PHB: "we're a large company an can't compete with these small, nimble companies. the good news is that at this rate we'll soon be the smallest company around."
is Intel resigned to only "respond" to AMD from now on, never to lead again?
Re:Quantum Physics is Like 15th Century Astronomy
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>Modern physicists, believing that wavelets acted a particular way under certain observation arrangements, developed much arcane math and explanation as to why they couldn't completely account for the observed data.
Quantum Mechanics is THE most sucessful and accurate theory ever. whereas the astronomers could not account for the data, QM accounts for the data to ridiculous accuracy and the only problem is accepting the interpretation. and that's a problem with humans, not QM.
yes, all analogies are by definition imperfect, but the point is just that you CAN change something's quantitative configuration without producing a qualitatively different system.
both, I'm rotating on the spot at 17R, where R is a sensible speed to be rotating at. whatever R is, it's clear I'm rotating far too fast.
(anyone got the proper DNA quote?)
An answer looking for a problem?
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the fact that observation changes a system doesn't require everyone sees massively different things, so an explanation of things being not massively different seems unnecessary.
if there is a box containing a red pen and a blue pen and I "observe" it (e.g. shake it about), it will have a different configuration but will still be a box containing a red pen and a blue pen.
looks far too big for presentations. what you want is a small wireless/bluetooth control with just forward/back buttons and built-in laser pointer. anyone know of something like this?
I've seen people using bluetooth mobile phones to control iBook presentations, what software is this using?
what fraction of the uninjured tourists there do you think are skilled builders, plumbers, electricians...?
what makes you think anything *you* can make could be considered a "home"? or should these people feel grateful for some shack you can put together with a bit of wood and nails?
you might make yourself feel better by doing something yourself, but true altruism is about giving and not getting anything back. in which case unless you're skilled at disaster relief the best thing you can do is donate money.
if they stay, that's more people who need food, water and shelter. all of which are in short supply.
and more people to catch disease and use up scarce medical supplies.
rebuilding will take years. it is not feasible for them to stay.
if you really want to help then forget about token gestures designed to make you feel good about yourself and just give them your money (directly through appeals or indirectly via foreign aid).
I don't know about the ratio of high-tech equipment to intelligence for criminals where you live, but if I wanted to steal a $5k ring I wouldn't go scanning people for RFIDs. I'd either mug to person wearing it, or follow the person leaving the shop.
there are far far far far far far far far FAR easier ways to steal things than RFIDs.
assuming the RFID was still enabled after purchase, and someone wanted to track the packaging of an item I bought, and was close enough to scan they could see and touch it anyway.... sorry but I just don't care.
complain when it's abused, not because it CAN be abused. if you listened to complaints based on something COULD be a problem, we wouldn't have the internet or 99% of inventions.
implantation? you must be taking the piss. how many of us have barcodes tattooed on our foreheads? that's what happens to prisoners in all the sci-fi movies but years later we still don't have it! WTF!?!!123
addition: the system I describe above is what happens at my uni library. there are self-service checkout (and checkin) stations. you scan barcodes but it also has a system to deactivate the alarm.
it's great and means you only need to see the people if you have a problem - that's the main reason for long queues at shopping etc - the 1% of the people that take up 99% of the time and delay everyone else.
(the books aren't actually RFID, but books are easy to stack and scan individually anyway, unlike a bag of mixed shapes and sized items.)
I have an RFID card I leave in my wallet that allows me access to parts of my work building. much better than swipe cards.
I'd love them to be used in shops too. if you could just walk round a shop putting things in a bag, put the bag on a pay station, insert your credit card, type your PIN, and leave... I think that would be great, and a real case of technology actually making life better.
and the only people (*cough* luddites *cough*) I want to hear privacy complaints from are the people who are posting from an internet cafe, wearing a disguise, putting a tinfoil blanket over themselves and the computer, and then paying with cash they've cleaned any DNA from. and you guys probably don't even go to shops ever since they introduced the eeeeeevvvviiiilll of barcodes anyway.
