I believe that the demand for this is for people who have seriously disfigured, malformed, or mutilated faces. If half of your face had been eaten away by some kind of bacteria or disease, I think you might think twice about getting this procedure.
It is probably difficult to comprehend the impact major facial disfigurement can have on a person.
For some, Linux is a beautiful solution. For others, it just won't work. I like toying with Linux, but I just cannot use it as a professional tool for my work as a graphic designer, photographer, and videographer.
Yes, there tools for editing this type of media using Linux, but the reality is, I have to have the best possible software for doing this work. I can't say to clients, "Well, the font looks kinda sucky because I used Linux. But don't let that worry you - pretty soon everyone will be using Linux, and you won't notice anymore!"
Adobe makes some pretty good software, but even that is still not good enough. I will always need it to be better. In order to compete in the marketplace, I have to be using the best possible tools. This is the reality in the world of the application layer.
If Adobe and their ilk would start to seriously support Linux, I would probably switch.
The test is not a test of the validity of the "theory", but rather a test of whether of not we understand something. If we don't understand something, then it's "Intelligent Design"! The only thing proven is our own ignorance.
Imagine that you have a fluoro on one side of an actor's face that is say, 3800K, and another on another side that turns out to be 3200K. In the exposure, you will have a sort of white color on one side of their face, and maybe a kind of green cast on the other side. If you are dealing with only one frame, you could carefully adjust the color and take out the green from the one side of their face by isolating that area.
When you are dealing with moving images, it is no longer practical to zero in on one part of an image and color balance only that part. You have to color correct the entire frame, and if the color temperature varies throughout the exposure, you will always get a variation, which will look strange. Of course, some people might like it this way, but it would probably look to most people like something was wrong with the exposure.
Yes, actually. Consumer grade fluorescents are extremely variable in color temperature, thus making them useless for filmmaking. When using fluorescents, you must purchase expensive fluorescents designed for photography which have a very consistent color temperature. I know a DP who did a shoot in a supermarket, and they had to replace ALL of the fluorescents in the store with expensive pro stuff. Now we know why filmmaking budgets are so astronomical!
But is it even legal to pass a law that says a city cannot provide a service if it wants to? It seems like it violates the Sherman Act, which makes illegal, "every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations."
Someone less lazy than me may have a different opinion...
If people vote to force themselves to give money to corporations, rather than become more efficient and save money for the community, then they are more stupid than can be believed.
The only problem with the Edmonton Protocol is that it requires the patient to continually take immune-suppresing drugs to prevent rejection of the islet transplants.
Here is a company that is working on a similar procedure that will not require the use of immune suppressing drugs. Much closer to a true cure. Though they have not yet perfected their technology, it looks very promising.
I find the Drake equation very interesting. It is an interesting speculation, but since it is based on all kinds of arbitrary assumptions, it is almost useless. But not totally. One of the most interesting things about it is that it points out that, based on our assumptions, we should be detecting some kind of extra-terran life. Since we are not, clearly some of our assumptions are erroneous. The question is - WHICH assumptions are erroneous?
Here are some things we do know:
We are here.
We have the means to communicate between ourselves.
The ability to communicate between individual organisms has given rise to something greater than the sum of our parts: culture, society, language, mass consiousness, the internet, music, etc.
We have not encountered any communications to date that are like what we would expect.
But let's step back a bit, and look at the processes that life goes through as a whole. A long, long time ago, there were no multi-cellular life forms on earth. At first, just organic compounds. Then something appeared (maybe some kind of virus?). Eventually, single cell organism appeared. Things stayed like this for an awfully long time. Then, multi-cellular organisms appeared. These multi-cellular organisms gave rise to something we call consciousness. One version of these creatures - humans - developed quite sophisticated consciousnesses. These units of consciousness, together gave rise to very interesting 'things' such as language, memes, and other insubstantial, but very real 'things'.
See the pattern? What we see here is a continuous pattern of units coming together and creating units out of their aggregate which possess qualities fundamentally transcendant than those of their parts. Particles > Atoms > Molecules > Compounds > Cells > Organisms > Consciousness > Memes and so on.
