Somebody must have missed something here. An Autobiography, by definition must be written by by the person it is about, duh! A biography is witten by some one else. If it is an autobiography then he should write/edit/revise etc it. If it is clearly labelled Autobiography then no one else should touch it.
Grammer tip: 'Effect' is used as a noun. 'Affect' is used as a verb.
Bzzzt wrong. If you're going to be a grammar nazi then learn how to spell GRAMMAR.
Both effect and affect can function as either nouns or verbs.
from dictionary.com
Usage Note: Affect and effect have no senses in common. As a verb affect is most commonly used in the sense of "to influence" (how smoking affects health). Effect means "to bring about or execute": layoffs designed to effect savings. Thus the sentence These measures may affect savings could imply that the measures may reduce savings that have already been realized, whereas These measures may effect savings implies that the measures will cause new savings to come about.
I suppose it's going to be illegal very soon for us to sing along to the lyrics in our cars, and the RIAA is going to lobby for the addition of a microphone and a credit card reader to every car stereo system so that they can detect those horrible sing-alongers that *gasp* actually enjoy listening to music and charge them money for each word of a song that they sing.
This reminds me of the story Snow Crash where L. Bob Rife wanted to remove his proprietary data from the minds of his employees. After all their thoughts are not their own, he paid them to think about those things!!!
It saddens me that so many here don't seem to understand a simple but very important concept behind Stallmans protest. It was a catch-phrase in the '60s. I was born in the '70s, but I guess I'm lucky that it was effectively taught to me.
I wish I could make this huge:
QUESTION AUTHORITY!
That is all RMS was doing. And when he did put the question to them we saw their reaction. It scares me, the number of people who think the UN's reaction was appropriate.
I just scraped all the letters off my keys! Ha! Try and see what I'm typeing now!!! This I saw this kewl keyboard. It comes with the letters already scraped off. SWEET!
Others have stated it but it bears repeating. Less pollution is a goal but it is a longer term goal. The short term goal is feeding yourself and providing for your everyday needs and wants. What good is a clean planet if you live in a cardboard box? The only way people are going to pollute less is if it is cheaper to pollute less. I believe that with our level of technology we can actually be all around more efficient (i.e. pollute less and save money). Capitalism is about using your resources more efficiently than your competitor. Most pollution is caused by inefficiency.
We WANT this to be used in advertising!!! We want many and huge signs made of this. That way the technology becomes cheaper then the average Joe can get it and come up with usefull implementations.
How about Cell Phone display. If it such a power saver, imagine how this could lengthen the life of any small device that requires a display. When the refresh rate gets high enough imagine potential for wearable computing. Flexibility is only one of the things this tech brings. The fact that it is so thin (and hopefully light weight) and uses so little power make it great for solar powered applications.
I say let the advertisers foot the bill at first and then it will be cheaper for home inventors.
Easton Press offers a version of the Harvard Classics, among other collections. Till I moved to Europe I was getting "The Masterpieces of Science Fiction Collection". Also the Harvard Classics collection was compiled in 1910 so you'll definately want to add more to it.
I can not say enough about how awesome these books are. The are leather bound with guilded pages on acid neutral paper. These book will last generations.
Way off topic, but you mentioned that you're planning on building a house. Have you lookied into Slip-form construction? It is supposed to be easy, attractive, and energy efficient. I too am thinking of building a house, and I think it'll will be this type.
These machines are not for mass producing things. They are for making one offs. With a future version of this machine you could theoretically make a part for another machine as a replacement. You could make a prototype model of a complex part, but you wouldn't use this for mass pruduction.
Also you cannot have these machines assemble themselves.
Plus there is the problem of tolerance. In order for this machine to make a copy of itself without human intervention it would be necessary for it to have a near zero tolerance. It is just like generational degradation from lossy compression. If the first machine holds a +/-.001" tolerance any copies it makes of itself will only be capable of a +/-.002 and it get worse exponentially. After only four or five generations you could expect non functional machines. Self replication is not the best thing this can offer us.
Cheap rapid prototyping and experimaental modeling are something that will advance technology and design incredibly. If anyone has the ability to build and test a mechanical design, then we will see a crapload of new and more useful simple machines. For instance, there was an article a while back about a guy who biult from wood a mechanical/computer controlled cd burning station, with a mechanism that would pick up a cd, load it into a burner, unload it and load another. With the RepRap, he could have built and tested parts for his machine quickly and cheaply. Lets say he initially designed a part to small. He has to start with a new piece of wood and remove material till he gets the shape he wants. With the RepRap he just alters the program and the machine build a new part with the new dimensions.
