If you like the European lifestyle so much, why don't you move there and stop pushing your socialist propaganda on us?
BTW this is not a troll - when you mod me down, please select "Flamebait" or something similar.
Re:Digitization means loss of data, no?
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Altered Carbon
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We all know that CDs don't sound exactly the same as the vinyls.
Right. CDs sound much better. Better frequency response, better dynamic range, no phase-distorting RIAA curve, and no pops or clicks. CDs effectively have a much higher real information rate than vinyl, therefore are capable of more accurately recording the original waveform than vinyl.
You analog-philes really need to educate yourselves on the diference between 'euphonic' and 'accurate'.
That said, in a high enough resolution MRI, one could conceivably quantify the connections between neurons EXACTLY using digital means, and the threshold weighting of those connections pretty damn close, at least close enough to make thermal noise a larger factor than the error in quantization.
While I am at it, the 10% thing is an urban myth. Its origins are in the fact that the cerebral cortex and frontal lobes - the parts of the brain that are far more developed than they are in chimpanzees and separate us from them intellectually - are roughly 10% of the total mass of the brain. This myth would be true if we didn't see, hear, taste, walk, or managed any of the basic biological functions that the rest of the brain does.
OK, here it is. I hope the slashdot editors are listening.
Pudge is doing things right as much as micheal is doing things wrong.
I would actually considering paying for a subscription if we saw more of this type of content. Proactive reporting, original stories and write-ups, etc. I have seen no fewer than 4 good original content articles posted by pudge in the last few days, and I scratch my head and wonder why none of the editors do this or why pudge only covers Apple.
In a recent Slashdot article it was reported that 19-year-old college student Jesse Jordan gave up his life savings to the RIAA for running a campus search engine.
Just like "Seasonal Affective Disorder", "Postpartum Depression", etc.
The pharmaceutical manufacturers and professional psychologists absolutely LOVE it when normal behavior or personalities slightly different from the mean are identified as "disorders".
Tracking the drug stock indexes along with the timeline of "discovery" of these sudden, new "disorders" is actually quite instructive.
I don't understand how the/. crowd can be so informed about the RIAA manufacturing lost sales numbers, and the BSA manufacturing piracy impact numbers, while wholeheartedly buying the bullshit that is shoveled out by the APA( American Psychological Association )and their cohorts in the pharmaceutical industry. We are talking billions of dollars in drug revenue and prescription kickbacks.
As for those who have convinced themselves that their preference to apathy actually has a convenient excuse - you'd do better to stop making the rest of the insured subsidize your APA-sanctioned excuses.
This will get modded down because it's not the slashdot pro-communist-nation party line, but it needs to be said.
There is a reason the setups appear so similar.
China is deperately playing catch-up with the United States, but it's not at all motivated by the desire to make the lives of China's citizens any better, and it's not trying to do it with innovation and hard work.
Chi Haotian, defense minster of the PRC, once said( in Chinese, of course )that "War with the US is inevitable". As all's fair in love and war, ANY means of waging war is justifiable - espionage included.
As part of China's ever-increasing campaign to catch up with the US, it has engaged in countless instances of theft of US nuclear and engineering secrets. The horrible treatment of Wen Ho Lee by the US government is a symptom of this fact; though treated unfairly and unconstitutionally, the event would not have happened had many many *other* Chinese nationals not stolen secrets from *other* labs around the country.
China is undergoing a technological build-up. China is stealing US technology and reusing it as the fastest available means of doing so. This is fine and good, but its ultimate goal in doing this is far closer to Kruschev than it is to Mother Theresa.
Bottom line: There is nothing noble about China's spaceflight plans.
Let's hope it doesn't "heat up" too much upon re-entry. Remember what happened to the Columbia!
Re:Do younger minds absorb quicker?
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For the most part younger kids learn piano better simply because they put in the time and are willing try new things.
This kind of posting is indicative of the selective ignorance that most people engage in.
Humans are not Gods. Humans are not divine. Humans are not limited only by willpower, determination, and drive. I know it's a romantic thought to believe in, and I am sometimes guilty of this conceit myself. But it's all self-delusion.
