I came across them last week. They concern a lecture by Lessing on the problems of governing America, on 'Institutional Corruption' in general and of Congress in particular.
This (mirror approach) is explained in V. S. Ramachandran's book "Phantoms in the Brain". I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever enjoyed books by Oliver Sachs or is just generally curious about the brain.
If you're really cool you'll type all the letters you need for a given command and then put them in the correct order using CTRL+T in Bubble-Sort Style!
back when I was in school I used to play 3 hours or more every day.
Now I havn't played properly on almost 3 years and was greatly looking forward to playing Prince of Persia after the glowing reviews it had received.
It was a walkthrough!
I don't mean to say that I never needed more than one attempt, but the jump sequences were ALL too easy. (I needed 6 attempts only once - the timed run with the collapsing floor outside the tower walls - for those who played it). The riddles were not riddles but wastes of time... (who ever thought of having a character in the game tell you whenever you were gong wrong - like in the 'arming the palace' sequence).
I only needed ONE attemt for the last fight. :-(
but I have not had so much fun playing a game for ages and I can't wait for a mission/add-on pack that is hopefully a bit harder.
firstly (obviously) all particles would be exchanged for antiparticles. That means that in the star, anti-protons would fuse to anti-helium releasing electron-neutrinos (as opposed to our sun releasing anti-electron-neutrinos) [this is an effect of the weak interaction]
note also: a poton is it's own antiparticle, this the stars would shine just like ours do. gravity wise you wouldn't be able to tell the difference either. paricles and anti-particles have the same gravitational mass...
I'm sorry but I don't think an anti-matter setting for your book would be particularly interesting or exotic...
perhaps if there are sentient (anti)beings who realise that they are overpowered by matter and live in constant fear of being anhilated *grin*
(...makes more for dark kind of scifi...)
in germany there is "nachnahme"
what this means is that the seller sends the itm to the buyer and the byer pays the postman at the door. The post takes responsibility for the transaction in exchange for a small fee. that way both buyers and sellers are safe from fraud.
Ok it's common knowledge that this sort of thing just would not pass in the EU. In fact when the liscense agreement changed, it was only for amazon.com not.co.uk or.de (both of which I am a customer of).
I emailed amazon.com asking to be permanently removed from their database. It took a while to find the correct e-mail address but I got a response in the end saying that my account had been cancelled.:-)
one amazon.de/amazon.co.uk purchase later I was back in the amazon.com database. I even got the "welcome back here are you recommendation..." link at the top of the page.
Now I don't know what you think of that, but it's deffinately illegal (in the EU anyway) but I guess the felony was commited by amazon.comm (a US company) ooooOOOHHHH legal grey-zone....wOOhOO I think I'm going to try to cancel all my amazon accounts but it won't be easy.
Why can't the united states of america finally adopt sensible consumer rights laws.../me shakes head
Q: I want to write a Linux driver for the PJB. Can I get specifications for the programming interfaces for the PJB or the USB protocol?
A: Not at this time. We do recognize that Linux and Macintosh users would like support for the PJB, but our initial product launch has focused on the Windows implementation.
>While I agree that not every linux user wants to >be a UNIX sysadmin...
how true, HOW TRUE!!! THat is the whole point. And some do, ok fine., Here's my suggestion: A split window in the GUI. On the left, you click on check boxes, select from pulldownmenus etc, and on the right, in a text window, it displays the file you are editing while you are clicking..
I think that all articles should be displayed on the main page by default and then people could chose, if they didn't want to see too much science news that these only be displayed in the science section etc. rather than the articles not being displayed at all.
To the artice I have to say, I thought it was really funny. especially the last one...
"I think we have to be careful how we use this," Ms. Spindler said
how very true.
This follows on niceley from the previous discussion on Gattacca. While it is fascinating, and has immense potential it can be misused. Overall however I must say: impressive.
