They reversed the anti-proton to tachyon ratio in the main deflector array after flooding it with a plasma burst diverted from the warp core and then polarising it by reinforcing the nucleon field
They made a magnifying glass and put a brigth light behind it? How could that possibly help things?
In addition, scanners could theoretically look at skin tone, scars, furrow depth (very hard to fake), overall dimensions, or even do a 3-D model of the entire thumb. The point is that as technology advances, the biometric CHARACTERIZATION of the same thumb becomes increasingly difficult to forge.
And while doing all this, looking at your thumb in minute detail and searching for small differences to detect fakes, how do you assure that the true owner of that thumb is never ever accidently read as a false negative? can you be absolutely certain that an injury, or dirt, or siple aging or even moisture won't throw off the scanning enough to deny the actual person with the thumb in question entry?
Every anime DVD I've ever purchased, rented, or borrowed had options for subtitles (often in more languages that just english) as well as options for which audio track to listen to (the original japanese, the english dub, or perhaps another language dub). so you could listen in japanese (to get the voices that were originally picked to portray the characters) and read in english, or listen in english with english subtitles, or no subtitles, or subtitles i whichever other language they're offered it.
However, given the choice between a well-done fansub and the majority of anime DVDs, the fansubs are generally, in my opinion, more fun to watch. The poorly-done fansubs or the fandubs, on the other hand, are generally much worse than the DVDs. This is also discounting the (sometimes large, while sometimes unnoticeable) difference in image quality.
Err. also, if you have the choice between the DVD and the fansub, then the fansub is probably (definitely) illegal.
so, it sends all your information in plaintext over the internet in the hopes that some random individual will find that and run up charges on the company credit card, thus affecting the business flow in a proactive manner?
RFTM! In soviet russia the next Star Wars flop will be gellin! Like old people in korea, you insensitive clod./me prays this gets ignored or manages a +1 funny, because his karma won't survive much else
the problem with periodic instabilities in the quantum flux ion regeneration matrix that are induced by harmonic interference arising from pico-mesons in the nano-photonic resonance substructure.
So, basically, you're saying that every tuesday at 4:15:32.843 GMT it explodes?
Intel's finally breached the barrier and will be releasing a 75-bit processor?
No, you're reading it wrong. What actually happened is Intel's people just forgot their roman numerals.
VIIV is meant to be V IIV or really, V III as in 8. The next Pentium chip will be an attempt to play on the nostalgia of aging nerds everywhere by releasing an 8-bit processor.
I think (but I'm wrong about everything else so don't take this too seriously) that the major problem is that people and corporations actually think in terms of every scrap of paper being copyrighted. If every inane, unproductive, random sketch, paragraph, or essay is copyrighted, what is the benefit?
In the USA, the intended purpose of copyright is to promote the useful arts and sciences. This is rather subjective (what counts as useful?), but certainly the idea that everything written down anywhere is protected for the lifetime of the creator plus 70 years (effectively 2 lifetimes of the creator) unless the owner specifically gives up that protection is somewhat absurd. If I create some random document today, and live to be 80, then why should that paper be protected until the year 2135? What does that do to help promote arts and sciences?
An opt-in system with the burden of proof of originality falling on the creator would be best, in my completely insane opinion. If I create something, and I want it protected for a given length of time, then I should have to get my lazy ass up, do some research, and actually do something to gain that legal protection. And protections lasting 70 years seem absurd in the information age. What can possibly be created that will still be relevant and new 7 or more decades into the future when the spread of information to the far corners of the world can be done in mere hours?
Because if you believe that life begins at conception, then the fertilized eggs are in fact children, and precious lifeforms.
In the specific case given (left overs from fertility clinics), the embryos in question are scheduled to be destroyed as medical waste. Using them for stem cell research is worse than this how? Or are you saying that every potentially viable embryo that a fertility clinic produces should have every attempt made to be brought to full term and born even if that means many tens of children (most likely unwanted, I can't imagine even parents who are having problems conceiving desiring to suddenly add 10 or more members to their family).
Not to say Stem Cell research is moral or immoral, I'm merely pointing out that the embryos mentioned in the specific example given are already going to be incinerated. Which would you prefer?
no problem. when the oil runs out we just switch over to burning trees, and when those run out we'll be too dead to care. Pity for our descendants though. ah well. off to continue my unchecked selfish consumerism.
Good call! Maybe someone will read this and realize there is more to this world than open source software
More to this world than open source? Well, I suppose there's hardware. oh, and pr0n. In connection with that last one, there -are- the absolutely intriguing creatures called "girls".
