Apart from the fact that the European countries are actual countries, as opposed to merely states, each with their own armed forces, some with their own currencies, and with many different languages and cultures. There's a damn-sight more importance and difference between France and Germany than Arizona and New Mexico.
Europe is larger than the USA by over 130,000 square miles, by the way. Your one guy not knowing where Mexico is doesn't change the poll results. It's not "snobbery" but "education" - just as you would look twice at someone who can't count to 4, people who learned world geography at an early age will have a rather quizzical expression on their face when presented with someone who can't find their own country on a map, let alone the Pacific ocean.
IQ tests are more a test of "modernity" than intelligence. If you asked a child 100 years ago what's the connection between cats & dogs, most would have said "dogs chase cats". Today, most kids would say "they're both mammals". Those 100-year-ago kids would have faired terribly in an IQ test, but they were just as intelligent as kids now. Kids these days have been exposed to plenty of information which makes them appear more intelligent. As you said, it's not the person's race, but when & where they were raised, and their stimuli during said raising, that affects their modernity. We're all, everywhere across the globe, roughly as intelligent as each other.
Or just use a one-time pad, which is easier to use, faster, offers infinite flexibility, and unlike a mass-published book, is a lot harder to find a copy of.
There are two main types of USB connector - Type A (the rectangular one, like on a mouse or thumb drive) and the Type B (like the socket on the back of a printer). Male USB 3 Type A connectors will happily fit in female USB 1/2/3 Type A sockets (but will work at USB 1/2 speeds, depending on the host), and vice versa. You won't be able to plug a USB 3 Type B connector into a USB 1/2 device, however. You'd need to use the cable that came with that device. So you won't be able to take your new shiny blue USB 3 cable, plug it in your USB 3 port on the back of your PC, and then plug it into your USB 1/2 printer. It won't fit.
You can plug a USB 3 device into a USB 1/2 port without issue. The USB 3 Type-A plug (the flat rectangular one) retains the same pins in the same locations, but has a recessed group of 5 pins that only come into contact with the host when placed in a USB 3 SuperSpeed socket. You will not be able to, however, plug a USB 3 Type-B plug (the square ones) into a USB 1/2 Type-B socket. They are not breaking compatibility.
You'd still have to pay MPEG-LA for the work done by the companies they represent, which the writers of x264 ripped off. If the x264 guys came up with their codec completely independently from h.264, with no knowledge of the codec, then you'd have a point. But they didn't. The creators of h.264 spent millions of $CURRENCY developing those "some algorithms" you speak of. It's not exactly strange to imagine they'd like some compensation for their work.
In your opinion. In the opinion of others, however, you are wrong. I've used every Linux desktop I could get my hands on, and they all don't do what I want, how I want. Windows 7 is the best I've used so far - it makes sense, and looks good doing it. If you were right, then the market share of Linux would look resoundingly different to how it looks now, as people would make do with using OSS-equivalents of their usual Windows-only software, if they can at least do it in an environment that helps their productivity.
Sorry to reply to myself, but if anyone's interested in numbers stations, the Conet Project has put together a 4-CD set of recordings from various numbers stations around the world, which you can download for free here, or purchase here. It's a fantastic listen.
No, it doesn't contradict it. I'm saying that we incorrectly perceive a soul, when no soul actually exists. We know that for a fact. Science can explain every single facet of that which some recognise as a soul as something completely mundane.
When someone can actually demonstrate, scientifically, that a soul exists, then we can introduce it into the debate. We are, after all, required to keep mysticism (bronze-age or otherwise) out of science.
Ha! I watch that show, too. Book codes are not the same as one time pads, as they can't be used to convey every message, unless the desired words appear in the book. So a Bible would be fine if your message was about sin, God, Jesus, loaves & fishes, and beards, but not very useful if you want to send a message pertaining to nuclear reactors, cars, or even decent footwear.
It would make sense to protect people from idiocy, and review the abilities of our healthcare workers, as opposed to letting them kill people and then fire them, which is what you seem to be suggesting. Idiot.
Well, that's the purpose of "numbers stations" in general - the sending of messages to operatives in the field via off-the-shelf technology that any civilian might own. Not much is known about the stations, but I read about some lady in East Germany (before the fall of the wall, obviously) who used a radio to receive messages from the West German Intelligence (BND) telling her where to go to get out of the East and into the West. That's the only account I've ever read of someone actually telling their story of using a numbers station. The stations, from analysis of the traffic, serve multiple operatives. Opening up a new station for each operative would be a bit costly:) These stations can make broadcasts to all agents (as in the case of the partially-decrypted Cuban numbers station, that congratulated all their female operatives on international woman's day), or to specific agents. They use one-time pads, so unless someone gets a hold of the pad (or they re-use one), there is absolutely no way to crack the broadcasts. The buzzer, however, is a different kind of station, with a different mission.
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Apart from the fact that the European countries are actual countries, as opposed to merely states, each with their own armed forces, some with their own currencies, and with many different languages and cultures. There's a damn-sight more importance and difference between France and Germany than Arizona and New Mexico.
Europe is larger than the USA by over 130,000 square miles, by the way. Your one guy not knowing where Mexico is doesn't change the poll results. It's not "snobbery" but "education" - just as you would look twice at someone who can't count to 4, people who learned world geography at an early age will have a rather quizzical expression on their face when presented with someone who can't find their own country on a map, let alone the Pacific ocean.
