Democracy in action, folks. Nothing to see here, move along.
Given the state of the world today I think there is definitely something to see here:
First, a minority opinion can still be heard.
Second, that democracy is working. It's important to remind people that democracy does work.
Unless there are aliens within a few hundred light years of us (which at this point is a vanishing probability given that we've found under 200 exoplanets within 200 parsecs) we won't find any aliens -- and they won't find us, either.
Given the limits of the technology we are using to find planets,
Given that we have been looking (with any hope of success) for a very short period of time,
Given that we have already found 182 extra-solar planets,
To assume that there are not a lot of planets simply because we can not see them yet is untenable.
I take the success we have had to date to increase the probability, not reduce it.
I don't think living through an event generates _any_ false memories. It doesn't matter if it's real or virtual. False memories are generated by asking directed questions about an event afterwards. What may be said about this study, is that a virtual reality created memory is more susceptible to false-memory corruption during questioning. Why the author felt the need to jump straight from susceptibility to generating false memories I don't know.
Are people more likely to make stuff up when simply asked to recall a virtual reality event?
While he didn't do anything illegal, I would be very surprised to receive a bill for a service I didn't request. His actions weren't illegal but his method of doing business definitely leaves something to be desired. Although his decision to not broadcast the bank's weaknesses to the public could be viewed as integrity, it could also be calculated business sense. It doesn't sound like someone I would choose to do business with.
Would you honestly pay for a service you weren't told you were receiving and didn't ask for if you were billed for it?
Remember, the application of the scientific method to prove/disprove something does not change the facts of the matter. Accupuncture may work, it may not work. Presently it's just poorly understood.
A lack of scientific understanding does not prove that something doesn't work. It just means that we don't know if or why something does or doesn't work.
No. Alex Ness posted this on his blog, and indicated that people should email him with expressions of interest.
From http://www.toysforbob.com/database/tfb_news.html (April 11, 2006) "But maybe, just maybe, if enough of you people out there send me emails requesting that Toys For Bob dod a ligitimate sequel to Star Control 2, I'll be able to show them to Activision, along with a loaded handgun, and they will finally be convinced to roll the dice on this thing."
Real racists...and belive me I grew up in a racist environment with Klan rallies going on about a mile from my house...are usually up front about their racism and shout it out non-anonymously.
If that's the case then why the white hood? There must be at least some importance in using the mask of annonymity to allow or encourage hatred and racism to come forth.
How many people are afraid of doing something for fear of screwing up or of being humilated? But if you can do it annonymously to 'try it out,' many more are willing to give it a shot.
While it's true that getting a regular bag will help conceal that you have a laptop, it won't make your bag any less attractive to theives. If you leave any bag alone for enough time it will disappear. Laptops don't need to enter into it. That being said, laptops are still very tempting targets. The best theft prevention (baring a mugging) is to simply keep it with you at all times. If you put the bag down, step on a strap or something.
It's incredibly roomy, with enough space for a change of clothes _and_ text books. Targus put in lots of extra features like separators to keep papers together. The shoulder straps are very well padded. The only down that I can think of is that the waist belt is only webbing (not padded). This bag is very big and roomy and easily accomodates everything I carry around with me at school: two+ textbooks, a binder (or two) my laptop + cables and my lunch pail. There's extra pockets on the sides and a comm-pouch on the back. The comm-pouch can hold media or a discman (with an audio-out port in the bag) plus a cell-phone and pens.
If I'm going downtown or anywhere where I know I'm going to be leaving stuff in the car, I'll put it all in the trunk before I depart. When I park at my destination, I just get out and leave. No one sees me putting stuff in my trunk.
I use and liked Tiny... It's not free (beer) anymore unfortunatley.
No. But (iirc) it and kerio are (were?) related. Or at least they work in very VERY similar ways. If you want a version that's still free (beer) then download kerio's personal firewall.
http://www.kerio.com/
I had to get my milk and cookies to settle down and write this.
'Grunts' and IT staff in particular seem to hold one of two differing views on what a good manager should be.
The first school of thought holds that any good manager needs to be able to completely understand every minute aspect of a job in their area. On top of that they must be able to do the rest of their 'management' work.
The second school of thought views managers and their job as being fundamentally different from being technical. Thus a good manager needs skills that have little bearing on their ability to follow the finer points of a technical discussion. These management skills often are based on being good in dealing with people and time.
Looking over the questions posed here reveals this distinction rather well. They range from focusing solely on the manager being able to do your job, through a spectrum, to the manager having no clue about your job.
Depending on your view of management will colour which questions you choose. However, in my experience, someone who is sharp enough to be a good manager has the people and time skills to be a good manager, can pick up the technical side of things. A technical person without good people and time skills seems to have more trouble picking up the people and time skills.
Ultimately it boils down to who you think would make the better manager: the person getting high-score in Quake, or the person getting high-score in StarCraft.
"A half century of artificial-sight research has succeeded. And now this blind man can see."
The patient lost his sight to accidents. By inserting brain implants and connecting them to cameras he can 'see' well enough to drive again. The dataflow direction is reversed but the implementation is the same.
It's called Open Knights and it's being worked on, with some help from Bioware, by the OpenSource community: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openkn ights/ -Bringing the NWN Aurora Toolset to Linux
If you are going to say you have done something, then you had better have done it. If you don't and claim that you did, then when (not if) they find out, your children's respect for you will decrease and you will be in even more trouble. Trust them, give them privacy, but above all EDUCATE them. Explain why you don't want them going to certain places on the internet, but reassure them that ultimately, it is their choice. After all, if they can't get it at home, they will just get it from their friends.
