Picture a journalist in his or her natural habitat: in an office in front of Facebook.
The journalist sees a possible story (on their screen). Their natural curiosity means they want to know the story behind "robs567 says: Actually, I can't be a 'fag.' I am a female web designer, and I do not beat my kids. Despite what you granola-eating hippies say, spanking is good and, unlike typical libtards, I have the citation right here. Have some reality with your stfu."
Immediately the journalist is on move, and an investigation is begun; the journalist moves their computer mouse. Where has a curious editorial on a blog lead them? To news! However, this bit of news has been taken by one 'New Scientist'. They are not deterred, for within the article are what journalists call "key words." And it's these key words that they use to get the scoop!
Employing both Google and their marketing department, the journalist combines these "key words" until a news story is created. A breaking news story is obviously better than an old stuffy one, so they use an old journalistic technique: called "sort by date."
Eventually, the journalist finds "cortisol" and "autism" and "2008," and presto: breaking news!
Of course it reminds one of Usenet battles in the 90's -- the way I see it Wikipedia isn't Web 2.0, it's Usenet 2.0. It's even the same types of people, or even the same *actual* people, involved. Wikipedia might as well put "alt." in front of the article names. Then call it like it is: E-battles of words and caustic wit to see which seasoned Usenet flamewarrior ultimately wins the right to be the controlling administrator for the article (though for the less controversial articles you could use a simple popularity contest.)
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Those two appliances combined will generate more coal savings in 1 month, than replacing every one of the CF light bulbs in my entire house with best case SSL/LED lights over their entire life. (excluding production requirements, no idea on those numbers)
but you do have some idea on those first numbers? no you're making this up. why do people do this.
"well, ok then I'm just saying it's *probably* true"
...only, while I was typing it in Firefox, suddenly the focus of the textbox changed when I pressed the apostrophe key, then I hit delete and it sent me back 4 pages. Also does anyone know what "virtual memory" is? I seemed to have run out of it.
Let me see if I can find the citation for him. I searched for "undersea cable atlantic repairs" and got this in the text of the 4th result:
Undersea cable damage is hardly rare--indeed, more than 50 repair operations were mounted in the Atlantic alone last year, according to marine cable repair...
And if you click the link, the secondary source is ABC News, the primary source they give is "marine cable repair company Global Marine Systems."
There's your citation, now go back to Wikiusenet, I hear them calling you "irc to an/i: pov sock in action--checkuser confirmed by userbox. inform arbcom of rfar."
Was it an accident or not? They use phrases like "the lines were cut" and imply Iran is involved so much that people start making things up like "I heard Iran is offline!!1"
It's branding. It is marketing. Watch movies about terrorism from before 2001. Absolutely NONE of them used the word "terror" in this way. Did 9/11 change everything? Can it change a word?...
"The distribution of dark matter in the foreground galaxies that is warping space to create the gravitational lens can be precisely mapped." Really? How can we "precisely map" something that we have never even shown positively to exist yet? The distribution of gravity could be caused my a number of things other than "dark matter". Gravitational disturbance by itself is not evidence for dark matter, any more than it supports at least several other hypotheses.
Yes it is kind of like propaganda to assume dark matter theory is right, but that's the best theory there is. "Dark matter" is just a name for "whatever causes these observations." Whatever it is looks and acts like a gravitational field. Mass produces a gravitational field, so it's assumed to there's some sort of invisible mass, some sort of "dark matter." And they can still "precisely map" the gravitational field, regardless of what is causing it.
And unless you know something physicists don't know, there's not a "number of things" that could cause a gravitational field like that. Interestingly, there is another theory, ether theory, but even the physicist who came up with it says: "We're offering an alternative to the dark matter theory--we're not saying it's wrong. If I had to bet today on which of these theories was correct, I might bet on dark matter."
Say what you mean. Say "global warming is a hoax. global warming is a religion. I do not care about my effect on the Earth. I do not care about pollution."
Say it, science-lover. Say it, technology-lover. Say it, nerd. This is news for nerds isn't it? My, my I was thinking it was "news for idiot c-student video gamer pretards who have no clue when it comes to actual science, ignorant moron gadget dorks rooting for the 'winning team of science' because it makes them feel smart while having absolutely no idea how to play the game" for a second there.
