The technology has also been proven dangerous, why do you think microwave ovens have switches built in to turn the oven off when the door is opened? Would you step in a human scaled one and let someone turn it on?
There was actually an article on this very idea a few years back in Popular Science. It was about then that I realized exactly how "popular" should be understood in the title of the magazine. It was suggested that the wave of the future was a house built with microwave transmitters to constantly ensure that the inhabitants were toasty warm without the energy waste of heating the entire building. Having a microwave constantly running strikes me as a bit irresponsible, though if someone could demonstrate that it actually was safe, I wouldn't object to other people putting them in their homes. I am probably not scientific enough to go over for a dinner party even if it were to be proven safe, but...
Young kids these days and their rock music... Deaf at such an early age.
Speaking of, can I get the ticker symbols for a few good hearing aid manufacturers?
Related to one of the parent posts above, why should we use a real Time Machine when any other NAS running linux can be set up to run as a Time Machine backup?
Skimming through everything, I'm surprised no one has mentioned the short story "Standard Candles" by Jack McDevitt. In it, the presence of certain star types suggests a massive extraterrestrial beacon system. While certainly a bit farfetched, why not throw out that the presence of pulsars themselves is simply a trans-galactic gravity wave testing system?
I would suggest two generations and a greater focus on "diversity" rather than "common humanity" to the point that we have many kids (I teach) now interpreting "diversity" as "racism that is ok" - and by the time they reach me in high school, it is a bit too late to change this.
Also under Obama's plan is the requirement that there be a doctor or other person certified to give physicals (so at least a PA on each campus) during all school hours every day. Would the transition from PE class to student health file happen? Yes. Would that be entered into the national insurance database? Yes. Would the insurance company continue to offer insurance as required by law? Yes. Would they start charging more using "riders" on the account? You better believe it.
Some, but not all--I read slashdot for a general condensation of tech news and while some might argue ars tecnica as better, I like the comment system better here.
Most of the other respondents to the parent have ridiculed the post along the lines of "you've seen too many science fiction movies." While this is probably the case for most slashdotters, surely turning radioactive elements in humans into inert compounds would be a bad thing... Don't we need our radioactive carbon while we're alive? If so, then the bacteria probably should remain only viable in non-oxygen environments (assuming the human body has enough O around it and in it to prevent anaerobic bacteria from living).
Usually the scams come out of Nigeria - or claim to at least. South Africa is a bit far away from Nigeria. The main languages other than English are totally different too and thus English has developed along different lines. If this had been an article about Nigerian pigeons being faster, it would have made more sense. As it is, it is like responding to an article about Colombia by talking about Mexicans.
On top of this, maybe I've missed it or something, but while a lot of the following comments tie in to wikipedia pages on pigeons, no one seems to have linked to IP over Avian Carriers - but perhaps they simply like the direct links made from that page.
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Interesting that you are an atheist and posit "superpowered beings who could shape the world with their voices" - this sounds remarkably similar to the judeo-christian claim.;)
I tend to watch one to two movies a year. I also don't download them illegally--I pay for them when they cost money or download them free on those one-offs the studios sometimes do through apple or amazon or/third-party vendor here/. Some readers will probably find that idiotic, but good art deserves to receive compensation when possible or reasonable. What I do find frustrating is that some material simply isn't available anywhere. The Password is Courage is an excellent (for the era) fictional take on the same story the Great Escape is based off of. It cannot be bought anywhere nor, as far as I know, is it outside of copyright protection. It is to this that I object to the current scheme of RIAA enforcement. Further, I find it frustrating that mode switching is such a hairy business at the moment--it should be legal to download and maintain a copy of a TV program or movie I have bought on TV and uploading same to others should also be legal--it actually would save the various production companies money. This has been made most evident by the massive profit found amongst music groups that have posted their music for free and made millions anyway off of hard-copy or donations.
The characterization that those of us on this site that oppose the RIAA / MPAA's model of "business" / copyright law are simply hypocrites is not universally true. While I am sure that many on here simply download and complain because they can, a number, for I have seen several similar comments before, are simply opposed to the anti-competitive, anti-art policies that prevent even libraries from making reasonable archival copies (format change is prohibited). Plus, we often find the RIAA/MPAA hypocritical in itself since Sony and others produce archiving/format changing machines and yet suggest out the other sides of their mouths that archiving music / video is illegal. You have also left out the whole subset of the discussion which would like to watch a movie in full before paying for it--this also seems reasonable to me given that society until the 20th century has always had a "look before you buy" attitude. Why should a technological shift mean a complete change in how commerce has been done for thousands (or perhaps even more) of years?
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So what are your thoughts on the Earthsea type of magic where the words themselves are important?
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The real question for me was always, "why did Lucas name the planet after a region in Palestine?" but I guess we all have our own questions.
