The *original* post had nothing to do with Mars rovers.
I wonder who even brought the Mars rovers up... Oh yeah, you! Someone then said they agreed that the rovers produced good science and are currently the best tool for the job. To which you replied:
Which job? Launching payloads into space? I don't see how you support that statement with facts.
That's just idiotic! Hell, you broke his post down point by point, saw that he was talking about the Mars Rover, and still said that. He was agreeing with you! And Irony of Ironies, you accuse me of not being able to keep up with a thread, when it's perfectly obvious to everyone but yourself that your reading comprehension needs work.
I love your lame excuse too. "The *original* post had had nothing to do with Mars rovers." Well that's great. I wasn't replying to the original post. I was replying to a post in which the Mars rovers were the topic of discussion.
I think the BT community could see some negative effects from this, as people start trying to download (and hence upload) the same file from unrelated trackers, instead of giving one or few trackers a very large number of seeders and leechers, i.e. when the BT protocol truly shines.
People were doing this anyway. Before there was a search, people had to go to the trackers themselves to find torrents. Granted, some trackers grew to be very large, but then net effect was having as many versions of a file as there were trackers tracking it. Because of the statistics search engines are serving, the savvy know to pick the tracker with the most seeds. This helps unify traffic.
Imagine the possibilities. Now hard drive manufacturers can paint nano-racing-stripes on their heads for dramatic speed improvement. Now memory manufacturers can paint nano-racing-stripes on their transistors for a dramatic speed improvement. Now toothbrush manufacturers can create a toothbrush so fine we not only brush our own teeth, but the teeth of all bacteria living on them. Everyone should take note: We are living in 1984 -- or was it a Brave New World?
No, this is wrong. Having "suspicious stuff" like encryption software is not enough to entail guilt. No one will arrest you for having AES installed. But if you have child pornography on your computer, the fact that you have AES installed can be used to show that you knew, basically, that what you were doing is wrong, so that you can't wiggle out of jail time on a technicality.
Here's another attempt to explain this, with some more depth. After arrest, there are roughly three or four phases in the US criminal justice process. The first we will consider is setting a plea. This is where you tell the court whether you plea innocent, guilty, nolo contendere, unfit for trial, etc. Of course, a guilty plea is a confession. There will be no trial if one pleads guilty. If one pleads "unfit for trial" or "not guilty by reason of insanity" and the like, there may be a hearing to determine whether that is true. This is a phase in the process in which, say, having AES installed could be used against you. Someone who is unfit for trial because they have an IQ less than 50 couldn't install an implementation of AES.
Now, if there is to be a trial, the prosecution can use the fact that you have encryption installed against you too. At this point, encryption would likely have to be involved in the crime you're accused of to matter. This obviously depends on the case. If you've seen any American courtroom shows, you'll know why I am hesitant to say much more than this. This part gets very complicated. But the bottom line is that unless encryption was involved in the crime you are accused of, the prosecution doesn't have much to gain by mentioning it.
If you are found guilty, you go to the sentencing phase. Here the prosecution will attempt to stick you in jail for as long as they can. Again, at this point one can argue that one is unfit for jail due to mental infirmity. The prosecution can use the fact that you have encryption installed as a demonstration that you are not retarded. They can concievably use the fact that you have encryption installed to show premeditation, and so on.
Interesting... minutes after visiting that page I got this e-mail from "james.bruns@fbi.gov":
Dear Sir(s) or Madame(s)
It has recently come to our attention that someone in your household or corporation has recently visited http://www.korea-dpr.com/. Due to this minor infraction, your constitutional rights have been suspended. Moreover, your children will be deported to Guantanamo Bay for interrogation and re-education.
I am not speaking for the agency when I say that I think you are a disgusting excuse for a human being. Your lack of respect for our fundamental freedoms is appalling and you deserve everything you'll get. Thousands of American boys have died protecting your freedom from despots like Saddam Hussein, and you just throw it away. You make me sick.
Uh, no kid. A judge ruled that having encryption software can be used as evidence of intent in a specific child pornography case.