I would buy the argument that life is very common in the Universe, and even the Milky Way. The vastness of it all seems to make it so probable. But what if our current point in evolution is only a brief transitional state, in the grand scheme of things? We have only been radio communicators for about one hundred years or so. That is a super super tiny blip in time. A lot of us seem to assume that the future will be like some sort of Star Trek reality or something, where technological advancement is the primary area of change. But what if what we are going through is more of a spiritual evolution - one that we have only just begun, and one that will ultimately transcend our own existence as we know it?
For all we know, we could be surrounded by alien consciousness all the time, and not even know it, much the same way a bacteria has very limited awareness of the presence of humans, let alone any concept of what one is.
I guess so. Who knows what Lucas is trying to do. In my humble opinion though, if you are going to make a statement, make it. Don't hide it behind a bunch of crapola, because you are afraid of not making a shitload of money. Take a fucking chance for once. Bruckhemier's a wuss for saying that, 'cuz if he were really serious about making parody, that would be the main emphasis. It is pretty transparent that Bruckie's priorities are this:
Make money
Make more money
Explosions
T&A
More explosions
Add some witty self-parody to keep the audience from puking on themselves from all the hyperbole and aggrandizement.
But hey - I'm just a clueless jerk who has never even made a movie, so what do I know? Sorry. I blame it on Friday.
One possible solution that I see might be some fairly vigilant overseerers employed by Google to filter this stuff out. Currently, they have a sort of light weight version of this, in that contentious members get put in "jail" for a variable period of time depending on what, I do not know. However, this is obviously not working that well. They might need to keep a lot of censors employed in order to be effective. The problem with this is that they then may become liable.
Why not implement a type of self-censorship by the memebers of the sort that Slashdot uses? There certainly is enough hatemongering going on here, and Slashdot is far from perfect, but it seems to be evolving towards something that sort of works. Thoughts?
A very insightful statement. Life is not simply about engineering a way for our bodies to keep ticking indefinitely. We are designed to be used up and spent. The joy of life is in what we do to burn ourselves up.
Did you ever notice that the less you fear death, the more alive you feel?
Not that I agree with the tenor of Bill's perspective, but I do agree that we will need to continue to increase our intellectual property laws. I do not see this as a bad thing. As our society continues to evolve and becomes more and more involved in the world of thought, ideas, knowledge, and information processing, we will need more sophisticated rules about how to manage that world.
I see laws as a kind of software for running a society, and as our society becomes more information based, we will need more sophisticated and nuanced rules to maximize freedom, the creative spirit, and the natural unfolding of life and desire. The current IP laws that we have are of a different time and world. We need new maps to guide us, that give us greater choice and freedom, while also providing a logical structure that an information based society can thrive on.
The laser probably hit the window of the cockpit and refracted - spreading bright green light around the cockpit. The effect was probably like someone shooting off a flash bulb, I would imagine. Since the cockpit was dark, the sudden light caused the pilot's eyes to dilate quickly, therefore making it difficult to see in the immediate aftermath.
Slashdot Mirror
Kinda like Google is now?
http://www.techempower.net/0/Editorial.asp?this_ca t=service&obj_id=934&aff_id=0
I wonder if the Jhai PC was the inspiration for this?
Shouldn't Apple be able to deal directly with individual record labels and get them to compete on prices?
It is probably difficult to comprehend the impact major facial disfigurement can have on a person.
Try this link
Yes, there tools for editing this type of media using Linux, but the reality is, I have to have the best possible software for doing this work. I can't say to clients, "Well, the font looks kinda sucky because I used Linux. But don't let that worry you - pretty soon everyone will be using Linux, and you won't notice anymore!"
Adobe makes some pretty good software, but even that is still not good enough. I will always need it to be better. In order to compete in the marketplace, I have to be using the best possible tools. This is the reality in the world of the application layer.
If Adobe and their ilk would start to seriously support Linux, I would probably switch.
How can IQ be defined and measured?
The test is not a test of the validity of the "theory", but rather a test of whether of not we understand something. If we don't understand something, then it's "Intelligent Design"! The only thing proven is our own ignorance.
