There is only one real way to test this: put your head in a large bell and have someone ring it as loud as they can. If you lose all muscle control and are confused for a minute or so afterwards it would then prove that it is sound that controls nerves.
That wouldn't prove sound controls nerves, for it is quite common knowledge that doing something like that would upset your middle ear, so you'd lose balance and become nauseous just because of that.
But TIA was part of the military. This is for the defense of our homeland, so the trade-off in liberty must be worth it.
Ah, so this is the Semantic Enhancement part, right?
Supposing the Insight part is taken caren of by the moderators (hint, hint) because of my Analysis and Slashdot's Dissemination, we're only lacking the Visualisation part.
So do you think they've actually put up a fancy name for a bunch of Slashdotter-equivalents, who Visualize scantily clad girls during their short and scarce breaks?
your Product ID and Keys are legitimate. Here is the authorization to download the software you requested; while you're doing that, I'll just take the Product ID & Key and toss it in the garbage, since I don't need it.
is incompatible with this:
the Product ID and Keys you just sent me for authorization to receive downloads appears to be on a list of previously used and hence suspicious Product IDs and Keys;
I mean, if a legitimate copy gets authenticated, and later on an illegitimate copy using the same key cannot authenticate, somebody or something somewhere remembered the product ID and the install keys and whatnot.
Ditto for my until-a-year-ago-so-computer-illiterate-he-couldn' t-turn-a-computer-on father.
The only problem with Ubuntu was the fact he didn't have Internet connectivity, so he couldn't useall the wonderful codecs; so he dual-booted into Windows when he wanted to watch some videos.
Now that that part is fixed as well, he tells me he doesn't even bother booting into Windows any more save from downloading pics from his old digital camera, which is apparently broken as Linux cannot see it, though it once could.
Now I just have to teach him the basics of command line usage...
b) Any potential rate of error would be incredibly close to zero, if not zero - this is digital technology we are talking about here. Either file "A" is on the hard drive or it is not.
Well, technically, DVD-Rs are non-standard, since they are smaller than normal DVDs. (Of course, DVD-R is a standard unto its own, but nevertheless...)
I've had this problem this very evening on my xp box, clearing out thousands of old object files from an ancient code store, god it took ages. 5500 ish small object files in disperate folders, 10 minutes to complete.
I recall deleting the c:\windows folder by hand back in the time of Win98.
I'd thought it would save me time and, more importantly, the data on the disk (Windows had to be reinstalled for some reason or another).
I was half right, at least; it did save me the trouble of formatting.
The delete, however, took hours. Plain old DOS prompt, mind you.
Well, that is true... OTOH, first they'd have to see which daemons are running (in my case, none, since I don't have any servers).
Then they'd have to hope that the brute force attempts aren't discovered in time or the forced accounts automatically disabled after a certain number of attempts and that the attempts themselves aren't logged.
All in all, that's quite a lot of hope.
One of my computers has a guest account: login is username, password is password.
There you go, attack it. Knock yourself out.
Joking aside, I'd love to see[1] some subliminal advertising in movie theaters.
I've come to see the bloody movie; all you can accomplish by giving me 20 minutes of ads beforehand is a vow never ever to buy anything advertised in cinemas.
Well, that and loss of revenue, since I'm sure not going to pay money to watch the movie after 20 minutes of commercials when I can download it and watch it for free. Boo hoo, I steal your virtual money. Piss off, your commercials are stealing my real time.
Anyway, though I believe the net effect of advertising would be exactly the same, at least it wouldn't rob me of any of my time.
So subliminal marketing is not as evil as it's cracked up to be.
There was a very recent experiment that showed the name of a nagging loved one can cause people to do worse on test when that name is only flashed for a brief 1/4th second to slow for the person to consciously detect.
IME,.25 sec is quite enough to register even more than just a name - say, full two lines of text, i.e. in a subtitle.
The same thing as wheels spinning backwards, though I don't know what's that effect called in English...
