I was wondering why the need for so much data.. couldn't they possibly process the vast portions of experimental data "locally", within same network for greater bandwidth throughput. And simply send over processed, summarized chucnks of data?
Unless, of course, this is just a case of a scientific exercise to find out how much of 'any' data could be sent across.
You shouldn't compare a harmless screensaver with a 'network' client program such as SETI@Home. The seti application poses an inherent security risk by communicating with an external server via the open network.
I'm pretty sure I would have gotten into serious trouble had I installed something similar on my work PC.
What happened to all the negative reviews!? Did they get removed? I'm only seeing 81 reviews whereas I clearly saw at least 250 in the morning (at work)!!
I wrote a review of my own, emailed Katie T, and modded up other reviews. The book is still being rated four stars now! I can't believe this... Clearly, Amazon is trying all too hard to sell the book by eliminating all the negative reviews!!
I'm wondering if DNA "fingerprinting" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_fingerprinting) may be a viable alternative to existing technology. For example, conventional finger print probes could be replaced with devices that sample DNA from a skin tissue or a blood sample. I think the former would be a safer method for public access authorization devices (e.g. checking people at airports, private property etc) as it doesn't require drawing of blood.
Hmm... but backward compatibility may not always directly translate into less secure systems. I figure if Microsoft really cared about security they'd still manage to make the SP 2 as secure as it should be.
It seems that Microsoft relies too much on third party hackers to help find flaws. And as always, the users will bite the bullet!
What an idiot. But who'd blame him? The guy is out of his wits at the ripe old age.. I mean, every sign was there that this was a phony deal, the guy got warned a number of times to not go through with the whole thing. Yet he did and still insists he's done the right thing! Christ! this is sick.
It is painful to read the article, let alone live through this or be a party to the fraud.
I can tell you are one of those dimwit spammer types?
Your hiding behind freedom of speech and playing on the sentimental values of the slashdot audience is pathetic.
As many have pointed out, your freedom to invade my inbox simply does not exist. Let jocks like yourself loose and in a year or two the Internet as we know it might as well not exist. Even today, spam permeates virtually every network on the web. As if you already didn't know it, spam messages also do take up some disk space. Added all up and you have masses of useless information clogging up scarce network resources.
Thanks to the short-sighted, self indulging weenies like you, I now have to waste my time figuring out how to filter my mail. Although I'm setting up the MailGuard tool, I wish I didn't have to do it in the first place! I have better things to do in my life than f***ing someone's mailbox.
Let me tell you my Coward friend that Russians study/learn a lot more in a given time-span than do their American/Canadian counter-parts.
I've been through Russian schooling system and also had a taste of some right here in Canada. Comparing these two, I'd be correct to say that the level of technical education in Canada is lacking significantly. In fact it is laughable at best! Here, let me give you an example.. to get accepted into a local university's IT/Comp. Sci. program, you only require a mediocre skill in math (say a B- or even just C+). In Russia, you couldn't possibly get into a university without an A or A+ in math as well as a slew of other subjects (biology, chemistry, physics, russian literature/writing, etc etc).
Whereas in Russia I struggled to attain high grades in Math and Physics, here in Canada I literally laughed my ass off through all of these 'highly intense' courses and still scored straight As! While I appreciate getting As, I hate knowing that the stuff I'm learning here is way below what my comrades study in Russia. I mean the difference is literally startling!
For one, I'd first doubt the ability of fallible man (speaking of which, you even spelled that word wrong!) to produce accurate calculations, before beating the superstitious of us with the Bible over their heads.
Scientists seem to like the idea of dealing with astronomical and by and large fictitious numbers as they are hard to dispute objectively - for noone knows the right figure! It is now common for a scientist to simply state "this foobar took place million million years ago.. whereas this happened some million billion years go"... Those kind of statements are shallow and clearly without substance. Most are based on unsubstantiated inference about the surrounding world and how it functions. Who's absolutely sure that our knowledge of cosmos reflects the reality? What if all that we see is an image, a veil pulled over our eyes and masked behind yet unexplained physical phenomena?