Let's draw out an analogous case. Person A, who seems to be midly retarded, goes to a store and steals a pack of gum. Person A is arrested. At the trial, Person A pleads "Not of sound mental state." Now suppose the prosecutor gives evidence showing that Person A scored 95% on a quantum mechanics test the day of the theft. Person A is obviously not retarded. The prosecuter can use the fact that Person A scored well on an exam against him. But it does not mean that getting high marks is against the law.
This is not legislation. I recommend you look up what that word means.
Well, that's just a belief, but it's close to my point. Facts stand on their own. There's no need to argue for them. One only has to point them out. People only argue for beliefs.
They make up arguements to support beliefs, not facts.
Well, good work there. Here's a fun exercise: pick something you believe to be fact and prove that its a fact. Have fun struggling to avoid begging the question.
I might have more of a purist view of the subject since I have a mathematics background, but I think that learning a (procedural) subset of a language like Perl for the procedural side of things and something like Lisp or SmallTalk for the lambda-calculus side is more appropriate than a full blown low level language for a first language. The reason I say this is that these languages
are very simple syntactically.
these languages abstract away low level implementation details and allow the student to focus on learning algorithm design.
After all, once you know a few languages and can design efficient algorithms quickly, you can learn any computer language in a few weeks. And you'll also be in a better position to understand why you should learn other, lower-level languages.
You still miss the point. The power of TeX is that one can come up with an arbitrary layout and apply it to all sorts of content. TeX separates content and design. Sure, setting up an arbitrary layout is a lot of work. But for repetitive layouts, such as those used in books, journals, and the like, such an investment pays dividends. Hell, I can even see the New Yorker, who is famed for a consistent house style, plausibly using TeX.
Using TeX for most other magazines would be foolish, since the layout changes every page. One wouldn't be able to leverage TeX's strengths, and its weaknesses would become very apparent.
Unlike terrestrial volcanic mounds, which are formed by the upwelling of lava, the hypothesis is that this feature is probably formed by plumes of frozen methane, forced from underground, which then slowly evaporate into methane gas. This would explain the abundance of methane in the Titan atmosphere. Titan is the only moon in the solar system to have a substantial atmosphere, a thick mix of nitrogen and methane. It is suspected to be undergoing chemical reactions similar to those that unfolded on Earth billions of years ago. That process eventually provided the conditions for life on our planet. Scientists have long pondered the source of Titan's methane, given that this chemical should have been degraded by the weak light from the Sun within a hundred million years or so.
Huh? TeX is perfectly acceptable for any sort of publication with a house style, never mind book publishing (for what it was intended). You're right, though, it can be a pain to set up a house style macro. But you only have to do it once. And it will take care of all your formatting with only minimal effort required on the designer's part. It's like CSS, but for the printed word.
The Bush administration is re-organizing its cabinet departments and Powell would make a good candidate for the deputy secretary post in the Commerce Department. However, he needs the Digital TV vote to leave the agency on a good note. The FCC's new plan would set a firm deadline of 2009. Regardless of how many residents have Digital TVs, local broadcasters would be forced to switch all signals from analog to digital. To ensure that Americans would not lose their TV signals, the federal government would launch an educational campaign on the benefits -- and necessity -- of going digital. In addition, Congress would likely approve subsidies for low-income residents who can not afford to buy a new set. They could use the subsidies to either buy a new TV or get a converter box that would transfer digital signals so they could be watched on an analog set.
I was referring to both of your failed rhetorical attempts toward confrontation. Picocells can accomodate both cell phone users and radiotelescope operators. Ignoring them and arguing about who's priorities are more important is either due to ignorance or motivated by a hidden agenda.
You seem to think that rhetoric is a tool for changing the subject of a conversation. This thread is about radiotelescopes, cellular phones on airplanes and the interference they can cause, and the technology used to alleviate problems induced by such interference -- not about priorities, how many of "you" there are, or my typos.
Arrogant Bastard is a great beer. I was introduced to it at a school Beer Garden last year. I must have had a gallon and a half of beer a day, for three days.
