I don't think this is a particularly new idea (in fact, it seems to be conceded in the article). I've written about similar concepts in my personal, fictional short stories before. I'm pretty sure the originality in this work arises from some sort of factual evidence for the theory that I have yet to see.
nevertheless, this raises a question (both philosophical and logical) for me: if we can't observe the universe, does it exist?
It's almost like the argument we use to defeat religious ideas and illogic. If we can't observe something, then it's meaningless to project any explanation onto that something that we can't even know, and it would be completely arbitrary, therefore just as likely as anything else, so, therefore, we assume that something does not exist.
the only glaring difference is that we will have, in three trillion years, barring a lack of humans, written and electronically stored history, et al, historical accounts and evidence for the existence of the universe as we can currently see it -- sort of like our knowledge of religion now (oddly enough, but I'm only being sensational; of course, religious historical accounts are only that -- accounts -- and not factual evidence, but the parallel is exceedingly interesting to note).
where do you get this, exactly? my father is epileptic, has seizures fairly often (a multitude of family, friends, and doctors know this fact), and has had a license for nearly 36 years--with a near perfect driving record, mind you (he has only been involved in one traffic accident, and gotten one ticket (for the accident), though it wasn't his fault, they didn't see it that way, but it was mostly a minor incident).
I realize that this is anecdotal, and that I may be missing something, but I'm not sure what?
uhh, how could you forget animals? I don't know the sales figures for it, but I'd guess that's what you're basing your post on?
I don't think it sold all that well relative to Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall, but it's arguably their best album (of course, I'm talking about Pink Floyd here), and it was largely a Waters work. The Final Cut was almost solely Waters. In fact, IIRC, it was composed entirely by Waters, but Gilmour played guitar, and I think Nick Mason did the drums.
and while we're talking about Floyd, you certainly can't leave Wish You Were Here out, though Waters didn't contribute quite as heavily to that album as he did The Wall, Animals, or The Final Cut.
Liechtenstein borders Switzerland. San Marino is in Italy. I don't know the exact borders of these places; I haven't studied geographical locality or anything like that. In fact, I haven't studied anything remotely resembling the locations of places, but I know where Estonia, San Marino, and Liechtenstein are (roughly) just from picking up this knowledge in passing.
Sure, it's virtually useless knowledge, but I don't see why any knowledge seeking person wouldn't have picked up this basic information in 20+ years of existence. In fact, one can be expected to know all of the countries. I, for one, have completed the 'Name All 192 UN Member States in 10 Minutes' Quiz successfully:
They certainly do not need it.
In fact, I seem to recall an article in some legal code on the SSA site a couple of years ago stating that they are not allowed to demand or require it. It seems like that may have changed recently, or else I just read it wrong.
Nevertheless, that kind of protection should be in place. It is amusing how casually they admit that the purpose of the Social Security Number has degraded into a near mandatory unique identifier.
okay. this thread is obviously an invitation to a huge dick waving party. so, let's see who types fastest.
I'm somewhere around 150WPM myself (qwerty).
According to the conspiracy people things similar to this happen all the time, with the big cooperations making sure that for example things to replace the fossil fuels does never get publicly known, I doubt there is very much truth in this, but this little story might make me think just a little more of the conspiracy theories.
the evidence is right in your fat, disgusting, capitalist face (no, I'm not a conspiracy theorist or extreme communist or anarchist; I'm just making fun of you, nerd).
congratulations. you have just made the most IGNORANT, STUPID, USELESS FUCKING POST EVER.
'ACTUALLY... YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING.
And you are right about everything, though.'
wow. what a fucking BRILLIANT observation, dumbass.
The thing is that Warsow isn't really trying to 'get it.'
Warsow was developed as a competitive game; it has taken its inspiration from 'professional gaming,' mostly from QuakeWorld and Quake 3. It wasn't really meant to be played by people who aren't familiar with that side of gaming, but it can certainly still be fun, and it wouldn't take long to learn how to play the game once you understood how and why things were the way they are.
The weapons in Warsow are extremely nice and balanced. They are the Quake 3 weapons, for the most part, with something called 'super ammo' that you pick up around the map, allowing you more flexibility with your weapons (the lightning gun -- whatever it's officially called in warsow (I don't remember) -- will shoot straight once you obtain super ammo, the railgun (electrobolt?) shoots instantaneously across any distance with the super ammo), and it adds more skill to the game.
