FTA... "I took a lot of body-blows in the fourth round and that affected my concentration. That's why I made a big mistake in the fifth round: I did not see him coming for my king"
Looks like the body-blows did, in fact, affect his concentration. He forgot what game he was playing!
Clickmonkeys who don't know what they're doing in the first place.
When porn is involved, clicking is usually irrational. Just think about that time you drank to much and had a questionable hookup (okay, I know this is/. but bare with me). Now apply that to porn browsing and you may find yourself booting up your computer one day and saying, "Man, what the hell did I click last night?"
That said, I don't know. If I were to speculate I would expect that the answer lies with social issues like poverty and illiteracy, and/or a lack of education. This strikes me as likely for two reasons:
Firstly, it seems logical to suggest that the poor/illiterate would be less likely to subscribe to high speed internet access
That was my first impression reading many of the posts here. In my city, for example, St. Louis, MO., the majority of the middle-to-upper class citizens live in the suburbs. Where as the lower income or "less" educated people tend to live in the city. I dare to stereotype because less income does not necessarily mean less educated, but St. Louis is weird in that we seem to focus more on the suburbs than the downtown area. People are leaving the city for the suburbs. There is a trend, however, within the past few years, to bring life back to the urban areas. Many new condo and apartment projects have been started(or are being started) in the downtown area.
As far as getting broadband access, I haven't had any problems from any place that I've lived so far. Most of my friends and family have some sort of broadband access as well.
Those who are red-green weak, such as myself, do not see reds and greens as bright as people who do not have the deficiency. Therefore, any picture or object that attempts to show what red-green weak color-blind people see to "normal" color vision people will just make their red and green hues darker (or more faded). That's why some red-green weak color-bind people will turn up the red and green on their televisions to compensate for this "lack of brightness". Perhaps that is why blue is my favorite color;)
Think about how much damage even a small chip of paint can do at orbital speeds (low Earth orbit = approx. 5 miles per second). Then think of a 2 lb. chunk of metal at the same speed (8 times the speed of a rifle bullet).
Yes but, wouldn't you be going the same speed, and direction, as that chunk of metal?
1) Greenhouse gases create a greenhouse effect. What this means is that if you have a lot of C02 in the air, it will trap the heat, creating higher temperatures in the area. Our sister planet, Venus, has a runaway greenhouse gas problem. There are so many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, that the planet keeps getting warmer and warmer. This in turn, creates more greenhouse gases. The place isn't very hospitable.
Yes, but, the effect of CO2 is logarithmic, not exponential. Meaning, once you reach a certain amount of CO2, adding more CO2 will have minimal to no effect on trapping more heat.
3) This has been going on for a very long time. Accordingly, the Earth has shown a HUGE spike in global temperatures since the Industrial Revolution.
Actually, if you refer the the "hockey stick" chart it shows a sharp spike starting at about 1880, which is when we first started tracking data, well before our industrial era. Furthermore, the data shows that the earth has increased in temperature by ~0.3C from 1880 to 1940 and another ~0.3C from 1940 to present. Since, we rose ~0.3C before the industrial era and before man was significantly contributing to the CO2 levels, how do we explain the previous 0.3C increase? Perhaps we shouldn't scream "CO2" just yet, when infact, it may have little or no effect.
The problem inherent to all sites that have a rating or modding feature is that these "groups of friends" form and get more attention and priority than some lone guy (who might actually be well versed in the subject). He won't get heard because these "wise ones" push him off the chart so to speak.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, and authentic drummers used to make their sounds by banging femurs on skulls and rocks. It's a shame we don't have "authentic" drummers anymore.
Perhaps, the government should conduct fake breaches to teach them a lesson.
And do the fish ever learn?
Since inception, tags on /. have always been pointlessly biased.
It may be waterproof, but is it pressure proof (i.e. under 1000 feet of water)?
FTA...
"I took a lot of body-blows in the fourth round and that affected my concentration. That's why I made a big mistake in the fifth round: I did not see him coming for my king"
Looks like the body-blows did, in fact, affect his concentration. He forgot what game he was playing!
I wonder how the algorithm works after the machine has had a few beers.
The algorithm works better, but the hardware fails.
Or, perhaps, you are able to watch those videos because of the revenue generated by the ads.
Clickmonkeys who don't know what they're doing in the first place.
