And supposing you don't know that your window has been hijacked? It's an annoyance for victims of full screen advertising, but phishing, as the summary explains, is the main concern. If you didn't see the initial flicker of the window loading up, why would you have any reason to distrust the perfectly-rendered, undetectable impostor in front of you? (That's all assuming you're on windows, but your average computer user is on that anyways)
Even if the universe isn't infinite, we have no idea what is outside our realm of observation. What if our galaxy is, along with most other galaxies, part of a MEGA galaxies of galaxies. I have neither proof nor research to back any part of that claim up, but to think that our local slice of the universe represents the whole of the universe is insane.
No, see, it isn't learning a new language that's the problem. She hadn't learned language at all. You have a grasp of grammar, so you can learn a new language. It's like programming: if you know how to program in Java, you can learn to write in C#, but if you don't know how to use a computer at all, then yeah, you're royally fucked. It's not a perfect analogy because you can learn to use a computer later in life, but I think you get the idea.
I have also heard a story where a child's parents decided to lock up their daughter in a closet for the first 10 years of her life (to protect her from the world, indoctrinate her, I don't remember why) and when she came out, she couldn't learn to speak because she had never learned to use grammar. If it really were hard-wired she should have been able to pick up grammar and syntax at a later age.
What are you doing posting these kinds of things on slashdot? Some one out there might actually go into their back yard with a grey razor knife, struggle to catch an ant, saw its little head off, and then watch as it behaves exactly like this post suggests.
Dammit I need to get better at cutting the head of without cutting the front two legs off. Err.. I mean...
How many bad car analogies, inaccurate law advice, and duplicate stories an AI bot could possibly hold in his head. Imagine what kind of person all of the "knowledge" of Slashdot would create.
If it was me, I wouldn't have filmed on the side of Mt. Everest. If I ever get the time and money, I'm going to climb to the top of The Mountain with a laptop and a monster of a directional wifi antenna, sit at its peak, come to slashdot, and comment "frist pots frum EVEREST."
You will all envy me. Or mod me as troll. I'M THE MOUNTAIN TROLL.
Wouldn't that require having a good, clean set of DNA? The summary seems to suggest that the DNA isn't made well enough even to make perfect transplants for the person donating the skin. Seems to me like cloning a person using their skin cells would yield a horrible mass of mismatched cells.
Just as long as they make it simple enough for me to do my scientific school research on it. Wikipedia is the best and most reliable site for that kind of stuff!
I'm inclined to agree with your point. RFID is not a fun thought. Let's hope and pray it never becomes a requirement in daily life as computers seem to be going.
Considering the fact that this technology is so new, why can't we start by making RFID more secure in the purest sense? Today's other article about the "unimportance" of IT in a world without viruses is crazy to discuss when a majority of the world uses inherently insecure systems. Let's lock this one down now before it gets out of control.
Sounds crazy to me, but it isn't at all surprising to me that people don't secure their wireless access points when most of them they can't even send e-mail on their own. Securing your house is easy because it's something people understand how to do and are capable of doing themselves. They can run down to their local hardware store and pick up a set of locks and keys and at least have a VAGUE idea of how to put it all together. Computers are scary to a lot of people. All they know is they plugged one box with an antenna in to another box and didn't catch anything on fire. That's success in their eyes.
Is destroying the fabric of space and time actually a legitimate fear? I mean Jesus, there are forces thousands of orders of magnitude greater than what our measly Particle Accelerators can produce. Shouldn't we be worrying about stuff that's in the center of our galaxy more than what a few sentient beings on a little blue marble can do with their sciency toys?
Let's not forget that as time went on, science progressed more and more, heightening the ability for doctors to diagnose cancer. Also, cancer awareness has grown so much in the past few decades that more people are getting themselves checked out.
If mp3 gets fazed out, doesn't any one else get the sick feeling that the next "de facto" may be an inherently DRM encumbered format? This could be terrible. Hopefully ogg will take off more.
Does this mean that sellers will now add a "sales tax" to what they're selling in order to compensate for this new tax? And who decides how much tax is paid? States? The National Government? (Please excuse my ignorance in American Government policies)
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And supposing you don't know that your window has been hijacked? It's an annoyance for victims of full screen advertising, but phishing, as the summary explains, is the main concern. If you didn't see the initial flicker of the window loading up, why would you have any reason to distrust the perfectly-rendered, undetectable impostor in front of you? (That's all assuming you're on windows, but your average computer user is on that anyways)
Even if the universe isn't infinite, we have no idea what is outside our realm of observation. What if our galaxy is, along with most other galaxies, part of a MEGA galaxies of galaxies. I have neither proof nor research to back any part of that claim up, but to think that our local slice of the universe represents the whole of the universe is insane.
