Since the natural world is fairly low on salt, sugar and fat, we're built to want as much as possible, because it practice that was the best way to get as close as possible to the optimum.
Because our modern world is different, our bodies' way of aiming for optimal is broken. Too much fat is bad for you, as we all know.
Similarly, we figure out if we get oxygen enough not by measuring oxygen but my measuring CO_2 which back then was a good enough approximation of a lack of oxygen. Nitrogen fools us into not worrying about oxygen concentration when in fact we need to.
I think the only thing one can do is probably fast one day a week, to simulate the conditions for which we are bred.
We were also built to cope with large amounts of pain. That doesn't mean we should inflict it upon ourselves just to get a more true simulation.
Showing some care about your diet while not going to the other extreme is probably the right thing to do. Golden mean and all that;)
2) It rejects (following Netcom) direct liability for the operator of a system which makes copies automatically at the request of someone else.
Hmm... let's see. So let's say I create a bittorrent "proxy"-ish client which does the following:
Decide on some chunks it wants to download.
Advertise (not truthfully) that "I have these chunks"
When someone requests them;
Request them from someone else
Cache them locally
Goto 1
Then, at the request of (software controlled by) someone else, I make copies of a torrented file.
Yes, the software is lying about which chunks it has; it has to do that---otherwise no one will ask it for those chunks and it'd be a really lame proxy.
Let's say I use this to cache some Britney songs, and stop running the proxy once I have a complete copy of whatever was torrented. It's quite transparent what I have done.
But the line seems fuzzy; where is it drawn? Where should it be drawn? Where can it be drawn?
How many minutes does it take you to figure out that letters full of 16gb microSD cards actually have higher bandwidth than your connection?
To
Gottfrid Svartholm The Pirate Bay Bergmansgate 11 101 23 Stockholm
Yo, Anakata. Which torrentz u got? Please give me all your CSI: Miami, and some anime, and Call of Duty, and some Metallica.
(five weeks later)
To
Jonas KÃlker Fupmagerstræde 42 1234 Ugyldigt Postnummer
Here you go. Had to deal with the other 100,000 people who wanted a slice of my time.
Note how I left out "yo, what torrents you got?", and a hefty postal fee for sending hundreds of sheets of paper with a torrent list.
Having a global index of stuff is really nice; it means I don't have to wait for data to propagate through the "wants to share" edges in the global friend graph.
Doing it while spending very little time is also a nifty thing.
(TPB's address is made up; my own translates as "Con-man street 42, 1234 Invalid Postal Code")
(Sorry for the self-reply, but I wanted my two points to be independently moddable; this'll probably get modded OT, but I got karma to burn...)
Speaking of computers and technology in pop culture, I've recently watched Die Hard 4.
In general, it's everything we hate: overblown graphical interfaces ("tracing $BADGUY, [$n percent progress bar]"), interfaces that work the "wrong" way (when your box gets hacked, the screen goes fuzzy like a TV with poor reception), nonsensical terminology ("it's a E-bomb!").
But! It has one redeeming quality; Mr. Nerdy Sidekick described cryptography as "Math-based security". That's a phrase that's handy for talking to non-geeks ("the washed masses"?:D)
It points in the general direction of the application of cryptography, "security", and it says something about what cryptography is (or contains), "math[-based]".
And since cryptography requires math which most people haven't learned anything about, if people start to speculate "so how can you secure stuff with math", in the two seconds or so they can do it during a conversation they're not going to come up with something wrong which they don't know is wrong---they're going to come up with nothing, making them ask "so how can you make security with math?".
Thus, saying "math-based security" gives you an opportunity to give people only correct ideas about what you do, and in as much detail as people want to hear about.
Lori Drew certainly seems to be [a piece of shit], but I still think she never should have been charged
I think she should have been charged with something along the lines of harassment since that's what she actually did. Assuming of course that there are laws dealing with harassment.
But I do agree with what I think you believe: people shouldn't be sued for using a tool (in evil ways)---people should be sued for evil acts (done with a tool).
Tools seem to be more numerous and complex than the evil acts themselves; it's easier for the law to adapt to new evils than new tools.
rooting someone's box--simple: you're messing with their private property. Violating a TOS agreement: you're messing with someone's private property beyond their permission. Like borrowing something and dipping it in paint. We understand private property reasonably well, but "we" (the law) doesn't seem to get all the intricacies of this shiny new tool---computers---yet.
