It's neither possible nor impossible until someone observes it. If it's impossible nobody can observe it in any case. It follows that the only case in which there is uncertainty is if it's possible. Because we are uncertain, it must therefore be possible. But if that is the case, there is no uncertainty. We can therefore conclude that the only thing we can be certain about is that we are uncertain.
The good news is that the board dropped a 20-year-old requirement that both "strengths and weaknesses" of all scientific theories be taught; score one for the teaching of evolution.
And how is this good news? Once a scientific theory is established, we should ignore any evidence that may disprove it because it has become the accepted truth? I don't see how teaching evolution as "the truth" is significantly better than teaching intelligent design as "the truth". Science is not dogma.
(although I couldn't see how it can survive a re-flashing.)
Presumably reflashing the BIOS is normally performed by code within the BIOS. If you can corrupt the code in the BIOS you would have control over the flash programming, so could prevent the user from overwriting the infected blocks. I doubt this refers to physically removing the PROM and reflashing with an external programmer.
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime.
and
The book has often been misinterpreted as an attack on socialism; Orwell himself had occasion to refute such claims, both privately and in public.
Perhaps you should set about editing these pages, as the people who wrote them are obviously as clueless as me. While you're at it, the page on Brave New World doesn't yet have a treatise on the book as a criticism of facism, so you might want to fill that in too. Personally, I don't see any connection with facism in brave new world whatsoever.
1984 was about Socialism "IngSoc" gone crazy. Of course it was totalitarian, but totalitarian is an extremely broad characterization. Communism or Socialism are more descriptive of the actual type of government.
So, saying 1984 was about totalitarianism is to miss the vast majority of the point.
Brave New World was, likewise, about totalitarianism, but when you state that as if it meant anything of interest of value it, again, completely misses the point.
You should really read the book again. The fact that the government regards itself as socialist is neither here nor there. If the goverment was facist in nature, do you think the book would have been significantly different? The book is about the effects of a government exercising absolute control over it's citizenry in order to achieve it's political ideals, which you will notice are not at all socialist or communist in nature. This is totalitarianism. If he had wanted to portray a true socialist state he would have made it classless.
My mannerism to a public servant (be it Police, Fire, EMT, Politician, and Military) is out of respect in that they put their life on the line for me, or have been elected in a democratic fashion.
I think the question is do you address everybody you respect as "sir", or is it just police officers etc? Is this the norm?
Haven't you been reading the news? I mean the joke is practically "in Soviet UK,...". Near as I can tell, they're well past 1984 which was supposed to be a "if the commies ran Britain" kind of story anyway.
Perhaps because this site isn't solely devoted to providing personalised news for you and nobody else? The irony is, you could customise slashdot so it doesn't show apple stories if you were so inclined.
Obviously the best way to increase your chance of survival is to minimise your time in the dead zone, and this is the obvious solution IMO. Honestly, I don't know why nobody has thought of this before.
It doesn't matter if Best Buy pays for the results. Who cares if someone spends the hours or doesn't? You got results, you got paid. You, as Best Buy, are willing to pay for some amount of results.
This reminds me of a story I heard about the first accountant to try Visicalc. His reacton was somethng like "This is great - now I can do my entire week's work in an afternoon, and spend the rest of the week with my wife and kids". We all know how that worked out.
Figure out a protocol and stick with it. That's why regular plug-in USB works so well.
So presumably we should all still be using RS232 for everything?
Apart from the obvious advances in technology which make protocols obsolete, different protocols are better for different tasks. In general there is a trade-off between high bandwidth and low latency. There is also cost versus performance to consider, and performance versus flexibility. USB, for example, is great for what it was designed for - a low cost general purpose interface for computer peripherals - but it's very inefficient at large burst transfers, e.g. disk drive access. A lot of new protocols get developed because the existing ones are far from perfect - some of these don't work as well as expected, or just don't get adopted because of market forces. Hence the large variety of protocols.
... and to answer your first question, wireless USB has almost 500x the peak bandwidth of bluetooth.
he can't take the high taxes and cost of living anymore, among other things. I wonder if he ever connected the two
In Germany they pay close to twice as much tax as Britain, yet the cost of living is considerably lower. What connection are you expecting him to make?
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(Hmm, leaving her behind might be a good thing... )
What you might call a "hinterectomy"?
It's neither possible nor impossible until someone observes it. If it's impossible nobody can observe it in any case. It follows that the only case in which there is uncertainty is if it's possible. Because we are uncertain, it must therefore be possible. But if that is the case, there is no uncertainty. We can therefore conclude that the only thing we can be certain about is that we are uncertain.
The good news is that the board dropped a 20-year-old requirement that both "strengths and weaknesses" of all scientific theories be taught; score one for the teaching of evolution.
