Science is only as complex as what it is studying. And there are some of us who believe that the global environment is extremely complex. So complex, in fact, that we can't help but be skeptical about level of certainty "everyone" is reaching about the "facts" of human effects on it. Humans, in science and in everything, rely on simplifications/models because reality is often too complex. Consider the evolutionary reasons for this kind of behavior. It is no mystery that the general public relies upon religion, stereotypes, and soundbytes. Scientists actively work to overcome the urge to make judgements based on faulty or incomplete information, but they still have human needs and aspirations, and instincts evolved to ensure their fulfillment.
It is only the adoption of narrow perspectives that put science, religion, evolution, conservatives, liberals, etc. at odds with one another. From a broader perspective, all of this quite consistent, intuitive, elegant, and strangely amusing.
Also, I understand that our compliance with strategic arms reduction treaties relies on Russian satellites being able to image cut up B-52s in the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB in Aridzona.
Yeah, keep on dreaming that anyone really cares what you are searching for...What, are you going to run for president someday? Just say you searched, but you didn't inhale, er, read...
Remember that episode of Gilligan's island where the Professor thought the island was sinking, but really Gilligan was just moving his measuring stick?
As a U.S. citizen, I would say this is in line my stereotypical view of European business -- tending toward stability, leaving time for tending pretty flower gardens and enriching yourselves with history, culture, good food, etc. (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) This is contrary, of course to the U.S. business climate of turmoil, with its myriad of silly ideas, stupid companies, and roboticized workers eating bland food cubes and getting by on drug-like hits of sex, violence, and pop culture from a multitude of degenerate electronic media.
In reality however, I would (unprofoundly) guess that neither side lives up or down to it's stereotypes, but it is easy to realize that new things (and startups) are more likely to be found in chaos than in stagnation. Which is not to say that chaos is the best way, but we are all oscillating around an optimum state. Not perfect, not even an absolute optimum, but the best local optimum we can get right now.
What is this, a time warp? These days companies don't "groom" new talent, they buy it. They prefer to buy other companies' overhyped leaders, just like they buy other companies' overhyped projects instead of doing their own R&D.
Average Joe just bought a 40+ inch HDTV which DOES look much worse when he's watching SDTV than his old 27 incher, at the same 6 foot distance from his recliner. He'll brag to his friends about his ICT'd Blu-ray picture just the same.
I have an R10 too, so at least I'm safe for SD material. I've heard though that the (aging) HD Tivo only does MPEG2 and that DirecTV will be replacing them within the next year or so as they switch everything over to MPEG4. They supposedly will support DirecTivos indefinitely, but not MPEG2, so it's sure looking like Comcast (yuck) and their vaporware Tivo DVR, or a Series 3 for my HD future.
Incidentally, they also just switched (March 1) to a lease-only model for all their equipment, where the mirroring fee essentially gets renamed as the lease fee. Like mirroring, first receiver lease is free, all others are $5/month. I'm not sure how they will deal with guys like us who own the equipment, maybe they'll still charge it as mirroring -- I had better go look at my bill.
I haven't heard about the innards of a Series 3 yet, but couldn't it do something similar to the DirecTivo, just storing the compressed data stream from digital cable on disk and decoding it later with the CableCards? I would think it's going to really be a differently animal from the old SA Tivos.
Maybe I'm just hopeful that it will operate like my DirecTivo, since I'm going to have to switch to cable seeing as how DirecTV is going their own way for their HD DVR.
This makes me wonder what these "deals" are that cable companies are making with Tivo. It seems like any cable company could just offer the generic Series 3 Tivo with their own CableCards installed as the "Premium" DVR option. Or maybe not even bother with a Tivo "deal" at all and just lease their customers the CableCards and tell them to go buy the Series 3.
Personally, I love my DirecTivo, and when I switch to HD I will dump DirecTV and go to cable and Series 3 before getting stuck with DirecTV's upcoming non-Tivo HD DVR.
When are you people going to wake up? ScuttleMonkey is not an editor. It is a bot which crawls Digg, steals the very worst stories, and reposts them here.
Not for me. I got my Hotmail account several years ago, so I could have an address I could freely give out and not have to worry about spam cluttering my Earthlink account. There was a time a couple years or so ago when the Hotmail account was full of spam, but as of today, my judiciously used Earthlink address receives tons of spam, while my free-for-all Hotmail inbox receives almost none!
Slashdot Mirror
This is the funniest thing I've seen since reading the "Slashdot Trolling Phenomena" entry in Wikipedia.
Er, is Physorg in league with the Weekly World News, or is it just me?
Science is only as complex as what it is studying. And there are some of us who believe that the global environment is extremely complex. So complex, in fact, that we can't help but be skeptical about level of certainty "everyone" is reaching about the "facts" of human effects on it. Humans, in science and in everything, rely on simplifications/models because reality is often too complex. Consider the evolutionary reasons for this kind of behavior. It is no mystery that the general public relies upon religion, stereotypes, and soundbytes. Scientists actively work to overcome the urge to make judgements based on faulty or incomplete information, but they still have human needs and aspirations, and instincts evolved to ensure their fulfillment.
