People do use 100% of their brain. And some vegans aren't healthy; we evolved to eat meat, so to stop and stay healthy, it depends on what you supplement it with.
Do you mean it's difficult to overdose in the sense that you know how much you're giving yourself so you won't take too much?
Then I'd agree, as it's the same with anything, eg. caffeine. If I take a 200mg pill I know it'll kick in in around 30 minutes and I won't need another for probably 2 or 3 hours (for staying awake late). But if I was getting anywhere from 10mg to 2g in a cup it could be dangerous to dose on caffeine.
Sorry the only thing that confused me was the mention of tolerance, as I don't know too much about heroine.
But what's to be gotten from opiate use? Makes you feel good, maybe interesting dreams... Not my sort of thing (I'd prefer trippy hallucinations or the usefulness of something allowing me to stay up late and focus occasionally), but I'd have to respect anybody who uses it as I have my drugs too...
Points like this always annoy me: how about fully legal/w many legal uses also! Though obviously Apple shouldn't be porting apps like that, and as I understand it, there are many decent emulators for OS X anyway.
The server editions typically get year names it seems now: Windows 2000 Server -> Windows 2003 Server... And the consumer ones recently have been Windows ME -> Windows XP. Windows 2000 wasn't really meant for the typical user to get on his new pc. But yeah, Longhorn will probably have two letters come 2004/5/6.
They even tried to get money per meg on hard-drives. I don't think it happened, but it would morally give me the right to any copyrighted material I wish;)
Those licenses certainly can't stop you from doing anything allowed by law, at least somethings. You can reverse engineer software if your country allows it, regardless of what the shrink-rap says. In the particular case you are citing, reviewing is allowed by copyright law. In fact, I don't believe you need to own the copyrighted material to write a review, you just need to state where you got it, etc.. So technically you might be able to pirate something legally to write a review (and then delete it).
Otherwise I don't know how those stand up as contracts. You could be agreeing to the contract because you are paying money, and if you don't agree you can get your money back. This is why I should be able to buy any game and return it. Microsoft Windows has something like this in the EULA, so if you buy a machine with it installed, you should be able to get a refund because you don't agree with the EULA. In fact, the Windows license actually says you can return the software if you don't agree. Thus, the people who sell that software must be agreeing to that too.
I understand there was a case where someone told somebody to stop posting screenshots of their game (Rainbow 6 maybe) because and the EULA didn't allow that. I don't know what happened though.
There is also something in the EULA of Half-Life stating you cannot trade time playing Half-Life for money, which could be used to potentially stop Cafe gaming. Then again, Cafes could argue they are selling time on their computers, not the game.. and so on. But obviously Valve doesn't want to be seen as an ass, and Cafes buy all their games. The games get exposure and perpetuates the community too.
Law is tricky though, so it would be interesting to know how this sort of contract works.
On the main road in my town (though not the part actually going through the centre of town) the limit is 50km/h. That speed is terribly slow for what is generally a straight stretch like that. So everybody (except me, I can lose my novice licence speeding afaik) goes at least 60 km/h. In fact, most people probably consiously try to go 60. But if that limit was raised to what people do go, wouldn't they just speed more than it? On the highway the limit is 90km/h, but people usually go 100-110. Maybe the system just works the way it is: people slightly speed, but the cops ignore them (at least here;).
Of course, people will slow down in icy conditions, so they probably won't speed dangerously. They also slow quite a bit to make turns. And it's very hard to prove statistically that speed kills.
I agree with what you say. Rather than arrest people for downloading copyrighted material, it probably makes more sense for the industry to figure out what works for them too. Trying to protect that material more is one way. Or relaxing on copyright is another. All in all, the government should only be making laws to protect people (and to whatever extent is required to stop businesses from become monopolies, and all the other stuff gov't ought to do that I don't understand), but the industry should find a solution on its own.
