Also, it's kinda hard to understand for Jonny why he should eat his broccoli and drink his healthy water while mom and dad are guzzling down greaseballs with root beer.
A lot of decorative plants are somewhat poisonous, which is why it's a good idea to wash your hands after watering or pruning them. If you experience eye irritation or swelling of the eyelids, then poisonous sap is a likely cause.
does anybody know just how many and just how much of this money will actually go to the artists?
"While the award may seem like a vast pot of money, it will merely offset the millions we have invested - and will continue to invest - in fighting illegal pirate operations around the world"
- EMI Music vice chairman David Munns
The picture seems to show about 60 solenoids around a small pool of water. When they're all clacking away they'd make one heck of a din. The writing looks amazing, but I can't see e.g. a hotel wanting this thing in the lobby unless it can be made very quiet.
Also, do you remember how yogic flying made the news a few years back. The photos seemed to show these guys hovering in mid-air, but in fact they were just "bottom-hopping" up and down and someone clicked the shutter at the top of their bounce. I'd like to see a video of this pool to check that the writing isn't only readable for a tiny fraction of a second.
"All our people will be encouraged to realise their full potential as valued members of the team...
We will strive to be the partner of choice, respected by everyone for our co-operation and openness...
We will encourage a hunger for new ideas, new technologies and new ways of working" - Vision and Values
When I was studying experimental psychology, I calculated the brain's effective "clock speed" as about one tick per 10ms, or 100Hz. Within a factor of two. Of course the brain is immensely parallel and every nerve cell is like a separate "core", so it's still very powerful. What slows it down is using chemical diffusion to pass signals across junctions (synapses). Back in the day, some of our potential protozoan ancestors already had light receptors and emitters - if only they'd used these instead!
Our brains keep working despite frequent failures of their component neurons
Can you remember everything you did ten years ago today? No. In fact you probably don't remember anything about that day. Are you as intelligent? Again probably no. And the cliche that you never forget how to ride a bike? Also not true. I went thirty years without riding a bike and found I had completely forgotten how to (it took 3 months to relearn and get good). So conditioned reflexes don't keep working either.
We just accept that many (most?) brain functions don't "keep working", fortunately without worrying about it too much.
Please mod parent up! Is your cat infected with a computer virus? Is your cat infected with a computer virus? It might be. Many pets, as well as commercial livestock, have been injected with a tiny RFID tag microchip that can identify them if they get lost (pets) or are later found to harbour disease (livestock). Up until now, no one thought these RFID tags could themselves be infected with computer viruses. Now researchers at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam have discovered that computer viruses in animals, supermarket products, airline baggage and other physical objects are a real threat.
Until we know how well it works - and I can't find any information linked to today's news - it's too soon to say "one less thing to worry about."
BTW: Didn't Hungarian Scientists do this in 2005? "Hungary's health minister says a bird flu vaccine appears to be effective in early tests. The vaccine works against H5N1 Hungary's health minister says a bird flu vaccine appears to be effective in early tests. The trial jab appears to protect humans and animals against the lethal H5N1 virus, preliminary results show." - BBC 19 October 2005
I use my credit card Chip and Pin number as my password. If you do the same, you'll be completely secure, because it's the one thing that cannot be forged. Don't just take my word for it, check out these quality endorsements:
Of course it's no Wikipedia, but even so: "The reflected energy typically will cover large amounts of real estate and space, since the energy is spread in many directions," Hengst said. And if the target was moving, hazardous reflections could sweep the surrounding area... The US is working on special protective goggles for its soldiers. - New Scientist.
Firefox is doing well because it's a long time since the Windows XP launch in 2001. When Vista is eventually released, you can bet that Microsoft will try to leverage this to get people to return to IE.
Immediately after you've done the transactions through the web and you log out, the bank sends you an encrypted email with all your transactions in it.
I regularly receive "encrypted emails", all apparantly malware. Unfortunately your idea will lead to more people clicking on "encrypted emails" and getting infected, rather then immediately binning them, thus replacing one problem by another.
Re: Say someone came to your home, took your face, robbed you of your fingerprints, and any other identifying marks on your person.
You mean with a hobby knife or something? Like the Slitheen? I guess it's possible, but identity fraud using copied personal details sounds less messy.
If you bought some adverts, they'd shill for you too (Advertorial). Also how about leaving Slashdot alone for a day and writing a letter to your local paper - they're probable desperate for free local content, so maybe they'd print it.
I'm more worried about publicising the personal details of alleged sharers. It's not safe when there are so many loonies out there. How would the *AA would react if individual record company execs were named and shamed like this?
The model is patenting random science fiction, then taking a cut when other people turn some of it into science fact. "Getting a variety of top minds to focus on how to make major technological advances" is only worthy if you intend to develop those advances quickly, not if you end up holding them back.
