And that's exactly the same problem faced here, in America (without the criminality aspect of it being a law, of course). Retailers can carry anything they damn well please. Technically, they can even sell to anyone they damn well please. The whole first amendment thing, and such. Granted, there's an exception for pornographic content (which is itself a very convoluted issue with enormous first amendment thorns). There's no law that says a retailer can't sell an M-rated game to a ten year old and there's no law that says your game has to even be rated or labeled. It is all voluntary, across the board.
Of course, the problem with that is that if the government censors content or distribution of content, that's censorship. If private industry does it, it's just business. But isn't it censorship, if the industry's self-governance is only the result of a threat by politicians to come in and take things over? In a very real sense, there is no practical difference between "we will take over your industry and make sure 16 year old kids don't get a copy of Call of Duty" and "we will voluntarily make sure 16 year old kids don't get a copy of Call of Duty, because we don't want you to step in and make sure 16 year old kids don't get a copy of call of duty". It's censorship by coercion and, in my mind, even dirtier than outright censorship.
And, because of that, you also have problems like AO (adult only) games nearly not existing, because no retailer will carry or sell them. So, we're stuck with M-rated games that label-wise should be on-par with rated R movies. That is, enormous amounts of violence and torture and drugs and language and tense situations, but only mild nudity and no sex (and, no games containing sex or significant nudity, because again that'd get an AO rating). So the impact of this entirely voluntary system is that even games which by definition are only available to people who are also old enough to see R-rated movies are tamed down to nothing more than your GTA and your Deadspace. You and I as grown adults have our content watered to the point that it's drinkable children (who, of course, aren't supposed to be drinking it per the voluntary, but not exactly voluntary nudge nudge rating system).
Not to mention, the MPAA and ESRB boards are basically a couple of corrupt money-grabbing organizations. Most indie developers and certainly no garage developers could even afford to submit their games to the ESRB for rating, because the cost would easily be more than their entire development fund.
And yet, they didn't ban Wolf Creek. A horror film that purports to be based on a true story, but is really the fictionalized telling of a number of true stories and news reports formed into one brutal, disgusting, almost torture-porn film.
I understand that it's because of problems with the rating system that differentiate the two, but come the fuck on.
Also, this is why you don't want the ESRB, MPAA, or other ratings becoming some sort of absurd first-amendment violating law in America (remember, ESRB/MPAA are private organizations that serve a voluntary industry . . . even if the unwillingness of stores to sell non rated content makes it a nearly de-facto one).
Not only that, but the advertised speeds themselves aren't even remotely correct. They claim I can get Qwest at 25mbps (yeah, right!). And then they say that Comcast is only available at a maximum of 10mbps/1.5mbps. Except I have 50mbps/50mbps.
Nobody has done anything with it, because Americans are too busy saying "execute him for treason durr durr durr!" and the media is too busy talking themselves out of their own jobs, by crucifying anyone involved in providing government information. You know, something that is very imperative to their entire journalistic existence.
It's impressive how quickly Assange became the scape-goat (though Manning is certainly not getting away with anything, either) while every organization that associated with him -- hell, even picked through the data and advised him what to release, what to redact, what to keep aside, etc and then published much of that information right alongside working with him . . . are given a free pass (which, of course, they should since they're journalists). But the point is, if he's culpable, then so are they. And they cant' be culpable, because all they did was exercise their right to behave as a free and unrestricted press.
Whether he's kind of an ass in real life or not (we don't really know), they accomplished what they wanted, regardless. They found a couple of women who had no interest in actually pursuing any attack against him (and had even disclaimed some of the rumors) and used them to absolutely obliterate his reputation with a smear campaign (gee, where have we seen that before). That forced him to spend all of his time dealing with these issues and having to cover his own ass, which in turn only makes people see him as more selfish and self-involved (for merely doing what any of us would do if we were under the spotlight with a massive boulder hurling down on us).
