Who's ranting? I never said they were released into the wild. And you never countered my point, which is that GM modification is fundamentally different from selective breeding and not "the same thing" at all.
This isn't like bashing AOLers for forwarding chain emails. These people wouldn't dream of installing their own water heater or changing their own brake pads, so what gives them the idea that they have any business setting up their own networks?
The answer, of course, is Marketing. Engineers should be cognizant of the fact that WAPs are being marketed directly to end-users and design the products accordingly, e.g. encryption on by default, etc. And those of us who don't happen to work for Linksys should be educating our friends and family the same way we do about chain emails and spyware and the like. Yes, it is partly blaming the victim, but hopefully we take a more understanding tone with them than we do when bitching to each other on Slashdot.
Also in August, three Michigan men pleaded guilty in a case that will likely result in the nation's first wardriving convictions.
Federal prosecutors in Charlotte, N.C., said the men found an unprotected Wi-Fi access point at a Lowe's home-improvement store parking lot in suburban Detroit, using wardriving tactics to steal credit card numbers from the retailer.
So we need these laws because the credit-card-fraud lobby has kept the practice of stealing people's card info perfectly legal for far too long...
The speed of the blades doesn't have nearly as much to do with bird endangerment as the frequency. As per the math in my comment upthread, a blade pass occurs every 1.65 seconds, and they're very slim blades. Of course they'll kill any bird unlucky enough to get hit, but the chances of that happening are pretty remote for any given bird.
Yeah, but 12.1 rpm * 3 blades = 36.3 blade passes per minute at any given point, which is an interval of 1.65 seconds. Looking at the pictures, the blades at the tip appear to take up maybe 1 degree each, so 99.17% of that 1.65 seconds is clear sailing. Or flying, as the case may be. Pretty good odds for the birds, especially the ones who aren't blind.
So why not just pump whatever crap we feel like into the atmosphere until someone proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that it's detrimental?
Because protection of a common resource trumps corporate convenience. Look at it this way: if the environmentalists are wrong and CFCs are banned, the worst thing that happens is a few companies' bottom lines are affected and they plow money into R&D of a CFC replacement. If they're right but CFCs aren't banned the consequences are far more dire.
Funny that you mention peer review, though, because it's the ozone skeptics who are eschewing it.
we've been genetically modifying plants and animals since the beginning of time. We call it agriculture -- taking a type of grapes that doesn't taste good but it hardy and joining it with a type of grapes that tastes great but won't grow anywhere.
-1 Disingenuous. What kind of agriculture results in genes from fish or insects being inserted into a plant's DNA? Genetic modification is quite different from selective breeding or grafting. Besides, we don't need increased yields. World hunger is a problem of distribution, not production.
As per the Thursday article, the system the Human Services department down the street just installed -- which is also crippled -- has been under development "since at least 1995." No mention of the cost. I don't think the suggestion of considering Linux was meant as a quick fix so much as a long-term approach. Of course, if their desktops really are mostly running essentially as mainframe terminals, it needn't be all that long of a term.
ReadyMade is okay for household stuff, but most of the projects assume very little skill or knowledge on the readers' part so there's a lot of, like, birdfeeders and tissue cozies and stuff. Still, there are some good ideas to be found in there.
Oh yeah... Leon's line comes to mind more readily because there isn't all that context around it. As I recall, he's knocked Deckard silly against the side of a truck and says "Wake up! Time to die!" just before Rachel shoots him in the head. Not quite as poetic, but made more sense for what you were saying since Leon's talking about time for someone else to die and Batty's talking about himself.
And it's "shoulder of Orion," not "shores." Just to keep up the nitpicking.
Okay, let's compare: Sweden's life expectancy is three years higher overall, and incidence of HIV/AIDS is one sixth ours. The US' per-capita GDP is around 40% higher, but that doesn't mean a lot to the 12-17% of the population below the poverty line or the unemployed (6.2% US vs 4.6% SE.) I could go on about literacy and education, health care, infant mortality, etc. but you can look that stuff up yourself next time you feel like making unsupported blanket statements.
Not that I don't love my country, but we are backwards in more ways than you might imagine if you haven't travelled a little.
the most capitalist countries end up being the poorest countries, and the socialist countries end up being the richest. Since that's exactly the opposite of what happens
Most Western European states are decidedly socialist (by U.S. standards) and they're doing pretty well. How's Argentina?
free markets work best
Really? See, I think economic systems based on the whims of leprechauns work best, and I have just as many historical examples of them as you do of free markets.
Anon: Yes, but that doesn't mean advertising should be allowed
Straw man. I do not believe that you have ever had a conversation with an "indymedia type" or anyone else who said that. There are plenty of good arguments why billboard advertising should be regulated, which is why it is regulated pretty much everywhere via zoning ordinances. None of those arguments consist of "advertising shouldn't be allowed."
if there were true aliens in a story, the entire story would be incomprehensible to human readers, it would just say "blork eucizn 23 cuineth."
That's utter nonsense. I suppose there couldn't be any ancient Egyptians in a story either, because it would all be in hieroglyphics. "Aliens in a story" is so obviously not the same thing "a story written from an alien point of view" that I find it hard to believe you're not trolling.
