not driving drunk, not driving and chatting on the phone, no speeding,...
I'll pass on the flying cars, unless they are completely automated and require no human input to steer.
...: flying cars...
Why is everyone always crying about their missing flying cars?
With the way most people drive I don't want flying cars overhead. Now you just have to be careful when crossing a street. With flying cars, you have to be careful above ground.
Is it worth? Teaching that is?
If I want to be a teacher (in europe), I could.
However, I am not sure I want to be. It feels like a worthwhile profession, but it's also clouded in many negative connotations. Perhaps you can offer some insight?
Is there something left that we should not be afraid about?
All this fear mongering is getting tiresome, annoying and starting to lose it effect.
Yes, the world is a scary and deadly place. You will most certainly not survive it. Although it might take a 120 or even 150 orbits around that big yellow thing in the sky, you still end up dead. However if you jump in the deep end at every occasion, you won't last that many orbits.
I have a mac, and I looked at your links.
These don't seem to be gpl based software. Do you have any software suggestions with this kind of license? I guess i am to cheap (still a student) to fork out money for software, but to honest to pirate it.
If they start using off the shelf PC type architecture why buy a Mac when all you need is the O/S? Because it is well designed. Just have a look at their powerbooks. Design != taking parts of the shell and stuffing it into a big grey box.
You have to understand, that there was no time. We had about 4 hours time to do the experiment, make your calculations and write the report. The next year, when you had to turn it in a week later, it was the other way. But damn that first year. Those first experiments as a scientist in making, did not give the right impression about experiments. It caused some to steer away from the experimental to the theoretical side of physics. Which in some cases was not a good call for or of them.
Should have mentioned the degree, it is physics.
University (europe) and college (US) are a bit different. As you most likely know, we don't get such a side variety of classes. And the half a page of formatting rules the gave us for that class, means nothing outside of it. If less than a quarter of your education is wasted time, i guess it was a good one.
How accurate where the experiments from Eddington that were supposed to prove Einstein theory, back in ~1920? Not very, that's for sure
Also, if graders at university level care more about how a paper is formatted and (nicely) written, than if the experiments were properly conducted, bad behaviour is encouraged. I know people who made one good measurement, made up the rest and spend the remaining part of the time on the paper due at the end of the day. While others spend their time on the experiments and had to write their papers quickly and hasty, forgoing a nice layout. You didn't had time to do both. Guess who had the better grade? Sure, measuring the period of a swinging pendulum may not be groundbreaking, but it's all about instilling the correct work habit. Perhaps what they did was good for getting a good grade, and they were the smarter of the rest of us. But it was damned lousy science.
Yes, after all these years, I am still "upset" about it.
i am not really into Fantasy.
Reading Tolkien was a quest I would not have completed if I didn't know the movies were coming.
Science fiction is more my thing. I discovered Philip K. Dick last summer also and I just finished "Time's eye" by Clark a few days ago.
Also don't presume that because an adult can like HP that said adult hardly ever reads. Taste is personal and there are many styles and authors to choose from.
Some people just read books for entertaining, others swear by literary minds and Nobel prize winners. Me, I stay with the entertainment. If I want something to think about, I'll just read a non-fiction book.
Well, some of the books are 500+ pages long. Quite difficult to translate that into a movie. Although Jackson did it so good, I like the LOTR movies over the books.
Also, keep in mind that it are just kids acting. You can't expect an 12 year old to be as good as, say, Morgan Freeman. As they grow older, their acting does seem to improve, save for the boy playing Ron.
The movies are good for young kids, but the books are for all ages.
The books are much better. They are not solely for kids.
I bought the books last summer and read all 5 of them in a matter of days (spread out over a few weekends). Since them I have reread them and I am most certainly looking forward to the next one in ~62 days.
Give them a change, most likely you wouldn't be disappointed.