I see your point. There is definitely more than open source software./me ducks the lash and gets back to work.
Judging from the way my XP machine works, maybe you need to remember that CDs go in the drive SHINY side down.
Ah HAH! That's the secret. Everytime I put the CD in shiny side up, it goes through this absolutely horrific ritual that I somehow cannot stop myself from completing. When it's done I have windows XP installed. Now I know the secret. We know how to beat them!
Ever since the debates over vi/emacs, linux/windows, tastes great/less filling, etc. were all settled, there just haven't been any good arguments here.
I'm glad to hear that the vi/emacs debate has been resolved. I'm sure you will agree with me that I am thankful I properly welcomed our new vi overlords.
Just so long as they don't try to drag the rest of us along with them.
If I decide I'm not going to stick around for another few centuries, I probably woul elect to take out as many extra immortals as possible to make things easier for my subordinants and heirs.
If you mean seperate cells with no direct line of contact between them aside from certain completely anonymous message drops, then you're talking about an ideal terrorism setup. No one individual or even cell can betray more than their own cell and maybe a few minor contacts of theirs.
You are only required to release your code under the GPL if it incorporates GLD'd code. if you create something and don't borrow code from any GPL products, you can do whatever you want with the code. but if you develop your product based off an existing GPL'd product that the original producer decided to make freely available to anyone, then you don't have the right to supercede the original creator's wish and change licenses.
I'm not personally fond of the GPL, and don't intend to release code under it, but that doesn't mean it's an evil license that will infect anything that touches GPL'd products.
wow, I sound like an arrogant bastard, don't I? Ignore me, it's safer (for me).
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They reversed the anti-proton to tachyon ratio in the main deflector array after flooding it with a plasma burst diverted from the warp core and then polarising it by reinforcing the nucleon field
They made a magnifying glass and put a brigth light behind it? How could that possibly help things?
In addition, scanners could theoretically look at skin tone, scars, furrow depth (very hard to fake), overall dimensions, or even do a 3-D model of the entire thumb. The point is that as technology advances, the biometric CHARACTERIZATION of the same thumb becomes increasingly difficult to forge.
And while doing all this, looking at your thumb in minute detail and searching for small differences to detect fakes, how do you assure that the true owner of that thumb is never ever accidently read as a false negative? can you be absolutely certain that an injury, or dirt, or siple aging or even moisture won't throw off the scanning enough to deny the actual person with the thumb in question entry?
Every anime DVD I've ever purchased, rented, or borrowed had options for subtitles (often in more languages that just english) as well as options for which audio track to listen to (the original japanese, the english dub, or perhaps another language dub). so you could listen in japanese (to get the voices that were originally picked to portray the characters) and read in english, or listen in english with english subtitles, or no subtitles, or subtitles i whichever other language they're offered it.
However, given the choice between a well-done fansub and the majority of anime DVDs, the fansubs are generally, in my opinion, more fun to watch. The poorly-done fansubs or the fandubs, on the other hand, are generally much worse than the DVDs. This is also discounting the (sometimes large, while sometimes unnoticeable) difference in image quality.
Err. also, if you have the choice between the DVD and the fansub, then the fansub is probably (definitely) illegal.
it would be almost perfectly cubic if it was 11 multiples of 1.75" tall. then again, that would be rather bulky for a home gaming console.
so, it sends all your information in plaintext over the internet in the hopes that some random individual will find that and run up charges on the company credit card, thus affecting the business flow in a proactive manner?
Ingenious! Where can I get one?
RFTM! In soviet russia the next Star Wars flop will be gellin! Like old people in korea, you insensitive clod. /me prays this gets ignored or manages a +1 funny, because his karma won't survive much else
the problem with periodic instabilities in the quantum flux ion regeneration matrix that are induced by harmonic interference arising from pico-mesons in the nano-photonic resonance substructure.
So, basically, you're saying that every tuesday at 4:15:32.843 GMT it explodes?
People don't seem to compalin nearly as much when their posts are modded UP incorrectly.
People do not compalin at all.
That's what you think. I compalin all the time.
Intel's finally breached the barrier and will be releasing a 75-bit processor?
No, you're reading it wrong. What actually happened is Intel's people just forgot their roman numerals.
VIIV is meant to be V IIV or really, V III as in 8. The next Pentium chip will be an attempt to play on the nostalgia of aging nerds everywhere by releasing an 8-bit processor.
