I guess his idea is that you can transition from one frame to the next *while* the frame is building as on a CRT. Given two colors A and B, you could write the resulting color as C = A*(1-alpha) + B*alpha As alpha goes from 0 to 1, the color of the pixel would go from C=A to C=B. This is then applied to the scanline of the CRT, where alpha is increased from 0 to 1 as the scanline progresses.
The bigger problem is that we, the people, have only 1 voting-moment in every term. You can ask yourself: how is this possible, considering the technological advancements we have been through in the last two decades (in the fields of communication and social media)? The answer: congress has only itself to blame.
Senator Al Franken has a pretty good idea of what the term "net neutrality" means
We should subject our congressmen to quizzes more often. Let them explain their understanding of the problem to the press. I'd love to see them stuttering.
Not true. The IT people over at CERN didn't understand a bit about the subject they were working on. Thus, they decided to have some fun and invented the internet.
Another problem is that taxi drivers are among the most violent professionals out there, using lots of aggression to protect their livelihood if they have to. Now, it wouldn't take too long before taxi drivers start "ordering" rides with Uber, just to harass or attack those Uber-users.
It seems like more and more companies can't resist the temptation of going into illegal territory. First Google, with their effort of scanning and publishing copyrighted books, publishing copyrighted videos. Now also Airbnb and Uber.
That's why the notion of "IP address" will change in the future. It will be redesigned by lawmakers (instead of engineers).
I foresee that logging in to the internet would require a special log-in passport that ties you to your internet packets. If you let others use your account, well, then that's your problem (just like letting somebody else use your car is your problem, if they get a ticket).
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I guess his idea is that you can transition from one frame to the next *while* the frame is building as on a CRT.
Given two colors A and B, you could write the resulting color as
C = A*(1-alpha) + B*alpha
As alpha goes from 0 to 1, the color of the pixel would go from C=A to C=B.
This is then applied to the scanline of the CRT, where alpha is increased from 0 to 1 as the scanline progresses.
I actually agree with this decision and if google removes all references to me I wouldn't mind in the least (they have very little anyway);
Are you serious? When I do a google search for "Anonymous Coward", it returns quite some hits.
We actually should use the page-rank algorithm for elections!
In other words, by increasing N, you average out the localized/special interests
See the video in my comment above, which specifically addresses this problem.
The bigger problem is that we, the people, have only 1 voting-moment in every term.
You can ask yourself: how is this possible, considering the technological advancements we have been through in the last two decades (in the fields of communication and social media)?
The answer: congress has only itself to blame.
Check out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Obligatory Sesame-street:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
There are people who can run faster.
Not through empty space, though.
it would be awful if you refer to a french and a portuguese in this way: "Portuguese kids and Elderly Europeans"
What is wrong with that if those kids are specifically from Portugal, whereas the elderly people are from all over Europe?
Are you talking about programming languages?
Senator Al Franken has a pretty good idea of what the term "net neutrality" means
We should subject our congressmen to quizzes more often. Let them explain their understanding of the problem to the press. I'd love to see them stuttering.
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding
So, what would be next?
They have no idea about the physics or maths involved (which is the difficult part)
Wrong. The physics and math are the easy part. They are well-documented in books and papers.
The programming and architecture, on the other hand, is the hard part.
Ever seen a textbook on physics without one error? They exist.
Ever seen a program without one bug? No need to answer this.
The cure is to teach some math or CS classes in medical school.
Not really to teach them math or CS, but to teach them not to be arrogant.
Not true. The IT people over at CERN didn't understand a bit about the subject they were working on. Thus, they decided to have some fun and invented the internet.
Also, people may go violent on this.
Another problem is that taxi drivers are among the most violent professionals out there, using lots of aggression to protect their livelihood if they have to. Now, it wouldn't take too long before taxi drivers start "ordering" rides with Uber, just to harass or attack those Uber-users.
It seems like more and more companies can't resist the temptation of going into illegal territory.
First Google, with their effort of scanning and publishing copyrighted books, publishing copyrighted videos.
Now also Airbnb and Uber.
Hi, MS programmer here. I caused most of those vulnerabilities, so actually it is MY data.
That's why the notion of "IP address" will change in the future. It will be redesigned by lawmakers (instead of engineers).
I foresee that logging in to the internet would require a special log-in passport that ties you to your internet packets.
If you let others use your account, well, then that's your problem (just like letting somebody else use your car is your problem, if they get a ticket).
Well thank goodness the stock market is such an accurate gauge of a company's fiscal health and true value
Of course it is. We have high-frequency traders ensuring this, at millisecond precision!
Haven't we had multiple court cases and appeals end in the decision that "IP address != real person"?
Oh, but don't worry. They are already lobbying for "IP address == real person".
The "internet passport" is coming sooner than you might think.
Perhaps you can start a drone lobby. Americans have the right to protect themselves using drones!
I need to get into the drone business because the profit margins appear to be staggering.
Think twice. It will take only one terrorist to have all non-government drones completely banned.
It's not the "war on terrorism" anymore.
Instead, it is the "race against terrorism"
(to be the first to use drones against an American citizen.)
How do you know how big that drone is?
It could be a Cessna with built-in autonomous navigation systems.
etc.