Ack! I bet by the time I hit submit, some other guy using electrons travelling faster than light will have beaten me to first post!
Actually the original post is in error. Electrons only travel a few cm/s(centimeters-per-second). The signal that propogates down a wire travels by using the electron stream as a medium(like sound waves in water).
This is a serious issue in science and technology alike, and shouldn't be avoided as an issue.
A lot of people don't understand the kind of thinking that goes into the scientific process these days. There are many cases of Physicists, Chemists, Bio-chemists who spend many years testing a single hyposthesis.
Sitting in a lab all day looking at spreadsheets for 5 years will challenge anyone's sanity. Often times these scientists, who are very pressured by the "publish or perish" dogma of academia, are very anxious about thier results. So much so that many of them begin to have fantasies in thier minds about the results...they literally build a play-world in thier minds.
Almost any scientist who's worked on a new theory can attest to this, it's like thinking you're holding the $100Billion lotto ticket in your hand, it's very exciting...you want to believe, the lust for fame, the recognition you always deserved but never recieved, fantasies of being promoted, going to a better university...it sounds like something a very disturbed individual would think...but believe me, it's very very common place.
My point here is this; these scientists who release bad results are not neccesarily "evil" or trying to "dupe" the scientific community. They have simply lost touch with reality...and want thier fantasy world to come true so badly...that they really do believe in the validity of what they publish. So ultimately the "fault" should rest in the rigor of the editors who publish these results. That's where the check and balance between fantasy and science should be.
That is, unless the engineers fall prey to to the siren call of developing control systems, which unfortunately it sounds like they are.
There is an inherant need for this, think safety. What do you do when you're on the freeway and your ICU crashes while going 70mph...and you can no longer steer, the brakes don't work, and you can't signal to other drivers?
Multiple-tiered redundant control systems are a neccesity in this case...there are some characterists of mechanical systems that can't be taken for granted here.
"We're on the threshold of a whole new system," says Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. "The time where accountants decide what music people hear is coming to an end. Accountants may be good at numbers, but they have terrible taste in music. I don't know how I'm going to get paid, but I'd rather go out into the brave new world than live with dinosaurs that are far too big for their boots."
I'm sorry if I'm being terribly dense, but what exactly are you trying to say here? That Hanson make some kind of real pop while everybody thinks pop is what Britney Spears makes
Sorry if I was unclear. I meant to say that pop exists in almost every music genre, including Hip-Hop. "Artists" who bend over backwards for recording studios are what we end up hearing. If 9 out of every 10 musicians that get offered recording contracts have artistic integrity, it's likely you've never heard of them. The 1 out of 10 that gets through usually have no talent at all, but get played because they are willing to sign over thier lives to the recording studio.
in the way that there's some real hip-hop bands (could you name one or two?)
goto Kazaa and try these:
A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Beastie Boys.
And yes, I'm arguing that we hear less and less of this kind of music because it's effectively being outlawed by the RIAA.
If you think a lawsuit destroyed hiphop, you're more than white, you're missing the point.
The kind of gangsta-rap crap that makes you cringe when you hear it on the radio is not what I'm referring to at all.
You've heard of bands like Hanson, Britney Spears? Same thing here. It's another genre that 99% of the population was never exposed to because it was killed on the vine.
I was hoping to hear from these guys. In the early 90's Hip-hop was very much on its way to becoming the next big thing.(Yes I'm a white boy, but I liked it OK?)
There was a big arm-wresting match over sampling rights. In the end the record companies won by suing and threatening artists who used samples in thier music. The practice was further erased by requiring artists to "clear" thier samples ahead of time with the recording studios, many of which required the artist to pay royalties on each sample used.
This was a very real and demonstrable case where RIAA-like tactics destroyed a promising art form. I think it's another reason why digitally traded music should be allowed to flourish...simply because it re-creates an environment where this type of music can start again where it left off.
All right, but in all seriousness this is a serious problem in our country. Stringent lobbying agaisnt tobacco companies has forced them to explore new markets.
The result is that an increasing number of monkeys have started smoking. It's very sad, even monkeys in captivity are being targetted. As if this wasn't enough, Phillip-Morris has started it's own line of theatres for monkeys...just to get them to start smoking.
Now I know you guys are giving the mods flack for putting this article on front page...but there is a growing smoking monkey problem in this country. So can we please have some constructive advice on how to save the monkeys before it's too late?