"The house cat, Cayenne, acts towards her kitten like any typical feline mother: protecting her, nursing her and objecting loudly when her offspring is picked up."
ok maybe this works for cats but can you think of eg. being mother to a chimpanzee (ok this only applies to you female/. ers out there (at least for the time being;-)
I think that sooner or later thte question,must arise, how you define life. A human, after all, is only a lump of chemicals, albeit a very complex one. A few months ago, a story was reported on/. I think) that scientists had managed to create a chemical that was able to re-produce itself. Then there was the story of the re-producing, mutating computer code growing into very stable programs (a BBC tech story if I remember correctly). Now it may be possible to make a cell - a new species, or even an existing species (as in reproduce an exact copy of a M. genitalium bacterium). The way I see this last case is: on the one hand, whether you "breed" new M.genitalium bacteria or make them chemically, what you are left with at the end is the same.... On the other, whether one can ethically support scenarios like in Gattacca, I am in no position to answer, all I can say is:
I am glad to live in these times, there is a lot of exciting research, a lot of fascinating new technologies. Further I am glad not to live in a time where these technologies are already in widespread use....
The interesting thing is discovering these things. The dangerous thing is doing something with the discoveries!
isn't the whole point of insurance that ti costs you money but WHEN something happens you're covered. You're paying for security. If you move more and more to charging people whit a family history (of heart failure for example) that defeats the purpose of insurance - you are charging people for the services they require not "insurance"
Neutrino
the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of the oncoming train.
Slashdot Mirror
I would like to contribute these three links to the discussion.
http://blip.tv/file/3120038
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100222/lessig_video
http://nitn.thenation.com/2010/02/03/sign-the-petition-to-change-congress-now/
I came across them last week. They concern a lecture by Lessing on the problems of governing America, on 'Institutional Corruption' in general and of Congress in particular.
Worth looking at.
A.
This (mirror approach) is explained in V. S. Ramachandran's book "Phantoms in the Brain".
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever enjoyed books by Oliver Sachs or is just generally curious about the brain.
don't you mean ... a 3x3x3 and a 4x4x4 cube?
You mean Taikonauts you insensitive clod!
don't forge CTRL+T
here and here
and I forgot:
If you're really cool you'll type all the letters you need for a given command and then put them in the correct order using CTRL+T in Bubble-Sort Style!
which reminds me:
do you ever find you've switched two letters around?
i.e. you type "umoutn" instead of "umount"
well then just track back to the n and press CTRL+T
In this case, do you mean intelligible or unintelligible?
I believe you mean:
let epsilon <= 0
I used to play a *lot*.
back when I was in school I used to play 3 hours or more every day.
Now I havn't played properly on almost 3 years and was greatly looking forward to playing Prince of Persia after the glowing reviews it had received.
It was a walkthrough!
I don't mean to say that I never needed more than one attempt, but the jump sequences were ALL too easy. (I needed 6 attempts only once - the timed run with the collapsing floor outside the tower walls - for those who played it).
The riddles were not riddles but wastes of time... (who ever thought of having a character in the game tell you whenever you were gong wrong - like in the 'arming the palace' sequence).
I only needed ONE attemt for the last fight.
:-(
but I have not had so much fun playing a game for ages and I can't wait for a mission/add-on pack that is hopefully a bit harder.
cheers
AntiNeutrino
firstly (obviously) all particles would be exchanged for antiparticles. That means that in the star, anti-protons would fuse to anti-helium releasing electron-neutrinos (as opposed to our sun releasing anti-electron-neutrinos)
...)
[this is an effect of the weak interaction]
note also: a poton is it's own antiparticle, this the stars would shine just like ours do.
gravity wise you wouldn't be able to tell the difference either. paricles and anti-particles have the same gravitational mass...
I'm sorry but I don't think an anti-matter setting for your book would be particularly interesting or exotic...
perhaps if there are sentient (anti)beings who realise that they are overpowered by matter and live in constant fear of being anhilated *grin*
(...makes more for dark kind of scifi
anyway,
good luck
AntiNeutrino
listen
if you say "A 40g" i think "wow what a light-weight device"
I click on the link and see this husge thing
you mean 40G!
in germany there is "nachnahme"
what this means is that the seller sends the itm to the buyer and the byer pays the postman at the door. The post takes responsibility for the transaction in exchange for a small fee. that way both buyers and sellers are safe from fraud.
