right there with ya. I myself am an Eagle Scout, and was able to do so only about lying about my religion. (or lack thereof)
I will go ahead and say it: despite the many positive things Scouting stands for, I believe that many of its core values are antithetical to the open-source mindset.
Well, that's the end of the 1st Amendment, now we are free to go after the rest of the Bill of Rights.
Seriously, the day it becomes a crime to call someone a douchebag online is the day everyone old enough to type becomes a criminal.
are a good thing in my mind. [disclaimer]I haven't managed to get my hands on a copy of this game yet, all the stores near me are sold out.[/disclaimer]
But when DDR got big, I've got to say I saw it as a positive thing. Will it replace treadmills and such? Of course not. But, to someone with my attention span, a treadmill is VERY boring. A video game is fun and exciting, so I am much more likely to use it.
Case it point: in my living room right now, I have a nice metal dance pad and a nice elliptical machine. They both cost about the same. Guess which one gets used more? Exactly. So even if the dance pad doesn't give a better workout, it gives a better workout anyway because I will actually use the damn thing rather than avoid it like the plague.
You'll prolly get modded as funny for this, but more and more I'm starting to think that it really will take the citizens rising up to change things. Well said.
I mean, is there really any doubt in anyone's mind? Continually infringing upon the privacy of the innocent does nothing to prevent the crimes of the guilty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis
from TFWE:
"In April 2008 it was widely but incorrectly reported that 13 year-old Nico Marquardt from Potsdam, Germany, had recalculated the odds as part of a science competition, and found the risk had been underestimated. Taking into account the possibility of the asteroid colliding with one or more of the estimated 40,000 artificial satellites orbiting the earth, possibly causing a shift in its orbit, increases the probability of a collision with [5] earth on its next fly-by in 2036 to 1 in 450. NASA was reported as confirming these results with the ESA[6], yet they have since apparently denied these claims, and on April 15, 2008 it was reported Nico Marquardt's calculations were incorrect.[7]"
but hasn't this been done in the past with electrical pulses sent down a very long wire? In a loop? So long ago that registers were called accumulators?
I remember my OpSys prof showing us one of these things that was new and shiny when HE was in school. Basically just a long (couple km, I think) wire wrapped up in a small coil the size of a shoebox that acted as RAM by sending pulses around the loop, reading them and then sending them again... the delay of electrons traveling the loop acted as extra space, until you were sending pulses continuously. Sort of like a circular stack.
in the digital world, there is very little difference between "viewing" and "downloading" so where will the line be drawn?
in the case of pr0n, even if you don't download it to your hard drive, if you can see it in your browser, you have downloaded it. (duh, you got the data somehow) would this same principle apply to net radio, streaming music, youtube, etc? makes you wonder how far they will run with it.
honestly, internet access is very nearly a commodity, why not bill it as such?
Assuming all my ports are equal, and I can xfer upstream and down at whatever the physical rate of the device is:
bill me by the megabit-hour. Just like txu bills me by the kWatt-hour. I can use whatever I want, but pay accordingly.
Alternately, bill me at the end of the month for gigs xferred, which is already done for hosting in some cases.
and see that the only reason Sequoia is pissed off is that they either
a. are afraid that there are gaping security holes in their machines
b. KNOW that there are gaping security holes in their machines
all the privacy zealots will no doubt say that my "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to be afraid of" mentality is misguided, but let's take a step back and see what is on the line here. this is NOT about personal data, this is about objectively evaluating the security of a device that is going to be used in a VERY public fashion. do lamp makers threaten Underwriters Laboratories for wanting to make sure their device works as intended?
could it be that the Teutonic Tupperware just can't compete with the perfect gun, designed by God herself and handed down to JM Browning?:) But seriously, one factor that keeps the 1911 alive and more popular than the Glock is simple ergonomics. Just the the software in TFA, people dig the "interface" of a 1911. (the most common complaints I get about Glocks are either the odd grip angle, or the very wide grip, neither of which is a factor on 1911s) Additionally, the trigger is how the user communicates with the gun, and I don't think anyone will tell you Glocks have a nice trigger pull, especially compared to a 1911 that is properly tuned.
Kinda funny how it all boils down to the interface, in both worlds.
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right there with ya. I myself am an Eagle Scout, and was able to do so only about lying about my religion. (or lack thereof)
I will go ahead and say it: despite the many positive things Scouting stands for, I believe that many of its core values are antithetical to the open-source mindset.
(e.g. homophobia, religious discrimination)
anyone have a link that DOESN'T require a login?
Well, that's the end of the 1st Amendment, now we are free to go after the rest of the Bill of Rights. Seriously, the day it becomes a crime to call someone a douchebag online is the day everyone old enough to type becomes a criminal.
hopefully he journaled the location of the body.
The article is not 100% clear on whether an item must be older than 100 years or just older than the 1989 ban to still legally be sold.