The movement in Warsow is not based on Quake 3 movement, but it is based on the movement from QuakeWorld (a modification of Quake 1), and maybe somewhat inspired by the CPMA modification for Quake 3 (whose movement was based on QuakeWorld movement).
It is not like baseq3/vanilla Quake 3 movement, where you have 'strafe jumping' (and circle jumping) which is done by jumping while holding alternating directional strafe buttons in rhythm with gait.
The CPMA/QuakeWorld/Warsow movement does not use strafe jumping, but something called bunnyhopping -- where some aspects of strafe jumping as still used, the movement system differs in that you must look in the direction to strafe jump, and you do not have to cease your cadence in order to make a sharp turn.
It can be highly effective in a competitive match once this difficult skill is mastered. There are probably how-tos on the Warsow site forum, if you're interested.
This article is okay, in spite of a multitude of grammatical errors (and personal peeves), and in spite of the poor writing style.
However, there are atleast two factual errors in the piece.
IPsec encrypts each individual packet, so it can be applied to all IP traffic, unlike the widely used SSL, which only works on top of TCP.
This is untrue. SSL is virtually protocol agnostic. If it isn't (or, atleast, if it doesn't run on anything but TCP), then how do they explain my OpenVPN SSL VPN operating over UDP?
On the BSD/Linux side, a good choice in this regard is the pf firewalling package, because unlike iptables, ipfw, or ipf, it supports both IPv4 and IPv6 and allows rules that apply to both.
I'm unsure of ipfw and ipf, but iptables certainly supports IPv6 (although it is somewhat separate from the original iptables -- it has its own executable and kernel code, for instance). This is atleast true since 2.4.34, which I'm currently running on one of my servers.
expounding on your idea of privately issued keys, I don't see why there couldn't be private organizations which issued keys anonymously (you don't have to provide any identifying information to obtain one), under a randomly generated, unique number.
maybe there's some sort of issue with not allowing people to vote multiple times, but, then, how is it done differently under a normal electoral system?
I've never registered to vote, and never intend to, so I don't know what I'm talking about, but how does one actually register to vote without providing identifying information, if the goal is to disallow multiple votes from the same individual?
and if that identifying information already has to be present in the voting process, then it's not any more of a stretch to say that those conducting the elections could already correlate a particular vote to an individual.
as for the other issue you raised, couldn't people generate their own keypair and have it signed by the registration office upon presentation of identification?
actually, I wouldn't vote even if the best candidate ever were running, because my vote DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER.
in case you hadn't noticed, popular vote means absolutely nothing.
for example, the U.S. presidential election:
maybe your memory is too stupidly short to remember the 2000 election?
we have a system called the "Electoral College" -- a system whereby votes are cast for the presidential candidate with the most money and most reciprocal political agenda, and the votes from this system decide the elected president.
I still do not understand why NO ONE ever brings this argument up, but, then again, most people are completely fucking stupid.
I've brought it up myself numerous times, and have yet to receive an interesting rebuttal.
Let me see if I can rewrite your post to make it more readable and enjoyable for the average person.
Here is the original, for your reference:
I swear as I like, and no, I have nothing better to do. I'm in a hospital right now, waiting, essentially, for my wife or my child to need me to do something. They're both asleep, and I'm making sure they can both stay that way as long as they like. Oer forty hours of labor has earned them that. This leaves me with down time.
Furthermore [this is unnecessary and confusing], if anyone involved with this article -- not that there is one, except a shitty video -- would have spent the literal five minutes I spent to clean it up, it wouldn't have sucked. As it stands, it was posted to the front page of the world's most heavily trafficked technology news site, and it garnered less than fifty posts. Compare this to the average number of posts per article, and you'll see that it was in fact a terrible article.
Bad grammar, boring content, and a half-assed editorial "policy" have combined to make this suck.
Not that I really have to justify anything I say to you. You're either assuming I'm lying or insane at this point. So it goes.
Here is my updated and corrected version:
I swear as I like, and, yes, I have nothing better to do. I'm in a hospital right now -- waiting, essentially, for my wife or child to need me to do something; they're both asleep, and I'm making sure they can both stay that way as long as they like. Over (O'er) forty hours of labor has earned them that. This leaves me with downtime.
