So if I steal the cell phone of some celebrity, all I would have to do is put a easily available picture of that celebrity in front of the camera and voila!, I have access to their phone!!
Such a network -- whether wireless or fiber-optic -- could deliver movies or medical records at speeds hundreds of times faster than current Internet connections.
Now only if we could deliver aid, food, clothes at speeds hundreds of times faster... There's people starving down there and you guys are worried about infrastructure, opportunities for new technology?
I find it funny that no matter what is said on Slashdot, whether its wrong or right (this is in reference to the "Crappy list" back and forth argument), it can be scored "Insightful".
I never knew blatantly incorrect information was insightful.
But I can always count on Slashdot giving my posts a score of -1.
So you're condemning all of public education in one fell swoop? Think twice before you make a statement like that. There are many public schools in this country in suburban areas that are very good, in fact better than their private counterparts.
I agree that many public schools in urban and inner city areas are not that good and are worse than the private schools. But that gives you no right to condemn public education and the many teachers out there that are working very hard (No I'm not a teacher).
Now if we could only teach birds not to poop on our cars... and instead poop on the neighbor's car. Now that would be news worth hearing.
That reminds me, damn, I can't call Pres. Bush bird-brained anymore, this bird knows what zero means. Bush couldn't grasp the concept that there were ZERO weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Just like he can't grasp the concept that he has ZERO IQ.
What would you do for a Klondike bar?
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Money (then women), as I've always suggested to my mathematician friends, is the best decryption device known to man.
But seriously folks, what WOULD YOU DO for a Klondike bar?
Dude, does anybody remember the teenage mutant ninja turtles game on Nintendo? They use to have robots that looked a lot like this, except they had these electric whips!! Does anybody remember? Leave it to the Japanese to make video games a reality. I can't even begin to comprehend the military uses such robots could have... its pretty freaking scary...
Oh no, I just tried their test link and I'm vulnerable!! What will I do??? Who can save me from this nightmare??? Where's my Firefox icon, its not on the desktop... noo!!!
Whew.. It was just a dream. I'll never leave you Firefox...
When will businesses start realizing that it may be more cost-effective for them to use Firefox instead of inundating the help desk with calls about IE problems?...
Has Slashdot done a survey of how many of its members use Firefox vs. IE ?? It would be a good metric to keep visible on the home page, and when Slashdot goes 100% Firefox, we can have a proper funeral for Internet Explorer (recycle bin).
Does anyone besides me think this is cruel and inhumane? At what point do we impart free will to the creatures of this earth? We are constantly trying to gain more and more control instead of realizing that leaving things alone is probably a much better solution.
That and what if that robot cockroach becomes intelligent and decides that roaches should launch a full onslaught on mankind. Think about it.
Chinese Goverment: We will provide you all of these services for free. Life will be so easy and convenient from now on and you can use your cell phone anywhere. (Grinning)
Chinese Citizen: Really, wow! I feel like such a valued citizen.
Chinese Goverment: Yes, you can have all of this and more. We only require that you stop having sex for the rest of your life. We cannot support any more citizens.
Chinese Citizen: But how will we produce children for our sweatshops?
Chinese Government: Ummm hmmm we're currently working on a solution to that one. Do you have any extra children?
Chinese Citizen: I have a small boy.
Chinese Government: That'll do just fine. But remember, no more sex!
Chinese Citizen: I'm glad I can be of service to my country. [Cell phone rings]. "Hello, hey son how are you doing? I have a surprise for you."
Chinese Central Intelligence Agency: [Recording cell phone conversations] "Hello, hey son how are you doing?..."
Free and convenient services are not always free...
All I need is a language that can do this:
void (FAR * boot)(void) = (void (FAR *)())0xffff0000;
so whenever my program produces an error, I can automatically reboot the computer. Wait, I can do this with C...
By the way, does anyone know if this would work on a Windows machine or would it prevent a process from accessing that portion of memory?
They should add Ken Jennings as a permanent fourth contestant (A "Jeopardy Master" position if you will) to Jeopardy with the following condition:
1) If another contestant beats the Master (for example Ken), in addition to taking home their own winnings, they also take home whatever Ken ended up with that game.
2) One can play for a week without having to beat the Master: Out of the normal 3 contestants (this excludes the Master), the one with the most money at Final Jeopardy can return for another game for up to five games (one week).
3) If a contestant continues to beat the Master (as long as they beat the Master they can continue to return for over a week), after a certain number of wins, they become the "Jeopardy Master" (usurp the throne).
