Mod parent up! It would be great to turn this off or on as needed.
That's apparently what the zebra fish do: the regen mechanism is dormant until they get injured and need to use it; then they "release control art restriction level" and allow the mechanism to work.
I'm guessing the mechanism either never evolved in mammals, or else something about our biochemistry means whatever chemicals the fish use to either inhibit or activate the mechanism become unstable, thus leading to uncontrolled regen and cancer.
Can't go after the President. He has immunity. The only option is impeachment, and the President has enough support, even in the face of (allegedly) illegal wiretapping orders, that impeachment is not going to happen.
So, go down the list. The telecom companies don't have immunity, and brought the illegal wiretapping orders to fruition by carrying them out. That makes them fair game.
Locators and augmented reality, a la Vernor Vinge. Locators reduce the world to something that computers can handle, and act as computers and sensors themselves. Augmented reality lets everyone in on the fun.
You can get a developer certificate for free (Apple charges $100/year)... This is a one-time charge, not a yearly charge, and you don't have to get a separate security cert. And doesn't Symbian S60 v3 require security certificates as well?
you can distribute in any manner you choose (Apple insist on using itunes) No, up 'til now they've used iTunes to distribute patches -- and only patches -- but apps will be available through the phone itself. You still can't distribute in any manner you choose, though. You can either distribute source to other people with the SDK and certs, or you can use the apps store (which includes software update functionality), or you can distribute it as a hack the way apps are currently done.
you can use background apps The iPhone is basically a Unix. Does it not permit UI-less services?
So in what way is the iphone 'considerably more open'. The iPhone API is considerably more feature-ful. Database, animation, location, gesture, and web libraries. A standard C++ compiler, superior development tools and UI designer. A better UI library.
Has there been a big national problem with IRS employees stealing identities I missed on the news?
Well, there are the various data-theft stories that show up on Slashdot; the effect of those would be worse if a stolen database could be used to tie into other databases. And there are corrupt cops, etc., that make unethical use of information available to them. But those are treated as local stories.
I think when they say "military doctrine," they aren't talking about training. They're talking about strategy, tactics, rules of war or engagement (like, should we wipe their banking computers?), and how to use the cyber group to support other forces, or use other forces to support the cyber group.
What about the angle between the spacecraft's trajectory and the radio signal? The doppler shift only measures the directly-away-from-ground-station component of the spacecraft's velocity. They'd also have to know the perpindicular component, or at least the angle between the two, wouldn't they?
I am extremely concerned regarding the response to the question on Character Builder customizations....The canned response to Coppro's question either failed to answer his question or implied a complete lack of interest in meeting the customized needs of the playerbase. Either is disheartening.
I expect all the nifty tools available now will be updated. It's not like WotC is forbidding third-party efforts here.
The only things I would think have inherent value are those that everyone needs: air, food and space, with shelter and clothing being right up there, though you might be able (if not willing) to manage without them in favor of food if push came to shove.
So, if your plane is crashing, you'll use food as a parachute? Your desert island scenario is just as stupid.
It seems to me this argument shows why nothing has inherent value. Which makes the gold standard a bust.
Take out a loan then. Don't ask me to pay for your school, lazy ass.
Yeah, right. Why would a bank give a loan to a student? Sure, the student might graduate with honors and pull down a six-digit salary, but he could as easily kill half his brain cells in a series of drinking binges. It's not a good risk.
And the institutions themselves know that most students drop out after the first year. What's in it for them?
Now, I've heard of large tech and R&D companies paying for higher education. They need to because they aren't projecting enough future graduates for their needs. But those companies only need so many degrees.
What that leaves is a huge mass of citizens educated to only a high-school level. That's not healthy for the country, and doesn't provide enough free-floating smarts to assure our future prosperity. The free market can't do free-floating smarts; a company's expenses have to be tied to measurable gains for that company.
That leaves the government, and the Dept. of Education. We need 'em.
You call those ideas crazy, but you do not explain why. You don't even provide links that explain why. It's intellectually dishonest to dismiss ideas as "crazy" without fair discussion.
I'm guessing he considers them to be crazy, because most people consider them to be crazy. Although that isn't an acceptable way to show definitive correctness, it is perfectly acceptable in showing probable correctness. Saying that is "intellectually dishonest" seems a little too sweeping, IMHO.
Whatever it is, it scares me a little that I feel like I'm getting more racist with experience instead of less.
It's good that you are keeping track of your attitudes. Keep it up. But it might be nothing.
Black culture does have issues -- broken homes, thug life, all the rest. As a result, you do get more of certain types of jerks/idiots/etc. This worries them as well. Other cultures in better shape get fewer jerks. Those they do get are different kinds. For example, in white culture, you get the jerk jocks, the snooty types, the sociopathic social climbers, the white trash; but there are fewer of those (percentage-wise) than there are gang-bangers, pimps, swaggering machismo types, etc. in black culture.
The point is, when you were in an all-white town, you had no stereotypes of real black people because you hadn't met any. Now that you've met some, you are developing those stereotypes. It is to your credit that you didn't form stereotypes based on media portrayals, but rather based on your own experiences.
Go ahead and rely on those experiences/stereotypes, but always allow for them to be wrong. Always leave room for someone to show they are different and better than what you expect.
And I'm still not sure why people are so enamored of using a bunch of extra energy to suspend the whole train in midair.
Because no one already owns midair. You have to buy more land to build rail on the ground than you do to build pylons. Granted, for that purpose, a monorail would serve just as well as maglev.
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Mod parent up! It would be great to turn this off or on as needed.
That's apparently what the zebra fish do: the regen mechanism is dormant until they get injured and need to use it; then they "release control art restriction level" and allow the mechanism to work.