Furthermore, if anyone involved with this article (not that there is one, barring a shitty video) would have spent the (literal) five minutes to clean it up, as I did, then it wouldn't have sucked. As it stands, it was posted to the front page of the world's most heavily trafficked [sic] (visited?) news website, and it garnered less than fifty posts. Compare this to the average number of posts per article, and you'll see that it was, in fact, a terrible article [this is a logical fallacy].
Bad grammar, boring content, and a half-assed editorial 'policy' have combined to make this [the article] suck.
...Not that I really have to justify anything I say to you [this is an incomplete sentence; I'm not sure how you'd like to repair it]. You're either assuming I'm lying or insane at this point - so it goes.
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I don't think this is a particularly new idea (in fact, it seems to be conceded in the article). I've written about similar concepts in my personal, fictional short stories before. I'm pretty sure the originality in this work arises from some sort of factual evidence for the theory that I have yet to see. nevertheless, this raises a question (both philosophical and logical) for me: if we can't observe the universe, does it exist? It's almost like the argument we use to defeat religious ideas and illogic. If we can't observe something, then it's meaningless to project any explanation onto that something that we can't even know, and it would be completely arbitrary, therefore just as likely as anything else, so, therefore, we assume that something does not exist. the only glaring difference is that we will have, in three trillion years, barring a lack of humans, written and electronically stored history, et al, historical accounts and evidence for the existence of the universe as we can currently see it -- sort of like our knowledge of religion now (oddly enough, but I'm only being sensational; of course, religious historical accounts are only that -- accounts -- and not factual evidence, but the parallel is exceedingly interesting to note).
where do you get this, exactly? my father is epileptic, has seizures fairly often (a multitude of family, friends, and doctors know this fact), and has had a license for nearly 36 years--with a near perfect driving record, mind you (he has only been involved in one traffic accident, and gotten one ticket (for the accident), though it wasn't his fault, they didn't see it that way, but it was mostly a minor incident).
I realize that this is anecdotal, and that I may be missing something, but I'm not sure what?
I'm pretty sure he meant imminent.
uhh, how could you forget animals? I don't know the sales figures for it, but I'd guess that's what you're basing your post on? I don't think it sold all that well relative to Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall, but it's arguably their best album (of course, I'm talking about Pink Floyd here), and it was largely a Waters work. The Final Cut was almost solely Waters. In fact, IIRC, it was composed entirely by Waters, but Gilmour played guitar, and I think Nick Mason did the drums. and while we're talking about Floyd, you certainly can't leave Wish You Were Here out, though Waters didn't contribute quite as heavily to that album as he did The Wall, Animals, or The Final Cut.
Liechtenstein borders Switzerland. San Marino is in Italy. I don't know the exact borders of these places; I haven't studied geographical locality or anything like that. In fact, I haven't studied anything remotely resembling the locations of places, but I know where Estonia, San Marino, and Liechtenstein are (roughly) just from picking up this knowledge in passing.
Sure, it's virtually useless knowledge, but I don't see why any knowledge seeking person wouldn't have picked up this basic information in 20+ years of existence.
In fact, one can be expected to know all of the countries. I, for one, have completed the 'Name All 192 UN Member States in 10 Minutes' Quiz successfully:
http://andys.org.uk/countryquiz/
what the fuck does that have to do with venezuela, you god damn idiot?
They certainly do not need it. In fact, I seem to recall an article in some legal code on the SSA site a couple of years ago stating that they are not allowed to demand or require it. It seems like that may have changed recently, or else I just read it wrong. Nevertheless, that kind of protection should be in place. It is amusing how casually they admit that the purpose of the Social Security Number has degraded into a near mandatory unique identifier.
except uh.. cigarettes won't help people defend themselves against cancer.
talk about specious.
okay. this thread is obviously an invitation to a huge dick waving party. so, let's see who types fastest. I'm somewhere around 150WPM myself (qwerty).
It extends indefinitely. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture_(book)
AM vs FM
CDs vs MP3s (not so successful)
congratulations. you have just made the most IGNORANT, STUPID, USELESS FUCKING POST EVER. 'ACTUALLY... YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING. And you are right about everything, though.' wow. what a fucking BRILLIANT observation, dumbass.
