There is a professor at UConn, Ronald Mallett, currently in the process of raising funds for a time travel experiment. He has also written a book describing his life and goals.
This is a different method of time travel using circulating light to bend space-time and create time loops.
I have a strong feeling that the low wage call center moron you speak of surely doesn't understand that this is a million dollar decision they have on their hands. In fact, not resolving this quickly and quietly ends up in a situation like this where it is posted all over the internet. They made a poor million dollar decision. And... it would be a million cent decision if anything.
The internet is not the least of my worries, nor is the RIAA or MPAA the most of my worries. The government enacts data retention laws under the guise of 'neccessary to catch terrorists' when in reality they will use this data for any snooping they would like to do. After this law is passed without a sunset clause, the next law will be a change in requirements to access this data such as the current circumvention of warrants for phone taps.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the progression.
Finally!!! Someone who accepts the idea that things change. Just because a system is in place and someone makes a ton of money from it does not mean that they are entitled to that money forever.
These changes mark the beginning of a time where the masses have the advantage and the access to what was previously unavailable. According to the laws of economics, supply and demand rules the marketplace, not the other way around.
Data is simply not of any value unless it is kept secret, and as soon as I purchase something, it can no longer be kept a secret any longer. Company trade secrets and recipes and such are the only things that can truly be considered intellectual property.
Human kind is not actually figuring out more efficient ways of doing things in the grand scheme of things. Perhaps we are making things easier for ourselves, but still, overall, our technologies are creating more and more entropy in our semi-closed system (Earth). Efficient would imply slowing down the increase of entropy, or slowing down the conversion of energy from a usable form to a non-usable form and minimizing "heat death". We expend much energy creating the machines that create other machines, that in turn do our work for us. Even recycling is not a very efficient or entropy slowing mechanism.
I guess we will just have to wait for the universe to collapse back in on itself!
"...But now they force security vendors to bring a knife to a gun fight..."
If you KNOW it's a gun fight, then bring an RPG.
I will never understand the level playing field argument in this situation. Since when is it an OS developer's duty to create an environment that is compatible with the software that is to run on it? I have never heard the argument that Motorola was in violation of antitrust law for creating processors that Windows wouldn't/couldn't run on.
I would be very interested in this as I always avoid clicking on PDF links on the web. I hate waiting for Acrobat to load. It woule be nice to have the browser itself take care of viewing.
Are there any good FREEEEEEE alternatives (that are quick to load) to Adobe's product that anyone could recommend. I have searched, but find that most of it is not free, and there is no way I could convince the office to purchase new software.
lol... long ago i was told sotries of an ice age, which is over. Therefore logic would tell me that it's possible for Earth to warm up without human industrialization.
The fact that your comment was modded down is upsetting. It just goes to show that the readers here are modding down unpoular views rather than off topic comments. This is typical left wing bahvior. I see it every day because I live near a college campus where this type of behavior is rampant.
Global warming is a scare tactic, and we shouldn't react so quickly when tactics such as this are used to sway our opinions.
The outcome of the war is inevitable. Faster data streams, encryption with communities of trusted participants, and smarter generations of users will only lead to more undetectable trading of media. Any efforts to protect content will always be circumvented, and creates tension between consumers and producers.
There is only one type of intellectual property...trade secrets, and it is only property as long as it is a secret.
Why do we feel the need to shelter our children from the brutish reality of the world?
I know 'kids' in their 20s who still feel the need to hide their lifestyles from their parents. Sheltering children sets up for a lifetime of dishonesty between parents and children.
I am disheartened by the upspeeds offered by ISPs. I understand that the companies are trying to discourage home users from running servers etc., but I am a huge Remote Desktop user, and it require a decent amount of bandwidth.
Becuase of this, I am always looking for faster speeds. I look forward to having one single data line (or wireless access) into my house for phone, TV, music, & net.
I am also awaiting the time when all digital transfers are heavily encrypted so there is no more big brother unless the Gov really suspects you are a criminal in which case they will spend the 5 months to break your encyption. Why aren't we encrypting more?
Us humans have such a knack for discovering new, wonderful technologies and then spending mountains of energy on resricting the use of them. It's sad really.
that this sort of thing will happen given the speedy advances in technology, specifically wireless technologies. Our service provides will always have the ability to track this sort of information. What is MOST important is that this information is not transferred from providers to others (including government). Laws must keep up with technology, and this seems impossible with 9/11 style legislation.
What we will need, for our protection from 1984, or probably more like 2020, is end user liscence contracts, rather than agreements. The end user should start imposing contracts (union style) on service providers that set out the terms of what the company can and cannot do with information on the customer. This should specifically include limitation on data retention, and use of information for marketing.
This would not seem dissimilar to medical information or even seemingly more confidential, client lawyer relationships.
The type of testing implied here is like trying to prove by example which we all know is not valid unless every single possibility is examined. This would not be possible with the breathalyzer as the test case possibilities are not discrete.
My instinct tells me that if the source code is released, they WILL find that it will be easier to prove the possibility of an inaccurate reading, and all past convitions that relied on this code will have to be wiped from the record.
One must remember that a police officer has the power to clock your speed by the method of pacecar using his own judgement that he is driving the same speed. How could you test that in court?
I truly believe that these untestable methods have no place as evidence in the courtroom, but I don't think any of it will be changing any time soon.
Imagine the lawsuits filed for compensation of lost funds due to DUIs. The cost of lawyers, classes, and insurance premiums ranges from 5-10K per violation on average. I would love to ge my money back!
