Unless this was the first step in some kind of long-term plan (Mars anyone?)
China will make some accomplishment, like building a small Moon base, and the US will suddenly wake up. America will put its money into Mars, and as a result, save the US from stagnation.
Then the US will look back and remember that it was China that poked America on the shoulder just before it dozed off during the final exam, and suddenly decide to be helpful to China.
Wireless Internet devices are now replacing personal computers as the driving force in the electronics industry
That doesn't necessarily mean the PC will be used less. It could just mean that he expects the next big IPO craze (dot-com, linux,...) to be wireless communications. It could mean that he expects the big technology firms to scramble for wireless market share, now that PC market share is harder to grab and there's less profit involved in selling PC hardware.
Texas Instruments clearly has a stake in the wireless market -- see the last four paragraphs of the yahoo article linked to at the top. I wonder if they're planning to spin off their wireless divisions or keep them within TI.
This site shows a picture of "the herding cats one" (search page for "cats") and says it's for Electronic Data Systems. Unfortunately, I missed the ad.. could you give a description of the ad itself?
I thought the ad (quicktime video) for the upcoming movie Mission to Mars was pretty good. Special effects looked great, but hopefully the other Mars movie will have a better plot.
What are the best programs for voice over the internet, and what are the best services for internet-to-phone? How much bandwidth is necessary on each end in order for the sound quality and latency to be tolerable?
I would submit that hate speech could be defined as the advocation of the annhilation, forced separation, or intimidation of any group of people based on beliefs, genetic factors, physical or mental prowess, or anything else other than the objective merits of the individuals within that group. (emphasis mine)
People will always play with their statistics in order to support their opinion. Sometimes, they will even make up statistics.
While the site might not be able to say "and therefore niggers are all stupid", it will still make its point. And perhaps this requirement of "objectivity" would force racist (I prefer that term to "hate") sites to appear more legitamate, making it harder for the average web surfer to separate [factual | statistically meaningful] information from what he would otherwise quickly recognize as propoganda that he disagrees with.
First of all, you don't ban the hate speech or prevent kids from reading or see it. What we need to do is talk to them openly about it. Explain the logical fallacies in hate speech, the consequences of hating people for stupid reasons, and so on.
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I remember my mother's explanation of the civil rights movement in the 60s when I was a little kid. I do not think that I was scarred for life to hear that in another part of the country kids my age were not allowed to sit with me at a lunch counter because of their skin color. I learned it was wrong and that people were working to put a stop to it. I remember learning about George Wallace from my parents when they saw a "Wallace for President" sign in a store and decided on the spot never to set foot in that store ever again. What if the racism in question had been concealed from me? What would I have learned?
While anti-racism is a good cause, it is sometimes overdone. For example, the Simon Weisental Center in Los Angeles is a good museum of the Holocaust, and if I remember correctly, their main cause is rememberance of the holocaust and a hope to prevent it from happening again.
Mein Kampf The Protocols for the Elders of Zion The Turner Diaries Hunter
from their sites. I just don't see how they can promote rememberance, and at the same time encourage booksellers to take the Mein Kampf from their shelves and warehouses.
I'm not familiar with some of these books, but I think that instead of suggesting that the books be censored, they should have posted comments on amazon.com going something like this: "This is a perfect example of a racist book, complete with flawed reasoing. Highly recommended for those interested in history. You should read [the cliff notes on | the weisenthal center's rebuttal to] this book along with it."
If racist sites are censored, what will parents point to as they explain to their children that some people believe that some races are intrinsically inferior? What examples of racist arguments will parents use to show the weak points of these arguments? Parents cannot just simply say to their kids, "all races are equal", and then let their children try to figure things out for themselves by talking to their peers and watching reported crimes on the news.
Also, how would parents explain to their children that many websites contain misleading information? They're obviously not going to want to use porn sites as their first example.
While I agree with you that education is very important for combating racism, there are several other things that can be done. One is to encourage students from different races to work together on challenging tasks.
Other, IMO less effective but sometimes more popular ways are censorship (which annoys racists and gives both them and their victims reason to belieive that minorities need protection), and anti-racism propoganda (which is read by anti-racists only, and does even help them get racism out of their unconcious minds).
Roller-coaster rides are bumpy. Theme parks have smells, noises, and lines. OTOH, I could do without waiting in line.
But, just think.. Motionware could sell something to put under your seat to make the ride "bumpy", and make a deal with digiscents to put up recipricol links. They wouldn't need to patent these extra devices as long as they made it easy to write code that activates each of these devices together, with the correct timing.
The Virtual Motion MotionWare API will be implemented in 3 parts.
This specification document and associated header files.
A DLL encompassing the executable code for each of these functions.
A sample DLL loader written in C and supplied as source code for inclusion into the user's code.
That sounds closed-source. Will they also release a LGPL version of the code? IANALU, but I don't think linux takes dll's.
I'm sure it would be advantagous for them to release the source for their driver anyway -- they have the device patented, and the same geeks who refuse to run closed source software also like cool toys:)
This is arguable. Couldn't I call vision two senses because I have two eyes? Or couldn't I call touch four senses because it includes pain, extreme temperatures, warmth, and pressure?
