1. modded funny? I don't think eljasbo was joking...
2. While I think your concept of dimensions sounds a bit flawed, I agree with your reasoning on dark matter. It is a convenient "hidden variable" to explain our lack of comprehension of so much else. While GR blew Newton's universal theory of gravity out of the water, and provides more accurate predictions, I would imagine a more complete theory of gravity will some day come along and do the same to GR.
No webcams, not even any pics...seems like there would be some level of interaction over the 'net for such a "wired" building. Maybe these things are yet to come?
True, it proves nothing. That doesn't mean that all the current changes, however, are natural. We definitely have the means to cause large-scale climate changes, means which have not been present on earth in all but the last few of those billions of years.
So, are we inadvertently changing the climate for the worst? I personally don't think we are (at least not on a large scale), but there's no good way of telling right now. We probably won't know that we are until it's too late enforce negative gains (i.e. stop using so many fossil fuels) and we will have to do something very proactive to make the climate more pallatable for us humans;)
Don't worry, with the recent success of resoring old recordings with QM tech, I'm sure that by 2200 there will be a way to restore data off a bunk cd-r;)
The whole reason that unions were set up in the U.S. for blue collar workers was that employees were being treated unfairly by their employers. As individuals, they did not have any power to change things, and were forced to either live under hard working conditions or be without a job.
Sound familiar? I think a lot of IT workers probably feel this is them.
But look at where unions are today. Do we want IT to look like that in 20 years? Do we want to encourage people to stay in some go-nowhere job getting paid twice as much as their non-union counterparts while doing half the work? Do we want to be going on strike regularly?
I exaggerate, but this is all _part_ of modern unions. We don't even have as much a right to bitch as those blue collar workers did when unions were first formed. I think it's a bad idea.
They had evidence supporting this effect from a black hole. GP-B is designed to provide much more conclusive measurements from earth herself.
A black hole is a pretty extreme example of this, too, and such behavior around the singularity is more likely to have alternative explanations than said behavior around earth.
He had a problem, he spent a lot of time trying to fix it, he even spent some money on support that didn't do him much good. The article is a bit inflammatory but I think he was pissed and I can understand.
Wake up, folks, this is the world of the average first-time linux user. I spent *weeks* getting my first copy of RH(7) up and running how I liked it, which wasn't all that long ago. I was persistent, this guy was not. Why should he be? He even bought an OEM system so wasn't paying *directly* for a copy of windows in the first place.
Windows-type coordination between HW/SW vendors and OS developers takes a lot of work, a lot of careful management, and still has its problems. I don't understand the huge push for the mainstream Linux desktop. I like it fine the way it is. Anything else, I'm afraid, would kill the Free in F/OSS.
I'm curious about the feedback potential, somewhere down the line. If we can map out which impulses to use to cause an artificial limb to move, it may be dangerous to the patient without some feedback, or "feeling", from that limb. How much different would that be than simply reversing the technology of moving the limb in the first place?
This is true in some cases, but a lot of record execs end up making the decision of song order. For example, the Beatles' albums all got messed around from the original product when they were released in the U.S. Black Sabbath has had stuff rearranged into any number of "albums" due to their signing the rights of their early albums away.
For popular 20th Century music this is probably more the norm than the exception.
Microsoft spends lots of money on usability studies. Ever wonder why the F5 key refreshes pretty much every MS app? This is, in my mind, what usability implies.
If the user is trained on a Windows environment, they will see parts of the environment as more-or-less user friendly. If they move from this to Linux, they will see the entire linux environment as non-user-friendly, until they learn the ropes.
Likewise, someone coming from linux/unix will probably find Windows horribly obtuse and inefficient, whereas a proficient windows user can do (most) of the same stuff a linux user can do and often in the same amount of time.
The main differences between these two OS's are, IMO, that Windows is lacking an adequate scripting language, and tries to keep users from doing damage to their systems. That being said, my windows box really doesn't try to keep me from damaging my system because I set it up not to--I know what I'm doing. Then, I spend the rest of my time working with other applications than the OS, many of which are open-source tools, that work just fine in either environment. From an end-user standpoint, I'm about equally happy with both, in reality...
