Or, you could be involved in trying to fix it. Hate to break this to you, but this country has been in worse shape before. Do a google search on the history of this country in the decades after the civil war. Some of the things that went on make today look like a paradise. One state returned multiple sets of electoral college votes. House of Representatives choosing a president in return for agreements to remove troops from Southern states. voting shenanigans that make Deibold look honest.
Yet, this country pulled out of it. We have a system that allows good men to fix their country. As we see today, the Supreme Court acts as a break on a President who runs out of control, or a Congress. We have checks and balances and free speech.
Those tools pulled us out of a deeper bit only 150 years ago. A blip in the history of civilization. We can do the same today. Or we can just bitch and moan and throw up our hands.
Yes. It is, technically. I believe ESA pays about 1/6th of the cost. Not sure what they have done technically for the project. Anyone have a reference that would detail this?
Yeah. But have you ever seen an ant's brain? Try doing the same things a robot does on something as primitive as an ant's brain, and I'd REALLY be impressed.
Heck, most of my coworkers have brains TWICE as big as an ant's, and have a hard time with spacial orientation.
he system is designed to match specific 'signatures' from your applications to a database of over 200,000 possible 'problem' signatures and alert the user for correction or analysis.
The interesting thing is that no matter which 'signature' is noticed, the alert always reads "omfg n00b! read the fvcking manual!"
Most conversations I have had on a cell phone, even those not done while driving, have hardly required much thought.
Maybe not. But there is that rare occasion where you suddenly need 100% brain power to make a quick decision. If you are engrossed in a phone conversation, it ain't there. Sorry. I should not be subject to your lack of attention on the road.
And how do you drive with a cell in your hand? Turn signals are NOT optional despite popular opinion. When you are actually driving, do you take you "free hand" off the wheel to use it? Or do you just changes lanes, and leave it to everyone else to just deal with it?
I hope they spend some amounts for this project if they want to make some benefit for humanity.
This states that if they want to benefit humanity, then they must spend some amount on this project. Unless, of course, you count zero as "some amounts"
I never said that giving laptops was pointless. Great grandparent post stated that the only way to make a difference was through this program.
However, on this note: Hate to break this to you, but if you wanted to make a better impact in India, you'd be better off funding puplic kiosks. They have the infrastructure to NOT need crank up etch-a-sketches. The laptops were designed for folks who were in more remote places. Like West Virginia.
I never said it would be pointless. ggp said that the only way to make a difference is with this one program. Please try to follow the thread before replying.
He painted a blackberry. And then he makes it sound like he is uber cool. If he were 21, I might be mildly amused. He is old enough to be a 21 year old's grandfather.
There is nothing amazing about this. It is not useful. It is not even cool in a geek kind of way. Superficial in the "look, mine is flashier than yours" without any added functionality, and without any real work on his end.
Next week: I will show how I modded my tennis shoes with drywall compound when I was doing my weekend house project.
You have no idea what you're talking about, do you? What makes something science is whether or not it is disprovable - or to put it another way, testable.
You are absolutely right. I was sloppy on the wording. In my defense, however, I'd ask you to read the thread. Basically, the ggp was stating that the guy "has his panties in a wad". I was pointing out the reason for this "attack" on string theory. It has nothing to do with emotionalism, but everything to do with the lack of scientific rigor.
So, while I was sloppy in my rebuttal, I'd argue that you missed the point of the thread, picking nits.
Wow. You failed logic 101. God created everything. God is Good. God created free-will and choice. There is evil. His creation chose evil. Evil is simply the absence of God.
Doesn't prove anything one way or another. Simply that your frame of logic is weak.
*Sigh* One of the biggest problems of string theory is it is damn near unprovable. It could be true. It might not be. But if the facts don't fit, you just modify the theory again. And yes, this is oversimplification, but not by much.
Makes me wonder if we are near the edge of what humans can know. Growing up, I took it on fiath that it was just a matter of time before we knew it all. Now, I am not so sure. Perhaps our monkey brains simply can't conceive of the true nature of reality.
The device could be used for a wide variety of applications, including nanoelectronics, calibration devices, quantum computation and biology (Science 312 1634).
