Unfortunately I don't get to shoot very often since I'm in Europe but as soon as I can get over to the US, I will almost certainly become a gun nut. Not so sure about the self-importance. I know an ad hominem when I see one.
For the sake of your future US neighbors and passers-by, I hope you know a *deer* when you see one...
I know, from research and real-world experience with people with intensive speech-reading training, that lipreading will yield, at most, about 25% of speech.
I know someone who is deaf and who is a Japanese/American linguistics student. They say that many languages are impossible to lip-read, including Japanese.
And by 'impossible' they do mean 'not possible', as in there is no way to tell from the movements of the mouth what the person is saying.
If we have fingerprint authentication we can clearly determine the person who should be punished for the copyright infringement.
Brilliant weaseling on the part of the UK government!
Since they are all set to have a national database of everyones fingerprints this will make it easy to ensure that noone listens to sounds they have no right to!
thieves aren't trying to steal the contents of the drives, they're trying to steal the device itself
Well you obviously don't work for some music industry association.
If you did then you'd know that the whole problem with people stealing ipods is that they will get access to sounds which they do not have any right to hear!
Fortunately, this country doesn't have any real crime outside of ipod theft, I guess.
Its not about the theft of the ipod; its about the theft of the copyright music that is on that ipod which only the legitimate owner of that ipod has any right to listen to!
If "Flood geology" is really a better theory, then it should make better predictions about where raw materials are than standard geology does. The profits from such a venture could pay for a lot of evangelism. Why isn't anyone doing this?
Because God put the 'fossil' fuels there as a temptation and the objective for any good Christian is to do without 'fossil' fuels?
Its what governments do with things they don't like, such as free (ie 'hate') speech, competitors against their favorite lobbyists (eg marijuana) to name but a few.
Expect huge bans on 'dangerous' technologies such as reading and writing or drawing pictures; these can all be used for 'hate' (or other emotive) speech or depictions of 'child abuse'.
And if you really considered yourself a Perl programmer, you'd be able to do it all in one line of code.
I wasn't under the impression that Perl *required* newlines anywhere.. can't you just take an existing perl script, delete all newlines and it will compile/run just as before?
When will open source advocates learn to delegate the graphic design aspect of their work to professionals?
My partner, a graphic designer, says the same thing about the artwork in the Dungeons and Dragons manuals... I guess geeks everywhere and in every age think they can draw or something...
Which is why he gave orders that all US bullets should be coated in pig fat.
Not only does it stop them from rusting but it also sends your enemies to hell if they are Jews or Moslems or Christians (and it happens to be a Friday).
yes, please join us sometime. We are in New York City.
Well I'm not in the USA, nor am I likely ever to go there, unless its to help out in the next revolution... But its good to know that there are christians who are prepared to stand up for their principles even if it means throwing the old testament right out of the window. I always felt there was something seedy and malignant about it.
Why should a democracy allow and even support a group with the declared aim to destroy that democracy?
So if democracy is to be overthrown at all, you'd rather it happened by some means *other* than through the ballot box? Maybe a violent revolution would be preferable?
Personally, I think that every ballot sheet should have a "None of the above" option. If enough people tick it then you get anarchy.
BTW my christian church does not consider homosexuality immoral
So what? Your church doesn't hold with Leviticus 20:13 then?
Or maybe your church just throws out the entire old testament?
If so then can I join? I always felt that the old testament was contrary to the christian spirit... (Kings 2:24 for example, the bit about the bears slaughtering children, the list just goes on and on).
How long before the definition of "hate" is expanded to speech politicians don't like?
I'm sure that its just a matter of time before speech/writing involving other sorts of emotion are similarly banned...
The UK is already effectively banning speech critical of the government...
They have a thing called an "Antisocial behavior order" or "ASBO" with which they can slap a restraining order on someone, restraining them from pretty well anything the judge feels like, eg raising your right hand above your waist. Violate the terms of the ASBO and you go straight to jail until you agree to comply.
Naturally, since (as Tony Blair would say) criticising the government is antisocial behavior ("You can't get much more antisocial than attacking the government") any form of dissent could be subject to an ASBO.
I am sure that hate is just one of the emotions which the government (and EU) will save us from.
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So... do you think I could fill my macbook with water to smuggle some precious H2O onto a long haul flight?
Perhaps we could make them into a self-aware AI one day, imagine that. an AI running on poorly secured Windows boxes
Especially if those poorly secured Windows boxes were running Windows for Warheads/Warships...
You don't need a bot network to be a DoS extortionist. Unplugging your target's modem is just as effective, and has the virtue of simplicity.
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I think I see where you are coming from; my ISP is some kind of DoS extortionist... if I stop paying them they DoS me.
Help, I am being exploited!
Unfortunately I don't get to shoot very often since I'm in Europe but as soon as I can get over to the US, I will almost certainly become a gun nut. Not so sure about the self-importance. I know an ad hominem when I see one.
For the sake of your future US neighbors and passers-by, I hope you know a *deer* when you see one...
I know, from research and real-world experience with people with intensive speech-reading training, that lipreading will yield, at most, about 25% of speech.
I know someone who is deaf and who is a Japanese/American linguistics student. They say that many languages are impossible to lip-read, including Japanese.
