The only way I have found to be really, truly effective, is to keep a daily log of my activities. And be brutally honest. If you sit down to write a paper, but don't, you write 4:30 - 6:15 Slashdot. Not paper. For me, having to write down that I was goofing off motivates me to Get Work Done.
There are a lot of "pointless" projects out there, cold fusion, AI, room temperature superconduction, teleportation, time travel, an end to world hunger
The best justification for theoretical research or far-flung projects is not the project itself, but the tools invented along the way to try and get the job done. SETI may never come to anything, but they introduced the average person to the idea of distributed computing.
Set your sights on the impossible, and you will start making some fantastic tools that may never get the job done, but that can be used for many other things.
Really? I've never had a problem with popfile. Plus the advantage of popfile is it is a general mail classifier, not just for spam. So it will sort mail into different types.
One thing I use this for is mailing list. Instead of just saying 'all email from this address goes to this folder' I used popfile to sort the messages into 'probably of interest to me' and 'not of interest to me'. Really great for groups that get spammy posts to them.
Oh yeah? Give me a hundred thousand tobacco plants, a hundred thousand years, and I will show you some bioluminescence. (In a nice Stupid Luddite Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley pattern on the leaves if you ask nicely) There is nothing special about the genes from the firefly that make them evil to put in tobacco plants. It's just a protein sequence there was no selective pressure on tobacco plants to develop.
We could 'naturally' breed in the characteristics we desire, but why wait so long? Genetic modification speeds up the process.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, but can it hotsync with a palm?
(I couldn't find the ability to do that anywhere)
We need to test those new kernels! Hop to it!
Why is this relationship always about you.
The only way I have found to be really, truly effective, is to keep a daily log of my activities. And be brutally honest. If you sit down to write a paper, but don't, you write 4:30 - 6:15 Slashdot. Not paper. For me, having to write down that I was goofing off motivates me to Get Work Done.
They don't get much radio time, and they can't cover much of the sky.
Having one bad eye is better than being blind.
There are a lot of "pointless" projects out there, cold fusion, AI, room temperature superconduction, teleportation, time travel, an end to world hunger
The best justification for theoretical research or far-flung projects is not the project itself, but the tools invented along the way to try and get the job done. SETI may never come to anything, but they introduced the average person to the idea of distributed computing.
Set your sights on the impossible, and you will start making some fantastic tools that may never get the job done, but that can be used for many other things.
what's the actual probability of finding intelligent life?
I look at in this way: What's the probability of finding intelligent life vs. the probability of me getting cancer.
I switched from seti@home to folding@home.
Reminds me of the pigs in Animal Farm
I'm currently unemployed in London and looking for a job. I know I could do this for money, but it wouldn't be worth how much I would hate my life.
The occasional tech support job for my mom is bad enough. : )
Iraq?
Just because the technology is there does not mean people will want to use it.
If given tech makes large companies more money, I don't think anything will stop it from being used.
Why not make robots to make robots that work in the robot factory?
Good note-taking has nothing to do with the medium on which the note is recorded
I tested your theory today with a chisel and some stone tablets.
Conclusion: new theory needed.
What about the porn?
A dead G.W. and more money for science in one fell swoop. That will be a happy day.
All the more reason to be scared : )
At this rate, Moz 1.6 will have an included oral sex plugin.
Where do I sign up for the beta?
Really? I've never had a problem with popfile. Plus the advantage of popfile is it is a general mail classifier, not just for spam. So it will sort mail into different types.
One thing I use this for is mailing list. Instead of just saying 'all email from this address goes to this folder' I used popfile to sort the messages into 'probably of interest to me' and 'not of interest to me'. Really great for groups that get spammy posts to them.
That's three : )
Well then, straight to the far future I go.
Oh yeah? Give me a hundred thousand tobacco plants, a hundred thousand years, and I will show you some bioluminescence. (In a nice Stupid Luddite Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley pattern on the leaves if you ask nicely) There is nothing special about the genes from the firefly that make them evil to put in tobacco plants. It's just a protein sequence there was no selective pressure on tobacco plants to develop.
We could 'naturally' breed in the characteristics we desire, but why wait so long? Genetic modification speeds up the process.
Make me think of all the names in Harry Potter.
Emeric Switch
Cornelius Fudge
Ernie Prang
All all the others.
It's better than nothing.
Damn karma whores.
One dollar for eternal happiness?
Hmmm...
I think I'd be happier with the dollar.
You posted this comment in the last story. If you can work it into the next one, I'll be impressed.