The guys at Scaled Composites collected $10,000,000 after extensive and pre-planned independent verification
Whether or not the vehicle "made the grade" so to speak, will be verified by independent methods, said X Prize Foundation head, Peter Diamandis, in a pre-flight interview with SPACE.com.
At least three independent methods, two radar tracking systems, and an onboard "gold box" will be utilized to verify flight conditions of SpaceShipOne as it makes its suborbital trek, Diamandis said.
If these jokers in South Korea want to be taken seriously they should have produced all of this data before hand and not at a press release. Until they are peer reviewed they are just grandstanding cold fusion and human clone freaks.
As the father of a 12 year old, I say your rant is somewhat misdirected. If as a parent you raise your children with a knowledge of right vs wrong, and of fantasy vs reality you don't need to worry much about what they play.
As an example, I would rather he play GTA where 1) the game is obviously fantasy, 2) the actions would obviously be the wrong thing to do in a real setting vs fantasy, and 3) most of the situations are not something he even could get into without a long slide down. Compared to the latest Tony Hawks game which encourages him to do really stupid stunts on his skateboard that look possible and encourages other great "doable" actions like tagging and tire slashing. It's a fine "approved" non-violent game...but far more likely to cause harm.
But then again, I'm involved in his life. I do pick-up/drop-off at school, talk to him about his day and his friends, go with him on Boy Scout campouts, talk frequently to his teachers, etc. As a result he has grown into a young man I am very proud of. I don't need to worry that he finds GTA as much fun as I do, and we trade tips for getting past missions. I don't need to worry that he enjoys listening to my AC/DC CDs as much as I do. I don't need to worry that he likes watching Vin Diesel movies. He's a good kid with almost straight A average in advanced classes, loves playing the violin, and I get constant comments from other adults about what a helpful and caring person he is.
For your kids, it's not anymore about what they play or listen to than it was for you when you were that age. It's about parental involvement in their lives, and a caring, loving, encouraging environment that offers them respect and guidance, rather than insults, ridicule, and neglect.
If it is possible for a well educated and intelligent human to look at a piece of software and determine that it is or is not benign, then it will ultimately be possible for a software program to do the same.
In my opinion, the use of "hueristics" to detect malware is a complete red-herring that has taken over the anti-malware community, because it is comparatively easy and easily marketable. In reality, we shouldn't care that xyz.exe is on the computer, or that some registry value is set. As long as we keep trying to build hueristics or library lists to detect xyz.exe with semi-frequent scans the arms race continues. What we should be doing is constant real-time monitoring of the actions of all running programs. The first time a program tries to do something that could be malicious, run the action against a set of deterministic rules and decide if it really is a danger or not. If the rules still can't decide it, give the user an informative dialog box with the option to allow or disallow, and keep that decision for future reference with respect to that program and that action.
I keep a copy of the last free version of Tiny Personal Firewall on my USB thumbdrive just to install on friend's and family's computers that I end up fixing. I install it, reboot and start IE. I show them the popup asking allow/disallow and click allow, then tell them that unless they are in the process of installing a new program that they know needs to get to the internet, just click disallow every time the box pops up. In five years, and over 20 people using it, I've only had 3 calls where I had to walk someone through unblocking an application that they had disallowed, and every single one of the users is in love with it.
The only time there is a problem is when you have malicious programs that also provide functionality that the users wants. Trying to get my family away from Gator and incredimail has been a long battle.
I don't want one application running that uses as much RAM and processor as 5 seperate applications, when all I really want is a fast simple email client and a light, fast web browser.
Moz Suite is a bloated resource hog that should have been sent to the butcher's long ago. Regarding your suggestion about not using the mail client if you don't like it fine. Tell me how to get the stupid browser not to load the mail client when all I want is just a browser.
The combined beauty of Moz Suite is analogous to the combined beauty of peanut butter and a '57 chevy... sure some things can be smashed together, but why?
change the appearance of (color, pattern,
even cut, if possible) at will.