Does anyone know?
I collect old straight razors, and have been looking to sell an old piano (not 100 years old, though) so the issue affects me personally.
Flinstones, eh? hell, I'd play it.
I'd shell out big bucks to be able to run around on a treadmill to control my player in a game like doom or quake.
are a good thing in my mind. [disclaimer]I haven't managed to get my hands on a copy of this game yet, all the stores near me are sold out.[/disclaimer]
But when DDR got big, I've got to say I saw it as a positive thing. Will it replace treadmills and such? Of course not. But, to someone with my attention span, a treadmill is VERY boring. A video game is fun and exciting, so I am much more likely to use it.
Case it point: in my living room right now, I have a nice metal dance pad and a nice elliptical machine. They both cost about the same. Guess which one gets used more? Exactly. So even if the dance pad doesn't give a better workout, it gives a better workout anyway because I will actually use the damn thing rather than avoid it like the plague.
Just my 2c
Listen, mate, if they want to pay you to sit around and do nothing; by no means should you correct them!
You'll prolly get modded as funny for this, but more and more I'm starting to think that it really will take the citizens rising up to change things. Well said.
well, if you are house arrest and wearing an ankle tag you have 2 choices, as well:
1. Big Brother
2. a buddy who wants to keep me safe and help me make parole
Is there really any doubt in anyone's mind what this is?
Yes.
I mean, is there really any doubt in anyone's mind? Continually infringing upon the privacy of the innocent does nothing to prevent the crimes of the guilty.
Hell, this would have put my high school English teachers in jail for the books they gave us to read. Middle school, too, I wouldn't doubt.
It saddens and sickens me to see Rand's grim predictions coming true. Spot on.
I was making a reference to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_hat
Great, now she's gonna be running around fighting baddies with... a RADIO. And they will be shooting back at her... with RADIOS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis from TFWE: "In April 2008 it was widely but incorrectly reported that 13 year-old Nico Marquardt from Potsdam, Germany, had recalculated the odds as part of a science competition, and found the risk had been underestimated. Taking into account the possibility of the asteroid colliding with one or more of the estimated 40,000 artificial satellites orbiting the earth, possibly causing a shift in its orbit, increases the probability of a collision with [5] earth on its next fly-by in 2036 to 1 in 450. NASA was reported as confirming these results with the ESA[6], yet they have since apparently denied these claims, and on April 15, 2008 it was reported Nico Marquardt's calculations were incorrect.[7]"
but hasn't this been done in the past with electrical pulses sent down a very long wire? In a loop? So long ago that registers were called accumulators?
I remember my OpSys prof showing us one of these things that was new and shiny when HE was in school. Basically just a long (couple km, I think) wire wrapped up in a small coil the size of a shoebox that acted as RAM by sending pulses around the loop, reading them and then sending them again... the delay of electrons traveling the loop acted as extra space, until you were sending pulses continuously. Sort of like a circular stack.
Anyone else see some similarities here?
in the digital world, there is very little difference between "viewing" and "downloading" so where will the line be drawn?
in the case of pr0n, even if you don't download it to your hard drive, if you can see it in your browser, you have downloaded it. (duh, you got the data somehow) would this same principle apply to net radio, streaming music, youtube, etc? makes you wonder how far they will run with it.
my friend, you must be new here...
honestly, internet access is very nearly a commodity, why not bill it as such?
Assuming all my ports are equal, and I can xfer upstream and down at whatever the physical rate of the device is:
bill me by the megabit-hour. Just like txu bills me by the kWatt-hour. I can use whatever I want, but pay accordingly.
Alternately, bill me at the end of the month for gigs xferred, which is already done for hosting in some cases.
Anyone else smell the desperation?
and see that the only reason Sequoia is pissed off is that they either
a. are afraid that there are gaping security holes in their machines
b. KNOW that there are gaping security holes in their machines
all the privacy zealots will no doubt say that my "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to be afraid of" mentality is misguided, but let's take a step back and see what is on the line here. this is NOT about personal data, this is about objectively evaluating the security of a device that is going to be used in a VERY public fashion. do lamp makers threaten Underwriters Laboratories for wanting to make sure their device works as intended?
Agreed. It's the singer, not the song.
This just in... young people are more likely to use iPods and PDAs than old people. Film at 11.
could it be that the Teutonic Tupperware just can't compete with the perfect gun, designed by God herself and handed down to JM Browning? :) But seriously, one factor that keeps the 1911 alive and more popular than the Glock is simple ergonomics. Just the the software in TFA, people dig the "interface" of a 1911. (the most common complaints I get about Glocks are either the odd grip angle, or the very wide grip, neither of which is a factor on 1911s) Additionally, the trigger is how the user communicates with the gun, and I don't think anyone will tell you Glocks have a nice trigger pull, especially compared to a 1911 that is properly tuned.
Kinda funny how it all boils down to the interface, in both worlds.