Anyway, Americans frankly don't give a fuck about anything. Rememeber the first leak that contained a video of a pretty heinous war atrocity committed by our troops? Where was the focus during that whole time? On "oh no, leaks!" rather than "whoa, what the fuck?! these guys need to pay for their crimes". Of course, the rest of the American crowd was also too busy responding to the video with "serves them brown fuckers right - oughta blow 'em all back into the stone age and turn the middle east into a parking lot durr durr durr".
Seriously. Give me ONE thing that you think would ever make even 25% of the population get off their asses and take to the streets over ANYTHING.
If people in my country (or the country I was in at the time) - especially those with big very tall soapboxes and bullhorns - were saying that I should be executed and they clearly organized some bullshit allegations against me to help facilitate their ultimate goal through damaging my reputation (remember, these women had already dealt with these allegations and, if I recall, were actually pushed against their wishes to make these claims by prosecutors and police), then I would run like fuck, too.
No, Patriotism is defined by the number of American Flags or American Flag themed clothing items you have, the number of yellow ribbon stickers on your Dodge Ram or Ford F-150 and the number of Toby Kieth albums you own.
Boycotts are pretty much useless, in these instances. If you're going to boycott everyone that does something remotely like this, you won't be able to own a PS3, 360, Wii, DS, any Apple product, any other Sony product (along with all of the movies, music, and other things that Sony puts out), or even any Intel based computer. Not to mention half of the game companies out there (EA, UBI, etc).
Basically, as righteous as the anger is, you'll be left playing nothing but Tux Racer on Ubuntu.
Er... Debian, I mean. I forgot - we're supposed to dislike Ubuntu, too, now . . . or something.
I'm tired of this ignorant response. Hotz has nothing to do with the hacks you may or may not be seeing in games. All he has done is returned the PS3 to it's originally sold capabilities, which allow you to run alternate operating systems and various bits of homebrew or other creations. He is no more responsible for someone using it deviously than Intel is responsible for any activities you conduct on your Intel-based computer.
I'd like to use this opportunity to say how much I love my government, my politicians, the corporations within it, the aristocrats, the bureaucrats, the wealthy and everyone else in power. I wish you all success and long, healthy lives. I would never go so far as to even so much as *voice* dissent, much less act out against or for anything. I love you all and consider myself gloriously privileged to live in this country. Most importantly, I enjoy having access to my bank account, medical records, medical services, government services, utility services, my reputation, my property, my family and friends, and continuing to actually exist and not be abducted and disappeared overnight. I promise my sincere obedience in the hope to retain all of these things, which I know come only *with* said obedience and may be withdrawn from my life at your leisure, if I ever make any untoward movements or noises. Bless you all and may you continue to live long and rewarding lives.
I haven't really used Chrome, much. The only time I reach for it is when I want to watch Netflix or something in another browser window, without possibly risking my primary browser crashing or experiencing any problems. Mostly, I've been waiting to make it a bigger part of my life, until they fix the UI (having another button on the top bar for almost every single extension I install is ugly and annoying) and for them to introduce a better tabs solution. Preferably the Panorama stuff Firefox 4.0 uses, but at least an exact copy of the Vertical Tree Tabs that I've used in Firefox for a very long time. The lack of these things prevents me from using it in a serious capacity.
But the last time I launched Chrome, it had a big advertisement for their App store and some specific Apps splashed right across the top, above my bookmarks and previously viewed/most viewed web pages. I found it really distasteful and even if they fix the other things, that would probably be enough to turn me off from using Chrome, now.
Are you kidding? These guys are ALWAYS constantly peddling their books, videos, audio lessons, conferences, schools, and self-paced training material. If they have any legitimacy to what they're peddling, they sure don't act like it. (I'm talking about the "I'm a memory expert and can teach you to have super human abilities, too!" guys and not actual scientists doing actual research into memory).
I have NEVER seen a memory expert discussing tricks for remembering things (usually names or the order of cards in a deck, rather than something useful) who wasn't promoting a book, video, CD, conference, cruise, or self-guided course. They're a lot like the 2:00 AM commercial by the guy who owns a mansion, four expensive race cards, a yacht, and is surrounded by women using his patented get-rich method that YOU can learn in the comfort of your home using their $1,500 course materials.