From the last link in the summary, "things that have happened during DNF's development cycle":
> World War II and the Manhattan project took less time than DNF.
"Nukem 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!"
> 661 million people have been born.
"Don't worry babes; there's enough Duke to go around."
> George W. Bush was elected and re-elected.
"You're an inspiration for birth control."
> Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Marvel movies, Star Wars prequels.
"[after discovering Luke Skywalker's corpse hanging upside down] Now this is a force to be reckoned with!"
> A ton of other great games: Every Zelda game between Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess; Starcraft, Diablo 2, Warcraft 3, WoW; Final Fantasy VII through XII; all things Counterstrike; all games using the Unreal engine (including every Unreal game, of course); every MMORPG (except Meridian 59)... everything under the sun, except DNF.
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Thankfully, I have GNU macchanger installed
You can also use /etc/network/interfaces:
iface bond0 inet dhcp
hwaddress ether de:ca:fb:ad:d0:0d
For extra fun, send messages to Starbucks in your MAC.
the food is actually -too good- for us
weeeeell...
Since the natural world is fairly low on salt, sugar and fat, we're built to want as much as possible, because it practice that was the best way to get as close as possible to the optimum.
Because our modern world is different, our bodies' way of aiming for optimal is broken. Too much fat is bad for you, as we all know.
Similarly, we figure out if we get oxygen enough not by measuring oxygen but my measuring CO_2 which back then was a good enough approximation of a lack of oxygen. Nitrogen fools us into not worrying about oxygen concentration when in fact we need to.
I think the only thing one can do is probably fast one day a week, to simulate the conditions for which we are bred.
We were also built to cope with large amounts of pain. That doesn't mean we should inflict it upon ourselves just to get a more true simulation.
Showing some care about your diet while not going to the other extreme is probably the right thing to do. Golden mean and all that ;)
Google Brain Search was invented by Shampoo.
The 9/11 bombers would all have passed this test, as they were travelling on their own passports.
Yeah, but by using this brain scan thing-a-ma-jiggy, our leaders look like they're doing something about terrorism.
Either that, or by waving around the "terrorism" word, they get to deploy better surveillance tech without enouct people complaining.
it is always the Dwellers in the Forest who will come off worst.
Are you saying I have pointy ears and a flair for magic and archery?
2) It rejects (following Netcom) direct liability for the operator of a system which makes copies automatically at the request of someone else.
Hmm... let's see. So let's say I create a bittorrent "proxy"-ish client which does the following:
Then, at the request of (software controlled by) someone else, I make copies of a torrented file.
Yes, the software is lying about which chunks it has; it has to do that---otherwise no one will ask it for those chunks and it'd be a really lame proxy.
Let's say I use this to cache some Britney songs, and stop running the proxy once I have a complete copy of whatever was torrented. It's quite transparent what I have done.
But the line seems fuzzy; where is it drawn? Where should it be drawn? Where can it be drawn?
300 US bucks buys you a few hours...
Unless you wanted a gf for the pleasant conversational company, of course...
[1]
The banning of people from ISPs without due process of law (i.e. a hearing in the courts) is the antithesis of a democratic Republic.
Strictly speaking, isn't it the antithesis of Rule of Law?
Democracy tends to go hand-in-hand with Rule of Law, but none of them imply the other. Correlation != equality.
How many minutes does it take you to figure out that letters full of 16gb microSD cards actually have higher bandwidth than your connection?
To
Gottfrid Svartholm
The Pirate Bay
Bergmansgate 11
101 23 Stockholm
Yo, Anakata. Which torrentz u got? Please give me all your CSI: Miami, and some anime, and Call of Duty, and some Metallica.
(five weeks later)
To
Jonas KÃlker
Fupmagerstræde 42
1234 Ugyldigt Postnummer
Here you go. Had to deal with the other 100,000 people who wanted a slice of my time.
Note how I left out "yo, what torrents you got?", and a hefty postal fee for sending hundreds of sheets of paper with a torrent list.
Having a global index of stuff is really nice; it means I don't have to wait for data to propagate through the "wants to share" edges in the global friend graph.
Doing it while spending very little time is also a nifty thing.
(TPB's address is made up; my own translates as "Con-man street 42, 1234 Invalid Postal Code")
can you produce the movie that is on that DVD?
