So having an usher looking around a theater for the one person (out of 50 whose cell phones he is holding) is getting a call is going to cause LESS of a disturbance? This kinda ties in with the earlier post: Disruption is not the answer to disruption.
Some years later, our first sentient robots do a random Google for "the three laws of robotics"... some long forgotten creed it feels it should know more about. Lo and behold, Slashdot has become even more of a kickass webpage than it is now, and thus this page is the first result. He will knowledgably tell all his robot friends about the newfound knowledge he learned from the internet. =)
It's my understanding that the scramjet has, perhaps another disadvantage. Not only does it require an initial velocity of mach 3 to even start, but once it *is* started, it reached mach 7 in a matter of seconds. I wonder, is this controllable? Is the prototype simply built to show off its acceleration potential, or is that another requirement of its operation? If it is, that would spell trouble for any human occupants in a plane with one of those jets on it...."Ladies and Gentlemen, please make sure your seatbacks and traytables are,... aw hell you'll pass out anyway."
I didn't read the article myself, but instead went to google and searched for buckyballs. I didn't know anything about them before either, but I found this site to be particularly helpful.
http://www.science.org.au/nova/024/024key.htm
Only mankind would be self-centered enough to think of creating something so valuable with the intent to throw it away. I've had my qualms about other things we throw away, but this really takes the cake.
...but my favorite is the ability to carry dual assault rifles.
That's one good reason why I like the original UT better than either 2k3 or 2k4. Others include the ability to boost the game speed up to... something like 200%, and older but much much less graphic-intensive graphics engine. My computer will theoretically run 2k3 and 4 just fine, but I still like the original's gameplay much better.
This article at CNN's website was the closest article to the topic introduced here that I could find on CNN, Google News, or Yahoo News. Given the popularity of the RFID issue in the United States technology realm, I would expect it to be in a larger news source such as these. I don't know much about this www.prisonplanet.com place, but I don't have any reason to believe it's highly professional. I get the impressino that it's somewhat of a conspiracy theory website.
The most apparent points of conjecture about this story, in my mind, are:
1. Why, if these tags are in $20's all across the nation, are not people setting off alarms for "no reason" all across the nation?
2. It appears that other/.ers have tried the same microwave experiment, with no ill effect to their bills. Personally, I'm more inclined to believe my fellow/.ers than this story.
Perhaps these bills were part of a scheme, or an elaborate set of counterfeits with a specific devious purpose in mind. Or perhaps they were never microwaved at all.
I'm sure that will put many people at ease (at least until the codes are discovered, which I'm sure they already have been), but car doors opening was not the problem described in the article....
Could you atheists / agnostics not believe in God for no other reason than Occam's Razor?
All things being equal, the simplest answer is usually the right one.
To me, answering questions such as our existence is most easily answered with a God. Evolution and the big bang are, while equally far-fetched as the idea of a supreme ethereal being, much more silly.
In the words of the very funny British "executive transvestite, thank'you" stand-up comedian:
" They say that guns don't people, people kill people- but I think the gun helps, y'know?"
The thing about spam is that we sign ourselves up for it.
True, some websites are very devious about obtaining your email address and using it against your will, but the careful surfer should be able to avoid most of that to begin with.
For example: I have an email address that I have hardly ever signed up for anything with, just to be careful. I think the first spam it got was because it's a combination of 2 english words... easy for spammers to guess at.
(This is a hotmail account, by the way). I have the junk mail filter set to strong, but not exclusive. Now I only get about 1 spam / day on average. I have other accounts that I use for signing up for stuff... and yes, they get lots of spam. But I use them rarely enough, that when i need to find an email, I can just look at the top of the heap.
hutilated (adj): a state of an object or person at having been hucked into the air shortly after being mutilated. syn. CREAMED,PLASTERED
(eg) "The remains of the hutilated bird landed on another mine, setting it off in turn."
why don't you feel comfortable with GM? my guess is that you consume many processed foods regularly, not to mention the "natural" fruits and vegetables that, as the parent mentioned, or of generally lower quality and more prone to carry diseases/what have you.
correct me if i'm wrong... and I'd like to hear more of your reasoning in either case.
yes! heck, just throw a bunch of earthworms out there... just as cheap, and probably more enticing for the birds.
plus, that would make a great friday-evening family bonding time!
Why do we research and post articles about things we have made, but that we hate? Why not use that time and energy for something else? Seriously... write about stuff that helps, not stuff that hurts.
As for cell phones, I agree with another poster here, who wonders aloud why people are annoyed at cell phones, but no one turns them off when they don't want to be bothered.
My conclusion is that humans find humans annoying, and we all like to blame it on crap.
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i think that was the (grand)parent's point...
So having an usher looking around a theater for the one person (out of 50 whose cell phones he is holding) is getting a call is going to cause LESS of a disturbance? This kinda ties in with the earlier post: Disruption is not the answer to disruption.