/. but bare with me). Now apply that to porn browsing and you may find yourself booting up your computer one day and saying, "Man, what the hell did I click last night?"
When porn is involved, clicking is usually irrational. Just think about that time you drank to much and had a questionable hookup (okay, I know this is
Throw alcohol into the equation and the results completely change.
"Alcohol: Getting Dumb and Ugly People Laid Since The Dawn of Time"
Exactly, how many people would pay for an .unsafe tld?
I'm going to be the first to register un.safe and claim that it is a "safe" website
That said, I don't know. If I were to speculate I would expect that the answer lies with social issues like poverty and illiteracy, and/or a lack of education. This strikes me as likely for two reasons:
Firstly, it seems logical to suggest that the poor/illiterate would be less likely to subscribe to high speed internet access
That was my first impression reading many of the posts here. In my city, for example, St. Louis, MO., the majority of the middle-to-upper class citizens live in the suburbs. Where as the lower income or "less" educated people tend to live in the city. I dare to stereotype because less income does not necessarily mean less educated, but St. Louis is weird in that we seem to focus more on the suburbs than the downtown area. People are leaving the city for the suburbs. There is a trend, however, within the past few years, to bring life back to the urban areas. Many new condo and apartment projects have been started(or are being started) in the downtown area.
As far as getting broadband access, I haven't had any problems from any place that I've lived so far. Most of my friends and family have some sort of broadband access as well.
Regards.
Those who are red-green weak, such as myself, do not see reds and greens as bright as people who do not have the deficiency. Therefore, any picture or object that attempts to show what red-green weak color-blind people see to "normal" color vision people will just make their red and green hues darker (or more faded). That's why some red-green weak color-bind people will turn up the red and green on their televisions to compensate for this "lack of brightness". Perhaps that is why blue is my favorite color ;)
Well... that information has not been disclosed so I guess it could go either way (pun intended). ;)
Yeah, her dad was just holding on to this research so her daughter could win some high-school science competition.
/sarcasm
Okay, so who's going to volunteer to fix IE? I'll be first and say, "NOT IT!"
Think about how much damage even a small chip of paint can do at orbital speeds (low Earth orbit = approx. 5 miles per second). Then think of a 2 lb. chunk of metal at the same speed (8 times the speed of a rifle bullet).
Yes but, wouldn't you be going the same speed, and direction, as that chunk of metal?
And it has absolutely nothing to do with $10 tickets at the theater.
Ahh, but maybe it does. Perhaps, without pirating, ticket prices would be cheaper?
Bank pays for user ignorance? Sounds like a nice bank. My bank would probably tell me I'm SOL.
1) Greenhouse gases create a greenhouse effect. What this means is that if you have a lot of C02 in the air, it will trap the heat, creating higher temperatures in the area. Our sister planet, Venus, has a runaway greenhouse gas problem. There are so many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, that the planet keeps getting warmer and warmer. This in turn, creates more greenhouse gases. The place isn't very hospitable.
Yes, but, the effect of CO2 is logarithmic, not exponential. Meaning, once you reach a certain amount of CO2, adding more CO2 will have minimal to no effect on trapping more heat.
3) This has been going on for a very long time. Accordingly, the Earth has shown a HUGE spike in global temperatures since the Industrial Revolution.
Actually, if you refer the the "hockey stick" chart it shows a sharp spike starting at about 1880, which is when we first started tracking data, well before our industrial era. Furthermore, the data shows that the earth has increased in temperature by ~0.3C from 1880 to 1940 and another ~0.3C from 1940 to present. Since, we rose ~0.3C before the industrial era and before man was significantly contributing to the CO2 levels, how do we explain the previous 0.3C increase? Perhaps we shouldn't scream "CO2" just yet, when infact, it may have little or no effect.
You forgot the part where you do something tedious for hours on end in order to get the money needed to buy what you want
/. all work day?
Like reading
(I can't read the linked article - it appears to be blocked by the Great Firewall of China)
Speaking of the Great Firewall of China, I guess we can't criticize what we do now know, right?
The problem inherent to all sites that have a rating or modding feature is that these "groups of friends" form and get more attention and priority than some lone guy (who might actually be well versed in the subject). He won't get heard because these "wise ones" push him off the chart so to speak.
The real issue, and the major downside to a cloak of this nature, is how do you see where you're going while you are wearing it?
Use your feelings, you must
"YYYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!"