As far as believing the Bible or believing the scientists, I'd choose the former. Even today, scientists discover (or should I say "stumble over") theories that have long been mentioned in the Bible (take this recent study of human extinction in the past and compare it to Noah's story in the Bible!). If you so assert that the Bible was written by inapt superstitious fanatics, then how could those 'sub humans' and 'degenerates' possibly come up with numerous scientific facts that are only now being discovered by the modern science (read the book of Job!)?
How would it also be possible for them to talk about an event that would only take place some hundreds and thousands years in the future (refer to passages in Old Testament talking about the coming of Jesus Christ)?
I'm no stranger to physics, nor do I shy general science (particularly interested in nuclear science and theory of relativity). However, I wouldn't go as far as start to lambast the Bible and those who believe in it. Your disbelief is probably as good as their belief. In the end both are believers. You believe in 'nothing', whereas they believe in the Bible.
I should admit you've brought up an interesting scenario. I'm not sure, however, what the exact timing for all this to occur. Do you think this may happen in this generation's life time? I seriously doubt it;/.
My feeling is that things will continue spiralling down the tube until people face some major catastrophe... Take the population of China, for example. Their army (consisting of mostly single men) is the largest in the world. Their pool of available resources per capeta are dwindling dramatically. To me, this all appears like a sound setup for a major conflict. However weird and horrifict that may sound, waging a war may be their only 'light at the tunnel'. So goes for the other countries as well, even the more democratic ones.
The USA is an excellent case in point. The population has grown so large and short of natural resources such as the oil that they are willing to throw their millitary machine around and knock off a few countries to gain access to *their* natural resources in order to somehow offset the shortage experienced at home. In case of the recent conflict in Iraq, it is evident that oil has played a major contributing factor. Now, I do not deny the fact that Saddam is a natural bastard and seeing him without power is a nice treat. Unfortunately, I'm pretty darn sure that weren't it for oil, the USA wouldn't care much less about some tin pod dictator reigning over the lands of dessert...
Well, regardless of whether you or I or anybody else wishes it, it is going to happen eventually. I doubt it the human species will smarten up and somehow avert their "destrictive" activities, some of which you are referring to in your post.
Therefore, unless something extraordinary happens (on par with a third world war or an alien invasion) I am in serious doubt that the city I'm living in (Vancouver, Canada) will not expand beyond the land it is currently occupying well into suburbs.
You make quote me on that 10 years down the road if you so desire;)
How did his responce equate to flamebit? I saw nothing wrong neither in your post nor in his reply to it.
You have your point and he is definitely entitled to his own. If he says he had bought a house, how is it not wise if he can't move? I'm sure hand't he bought a house, he'd have enough wit to move closer to his job. You only sound insulting by asserting the obvious.
Totally agree with your point. I think the other guy overstratched it. To me he sounded like one of the environmentalists. This isn't a bad thing in itself, but sometimes they *do* surprise me with their utopian way of thinking.
As far as I'm concerned, I'd always shop around for more land. Land = real $$. I don't understand people who'd rather choose to pay for unrealistically overpriced accomodations with virtually no land. It absolutely sucks to have a neighbour's house only a few inches away from your window.
Besides, if you buy in present day suburbs, you may expect a good return on your "investment" whithin a decade or by the time your kids have grown and you might want to retire, sell off your house, and spend the rest of your live traveling around the globe;)
Sheesh... the EMarketersAmerica.org's message is pathetic and short sighted at best. I don't know how any form of unsolicited email marketing could be defined as 'legal' or within norm.
I've already lost count of how many times I had to change my email address thanks to the "tireless" effort of EMarketersAmerica.org types. For all I care, they are nothing but a bunch of selfish bastards tending to their own overpowering desire to get rich fast. It matters none to them that numerous hard working individuals on the receiving end have to waste every precious second of their lives on sifting through "oh-so-welcome" email spam promoting great deals/opportunities starting from Viagra and ranging all the way to outworldishly rich individuals of african descent in destress and of a dire need to give out sizeable portions of their fortune in exchange for piece of mind etc etc.
If there were any local laws prohibiting onsolicited spam, I'd be glad to pursue those sub-humans in courts. Unfortunately, there are no such laws and even if there were I doubt I could make any good use of them;/.