Yuck. Black Butte was great before Miller bought them out. It always had a subtle burnt caramel after taste. It was terrific. Miller cheaps out on the ingredients now and its lost all its nuance and most of its flavor.
Yes! In spite of the obvious issues regarding scoring shows, there is something to this formula. A show where people comletely fail to function as human beings would be hilarious.
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I wonder who even brought the Mars rovers up... Oh yeah, you! Someone then said they agreed that the rovers produced good science and are currently the best tool for the job. To which you replied:
That's just idiotic! Hell, you broke his post down point by point, saw that he was talking about the Mars Rover, and still said that. He was agreeing with you! And Irony of Ironies, you accuse me of not being able to keep up with a thread, when it's perfectly obvious to everyone but yourself that your reading comprehension needs work.
I love your lame excuse too. "The *original* post had had nothing to do with Mars rovers." Well that's great. I wasn't replying to the original post. I was replying to a post in which the Mars rovers were the topic of discussion.
People were doing this anyway. Before there was a search, people had to go to the trackers themselves to find torrents. Granted, some trackers grew to be very large, but then net effect was having as many versions of a file as there were trackers tracking it. Because of the statistics search engines are serving, the savvy know to pick the tracker with the most seeds. This helps unify traffic.
Yes, because the Mars rovers launch payloads into space. Can you atleast try to keep up with your troll?
Imagine the possibilities. Now hard drive manufacturers can paint nano-racing-stripes on their heads for dramatic speed improvement. Now memory manufacturers can paint nano-racing-stripes on their transistors for a dramatic speed improvement. Now toothbrush manufacturers can create a toothbrush so fine we not only brush our own teeth, but the teeth of all bacteria living on them. Everyone should take note: We are living in 1984 -- or was it a Brave New World?
Macs already run Debian. I have an iMac running a testbed webserver as we speak.
No, this is wrong. Having "suspicious stuff" like encryption software is not enough to entail guilt. No one will arrest you for having AES installed. But if you have child pornography on your computer, the fact that you have AES installed can be used to show that you knew, basically, that what you were doing is wrong, so that you can't wiggle out of jail time on a technicality.
Here's another attempt to explain this, with some more depth. After arrest, there are roughly three or four phases in the US criminal justice process. The first we will consider is setting a plea. This is where you tell the court whether you plea innocent, guilty, nolo contendere, unfit for trial, etc. Of course, a guilty plea is a confession. There will be no trial if one pleads guilty. If one pleads "unfit for trial" or "not guilty by reason of insanity" and the like, there may be a hearing to determine whether that is true. This is a phase in the process in which, say, having AES installed could be used against you. Someone who is unfit for trial because they have an IQ less than 50 couldn't install an implementation of AES.
Now, if there is to be a trial, the prosecution can use the fact that you have encryption installed against you too. At this point, encryption would likely have to be involved in the crime you're accused of to matter. This obviously depends on the case. If you've seen any American courtroom shows, you'll know why I am hesitant to say much more than this. This part gets very complicated. But the bottom line is that unless encryption was involved in the crime you are accused of, the prosecution doesn't have much to gain by mentioning it.
If you are found guilty, you go to the sentencing phase. Here the prosecution will attempt to stick you in jail for as long as they can. Again, at this point one can argue that one is unfit for jail due to mental infirmity. The prosecution can use the fact that you have encryption installed as a demonstration that you are not retarded. They can concievably use the fact that you have encryption installed to show premeditation, and so on.
Uh, no kid. A judge ruled that having encryption software can be used as evidence of intent in a specific child pornography case.
Let's draw out an analogous case. Person A, who seems to be midly retarded, goes to a store and steals a pack of gum. Person A is arrested. At the trial, Person A pleads "Not of sound mental state." Now suppose the prosecutor gives evidence showing that Person A scored 95% on a quantum mechanics test the day of the theft. Person A is obviously not retarded. The prosecuter can use the fact that Person A scored well on an exam against him. But it does not mean that getting high marks is against the law. This is not legislation. I recommend you look up what that word means.
Well, that's just a belief, but it's close to my point. Facts stand on their own. There's no need to argue for them. One only has to point them out. People only argue for beliefs.