They are funny, well written and at the end of each book, you hit yourself over the head, because you didn't see it coming. One really can't stop reading them. Rowling even makes a joke in one of her books about a magical book that you can never put down. Well, her books are certainly magical. They are also kind of a mystery spread out over 7 books. Only two left to go.
But if you can't take the suspense, perhaps you should wait untill book 7 is out in a few years.
What is also surprisingly is that the writing style ages with the characters. While book one is more targeted at 11 year olds, the 5th one is more for young adolescentes. But any age can and does enjoy them.
A decent fansite is: www.mugglenet.com
The editorials are usually good.
Before I read them I just discarded them as over hyped kids books. I was proven wrong, lucky me.
lol
I am in Belgium. Went to high school near Antwerp. Now attending university in Ghent.
The teacher just mentioned it. And he was quite annoyed he had to do it. The whole handeling of it and the fact that it was mentioned at all was so funny, because with one exception (not me) the entire class was made out of atheists, studying a scientific curriculum (Wetenschappen-wiskunde 6 en 8 uur)
I spend my high school time (12-18) at a catholic school in Europe.
In biology we spent a lot of time learning about evolution. When those classes where over, the teacher said he was obligated (well, don't know by who actually. School or govn.) to mention intelligent design. It took him no more than two minutes, and the entire class had a good laugh.
At the time I was surprised that he had to mention it, though.
Yep, but it cost them more effort to yet your fingerprints/DNA.
if it is in some database, it just takes one exploit before a truckload of them are stolen. To the average thief, it's more advantageous to exploit insecure software than to go around a few thousands people houses and collect their prints/DNA.
And if someone has it in for you, you're done for regardless of what you do.
Although I don't have anything in particular against ID cards, I do have something against storing fingerprints.
If needed, it's easier to shed an ID, and get lost in the big mass of people in any world city and take on a new ID. When your fingerprints are out there, it's there for ever. I rather not cut of my fingers.
Perhaps your traveling can be tracked with ID (at borders and such), but at least you know it when you hand over your card. Prints can be found up to a few days after you have left, without you knowing it at all. Same for DNA.
ID cards? Yeah, sure, it has it uses.
Biometric data? Up yours!
And iris scans? Well, it depends on the range of the scans. If it's possible like in Minority Report, then once again: Up yours! If it close range, than perhaps yes.
http://www.answers.com/french&r=67
french: To cut (green beans, for example) into thin strips before cooking.
Some national pride: Fries were invented by some Belgian guy, over a hundred years ago. (Radio 1 luisteraars, wat was die zijn naam nu ook al weer? Don't remember the name, though.) With the amounts we consumed, you could say it's our national food. Besides chocolat.
Lett me first thank you for the reply.
Another question. Regardless if it is state level or federal level.
There are several different numbers, stored in several different DB's used for several different purposes. All in the hands of govn branches. What is to stop them from tying it all together?
Suppose you have one ID number, rendering access to several different DB's. Acces to one DB is limited to the relevant govn branch. You offcourse have access to all data, since it's all about you. The govn can indeed abuse its power and access the other DB's. But they could in the first/current example as well. This second example limits the amount of numbers/cards you need to know/have. One card for the govn, one for each bank,...
One card or many, identity theft could still happen.
Why is state trusted more than federal? If there was no federal, would you trust city council more than state?
Although the only time the police asked for it, was one time I got hit (lightly) by a car while on my bike.
I have to make an correction. I also showed my ID card at the police station when I had my bike marked as my property. That is done to prevent theft, and in case of theft the police can return it to me, should they stumble across it.
My old crappy (inherited) bike got stolen in two years time. My new, marked bike is still with me after 4 years. And I live in a University town. As you know, in such a town, stealing^H borrowing bikes is common as breathing air.
So once again, my ID card is used in my favour. You could say, the same could have been accomplished with a driver ID card or a SSN. To which I will, again, ask: then what is the difference?
Thanks for the replies so far.