And I will celebrate this anniversary by making yet another flaming post, chastising Microsoft's direct involvement in squashing the independant browser movement. I'll compose my flaming post in preferably l33t speak to bemuse the online audience and deliver an oh'so strong punch up Bill Gate's nose. I'll type my flaming post in a mozilla browser... while still burning in rage, I'll find my Windows XP OS box with the Windows (R) logo on it and crush it into the ground with my bare feet.
I wouldn't go as extreme as doing all this had I not had to reinstall my entire OS when my IE upgrade went wrong just a couple days prior to this special anniversary!!
(note: your understanding of sarcasm is appreciated).
Being one of the first posts, I have this sudden urge to make a perfect condidate for a -4 karma type of a post..
ehem.. to the matter however..
I'm wondering if any astronomy buffs could help me figure what does it help to know an approximate weight of a black hole? Other than an excuse to aquire more research dollars;-)
"... Procter & Gamble has announce it's newest line of exclusive deodorant products geared at the female audience. The company claims that by marely applying small doses of the fragrance to the upper lips, women will generally experience hightened moods and feel less tense. Further, women may also expect a rise in levels of the reproductive luteinizing hormone that typically surge before ovulation... " (from unknown sources).
Hmmm... bastards, sounds like some companies are already cashin in on the new technology, eh?
if you consider natural calamities and other odd life events such as car accidents, terrorist attacks, wars, etc it no longer appears that age-retardation will result in dramatic increase in ever-lasting beings filling up the living quaters (the Earth, or maybe even Mars in the future).
Also, those who live longer stand a greater chance of dying from an external cause not linked to their own biological clock.
On another note, wouldn't many of us want to see Einstein live a much longer and productive life? If we put every effort in sustaining the lives of geniuses, we - as a society -- stand a greater chance at finding out answers to the toughest questions. It seems an awful lot of waste to see extraordinary gifted individuals expire in the midst of their quests... On another hand, this may be a dangerous line to take as extending lives of a selected few individuals could be against the cherished principles of equality etc....
Slashdot Mirror
the Blue Screen Of Death will suddenly take on a new, real and tragic meaning...
I was wondering why the need for so much data.. couldn't they possibly process the vast portions of experimental data "locally", within same network for greater bandwidth throughput. And simply send over processed, summarized chucnks of data?
Unless, of course, this is just a case of a scientific exercise to find out how much of 'any' data could be sent across.
You shouldn't compare a harmless screensaver with a 'network' client program such as SETI@Home. The seti application poses an inherent security risk by communicating with an external server via the open network.
I'm pretty sure I would have gotten into serious trouble had I installed something similar on my work PC.
What happened to all the negative reviews!? Did they get removed? I'm only seeing 81 reviews whereas I clearly saw at least 250 in the morning (at work)!! I wrote a review of my own, emailed Katie T, and modded up other reviews. The book is still being rated four stars now! I can't believe this... Clearly, Amazon is trying all too hard to sell the book by eliminating all the negative reviews!!
on a laptop, in my bathtub.. May not be the most unusual place for the fellow /.ers. :)
I'm wondering if DNA "fingerprinting" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_fingerprinting) may be a viable alternative to existing technology. For example, conventional finger print probes could be replaced with devices that sample DNA from a skin tissue or a blood sample. I think the former would be a safer method for public access authorization devices (e.g. checking people at airports, private property etc) as it doesn't require drawing of blood.
Hmm... but backward compatibility may not always directly translate into less secure systems. I figure if Microsoft really cared about security they'd still manage to make the SP 2 as secure as it should be.
It seems that Microsoft relies too much on third party hackers to help find flaws. And as always, the users will bite the bullet!
What an idiot. But who'd blame him? The guy is out of his wits at the ripe old age.. I mean, every sign was there that this was a phony deal, the guy got warned a number of times to not go through with the whole thing. Yet he did and still insists he's done the right thing! Christ! this is sick. It is painful to read the article, let alone live through this or be a party to the fraud.
Sounds like this is coming from a spammer...... way to defend one of your own, punk!
I can tell you are one of those dimwit spammer types?
Your hiding behind freedom of speech and playing on the sentimental values of the slashdot audience is pathetic.