Not many people understand addiction. They assume the "willpower" needed to overcome an addiction is the same sort, and even the same amount, that they'd use to give up eating Big Macs or not play so many video games. It is not a common experience and it's not really relatable. Getting over an addiction is doing something completely against your instincts, something that is psychologically painful, depressing, confusing, and that's on top of physical symptoms which vary depending on the drug. It's more like the kind and amount of willpower necessary to, say... purposefully break both your own legs.
If you read the article, it says antibodies bind themselves to the cocaine. It does not say that the antibodies block cocaine receptors in the brain, or change the brain in any way. It's not a neurological drug they are talking about, it is a vaccine.
With a cocaine vaccine, the cocaine antibodies will bind themselves to the cocaine molecules. The cocaine is thus rendered harmless--harmless to the brain, heart, or other organs. That's the way antibodies work as far as I know. The antibodies will bind to the cocaine and prevent it from being absorbed. Then, as with other toxins, eventually you'll metabolise and excrete it.
If you are vaccinated but you do enough of it you will still get high, depending on how many cocaine antibodies are in your system.
I had to drive a Ferrari in a dream once, but it was stick shift. I don't drive manual in real life, but I know how it works, and even driven a manual once before so I tried to figure it out in my dream. I eventually got the hang of it and was driving around pretty well.
Now I am fully prepared to drive a manual Ferrari, the ones with approximately 20 gears where you shift using the volume control knob on the radio. That second miniature gas pedal under the seat will still confuse me though.
I don't think trying to "lucid dream" is good for your mental health. I think dreams have an important function when it comes to mental well-being, and trying to turn that function, whatever it is, into entertainment is not going to be good for your mental health in the long run. Seems to me "lucid dreaming" defeats the entire purpose of having dreams. All the stuff in your dreams is there because your brain is trying to work something out, not because your brain is trying to entertain you while you sleep.
The article talks about "nanotechnology," which I assume includes both bots and materials and even manufacturing methods. That's what the word "technology" encompasses as far as I'm concerned. But they are all very very different things and the article makes absolutely no distinction. Talking about "nanotechnology safety" is like talking about "information technology safety," it's basically nonsense. Maybe you can force it if you want, but why bother when you can say "nanomaterial safety" or "nanobot safety" which are easily understood as "materials made with special microscopic techniques" or whatever and "tiny microscopic robots."
Hey man what if, like the cat was like, alive AND dead? I mean *literally* alive and dead... like somehow it was in like different dimensions and stuff? Wait.. no don't laugh I'm serious
I was appalled at the recent PunkBuster update. Evenbalance has essentially installed a rootkit on my computer without my knowledge. The only reason I noticed is because my firewall suddenly lit up with warnings.
Normally, PunkBuster is a.dll file in your game folder. However, this recent update downloads two.exe files and places one in the game folder, and one in your Windows system folder. PB says these are necessary only for players who want to bypass admin rights for people who play BF1942 or ArmyOps. Apparently so many people are playing these games on their office network and can't log on as administrator on their own computer that Evenbalance has sent out a rootkit with their recent PB update. The programs are mandatory for everyone, though, regardless if you are the administrator. Any player attempting to play on a PB-enabled server without these files, or otherwise blocking these files with a security program, is kicked for "Losing Key Packets" (PB often has trouble with accurate error messages).
The executables are run upon startup of your computer, and run constantly in the background, regardless of whether you are playing the game. They also intermittently connect to the Internet and send data to Evenbalance's servers. Of course, the player has consented to this (and more) by agreeing to PB's voluminous EULA. In fact, if you read it carefully, players have consented to sending their entire hard drive and hardware information to Evenbalance at any time Evenbalance deems necessary.
Evenbalance will tell you, as support team member Glenn (or someone imitating him) says on a game forum I found: "We're not trying to hide anything or throw anything by the user without his knowledge. These services are doing nothing when a PB-enabled game is not being played, other than waiting to see a PB-enabled game launched. When a PB-enabled game is not being played, we're not scanning your computer or internet traffic or anything of that nature."
