Uh.. why not titanium? Does she really need her jaw to be stronger than a Mig jet fighter? Does she really want her jaw to be twice as heavy as a normal jaw so that she walks around like this:0 all the time?
People buying something after trying it for free has nothing to do with the broken window fallacy.
Well, the "broken window parable" - or "window maker fallacy" as some people call it - was created to investigate opportunity costs in a situation that might at first seem only negative. There is no one lesson to draw from that imagined situation, and there is obviously a lot of room for debate as to how the situation affects an economy, as economics are necessarily complex.
I don't see how it's very different to the ongoing debate going on about how copyright and piracy affect the economy. Outcomes are not necessarily 100% "good" or 100% "bad", they're mixed. People have pointed out how piracy actually can result in more sales than if there had been no piracy, that kind of thing. Just as with the broken window fallacy, there are lots of factors to consider, some which we may not have even thought of yet.
NetBSD isn't popular because it uses the same security philosophy as the very popular Apple app store?
I think there just might be one or two other tiny factors involved there that you're skipping over.. one being that the popularity of the iPhone has nothing to do with security.
On a moral scale it's not good. On an economic scale, it's probably neutral-to-good right now, as it frees up jobs for other people, or gets rid of people drawing government welfare:p
If he was talking about copyright, he'd be doing the same by pointing out how piracy can be beneficial in some ways.
I'm not one of the ones who would want to keep spam around. I was simply pointing out that it doesn't only do "damage" because his levels or bias and hypocrisy are absurd.
I was just trying to inject some grey into that guy's black and white garbage. He's completely off base anyway, because several botnets have been taken down by authorities.
I'm not saying we shouldn't take down botnets - go for it, by all means! We'll never be able to eradicate it completely though, so we might as well appreciate the good that comes from it instead of just whining about the bad. It's the same as all those people who point out that piracy can actually get you some sales that you otherwise wouldn't have had.
It's kind of sad that he's so happy to break the law himself, and yet when some other guys are breaking the law in a way that inconveniences himself, suddenly he's up on his high horse as if he's any less of a leech than they are.
I love my tablet for reading, and casual browsing (and occasional commenting). Tech companies have been trying unsuccessfully to create devices akin to the Star Trek datapad for years. It's only recently that they've succeeded, thanks to both incremental improvements to hardware, and innovations on the software side.
People don't use Facebook because it's cool. They use it because it's really handy. Maybe people use Twitter because it's "cool", I don't know. Personally I've always thought Twitter was #lame and #FuckingAnnoyingToRead.
Because there's evidence that the words we hear and the words we recall or imagine trigger similar brain processes, the study suggests scientists may one day be able to tune in to the words you're thinking.
No, no that was just you. You're a very unique and special person. Possibly a genius. We could do with more comments like that on Slashdot. People here never point out obvious (ab)uses of technology.
Hmm. I just RTFA. The summary say "10 inch bullet", and as bullets are usually measured at the diameter, I assumed this was basically more like a tank shell.
Turns out it's 10 centimeters, and that's 10cm length, not width. So 4 inches long.
So you could select your target with a rifle rather than needing to have a computer and automated mechanisms control everything after all - but I still think having the laser automatically track the desired target after you've pulled the trigger is a good idea.
Who is responsible for the kill, the guy pulling the trigger or the guy pressing the button on the laser?
Does it have to be one or the other? Besides, aren't they likely to be the same person? Or more likely, one person designating a target on a computer - the computer then making sure that the laser stays point at the target, and the bullet making sure that it stays pointed at the laser dot.
Uhm. Sounds to me like trying to count to the end of infinity to me.
At some stage you're just going to have to say "this is here, because it is". I'm not talking about inside our Universe, I'm talking about outside and before our Universe (if such terms as "before" can apply there), and possibly outside of that outside, and so on. It seems that there must be at least one infinite dimension.
I'm not usually one for vertigo when it comes to heights, but there are moments where my brain tries to truly encompass these concepts, and it kind of gives me vertigo..
I thought the summary was just stating the obvious, but since you ask.. even if we did understand every particle in the Universe and its interactions, it seems unlikely that we can ever explain why it's possible for these things to exist.. how anything can exist at all.. what kind of realm exists for the "big bang" to happen in, whether there are more universes like ours, whether there are infinite universes, whether all patterns of information exist somewhere.. that type of thing.
God doesn't explain it either, because then you're left wondering where this god came from. Even if some kind of spiritual god did exist, I doubt it would be able to explain its existence either.
"Mysteries all the way down", as the summary said. I quite like that turn of phrase:)
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Uh.. why not titanium? Does she really need her jaw to be stronger than a Mig jet fighter? Does she really want her jaw to be twice as heavy as a normal jaw so that she walks around like this :0 all the time?
People buying something after trying it for free has nothing to do with the broken window fallacy.
Well, the "broken window parable" - or "window maker fallacy" as some people call it - was created to investigate opportunity costs in a situation that might at first seem only negative. There is no one lesson to draw from that imagined situation, and there is obviously a lot of room for debate as to how the situation affects an economy, as economics are necessarily complex.