It's been a while, but in enders game didn't enders brother and sister manipulate politics and elections on "the net?" Isn't that where blogs are going? Some how I doubt it will happen that soon. I do like how science fiction predicts the future so well sometimes.
Since this is not an EU tax all they have to do to avoid it is go to another country to buy it. The train fare is less than the tax and you get a vacation out of it... Itdiots.
You might think I'm being paranoid, but I firmly believe that a healthy dose of paranoia makes for a healthier rider.
I completely agree. The term Riding a motorcycle is kind of misleading. For me atleast riding sort of implies a degree of passivity. Operating a motorcycle is much more active than driving a car. You have to use your whole body to effectively control a motorcycle. In addition you have to be much more aware of other drivers and have a pretty good ability to anticipate and react to their actions. People are stupid. Just because they know there is a morotcycle around because they can hear it doesn't mean that they still won't cut you off or do something else totally screwy. Besides people don't usually hear motorcycles before they see them anyway. Motorcycle riders tend to drive faster than most traffic (for good reason) so they tend to be passing most traffic. If a driver doesn't see the motorcycle in the rear view mirror then when they do hear the motorcycle it is either beside or in front of them. Now there are some really loud motorcycles where that is not the case, but those are exceptions and it probably doesn't make them any safer. Once again just because a driver can hear a motorcycle doesn't mean they won't do something stupid.
I like this because usually when I start something it is just me and one other person anyway. I've used it in the past with good results.
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Patent Law is not Criminal Law, it is Civil Law. So even if they went to court MS would still only have to pay a settlement. In civil law it is always about money. If this was truely "criminal corporate behavoir" then the government would have to prosecute. How many people here think software patents are a bad idea? Me thinks alot. I don't know any person (that I would consider sane) who would put patent law under criminal law. Whether MS paid enough is up to Burst.com. Patents are offensive weapons used to sue people who use your technology/ideas/proceses for losses in revenue you incur because of that use.
We don't know how much burst would have sold the technology for in the first place. Maybe they got more than they were originnaly asking. Maybe they determined that their net gains wouldn't be as much if they had to go through the courts.
I'm not saying that our system is perfect, calling it fluid is naive.
Well there is one problem with the phone number thing. The phone company doesn't have to sell you service unless you agree to their terms, and if their terms state that they can publish your number then thats that.
BUT other information like your home address or in many cases your email address is, what I believe, your proprietary information. If some company (spam or whatever) includes your address in something they sell and they have not licensed it then they are stealing from you. If "company a" sells your info to "company b" then "company a" is effectively preventing you from selling that info to "company b" thus actually stealing your property. Also when a company legally obtains your information buy doing business with you, (for instance Amazon.com gets my info because I buy something) there is an implication there that you are providing them with your information for a specific purpose, namely that transaction. If I buy software then sell it over and over I'm breaking the law. If amazon.com gets my info and then sells it over and over their stock goes up. We should take back our personal information.
I think if robot designers would just quit trying to make robots look like people, real people would just get used to it. What is the value in spending so much time makeing robots look/act human? It seems like a real waste to me. Wouldn't it be better to spend more time making the robot do something useful. Sheesh if you want a friend, go to a bar or join some sort of club but for christ sakes stop trying to build one.
The only reasonable argument I can see for emulating some human behaviors/intellect is some sort of general purpose robot. However, in my opinion though this probably wouldn't work well. It would probably perform like the printer/copier/scanner combos that we have toaday. In my expierience those multifunction devices perform poorly and fail early. The way technology progresses these days spending so much time on "personality" really seems like intellectual masturbation.
CISCO knew this requirement, yet they still used Linux for their routers.
Cisco didn't do it, Linksys did. Most cisco routers run IOS. Cisco just acquired Linksys. Maybe they will make the source available. It would be irrisponsible of them not to make an informed decision about what to do. (Either take out the GPL'ed code or distribute it... there may be other otpions I'm not aware of)
I have found that even with new material I prefer to listen to it faster. But I'll usually listen more than one time. I think it is more useful to listen to the same material 2x in one hour at 2x than one time in one hour. It still ends up taking the same amount of time but I end up with a better understanding. I find that if I take a few moments to mentally review between listenings and ogranize my questions the second listening really solidifies it for me.
On Friendster, you get to pick who your friends are. No interested in knowing fictional characters? Then don't let them be your friends. It's pretty simple.