. A car hit you - you didn't do anything wrong, but the police wanted your ID. Why
So that the cop had the adress of both me and the driver. Should there have been a problem with compensation (my bike needed repairs) either of us could have gone to the police. I am mostly certainly not under the impression that an ID card solves crime. If the police wants to harass a person or group they can do so without an ID. Why would not having an ID card stop them from stopping you, asking you questions, holding you up or even arresting you? An ID card doesn't contain your religion or favourite sport team. They can't see it sitting in your pocket with their *x-ray* vision. As I said, they need a reason to ask for it. You in return can ask them why. If you decline to show it, they can take you downtown. You can make an official complaint if it was without merit. Now, suppose there are no ID cards. What would have stopped them from taking you down town, anyway? ID cards != harassment. Corrupt police/state = harassment.
The bank wants to see your ID. Why?
Because it's my money, and they want to be sure it's me. My ID has a picture of me. My bankcard doesn't. Both can be stolen, only one can be used by the thief by handing it over to a banker. Yes, I usually just give them my bankcard. But when I want to redraw 5000 euro (which I did once. I had both bankcard and ID. The banker didn't know me in person. It was a new person.), I was glad they asked for my ID in addition. (Although if the banker knows you well, it doesn't have to be this way.) The bank, by means of my ID has no access to my medical history of police record.
I am not in favour of ID cards, per se. But also not against. It has it uses. But I am always surprised by the *extreme* reactions against.
Oh, and if I have to chose between an ID card (which supposedly will only be used to track my every movement) and my fingerprints in some database, I sure know which one.
The government has no inherent interest in knowing a citizen's identity other than the interest of tyranny.
What about taxes? You may not like them, but they pay for roads, school, military, healthcare,...
And how do you identify yourself to your bank (e.g. your money)? If there is no uniform system of identification, then how can they know , for certain, it's you? Not every one is rich enough to know their banker in person.
I always hear stories from USA about identify theft, but hardly any from the *old* continent. But that could just be me.
I am not an American, but from Belgium. I am required to carry a ID-card with me. Although the only time the police asked for it, was one time I got hit (lightly) by a car while on my bike. My bank has seen my ID card more than the police. Which I think is a good thing. It's my money afterall.
So, if every american has an SSN, and it's given out almost like candy. And since the the US govn knows this number. Then what is the difference with a national ID card? And why are Americans so opposed against such a card?
It's something I have been trying to understand for years.
I don't feel harassed, having to cary my ID. I rarely use it. If I get in an accident, it can be used to identify me. It's rarely asked for. The police needs a justified reason to ask to see it. The bank can ask for, before giving out a lot of cash money, or before paying a check (also something which is very rarely used over here). I can travel freely across member states without showing it. Perhaps not yet with the 10 new ones, to be honest.
Just wondering...
Longhorn doesn't just show you an icon for a document, for example, but rather an itsy-bitsy picture of the first page.
OK, can someone please explain to me why I'd want this? It'll be too small to read, so unless you put the title up in big bold letters at the top you won'd be able to see anything helpful in text documents.
It's a feature from Mac OS X. It shows part of the file content (not for all types though) in the finder when it's in column view. It's quite readable.
it's about 23 characters wide and 9 lines deep with a slightly smaller fontsize.
Outsourcing such a key series would constrain the keepers of Star Trek canon.
hahahaha, lol, OMG, snif.
Oh, man. That was the best laugh in days.
Well, actually not. With the way it has been going lately. Continuity is a huge problem. And fans are very sensitive of canon.
One or two writers who get paid, regardless if they uphold canon. Or a bunch of bloodthirsty, dressed up klingon/Borg/Ferengi, trekkies debating over the slightest intonation of a character.
Now, who would hold up canon more...
I remember the episode you describe, but not the line.
These kinds of things are what DS9 so good. it's a bit dark, many well written characters. It's about character development and morality.
