...some of my humanities professors. Sometimes I would write and rewrite and end up with a B. Other times, I wait until the last minute and make up some bull**** and I get an A. At least with this program you know what you're getting...
Hey, that's only some companies. NASA has made great progress with their long term planning. Examples: man on moon, satellites, Mars rover, etc. I think if you really look at Japanese companies, they too look at short term progress, just like we look at long term progress. It's just human nature to focus on the present. Imagine if we didn't...*Bear approaches man. Man plans on gathering food for the winter ignoring bear. Bear eats man. Yummy...*
This reminds me of everytime I see a TOS agreement and have no clue what the heck they are talking about. There has to be a way for people to cut through the jargon and get to the gist of it. What's the point of language if most people have no clue what you're talking about...?
Maybe Microsoft can bundle it together with all the TVs being sold. Of course, then hackers can hack into your TV and spam you while you're sitting on your own couch!!!
I'm pointing out how self-absorbed his example is. It's highly reflective of the mentality of Americans (and everyone, i'll admit). I, too, have bias I'll admit. But his post reminds me of the self-absorbed attitudes people have. I remember watching the news on the Tsunami and every other segment featured WHITE people caught up in the tsunami and how they barely escaped. Every freaking channel it was WHITE people suffering. I mean, freaking 150,000 ASIANS were killed or missing and the news keeps featuring WHITE people. Sure, there was dead asians here and there, but the focus was on white people. I remember one news show mentioning how 7 Americans died.
My point is, when you mention an event, you should mention the main focus of the event. Germany::Jews. Japan::Chinese. Tsunami::Asia. Etc. Mentioning American or British POWs suffering in Japan is like mentioning the 7 Americans who died in the Tsunami. Yes, it sucks, but you're out of focus.
"If Japan discovered curative agents during some of the shit they pulled during WWII on American POWs"
American POWs?!! How about all the shit they pulled on the Chinese. Rape. Mutilation. Biochemical experiments. They killed and experimented on FAR more Chinese than Americans. Estimated up to and possibly more than 6 millions Chinese died to the Japanese. That's more than all those Jews that died in the concentration camps. American POWs...How self-absorbed...
Ooooo....this reminds me of a Dateline show that I saw, where the father was trying to teach his daughter about patents. Anyways, in the end, the daughter patented the playground "swings." Lol. I think that anecdote sums up the problems with the patents. The US either better establish a larger Patent Office or....uh, yea...they better establish a larger Patent Office.
Wow what a generalization to make. I know you are trying to not tread on anyone's feet while making your grandiose theory but the fact of the matter is, white people got lucky. They were at the right place at the right time.
I read this book (forgot the name), that chronicled the history of technology and showed the surprising convergence of techonology. When the western world used arabic numbers, printing press (chinese), gunpowder(chinese), paper(chinese), these things which are the necessary precursor to modern civilization, you wonder how much is really done by the Western countries (alot for sure, but why?). Electricity and magnetism were already discovered as well as gravity and math before Franklin and Newton. I also bet a lot of us here at Slashdot are intelligent enough to discover some of those "great" discoveries like the periodic table, penicillin, and the steam engine. It's just that most people at those time periods did not have the opportunities that we have today in education and resources. They were just trying to survive. We have more scientists today than for the last 10000 years combined. The last 300 years has been an aberration in time, where people were allowed time and place to make these simple discoveries. Sure some of the discoveries are pretty complex (calculus), but even the Mayans could predict the rotation of the stars for the next 300 years (they are surprisingly accurate!). The point is, I believe, any culture could have discovered what has been done these past 300 years.
Hasn't the Music industry recorded record profits during the years when it CLAIMED that they lost MILLIONS to illegal downloads? It seems like the rise of p2p has coincided with profit increases for the music industry. I won't say it's a cause and an effect. But it's a drop in a bucket to them. Apple's success shows people are willing to pay, just not the inflated, over-hyped prices of the crap cds the RIAA has been coming out with.
The State Department says it may use the principle to give travelers an added sense of security.
I'm just saying a determined thief can and will take down your information. Tin foil around your passport won't do the trick.
Also, I can't believe the government was going to issue passports without protection. the fact that your passport shouldn't be broadcasting your information is pretty simple to comprehend.
On a second note, how does RFID make boarding planes faster again? Don't they still need to verify your identity with a picture id, possibly two? Isn't that the biggest reason for slow boarding of planes? It seems to me that biometrics would be a better way to verify passengers onto planes quickly.
