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  1. Great ... on Physics Goes To Hollywood · · Score: 1

    ... the only animation I recall we had in Physics was the teacher throwing chalk at dedicated pupils in order to demonstrate ballistics :)

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  2. Tai Chi - thats what I began to do ... on Getting Treatment for Carpal Tunnel? · · Score: 1

    ... and it helps (though it perhaps diminishes the degree of call it "slashbotness" for short one is in).

    It is just important IMHO that you do not emphasize on 'The Form' but more on "body awareness" (following Patrick Kelly perhaps).

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  3. Big questions: Who is ignorant? Who is arrogant? on Giving Up Passwords For Chocolate · · Score: 1

    "We are amazed at the level of ignorance from consumers on the need to protect their online identity," said Tim Pickard, spokesman for RSA Security.

    Is that arrogance ?

    Just the reduction (and the 'idea of man' / {Menschenbild} hiding from behind) of 'identity' to the concept of an "online identity" makes my stomach hurt (will not bother my brain with anger).

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  4. Re:Notice... on Linux's Achilles Heel Apparently Revealed · · Score: 1

    The system was based on an utterly mainstream Intel motherboard with an on-board Intel sound system.

    A look into a window of utmost precision.

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  5. Re:Not right. on Wonkette and the Ethics of Online Journalism · · Score: 1

    But when reading an article on the web, it can require a lot more thought and research to ascertain what angle, scope and interpretation the author is employing.

    Touchgraph helps a little.

    A quick glimpse at the graph centred at your site clearly shows that you are not too far away from /.:)

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  6. Better consult some other calibre ... on Ask the Robotic Psychiatrist · · Score: 1
  7. Next Step in Evolution ... on Ask the Robotic Psychiatrist · · Score: 1

    What is your position with regard to the (already aged - discussed on comp.ai.philosophy more than a decade ago) hypotheses that robots (or mobile "artificially intelligent" agents [whatever - the term does not matter]) will constitute the next step in evolution, ultimately leading to the extinction of the - by robot-standards - only insufficiently equipped human race (the terminal node of a possible scenario is given by Stanislaw Lems 'The Invincible') ?

    My own position is that humanity is only transient, i.e. it is about high noon (having evolutionary time scales in mind). No, I do not feel that this is s.th. to moan about.

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  8. Not particularly breaking news ... on Wi-Fi Security Robots? · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... there is a company here (de) which has a product out since ~2001.

    See ...(with product videos).

    Disclaimer: I am not an affiliate.

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  9. Re:The magical number 7 on Brain's Cache Memory Found · · Score: 1

    Their research indicates that the true number is more like 4 +/- 1.

    Its still controversial (as I guess).

    See ...

    Cowan, N.(2001) The Magical Number 4 in Short-term Memory: A Reconsideration of Mental Storage Capacity.
    Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 (1)


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  10. The magical number 7 on Brain's Cache Memory Found · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most people can hold three or four things in their minds at once when given a quick glimpse of an image such as a collection of coloured dots, ...

    Did it not also depend on what kind of (was it) chunks you store (if this is at all what is stored in should it perhaps be ultra-) STM ?

    Where it "started":

    The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information
    by George A. Miller
    originally published in The Psychological Review, 1956, vol. 63, pp. 81-97



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  11. Re:Because you need to solve a goddamn problem on PUBPAT Challenges Microsoft's FAT Patent · · Score: 1

    Erm ...

    I understand that companies need to protect themselves, but it's one thing when they make something different that's better, and quite another when they've made something that's different and just better marketed.

    I understand that companies need to protect themselves, but it's one thing when they make something different that's better, and quite another when they've made something that's not different but just better marketed.

    _?_ :_

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  12. Re:The new math? on Happy Spamiversary! · · Score: 1
    PERL has always existed.

    PERL is mother.

    PERL is father.

    Humans where deamed advanced enought in 1987 for PERL to be shown to them.

    PERL is everything (Including the secret behind happy fun ball).


