Increases in technology thrawt crime or makes it less profitable in the long run. I had a theif break my car window and steal a cd case full of CDRs I had burned.
Didn't cost me nothing except $200 to replace the window (bastard), but I bet the theif was in a suprise when he looked in the case and found nothing but CDRs.
Having a Cable modem when everyone else was on dialup was unfair. Having a laser mouse vs the old style mouses is unfair. Having a computer that can run the game at 60fps vs a pos machine that runs it at 12fps is unfair. Having a 21" monitor playing against a kid with a 15" is unfair. (Mostly because the 21" guy can see better with his eyes whil ethe 15" is having to look at less detail and may not see the other person move).
So computer gaming is all unfair like this... Otherwise I suggest a console. Or maybe a DS.... Mmmm... Tetris DS.
Doesn't there get a point when marketing departments consume too much information in the quest to find out the spending habbits of every sentient creature in the universe?
I mean... Can't you just make things people need and find useful and if they need it they'll come to you?
Or am I mistaken... Are they just trying to convince all sentient beings they must buy things they never knew they needed to buy?
Either way... I hope they pay the panel participants good money for tracking them around town.
Would that work for rape too? How about child abuse? Someone abused you and filmed it? Great, make a sequel!
I dunno... About that... Something tells me there is a difference between... Oh... I dunno... Murdering, raping, and beating the fuck out of them and saying something emotionally hurting or un saying something mean to them.
Thats kind of like the difference between slapping someone in the face and taking a sledge hammer to their screaming soon to be dead corpse.
Personally, I'll take the mean words over the rape and abuse.
I only hope that other kids can learn from his situation and make the most of their own problems.
The only thing I have learned from his mistake was that I should have sued for $351,000 when I was a kid... Damn that is a lot of money. Anyone willing to make fun of me on slashdot so I can sue you for damages?
It would be an instable position, but a small spaceship might be able to maintain that position?
I'd have to give a big resounding no. IANAAP (I Am Not An Astrophysist), but it would be generally assumed that since we are 3 dimensional, some of our atoms would fall on one black hole's event horizon and then some on the other resulting in the space craft and those inside of it to be ripped into two bits sans the atoms that fall along the razor edge.
However, if you were a 2d entity, you might be able to pull this off... But I'm not sure how a 2d entity can survive in a 3d world much less transport itself between two black holes.
Lastly it could be possible that the two black holes could be uneven in strength so that the even horizon is contantly shifting towards the lesser gravity as the larger consumes it so that the razors edge on the EH would be constantly being dragged towards the black hole.
Seriously, every bill that passes congress (a republican or democrat) is the fault of the President unless Congress over rides him with a 2/3rds majority.
Even if he doesn't bother reading the bill and rubber stamps it... It is still his fault because he isn't using his authority to not pass bad laws.
Unless we have a good understanding of this, and can quickly express it on paper through drawing, we really cant sculpt it in 3d from all angles.
I went to school to learn Maya 3d a few years back, but nothing much came out of it at the time other than general knowledge (and more knowledge never hurts) and from what I've seen there are two schools of thought from teachers and students alike.
The first school of thought is that 3d animation is an extension of 2d hand drawn animation and those artists go about their animations much like they would a conventional hand drawing.
The second type of school is more of the CAD 3d engine building world in which, they see the CG animation as a recreation of reality. They build the world based off real world physics and if they are going to create a human body they aren't simply going to use spheres to do it (like hand drawn) but rather get a two pictures of the human (front and side profile and maybe a back) and base their model around that.
I tended to fall in the latter because of my sort of engineer and coding background which I tried to go about solving my problems in Maya by creating a script for the animation which automated the world physics.
Now, I think both types are correct. The former is for the more arthouse animations while the later tend to be those who are world creating for say video games or more real world kind of animations (like physic simulations or demonstrations).
I dunno. Isn't this kind of like Stalin asking for input on the democratic process:
Stalin: Hey guys... I know I've been kind of totalitarian in the past, but... Um... Let's foster some thoughts about that democracy thing we keep hearing about over in the States.
KGB Adivsor: I hear they don't have secret arrests over there...
Stalin: Ok. Thats a start... Anything else?
Army Commisar: They don't have secret laws or show trials.
Stalin: I seeee....