There is no evil on the internet, only information. How your children learn to interpret that information is up to you.
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First, a minority opinion can still be heard.
Second, that democracy is working. It's important to remind people that democracy does work.
Given that we have been looking (with any hope of success) for a very short period of time,
Given that we have already found 182 extra-solar planets,
To assume that there are not a lot of planets simply because we can not see them yet is untenable.
I take the success we have had to date to increase the probability, not reduce it.
But maybe I'm just being glass-half-full today.
I don't think living through an event generates _any_ false memories. It doesn't matter if it's real or virtual. False memories are generated by asking directed questions about an event afterwards. What may be said about this study, is that a virtual reality created memory is more susceptible to false-memory corruption during questioning. Why the author felt the need to jump straight from susceptibility to generating false memories I don't know.
Are people more likely to make stuff up when simply asked to recall a virtual reality event?
While he didn't do anything illegal, I would be very surprised to receive a bill for a service I didn't request. His actions weren't illegal but his method of doing business definitely leaves something to be desired. Although his decision to not broadcast the bank's weaknesses to the public could be viewed as integrity, it could also be calculated business sense. It doesn't sound like someone I would choose to do business with.
Would you honestly pay for a service you weren't told you were receiving and didn't ask for if you were billed for it?
Remember, the application of the scientific method to prove/disprove something does not change the facts of the matter. Accupuncture may work, it may not work. Presently it's just poorly understood.
A lack of scientific understanding does not prove that something doesn't work. It just means that we don't know if or why something does or doesn't work.
ie: proceed with caution.
No. Alex Ness posted this on his blog, and indicated that people should email him with expressions of interest.
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From http://www.toysforbob.com/database/tfb_news.html (April 11, 2006)
"But maybe, just maybe, if enough of you people out there send me emails requesting that Toys For Bob dod a ligitimate sequel to Star Control 2, I'll be able to show them to Activision, along with a loaded handgun, and they will finally be convinced to roll the dice on this thing."
He also reposted a link to the gamespy petition:
http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/peti
If that's the case then why the white hood? There must be at least some importance in using the mask of annonymity to allow or encourage hatred and racism to come forth.
How many people are afraid of doing something for fear of screwing up or of being humilated? But if you can do it annonymously to 'try it out,' many more are willing to give it a shot.
"In the land of the cross-eyed, the man who can see staight is king!"
As for bag reviews, I've used the Targus Slam backpack for the past year and I think it's great: http://www.targus.com/us/product_details.asp?sku=R GS012
It's incredibly roomy, with enough space for a change of clothes _and_ text books. Targus put in lots of extra features like separators to keep papers together. The shoulder straps are very well padded. The only down that I can think of is that the waist belt is only webbing (not padded). This bag is very big and roomy and easily accomodates everything I carry around with me at school: two+ textbooks, a binder (or two) my laptop + cables and my lunch pail. There's extra pockets on the sides and a comm-pouch on the back. The comm-pouch can hold media or a discman (with an audio-out port in the bag) plus a cell-phone and pens.
If I'm going downtown or anywhere where I know I'm going to be leaving stuff in the car, I'll put it all in the trunk before I depart. When I park at my destination, I just get out and leave. No one sees me putting stuff in my trunk.
But the Google Instant Messenger Program has such a nice ring to it. And it's not like the GIMP is being used for anything else right? ;)
"Get the gimp."
"The gimp's sleeping."
"Well I guess you'll just have to wake him up then, Won't ya?"
http://www.kerio.com/
It's Funny not a Troll (maybe).
Sideshow Bob is on trial for release.
Lawyer: Isn't it true you have Die Bart Die tattoed on your chest.
Sideshow Bob: Actually it's German for The Bart. The.
Head Juror: Oh, well no one who speaks German could be evil.
Sideshow Bob gets released.
I had to get my milk and cookies to settle down and write this.
'Grunts' and IT staff in particular seem to hold one of two differing views on what a good manager should be.
The first school of thought holds that any good manager needs to be able to completely understand every minute aspect of a job in their area. On top of that they must be able to do the rest of their 'management' work.
The second school of thought views managers and their job as being fundamentally different from being technical. Thus a good manager needs skills that have little bearing on their ability to follow the finer points of a technical discussion. These management skills often are based on being good in dealing with people and time.
Looking over the questions posed here reveals this distinction rather well. They range from focusing solely on the manager being able to do your job, through a spectrum, to the manager having no clue about your job.
Depending on your view of management will colour which questions you choose. However, in my experience, someone who is sharp enough to be a good manager has the people and time skills to be a good manager, can pick up the technical side of things. A technical person without good people and time skills seems to have more trouble picking up the people and time skills.
Ultimately it boils down to who you think would make the better manager: the person getting high-score in Quake, or the person getting high-score in StarCraft.
Wired 10.09: Vision Quest
"A half century of artificial-sight research has succeeded. And now this blind man can see."
The patient lost his sight to accidents. By inserting brain implants and connecting them to cameras he can 'see' well enough to drive again. The dataflow direction is reversed but the implementation is the same.
It's called Open Knights and it's being worked on, with some help from Bioware, by the OpenSource community:n ights/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openk
-Bringing the NWN Aurora Toolset to Linux
If you are going to say you have done something, then you had better have done it. If you don't and claim that you did, then when (not if) they find out, your children's respect for you will decrease and you will be in even more trouble. Trust them, give them privacy, but above all EDUCATE them. Explain why you don't want them going to certain places on the internet, but reassure them that ultimately, it is their choice. After all, if they can't get it at home, they will just get it from their friends.
There is no evil on the internet, only information.
How your children learn to interpret that information is up to you.