um.... what? No matter how may "experiments" you do, you're still looking through a bunch of galaxies. They're not going away, ever. Even if they're completely dark at 3K (no radiation, no absorption), you'll still get the ripple effect from gravitational micro(or not so micro)lensing. This has nothing to do with sig figs or scientific notation. It's more of a systematic error.
Evolution is a phenomenon that has been observed directly. The big bang is not. The problem with the big bang is one similar to the problem plaguing black holes: the singularity. It's the elephant in the room.
How do we know that the ±0.0001 K (or whatever it is exactly) fluctuations in the CMB isn't just from nearby galaxies? How do we know it is truly background information? No subtraction algorithm is THAT perfect.
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Au contraire. I think it would be really easy. JetBlue already has a directv dish on the plane, which means they can pump IP over it. (direct view, or something like that). It might be as trivial as sticking a linksys box to their directv receiver.
No. MySpace is the most popular site on the internet among the band-listening, teenage generation. Mind you, most of these bands should already be on iTunes via CDBaby... but still. If they don't fumble this, MySpace could easily put a very large dent in iTunes and the major labels, which is a good thing.
As an aside, I do remember reading about code systems where double encryption acutally made the result encryption less secure. I don't remember the details, but now my brain is itching and I will have to do some research. Thanks!
This is a simple math/physics problem. I'm not quite sure what the grand point of it is though (kinda like the pluto(!)=planet debate). Maybe you can graph the distribution of star masses, and then see how much "dark matter" there is on the tail end of brown dwarfs.
I don't know how guitar tabulature works, but with violin, the fingerings is just a series of numbers. That by itself cannot be used to reconstruct the "sheet music." Now, it may be true that the way guitar fingerings are written, you CAN reconstruct the sheetmusic. If so, I suggest they change it ever so slightly so you can't.
What a snob you are. There are many people who are more educated than you but who cannot tell you what a float is. Not everyone is a computer programmer. Not even on slashdot.
With classical music, you can listen to a CD or performance of a work, then "reverse engineer" it to produce the sheet music. Alternatively, if you can get your hands on the original manuscript, then you can copy directly from the source (if the copyright has expired.) In short: You have just as much right to produce sheet music for Beethoven as the current crop of companies do. However, these companies do go to considerable lengths to produce a quality product: extensive research goes into investigating the various versions of the manuscript, typos and errors on the part of the composer/transcriber/whatever are weeded out, and often fingerings/bowings are inserted by famous musicians through exclusive contracts.
For works produced before ~1950 (or whatever it is now...), the only thing that's copyrighted is the version produced by the sheetmusic company. Think of it like a map: the actual geography isn't copyrighted, only the representation of it on the page. You're free to go out and make a map of your own, just don't use the original map as a reference.
For more recent works, the issue is more sticky. I suppose it all depends on the composer. For instance, some demand written permission to perform the work (this is usually ignored by all but the most visible/famous orchestras.) In other cases, anyone might be free to perform the work, as long as the sheetmusic has been bought and paid for (some composers contract out sheetmusic production to some company, and then get royalties/kickbacks when that sheetmusic is sold.)
Regardless, it's not as cut-and-dry as you might think. There are several "layers" to a piece of music: the original manuscript, the sheet music (including bowings/fingerings if any), the actual sound produced by some performance of the work, an individual recording of the work, and perhaps on a more metaphysical level, the actual note progressions themselves. (That is, if I were to go out and write a piece that was based on Shostakovich's "DSCH" signature progression, is that copyright violation?)
As for the topic at hand, these guitar tabuletures are synonymous with fingerings/bowings. This is not sheet music, because it doesn't include the instrument-indepent staff. In the case of violin/viola/cello/etc. music, fingerings/bowings without the staff is almost useless. Who could claim foul if I copied the fingerings from the latest rendition of a classical work still under copyright? The performer or the composer?
There is no exact answer to this, which I suppose makes it the perfect ground for lawyers. Welcome to copyright hell...