>When IPv4 was rolled out, we thought those IP Addresses will be enough for our lifetime. Now lets see for long these IPv6 Addresses last.
yes but isn't there some statistic that says for IPv6 there's [some obscene number] of addresses per square metre of the Earth's surface, suggesting this really ought to be enough?
internet is about freedom? what the fuck bullshit are you talking?
did "the owner of the internet" have a press release I missed on "what it's all about"?
as far as I can tell it's primarily about information and communication, and more recently secondary aims like commerce.
should you have the "freedom" the post information or conduct communications that would be illegal in another medium? no, of course not.
or am I taking your "think of the childen" whining too seriously? was I just supposed to think about freedom, wave a tear from my eye and salute the American flag?
this is the "Lisa Simpson is an ignorant bitch and wouldn't take money of Burns cos it came from mistreating animals" fallacy. the right thing is to take the money off the evil person because they'll use it to do more evil. but instead she was a selfish bitch and considered her own conscience far more important than the well-being of everyone else.
I keep getting the same spam over and over which starts "TOP SOFTWARE...". It's mostly the only one I see and GMail recognises it as spam, but the same message keeps coming to my spambox several times a day. I wish they'd just ban it.
people can't even copy the names of songs correctly from the back of a CD case to an mp3 filename (when I use CDDB I spend almost as much time fixing mistakes as it would have taken to type it myself).
what makes you think they're going to bother with the kind of data necessary to reliably locate a specific video in the first place, let alone some clip within a video?
imo that no-photos religious argument is full of crap.
a case was won about not having a photo on driver's license. that's BS. having a photo license should be considered a requirement for legal driving. if you don't like it don't drive. what's next? Ned Flanders' style "my religion considers insurance a form of gambling and/or an affront God's will so I should be able to drive without insurance"? what if your religion has a problem with obeying speed limits? etc etc.
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reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon:
PHB: "we're a large company an can't compete with these small, nimble companies. the good news is that at this rate we'll soon be the smallest company around."
wow, what an amazingly negative quote.
is Intel resigned to only "respond" to AMD from now on, never to lead again?
>Modern physicists, believing that wavelets acted a particular way under certain observation arrangements, developed much arcane math and explanation as to why they couldn't completely account for the observed data.
Quantum Mechanics is THE most sucessful and accurate theory ever. whereas the astronomers could not account for the data, QM accounts for the data to ridiculous accuracy and the only problem is accepting the interpretation. and that's a problem with humans, not QM.
yes, all analogies are by definition imperfect, but the point is just that you CAN change something's quantitative configuration without producing a qualitatively different system.
both, I'm rotating on the spot at 17R, where R is a sensible speed to be rotating at. whatever R is, it's clear I'm rotating far too fast.
(anyone got the proper DNA quote?)
the fact that observation changes a system doesn't require everyone sees massively different things, so an explanation of things being not massively different seems unnecessary.
if there is a box containing a red pen and a blue pen and I "observe" it (e.g. shake it about), it will have a different configuration but will still be a box containing a red pen and a blue pen.
30 feet is fine. I stand by my opinion that this is a bad product for presentations.
what the fuck? which question of mine does that answer please?
looks far too big for presentations. what you want is a small wireless/bluetooth control with just forward/back buttons and built-in laser pointer. anyone know of something like this?
I've seen people using bluetooth mobile phones to control iBook presentations, what software is this using?
what fraction of the uninjured tourists there do you think are skilled builders, plumbers, electricians...?
what makes you think anything *you* can make could be considered a "home"? or should these people feel grateful for some shack you can put together with a bit of wood and nails?
you might make yourself feel better by doing something yourself, but true altruism is about giving and not getting anything back. in which case unless you're skilled at disaster relief the best thing you can do is donate money.
if they stay, that's more people who need food, water and shelter. all of which are in short supply.
and more people to catch disease and use up scarce medical supplies.
rebuilding will take years. it is not feasible for them to stay.
if you really want to help then forget about token gestures designed to make you feel good about yourself and just give them your money (directly through appeals or indirectly via foreign aid).