The problem is though even if I don't link to a fake profile, some one that I'm linked to might, thereby linking me. The whole thing is supposed to work like sixdegrees.com used to work, but without the spam. The fake profiles connect me to people to whom I would not normally be connected. They ruin the purpose of the site (which is to meet new people through people you already know) by connecting you to some one who doesn't know anyone you know. I hope they get rid of all the fake profiles. The fake profiles ruin the expierience.
when you call the book store and ask for this book. One clerk who answered the phone at Tower Books said, "Gee, $35.00... it must have a lot of pictures." You have to admit, Mastering Regular Expressions could be the title of a self help book for the socially impaired. The thing is, I bet alot of people who do own the book ARE socially impaired.
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Somebody must have missed something here. An Autobiography, by definition must be written by by the person it is about, duh! A biography is witten by some one else. If it is an autobiography then he should write/edit/revise etc it. If it is clearly labelled Autobiography then no one else should touch it.
Bzzzt wrong.
If you're going to be a grammar nazi then learn how to spell GRAMMAR.
Both effect and affect can function as either nouns or verbs.
from dictionary.com
This reminds me of the story Snow Crash where L. Bob Rife wanted to remove his proprietary data from the minds of his employees. After all their thoughts are not their own, he paid them to think about those things!!!
It saddens me that so many here don't seem to understand a simple but very important concept behind Stallmans protest. It was a catch-phrase in the '60s. I was born in the '70s, but I guess I'm lucky that it was effectively taught to me.
I wish I could make this huge:
QUESTION AUTHORITY!
That is all RMS was doing. And when he did put the question to them we saw their reaction. It scares me, the number of people who think the UN's reaction was appropriate.
I just scraped all the letters off my keys! Ha! Try and see what I'm typeing now!!! This I saw this kewl keyboard. It comes with the letters already scraped off. SWEET!
Others have stated it but it bears repeating. Less pollution is a goal but it is a longer term goal. The short term goal is feeding yourself and providing for your everyday needs and wants. What good is a clean planet if you live in a cardboard box? The only way people are going to pollute less is if it is cheaper to pollute less. I believe that with our level of technology we can actually be all around more efficient (i.e. pollute less and save money). Capitalism is about using your resources more efficiently than your competitor. Most pollution is caused by inefficiency.
I'm impressed and at $3.00/month seems totally worth it!
We WANT this to be used in advertising!!! We want many and huge signs made of this. That way the technology becomes cheaper then the average Joe can get it and come up with usefull implementations.
How about Cell Phone display. If it such a power saver, imagine how this could lengthen the life of any small device that requires a display. When the refresh rate gets high enough imagine potential for wearable computing. Flexibility is only one of the things this tech brings. The fact that it is so thin (and hopefully light weight) and uses so little power make it great for solar powered applications.
I say let the advertisers foot the bill at first and then it will be cheaper for home inventors.
Easton Press offers a version of the Harvard Classics, among other collections. Till I moved to Europe I was getting "The Masterpieces of Science Fiction Collection". Also the Harvard Classics collection was compiled in 1910 so you'll definately want to add more to it.
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I can not say enough about how awesome these books are. The are leather bound with guilded pages on acid neutral paper. These book will last generations.
Check out their site.
http://www.eastonpress.com/ViewProduct.asp?Sku=02
Way off topic, but you mentioned that you're planning on building a house. Have you lookied into Slip-form construction? It is supposed to be easy, attractive, and energy efficient. I too am thinking of building a house, and I think it'll will be this type.
http://www.hollowtop.com/cls_html/stone_home.htm
I'm lazy
These machines are not for mass producing things. They are for making one offs. With a future version of this machine you could theoretically make a part for another machine as a replacement. You could make a prototype model of a complex part, but you wouldn't use this for mass pruduction.
Also you cannot have these machines assemble themselves.
Plus there is the problem of tolerance. In order for this machine to make a copy of itself without human intervention it would be necessary for it to have a near zero tolerance. It is just like generational degradation from lossy compression. If the first machine holds a +/-.001" tolerance any copies it makes of itself will only be capable of a +/-.002 and it get worse exponentially. After only four or five generations you could expect non functional machines. Self replication is not the best thing this can offer us.
Cheap rapid prototyping and experimaental modeling are something that will advance technology and design incredibly. If anyone has the ability to build and test a mechanical design, then we will see a crapload of new and more useful simple machines. For instance, there was an article a while back about a guy who biult from wood a mechanical/computer controlled cd burning station, with a mechanism that would pick up a cd, load it into a burner, unload it and load another. With the RepRap, he could have built and tested parts for his machine quickly and cheaply. Lets say he initially designed a part to small. He has to start with a new piece of wood and remove material till he gets the shape he wants. With the RepRap he just alters the program and the machine build a new part with the new dimensions.
