... who are not martial arts experts, cannot set up a special room and shell out mucho dinero for the equipment but still want some immersive fun, there's Eye Toy.
FTFA: > Clearly, the present never is changed by mischievous time-travellers: > people don't suddenly fade into the ether because a rerun of events has prevented their births - that much is obvious.
How would you know?
If it was possible to change the past, it would also change the present. People will not "fade into the ether", it would be as if they never existed in the first place.
> "Quantum behaviour is governed by probabilities. Before something has actually been observed, > there are a number of possibilities regarding its state. But once its state has been measured those > possibilities shrink to one - uncertainty is eliminated."
Which makes time travel effectively impossible.
Forget about filling your grandfather, just being there would be inconsistent with the theory because, according to it, if somebody observed the state without your future self in it, that state cannot be altered. And that "somebody" does not even have to be a person, it could be a cat, a bird, a fly or, possibly, even a germ.
Since the possibility of absolutely no observers is so improbable, the only practical way for you to travel back in time is if you already did it, meaning - somebody did observe a state with you in it.
So, there can be loops in time but they would have to be permanent.
Most Americans want the gornment to make the Earth flat.
"It would make things much simpler" said Mr. J. Sixpack.
The geek community was surprisingly open to the idea. Mr. A. Coward from slashdot believed to represent the common sentiment saying: "At least it will get rid of those awful Google Maps distortions".
> I explain the pros and cons to the client; I explain the listing policies > of the RBLs I recommend, and the listing policies of those I do not > recommend. And I also track how policies change over time
Since you are obviously very familiar with the subject, why won't you share your expertise with your fellow slashdotters and tell us what RBLs are currently recommended and which of them cause the least amount of collateral dammage?
> but in days of yore, the CPU inside the Commodore 64 disk drive (the 1571) > was more powerful than the CPU in the C=64 itself.
Actually, the 1571 came in 1995 (as a companion to the C=128), 3 years after the C=64. The step-up from 1MHz to 2MHZ during that time is to be expected.
> Could you also tell us why ATI will not release a specification that would > allow free software developers to create fully functional drivers?
Sorry, I cannot.
1. I left ATI several years ago (got tired of maintaining unmaintainable code). 2. I was with the applications group, not the driver group. 3. These decisions are made by PR and legal, not R&D.
What I can tall you is that, at the time, they were pretty anal about the flow of information. We were "strongly discouraged" to talk to the media and were supposed to direct anyone who asked questions to PR.
When I suggested keeping a permanent presence on Rage3D (to get up to date bug reports and get involved with the community in general) they almost croaked. I was told that they could not straight out forbid me to post on Rage3D on my free time as a private person but I could not speak for ATI, nor disclose any information that was not approved by PR.
I did participate in a few discussion identifying myself as an ATI employee but was very careful with what I said there and I left soon afterwards (brownie points for finding my ID).
>... the more common problem is that the hardware people paid to have their > drivers and stuff written for them and that a great deal of their product's > functionality is, in fact, within the driver rather than within the device or > firmware. These drivers are then restricted by the agreement between the > driver-writing entity and the hardware maker... or so they claim. ATI > apparantly has this difficulty which is why we can't get really good drivers > for Linux just yet.
As a former ATI employee (working on HydraVision some 3-4 years ago) I can tell you that ATI's drivers are written in-house.
>>The first is not viewed as theft becasue the owner doesn't lose it > > That's like saying swearing isn't "viewed as" murder because nobody died. > Copyright infringement isn't "viewed as" theft because it's a totally different > thing. The only relation between copyright infringement and theft is that they > both involve obtaining something that you shouldn't rightfully have.
Copyright infringement involves obtaining something that you shouldn't legally have.
"You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen!" -- Vizzini
> Unfortunately, our legal system says that if you don't defend your IP, then you lose it, > This applies solely to trademarks, not to any other form of IP.
Not true.
When I was on dial-up, I lost my IP each time I disconnected.
> North Korea 'employs 500-600 hackers who are tasked with hacking into > computer networks and disabling enemy command and communication systems.'
I served as an officer in an IT unit in the IDF. All the computers that were connected to the Internet or to any other outside networks, were dedicated to the task and disconnected from the military networks.
North Korea, or any other organization of "hackers" for that matter, are going to have a hard time "hacking into computer networks" they don't have physical access to.
> They may also mark down fully functional parts to lower model numbers to meet demand for "low end" parts.
A lot of "they" do it routinely.
If your manufacturing capacity is N units and the demand is for, say, 10% high end and 90% low end, it is cheaper to only test until you get the 10% (or slightly above) working at the high speeds and market the rest as low speed, untested.
>> cells in animals before they can try the therapy in humans. > > I know it is a personal pet peeve of mine but it just makes my skin crawl > when people separate humans and animals. Humans ARE animals!
Don't you know that the useage of words varies according to context? The colloquial meaning of "animal" is different from the scientific one and excludes humans (as well as, probably, sponges and corals).
If you want to be precise you can refer to animals as kingdom Animalia or Metazoa.
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FTFA:
> Clearly, the present never is changed by mischievous time-travellers:
> people don't suddenly fade into the ether because a rerun of events has prevented their births - that much is obvious.
How would you know?
If it was possible to change the past, it would also change the present. People will not "fade into the ether", it would be as if they never existed in the first place.
Nothing "obvious" there.
> "Quantum behaviour is governed by probabilities. Before something has actually been observed,
> there are a number of possibilities regarding its state. But once its state has been measured those
> possibilities shrink to one - uncertainty is eliminated."
Which makes time travel effectively impossible.
Forget about filling your grandfather, just being there would be inconsistent with the theory because, according to it, if somebody observed the state without your future self in it, that state cannot be altered. And that "somebody" does not even have to be a person, it could be a cat, a bird, a fly or, possibly, even a germ.