Had you read your parent's full post, you would have discovered this:
We still need people to create content (we call them artists).
He also says some words about editors, producers and retailers near that bit. I suggest you read it, it's quite interesting.
It puts the whole "DVDs should be cheap" bit in perspective.
Really, it is (sarcastically) "Big surprise".
The USA is a federation of little chunks more than it is one big chunk, where each chunk is free (within some limits) to govern itself.
No surprise the little chunks make different rules.
(Sorry for the self-reply, but I wanted my two points to be independently moddable; this'll probably get modded OT, but I got karma to burn...)
Speaking of computers and technology in pop culture, I've recently watched Die Hard 4.
In general, it's everything we hate: overblown graphical interfaces ("tracing $BADGUY, [$n percent progress bar]"), interfaces that work the "wrong" way (when your box gets hacked, the screen goes fuzzy like a TV with poor reception), nonsensical terminology ("it's a E-bomb!").
But! It has one redeeming quality; Mr. Nerdy Sidekick described cryptography as "Math-based security". That's a phrase that's handy for talking to non-geeks ("the washed masses"? :D)
It points in the general direction of the application of cryptography, "security", and it says something about what cryptography is (or contains), "math[-based]".
And since cryptography requires math which most people haven't learned anything about, if people start to speculate "so how can you secure stuff with math", in the two seconds or so they can do it during a conversation they're not going to come up with something wrong which they don't know is wrong---they're going to come up with nothing, making them ask "so how can you make security with math?".
Thus, saying "math-based security" gives you an opportunity to give people only correct ideas about what you do, and in as much detail as people want to hear about.
Forget that, I want a link to the page where I can control a plane!!
Are you sure you don't want a VB GUI to trace its route? ;-)
Lori Drew certainly seems to be [a piece of shit], but I still think she never should have been charged
I think she should have been charged with something along the lines of harassment since that's what she actually did. Assuming of course that there are laws dealing with harassment.
But I do agree with what I think you believe: people shouldn't be sued for using a tool (in evil ways)---people should be sued for evil acts (done with a tool).
Tools seem to be more numerous and complex than the evil acts themselves; it's easier for the law to adapt to new evils than new tools.
rooting someone's box--simple: you're messing with their private property. Violating a TOS agreement: you're messing with someone's private property beyond their permission. Like borrowing something and dipping it in paint. We understand private property reasonably well, but "we" (the law) doesn't seem to get all the intricacies of this shiny new tool---computers---yet.
(I'll go to hell for this, or at least lose all my karma)
If you want to spank it on the taxpayer's dime, do it in a bathroom stall like the rest of us.
But no matter its shape, oral sex has to be performed in your office.
I got hard evidence that w7 is better: http://xkcd.com/528/
Apparently it can hit the submit button and is very infecti
I'm sure there's an anatomical comment in there, but I'm not gonna go there...
Neither are the rest of us /.ers :(
Some times when people go to free software for a business they kinda forget a key component on where the money comes from.
Easy! They come from Mark Shuttleworth.
What, you have to learn stuff to become an MBA? ;)
Is the "aholic" suffix really any worse
It's a grammargate!
But then again, I'm a lexivorous linguaholic...
When Google get their hands on this, it will be Wolfram Beta Forever.
But things with "Forever" in their name never ship!
Ruby can do this already:
$ echo 'printf("%d\n", (6*9).to_s(13));' | ruby
Understanding written sentences [...] Something that Wolfram might not directly telling you.
You forgot to adding word "incorrect".
From the last link in the summary, "things that have happened during DNF's development cycle":
> World War II and the Manhattan project took less time than DNF.
"Nukem 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!"
> 661 million people have been born.
"Don't worry babes; there's enough Duke to go around."
> George W. Bush was elected and re-elected.
"You're an inspiration for birth control."
> Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Marvel movies, Star Wars prequels.
"[after discovering Luke Skywalker's corpse hanging upside down] Now this is a force to be reckoned with!"
> A ton of other great games: Every Zelda game between Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess; Starcraft, Diablo 2, Warcraft 3, WoW; Final Fantasy VII through XII; all things Counterstrike; all games using the Unreal engine (including every Unreal game, of course); every MMORPG (except Meridian 59)... everything under the sun, except DNF.
"This really pisses me off!"