Well, good work there. Here's a fun exercise: pick something you believe to be fact and prove that its a fact. Have fun struggling to avoid begging the question.
- are very simple syntactically.
- these languages abstract away low level implementation details and allow the student to focus on learning algorithm design.
After all, once you know a few languages and can design efficient algorithms quickly, you can learn any computer language in a few weeks. And you'll also be in a better position to understand why you should learn other, lower-level languages.You still miss the point. The power of TeX is that one can come up with an arbitrary layout and apply it to all sorts of content. TeX separates content and design. Sure, setting up an arbitrary layout is a lot of work. But for repetitive layouts, such as those used in books, journals, and the like, such an investment pays dividends. Hell, I can even see the New Yorker, who is famed for a consistent house style, plausibly using TeX.
Using TeX for most other magazines would be foolish, since the layout changes every page. One wouldn't be able to leverage TeX's strengths, and its weaknesses would become very apparent.
Unlike terrestrial volcanic mounds, which are formed by the upwelling of lava, the hypothesis is that this feature is probably formed by plumes of frozen methane, forced from underground, which then slowly evaporate into methane gas. This would explain the abundance of methane in the Titan atmosphere. Titan is the only moon in the solar system to have a substantial atmosphere, a thick mix of nitrogen and methane. It is suspected to be undergoing chemical reactions similar to those that unfolded on Earth billions of years ago. That process eventually provided the conditions for life on our planet. Scientists have long pondered the source of Titan's methane, given that this chemical should have been degraded by the weak light from the Sun within a hundred million years or so.
Huh? TeX is perfectly acceptable for any sort of publication with a house style, never mind book publishing (for what it was intended). You're right, though, it can be a pain to set up a house style macro. But you only have to do it once. And it will take care of all your formatting with only minimal effort required on the designer's part. It's like CSS, but for the printed word.
Christ on a cracker, I'm so glad I use TeX instead of any of these things.
Math guys of the world, unite!
;-)
(Anybody wanna hire me?)
Yes -- I do know what you're talking about.
The Bush administration is re-organizing its cabinet departments and Powell would make a good candidate for the deputy secretary post in the Commerce Department. However, he needs the Digital TV vote to leave the agency on a good note. The FCC's new plan would set a firm deadline of 2009. Regardless of how many residents have Digital TVs, local broadcasters would be forced to switch all signals from analog to digital. To ensure that Americans would not lose their TV signals, the federal government would launch an educational campaign on the benefits -- and necessity -- of going digital. In addition, Congress would likely approve subsidies for low-income residents who can not afford to buy a new set. They could use the subsidies to either buy a new TV or get a converter box that would transfer digital signals so they could be watched on an analog set.
I learned this a long time ago: if you want a specific synthesizer sound, you need to get that synthesizer. Emulation isn't good enough.
Did you lose the client, cause the business to fold, and get a bad reference?
I was referring to both of your failed rhetorical attempts toward confrontation. Picocells can accomodate both cell phone users and radiotelescope operators. Ignoring them and arguing about who's priorities are more important is either due to ignorance or motivated by a hidden agenda.
You seem to think that rhetoric is a tool for changing the subject of a conversation. This thread is about radiotelescopes, cellular phones on airplanes and the interference they can cause, and the technology used to alleviate problems induced by such interference -- not about priorities, how many of "you" there are, or my typos.
In other words, you think your priorities are somehow better than mine?
Exactly!
But this is a non-issue. There is already a technology to help accomodate us both. Your attempt at confrontation is useless and assinine.
Arrogant Bastard is a great beer. I was introduced to it at a school Beer Garden last year. I must have had a gallon and a half of beer a day, for three days.
Yuck. Black Butte was great before Miller bought them out. It always had a subtle burnt caramel after taste. It was terrific. Miller cheaps out on the ingredients now and its lost all its nuance and most of its flavor.
Yes! In spite of the obvious issues regarding scoring shows, there is something to this formula. A show where people comletely fail to function as human beings would be hilarious.
D'oh! 87.5%. :-D