Since the possibility of absolutely no observers is so improbable, the only practical way for you to travel back in time is if you already did it, meaning - somebody did observe a state with you in it.
So, there can be loops in time but they would have to be permanent.
Most Americans want the gornment to make the Earth flat.
"It would make things much simpler" said Mr. J. Sixpack.
The geek community was surprisingly open to the idea.
Mr. A. Coward from slashdot believed to represent the common sentiment saying: "At least it will get rid of those awful Google Maps distortions".
> I explain the pros and cons to the client; I explain the listing policies
> of the RBLs I recommend, and the listing policies of those I do not
> recommend. And I also track how policies change over time
Since you are obviously very familiar with the subject, why won't you share your expertise with your fellow slashdotters and tell us what RBLs are currently recommended and which of them cause the least amount of collateral dammage?
> Using a public toilet without flushing still carries a $284 fine.
If it was up to me, it would be punishable by submersion in said device.
> I personally think there's no place in the world better to sample many different cultures' foods at once.
Toronto.
> but in days of yore, the CPU inside the Commodore 64 disk drive (the 1571)
> was more powerful than the CPU in the C=64 itself.
Actually, the 1571 came in 1995 (as a companion to the C=128), 3 years after the C=64.
The step-up from 1MHz to 2MHZ during that time is to be expected.
> The GPU also functions as the main memory controller
Cool.
What's next? A floppy controller in charge of CPU to CPU communications?
> Could you also tell us why ATI will not release a specification that would
> allow free software developers to create fully functional drivers?
Sorry, I cannot.
1. I left ATI several years ago (got tired of maintaining unmaintainable code).
2. I was with the applications group, not the driver group.
3. These decisions are made by PR and legal, not R&D.
What I can tall you is that, at the time, they were pretty anal about the flow of information. We were "strongly discouraged" to talk to the media and were supposed to direct anyone who asked questions to PR.
When I suggested keeping a permanent presence on Rage3D (to get up to date bug reports and get involved with the community in general) they almost croaked.
I was told that they could not straight out forbid me to post on Rage3D on my free time as a private person but I could not speak for ATI, nor disclose any information that was not approved by PR.
I did participate in a few discussion identifying myself as an ATI employee but was very careful with what I said there and I left soon afterwards (brownie points for finding my ID).
> ... the more common problem is that the hardware people paid to have their
> drivers and stuff written for them and that a great deal of their product's
> functionality is, in fact, within the driver rather than within the device or
> firmware. These drivers are then restricted by the agreement between the
> driver-writing entity and the hardware maker... or so they claim. ATI
> apparantly has this difficulty which is why we can't get really good drivers
> for Linux just yet.
As a former ATI employee (working on HydraVision some 3-4 years ago)
I can tell you that ATI's drivers are written in-house.
How would the iRiver iFP-799 and iFP-899 compare to the:
- iAudio 5 and U2
- Samsung YP-MT6Z and YP-T6Z
- MPIO FY 400
Using a single device as both a USB key an an MP3 player is convenient.
> Dude's dead. Someone murdered him. That someone should get serious time or death for it.
Big deal, just create a new character and log back in...
>>The first is not viewed as theft becasue the owner doesn't lose it
>
> That's like saying swearing isn't "viewed as" murder because nobody died.
> Copyright infringement isn't "viewed as" theft because it's a totally different
> thing. The only relation between copyright infringement and theft is that they
> both involve obtaining something that you shouldn't rightfully have.
Copyright infringement involves obtaining something that you shouldn't legally have.
"You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen!" -- Vizzini
> Unfortunately, our legal system says that if you don't defend your IP, then you lose it,
> This applies solely to trademarks, not to any other form of IP.
Not true.
When I was on dial-up, I lost my IP each time I disconnected.
> For example, light eyed people generally have worse reflexes [...]
Reputable source please.
> North Korea 'employs 500-600 hackers who are tasked with hacking into
> computer networks and disabling enemy command and communication systems.'
I served as an officer in an IT unit in the IDF.
All the computers that were connected to the Internet or to any other outside networks, were dedicated to the task and disconnected from the military networks.
North Korea, or any other organization of "hackers" for that matter, are going to have a hard time "hacking into computer networks" they don't have physical access to.
Such as pre-op transsexuals.
> And just to be double safe only priests will be hired to scan the men.
Given what I read about Catholic priests in the news, I am not sure I want them scanning my children.
> They may also mark down fully functional parts to lower model numbers to meet demand for "low end" parts.
A lot of "they" do it routinely.
If your manufacturing capacity is N units and the demand is for, say, 10% high end and 90% low end, it is cheaper to only test until you get the 10% (or slightly above) working at the high speeds and market the rest as low speed, untested.
Algernon
> That would be like putting an illegal tariff on steel imports...
Or, say, softwood lumber?
>> cells in animals before they can try the therapy in humans.
>
> I know it is a personal pet peeve of mine but it just makes my skin crawl
> when people separate humans and animals. Humans ARE animals!
Yes, and tomatoes are fruit.
Don't you know that the useage of words varies according to context? The colloquial meaning of "animal" is different from the scientific one and excludes humans (as well as, probably, sponges and corals).
If you want to be precise you can refer to animals as kingdom Animalia or Metazoa.
> My complaint is the different behavior of all of the office apps
Not just office apps.
Quick, who can enumerate all the different key combinations to bring up a "Find" dialog in various MS applications?
IE: Ctrl-F
OE: Ctrl-Shift-F
Outlook: F4
> Also keep in mind that all of the communist societies (at least that I know of) were not entered into voluntary.
Wikipedia to the rescue!