I've been reading the book Next (my father reccomended it. He's a businessman so it's at that level. It did have some interesting stuff though, like explaining the conflicts of interest that most financial advisers are involved in and how you can get more accurate estimates of profits just by reducing their estimates by 10%.
So that can help to explain why what you're hearing isn't matching up with reality.
But it can also happen in the day. The only factor in determining whether an area is desert is the amount of rainfall. Not nessicarily the warmth of the place.
I did fencing in college (I was better at rapier than saber). I'm 5'6" and let me tell you, being small can be an advantage, but only if you move around a lot. It's hard to hit a small fast moving target. Moving in close to someone with a long reach can turn that reach into a temporary disadvantage. Using someone's 'weight' against them dosen't matter quite so much in sword fighting. A light touch can still do damage. This isn't Judo. Anyone who is a master with a sword is going to launch a series of light attacks. If you wind up for a full swing like you would with a baseball bat, you're going to get a sword in your gut and no master class swordsman would do it.
Yoda's strategy (close fast and quick and small) makes a lot of sense given the circumstances.
Taking your joke seriously for a while- it can get damn cold in the desert. Deserts just don't have much rain. They're not nessicarily hot. I've camped out in the desert and had to get back into the car because the temperature dropped below freezing.
Asimov calculated the max computing power of the universe in either 'the sun shines bright' or 'counting the eons'. Of course, I'm not sure if he assumed a newtonian universe to do this, and whether quantum computers could improve on this... of course, dosen't the universe contain a potentially infinite amount of information since space is a continum and not discrete? IANAP.
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Hell, the less they dress themselves, the better I say.
It's more than just a technical issue. Imagine if Lenin had lived for 1000 years.
I like Sagan's observation that a species that could live for millenia (assuming they're in bodies like ours and not distributed) would be far more cautious because they'd have far more to lose. An acceptable risk for us would be a nightmare to them.
If they can use aplitude modulation and frequency modulation to send signals, why don't they also use polarity modulation and get one more channel? Since it's free, PM could be reserved for digital devices.
I guess someone got nostalgic for the old days of nintendo cult status. Now if we can only convince them not to make 'em all totally in 3D maybe they'll have a chance. When I was a kid, video games only had two dimensions to them. And we liked it, gosh darn it. Built character, it did. And it helped develop 'hand-eye' coordination. Of course, then again, so does masturbation...
special liscensing where you can get it's system for half price... but with this plan you have to pay it for all the game systems in your house, whether or not you own them.
Structures was the wrong term. Violence against 'civilains or civilian organizations'. period.
Regarding whether the millitary targeting of civilians is terrorism; Yes, I'd say that it was. But then, (as I noted in another post) the millitaries of all nations (ex. the US firebombing of Dresden during WWII) have caused 'collateral damage' i.e. accedentally kill civilians when engaged in warfare.
First off, I'm not going to spend one second defending the Bush administration. But you're right. The war played rigth into his hands. So what?
... and during WWII, the US firebombed Dresden killing 600,000 in under a week, mostly civilians. Was this terrorism? No, it was war. And during war you can't always carry out 'police actions' like Chomsky reccomends.
>For example, the calculated use of violence to >prevent an opposing armed force from invading >your country does not achieve its goals through >intimidation, coercion or instilling fear...but >by actual military action!
I dunno. I think the allied armies marching into Berlin were pretty damn intimidating. All police forces operate using 'coercion and fear' on some level- implied or actual.
The current thinking in the Bush administration is that terrorists need geographical bases, therefore nations that support individual millitary action against civilians (re: terrorism) can be held accountable for those actions as if they were an act of war by the nation harboring the terrorists/millitiamen.
He repeatedly cites a definition from the US army maual in his book on 9-11. I've cited an internet source here because I don't have the book onhand and because Chomsky tends to repeat his arguments on this subject when you take the corpus of his comments in full.