I agree that the new feattures of IE7 are the same features that caused me to switch to FireFox in the first place. Also, the menu placement is totally ridiculous. There is one good thing....
After the upgrades for FireFox (after v1.0), the exec starting loading freakishly slow. FREAKISHLY. I am talking fresh install with no extensions. Microsoft gets ONE POINT from me for loading it's first window almost instantaneously.
I think with a bit more configuration ability, I might think about switching back.
Needed: 1)ability to move the file,edit etc. menu to top 2)more than two tab browsing preferences 3)separate refresh and stop buttons that are movable
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This is a different method of time travel using circulating light to bend space-time and create time loops.
I have many partitions.
I have a strong feeling that the low wage call center moron you speak of surely doesn't understand that this is a million dollar decision they have on their hands. In fact, not resolving this quickly and quietly ends up in a situation like this where it is posted all over the internet. They made a poor million dollar decision. And... it would be a million cent decision if anything.
I am filing a complaint with Intel that I too feel marginalized. I feel that pig-latin should be included in the x86 instruction set.
Now, how long before we encrypt all data transferred on the net?
The internet is not the least of my worries, nor is the RIAA or MPAA the most of my worries. The government enacts data retention laws under the guise of 'neccessary to catch terrorists' when in reality they will use this data for any snooping they would like to do. After this law is passed without a sunset clause, the next law will be a change in requirements to access this data such as the current circumvention of warrants for phone taps.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the progression.
Finally!!! Someone who accepts the idea that things change. Just because a system is in place and someone makes a ton of money from it does not mean that they are entitled to that money forever.
These changes mark the beginning of a time where the masses have the advantage and the access to what was previously unavailable. According to the laws of economics, supply and demand rules the marketplace, not the other way around.
Data is simply not of any value unless it is kept secret, and as soon as I purchase something, it can no longer be kept a secret any longer. Company trade secrets and recipes and such are the only things that can truly be considered intellectual property.
I guess we will just have to wait for the universe to collapse back in on itself!
If you KNOW it's a gun fight, then bring an RPG.
I will never understand the level playing field argument in this situation. Since when is it an OS developer's duty to create an environment that is compatible with the software that is to run on it? I have never heard the argument that Motorola was in violation of antitrust law for creating processors that Windows wouldn't/couldn't run on.
I would be very interested in this as I always avoid clicking on PDF links on the web. I hate waiting for Acrobat to load. It woule be nice to have the browser itself take care of viewing.
Are there any good FREEEEEEE alternatives (that are quick to load) to Adobe's product that anyone could recommend. I have searched, but find that most of it is not free, and there is no way I could convince the office to purchase new software.
lol... long ago i was told sotries of an ice age, which is over. Therefore logic would tell me that it's possible for Earth to warm up without human industrialization.
Does anyone else find it upsetting that so many educated people would just ignore any evidence opposing a theory with such huge implications?
Global warming is a scare tactic, and we shouldn't react so quickly when tactics such as this are used to sway our opinions.
There is only one type of intellectual property...trade secrets, and it is only property as long as it is a secret.
I know 'kids' in their 20s who still feel the need to hide their lifestyles from their parents. Sheltering children sets up for a lifetime of dishonesty between parents and children.
Why does Slashdot never get slashdotted? Is this site hosted from some extra terrestrial super server?
Becuase of this, I am always looking for faster speeds. I look forward to having one single data line (or wireless access) into my house for phone, TV, music, & net.
I am also awaiting the time when all digital transfers are heavily encrypted so there is no more big brother unless the Gov really suspects you are a criminal in which case they will spend the 5 months to break your encyption. Why aren't we encrypting more?
Us humans have such a knack for discovering new, wonderful technologies and then spending mountains of energy on resricting the use of them. It's sad really.
.... I wonder what their computers were sitting on when they Froogled that one!
What we will need, for our protection from 1984, or probably more like 2020, is end user liscence contracts, rather than agreements. The end user should start imposing contracts (union style) on service providers that set out the terms of what the company can and cannot do with information on the customer. This should specifically include limitation on data retention, and use of information for marketing.
This would not seem dissimilar to medical information or even seemingly more confidential, client lawyer relationships.
Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Chief!
The type of testing implied here is like trying to prove by example which we all know is not valid unless every single possibility is examined. This would not be possible with the breathalyzer as the test case possibilities are not discrete.
My instinct tells me that if the source code is released, they WILL find that it will be easier to prove the possibility of an inaccurate reading, and all past convitions that relied on this code will have to be wiped from the record.
One must remember that a police officer has the power to clock your speed by the method of pacecar using his own judgement that he is driving the same speed. How could you test that in court?
I truly believe that these untestable methods have no place as evidence in the courtroom, but I don't think any of it will be changing any time soon.
Imagine the lawsuits filed for compensation of lost funds due to DUIs. The cost of lawyers, classes, and insurance premiums ranges from 5-10K per violation on average. I would love to ge my money back!
nice link!
It reminds me of that old driving game Stunts. I can remember playing that during many HS study halls. Any other fans?
After the upgrades for FireFox (after v1.0), the exec starting loading freakishly slow. FREAKISHLY. I am talking fresh install with no extensions. Microsoft gets ONE POINT from me for loading it's first window almost instantaneously.
I think with a bit more configuration ability, I might think about switching back.
Needed:
1)ability to move the file,edit etc. menu to top
2)more than two tab browsing preferences
3)separate refresh and stop buttons that are movable