Sure it is. "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." How is the opening of a new sci-fi movie that has the potential to reshape the whole genre not "news for nerds?"
Many people have asked why they should vote, citing that their vote doesn't really count for various reasons. If you are American, it is not only your right and privilage to vote, but in a way, it is also your duty. Despite its drawbacks (including the electoral college and the media controlling it), it is still a pretty good system. If nothing else, it is one of the few true American things you can do! We pioneered this system of government (yes, I know we borrowed a lot from Parliment and the Roman Senate, but that is not the point as we put them together in a free-er form for the first time, and it is working), and it is ours. We have to keep it moving and working, and we do this by voting. It really doesn't take a lot of time out of your day, and it does get your view out there in the form of a statistic, no matter who you vote for. Even if your candidate gets less than one percent, you are still there, in the numbers. Also, who knows? You could be a determining vote!
I didn't see this posted already, so I will. The web site Save Sam and Max lists several ways of letting LucasArts know that we want this game. The site includes email info, petition info, adress info, telephone info, picket info, et cetera. If you don't know much about Sam and Max, search for it! Do research! Get some of the comics! Find the tapes of the old tv series (and let me know about that, I've been looking for such a long time for them)! Most of all, be heard!
It is interresting you say that... It could in and of itself be a Deus Ex Machina, assuming your religious beliefs are that Japanese companies are Gods.
Nano-tubes are an essential component to making an incredibly large super-structure (like a space elevator), right? Supposedly used in the creation of self-assembly super-tensile solids?
I remember being in the Science Olympiad (the shirt still fits). The only year I was in it (before going to a new school) was, so far, the only year my school made it to states. Pretty pathetic, eh? Despite being a painfully large school, we barely had any members. That year, every thing we made worked perfectly in regionals (pretty brilliant stuff, too. One of the members later went to a national robotics competition), but everything crashed and burned in states (more literal for some of the experiments than others).
Okay, that rambled a bit. All I can possibly conclude from my digression of a post is this:
If you have the opportunity, participate somehow in the competition. Be a judge, participant, organizer, anything! It is damn well worth it (as one of my science teachers used to say)!
I think it is notable that this Eben Moglen is the first (living) person I have listened to (or even heard of) whose name is the same as mine (Eben is surprisingly uncommon).
Another reason is that hospitals started more and more outpatient practices. This effectivly moves more people away from the concentration of disease and infection known as a hospital.
Mebee it is just me, but I don't want to hack my car for any reason. Honestly, hacking a computer is one thing, but changing the basic settings and safty cuts of a huge hunk of transportation metal and explosives seems a bit (read: a lot) more, shall I say, risky (read: insanely stupid)?
I agree that the system sucks, but it wont go away any time soon. What I am saying is that we need to work the system, understanding it as well as controlling it, before it can be removed.
I agree (though this post is very late and will probably be unnoticed) that it is quite dangerous to fool with viruses. However, I can also see how it can be very helpful. If the scientests were much more careful than in the past, viral research could prevent deaths and such. Of course, that is not considering the fact that viruses mutate seemingly without rhyme or reason, so our friend today would be our enemy tomorrow.
Anyhow, if I continue right now, I will go in circles and confuse myself.
There is a possibility for change, though. With enough people or atleast someone powerful enough to influence, herecy changes. The idea of what is blasphemous is a morphing entity, and popular thought drives it and consent from those with power and money is a catylist.
My assumption is that there would be built-in safegaurds to prevent that, at first atleast. Also, it seems that in the beginning, the technology would be quite limited in and of itself.
I agree that it can't really be alchemy, and you almost certainly have more experience in the field than I do, but since atoms and molecules combine and change and just do stuff naturally, could they then be manipulated by humans to do what we want them to do? I mean, it is (theoretically) possible to change the properties of molecules. It is done all the time for, say, drug companies. They spend years of research and work to make new molecules that may (or may not) do what they want.
All I am saying is that it is still technically possible. It may be impractical now, but it can be done.
