we also observe conservation of matter and energy. sure there could be matter and energy that comes out of no where, but not likely. for time travel to be real, all the states of all matter must be remembered... is there some big server in the center of the universe that observes and saves all data about all matter and energy? no, but i guess the data could be saved in the matter itself, kind of like if you think of inertia as just the mass remembering it's own data about where it is. but then that means you can only reverse time within a limited radius unless you can get enough power to reverse the time of the entire universe. but if you only reverse the time of a certain radius, the matter within that radius might be dependant on(as in they may have transfered or absorbed energy from) matter outside of that radius, meaning that way would be impossible
being the time traveler that i am, i went back and replied to this in my original post as long as no one saw something happen or not happen, then someone can go back to that time and change something? does that mean human eyes control space-time?
but beyond that, the time traveling you will exist in a timeline in which you didn't travel back in time(since the future needs to become the present in order for you to go back in time for the first time, if time can be seen as a loop of some sort), and then that you will travel back and create a timeline in which you did travel back in time and the you which was part of a timeline in which you didn't travel back in time would not exist and therefore couldn't have existed to go back in time in the first place--so that makes the whole thing impossible. now some might argue that as long as you don't change anything or anything that effects you then everything is fine, but that doesn't really hold up to logic. as long as some measly human is blind to something means the entire universe can bend to their will? no, i think not
yeh but the past doesn't have your future self. so how, in the future(our present), could you go back in time to even try to kill your father? by going back you have inherently changed the past and made our present non-existent. people might say the future you was there the whole time, but how does future you exist without first waiting for the past to change from present to past?
if you have a circle of dominoes and knock down the first one, you can't send the last one back in time to be the cause of the first one to fall. of course it doesn't really matter if it's such a clear case of impossible cause/effect such as killing your own bloodline. if the dominoes are a straight line you still can't send the last one back in time while it's falling and have it fall in the past rumble rumble and so forth
anyway, are they saying as long as no one saw something happen or not happen, then someone can go back to that time and change something? does that mean human eyes control space-time? wtf?
holy crap yeh that was annoying, all the computer monitors had ads for "E3 on g4 live!" and then the x-files a week later. and there were bottles of axe in the bathroom. aarrrgghh
ah, but basically the same could easily be said about your brain... whenever you watch a movie/show or listen to a song, you are copying it onto the physical medium of your brain.
everytime you watch a movie you're pirating! turn yourself in to be a double plus good consumer!
yeh and wasnt there a problem with mac's dns servers a while back where you could easily and completely take over a mac network and they sent the instructions to everyone on HOW to do it. so if you have something like that and only a couple IT people thinking macs are sooo safe wouldn't there be potential for huge problems?
i didn't spend a nickel on anti-malware programs either, avg anti-virus and ad-aware are both free and good enough for me. you could also make her windows account so limited she couldn't mess it up unless she physically assaulted too. and your analogy to a car is retarded. all those security features like locks, airbags, and seatbelts do cost extra they're just standard, things like clubs to put on your steering wheel are extra, anti theft systems are extra most of the time.
no. i dont get loads of viruses or spyware on my computer and i don't devote unecessary time to un-crappifying my computer. if she doesn't have a firewall and a virus scanner, then she needs to be slapped and told to stop doing whatever she's doing as i already said. and people who get BSODs all the time need to stop deleting random files or shoving poptarts into their computers' drives
not really. and why does it take him so long to get rid of spyware, does he try to do it manually? and why every weekend? he needs to slap his daughter and tell her to quit doing whatever the hell she's doin on her computer
yeh wtf? it still has that stupid line up of a regular keyboard. when is someone gonna make a keyboard thats more grid-like so wasd lines up and other such advances like putting the numpad and home/end, etc keys in the middle so the typing is kind of ergonomical but doesn't have the numpad jetting off waaaayyy over to the right?!?!
yeh and when your copyright ends in 70 years or whenever and your work becomes public domain and google v3 puts your stuff up on the net, no one will need to go to the library to read it. if you index something it doesn't mean you will show all of it, the work will just be searchable. and these are non-profit why do they have a financial stategy other than "don't go bankrupt"?
i suggest you read print.google.com before acting like google is trying to rip off all the poor authors
http://print.google.com/googleprint/library.html#6 to get a whole book you'd have to search like 50 gillion times for a few sentences at a time. they can probably determine someone sending a search request that pulls from the same book a gazillion times
i thought they were only putting up books that didnt have authors because they were dead and their copyrights ran out in the 1920s or something. those non-profit companies are also third parties, what gives them the right to hoard great literary art?
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ha you just reminded of that geico online commercial
geico.com is so easy to use, even a caveman could do it.
