That's something the German attempts at data retention laws have taught me. Politicians will always try to pass some BS w/o thinking the implications through. It usually comes crashing down. In my experience Supreme Courts have a habit of wanting reasoning, procedures, redress procedures, limitations and implementations explained to them. Then the inconsistencies come to light in a forum they cant bullshit their way out of. I've seen numerous instances were courts asked the government if they had a severe case teh dumb.
Panic and autocratic name calling should be reserved for when the supreme court says a law is OK. Until then keep talking about the BS inconsistencies.
The links in included in my submission have several pictures that highly suggest that each full scale 30m sphere would have its own pump. There is also the wording of the write-up the Fraunhofer Institute posted when the test started in November. My translation of what was supposed to be tested was:
The prototype was used to test details of the construction, installation, powertrain setup, electrical systems, operation management and regulation, system state monitoring and the dynamic modeling and simulation of the whole system.
The power train part together with the cross section images highly suggests, to me, a pump for each sphere. To me there is also the question of practicality. I'd think it would be easier construct the whole thing on land then having to attach the spheres to the pump on the ocean floor. If that pump where to malfunction it would knock out a whole bank of spheres that would then have to be de- and reconnected.
I read/. quite a lot but seldom participate in discussions. Main reason being that with my initial score(1) I can seldom contribute in a meaningful way. A couple of decent comments and one submitted story have gotten me mod points from time to time. The difficult thing here is that most of the time I don't notice that I have mod points. I just dont look at the area of my screen that tells me so that much when reading/.. That's why I would like mail notifications for mod points when I get them. At times I use/. as a knowledge/source base to back up my opinions with sources. That doesnt always work however. When trying to find a older story the/. search often returns to many result. For many clicks I cant be sure if I indeed searched for right words/phrases. This leads into the problem that the search parameters have to be quite narrowly defined to return good results. The biggest problem on that front is that related terms often dont get included in the search. E.g.: optical astronomy/telescopes/visible light [..] OR solving hunger/nutrition in the 21st century/using algae to reduce environmental footprint of food production. With those three queries I might look for the same story but I would expect results from such related search terms.
The court then goes on to express hope that this does not introduce a new reign of censorship, but that is exactly what is may do.
IANAL either but I know from frequent conversations with law students I know that intent plays a major role in a court's decision. A good example for this is theft. If I take your property it isnt automatically theft, unless the court is convinced that I didnt intent to return it. Under no circumstances do I see another court (and appeals courts) not paying attention to the intent of the ECHR. Especially because an actual censorship case could to make it back to the ECHR. They would most likely ask the lower court if they are off their rocker, because they explained their intent in the original ruling.
If anyone claims free speech impairment by the ECHR, that extra ordinary claim better have extra ordinary evidence. This doesnt.
I have been paying attention to the ECHR (and the German high courts) for over 10 years and NOT EVEN ONCE have I noticed a sliver of unreasonableness. More the complete opposite. Think of a law that could be part of a conservative wet dream and you will probably find high court decision against something similar.
I dont have issues with my ISP very often and if I do it usually isnt their fault. Trying to get them to understand that I realize that it isnt their fault was always the real issue. I usually start the conversation assuming that they know what they are doing. That inevitably fails and I talk to them as if I am the tech support.
I usually give them 2-3 minutes to see if they are knowledgeable enough to deal with my problem. After that I resort to my catch all phrase: "If you dont know what I am talking about then either connect me to someone that does or LET ME TALK TO YOUR BOSS." Either action has a good success rate. I also over emphasize the severity of my problem because otherwise they often think they know enough to deal with my problem.
How would you cook if all of humanity's food(/sugar/fuel) production had to be algae plus 3d printing because of environmental concerns and space requirements?
The solution seems to be to live on/near the line then. as far as I can make out the areas to live in would include Paris, Frankfurt, a sizable chuck of the Rhine, Stuttgard, Lake Constance, Vienna.
Just view the state religions as Europe's 2nd Amendment. A somewhat annoying relic from a bygone age where the (hardcore) adherents ruin the general climate for everyone. Assuming religion while be around for good while longer, having state religions in secular state isn't as bad as one might think. In my opinion it keeps the religions from going of the rails because they would lose their befits if they don't play nice.