I'm guessing the mechanism either never evolved in mammals, or else something about our biochemistry means whatever chemicals the fish use to either inhibit or activate the mechanism become unstable, thus leading to uncontrolled regen and cancer.
Can't go after the President. He has immunity. The only option is impeachment, and the President has enough support, even in the face of (allegedly) illegal wiretapping orders, that impeachment is not going to happen.
So, go down the list. The telecom companies don't have immunity, and brought the illegal wiretapping orders to fruition by carrying them out. That makes them fair game.
Locators and augmented reality, a la Vernor Vinge. Locators reduce the world to something that computers can handle, and act as computers and sensors themselves. Augmented reality lets everyone in on the fun.
The symbian SDK is free. The iPhone one is, too.
You can get a developer certificate for free (Apple charges $100/year)... This is a one-time charge, not a yearly charge, and you don't have to get a separate security cert. And doesn't Symbian S60 v3 require security certificates as well?
you can distribute in any manner you choose (Apple insist on using itunes) No, up 'til now they've used iTunes to distribute patches -- and only patches -- but apps will be available through the phone itself. You still can't distribute in any manner you choose, though. You can either distribute source to other people with the SDK and certs, or you can use the apps store (which includes software update functionality), or you can distribute it as a hack the way apps are currently done.
you can use background apps The iPhone is basically a Unix. Does it not permit UI-less services?
So in what way is the iphone 'considerably more open'. The iPhone API is considerably more feature-ful. Database, animation, location, gesture, and web libraries. A standard C++ compiler, superior development tools and UI designer. A better UI library.
Has there been a big national problem with IRS employees stealing identities I missed on the news?
Well, there are the various data-theft stories that show up on Slashdot; the effect of those would be worse if a stolen database could be used to tie into other databases. And there are corrupt cops, etc., that make unethical use of information available to them. But those are treated as local stories.
I've read some of BadAnalogyGuy's other analogies. You are right, he does live up to his name.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The Japanese are a strange people.
They think! They reason! They apply varying degrees of effort depending on the importance of the task!
But they sometimes can't exercise their discretion...because of policy. I hate policy. It's a pain in the ass to work around.
I think when they say "military doctrine," they aren't talking about training. They're talking about strategy, tactics, rules of war or engagement (like, should we wipe their banking computers?), and how to use the cyber group to support other forces, or use other forces to support the cyber group.
I think you mean fruit fucker.
dang it, screwed up again. i'll have to shut this time line down...
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It doesn't take a hell of a lot to create an anomaly of that magnitude
I wish there were a word minitude, which seems more appropriate here.
What about the angle between the spacecraft's trajectory and the radio signal? The doppler shift only measures the directly-away-from-ground-station component of the spacecraft's velocity. They'd also have to know the perpindicular component, or at least the angle between the two, wouldn't they?
Home and End usually go to the top or bottom of a document, though, not a line.
In OS 9 (or was it 8?) they called that Apple Data Detectors. It worked in every app, and was teh awesomes -- but works way better now. In Mail.
I'm glad they are starting to bring it back. I'm hoping that they make the APIs available to other applications in the next release.
Next tech I'd wish they'd bring back? OpenDoc!
More important than that, what happens to my skin when it gets oxidized?
Your acne clears up.
The two posts were slightly different.
No, XML is indeed that wonderpill...because it's open and human readable, not some obfuscated binary format like .DOC
ASCII does not mean human-readable. Instead of an obfuscated binary format, XML documents end up in an obfuscated text format.
"THIS...IS...OSUUUUU!!!"
It seems to me this argument shows why nothing has inherent value. Which makes the gold standard a bust.
Take out a loan then. Don't ask me to pay for your school, lazy ass.
Yeah, right. Why would a bank give a loan to a student? Sure, the student might graduate with honors and pull down a six-digit salary, but he could as easily kill half his brain cells in a series of drinking binges. It's not a good risk.
And the institutions themselves know that most students drop out after the first year. What's in it for them?
Now, I've heard of large tech and R&D companies paying for higher education. They need to because they aren't projecting enough future graduates for their needs. But those companies only need so many degrees.
What that leaves is a huge mass of citizens educated to only a high-school level. That's not healthy for the country, and doesn't provide enough free-floating smarts to assure our future prosperity. The free market can't do free-floating smarts; a company's expenses have to be tied to measurable gains for that company.
That leaves the government, and the Dept. of Education. We need 'em.
I'm guessing he considers them to be crazy, because most people consider them to be crazy. Although that isn't an acceptable way to show definitive correctness, it is perfectly acceptable in showing probable correctness. Saying that is "intellectually dishonest" seems a little too sweeping, IMHO.
It's good that you are keeping track of your attitudes. Keep it up. But it might be nothing.
Black culture does have issues -- broken homes, thug life, all the rest. As a result, you do get more of certain types of jerks/idiots/etc. This worries them as well. Other cultures in better shape get fewer jerks. Those they do get are different kinds. For example, in white culture, you get the jerk jocks, the snooty types, the sociopathic social climbers, the white trash; but there are fewer of those (percentage-wise) than there are gang-bangers, pimps, swaggering machismo types, etc. in black culture.
The point is, when you were in an all-white town, you had no stereotypes of real black people because you hadn't met any. Now that you've met some, you are developing those stereotypes. It is to your credit that you didn't form stereotypes based on media portrayals, but rather based on your own experiences.
Go ahead and rely on those experiences/stereotypes, but always allow for them to be wrong. Always leave room for someone to show they are different and better than what you expect.
And I'm still not sure why people are so enamored of using a bunch of extra energy to suspend the whole train in midair.
Because no one already owns midair. You have to buy more land to build rail on the ground than you do to build pylons. Granted, for that purpose, a monorail would serve just as well as maglev.