And I didn't read it in the article: is this going to be jail time for people who download lots of copyrighted material? That's ridiculus. People "stealing" material will now be paying for more jails to put others like themselves in jail.
Current cheap palms have tiny screens, that are in no way suitable for e-book reading (which sucks, because now I don't use my palm for anything). I think a dedicated e-book reading has some potential if it can access enough content. If I could put my own content on one, I know I'd have lots of use for it (but that's just me).
I think "electronic paper" has lots of potential for this very thing (developed by E Ink). It's slightly bendable, is a lot like paper, and has low power requirements. It doesn't need power to keep the screen on, as the screen is made of coloured particles suspended in liquid. Apparantly 6 months of usage as a "standard ebook reader" is possible with only 2 triple-A batteries. So with power requirements that low, maybe a solar panel strip like on calculators could give it enough power to "flip the page", or even charge a battery. If you could store your data on a medium that doesn't require a constant power source to stay stored, the solar idea would certainly work (I expect). I know some flash memory these days are just little golden strips, and must be good for this. There is still the issue of night lighting, but in the day the display reads just like paper.
Sorry, it sounds so cool to me;) If it becomes possible to buy the screens I may have to build something myself... The technology certainly has potential (for cheap phones at the very least).
Would you mind giving some links to information on the technologies required to send people to Mars and back. I'm interested in this, because it isn't trivial to travel that far with fuel/life-support requirements... Thanks.
"...look at China, look at Japan, look at Russia even; all are doing much more to push the boundaries of human experience than NASA is now."
While you may be correct on all your points, it kinda says something for NASA when you compare them to a country. Or maybe it says even more for the USA when they're not on top.
It sure would be interesting to see what happens if such a situation occured. I don't think this is such a big hit to the potential for genetically modified organisms, however. It's a cost/benefit thing. And we just need to keep an eye on it (which admittedly might be difficult, but I don't think it has to be).
Putting genes into plants is not speeding up evolution. So comparing evolution to GMO isn't accurate. GMO is like selective breeding though, because both change the properties of the target. GMO is just more effective, and can do so much more.
I don't see any problems with any modifications like these. Do you really think another protein in a plant is going to cause horrible mutations in humans? It probably won't affect animals with high metabolisms at all.
Yes, after a hundred years of genetically modifying species something *might* go awry. But you misunderestimate the robustness (not the word I was trying to think of) of life. I don't want these terribly hypothetical situations preventing anything with such great benefits from being used.
I second that.. though I didn't know their urine glows. I wish I had a black light! Rats are excellent pets. I wish I could figure out how to train them not to defecate on the floor (or in a litterbox) so I could let them out semi-unsupervised sometimes. Never been bitten except by accident, and it didn't hurt as they don't bite food to kill. I can't believe hamsters are so prevalent.
If we screw with ourselves and mess up, oops. But if you screw up a generation of kittens, well too bad, but it's easier to recover from. And people have been genetically engineering pets for a long time: just look at pug dogs (is that their real name?). Those dogs were bred to be really small, but now undesirable traits have crept out due to inbreeding. eg. their heads are too big to fit out of the birth canal. Genetically engineering is much safer than inbreeding.
Attractive people typically are more healthy, are they not? It would at least appear to be true if they are strong enuff to play football, instead of foosball.
It's not that the North American market is open-minded, it's that everybody else is smart enough only to make games for the US that they think Americans will want to play.
Case in point: buy a playstation Demo cd that has import games. Lots of those games are not the sort of thing the average American will want to play. And thus you don't see them in North America.
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People do use 100% of their brain. And some vegans aren't healthy; we evolved to eat meat, so to stop and stay healthy, it depends on what you supplement it with.
Do you mean it's difficult to overdose in the sense that you know how much you're giving yourself so you won't take too much?
Then I'd agree, as it's the same with anything, eg. caffeine. If I take a 200mg pill I know it'll kick in in around 30 minutes and I won't need another for probably 2 or 3 hours (for staying awake late). But if I was getting anywhere from 10mg to 2g in a cup it could be dangerous to dose on caffeine.