It's been a while, but in enders game didn't enders brother and sister manipulate politics and elections on "the net?" Isn't that where blogs are going? Some how I doubt it will happen that soon. I do like how science fiction predicts the future so well sometimes.
Since this is not an EU tax all they have to do to avoid it is go to another country to buy it. The train fare is less than the tax and you get a vacation out of it... Itdiots.
You might think I'm being paranoid, but I firmly believe that a healthy dose of paranoia makes for a healthier rider.
I completely agree. The term Riding a motorcycle is kind of misleading. For me atleast riding sort of implies a degree of passivity. Operating a motorcycle is much more active than driving a car. You have to use your whole body to effectively control a motorcycle. In addition you have to be much more aware of other drivers and have a pretty good ability to anticipate and react to their actions. People are stupid. Just because they know there is a morotcycle around because they can hear it doesn't mean that they still won't cut you off or do something else totally screwy. Besides people don't usually hear motorcycles before they see them anyway. Motorcycle riders tend to drive faster than most traffic (for good reason) so they tend to be passing most traffic. If a driver doesn't see the motorcycle in the rear view mirror then when they do hear the motorcycle it is either beside or in front of them. Now there are some really loud motorcycles where that is not the case, but those are exceptions and it probably doesn't make them any safer. Once again just because a driver can hear a motorcycle doesn't mean they won't do something stupid.
I believe the meaning of the word 'stable' is doesn't change often.
Hrrm I thought 'stable' was a place you keep horses.
We don't know how much burst would have sold the technology for in the first place. Maybe they got more than they were originnaly asking. Maybe they determined that their net gains wouldn't be as much if they had to go through the courts.
I'm not saying that our system is perfect, calling it fluid is naive.
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BUT other information like your home address or in many cases your email address is, what I believe, your proprietary information. If some company (spam or whatever) includes your address in something they sell and they have not licensed it then they are stealing from you. If "company a" sells your info to "company b" then "company a" is effectively preventing you from selling that info to "company b" thus actually stealing your property. Also when a company legally obtains your information buy doing business with you, (for instance Amazon.com gets my info because I buy something) there is an implication there that you are providing them with your information for a specific purpose, namely that transaction. If I buy software then sell it over and over I'm breaking the law. If amazon.com gets my info and then sells it over and over their stock goes up. We should take back our personal information.
...people feel the need for
a human-like head with expressive features
I think if robot designers would just quit trying to make robots look like people, real people would just get used to it. What is the value in spending so much time makeing robots look/act human? It seems like a real waste to me. Wouldn't it be better to spend more time making the robot do something useful. Sheesh if you want a friend, go to a bar or join some sort of club but for christ sakes stop trying to build one.
The only reasonable argument I can see for emulating some human behaviors/intellect is some sort of general purpose robot. However, in my opinion though this probably wouldn't work well. It would probably perform like the printer/copier/scanner combos that we have toaday. In my expierience those multifunction devices perform poorly and fail early. The way technology progresses these days spending so much time on "personality" really seems like intellectual masturbation.
I vaguley remember a newspaper article about a nuclear power plant experiencing "super rapid radical disassembly"
CISCO knew this requirement, yet they still used Linux for their routers.
Cisco didn't do it, Linksys did. Most cisco routers run IOS. Cisco just acquired Linksys. Maybe they will make the source available. It would be irrisponsible of them not to make an informed decision about what to do. (Either take out the GPL'ed code or distribute it... there may be other otpions I'm not aware of)
I have found that even with new material I prefer to listen to it faster. But I'll usually listen more than one time. I think it is more useful to listen to the same material 2x in one hour at 2x than one time in one hour. It still ends up taking the same amount of time but I end up with a better understanding. I find that if I take a few moments to mentally review between listenings and ogranize my questions the second listening really solidifies it for me.
On Friendster, you get to pick who your friends are. No interested in knowing fictional characters? Then don't let them be your friends. It's pretty simple.
The problem is though even if I don't link to a fake profile, some one that I'm linked to might, thereby linking me. The whole thing is supposed to work like sixdegrees.com used to work, but without the spam. The fake profiles connect me to people to whom I would not normally be connected. They ruin the purpose of the site (which is to meet new people through people you already know) by connecting you to some one who doesn't know anyone you know. I hope they get rid of all the fake profiles. The fake profiles ruin the expierience.