Someone once said that repeating the same action over and over, expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.
Every DRM scheme devised has been cracked, most before they even hit the shelf. And yes it is a paradox. At some point the content goes analog and at that point you can copy it. You literally cannot deny and grant access at the same time.
By that definition it is insane to spend resources developing and utilizing yet another DRM system.
"The big issue here is in how a state broadcaster and a regulator conspired to very much go against the interests of the public. In that regard it certainly is a "news at 11" situation for the more cynical ones among us."
I think you mean its news for the less cynical. For the true cynics like myself it would have been news had they acted in the interests of the public.
There are definitely gimme internet tests but they aren't all that way. I received the same score when tested online as I received when tested in high school.
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"Sample some extra-class ham radio exams, some CCNP cert BGP questions, some organic chemistry questions, some "end of chapter" questions from Knuth and Feynman's Lectures, mostly selected because I'd ace those, but they're not a bad start."
That would still be a knowledge and not aptitude test. You've simply changed the trivia topics.
An aptitude test would require deriving the answer with the prerequisite knowledge and data provided in the question.
Sorry but I'm with him. SOME friction is your friend. This is why anal sex feels better than vaginal sex, more points of CONTACT. There is nothing worse than the over application of lubricant (or sex with a condom which is similar in ways). Friction and touch go hand in hand. Lubrication reduces friction but without any friction there is no touching happening.
I suppose that depends on WHY your culture/religion does not allow eating pork. If the reason is because a pig suffers then yeah. If the reason is 'cuz god says so' yer pretty much screwed.
The current generation of GUI designers think they know better than the actual users. They will cite usability studies when completely disregarding the feedback of users. More and more these elitist 'artists' are given control of design. More and more the 'vocal minority' fallacy is used to dismiss those have the inclination and ability to provide feedback.
The problem with this mentality? Users interact with the study, not usability studies. Users care about how close the next button they need to click is or how hard it is to find it. They don't stop and consider whether an element 'logically belongs' to another element.
"C" and "Perl" are completely different cultures than "javascript" and "C#" as well. These languages are entrenched in an RTFM culture that means the coders who use them generally try to find the answers for themselves before posting to a board expecting someone else to deliver for them.
The ratings have an inverse relation to the average competence and self-reliance of those using the language. Javascript and C# are typically used by inexperienced programmers or programmers without advanced internals knowledge. People on this side of the coin haven't been told to RTFM enough so they expect others to give them answers rather than finding them themselves. PHP and Python coders thrive in a community populated by many former Perl coders so many of them get the proper RTFM treatment but they are also popular and easy languages so they only get the middle ground. C programmers thrive in a world of RTFM and are close enough to the internals that they usually know what the problem is.
The idea that this is because Javascript and C# are 'hard' is actually fairly laughable.
Everyone mentions zero-g given human psychological nature I think a bigger issue is food. They clearly had fresh greens and 6 massive freezers and as much again in another room if you watched the video. They had bread, etc. They wouldn't have ANY of this in space.
Food has a major impact on our psyche and mental state and I'm not just talking about the nutritional value. They should have been required to drink packet sludge through tubes.
How? I know the now abandoned previous effort using lasers would be pretty pricey but this is using regular IR light if I understood the story correctly.
You act as if the stock price has something to do with the actual position of the relative markets. The parent is taking the more likely position that the price (especially short term) will be based on the fickle knee jerk reactions of millions of traders who are completely ignorant of both technology and actual economics.
extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence... this is often repeated but there is NOTHING in science to support this idea. It amounts to nothing more than a smell test. While a smell test, gut, or hunch might tend to work out it isn't part of the scientific method.
Claims require the preponderance of evidence. Increased burdens to prove unlikely claims should happen organically due to the preponderance of evidence being counter to them.
"Not only that, but most utilities aren't required to do anything but buy the power."