What about stories dealing with how the supposed immutable human nature deals with encountering aliens whose motivations are inscrutable and, well, alien? And of course aliens would not look like humans with latex appliques on their foreheads, but why would we neccesarily have absolutely nothing at all in common with any other space-faring lifeform?
I think the term "moral compass" has more to do with consistency in bringing one's core values to bear on one's decisions than adherence to any specific dogma. Maybe it should be called an "ethical compass" instead.
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You're thinking of Myth III, aren't you? Or are you one of those people who got all obsessive about the minor physics tweaks between 1 & 2?
Who's ranting? I never said they were released into the wild. And you never countered my point, which is that GM modification is fundamentally different from selective breeding and not "the same thing" at all.
They may not strive to present all points of view as equally valid, but they most certainly are independent.
The answer, of course, is Marketing. Engineers should be cognizant of the fact that WAPs are being marketed directly to end-users and design the products accordingly, e.g. encryption on by default, etc. And those of us who don't happen to work for Linksys should be educating our friends and family the same way we do about chain emails and spyware and the like. Yes, it is partly blaming the victim, but hopefully we take a more understanding tone with them than we do when bitching to each other on Slashdot.
Federal prosecutors in Charlotte, N.C., said the men found an unprotected Wi-Fi access point at a Lowe's home-improvement store parking lot in suburban Detroit, using wardriving tactics to steal credit card numbers from the retailer.
So we need these laws because the credit-card-fraud lobby has kept the practice of stealing people's card info perfectly legal for far too long...
"Bush Administration" is not a synonym for "George W. Bush."
The speed of the blades doesn't have nearly as much to do with bird endangerment as the frequency. As per the math in my comment upthread, a blade pass occurs every 1.65 seconds, and they're very slim blades. Of course they'll kill any bird unlucky enough to get hit, but the chances of that happening are pretty remote for any given bird.
My windmill gets 27 kilojoules to the cubit per fiscal year and thats the way I likes it!
Yeah, but 12.1 rpm * 3 blades = 36.3 blade passes per minute at any given point, which is an interval of 1.65 seconds. Looking at the pictures, the blades at the tip appear to take up maybe 1 degree each, so 99.17% of that 1.65 seconds is clear sailing. Or flying, as the case may be. Pretty good odds for the birds, especially the ones who aren't blind.
Because protection of a common resource trumps corporate convenience. Look at it this way: if the environmentalists are wrong and CFCs are banned, the worst thing that happens is a few companies' bottom lines are affected and they plow money into R&D of a CFC replacement. If they're right but CFCs aren't banned the consequences are far more dire.
Funny that you mention peer review, though, because it's the ozone skeptics who are eschewing it.
-1 Disingenuous. What kind of agriculture results in genes from fish or insects being inserted into a plant's DNA? Genetic modification is quite different from selective breeding or grafting. Besides, we don't need increased yields. World hunger is a problem of distribution, not production.
Shuldn't that be illegal?
Expired driver's licenses should still be valid for identification purposes, just not driving privileges.
As per the Thursday article, the system the Human Services department down the street just installed -- which is also crippled -- has been under development "since at least 1995." No mention of the cost. I don't think the suggestion of considering Linux was meant as a quick fix so much as a long-term approach. Of course, if their desktops really are mostly running essentially as mainframe terminals, it needn't be all that long of a term.
Since when has anyone at a DMV cared about looking busy? L.
ReadyMade is okay for household stuff, but most of the projects assume very little skill or knowledge on the readers' part so there's a lot of, like, birdfeeders and tissue cozies and stuff. Still, there are some good ideas to be found in there.
And it's "shoulder of Orion," not "shores." Just to keep up the nitpicking.
"Time to die" is Brion James/Leon's line.
Not that I don't love my country, but we are backwards in more ways than you might imagine if you haven't travelled a little.
Most Western European states are decidedly socialist (by U.S. standards) and they're doing pretty well. How's Argentina?
free markets work best
Really? See, I think economic systems based on the whims of leprechauns work best, and I have just as many historical examples of them as you do of free markets.
Straw man. I do not believe that you have ever had a conversation with an "indymedia type" or anyone else who said that. There are plenty of good arguments why billboard advertising should be regulated, which is why it is regulated pretty much everywhere via zoning ordinances. None of those arguments consist of "advertising shouldn't be allowed."
That's utter nonsense. I suppose there couldn't be any ancient Egyptians in a story either, because it would all be in hieroglyphics. "Aliens in a story" is so obviously not the same thing "a story written from an alien point of view" that I find it hard to believe you're not trolling.
What about stories dealing with how the supposed immutable human nature deals with encountering aliens whose motivations are inscrutable and, well, alien? And of course aliens would not look like humans with latex appliques on their foreheads, but why would we neccesarily have absolutely nothing at all in common with any other space-faring lifeform?
Humans may compete with transhumans but unlike transhumans they can't have the bodies of giant robots made out of machineguns. Good luck humans.
The .org TLD is not reserved for non-profit organizations, even though that was the original idea. Same way .net isn't exclusive to ISPs.
I think the term "moral compass" has more to do with consistency in bringing one's core values to bear on one's decisions than adherence to any specific dogma. Maybe it should be called an "ethical compass" instead.