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I disagree, the cheaper it gets to broadcast, they more amateur content you will have.
I'd rather watch some hobbyist in his garage describe his nieghborhood wireless network, than watch some rerun of Voyager. We don't have that luxery now, but if we get 10,000 tv channels that are well organized(like newsgroups). Then the channels will be ordered by content, searchable, and much more accessible.
Though Michael Douglas will be hard to surpass. Give the protagonist a Phd in computer science and this movie will be both current and relevant. Something most films are missing these days.
This is all very nice, and I sincerely hope for such a future deployment. But can anyone explain why the cell-phone and other wireless vested companies won't destroy this in the same way the telcos/cable have stagnated broadband?
Is there anyone out there with 802.11b experience in the public domain, and also working knowledge of the current wireless "for profit" industry who would care to comment? I'm sure we're all a little insecure about the chances of this technology, given the current climate in the private sector.
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this was moderated funny, but now its not. it makes me upset.
I feel your pain, here, read this, it may help to cheer you up some.
1) A guy named "edrugtrader" 2) who's sig is WANT TO BUY ILLEGAL DRUGS ONLINE? - EDRUGTRADER.COM! 3) is posting a story about how he doesn't want his personal information available over a P2P network cause his "cell" caries "sensitive" information. 4)...then he responds by telling us about how he carrys a knife and gun every where he goes.
All we need to do is rally some support from the gangbangers/dealers and we can stick it to those curmugeonly congress guys once and for all! Maybe we could install "slashdot kieosks" in the hood/slums of america, and start a march of information rights?
Slashdot Mirror
Either way it sucks.
Ack! I bet by the time I hit submit, some other guy using electrons travelling faster than light will have beaten me to first post!
Actually the original post is in error. Electrons only travel a few cm/s(centimeters-per-second). The signal that propogates down a wire travels by using the electron stream as a medium(like sound waves in water).
This is a serious issue in science and technology alike, and shouldn't be avoided as an issue.
A lot of people don't understand the kind of thinking that goes into the scientific process these days. There are many cases of Physicists, Chemists, Bio-chemists who spend many years testing a single hyposthesis.
Sitting in a lab all day looking at spreadsheets for 5 years will challenge anyone's sanity. Often times these scientists, who are very pressured by the "publish or perish" dogma of academia, are very anxious about thier results. So much so that many of them begin to have fantasies in thier minds about the results...they literally build a play-world in thier minds.
Almost any scientist who's worked on a new theory can attest to this, it's like thinking you're holding the $100Billion lotto ticket in your hand, it's very exciting...you want to believe, the lust for fame, the recognition you always deserved but never recieved, fantasies of being promoted, going to a better university...it sounds like something a very disturbed individual would think...but believe me, it's very very common place.
My point here is this; these scientists who release bad results are not neccesarily "evil" or trying to "dupe" the scientific community. They have simply lost touch with reality...and want thier fantasy world to come true so badly...that they really do believe in the validity of what they publish. So ultimately the "fault" should rest in the rigor of the editors who publish these results. That's where the check and balance between fantasy and science should be.
That is, unless the engineers fall prey to to the siren call of developing control systems, which unfortunately it sounds like they are.
There is an inherant need for this, think safety. What do you do when you're on the freeway and your ICU crashes while going 70mph...and you can no longer steer, the brakes don't work, and you can't signal to other drivers?
Multiple-tiered redundant control systems are a neccesity in this case...there are some characterists of mechanical systems that can't be taken for granted here.
"We're on the threshold of a whole new system," says Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. "The time where accountants decide what music people hear is coming to an end. Accountants may be good at numbers, but they have terrible taste in music. I don't know how I'm going to get paid, but I'd rather go out into the brave new world than live with dinosaurs that are far too big for their boots."
A much more rational response to this would be to impose a bandwidth cap on a per-student basis.
I'm sorry if I'm being terribly dense, but what exactly are you trying to say here? That Hanson make some kind of real pop while everybody thinks pop is what Britney Spears makes
Sorry if I was unclear. I meant to say that pop exists in almost every music genre, including Hip-Hop. "Artists" who bend over backwards for recording studios are what we end up hearing. If 9 out of every 10 musicians that get offered recording contracts have artistic integrity, it's likely you've never heard of them. The 1 out of 10 that gets through usually have no talent at all, but get played because they are willing to sign over thier lives to the recording studio.
in the way that there's some real hip-hop bands (could you name one or two?)
goto Kazaa and try these:
A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Beastie Boys.
