Technically, the accepted spelling is "bukkake". A quick consultation of the Googoracle also reveals that it can also refer to a certain way of preparing noodles. Not sure what this method is though.
IANAL either, but given the amount of latitude we give the police in this country, do you actually think the law would be enforced if such conduct was illegal?
Actually, I don't think it will matter. In 10-15 years, the emphasis will shift away from traditional binary computing and towards quantum computing anyway, making Moore's law sorta moot.
And if quantum computing should herald The Singularity, then it's definitely moot, since no predictions (Moore's Law included) can be made about post-Singularity computing.
Considering that it's currently available for download here, that covers free as in beer. As for free as in freedom, I can't say, I don't see the source code there anywhere.
IANAL(yet), but I believe the emails would be admissible in court. Even if the identity of the leaker was known, he/she would be protected under the laws we have regarding whistleblowing.
Yeah, I know I was using the Rutherford atomic model, and yes, I know it's a lot more complicated than that. Blue balls orbiting red and grey balls is a bit easier to visualize than quantum-mechanical clouds.
And I also admit to being influenced by Hollywood on the topic of matter-antimatter collisions. Guess I just want to see things blow up...
And plus, I'll bet in that question they probably mention that any identifying data is going to be stripped out of the data stream. I'd be a lot more inclined to believe Canonical on this point than I would M$.
Furthermore, I'll bet that data is invaluable to their development people. It gives them an idea of what packages they should put more time and effort into maintaining.
I read the article and I still don't get it. How can these positronium atoms possibly be stable? TFA says that they've "merged an electron and a positron", which is impossible, because when the electron and the positron touch, there's a relatively large explosion.
So... one of the particles has to be orbiting the other, like a regular atom. But wouldn't it blow up just the same if, say, a stray cosmic ray or a neutrino or something were to smack the nucleus? IIRC, photons are more like normal matter than antimatter.
Any particle physicists in the house who want to enlighten us?
If a high-school kid was a massive warez junkie and managed to accumulate 1.5 million dollars worth of pirated software, would the IPI consider that 1.5 million dollars worth of lost sales... from a kid with a maximum $2K-$3K a year income?
I forget which law it was in, but Congress passed a bill allowing revocation of citizenship for anybody remotely connected to "terrorism".
Technically, doesn't that satisfy the condition for process #1 above?
1. Joe Blow goes to Cuba, buys Cuban cigar. 2. Agent Smith gets wind of this heinous transgression against civilization and reports it to his superior. 3. Special Agent Jones, acting under the provision set forth in the Act of Congress I've previously mentioned, revokes Joe Blow's citizenship.
"Creationism is not anti-evolution, the theories are not mutually exclusive!"
There are two different definitions of "creationism". The one you're referring to is the theory that God flipped a cosmic switch to start the evolution of life on Earth, which is a view that is, in fact, held by many reasonable, level-headed, oftentimes scientifically-minded people.
Unfortunately, this is not the view held by our illustrious Republican candidates.
"Creationism" as applied to, say, Brownback's beliefs, is the theory that God created everything 6000 years ago, and the forms that He created things in have stayed static throughout history. This is incompatible with evolution, geology, and most other sciences. This view is held not by reasonable people, but by idiots and Christian whackjobs.
Noooooo, when one buys a computer (at least a Windows computer, IIRC), they are not, in fact, buying the actual, physical object. They are buying an invisible, non-corporeal license to use said physical object.
At least, that was my understanding of it. Or am I way off base? (coffee hasn't kicked in yet)
... if you're wearing some shirt that looks official (like TJMaxx or Verizon)...
... both of which can be found very easily at your neighborhood Goodwill or Salvation Army, because when the techs get fired (former Circuit City tech here), what are they gonna do with the shirts besides give them away?
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AFAIK (I'm from upstate but go down to the city regularly), the subway runs 24/7 and the lines go just about everywhere. And if where you want to go isn't next to a subway stop, you could always walk (exercise! yay!), or take a cab if need be.
I fail to see how public transportation, if well-funded (which the MTA isn't, sadly,) curtails personal freedom. In fact, I think it *enhances* it, because then I don't have to worry about getting in an accident and wrecking my car, I don't have to waste a ton of gas idling at stop lights (which means I have more money in my pocket, which is excellent because everything in the city costs more,) and tiredness/drunkenness are of no consequence.
Plus, you can't read the paper in a car. Well, you *shouldn't*, but people do. Yet another reason not to drive in the city.
Who's to say that the jury (there will be a jury in this case, right?) won't find this guy innocent of all wrongdoing because he followed his conscience and did the right thing?
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Technically, the accepted spelling is "bukkake". A quick consultation of the Googoracle also reveals that it can also refer to a certain way of preparing noodles. Not sure what this method is though.
