I bought my first Dobsonian telescope when I was a kid. Last year, my wife bought me a beautiful 6-in reflector. I'll never forget the first time I saw Saturn's rings. There's nothing like seeing them "for real" right there in the sky above you.
Thank you, John Dobson for opening up the sky!
A vehicle malfunction that causes an auto accident won't be attributed to the driver. When Toyota's gas pedals were getting stuck and causing deaths, the lawyers were going after drivers. There's no difference with autonomous vehicles. If the technology is found to be at fault, it will be the part manufacturer and the auto maker who will be dragged into civil court.
So you're telling me a secret program authorized by a secret court to ubiquitously collect private information about U.S. citizens was, when exposed to the light of day, found to violate Americans’ constitutional rights?
FIRST COMMANDMENT
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
SECOND COMMANDMENT Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth
THIRD COMMANDMENT
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
FOURTH COMMANDMENT
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
FIFTH COMMANDMENT
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
SIXTH COMMANDMENT
Thou shalt not kill.
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
EIGHTH COMMANDMENT
Thou shalt not steal.
NINTH COMMANDMENT
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
TENTH COMMANDMENT
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
I think you can enjoy the movie for its raw violence and special effects while also appreciating it for its swipe at the military-industrial complex. You don't have to chuckle your way through it, but how you miss the satire is beyond me. At one point a reporter interviewing soldiers headed into battle even states: "Some say the bugs were provoked by the intrusion of humans into their natural habitat, that 'live and let live' is preferable to war with the bugs." He's interrupted by mobile infantryman Johnny Rico who says: "Let me tell you something. I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say 'Kill 'em all!'"
The movie in four minutes if you haven't seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThrVQKl04Ak
It would be pretty darned hypocritical of us to indiscriminately bomb people and then say that you shouldn't use A.I. driven robots because it's too impersonal a way to kill people.
Believe me, we were all in shock over this. You cannot create something in this state without the government hanging a tax on it. And, once that tax is in place and the bureaucracy suckling on the tax teat it is established, it's a permanent fixture. You'll never see a bureaucracy go away.
Years ago, after returning home from a five-year stint in California, to my surprise, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts sent me an "excise tax" bill on my beat up car; the tax is, in fact, an ad valorem tax (based on the value of the car). I called my mom to ask what the heck it was and she simply stated: "Yeah, they tax driving in Massachusetts.
Is it any wonder the Bay State got the moniker: Taxachusetts?
Why would I buy seven year old technology when in a couple of years, perhaps even less, I can afford a 4K Ultra High Definition TV technology with 3840 x 2160 pixels (8 megapixels) -- four times that of 1080p televisions, which only offers 2 megapixels of resolution.
TCL has already announced it will sell a 4K resolution, 50-in. Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV starting this fall for $999. And Samsung and Sony just announced they're slashing their prices. For 65-inch 4K TVs, Samsung's asking price recently fell from $7,500 to $6,000, while Sony cut its price from $7,000 to $5,500. For 55-inch models, Samsung dropped the price from $5,500 to $4,500, and Sony's prices fell from $5,000 to $4,000. Give it another year or two and they'll also be within reach of the average consumer.
Yeah, yeah. There's no content for them. Well, got news for ya. Everything is being filmed in 4K today, from sports to movies and TV shows, it's just not yet being offered yet. When there are televisions to support it, it will be there.
The retirement announcement impacted Microsoft's stock value so much that Ballmer's now worth about a billion dollars more than he was on Thursday. A MarketWatch story even said Ballmer could buy himself 27,000 gold watches for retirement based on the difference in stock price.
Ouch. Talk about not being missed.
What a clever name/s. And what a great idea: Create a robot that can perform brute-force attacks on smart phone PINs. I wonder why someone would want to build that? At $200, I'm sure they'll be making a small fortune hawking it to every sleazy phone thief.
I don't like their service, pricing models or willingness to disclose my information to the prying eyes of the government, but in terms of mobile coverage, I guess you get what you pay for. And, I almost never drop a call.
I respectfully disagree with Icebike's invigoration of Godwin's Law -- not that I don't understand its point (nor was I using my comment to say what the Patriot Act was the appropriate response to 9/11. The fact is, there was plenty of intelligence prior to the Patriot Act that could have stopped the plot before it unfolded -- just as with the Boston Marathon bombings. But, given a sea of information, achieving a batting average of 1.000 is impossible. Terrorists only have to be lucky once.
But the statement you submitted is one end of two extremes. On one end you have irrational fear driving decisions and on the other end you have dismissiveness. In the middle lies the rational discussion. We are not so removed from 9/11 as we are from the incomprehensible horrors of the Nazi regime.
To be sure, during an even longer interval that includes the biggest terrorist attack in American history, from 1999 to 2010, only about 3,000 Americans have been killed by terrorism. During that same period, about 360,000 people were killed by guns (mostly suicides) and about 150,000 were killed in drunk-driving accidents. So while both guns and drunk drivers pose a far greater risk, they are not outside threats as terrorism has been. It's like saying one's fear of flying is irrational, and perhaps it is when compared to the risk of driving, but it's still not a misgiven fear if you consider the horror of plunging 30,000 feet to your death. In between irrational fear and dismissive ignorance lies the appropriate response. So, if someone brings up 9/11 and the continued threat of terrorism, does that mean their argument is no longer rational? No.
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I bought my first Dobsonian telescope when I was a kid. Last year, my wife bought me a beautiful 6-in reflector. I'll never forget the first time I saw Saturn's rings. There's nothing like seeing them "for real" right there in the sky above you. Thank you, John Dobson for opening up the sky!
Typo: "the lawyers weren't going after drivers" when gas pedals were getting stuck.