...they put metal wires in to keep others from accessing your information, big deal. How are they going to keep a thief from stealing your passport altogether?
Can the transister technology used in the flash memory also be used to help reduce the problems occuring when developing CPUs? Do anyone of you/. people know about this?
I'm saying that we are safe from nuclear infiltration across our borders. As you'd know if you thought about it for about ten seconds. If you, you know, used your brain.
If you used your brain you would realize we have, oh over 8000 miles of border around the US to protect and, oh only a couple thousand border patrol officers. If you bothered looking up actual facts, you'd remember the homeland security director submitting many concerns about terrorists coming over the borders. And he is way more qualified than you at making that assessment, yet you still deride my comments as stupid or ignorant. Many news organizations expresses concerns over the ease, which people come over the border, and yet still you don't accept it is possible. (here's one of the many links in case you whine about no proof http://www.nbc4.tv/newslinks/3901282/detail.html ). To doubt that it's not possible is foolish.
You may have been trying to do that, but you were not successful.
clever
Are you familiar with the phrase "ballistic trajectory?" ICBMs can only travel at one speed.
I hate to break it to you but the defense system is designed to defend more than just nukes. Blowing up the nuke but letting the 500 missiles after it hit is a pretty stupid defense system.
Your "big picture" is that this system is not worth building. You are mistaken about that.
that's your opinion and, for the record, it's not worth building
No, the point is that in practical terms it cannot be. You talk about things like changing the acceleration of gravity or magically manufacturing additional missiles as if they were practical objections. They're not.
Haha, ok. Let me give you one scenario. Launching the nuke from space. Hmmm.... And when I said circumvented, I meant there are other ways to attack the US that the defense system can't defend against, which includes non-ICBM rockets and mass attacks including decoy rockets.
Hey, thanks. Because, you know, you'd done such an incredible job of hiding your politics up to that point. Ahem.
That sarcastic remark is redundant. If I was trying to hide my politics I wouldn't be posting. Your posts reveals your own ideology.
Whether it works right now or not, it is never foolish to put work into a defense. Otherwise, we never would have made kevlar, because only steel could stop bullets. Did the first AA guns work perfectly? Shoot down every plane? How 'bout that radar... Really, what a waste to put money into a pie in the sky dream like that! Submarines? Come on, the first ones built all sank. Decoys and chaff for AA missles? Come on, that would NEVER work! Something new always looks foolish. But eventually with enough R&D, hard work, and effort, some of these projects bear fruit. Does it mean that we just fund everything? No. It does mean though that we always look for new ways to do things. Otherwise it's back to MAD, with an enemy that really doesn't CARE if you incinerate their people.
I never said I was against the technology. I specifically said that I'm interested in the technology developing even more, but I doubted they were spending efficiently. I bet a lot of the money went into the coffers of the high-level executives.
Are you trying to make a funny? Do you seriously think that you're the only person who's ever thought of bringing a nuclear weapon into the United States? We've had systems in place to prevent that kind of thing since the 1950s, and they've been under constant improvement ever since. Just what do you think they do at Oak Ridge, anyway?
Thousands of illegal immigrants come over the border easily each day and you're saying we can stop terrorists or countries from coming over? All they need to bring is a freaking suitcase. And if more than one person comes over, how effective will your "systems" be? how many people can they catch out of 5? out of 10? out of 100? one is too much.
Finally, I don't know what the heck you're talking about regarding the flare thing. We're not referring to the AIM-9, here. I don't think bemoaning the state of the art of 1958 is really a productive line of discussion, do you?
Omg. I was just pointing out that there are many other ways to attack the US. Like some others have said, making missles faster, and launching more plus decoys can circumvent the system. You go on to attack tiny points in my post but miss the big picture. The point is that the Defense System can be circumvented. And I DOUBT you will argue against that. But I should never underestimate the power of stupid people. Bush did win the election after all...
I think the funny thing is that even when the system becomes operational or even perfect, people who really want to hurt the US can do so by bringing in a suitcase with a nuclear bomb or even attacking from inside the coutry with internal spies. Or they can use a simple EMP device to shut down all the electronics in the vicinity when launching missles. Or they can disrupt the targeting system by shooting out flares. There are so many ways to circumvent the system, it's obvious the Missle Defense Program is just another way to fund the Miltary-Industrial Complex.
I am, however, interested in the advances in technology that comes from development. But hundreds of billions of dollars...?