I don't understand why they would put petrol in there. It makes no sense.
God is what is. But, what is?
When you are dealing with moving images, it is no longer practical to zero in on one part of an image and color balance only that part. You have to color correct the entire frame, and if the color temperature varies throughout the exposure, you will always get a variation, which will look strange. Of course, some people might like it this way, but it would probably look to most people like something was wrong with the exposure.
Yes, actually. Consumer grade fluorescents are extremely variable in color temperature, thus making them useless for filmmaking. When using fluorescents, you must purchase expensive fluorescents designed for photography which have a very consistent color temperature. I know a DP who did a shoot in a supermarket, and they had to replace ALL of the fluorescents in the store with expensive pro stuff. Now we know why filmmaking budgets are so astronomical!
Umm, you might start with a different title than, "Mind of a Demon" then!
But is it even legal to pass a law that says a city cannot provide a service if it wants to? It seems like it violates the Sherman Act, which makes illegal, "every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations."
Someone less lazy than me may have a different opinion...
If people vote to force themselves to give money to corporations, rather than become more efficient and save money for the community, then they are more stupid than can be believed.
Here is a company that is working on a similar procedure that will not require the use of immune suppressing drugs. Much closer to a true cure. Though they have not yet perfected their technology, it looks very promising.
Yeah, sure: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2 coff=1&q=southwestsucks.com&btnG=Search
Here are some things we do know:
But let's step back a bit, and look at the processes that life goes through as a whole. A long, long time ago, there were no multi-cellular life forms on earth. At first, just organic compounds. Then something appeared (maybe some kind of virus?). Eventually, single cell organism appeared. Things stayed like this for an awfully long time. Then, multi-cellular organisms appeared. These multi-cellular organisms gave rise to something we call consciousness. One version of these creatures - humans - developed quite sophisticated consciousnesses. These units of consciousness, together gave rise to very interesting 'things' such as language, memes, and other insubstantial, but very real 'things'.
See the pattern? What we see here is a continuous pattern of units coming together and creating units out of their aggregate which possess qualities fundamentally transcendant than those of their parts. Particles > Atoms > Molecules > Compounds > Cells > Organisms > Consciousness > Memes and so on.
I would buy the argument that life is very common in the Universe, and even the Milky Way. The vastness of it all seems to make it so probable. But what if our current point in evolution is only a brief transitional state, in the grand scheme of things? We have only been radio communicators for about one hundred years or so. That is a super super tiny blip in time. A lot of us seem to assume that the future will be like some sort of Star Trek reality or something, where technological advancement is the primary area of change. But what if what we are going through is more of a spiritual evolution - one that we have only just begun, and one that will ultimately transcend our own existence as we know it?
For all we know, we could be surrounded by alien consciousness all the time, and not even know it, much the same way a bacteria has very limited awareness of the presence of humans, let alone any concept of what one is.
- Make money
- Make more money
- Explosions
- T&A
- More explosions
- Add some witty self-parody to keep the audience from puking on themselves from all the hyperbole and aggrandizement.
But hey - I'm just a clueless jerk who has never even made a movie, so what do I know? Sorry. I blame it on Friday.They are both actually from the NY Times.
Why not implement a type of self-censorship by the memebers of the sort that Slashdot uses? There certainly is enough hatemongering going on here, and Slashdot is far from perfect, but it seems to be evolving towards something that sort of works. Thoughts?
Did you ever notice that the less you fear death, the more alive you feel?
I see laws as a kind of software for running a society, and as our society becomes more information based, we will need more sophisticated and nuanced rules to maximize freedom, the creative spirit, and the natural unfolding of life and desire. The current IP laws that we have are of a different time and world. We need new maps to guide us, that give us greater choice and freedom, while also providing a logical structure that an information based society can thrive on.
The laser probably hit the window of the cockpit and refracted - spreading bright green light around the cockpit. The effect was probably like someone shooting off a flash bulb, I would imagine. Since the cockpit was dark, the sudden light caused the pilot's eyes to dilate quickly, therefore making it difficult to see in the immediate aftermath.
It is comforting to know that I'm not the only one who puts pen to paper when subtracting 44 from 128!