    Yes?
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    @p{"r$p","u$p"}=(P,P);pipe"r$p","u$p";++$p;($q *=2)+=$f=!fork;map{$P=$P[$f^ord
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    close$_}%p;wait until$?;map{/^r/&&<$_>}%p;$_=$d[$q];slee p rand(2)if/\S/;print
    from

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  13. Re:Will this limit freedom of expression? on ICANN Cracks Down on Invalid WHOIS Data · · Score: 1

    In other countries, however, including western countries like Germany and France, freedom of expression is non-existant -- you may only say what the government allows you to say. In the two countries I've mentioned, it's not much of a problem, because they've basically only banned racist expressions. (emphasis mine)

    Now I would not state that I live in a state as described by Eric Frank Russell, quote: "Anarchy in action - an excellent model of an anarchist or free society", but still - a little more precision might be appropriate (even on /. where there presumably are also some who are responsible for all the fine documentation ... erm). .

    According to the Worldwide press freedom index (yes, of course it is biased, yes, the social sciences are fuzzy, blahh...) Germany ranks 7, the US comes in at 17 (France is at 11).

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  14. Re:capitalism--monopolies on The Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide · · Score: 1
  15. Re:capitalism--monopolies on The Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide · · Score: 1

    It is my theory that capitalism, or more precisely free markets, lead to monopolies and oligopolies.

    This might be a good base to support your theory (as well as RISC-machines if you like):

    George K. Zipf, Human Behaviour and the Principle of Least-Effort, Addison-Wesley, Cambridge MA, 1949

    The drawback is that it seems that there need be quite radical changes in I guess s.th. like 'connectedness of players|elements|nodes' to come to other fundamental laws :(

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  16. Chimpish = Success ... on Can Communications Be Learned From Chimps? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You may become a big leader.

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  17. Re:I just don't get skins on Longhorn Skinning A Reality · · Score: 1

    So you get to pretend you have "individuality" and "freedom" by changing the look of your Windows desktop -- oh you rebel you!

    Hmm, as a psychologist I usually say "I" if I mean "ME" (or even "ME" if ME is in the mood)

    Next time I use [sarcasm] tags.

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  18. Re:I just don't get skins on Longhorn Skinning A Reality · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I'd love to hear what makes customizable skins so desirable.

    Now while only a few of us try to look like artificial intelligences most stay with artful.

    More seriously: If one is wedged between all sorts of constraints (taxes, work, family, put your favourite here, ...), having an own skin is at least a kind of resort.

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  19. Re:so what if it's offtopic on Sake Used to Make Wooden Speakers · · Score: 3, Informative

    Such beers conform to so-called purity standard (whatever it's in german)

    In "official" German it is called the "Reinheitsgebot".

    A translation of the original is netted here.

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  20. Re:Damage Control on Insider's Look at High-Tech High-Speed Navy Vessel · · Score: 1

    The HSV (High Speed Vessel) 2 Swift, a 294-foot, aluminum-hulled catamaran, has a crew of only 42 sailors, who make up for the lack of manpower with extreme levels of automation.(emphasis mine)

    Well, presumably they got exactly the right number of crew members.

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  21. WOHR ... is obviously the company behind on Inside a Mechanical Parking Garage · · Score: 1

    More projects ...

    And, yes, the Bosporus facility (as referenced by the article for those who did not RTFA) is also there.

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  22. Re:Is this a test of the /. effect? on Revised Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness · · Score: 0

    Now on the other end it will be at least slightly interesting when the site is up again.

    Next week :)

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  23. Re:The cost of everything ... more about accountan on The Subtle Tyranny Of Spreadsheets · · Score: 1

    "Accountants know the cost of everything, and the value of nothing".

    Read more on accountants ...

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  24. "Powerpoint Mastery" on The Subtle Tyranny Of Spreadsheets · · Score: 4, Informative

    Since using spreadsheets is often only one step away from PowerPoint mastery.

    Erm .. for "Powerpoint Mastery" have a look at Tufte "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint".

    Yes, I know it was discussed here before (as I guess), but still - it is worth a mention.

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  25. CALDERA (SCO :) & Looking Glass ... on Sun Wants to Make Linux 3D · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, I have heard the name quite a while ago (Open Linux)!

    Now, what light does this shade on the quality of innovation (and marketing) ?

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