to chill. But that is not as glamorous as new technology.
Isn't it always going to happen when you make a hash code that is shorter than the string you make it from there is the possibility of collisions? Or is it just that there was found two equal length strings that have the same hash? Either way, is it that big of a deal?
"I can put a spare bulb in my hand And light up my yard"
The idea behind the song is from a news report about that, and how Ed realized that they were talking about his neighborhood. Yeah yeah, offtopic, whatever.
I would put some weights on the ends of the rotors and have them start off in a non-lifting angle of attack. Then, when they're up to speed, angle them the right amount up and keep pedaling. Much better than a dedicated flywheel.
He said drug ABUSE, not use. Getting wasted every once in a while is a good thing, but not every day. "Everything in moderation" is a tenet I live by, and I do a decent job. One drink or toke won't mess up my life if I do it responsibly.
"If taxing your land to pay for defending your rights is sensible, then, especially as we move to more expansive IP protections including criminal sanctions against infringers, shouldn't IP be taxed?"
Obviously you can't do that, because one could say that the post-it note on your monitor with the grocery list is IP and copyrightable (which it is) and therefore taxable. That would suck.
I guess the way you'd do that is to add a "copy tax" on publishers for every copy they make and intend to sell. If there is not intent to sell (such as the internet), there is no tax. If you aren't willing to sell copies of your work, it must not be worth that much and doesn't need to be taxed.
Sounds like "Sell Sell Sell" by Barenaked Ladies; the part where the subject, an actor, is now a news reporter (note how good they were at predicting the future in 2000):
We choose a foreigner to hate, The new Iraq gets more irate We really know nothing about them, and no one cares Aladdin and the forty thieves Enhanced by brand new special effects Saddam and his cow disease spiced up With some gratuitous sex
I always figure that news was singular, as in the New York Times statement "All the news that's fit to print" of course being a contraction of "that is". Having written that, dictionary.com tells me that it is a plural noun used with a singular verb. That seems to me to be an overly pedantic classification since I would probably say "The news today states blah blah but it is usually biased that way."
However, seeing as how you are a non-American English speaker, you would also pronounce schedule starting like shed- not sked-. That is interesting, since the more historic pronounciation would probably be the American way.
Whatever. I'm neurotic tonight and invoke the case of/tomeyto/ vs./tomato/.
I used to be able to do that, but I unfortunately taught myself to be aware of what's going on. I remember in sixth grade reading a book (I don't remember what, probably the nonfiction I read a lot), finishing it, and looking up, totally disoriented as to what the class was doing. I started to become more social and taught myself to look up every once in a while, breaking my concentration. Eventually, I'll teach myself to concentrate like that again. Maybe living in the city for a while during college like you will help.
I don't think you understand evolution. Evolution is not an improvement in a population, it is simply a change in the DNA of a population due to random genetic mutations. By applying the fairly obvious observations that organisms that survive and procreate, do, organisms that can't survive and/or procreate, don't, you can see that the population will always be fairly well suited to its environment. Admittedly, it's been a while since I've read up on evolution, so correct me if necessary. And also, neither evolution nor natural selection require a change in the amount of DNA information and don't make statements about progress.
Linus made Linux to learn 386 assembly code. I believe that he did start off with a lot of Minix code but that was all quickly replaced. It just so happened that there was a demand for a Unix-like kernel.
I believe that my datapoint is fairly similar to yours. If you know what you are doing, the install's bottleneck is only the speed it takes to move data from the packages (unzipping) and putting it on your drive. It does take about a day to customize, plus about 4-8 weeks to get X to work right;-).
I agree. Since Slackware is so simple, you have no problem setting it up and you always wind up with a usable base system. From there, if you know all your commands (which you learned on that RH distro you put on the other partition, right?), and simply break out a simple editor (I prefer JOE for config files) you can learn how your system works and configure everything at the same time. RPM works because you ignore any warnings and dependancies it asks for. If the program doesn't work, look at its dependancy list and install that program. Slackware usually has all the header files and gcc installed by default and plays very well with Auto[make|config] software.
It just works right without all the BS "Don't touch this file because its in a special format and we moved all these files all over so you have to use our config program...". Just edit the durn file and you're good!
I would think that the main users for Ogg Theora would be computer game makers, just like they are the main ones who support Ogg Vorbis. IIRC, UT2004 uses Ogg Vorbis due to it being royalty free and smaller than straight PCM. I have most of my music in Ogg Vorbis but am thinking that I will switch to MP3 because I want to eventually buy a portable jukebox. So who else will use Ogg Theora? Beats me! I guess we'll see.
