At this point, I say "Let em...". Seriously, this is getting into that magical area where the economies of scale are beyond my ability to even visualize, let alone pay back in my lifetime. Like trying to visualize the size of Canis Major, angels dancing on the head of a pin, or our national debt (US)..., the thought of paying this back is beyond me. Let's say I get caught sharing 10 albums. That would mean that I owe the RIAA... whatever. It's what my calculus teacher used to refer to as "large".
...it's the last one that your parents bought for you. Well, maybe. My parents bought me a NES for making the Honor Role in 8th grade, and a Genesis. Nothing ever beat the joy i got from that original NES.
Guess I'll be downloading HD movies or up-converting DVD's because I'm not going to be buying a BD player. The Sony DVD players I've owned I've hated. I won't be making the same mistake. If BD ends up being the only game in town, then I'll be sitting this one out...until something else comes around.
My main fear is not the effectiveness of the system, it's the potential for a complete lack of accountability in the machine's actions. Seriously, it would be very easy to disguise an assassination as an "equipment malfunction". At least when a solder "f's up" and kills someone they shouldn't, we can go to them and ask "What the hell were you thinking?".
...This systems offers the same potential for chicanery as e-voting, with the danger only slightly less significant.
"An exampled discussion: Should religion artwork be allowed in government buildings?
If all religions are to be treated fairly, then if you are to permit marble sculptures of religions figures, then you must allow be willing to accept sculptures of His Holy Noodlyness. If you are to permit paintings of a guy in white robes, white curly hair, and a long beard, then you must also be willing to permit paintings of a plate of spaghetti reaching out."
As a Christian, agree with you. Our country must provide equal rights to all religions in our country. However, if you do build a government building, you shouldn't be mandated to provide sculptures of every religion. Like every decision made in government, building designs should be formulated by our elected officials or their representatives. If enough voters want a tribute to the Flying Spaghetti Monster on city hall or the county court, then so be it. However, there's only so much that can be done on the face of a building. It's a matter of real estate and voter prerogative. Separation of Church and State does not equal Sterilization of Church from State.
Men of Science - Don't settle for anything but the truth. I applaud your work and discovery. Honest Christians should always (but often don't, sorry) prefer honest discovery over one that's been edited to attain someone else's favor, espically when it challenges our beliefs.
Genesis 1:28 "God blessed them and said to them,... "fill the earth and subdue it."" If that isn't a command to perform scientific discovery, I don't know what else is.
Genesis 2:20 has an example of God facilitating Adam in naming all the creatures of the world; blatant scientific observation and categorization.
Will it fit in my back pocket on my way to the beach? Will it cost me $5.00 AT MOST at a local used book store? Can I read it in direct sunlight? Seems like a complicated solution to a very simple dilemma. Also, library's rock. They're free and usually have everything I'm looking for.
Ok, ok. So it's nothing but a rehash of the "already done", and probably deviates from the ST spirit in the worst way. But the time travel thing in ST is just as rehashed. I'm just tired of ST where the entire dilemma of the episode could have been avoided if the captain sent a proper away team to investigate, instead of his whole upper chain of command. That's micro-management at its most short sighted....and Lethal Weapon make a crap load of money, Platoon's a classic.
I've often pondered the idea of a series following a Star Trek group of sergeants. Like an away team, following orders. Not the sanctimonious, self serving upper chain of command. I'd much rather follow the adventures of some more regular joe's. One's who don't have the luxury of allowing hollowed ideals to get in the way of "results". Leave the captain where he belongs, on the bridge or in his stateroom.
Holy 1984 moment. Did that guy actually say that "Privacy" is defined as governments and businesses safeguarding information from outside sources? And that the word "Privacy" we've all grown up to understand is actually "Anonymity"? That's a move straight out of 1984, redefining words to get inconvenient ideas (freedom, privacy, accountability) out of the citizens consciousness.
Here's the definition of "privacy" according to Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/privacy Notice, it makes no mention of governments or company's. Here's to that definition never changing.
Most grandmothers would have had enough sense to avoid these crimes, thus avoiding a possible 60 years in jail and millions in fines. This fella should have recognized wisdom when he had the chance.
Does anyone know how far our strongest radio signals have gone in the galaxy? I'm thinking of the movie Contact, where they stated that the opening of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin produced the first signal with a strength capable of being detected at greater distances. Is this true? And if it is, how far has that signal gone so far?