And that was in the first paragraph. It took you longer to type your post than it would have to actually read the first paragraph. And you even forgot to yell 'frist post.
he simply will not be voted out of office short of killing someone.;-)
For those who don't know, in his younger days Ted Kennedy did kill someone. In a drunken stupor, he drove off a pier with a young lady in the car. He got out, and instead of going to the police or trying to get help, left her to die in the car. If his ass were black he'd be doing life. If he didn't have a rich family, he'd have done at least twenty years. Instead, coming from a priviledged background, he gets to be a Senator.
Misread this as a composting application. I knew you mac boys like to think different, but my ten dollar garbage can, month old table scraps and watering can are more than enough for this type of job.
Tuition rates at high-end universities here are $20,000-$40,000
Thanks for comparing apples and oranges. You can get a college education many levels above the typical Chinese college for about 1/4 of the low-end price. And our government will subsidize the loan to the extent that it effectively halves the price. Then there is outright financial grants for lower income families. These do not get repaid.
If you come from a poverty level income family, you can get a decent college education for free, or close to free. Especially if you are a "minority". Of course, if we keep spending 300 billion a year on interest payments and $500 billion on our war machine, this may not last much longer.
Nowhere in the article does it mention exactly HOW it fell short of the advertizing. Does its handwriting recognition fall short? Is its reported collaboration short of the mark? This article is about as worthless as it comes to getting any real information. Perhaps they modelled their article writing on the Microsoft advertizing campaign?
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Saturday night. And you want a hamster. Who am I to judge?
Thanks. I enjoy learning things like this.
Or, you could be involved in trying to fix it. Hate to break this to you, but this country has been in worse shape before. Do a google search on the history of this country in the decades after the civil war. Some of the things that went on make today look like a paradise. One state returned multiple sets of electoral college votes. House of Representatives choosing a president in return for agreements to remove troops from Southern states. voting shenanigans that make Deibold look honest.
Yet, this country pulled out of it. We have a system that allows good men to fix their country. As we see today, the Supreme Court acts as a break on a President who runs out of control, or a Congress. We have checks and balances and free speech.
Those tools pulled us out of a deeper bit only 150 years ago. A blip in the history of civilization. We can do the same today. Or we can just bitch and moan and throw up our hands.
The choice is yours.
Yes. It is, technically. I believe ESA pays about 1/6th of the cost. Not sure what they have done technically for the project. Anyone have a reference that would detail this?
Seriously, are there statistics that clearly point to an increase in accidents due directly to someone using their phone? My guess is no.
What rock have you been living under for the past decade? One study "showed a four-fold increase in the risk of an injury crash"
Try google, and read the other 10,000 studies out there.
Yeah. But have you ever seen an ant's brain? Try doing the same things a robot does on something as primitive as an ant's brain, and I'd REALLY be impressed.
Heck, most of my coworkers have brains TWICE as big as an ant's, and have a hard time with spacial orientation.
On second thought, err, I don't know what came over me. My unreserved apologies, but I really meant to preview and submit anonymously
So, not only:
1) Do you not have a sense of humor
2) You're too big a pussy to post it under your account name
but
3) You aren't even smart enough to use the AC checkbox.
Damn. That is sad.
he system is designed to match specific 'signatures' from your applications to a database of over 200,000 possible 'problem' signatures and alert the user for correction or analysis.
The interesting thing is that no matter which 'signature' is noticed, the alert always reads "omfg n00b! read the fvcking manual!"
Most conversations I have had on a cell phone, even those not done while driving, have hardly required much thought.
Maybe not. But there is that rare occasion where you suddenly need 100% brain power to make a quick decision. If you are engrossed in a phone conversation, it ain't there. Sorry. I should not be subject to your lack of attention on the road.
And how do you drive with a cell in your hand? Turn signals are NOT optional despite popular opinion. When you are actually driving, do you take you "free hand" off the wheel to use it? Or do you just changes lanes, and leave it to everyone else to just deal with it?
I hope they spend some amounts for this project if they want to make some benefit for humanity.
