Yes, I'm odd. This is the first thing that came to my mind. What if someone wanted to add a limb? I'm pretty sure it could be possible. We could construct a framework of artificial bone, build the artificial muscles and tendons, implant artificial nerves, and (much like when a person gets a limb transplant) graft it into the nervous system.
I'm no expert in this field - I'm merely speculating. Feel free to totally bash my idea. Is this even possible, though?
Have you tried going to a local EB and asking? They said it would be "in the $200 range". They never said a price. They said that for $20 I could reserve one, then pay the rest of the price and get one when they came in. Just because the web site doesn't have pre-orders doesn't mean a local manager won't do them.
We're not communists, we're "software terrorists", Bill, and we're out to kill little babies and children in the name of FOSS. We hate freedom and the American way of life and we're out to destroy it.
So we support Free, Open-Source Software, but not freedom. Yeah, sounds like Microsoft logic to me... kinda like clicking the 'Start' menu to stop your computer.
" freedom isn't free... freedom costs a buck o five. " -- Team America
Halpern doubts the World Trade Center would have the same occupancy level as before 9/11.
As crass as it may sound, this is because people died. I don't mean that the population would be the same less the number of victims; rather, that most people would be uncomfortable returning to a "normal" routine in a place that symbolizes much pain for people around the world.
Of course I would. I want to be just like Jack Bauer, a true American hero and star of the hit TV series, "24". When the CTU-LA headquarters was bombed by the Second Wave group, did they give up and hide like sissies? No! They stood their ground and fought to stop a nuke from detonating in LA.
... On second thought, no, I wouldn't. I'm insane...
I asked the people at Electronics Boutique a couple weeks ago whether they had any Nintendo DSes in. The response: "No, but we've started taking pre-orders for the PSP. It's coming out in March."
My question is this: Why was there such a long delay in getting this news out in the open? Obviously some people already knew about it.
Wonder if they'll open up some of the features the old company was charging for, like phone posts and more user icons?
Ooh. On second thought, I wonder if they'll even have those at all... did they buy the servers that hosted LJ (and the code for the VoIP stuff), or just all the content?
The odds of the universe being very nearly flat are 1 in 1, since we wouldn't be around to calculate those odds if it didn't pan out that way. Similarly the odds of the universe supporting life are 1 in 1 for the same reason.
For all we know there is a natural system that churns out universes on a regular cycle.
You've just contradicted yourself. If there might be a natural system that makes failed universes, then obviously the chances of a universe being successful is not 1 in 1. This is like saying that just because nobody sees a cat in a box, it means that the chance that there is no cat in the box is 1 in 1.
Simply because a universe is completely inobservable does not eliminate it entirely. It just makes it scientifically uninteresting (albeit very interesting, philosophically), because we can't come to conclusions about it one way or another.
If you only have two characters to record the year, you CAN'T record a date like "1/1/19100" - there isn't enough room in the field. ... What self-respecting programmer would actually store a date as two characters, instead of a single number?? Not only would you have to do the pointless conversion you mentioned, but it would take up more space.
The problem here was one of logic, not of programming. Yes, many applications stored dates as two-digit numbers. The question is this: Why would a date roll over from 99 to 00? Every human being capable of rational thought realizes that 99 is followed by 100.
Now this may sound like a joke, but I'm completely serious. Every time I saw something that actually was affected by the Y2K bug, it was a date that read "1/1/19100" instead of "1/1/2000". That was it. People EMPTIED THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS because they were afraid that they would get negative interest, or some such ridiculous notion.
Y2K was nothing more than a bunch of hype. There were many people who stood to profit from an end-of-the-world type scenario - specifically, people who sold survival gear and ran grocery stores, among others. Once they realized that there was even the slightest possibility that something could happen, they started advertising like crazy, and demanded that "research" be done into the situation.
From their MARKETING SERVICES (not Anti-Piracy services) web site (http://www.overpeer.com/marketing.asp):
Redirection to a web page selected by the content owner.
Overpeer's technology inserts itself into the tremendous traffic flow among peers and redirects would-be p2p pirates to authorized web sites where digital media owners and distributors can promote their artists, brands and products, build enduring connections with consumers, and convert attempted acts of piracy into sales.
Note that they say "selected by the content owner", and "where digital media owners and distributors CAN promote their" blah blah blah. Not that they MUST. In other words, they CAN promote their stuff, or they CAN put all sorts of evil crap on your computer. It's within the limits of the agreement.
Having said that, this causes me to wonder if Overpeer is actually responsible for the ads, or if the RIAA/MPAA told them that some other sort of content would be at the URL that the files pointed to - then pulled a Bait & Switch.
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Well, limb transplants, yes... but hand transplants are quite possible./
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9901/29/hand.transplant
This was back in 1999.
Yes, I'm odd. This is the first thing that came to my mind. What if someone wanted to add a limb? I'm pretty sure it could be possible. We could construct a framework of artificial bone, build the artificial muscles and tendons, implant artificial nerves, and (much like when a person gets a limb transplant) graft it into the nervous system.