I watched Star trek since I was 11 or 12. Started with TNG. It taught me more morality, gave me more hope and more inspiration than my parents. Looking back at TNG, it's a bit dated and the female rolls aren't that good. But heck I was 12. I know that the Weasly character is horrible. But as a 12 year old, I sure looked up to that guy. He was flying a Star Ship! Now I am a scientist, who survived a horrible family. Thank you, Star Trek. Thank you Gene.
And that is why I hate what they did to it with Enterprise.
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not driving drunk, not driving and chatting on the phone, no speeding,...
I'll pass on the flying cars, unless they are completely automated and require no human input to steer.
...: flying cars...
Why is everyone always crying about their missing flying cars?
With the way most people drive I don't want flying cars overhead. Now you just have to be careful when crossing a street. With flying cars, you have to be careful above ground.
Is it worth? Teaching that is?
If I want to be a teacher (in europe), I could.
However, I am not sure I want to be. It feels like a worthwhile profession, but it's also clouded in many negative connotations.
Perhaps you can offer some insight?
Is there something left that we should not be afraid about?
All this fear mongering is getting tiresome, annoying and starting to lose it effect.
Yes, the world is a scary and deadly place. You will most certainly not survive it. Although it might take a 120 or even 150 orbits around that big yellow thing in the sky, you still end up dead.
However if you jump in the deep end at every occasion, you won't last that many orbits.
I have a mac, and I looked at your links.
These don't seem to be gpl based software. Do you have any software suggestions with this kind of license?
I guess i am to cheap (still a student) to fork out money for software, but to honest to pirate it.
If they start using off the shelf PC type architecture why buy a Mac when all you need is the O/S?
Because it is well designed. Just have a look at their powerbooks. Design != taking parts of the shell and stuffing it into a big grey box.
You have to understand, that there was no time. We had about 4 hours time to do the experiment, make your calculations and write the report.
The next year, when you had to turn it in a week later, it was the other way.
But damn that first year. Those first experiments as a scientist in making, did not give the right impression about experiments. It caused some to steer away from the experimental to the theoretical side of physics. Which in some cases was not a good call for or of them.
Should have mentioned the degree, it is physics.
University (europe) and college (US) are a bit different. As you most likely know, we don't get such a side variety of classes.
And the half a page of formatting rules the gave us for that class, means nothing outside of it.
If less than a quarter of your education is wasted time, i guess it was a good one.
Also, if graders at university level care more about how a paper is formatted and (nicely) written, than if the experiments were properly conducted, bad behaviour is encouraged.
I know people who made one good measurement, made up the rest and spend the remaining part of the time on the paper due at the end of the day. While others spend their time on the experiments and had to write their papers quickly and hasty, forgoing a nice layout.
You didn't had time to do both.
Guess who had the better grade?
Sure, measuring the period of a swinging pendulum may not be groundbreaking, but it's all about instilling the correct work habit.
Perhaps what they did was good for getting a good grade, and they were the smarter of the rest of us. But it was damned lousy science.
Yes, after all these years, I am still "upset" about it.
i am not really into Fantasy.
Reading Tolkien was a quest I would not have completed if I didn't know the movies were coming.
Science fiction is more my thing. I discovered Philip K. Dick last summer also and I just finished "Time's eye" by Clark a few days ago.
Also don't presume that because an adult can like HP that said adult hardly ever reads. Taste is personal and there are many styles and authors to choose from.
Some people just read books for entertaining, others swear by literary minds and Nobel prize winners. Me, I stay with the entertainment. If I want something to think about, I'll just read a non-fiction book.
Well, some of the books are 500+ pages long. Quite difficult to translate that into a movie. Although Jackson did it so good, I like the LOTR movies over the books.
Also, keep in mind that it are just kids acting. You can't expect an 12 year old to be as good as, say, Morgan Freeman.
As they grow older, their acting does seem to improve, save for the boy playing Ron.
The movies are good for young kids, but the books are for all ages.
I bought the books last summer and read all 5 of them in a matter of days (spread out over a few weekends). Since them I have reread them and I am most certainly looking forward to the next one in ~62 days.
