Sure, you may want to hold out until the price drops, but what if it ends up like the Cube? An awsome machine that was only on the market for several months.
Well, they are trying to give movie makers a PC alternative, so they incorperate the successful parts of Apple, including the website. I think it is a compliment, actually.
far, far too much. the most expensive one (92 inches, four screens) is $17500. That big one also weighs 108 lbs but it is wall mountable. Can you inmagine HL2 on a beast like the 3.8 and a three or four screen moniter? The mere thought of it puts me in geek shock (similar to ferret shock).
I am by no means a Mac person (because I like to play games:P), but this little machine looks really cool. The only thing that I think is better (maybe because I am a PC person) is the MachL 3.8 with cinimatic or Grand Canyon moniter.
Sure, the methods may only be used when the person is acting suspicious, or just by random. I can tell you that it is thought that almost half of "well made" fake credit cards are caught because of these safegaurds.
Credit cards are getting harder too, with smartchips and strategically placed strips of thin metal inside. To fake one requires much more sophisticated equipment than five years ago.
In the systems (I am not sure if it is only in advanced systems), there is a requirement for actual sweat to run into the machine, where it will also identify the major pores. I dont think it checks DNA, that would be a little to much like GATTACA. But still, it would be more complicated than glue and plastic. It would have to have atleast some craftmanship.
Exactly! No system can be flawless. There is always a way around security, that way can always be fixed after it is found, and then there will always be another back door. It is kind of like a demented version of the addage: "When a door closes, a window opens."
I think that some store owners might notice if you came in and payed with a severed thumb. If not store owners, maybe bank people? Police? Security cameras? My guess is that paying (or withdrawing money) with a severed thumb might, might be considered suspicious behavior.
At elementary school I didnt meet anyone who used intelligence against me, but I have conflicted with people like that since, especially in junior high school. But the school was huge and we basically kept to ourselves.
Yes, my elm school did have a fairly large library. The school was literally brand new when I went there (my first year there was the first year it was open) and the state of Michigan (where I lived at the time) gave alot of money to public schools to increase their book count and quality.
The sad thing is, the books I found when I went to school in Pennsylvania were horribly out dated (my science textbook claimed that people looked forward to the launch of Hubble, I had that book four years ago). There was nothing about MRIs in the medical books and so on. There were some good fiction books, but that area was very small.
I guess I just didnt run into smart bullies then. Back in elementary school, I was one of five actually intelligent kids. We were the people who went to the library and read the books on what ammounts to high school biology and we were the ones who knew the basic programming languages by the forth grade (i, unfortunatly, have not really bothered to learn the more advanced ones yet, but I will get around to it). There wasnt anyone smart against us. Hell, us smart people had to work together to survive against those who didnt value knowledge.
This is what happens when technology like this is simplified enough so the type of people who use it maliciously can use it so on the people who will grow up to invent things like it. God knows that (most) of the bullies arent smart enough to make things like that or code or be clever at all.
You do have several good points, and I know I can't adress them because, well, I don't exactly know. However, the NSA and NASA have announced that it is within our technology and more is currently being developed. I do believe that if enough interest and money is put into this project, we will find or create ways to remove those obvious problems that you have been kind enough to point out. Like I said earlier, supertensile solids were recently developed, and that in and of itself is a major breakthrough towards having a space elevator.
A have a different analogy. The Space Elevator is to us today as getting people into space was 60-70 years ago. If people dont think big and extrordinary, then nothing like the moon walk will ever happen again. If people dont think outside the proverbial box, then we wont have any more significant advancements.
Besides, the materials required have been invented recently and the concept is really not as impossible as you make it out to be.
What the deal here is obsolete hardware. Some people throw away old computers, others keep them as reminders or parts or whatnot. What I think would be a nice option for NASA is to keep it intact until the Space Elevator (http://popularmechanics.com/science/space/2002/7/ going_up/) is built (I have high hopes for the project, no pun intended) and then bring Hubble down. That way, NASA can study what happens to an object that has been in space for 20+ years (by the time the elevator is completed) and brought back down, they can recycle old hardware, check out the data that wasnt sent, and have something to display as a definite success. God knows they need something to prove to the people that they can do something right. My generation really only knows spactacular failures, we didnt get to see the moon landing or sputnik. NASA needs to take this opportunity and use it well.
It seems to me that the RIAA will crash and burn because of its recent actions. Not only are they running up court fees, but they are also completely alienating themselves as a group and drawing more fire every day. Why they continue to persue their current course of action is beyond me, because everyone hates them now.
I agree that you should trust them, to an extent. If they have the common sense not to get conned, and if you do not give them a credit card, then very little harm will actually come from what they do. Explain to them, if they dont already know, what can (and, unfortunatly, has) happen if they illegially download mp3s, and instruct them to not give out personal information. Do NOT lie to them under any circumstances, because children are good at figureing out scare-tactic lies, and if they find you lying, they will not respect what you tell them and are more likely to get in trouble. Pretty much all other major mistakes lead only to things like viruses, which are a valuable learning experience, believe me. My first virus convinced me to stop going to warez sites and to delete all of the stuff I downloaded (just keep your computer virus safe and possibly behind a sturdy firewall). If you really cant trust them though, get the history either from the computer or the provider.