The article didn't explain it very well, but there seems to be some trick to this mechanism where it only clots blood that's leaving a blood vessle. Blood that's passing through (and thus blood that can get to important places like the heart) does not coagulate. Or so they say. Science journalism... *shrug*
I'd say we have a very poor understanding of 90% of the treatments out there. The reality is: if it works, it works. Theorists (like me) like to think that one day, the stuff on paper will matriculate into something tangible, but really, in the medical world at least, it's the other way around.
This is not about tossing a coin. Chaos is by definition deterministic. That means you can predict it. In the same way you can't predict a coin toss before it happens, you CAN predict a coin toss (with a sufficiently large computer, c.f. the article) by observing the coin right as it leaves the hand, as it's flying/spinning/etc through the air. Read the wikiepdia entry on chaos.
"Whatever happened to chaos?" That's the whole point. That's why you need a supercomputer. From the article:
The results will help establish predictable routes for typhoons and identify areas that are recurring targets for heavy rains, abundant snow, high waves, heavy winds, scorching heat or crop-threatening droughts.
This seems very reasonable. They're not trying to predict the weather on the third Tuesday in March, 2025, they're trying to establish long-term trends.
Though the article didn't say, I'm guessing the reason for an L2 orbit is to minimize solar cosmic rays, using the earth as a shield of sorts. Any other ideas?
I don't know about the rest of you, but if I were a Louisiana senator, I'd be more concerned about global warming than violent videogames. The comment about Tom and Jerry in the article is spot on. Since when has America been upset by violence? I have a gut feeling that this is more about the sexual content of these games (hot coffee, prostitutes, etc) than their violent nature. But then again, what do I know. I'm just a student.
>You are driving on I-80. You are surrounded by cars. >*turn wheel right* >You have crashed your car. It is on fire. >*Run away* >I don't understand "away."...
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um.... what? No matter how may "experiments" you do, you're still looking through a bunch of galaxies. They're not going away, ever. Even if they're completely dark at 3K (no radiation, no absorption), you'll still get the ripple effect from gravitational micro(or not so micro)lensing. This has nothing to do with sig figs or scientific notation. It's more of a systematic error.
Evolution is a phenomenon that has been observed directly. The big bang is not. The problem with the big bang is one similar to the problem plaguing black holes: the singularity. It's the elephant in the room.
How do we know that the ±0.0001 K (or whatever it is exactly) fluctuations in the CMB isn't just from nearby galaxies? How do we know it is truly background information? No subtraction algorithm is THAT perfect.
Au contraire. I think it would be really easy. JetBlue already has a directv dish on the plane, which means they can pump IP over it. (direct view, or something like that). It might be as trivial as sticking a linksys box to their directv receiver.
No. MySpace is the most popular site on the internet among the band-listening, teenage generation. Mind you, most of these bands should already be on iTunes via CDBaby... but still. If they don't fumble this, MySpace could easily put a very large dent in iTunes and the major labels, which is a good thing.
As they say, it's like a series of tubes. It's not something you just dump something on.
Rot-13 comes to mind...
haHA now that's fuckin brilliant. A bit 1984ish, but brilliant.
This is a simple math/physics problem. I'm not quite sure what the grand point of it is though (kinda like the pluto(!)=planet debate). Maybe you can graph the distribution of star masses, and then see how much "dark matter" there is on the tail end of brown dwarfs.
I don't know how guitar tabulature works, but with violin, the fingerings is just a series of numbers. That by itself cannot be used to reconstruct the "sheet music." Now, it may be true that the way guitar fingerings are written, you CAN reconstruct the sheetmusic. If so, I suggest they change it ever so slightly so you can't.
What a snob you are. There are many people who are more educated than you but who cannot tell you what a float is. Not everyone is a computer programmer. Not even on slashdot.
With classical music, you can listen to a CD or performance of a work, then "reverse engineer" it to produce the sheet music. Alternatively, if you can get your hands on the original manuscript, then you can copy directly from the source (if the copyright has expired.) In short: You have just as much right to produce sheet music for Beethoven as the current crop of companies do. However, these companies do go to considerable lengths to produce a quality product: extensive research goes into investigating the various versions of the manuscript, typos and errors on the part of the composer/transcriber/whatever are weeded out, and often fingerings/bowings are inserted by famous musicians through exclusive contracts.