4) Once a contestant becomes Jeopardy Master, they get to kick Alex Trebek in the nuts once for all the stupid remarks he makes.
5) Add a hot chick that just stands by the question display and does hot things....
So let's use the commonly presumed capacity of the brain: 10 ^ 15 bits....
Now children,
"How long would it take to download a brain that is full?"
Class responds:
At 6.63Gbps, it would take 150,829.6 seconds, or about 1.74 days, or about 41.89 hours!
Good job class. So it would take 41.89 hours to download the brain.
Class,
"Now how long would it take to download the brain of our current president?"
Class responds:
We'll let you know when we've located his brain!:)
This paper doesn't even talk about languages besides English. Assuming that their experiments describe all humans is little presumptious, don't you think?
Man that's gonna be one long a$$ grep statement to implement google-like functionality...
hmm google-like search capabilities... i wonder if that means we'll start seeing paid advertisements on the side... now that would be funny, ads for microsoft products on a linux desktop...
Actually I think its the other way around. Thought shapes language. They don't think about numbers other than 1, 2 or many, so the language they developed only contains these specifiers. And in a sense, 2 and many are probably the same thing to them, depending on what units your counting (2 tribes is the same as many people).
I wonder how they trade or use money with only 1, 2, or many..
Does the article say if they have a zero? (I didn't RTFA)
Sure... $250 US is about 11,611 Indian rupees as of today! I wonder how many people in India can afford to watch movies on a small screen for almost 12,000 rupees when they can go to a nice AIR-CONDITIONED theater for almost nothing. As an entertainment device, this will never beat the movie theater, cheap vcrs,...
The interesting thing after looking at the results posted on the website (although they are only for the UK) is that no matter what profession, the majority of people are not that happy...
Heheh... btw I don't see video game testers on the list... i wonder what the breakdown for them would be...
Robots playing music? Now that's heavy metal....
On another note think about all the tasks that robots can do now in factories etc... outsourcing to robots has been going on for a long time... and the US is getting mad at India... let's go after the robots!!!!!!
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So if I steal the cell phone of some celebrity, all I would have to do is put a easily available picture of that celebrity in front of the camera and voila!, I have access to their phone!!
Such a network -- whether wireless or fiber-optic -- could deliver movies or medical records at speeds hundreds of times faster than current Internet connections.
Now only if we could deliver aid, food, clothes at speeds hundreds of times faster... There's people starving down there and you guys are worried about infrastructure, opportunities for new technology?
I find it funny that no matter what is said on Slashdot, whether its wrong or right (this is in reference to the "Crappy list" back and forth argument), it can be scored "Insightful".
I never knew blatantly incorrect information was insightful.
But I can always count on Slashdot giving my posts a score of -1.
Hey if it gives them the opportunity to reduce the price of the games with the revenue they could earn from the advertising, more power to them.
However if a game designer or developer has to choose between using that last few megs of space for game content or advertisement...
So you're condemning all of public education in one fell swoop? Think twice before you make a statement like that. There are many public schools in this country in suburban areas that are very good, in fact better than their private counterparts.
I agree that many public schools in urban and inner city areas are not that good and are worse than the private schools. But that gives you no right to condemn public education and the many teachers out there that are working very hard (No I'm not a teacher).
Now if we could only teach birds not to poop on our cars... and instead poop on the neighbor's car. Now that would be news worth hearing. That reminds me, damn, I can't call Pres. Bush bird-brained anymore, this bird knows what zero means. Bush couldn't grasp the concept that there were ZERO weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Just like he can't grasp the concept that he has ZERO IQ.
Money (then women), as I've always suggested to my mathematician friends, is the best decryption device known to man.
But seriously folks, what WOULD YOU DO for a Klondike bar?
Dude, does anybody remember the teenage mutant ninja turtles game on Nintendo? They use to have robots that looked a lot like this, except they had these electric whips!! Does anybody remember? Leave it to the Japanese to make video games a reality. I can't even begin to comprehend the military uses such robots could have... its pretty freaking scary...
Damn Zoe's lucky!... she got to stand in a line near a bunch of playboy bunnies!... Damn!...