The fact is, we are a big fucking collection of cells, bound by the laws of physics. Our brains are extremely complex massively parallel computers, also bound by the laws of physics.
The physiological fact of the matter is that cognitive capacity declines after age 35 or so, as neural connections break down and neurons themselves die off, never to be replaced again.
The fact is that capacity for memory and manipulation of complex ideas peaks in the 20s and declines after that.
These are the biological facts of our existence. The question of whether it is morally right to discriminate based on these facts is another question altogether, and I would be incluned to say the answer is "no" - but when people begin spouting off with claims of X, Y, and Z reasons for the relative capabilities of younger people, giving NO thought to the underlying biology that governs all of our capabilities, I want to puke.
Re:Why can't I get Java working on my RH8 box?
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I've never been able to really get Java working with Mozilla on my box.
I am so sick of this.
Java is not about applets!
It hasn't been about applets for many many years now.
Sun's strength in their Java platform doesn't lie in whether you can get their plugin working with mozilla on Linux. Their strength lies in whether you can get their - or anyone else's - J2EE server running on Linux.
How this got modded +3 Insightful is completely beyond me. This is not 1998 - the mentality that Java == web page animations and other shitty little animations is one of the oldest, yet most prevailing myths in the tech industry today.
Yep. Miles and miles of distance separates Sun from its custom- er, planets, with Sun thinking it knows how much, uh, flux they want, versus what they really do want.
They forgot to include the binary star system RedHat & IBM which swoops in oftener than not and picks off the planets one by one.
So Phil, what is your position on the question of balancing national security concerns against the civil rights of said nation's citizens, in the context of allowing citizens to use uncrackable encryption ?
OMG! That is like the COOLEST QUESTION ! Wow, I'm like totally into law and stuff, and like did you look at my boobies? No, they're not real! OMG, as if!
Oh no! They're coming to take away my privacy!
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but never once mentions consumer privacy concerns.
Maybe - just maybe - this is because THERE ARE NO SUCH CONCERNS AMONG RATIONAL INDIVIDUALS.
RFID makes supply-chain management even better, helps make theft detection even better, offers potential labor cost savings, and makes merchandise returns smoother.
The tags discussed here are so small, so cheap in manufacture, that their effective scanning range is very small, requiring huge antennas to scale out just beyond a few feet. Read: nobody will be scanning your house for what you bought, unless they want you to notice a semi-truck-sized mesh antenna outside your front window. EVEN IF you're still paranoid knowing this, here's a novel thought for you: REMOVE THE DAMN TAG.
The day I can walk into a Wal-Mart, get my items, walk out without having to wait in line or deal with human stupidity or human error, and be instantly charged for what I bought - that is the day I will become a Wal-Mart customer.
You zealots can fight the future all you want, but it won't matter a whit. I hear buggy-whip manufacturing is a good line of work, if you're afraid of technology improving other people's lives.
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If you like the European lifestyle so much, why don't you move there and stop pushing your socialist propaganda on us?
BTW this is not a troll - when you mod me down, please select "Flamebait" or something similar.
We all know that CDs don't sound exactly the same as the vinyls.
Right. CDs sound much better. Better frequency response, better dynamic range, no phase-distorting RIAA curve, and no pops or clicks. CDs effectively have a much higher real information rate than vinyl, therefore are capable of more accurately recording the original waveform than vinyl.
You analog-philes really need to educate yourselves on the diference between 'euphonic' and 'accurate'.
That said, in a high enough resolution MRI, one could conceivably quantify the connections between neurons EXACTLY using digital means, and the threshold weighting of those connections pretty damn close, at least close enough to make thermal noise a larger factor than the error in quantization.
While I am at it, the 10% thing is an urban myth. Its origins are in the fact that the cerebral cortex and frontal lobes - the parts of the brain that are far more developed than they are in chimpanzees and separate us from them intellectually - are roughly 10% of the total mass of the brain. This myth would be true if we didn't see, hear, taste, walk, or managed any of the basic biological functions that the rest of the brain does.