So as I mentioned elsewhere, this is a trick that helps people with bad memories. The effort involved in goofy long winded associations like this is not worth it for the few times I might ever forget someone's name. What I'd really like to see is how this is applicable to people in actual useful ways. I mean, great, you can meet ten people at lunch and say goodbye to each of them, by name, at the end of lunch. But can you read a five page guide on how to get started with the GNU debugger and then sit down and apply it all in correct order and without referring to the guide? When I think of a "photographic memory", THAT is what comes to mind. Not some guy who can remember that Alice has a big nose, Bob is fat, the sky is blue, and the sixth card in the deck is a five of spades.
Yeah, I don't get it, either. I understand that it's a useful method for some people to use, but it seems more like a way to help people with bad memories cope rather than a way for people with normal memories to make them "super powered".
I don't see how remembering someone's name is "Brenda, because she's sweet like Splenda" is any easier than just remembering the god damned name, in the first place. Not to mention, remembering a name is one thing -- applying it to the right owner is another. I know who Brenda is, because when I see her face, I know it's Brenda. If I had troubles remembering that, I'd probably ALSO have trouble remembering that she likes splenda and that I'd made a cute rhyme about her to help me remember her, to begin with. Granted, if I met a hundred people at a conference in one day, I wouldn't remember everyone's name. I also wouldn't remember 100 people's names if I applied a cute mnemonic to them, either, so I don't see of what use it is in that context. I most definitely don't see how it's useful in a larger context. Like remembering long processes or details about things. You know, stuff that's useful outside of cocktail parties.
Not to mention, our brain is just really good about discarding unnecessary things. The more important someone or something is to you, the more likely you'll remember it. If you come up to me at the supermarket and expect me to remember you, because we shared a cab at a conference five years ago and talked for three minutes on our way to our destination, sorry to disappoint you. My brain had no use for that piece of information in the long term.
But again, I understand this is somehow useful for people with memory problems. Writing stuff down on your flesh can help, too. I mean, if you're the guy from Memento. But if you don't have a severe memory problem like that guy, then you don't need those tricks. And if you have a normal or good memory, then those tricks aren't going to give you some uber memory, either.
Yeah, this is what memory "experts" have always suggested. No thanks. It's more effort to come up with a mnemonic to remember someone's name than to just remember their damn name. I mean, honestly, how many friends do you have that you can't remember their names? Even strangers, once you've seen their face and can associate the two.
I also find the guy's claim that "back in the old days people had to memorize things blah blah blah". What, we don't do that *today*? We spend twelve to sixteen years in school doing almost nothing BUT memorizing things. Multiplication table. Formulas. How to read and write, which is almost entirely based on memory, since no rule in the English language can be counted on to be consistent. Hundreds of years ago, there was very little literacy, so your average person wasn't sitting around all day memorizing how to read and write or their multiplication tables or the periodic table or their phone number or social security number or address or password or work password or bank account number.
I'm not saying that the mnemonic method doesn't work. I'm sure it does. But most people just don't need it. Who is it useful for, other than business people that need to impress during their social networking by saying "see, I met you once five years ago and still remember your name!"? Most people don't have an extraordinary need to memorize things. Certainly not simple "item+label" things. And maybe I'm wrong, but what is the method for memorizing entire complex processes of things? That's what is really useful. Memorizing the capitol of every state and the names of everyone at a party is cute, but how about quickly memorizing a 50 step process for analyzing a core file for your particular set of applications followed by a 30 step process for filing a bug on it? Most people memorize it over time, by doing it enough times that it's just automatic. THIS is a useful thing to memorize, yet I've never heard these memory tricks applied to anything like this.
This "memory palace" thing really is bullshit. It's just as absurd as "memory experts" (who are usually just promoting themselves and their products, frankly) you always see on talk shows who say it's all about neumonics or association. They give examples like how they just memorized 50 people's names in an audience in order, by saying in their heads "this guy's name is bob, I like to fish and fishing requires that you use a bobber, so to remember this guy's name when I'm asked about it in two more minutes, I'll just remember this guy is associated to me liking to fish".