... because know those $billions that Google makes? I think it's a zero-sum game because they load equivalent costs onto users and companies like mine -
User: "Your Website stopped working. It's a disaster".
Me: "Do you have Google toolbar installed?".
User: "No, I've not installed anything".
Me: "Because if you've installed Google toolbar, you need to click to allow popups".
User: "I just told you, I've not got Google toolbar. It's a bug in your program".
I waste hours trying to sort out the bug, without success.
User: "Hey, I fixed my problem, it was Google toolbar all along."
Re: I refuse to spend real money on a disappearing product.
No ice-cream for you then. And how do you manage to read Slashdot without electricity? Or a subscription to an ISP? I think you'll find that a lot of the money that you spend is on "disappearing products".
Slashdot Mirror
A lot of decorative plants are somewhat poisonous, which is why it's a good idea to wash your hands after watering or pruning them. If you experience eye irritation or swelling of the eyelids, then poisonous sap is a likely cause.
Poisonous and Allergenic Plants - University of Maryland
Canadian Poisionus Plants Information System - Reference
I was most surprised to learn how poisonous Wisteria seeds are. I hope gardeners don't all get treated as terrorist suspects though.
The picture seems to show about 60 solenoids around a small pool of water. When they're all clacking away they'd make one heck of a din. The writing looks amazing, but I can't see e.g. a hotel wanting this thing in the lobby unless it can be made very quiet.
Also, do you remember how yogic flying made the news a few years back. The photos seemed to show these guys hovering in mid-air, but in fact they were just "bottom-hopping" up and down and someone clicked the shutter at the top of their bounce. I'd like to see a video of this pool to check that the writing isn't only readable for a tiny fraction of a second.
Scientists knew the basics of Deja Vu, including how to stimulate it electrically, back in 1959 (Mullan).
It's obviously illegal to fit a fake license plate to your car, but what about shopping carts, walls, pets etc.?
Could I "frame" the mayor with going to a strip club if I wear a t-shirt with his license plate number?
... by planting Trees nearby. Their shade keeps your house cool, all trees produce fuel for the winter, and if you choose the right varieties they deliver free organic fruit. You'll save power by not having to run your air conditioner so much. Why must some engineers make things difficult for themselves?
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Haha, very funny.
We just accept that many (most?) brain functions don't "keep working", fortunately without worrying about it too much.
Please mod parent up! Is your cat infected with a computer virus? Is your cat infected with a computer virus? It might be. Many pets, as well as commercial livestock, have been injected with a tiny RFID tag microchip that can identify them if they get lost (pets) or are later found to harbour disease (livestock). Up until now, no one thought these RFID tags could themselves be infected with computer viruses. Now researchers at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam have discovered that computer viruses in animals, supermarket products, airline baggage and other physical objects are a real threat.
Until we know how well it works - and I can't find any information linked to today's news - it's too soon to say "one less thing to worry about."
BTW: Didn't Hungarian Scientists do this in 2005? "Hungary's health minister says a bird flu vaccine appears to be effective in early tests. The vaccine works against H5N1 Hungary's health minister says a bird flu vaccine appears to be effective in early tests. The trial jab appears to protect humans and animals against the lethal H5N1 virus, preliminary results show." - BBC 19 October 2005
Of course it's no Wikipedia, but even so: "The reflected energy typically will cover large amounts of real estate and space, since the energy is spread in many directions," Hengst said. And if the target was moving, hazardous reflections could sweep the surrounding area ... The US is working on special protective goggles for its soldiers.
- New Scientist.
Firefox is doing well because it's a long time since the Windows XP launch in 2001. When Vista is eventually released, you can bet that Microsoft will try to leverage this to get people to return to IE.
Re: Say someone came to your home, took your face, robbed you of your fingerprints, and any other identifying marks on your person.
You mean with a hobby knife or something? Like the Slitheen? I guess it's possible, but identity fraud using copied personal details sounds less messy.
My botnet includes 100,000 bouncing mines. You still sure you want to block my spam emails? Do you feel lucky, punk?
If you bought some adverts, they'd shill for you too (Advertorial). Also how about leaving Slashdot alone for a day and writing a letter to your local paper - they're probable desperate for free local content, so maybe they'd print it.
I'm more worried about publicising the personal details of alleged sharers. It's not safe when there are so many loonies out there. How would the *AA would react if individual record company execs were named and shamed like this?
The model is patenting random science fiction, then taking a cut when other people turn some of it into science fact. "Getting a variety of top minds to focus on how to make major technological advances" is only worthy if you intend to develop those advances quickly, not if you end up holding them back.
Re: I refuse to spend real money on a disappearing product.
No ice-cream for you then. And how do you manage to read Slashdot without electricity? Or a subscription to an ISP? I think you'll find that a lot of the money that you spend is on "disappearing products".
If redacting is the "the careful editing of a document", obviously this wasn't a redacted PDF.