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...some of my humanities professors. Sometimes I would write and rewrite and end up with a B. Other times, I wait until the last minute and make up some bull**** and I get an A. At least with this program you know what you're getting...
Hey, that's only some companies. NASA has made great progress with their long term planning. Examples: man on moon, satellites, Mars rover, etc. I think if you really look at Japanese companies, they too look at short term progress, just like we look at long term progress. It's just human nature to focus on the present. Imagine if we didn't...*Bear approaches man. Man plans on gathering food for the winter ignoring bear. Bear eats man. Yummy...*
This reminds me of everytime I see a TOS agreement and have no clue what the heck they are talking about. There has to be a way for people to cut through the jargon and get to the gist of it. What's the point of language if most people have no clue what you're talking about...?
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....the next time you get caught looking at porn, you can point to this article and say, "Hey it's not me, it's evolution, baby."
Maybe Microsoft can bundle it together with all the TVs being sold. Of course, then hackers can hack into your TV and spam you while you're sitting on your own couch!!!
Maybe one day people will realize ZERO wheels is the best...and start walking.
I'm pointing out how self-absorbed his example is. It's highly reflective of the mentality of Americans (and everyone, i'll admit). I, too, have bias I'll admit. But his post reminds me of the self-absorbed attitudes people have. I remember watching the news on the Tsunami and every other segment featured WHITE people caught up in the tsunami and how they barely escaped. Every freaking channel it was WHITE people suffering. I mean, freaking 150,000 ASIANS were killed or missing and the news keeps featuring WHITE people. Sure, there was dead asians here and there, but the focus was on white people. I remember one news show mentioning how 7 Americans died.
My point is, when you mention an event, you should mention the main focus of the event. Germany::Jews. Japan::Chinese. Tsunami::Asia. Etc. Mentioning American or British POWs suffering in Japan is like mentioning the 7 Americans who died in the Tsunami. Yes, it sucks, but you're out of focus.
"If Japan discovered curative agents during some of the shit they pulled during WWII on American POWs"
American POWs?!! How about all the shit they pulled on the Chinese. Rape. Mutilation. Biochemical experiments. They killed and experimented on FAR more Chinese than Americans. Estimated up to and possibly more than 6 millions Chinese died to the Japanese. That's more than all those Jews that died in the concentration camps. American POWs...How self-absorbed...
Oh yea that's right. Of course I'm new. Can't you tell by my ID #. Sheesh, you must be new =).
Ooooo....this reminds me of a Dateline show that I saw, where the father was trying to teach his daughter about patents. Anyways, in the end, the daughter patented the playground "swings." Lol. I think that anecdote sums up the problems with the patents. The US either better establish a larger Patent Office or....uh, yea...they better establish a larger Patent Office.
Wow what a generalization to make. I know you are trying to not tread on anyone's feet while making your grandiose theory but the fact of the matter is, white people got lucky. They were at the right place at the right time.
I read this book (forgot the name), that chronicled the history of technology and showed the surprising convergence of techonology. When the western world used arabic numbers, printing press (chinese), gunpowder(chinese), paper(chinese), these things which are the necessary precursor to modern civilization, you wonder how much is really done by the Western countries (alot for sure, but why?). Electricity and magnetism were already discovered as well as gravity and math before Franklin and Newton. I also bet a lot of us here at Slashdot are intelligent enough to discover some of those "great" discoveries like the periodic table, penicillin, and the steam engine. It's just that most people at those time periods did not have the opportunities that we have today in education and resources. They were just trying to survive. We have more scientists today than for the last 10000 years combined. The last 300 years has been an aberration in time, where people were allowed time and place to make these simple discoveries. Sure some of the discoveries are pretty complex (calculus), but even the Mayans could predict the rotation of the stars for the next 300 years (they are surprisingly accurate!). The point is, I believe, any culture could have discovered what has been done these past 300 years.
Hasn't the Music industry recorded record profits during the years when it CLAIMED that they lost MILLIONS to illegal downloads? It seems like the rise of p2p has coincided with profit increases for the music industry. I won't say it's a cause and an effect. But it's a drop in a bucket to them. Apple's success shows people are willing to pay, just not the inflated, over-hyped prices of the crap cds the RIAA has been coming out with.
I was thinking if they made an Slashdot Quiz how would it be, I wonder?
Slashdot Quiz
1. What is Raistlin Majere's middle name?
2. Name 10 species that existed in Middle Earth.
3. If someone offends you with a post, should you a). Flame him b). Flame him c). Flame him.
4. Name the past 10 iterations of intel's processor.
etc...
