I think that Wolfram is the only published and highly regarded scientist really trying hard to think outside of the box now days. If you study the last iterations of the theories of the Universe revolving around the earth, you will see what complexity in trying to make everything fit perfectly.
I actually do not have a problem accepting certain sciences. Ever since the discovery of 2003UB313, I have known that the standard definition of "planet" was not one size fits all. I accept that there are things out there that we have yet to fathom, whether talking about outer space or the depths of the oceans. The things we discover will change our points of view ("A planet must orbit a star!") to help us live better and longer lives (new pharmaceuticals based on deep sea lifeforms and more importantly Tang!).
"I would if a priest claimed christianity told a radically different story than many were tought though."
You mean like Jesus did? A big part of the New Testement is Jesus trying to get people to look at religion differently. In a much smaller way, Martin Luther changed people's perceptions of religion.
If they made a 3D version of Oregon Trail using the Doom or Quake engine and the old storyline, I would buy it. I would expect significantly improved hunting. The ability to shoot in towns wouldn't hurt either.
Of course, I would not want interactive 3D dysentary.
Unfortunately I imagine tools like this will make the managers at the top of the food chain expect more productivity and significantly less human checking. Automation can only take us so far, and there need to be experts who examine these things manually. Like the parent says, over relying on a tool like this could be very harmful to the overall project.
Religion also changes with observation and understanding. After all, Martin Luther was a monk before he started observing and understanding. As a Lutheran I have learned to question everything, including my own beliefs. I was making an FSM vs. fundementalist reference, but I guess it was lost.
Getting back on topic, does anyone know the latest update to the status of 2003UB313?
I know the reference. Afte all, GGP pasted a link to the FSM site on the comment. I was making a joke as well about how uptight people are. The second paragraph was completely in relation to TFA.
I'm not saying that there is no room for music on DVDs. What I am saying is that when I buy a DVD to play on my home theater, I want there to be some video as well. There are wonderful videos of groups in concert that have added to my interest in those groups far more than enhanced sound quality does. And if I go to Circuit City, I can get the video loaded on my personal media player. "Paul McCartney live from Red Square" is a lot more appealing to me than "Live and Let Die with slightly enhanced sound that you can only listen to in one region and while sitting in your family room unless you upgrade your car stereo."
"It also shows that no scientific theory can be trusted to be valid past lunch, we just never know when we'll find something new that blows the standing knowledge out of the water." (Emphesis mine.)
Dare I start an evolution debate?
Anyway, this does change our perceptions. Back in the day people thought that a planet could only be X, Y, and Z. With the discovery of strange pseudo planets, we have been forced to re-evaluate that belief.
I agree with you. It's not really even the DRM that bothers me so much; it's the fact that I can't use this in a CD palyer! When protecting the artists gets to the point of preventing me from using my perfectly legal (after Sony lost, that is) CD player, it has gone way beyond too far. Somewhere you can find perfectly legal CDs for all of your favorite artists.
The dems are the ones who view the greens and reds as threats. The Republicans just point and laugh.
I wonder why Diebold didn't get the contract to build this cending machine. We trust them with our money and the democratic process, but hands off our tasty snacks! I guess they must be important, though, of Homer was willing to lose an arm for them.
Interesting, I didn't realize that karma was flammable. Maybe that is why they are moving operations out of Cheyenne Mountain; to provide better notice of impending karma attacks!
I hope that this really takes off. They can challenge Sourceforge and will probably provide a better service overall. The problem is that so many people are devoted to Sourceforge. Do you think the user base overall is angry enough to make the switch?
Regardless of the specifics, I do not like this at all. I play CDs in the car and in my stereo in my bedroom. What good are disks that do not play in either place? If I want music on a DVD, I will buy a video of a live show. The production quality on some of those is amazing. I fail to see what niche this is filling.
It's more complicated than simply money issues, but I agree that this study does not prove much. If congressmen want to stay in office they need votes and they need to do what they think will get them elected. If you want to know what has your elected official's attention, it is much more direct to look them up in Project Vote Smart.
I am currently serving yet another internship, and I realize that we do a lot of the crap work. But real encyclopedias still have people reviewing. If they got as many little details wrong as Wikipedia does, no one would buy them.
"And with more diversity than any other encyclopedia company, I'd bet there's less bias than any other encyclopedia."
Quite the opposite! Wikipedia has only a select few people reviewing their more obscure topics, whereas real encyclopedias have teams of experts and editors factchecking everything. This means that Wikipedia has significantly more bias.
I don't even think that it is usually the honor system. People have their own biases and they often express them in their entries. People also post facts that they think are true but are actually false.
The trick is not quoting or refering to the source in any of your articles and instead just using him to guide you in the right direction. My paper is lucky enough never to have been sued.
Wikipedia is a great link aggregator but too much of the rest is too opinionated and poorly written. I altered the date of a vital foreign affairs treaty by 50 years to prove a point to a professor who loved Wikipedia. She changed it back when I told her what I had done, but it had been wrong for two weeks before then. Wikipedia generally gets the big picture right but don't trust it for details.
