In the era of shortening attention spans,/. is secretely conspiring to either re-educate the masses if they succeed, or give the editors an easy life it they fail.
How can the poster himself say "yep, it's a dupe"? Why not just block the news in that case? Why admit so blatantly?
However I don't know the intricacies of/. news posting... maybe the only thing the editor can do is add a comment but not delete the news? Just wondering...
I've been a really good geek this year. I have studied the intricacies of the quantic string field network and built a beowulf cluster out of my old Apple II. I have also helped my school to install their own park of budget PCs and given classes to the senior citizens in our town's retirement home.
So I think I deserved that Terabyte HDD system I saw online [pricegrabber].
Maybe your elves can built it. I have some schematics for it. Pr0... er... pencil holder schematics are becoming really big, with the internet and all, you know, Santa?
So the surgeon will have this walkman, and only cuts something when the music is harmonious.
It looks ridiculous said like this, but imagine the uses in emergency situations - you have to setup a connection using whatever network you can find, and the bandwidth usage changes constantly. So by listening to the "sound", you can take action at the right time without worrying about lag.
Even if this theory it true and explains a lot about the universe, it will be like the weather:
We have all the formulas and we can predict how things work for a given set of variables. But in the real world we don't even have a way to store all the existing variables.:-(
By the way, I'm surprised that nobody mentioned that the spatial network thingy was basically a beowulf cluster of quantum particles...:-)
The article says that being outside of the universe will make everything clear.
Well, that's kind of obvious, considering than in the 3rd dimension we can see everything inside the 2nd dimension. So if we could go to a higher dimensional plane, we could finally see what our own dimensional structure is.
But I wonder what kind of experiments we can do to test this theory while remaining inside of our measle three-dimensional mortal envelopes.
Somebody bring me Schrodinger's cat, I have to try something. ^^
As with any other theory, we can discover that some constants are only so under certain conditions - that still makes the theory valid, but allows a whole new sets of possibilities.
She talks about physics like it's cooking.
If it turns out she's right, a whole new generation of scientist will grow up thinking that women are only good with kitchen-related things.
If it turns out she's not, then, it's just a flash in the pan.
Insert moronic sexist joke here.
(I hope she's right though, it's about time that somebody found something significant, to finally have another woman's name in physics books).
That this is not about free speech. It's about freedom of access to information. The difference lies in the fact that if the media of communication is owned or regulated by the government, then speech through it is not a right, but a privilege granted by the government.
It's this way even in the US. Try setting up a powerful radio transmitter at a random frequency and see how much time passes before the FCC is slamming your door open.
Those laws can only work if the person comes back to his (her) original country (or any other that has a similar law). If the person stays there, then it's useless.
Of course, you can have diplomatic agreements for extraditions. But in the case of the companies, the only law that would prevent this would be a Software Embargo law.
Now that raises a full different sets of issues. Who's to say that the population will not suffer in the long run because of the embargo?
Actually, they just have to divert all the money they spent for licenses to the motivation of a team of good programmers, who were spending time trying to figure out how much spyware was embedded in foreign software...
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You don't really need to ask that. Just count the dupes.
Do you regret making the comments that broadband in Korea is being driven primarily by demand for porn and games?
Has nobody told this guy that porn and games drive demand for the Internet in the whole world?
The truth is out there, mate!
Now if I can only get this blasted server to pick up these files...
In the era of shortening attention spans, /. is secretely conspiring to either re-educate the masses if they succeed, or give the editors an easy life it they fail.
How can the poster himself say "yep, it's a dupe"? Why not just block the news in that case? Why admit so blatantly?
/. news posting... maybe the only thing the editor can do is add a comment but not delete the news? Just wondering...
However I don't know the intricacies of
But he warned: "The chances are, it won't be long before it's used for aesthetic reasons."
Not to mention that this kind of surgery could make the Face Dancer spies from Dune a reality...
...how many re-runs of Face/Off he has seen.
