The device checks for disinfectant (Ag or I). That is neat and all, but I wouldn't go for a "breakthrough in water safety."
Exactly. From the headline/intro, I thought it was about to claim some mechanism for guaranteeing removal of every molecule except H2O, or something like that.
Without an environment that exerts selection pressure on existing organisms, there would be nothing driving the development of more complex and adapted organisms.
In this sense, evolution is pretty much self-driving. Any organism must use resources. Any successful organism will eventually populate an area and consume all available resources. Any area where all resources are competed for drives evolution to use different resources instead.
What if I have sex with a bunch of my girlfriend's friends, will that make my girlfriend's whole social circle all want to have sex with me at the same time?
Actually, this is the opposite of obvious research: it's research that totally misses the obvious point.
People who are happy generally work to get through all the bad shit internally, without passing it on to others, and to pass the good shit on to others, and to gratefully accept the good shit from others, without accepting their issues and baggage. Likewise, people who are unhappy have usually started focusing on negativity, rejecting friendships and help, etc., until they're lonely and depressed.
The article seems to be suggesting that somehow, people just get magically happy by being around each other, and that those who aren't happy are just not well enough connected. Yet more stupid research guided by step-by-step research instructions instead of wisdom and life experience.
Uhh, it might not be law, but you do realise that you're on a network will millions of other people, and that you have a responsibility to do your part in keeping everyone safe from hackers, identity theft, spam, etc. right?
If you don't realise that your system is insecure, that's one thing. But knowing it's insecure, that something needs to be changed, and not changing or hiring someone to take steps to help you, is just irresponsible.
You've been marked troll, but you're quite right. The idea that the an average windows user can keep a PC secure, keep their wireless network secure, etc. is right up there with expecting the poor to get a fair trial in court. Admin is a day-in-day-out job of constant vigilence and few missteps -- by a professional-level definition of misstep. The average user probably makes their PC vulnerable in about 5 different ways for every new day they use it.
It was no accident. Actually, meketrefti is a genius, who has been working on a new, unified theory of intelligence. As part of this research, he's developed a new form of communication, which conveys information directly into the mind without misunderstanding. It's really an astounding piece of work; a true tour de force, right up there with the greatest advances mankind has ever made. What's more, it's such an elegant theory that I can explain it in a few simple words. Here's how it works:
Well, you and then. Suddenly, voila... hard AI singularity responds human thought.
Quantum mechanics as applied to electrons in atoms is the most successful and the most rigorously tested theory ever developed.
No way. Back in school, I theorised that throwing rocks at people's heads would hurt. For years, I used rigorous testing for sounds associated with pain to prove that correct.
but note that the Morlocks were the smart ones in control and the Eloi were ultimately the pretty, vacant types. Your analogy doesn't fit perfectly, but if it did, it would be the other way around.
Err, no. The Morlocks were the animalistic, twisted ones. Yes, they were smart, but not in a highly evolved, intellectual way --- in a sick, carnivorous, sly way, like a wolf is smart. Yes, Eloi were dumb, but only in the sense that they had given up too much of their animal natures; become too peaceful, too trusting, to willing to go along, and not to question. It's not really about brains and stupidity; it's about attitude and trust and doing the right thing.
Mice bite. Bites get infected and transmit diseases. It makes sense evolutionarily speaking. Boys grow to be men and need to be able to not be afraid (or at least keep that fear in check) while hunting so that they can focus on the kill.
Traditionally, at least in aboriginal cultures, women hunt/forage for the small "scary" animals like mice and slugs and so on, whilst men go on long treks for bigger game. This article isn't just caught up in modern thinking; it's caught up in the modern thinking of a certain limited set of human cultures. It could be the worst study I've heard of, and that's saying something.
No, it used a named collection of variables, and mistake the name for a constant. "Boy of 11 months" and "Girl of 11 months" are vague abstractions for "human of a $gender, socially developed to $level, trained in $faces facial expressions by $family, most of whome have $emotional_state". And that's just one of the flaws. This paper should be taken out and shot.
What about it? That's something I was referring to, when I mentioned the ongoing debates on phoronix. KMS is one tiny part in a big stack; it's far from a magic bullet.
that doesn't mean they're not also catering to people wanting a modern, non-Microsoft operating system.
What are YOU talking about? I'm talking from personal experience --- *I* want a modern, non-microsoft operating system and they're not catering to my needs. Perhaps your experience is different, but that doesn't change the fact that they're not catering to me. It's strange that you think one contradicts the other.
That about matches what I've read of the whole affair. Didn't know that Palm bought Be for so little though; that's been a harsh lesson for someone I'll bet.
Does anyone happen to know why Apple only wanted to pay about $115M for BeOS, when they eventually paid something like $400M for NeXT? Did they just think NeXT was worth more (that they'd need to spend a lot more developing BeOS maybe), or did they just run out of options and get desperate by the NeXT stage, I wonder?
Free as in beer is a subset of free as in speech, so when you have the latter, you always have the former. At least when someone exists who can build the free-as-in-speech source, and distribute it to you without charge.