And yes, I'm arguing that we hear less and less of this kind of music because it's effectively being outlawed by the RIAA.
If you think a lawsuit destroyed hiphop, you're more than white, you're missing the point.
The kind of gangsta-rap crap that makes you cringe when you hear it on the radio is not what I'm referring to at all.
You've heard of bands like Hanson, Britney Spears? Same thing here. It's another genre that 99% of the population was never exposed to because it was killed on the vine.
I was hoping to hear from these guys. In the early 90's Hip-hop was very much on its way to becoming the next big thing.(Yes I'm a white boy, but I liked it OK?)
There was a big arm-wresting match over sampling rights. In the end the record companies won by suing and threatening artists who used samples in thier music. The practice was further erased by requiring artists to "clear" thier samples ahead of time with the recording studios, many of which required the artist to pay royalties on each sample used.
This was a very real and demonstrable case where RIAA-like tactics destroyed a promising art form. I think it's another reason why digitally traded music should be allowed to flourish...simply because it re-creates an environment where this type of music can start again where it left off.
Face it, Hollywood is bankrupt on ideas.
All right, but in all seriousness this is a serious problem in our country. Stringent lobbying agaisnt tobacco companies has forced them to explore new markets.
The result is that an increasing number of monkeys have started smoking. It's very sad, even monkeys in captivity are being targetted. As if this wasn't enough, Phillip-Morris has started it's own line of theatres for monkeys...just to get them to start smoking.
Now I know you guys are giving the mods flack for putting this article on front page...but there is a growing smoking monkey problem in this country. So can we please have some constructive advice on how to save the monkeys before it's too late?
You might find this conversation informative.
Read and learn you dork. Simple economics has all but destroyed the telecom industry moron.
The history of the pyramids is very sketchy, and how the traditional egyptologists think their theories are 100% correct is very arrogant.
On that note, does anyone have any information about this ?
I disagree, the cheaper it gets to broadcast, they more amateur content you will have.
I'd rather watch some hobbyist in his garage describe his nieghborhood wireless network, than watch some rerun of Voyager. We don't have that luxery now, but if we get 10,000 tv channels that are well organized(like newsgroups). Then the channels will be ordered by content, searchable, and much more accessible.
I think Deniro should try his hand at this one.
Though Michael Douglas will be hard to surpass. Give the protagonist a Phd in computer science and this movie will be both current and relevant. Something most films are missing these days.
Well, maybe now you can watch better TV. I'm sure there's plenty of room for improvement.
So what is the effective range, Mbs, etc?
This is all very nice, and I sincerely hope for such a future deployment. But can anyone explain why the cell-phone and other wireless vested companies won't destroy this in the same way the telcos/cable have stagnated broadband?
Is there anyone out there with 802.11b experience in the public domain, and also working knowledge of the current wireless "for profit" industry who would care to comment? I'm sure we're all a little insecure about the chances of this technology, given the current climate in the private sector.
this was moderated funny, but now its not. it makes me upset.
I feel your pain, here, read this, it may help to cheer you up some.
Indeed there are some real treasures and gems at that link.
Here's my favorite story so far.
I was sold until I read this guy's sig.
Just another typical Republican asshole.
Lol, too funny,
...then he responds by telling us about how he carrys a knife and gun every where he goes.
1) A guy named "edrugtrader"
2) who's sig is
WANT TO BUY ILLEGAL DRUGS ONLINE? - EDRUGTRADER.COM!
3) is posting a story about how he doesn't want his personal information available over a P2P network cause his "cell" caries "sensitive" information.
4)
All we need to do is rally some support from the gangbangers/dealers and we can stick it to those curmugeonly congress guys once and for all! Maybe we could install "slashdot kieosks" in the hood/slums of america, and start a march of information rights?
hmmm, *steeples fingers in thought*
"Pretty amazing what people can do to computers in the middle of the information age."
What's far more amazing is how we're about to go from the information age to the stone age(DRM) in just 10 years time.
Really makes me wonder what the word "progress" is doing in our vocabulary.
Oh shut up......
Where in the world did you learn to hate yourself and your country so?
Why...right here in the US!