As many have pointed out, your freedom to invade my inbox simply does not exist. Let jocks like yourself loose and in a year or two the Internet as we know it might as well not exist. Even today, spam permeates virtually every network on the web. As if you already didn't know it, spam messages also do take up some disk space. Added all up and you have masses of useless information clogging up scarce network resources.
Thanks to the short-sighted, self indulging weenies like you, I now have to waste my time figuring out how to filter my mail. Although I'm setting up the MailGuard tool, I wish I didn't have to do it in the first place! I have better things to do in my life than f***ing someone's mailbox.
I've been through Russian schooling system and also had a taste of some right here in Canada. Comparing these two, I'd be correct to say that the level of technical education in Canada is lacking significantly. In fact it is laughable at best! Here, let me give you an example.. to get accepted into a local university's IT/Comp. Sci. program, you only require a mediocre skill in math (say a B- or even just C+). In Russia, you couldn't possibly get into a university without an A or A+ in math as well as a slew of other subjects (biology, chemistry, physics, russian literature/writing, etc etc).
Whereas in Russia I struggled to attain high grades in Math and Physics, here in Canada I literally laughed my ass off through all of these 'highly intense' courses and still scored straight As! While I appreciate getting As, I hate knowing that the stuff I'm learning here is way below what my comrades study in Russia. I mean the difference is literally startling!
But *I* would reate the basic idea as a failure. Even my grand parents, who know very little about computers find it annoying and confusing.
Scientists seem to like the idea of dealing with astronomical and by and large fictitious numbers as they are hard to dispute objectively - for noone knows the right figure! It is now common for a scientist to simply state "this foobar took place million million years ago.. whereas this happened some million billion years go"... Those kind of statements are shallow and clearly without substance. Most are based on unsubstantiated inference about the surrounding world and how it functions. Who's absolutely sure that our knowledge of cosmos reflects the reality? What if all that we see is an image, a veil pulled over our eyes and masked behind yet unexplained physical phenomena?
As far as believing the Bible or believing the scientists, I'd choose the former. Even today, scientists discover (or should I say "stumble over") theories that have long been mentioned in the Bible (take this recent study of human extinction in the past and compare it to Noah's story in the Bible!). If you so assert that the Bible was written by inapt superstitious fanatics, then how could those 'sub humans' and 'degenerates' possibly come up with numerous scientific facts that are only now being discovered by the modern science (read the book of Job!)? How would it also be possible for them to talk about an event that would only take place some hundreds and thousands years in the future (refer to passages in Old Testament talking about the coming of Jesus Christ)?
I'm no stranger to physics, nor do I shy general science (particularly interested in nuclear science and theory of relativity). However, I wouldn't go as far as start to lambast the Bible and those who believe in it. Your disbelief is probably as good as their belief. In the end both are believers. You believe in 'nothing', whereas they believe in the Bible.
Be well!
I should admit you've brought up an interesting scenario. I'm not sure, however, what the exact timing for all this to occur. Do you think this may happen in this generation's life time? I seriously doubt it ;/.
My feeling is that things will continue spiralling down the tube until people face some major catastrophe... Take the population of China, for example. Their army (consisting of mostly single men) is the largest in the world. Their pool of available resources per capeta are dwindling dramatically. To me, this all appears like a sound setup for a major conflict. However weird and horrifict that may sound, waging a war may be their only 'light at the tunnel'. So goes for the other countries as well, even the more democratic ones.
The USA is an excellent case in point. The population has grown so large and short of natural resources such as the oil that they are willing to throw their millitary machine around and knock off a few countries to gain access to *their* natural resources in order to somehow offset the shortage experienced at home. In case of the recent conflict in Iraq, it is evident that oil has played a major contributing factor. Now, I do not deny the fact that Saddam is a natural bastard and seeing him without power is a nice treat. Unfortunately, I'm pretty darn sure that weren't it for oil, the USA wouldn't care much less about some tin pod dictator reigning over the lands of dessert...
Well, regardless of whether you or I or anybody else wishes it, it is going to happen eventually. I doubt it the human species will smarten up and somehow avert their "destrictive" activities, some of which you are referring to in your post.