It's called elastic, and it's brother spandex. One used by old ladies to "change the cut" as waistlines expand, the other used by young ladies to "change the cut" to achieve the tightest fit possible.
As someone who lives in Dallas and has been to the six floor museum several times I can definitively say you are full of B.S.
The entire six floor is dedicated to a museum covering the event. Until a couple years ago, you could actually crouch down at the window, in the exact position Oswald was in. They had to block that area off (about a 10'x12' area) with glass walls because idiots kept trying to "rearrange" things or "leave momentos" that they had been there. I believe that you can actually still get into the area, you just have to pre-arrange it with the curating staff.
The six floor museum is actually the best museum on a political subject I have ever seen. I really expected it to be highly biased, one way or another, however, it turns out to be an incredibly unbiased and thorough review of all the credible work that has been done on the assasination, as well as a good, unbiased review of Kennedy's life and presidency. I was overwhelmed the first time I went through with all of the information presented. I've been back 3 times, by myself, just so that I could spend timing examining some of the displays and presentations, rather than rushing through with visiting family and friends from out of town.
Even if you aren't really interested in museums or the assasination, I would still definate recommend a stop at Dealy Plaza and the museum if you pass through Dallas.
In the current Survivor:Vanuatu one of the contestants has an artificial lower leg. He is one of the best competitors in the physical challenges. The only test that he seems to have a bit more trouble than the others in is walking a narrow balance beam. He was voted off last night after 29(?) days and making it to the final 8.
Depending on whether you believe they actually live in that shelter on the beach for 39 days when the cameras aren't turned on or not, his leg doesn't seem to be having any trouble with the salt water, sand, dirt, etc. I'm actually very interested in seeing some interviews with him after the show ends on some of the particular problems he faced with it.
A: Currently our monthly membership is $17.95 and our yearly membership is $99.95. The yearly membership provides a savings of $115.45 over the monthly rate.
Yes, but you charge for it. This will be free. If I were you, I'd start looking for a new business model... or start donating to Disney's lobbying fund.
Actually the biggest problem right now is the cost of implementation. Highway markings and video detection are not good enough across enough of the country to reliably introduce a system right now. Non-video guidance, which is technically capable and is the basis for most of the technology demonstrations you see, is usable now, but the infrastructure installation costs are too high for large areas. What you will see over the next 10-30 years are HOV/Toll lanes that are installed and restricted to autonomous vehicles, once there are enough on the road using this, there will be a gradual re-balancing of the roadway, so in 50-80 years you will have multiple autonomous lanes and a single drive-it-yourself lane. The incrementalism isn't just psycology it is the only way to solve the chicken-egg problem.
I think the more relevant question is, will the average Joe Blow pay a monthly subscription for this just to occasionally play. I bet, and Google is betting, that the answer to that is yes. Look at all the other garbage people spend money on for play.
Also, why is using this "for play" not a valid reason for it to be offered?
Our dorm at college had a box by the front door. We would all throw our loyalty cards in there. If you were headed out to do grocery shopping you just grabbed a random card out of the box and returned it when you got back. Of course, I'm pretty sure that just about all of us in the dorm bought pretty much the same stuff over and over again...
I frequent Bill's Music in North Dallas, and the Virgin megastore here as well. I tend to have more music than I have time to listen to, but I've gotten so many CDs in the last year that were not even worth the discount price I paid for them, I've gotten discouraged. I've bought all the CDs out by all the local bands that play at the clubs, but it's been pretty hard for me to find consitently good bands. I find a lot of CDs with one or two decent tracks, but then the second CD by the band has nothing.
I'll definately be checking out the sites and groups you've named.
For years, jury duty has been seen as a nuisance to get out of however possible.
I always hear this. Every company I've ever worked for treated a jury duty day as paid time, just like an additional vacation day. Am I the only one that always looks at jury duty as a way to get out of the nuisance of having to go to my regular job?
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The guys at Scaled Composites collected $10,000,000 after extensive and pre-planned independent verification
If these jokers in South Korea want to be taken seriously they should have produced all of this data before hand and not at a press release. Until they are peer reviewed they are just grandstanding cold fusion and human clone freaks.