Give them a change, most likely you wouldn't be disappointed.
They are funny, well written and at the end of each book, you hit yourself over the head, because you didn't see it coming. One really can't stop reading them. Rowling even makes a joke in one of her books about a magical book that you can never put down. Well, her books are certainly magical.
They are also kind of a mystery spread out over 7 books. Only two left to go.
But if you can't take the suspense, perhaps you should wait untill book 7 is out in a few years.
What is also surprisingly is that the writing style ages with the characters. While book one is more targeted at 11 year olds, the 5th one is more for young adolescentes. But any age can and does enjoy them.
A decent fansite is: www.mugglenet.com
The editorials are usually good.
Before I read them I just discarded them as over hyped kids books. I was proven wrong, lucky me.
lol
I am in Belgium. Went to high school near Antwerp. Now attending university in Ghent.
The teacher just mentioned it. And he was quite annoyed he had to do it. The whole handeling of it and the fact that it was mentioned at all was so funny, because with one exception (not me) the entire class was made out of atheists, studying a scientific curriculum (Wetenschappen-wiskunde 6 en 8 uur)
I spend my high school time (12-18) at a catholic school in Europe.
In biology we spent a lot of time learning about evolution. When those classes where over, the teacher said he was obligated (well, don't know by who actually. School or govn.) to mention intelligent design. It took him no more than two minutes, and the entire class had a good laugh.
At the time I was surprised that he had to mention it, though.
Yep, but it cost them more effort to yet your fingerprints/DNA.
if it is in some database, it just takes one exploit before a truckload of them are stolen.
To the average thief, it's more advantageous to exploit insecure software than to go around a few thousands people houses and collect their prints/DNA.
And if someone has it in for you, you're done for regardless of what you do.
If needed, it's easier to shed an ID, and get lost in the big mass of people in any world city and take on a new ID. When your fingerprints are out there, it's there for ever. I rather not cut of my fingers.
Perhaps your traveling can be tracked with ID (at borders and such), but at least you know it when you hand over your card. Prints can be found up to a few days after you have left, without you knowing it at all. Same for DNA.
ID cards? Yeah, sure, it has it uses.
Biometric data? Up yours!
And iris scans? Well, it depends on the range of the scans. If it's possible like in Minority Report, then once again: Up yours! If it close range, than perhaps yes.
http://www.answers.com/french&r=67
french: To cut (green beans, for example) into thin strips before cooking.
Some national pride: Fries were invented by some Belgian guy, over a hundred years ago. (Radio 1 luisteraars, wat was die zijn naam nu ook al weer? Don't remember the name, though.) With the amounts we consumed, you could say it's our national food. Besides chocolat.
Lett me first thank you for the reply.
Another question. Regardless if it is state level or federal level. There are several different numbers, stored in several different DB's used for several different purposes. All in the hands of govn branches. What is to stop them from tying it all together?
Suppose you have one ID number, rendering access to several different DB's. Acces to one DB is limited to the relevant govn branch. You offcourse have access to all data, since it's all about you. The govn can indeed abuse its power and access the other DB's. But they could in the first/current example as well. This second example limits the amount of numbers/cards you need to know/have. One card for the govn, one for each bank,...
One card or many, identity theft could still happen.
Why is state trusted more than federal? If there was no federal, would you trust city council more than state?
My old crappy (inherited) bike got stolen in two years time. My new, marked bike is still with me after 4 years. And I live in a University town. As you know, in such a town, stealing^H borrowing bikes is common as breathing air.
So once again, my ID card is used in my favour. You could say, the same could have been accomplished with a driver ID card or a SSN. To which I will, again, ask: then what is the difference?
Thanks for the replies so far.
So that the cop had the adress of both me and the driver. Should there have been a problem with compensation (my bike needed repairs) either of us could have gone to the police.
I am mostly certainly not under the impression that an ID card solves crime.