Right. If you are playing background music for yourself, 5.1+ channels is probably overkill, maybe even distracting. Headphones that do better than stereo have not gotten high reviews and few people even own noise-cancelling heaphones. Few people buy new headphones until the ones that came with their players break. Multimedia computer speakers are not that good, and laptop speakers are worse. Unless Klipsch builds cars, you are not going to get great sound in your car.
I can imagine that these formats will be priceless for audiophiles, but most people won't care, since they'll simply download the 128kbps stereo MP3s anyway.
You have almost described me exactly. Of course, your description was also fairly general. I actually do rather well in school, considering. I'm ~13th out of ~280 HS seniors. However, I find that I tend to like a well defined project to do and research, but get daunted at huge amounts of research. This is why my project to program a symbolic math program has stalled, because I don't know enough theory (I'm mostly self-taught) and why most of my other programming projects fail, since learning how to do widgets in any language is hard since there are so many and different models. Like I said, I do well with a well defined project, and I often treat schoolwork as one.
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He may have been thinking Spanish, which is 'la computadora'.
I would have to agree only if you restate it as "if it is impossible for the person to come up with an explaination given an infinite amount of time, then the person doesn't understand it." I have trouble articulating my thoughts also sometimes, moreso if they are abstract. Another poster mentioned the Japanese saying "doki doki" and that there is no real translation into English. This describes a feeling, and I'm sure that if you put a Japanese speaker and and English speaker in a situation envoking those feelings, they would both feel the same way, it's just that the English speaker would have to describe it differently and it would take longer. All this assumes is that the only difference between these people is their language, not their upbringing, but you get the point.
Of course language influences how you think, just like how Newton had to create Calculus in order to describe Classical Physics and then discovered new ideas from the equations -- discovered new types of thought, if you will.
Just like how knowledge doesn't make you wise, transfer of knowledge by language is not the same as transfer of wisdom. It is hard to describe how things interact, espescially if there are many objects, which is probably why wisdom is so hard to confer to other people.
I don't particularly like this future. It's not that it's bad, it's just that he doesn't seem to be looking at real problems. I mean, imperfect human memory is good enough for most things and few people really need such an elaborate system as recording everything you do. If it's not enough, just write a list. And even nearly infinite storage will run out. It seems like in his future, we are going to become isolated from each other in ways dwarfing the isolation that TV, games, books, and the internet create. Technology should enhance what makes it great to be human, not supplant it.
Of course, in my future, I would like some sort of computer that directly augments the brain by being like a coprocessor, so that when you reach back into your memory for who this person is or what is the capital of Lithuania, the computer will google for it and you will just know. But I'm not even sure that is a good idea or feasible within 100 years.
We should focus more on human rights, since technology means nothing without the ability to use it properly. Humans should be more rational, and I think that it would be beneficial to even reduce the length of the work week more and legalize Marijuana since Americans really don't know how to chill. But that is not as glamorous as new technology.
Maybe the other person was a woman...
Oh, wait, it's Slashdot. My bad.
Isn't it always going to happen when you make a hash code that is shorter than the string you make it from there is the possibility of collisions? Or is it just that there was found two equal length strings that have the same hash? Either way, is it that big of a deal?
Barenaked Ladies - Light Up My Room:
"I can put a spare bulb in my hand
And light up my yard"
The idea behind the song is from a news report about that, and how Ed realized that they were talking about his neighborhood. Yeah yeah, offtopic, whatever.
I would put some weights on the ends of the rotors and have them start off in a non-lifting angle of attack. Then, when they're up to speed, angle them the right amount up and keep pedaling. Much better than a dedicated flywheel.
At least for a helicopter. Remember the Gossamer Albatross?
1. Ruin the suspense by telling /. that the reference is from Animaniacs.
2. ???
3. Profit!
This person already said that iRiver IHP's were out of the question due to price. You can get them for $300US - 20 GB of storage.
I type at about 12-18 wpm with decent accuracy. But then again, I'm just clumsy and am not good at typing.
He said drug ABUSE, not use. Getting wasted every once in a while is a good thing, but not every day. "Everything in moderation" is a tenet I live by, and I do a decent job. One drink or toke won't mess up my life if I do it responsibly.
"If a rescue helicopter happened to have killed the person they were trying to rescue, that would be irony."
I agree. And also, if the rescuee were to die before the helicopter got to him, it would simply be coincidence.
"If taxing your land to pay for defending your rights is sensible, then, especially as we move to more expansive IP protections including criminal sanctions against infringers, shouldn't IP be taxed?"
Obviously you can't do that, because one could say that the post-it note on your monitor with the grocery list is IP and copyrightable (which it is) and therefore taxable. That would suck.