Apple...have been catering to people who want a modern non-MS OS since then.
No, they really haven't. They've been selling high-end, expensive, flashy hardware that happens to have a nice feature. But most of us just want to get the most out of the hardware we already have.
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That's one possibility, yes. Not one I ruled out :)
Exactly. From the headline/intro, I thought it was about to claim some mechanism for guaranteeing removal of every molecule except H2O, or something like that.
In this sense, evolution is pretty much self-driving. Any organism must use resources. Any successful organism will eventually populate an area and consume all available resources. Any area where all resources are competed for drives evolution to use different resources instead.
Either that or they've licensed some porn for the in-game billboards.
Yes.
Ahh, so they're aware of our existence.
Actually, this is the opposite of obvious research: it's research that totally misses the obvious point.
People who are happy generally work to get through all the bad shit internally, without passing it on to others, and to pass the good shit on to others, and to gratefully accept the good shit from others, without accepting their issues and baggage. Likewise, people who are unhappy have usually started focusing on negativity, rejecting friendships and help, etc., until they're lonely and depressed.
The article seems to be suggesting that somehow, people just get magically happy by being around each other, and that those who aren't happy are just not well enough connected. Yet more stupid research guided by step-by-step research instructions instead of wisdom and life experience.
Uhh, it might not be law, but you do realise that you're on a network will millions of other people, and that you have a responsibility to do your part in keeping everyone safe from hackers, identity theft, spam, etc. right?
If you don't realise that your system is insecure, that's one thing. But knowing it's insecure, that something needs to be changed, and not changing or hiring someone to take steps to help you, is just irresponsible.
You've been marked troll, but you're quite right. The idea that the an average windows user can keep a PC secure, keep their wireless network secure, etc. is right up there with expecting the poor to get a fair trial in court. Admin is a day-in-day-out job of constant vigilence and few missteps -- by a professional-level definition of misstep. The average user probably makes their PC vulnerable in about 5 different ways for every new day they use it.
That's better. Thanks :D
I'm a bit disturbed that this post has been modded informative. Even if it was my post ;)
It was no accident. Actually, meketrefti is a genius, who has been working on a new, unified theory of intelligence. As part of this research, he's developed a new form of communication, which conveys information directly into the mind without misunderstanding. It's really an astounding piece of work; a true tour de force, right up there with the greatest advances mankind has ever made. What's more, it's such an elegant theory that I can explain it in a few simple words. Here's how it works:
Well, you and then. Suddenly, voila... hard AI singularity responds human thought.
Cool, huh?
No way. Back in school, I theorised that throwing rocks at people's heads would hurt. For years, I used rigorous testing for sounds associated with pain to prove that correct.
Although, in B, the breasts do appear to be in proportion.
Why try to hack it into a filesystem?
Err, no. The Morlocks were the animalistic, twisted ones. Yes, they were smart, but not in a highly evolved, intellectual way --- in a sick, carnivorous, sly way, like a wolf is smart. Yes, Eloi were dumb, but only in the sense that they had given up too much of their animal natures; become too peaceful, too trusting, to willing to go along, and not to question. It's not really about brains and stupidity; it's about attitude and trust and doing the right thing.
The correct response to this is, "well leave the seat up for me sometimes, bitch, and then I might help you out too."
Traditionally, at least in aboriginal cultures, women hunt/forage for the small "scary" animals like mice and slugs and so on, whilst men go on long treks for bigger game. This article isn't just caught up in modern thinking; it's caught up in the modern thinking of a certain limited set of human cultures. It could be the worst study I've heard of, and that's saying something.
No, it used a named collection of variables, and mistake the name for a constant. "Boy of 11 months" and "Girl of 11 months" are vague abstractions for "human of a $gender, socially developed to $level, trained in $faces facial expressions by $family, most of whome have $emotional_state". And that's just one of the flaws. This paper should be taken out and shot.
Then it would be HUNDREDS of times all wrong.
What about it? That's something I was referring to, when I mentioned the ongoing debates on phoronix. KMS is one tiny part in a big stack; it's far from a magic bullet.
What are YOU talking about? I'm talking from personal experience --- *I* want a modern, non-microsoft operating system and they're not catering to my needs. Perhaps your experience is different, but that doesn't change the fact that they're not catering to me. It's strange that you think one contradicts the other.
That about matches what I've read of the whole affair. Didn't know that Palm bought Be for so little though; that's been a harsh lesson for someone I'll bet.
Does anyone happen to know why Apple only wanted to pay about $115M for BeOS, when they eventually paid something like $400M for NeXT? Did they just think NeXT was worth more (that they'd need to spend a lot more developing BeOS maybe), or did they just run out of options and get desperate by the NeXT stage, I wonder?
Free as in beer is a subset of free as in speech, so when you have the latter, you always have the former. At least when someone exists who can build the free-as-in-speech source, and distribute it to you without charge.
No, they really haven't. They've been selling high-end, expensive, flashy hardware that happens to have a nice feature. But most of us just want to get the most out of the hardware we already have.