Why named "Apophis?" I thought SG-1 killed him off real good back in season four. What we've got to consider is whether the asteroid is in fact heavy with naquadah (which prohibits nuclear solutions). At least Sam Carter figured out that whole enlargement of the subspace bubble round the transport vessel -- barely got that asteroid to the other side of earth... We've got all the solutions we need, I figure.
My karma has remained at Excellent despite antagonizing folks a few times with admittedly trollish/flamebait comments of mine (hey, if you've never gotten one, you're not trying or being honest). I've meta-modded, too, but I guess I'm still in the "banned" list.
Algorithm wonks please correct me if I've got it all wrong, but... I believe a binary search is only performed on a sorted list of items. What you're describing sounds more like a well-trained decision tree.
In a similar manner there's pages out there in the triple-dub that ask you questions in an attempt to guess what fictional tv/movie character you're thinking of. It is trained by the very people who are "playing" the game so that at the end, if the program did not guess correctly, you can enter your answer. And provided you haven't been giving bogus data, you're helping to provide training data which makes the decision tree even stronger.
Sadly, people rarely stop to wonder if the messages we're sending into outer space are a good idea. Aliens with a good grasp of game theory might just very well decide to drop a meteor onto any planet they find broadcasting into outer space. You know... just to be sure.
I actually find it sort of thoughtless that people like this are taking the entire fate of the world into their hands. Dramatic? Not so much, if you really stop to think about it.
It amazes me how much hardware and power has to be thrown at the problem to solve it while nature can create a self-organizing machine that only requires material input of raw mice and lasagna.
Indeed, they're made of meat! It's really quite simple. All the ingredients you need is to arrange Hyrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen into amino acids and the like, plus several billion years of evolutionary biology. Remarkable how hard we work to duplicate even a fraction of this functionality.
It's now easier to click-and-leech digital copies...
If you know of any ways to capture Hulu streams (either via webpage or their desktop app), I'd love to know. Even if it means the commercials are embedded, I've got no problem with that. The ability to download a show NOW to watch LATER (say, someplace where I don't have 'net access) would be awesome.
For the record, I've done my share of Googling and trying different capture apps that haven't worked as advertised. Maybe you know something I don't (I'm hoping).
I am sure that the drooling retards who call themselves Glenn Beck fans are outraged about this decision.
I want one of those broad brushes. Where did you get yours? Ace? HomeDepot?
I can only hope that "fans" of Glenn Beck are sort of like pro wrestling "fans" -- They enjoy the performance, knowing deep down that it's not authentic.
Blech. I stopped using the Netscape browser around version 4.72, long after most Netscape users had switched to IE5. I had to abandon Netscape for a while because it was so incredibly crash-prone and unstable. It pained me to do so.
Did you actually hang in there with all versions of NN up through Firefox? If so, you've got the patience of a saint.;)
1. A sticker when placed will be a nice breading gown for bacteria. Then the sticker is often pealed off after the fruit is washed.
My eyes, my eyes! Spelling! Punctuation! Please, tell me that English is not your first language... otherwise I hope you're still enrolled in English 101.
But on the bright side, you win Google Golf for "breading gown".
I'd been trying to make this joke all week, but despite reading the wiki page on Cricket, I couldn't write the joke to make it sound like I knew what I was talking about. Three strikes and I suppose now *I'm* out.
I don't know where people have been getting their compact fluorescent bulbs, but I've never experienced one actually wear out since they came on the market. I think they are mostly Philips.
Purely anecdotal... back in 2005 my city was offering energy saving credits for taxpayers... you could choose from CFLs, blankets for your water heater, and other things I forget. We got a big handful of high-quality CFL bulbs (yes, Philips, I believe) and they've been great. I've taken them with me through two moves since then and have only replaced about half of them. Not bad for four years.