IANAL either, but given the amount of latitude we give the police in this country, do you actually think the law would be enforced if such conduct was illegal?
Funny, the captcha for this post was "methods"...
"You survived the Fire Swamp, so you must be very brave. But nobody withstands The Machine."
And if quantum computing should herald The Singularity, then it's definitely moot, since no predictions (Moore's Law included) can be made about post-Singularity computing.
Considering that it's currently available for download here, that covers free as in beer. As for free as in freedom, I can't say, I don't see the source code there anywhere.
IANAL(yet), but I believe the emails would be admissible in court. Even if the identity of the leaker was known, he/she would be protected under the laws we have regarding whistleblowing.
Sometimes there's a thin line between quackery and genius, though. Who knows, his idea might just be crazy enough to work!
Yeah, I know I was using the Rutherford atomic model, and yes, I know it's a lot more complicated than that. Blue balls orbiting red and grey balls is a bit easier to visualize than quantum-mechanical clouds.
And I also admit to being influenced by Hollywood on the topic of matter-antimatter collisions. Guess I just want to see things blow up...
And plus, I'll bet in that question they probably mention that any identifying data is going to be stripped out of the data stream. I'd be a lot more inclined to believe Canonical on this point than I would M$.
Furthermore, I'll bet that data is invaluable to their development people. It gives them an idea of what packages they should put more time and effort into maintaining.
I read the article and I still don't get it. How can these positronium atoms possibly be stable? TFA says that they've "merged an electron and a positron", which is impossible, because when the electron and the positron touch, there's a relatively large explosion.
... one of the particles has to be orbiting the other, like a regular atom. But wouldn't it blow up just the same if, say, a stray cosmic ray or a neutrino or something were to smack the nucleus? IIRC, photons are more like normal matter than antimatter.
So
Any particle physicists in the house who want to enlighten us?
And after only fifteen or so posts. I'm genuinely impressed.
Yes.
Uh...
I forget which law it was in, but Congress passed a bill allowing revocation of citizenship for anybody remotely connected to "terrorism".
Technically, doesn't that satisfy the condition for process #1 above?
1. Joe Blow goes to Cuba, buys Cuban cigar.
2. Agent Smith gets wind of this heinous transgression against civilization and reports it to his superior.
3. Special Agent Jones, acting under the provision set forth in the Act of Congress I've previously mentioned, revokes Joe Blow's citizenship.
"Creationism is not anti-evolution, the theories are not mutually exclusive!"
There are two different definitions of "creationism". The one you're referring to is the theory that God flipped a cosmic switch to start the evolution of life on Earth, which is a view that is, in fact, held by many reasonable, level-headed, oftentimes scientifically-minded people.
Unfortunately, this is not the view held by our illustrious Republican candidates.
"Creationism" as applied to, say, Brownback's beliefs, is the theory that God created everything 6000 years ago, and the forms that He created things in have stayed static throughout history. This is incompatible with evolution, geology, and most other sciences. This view is held not by reasonable people, but by idiots and Christian whackjobs.
"the machine they own is their own"
Noooooo, when one buys a computer (at least a Windows computer, IIRC), they are not, in fact, buying the actual, physical object. They are buying an invisible, non-corporeal license to use said physical object.
At least, that was my understanding of it. Or am I way off base? (coffee hasn't kicked in yet)
durrrr... you're right. Maybe all the music students could get together and have a benefit concert or something to raise awareness.
Anywhere from 13 to 15 depending on where one's birthday falls in the year.
Dude, I knew a guy who *wore* socks twice in four years. In Upstate New York.
*parses*
Well met!
AFAIK (I'm from upstate but go down to the city regularly), the subway runs 24/7 and the lines go just about everywhere. And if where you want to go isn't next to a subway stop, you could always walk (exercise! yay!), or take a cab if need be.
I fail to see how public transportation, if well-funded (which the MTA isn't, sadly,) curtails personal freedom. In fact, I think it *enhances* it, because then I don't have to worry about getting in an accident and wrecking my car, I don't have to waste a ton of gas idling at stop lights (which means I have more money in my pocket, which is excellent because everything in the city costs more,) and tiredness/drunkenness are of no consequence.
Plus, you can't read the paper in a car. Well, you *shouldn't*, but people do. Yet another reason not to drive in the city.
I rest my case.
Who's to say that the jury (there will be a jury in this case, right?) won't find this guy innocent of all wrongdoing because he followed his conscience and did the right thing?
It's called "Jury Nullification", I believe.
Wouldn't that fsck with the tides? Well, I guess it wouldn't after we strip-mine the rock and remove most of its mass.
There needs to be a masculist movement or something to counteract the "matriarchy and their filthy trial-lawyer myrmidons".
Actually, is it even OK to suggest that?