However, if they are seemingly unable to detect cons, or are overly trusting of strangers, then you should by all means restrict their access.
All in all, my overall advice is to trust them, be open with them, and let them learn how to survive in the sea of the 'net on their own.
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I believe that the article said that it might violate the standard model. If it does, than the discovery will be bigger than quarks (no joke!)!
It is always changing and bringing new and exciting information.
Sure, you may want to hold out until the price drops, but what if it ends up like the Cube? An awsome machine that was only on the market for several months.
Well, they are trying to give movie makers a PC alternative, so they incorperate the successful parts of Apple, including the website. I think it is a compliment, actually.
far, far too much. the most expensive one (92 inches, four screens) is $17500. That big one also weighs 108 lbs but it is wall mountable. Can you inmagine HL2 on a beast like the 3.8 and a three or four screen moniter? The mere thought of it puts me in geek shock (similar to ferret shock).
Yes, in a sense
I am by no means a Mac person (because I like to play games :P), but this little machine looks really cool. The only thing that I think is better (maybe because I am a PC person) is the MachL 3.8 with cinimatic or Grand Canyon moniter.
Sure, the methods may only be used when the person is acting suspicious, or just by random. I can tell you that it is thought that almost half of "well made" fake credit cards are caught because of these safegaurds.
Credit cards are getting harder too, with smartchips and strategically placed strips of thin metal inside. To fake one requires much more sophisticated equipment than five years ago.
In the systems (I am not sure if it is only in advanced systems), there is a requirement for actual sweat to run into the machine, where it will also identify the major pores. I dont think it checks DNA, that would be a little to much like GATTACA. But still, it would be more complicated than glue and plastic. It would have to have atleast some craftmanship.
Exactly! No system can be flawless. There is always a way around security, that way can always be fixed after it is found, and then there will always be another back door. It is kind of like a demented version of the addage: "When a door closes, a window opens."
I think that some store owners might notice if you came in and payed with a severed thumb. If not store owners, maybe bank people? Police? Security cameras? My guess is that paying (or withdrawing money) with a severed thumb might, might be considered suspicious behavior.
Yes, my elm school did have a fairly large library. The school was literally brand new when I went there (my first year there was the first year it was open) and the state of Michigan (where I lived at the time) gave alot of money to public schools to increase their book count and quality.
The sad thing is, the books I found when I went to school in Pennsylvania were horribly out dated (my science textbook claimed that people looked forward to the launch of Hubble, I had that book four years ago). There was nothing about MRIs in the medical books and so on. There were some good fiction books, but that area was very small.
I guess I just didnt run into smart bullies then. Back in elementary school, I was one of five actually intelligent kids. We were the people who went to the library and read the books on what ammounts to high school biology and we were the ones who knew the basic programming languages by the forth grade (i, unfortunatly, have not really bothered to learn the more advanced ones yet, but I will get around to it). There wasnt anyone smart against us. Hell, us smart people had to work together to survive against those who didnt value knowledge.
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You do have several good points, and I know I can't adress them because, well, I don't exactly know. However, the NSA and NASA have announced that it is within our technology and more is currently being developed. I do believe that if enough interest and money is put into this project, we will find or create ways to remove those obvious problems that you have been kind enough to point out. Like I said earlier, supertensile solids were recently developed, and that in and of itself is a major breakthrough towards having a space elevator.
Besides, the materials required have been invented recently and the concept is really not as impossible as you make it out to be.
What the deal here is obsolete hardware. Some people throw away old computers, others keep them as reminders or parts or whatnot. What I think would be a nice option for NASA is to keep it intact until the Space Elevator (http://popularmechanics.com/science/space/2002/7/ going_up/) is built (I have high hopes for the project, no pun intended) and then bring Hubble down. That way, NASA can study what happens to an object that has been in space for 20+ years (by the time the elevator is completed) and brought back down, they can recycle old hardware, check out the data that wasnt sent, and have something to display as a definite success. God knows they need something to prove to the people that they can do something right. My generation really only knows spactacular failures, we didnt get to see the moon landing or sputnik. NASA needs to take this opportunity and use it well.
It seems to me that the RIAA will crash and burn because of its recent actions. Not only are they running up court fees, but they are also completely alienating themselves as a group and drawing more fire every day. Why they continue to persue their current course of action is beyond me, because everyone hates them now.
I agree that you should trust them, to an extent. If they have the common sense not to get conned, and if you do not give them a credit card, then very little harm will actually come from what they do. Explain to them, if they dont already know, what can (and, unfortunatly, has) happen if they illegially download mp3s, and instruct them to not give out personal information. Do NOT lie to them under any circumstances, because children are good at figureing out scare-tactic lies, and if they find you lying, they will not respect what you tell them and are more likely to get in trouble. Pretty much all other major mistakes lead only to things like viruses, which are a valuable learning experience, believe me. My first virus convinced me to stop going to warez sites and to delete all of the stuff I downloaded (just keep your computer virus safe and possibly behind a sturdy firewall). If you really cant trust them though, get the history either from the computer or the provider. However, if they are seemingly unable to detect cons, or are overly trusting of strangers, then you should by all means restrict their access. All in all, my overall advice is to trust them, be open with them, and let them learn how to survive in the sea of the 'net on their own.