We've been seeing tons and tons of articles like this recently on slashdot. There's a consistent anti-vaccine slant on all of them. I'm guessing that there's some small group of antivaccine crazies who are active on the firehose, and they consistently vote up each other's stories.
You got it, man. It's a conspiracy!
attention: this post may contain excessive levels of irony.
I can't keep up with which torrent sites are up, down, removed or what. This page usually gives me a fighting chance of finding a functional torrent-related site with the *cough* information I need.
The French President's already demonstrated the vulnerabilities. If they want to put in 3-strikes disconnection based on accusations alone, target the people who approve of it. They've almost certainly done something that'll justify at least an accusation. Once they've got 3 of them, make a huge stink about the law they insisted be passed and demand that they be subject to it.
Old Shin'a'in proverb: "If the enemy is in range, so are you.".
Moreover, this is in the EU. Why are we saying "3 strikes"? Seems more like it should be "three stumps and you're bowled out"?
Who the hell would want a lap dance on a stage in front of tons of people. That would be awkward and unpleasant even if you liked lap dances from strangers (rubbing their diseases all over you, heh).
Uhm, I think that any means of obscuring the truth on the part of Toyota et al would render the "contract" invalid. Seems to me it's most certainly not informed consent, and is a bad faith contract. Of course I'm not a lawyer and have no idea what I'm talking about.
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Why named "Apophis?" I thought SG-1 killed him off real good back in season four. What we've got to consider is whether the asteroid is in fact heavy with naquadah (which prohibits nuclear solutions). At least Sam Carter figured out that whole enlargement of the subspace bubble round the transport vessel -- barely got that asteroid to the other side of earth... We've got all the solutions we need, I figure.
I must be having a case of the Mondays. It took me WAY too long to get that joke.
Lex Luthor: "Everyone's got their faults. Mine's in California."
Years later, and Lily Tomlin's character is still right.
http://www.tvacres.com/comm_ernestine.htm
That's interesting, to be sure. I've not gotten mod points since around 2002 back when I was clobbered for participating in the banned thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot#Timeline
My karma has remained at Excellent despite antagonizing folks a few times with admittedly trollish/flamebait comments of mine (hey, if you've never gotten one, you're not trying or being honest). I've meta-modded, too, but I guess I'm still in the "banned" list.
HTML 5 is starting to be widely deployed and all of the major browser manufacturers are backing it (MS announced IE9 will support it*).
* for very small values of "support"
FTFY.
Algorithm wonks please correct me if I've got it all wrong, but... I believe a binary search is only performed on a sorted list of items. What you're describing sounds more like a well-trained decision tree.
In a similar manner there's pages out there in the triple-dub that ask you questions in an attempt to guess what fictional tv/movie character you're thinking of. It is trained by the very people who are "playing" the game so that at the end, if the program did not guess correctly, you can enter your answer. And provided you haven't been giving bogus data, you're helping to provide training data which makes the decision tree even stronger.
Sadly, people rarely stop to wonder if the messages we're sending into outer space are a good idea. Aliens with a good grasp of game theory might just very well decide to drop a meteor onto any planet they find broadcasting into outer space. You know... just to be sure.
I actually find it sort of thoughtless that people like this are taking the entire fate of the world into their hands. Dramatic? Not so much, if you really stop to think about it.
Oh, man. Are you one of Glenn Beck's writers?
It amazes me how much hardware and power has to be thrown at the problem to solve it while nature can create a self-organizing machine that only requires material input of raw mice and lasagna.
Indeed, they're made of meat! It's really quite simple. All the ingredients you need is to arrange Hyrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen into amino acids and the like, plus several billion years of evolutionary biology. Remarkable how hard we work to duplicate even a fraction of this functionality.
It's now easier to click-and-leech digital copies...
If you know of any ways to capture Hulu streams (either via webpage or their desktop app), I'd love to know. Even if it means the commercials are embedded, I've got no problem with that. The ability to download a show NOW to watch LATER (say, someplace where I don't have 'net access) would be awesome.