It's a play on a quote by Sean Connery in "The Untouchables" - a movie released during the childhood of most slashdot readers.
the original quote is "Just like a fucking wop...brings a knife to a gunfight"
Price fixing is also illegal.
So are cartels.
No, cartels are not illegal.
The National Labor Relations Act saw to it that politically acceptable cartels get special protection under the law.
OK, here it is. I hope the slashdot editors are listening.
Pudge is doing things right as much as micheal is doing things wrong.
I would actually considering paying for a subscription if we saw more of this type of content. Proactive reporting, original stories and write-ups, etc. I have seen no fewer than 4 good original content articles posted by pudge in the last few days, and I scratch my head and wonder why none of the editors do this or why pudge only covers Apple.
+2 Funny ?
I got there way before you did, and went from positive karma to "bad" in 2 minutes.
That said, I don't think I'll ever understand the slashdot moderation system.
Tell us what you gave her!
ChlamydiaOS 3.11, with the 2.4.18 kernel, patched with the HIV, HERPES, and WARTS patches.
Given 9 months, I'd be willing to bet the bitch manages to install GNU/ShitMachine.
I actually gave it to my Mom
I gave it to your mom last night, as well.
In a recent Slashdot article it was reported that 19-year-old college student Jesse Jordan gave up his life savings to the RIAA for running a campus search engine.
heh
hehehe
Hahahahahaaa
bwahahahahaaahahahaahahahaahaaha
AHHHHH HAA HAAHAAHHHAAHA AHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA !
Yeah, the brits are almost as arrogant as we are, assuming the world revolves around them. for those who don't speak British English, a boffin is:
n. Chiefly British Slang
A scientist, especially one engaged in research.
Um, back in the olden days?
To my knowledge, this is still a modern means of pushing demo-based sales, by such gaming luminaries as iD Software.
Just like "Seasonal Affective Disorder", "Postpartum Depression", etc.
/. crowd can be so informed about the RIAA manufacturing lost sales numbers, and the BSA manufacturing piracy impact numbers, while wholeheartedly buying the bullshit that is shoveled out by the APA( American Psychological Association )and their cohorts in the pharmaceutical industry. We are talking billions of dollars in drug revenue and prescription kickbacks.
The pharmaceutical manufacturers and professional psychologists absolutely LOVE it when normal behavior or personalities slightly different from the mean are identified as "disorders".
Tracking the drug stock indexes along with the timeline of "discovery" of these sudden, new "disorders" is actually quite instructive.
I don't understand how the
As for those who have convinced themselves that their preference to apathy actually has a convenient excuse - you'd do better to stop making the rest of the insured subsidize your APA-sanctioned excuses.
This will get modded down because it's not the slashdot pro-communist-nation party line, but it needs to be said.
There is a reason the setups appear so similar.
China is deperately playing catch-up with the United States, but it's not at all motivated by the desire to make the lives of China's citizens any better, and it's not trying to do it with innovation and hard work.
Chi Haotian, defense minster of the PRC, once said( in Chinese, of course )that "War with the US is inevitable". As all's fair in love and war, ANY means of waging war is justifiable - espionage included.
As part of China's ever-increasing campaign to catch up with the US, it has engaged in countless instances of theft of US nuclear and engineering secrets. The horrible treatment of Wen Ho Lee by the US government is a symptom of this fact; though treated unfairly and unconstitutionally, the event would not have happened had many many *other* Chinese nationals not stolen secrets from *other* labs around the country.
China is undergoing a technological build-up. China is stealing US technology and reusing it as the fastest available means of doing so. This is fine and good, but its ultimate goal in doing this is far closer to Kruschev than it is to Mother Theresa.
Bottom line: There is nothing noble about China's spaceflight plans.
Heating up?
Let's hope it doesn't "heat up" too much upon re-entry. Remember what happened to the Columbia!
For the most part younger kids learn piano better simply because they put in the time and are willing try new things.
This kind of posting is indicative of the selective ignorance that most people engage in.
Humans are not Gods. Humans are not divine. Humans are not limited only by willpower, determination, and drive. I know it's a romantic thought to believe in, and I am sometimes guilty of this conceit myself. But it's all self-delusion.