What makes even less sense for many people outside the US is the insistence that teenagers be divided from other unmarried maturing young people. In many countries, 20 year olds hang out with 14 year olds and it isn't a gross taboo sexual thing, it is simply normal society. The US seems strongly divided along lines of sexual maturity with this as the basis for social category rather than a more general life stage (child, young unmarried, young married, older unmarried, older married, widowed, etc.)
agreed - ours just recently gave all the teachers in the state an 800 dollar raise using federal bailout money--what did we really need? more teachers, especially in urban outlying areas. What could 200,000 teachers x 800 dollars have gotten us... yes, quite a few teachers
I think the gp... or ggp... not sure at this point as the colored lines are never easy for me to follow, is not calling all who speak poor Standard English as intellectually inferior. His point seems to be that those who speak Standard English on purpose, who are willfully ignorant and actively seek excuses for remaining so, are in some fashion "inferior" to use your term. Willful ignorance is a major problem in society.
Also, as a teacher of both high school and college level students, I really don't see how the professor came to her conclusion as a broad-level event (my students aren't miraculously better the past few years than previous). It leaves out other possibilities--maybe the college increased their requirements for admission. Maybe the students all cheated... etc...
The distinction here is that as far as I know, watermelons are a staple food crop... nowhere... Corn was and continues to be a staple food in many parts of the world, including Mexico--who knows but what if Americans hadn't had their little "biofuel" craze, we wouldn't have what some would call a civil war going on just south of us.
I think watermelon excess crop use is a great idea--especially if restrictions are made on which watermelons can be used. All this said, it would seem the work on using sugars locked in more complex systems such as cellulose has longer term and greater potential -- then we can still eat the corn and then use the husk to power our lights (or what have you).
I don't know, but I imagine that once that's done it will probably rain toasted cheese for weeks. I love toasted cheese. The question is, where do we get enough bread to go with it?
my point is more along the lines of--there was a huge movement against music drm. The studios finally caved and we now have mp3s and non-drm aac's with user personal info encoded in the files as a means of ensuring both free access for consumers and investment protection for corporations. There ought to be a similar movement for not having restrictive drm for video. The question becomes, why is this movement missing?
Yes, our universe is a limited system (at least, all the evidence points that way and I see no reason to suggest otherwise given my qualifications above).
My point, though, is perhaps better worded as communism only works in a system with virtually unlimited resources--the same is effectively true of capitalism. Both systems require expansion given their human constituency.
A system that abolishes personal ownership allowing all people to have access to what they need whenever they need it is ideal. When this system is implemented in a resource / infrastructure limited system or in a restrictive / freedom destroying way (as it must be done among human beings), then there are problems.
We need a +5 Funny / Insightful mod (or perhaps someone to see the mod history). The parent here is making a tongue in cheek point... or clear through it, as he notes. What surprised and disgusted me (though why it surprised me, I don't know), was that the US government supported the would-be dictator along with Cuba and Venezuela (two countries we are not on good terms with). People I know in Honduras were afraid to go to the election... had been told by presidential supporters that going to it would be considered treasonous after the fact. It is encouraging that more is coming to light.
It has been a while, but basically, there are occasional comments by the characters (particularly between elves and the two wizards featured) that highlight greater background than Tolkien - the forging of the rings seems to relate some of the details found in... I think... the Silmarillion but it may come from one of Christopher's "histories"
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The technology has also been proven dangerous, why do you think microwave ovens have switches built in to turn the oven off when the door is opened? Would you step in a human scaled one and let someone turn it on?
There was actually an article on this very idea a few years back in Popular Science. It was about then that I realized exactly how "popular" should be understood in the title of the magazine. It was suggested that the wave of the future was a house built with microwave transmitters to constantly ensure that the inhabitants were toasty warm without the energy waste of heating the entire building. Having a microwave constantly running strikes me as a bit irresponsible, though if someone could demonstrate that it actually was safe, I wouldn't object to other people putting them in their homes. I am probably not scientific enough to go over for a dinner party even if it were to be proven safe, but...
Young kids these days and their rock music... Deaf at such an early age.
Speaking of, can I get the ticker symbols for a few good hearing aid manufacturers?
Related to one of the parent posts above, why should we use a real Time Machine when any other NAS running linux can be set up to run as a Time Machine backup?
Skimming through everything, I'm surprised no one has mentioned the short story "Standard Candles" by Jack McDevitt. In it, the presence of certain star types suggests a massive extraterrestrial beacon system. While certainly a bit farfetched, why not throw out that the presence of pulsars themselves is simply a trans-galactic gravity wave testing system?
I would suggest two generations and a greater focus on "diversity" rather than "common humanity" to the point that we have many kids (I teach) now interpreting "diversity" as "racism that is ok" - and by the time they reach me in high school, it is a bit too late to change this.
Also under Obama's plan is the requirement that there be a doctor or other person certified to give physicals (so at least a PA on each campus) during all school hours every day. Would the transition from PE class to student health file happen? Yes. Would that be entered into the national insurance database? Yes. Would the insurance company continue to offer insurance as required by law? Yes. Would they start charging more using "riders" on the account? You better believe it.
Some, but not all--I read slashdot for a general condensation of tech news and while some might argue ars tecnica as better, I like the comment system better here.