Though if you have any sort of firewall on your computer you'll know that that is either total ignorance of their own product or a total lie, as PnkbstrB.exe and PnkbstrA.exe do in fact connect to the Internet while the game is not being played. They also use a large amount of system resources for something that is only supposed to be a service waiting for a game to start.
PunkBuster offers people the option of uninstalling these files, with something called pbsvc.exe which gives you an "UnInstall" option. This doesn't seem to uninstall everything, as the PB files are not only still present but still load on startup despite the uninstaller's "Uninstall Finished!" message.
All-in-all, if PunkBuster cannot even get its act together to create an uninstaller, nor to inform its support team of what a rootkit they just installed on everyone's computer is actually doing, how can anyone expect PunkBuster to detect cheats and hacks? Private home-made hacks can already slip through PB's dragnet--the only ones they can catch are publicly available hacks Evenbalances finds on the Internet, the way a virus detector works, so I think it's pretty clear that the solution does not lie on the player's computer.
Instead I'd say it lies in the programming of the game itself. Wallhacks and radar, for instance, wouldn't work if the server did not send the locations of non-visible players. A difficult task perhaps, and for only one kind of cheat, but it is a real solution. And it doesn't involve uploading my hard drive to Evenbalance and granting them access to information which, as EvenBalance's EULA says, "includes, but is not limited to, devices and any files residing on the hard-drive and in the memory of the computer on which PunkBuster software is installed"
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Picture a journalist in his or her natural habitat: in an office in front of Facebook. The journalist sees a possible story (on their screen). Their natural curiosity means they want to know the story behind "robs567 says: Actually, I can't be a 'fag.' I am a female web designer, and I do not beat my kids. Despite what you granola-eating hippies say, spanking is good and, unlike typical libtards, I have the citation right here. Have some reality with your stfu." Immediately the journalist is on move, and an investigation is begun; the journalist moves their computer mouse. Where has a curious editorial on a blog lead them? To news! However, this bit of news has been taken by one 'New Scientist'. They are not deterred, for within the article are what journalists call "key words." And it's these key words that they use to get the scoop! Employing both Google and their marketing department, the journalist combines these "key words" until a news story is created. A breaking news story is obviously better than an old stuffy one, so they use an old journalistic technique: called "sort by date." Eventually, the journalist finds "cortisol" and "autism" and "2008," and presto: breaking news!
Take that, scientists!
Of course it reminds one of Usenet battles in the 90's -- the way I see it Wikipedia isn't Web 2.0, it's Usenet 2.0. It's even the same types of people, or even the same *actual* people, involved. Wikipedia might as well put "alt." in front of the article names. Then call it like it is: E-battles of words and caustic wit to see which seasoned Usenet flamewarrior ultimately wins the right to be the controlling administrator for the article (though for the less controversial articles you could use a simple popularity contest.)
Due to your continued disruption in Slashdot's comments you have been blocked for 24 hours so you can cool off (re: your comments regarding "petty power games" and "control freaks" which is regarded as personal attacks). I have placed a warning on your talk page regarding our policies concerning disruptive behavior. This is the only warning you will receive. You have an extensive history of disruptive comments and personal attacks on Slashdot and further disruption may result in an indefinite block. You are free to make constructive comments when you have returned. Good faith comments are appreciated, but ranting and raving about "power games" here will get you nowhere (see: there is no cabal). If you have a problem with a specific editor you may file an RfC, but Slashdot's comments system is not the place to post offensive and unsubstaniated POV rants about Wikipedians. [edit] Given your history I have upped your block to 72 hours. -- rush22 22:16, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm going to be rich!
Those two appliances combined will generate more coal savings in 1 month, than replacing every one of the CF light bulbs in my entire house with best case SSL/LED lights over their entire life. (excluding production requirements, no idea on those numbers)
but you do have some idea on those first numbers? no you're making this up. why do people do this.
"well, ok then I'm just saying it's *probably* true"
...only, while I was typing it in Firefox, suddenly the focus of the textbox changed when I pressed the apostrophe key, then I hit delete and it sent me back 4 pages. Also does anyone know what "virtual memory" is? I seemed to have run out of it.