For the record, I've done my share of Googling and trying different capture apps that haven't worked as advertised. Maybe you know something I don't (I'm hoping).
I am sure that the drooling retards who call themselves Glenn Beck fans are outraged about this decision.
I want one of those broad brushes.
Where did you get yours? Ace? HomeDepot?
I can only hope that "fans" of Glenn Beck are sort of like pro wrestling "fans" -- They enjoy the performance, knowing deep down that it's not authentic.
Blech. I stopped using the Netscape browser around version 4.72, long after most Netscape users had switched to IE5. I had to abandon Netscape for a while because it was so incredibly crash-prone and unstable. It pained me to do so.
Did you actually hang in there with all versions of NN up through Firefox? If so, you've got the patience of a saint. ;)
1. A sticker when placed will be a nice breading gown for bacteria. Then the sticker is often pealed off after the fruit is washed.
My eyes, my eyes! Spelling! Punctuation! Please, tell me that English is not your first language... otherwise I hope you're still enrolled in English 101.
But on the bright side, you win Google Golf for "breading gown".
I'd been trying to make this joke all week, but despite reading the wiki page on Cricket, I couldn't write the joke to make it sound like I knew what I was talking about. Three strikes and I suppose now *I'm* out.
What movie was it in... I don't recall.
First Man: Sir, we're from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Second Man: I suppose this isn't about the alcohol or tobacco.
I don't know where people have been getting their compact fluorescent bulbs, but I've never experienced one actually wear out since they came on the market.
I think they are mostly Philips.
Purely anecdotal... back in 2005 my city was offering energy saving credits for taxpayers... you could choose from CFLs, blankets for your water heater, and other things I forget. We got a big handful of high-quality CFL bulbs (yes, Philips, I believe) and they've been great. I've taken them with me through two moves since then and have only replaced about half of them. Not bad for four years.
There's not exactly a Mayan Rosetta Stone so even all that we know about the language is still premature.
Oh, I think that if you'd consulted Dr Daniel Jackson, you may have received a more informed opinion.
We've been seeing tons and tons of articles like this recently on slashdot. There's a consistent anti-vaccine slant on all of them. I'm guessing that there's some small group of antivaccine crazies who are active on the firehose, and they consistently vote up each other's stories.
You got it, man. It's a conspiracy!
attention: this post may contain excessive levels of irony.
On the occasions when I need to find something via BitTorrent that I'm not certain I can find anywhere else, I will check this bookmark:
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersharing/f/torrentsearch.htm
I can't keep up with which torrent sites are up, down, removed or what. This page usually gives me a fighting chance of finding a functional torrent-related site with the *cough* information I need.
The French President's already demonstrated the vulnerabilities. If they want to put in 3-strikes disconnection based on accusations alone, target the people who approve of it. They've almost certainly done something that'll justify at least an accusation. Once they've got 3 of them, make a huge stink about the law they insisted be passed and demand that they be subject to it.
Old Shin'a'in proverb: "If the enemy is in range, so are you.".
Moreover, this is in the EU. Why are we saying "3 strikes"? Seems more like it should be "three stumps and you're bowled out"?
Who the hell would want a lap dance on a stage in front of tons of people. That would be awkward and unpleasant even if you liked lap dances from strangers (rubbing their diseases all over you, heh).
Haven't been to many bachelor parties, eh?
And if a song gets stuck in your head, boy, you're gonna owe the whole farm.
Quoth Archangel Michael :
As a congregational leader...
Holy crap. I'd think a being like yourself would have better things to do than post on Slashdot.
Hey, man. Too bad you didn't get the opportunity. But I'm proud of you for not being bitter.
Uhm, I think that any means of obscuring the truth on the part of Toyota et al would render the "contract" invalid. Seems to me it's most certainly not informed consent, and is a bad faith contract. Of course I'm not a lawyer and have no idea what I'm talking about.