Thank you--this was helpful
Most of the other respondents to the parent have ridiculed the post along the lines of "you've seen too many science fiction movies." While this is probably the case for most slashdotters, surely turning radioactive elements in humans into inert compounds would be a bad thing... Don't we need our radioactive carbon while we're alive? If so, then the bacteria probably should remain only viable in non-oxygen environments (assuming the human body has enough O around it and in it to prevent anaerobic bacteria from living).
Usually the scams come out of Nigeria - or claim to at least. South Africa is a bit far away from Nigeria. The main languages other than English are totally different too and thus English has developed along different lines. If this had been an article about Nigerian pigeons being faster, it would have made more sense. As it is, it is like responding to an article about Colombia by talking about Mexicans.
On top of this, maybe I've missed it or something, but while a lot of the following comments tie in to wikipedia pages on pigeons, no one seems to have linked to IP over Avian Carriers - but perhaps they simply like the direct links made from that page.
Interesting that you are an atheist and posit "superpowered beings who could shape the world with their voices" - this sounds remarkably similar to the judeo-christian claim. ;)
The characterization that those of us on this site that oppose the RIAA / MPAA's model of "business" / copyright law are simply hypocrites is not universally true. While I am sure that many on here simply download and complain because they can, a number, for I have seen several similar comments before, are simply opposed to the anti-competitive, anti-art policies that prevent even libraries from making reasonable archival copies (format change is prohibited). Plus, we often find the RIAA/MPAA hypocritical in itself since Sony and others produce archiving/format changing machines and yet suggest out the other sides of their mouths that archiving music / video is illegal. You have also left out the whole subset of the discussion which would like to watch a movie in full before paying for it--this also seems reasonable to me given that society until the 20th century has always had a "look before you buy" attitude. Why should a technological shift mean a complete change in how commerce has been done for thousands (or perhaps even more) of years?
So what are your thoughts on the Earthsea type of magic where the words themselves are important?
The real question for me was always, "why did Lucas name the planet after a region in Palestine?" but I guess we all have our own questions.
What makes even less sense for many people outside the US is the insistence that teenagers be divided from other unmarried maturing young people. In many countries, 20 year olds hang out with 14 year olds and it isn't a gross taboo sexual thing, it is simply normal society. The US seems strongly divided along lines of sexual maturity with this as the basis for social category rather than a more general life stage (child, young unmarried, young married, older unmarried, older married, widowed, etc.)
agreed - ours just recently gave all the teachers in the state an 800 dollar raise using federal bailout money--what did we really need? more teachers, especially in urban outlying areas. What could 200,000 teachers x 800 dollars have gotten us... yes, quite a few teachers
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I think the gp... or ggp ... not sure at this point as the colored lines are never easy for me to follow, is not calling all who speak poor Standard English as intellectually inferior. His point seems to be that those who speak Standard English on purpose, who are willfully ignorant and actively seek excuses for remaining so, are in some fashion "inferior" to use your term. Willful ignorance is a major problem in society.
Also, as a teacher of both high school and college level students, I really don't see how the professor came to her conclusion as a broad-level event (my students aren't miraculously better the past few years than previous). It leaves out other possibilities--maybe the college increased their requirements for admission. Maybe the students all cheated... etc...
I think watermelon excess crop use is a great idea--especially if restrictions are made on which watermelons can be used. All this said, it would seem the work on using sugars locked in more complex systems such as cellulose has longer term and greater potential -- then we can still eat the corn and then use the husk to power our lights (or what have you).
I don't know, but I imagine that once that's done it will probably rain toasted cheese for weeks. I love toasted cheese. The question is, where do we get enough bread to go with it?
my point is more along the lines of--there was a huge movement against music drm. The studios finally caved and we now have mp3s and non-drm aac's with user personal info encoded in the files as a means of ensuring both free access for consumers and investment protection for corporations. There ought to be a similar movement for not having restrictive drm for video. The question becomes, why is this movement missing?
Yes, our universe is a limited system (at least, all the evidence points that way and I see no reason to suggest otherwise given my qualifications above).
My point, though, is perhaps better worded as communism only works in a system with virtually unlimited resources--the same is effectively true of capitalism. Both systems require expansion given their human constituency.
So why is there no apparent movement (at least not in the common media like there was with music drm) to have drm free video?
A system that abolishes personal ownership allowing all people to have access to what they need whenever they need it is ideal. When this system is implemented in a resource / infrastructure limited system or in a restrictive / freedom destroying way (as it must be done among human beings), then there are problems.
We need a +5 Funny / Insightful mod (or perhaps someone to see the mod history). The parent here is making a tongue in cheek point... or clear through it, as he notes. What surprised and disgusted me (though why it surprised me, I don't know), was that the US government supported the would-be dictator along with Cuba and Venezuela (two countries we are not on good terms with). People I know in Honduras were afraid to go to the election... had been told by presidential supporters that going to it would be considered treasonous after the fact. It is encouraging that more is coming to light.
It has been a while, but basically, there are occasional comments by the characters (particularly between elves and the two wizards featured) that highlight greater background than Tolkien - the forging of the rings seems to relate some of the details found in ... I think... the Silmarillion but it may come from one of Christopher's "histories"