"Social Status"?
What web site are you on?
There's a joke in here somewhere involving a "tarball", but I don't think I want to go there.
Looks like some Smiths are going to find out their SSN has been stolen whether or not they know how to use a computer
No, see, it isn't learning a new language that's the problem. She hadn't learned language at all. You have a grasp of grammar, so you can learn a new language. It's like programming: if you know how to program in Java, you can learn to write in C#, but if you don't know how to use a computer at all, then yeah, you're royally fucked. It's not a perfect analogy because you can learn to use a computer later in life, but I think you get the idea.
I have also heard a story where a child's parents decided to lock up their daughter in a closet for the first 10 years of her life (to protect her from the world, indoctrinate her, I don't remember why) and when she came out, she couldn't learn to speak because she had never learned to use grammar. If it really were hard-wired she should have been able to pick up grammar and syntax at a later age.
Wait, too soon
What are you doing posting these kinds of things on slashdot? Some one out there might actually go into their back yard with a grey razor knife, struggle to catch an ant, saw its little head off, and then watch as it behaves exactly like this post suggests.
.. I mean ...
Dammit I need to get better at cutting the head of without cutting the front two legs off. Err
How many bad car analogies, inaccurate law advice, and duplicate stories an AI bot could possibly hold in his head. Imagine what kind of person all of the "knowledge" of Slashdot would create.
The horror.
what about the fallout from a nuclear attack? Seeing as so much is soluble in water, that's probably the last thing we want leaking in to a shelter.
Just say no to road dome.
If it was me, I wouldn't have filmed on the side of Mt. Everest. If I ever get the time and money, I'm going to climb to the top of The Mountain with a laptop and a monster of a directional wifi antenna, sit at its peak, come to slashdot, and comment "frist pots frum EVEREST."
You will all envy me. Or mod me as troll. I'M THE MOUNTAIN TROLL.
Wouldn't that require having a good, clean set of DNA? The summary seems to suggest that the DNA isn't made well enough even to make perfect transplants for the person donating the skin. Seems to me like cloning a person using their skin cells would yield a horrible mass of mismatched cells.
I didn't even read the story. I came to this page just to read THIS COMMENT. God I love Slashdot ...
Just as long as they make it simple enough for me to do my scientific school research on it. Wikipedia is the best and most reliable site for that kind of stuff!
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I'm inclined to agree with your point. RFID is not a fun thought. Let's hope and pray it never becomes a requirement in daily life as computers seem to be going.
Considering the fact that this technology is so new, why can't we start by making RFID more secure in the purest sense? Today's other article about the "unimportance" of IT in a world without viruses is crazy to discuss when a majority of the world uses inherently insecure systems. Let's lock this one down now before it gets out of control.
Sounds crazy to me, but it isn't at all surprising to me that people don't secure their wireless access points when most of them they can't even send e-mail on their own. Securing your house is easy because it's something people understand how to do and are capable of doing themselves. They can run down to their local hardware store and pick up a set of locks and keys and at least have a VAGUE idea of how to put it all together. Computers are scary to a lot of people. All they know is they plugged one box with an antenna in to another box and didn't catch anything on fire. That's success in their eyes.
*stops chewing*
... They aren't?
Is destroying the fabric of space and time actually a legitimate fear? I mean Jesus, there are forces thousands of orders of magnitude greater than what our measly Particle Accelerators can produce. Shouldn't we be worrying about stuff that's in the center of our galaxy more than what a few sentient beings on a little blue marble can do with their sciency toys?
Let's not forget that as time went on, science progressed more and more, heightening the ability for doctors to diagnose cancer. Also, cancer awareness has grown so much in the past few decades that more people are getting themselves checked out.
If mp3 gets fazed out, doesn't any one else get the sick feeling that the next "de facto" may be an inherently DRM encumbered format? This could be terrible. Hopefully ogg will take off more.
Does this mean that sellers will now add a "sales tax" to what they're selling in order to compensate for this new tax? And who decides how much tax is paid? States? The National Government? (Please excuse my ignorance in American Government policies)