That's just fucking absurd and clearly requires more work than simply trying to remember the name straight off. The ridiculous yet complex (otherwise, how could you charge for classes or books or videos?) explanations from these "experts" makes it smell like snake oil. Just like "speed reading" which is largely BS, as demonstrated by research into the actual memory acquisition density and memory retention of supposed speed readers.
Granted, it might be possible for certain people to say "all I have to do is train my memory to associate images of things with a number value in my brain", but you can hardly say it's a method that people can learn any more than the explanation of an idiot savant would be meaningful to you and I of being able to count how many matches were just spilled on the floor in half of a second. Maybe one of THEM can do that, but that doesn't make it a definite skill with a definitive and workable way to train it.
I don't want this to be a shock to your system, but . . . the people in Hills Have Eyes are merely actors and not really having horrible things done to them (though the visuals may be disgusting to watch). And the people in Silent Hill aren't even real *people*!
I find it fucking sick that these jackholes would even think of using footage of those things for some sort of a study. It sounds like they're the real psychopaths, here. Also, if you said "do you want to see real video of monkeys have their brains scooped out and children having flesh ripped off their faces". I wouldn't refuse to watch more. I would refuse to watch it to begin with, just based on the description of it. Fucking sick.
Same here. It has been quite awhile since I've used Ubuntu (except for an app running on Ubuntu via vmware), but I had no real problems with the distribution and I had not heard of any unrest then or now, until this article. As a Debian fan since about 1998, I started using Ubuntu/Kubuntu at 4.10 and found them to be a great Debian-based option. Especially if I wanted to curtail the amount of time I spent getting things up and running rather than fiddling around with the lower level crap (something that has become progressively more important as I've gotten older).
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And that's exactly the same problem faced here, in America (without the criminality aspect of it being a law, of course). Retailers can carry anything they damn well please. Technically, they can even sell to anyone they damn well please. The whole first amendment thing, and such. Granted, there's an exception for pornographic content (which is itself a very convoluted issue with enormous first amendment thorns). There's no law that says a retailer can't sell an M-rated game to a ten year old and there's no law that says your game has to even be rated or labeled. It is all voluntary, across the board.
Of course, the problem with that is that if the government censors content or distribution of content, that's censorship. If private industry does it, it's just business. But isn't it censorship, if the industry's self-governance is only the result of a threat by politicians to come in and take things over? In a very real sense, there is no practical difference between "we will take over your industry and make sure 16 year old kids don't get a copy of Call of Duty" and "we will voluntarily make sure 16 year old kids don't get a copy of Call of Duty, because we don't want you to step in and make sure 16 year old kids don't get a copy of call of duty". It's censorship by coercion and, in my mind, even dirtier than outright censorship.
And, because of that, you also have problems like AO (adult only) games nearly not existing, because no retailer will carry or sell them. So, we're stuck with M-rated games that label-wise should be on-par with rated R movies. That is, enormous amounts of violence and torture and drugs and language and tense situations, but only mild nudity and no sex (and, no games containing sex or significant nudity, because again that'd get an AO rating). So the impact of this entirely voluntary system is that even games which by definition are only available to people who are also old enough to see R-rated movies are tamed down to nothing more than your GTA and your Deadspace. You and I as grown adults have our content watered to the point that it's drinkable children (who, of course, aren't supposed to be drinking it per the voluntary, but not exactly voluntary nudge nudge rating system).
Not to mention, the MPAA and ESRB boards are basically a couple of corrupt money-grabbing organizations. Most indie developers and certainly no garage developers could even afford to submit their games to the ESRB for rating, because the cost would easily be more than their entire development fund.
And yet, they didn't ban Wolf Creek. A horror film that purports to be based on a true story, but is really the fictionalized telling of a number of true stories and news reports formed into one brutal, disgusting, almost torture-porn film.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_(film)
I understand that it's because of problems with the rating system that differentiate the two, but come the fuck on.
