What always gets me is the fact I cannot take 100ml of a liquid from outside the airport but I can buy a few Molotov cocktails worth of alcohol in duty free before I get on the plane. Fair enough I might not be able to take the plane down but I could certainly do a lot of damage to the plane and passengers.
Maybe the screeners were right to make people remove electronic goods? Surely I could string together several iPod/laptop batteries to make an effective Taser? Look at all the reports of exploding/igniting batteries in the news, yet it's normally ok to walk onboard with those.
It amazes me how much power the music and film industry can wield. If I recall, Sweden has a law against being pressured by outside interests? Maybe other countries should follow suit and pass their own similar laws before Hollywood becomes the law.
I remember reading somewhere that the army used PS2/Xbox controllers for robot control so the advert is perhaps showing a realistic scene. It makes sense, as console controllers are cheap and readily available.
But to me it does feel like they are trying to make it more appealing by using the controller.
What would be funny is if the re-entry of the plane was missed and its final destination never found. Then, years later someone hacking through the jungle finds a tribe of people who appear to worship a small deity that fell from the sky.
As well as helping understand learning problems, maybe this kind of research could pave the way for increased speed of learning, a bit like in the Matrix where Neo learns Kung Fu.
Surprisingly, googling my real name brings up no result. I use totally made up usernames (usually based on some random thought in my head at the time of registration), but I have given my real details in the past with no result from google. However, using my old university username brings up a whole load of usernet pain from my former years.
My sister appears in the top ten results because she works for a newspaper, and as you would expect, all articles are available online.
One of my work colleagues lost his company car from a quick googling. He took it in for a service and it was found to be worn out way beyond its two years of age(gearbox, suspension). My boss did a quick google of his name which dredged up pictures of him powersliding his car round race tracks, so he lost his car. Oops.
And if it impacts then we have a great opportunity to examine further below the martian surface than we could if using small landing probes. So, it's a win win.
I totally agree - films or documentaries on nanotech-gone-wrong will be the turning point for how the public perceive it. At the moment I think it's quite lucky in that 'nanotech' doesn't immediately conjure any image (good or bad) of what it's about.
Contrast that with microwave ovens - my mother still refuses to use a microwave because once she heard the word radiation, she immediately thought of some kind of controlled Hiroshima event in her kitchen blasting food and the immediate surroundings with death rays.
Geese at some 'free range' type farms may enjoy getting fed more than usual, but in general the mass produced Foie Gras is not done humanely. Fair enough you may argue that the animal is going to die anyway but surely they can be afforded some basic comforts before that end.
Search youtube for 'Gavage' and you will find some videos.
Looking at the last link in the summary I think we ought to be able to see it
Look for Cassiopeia ( a big and fairly obvious W or M in the sky) and track your eyes downward from it. It's going to be just down to the left of the bright star Mirfak in Perseus.
I wonder what the reason for the brightening is? Maybe it hit Voyager.
Not only was your post hilarious, it hits the nail on the head perfectly when it comes to people using modchips for legitimate reasons. I call +5 Insightfunny.
What you call 'distasteful' is to some cultures much worse than physical abuse. This lack of cultural understanding is where the US fails miserably time and again.
Yeh that's how I read it too. I think the emphasis with the extra comma helps you to visualise what is being described better in the sentence.
I think little nuances like that are what make English such a powerful language. The extra comma can make a subtle difference to the interpretation of what is being read without the general meaning being changed.
Saying it doesn't take long doesn't really explain why though. My theory is either people like you are:
Mentally deficient in some way, sort of like having an OCD or similar (maybe that should be ACD)
Stuck in some sort of Alzheimers loop, whereby you think you are doing this for the first time ad infinitum
And when I say people like you, I mean trolling/flaming AC's collectively. I mean, I don't know if you are the same person replying, but it doesn't matter because you all spout the same rubbish.
One thing that always gets me is the amount of time people put into trying to either:
Get the first post
Write some anonymous trolling/flaming crap
Once after doing some moderating, I left my browsing level at -1 by accident. For a few days until I realised, I thought Slashdot had been overtaken by some sort of dedicated spam operation, but no, that's just the usual amount of crap you see browsing at that level.
I still can't believe people constantly post the same racist/trolling insults to pretty much every article submitted, but I guess it gives you a good idea of what kind of people there are in this world.
And then there are people like the AC im replying to, who probably have an account but daren't speak with their ID for fear of repercussion.
Either you are trolling or you really don't know what you are talking about. The Japanese have always been way ahead in terms of gadgets and most electronic technologies and it's nothing to do with putting up with crap before everyone else.
I have a friend who has lived in Japan for 10 years and he was able to picture message and make video calls way before we had it over here (UK) and even now the quality of his phone in terms of photo and video messaging is still ahead of anything we get over here.
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Ahaaa, the flaw in my plan. Damn that weak booze!
What always gets me is the fact I cannot take 100ml of a liquid from outside the airport but I can buy a few Molotov cocktails worth of alcohol in duty free before I get on the plane. Fair enough I might not be able to take the plane down but I could certainly do a lot of damage to the plane and passengers.