This states that if they want to benefit humanity, then they must spend some amount on this project. Unless, of course, you count zero as "some amounts"
I never said that giving laptops was pointless. Great grandparent post stated that the only way to make a difference was through this program.
However, on this note: Hate to break this to you, but if you wanted to make a better impact in India, you'd be better off funding puplic kiosks. They have the infrastructure to NOT need crank up etch-a-sketches. The laptops were designed for folks who were in more remote places. Like West Virginia.
I never said it would be pointless. ggp said that the only way to make a difference is with this one program. Please try to follow the thread before replying.
I hope they spend some amounts for this project if they want to make some benefit for humanity.
Yes, because spending money on AIDS research would be just pointless.
Sadly, he probably is. Superficial people are impressed with sperficial things. People identify themselves rather quickly.
See? I have already identified myself as a jaded, cynical old man.
He painted a blackberry. And then he makes it sound like he is uber cool. If he were 21, I might be mildly amused. He is old enough to be a 21 year old's grandfather.
There is nothing amazing about this. It is not useful. It is not even cool in a geek kind of way. Superficial in the "look, mine is flashier than yours" without any added functionality, and without any real work on his end.
Next week: I will show how I modded my tennis shoes with drywall compound when I was doing my weekend house project.
You have no idea what you're talking about, do you? What makes something science is whether or not it is disprovable - or to put it another way, testable.
You are absolutely right. I was sloppy on the wording. In my defense, however, I'd ask you to read the thread. Basically, the ggp was stating that the guy "has his panties in a wad". I was pointing out the reason for this "attack" on string theory. It has nothing to do with emotionalism, but everything to do with the lack of scientific rigor.
So, while I was sloppy in my rebuttal, I'd argue that you missed the point of the thread, picking nits.
42?
Wow. You failed logic 101. God created everything. God is Good. God created free-will and choice. There is evil. His creation chose evil. Evil is simply the absence of God.
Doesn't prove anything one way or another. Simply that your frame of logic is weak.
*Sigh* One of the biggest problems of string theory is it is damn near unprovable. It could be true. It might not be. But if the facts don't fit, you just modify the theory again. And yes, this is oversimplification, but not by much.
Makes me wonder if we are near the edge of what humans can know. Growing up, I took it on fiath that it was just a matter of time before we knew it all. Now, I am not so sure. Perhaps our monkey brains simply can't conceive of the true nature of reality.
RTFA.
The device could be used for a wide variety of applications, including nanoelectronics, calibration devices, quantum computation and biology (Science 312 1634).
And that was in the first paragraph. It took you longer to type your post than it would have to actually read the first paragraph. And you even forgot to yell 'frist post.
he simply will not be voted out of office short of killing someone. ;-)
For those who don't know, in his younger days Ted Kennedy did kill someone. In a drunken stupor, he drove off a pier with a young lady in the car. He got out, and instead of going to the police or trying to get help, left her to die in the car. If his ass were black he'd be doing life. If he didn't have a rich family, he'd have done at least twenty years. Instead, coming from a priviledged background, he gets to be a Senator.
heir high-end compositing application
Misread this as a composting application. I knew you mac boys like to think different, but my ten dollar garbage can, month old table scraps and watering can are more than enough for this type of job.
Tuition rates at high-end universities here are $20,000-$40,000
Thanks for comparing apples and oranges. You can get a college education many levels above the typical Chinese college for about 1/4 of the low-end price. And our government will subsidize the loan to the extent that it effectively halves the price. Then there is outright financial grants for lower income families. These do not get repaid.
If you come from a poverty level income family, you can get a decent college education for free, or close to free. Especially if you are a "minority". Of course, if we keep spending 300 billion a year on interest payments and $500 billion on our war machine, this may not last much longer.
Nowhere in the article does it mention exactly HOW it fell short of the advertizing. Does its handwriting recognition fall short? Is its reported collaboration short of the mark? This article is about as worthless as it comes to getting any real information. Perhaps they modelled their article writing on the Microsoft advertizing campaign?
Sorry. I must be totally insensitive. I blame it on being a priviledged white guy.