Maybe the screenshot isn't the finished paper, and just a sneak-peek into the results for those interested?
Don't you have a scroll wheel? Are you a time-traveller from the past?
IQ tests are more a test of "modernity" than intelligence. If you asked a child 100 years ago what's the connection between cats & dogs, most would have said "dogs chase cats". Today, most kids would say "they're both mammals". Those 100-year-ago kids would have faired terribly in an IQ test, but they were just as intelligent as kids now. Kids these days have been exposed to plenty of information which makes them appear more intelligent. As you said, it's not the person's race, but when & where they were raised, and their stimuli during said raising, that affects their modernity. We're all, everywhere across the globe, roughly as intelligent as each other.
Which was clearly implied in the post I was referring to. Why you got modded Insightful instead of Redundant is bey... oh, wait, slashdot. Of course.
Or just use a one-time pad, which is easier to use, faster, offers infinite flexibility, and unlike a mass-published book, is a lot harder to find a copy of.
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Did you miss the bit where Windows asks if you want to submit the data? Apparently so.
There are two main types of USB connector - Type A (the rectangular one, like on a mouse or thumb drive) and the Type B (like the socket on the back of a printer). Male USB 3 Type A connectors will happily fit in female USB 1/2/3 Type A sockets (but will work at USB 1/2 speeds, depending on the host), and vice versa. You won't be able to plug a USB 3 Type B connector into a USB 1/2 device, however. You'd need to use the cable that came with that device. So you won't be able to take your new shiny blue USB 3 cable, plug it in your USB 3 port on the back of your PC, and then plug it into your USB 1/2 printer. It won't fit.
You can plug a USB 3 device into a USB 1/2 port without issue. The USB 3 Type-A plug (the flat rectangular one) retains the same pins in the same locations, but has a recessed group of 5 pins that only come into contact with the host when placed in a USB 3 SuperSpeed socket. You will not be able to, however, plug a USB 3 Type-B plug (the square ones) into a USB 1/2 Type-B socket. They are not breaking compatibility.
Micro-USB connectors are actually less fragile than Mini-USB. They are rated for far more connect/disconnect cycles (10,000) than Mini-USB.
Apart from all the strict security that can't be bypassed, including locking down USB drive access, sure.
It's been possible to disable autorun using GPO since 2000.
It's "I couldn't/don't give a shit", similar to how it's actually "I couldn't care less" as opposed to "I could care less".
You'd still have to pay MPEG-LA for the work done by the companies they represent, which the writers of x264 ripped off. If the x264 guys came up with their codec completely independently from h.264, with no knowledge of the codec, then you'd have a point. But they didn't. The creators of h.264 spent millions of $CURRENCY developing those "some algorithms" you speak of. It's not exactly strange to imagine they'd like some compensation for their work.
In your opinion. In the opinion of others, however, you are wrong. I've used every Linux desktop I could get my hands on, and they all don't do what I want, how I want. Windows 7 is the best I've used so far - it makes sense, and looks good doing it. If you were right, then the market share of Linux would look resoundingly different to how it looks now, as people would make do with using OSS-equivalents of their usual Windows-only software, if they can at least do it in an environment that helps their productivity.
The irony. A guy bitching about accuracy in gun stories screwing up what a "Thompson gun" is.
Sorry to reply to myself, but if anyone's interested in numbers stations, the Conet Project has put together a 4-CD set of recordings from various numbers stations around the world, which you can download for free here, or purchase here. It's a fantastic listen.
No, it doesn't contradict it. I'm saying that we incorrectly perceive a soul, when no soul actually exists. We know that for a fact. Science can explain every single facet of that which some recognise as a soul as something completely mundane.
When someone can actually demonstrate, scientifically, that a soul exists, then we can introduce it into the debate. We are, after all, required to keep mysticism (bronze-age or otherwise) out of science.
Ha! I watch that show, too. Book codes are not the same as one time pads, as they can't be used to convey every message, unless the desired words appear in the book. So a Bible would be fine if your message was about sin, God, Jesus, loaves & fishes, and beards, but not very useful if you want to send a message pertaining to nuclear reactors, cars, or even decent footwear.
It would make sense to protect people from idiocy, and review the abilities of our healthcare workers, as opposed to letting them kill people and then fire them, which is what you seem to be suggesting. Idiot.
They used to kick ass, but recently AMD's offerings, while cheap, have been totally shit compared to Intel's offerings.
And even then, some countries have laws demanding that hikers be given access to various thoroughfares through private land.
Well, that's the purpose of "numbers stations" in general - the sending of messages to operatives in the field via off-the-shelf technology that any civilian might own. Not much is known about the stations, but I read about some lady in East Germany (before the fall of the wall, obviously) who used a radio to receive messages from the West German Intelligence (BND) telling her where to go to get out of the East and into the West. That's the only account I've ever read of someone actually telling their story of using a numbers station. The stations, from analysis of the traffic, serve multiple operatives. Opening up a new station for each operative would be a bit costly :) These stations can make broadcasts to all agents (as in the case of the partially-decrypted Cuban numbers station, that congratulated all their female operatives on international woman's day), or to specific agents. They use one-time pads, so unless someone gets a hold of the pad (or they re-use one), there is absolutely no way to crack the broadcasts. The buzzer, however, is a different kind of station, with a different mission.
Jesus Christ. The numbers you are talking about ARE the wages of rich folks, compared to most of us. Wow.