Maybe the screeners were right to make people remove electronic goods? Surely I could string together several iPod/laptop batteries to make an effective Taser? Look at all the reports of exploding/igniting batteries in the news, yet it's normally ok to walk onboard with those.
Sorry, we're going to have to remove this negative feedback, Mr russ1337.
It amazes me how much power the music and film industry can wield. If I recall, Sweden has a law against being pressured by outside interests? Maybe other countries should follow suit and pass their own similar laws before Hollywood becomes the law.
As long as I can build my rocket ship with it I don't care if the flight time is only 35 seconds!
I remember reading somewhere that the army used PS2/Xbox controllers for robot control so the advert is perhaps showing a realistic scene. It makes sense, as console controllers are cheap and readily available.
But to me it does feel like they are trying to make it more appealing by using the controller.
What would be funny is if the re-entry of the plane was missed and its final destination never found. Then, years later someone hacking through the jungle finds a tribe of people who appear to worship a small deity that fell from the sky.
As well as helping understand learning problems, maybe this kind of research could pave the way for increased speed of learning, a bit like in the Matrix where Neo learns Kung Fu.
Surprisingly, googling my real name brings up no result. I use totally made up usernames (usually based on some random thought in my head at the time of registration), but I have given my real details in the past with no result from google. However, using my old university username brings up a whole load of usernet pain from my former years.
My sister appears in the top ten results because she works for a newspaper, and as you would expect, all articles are available online.
One of my work colleagues lost his company car from a quick googling. He took it in for a service and it was found to be worn out way beyond its two years of age(gearbox, suspension). My boss did a quick google of his name which dredged up pictures of him powersliding his car round race tracks, so he lost his car. Oops.
And if it impacts then we have a great opportunity to examine further below the martian surface than we could if using small landing probes. So, it's a win win.
Technically you may be the most powerful military in the world but, like young Skywalker you don't know how to wield that power correctly.
I totally agree - films or documentaries on nanotech-gone-wrong will be the turning point for how the public perceive it. At the moment I think it's quite lucky in that 'nanotech' doesn't immediately conjure any image (good or bad) of what it's about.
Contrast that with microwave ovens - my mother still refuses to use a microwave because once she heard the word radiation, she immediately thought of some kind of controlled Hiroshima event in her kitchen blasting food and the immediate surroundings with death rays.
Geese at some 'free range' type farms may enjoy getting fed more than usual, but in general the mass produced Foie Gras is not done humanely. Fair enough you may argue that the animal is going to die anyway but surely they can be afforded some basic comforts before that end. Search youtube for 'Gavage' and you will find some videos.
nob head, go back to digg!
They should get a pat on the head for this idea.
Looking at the last link in the summary I think we ought to be able to see it
Look for Cassiopeia ( a big and fairly obvious W or M in the sky) and track your eyes downward from it. It's going to be just down to the left of the bright star Mirfak in Perseus.
I wonder what the reason for the brightening is? Maybe it hit Voyager.
Not only was your post hilarious, it hits the nail on the head perfectly when it comes to people using modchips for legitimate reasons. I call +5 Insightfunny.
What you call 'distasteful' is to some cultures much worse than physical abuse. This lack of cultural understanding is where the US fails miserably time and again.
Maybe it's like that scene in The Holy Grail, where the Knight is running toward the castle and not getting any closer.
Then all of a sudden, 'ahaaaa!' he appears at the gate and stabs the guards.
Yeh that's how I read it too. I think the emphasis with the extra comma helps you to visualise what is being described better in the sentence. I think little nuances like that are what make English such a powerful language. The extra comma can make a subtle difference to the interpretation of what is being read without the general meaning being changed.
- Mentally deficient in some way, sort of like having an OCD or similar (maybe that should be ACD)
- Stuck in some sort of Alzheimers loop, whereby you think you are doing this for the first time ad infinitum
And when I say people like you, I mean trolling/flaming AC's collectively. I mean, I don't know if you are the same person replying, but it doesn't matter because you all spout the same rubbish.Once after doing some moderating, I left my browsing level at -1 by accident. For a few days until I realised, I thought Slashdot had been overtaken by some sort of dedicated spam operation, but no, that's just the usual amount of crap you see browsing at that level.
I still can't believe people constantly post the same racist/trolling insults to pretty much every article submitted, but I guess it gives you a good idea of what kind of people there are in this world.
And then there are people like the AC im replying to, who probably have an account but daren't speak with their ID for fear of repercussion.
It just goes to show that moderating does work
Either you are trolling or you really don't know what you are talking about. The Japanese have always been way ahead in terms of gadgets and most electronic technologies and it's nothing to do with putting up with crap before everyone else.
I have a friend who has lived in Japan for 10 years and he was able to picture message and make video calls way before we had it over here (UK) and even now the quality of his phone in terms of photo and video messaging is still ahead of anything we get over here.
They should have outsourced the rope trickery to India :-)
No wonder the emails leaked out.