A vehicle malfunction that causes an auto accident won't be attributed to the driver. When Toyota's gas pedals were getting stuck and causing deaths, the lawyers were going after drivers. There's no difference with autonomous vehicles. If the technology is found to be at fault, it will be the part manufacturer and the auto maker who will be dragged into civil court.
The hell you say.
"Those with criminal intent would not likely be deterred by the minor modification" or the entire undetectable bill itself. FTFY
Well, here they are:
FIRST COMMANDMENT I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
SECOND COMMANDMENT Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth
THIRD COMMANDMENT Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
FOURTH COMMANDMENT Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
FIFTH COMMANDMENT Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
SIXTH COMMANDMENT Thou shalt not kill.
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT Thou shalt not commit adultery.
EIGHTH COMMANDMENT Thou shalt not steal.
NINTH COMMANDMENT Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
TENTH COMMANDMENT Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
Which one of the 10 commandments is offensive to you?
Seeing as the FSM isn't an actual deity that people worship, hopefully never. FSM was created as satirical character, not a real religion.
I think you can enjoy the movie for its raw violence and special effects while also appreciating it for its swipe at the military-industrial complex. You don't have to chuckle your way through it, but how you miss the satire is beyond me. At one point a reporter interviewing soldiers headed into battle even states: "Some say the bugs were provoked by the intrusion of humans into their natural habitat, that 'live and let live' is preferable to war with the bugs." He's interrupted by mobile infantryman Johnny Rico who says: "Let me tell you something. I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say 'Kill 'em all!'" The movie in four minutes if you haven't seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThrVQKl04Ak
I may be able to afford one.
"All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there. Use them together. Use them in peace."
I'm a T-Rex.
Don't send naked photos of yourself to people you really don't know. In fact, don't send naked pictures of yourself over the Internet to anyone.
It would be pretty darned hypocritical of us to indiscriminately bomb people and then say that you shouldn't use A.I. driven robots because it's too impersonal a way to kill people.
Actually, all of the above.
Believe me, we were all in shock over this. You cannot create something in this state without the government hanging a tax on it. And, once that tax is in place and the bureaucracy suckling on the tax teat it is established, it's a permanent fixture. You'll never see a bureaucracy go away. Years ago, after returning home from a five-year stint in California, to my surprise, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts sent me an "excise tax" bill on my beat up car; the tax is, in fact, an ad valorem tax (based on the value of the car). I called my mom to ask what the heck it was and she simply stated: "Yeah, they tax driving in Massachusetts. Is it any wonder the Bay State got the moniker: Taxachusetts?
Why would I buy seven year old technology when in a couple of years, perhaps even less, I can afford a 4K Ultra High Definition TV technology with 3840 x 2160 pixels (8 megapixels) -- four times that of 1080p televisions, which only offers 2 megapixels of resolution. TCL has already announced it will sell a 4K resolution, 50-in. Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV starting this fall for $999. And Samsung and Sony just announced they're slashing their prices. For 65-inch 4K TVs, Samsung's asking price recently fell from $7,500 to $6,000, while Sony cut its price from $7,000 to $5,500. For 55-inch models, Samsung dropped the price from $5,500 to $4,500, and Sony's prices fell from $5,000 to $4,000. Give it another year or two and they'll also be within reach of the average consumer. Yeah, yeah. There's no content for them. Well, got news for ya. Everything is being filmed in 4K today, from sports to movies and TV shows, it's just not yet being offered yet. When there are televisions to support it, it will be there.
They're going to offer more colors and... wait for it, put the earphone jack on the side.
on my new 1.63-inch screen! This is almost as exciting as my first Casio calculator watch.
The retirement announcement impacted Microsoft's stock value so much that Ballmer's now worth about a billion dollars more than he was on Thursday. A MarketWatch story even said Ballmer could buy himself 27,000 gold watches for retirement based on the difference in stock price. Ouch. Talk about not being missed.
No. Actually the press release and the article state that it's gigabits.
Really, Tom?
What a clever name /s. And what a great idea: Create a robot that can perform brute-force attacks on smart phone PINs. I wonder why someone would want to build that? At $200, I'm sure they'll be making a small fortune hawking it to every sleazy phone thief.
I don't like their service, pricing models or willingness to disclose my information to the prying eyes of the government, but in terms of mobile coverage, I guess you get what you pay for. And, I almost never drop a call.
I respectfully disagree with Icebike's invigoration of Godwin's Law -- not that I don't understand its point (nor was I using my comment to say what the Patriot Act was the appropriate response to 9/11. The fact is, there was plenty of intelligence prior to the Patriot Act that could have stopped the plot before it unfolded -- just as with the Boston Marathon bombings. But, given a sea of information, achieving a batting average of 1.000 is impossible. Terrorists only have to be lucky once. But the statement you submitted is one end of two extremes. On one end you have irrational fear driving decisions and on the other end you have dismissiveness. In the middle lies the rational discussion. We are not so removed from 9/11 as we are from the incomprehensible horrors of the Nazi regime. To be sure, during an even longer interval that includes the biggest terrorist attack in American history, from 1999 to 2010, only about 3,000 Americans have been killed by terrorism. During that same period, about 360,000 people were killed by guns (mostly suicides) and about 150,000 were killed in drunk-driving accidents. So while both guns and drunk drivers pose a far greater risk, they are not outside threats as terrorism has been. It's like saying one's fear of flying is irrational, and perhaps it is when compared to the risk of driving, but it's still not a misgiven fear if you consider the horror of plunging 30,000 feet to your death. In between irrational fear and dismissive ignorance lies the appropriate response. So, if someone brings up 9/11 and the continued threat of terrorism, does that mean their argument is no longer rational? No.