Let me see if I can find the citation for him. I searched for "undersea cable atlantic repairs" and got this in the text of the 4th result:
Undersea cable damage is hardly rare--indeed, more than 50 repair operations were mounted in the Atlantic alone last year, according to marine cable repair...
And if you click the link, the secondary source is ABC News, the primary source they give is "marine cable repair company Global Marine Systems."
There's your citation, now go back to Wikiusenet, I hear them calling you "irc to an/i: pov sock in action--checkuser confirmed by userbox. inform arbcom of rfar."
Was it an accident or not? They use phrases like "the lines were cut" and imply Iran is involved so much that people start making things up like "I heard Iran is offline!!1"
This yellow journalism is useless.
Interesting post--I don't know why it only has +3. Ah well.
It's branding. It is marketing. Watch movies about terrorism from before 2001. Absolutely NONE of them used the word "terror" in this way. Did 9/11 change everything? Can it change a word?...
Aliens designed DNA. Say it, don't beat around the bush, it makes you sound like an idiot.
"The distribution of dark matter in the foreground galaxies that is warping space to create the gravitational lens can be precisely mapped." Really? How can we "precisely map" something that we have never even shown positively to exist yet? The distribution of gravity could be caused my a number of things other than "dark matter". Gravitational disturbance by itself is not evidence for dark matter, any more than it supports at least several other hypotheses.
Yes it is kind of like propaganda to assume dark matter theory is right, but that's the best theory there is. "Dark matter" is just a name for "whatever causes these observations." Whatever it is looks and acts like a gravitational field. Mass produces a gravitational field, so it's assumed to there's some sort of invisible mass, some sort of "dark matter." And they can still "precisely map" the gravitational field, regardless of what is causing it.
And unless you know something physicists don't know, there's not a "number of things" that could cause a gravitational field like that. Interestingly, there is another theory, ether theory, but even the physicist who came up with it says: "We're offering an alternative to the dark matter theory--we're not saying it's wrong. If I had to bet today on which of these theories was correct, I might bet on dark matter."
Say what you mean. Say "global warming is a hoax. global warming is a religion. I do not care about my effect on the Earth. I do not care about pollution."
Say it, science-lover. Say it, technology-lover. Say it, nerd. This is news for nerds isn't it? My, my I was thinking it was "news for idiot c-student video gamer pretards who have no clue when it comes to actual science, ignorant moron gadget dorks rooting for the 'winning team of science' because it makes them feel smart while having absolutely no idea how to play the game" for a second there.
Completely false, but if you need to fool yourself with that to quit I'm not going to stop you.
Not many people understand addiction. They assume the "willpower" needed to overcome an addiction is the same sort, and even the same amount, that they'd use to give up eating Big Macs or not play so many video games. It is not a common experience and it's not really relatable. Getting over an addiction is doing something completely against your instincts, something that is psychologically painful, depressing, confusing, and that's on top of physical symptoms which vary depending on the drug. It's more like the kind and amount of willpower necessary to, say... purposefully break both your own legs.
Damn government is always trying to take away my soma!
If you read the article, it says antibodies bind themselves to the cocaine. It does not say that the antibodies block cocaine receptors in the brain, or change the brain in any way. It's not a neurological drug they are talking about, it is a vaccine.
With a cocaine vaccine, the cocaine antibodies will bind themselves to the cocaine molecules. The cocaine is thus rendered harmless--harmless to the brain, heart, or other organs. That's the way antibodies work as far as I know. The antibodies will bind to the cocaine and prevent it from being absorbed. Then, as with other toxins, eventually you'll metabolise and excrete it.
If you are vaccinated but you do enough of it you will still get high, depending on how many cocaine antibodies are in your system.
00's popped collar wearing guido?
I had to drive a Ferrari in a dream once, but it was stick shift. I don't drive manual in real life, but I know how it works, and even driven a manual once before so I tried to figure it out in my dream. I eventually got the hang of it and was driving around pretty well.