Dan Simmons - Hyperion (Cantos)
At least the 1st novel is like a kick in the stomach at times. It also moved me to tears on a level I would thought impossible. Includes: Spiked killing machine, Poetry, evil AI's and a Scifi world/society that feels way more believable then Star Trek/Wars ever was.
Timothy Zahn - (1st) Thawn Trilogy
It is hard not to like these books if you like Star Wars IMO.
Imaginary Friend - The Bible
Most of it can be skipped but select parts like Genesis and the Sodom and Gomorrah bit should be read. Cant imagine that there isn't a list for that.
My "short" list consists of the best known books of these people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_in_Literature. Names like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Ernest Hemingway, Hermann Hesse and Bertrand Russell speak for themselfs.
I have only read very limited passages from those authors. That glimpse convinced me however that their works must provide the best access to differing points of view possible.
Or something free like beach volleyball, where a Brazilian pro player was (at least partially) baned for being outspoken about something. Sadly I can't find a source.
But I agree that 'Sport' isn't the right label here. It should be labeled as a 'competition' just like every other 'sport'. After all we watch a competition between professionals (people that devoted way more time to a activity, then we could be bothered to, and there got really good at it) based on set rules. IMO we only call professional sports 'sport' because we most likely play/played that sport.
He is playing for a US based team (Evil Geniuses). The do have a team house at/near SF where he has stayed for a limited amount of time. E-sports tournaments are also often part of another venue (Trade shows and Comic Con) and his team might want him there because of their sponsors. Of which there are many.
I don't think the US works like you think it does. Its success has been based on varying degrees of home grown talent and imported talent.
While the top earners in e-sports, apart from Fatal1ty, aren't from the US, 7 out of the top 20 are employed by a US organization (EG/[A]). The picture gets more favorable for the US the further down one goes in the top 100.
As far as SC2:HotS goes the US has the famdom scene locked. I would guesstimate that ~80% of successful players are either Korean or play for a US based team (EG or TL). In DotA2 things are a bit more spread out (between China, CIS and the US), but the US is still in a favorable spot.
[EG: Evil Geniuses; [A]: Alliance; TL: Team Liquid; CIS: former USSR] Source: http://www.esportsearnings.com/players
I was in the same position with my mum a while ago. She never had any contact with the web until she tried my tablet.
From her experience (I just asked) and mine I have to say that the what doesn't matter that much. What is important is the size of.... well everything. Nine inches at least or the touch screen keyboard and text will be to small. The Font Size:Huge thing is one the most important aspects. We all missed links on a touch screen but older people can be somewhat confused when they miss a link. Find an Analogy to explain that this sometimes happens (to you too).
He should be set if you throw in some accessories like a tablet pillow.
Is MACH available for me to use?
We would love to make the system available to the general mass for free. Here are the caveats.
MACH was developed as part of a PhD thesis consisting of more than half a million lines of code. The current prototype works on a personal laptop. However, it is an extremely complicated system that we were able to put together with 2 years of effort.
In order to make a public release with seamless interaction experience, we would need to do more testing.
It is possible to make MACH work in a computer browser and make it widely accessible. However, that will require hiring 2-3 full time software engineers with 6-12 months of development and test period. Currently, we are looking for resources to make that happen. If you are in a position to support our work, or know of any funding agencies who might be interested to fund us, please do get in touch (mehoque at media dot mit dot edu) with us. In the mean time, please feel free to write/tweet to AutismSpeaks, NLMFF, Autism Science Foundation I am remote and I would like to participate in your studies.
Recruiting participants is the most challenging part of our research and we appreciate your interest. However, with our current experimental set up, it makes it very difficult for us to recruit participants unless they are local. We hope to address this issue by developing an online version of our system. I would like to be notified when the system becomes available to public.
Please sign up here. http://goo.gl/LDwb8
Since I'm studying physics I'm all for research that is non application specific. Reading/. and walking through the physics building at my university I realize quite often that I have no idea what practical applications research could yield. Derivative applications like improved imaging algorithms and filtering stemming from telescopes are somewhat obvious. However I have idea for instance what things like ever more precise measurements of the Neutrino mass or Quantum chromodynamics research for instance could yield for practical application.
I'm hoping your horizon extends further than mine in that you can see future applications for research done today.
When B5 characters were supposed be in "space" there was always something that seemed to make the characters belong where they were. Since then shows have largely been doing less with more.