Some years later, our first sentient robots do a random Google for "the three laws of robotics"... some long forgotten creed it feels it should know more about. Lo and behold, Slashdot has become even more of a kickass webpage than it is now, and thus this page is the first result. He will knowledgably tell all his robot friends about the newfound knowledge he learned from the internet. =)
It's my understanding that the scramjet has, perhaps another disadvantage. Not only does it require an initial velocity of mach 3 to even start, but once it *is* started, it reached mach 7 in a matter of seconds. I wonder, is this controllable? Is the prototype simply built to show off its acceleration potential, or is that another requirement of its operation? If it is, that would spell trouble for any human occupants in a plane with one of those jets on it. ..."Ladies and Gentlemen, please make sure your seatbacks and traytables are,... aw hell you'll pass out anyway."
I didn't read the article myself, but instead went to google and searched for buckyballs. I didn't know anything about them before either, but I found this site to be particularly helpful. http://www.science.org.au/nova/024/024key.htm
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Only mankind would be self-centered enough to think of creating something so valuable with the intent to throw it away. I've had my qualms about other things we throw away, but this really takes the cake.
I have 2 sentence fragments for you:
News for nerds
Stuff that matters
...but my favorite is the ability to carry dual assault rifles.
That's one good reason why I like the original UT better than either 2k3 or 2k4. Others include the ability to boost the game speed up to... something like 200%, and older but much much less graphic-intensive graphics engine. My computer will theoretically run 2k3 and 4 just fine, but I still like the original's gameplay much better.
I know! Russia put the water there! In Soviet Mars... oh never mind.
Ah, but what of the carrots? Snowmen just wouldn't be snowmen without them! If the moon is made out of cheese, then Mars must be covered in carrots!
This article at CNN's website was the closest article to the topic introduced here that I could find on CNN, Google News, or Yahoo News. Given the popularity of the RFID issue in the United States technology realm, I would expect it to be in a larger news source such as these. I don't know much about this www.prisonplanet.com place, but I don't have any reason to believe it's highly professional. I get the impressino that it's somewhat of a conspiracy theory website.
/.ers have tried the same microwave experiment, with no ill effect to their bills. Personally, I'm more inclined to believe my fellow /.ers than this story.
The most apparent points of conjecture about this story, in my mind, are:
1. Why, if these tags are in $20's all across the nation, are not people setting off alarms for "no reason" all across the nation?
2. It appears that other
Perhaps these bills were part of a scheme, or an elaborate set of counterfeits with a specific devious purpose in mind. Or perhaps they were never microwaved at all.
I'm sure that will put many people at ease (at least until the codes are discovered, which I'm sure they already have been), but car doors opening was not the problem described in the article....
Funny... the first words *I* see on that page are: "If rumours on the Internet are to be believed".
Subsequent paragraphs do elaborate, quoting sources like Yahoo! News. Why don't you find that article?
D'oh! ... change "not believe" to "believe"
15... 16... 17...
Could you atheists / agnostics not believe in God for no other reason than Occam's Razor? All things being equal, the simplest answer is usually the right one. To me, answering questions such as our existence is most easily answered with a God. Evolution and the big bang are, while equally far-fetched as the idea of a supreme ethereal being, much more silly.
...you only have his word for it that they came from God.
For that matter, you only have the authors' words on the whole of the bible.
In the words of the very funny British "executive transvestite, thank'you" stand-up comedian: " They say that guns don't people, people kill people- but I think the gun helps, y'know?"
The thing about spam is that we sign ourselves up for it.
True, some websites are very devious about obtaining your email address and using it against your will, but the careful surfer should be able to avoid most of that to begin with.
For example: I have an email address that I have hardly ever signed up for anything with, just to be careful. I think the first spam it got was because it's a combination of 2 english words... easy for spammers to guess at.
(This is a hotmail account, by the way). I have the junk mail filter set to strong, but not exclusive. Now I only get about 1 spam / day on average. I have other accounts that I use for signing up for stuff... and yes, they get lots of spam. But I use them rarely enough, that when i need to find an email, I can just look at the top of the heap.
Anyone with half a brain should be able to decide in much less than a second to buy Coke in 12 packs from then on.
hutilated (adj): a state of an object or person at having been hucked into the air shortly after being mutilated.
syn. CREAMED,PLASTERED
(eg) "The remains of the hutilated bird landed on another mine, setting it off in turn."
why don't you feel comfortable with GM? my guess is that you consume many processed foods regularly, not to mention the "natural" fruits and vegetables that, as the parent mentioned, or of generally lower quality and more prone to carry diseases/what have you.
correct me if i'm wrong... and I'd like to hear more of your reasoning in either case.
i'm just guessing here, but would that be more expensive than making seeds? do you have any sources or info about the bacteria project?
yes! heck, just throw a bunch of earthworms out there... just as cheap, and probably more enticing for the birds. plus, that would make a great friday-evening family bonding time!
Why do we research and post articles about things we have made, but that we hate? Why not use that time and energy for something else? Seriously... write about stuff that helps, not stuff that hurts. As for cell phones, I agree with another poster here, who wonders aloud why people are annoyed at cell phones, but no one turns them off when they don't want to be bothered. My conclusion is that humans find humans annoying, and we all like to blame it on crap.