I think (but I'm wrong about everything else so don't take this too seriously) that the major problem is that people and corporations actually think in terms of every scrap of paper being copyrighted. If every inane, unproductive, random sketch, paragraph, or essay is copyrighted, what is the benefit?
In the USA, the intended purpose of copyright is to promote the useful arts and sciences. This is rather subjective (what counts as useful?), but certainly the idea that everything written down anywhere is protected for the lifetime of the creator plus 70 years (effectively 2 lifetimes of the creator) unless the owner specifically gives up that protection is somewhat absurd. If I create some random document today, and live to be 80, then why should that paper be protected until the year 2135? What does that do to help promote arts and sciences?
An opt-in system with the burden of proof of originality falling on the creator would be best, in my completely insane opinion. If I create something, and I want it protected for a given length of time, then I should have to get my lazy ass up, do some research, and actually do something to gain that legal protection. And protections lasting 70 years seem absurd in the information age. What can possibly be created that will still be relevant and new 7 or more decades into the future when the spread of information to the far corners of the world can be done in mere hours?
You missed one:
The Computer is your Friend.
Because if you believe that life begins at conception, then the fertilized eggs are in fact children, and precious lifeforms.
In the specific case given (left overs from fertility clinics), the embryos in question are scheduled to be destroyed as medical waste. Using them for stem cell research is worse than this how? Or are you saying that every potentially viable embryo that a fertility clinic produces should have every attempt made to be brought to full term and born even if that means many tens of children (most likely unwanted, I can't imagine even parents who are having problems conceiving desiring to suddenly add 10 or more members to their family).
Not to say Stem Cell research is moral or immoral, I'm merely pointing out that the embryos mentioned in the specific example given are already going to be incinerated. Which would you prefer?
no problem. when the oil runs out we just switch over to burning trees, and when those run out we'll be too dead to care. Pity for our descendants though. ah well. off to continue my unchecked selfish consumerism.
Good call! Maybe someone will read this and realize there is more to this world than open source software
/me ducks the lash and gets back to work.
More to this world than open source? Well, I suppose there's hardware. oh, and pr0n. In connection with that last one, there -are- the absolutely intriguing creatures called "girls".
I see your point. There is definitely more than open source software.
Judging from the way my XP machine works, maybe you need to remember that CDs go in the drive SHINY side down.
Ah HAH! That's the secret. Everytime I put the CD in shiny side up, it goes through this absolutely horrific ritual that I somehow cannot stop myself from completing. When it's done I have windows XP installed. Now I know the secret. We know how to beat them!
Shiny Side Down!
just kidding...!wife.
Strangely, rather than reading that as NOT wife or no wife, I read that as bang wife. perhaps I've spent too much time with perl.
Ever since the debates over vi/emacs, linux/windows, tastes great/less filling, etc. were all settled, there just haven't been any good arguments here.
I'm glad to hear that the vi/emacs debate has been resolved. I'm sure you will agree with me that I am thankful I properly welcomed our new vi overlords.
Immortal or not, this would just make you a garden-variety psychotic. Nothing special there.
I have no problem with that. Do you?
its SIR Isaac Newton!
That's good, I was worried for a moment that the poster might have meant Dame Isaac Newton.
Just so long as they don't try to drag the rest of us along with them.
If I decide I'm not going to stick around for another few centuries, I probably woul elect to take out as many extra immortals as possible to make things easier for my subordinants and heirs.
...my iBook is currently running at about 40 degrees Celsius and the fan doesn't kick in until it hits 75...
104 Farenheit to 175 Farenheit seems a bit high to me. Are you sure that 40 C is accurate? and that the fans are off until 75 C?
If you mean seperate cells with no direct line of contact between them aside from certain completely anonymous message drops, then you're talking about an ideal terrorism setup. No one individual or even cell can betray more than their own cell and maybe a few minor contacts of theirs.
Nothing at all happened in sector 83x9x12. Please report to briefing room 23 at Alliance HQ. Sit in the blue chair.
Stop thinking that.
You are only required to release your code under the GPL if it incorporates GLD'd code. if you create something and don't borrow code from any GPL products, you can do whatever you want with the code. but if you develop your product based off an existing GPL'd product that the original producer decided to make freely available to anyone, then you don't have the right to supercede the original creator's wish and change licenses.
I'm not personally fond of the GPL, and don't intend to release code under it, but that doesn't mean it's an evil license that will infect anything that touches GPL'd products.
wow, I sound like an arrogant bastard, don't I? Ignore me, it's safer (for me).
That's the last straw. I'm adding you to my friends list.