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Have you perhaps played Deus Ex, Half Life (1 & 2), Riddick, Far Cry, or even SiN?
Fallout and Fallout 2 defiantly deserve a place near the top of the list....
I doubt there is anyone emotionless enough not to cry at the end of that game.
You know, Fallout and Fallout 2? The two most *amazing* computer RPGs ever? Can I get a "holla?"
Sure it is. "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." How is the opening of a new sci-fi movie that has the potential to reshape the whole genre not "news for nerds?"
Also, don't forget that MWG has put out a very shiny RPS for Serenity. Check it out here: http://www.serenityrpg.com/.
It is part of the Illuminauti plan to set up their own shadow government on Mars before the humans arrive. Hail Dischordia! Hail Graud!
Many people have asked why they should vote, citing that their vote doesn't really count for various reasons. If you are American, it is not only your right and privilage to vote, but in a way, it is also your duty. Despite its drawbacks (including the electoral college and the media controlling it), it is still a pretty good system. If nothing else, it is one of the few true American things you can do! We pioneered this system of government (yes, I know we borrowed a lot from Parliment and the Roman Senate, but that is not the point as we put them together in a free-er form for the first time, and it is working), and it is ours. We have to keep it moving and working, and we do this by voting. It really doesn't take a lot of time out of your day, and it does get your view out there in the form of a statistic, no matter who you vote for. Even if your candidate gets less than one percent, you are still there, in the numbers. Also, who knows? You could be a determining vote!
Okay, I stole the joke (I think it was from the Daily Show, but I can't remember for sure).
Wow, that was way too fast.
I didn't see this posted already, so I will. The web site Save Sam and Max lists several ways of letting LucasArts know that we want this game. The site includes email info, petition info, adress info, telephone info, picket info, et cetera. If you don't know much about Sam and Max, search for it! Do research! Get some of the comics! Find the tapes of the old tv series (and let me know about that, I've been looking for such a long time for them)! Most of all, be heard!
It is interresting you say that... It could in and of itself be a Deus Ex Machina, assuming your religious beliefs are that Japanese companies are Gods.
Nano-tubes are an essential component to making an incredibly large super-structure (like a space elevator), right? Supposedly used in the creation of self-assembly super-tensile solids?
Okay, that rambled a bit. All I can possibly conclude from my digression of a post is this: If you have the opportunity, participate somehow in the competition. Be a judge, participant, organizer, anything! It is damn well worth it (as one of my science teachers used to say)!
I think it is notable that this Eben Moglen is the first (living) person I have listened to (or even heard of) whose name is the same as mine (Eben is surprisingly uncommon).
TV is dead, has been for four years now. The major networks finished their work back then when the Simpsons started getting bad. Arg.
Even Red vs Blue was affected by the cancelation. Joel, the voice of Caboose, is now looking again for a "permenant" job.
Another reason is that hospitals started more and more outpatient practices. This effectivly moves more people away from the concentration of disease and infection known as a hospital.
Mebee it is just me, but I don't want to hack my car for any reason. Honestly, hacking a computer is one thing, but changing the basic settings and safty cuts of a huge hunk of transportation metal and explosives seems a bit (read: a lot) more, shall I say, risky (read: insanely stupid)?
I agree that the system sucks, but it wont go away any time soon. What I am saying is that we need to work the system, understanding it as well as controlling it, before it can be removed.
Anyhow, if I continue right now, I will go in circles and confuse myself.
There is a possibility for change, though. With enough people or atleast someone powerful enough to influence, herecy changes. The idea of what is blasphemous is a morphing entity, and popular thought drives it and consent from those with power and money is a catylist.
That is a pretty frightening bit 'o news there, given the government's track record for 'misplacing' things.
My assumption is that there would be built-in safegaurds to prevent that, at first atleast. Also, it seems that in the beginning, the technology would be quite limited in and of itself.
All I am saying is that it is still technically possible. It may be impractical now, but it can be done.