Of course there are plenty of reasons for this to fail. But if they are listening to radio (biggest point of failure), any regular signal should get their attention. Think "Contact", except maybe we can send them pictures of Pamala Anderson hidden in the carrier signal.
I already assume SETI takes finds like these into account when listening. However, is there a program around who's not intent to just listen? What if we developed a database of systems most likely to contain life, and we started a program to send the top candidates high powered radio signals. Far fetched, but maybe it'll produce some results in 100 years.
I couldn't care less if we blasted it into a ring structure for easy collection. Goodness, it's a ROCK!...Imagine the fireworks of that blast, amazing if we pulled it off. Ridiculously short sighted of we kill ourselves in the process.
No, no, their small size is their strength. They'll take us unsuspecting. I'd be none the wiser, with kitty sitting on my lap purring. None the wiser that kitty has blown out my oven's pilot light, turned off my water bed, switched my prescription medicine,... We trust them because we think they love us and pose no threat, when all the while they're obsessed with MURDER....we'd mobilize the National Guard in a second if Giant super-intelligent cats appeared on the scene. Good book reference though, I might have to pick it up.
A genetically modified hyper-intelligent cat is about the most frightening thing I've thought of in a while. Unencumbered by morals, pity, or regret. It'd be like Aliens, but cute and cuddly and no acid for blood.
Be careful, that's one heck of a slippery slope your looking at. Who choses the questions? Do you think that only fair and objective individuals without any conflict of interests will decide who gets to vote or not? I wouldn't bet on it. There's a huge difference between theory and practice.
Separation of Church and State != Sterilization of Church from State.
One ensures equal funding and rights, one restricts a whole cross-section of the population from taking part in government.
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At this point, I say "Let em...". Seriously, this is getting into that magical area where the economies of scale are beyond my ability to even visualize, let alone pay back in my lifetime. Like trying to visualize the size of Canis Major, angels dancing on the head of a pin, or our national debt (US)..., the thought of paying this back is beyond me. Let's say I get caught sharing 10 albums. That would mean that I owe the RIAA... whatever. It's what my calculus teacher used to refer to as "large".
...it's the last one that your parents bought for you. Well, maybe. My parents bought me a NES for making the Honor Role in 8th grade, and a Genesis. Nothing ever beat the joy i got from that original NES.
God or no God, that's a bloody miracle. I hope this girl has an amazing and wonderful life.
Wow, what a great outline. As a Christian, I was about to start on point #4.
...as for what happened in Florida, I'm sorry.
Guess I'll be downloading HD movies or up-converting DVD's because I'm not going to be buying a BD player. The Sony DVD players I've owned I've hated. I won't be making the same mistake. If BD ends up being the only game in town, then I'll be sitting this one out ...until something else comes around.
Does anyone know who were the Project/Program Managers for the Voyager space programs? They deserve some real props.
My main fear is not the effectiveness of the system, it's the potential for a complete lack of accountability in the machine's actions. Seriously, it would be very easy to disguise an assassination as an "equipment malfunction". At least when a solder "f's up" and kills someone they shouldn't, we can go to them and ask "What the hell were you thinking?".
...This systems offers the same potential for chicanery as e-voting, with the danger only slightly less significant.
"An exampled discussion: Should religion artwork be allowed in government buildings? If all religions are to be treated fairly, then if you are to permit marble sculptures of religions figures, then you must allow be willing to accept sculptures of His Holy Noodlyness. If you are to permit paintings of a guy in white robes, white curly hair, and a long beard, then you must also be willing to permit paintings of a plate of spaghetti reaching out."
As a Christian, agree with you. Our country must provide equal rights to all religions in our country. However, if you do build a government building, you shouldn't be mandated to provide sculptures of every religion. Like every decision made in government, building designs should be formulated by our elected officials or their representatives. If enough voters want a tribute to the Flying Spaghetti Monster on city hall or the county court, then so be it. However, there's only so much that can be done on the face of a building. It's a matter of real estate and voter prerogative. Separation of Church and State does not equal Sterilization of Church from State.