Also, this is why you don't want the ESRB, MPAA, or other ratings becoming some sort of absurd first-amendment violating law in America (remember, ESRB/MPAA are private organizations that serve a voluntary industry . . . even if the unwillingness of stores to sell non rated content makes it a nearly de-facto one).
Not only that, but the advertised speeds themselves aren't even remotely correct. They claim I can get Qwest at 25mbps (yeah, right!). And then they say that Comcast is only available at a maximum of 10mbps/1.5mbps. Except I have 50mbps/50mbps.
Wow, you're right. That's really lame. I guess they don't want google to index them.
And GoG is still selling them for $6. (???)
Nobody has done anything with it, because Americans are too busy saying "execute him for treason durr durr durr!" and the media is too busy talking themselves out of their own jobs, by crucifying anyone involved in providing government information. You know, something that is very imperative to their entire journalistic existence.
It's impressive how quickly Assange became the scape-goat (though Manning is certainly not getting away with anything, either) while every organization that associated with him -- hell, even picked through the data and advised him what to release, what to redact, what to keep aside, etc and then published much of that information right alongside working with him . . . are given a free pass (which, of course, they should since they're journalists). But the point is, if he's culpable, then so are they. And they cant' be culpable, because all they did was exercise their right to behave as a free and unrestricted press.
Whether he's kind of an ass in real life or not (we don't really know), they accomplished what they wanted, regardless. They found a couple of women who had no interest in actually pursuing any attack against him (and had even disclaimed some of the rumors) and used them to absolutely obliterate his reputation with a smear campaign (gee, where have we seen that before). That forced him to spend all of his time dealing with these issues and having to cover his own ass, which in turn only makes people see him as more selfish and self-involved (for merely doing what any of us would do if we were under the spotlight with a massive boulder hurling down on us).
Anyway, Americans frankly don't give a fuck about anything. Rememeber the first leak that contained a video of a pretty heinous war atrocity committed by our troops? Where was the focus during that whole time? On "oh no, leaks!" rather than "whoa, what the fuck?! these guys need to pay for their crimes". Of course, the rest of the American crowd was also too busy responding to the video with "serves them brown fuckers right - oughta blow 'em all back into the stone age and turn the middle east into a parking lot durr durr durr".
Seriously. Give me ONE thing that you think would ever make even 25% of the population get off their asses and take to the streets over ANYTHING.
If people in my country (or the country I was in at the time) - especially those with big very tall soapboxes and bullhorns - were saying that I should be executed and they clearly organized some bullshit allegations against me to help facilitate their ultimate goal through damaging my reputation (remember, these women had already dealt with these allegations and, if I recall, were actually pushed against their wishes to make these claims by prosecutors and police), then I would run like fuck, too.
No, Patriotism is defined by the number of American Flags or American Flag themed clothing items you have, the number of yellow ribbon stickers on your Dodge Ram or Ford F-150 and the number of Toby Kieth albums you own.
Boycotts are pretty much useless, in these instances. If you're going to boycott everyone that does something remotely like this, you won't be able to own a PS3, 360, Wii, DS, any Apple product, any other Sony product (along with all of the movies, music, and other things that Sony puts out), or even any Intel based computer. Not to mention half of the game companies out there (EA, UBI, etc).
Basically, as righteous as the anger is, you'll be left playing nothing but Tux Racer on Ubuntu.
Er... Debian, I mean. I forgot - we're supposed to dislike Ubuntu, too, now . . . or something.
I'd rather anything, than for government agents to be doing the bidding of corporations in what should be CIVIL cases.
I'm tired of this ignorant response. Hotz has nothing to do with the hacks you may or may not be seeing in games. All he has done is returned the PS3 to it's originally sold capabilities, which allow you to run alternate operating systems and various bits of homebrew or other creations. He is no more responsible for someone using it deviously than Intel is responsible for any activities you conduct on your Intel-based computer.