That's my point. I like both of the magazines you mention, but (especially in older issues) they tend to go out on a limb without always backing up everything they say. A quick Google search reveals several ways to commit electoral fraud on lever machines, but I cannot find mention of any of them actually being used in the past 30 years.
Slashdot Mirror
True, but could you frag a stupid squirrel on OT II?
I think that Wolfram is the only published and highly regarded scientist really trying hard to think outside of the box now days. If you study the last iterations of the theories of the Universe revolving around the earth, you will see what complexity in trying to make everything fit perfectly.
"I would if a priest claimed christianity told a radically different story than many were tought though."
You mean like Jesus did? A big part of the New Testement is Jesus trying to get people to look at religion differently. In a much smaller way, Martin Luther changed people's perceptions of religion.
Of course, I would not want interactive 3D dysentary.
Unfortunately I imagine tools like this will make the managers at the top of the food chain expect more productivity and significantly less human checking. Automation can only take us so far, and there need to be experts who examine these things manually. Like the parent says, over relying on a tool like this could be very harmful to the overall project.
Getting back on topic, does anyone know the latest update to the status of 2003UB313?
I know the reference. Afte all, GGP pasted a link to the FSM site on the comment. I was making a joke as well about how uptight people are. The second paragraph was completely in relation to TFA.
I'm not saying that there is no room for music on DVDs. What I am saying is that when I buy a DVD to play on my home theater, I want there to be some video as well. There are wonderful videos of groups in concert that have added to my interest in those groups far more than enhanced sound quality does. And if I go to Circuit City, I can get the video loaded on my personal media player. "Paul McCartney live from Red Square" is a lot more appealing to me than "Live and Let Die with slightly enhanced sound that you can only listen to in one region and while sitting in your family room unless you upgrade your car stereo."
Dare I start an evolution debate?
Anyway, this does change our perceptions. Back in the day people thought that a planet could only be X, Y, and Z. With the discovery of strange pseudo planets, we have been forced to re-evaluate that belief.
I agree with you. It's not really even the DRM that bothers me so much; it's the fact that I can't use this in a CD palyer! When protecting the artists gets to the point of preventing me from using my perfectly legal (after Sony lost, that is) CD player, it has gone way beyond too far. Somewhere you can find perfectly legal CDs for all of your favorite artists.
Uh, support? LostCluster, I think you need to remember that we're talking about AOL here.
I parse html internally. I mean real html, my cerebral IDE doesn't understand that funky Microsoft only stuff.
I wonder why Diebold didn't get the contract to build this cending machine. We trust them with our money and the democratic process, but hands off our tasty snacks! I guess they must be important, though, of Homer was willing to lose an arm for them.
Interesting, I didn't realize that karma was flammable. Maybe that is why they are moving operations out of Cheyenne Mountain; to provide better notice of impending karma attacks!
I hope that this really takes off. They can challenge Sourceforge and will probably provide a better service overall. The problem is that so many people are devoted to Sourceforge. Do you think the user base overall is angry enough to make the switch?
Regardless of the specifics, I do not like this at all. I play CDs in the car and in my stereo in my bedroom. What good are disks that do not play in either place? If I want music on a DVD, I will buy a video of a live show. The production quality on some of those is amazing. I fail to see what niche this is filling.
Uh... Slashdot anyone?
It's more complicated than simply money issues, but I agree that this study does not prove much. If congressmen want to stay in office they need votes and they need to do what they think will get them elected. If you want to know what has your elected official's attention, it is much more direct to look them up in Project Vote Smart.
I am currently serving yet another internship, and I realize that we do a lot of the crap work. But real encyclopedias still have people reviewing. If they got as many little details wrong as Wikipedia does, no one would buy them.
Quite the opposite! Wikipedia has only a select few people reviewing their more obscure topics, whereas real encyclopedias have teams of experts and editors factchecking everything. This means that Wikipedia has significantly more bias.
Good article, though I prefer the Military.com piece because it more directly addresses the tactical possibilities of the technology.
I don't even think that it is usually the honor system. People have their own biases and they often express them in their entries. People also post facts that they think are true but are actually false.
The trick is not quoting or refering to the source in any of your articles and instead just using him to guide you in the right direction. My paper is lucky enough never to have been sued.
Wikipedia is a great link aggregator but too much of the rest is too opinionated and poorly written. I altered the date of a vital foreign affairs treaty by 50 years to prove a point to a professor who loved Wikipedia. She changed it back when I told her what I had done, but it had been wrong for two weeks before then. Wikipedia generally gets the big picture right but don't trust it for details.
That's my point. I like both of the magazines you mention, but (especially in older issues) they tend to go out on a limb without always backing up everything they say. A quick Google search reveals several ways to commit electoral fraud on lever machines, but I cannot find mention of any of them actually being used in the past 30 years.