As the father of a 12 year old, I say your rant is somewhat misdirected. If as a parent you raise your children with a knowledge of right vs wrong, and of fantasy vs reality you don't need to worry much about what they play.
As an example, I would rather he play GTA where 1) the game is obviously fantasy, 2) the actions would obviously be the wrong thing to do in a real setting vs fantasy, and 3) most of the situations are not something he even could get into without a long slide down. Compared to the latest Tony Hawks game which encourages him to do really stupid stunts on his skateboard that look possible and encourages other great "doable" actions like tagging and tire slashing. It's a fine "approved" non-violent game...but far more likely to cause harm.
But then again, I'm involved in his life. I do pick-up/drop-off at school, talk to him about his day and his friends, go with him on Boy Scout campouts, talk frequently to his teachers, etc. As a result he has grown into a young man I am very proud of. I don't need to worry that he finds GTA as much fun as I do, and we trade tips for getting past missions. I don't need to worry that he enjoys listening to my AC/DC CDs as much as I do. I don't need to worry that he likes watching Vin Diesel movies. He's a good kid with almost straight A average in advanced classes, loves playing the violin, and I get constant comments from other adults about what a helpful and caring person he is.
For your kids, it's not anymore about what they play or listen to than it was for you when you were that age. It's about parental involvement in their lives, and a caring, loving, encouraging environment that offers them respect and guidance, rather than insults, ridicule, and neglect.
If it is possible for a well educated and intelligent human to look at a piece of software and determine that it is or is not benign, then it will ultimately be possible for a software program to do the same.
In my opinion, the use of "hueristics" to detect malware is a complete red-herring that has taken over the anti-malware community, because it is comparatively easy and easily marketable. In reality, we shouldn't care that xyz.exe is on the computer, or that some registry value is set. As long as we keep trying to build hueristics or library lists to detect xyz.exe with semi-frequent scans the arms race continues. What we should be doing is constant real-time monitoring of the actions of all running programs. The first time a program tries to do something that could be malicious, run the action against a set of deterministic rules and decide if it really is a danger or not. If the rules still can't decide it, give the user an informative dialog box with the option to allow or disallow, and keep that decision for future reference with respect to that program and that action.
I keep a copy of the last free version of Tiny Personal Firewall on my USB thumbdrive just to install on friend's and family's computers that I end up fixing. I install it, reboot and start IE. I show them the popup asking allow/disallow and click allow, then tell them that unless they are in the process of installing a new program that they know needs to get to the internet, just click disallow every time the box pops up. In five years, and over 20 people using it, I've only had 3 calls where I had to walk someone through unblocking an application that they had disallowed, and every single one of the users is in love with it.
The only time there is a problem is when you have malicious programs that also provide functionality that the users wants. Trying to get my family away from Gator and incredimail has been a long battle.
Yeah, but how well does HL2 play on it?
I don't want one application running that uses as much RAM and processor as 5 seperate applications, when all I really want is a fast simple email client and a light, fast web browser.
Moz Suite is a bloated resource hog that should have been sent to the butcher's long ago. Regarding your suggestion about not using the mail client if you don't like it fine. Tell me how to get the stupid browser not to load the mail client when all I want is just a browser.
The combined beauty of Moz Suite is analogous to the combined beauty of peanut butter and a '57 chevy... sure some things can be smashed together, but why?
It's called elastic, and it's brother spandex. One used by old ladies to "change the cut" as waistlines expand, the other used by young ladies to "change the cut" to achieve the tightest fit possible.
Pray god you never see the two get mixed up.
As someone who lives in Dallas and has been to the six floor museum several times I can definitively say you are full of B.S.
The entire six floor is dedicated to a museum covering the event. Until a couple years ago, you could actually crouch down at the window, in the exact position Oswald was in. They had to block that area off (about a 10'x12' area) with glass walls because idiots kept trying to "rearrange" things or "leave momentos" that they had been there. I believe that you can actually still get into the area, you just have to pre-arrange it with the curating staff.