Oh no, I just tried their test link and I'm vulnerable!! What will I do??? Who can save me from this nightmare??? Where's my Firefox icon, its not on the desktop... noo!!! Whew.. It was just a dream. I'll never leave you Firefox... When will businesses start realizing that it may be more cost-effective for them to use Firefox instead of inundating the help desk with calls about IE problems?... Has Slashdot done a survey of how many of its members use Firefox vs. IE ?? It would be a good metric to keep visible on the home page, and when Slashdot goes 100% Firefox, we can have a proper funeral for Internet Explorer (recycle bin).
Does anyone besides me think this is cruel and inhumane? At what point do we impart free will to the creatures of this earth? We are constantly trying to gain more and more control instead of realizing that leaving things alone is probably a much better solution.
That and what if that robot cockroach becomes intelligent and decides that roaches should launch a full onslaught on mankind. Think about it.
Chinese Goverment: We will provide you all of these services for free. Life will be so easy and convenient from now on and you can use your cell phone anywhere. (Grinning) Chinese Citizen: Really, wow! I feel like such a valued citizen. Chinese Goverment: Yes, you can have all of this and more. We only require that you stop having sex for the rest of your life. We cannot support any more citizens. Chinese Citizen: But how will we produce children for our sweatshops? Chinese Government: Ummm hmmm we're currently working on a solution to that one. Do you have any extra children? Chinese Citizen: I have a small boy. Chinese Government: That'll do just fine. But remember, no more sex! Chinese Citizen: I'm glad I can be of service to my country. [Cell phone rings]. "Hello, hey son how are you doing? I have a surprise for you." Chinese Central Intelligence Agency: [Recording cell phone conversations] "Hello, hey son how are you doing? ..."
Free and convenient services are not always free...
All I need is a language that can do this: void (FAR * boot)(void) = (void (FAR *)())0xffff0000; so whenever my program produces an error, I can automatically reboot the computer. Wait, I can do this with C... By the way, does anyone know if this would work on a Windows machine or would it prevent a process from accessing that portion of memory?
The graphics suck!
1) If another contestant beats the Master (for example Ken), in addition to taking home their own winnings, they also take home whatever Ken ended up with that game.
2) One can play for a week without having to beat the Master: Out of the normal 3 contestants (this excludes the Master), the one with the most money at Final Jeopardy can return for another game for up to five games (one week).
3) If a contestant continues to beat the Master (as long as they beat the Master they can continue to return for over a week), after a certain number of wins, they become the "Jeopardy Master" (usurp the throne).
4) Once a contestant becomes Jeopardy Master, they get to kick Alex Trebek in the nuts once for all the stupid remarks he makes.
5) Add a hot chick that just stands by the question display and does hot things....
So let's use the commonly presumed capacity of the brain: 10 ^ 15 bits.... Now children, "How long would it take to download a brain that is full?" Class responds: At 6.63Gbps, it would take 150,829.6 seconds, or about 1.74 days, or about 41.89 hours! Good job class. So it would take 41.89 hours to download the brain. Class, "Now how long would it take to download the brain of our current president?" Class responds: We'll let you know when we've located his brain! :)
This paper doesn't even talk about languages besides English. Assuming that their experiments describe all humans is little presumptious, don't you think?
Man that's gonna be one long a$$ grep statement to implement google-like functionality... hmm google-like search capabilities... i wonder if that means we'll start seeing paid advertisements on the side... now that would be funny, ads for microsoft products on a linux desktop...
Oh no... I better start downloading all my pr0n now!!!
Actually I think its the other way around. Thought shapes language. They don't think about numbers other than 1, 2 or many, so the language they developed only contains these specifiers. And in a sense, 2 and many are probably the same thing to them, depending on what units your counting (2 tribes is the same as many people). I wonder how they trade or use money with only 1, 2, or many.. Does the article say if they have a zero? (I didn't RTFA)
Sure... $250 US is about 11,611 Indian rupees as of today! I wonder how many people in India can afford to watch movies on a small screen for almost 12,000 rupees when they can go to a nice AIR-CONDITIONED theater for almost nothing. As an entertainment device, this will never beat the movie theater, cheap vcrs,...
You can add the word "global" to any phrase and people will start panicking.... Try it some time..
The interesting thing after looking at the results posted on the website (although they are only for the UK) is that no matter what profession, the majority of people are not that happy... Heheh... btw I don't see video game testers on the list... i wonder what the breakdown for them would be...
Robots playing music? Now that's heavy metal.... On another note think about all the tasks that robots can do now in factories etc... outsourcing to robots has been going on for a long time... and the US is getting mad at India... let's go after the robots!!!!!!