The thing is that Warsow isn't really trying to 'get it.' Warsow was developed as a competitive game; it has taken its inspiration from 'professional gaming,' mostly from QuakeWorld and Quake 3. It wasn't really meant to be played by people who aren't familiar with that side of gaming, but it can certainly still be fun, and it wouldn't take long to learn how to play the game once you understood how and why things were the way they are. The weapons in Warsow are extremely nice and balanced. They are the Quake 3 weapons, for the most part, with something called 'super ammo' that you pick up around the map, allowing you more flexibility with your weapons (the lightning gun -- whatever it's officially called in warsow (I don't remember) -- will shoot straight once you obtain super ammo, the railgun (electrobolt?) shoots instantaneously across any distance with the super ammo), and it adds more skill to the game. The movement in Warsow is not based on Quake 3 movement, but it is based on the movement from QuakeWorld (a modification of Quake 1), and maybe somewhat inspired by the CPMA modification for Quake 3 (whose movement was based on QuakeWorld movement). It is not like baseq3/vanilla Quake 3 movement, where you have 'strafe jumping' (and circle jumping) which is done by jumping while holding alternating directional strafe buttons in rhythm with gait. The CPMA/QuakeWorld/Warsow movement does not use strafe jumping, but something called bunnyhopping -- where some aspects of strafe jumping as still used, the movement system differs in that you must look in the direction to strafe jump, and you do not have to cease your cadence in order to make a sharp turn. It can be highly effective in a competitive match once this difficult skill is mastered. There are probably how-tos on the Warsow site forum, if you're interested.
There aren't any zombies in Resident Evil 4.
I couldn't help but notice that you didn't finish the number. I think you meant 3.141592653589793238462643383279...
so far as I know, 1.9999 ... is equal to 2.
maybe you meant 1.9999 or 1.9999...8?
I think that was covered in "culture."
longer, still: 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa
quoted from page three: This is untrue. SSL is virtually protocol agnostic. If it isn't (or, atleast, if it doesn't run on anything but TCP), then how do they explain my OpenVPN SSL VPN operating over UDP?
also quoted from page three: I'm unsure of ipfw and ipf, but iptables certainly supports IPv6 (although it is somewhat separate from the original iptables -- it has its own executable and kernel code, for instance). This is atleast true since 2.4.34, which I'm currently running on one of my servers.
expounding on your idea of privately issued keys, I don't see why there couldn't be private organizations which issued keys anonymously (you don't have to provide any identifying information to obtain one), under a randomly generated, unique number. maybe there's some sort of issue with not allowing people to vote multiple times, but, then, how is it done differently under a normal electoral system? I've never registered to vote, and never intend to, so I don't know what I'm talking about, but how does one actually register to vote without providing identifying information, if the goal is to disallow multiple votes from the same individual? and if that identifying information already has to be present in the voting process, then it's not any more of a stretch to say that those conducting the elections could already correlate a particular vote to an individual. as for the other issue you raised, couldn't people generate their own keypair and have it signed by the registration office upon presentation of identification?
actually, I wouldn't vote even if the best candidate ever were running, because my vote DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER. in case you hadn't noticed, popular vote means absolutely nothing.
for example, the U.S. presidential election:
maybe your memory is too stupidly short to remember the 2000 election? we have a system called the "Electoral College" -- a system whereby votes are cast for the presidential candidate with the most money and most reciprocal political agenda, and the votes from this system decide the elected president.
I still do not understand why NO ONE ever brings this argument up, but, then again, most people are completely fucking stupid. I've brought it up myself numerous times, and have yet to receive an interesting rebuttal.
I swear as I like, and, yes, I have nothing better to do. I'm in a hospital right now -- waiting, essentially, for my wife or child to need me to do something; they're both asleep, and I'm making sure they can both stay that way as long as they like. Over (O'er) forty hours of labor has earned them that. This leaves me with downtime.
Furthermore, if anyone involved with this article (not that there is one, barring a shitty video) would have spent the (literal) five minutes to clean it up, as I did, then it wouldn't have sucked. As it stands, it was posted to the front page of the world's most heavily trafficked [sic] (visited?) news website, and it garnered less than fifty posts. Compare this to the average number of posts per article, and you'll see that it was, in fact, a terrible article [this is a logical fallacy].
Bad grammar, boring content, and a half-assed editorial 'policy' have combined to make this [the article] suck.