Ok it's common knowledge that this sort of thing just would not pass in the EU. In fact when the liscense agreement changed, it was only for amazon.com not .co.uk or .de (both of which I am a customer of). :-)
..." link at the top of the page.
I emailed amazon.com asking to be permanently removed from their database. It took a while to find the correct e-mail address but I got a response in the end saying that my account had been cancelled.
one amazon.de/amazon.co.uk purchase later I was back in the amazon.com database. I even got the "welcome back here are you recommendation
Now I don't know what you think of that, but it's deffinately illegal (in the EU anyway) but I guess the felony was commited by amazon.comm (a US company) ooooOOOHHHH legal grey-zone....wOOhOO I think I'm going to try to cancel all my amazon accounts but it won't be easy.
Why can't the united states of america finally adopt sensible consumer rights laws.../me shakes head
//slashdot.dot
Neutrino
PS what's up with you guys. this post has been here quite long (it's fifth) and I have first post? ts ts ts
did you read this in the FAQ? no linux support!
Q: I want to write a Linux driver for the PJB. Can I get specifications for the programming interfaces for the PJB or the USB protocol?
A: Not at this time. We do recognize that Linux and Macintosh users would like support for the PJB, but our initial product launch has focused on the Windows implementation.
Sorry, but I think that's LAME
>While I agree that not every linux user wants to
>be a UNIX sysadmin...
how true, HOW TRUE!!!
THat is the whole point. And some do, ok fine., Here's my suggestion:
A split window in the GUI. On the left, you click on check boxes, select from pulldownmenus etc, and on the right, in a text window, it displays the file you are editing while you are clicking..
YES it really exists, a quake 2 leprosy mod.
I think you should read the description on the website or read this and imagine the apropriate smells.
Neutrino
I think that all articles should be displayed on the main page by default and then people could chose, if they didn't want to see too much science news that these only be displayed in the science section etc. rather than the articles not being displayed at all.
To the artice I have to say, I thought it was really funny. especially the last one...
Neutrino
The pictures will be up in a hour or so....
(it does actually say so
PS (ok I know this is offtopic that's why it's a PS)
by "the offtopic post in all caps" I assume you mean that natalie portman post.
I know this is offtopic but I want to ask this at some stage: who hte hell is natalie portman.
congratulations Rob
welll done
"I think we have to be careful how we use
/. ers out there (at least for the time being ;-)
this," Ms. Spindler said
how very true.
This follows on niceley from the previous discussion on Gattacca. While it is fascinating, and has immense potential it can be misused. Overall however I must say: impressive.
"The house cat, Cayenne, acts towards her kitten like any typical feline mother: protecting her, nursing her and objecting loudly when her offspring is picked up."
ok maybe this works for cats but can you think of eg. being mother to a chimpanzee (ok this only applies to you female
I think that sooner or later thte question ,must arise, how you define life. A human, after all, is only a lump of chemicals, albeit a very complex one. A few months ago, a story was reported on /. I think) that scientists had managed to create a chemical that was able to re-produce itself. Then there was the story of the re-producing, mutating computer code growing into very stable programs (a BBC tech story if I remember correctly). Now it may be possible to make a cell - a new species, or even an existing species (as in reproduce an exact copy of a M. genitalium bacterium).
The way I see this last case is: on the one hand, whether you "breed" new M.genitalium bacteria or make them chemically, what you are left with at the end is the same....
On the other, whether one can ethically support scenarios like in Gattacca, I am in no position to answer, all I can say is:
I am glad to live in these times, there is a lot of exciting research, a lot of fascinating new technologies. Further I am glad not to live in a time where these technologies are already in widespread use....
The interesting thing is discovering these things. The dangerous thing is doing something with the discoveries!
isn't the whole point of insurance that ti costs you money but WHEN something happens you're covered. You're paying for security. If you move more and more to charging people whit a family history (of heart failure for example) that defeats the purpose of insurance - you are charging people for the services they require not "insurance"
Neutrino
the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of the oncoming train.