We won't really know until we study Mars life in detail
Which many say won't be possible until we get to Mars.
Even if there is only a 1 in 1000 chance of a human-ending bug on coming back from Mars, that is still too high for comfort.
The existence of there being life at all on Mars is only theoretical, so much so that you won't get a statistic of any sort (well, of any reliability, I'm sure plenty of scientists have made claims, but I doubt they agree with each other within any realistic range), let alone the existence of a bug that can be transmitted to humans, let alone the existence of a bug that has the ability to wipe out mankind. The fact that there has to be two other criterias (both of which the possibility are currently unknown) before we can even get to a bug that will wipe out mankind, I'd say the possibility is fairly small. Much smaller then your 1 in 1000
For one, we need to know if there is life on Mars so as not to contaminate either or both planets.
Too late buddy. Most current scientific theories on such things say that nature has more then had plenty of opportunity (and the means) to send life one way, or even both ways. So it's quite possible one of our planets (if not both) were contiminated by the other.
Google doesn't give information to the Chinese either.
Correction: Google hasn't given out information to the Chinese, yet.
Give it time. If the Chinese government insists, Google will, otherwise they'd lose the profit of operating within China. And the poor Chinese citizens who dared to show curiosity about democracy, well that's a little bit of tough luck for them. An unfortunate casualty in Google seeking profits.
Is Google censoring it's search results in any of the country's you mentioned? If not, I don't see the relevancy to bringing them up on an article about Google. Bringing up Google's efforts in China to censor the Chinese people is definitely relevant in an article that paints them as saints for fighting to preserve the rights of Americans.
I'm a little confused why Google should legally be required to give the government anything. The government wants to do a study. Great. They can ask (or perhaps even offer to pay) for information they need, but why should they be able to get whatever they want, for nothing? Has Google commited a crime? Are they searching for evidence for a specific crime? Will the data they get from Google be used in any ongoing investigations? If no to all of the above, why should they get some information? They want to do a study, so what? Why should that mean Google has to give them anything it doesn't want to?
I hate it when people use the:) as both a smiley and a closing bracket. I feel like the rest of their post is inside the bracket, and feel like they've finished the post incorrectly when they don't put a final ).
Yup, I understood the context of the conversation just fine. Perhaps you were defending people finding it offensive or "indecent" without realising the context that a fine had been levied as a result. Being offended by something is fine. Making other people pay for your offence is ridiculous.
You know what, don't watch it. If you are rather sensitive person, look up a television guide (free on the internet if you have it) and check the ratings (the ratings also have descriptors such as "coarse language, suggestive scenes", etc. Just because YOU have a weak stomach, doesn't mean the rest of us should miss out.
Actually the "does a falling tree make a sound if no-one is there to listen" can be answered quite easily, as you just need to leave behind a recording device.
Where's that from though? If it is from the edge of the atmosphere as compared with the center of the Earth I'd say the numbers would be slightly different. Although if you were to say how long it REALLY took light to make the trip it would be even longer as it travels faster through a vacumn then air, and even faster through air then solids, and there's no way it's penetrating the crust of the Earth at all, so it would actually take forever to make a round trip.
Or it could be that this is actually yesterday's technology, and that they've discovered something even better, so they're willing to let all the social benefits be had from this technology.
All 3 of the specific things you mentioned do sound possible..... eventually;) It's the eventually part that's the clincher. And the people who run these things seem to think they have enough money to make that eventually come around sometime soon. Sometimes they're right, although by the sound of it most of the time, they're wrong.
No Americas refers to North and South America, unless you want to bring "common usage" as an acceptable way to determine what America can be reffer to, in which case, it can also refer to the US of A (which was the original bone of contention).
If you rule out "common usage" as an acceptable criteria, then the only places America can only refer to are a small town in Limburg or "a part of the parish of Sutton-in-the-Isle in Cambridgeshire, England" - Wikipedia.
If they get the code, surely they could then create their own versions, implementing the code (after satisfying themselves there's no backdoors in the code). So while they might not be able to assure themselves the American copies are completely safe, they will have been given the ability to make their own safe versions.
Well if this initial run is any indication, you'll have to wait YEARS to get any of this stuff. I can't believe they feel the need to DRM "Wonder Women" episodes.
I'm personally glad a marketing department wasn't given such power. Allow developers to actually investigate for themselves whether it is better to use.NET, rather then force Microsoft to develop program X in.NET for no reason other then marketting.
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You're just saying that cause yours is all floppy and small.
We won't really know until we study Mars life in detail
Which many say won't be possible until we get to Mars.
Even if there is only a 1 in 1000 chance of a human-ending bug on coming back from Mars, that is still too high for comfort.