Perhaps in some sense, all chess moves, positions and games are "out there," but they have a rather limited existence if nobody plays them...By some estimates, the number of possible chess games exceeds the number of particles in the universe.
1. This is high-school grade philosophy
2. Platonism deals with this; you could create a potentially infinite number of chairs and none would match the original, ideal chair, but would be reflections of it on this plane.
3. WTF does this have to do with AI? Just because a computer can't always beat a human, as they are currently programmed and with the current available processors, means little to me. Computers can count from 1-1000 faster than I can, but that doesn't mean the computer can think. Why should the corollary be a problem?
That's 200000-700000 people using an older type of tty terminal. Maintaining a database and logs for this many users alone is a fair-sized task, and the offices are distributed nationwide.
I'm afraid a cost-benefit analysis would reveal that it's (currently) cheaper to let the scammers scam:(
here's (bottom of page) an interview with Lamo I heard on Marketplace a couple days ago. It's really pretty good, he also rags on the computer security industry. Not entirely justified, but he makes some valid points.
Depends...I remember toward the end of the VHS days, many manufacturers started limiting the signal strength on the tape. The tape would then play back to a monitor but any recordings would be unwatchable. You had to use a signal booster to record. They could possibly limit the signal strength and these technologies would not work.
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That's not true at all. Many cars are built to handle way more HP than they come with from the factory. Why? Emissions.
You can get an extra 30-35 HP out of the Evo 8 right off the lot with a reprogramming of the ECU. Many performance cars are the same way though this is an extreme example.
My WRX has 3, count 'em, 3 catalytic converters. These are not needed, either. Many of the overseas versions come stock with one cat only. But if I take them off, I may be putting them right back on next time I have to get an emissions test.
1) The rush on duct tape last year strikes me as a panic. Controlling people through fear is an old, old tactic.
What good does letting the country know that the terror alert levels changed, without an appropriate coordinated response, do for 300 million people other than spread fear?
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2. While I think your concept of dimensions sounds a bit flawed, I agree with your reasoning on dark matter. It is a convenient "hidden variable" to explain our lack of comprehension of so much else. While GR blew Newton's universal theory of gravity out of the water, and provides more accurate predictions, I would imagine a more complete theory of gravity will some day come along and do the same to GR.
Only on Slashdot would this be modded "insightful." Gotta love the pent-up frustration from a whole week of being a sysadmin;)
No webcams, not even any pics...seems like there would be some level of interaction over the 'net for such a "wired" building. Maybe these things are yet to come?
So, are we inadvertently changing the climate for the worst? I personally don't think we are (at least not on a large scale), but there's no good way of telling right now. We probably won't know that we are until it's too late enforce negative gains (i.e. stop using so many fossil fuels) and we will have to do something very proactive to make the climate more pallatable for us humans;)
Aren't most Printed Circuit Boards already green?
Ah, nevermind...
Don't worry, with the recent success of resoring old recordings with QM tech, I'm sure that by 2200 there will be a way to restore data off a bunk cd-r;)
Sound familiar? I think a lot of IT workers probably feel this is them.
But look at where unions are today. Do we want IT to look like that in 20 years? Do we want to encourage people to stay in some go-nowhere job getting paid twice as much as their non-union counterparts while doing half the work? Do we want to be going on strike regularly?
I exaggerate, but this is all _part_ of modern unions. We don't even have as much a right to bitch as those blue collar workers did when unions were first formed. I think it's a bad idea.
A black hole is a pretty extreme example of this, too, and such behavior around the singularity is more likely to have alternative explanations than said behavior around earth.
Wake up, folks, this is the world of the average first-time linux user. I spent *weeks* getting my first copy of RH(7) up and running how I liked it, which wasn't all that long ago. I was persistent, this guy was not. Why should he be? He even bought an OEM system so wasn't paying *directly* for a copy of windows in the first place.