Ours is required to pay for the meter that runs backwards, pay for the power, and give a reduced rate on any grid power you do use for 20yrs. This has nothing to do with slaves. You are the one benefiting from the subsidies you are complaining about and the subsidies are voluntary (unlike slavery or accepting goods from a slaves master). So, you aren't just a hypocrite but actually believe you are getting out of paying your fair share and cheating by accepting the tax credits. So you are making what for you is a conscious choice to cheat and steal from your country and fellow man.
Since you are opposed to subsidy you didn't take the state and federal tax credits and refused any programs the state required your utility company to provide right?
The 2% man-made gases is what I was referring to and with a closer re-read I concur with your assessment of the article. Looking at the article you linked we can get a percentage view of CO2. It says there are 750 gigatons in the total carbon cycle annually and humans are responsible for 29 gigatons of that. That is actually about 3.86% of CO2 emissions. I haven't reviewed THEIR sources of data.
It doesn't really change my personal opinion on the topic though. I believe that we should focus on engineering sequestering solutions rather than relying on people complying and behaving.
There is a great deal more ocean than land. So if I were trying to solve this I might work on ocean algae farming. If we intentionally seed large algae blooms we can then cold press that into oil. That oil then could be reserved rather than used immediately and released in time of need or when it makes ecological sense. The fertilizer could be used immediately and actually help with the process further by helping to grow plants which of course sequester more carbon.
Of course to minimize the energy cost of the process manually powered hydraulic presses could be used to extract the oil. It's a labor intensive process that would create jobs and build valuable and tangible assets that strengthen our national economy (speaking as a USian).
This is all off the cuff. I'm sure it has been looked into by more qualified eyes than mine.
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If it still has an ethernet port or wifi access it'll still be software p0wn3d
Someone once said that repeating the same action over and over, expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.
Every DRM scheme devised has been cracked, most before they even hit the shelf. And yes it is a paradox. At some point the content goes analog and at that point you can copy it. You literally cannot deny and grant access at the same time.
By that definition it is insane to spend resources developing and utilizing yet another DRM system.
"The big issue here is in how a state broadcaster and a regulator conspired to very much go against the interests of the public. In that regard it certainly is a "news at 11" situation for the more cynical ones among us."
I think you mean its news for the less cynical. For the true cynics like myself it would have been news had they acted in the interests of the public.
There are definitely gimme internet tests but they aren't all that way. I received the same score when tested online as I received when tested in high school.
"Sample some extra-class ham radio exams, some CCNP cert BGP questions, some organic chemistry questions, some "end of chapter" questions from Knuth and Feynman's Lectures, mostly selected because I'd ace those, but they're not a bad start."
That would still be a knowledge and not aptitude test. You've simply changed the trivia topics.
An aptitude test would require deriving the answer with the prerequisite knowledge and data provided in the question.
Sorry but I'm with him. SOME friction is your friend. This is why anal sex feels better than vaginal sex, more points of CONTACT. There is nothing worse than the over application of lubricant (or sex with a condom which is similar in ways). Friction and touch go hand in hand. Lubrication reduces friction but without any friction there is no touching happening.
It'll be sold if its cheaper and tastes worse.
I suppose that depends on WHY your culture/religion does not allow eating pork. If the reason is because a pig suffers then yeah. If the reason is 'cuz god says so' yer pretty much screwed.
I wish there was more information on how to culture and harvest these cells. 8 dishes of protein to one dish of fat cells.
Even better would be the ability to grow complete muscles. Don't think steak, think veal filet mignon!
Even most of women aren't really women. They are lesbians with big mental meat hammers. Or they are freaky and/or fat chicks.
The current generation of GUI designers think they know better than the actual users. They will cite usability studies when completely disregarding the feedback of users. More and more these elitist 'artists' are given control of design. More and more the 'vocal minority' fallacy is used to dismiss those have the inclination and ability to provide feedback.
The problem with this mentality? Users interact with the study, not usability studies. Users care about how close the next button they need to click is or how hard it is to find it. They don't stop and consider whether an element 'logically belongs' to another element.