I'd like to use this opportunity to say how much I love my government, my politicians, the corporations within it, the aristocrats, the bureaucrats, the wealthy and everyone else in power. I wish you all success and long, healthy lives. I would never go so far as to even so much as *voice* dissent, much less act out against or for anything. I love you all and consider myself gloriously privileged to live in this country. Most importantly, I enjoy having access to my bank account, medical records, medical services, government services, utility services, my reputation, my property, my family and friends, and continuing to actually exist and not be abducted and disappeared overnight. I promise my sincere obedience in the hope to retain all of these things, which I know come only *with* said obedience and may be withdrawn from my life at your leisure, if I ever make any untoward movements or noises. Bless you all and may you continue to live long and rewarding lives.
I haven't really used Chrome, much. The only time I reach for it is when I want to watch Netflix or something in another browser window, without possibly risking my primary browser crashing or experiencing any problems. Mostly, I've been waiting to make it a bigger part of my life, until they fix the UI (having another button on the top bar for almost every single extension I install is ugly and annoying) and for them to introduce a better tabs solution. Preferably the Panorama stuff Firefox 4.0 uses, but at least an exact copy of the Vertical Tree Tabs that I've used in Firefox for a very long time. The lack of these things prevents me from using it in a serious capacity.
But the last time I launched Chrome, it had a big advertisement for their App store and some specific Apps splashed right across the top, above my bookmarks and previously viewed/most viewed web pages. I found it really distasteful and even if they fix the other things, that would probably be enough to turn me off from using Chrome, now.
Are you kidding? These guys are ALWAYS constantly peddling their books, videos, audio lessons, conferences, schools, and self-paced training material. If they have any legitimacy to what they're peddling, they sure don't act like it. (I'm talking about the "I'm a memory expert and can teach you to have super human abilities, too!" guys and not actual scientists doing actual research into memory).
I have NEVER seen a memory expert discussing tricks for remembering things (usually names or the order of cards in a deck, rather than something useful) who wasn't promoting a book, video, CD, conference, cruise, or self-guided course. They're a lot like the 2:00 AM commercial by the guy who owns a mansion, four expensive race cards, a yacht, and is surrounded by women using his patented get-rich method that YOU can learn in the comfort of your home using their $1,500 course materials.
So as I mentioned elsewhere, this is a trick that helps people with bad memories. The effort involved in goofy long winded associations like this is not worth it for the few times I might ever forget someone's name. What I'd really like to see is how this is applicable to people in actual useful ways. I mean, great, you can meet ten people at lunch and say goodbye to each of them, by name, at the end of lunch. But can you read a five page guide on how to get started with the GNU debugger and then sit down and apply it all in correct order and without referring to the guide? When I think of a "photographic memory", THAT is what comes to mind. Not some guy who can remember that Alice has a big nose, Bob is fat, the sky is blue, and the sixth card in the deck is a five of spades.
Yeah, I don't get it, either. I understand that it's a useful method for some people to use, but it seems more like a way to help people with bad memories cope rather than a way for people with normal memories to make them "super powered".
I don't see how remembering someone's name is "Brenda, because she's sweet like Splenda" is any easier than just remembering the god damned name, in the first place. Not to mention, remembering a name is one thing -- applying it to the right owner is another. I know who Brenda is, because when I see her face, I know it's Brenda. If I had troubles remembering that, I'd probably ALSO have trouble remembering that she likes splenda and that I'd made a cute rhyme about her to help me remember her, to begin with. Granted, if I met a hundred people at a conference in one day, I wouldn't remember everyone's name. I also wouldn't remember 100 people's names if I applied a cute mnemonic to them, either, so I don't see of what use it is in that context. I most definitely don't see how it's useful in a larger context. Like remembering long processes or details about things. You know, stuff that's useful outside of cocktail parties.
Not to mention, our brain is just really good about discarding unnecessary things. The more important someone or something is to you, the more likely you'll remember it. If you come up to me at the supermarket and expect me to remember you, because we shared a cab at a conference five years ago and talked for three minutes on our way to our destination, sorry to disappoint you. My brain had no use for that piece of information in the long term.
But again, I understand this is somehow useful for people with memory problems. Writing stuff down on your flesh can help, too. I mean, if you're the guy from Memento. But if you don't have a severe memory problem like that guy, then you don't need those tricks. And if you have a normal or good memory, then those tricks aren't going to give you some uber memory, either.
