I enjoy SciFi, but the Treks were always my least favorite. However, I think the intro sequence for Enterprise was really good. After the first few times it got old, but I still remember how cool that montage of human travel science was the first time I saw it.
That is how memory has always seemed to work for me. Traumatic events (weather good or bad) tend to stick.
I once read a theory that I can't find a good link to now. Is said that neoropeptides act to strengthen neurons. The strength of the memory being related to how many similar connections are made among neurons. That number being related to the concentrations of neuropeptides floating around to make the connections. And the more traumatic an event (good or bad... I'm using trauma to mean big), the more neuropeptides produced by the hypothalmus. Thus, conditioning, learning, and imprinting all work on the same principle, but vary in the number of new connections created per event.
If the climate shifts, we will most certainly both freeze and fry in different places. Such a shift refers to changes in the patterns of energy on Earth, not changes to the total energy in the planetary system. Some places get hot, others cold. People will move.
The part about varying solar ouput in TFA was vague, but I believe it was talking about a small and short lived fluctuation (compared to total output) that merely triggered pattern shifts in delicate energy systems here on Earth.
According to the Wired article posted above, Gemesis is located in Florida and producing 3-carat diamonds.
The other company, Apollo something, has found success in manufacture but doesn't seem to be in mass production yet.
Interesting was that De Beers has given away free ultra high-tech detecting machines, invented by them, to labs around the world to detect the trace metal solvents that get stuck in the lattice of the Gemesis stones. Apparently the CVD process used by Apollo looks to be completely undetectable. And if "perfect" needs a few flaws, how hard can that be to introduce?
You, sir, are a very informed debater. Props to you.
However, I still disagree and the only argument I can fall back on is that I don't feel intangibles have the same value as tangibles. Perhaps once they did, in the age of high priests and druids (even scientology before the internet), but today it can be argued that the worth of information is no more than the worth of the media it's stored on since it can be infinitely reproduced with sufficient media and negligible time/energy.
I believe that works of the mind are responsible for our modern world and as such, intellectual property has been given it's just rewards. Perhaps much less than just. Still, the lack of physical resources tied up in these mental properties can make them seem unlimited. Is it possible that such products ARE unlimited, provided the continuance of humanity and the driven artist?
As a CS student who has been programming since childhood, but to date has NOT produced anything commercially viable, I still feel that while I may change the world some day if I'm very lucky, I will probably not get rich. I do it because it's what I do. BTW Tesla is my unsung hero.
I apologize for the fragment in my grandparent. I posted too hastily.
To label an act "piracy" implies that it is being sold for profit by the "pirate". This is not usually the case with p2p. Downloading intellectual property duplicates it, not steals it. The original is still completely intact.
If you tell a funny joke, do you take offense if someone else repeats it.
The argument that music and movies are SOOO much more expensive to produce than a funny joke and thus need us to redefine concepts like theft to include situations where nothing was actually taken.
With a staff like Leno's or Letterman's, I bet they have some pretty expensive jokes. Do they sue anyone who repeats them?
Now THAT would be a crime. When a private entity kicks down your door, you defend your home. You'd probably be outnumbered, but at least grab the kitchen knives and make as big and bloody a mess as possible. Corps will inevitably attempt this. They must be taught that it's not a worthwhile course of action.
Kinda like that tax on Canadian blank media mentioned earlier. Then, the money could be distributed not just to record labels, but to all the major corps to offset losses from thefts in which cars were used. And if little "mom and pop" liquor stores aren't part of the big corporate cartel then too bad for them.
I keep reloading the ever-changingwiki page as I'm reading this. A few minutes ago all it said was "Sollog eats his nuts. And likes it." Now it has an actual article. Can't wait to see what's next.
Can we assume the Linux bugs were all fixed. Or at least tagged and reported so that they can be fixed. Does this mean Linux kernal 2.6 will now be completely 100% bug free?!?!
My girlfriend is left handed and her manner of speech can be at times... difficult. She tends to mix up words, even stuff like yes/no, did/didn't. She's a great artist and a poetic soul. Perhaps, it's her handedness to blame.
Could a person invent something or find a tricky solution without some real knowledge of the field, but just instant library access and a built in calculator?
I think the answer was that 25 tons would meet the US energy needs for a year! So, if your talking rocket fuel comparison, then "hell yes" it's worth it! And really, though the tech may be different, this is essentially a commercial extraction and shipping problem. The sort of thing that humankind has been efficiently solving since many thousands of years before NASA.
Parent is really on to something here. My first thought is that consumer guides should rate all RFID chips and readers as to range, frequency, penetration, and any other important info. My guess is that most major consumer guides have never done testing quite like this. Or maybe they just don't see the demand. Either way, it is for Geeks to show them the way. A tutorial is needed explaining the equipment and procedures to test RFID.
I think this is an important point. Perhaps parent is correct that this is not DDOS, but DRDOS. They say they back off when the server starts to fail. I think that distinction will have to be made in court. And it will probably be challenged several times after.
That's the second comparison to "getting hit by an asteroid" I've read. First off, you'd have to be in space to get hit by an asteroid. I think you meant meteorite. Second, I've never heard of anyone getting hit by a meteorite, but the story mentions 83 people have had cell phones explode. Hardly the same level of risk.
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Agreed. The theme song is BAD.
I enjoy SciFi, but the Treks were always my least favorite. However, I think the intro sequence for Enterprise was really good. After the first few times it got old, but I still remember how cool that montage of human travel science was the first time I saw it.
Sorry, links to Bugzilla from Slashdot are disabled.
That is how memory has always seemed to work for me. Traumatic events (weather good or bad) tend to stick.