"C" and "Perl" are completely different cultures than "javascript" and "C#" as well. These languages are entrenched in an RTFM culture that means the coders who use them generally try to find the answers for themselves before posting to a board expecting someone else to deliver for them.
The ratings have an inverse relation to the average competence and self-reliance of those using the language. Javascript and C# are typically used by inexperienced programmers or programmers without advanced internals knowledge. People on this side of the coin haven't been told to RTFM enough so they expect others to give them answers rather than finding them themselves. PHP and Python coders thrive in a community populated by many former Perl coders so many of them get the proper RTFM treatment but they are also popular and easy languages so they only get the middle ground. C programmers thrive in a world of RTFM and are close enough to the internals that they usually know what the problem is.
The idea that this is because Javascript and C# are 'hard' is actually fairly laughable.
Pascal really isn't much like C... FORTRAN is probably more like C than Pascal. Pascal is closer to BASIC than C.
Everyone mentions zero-g given human psychological nature I think a bigger issue is food. They clearly had fresh greens and 6 massive freezers and as much again in another room if you watched the video. They had bread, etc. They wouldn't have ANY of this in space.
Food has a major impact on our psyche and mental state and I'm not just talking about the nutritional value. They should have been required to drink packet sludge through tubes.
Of course it can. There are bathrooms.
There's nothing cheap about a solar installation with batteries. Not in initial materials and not in maintenance costs.
How? I know the now abandoned previous effort using lasers would be pretty pricey but this is using regular IR light if I understood the story correctly.
You act as if the stock price has something to do with the actual position of the relative markets. The parent is taking the more likely position that the price (especially short term) will be based on the fickle knee jerk reactions of millions of traders who are completely ignorant of both technology and actual economics.
cold fusion is improbable, not impossible
It would be pretty normal for any power plant to have issues that cause its opening to be delayed. That isn't evidence of anything.
extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence... this is often repeated but there is NOTHING in science to support this idea. It amounts to nothing more than a smell test. While a smell test, gut, or hunch might tend to work out it isn't part of the scientific method.
Claims require the preponderance of evidence. Increased burdens to prove unlikely claims should happen organically due to the preponderance of evidence being counter to them.
"Not only that, but most utilities aren't required to do anything but buy the power."
Ours is required to pay for the meter that runs backwards, pay for the power, and give a reduced rate on any grid power you do use for 20yrs. This has nothing to do with slaves. You are the one benefiting from the subsidies you are complaining about and the subsidies are voluntary (unlike slavery or accepting goods from a slaves master). So, you aren't just a hypocrite but actually believe you are getting out of paying your fair share and cheating by accepting the tax credits. So you are making what for you is a conscious choice to cheat and steal from your country and fellow man.
Since you are opposed to subsidy you didn't take the state and federal tax credits and refused any programs the state required your utility company to provide right?
The 2% man-made gases is what I was referring to and with a closer re-read I concur with your assessment of the article. Looking at the article you linked we can get a percentage view of CO2. It says there are 750 gigatons in the total carbon cycle annually and humans are responsible for 29 gigatons of that. That is actually about 3.86% of CO2 emissions. I haven't reviewed THEIR sources of data.
It doesn't really change my personal opinion on the topic though. I believe that we should focus on engineering sequestering solutions rather than relying on people complying and behaving.
There is a great deal more ocean than land. So if I were trying to solve this I might work on ocean algae farming. If we intentionally seed large algae blooms we can then cold press that into oil. That oil then could be reserved rather than used immediately and released in time of need or when it makes ecological sense. The fertilizer could be used immediately and actually help with the process further by helping to grow plants which of course sequester more carbon.
Of course to minimize the energy cost of the process manually powered hydraulic presses could be used to extract the oil. It's a labor intensive process that would create jobs and build valuable and tangible assets that strengthen our national economy (speaking as a USian).
This is all off the cuff. I'm sure it has been looked into by more qualified eyes than mine.