If the police wants to harass a person or group they can do so without an ID. Why would not having an ID card stop them from stopping you, asking you questions, holding you up or even arresting you? An ID card doesn't contain your religion or favourite sport team. They can't see it sitting in your pocket with their *x-ray* vision. As I said, they need a reason to ask for it. You in return can ask them why. If you decline to show it, they can take you downtown. You can make an official complaint if it was without merit. Now, suppose there are no ID cards. What would have stopped them from taking you down town, anyway? ID cards != harassment. Corrupt police/state = harassment.
The bank wants to see your ID. Why?
Because it's my money, and they want to be sure it's me. My ID has a picture of me. My bankcard doesn't. Both can be stolen, only one can be used by the thief by handing it over to a banker. Yes, I usually just give them my bankcard. But when I want to redraw 5000 euro (which I did once. I had both bankcard and ID. The banker didn't know me in person. It was a new person.), I was glad they asked for my ID in addition. (Although if the banker knows you well, it doesn't have to be this way.) The bank, by means of my ID has no access to my medical history of police record.
I am not in favour of ID cards, per se. But also not against. It has it uses. But I am always surprised by the *extreme* reactions against.
Oh, and if I have to chose between an ID card (which supposedly will only be used to track my every movement) and my fingerprints in some database, I sure know which one.
The government has no inherent interest in knowing a citizen's identity other than the interest of tyranny.
What about taxes? You may not like them, but they pay for roads, school, military, healthcare,...
And how do you identify yourself to your bank (e.g. your money)? If there is no uniform system of identification, then how can they know , for certain, it's you? Not every one is rich enough to know their banker in person.
I always hear stories from USA about identify theft, but hardly any from the *old* continent. But that could just be me.
I am not an American, but from Belgium. I am required to carry a ID-card with me. Although the only time the police asked for it, was one time I got hit (lightly) by a car while on my bike. My bank has seen my ID card more than the police. Which I think is a good thing. It's my money afterall.
So, if every american has an SSN, and it's given out almost like candy. And since the the US govn knows this number. Then what is the difference with a national ID card? And why are Americans so opposed against such a card?
It's something I have been trying to understand for years.
I don't feel harassed, having to cary my ID. I rarely use it. If I get in an accident, it can be used to identify me. It's rarely asked for. The police needs a justified reason to ask to see it. The bank can ask for, before giving out a lot of cash money, or before paying a check (also something which is very rarely used over here). I can travel freely across member states without showing it. Perhaps not yet with the 10 new ones, to be honest.
Just wondering...
Longhorn doesn't just show you an icon for a document, for example, but rather an itsy-bitsy picture of the first page.
OK, can someone please explain to me why I'd want this? It'll be too small to read, so unless you put the title up in big bold letters at the top you won'd be able to see anything helpful in text documents.
It's a feature from Mac OS X. It shows part of the file content (not for all types though) in the finder when it's in column view. It's quite readable.
it's about 23 characters wide and 9 lines deep with a slightly smaller fontsize.
hahahaha, lol, OMG, snif.
Oh, man. That was the best laugh in days.
Well, actually not. With the way it has been going lately.
Continuity is a huge problem. And fans are very sensitive of canon.
One or two writers who get paid, regardless if they uphold canon. Or a bunch of bloodthirsty, dressed up klingon/Borg/Ferengi, trekkies debating over the slightest intonation of a character.
Now, who would hold up canon more...
These kinds of things are what DS9 so good. it's a bit dark, many well written characters. It's about character development and morality.
I watched Star trek since I was 11 or 12. Started with TNG. It taught me more morality, gave me more hope and more inspiration than my parents. Looking back at TNG, it's a bit dated and the female rolls aren't that good. But heck I was 12.
I know that the Weasly character is horrible. But as a 12 year old, I sure looked up to that guy. He was flying a Star Ship!
Now I am a scientist, who survived a horrible family. Thank you, Star Trek. Thank you Gene.
And that is why I hate what they did to it with Enterprise.