Windows-type coordination between HW/SW vendors and OS developers takes a lot of work, a lot of careful management, and still has its problems. I don't understand the huge push for the mainstream Linux desktop. I like it fine the way it is. Anything else, I'm afraid, would kill the Free in F/OSS.
I'm curious about the feedback potential, somewhere down the line. If we can map out which impulses to use to cause an artificial limb to move, it may be dangerous to the patient without some feedback, or "feeling", from that limb. How much different would that be than simply reversing the technology of moving the limb in the first place?
Oh, wait
For popular 20th Century music this is probably more the norm than the exception.
You're not going to fool me--it's turtles, all the way down;)
This is from last year when Florida was pushing to pass new legislation to tax LANs.
I think someone (read the revenue service) may have an agenda...
NASA said it would spend $15 million more to keep the rivers exploring the planet's surface through September.
A bit optimistic about the discovery of water on Mars, aren't we?
Microsoft spends lots of money on usability studies. Ever wonder why the F5 key refreshes pretty much every MS app? This is, in my mind, what usability implies.
If the user is trained on a Windows environment, they will see parts of the environment as more-or-less user friendly. If they move from this to Linux, they will see the entire linux environment as non-user-friendly, until they learn the ropes.
Likewise, someone coming from linux/unix will probably find Windows horribly obtuse and inefficient, whereas a proficient windows user can do (most) of the same stuff a linux user can do and often in the same amount of time.
The main differences between these two OS's are, IMO, that Windows is lacking an adequate scripting language, and tries to keep users from doing damage to their systems. That being said, my windows box really doesn't try to keep me from damaging my system because I set it up not to--I know what I'm doing. Then, I spend the rest of my time working with other applications than the OS, many of which are open-source tools, that work just fine in either environment. From an end-user standpoint, I'm about equally happy with both, in reality...
1. This is high-school grade philosophy
2. Platonism deals with this; you could create a potentially infinite number of chairs and none would match the original, ideal chair, but would be reflections of it on this plane.
3. WTF does this have to do with AI? Just because a computer can't always beat a human, as they are currently programmed and with the current available processors, means little to me. Computers can count from 1-1000 faster than I can, but that doesn't mean the computer can think. Why should the corollary be a problem?
http://www.access-board.gov/telecomm/marketrep/app endices/ttyvm.htm
That's 200000-700000 people using an older type of tty terminal. Maintaining a database and logs for this many users alone is a fair-sized task, and the offices are distributed nationwide.
I'm afraid a cost-benefit analysis would reveal that it's (currently) cheaper to let the scammers scam:(
here's (bottom of page) an interview with Lamo I heard on Marketplace a couple days ago. It's really pretty good, he also rags on the computer security industry. Not entirely justified, but he makes some valid points.
The average interval between impacts of this size somewhere on Earth is 1.4 x 10^20 years.
Granted this is a really really long time, but then again mars is looking awefully close this time of year.
...how this would be any different from my current communications with my co-workers and family members...?
Depends...I remember toward the end of the VHS days, many manufacturers started limiting the signal strength on the tape. The tape would then play back to a monitor but any recordings would be unwatchable. You had to use a signal booster to record. They could possibly limit the signal strength and these technologies would not work.
You can get an extra 30-35 HP out of the Evo 8 right off the lot with a reprogramming of the ECU. Many performance cars are the same way though this is an extreme example.
My WRX has 3, count 'em, 3 catalytic converters. These are not needed, either. Many of the overseas versions come stock with one cat only. But if I take them off, I may be putting them right back on next time I have to get an emissions test.
Interesting link though;)
What good does letting the country know that the terror alert levels changed, without an appropriate coordinated response, do for 300 million people other than spread fear?
2) http://govtsecurity.securitysolutions.com/ar/secur ity_report_lack_funding/
Among other references...the department needs more funding, and the U.S. seems to want to spend its money elsewhere (read: Iraq).
Anyway, my point was not to troll. The department is in its infancy, and is not ready to handle a task like this.