B5 had CGI zooms that turned into actors on a set. It had sets with CGI (through a view screen) where the set dominated on screen without getting in the way of where the CGI action was focused. More recent Shows felt largely like a set with a disconnected CGI mixed in to remind the viewers that it is happening in space.
What do think the foundation for this disconnect between actors and set is and where have shows gone awry?
-I will list bike to work even thoughit has been clubed to death in this thread.
-Don't take elevators, ever. Once a week I have to go to the 4th floor when I get to the university and I definitely feel that exercise everytime I take the stairs. Going to the 1st floor 4 time might not have as much impact but exercise = exercise.
-An non-perfected option that might show potential is to secure a squash sized bouncy ball to a elastic rope and secure that to the ground with a tent peg. Then start hiting it back and forth with squash racquets.
-Get yourself a hackysack/footbag (https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hackysack) and find someone to play with. 3 meters from floor to ceiling is usually enough space. If you kick it higher than that then it isn't usually a well controlled kick. In my experience regardless of the effort you put into it, you be breaking a sweat after 10-15 minutes.
-Indjaca (https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=indiaca) is pretty much an outside only option that might not be as frustrating as hackysack to get into. Meaning you might get more people (even women) to play with. To break a sweat with Indjaca or related activities, I found that you have to hit it in a flat angle and put power behind your hints. More power means less accuracy which means you have to move more to keep it in the air.
The last three options can be played outside when temperatures reach ~10C.
I follow the decisions of the highest German Courts, and to a lesser extend the European Courts, with passing interest. I have to say that I cannot recall a single instance that I found one of their decisions even a little bit unacceptable.
Literally every time that I thought politicians totally went off the rails, along comes the highest Courts with a "oh no you don't".
apparently the Scandinavian languages are also quite similar to German.
Used to annoy me like hell since a friend could understand everything i said but I couldn't make heads or tails of anything I said.
I'm not even going to consider really reading an ebook until the XO becomes wildly available. From the information that is available on the XO it would be the right mix between utility and readability.
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That's something the German attempts at data retention laws have taught me. Politicians will always try to pass some BS w/o thinking the implications through. It usually comes crashing down. In my experience Supreme Courts have a habit of wanting reasoning, procedures, redress procedures, limitations and implementations explained to them. Then the inconsistencies come to light in a forum they cant bullshit their way out of. I've seen numerous instances were courts asked the government if they had a severe case teh dumb.
Panic and autocratic name calling should be reserved for when the supreme court says a law is OK. Until then keep talking about the BS inconsistencies.
This was the very first prototype went out into the world.
The prototype was used to test details of the construction, installation, powertrain setup, electrical systems, operation management and regulation, system state monitoring and the dynamic modeling and simulation of the whole system.
The power train part together with the cross section images highly suggests, to me, a pump for each sphere. To me there is also the question of practicality. I'd think it would be easier construct the whole thing on land then having to attach the spheres to the pump on the ocean floor. If that pump where to malfunction it would knock out a whole bank of spheres that would then have to be de- and reconnected.
I read /. quite a lot but seldom participate in discussions. Main reason being that with my initial score(1) I can seldom contribute in a meaningful way. A couple of decent comments and one submitted story have gotten me mod points from time to time. The difficult thing here is that most of the time I don't notice that I have mod points. I just dont look at the area of my screen that tells me so that much when reading /.. That's why I would like mail notifications for mod points when I get them. /. as a knowledge/source base to back up my opinions with sources. That doesnt always work however. When trying to find a older story the /. search often returns to many result. For many clicks I cant be sure if I indeed searched for right words/phrases. This leads into the problem that the search parameters have to be quite narrowly defined to return good results. The biggest problem on that front is that related terms often dont get included in the search. E.g.: optical astronomy/telescopes/visible light [..] OR solving hunger/nutrition in the 21st century/using algae to reduce environmental footprint of food production. With those three queries I might look for the same story but I would expect results from such related search terms.
At times I use
The court then goes on to express hope that this does not introduce a new reign of censorship, but that is exactly what is may do.
IANAL either but I know from frequent conversations with law students I know that intent plays a major role in a court's decision. A good example for this is theft. If I take your property it isnt automatically theft, unless the court is convinced that I didnt intent to return it. Under no circumstances do I see another court (and appeals courts) not paying attention to the intent of the ECHR. Especially because an actual censorship case could to make it back to the ECHR. They would most likely ask the lower court if they are off their rocker, because they explained their intent in the original ruling.