I once read a theory that I can't find a good link to now. Is said that neoropeptides act to strengthen neurons. The strength of the memory being related to how many similar connections are made among neurons. That number being related to the concentrations of neuropeptides floating around to make the connections. And the more traumatic an event (good or bad... I'm using trauma to mean big), the more neuropeptides produced by the hypothalmus. Thus, conditioning, learning, and imprinting all work on the same principle, but vary in the number of new connections created per event.
Guess TFA kinda disagrees with that theory.
If the climate shifts, we will most certainly both freeze and fry in different places. Such a shift refers to changes in the patterns of energy on Earth, not changes to the total energy in the planetary system. Some places get hot, others cold. People will move.
The part about varying solar ouput in TFA was vague, but I believe it was talking about a small and short lived fluctuation (compared to total output) that merely triggered pattern shifts in delicate energy systems here on Earth.
According to the Wired article posted above, Gemesis is located in Florida and producing 3-carat diamonds.
The other company, Apollo something, has found success in manufacture but doesn't seem to be in mass production yet.
Interesting was that De Beers has given away free ultra high-tech detecting machines, invented by them, to labs around the world to detect the trace metal solvents that get stuck in the lattice of the Gemesis stones. Apparently the CVD process used by Apollo looks to be completely undetectable. And if "perfect" needs a few flaws, how hard can that be to introduce?
You, sir, are a very informed debater. Props to you.
However, I still disagree and the only argument I can fall back on is that I don't feel intangibles have the same value as tangibles. Perhaps once they did, in the age of high priests and druids (even scientology before the internet), but today it can be argued that the worth of information is no more than the worth of the media it's stored on since it can be infinitely reproduced with sufficient media and negligible time/energy.
I believe that works of the mind are responsible for our modern world and as such, intellectual property has been given it's just rewards. Perhaps much less than just. Still, the lack of physical resources tied up in these mental properties can make them seem unlimited. Is it possible that such products ARE unlimited, provided the continuance of humanity and the driven artist?
As a CS student who has been programming since childhood, but to date has NOT produced anything commercially viable, I still feel that while I may change the world some day if I'm very lucky, I will probably not get rich. I do it because it's what I do. BTW Tesla is my unsung hero.
I apologize for the fragment in my grandparent. I posted too hastily.
Hey that might be cool. All decisions could be based on searching every option and going with whichever has the highest hit count.
EXTREME democracy!
To label an act "piracy" implies that it is being sold for profit by the "pirate". This is not usually the case with p2p. Downloading intellectual property duplicates it, not steals it. The original is still completely intact.
If you tell a funny joke, do you take offense if someone else repeats it.
The argument that music and movies are SOOO much more expensive to produce than a funny joke and thus need us to redefine concepts like theft to include situations where nothing was actually taken.
With a staff like Leno's or Letterman's, I bet they have some pretty expensive jokes. Do they sue anyone who repeats them?
Now THAT would be a crime. When a private entity kicks down your door, you defend your home. You'd probably be outnumbered, but at least grab the kitchen knives and make as big and bloody a mess as possible. Corps will inevitably attempt this. They must be taught that it's not a worthwhile course of action.
Kinda like that tax on Canadian blank media mentioned earlier. Then, the money could be distributed not just to record labels, but to all the major corps to offset losses from thefts in which cars were used. And if little "mom and pop" liquor stores aren't part of the big corporate cartel then too bad for them.
I keep reloading the ever-changingwiki page as I'm reading this. A few minutes ago all it said was "Sollog eats his nuts. And likes it." Now it has an actual article. Can't wait to see what's next.
Can we assume the Linux bugs were all fixed. Or at least tagged and reported so that they can be fixed. Does this mean Linux kernal 2.6 will now be completely 100% bug free?!?!
My girlfriend is left handed and her manner of speech can be at times... difficult. She tends to mix up words, even stuff like yes/no, did/didn't. She's a great artist and a poetic soul. Perhaps, it's her handedness to blame.
How many people had to look up "disjunctive syllogism" to follow these posts?
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Incidentally, it takes the form: A XOR B, not A, therefore B.
Wikipedia sucks, heres another link. http://www.lyberty.com/encyc/articles/inconsistan
The name John Titor is being bandied about ever more frequently. http://www.johntitor.com/
Could a person invent something or find a tricky solution without some real knowledge of the field, but just instant library access and a built in calculator?
Sounds like a job for open source!
I think the answer was that 25 tons would meet the US energy needs for a year! So, if your talking rocket fuel comparison, then "hell yes" it's worth it! And really, though the tech may be different, this is essentially a commercial extraction and shipping problem. The sort of thing that humankind has been efficiently solving since many thousands of years before NASA.
I must try this too. Reminds of the experiments in kid science magazines. To the microwave!
Parent is really on to something here. My first thought is that consumer guides should rate all RFID chips and readers as to range, frequency, penetration, and any other important info. My guess is that most major consumer guides have never done testing quite like this. Or maybe they just don't see the demand. Either way, it is for Geeks to show them the way. A tutorial is needed explaining the equipment and procedures to test RFID.
Tell it like it is, brother! I just installed it.
I think this is an important point. Perhaps parent is correct that this is not DDOS, but DRDOS. They say they back off when the server starts to fail. I think that distinction will have to be made in court. And it will probably be challenged several times after.
That's the second comparison to "getting hit by an asteroid" I've read. First off, you'd have to be in space to get hit by an asteroid. I think you meant meteorite. Second, I've never heard of anyone getting hit by a meteorite, but the story mentions 83 people have had cell phones explode. Hardly the same level of risk.
Some excellent projects, every one. I also never had a solenoid, but I'm sure I'd have loved one.