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we also observe conservation of matter and energy. sure there could be matter and energy that comes out of no where, but not likely. for time travel to be real, all the states of all matter must be remembered... is there some big server in the center of the universe that observes and saves all data about all matter and energy? no, but i guess the data could be saved in the matter itself, kind of like if you think of inertia as just the mass remembering it's own data about where it is. but then that means you can only reverse time within a limited radius unless you can get enough power to reverse the time of the entire universe. but if you only reverse the time of a certain radius, the matter within that radius might be dependant on(as in they may have transfered or absorbed energy from) matter outside of that radius, meaning that way would be impossible
being the time traveler that i am, i went back and replied to this in my original post
as long as no one saw something happen or not happen, then someone can go back to that time and change something? does that mean human eyes control space-time?
but beyond that, the time traveling you will exist in a timeline in which you didn't travel back in time(since the future needs to become the present in order for you to go back in time for the first time, if time can be seen as a loop of some sort), and then that you will travel back and create a timeline in which you did travel back in time and the you which was part of a timeline in which you didn't travel back in time would not exist and therefore couldn't have existed to go back in time in the first place--so that makes the whole thing impossible. now some might argue that as long as you don't change anything or anything that effects you then everything is fine, but that doesn't really hold up to logic. as long as some measly human is blind to something means the entire universe can bend to their will? no, i think not
but there wouldn't be a random vacuum sized and shaped to the size of your body
yeh but the past doesn't have your future self. so how, in the future(our present), could you go back in time to even try to kill your father? by going back you have inherently changed the past and made our present non-existent. people might say the future you was there the whole time, but how does future you exist without first waiting for the past to change from present to past?
if you have a circle of dominoes and knock down the first one, you can't send the last one back in time to be the cause of the first one to fall. of course it doesn't really matter if it's such a clear case of impossible cause/effect such as killing your own bloodline.
if the dominoes are a straight line you still can't send the last one back in time while it's falling and have it fall in the past
rumble rumble and so forth
anyway, are they saying as long as no one saw something happen or not happen, then someone can go back to that time and change something? does that mean human eyes control space-time? wtf?
it was jokingly said, so i didn't look up whether utah gets tornados. and yes it's tornados OR tornadoes you asshat
that's what tornados are for
wow what a troll. as long as people don't start shouting "omg, star frimation profos that your god does not exist, LOL" i think they'll be alright
what's that in vw beetles?!
then microsoft will buy some studio and take over the movie industry
not maybe, mortal kombat was awesome. and why don't people like resident evil?!?
holy crap yeh that was annoying, all the computer monitors had ads for "E3 on g4 live!" and then the x-files a week later. and there were bottles of axe in the bathroom. aarrrgghh
ah, but basically the same could easily be said about your brain... whenever you watch a movie/show or listen to a song, you are copying it onto the physical medium of your brain.
everytime you watch a movie you're pirating! turn yourself in to be a double plus good consumer!
n00b is just an "encrypted" version of newb which is short for newbie which is of course an actual word that is in fact in the dictionary
yeh and wasnt there a problem with mac's dns servers a while back where you could easily and completely take over a mac network and they sent the instructions to everyone on HOW to do it. so if you have something like that and only a couple IT people thinking macs are sooo safe wouldn't there be potential for huge problems?
wtf neither alien nor aliens is on the list
i didn't spend a nickel on anti-malware programs either, avg anti-virus and ad-aware are both free and good enough for me. you could also make her windows account so limited she couldn't mess it up unless she physically assaulted too. and your analogy to a car is retarded. all those security features like locks, airbags, and seatbelts do cost extra they're just standard, things like clubs to put on your steering wheel are extra, anti theft systems are extra most of the time.
no. i dont get loads of viruses or spyware on my computer and i don't devote unecessary time to un-crappifying my computer. if she doesn't have a firewall and a virus scanner, then she needs to be slapped and told to stop doing whatever she's doing as i already said. and people who get BSODs all the time need to stop deleting random files or shoving poptarts into their computers' drives
not really.
and why does it take him so long to get rid of spyware, does he try to do it manually? and why every weekend? he needs to slap his daughter and tell her to quit doing whatever the hell she's doin on her computer
yeh wtf? it still has that stupid line up of a regular keyboard. when is someone gonna make a keyboard thats more grid-like so wasd lines up and other such advances like putting the numpad and home/end, etc keys in the middle so the typing is kind of ergonomical but doesn't have the numpad jetting off waaaayyy over to the right?!?!
yeh and when your copyright ends in 70 years or whenever and your work becomes public domain and google v3 puts your stuff up on the net, no one will need to go to the library to read it. if you index something it doesn't mean you will show all of it, the work will just be searchable. and these are non-profit why do they have a financial stategy other than "don't go bankrupt"?
i suggest you read print.google.com before acting like google is trying to rip off all the poor authors
i'm sure someone could borrow a book from a library and scan it and then return the original, whats the difference?
http://print.google.com/googleprint/library.html#6 to get a whole book you'd have to search like 50 gillion times for a few sentences at a time. they can probably determine someone sending a search request that pulls from the same book a gazillion times
i thought they were only putting up books that didnt have authors because they were dead and their copyrights ran out in the 1920s or something. those non-profit companies are also third parties, what gives them the right to hoard great literary art?
'Y' is a vowel too!!!! dont be lettercist... or vowelcist, whatever