"A brief statement of it taken from a US army manual, is fair enough, is that terror is the calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to attain political or religious ideological goals through intimidation, coercion, or instilling fear. That's terrorism. " http://www.zmag.org/GlobalWatch/chomskymit.htm
This definition, rigorously applied, can be used to condemn virtually ANY violent conflict which is what Chomsky proceeds to do, albeit selectivly and what he accuses the United States of doing as well. My point was not that Chomsky considered WWII terrorism. My point was that the narrow citation of his definition did. The actual use of the term recognizes the right of nations to conduct millitary operations, and the responsibility of nations for controlling terrorist organizations (read: non-government organizations which deliberatly target non-millitary structures to acheive their aims) which flow from within their borders. ( Of course, the US does seem a bit contradictory in allowing funding for the IRA by US citizens, though I don't know the whole story on that issue)
Chomsky repeatedly notes that when we found that Timothy McVeigh was responsible for bombing Oklahoma City we didn't go and bomb Iowa in retaliation. He fails to note that Iowa cooperated with our investigation, while Afghanistan did not, and continued to harbor Bin Ladin.
I read Chomsky's collection of articles on 9-11. By his definition of the term, WWII was a terrorist action by the United States. Since he seems not to recognize the existance of nations or the right of nations to defend themselves via war, any violent action by a nation, even in self defense and against a millitary target, is considered 'terrorism' by Chomsky.
Think about it. Get a battery and some cheap airline headphones. Your soundcard is an analog to digital converter, meaning that you could strip the ends off the headphones and attach the ends of the wires to your skin with tape, while having a power source in between the two wires. Your sound card could measure conductance, and could probably do a pretty good job of it. Any program designed to record and manipulate audio could also manipulate your results...
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And they are always the first ones to adopt new tech...
...especially if it vibrates.
I've been reading the book Next (my father reccomended it. He's a businessman so it's at that level. It did have some interesting stuff though, like explaining the conflicts of interest that most financial advisers are involved in and how you can get more accurate estimates of profits just by reducing their estimates by 10%.
So that can help to explain why what you're hearing isn't matching up with reality.
It can happen at night like it did to me.
But it can also happen in the day.
The only factor in determining whether an area is desert is the amount of rainfall. Not nessicarily the warmth of the place.
I did fencing in college (I was better at rapier than saber).
I'm 5'6" and let me tell you, being small can be an advantage, but only if you move around a lot. It's hard to hit a small fast moving target. Moving in close to someone with a long reach can turn that reach into a temporary disadvantage. Using someone's 'weight' against them dosen't matter quite so much in sword fighting. A light touch can still do damage. This isn't Judo. Anyone who is a master with a sword is going to launch a series of light attacks. If you wind up for a full swing like you would with a baseball bat, you're going to get a sword in your gut and no master class swordsman would do it.
Yoda's strategy (close fast and quick and small) makes a lot of sense given the circumstances.
Taking your joke seriously for a while- it can get damn cold in the desert. Deserts just don't have much rain. They're not nessicarily hot. I've camped out in the desert and had to get back into the car because the temperature dropped below freezing.
Asimov calculated the max computing power of the universe in either 'the sun shines bright' or
'counting the eons'. Of course, I'm not sure if he assumed a newtonian universe to do this, and whether quantum computers could improve on this... of course, dosen't the universe contain a potentially infinite amount of information since space is a continum and not discrete?
IANAP.
Hell, the less they dress themselves, the better I say.
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It's more than just a technical issue.
Imagine if Lenin had lived for 1000 years.
I like Sagan's observation that a species that could live for millenia (assuming they're in bodies like ours and not distributed) would be far more cautious because they'd have far more to lose. An acceptable risk for us would be a nightmare to them.
You drink a hell of a lot of coffee.
I have to reboot every 16 hours or so.
If they can use aplitude modulation and frequency modulation to send signals, why don't they also use polarity modulation and get one more channel?
Since it's free, PM could be reserved for digital devices.
I guess someone got nostalgic for the old days of nintendo cult status. Now if we can only convince them not to make 'em all totally in 3D maybe they'll have a chance. When I was a kid, video games only had two dimensions to them. And we liked it, gosh darn it. Built character, it did.