Yeah, this is what memory "experts" have always suggested. No thanks. It's more effort to come up with a mnemonic to remember someone's name than to just remember their damn name. I mean, honestly, how many friends do you have that you can't remember their names? Even strangers, once you've seen their face and can associate the two.
I also find the guy's claim that "back in the old days people had to memorize things blah blah blah". What, we don't do that *today*? We spend twelve to sixteen years in school doing almost nothing BUT memorizing things. Multiplication table. Formulas. How to read and write, which is almost entirely based on memory, since no rule in the English language can be counted on to be consistent. Hundreds of years ago, there was very little literacy, so your average person wasn't sitting around all day memorizing how to read and write or their multiplication tables or the periodic table or their phone number or social security number or address or password or work password or bank account number.
I'm not saying that the mnemonic method doesn't work. I'm sure it does. But most people just don't need it. Who is it useful for, other than business people that need to impress during their social networking by saying "see, I met you once five years ago and still remember your name!"? Most people don't have an extraordinary need to memorize things. Certainly not simple "item+label" things. And maybe I'm wrong, but what is the method for memorizing entire complex processes of things? That's what is really useful. Memorizing the capitol of every state and the names of everyone at a party is cute, but how about quickly memorizing a 50 step process for analyzing a core file for your particular set of applications followed by a 30 step process for filing a bug on it? Most people memorize it over time, by doing it enough times that it's just automatic. THIS is a useful thing to memorize, yet I've never heard these memory tricks applied to anything like this.
This "memory palace" thing really is bullshit. It's just as absurd as "memory experts" (who are usually just promoting themselves and their products, frankly) you always see on talk shows who say it's all about neumonics or association. They give examples like how they just memorized 50 people's names in an audience in order, by saying in their heads "this guy's name is bob, I like to fish and fishing requires that you use a bobber, so to remember this guy's name when I'm asked about it in two more minutes, I'll just remember this guy is associated to me liking to fish".
That's just fucking absurd and clearly requires more work than simply trying to remember the name straight off. The ridiculous yet complex (otherwise, how could you charge for classes or books or videos?) explanations from these "experts" makes it smell like snake oil. Just like "speed reading" which is largely BS, as demonstrated by research into the actual memory acquisition density and memory retention of supposed speed readers.
Granted, it might be possible for certain people to say "all I have to do is train my memory to associate images of things with a number value in my brain", but you can hardly say it's a method that people can learn any more than the explanation of an idiot savant would be meaningful to you and I of being able to count how many matches were just spilled on the floor in half of a second. Maybe one of THEM can do that, but that doesn't make it a definite skill with a definitive and workable way to train it.
What does that have to do with making all of your information directly accessible and readable by your employer?
It is? I'm pretty sure your private messages on Facebook are not publicly readable, unless there's some major security bug.
It's like pointing out that women with rape fantasies don't actually want to be raped for real.
If anyone approved some sort of government grants for this research, they deserved to be real-punched in the dick.
I don't want this to be a shock to your system, but . . . the people in Hills Have Eyes are merely actors and not really having horrible things done to them (though the visuals may be disgusting to watch). And the people in Silent Hill aren't even real *people*!
I find it fucking sick that these jackholes would even think of using footage of those things for some sort of a study. It sounds like they're the real psychopaths, here. Also, if you said "do you want to see real video of monkeys have their brains scooped out and children having flesh ripped off their faces". I wouldn't refuse to watch more. I would refuse to watch it to begin with, just based on the description of it. Fucking sick.
Not only is LOFAR up and running, but it beat out the competing project HINEAR, in record time!
Same here. It has been quite awhile since I've used Ubuntu (except for an app running on Ubuntu via vmware), but I had no real problems with the distribution and I had not heard of any unrest then or now, until this article. As a Debian fan since about 1998, I started using Ubuntu/Kubuntu at 4.10 and found them to be a great Debian-based option. Especially if I wanted to curtail the amount of time I spent getting things up and running rather than fiddling around with the lower level crap (something that has become progressively more important as I've gotten older).