As your nine year-old son will probably slap you and tell you to wise up when you break down over your mortgage issues, I'd rather trust him than you;)
Actually I don't think it would alter all that much really. It's probably true that there are simple organisms on this planet that are not carbon-based, or that survive without DNA, but simply haven't been discovered.
On the other hand, if we've lived with them all this time, and not noticed, how important can they be? A cause of many diseases, perhaps. A cure for many diseases, perhaps. None of that would be earth-shattering; we know there are new species, new causes and cures for diseases in rain forests, yet we care so little that we allow those rainforests to be destroyed.
When most people speak of alien life, they're talking about advanced, sentient alien life. A lot of this "life on mars" or "shadow biosphere" stuff is nothing more than sensationalism.
There IS, and there was. The original wikipedia concept was simple: let people edit EQUALLY, and if someone edits badly, it can be undone using the article's history.
This is now being abused, by people who act as self-appointed** guards rather than equals.
** self meaning them as individuals, or the wikipedia nazis as a collective.
It could be one day possible to create a kind of device that harmonizes human beings early on in childhood development
Yes indeed. If only children usually came with some sort of trainer responsible for their education, wellbeing, food, and shelter.
You know... like those mice had, when their parents probably interacted with them in a way that requires more memory skills, since they'd learned them earlier.
Why bother to fight DRM? DRM is not the problem, the problem is that distributing DRM workarounds is illegal. Instead, why not go after the root problem, the DMCA?
I really wish people would stop the arrogant assumption that they can always work around whatever DRM manufacturers create, even when they all get together to work against the public. Breaking cryptography is HARD. Some crypto is UNBREAKABLE in any reasonable amount of time, using any known techniques. The UK's Sky TV, for instance, has been using the same crypto on their satellite broadcasts for years now, with no cracks available.
Hmm. You, Sir, make a very good point there. Unfortunately you've just given me a lot of work, finding out how closely that theory fits with the numbers. I don't suppose you could back it up with numbers (say, how much goes to banks that won't feed back to citizens vs. how much goes directly to welfare programs etc.) and save me the trouble?
Because one group might have felt like bloodthirsty savages, while the other might not have consciously connected people floating up to heaven with killing them?
Anyone who hasn't actually played one could doubt it easily, even they've watched someone else playing a lot. While I agree that FPS tend to be about control etc., there are also times when they tend to be about violence, like when you're getting your ass kicked online by people who've been playing for years, and it becomes a matter of killing everything you see just to stay alive long enough to say you were part of the group.
Unfortunately, violence is the ultimate form of control.
Well, life-experience in most civilised societies tends to teach you the opposite: that violence is lack of control, and that self-control is the ultimate form of control.
Whether video games tend to teach the same is another question though.
What? You want the 8GB limit to trickle down from these machines? I'd be looking for a higher limit to trickle down TO these machines. 8GB max is pitiful, considering that 2-4GB is easily the norm now.
Then why don't you just say that you're disappointed,
Because stupid people would understand enough of it to attack him with it. In this day and age, it makes sense for politicians to encode things for people capable of rational thought.
they should actually be a little smarter on the average.
I imagine that was probably reason enough for us to wipe them out. Particularly if they suffered from the same social ineptitude that seems to come with additional brain power.
What is it with people today? You want to know stuff, but can't be bothered reading something that IS a summary, of a lengthy court proceeding involving lots of debate on principles, history, etc.?
You want summaries of summaries? OK, we're all screwed. Feel informed now?
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Well let me put it this way... no.
As your nine year-old son will probably slap you and tell you to wise up when you break down over your mortgage issues, I'd rather trust him than you ;)
Actually I don't think it would alter all that much really. It's probably true that there are simple organisms on this planet that are not carbon-based, or that survive without DNA, but simply haven't been discovered.
On the other hand, if we've lived with them all this time, and not noticed, how important can they be? A cause of many diseases, perhaps. A cure for many diseases, perhaps. None of that would be earth-shattering; we know there are new species, new causes and cures for diseases in rain forests, yet we care so little that we allow those rainforests to be destroyed.
When most people speak of alien life, they're talking about advanced, sentient alien life. A lot of this "life on mars" or "shadow biosphere" stuff is nothing more than sensationalism.
After many zen practitioners' lengthy, two-way dialogues with rocks near and far, your test criteria seem to be flawed.
There IS, and there was. The original wikipedia concept was simple: let people edit EQUALLY, and if someone edits badly, it can be undone using the article's history.
This is now being abused, by people who act as self-appointed** guards rather than equals.
** self meaning them as individuals, or the wikipedia nazis as a collective.
Woosh
Yes indeed. If only children usually came with some sort of trainer responsible for their education, wellbeing, food, and shelter.
You know... like those mice had, when their parents probably interacted with them in a way that requires more memory skills, since they'd learned them earlier.
A bit like yourself then.
I really wish people would stop the arrogant assumption that they can always work around whatever DRM manufacturers create, even when they all get together to work against the public. Breaking cryptography is HARD. Some crypto is UNBREAKABLE in any reasonable amount of time, using any known techniques. The UK's Sky TV, for instance, has been using the same crypto on their satellite broadcasts for years now, with no cracks available.
Since haikus were originally Japanese, I tend not to be too anal about how they should be done in a vastly different language like English :)
Hmm. You, Sir, make a very good point there. Unfortunately you've just given me a lot of work, finding out how closely that theory fits with the numbers. I don't suppose you could back it up with numbers (say, how much goes to banks that won't feed back to citizens vs. how much goes directly to welfare programs etc.) and save me the trouble?
Because one group might have felt like bloodthirsty savages, while the other might not have consciously connected people floating up to heaven with killing them?
Anyone who hasn't actually played one could doubt it easily, even they've watched someone else playing a lot. While I agree that FPS tend to be about control etc., there are also times when they tend to be about violence, like when you're getting your ass kicked online by people who've been playing for years, and it becomes a matter of killing everything you see just to stay alive long enough to say you were part of the group.
Well, life-experience in most civilised societies tends to teach you the opposite: that violence is lack of control, and that self-control is the ultimate form of control.
Whether video games tend to teach the same is another question though.
What? You want the 8GB limit to trickle down from these machines? I'd be looking for a higher limit to trickle down TO these machines. 8GB max is pitiful, considering that 2-4GB is easily the norm now.
Because stupid people would understand enough of it to attack him with it. In this day and age, it makes sense for politicians to encode things for people capable of rational thought.
I imagine that was probably reason enough for us to wipe them out. Particularly if they suffered from the same social ineptitude that seems to come with additional brain power.
You mean... for the destruction of microsoft? ;)
No, but you can call, and have her brought in for questioning.
What is it with people today? You want to know stuff, but can't be bothered reading something that IS a summary, of a lengthy court proceeding involving lots of debate on principles, history, etc.?
You want summaries of summaries? OK, we're all screwed. Feel informed now?
Oh, I use it regularly, but you've gotta start somewhere :)
Indeed. Why choose candidate A, when you you have the otherwise identical candidate B option?
Unless your suburban house is in orbit, and pissing off the military, you're probably safe.
Tip: they're not taking it seriously, if this is what they're coming up with.