Sorry the only thing that confused me was the mention of tolerance, as I don't know too much about heroine.
But what's to be gotten from opiate use? Makes you feel good, maybe interesting dreams... Not my sort of thing (I'd prefer trippy hallucinations or the usefulness of something allowing me to stay up late and focus occasionally), but I'd have to respect anybody who uses it as I have my drugs too...
I always wondered what that phrase meant...
That is just an excuse by the people who don't wish to aknowledge the high intelligence of whales and dolphins.
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Are you sure you don't mean full intelligence?
questionably-legal emulators
/w many legal uses also! Though obviously Apple shouldn't be porting apps like that, and as I understand it, there are many decent emulators for OS X anyway.
Points like this always annoy me: how about fully legal
But you'd no longer be able to afford going to college!
The server editions typically get year names it seems now: Windows 2000 Server -> Windows 2003 Server... And the consumer ones recently have been Windows ME -> Windows XP. Windows 2000 wasn't really meant for the typical user to get on his new pc. But yeah, Longhorn will probably have two letters come 2004/5/6.
They even tried to get money per meg on hard-drives. I don't think it happened, but it would morally give me the right to any copyrighted material I wish ;)
Those licenses certainly can't stop you from doing anything allowed by law, at least somethings. You can reverse engineer software if your country allows it, regardless of what the shrink-rap says. In the particular case you are citing, reviewing is allowed by copyright law. In fact, I don't believe you need to own the copyrighted material to write a review, you just need to state where you got it, etc.. So technically you might be able to pirate something legally to write a review (and then delete it).
Otherwise I don't know how those stand up as contracts. You could be agreeing to the contract because you are paying money, and if you don't agree you can get your money back. This is why I should be able to buy any game and return it. Microsoft Windows has something like this in the EULA, so if you buy a machine with it installed, you should be able to get a refund because you don't agree with the EULA. In fact, the Windows license actually says you can return the software if you don't agree. Thus, the people who sell that software must be agreeing to that too.
I understand there was a case where someone told somebody to stop posting screenshots of their game (Rainbow 6 maybe) because and the EULA didn't allow that. I don't know what happened though.
There is also something in the EULA of Half-Life stating you cannot trade time playing Half-Life for money, which could be used to potentially stop Cafe gaming. Then again, Cafes could argue they are selling time on their computers, not the game.. and so on. But obviously Valve doesn't want to be seen as an ass, and Cafes buy all their games. The games get exposure and perpetuates the community too.
Law is tricky though, so it would be interesting to know how this sort of contract works.
They probably won't return to hurt you. AFAIK from watching crummy comedies, you will be sued so much you'll want to shoot yourself.
Shoot to kill, if you must.
On the main road in my town (though not the part actually going through the centre of town) the limit is 50km/h. That speed is terribly slow for what is generally a straight stretch like that. So everybody (except me, I can lose my novice licence speeding afaik) goes at least 60 km/h. In fact, most people probably consiously try to go 60. But if that limit was raised to what people do go, wouldn't they just speed more than it? On the highway the limit is 90km/h, but people usually go 100-110. Maybe the system just works the way it is: people slightly speed, but the cops ignore them (at least here ;).
Of course, people will slow down in icy conditions, so they probably won't speed dangerously. They also slow quite a bit to make turns. And it's very hard to prove statistically that speed kills.
I agree with what you say. Rather than arrest people for downloading copyrighted material, it probably makes more sense for the industry to figure out what works for them too. Trying to protect that material more is one way. Or relaxing on copyright is another. All in all, the government should only be making laws to protect people (and to whatever extent is required to stop businesses from become monopolies, and all the other stuff gov't ought to do that I don't understand), but the industry should find a solution on its own.