So, first they make you accept the EULA which says something like "yeah, you did pay us for this software, but if something goes wrong, it sucks to be you", then they give you the kind of security where everything that goes wrong is your fault because hey, you allowed it...
Does anyone need any more proof that Microsoft is Lawful Evil?
Personally, I think that a society who follows those tenets because they believe them to be right, rather than because that's what their god supposedly wants, is a more enlightened society.
I've heard a rabbi comment on that... He said that following some principles because you believe them to be right is easy; following them just because your god commands you is hard. And that, he said, is why religious people have it harder and why their sacrifice is more worthy or something like that.
All in all, I really don't care much for the reasons someone follows their principles; I prefer to care about the nature of their principles.
In case you didn't realize, Star Trek isn't exactly the most realistic simulation of reality.
In Star Trek, from what I could gather, human civilisation is portrayed pretty much in the way it might look like if everyone (or at least the majority) obeyed the Ten Commandments.
So you tell me, how different is it from religion?
I cannot speak for all the other "Joe Sixpacks" but I kindly reject your request that I learn computer programming. I did not buy a computer to program anymore than that I bought a car to change rear axles. I bought a computer to produce letters, receive and send e-mail and accomplish a few other tasks. I bought a car to get me from point A to point B and hopefully back again. Besides, I do not know which programming language to learn. From what I understand, basic sucks, Fortran, Cobol, ADA and Lisp are all very old and there is no agreement on Slashdot as to what language is the best. Of course there is no agreement on Slashdot about anything.
Again, as always, I am misunderstood.
Computer programming, or at least the basics thereof, is quite language-independent.
And I do not require all users to learn how to make their own kernel or text processor; I merely state some programming knowledge is more than desirable - nearly essential, even.
Computer programming, though, includes not only C, Pascal, Basic, Lisp, Python, Scheme, Ada etc. - it also includes basic shell scripting, macros in your favourite office program and so on.
However, most people simply assume it's complicated and keep wasting time on doing things by hand.
I have no objection to people using heir computers for only one or two uses; most people do that. However, the desire to do just that and never mind the rest, including the dangers, is about as rational as driving without paying attention to the other drivers.
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I'd thought it was Pitr Cola...
In this case, however, nobody's comparing behaviours, but pure biology - cell growth in similar circumstances.
Behaviour comparison is tricky grounds even within one and the same species, as any anthropologist and ethnologist will tell you.
That's just what they want you to think...
That wouldn't prove sound controls nerves, for it is quite common knowledge that doing something like that would upset your middle ear, so you'd lose balance and become nauseous just because of that.
Amazing! I stopped right at that point as well...
Now this gives me an idea for a research in cognitive science...
Ah, so this is the Semantic Enhancement part, right?
Supposing the Insight part is taken caren of by the moderators (hint, hint) because of my Analysis and Slashdot's Dissemination, we're only lacking the Visualisation part.
So do you think they've actually put up a fancy name for a bunch of Slashdotter-equivalents, who Visualize scantily clad girls during their short and scarce breaks?
Am I the only one who thinks this:
is incompatible with this:
I mean, if a legitimate copy gets authenticated, and later on an illegitimate copy using the same key cannot authenticate, somebody or something somewhere remembered the product ID and the install keys and whatnot.
Therefore, they store everyone's data.
Ditto for my until-a-year-ago-so-computer-illiterate-he-couldn' t-turn-a-computer-on father.
The only problem with Ubuntu was the fact he didn't have Internet connectivity, so he couldn't useall the wonderful codecs; so he dual-booted into Windows when he wanted to watch some videos.
Now that that part is fixed as well, he tells me he doesn't even bother booting into Windows any more save from downloading pics from his old digital camera, which is apparently broken as Linux cannot see it, though it once could.
Now I just have to teach him the basics of command line usage...
Is the file "V for Vendetta.mpeg" on my hard drive now or not?
Seems like it is.