For works produced before ~1950 (or whatever it is now...), the only thing that's copyrighted is the version produced by the sheetmusic company. Think of it like a map: the actual geography isn't copyrighted, only the representation of it on the page. You're free to go out and make a map of your own, just don't use the original map as a reference.
For more recent works, the issue is more sticky. I suppose it all depends on the composer. For instance, some demand written permission to perform the work (this is usually ignored by all but the most visible/famous orchestras.) In other cases, anyone might be free to perform the work, as long as the sheetmusic has been bought and paid for (some composers contract out sheetmusic production to some company, and then get royalties/kickbacks when that sheetmusic is sold.)
Regardless, it's not as cut-and-dry as you might think. There are several "layers" to a piece of music: the original manuscript, the sheet music (including bowings/fingerings if any), the actual sound produced by some performance of the work, an individual recording of the work, and perhaps on a more metaphysical level, the actual note progressions themselves. (That is, if I were to go out and write a piece that was based on Shostakovich's "DSCH" signature progression, is that copyright violation?)
As for the topic at hand, these guitar tabuletures are synonymous with fingerings/bowings. This is not sheet music, because it doesn't include the instrument-indepent staff. In the case of violin/viola/cello/etc. music, fingerings/bowings without the staff is almost useless. Who could claim foul if I copied the fingerings from the latest rendition of a classical work still under copyright? The performer or the composer?
There is no exact answer to this, which I suppose makes it the perfect ground for lawyers. Welcome to copyright hell...
The article didn't explain it very well, but there seems to be some trick to this mechanism where it only clots blood that's leaving a blood vessle. Blood that's passing through (and thus blood that can get to important places like the heart) does not coagulate. Or so they say. Science journalism... *shrug*
Not funny. Insightful. Do you know how much ignorance there is in developing nations about STDs, birth control, pregnancy, etc?
I'd say we have a very poor understanding of 90% of the treatments out there. The reality is: if it works, it works. Theorists (like me) like to think that one day, the stuff on paper will matriculate into something tangible, but really, in the medical world at least, it's the other way around.
Hey'all! Hold mah beer, big Jim. I'm a-gunna show ya sumpin cool!
This is not about tossing a coin. Chaos is by definition deterministic. That means you can predict it. In the same way you can't predict a coin toss before it happens, you CAN predict a coin toss (with a sufficiently large computer, c.f. the article) by observing the coin right as it leaves the hand, as it's flying/spinning/etc through the air. Read the wikiepdia entry on chaos.
Chaos != Entropy. There IS a difference. The "whole point" of chaos theory is that you CAN extract predictibility from a seemingly entropic system.
The results will help establish predictable routes for typhoons and identify areas that are recurring targets for heavy rains, abundant snow, high waves, heavy winds, scorching heat or crop-threatening droughts.
This seems very reasonable. They're not trying to predict the weather on the third Tuesday in March, 2025, they're trying to establish long-term trends.I wasn't being sarcastic. If you knew about MSNBC and who they are you would dismiss any notion of Microsoft pushing editorial content as absurd.
Though the article didn't say, I'm guessing the reason for an L2 orbit is to minimize solar cosmic rays, using the earth as a shield of sorts. Any other ideas?
Trust me on this, Microsoft has no editorial control at MSNBC.
I don't know about the rest of you, but if I were a Louisiana senator, I'd be more concerned about global warming than violent videogames. The comment about Tom and Jerry in the article is spot on. Since when has America been upset by violence? I have a gut feeling that this is more about the sexual content of these games (hot coffee, prostitutes, etc) than their violent nature. But then again, what do I know. I'm just a student.
>You are driving on I-80. You are surrounded by cars. ...
>*turn wheel right*
>You have crashed your car. It is on fire.
>*Run away*
>I don't understand "away."
how 'bout "Ken committed suicide rather than face sentencing"?