And how is this good news? Once a scientific theory is established, we should ignore any evidence that may disprove it because it has become the accepted truth? I don't see how teaching evolution as "the truth" is significantly better than teaching intelligent design as "the truth". Science is not dogma.
I shouldn't be notified that my windows may explode unexpectedly?
Yes you should. As such, I'd like to warn you that your windows may explode unexpectedly at any moment.
(although I couldn't see how it can survive a re-flashing.)
Presumably reflashing the BIOS is normally performed by code within the BIOS. If you can corrupt the code in the BIOS you would have control over the flash programming, so could prevent the user from overwriting the infected blocks. I doubt this refers to physically removing the PROM and reflashing with an external programmer.
...or maybe a single button in the centre of the dashboard which steers you in a random direction.
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime.
and
The book has often been misinterpreted as an attack on socialism; Orwell himself had occasion to refute such claims, both privately and in public.
Perhaps you should set about editing these pages, as the people who wrote them are obviously as clueless as me. While you're at it, the page on Brave New World doesn't yet have a treatise on the book as a criticism of facism, so you might want to fill that in too. Personally, I don't see any connection with facism in brave new world whatsoever.
1984 was about Socialism "IngSoc" gone crazy. Of course it was totalitarian, but totalitarian is an extremely broad characterization. Communism or Socialism are more descriptive of the actual type of government.
So, saying 1984 was about totalitarianism is to miss the vast majority of the point. Brave New World was, likewise, about totalitarianism, but when you state that as if it meant anything of interest of value it, again, completely misses the point.
You should really read the book again. The fact that the government regards itself as socialist is neither here nor there. If the goverment was facist in nature, do you think the book would have been significantly different? The book is about the effects of a government exercising absolute control over it's citizenry in order to achieve it's political ideals, which you will notice are not at all socialist or communist in nature. This is totalitarianism. If he had wanted to portray a true socialist state he would have made it classless.
My mannerism to a public servant (be it Police, Fire, EMT, Politician, and Military) is out of respect in that they put their life on the line for me, or have been elected in a democratic fashion.
I think the question is do you address everybody you respect as "sir", or is it just police officers etc? Is this the norm?
Haven't you been reading the news? I mean the joke is practically "in Soviet UK,...". Near as I can tell, they're well past 1984 which was supposed to be a "if the commies ran Britain" kind of story anyway.
1984 was about totalitarianism, not communism.
But why the hell do I need to encrypt the message to my mom about my Easter plans?
For the same reason people feel the need to send most written letters in envelopes rather than on postcards.
I can imagine a similar response by many western governments if naked characters were actually naked, with visible genitalia
Blend it!
You're talking about booms. The sentence you quote talks about bubbles.
Perhaps because this site isn't solely devoted to providing personalised news for you and nobody else? The irony is, you could customise slashdot so it doesn't show apple stories if you were so inclined.
Obviously the best way to increase your chance of survival is to minimise your time in the dead zone, and this is the obvious solution IMO. Honestly, I don't know why nobody has thought of this before.
any meteor leaving a 30 meter wide and 20 foot deep crater (meteor being approximately 30 inches wide) is not going to hit the ground steaming hot
Unless it's composed of some substance which is gaseous at atmospheric temperature
What home user really cares if their PC takes 150W or 180W ?
Laptop users
1. why aren't companies like Pfizer investing in it?
The trouble with investing in government programs is that the entire project can be ditched overnight for the benefit of someone's political agenda
It doesn't matter if Best Buy pays for the results. Who cares if someone spends the hours or doesn't? You got results, you got paid. You, as Best Buy, are willing to pay for some amount of results.
This reminds me of a story I heard about the first accountant to try Visicalc. His reacton was somethng like "This is great - now I can do my entire week's work in an afternoon, and spend the rest of the week with my wife and kids". We all know how that worked out.
I'm going to wait until Web 3.1 before I upgrade - give them a chance to iron the bugs out.
Nice try KFC, but it's been done before
"Yeah - we are going to create a sequel to Duke Nukem."
Figure out a protocol and stick with it. That's why regular plug-in USB works so well.
So presumably we should all still be using RS232 for everything?
Apart from the obvious advances in technology which make protocols obsolete, different protocols are better for different tasks. In general there is a trade-off between high bandwidth and low latency. There is also cost versus performance to consider, and performance versus flexibility. USB, for example, is great for what it was designed for - a low cost general purpose interface for computer peripherals - but it's very inefficient at large burst transfers, e.g. disk drive access. A lot of new protocols get developed because the existing ones are far from perfect - some of these don't work as well as expected, or just don't get adopted because of market forces. Hence the large variety of protocols.
In Germany they pay close to twice as much tax as Britain, yet the cost of living is considerably lower. What connection are you expecting him to make?