"US has made no territorial claim in Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and does not recognize the claims of any other state"
Sad, but true. Still, we have plenty of company in this respect. Now, if there is indeed a trend toward increased "exploration" of the continent, I cannot help but connect the dots and presume that, in the current bellicose geopolitical climate, it is just to provide a cloak of legitimacy for natural resource exploitation. Sure, there is legitimate science going on down there, but, as the price of oil nudges ever higher, how long will it be before some faction down there starts drilling?
At least the peaceably disposed among us can be grateful that the weather down there discourages fighting...
"You must go the the Dagobah System. There you will meet Master Yoda. But first you must buy the new Jump to Lightspeed Expansion Pack. Preorder it now and save! Be the first in line..."
I suspect that riot police will start deploying jammers as standard practice on the premise that they're preventing rioters from calling in support, etc.
Camera operators could dump their footage to flash media cards with instructions to send to a particular address for editing/transmission, then pass it on to other demonstrators and hope that some kind soul follows the instructions. That way the camera dude won't feel as though his suffering has been in vain when he gets mugged by the cops. As to whether the footage ever reaches it's intended destination...
All the people in my wing make fun of me and think I'm weird for doing this, but I'll share it with you and maybe you'll be one of the ones who understand.
I've mastered a new technique employing "direct transcranial wireless transmission." All you need is about a 12' lenghth of aluminum foil, two coat hangers, and a pair of 9v batteries. I just added an extra battery yesterday to boost the signal and now I'm getting 1.1 Mb signals--wait...they're transmitting--from Andromeda, and also Tau Ceti. They...tell me their plans. If you promise not to tell them, I can send you the schematics after I take my meds.
Perhaps, someone can explain why the Department of Defense is still allowing overseas military personnel to cast their ballots by Internet on servers without any paper trail.
Logistics, perhaps. As everybody knows, they're very busy these days, and, from their point of view, setting personnel aside to handle physical ballots is just extraneous bullsh*t. But, being a government entity, incompetence could also be a factor.
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Still, we have crossed a line. I'm not sure exactly where that line was, but I do know that people will be angry that we've crossed it. For better, or for worse, it's been crossed, and there is no reason to go back, and undo the experiment, infact, you couldn't. It will be interesting to watch where this field of science will go.
Hmmm. Yes, this is the line of thinking I was on here. In the simplest terms, brains are biological computers comprised of neurons rather than transistors. As this technology progresses, researchers will grow more adept at cultivating neural tissues and configuring them for better performance/lower production cost, just as chip manufacturers do. Though the technology is in it's infancy, I see a new industry beginning here, one that makes chips from living proteins instead of silicon wafers. As to the advantages of using living tissue over silicon, I don't know what that would be.
What gets me are the ethical questions that are raised by this kind of research. Given time for the technology to mature, what happens if we produce a sentient cybernetic organism? Or will there be "safeguards" incorporated into the design to forestall this eventuality, in effect lobotimizing the "devices" before the fact. It's very Asimov-ian. Yeah, I know my neural network is going way out on a limb, but the ethical implications of further commoditizing animal tissue are a bit unsettling.
Having access to an extensive barbell set can be fun, but you don't require them in order to be maintain a healthy weight.
I suggest qigong (chi-gong, chi-gung, etc.) No, it doesn't build a lot of lean muscle mass, but it does often have dramatic metabolic effects. I've seen several overweight, largely sedentary people start dropping weight after beginning a regular routine. Read this book if you're interested (probably not the best price displayed, btw.) But that's just the foundation. There's also various kinds of strenuous yoga that have more obvious effects on muscle, and finally, there's the true strongman exercise, kettlebells.
None of this stuff requires a lot of room, and trust me, it works.
"When the new Alvin comes into service in 2008, it may even have the power to transmit real-time images of the ocean floor to your TV."
Incredibly cool. I hope they actually do this, perhaps via the new all-science channel. Get a tv-friendly oceanographer to provide some running commentary (time permitting) as the crew goes about it's business, the result being good PR, a more educated public, and perhaps additional funding.
"What saves us from war is when we wake up to the fact that its the war-mongers profiting from our demise that drove us into the war in the first place."
Yeah, that might also be helpful. To illustrate, I remember while working in my parents' retail store, some German tourists coming in looking for a coffee maker. I recommended to them the Krups models, but the woman present gave me a withering look and said that they didn't buy Krups products because they had manufactured armaments and Holocaust gear for the Nazis.
"Oh," I said. "Well, we have Braun stuff, too..."
"Human contact is highly effective at finishing war."
An intelligent proposal, and one supported by historical precedent, like the impromptu Christmas truces of 1914 between the German and British troops--this almost stopped the war right then and there. Word of the truces spread rapidly along the front, terrifying generals on both sides. It is possible that only the stern intervention of their respective high commands--threats, artillery barrages (often accompanied by profuse apologies from the originating side,) and fresh, troops from other sectors--"saved" the war from an early end.
Maybe what saves us from war is that those who fight them come to hate the fighting more than the enemy. In this state of exhausted perplexion, it again becomes possible to look upon the enemy as a human being.
Well, considering the director's deft handling of the X-Man series, this is welcome news indeed. Singer is a workaholic super-nerd who prepped himself for the X-Men movies by reading every issue of the "Uncanny X-Men" comics and then watching every episode of the old Fox cartoon series. Of course, it is debateable whether or not reading comics and watching cartoons is work, but making a good movie most definitely is, and Mr. Singer knows his shit.