The fact is, we are a big fucking collection of cells, bound by the laws of physics. Our brains are extremely complex massively parallel computers, also bound by the laws of physics.
The physiological fact of the matter is that cognitive capacity declines after age 35 or so, as neural connections break down and neurons themselves die off, never to be replaced again.
The fact is that capacity for memory and manipulation of complex ideas peaks in the 20s and declines after that.
These are the biological facts of our existence. The question of whether it is morally right to discriminate based on these facts is another question altogether, and I would be incluned to say the answer is "no" - but when people begin spouting off with claims of X, Y, and Z reasons for the relative capabilities of younger people, giving NO thought to the underlying biology that governs all of our capabilities, I want to puke.
I've never been able to really get Java working with Mozilla on my box.
I am so sick of this.
Java is not about applets!
It hasn't been about applets for many many years now.
Sun's strength in their Java platform doesn't lie in whether you can get their plugin working with mozilla on Linux. Their strength lies in whether you can get their - or anyone else's - J2EE server running on Linux.
How this got modded +3 Insightful is completely beyond me. This is not 1998 - the mentality that Java == web page animations and other shitty little animations is one of the oldest, yet most prevailing myths in the tech industry today.
*sigh*
Where's the obligatory inane, pro-socialist, anti-progress quip at the end ?
Are you sure it was michael who posted this ?
Someone should check slashcode.
Posted by michael on Tuesday June 10, @01:58PM
Is that really necessary from a (presumably) unbiased editor?
Uh.
Heh.
Hahah.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAAH.
AAAAAH HA HA HA HA HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAA!!!
This only effect's their new product line
but the article says that it's older models
Jesus Christ, man, have you no shame at all ?
Yep. Miles and miles of distance separates Sun from its custom- er, planets, with Sun thinking it knows how much, uh, flux they want, versus what they really do want.
They forgot to include the binary star system RedHat & IBM which swoops in oftener than not and picks off the planets one by one.
So Phil, what is your position on the question of balancing national security concerns against the civil rights of said nation's citizens, in the context of allowing citizens to use uncrackable encryption ?
OMG! That is like the COOLEST QUESTION ! Wow, I'm like totally into law and stuff, and like did you look at my boobies? No, they're not real! OMG, as if!
but never once mentions consumer privacy concerns.
Maybe - just maybe - this is because THERE ARE NO SUCH CONCERNS AMONG RATIONAL INDIVIDUALS.
RFID makes supply-chain management even better, helps make theft detection even better, offers potential labor cost savings, and makes merchandise returns smoother.
The tags discussed here are so small, so cheap in manufacture, that their effective scanning range is very small, requiring huge antennas to scale out just beyond a few feet. Read: nobody will be scanning your house for what you bought, unless they want you to notice a semi-truck-sized mesh antenna outside your front window. EVEN IF you're still paranoid knowing this, here's a novel thought for you: REMOVE THE DAMN TAG.
The day I can walk into a Wal-Mart, get my items, walk out without having to wait in line or deal with human stupidity or human error, and be instantly charged for what I bought - that is the day I will become a Wal-Mart customer.
You zealots can fight the future all you want, but it won't matter a whit. I hear buggy-whip manufacturing is a good line of work, if you're afraid of technology improving other people's lives.
Hey don't worry about it. This is the ESA we're talking about. These people would be lucky to launch a potato gun without blowing themselves up.
Park Lane would become the president and Old Kent Road would become the junior congressman from Idaho
Uh, do you mean "Boardwalk" and "Baltic Avenue", respectively, or have you just never played a game of Monopoly while sober ?
This is one of the most common mistakes made with the English language, and it really irks me. Sometimes even seasoned print journalists do this!
Incorrect:
The cheese is comprised of milk protein and fat.
The cheese composes milk protein and fat.
Correct:
The cheese comprises milk protein and fat.
The cheese is composed of milk protein and fat.
Note: There is no correct usage of "[noun] is comprised of [nouns]". For additional references, please consult dictionary.com.