If anyone claims free speech impairment by the ECHR, that extra ordinary claim better have extra ordinary evidence. This doesnt.
I have been paying attention to the ECHR (and the German high courts) for over 10 years and NOT EVEN ONCE have I noticed a sliver of unreasonableness. More the complete opposite. Think of a law that could be part of a conservative wet dream and you will probably find high court decision against something similar.
I dont have issues with my ISP very often and if I do it usually isnt their fault. Trying to get them to understand that I realize that it isnt their fault was always the real issue. I usually start the conversation assuming that they know what they are doing. That inevitably fails and I talk to them as if I am the tech support.
I usually give them 2-3 minutes to see if they are knowledgeable enough to deal with my problem. After that I resort to my catch all phrase: "If you dont know what I am talking about then either connect me to someone that does or LET ME TALK TO YOUR BOSS." Either action has a good success rate. I also over emphasize the severity of my problem because otherwise they often think they know enough to deal with my problem.
How would you cook if all of humanity's food(/sugar/fuel) production had to be algae plus 3d printing because of environmental concerns and space requirements?
The solution seems to be to live on/near the line then. as far as I can make out the areas to live in would include Paris, Frankfurt, a sizable chuck of the Rhine, Stuttgard, Lake Constance, Vienna.
Just view the state religions as Europe's 2nd Amendment. A somewhat annoying relic from a bygone age where the (hardcore) adherents ruin the general climate for everyone. Assuming religion while be around for good while longer, having state religions in secular state isn't as bad as one might think. In my opinion it keeps the religions from going of the rails because they would lose their befits if they don't play nice.
Dan Simmons - Hyperion (Cantos)
At least the 1st novel is like a kick in the stomach at times. It also moved me to tears on a level I would thought impossible. Includes: Spiked killing machine, Poetry, evil AI's and a Scifi world/society that feels way more believable then Star Trek/Wars ever was.
Timothy Zahn - (1st) Thawn Trilogy
It is hard not to like these books if you like Star Wars IMO.
Imaginary Friend - The Bible
Most of it can be skipped but select parts like Genesis and the Sodom and Gomorrah bit should be read. Cant imagine that there isn't a list for that.
My "short" list consists of the best known books of these people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_in_Literature. Names like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Ernest Hemingway, Hermann Hesse and Bertrand Russell speak for themselfs.
I have only read very limited passages from those authors. That glimpse convinced me however that their works must provide the best access to differing points of view possible.
Or something free like beach volleyball, where a Brazilian pro player was (at least partially) baned for being outspoken about something. Sadly I can't find a source.
But I agree that 'Sport' isn't the right label here. It should be labeled as a 'competition' just like every other 'sport'. After all we watch a competition between professionals (people that devoted way more time to a activity, then we could be bothered to, and there got really good at it) based on set rules. IMO we only call professional sports 'sport' because we most likely play/played that sport.
Monster should be more his thing if you ask him. He has taken Red Bull money though for a 5th-8th place. http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Red_Bull_Battlegrounds:_Austin
He is playing for a US based team (Evil Geniuses). The do have a team house at/near SF where he has stayed for a limited amount of time. E-sports tournaments are also often part of another venue (Trade shows and Comic Con) and his team might want him there because of their sponsors. Of which there are many.
I don't think the US works like you think it does. Its success has been based on varying degrees of home grown talent and imported talent.
While the top earners in e-sports, apart from Fatal1ty, aren't from the US, 7 out of the top 20 are employed by a US organization (EG/[A]). The picture gets more favorable for the US the further down one goes in the top 100. As far as SC2:HotS goes the US has the famdom scene locked. I would guesstimate that ~80% of successful players are either Korean or play for a US based team (EG or TL). In DotA2 things are a bit more spread out (between China, CIS and the US), but the US is still in a favorable spot.
[EG: Evil Geniuses; [A]: Alliance; TL: Team Liquid; CIS: former USSR]
Source: http://www.esportsearnings.com/players
I was in the same position with my mum a while ago. She never had any contact with the web until she tried my tablet. From her experience (I just asked) and mine I have to say that the what doesn't matter that much. What is important is the size of.... well everything. Nine inches at least or the touch screen keyboard and text will be to small.