Now I am fully prepared to drive a manual Ferrari, the ones with approximately 20 gears where you shift using the volume control knob on the radio. That second miniature gas pedal under the seat will still confuse me though.
I don't think trying to "lucid dream" is good for your mental health. I think dreams have an important function when it comes to mental well-being, and trying to turn that function, whatever it is, into entertainment is not going to be good for your mental health in the long run. Seems to me "lucid dreaming" defeats the entire purpose of having dreams. All the stuff in your dreams is there because your brain is trying to work something out, not because your brain is trying to entertain you while you sleep.
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The article talks about "nanotechnology," which I assume includes both bots and materials and even manufacturing methods. That's what the word "technology" encompasses as far as I'm concerned. But they are all very very different things and the article makes absolutely no distinction. Talking about "nanotechnology safety" is like talking about "information technology safety," it's basically nonsense. Maybe you can force it if you want, but why bother when you can say "nanomaterial safety" or "nanobot safety" which are easily understood as "materials made with special microscopic techniques" or whatever and "tiny microscopic robots."
Hey man what if, like the cat was like, alive AND dead? I mean *literally* alive and dead... like somehow it was in like different dimensions and stuff? Wait.. no don't laugh I'm serious
I was appalled at the recent PunkBuster update. Evenbalance has essentially installed a rootkit on my computer without my knowledge. The only reason I noticed is because my firewall suddenly lit up with warnings.
.dll file in your game folder. However, this recent update downloads two .exe files and places one in the game folder, and one in your Windows system folder. PB says these are necessary only for players who want to bypass admin rights for people who play BF1942 or ArmyOps. Apparently so many people are playing these games on their office network and can't log on as administrator on their own computer that Evenbalance has sent out a rootkit with their recent PB update. The programs are mandatory for everyone, though, regardless if you are the administrator. Any player attempting to play on a PB-enabled server without these files, or otherwise blocking these files with a security program, is kicked for "Losing Key Packets" (PB often has trouble with accurate error messages).
Normally, PunkBuster is a
The executables are run upon startup of your computer, and run constantly in the background, regardless of whether you are playing the game. They also intermittently connect to the Internet and send data to Evenbalance's servers. Of course, the player has consented to this (and more) by agreeing to PB's voluminous EULA. In fact, if you read it carefully, players have consented to sending their entire hard drive and hardware information to Evenbalance at any time Evenbalance deems necessary.
Evenbalance will tell you, as support team member Glenn (or someone imitating him) says on a game forum I found: "We're not trying to hide anything or throw anything by the user without his knowledge. These services are doing nothing when a PB-enabled game is not being played, other than waiting to see a PB-enabled game launched. When a PB-enabled game is not being played, we're not scanning your computer or internet traffic or anything of that nature."
Though if you have any sort of firewall on your computer you'll know that that is either total ignorance of their own product or a total lie, as PnkbstrB.exe and PnkbstrA.exe do in fact connect to the Internet while the game is not being played. They also use a large amount of system resources for something that is only supposed to be a service waiting for a game to start.
PunkBuster offers people the option of uninstalling these files, with something called pbsvc.exe which gives you an "UnInstall" option. This doesn't seem to uninstall everything, as the PB files are not only still present but still load on startup despite the uninstaller's "Uninstall Finished!" message.
All-in-all, if PunkBuster cannot even get its act together to create an uninstaller, nor to inform its support team of what a rootkit they just installed on everyone's computer is actually doing, how can anyone expect PunkBuster to detect cheats and hacks? Private home-made hacks can already slip through PB's dragnet--the only ones they can catch are publicly available hacks Evenbalances finds on the Internet, the way a virus detector works, so I think it's pretty clear that the solution does not lie on the player's computer.
Instead I'd say it lies in the programming of the game itself. Wallhacks and radar, for instance, wouldn't work if the server did not send the locations of non-visible players. A difficult task perhaps, and for only one kind of cheat, but it is a real solution. And it doesn't involve uploading my hard drive to Evenbalance and granting them access to information which, as EvenBalance's EULA says, "includes, but is not limited to, devices and any files residing on the hard-drive and in the memory of the computer on which PunkBuster software is installed"