Politburo Advisor: Oh... And they watch funny shows on TV and actually own their own homes and cars and mow their lawns and have these things called elections so that everyone can have their input into the process... Oh and almost forgot there is the...
Stalin: *cuts advisor off* Ok. I think that is enough fostering for a very long time. Lets get back on the subject of 'summary executions'. You know guys, I was thinking maybe we could double our efficiency if we outsource to the Chinese.
Without trying to cause a flamewar, it seems to me the grant is justified, so long as the board is also willing to provide a grant to a theologist that is trying to prove creationism or intelligent design
If you have to pay some mortal man to prove the intelligence of your god... Well... Then he isn't much of a god, now is he?
But seriously, if you are going to pay a theologian money to prove creationsism, to be fair then you've got to pay a Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, FSM, and whatever other religion comes along to prove their god's version of creation.
Then by god they should be able to allow to vote for politicians that enact such policies. If the public wishes to not have fiscal responsibility and even vote in socialism into their government, then it is their god given right to do so.
I'm not saying free WiFi is socialism, but to say the public can't be allowed to have a referendum to pay for public works or elect representatives that cannot do what it wants is not a democracy (plain and simple).
They are blocking the Federal government from enacting regulation that would seriously impede the actions of private companies.
Yeah! Not being able to murder "problematic" customers is seriously impeding the actions of my private corporation. Also, for some reason I can see to pay my employees less than $5.15 per hour and make the work 80 hour work weeks and then physical beat them when they question my authority.
And don't let me get started about not being able dump all used nuclear fuel rods and corpses of our test subjects in the local neighborhood's playground right. (Don't ask what my company does for a living)
Damn this government regulation! Damn those dirty apes!
I really love the spin this story has... "EVIL Republicans RUIN the Internets!"
Well if it was a Democrat controlled committee the story would be "EVIL Democrats RUIN the Internets!"
Seriously, I'm not a democrat and used to be a republican, but the point of the matter is that it was THEIR committee so it is THEIR fault. Maybe some Democrats were involved, but I don't know... If they voted against or for the measure on the committee is irrelevant because they were not a deciding factor.
Get over this partisan supporting crap, I am literally ashamed I voted for Bush in 2000. People are following the political party blindly and fight the other people without even realizing how wrong everyone is.
Realize the other party aren't the only ones out to screw you over, but also the party you yourself belong to... Democrats and Republicans!
Don't like the war in Iraq? Want to blame Bush? Did you forget that it requires an act of Congress to declare war, or do you just prefer to let the legislative branch delude you so they can get re-elected?
That's kind of like blaming a taxi driver for a bank robery, because he drove the bank robber to the bank.
Although he might be implicated in assisting with the crime, he obviously never would have gone to the bank without the suggestion of the bank robber nor did he actually go into the bank to rob it. He just gave him the means to get to that point.
Most of you already know you shouldn't go to the media and make comments about the job your boss is doing, or make comments about what they should do instead. I really don't think it's out of the ordinary for Bush to put a collar on his subordinates.
Well... There is that feedom of speach and press thing.
And although that may not apply to private businesses, you could hardly call the Whitehouse a private business (at least I would hope not).
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The media moguls want DRM, therefore, there will be DRM.
:)
Sony said there will be BetaMax, therefore, there will be BetaMax.
Circuit City said there will be Divx, therefore, there will be Divx.
Microsoft said there will be Bob, therefore, there will be Bob. Does anyone remember Bob? I do
Increases in technology thrawt crime or makes it less profitable in the long run. I had a theif break my car window and steal a cd case full of CDRs I had burned.
;)
Didn't cost me nothing except $200 to replace the window (bastard), but I bet the theif was in a suprise when he looked in the case and found nothing but CDRs.
Secondly, those were MP3 cds...
From a person who had 7 years worth of IT crap...
For the love of god... Don't go into IT.
Become a lawyer, Astro-physist, robotics engineer, or something that is either cool or pays you like a human being.
Having a Cable modem when everyone else was on dialup was unfair.
Having a laser mouse vs the old style mouses is unfair.
Having a computer that can run the game at 60fps vs a pos machine that runs it at 12fps is unfair.
Having a 21" monitor playing against a kid with a 15" is unfair. (Mostly because the 21" guy can see better with his eyes whil ethe 15" is having to look at less detail and may not see the other person move).
