Indeed, and just because the dog drags the owner about by the leash a bit doesn't mean he's not still the dog.
It's not even as positive as a dog dragging its chain. It's more like the dog begging and whining for that 64 bit bone, and the owner finally giving in and chucking the treat in its direction.
You're right it will, and some substances will have increased health effects as a result of the reduced particle size - the increased surface area alone could do that.
My objection is to the claim that this is somehow different and harder to manage than our existing, naturally produced nano particles.
"to bypass the body's protection mechanisms and directly affect " is a pretty common property of nano particles.
Yes, but it is not a function of nano technology. Any respirable particle (one which is small enough to enter the alveoli) will have similar consequences. That includes things like grain dust, silica, asbestos, metal fume from welding - the whole pantheon of existing nano sized, but not nano tech toxins.
Isn't it just some fancy spray with 'nano' slapped on the label?
It's claimed to have nano-sized particles of silica and silicone suspended in ethanol and water. Silicone is known to be a mild dermal irritant, so I'd guess the illness is a result of silicone inhalation.
The nanotech aspect may be relevant in that the small particle size would allow the spray to bypass the body's protection mechanisms and directly affect the alveoli. That would be consistent with the symptoms described. It's drawing a long bow to call it a nanotech hazard though.
The spontanaiety of humans so much more interesting. Computers don't imitate art very well
They don't need to though. I mostly use the computer as an always-available backing band when I have an idea I want to try. I use Harmony Assistant to set up a backing track, and record my own performance to overlay with the Harmony sounds.
It's not the same as the real thing, but it's helpful. I think of it as a prototype, the way a sketch is step on the way to a portrait.
I dont think I want to know what kind of anesthesia they would have used then...
Probably not as bad as you'd think. Hemp, opium, datura, henbane, mandrake and hemlock were all known to be used as prehistoric anaesthetics. Dwale, an anaesthetic used in old England, was a reasonably sophisticated mixture of bile, lettuce, vinegar, bryony root, hemlock, opium, and henbane.
"When it is needed, let him that shall be cut sit against a good fire and make him drink thereof until he fall asleep and then you may safely cut him, and when you have done your cure and will have him awake, take vinegar and salt and wash well his temples and his cheekbones and he shall awake immediately."
It reminds me of the experiment where someone wore mirror glasses that flipped the world upside-down. After a week or so, everything seemed normal.
You can actually train your brain to do this quite quickly. Many years ago, I had a job setting out survey grids using a Wild T16 theodolite which inverted the view through the eyepiece. I'd spend hours peering through the lens, and initially at least, it was a disorienting experience to switch to the real world. After a while though, my brain worked it out and wouold automatically reorient when I switched back to the jigger. Clever little blob of meat, my brain.
This act in no way suggests, anymore than is possible now, that the Australian government OR any party acting on behalf of, will have the power to intercept emails from and to a source party....
If you're not worried about it, then congratulations on being a lilly-white ctiizen who only associates with lilly white friends.
In any case, it's not likely to be the individuals they're chasing, though the ability to arrest anyone they want to any time will be appealing for them. What they want is the aggregate data, same as they illegaly gained from the journos on the Tampa.
If they can check what a large number of people are saying about any issue, they can respond with water cannons or cheques, depending on the scale of the threat to their sovereignty..
Anyone want to read the act and give a verdict on that?
I've been following the progress of this and similar acts and yes, in theory at least, it will give the Australian Government the right to collect information on us Aussie Slashdotters.
From the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law:
Second, in some circumstances, the government can use the information it collects even though that information is irrelevant to the original suspect. For example, if the government uncovers incriminating information from listening to a B-Party's conversations, this can set off a chain reaction allowing the interception of the incriminated person's communications or of anyone with whom they communicate.
The worst of it though, is the unseemly haste the government has used to rush this through parliament. Interested parties were given only 10 days to prepare submissions on the Bill, and the Senate Committee had only two weeks to review the submissions, hear evidence and prepare a report. They really badly want to read our private correspondence.
I'm not sure why an office format would be the best thing to use for archives of final documents;
ODF is an electronic document format, not an "office" format, whatever that means. Its advantage in this context is that any document in ODF can be dissasembled ito its component parts easily. Text, images and formatting can all be extracted and used separately if needed. PDFs are hard to convert back to the raw data.
I'm with the OP on this. I was looking for a portable recording system a while back and considered MDs because they're cheap, compact and go a long time between batteries. Trouble is, they're also hard to find with manual recording levels. As far as DAT goes, I was advised to try the Tascam DAP 1. It was OK, but costs more than A$2,500 and is fairly bulky. The SonyPCMM1 seemed OK, but the recording level dial was a bitch to set up. Anyway, with any of the DAT gear, download times are a pain.
I ended up getting a Boss BR532 http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Data/Boss/B R_532-01.html. It records on SmartMedia, can download to computer in only a few minutes, has a built-in mixer, and the compression's not too bad as long as you're careful how you use it. It cost less than half the price of the DATs as well.
Sadly you're right, that that's one of its problems. I have one of these: http://www.clubimate.com/t-DETAILS_JAM.aspx. The form factor is great, and with a couple of 1GB memory chips, you can have enough mp3s to make it worthwhile. The OS though, sucks big ones.
Mostly its just dumb design decisions like burying the battery level indicator and screen brightness settings three menus deep, but it also locks up a few times each month. That's bad enough in a general purpose OS, but absolutely unacceptable in a phone. I've even had it crash hard enough to wipe all of my data, and the ActiveSync software is appallingly unhelpful for tasks like backing up phone data.
The thing is though, it could have been a great device. Even now, if I could replace the crappy OS/software, It'd potentially be a keeper, but as it is, I'll be replacing it with a more conventional phone as soon as I can find a buyer for it.