;)
Therefore, unless something extraordinary happens (on par with a third world war or an alien invasion) I am in serious doubt that the city I'm living in (Vancouver, Canada) will not expand beyond the land it is currently occupying well into suburbs.
You make quote me on that 10 years down the road if you so desire
How did his responce equate to flamebit? I saw nothing wrong neither in your post nor in his reply to it.
You have your point and he is definitely entitled to his own. If he says he had bought a house, how is it not wise if he can't move? I'm sure hand't he bought a house, he'd have enough wit to move closer to his job. You only sound insulting by asserting the obvious.
Totally agree with your point. I think the other guy overstratched it. To me he sounded like one of the environmentalists. This isn't a bad thing in itself, but sometimes they *do* surprise me with their utopian way of thinking.
;)
As far as I'm concerned, I'd always shop around for more land. Land = real $$. I don't understand people who'd rather choose to pay for unrealistically overpriced accomodations with virtually no land. It absolutely sucks to have a neighbour's house only a few inches away from your window.
Besides, if you buy in present day suburbs, you may expect a good return on your "investment" whithin a decade or by the time your kids have grown and you might want to retire, sell off your house, and spend the rest of your live traveling around the globe
Sheesh... the EMarketersAmerica.org's message is pathetic and short sighted at best. I don't know how any form of unsolicited email marketing could be defined as 'legal' or within norm.
;/.
I've already lost count of how many times I had to change my email address thanks to the "tireless" effort of EMarketersAmerica.org types. For all I care, they are nothing but a bunch of selfish bastards tending to their own overpowering desire to get rich fast. It matters none to them that numerous hard working individuals on the receiving end have to waste every precious second of their lives on sifting through "oh-so-welcome" email spam promoting great deals/opportunities starting from Viagra and ranging all the way to outworldishly rich individuals of african descent in destress and of a dire need to give out sizeable portions of their fortune in exchange for piece of mind etc etc.
If there were any local laws prohibiting onsolicited spam, I'd be glad to pursue those sub-humans in courts. Unfortunately, there are no such laws and even if there were I doubt I could make any good use of them
And I will celebrate this anniversary by making yet another flaming post, chastising Microsoft's direct involvement in squashing the independant browser movement. I'll compose my flaming post in preferably l33t speak to bemuse the online audience and deliver an oh'so strong punch up Bill Gate's nose. I'll type my flaming post in a mozilla browser... while still burning in rage, I'll find my Windows XP OS box with the Windows (R) logo on it and crush it into the ground with my bare feet.
I wouldn't go as extreme as doing all this had I not had to reinstall my entire OS when my IE upgrade went wrong just a couple days prior to this special anniversary!!
(note: your understanding of sarcasm is appreciated).
Being one of the first posts, I have this sudden urge to make a perfect condidate for a -4 karma type of a post.. ehem.. to the matter however.. I'm wondering if any astronomy buffs could help me figure what does it help to know an approximate weight of a black hole? Other than an excuse to aquire more research dollars ;-)
"... Procter & Gamble has announce it's newest line of exclusive deodorant products geared at the female audience. The company claims that by marely applying small doses of the fragrance to the upper lips, women will generally experience hightened moods and feel less tense. Further, women may also expect a rise in levels of the reproductive luteinizing hormone that typically surge before ovulation... " (from unknown sources).
Hmmm... bastards, sounds like some companies are already cashin in on the new technology, eh?
if you consider natural calamities and other odd life events such as car accidents, terrorist attacks, wars, etc it no longer appears that age-retardation will result in dramatic increase in ever-lasting beings filling up the living quaters (the Earth, or maybe even Mars in the future). Also, those who live longer stand a greater chance of dying from an external cause not linked to their own biological clock. On another note, wouldn't many of us want to see Einstein live a much longer and productive life? If we put every effort in sustaining the lives of geniuses, we - as a society -- stand a greater chance at finding out answers to the toughest questions. It seems an awful lot of waste to see extraordinary gifted individuals expire in the midst of their quests... On another hand, this may be a dangerous line to take as extending lives of a selected few individuals could be against the cherished principles of equality etc. ...