So computer gaming is all unfair like this... Otherwise I suggest a console. Or maybe a DS.... Mmmm... Tetris DS.
Doesn't there get a point when marketing departments consume too much information in the quest to find out the spending habbits of every sentient creature in the universe?
I mean... Can't you just make things people need and find useful and if they need it they'll come to you?
Or am I mistaken... Are they just trying to convince all sentient beings they must buy things they never knew they needed to buy?
Either way... I hope they pay the panel participants good money for tracking them around town.
Would that work for rape too? How about child abuse? Someone abused you and filmed it? Great, make a sequel!
I dunno... About that... Something tells me there is a difference between... Oh... I dunno... Murdering, raping, and beating the fuck out of them and saying something emotionally hurting or un saying something mean to them.
Thats kind of like the difference between slapping someone in the face and taking a sledge hammer to their screaming soon to be dead corpse.
Personally, I'll take the mean words over the rape and abuse.
How is he going to make friends?
Dude! Any kid with 300K in the bank can be my friend!
Guy could probaly throw his own Xbox360 lan party!
I only hope that other kids can learn from his situation and make the most of their own problems.
The only thing I have learned from his mistake was that I should have sued for $351,000 when I was a kid... Damn that is a lot of money. Anyone willing to make fun of me on slashdot so I can sue you for damages?
You're getting the heebie jeebies from an undersecretary?
That is fine and dandy, but one has to wonder if this goes on all the time.
Sure one undersecretary isn't that bad, but what if all positions like this were dealt in the same way.
Boil a frog, anyone?
It would be an instable position, but a small spaceship might be able to maintain that position?
I'd have to give a big resounding no. IANAAP (I Am Not An Astrophysist), but it would be generally assumed that since we are 3 dimensional, some of our atoms would fall on one black hole's event horizon and then some on the other resulting in the space craft and those inside of it to be ripped into two bits sans the atoms that fall along the razor edge.
However, if you were a 2d entity, you might be able to pull this off... But I'm not sure how a 2d entity can survive in a 3d world much less transport itself between two black holes.
Lastly it could be possible that the two black holes could be uneven in strength so that the even horizon is contantly shifting towards the lesser gravity as the larger consumes it so that the razors edge on the EH would be constantly being dragged towards the black hole.
I could be wrong about this though...
By the time my kids are my age that may be the only option.
Wouldn't it be easier to paint the entire Sahara and Gobhi desert in white reflective paint to send more sun back into space?
I know nuclear weapons are kind of cool, but I still have a could more years before I can afford that fallout bunker.
An increase of 2 freaking degrees - FAHRENHEIT!!
Well if by serious change you mean that two degrees makes Greenland's or Antartics temperature go from 31 to 33 degrees Fahrenheit...
Well... Then we are pretty much SOL.
Won't that end up costing more for the electricity to run the iMac than you save in paper?
Wa-wa-wa-WHAT!? No true nerd leaves his computer off to save power!
Please leave you geek card at the door!
The problem isn't this president; the problem is the last 38 or so.
*monocle pops out*
Well I never! Grover Cleveland was the best president we ever had.
Or one of them... Next to Teddy. May god rest his monopoly busting soul.
Don't tell me this is Bush's fault too?
Seriously, every bill that passes congress (a republican or democrat) is the fault of the President unless Congress over rides him with a 2/3rds majority.
Even if he doesn't bother reading the bill and rubber stamps it... It is still his fault because he isn't using his authority to not pass bad laws.
Unless we have a good understanding of this, and can quickly express it on paper through drawing, we really cant sculpt it in 3d from all angles.
I went to school to learn Maya 3d a few years back, but nothing much came out of it at the time other than general knowledge (and more knowledge never hurts) and from what I've seen there are two schools of thought from teachers and students alike.
The first school of thought is that 3d animation is an extension of 2d hand drawn animation and those artists go about their animations much like they would a conventional hand drawing.
The second type of school is more of the CAD 3d engine building world in which, they see the CG animation as a recreation of reality. They build the world based off real world physics and if they are going to create a human body they aren't simply going to use spheres to do it (like hand drawn) but rather get a two pictures of the human (front and side profile and maybe a back) and base their model around that.