DRM is a neccessary evil, unfortunately, because no record company, in their right mind, would agree to selling media without it.
No, record companies are an unnecessary evil and will eventually die the way of all dinosaurs. DRM is one of the consequences of their death-throes, and will subside and vanish once the beast is dead.
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So why not concentrate a few plain-clothes cops in the same areas and tip the balance the other way?
It's not even as positive as a dog dragging its chain. It's more like the dog begging and whining for that 64 bit bone, and the owner finally giving in and chucking the treat in its direction.
My objection is to the claim that this is somehow different and harder to manage than our existing, naturally produced nano particles.
Yes, but it is not a function of nano technology. Any respirable particle (one which is small enough to enter the alveoli) will have similar consequences. That includes things like grain dust, silica, asbestos, metal fume from welding - the whole pantheon of existing nano sized, but not nano tech toxins.
It's claimed to have nano-sized particles of silica and silicone suspended in ethanol and water. Silicone is known to be a mild dermal irritant, so I'd guess the illness is a result of silicone inhalation.
The nanotech aspect may be relevant in that the small particle size would allow the spray to bypass the body's protection mechanisms and directly affect the alveoli. That would be consistent with the symptoms described. It's drawing a long bow to call it a nanotech hazard though.
They don't need to though. I mostly use the computer as an always-available backing band when I have an idea I want to try. I use Harmony Assistant to set up a backing track, and record my own performance to overlay with the Harmony sounds.
It's not the same as the real thing, but it's helpful. I think of it as a prototype, the way a sketch is step on the way to a portrait.
Psychological problems generally require medical treatment.
No Republicans then?
Probably not as bad as you'd think. Hemp, opium, datura, henbane, mandrake and hemlock were all known to be used as prehistoric anaesthetics. Dwale, an anaesthetic used in old England, was a reasonably sophisticated mixture of bile, lettuce, vinegar, bryony root, hemlock, opium, and henbane.
Good way to make a target out of yourself too. How well will Lucent hardware run on Vista, I wonder...
You can actually train your brain to do this quite quickly. Many years ago, I had a job setting out survey grids using a Wild T16 theodolite which inverted the view through the eyepiece. I'd spend hours peering through the lens, and initially at least, it was a disorienting experience to switch to the real world. After a while though, my brain worked it out and wouold automatically reorient when I switched back to the jigger. Clever little blob of meat, my brain.
The amendment you've seen activates parts of the anti-terrorism acts which relate to communications interceptions. There's a better explanation here: http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filen ame_num=12343
If you're not worried about it, then congratulations on being a lilly-white ctiizen who only associates with lilly white friends.
In any case, it's not likely to be the individuals they're chasing, though the ability to arrest anyone they want to any time will be appealing for them. What they want is the aggregate data, same as they illegaly gained from the journos on the Tampa.
If they can check what a large number of people are saying about any issue, they can respond with water cannons or cheques, depending on the scale of the threat to their sovereignty..
I've been following the progress of this and similar acts and yes, in theory at least, it will give the Australian Government the right to collect information on us Aussie Slashdotters.
From the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law:
The worst of it though, is the unseemly haste the government has used to rush this through parliament. Interested parties were given only 10 days to prepare submissions on the Bill, and the Senate Committee had only two weeks to review the submissions, hear evidence and prepare a report. They really badly want to read our private correspondence.ODF is an electronic document format, not an "office" format, whatever that means. Its advantage in this context is that any document in ODF can be dissasembled ito its component parts easily. Text, images and formatting can all be extracted and used separately if needed. PDFs are hard to convert back to the raw data.
I'm with the OP on this. I was looking for a portable recording system a while back and considered MDs because they're cheap, compact and go a long time between batteries. Trouble is, they're also hard to find with manual recording levels. As far as DAT goes, I was advised to try the Tascam DAP 1. It was OK, but costs more than A$2,500 and is fairly bulky. The SonyPCMM1 seemed OK, but the recording level dial was a bitch to set up. Anyway, with any of the DAT gear, download times are a pain.
I ended up getting a Boss BR532 http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Data/Boss/B R_532-01.html. It records on SmartMedia, can download to computer in only a few minutes, has a built-in mixer, and the compression's not too bad as long as you're careful how you use it. It cost less than half the price of the DATs as well.
Sadly you're right, that that's one of its problems. I have one of these: http://www.clubimate.com/t-DETAILS_JAM.aspx. The form factor is great, and with a couple of 1GB memory chips, you can have enough mp3s to make it worthwhile. The OS though, sucks big ones.
Mostly its just dumb design decisions like burying the battery level indicator and screen brightness settings three menus deep, but it also locks up a few times each month. That's bad enough in a general purpose OS, but absolutely unacceptable in a phone. I've even had it crash hard enough to wipe all of my data, and the ActiveSync software is appallingly unhelpful for tasks like backing up phone data.
The thing is though, it could have been a great device. Even now, if I could replace the crappy OS/software, It'd potentially be a keeper, but as it is, I'll be replacing it with a more conventional phone as soon as I can find a buyer for it.
You should be all right. Just make sure you're not standing next to them anytime in the late Cretaceous era.
No, record companies are an unnecessary evil and will eventually die the way of all dinosaurs. DRM is one of the consequences of their death-throes, and will subside and vanish once the beast is dead.
Yeah, and he'll still shoot first.
"Paolo Fril" is an anagram of "Happy Easter"
"San Melito" is French for "Without filtered coffee", a comment reflecting on the state of mind of the OP.
HTH, Oz.
Luke warm maybe, but Leia in slave-dress is hot.
You good now?
Try this; http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm
I thought it was Buttle who was affiliated with terrorits, not Tuttle.