The Font Size:Huge thing is one the most important aspects. We all missed links on a touch screen but older people can be somewhat confused when they miss a link. Find an Analogy to explain that this sometimes happens (to you too).
He should be set if you throw in some accessories like a tablet pillow.
Is MACH available for me to use?
We would love to make the system available to the general mass for free. Here are the caveats.
MACH was developed as part of a PhD thesis consisting of more than half a million lines of code. The current prototype works on a personal laptop. However, it is an extremely complicated system that we were able to put together with 2 years of effort.
In order to make a public release with seamless interaction experience, we would need to do more testing.
It is possible to make MACH work in a computer browser and make it widely accessible. However, that will require hiring 2-3 full time software engineers with 6-12 months of development and test period. Currently, we are looking for resources to make that happen. If you are in a position to support our work, or know of any funding agencies who might be interested to fund us, please do get in touch (mehoque at media dot mit dot edu) with us. In the mean time, please feel free to write/tweet to AutismSpeaks, NLMFF, Autism Science Foundation
I am remote and I would like to participate in your studies.
Recruiting participants is the most challenging part of our research and we appreciate your interest. However, with our current experimental set up, it makes it very difficult for us to recruit participants unless they are local. We hope to address this issue by developing an online version of our system.
I would like to be notified when the system becomes available to public.
Please sign up here. http://goo.gl/LDwb8
Are the speeches from the keynote speakers broadcast by any chance?
Since I'm studying physics I'm all for research that is non application specific. Reading /. and walking through the physics building at my university I realize quite often that I have no idea what practical applications research could yield. Derivative applications like improved imaging algorithms and filtering stemming from telescopes are somewhat obvious. However I have idea for instance what things like ever more precise measurements of the Neutrino mass or Quantum chromodynamics research for instance could yield for practical application.
I'm hoping your horizon extends further than mine in that you can see future applications for research done today.
When B5 characters were supposed be in "space" there was always something that seemed to make the characters belong where they were. Since then shows have largely been doing less with more. B5 had CGI zooms that turned into actors on a set. It had sets with CGI (through a view screen) where the set dominated on screen without getting in the way of where the CGI action was focused. More recent Shows felt largely like a set with a disconnected CGI mixed in to remind the viewers that it is happening in space.
What do think the foundation for this disconnect between actors and set is and where have shows gone awry?
-I will list bike to work even thoughit has been clubed to death in this thread.
-Don't take elevators, ever. Once a week I have to go to the 4th floor when I get to the university and I definitely feel that exercise everytime I take the stairs. Going to the 1st floor 4 time might not have as much impact but exercise = exercise.
-An non-perfected option that might show potential is to secure a squash sized bouncy ball to a elastic rope and secure that to the ground with a tent peg. Then start hiting it back and forth with squash racquets.
-Get yourself a hackysack/footbag (https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hackysack) and find someone to play with. 3 meters from floor to ceiling is usually enough space. If you kick it higher than that then it isn't usually a well controlled kick. In my experience regardless of the effort you put into it, you be breaking a sweat after 10-15 minutes.
-Indjaca (https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=indiaca) is pretty much an outside only option that might not be as frustrating as hackysack to get into. Meaning you might get more people (even women) to play with. To break a sweat with Indjaca or related activities, I found that you have to hit it in a flat angle and put power behind your hints. More power means less accuracy which means you have to move more to keep it in the air.
The last three options can be played outside when temperatures reach ~10C.
I follow the decisions of the highest German Courts, and to a lesser extend the European Courts, with passing interest. I have to say that I cannot recall a single instance that I found one of their decisions even a little bit unacceptable. Literally every time that I thought politicians totally went off the rails, along comes the highest Courts with a "oh no you don't".
Well that suxs for Bruce. Now he has to change the combination on his luggage again.
well, you are playing their game. it would just be plain stupid if blizzard sued their own customers.
I cant even imagine any buiness.........
wait a second....
apparently the Scandinavian languages are also quite similar to German. Used to annoy me like hell since a friend could understand everything i said but I couldn't make heads or tails of anything I said.
wait, what? your pole is detachable?
I'm not even going to consider really reading an ebook until the XO becomes wildly available. From the information that is available on the XO it would be the right mix between utility and readability.