Men of Science - Don't settle for anything but the truth. I applaud your work and discovery. Honest Christians should always (but often don't, sorry) prefer honest discovery over one that's been edited to attain someone else's favor, espically when it challenges our beliefs.
Genesis 1:28 "God blessed them and said to them,... "fill the earth and subdue it."" If that isn't a command to perform scientific discovery, I don't know what else is.
Genesis 2:20 has an example of God facilitating Adam in naming all the creatures of the world; blatant scientific observation and categorization.
Will it fit in my back pocket on my way to the beach? Will it cost me $5.00 AT MOST at a local used book store? Can I read it in direct sunlight? Seems like a complicated solution to a very simple dilemma. Also, library's rock. They're free and usually have everything I'm looking for.
So, most citizens think NASA makes the same $ as the US Military? Sounds like NASA needs a better Marketing Department more then another tecno-widget.
Ok, ok. So it's nothing but a rehash of the "already done", and probably deviates from the ST spirit in the worst way. But the time travel thing in ST is just as rehashed. I'm just tired of ST where the entire dilemma of the episode could have been avoided if the captain sent a proper away team to investigate, instead of his whole upper chain of command. That's micro-management at its most short sighted. ...and Lethal Weapon make a crap load of money, Platoon's a classic.
I've often pondered the idea of a series following a Star Trek group of sergeants. Like an away team, following orders. Not the sanctimonious, self serving upper chain of command. I'd much rather follow the adventures of some more regular joe's. One's who don't have the luxury of allowing hollowed ideals to get in the way of "results". Leave the captain where he belongs, on the bridge or in his stateroom.
Holy 1984 moment. Did that guy actually say that "Privacy" is defined as governments and businesses safeguarding information from outside sources? And that the word "Privacy" we've all grown up to understand is actually "Anonymity"? That's a move straight out of 1984, redefining words to get inconvenient ideas (freedom, privacy, accountability) out of the citizens consciousness. Here's the definition of "privacy" according to Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/privacy Notice, it makes no mention of governments or company's. Here's to that definition never changing.
Most grandmothers would have had enough sense to avoid these crimes, thus avoiding a possible 60 years in jail and millions in fines. This fella should have recognized wisdom when he had the chance.
Keyser Söze is going to have a field day with this.
Here's a cool website that has some of the brightest stars within 50 Light years. Here's to getting a signal in 30 or so years. http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/50lys.html
Does anyone know how far our strongest radio signals have gone in the galaxy? I'm thinking of the movie Contact, where they stated that the opening of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin produced the first signal with a strength capable of being detected at greater distances. Is this true? And if it is, how far has that signal gone so far?
Of course there are plenty of reasons for this to fail. But if they are listening to radio (biggest point of failure), any regular signal should get their attention. Think "Contact", except maybe we can send them pictures of Pamala Anderson hidden in the carrier signal.
I already assume SETI takes finds like these into account when listening. However, is there a program around who's not intent to just listen? What if we developed a database of systems most likely to contain life, and we started a program to send the top candidates high powered radio signals. Far fetched, but maybe it'll produce some results in 100 years.
Woops, I forgot about tides. We and the eco-system might miss those.
I couldn't care less if we blasted it into a ring structure for easy collection. Goodness, it's a ROCK! ...Imagine the fireworks of that blast, amazing if we pulled it off. Ridiculously short sighted of we kill ourselves in the process.
No, no, their small size is their strength. They'll take us unsuspecting. I'd be none the wiser, with kitty sitting on my lap purring. None the wiser that kitty has blown out my oven's pilot light, turned off my water bed, switched my prescription medicine,... We trust them because we think they love us and pose no threat, when all the while they're obsessed with MURDER. ...we'd mobilize the National Guard in a second if Giant super-intelligent cats appeared on the scene. Good book reference though, I might have to pick it up.
A genetically modified hyper-intelligent cat is about the most frightening thing I've thought of in a while. Unencumbered by morals, pity, or regret. It'd be like Aliens, but cute and cuddly and no acid for blood.
Be careful, that's one heck of a slippery slope your looking at. Who choses the questions? Do you think that only fair and objective individuals without any conflict of interests will decide who gets to vote or not? I wouldn't bet on it. There's a huge difference between theory and practice.
Separation of Church and State != Sterilization of Church from State. One ensures equal funding and rights, one restricts a whole cross-section of the population from taking part in government.