Where is copyright infringement?
In the file; it says so itself. Just open it in any text editor.
As you can see, proving that a file with a certain name is present on the hard drive means nothing if you can't prove its content.
The mere fact something is digital means nothing. If anything, it's easier not only to copy something, but to fake something as well.
Virus idea: write a virus which would create dummy files with titles pulled from imdb. Then see what happens.
Well, technically, DVD-Rs are non-standard, since they are smaller than normal DVDs. (Of course, DVD-R is a standard unto its own, but nevertheless...)
We'll just shave your head.
I recall deleting the c:\windows folder by hand back in the time of Win98.
I'd thought it would save me time and, more importantly, the data on the disk (Windows had to be reinstalled for some reason or another).
I was half right, at least; it did save me the trouble of formatting.
The delete, however, took hours. Plain old DOS prompt, mind you.
Well, that is true... OTOH, first they'd have to see which daemons are running (in my case, none, since I don't have any servers).
Then they'd have to hope that the brute force attempts aren't discovered in time or the forced accounts automatically disabled after a certain number of attempts and that the attempts themselves aren't logged.
All in all, that's quite a lot of hope.
One of my computers has a guest account: login is username, password is password.
There you go, attack it. Knock yourself out.
Oh, yes, with shadowing enabled (and who doesn't enable it?) they're going to have real fun with my /etc/passwd.
Naq vs lbh znxr gur glcvat ghgbe ebg13 rirelguvat gur fhpx^U^U^U^Uhfre unf gb glcr, lbh'er nyy frg...
Thanks.
Joking aside, I'd love to see[1] some subliminal advertising in movie theaters.
I've come to see the bloody movie; all you can accomplish by giving me 20 minutes of ads beforehand is a vow never ever to buy anything advertised in cinemas.
Well, that and loss of revenue, since I'm sure not going to pay money to watch the movie after 20 minutes of commercials when I can download it and watch it for free. Boo hoo, I steal your virtual money. Piss off, your commercials are stealing my real time.
Anyway, though I believe the net effect of advertising would be exactly the same, at least it wouldn't rob me of any of my time.
So subliminal marketing is not as evil as it's cracked up to be.
[1] Or not, as the case may be.
IME, .25 sec is quite enough to register even more than just a name - say, full two lines of text, i.e. in a subtitle.
The same thing as wheels spinning backwards, though I don't know what's that effect called in English...
So, first they make you accept the EULA which says something like "yeah, you did pay us for this software, but if something goes wrong, it sucks to be you", then they give you the kind of security where everything that goes wrong is your fault because hey, you allowed it...
Does anyone need any more proof that Microsoft is Lawful Evil?
Oh, I know that... but I'd thought it too impolite to simply state it that way.
I've heard a rabbi comment on that... He said that following some principles because you believe them to be right is easy; following them just because your god commands you is hard. And that, he said, is why religious people have it harder and why their sacrifice is more worthy or something like that.
All in all, I really don't care much for the reasons someone follows their principles; I prefer to care about the nature of their principles.
In Star Trek, from what I could gather, human civilisation is portrayed pretty much in the way it might look like if everyone (or at least the majority) obeyed the Ten Commandments.
So you tell me, how different is it from religion?
If she is, I propose a toast for our new toaster overlords.
Again, as always, I am misunderstood.
Computer programming, or at least the basics thereof, is quite language-independent.
And I do not require all users to learn how to make their own kernel or text processor; I merely state some programming knowledge is more than desirable - nearly essential, even.
Computer programming, though, includes not only C, Pascal, Basic, Lisp, Python, Scheme, Ada etc. - it also includes basic shell scripting, macros in your favourite office program and so on.
However, most people simply assume it's complicated and keep wasting time on doing things by hand.
I have no objection to people using heir computers for only one or two uses; most people do that. However, the desire to do just that and never mind the rest, including the dangers, is about as rational as driving without paying attention to the other drivers.