I recently read The Lure. It makes the point that civilizations that are advanced enough to destroy us are also arguably advanced enough to destroy themselves.
So, if a civilization can hear our message they
A) exist, ie have not self-destructed
B) are advanced enough to mine a nearby system for resources if needed
C) have benevolent intentions
Not only would they not have need to destroy us premptively, they would probably want to invite us to the "galactic club".
I was on the team at Microsoft early in Longhorn when Segoe was being developed. MS held usability studies and consulted readibility experts and made changes and updates to Segoe on a regular basis (this was 2-4 years ago).
Now, that being said, whenever a new verison of Segoe was released, it appeared identical to the previous and even today I'm extremely hard pressed to discern any difference between the 'two' fonts.
AFAICT they are the same with two different names.
Really beautiful screen font though!
Is it possible to use this technology here on Earth? We certainly have the carbon dioxide for the fuel. Are higher temperatures or gravitational forces a showstopper?
so let me get this straight... I can have a wireless mouse, but now my mousepad needs to be plugged in? No thanks... I'll stick with a wired mouse and a mousepad (or lack of one) of my choosing.
I've been waiting for a phone that can be a high-quality camera at the same time. This phone is not the one, due to the fact of the poor optics.
This is the first phone in an entire generation of high MP camera phones. It's a rare day that someone releases the killer app on the first try. In fact, I've never seen a high-quality version 1 of any product. The market will ensure that subsequent 'versions' of high MP camera phones will produce greater quality pictures.
So I agree that there is 3-5 years left stand-alone low-end dig cameras. Physics be damned, subsequent versions of high-MP camera phones will have the quality issue figured out by then. hehe I'll be able to have a sweet new high quality cam-phone AND a new President. Woo hoo!
It comes down to this: the university needs to protect it's network. If a student is using that network, the university ought to be able to monitor for illegal downloads just as much as they should protect the accessibility of transcript or payroll data. The actions are different, monitoring bits vs maintaining a secure system, but their end is the same.
Does capability to block spyware compromise a student's privacy??
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So this is a very interesting teory and certainly seems congruent to how [I understand] science to describe black holes. The difference is in the metaphor.
Culture seems to affiliate the concepts of 'entering' and black hole. After all, how can no matter 'escape' and the black 'hole' not become more massive? We think in terms of 'enter' or 'escape' oh, and there is also 'event'.
So this new gravastar metaphor seems less of these but is closer to concepts of 'barrier' and 'imprenatrable'. One could think that the 'other matter' that forms the 'surface' of the gravastar might be 'incompatible' with our own.
So if there might be such opposite forces at work containing a whole universe of energy wholly within a protective outter shell, what happens if/when the Gravastar 'pops'?
The competition in largely orthogonal. i.e.: Apple (generally) targets functionality and style while Microsoft (generally) targets platform and functionality. There's a cost to MS's platform focus and lots of times it comes across as feature bloat. For example: all the "I want to..." tasks in the view pane of MSN Messenger's chat window are all 'the same' because they all plug into the same platform. The 'sameness' takes a serious toll on the user experience, which is what Microsoft often doesn't overcome well (and what Apple seems to excel at).
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I recently read The Lure. It makes the point that civilizations that are advanced enough to destroy us are also arguably advanced enough to destroy themselves. So, if a civilization can hear our message they A) exist, ie have not self-destructed B) are advanced enough to mine a nearby system for resources if needed C) have benevolent intentions Not only would they not have need to destroy us premptively, they would probably want to invite us to the "galactic club".
I was on the team at Microsoft early in Longhorn when Segoe was being developed. MS held usability studies and consulted readibility experts and made changes and updates to Segoe on a regular basis (this was 2-4 years ago). Now, that being said, whenever a new verison of Segoe was released, it appeared identical to the previous and even today I'm extremely hard pressed to discern any difference between the 'two' fonts. AFAICT they are the same with two different names. Really beautiful screen font though!
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Is it possible to use this technology here on Earth? We certainly have the carbon dioxide for the fuel. Are higher temperatures or gravitational forces a showstopper?
so let me get this straight... I can have a wireless mouse, but now my mousepad needs to be plugged in? No thanks... I'll stick with a wired mouse and a mousepad (or lack of one) of my choosing.
I've been waiting for a phone that can be a high-quality camera at the same time. This phone is not the one, due to the fact of the poor optics. This is the first phone in an entire generation of high MP camera phones. It's a rare day that someone releases the killer app on the first try. In fact, I've never seen a high-quality version 1 of any product. The market will ensure that subsequent 'versions' of high MP camera phones will produce greater quality pictures. So I agree that there is 3-5 years left stand-alone low-end dig cameras. Physics be damned, subsequent versions of high-MP camera phones will have the quality issue figured out by then. hehe I'll be able to have a sweet new high quality cam-phone AND a new President. Woo hoo!
It comes down to this: the university needs to protect it's network. If a student is using that network, the university ought to be able to monitor for illegal downloads just as much as they should protect the accessibility of transcript or payroll data. The actions are different, monitoring bits vs maintaining a secure system, but their end is the same. Does capability to block spyware compromise a student's privacy?? fw
So this is a very interesting teory and certainly seems congruent to how [I understand] science to describe black holes. The difference is in the metaphor.
Culture seems to affiliate the concepts of 'entering' and black hole. After all, how can no matter 'escape' and the black 'hole' not become more massive? We think in terms of 'enter' or 'escape' oh, and there is also 'event'.
So this new gravastar metaphor seems less of these but is closer to concepts of 'barrier' and 'imprenatrable'. One could think that the 'other matter' that forms the 'surface' of the gravastar might be 'incompatible' with our own.
So if there might be such opposite forces at work containing a whole universe of energy wholly within a protective outter shell, what happens if/when the Gravastar 'pops'?
Who'd be surprised if SCO tried to enforce their patent on dyed felt?
Or, give the Hubble a good shove and dock it to the ISS. Having it 'right there' would probably discount much of the cost of a $600 million mission.
The competition in largely orthogonal. i.e.: Apple (generally) targets functionality and style while Microsoft (generally) targets platform and functionality. There's a cost to MS's platform focus and lots of times it comes across as feature bloat. For example: all the "I want to..." tasks in the view pane of MSN Messenger's chat window are all 'the same' because they all plug into the same platform. The 'sameness' takes a serious toll on the user experience, which is what Microsoft often doesn't overcome well (and what Apple seems to excel at).