I guess the way you'd do that is to add a "copy tax" on publishers for every copy they make and intend to sell. If there is not intent to sell (such as the internet), there is no tax. If you aren't willing to sell copies of your work, it must not be worth that much and doesn't need to be taxed.
"iraq "sexed up dossier"
Sounds like "Sell Sell Sell" by Barenaked Ladies; the part where the subject, an actor, is now a news reporter (note how good they were at predicting the future in 2000):
We choose a foreigner to hate,
The new Iraq gets more irate
We really know nothing about them, and no one cares
Aladdin and the forty thieves
Enhanced by brand new special effects
Saddam and his cow disease spiced up
With some gratuitous sex
I always figure that news was singular, as in the New York Times statement "All the news that's fit to print" of course being a contraction of "that is". Having written that, dictionary.com tells me that it is a plural noun used with a singular verb. That seems to me to be an overly pedantic classification since I would probably say "The news today states blah blah but it is usually biased that way." However, seeing as how you are a non-American English speaker, you would also pronounce schedule starting like shed- not sked-. That is interesting, since the more historic pronounciation would probably be the American way. Whatever. I'm neurotic tonight and invoke the case of /tomeyto/ vs. /tomato/.
I used to be able to do that, but I unfortunately taught myself to be aware of what's going on. I remember in sixth grade reading a book (I don't remember what, probably the nonfiction I read a lot), finishing it, and looking up, totally disoriented as to what the class was doing. I started to become more social and taught myself to look up every once in a while, breaking my concentration. Eventually, I'll teach myself to concentrate like that again. Maybe living in the city for a while during college like you will help.
Well, we have a capital gains tax, but I don't think it is nearly 91%. It as apparently reduced in 2k3 to 15% or 5%.
I don't think you understand evolution. Evolution is not an improvement in a population, it is simply a change in the DNA of a population due to random genetic mutations. By applying the fairly obvious observations that organisms that survive and procreate, do, organisms that can't survive and/or procreate, don't, you can see that the population will always be fairly well suited to its environment. Admittedly, it's been a while since I've read up on evolution, so correct me if necessary. And also, neither evolution nor natural selection require a change in the amount of DNA information and don't make statements about progress.
Linus made Linux to learn 386 assembly code. I believe that he did start off with a lot of Minix code but that was all quickly replaced. It just so happened that there was a demand for a Unix-like kernel.
I believe that my datapoint is fairly similar to yours. If you know what you are doing, the install's bottleneck is only the speed it takes to move data from the packages (unzipping) and putting it on your drive. It does take about a day to customize, plus about 4-8 weeks to get X to work right ;-).
I agree. Since Slackware is so simple, you have no problem setting it up and you always wind up with a usable base system. From there, if you know all your commands (which you learned on that RH distro you put on the other partition, right?), and simply break out a simple editor (I prefer JOE for config files) you can learn how your system works and configure everything at the same time. RPM works because you ignore any warnings and dependancies it asks for. If the program doesn't work, look at its dependancy list and install that program. Slackware usually has all the header files and gcc installed by default and plays very well with Auto[make|config] software.
It just works right without all the BS "Don't touch this file because its in a special format and we moved all these files all over so you have to use our config program...". Just edit the durn file and you're good!
I would think that the main users for Ogg Theora would be computer game makers, just like they are the main ones who support Ogg Vorbis. IIRC, UT2004 uses Ogg Vorbis due to it being royalty free and smaller than straight PCM. I have most of my music in Ogg Vorbis but am thinking that I will switch to MP3 because I want to eventually buy a portable jukebox. So who else will use Ogg Theora? Beats me! I guess we'll see.
Right. If you are playing background music for yourself, 5.1+ channels is probably overkill, maybe even distracting. Headphones that do better than stereo have not gotten high reviews and few people even own noise-cancelling heaphones. Few people buy new headphones until the ones that came with their players break. Multimedia computer speakers are not that good, and laptop speakers are worse. Unless Klipsch builds cars, you are not going to get great sound in your car.
I can imagine that these formats will be priceless for audiophiles, but most people won't care, since they'll simply download the 128kbps stereo MP3s anyway.
You have almost described me exactly. Of course, your description was also fairly general. I actually do rather well in school, considering. I'm ~13th out of ~280 HS seniors. However, I find that I tend to like a well defined project to do and research, but get daunted at huge amounts of research. This is why my project to program a symbolic math program has stalled, because I don't know enough theory (I'm mostly self-taught) and why most of my other programming projects fail, since learning how to do widgets in any language is hard since there are so many and different models. Like I said, I do well with a well defined project, and I often treat schoolwork as one.