The existence of there being life at all on Mars is only theoretical, so much so that you won't get a statistic of any sort (well, of any reliability, I'm sure plenty of scientists have made claims, but I doubt they agree with each other within any realistic range), let alone the existence of a bug that can be transmitted to humans, let alone the existence of a bug that has the ability to wipe out mankind. The fact that there has to be two other criterias (both of which the possibility are currently unknown) before we can even get to a bug that will wipe out mankind, I'd say the possibility is fairly small. Much smaller then your 1 in 1000
For one, we need to know if there is life on Mars so as not to contaminate either or both planets.
Too late buddy. Most current scientific theories on such things say that nature has more then had plenty of opportunity (and the means) to send life one way, or even both ways. So it's quite possible one of our planets (if not both) were contiminated by the other.
Surely someone owns the copyright to the Bill of Rights though! Whoever tried to turn it into toilet paper would get sued.
Google doesn't give information to the Chinese either.
Correction: Google hasn't given out information to the Chinese, yet.
Give it time. If the Chinese government insists, Google will, otherwise they'd lose the profit of operating within China. And the poor Chinese citizens who dared to show curiosity about democracy, well that's a little bit of tough luck for them. An unfortunate casualty in Google seeking profits.
What about sent via telegram?
I was actually asking an honest question there. What right does the government have to force Google to hand over anything?
Is Google censoring it's search results in any of the country's you mentioned? If not, I don't see the relevancy to bringing them up on an article about Google. Bringing up Google's efforts in China to censor the Chinese people is definitely relevant in an article that paints them as saints for fighting to preserve the rights of Americans.
I'm a little confused why Google should legally be required to give the government anything. The government wants to do a study. Great. They can ask (or perhaps even offer to pay) for information they need, but why should they be able to get whatever they want, for nothing? Has Google commited a crime? Are they searching for evidence for a specific crime? Will the data they get from Google be used in any ongoing investigations? If no to all of the above, why should they get some information? They want to do a study, so what? Why should that mean Google has to give them anything it doesn't want to?
I hate it when people use the :) as both a smiley and a closing bracket. I feel like the rest of their post is inside the bracket, and feel like they've finished the post incorrectly when they don't put a final ).
Context: You were defending the fining.
Yup, I understood the context of the conversation just fine. Perhaps you were defending people finding it offensive or "indecent" without realising the context that a fine had been levied as a result. Being offended by something is fine. Making other people pay for your offence is ridiculous.
You know what, don't watch it. If you are rather sensitive person, look up a television guide (free on the internet if you have it) and check the ratings (the ratings also have descriptors such as "coarse language, suggestive scenes", etc. Just because YOU have a weak stomach, doesn't mean the rest of us should miss out.
While sex is immoral, murder's still okay, right?
Actually the "does a falling tree make a sound if no-one is there to listen" can be answered quite easily, as you just need to leave behind a recording device.
Where's that from though? If it is from the edge of the atmosphere as compared with the center of the Earth I'd say the numbers would be slightly different. Although if you were to say how long it REALLY took light to make the trip it would be even longer as it travels faster through a vacumn then air, and even faster through air then solids, and there's no way it's penetrating the crust of the Earth at all, so it would actually take forever to make a round trip.
Or it could be that this is actually yesterday's technology, and that they've discovered something even better, so they're willing to let all the social benefits be had from this technology.
All 3 of the specific things you mentioned do sound possible..... eventually ;) It's the eventually part that's the clincher. And the people who run these things seem to think they have enough money to make that eventually come around sometime soon. Sometimes they're right, although by the sound of it most of the time, they're wrong.
No Americas refers to North and South America, unless you want to bring "common usage" as an acceptable way to determine what America can be reffer to, in which case, it can also refer to the US of A (which was the original bone of contention).
If you rule out "common usage" as an acceptable criteria, then the only places America can only refer to are a small town in Limburg or "a part of the parish of Sutton-in-the-Isle in Cambridgeshire, England" - Wikipedia.
Actually it isn't any continent at all. There are two continents, North America and South America, but no single continent called "America".
If they get the code, surely they could then create their own versions, implementing the code (after satisfying themselves there's no backdoors in the code). So while they might not be able to assure themselves the American copies are completely safe, they will have been given the ability to make their own safe versions.
the last two times we bought US (F111 and F18) we got totally done over. I don't know why we keep going back.
Probably part of the FTA. Wouldn't surprise me.
Well if this initial run is any indication, you'll have to wait YEARS to get any of this stuff. I can't believe they feel the need to DRM "Wonder Women" episodes.
I'm personally glad a marketing department wasn't given such power. Allow developers to actually investigate for themselves whether it is better to use .NET, rather then force Microsoft to develop program X in .NET for no reason other then marketting.
Yeah, sorry. I meant to write "much like homosexuality once was." I obviously left out that little bit ;) THanks for picking it up.
"So now sitting down on your ass all day and watching a screen is art?" - television
"So now slapping on a bunch of colours onto something is art?" - painting
"So now saying a buncha words is art?" - poetry
"So now being able to form sentences for a few hundred pages is art?" - books