And by 'impossible' they do mean 'not possible', as in there is no way to tell from the movements of the mouth what the person is saying.
The only ones it will pick out will be Caucasian whites of English origin
Its been said that revolutions almost always begin among the middle classes.
Those are the ones governments would need to keep a close eye on for mischief or misuse of privacy.
Actually, some languages are significantly harder to lip-read than others.
I have it on good authority that Japanese is virtually impossible to lip-read.
So I guess all those nasty terrorists, or anyone else who wants some of that illicit (in the UK) privacy will start learning Japanese...
Ha, so that's why I only ever see a vicar riding a bike, never driving a car.
Totally.
Why do you think they call it 'crude' oil?
Its sinful I tells ya!
If we have fingerprint authentication we can clearly determine the person who should be punished for the copyright infringement.
Brilliant weaseling on the part of the UK government!
Since they are all set to have a national database of everyones fingerprints this will make it easy to ensure that noone listens to sounds they have no right to!
Brilliant!
thieves aren't trying to steal the contents of the drives, they're trying to steal the device itself
Well you obviously don't work for some music industry association.
If you did then you'd know that the whole problem with people stealing ipods is that they will get access to sounds which they do not have any right to hear!
Fortunately, this country doesn't have any real crime outside of ipod theft, I guess.
Its not about the theft of the ipod; its about the theft of the copyright music that is on that ipod which only the legitimate owner of that ipod has any right to listen to!
If "Flood geology" is really a better theory, then it should make better predictions about where raw materials are than standard geology does. The profits from such a venture could pay for a lot of evangelism. Why isn't anyone doing this?
Because God put the 'fossil' fuels there as a temptation and the objective for any good Christian is to do without 'fossil' fuels?
does being a melodramatic paranoid-delusional headcase give you a woody or something?
Get with the times; it gives me an etch.
Its what governments do with things they don't like, such as free (ie 'hate') speech, competitors against their favorite lobbyists (eg marijuana) to name but a few.
Expect huge bans on 'dangerous' technologies such as reading and writing or drawing pictures; these can all be used for 'hate' (or other emotive) speech or depictions of 'child abuse'.
The variations we see in humans are more likely caused by the genetic variation of a few early settlers.
I don't believe that the 'races' are anything more than large extended families.
The differences in appearance are just family resemblances.
And if you really considered yourself a Perl programmer, you'd be able to do it all in one line of code.
I wasn't under the impression that Perl *required* newlines anywhere.. can't you just take an existing perl script, delete all newlines and it will compile/run just as before?
When will open source advocates learn to delegate the graphic design aspect of their work to professionals?
My partner, a graphic designer, says the same thing about the artwork in the Dungeons and Dragons manuals... I guess geeks everywhere and in every age think they can draw or something...
No, Bush is so evil he makes bullets rust.
Which is why he gave orders that all US bullets should be coated in pig fat.
Not only does it stop them from rusting but it also sends your enemies to hell if they are Jews or Moslems or Christians (and it happens to be a Friday).
Please don't. Your help isn't necessary or welcome. We do fine on our own here.
Sure thing, bud. Just being neighborly. If you ever need a hand with that there revolution thing, just shout.
yes, please join us sometime. We are in New York City.
Well I'm not in the USA, nor am I likely ever to go there, unless its to help out in the next revolution... But its good to know that there are christians who are prepared to stand up for their principles even if it means throwing the old testament right out of the window. I always felt there was something seedy and malignant about it.
Why should a democracy allow and even support a group with the declared aim to destroy that democracy?
So if democracy is to be overthrown at all, you'd rather it happened by some means *other* than through the ballot box? Maybe a violent revolution would be preferable?
Personally, I think that every ballot sheet should have a "None of the above" option. If enough people tick it then you get anarchy.
BTW my christian church does not consider homosexuality immoral
So what? Your church doesn't hold with Leviticus 20:13 then?
Or maybe your church just throws out the entire old testament?
If so then can I join? I always felt that the old testament was contrary to the christian spirit... (Kings 2:24 for example, the bit about the bears slaughtering children, the list just goes on and on).
How long before the definition of "hate" is expanded to speech politicians don't like?
I'm sure that its just a matter of time before speech/writing involving other sorts of emotion are similarly banned...
The UK is already effectively banning speech critical of the government...
They have a thing called an "Antisocial behavior order" or "ASBO" with which they can slap a restraining order on someone, restraining them from pretty well anything the judge feels like, eg raising your right hand above your waist. Violate the terms of the ASBO and you go straight to jail until you agree to comply.
Naturally, since (as Tony Blair would say) criticising the government is antisocial behavior ("You can't get much more antisocial than attacking the government") any form of dissent could be subject to an ASBO.
I am sure that hate is just one of the emotions which the government (and EU) will save us from.
While the MythBusters is entertaining, it's not exactly science.
Its "Science entertainment", much as the super 12, rugby 7's or one day cricket are "Sports entertainment".
Sorry I can't give any USA-centric examples of sports entertainment... maybe baseball?
I yawned while reading that link. Does that prove it?
Hey, me too! It *is* contagious!
And to think, I usually dismiss 'mythbusters' as garbage...