I don't see how it's very different to the ongoing debate going on about how copyright and piracy affect the economy. Outcomes are not necessarily 100% "good" or 100% "bad", they're mixed. People have pointed out how piracy actually can result in more sales than if there had been no piracy, that kind of thing. Just as with the broken window fallacy, there are lots of factors to consider, some which we may not have even thought of yet.
You mean the citizens who will sit at home watching crappy TV, occasionally wondering about who they're going to bone next?
NetBSD isn't popular because it uses the same security philosophy as the very popular Apple app store?
I think there just might be one or two other tiny factors involved there that you're skipping over.. one being that the popularity of the iPhone has nothing to do with security.
The managers behind those dashboards love managing resources, but in general they hate managing people, and there is a difference.
Of course there's a difference :) I don't mind managing technology, but I wouldn't really like to manage a large team of people.
Plenty of geek types enjoy RTSes, and 75% of those games seem to be resource management (I don't really play them myself).
On a moral scale it's not good. On an economic scale, it's probably neutral-to-good right now, as it frees up jobs for other people, or gets rid of people drawing government welfare :p
I take it you don't understand analogies either?
If he was talking about copyright, he'd be doing the same by pointing out how piracy can be beneficial in some ways.
I'm not one of the ones who would want to keep spam around. I was simply pointing out that it doesn't only do "damage" because his levels or bias and hypocrisy are absurd.
I was just trying to inject some grey into that guy's black and white garbage. He's completely off base anyway, because several botnets have been taken down by authorities.
I'm not saying we shouldn't take down botnets - go for it, by all means! We'll never be able to eradicate it completely though, so we might as well appreciate the good that comes from it instead of just whining about the bad. It's the same as all those people who point out that piracy can actually get you some sales that you otherwise wouldn't have had.
It's kind of sad that he's so happy to break the law himself, and yet when some other guys are breaking the law in a way that inconveniences himself, suddenly he's up on his high horse as if he's any less of a leech than they are.
You need to leave something to profounding fulfil the Grammar Nazis, dude.
I'm guessing he means BoingBoing.
When I hear "boing boing" I just think "TITS!", but apparently it's a new aggregator..
That's what exams are for.
time spent, infrastructure upgrades, spam filtering, etc
I of course hate spam, but that type of stuff does keep a lot of Slashdotters employed.
Good job on being spectacularly biased and imagining up all those useful pieces of information to back up your viewpoint.
What winter? :p
Merge engage!
Super RIKEN NIED Rape JAMSTEC JST Ultra Tentacle HD Science Alliance!!
This is the time to rock!
I love my tablet for reading, and casual browsing (and occasional commenting). Tech companies have been trying unsuccessfully to create devices akin to the Star Trek datapad for years. It's only recently that they've succeeded, thanks to both incremental improvements to hardware, and innovations on the software side.
People don't use Facebook because it's cool. They use it because it's really handy. Maybe people use Twitter because it's "cool", I don't know. Personally I've always thought Twitter was #lame and #FuckingAnnoyingToRead.
Well, that one helps too.
I thought everyone learned in basic science classes that trees absorb CO2 and pump out O2 anyway, so it all should have been obvious.
Reading the summary and knowing the meaning of the word "drawing" should have cleared it up.
From the summary:
Because there's evidence that the words we hear and the words we recall or imagine trigger similar brain processes, the study suggests scientists may one day be able to tune in to the words you're thinking.
No, no that was just you. You're a very unique and special person. Possibly a genius. We could do with more comments like that on Slashdot. People here never point out obvious (ab)uses of technology.
*facepalm*
*sob*
Hmm. I just RTFA. The summary say "10 inch bullet", and as bullets are usually measured at the diameter, I assumed this was basically more like a tank shell.
Turns out it's 10 centimeters, and that's 10cm length, not width. So 4 inches long.
So you could select your target with a rifle rather than needing to have a computer and automated mechanisms control everything after all - but I still think having the laser automatically track the desired target after you've pulled the trigger is a good idea.
Who is responsible for the kill, the guy pulling the trigger or the guy pressing the button on the laser?
Does it have to be one or the other? Besides, aren't they likely to be the same person? Or more likely, one person designating a target on a computer - the computer then making sure that the laser stays point at the target, and the bullet making sure that it stays pointed at the laser dot.
Uhm. Sounds to me like trying to count to the end of infinity to me.
At some stage you're just going to have to say "this is here, because it is". I'm not talking about inside our Universe, I'm talking about outside and before our Universe (if such terms as "before" can apply there), and possibly outside of that outside, and so on. It seems that there must be at least one infinite dimension.
I'm not usually one for vertigo when it comes to heights, but there are moments where my brain tries to truly encompass these concepts, and it kind of gives me vertigo..
His email address makes it even better Hooman@nus.nu.sg
I thought the summary was just stating the obvious, but since you ask.. even if we did understand every particle in the Universe and its interactions, it seems unlikely that we can ever explain why it's possible for these things to exist.. how anything can exist at all.. what kind of realm exists for the "big bang" to happen in, whether there are more universes like ours, whether there are infinite universes, whether all patterns of information exist somewhere.. that type of thing.
God doesn't explain it either, because then you're left wondering where this god came from. Even if some kind of spiritual god did exist, I doubt it would be able to explain its existence either.
"Mysteries all the way down", as the summary said. I quite like that turn of phrase :)