And I didn't read it in the article: is this going to be jail time for people who download lots of copyrighted material? That's ridiculus. People "stealing" material will now be paying for more jails to put others like themselves in jail.
Sorry to rant under your post...
Current cheap palms have tiny screens, that are in no way suitable for e-book reading (which sucks, because now I don't use my palm for anything). I think a dedicated e-book reading has some potential if it can access enough content. If I could put my own content on one, I know I'd have lots of use for it (but that's just me).
;) If it becomes possible to buy the screens I may have to build something myself... The technology certainly has potential (for cheap phones at the very least).
I think "electronic paper" has lots of potential for this very thing (developed by E Ink). It's slightly bendable, is a lot like paper, and has low power requirements. It doesn't need power to keep the screen on, as the screen is made of coloured particles suspended in liquid. Apparantly 6 months of usage as a "standard ebook reader" is possible with only 2 triple-A batteries. So with power requirements that low, maybe a solar panel strip like on calculators could give it enough power to "flip the page", or even charge a battery. If you could store your data on a medium that doesn't require a constant power source to stay stored, the solar idea would certainly work (I expect). I know some flash memory these days are just little golden strips, and must be good for this. There is still the issue of night lighting, but in the day the display reads just like paper.
Sorry, it sounds so cool to me
Hmm: matthew (-%$# a.t 4as5df) island.net
Would you mind giving some links to information on the technologies required to send people to Mars and back. I'm interested in this, because it isn't trivial to travel that far with fuel/life-support requirements... Thanks.
"...look at China, look at Japan, look at Russia even; all are doing much more to push the boundaries of human experience than NASA is now."
While you may be correct on all your points, it kinda says something for NASA when you compare them to a country. Or maybe it says even more for the USA when they're not on top.
I agree, downtime should be limited to figuring out what went wrong. Shit happens.
It sure would be interesting to see what happens if such a situation occured. I don't think this is such a big hit to the potential for genetically modified organisms, however. It's a cost/benefit thing. And we just need to keep an eye on it (which admittedly might be difficult, but I don't think it has to be).
Putting genes into plants is not speeding up evolution. So comparing evolution to GMO isn't accurate. GMO is like selective breeding though, because both change the properties of the target. GMO is just more effective, and can do so much more.
I don't see any problems with any modifications like these. Do you really think another protein in a plant is going to cause horrible mutations in humans? It probably won't affect animals with high metabolisms at all.
Yes, after a hundred years of genetically modifying species something *might* go awry. But you misunderestimate the robustness (not the word I was trying to think of) of life. I don't want these terribly hypothetical situations preventing anything with such great benefits from being used.
I second that.. though I didn't know their urine glows. I wish I had a black light! Rats are excellent pets. I wish I could figure out how to train them not to defecate on the floor (or in a litterbox) so I could let them out semi-unsupervised sometimes. Never been bitten except by accident, and it didn't hurt as they don't bite food to kill. I can't believe hamsters are so prevalent.
I thought cat dander, which AFAIK is the primary cause of allergy to cats, is something kittens do not yet have..?
If we screw with ourselves and mess up, oops. But if you screw up a generation of kittens, well too bad, but it's easier to recover from. And people have been genetically engineering pets for a long time: just look at pug dogs (is that their real name?). Those dogs were bred to be really small, but now undesirable traits have crept out due to inbreeding. eg. their heads are too big to fit out of the birth canal. Genetically engineering is much safer than inbreeding.
Attractive people typically are more healthy, are they not? It would at least appear to be true if they are strong enuff to play football, instead of foosball.
Well they may not give the ability, but it may look like it to some ppl.
It's not that the North American market is open-minded, it's that everybody else is smart enough only to make games for the US that they think Americans will want to play.
Case in point: buy a playstation Demo cd that has import games. Lots of those games are not the sort of thing the average American will want to play. And thus you don't see them in North America.
How about carrying around 5 games on one cart, which never has to leave the GB now? Illegal but useful.