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Must've been keeping score on Diebold equipment.
Yeah, they were beta-testing on "legacy hardware."
Sad, but true. Still, we have plenty of company in this respect. Now, if there is indeed a trend toward increased "exploration" of the continent, I cannot help but connect the dots and presume that, in the current bellicose geopolitical climate, it is just to provide a cloak of legitimacy for natural resource exploitation. Sure, there is legitimate science going on down there, but, as the price of oil nudges ever higher, how long will it be before some faction down there starts drilling?
At least the peaceably disposed among us can be grateful that the weather down there discourages fighting...
Yes.
"Ben?"
"You must go the the Dagobah System. There you will meet Master Yoda. But first you must buy the new Jump to Lightspeed Expansion Pack. Preorder it now and save! Be the first in line..."
Be that as it may, I can't wait to see the final scene where the Cyberdemon gets the "People's Elbow."
Since when is procreative racial deconstruction a bad thing? They're all smiling.;)
Camera operators could dump their footage to flash media cards with instructions to send to a particular address for editing/transmission, then pass it on to other demonstrators and hope that some kind soul follows the instructions. That way the camera dude won't feel as though his suffering has been in vain when he gets mugged by the cops. As to whether the footage ever reaches it's intended destination...
I believe that one is referred to in literary circles as "Orwell's Postulate."
Yo still no comprehende. Sheesh.
I've mastered a new technique employing "direct transcranial wireless transmission." All you need is about a 12' lenghth of aluminum foil, two coat hangers, and a pair of 9v batteries. I just added an extra battery yesterday to boost the signal and now I'm getting 1.1 Mb signals--wait...they're transmitting--from Andromeda, and also Tau Ceti. They...tell me their plans. If you promise not to tell them, I can send you the schematics after I take my meds.
So is projection.
(makes rhythmic slurping noise)
Uhhh...yo no comprehende.
Logistics, perhaps. As everybody knows, they're very busy these days, and, from their point of view, setting personnel aside to handle physical ballots is just extraneous bullsh*t. But, being a government entity, incompetence could also be a factor.
Hmmm. Yes, this is the line of thinking I was on here. In the simplest terms, brains are biological computers comprised of neurons rather than transistors. As this technology progresses, researchers will grow more adept at cultivating neural tissues and configuring them for better performance/lower production cost, just as chip manufacturers do. Though the technology is in it's infancy, I see a new industry beginning here, one that makes chips from living proteins instead of silicon wafers. As to the advantages of using living tissue over silicon, I don't know what that would be.
What gets me are the ethical questions that are raised by this kind of research. Given time for the technology to mature, what happens if we produce a sentient cybernetic organism? Or will there be "safeguards" incorporated into the design to forestall this eventuality, in effect lobotimizing the "devices" before the fact. It's very Asimov-ian. Yeah, I know my neural network is going way out on a limb, but the ethical implications of further commoditizing animal tissue are a bit unsettling.
And yes, I am a vegetarian...
I suggest qigong (chi-gong, chi-gung, etc.) No, it doesn't build a lot of lean muscle mass, but it does often have dramatic metabolic effects. I've seen several overweight, largely sedentary people start dropping weight after beginning a regular routine. Read this book if you're interested (probably not the best price displayed, btw.) But that's just the foundation. There's also various kinds of strenuous yoga that have more obvious effects on muscle, and finally, there's the true strongman exercise, kettlebells.
None of this stuff requires a lot of room, and trust me, it works.
Incredibly cool. I hope they actually do this, perhaps via the new all-science channel. Get a tv-friendly oceanographer to provide some running commentary (time permitting) as the crew goes about it's business, the result being good PR, a more educated public, and perhaps additional funding.
I'd watch that.
"What saves us from war is when we wake up to the fact that its the war-mongers profiting from our demise that drove us into the war in the first place."
Yeah, that might also be helpful. To illustrate, I remember while working in my parents' retail store, some German tourists coming in looking for a coffee maker. I recommended to them the Krups models, but the woman present gave me a withering look and said that they didn't buy Krups products because they had manufactured armaments and Holocaust gear for the Nazis.
"Oh," I said. "Well, we have Braun stuff, too..."
"Human contact is highly effective at finishing war."
An intelligent proposal, and one supported by historical precedent, like the impromptu Christmas truces of 1914 between the German and British troops--this almost stopped the war right then and there. Word of the truces spread rapidly along the front, terrifying generals on both sides. It is possible that only the stern intervention of their respective high commands--threats, artillery barrages (often accompanied by profuse apologies from the originating side,) and fresh, troops from other sectors--"saved" the war from an early end.
Maybe what saves us from war is that those who fight them come to hate the fighting more than the enemy. In this state of exhausted perplexion, it again becomes possible to look upon the enemy as a human being.
Well, considering the director's deft handling of the X-Man series, this is welcome news indeed. Singer is a workaholic super-nerd who prepped himself for the X-Men movies by reading every issue of the "Uncanny X-Men" comics and then watching every episode of the old Fox cartoon series. Of course, it is debateable whether or not reading comics and watching cartoons is work, but making a good movie most definitely is, and Mr. Singer knows his shit.
"Jesus Christ, that's a big fucking telescope!"
Amen, brudda. Repressive societies flog themselves with the mantra, "The innocent have nothing to fear."
Take this line of thought further and you wind up asking, "If the state is innocent, then why does it fear the people?"