The six floor museum is actually the best museum on a political subject I have ever seen. I really expected it to be highly biased, one way or another, however, it turns out to be an incredibly unbiased and thorough review of all the credible work that has been done on the assasination, as well as a good, unbiased review of Kennedy's life and presidency. I was overwhelmed the first time I went through with all of the information presented. I've been back 3 times, by myself, just so that I could spend timing examining some of the displays and presentations, rather than rushing through with visiting family and friends from out of town.
Even if you aren't really interested in museums or the assasination, I would still definate recommend a stop at Dealy Plaza and the museum if you pass through Dallas.
Musicians or make that musicians well maybe musicians? oh, nevermind
I still have an 8" floppy drive in the closet...
Just in case, you know...
Maybe I should have posted AC, and not admitted to watching the show...
In the current Survivor:Vanuatu one of the contestants has an artificial lower leg. He is one of the best competitors in the physical challenges. The only test that he seems to have a bit more trouble than the others in is walking a narrow balance beam. He was voted off last night after 29(?) days and making it to the final 8.
Depending on whether you believe they actually live in that shelter on the beach for 39 days when the cameras aren't turned on or not, his leg doesn't seem to be having any trouble with the salt water, sand, dirt, etc. I'm actually very interested in seeing some interviews with him after the show ends on some of the particular problems he faced with it.
First you must realize... there is no spoon.
Yes, but you charge for it. This will be free. If I were you, I'd start looking for a new business model... or start donating to Disney's lobbying fund.
Paid access to its historical archives?
Advertising money for the ads you would see while browsing such archives?
Actually the biggest problem right now is the cost of implementation. Highway markings and video detection are not good enough across enough of the country to reliably introduce a system right now. Non-video guidance, which is technically capable and is the basis for most of the technology demonstrations you see, is usable now, but the infrastructure installation costs are too high for large areas. What you will see over the next 10-30 years are HOV/Toll lanes that are installed and restricted to autonomous vehicles, once there are enough on the road using this, there will be a gradual re-balancing of the roadway, so in 50-80 years you will have multiple autonomous lanes and a single drive-it-yourself lane. The incrementalism isn't just psycology it is the only way to solve the chicken-egg problem.
I've always used billg@microsoft.com. I guess this story shows that it is working.
I think the more relevant question is, will the average Joe Blow pay a monthly subscription for this just to occasionally play. I bet, and Google is betting, that the answer to that is yes. Look at all the other garbage people spend money on for play.
Also, why is using this "for play" not a valid reason for it to be offered?
Our dorm at college had a box by the front door. We would all throw our loyalty cards in there. If you were headed out to do grocery shopping you just grabbed a random card out of the box and returned it when you got back. Of course, I'm pretty sure that just about all of us in the dorm bought pretty much the same stuff over and over again...
I can see where this is going! The National Loyalty ID Card(TM) on a horizon near you.
*tinfoil hat cocked at a jaunty angle.
Yeah, but there's not much tentacle pr0n with real women....
Thanks for the great post.
I frequent Bill's Music in North Dallas, and the Virgin megastore here as well. I tend to have more music than I have time to listen to, but I've gotten so many CDs in the last year that were not even worth the discount price I paid for them, I've gotten discouraged. I've bought all the CDs out by all the local bands that play at the clubs, but it's been pretty hard for me to find consitently good bands. I find a lot of CDs with one or two decent tracks, but then the second CD by the band has nothing.
I'll definately be checking out the sites and groups you've named.
I always hear this. Every company I've ever worked for treated a jury duty day as paid time, just like an additional vacation day. Am I the only one that always looks at jury duty as a way to get out of the nuisance of having to go to my regular job?
So you mean that we would really be saying, "That's no moon it's a space station"?
Offtopic, but I have to ask...
How in the world do you find 3-4 CDs per week That are worth paying money for?
Give a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a night.
Set a man on fire, and you keep him warm the rest of his life.