you don't have to update your friends on every BJ you happen to give or receive, you know.
yes, control of what you post on facebook is firmly in Zuckerberg's hands, but control of what you type in there yourself is quite literally in your hands
check out Australia's defamation laws. truth doesn't mean dick there - it's not a defense at all.
this case would be morally better if our defendant were also able to successfully sue the state for the same thing if our blogger had merely reported to the authorities.
i think our blogger could try to use public interest as a defense though - i'm not sure if bloggers are given the same graces that traditional journalists are. they should be considering half the news these days is just copypasta from Twitter.
i think it's time click-through "I Agree" ten mile pages for new accounts get a test in court. people "sign" away too much, and not many people read those "agreements".
the MPAA might disagree with your last point there.
in an economy of scarcity, yes, one person's gain is another's loss.
of course, new sources of wealth can be found or created, which throws a bit more into the economy of scarcity, but this is not never-ending in a closed physical system. any new creation of wealth simply buys more time before we're back to scarcity again.
scarcity is what gives value in our economy.
the digital economy is something else, and it's interesting watching the two worlds collide while people try to grapple that if you copy something, nothing is lost.
illuminance on a surface is computed simply by the surface normal (or per-pixel interpolated normal) and it's angle relative to all applicable light sources. no raytracing there.
backward ray tracing is shooting off a ray for every pixel in the camera's projection plane and checking for intersections (and optionally interactions with objects).
forward ray tracing is shooting off a bunch of rays from each and every light source and bouncing them around the scene. this is sometimes called "photon mapping".
typically, the situation you're thinking of is where both are used. the (quite low res) forward ray-trace gives the backward raytracer an idea about where the light is distributed to allow it to conserve the amount of rays it casts in subsequent "bounces" off/through objects. this greatly increases speed and reduces noise for the same number of rays.
your only real point has an easy solution - move closer to your job, or choose a job closer to your home. it's not rocket science (hehe).
if you're out in the burbs, you can even grow your own food and reduce your footprint further (or allowing you to drive more with the same footprint). if you're in a rural area, get food straight from the farm.
if you can afford the extra rent, you might find living closer in (or, *gasp* taking public transport) actually works out cheaper overall once all those fuel, rego and maintenance costs are eliminated or at least severely reduced.
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lol. what are you gonna do, arrest me for trolling?
*opens legs*
you don't have to update your friends on every BJ you happen to give or receive, you know.
yes, control of what you post on facebook is firmly in Zuckerberg's hands, but control of what you type in there yourself is quite literally in your hands
4chan was never good
yeah, that came as a surprise for me. i'm not sure how he could develop a business model outside porn ads on 4chan.
perhaps large companies are paying him not to introduce an /i/ board?
this is tricky - news organizations do the same every day and are protected by the public interest.
perhaps if our blogger had gone to the police/IRS/whatever and if there was obvious inaction he THEN blogged, it could have been fine for him. or not.
but what journalist would ever sit on a story that's in the public interest (which it is, actually).
check out Australia's defamation laws. truth doesn't mean dick there - it's not a defense at all.
this case would be morally better if our defendant were also able to successfully sue the state for the same thing if our blogger had merely reported to the authorities.
i think our blogger could try to use public interest as a defense though - i'm not sure if bloggers are given the same graces that traditional journalists are. they should be considering half the news these days is just copypasta from Twitter.
"perception" is not exactly the same as reality. often it's correlated, but every company has a part of it devoted to managing perception.
i think it's time click-through "I Agree" ten mile pages for new accounts get a test in court. people "sign" away too much, and not many people read those "agreements".
you're thinking of a Mitsubishi, running on anything.
weed? i hear cars can fly on it.
fuck are you talking about?
not in particular.
i'm pretty sure that decision is entirely up to the developer of the actual software, rather than the OS it runs on.
apple didn't pay a fucking cent to develop the app!
piss off, fanboy!
the MPAA might disagree with your last point there.
in an economy of scarcity, yes, one person's gain is another's loss.
of course, new sources of wealth can be found or created, which throws a bit more into the economy of scarcity, but this is not never-ending in a closed physical system. any new creation of wealth simply buys more time before we're back to scarcity again.
scarcity is what gives value in our economy.
the digital economy is something else, and it's interesting watching the two worlds collide while people try to grapple that if you copy something, nothing is lost.
there's a third option you missed that is having some success in the middle east.
you're thinking about global illumination.
illuminance on a surface is computed simply by the surface normal (or per-pixel interpolated normal) and it's angle relative to all applicable light sources. no raytracing there.
backward ray tracing is shooting off a ray for every pixel in the camera's projection plane and checking for intersections (and optionally interactions with objects).
forward ray tracing is shooting off a bunch of rays from each and every light source and bouncing them around the scene. this is sometimes called "photon mapping".
typically, the situation you're thinking of is where both are used. the (quite low res) forward ray-trace gives the backward raytracer an idea about where the light is distributed to allow it to conserve the amount of rays it casts in subsequent "bounces" off/through objects. this greatly increases speed and reduces noise for the same number of rays.
but she's got all viruses and shit! you don't wanna tap that!
if only i could post slowpoke...
jack-all has replaced h.264 from where i'm sitting.
U-Matic SP and J-format tape.
your lawn seems to be on my lawn.
Tell me, why should we trust anything capable of making such a mistake, even once. And yet we do, don't we?
so you don't trust a single person you've ever encountered in your life?
must be fun for you. i see why you enjoy (successfully - well done) trolling slashdot.
it's similar to Asimov's three laws.
faith is a trump card - it has root privileges when reason only has user level privileges.
what science needs to find is the sudo command if we're ever to get through.
get out of my head!
huh?
your only real point has an easy solution - move closer to your job, or choose a job closer to your home. it's not rocket science (hehe).
if you're out in the burbs, you can even grow your own food and reduce your footprint further (or allowing you to drive more with the same footprint). if you're in a rural area, get food straight from the farm.
if you can afford the extra rent, you might find living closer in (or, *gasp* taking public transport) actually works out cheaper overall once all those fuel, rego and maintenance costs are eliminated or at least severely reduced.
i imagine bigger movements would be easier to model, not harder.
that's why there's more good theatre actors than film actors. when you're right up close, the slightest movement can give it away.