I don't know about the ratio of high-tech equipment to intelligence for criminals where you live, but if I wanted to steal a $5k ring I wouldn't go scanning people for RFIDs. I'd either mug to person wearing it, or follow the person leaving the shop.
there are far far far far far far far far FAR easier ways to steal things than RFIDs.
assuming the RFID was still enabled after purchase, and someone wanted to track the packaging of an item I bought, and was close enough to scan they could see and touch it anyway.... sorry but I just don't care.
complain when it's abused, not because it CAN be abused. if you listened to complaints based on something COULD be a problem, we wouldn't have the internet or 99% of inventions.
implantation? you must be taking the piss. how many of us have barcodes tattooed on our foreheads? that's what happens to prisoners in all the sci-fi movies but years later we still don't have it! WTF!?!!123
addition: the system I describe above is what happens at my uni library. there are self-service checkout (and checkin) stations. you scan barcodes but it also has a system to deactivate the alarm.
it's great and means you only need to see the people if you have a problem - that's the main reason for long queues at shopping etc - the 1% of the people that take up 99% of the time and delay everyone else.
(the books aren't actually RFID, but books are easy to stack and scan individually anyway, unlike a bag of mixed shapes and sized items.)
I have an RFID card I leave in my wallet that allows me access to parts of my work building. much better than swipe cards.
I'd love them to be used in shops too. if you could just walk round a shop putting things in a bag, put the bag on a pay station, insert your credit card, type your PIN, and leave... I think that would be great, and a real case of technology actually making life better.
and the only people (*cough* luddites *cough*) I want to hear privacy complaints from are the people who are posting from an internet cafe, wearing a disguise, putting a tinfoil blanket over themselves and the computer, and then paying with cash they've cleaned any DNA from. and you guys probably don't even go to shops ever since they introduced the eeeeeevvvviiiilll of barcodes anyway.
>When IPv4 was rolled out, we thought those IP Addresses will be enough for our lifetime. Now lets see for long these IPv6 Addresses last.
yes but isn't there some statistic that says for IPv6 there's [some obscene number] of addresses per square metre of the Earth's surface, suggesting this really ought to be enough?
internet is about freedom? what the fuck bullshit are you talking?
did "the owner of the internet" have a press release I missed on "what it's all about"?
as far as I can tell it's primarily about information and communication, and more recently secondary aims like commerce.
should you have the "freedom" the post information or conduct communications that would be illegal in another medium? no, of course not.
or am I taking your "think of the childen" whining too seriously? was I just supposed to think about freedom, wave a tear from my eye and salute the American flag?
if by "they wanted" you mean *illegal* sites that have been banned, then I hope not.
I predict 49% of post will be "china is evil they censor", 49% will be "china is evil they don't censor spammers", 2% the usual stuff.
just because I referenced the simpsons doesn't make my point less valid.
plus, it doesn't have anything to do with "metaphysics".
I think you ought to THINK about what the point is and not how the point is phrased.
this is the "Lisa Simpson is an ignorant bitch and wouldn't take money of Burns cos it came from mistreating animals" fallacy. the right thing is to take the money off the evil person because they'll use it to do more evil. but instead she was a selfish bitch and considered her own conscience far more important than the well-being of everyone else.
I keep getting the same spam over and over which starts "TOP SOFTWARE...". It's mostly the only one I see and GMail recognises it as spam, but the same message keeps coming to my spambox several times a day. I wish they'd just ban it.
what about bank card or mobile phone PINs? get it wrong 3 times in a row and you're locked out and need to have your card/phone reactivated.
if the protocol or system involved doesn't allow for a penalty against failed atempts, then that IS a weakness.
how about I boot down your door and leave you a note telling you how I did it?
that kind of info could help you secure all your property, so the work I've done is probably worth at least your laptop or TV isn't it?
so how about I just take 49% of your valuables? you still profit! good deal eh? see you soon...
not ever going to happen though is it?
people can't even copy the names of songs correctly from the back of a CD case to an mp3 filename (when I use CDDB I spend almost as much time fixing mistakes as it would have taken to type it myself).
what makes you think they're going to bother with the kind of data necessary to reliably locate a specific video in the first place, let alone some clip within a video?
imo that no-photos religious argument is full of crap.
a case was won about not having a photo on driver's license. that's BS. having a photo license should be considered a requirement for legal driving. if you don't like it don't drive. what's next? Ned Flanders' style "my religion considers insurance a form of gambling and/or an affront God's will so I should be able to drive without insurance"? what if your religion has a problem with obeying speed limits? etc etc.
pisses me off..