I'm just saying a determined thief can and will take down your information. Tin foil around your passport won't do the trick.
Also, I can't believe the government was going to issue passports without protection. the fact that your passport shouldn't be broadcasting your information is pretty simple to comprehend.
On a second note, how does RFID make boarding planes faster again? Don't they still need to verify your identity with a picture id, possibly two? Isn't that the biggest reason for slow boarding of planes? It seems to me that biometrics would be a better way to verify passengers onto planes quickly.
...they put metal wires in to keep others from accessing your information, big deal. How are they going to keep a thief from stealing your passport altogether?
Can the transister technology used in the flash memory also be used to help reduce the problems occuring when developing CPUs? Do anyone of you /. people know about this?
I'll admit my first post is generalized and partly ambiguous. So I'll sum it up:
1. The System is a way to fund the Military-Industrial Complex. a.k.a. Rich people trying to make more money
2. The technology of tracking missiles and blowing them up is a good idea.
3. There are many other ways to hurt the US.
4. But because of point #1, the current MDS is stupid (not the way it should be) and should be scrapped or at least reformed.
If you used your brain you would realize we have, oh over 8000 miles of border around the US to protect and, oh only a couple thousand border patrol officers. If you bothered looking up actual facts, you'd remember the homeland security director submitting many concerns about terrorists coming over the borders. And he is way more qualified than you at making that assessment, yet you still deride my comments as stupid or ignorant. Many news organizations expresses concerns over the ease, which people come over the border, and yet still you don't accept it is possible. (here's one of the many links in case you whine about no proof http://www.nbc4.tv/newslinks/3901282/detail.html ). To doubt that it's not possible is foolish.
You may have been trying to do that, but you were not successful.clever
Are you familiar with the phrase "ballistic trajectory?" ICBMs can only travel at one speed.I hate to break it to you but the defense system is designed to defend more than just nukes. Blowing up the nuke but letting the 500 missiles after it hit is a pretty stupid defense system.
Your "big picture" is that this system is not worth building. You are mistaken about that.that's your opinion and, for the record, it's not worth building
No, the point is that in practical terms it cannot be. You talk about things like changing the acceleration of gravity or magically manufacturing additional missiles as if they were practical objections. They're not.Haha, ok. Let me give you one scenario. Launching the nuke from space. Hmmm.... And when I said circumvented, I meant there are other ways to attack the US that the defense system can't defend against, which includes non-ICBM rockets and mass attacks including decoy rockets.
Hey, thanks. Because, you know, you'd done such an incredible job of hiding your politics up to that point. Ahem.That sarcastic remark is redundant. If I was trying to hide my politics I wouldn't be posting. Your posts reveals your own ideology.
I never said I was against the technology. I specifically said that I'm interested in the technology developing even more, but I doubted they were spending efficiently. I bet a lot of the money went into the coffers of the high-level executives.
Thousands of illegal immigrants come over the border easily each day and you're saying we can stop terrorists or countries from coming over? All they need to bring is a freaking suitcase. And if more than one person comes over, how effective will your "systems" be? how many people can they catch out of 5? out of 10? out of 100? one is too much.
Finally, I don't know what the heck you're talking about regarding the flare thing. We're not referring to the AIM-9, here. I don't think bemoaning the state of the art of 1958 is really a productive line of discussion, do you?Omg. I was just pointing out that there are many other ways to attack the US. Like some others have said, making missles faster, and launching more plus decoys can circumvent the system. You go on to attack tiny points in my post but miss the big picture. The point is that the Defense System can be circumvented. And I DOUBT you will argue against that. But I should never underestimate the power of stupid people. Bush did win the election after all...
To me that sentence says you're a terrorist and you're not honest
I think the funny thing is that even when the system becomes operational or even perfect, people who really want to hurt the US can do so by bringing in a suitcase with a nuclear bomb or even attacking from inside the coutry with internal spies. Or they can use a simple EMP device to shut down all the electronics in the vicinity when launching missles. Or they can disrupt the targeting system by shooting out flares. There are so many ways to circumvent the system, it's obvious the Missle Defense Program is just another way to fund the Miltary-Industrial Complex. I am, however, interested in the advances in technology that comes from development. But hundreds of billions of dollars...?
That's great. So many great inventions came from there. All these intelligent inventions designed for one purpose: porn.
With a title of "Mathematics and Sex", you moderators sure know what interests us /. people.