I'm no expert in this field - I'm merely speculating. Feel free to totally bash my idea. Is this even possible, though?
No target in the Israeli/Palestinian terror war is random. The target is always "people of the other group".
What are you talking about??
Have you tried going to a local EB and asking? They said it would be "in the $200 range". They never said a price. They said that for $20 I could reserve one, then pay the rest of the price and get one when they came in. Just because the web site doesn't have pre-orders doesn't mean a local manager won't do them.
We're not communists, we're "software terrorists", Bill, and we're out to kill little babies and children in the name of FOSS. We hate freedom and the American way of life and we're out to destroy it.
So we support Free, Open-Source Software, but not freedom. Yeah, sounds like Microsoft logic to me... kinda like clicking the 'Start' menu to stop your computer. " freedom isn't free... freedom costs a buck o five. " -- Team America
Halpern doubts the World Trade Center would have the same occupancy level as before 9/11. As crass as it may sound, this is because people died. I don't mean that the population would be the same less the number of victims; rather, that most people would be uncomfortable returning to a "normal" routine in a place that symbolizes much pain for people around the world.
Of course I would. I want to be just like Jack Bauer, a true American hero and star of the hit TV series, "24". When the CTU-LA headquarters was bombed by the Second Wave group, did they give up and hide like sissies? No! They stood their ground and fought to stop a nuke from detonating in LA.
... On second thought, no, I wouldn't. I'm insane...
I believe I just wet myself in excited surprise.
I asked the people at Electronics Boutique a couple weeks ago whether they had any Nintendo DSes in. The response: "No, but we've started taking pre-orders for the PSP. It's coming out in March."
My question is this: Why was there such a long delay in getting this news out in the open? Obviously some people already knew about it.
That pie was sent on secret order from Linus. Everyone knows that.
Yes, just as beta is better than VHS!
When I read that he nose-dived, I was hoping for a video of him tripping and flying off a stage or something. I am sorely disappointed!
I always knew Gates was a robot. Now they installed SP2 on him, and LOOK WHAT HAPPENS! Increased security, my foot!
Interesting. I clicked the 'reply' link to the post about ads, and ended up replying to the wrong one... is Slashdot a bit broken, perhaps?
I have no ads on my journal... sounds like your friends are either a) on crack or b) adware-laden.
Wonder if they'll open up some of the features the old company was charging for, like phone posts and more user icons?
Ooh. On second thought, I wonder if they'll even have those at all... did they buy the servers that hosted LJ (and the code for the VoIP stuff), or just all the content?
The odds of the universe being very nearly flat are 1 in 1, since we wouldn't be around to calculate those odds if it didn't pan out that way. Similarly the odds of the universe supporting life are 1 in 1 for the same reason.
For all we know there is a natural system that churns out universes on a regular cycle.
You've just contradicted yourself. If there might be a natural system that makes failed universes, then obviously the chances of a universe being successful is not 1 in 1. This is like saying that just because nobody sees a cat in a box, it means that the chance that there is no cat in the box is 1 in 1.
Simply because a universe is completely inobservable does not eliminate it entirely. It just makes it scientifically uninteresting (albeit very interesting, philosophically), because we can't come to conclusions about it one way or another.
If you only have two characters to record the year, you CAN'T record a date like "1/1/19100" - there isn't enough room in the field.
... What self-respecting programmer would actually store a date as two characters, instead of a single number?? Not only would you have to do the pointless conversion you mentioned, but it would take up more space.
The problem here was one of logic, not of programming. Yes, many applications stored dates as two-digit numbers. The question is this: Why would a date roll over from 99 to 00? Every human being capable of rational thought realizes that 99 is followed by 100.
Now this may sound like a joke, but I'm completely serious. Every time I saw something that actually was affected by the Y2K bug, it was a date that read "1/1/19100" instead of "1/1/2000". That was it. People EMPTIED THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS because they were afraid that they would get negative interest, or some such ridiculous notion.
Y2K was nothing more than a bunch of hype. There were many people who stood to profit from an end-of-the-world type scenario - specifically, people who sold survival gear and ran grocery stores, among others. Once they realized that there was even the slightest possibility that something could happen, they started advertising like crazy, and demanded that "research" be done into the situation.
Overpeer's technology inserts itself into the tremendous traffic flow among peers and redirects would-be p2p pirates to authorized web sites where digital media owners and distributors can promote their artists, brands and products, build enduring connections with consumers, and convert attempted acts of piracy into sales.
Note that they say "selected by the content owner", and "where digital media owners and distributors CAN promote their" blah blah blah. Not that they MUST. In other words, they CAN promote their stuff, or they CAN put all sorts of evil crap on your computer. It's within the limits of the agreement.
Having said that, this causes me to wonder if Overpeer is actually responsible for the ads, or if the RIAA/MPAA told them that some other sort of content would be at the URL that the files pointed to - then pulled a Bait & Switch.