It is only the adoption of narrow perspectives that put science, religion, evolution, conservatives, liberals, etc. at odds with one another. From a broader perspective, all of this quite consistent, intuitive, elegant, and strangely amusing.
I liked Battlefield Earth (IANAS). But then I liked "The Postman" too. I've seen both more than once and still enjoy them.
No way! I thought that was funny 20 years ago but Abe Vigoda can't possibly still be alive NOW?!?
Many humans would say we have colonized the entire Earth, and yet there are many critters in many crevices who don't know we exist.
Also, I understand that our compliance with strategic arms reduction treaties relies on Russian satellites being able to image cut up B-52s in the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB in Aridzona.
...use Notepad!
Yeah, keep on dreaming that anyone really cares what you are searching for...What, are you going to run for president someday? Just say you searched, but you didn't inhale, er, read...
Don't give up the fight yet! Don't become just another looser!
Remember that episode of Gilligan's island where the Professor thought the island was sinking, but really Gilligan was just moving his measuring stick?
By your reasoning, minimum wage should be at least equal to median income. This is economically nonsensical.
As a U.S. citizen, I would say this is in line my stereotypical view of European business -- tending toward stability, leaving time for tending pretty flower gardens and enriching yourselves with history, culture, good food, etc. (somewhat tongue-in-cheek)
This is contrary, of course to the U.S. business climate of turmoil, with its myriad of silly ideas, stupid companies, and roboticized workers eating bland food cubes and getting by on drug-like hits of sex, violence, and pop culture from a multitude of degenerate electronic media.
In reality however, I would (unprofoundly) guess that neither side lives up or down to it's stereotypes, but it is easy to realize that new things (and startups) are more likely to be found in chaos than in stagnation. Which is not to say that chaos is the best way, but we are all oscillating around an optimum state. Not perfect, not even an absolute optimum, but the best local optimum we can get right now.
Wow, look, I'm a babbling moderate.
Um, that's 20kHz, not 20MHz of bandwidth. Good luck with getting anything useful out of that...
What is this, a time warp? These days companies don't "groom" new talent, they buy it. They prefer to buy other companies' overhyped leaders, just like they buy other companies' overhyped projects instead of doing their own R&D.
Mmmm, yes, and I bet he's a Coal Industry-funded greenhouse denier too...
Average Joe just bought a 40+ inch HDTV which DOES look much worse when he's watching SDTV than his old 27 incher, at the same 6 foot distance from his recliner. He'll brag to his friends about his ICT'd Blu-ray picture just the same.
...And cavemen should still be in the cave, trying to perfect life there. Have you heard of "Wound licking"?
I have an R10 too, so at least I'm safe for SD material. I've heard though that the (aging) HD Tivo only does MPEG2 and that DirecTV will be replacing them within the next year or so as they switch everything over to MPEG4. They supposedly will support DirecTivos indefinitely, but not MPEG2, so it's sure looking like Comcast (yuck) and their vaporware Tivo DVR, or a Series 3 for my HD future.
Incidentally, they also just switched (March 1) to a lease-only model for all their equipment, where the mirroring fee essentially gets renamed as the lease fee. Like mirroring, first receiver lease is free, all others are $5/month. I'm not sure how they will deal with guys like us who own the equipment, maybe they'll still charge it as mirroring -- I had better go look at my bill.
I haven't heard about the innards of a Series 3 yet, but couldn't it do something similar to the DirecTivo, just storing the compressed data stream from digital cable on disk and decoding it later with the CableCards? I would think it's going to really be a differently animal from the old SA Tivos.
Maybe I'm just hopeful that it will operate like my DirecTivo, since I'm going to have to switch to cable seeing as how DirecTV is going their own way for their HD DVR.
This makes me wonder what these "deals" are that cable companies are making with Tivo. It seems like any cable company could just offer the generic Series 3 Tivo with their own CableCards installed as the "Premium" DVR option. Or maybe not even bother with a Tivo "deal" at all and just lease their customers the CableCards and tell them to go buy the Series 3.
Personally, I love my DirecTivo, and when I switch to HD I will dump DirecTV and go to cable and Series 3 before getting stuck with DirecTV's upcoming non-Tivo HD DVR.
When are you people going to wake up? ScuttleMonkey is not an editor. It is a bot which crawls Digg, steals the very worst stories, and reposts them here.
Crackdot? Slashpot? Well, at least Slashdot kinda rhymes with crackpot...
Naw...PS3 will come with rootkit preinstalled.
Not for me. I got my Hotmail account several years ago, so I could have an address I could freely give out and not have to worry about spam cluttering my Earthlink account. There was a time a couple years or so ago when the Hotmail account was full of spam, but as of today, my judiciously used Earthlink address receives tons of spam, while my free-for-all Hotmail inbox receives almost none!