The issue is not with building a gadget that produces an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction. Putting that in a compact, reliable, and deliverable package is what takes effort.
It's also pretty difficult to pull any sort of BS in the professional sector, because their clients are professionals who are trained to know better. Don't be too sure...
An important point IMHO is that the OLPC isn't just for poor countries with corrupt governments.
Now, the OLPC may or may not achieve major success and impact, but the concept seems sound and good, and deserves a second try if the first one doesn't succeed. As long as the second try is absent of monopolisation.
I find it interesting that on McCain's main page, 5 of 6 news items are about Obama, while on Obama's main page 0 of 11 news items are about McCain. Appropriately, the primary news bit on Obama's page is "Take action and fight the smears".
Also, unrelated, the design of Obama's page is a whole lot easier to read, I really had to struggle to figure out how to parse the news items on McCain's page. It's like they were put together without regard to anyone who would actually read them.
Just because Mother Nature and it's creature companions constantly try to kill us, doesn't mean that we should choose to do the same. We can choose more wisely.
Why not just make it legal for us to hack Chinese IP addresses? This could be fun! They will only silently proxy all attacks back to some IP in the originating country.
"Damn, they have so much porn! And I've seen it all before!"
Really? So if I have an especially nasty computer that sends a 100kV "signal" down the twisted pair cable to the router, it's the router's fault if it gets fried? The Etherkiller qualifies as neither NIC nor computer, FYI.
This probably works for other situations... like office workers.
If it looks like one is working, you won't be able to discern what they're working on - the monitor is somehow turned away from you. If you discern what one is working on, you won't know if he's really working on that. In fact, he probably never did, it only looked that way.
China is a huge country with a huge population, and implementing something like what Ms Klein describes would require just over 3 persons to watch every ordinary Chinese; That just means you need a population of at least 4. People can be brought to watch each other.
Now here's an awesome WTF moment. I looked up the price of the 4GB version of that Sony Vault Tiny at a popular Finnish webstore, and found this in the description, translated:
"The product may contain security-undermining rootkit technology."
I recall a study on arousal rates for adults viewing pictures of children. IIRC it turned out to be about 4% (or 8%?), but I can't find it now. In any case, it was way higher than I expected, though the study did measure arousal as opposed to attraction, which would be somewhat harder to assess.
Careful now, you wouldnt want to upset Slashdot's significant pedophile community. Ah yes, critisizing anti-pedophilia makes one a pedophile. Intellectual honesty is the most tragic casualty of the pedo-panic, IMHO.
I guess it's hard for some, but I don't think it's that bad. If you notice certain cuts, you'll also notice that it's unlikely real stuff that they are handling in the beginning. That makes it pretty lame. Videos of people getting hurt is what really wrenches my stomach.
Anyway, back on topic. The purpose of the law is probably the same as banning possession (not just distribution) of child porn: jacking off to certain types of porn makes you more like what the porn suggests. Supposedly.
Sounds similar to the argument against video game violence to me.
Coincidentally, the noir style and mechanical old-fashioned setting in this PA game reminds me very much of Girl Genius, even though the usual setting of the comics is more real life-ish.
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The issue is not with building a gadget that produces an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction. Putting that in a compact, reliable, and deliverable package is what takes effort.
Now, the OLPC may or may not achieve major success and impact, but the concept seems sound and good, and deserves a second try if the first one doesn't succeed. As long as the second try is absent of monopolisation.
Also, unrelated, the design of Obama's page is a whole lot easier to read, I really had to struggle to figure out how to parse the news items on McCain's page. It's like they were put together without regard to anyone who would actually read them.
I'm thinking leopard skin and pink seats.
Just because Mother Nature and it's creature companions constantly try to kill us, doesn't mean that we should choose to do the same. We can choose more wisely.
You misinterpret the situation. Youtube won't be shut down because it has passed the cute cats litmus test.
Quick, to the polls before the MIBs arrive!
"Damn, they have so much porn! And I've seen it all before!"
Why not use the arrow keys? They do work, you know.
If it looks like one is working, you won't be able to discern what they're working on - the monitor is somehow turned away from you.
If you discern what one is working on, you won't know if he's really working on that. In fact, he probably never did, it only looked that way.
UML is really good for those napkin-sketches though. Also, it can form a documentation aid for newcomers to a system/app.
"The product may contain security-undermining rootkit technology."
Oh wait...
Disclaimer: I keep up with Firefox updates anyway, since it's very nice for development.
I recall a study on arousal rates for adults viewing pictures of children. IIRC it turned out to be about 4% (or 8%?), but I can't find it now. In any case, it was way higher than I expected, though the study did measure arousal as opposed to attraction, which would be somewhat harder to assess.
Anyway, back on topic. The purpose of the law is probably the same as banning possession (not just distribution) of child porn: jacking off to certain types of porn makes you more like what the porn suggests. Supposedly.
Sounds similar to the argument against video game violence to me.
Note that, as should be, the test only measures a specific kind of intelligence. No language or numerical stuff.
Ah, but the opposite of broadband isn't narrowband, it's baseband. Wideband is the opposite of narrowband.
I'm not sure I want to watch what a naked diminutive entails, and why it is a challenge.
Coincidentally, the noir style and mechanical old-fashioned setting in this PA game reminds me very much of Girl Genius, even though the usual setting of the comics is more real life-ish.
They might, as a generous offer, or they could just publish the thing themselves and rake in the massive profits.