And it helped develop 'hand-eye' coordination. Of course, then again, so does masturbation...
yes, of course there are. But it's not funny to insult them, now is it?
... "single to noise ratio"
The CD full of junk that you buy to get that one song that you _really_ like.
I thought they were selling DVD burners for around $800 about a year back...
special liscensing where you can get it's system for half price... but with this plan you have to pay it for all the game systems in your house, whether or not you own them.
According to 'the boys from Brazil'
even Hitler reincarnated isn't Hitler reincarnated
Structures was the wrong term.
Violence against 'civilains or civilian organizations'. period.
Regarding whether the millitary targeting of civilians is terrorism; Yes, I'd say that it was.
But then, (as I noted in another post) the millitaries of all nations (ex. the US firebombing of Dresden during WWII) have caused 'collateral damage' i.e. accedentally kill civilians when engaged in warfare.
First off, I'm not going to spend one second defending the Bush administration. But you're right. The war played rigth into his hands.
So what?
... and during WWII, the US firebombed Dresden killing 600,000 in under a week, mostly civilians. Was this terrorism? No, it was war. And during war you can't always carry out 'police actions' like Chomsky reccomends.
>For example, the calculated use of violence to >prevent an opposing armed force from invading >your country does not achieve its goals through >intimidation, coercion or instilling fear...but >by actual military action!
I dunno. I think the allied armies marching into Berlin were pretty damn intimidating.
All police forces operate using 'coercion and fear' on some level- implied or actual.
The current thinking in the Bush administration is that terrorists need geographical bases, therefore nations that support individual millitary action against civilians (re: terrorism) can be held accountable for those actions as if they were an act of war by the nation harboring the terrorists/millitiamen.
I think 'Mankey' would be better.
Otherwise, i think of men dressed in cowls.
He repeatedly cites a definition from the US army maual in his book on 9-11. I've cited an internet source here because I don't have the book onhand and because Chomsky tends to repeat his arguments on this subject when you take the corpus of his comments in full.
"A brief statement of it taken from a US army manual, is fair enough, is that terror is the calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to attain political or religious ideological goals through intimidation, coercion, or instilling fear. That's terrorism. "
http://www.zmag.org/GlobalWatch/chomskymit.htm
This definition, rigorously applied, can be used to condemn virtually ANY violent conflict which is what Chomsky proceeds to do, albeit selectivly and what he accuses the United States of doing as well.
My point was not that Chomsky considered WWII terrorism. My point was that the narrow citation of his definition did. The actual use of the term recognizes the right of nations to conduct millitary operations, and the responsibility of nations for controlling terrorist organizations (read: non-government organizations which deliberatly target non-millitary structures to acheive their aims)
which flow from within their borders. ( Of course, the US does seem a bit contradictory in allowing funding for the IRA by US citizens, though I don't know the whole story on that issue)
Chomsky repeatedly notes that when we found that Timothy McVeigh was responsible for bombing Oklahoma City we didn't go and bomb Iowa in retaliation. He fails to note that Iowa cooperated with our investigation, while Afghanistan did not, and continued to harbor Bin Ladin.
I read Chomsky's collection of articles on 9-11. By his definition of the term, WWII was a terrorist action by the United States. Since he seems not to recognize the existance of nations or the right of nations to defend themselves via war, any violent action by a nation, even in self defense and against a millitary target, is considered 'terrorism' by Chomsky.
< sarcasm > How many FRANCS does MS have? Hmm? < /sarcasm >
Think about it. Get a battery and some cheap airline headphones. Your soundcard is an analog to digital converter, meaning that you could strip the ends off the headphones and attach the ends of the wires to your skin with tape, while having a power source in between the two wires. Your sound card could measure conductance, and could probably do a pretty good job of it.
Any program designed to record and manipulate audio could also manipulate your results...
Anything I'm missing here?
I think they used to give it to George 'dubya' Bush