The bigger you build particle accelerators and the more energy with which you slam things together, the smaller and more varied shape pieces you break things into. There is no lower limit.
Sounds like the dinosaurs talking around 67 million years ago. "If the mammals want to evolve, they can go ahead and do so. In the meantime, they make delicious snacks."
option 4: They are right and we do nothing: Extinction.
And that's bad in the greater scheme of things because.....? Extinction may very well be a natural step along the evolutionary path to an eventual superior species. We need to be removed from the ecosystem to make room.
Imagine if cyanobacteria were sentient and they got together several billion years ago. "Guys, we are producing far too much oxygen pollution. At some point, we will irreversibly alter the ecosystem of this planet. And if we don't go completely extinct, we will drive ourselves into a tiny corner of the environment." Today, this planet would still be populated by pond scum.
Medical science is pseudoscience, too, because physicians are often wrong?
Physicians aren't doing medical science. It's engineering at most. Probably more like medical technicians. Call me when your doctor offers to conduct a double blind experiment to set your broken leg.
Thank god I live in Europe so burglars aren't armed or anything.
Umm, no. Knives are a thing. And I can show you where you can (legally) buy a handgun within the EU (Schengen area). And then drive it anywhere you want, strict gun laws or not.
I'd much rather have a bomb go off in a cargo hold. Where the bomber has no control of it's exact location and the blast might be muffled by suitcases full of clothing. Instead of being held up against the fuselage wall in the cabin.
The idea that any entity (corporate or otherwise) own a market is ludicrous. Markets are made up of people and, although I don't know the particulars of Australian law, President Lincoln freed all of ours.
they do everything they can to ensure that you can't get a good cell connection in their store.
Screw with cellular signals and you'll be answering to the FCC (at least in the USA).
I could see Amazon 'encouraging' people to use their in-store WiFi. Some people might configure their phones to automatically switch to WiFi if its present. But Google is in a better position to do something like this, having gotten people to save the Google/Starbucks (and other) Google operated hot spots. Now when you walk in the door, 'Google' is already a known ID and will connect silently.
However, the major email providers all keep the server stuff in clear text. So unless you use end-to-end encryption like PGP
This is my point. The TLAs don't need to crack SSL/TLS. They just get a copy from your ISP. My ISP only moves encrypted blobs for me. So I don't care if they've cracked the link or have free access to the server disk farm.
Never mind the transport. That will always be compromised. Depend on the security of the strongbox. Understand the motivations of the developer (spyware, compromised by the NSA, Chinese or both) and issues related to secure key exchange.
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Damn. I was counting on it the next time my kids complain about having to eat spinach.
What's a TV? What's a calculator? (Picks up phone)
I can still remember the millions of children that simply disappeared before the advent of cell phones. It was a huge tragedy.
The bigger you build particle accelerators and the more energy with which you slam things together, the smaller and more varied shape pieces you break things into. There is no lower limit.
Sounds like the dinosaurs talking around 67 million years ago. "If the mammals want to evolve, they can go ahead and do so. In the meantime, they make delicious snacks."
option 4: They are right and we do nothing: Extinction.
And that's bad in the greater scheme of things because .....? Extinction may very well be a natural step along the evolutionary path to an eventual superior species. We need to be removed from the ecosystem to make room.
Imagine if cyanobacteria were sentient and they got together several billion years ago. "Guys, we are producing far too much oxygen pollution. At some point, we will irreversibly alter the ecosystem of this planet. And if we don't go completely extinct, we will drive ourselves into a tiny corner of the environment." Today, this planet would still be populated by pond scum.
Medical science is pseudoscience, too, because physicians are often wrong?
Physicians aren't doing medical science. It's engineering at most. Probably more like medical technicians. Call me when your doctor offers to conduct a double blind experiment to set your broken leg.
Thank god I live in Europe so burglars aren't armed or anything.
Umm, no. Knives are a thing. And I can show you where you can (legally) buy a handgun within the EU (Schengen area). And then drive it anywhere you want, strict gun laws or not.
What's the biggest threat:
It's sort of a toss-up. There have been a few laptop fires. There have also been a couple of bombs on aircraft.
I'd much rather have a bomb go off in a cargo hold. Where the bomber has no control of it's exact location and the blast might be muffled by suitcases full of clothing. Instead of being held up against the fuselage wall in the cabin.
The whole point being, why does baby food contain *more* lead than adult food?
That settles it. I'm raising my kid on scotch and beef jerky.
Dennis Muilenburg is really AC?
And since you are not dead there is no God. QED.
Where are you when we really need you?
The article talks about their plans for building a rocket. I really would like to know about the plans for *colonization*.
Don't you worry yourself about the details. Just get on the rocket.
The idea that any entity (corporate or otherwise) own a market is ludicrous. Markets are made up of people and, although I don't know the particulars of Australian law, President Lincoln freed all of ours.
they do everything they can to ensure that you can't get a good cell connection in their store.
Screw with cellular signals and you'll be answering to the FCC (at least in the USA).
I could see Amazon 'encouraging' people to use their in-store WiFi. Some people might configure their phones to automatically switch to WiFi if its present. But Google is in a better position to do something like this, having gotten people to save the Google/Starbucks (and other) Google operated hot spots. Now when you walk in the door, 'Google' is already a known ID and will connect silently.
It's ripe for home delivery
I really wonder about that. In my town, people go to Whole Foods as an experience. To be seen by other hip people, buying trendy food.
Never mind that the same people stop by Costco afterwards to buy food staples by the caseload.
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And we can call it Checkpoint Charlie
Finally! Both sides agree on something. The dollar amount.
But this is Slashdot. And we obsess over things like units. Could we have that in Bitcoin?
California is bigger than Washington State.
Although I do think it's cute how WA tags along after CA.
However, the major email providers all keep the server stuff in clear text. So unless you use end-to-end encryption like PGP
This is my point. The TLAs don't need to crack SSL/TLS. They just get a copy from your ISP. My ISP only moves encrypted blobs for me. So I don't care if they've cracked the link or have free access to the server disk farm.
Never mind the transport. That will always be compromised. Depend on the security of the strongbox. Understand the motivations of the developer (spyware, compromised by the NSA, Chinese or both) and issues related to secure key exchange.