I forgot that donators are already dead.
Then, for sure, people will sell their face so their families can have the money.
Many people around the world are donating much more than a face for a quick buck. So, yes, some people will donate it if it doesn't kill them.
The guy that has an army of green elves working in a toy factory paid with a whiff of magic powder is not really the best guy to ask for a job...
Dear Santa,
I've been a really good geek this year. I have studied the intricacies of the quantic string field network and built a beowulf cluster out of my old Apple II. I have also helped my school to install their own park of budget PCs and given classes to the senior citizens in our town's retirement home.
So I think I deserved that Terabyte HDD system I saw online [pricegrabber].
Maybe your elves can built it. I have some schematics for it. Pr0... er... pencil holder schematics are becoming really big, with the internet and all, you know, Santa?
Yours,
Geeky Geeks.
a normal visitor would be shocked that most of the world wants naked ladies.
Why? Isn't that kind of, you know, evolutionarily genetic?
So the surgeon will have this walkman, and only cuts something when the music is harmonious.
It looks ridiculous said like this, but imagine the uses in emergency situations - you have to setup a connection using whatever network you can find, and the bandwidth usage changes constantly. So by listening to the "sound", you can take action at the right time without worrying about lag.
You see, if you don't look at yourself, you are either getting laid or you are not, with an equal probability.
If you look you may find out you are not getting laid. So you should never look, because half laid is better than not laid at all.
Just go ask that cat if you don't believe me.
Even if this theory it true and explains a lot about the universe, it will be like the weather:
:-(
:-)
We have all the formulas and we can predict how things work for a given set of variables. But in the real world we don't even have a way to store all the existing variables.
By the way, I'm surprised that nobody mentioned that the spatial network thingy was basically a beowulf cluster of quantum particles...
The article says that being outside of the universe will make everything clear.
Well, that's kind of obvious, considering than in the 3rd dimension we can see everything inside the 2nd dimension. So if we could go to a higher dimensional plane, we could finally see what our own dimensional structure is.
But I wonder what kind of experiments we can do to test this theory while remaining inside of our measle three-dimensional mortal envelopes.
Somebody bring me Schrodinger's cat, I have to try something. ^^
Slightly OT: these kinds of news makes you wish Cosmos and Dr. Sagan were still around and explain about them with Vangelis' music in the background.
Maybe if this theory doesn't work out we can ask her to host a show? (or else we post a story linking to their website ^^).
As with any other theory, we can discover that some constants are only so under certain conditions - that still makes the theory valid, but allows a whole new sets of possibilities.
If this works out we'll have anti-gravity engines?
Hey, I can hope, can't I?
She talks about physics like it's cooking. If it turns out she's right, a whole new generation of scientist will grow up thinking that women are only good with kitchen-related things. If it turns out she's not, then, it's just a flash in the pan. Insert moronic sexist joke here. (I hope she's right though, it's about time that somebody found something significant, to finally have another woman's name in physics books).
That this is not about free speech. It's about freedom of access to information. The difference lies in the fact that if the media of communication is owned or regulated by the government, then speech through it is not a right, but a privilege granted by the government.
It's this way even in the US. Try setting up a powerful radio transmitter at a random frequency and see how much time passes before the FCC is slamming your door open.
Those laws can only work if the person comes back to his (her) original country (or any other that has a similar law). If the person stays there, then it's useless.
Of course, you can have diplomatic agreements for extraditions. But in the case of the companies, the only law that would prevent this would be a Software Embargo law.
Now that raises a full different sets of issues. Who's to say that the population will not suffer in the long run because of the embargo?
A company's primary objective is still to make money. The nuance lies in the fact that everybody involved makes money, even the employees.
Actually, they just have to divert all the money they spent for licenses to the motivation of a team of good programmers, who were spending time trying to figure out how much spyware was embedded in foreign software...
Now Amnesty thinks Windows is reliable and does what you want it to do.