I tended to fall in the latter because of my sort of engineer and coding background which I tried to go about solving my problems in Maya by creating a script for the animation which automated the world physics.
Now, I think both types are correct. The former is for the more arthouse animations while the later tend to be those who are world creating for say video games or more real world kind of animations (like physic simulations or demonstrations).
Are you aware that Paris Hilton has the phrase "That's hot!" trade marked?
No... I'm serious. She does.
I dunno. Isn't this kind of like Stalin asking for input on the democratic process:
Stalin: Hey guys... I know I've been kind of totalitarian in the past, but... Um... Let's foster some thoughts about that democracy thing we keep hearing about over in the States.
KGB Adivsor: I hear they don't have secret arrests over there...
Stalin: Ok. Thats a start... Anything else?
Army Commisar: They don't have secret laws or show trials.
Stalin: I seeee....
Politburo Advisor: Oh... And they watch funny shows on TV and actually own their own homes and cars and mow their lawns and have these things called elections so that everyone can have their input into the process... Oh and almost forgot there is the...
Stalin: *cuts advisor off* Ok. I think that is enough fostering for a very long time. Lets get back on the subject of 'summary executions'. You know guys, I was thinking maybe we could double our efficiency if we outsource to the Chinese.
Without trying to cause a flamewar, it seems to me the grant is justified, so long as the board is also willing to provide a grant to a theologist that is trying to prove creationism or intelligent design
If you have to pay some mortal man to prove the intelligence of your god... Well... Then he isn't much of a god, now is he?
But seriously, if you are going to pay a theologian money to prove creationsism, to be fair then you've got to pay a Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, FSM, and whatever other religion comes along to prove their god's version of creation.
I saw the headlines and clicked the link.
"Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."
"Nice plan!" I thought and then I spontaneously got the joke (albeit unintended) and burst out laughing in a rather crowded office.
Somehow this twist of fate with the server made my day... And got a few odd stares from coworkers.
Then by god they should be able to allow to vote for politicians that enact such policies. If the public wishes to not have fiscal responsibility and even vote in socialism into their government, then it is their god given right to do so.
I'm not saying free WiFi is socialism, but to say the public can't be allowed to have a referendum to pay for public works or elect representatives that cannot do what it wants is not a democracy (plain and simple).
They are blocking the Federal government from enacting regulation that would seriously impede the actions of private companies.
Yeah! Not being able to murder "problematic" customers is seriously impeding the actions of my private corporation. Also, for some reason I can see to pay my employees less than $5.15 per hour and make the work 80 hour work weeks and then physical beat them when they question my authority.
And don't let me get started about not being able dump all used nuclear fuel rods and corpses of our test subjects in the local neighborhood's playground right. (Don't ask what my company does for a living)
Damn this government regulation! Damn those dirty apes!
I really love the spin this story has... "EVIL Republicans RUIN the Internets!"
Well if it was a Democrat controlled committee the story would be "EVIL Democrats RUIN the Internets!"
Seriously, I'm not a democrat and used to be a republican, but the point of the matter is that it was THEIR committee so it is THEIR fault. Maybe some Democrats were involved, but I don't know... If they voted against or for the measure on the committee is irrelevant because they were not a deciding factor.
Get over this partisan supporting crap, I am literally ashamed I voted for Bush in 2000. People are following the political party blindly and fight the other people without even realizing how wrong everyone is.
Realize the other party aren't the only ones out to screw you over, but also the party you yourself belong to... Democrats and Republicans!
Don't like the war in Iraq? Want to blame Bush? Did you forget that it requires an act of Congress to declare war, or do you just prefer to let the legislative branch delude you so they can get re-elected?
That's kind of like blaming a taxi driver for a bank robery, because he drove the bank robber to the bank.
Although he might be implicated in assisting with the crime, he obviously never would have gone to the bank without the suggestion of the bank robber nor did he actually go into the bank to rob it. He just gave him the means to get to that point.
Most of you already know you shouldn't go to the media and make comments about the job your boss is doing, or make comments about what they should do instead. I really don't think it's out of the ordinary for Bush to put a collar on his subordinates.
Well... There is that feedom of speach and press thing.
And although that may not apply to private businesses, you could hardly call the Whitehouse a private business (at least I would hope not).