Put your hands behind your back as you read this message.
The sixth, of course, is balance. You could also call it a sense of gravity.
There's also the sense of the position and motion of parts of your body. This sense is sometimes referred to as the kinesthetic sense. (without moving your hands at all, what position is each of your fingers in?)
Try getting a newer version of IE.. I think IE 5.01 handles it correctly, but if not get IE 5.5 beta (which unfortunately introduces lots of new bugs in areas where features weren't even changed as it fixes some old bugs).
Assuming Moore's law to continue to hold, once we succeed in mapping human neural patterns (and the ability for them to update themselves) onto a largely parrellel (quantum?) computer, the speed of thought of these copied brains will keep increasing. Will they become frustrated that their human friends now take 100 times as long to reply to them as they did when talking when both had real bodies?
yeah, that works, but 127.0.0.1 had the advantage that it didn't send any packets over your modem (and therefore didn't cost you any bandwidth). also, some isps (like mine, cox@home) actually do use 192.168.* internally.
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China will make some accomplishment, like building a small Moon base, and the US will suddenly wake up. America will put its money into Mars, and as a result, save the US from stagnation.
Then the US will look back and remember that it was China that poked America on the shoulder just before it dozed off during the final exam, and suddenly decide to be helpful to China.
Hey, I can hope
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Why did the USSR channel so much energy into its space program instead of trying to stabalize the command economy?
(Half rhetorical, half asking and knowing I sound stupid asking that question)
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That doesn't necessarily mean the PC will be used less. It could just mean that he expects the next big IPO craze (dot-com, linux,
Texas Instruments clearly has a stake in the wireless market -- see the last four paragraphs of the yahoo article linked to at the top. I wonder if they're planning to spin off their wireless divisions or keep them within TI.
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People will always play with their statistics in order to support their opinion. Sometimes, they will even make up statistics.
While the site might not be able to say "and therefore niggers are all stupid", it will still make its point. And perhaps this requirement of "objectivity" would force racist (I prefer that term to "hate") sites to appear more legitamate, making it harder for the average web surfer to separate [factual | statistically meaningful] information from what he would otherwise quickly recognize as propoganda that he disagrees with.
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An excerpt:
First of all, you don't ban the hate speech or prevent kids from reading
or see it. What we need to do is talk to them openly about it. Explain
the logical fallacies in hate speech, the consequences of hating people
for stupid reasons, and so on.
Another excerpt:
I remember my mother's explanation of the civil rights movement in the
60s when I was a little kid. I do not think that I was scarred for life
to hear that in another part of the country kids my age were not allowed
to sit with me at a lunch counter because of their skin color. I
learned it was wrong and that people were working to put a stop to it.
I remember learning about George Wallace from my parents when they saw a
"Wallace for President" sign in a store and decided on the spot never to
set foot in that store ever again. What if the racism in question had
been concealed from me? What would I have learned?
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Recently, the center sent a letter to Amazon.com and to Barnesandnoble.com asking each site to remove the books
Mein Kampf
The Protocols for the Elders of Zion
The Turner Diaries
Hunter
from their sites. I just don't see how they can promote rememberance, and at the same time encourage booksellers to take the Mein Kampf from their shelves and warehouses.
I'm not familiar with some of these books, but I think that instead of suggesting that the books be censored, they should have posted comments on amazon.com going something like this: "This is a perfect example of a racist book, complete with flawed reasoing. Highly recommended for those interested in history. You should read [the cliff notes on | the weisenthal center's rebuttal to] this book along with it."
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Also, how would parents explain to their children that many websites contain misleading information? They're obviously not going to want to use porn sites as their first example.
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While I agree with you that education is very important for combating racism, there are several other things that can be done. One is to encourage students from different races to work together on challenging tasks.
Other, IMO less effective but sometimes more popular ways are censorship (which annoys racists and gives both them and their victims reason to belieive that minorities need protection), and anti-racism propoganda (which is read by anti-racists only, and does even help them get racism out of their unconcious minds).
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But, just think.. Motionware could sell something to put under your seat to make the ride "bumpy", and make a deal with digiscents to put up recipricol links. They wouldn't need to patent these extra devices as long as they made it easy to write code that activates each of these devices together, with the correct timing.
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The Virtual Motion MotionWare API will be implemented in 3 parts.
That sounds closed-source. Will they also release a LGPL version of the code? IANALU, but I don't think linux takes dll's.
I'm sure it would be advantagous for them to release the source for their driver anyway -- they have the device patented, and the same geeks who refuse to run closed source software also like cool toys
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Rotational accelleration.
Linear accelleration/gravity.
This is arguable. Couldn't I call vision two senses because I have two eyes? Or couldn't I call touch four senses because it includes pain, extreme temperatures, warmth, and pressure?
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The sixth, of course, is balance. You could also call it a sense of gravity.
There's also the sense of the position and motion of parts of your body. This sense is sometimes referred to as the kinesthetic sense. (without moving your hands at all, what position is each of your fingers in?)
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