I'm not that surprised. This is after all the state where students don't even have to know the age of the earth to pass earth science! In a state with those sorts of values, honestly, I really don't expect the greatest in technical expertise to flock there. And even the lowest bidder should have known better. I would bet the work was done internally (only the government itself could hose something this bad).
And if these spys are doing a good job, it'd be awfully hard to catch em. Of course if this is any indication it couldn't be terribly difficult to gain access to sensitive information.
Is for blockbuster to preload each of these boxes with 1-2TB of movies already, with monthly service contract to access the whole catalog. Additionally, they would have to send out new HDD's every so often with additional content. The Set-Top Box market is already full of on demand options. Unfortunately, knowing blockbuster they will make a 1/2 assed last minute effort to copy someone else who is way ahead of them (Netflix? anyone).
2) The issue seems easy enough to settle empirically, given a few monkeys and a bag of M&Ms, besides the fact that it seems to have been empirically settled decades ago anyway. One would think, but as it turns out, there are too many complexities. You see, you have to consider the socio-economic background of the monkeys, their upbringing, and their inherent biases to figure out if they like green, blue or red M&M's best. You see, the monkeys have an inherent bias toward green, but only if they have been captured from the wild (where presumably green would be comforting, the color of trees and whatnot). And of course there is the political bias associated with red and blue, so it depends on whether the monkey's political biases. These are especially hard to sort out as monkeys tend to just throw feces at the other side, at every opportunity, so you can easily separate the two groups, but rarely can you tell which is which. Its difficult to determine if they like to eat blue M&M's because they themselves are blue (or feel blue, as depressed monkeys have a significant bias toward the blue M&M's) or because they are red as it were, and feel like eating the blue ones to get back at the other side.
(1)Unless, of course, you're one of those weird people who enjoys mowing the lawn, but we're assuming for the sake of the analogy that you aren't that warped an individual. Dude, I only enjoy mowing the lawn while abusing drugs. I often wake up to find I've gotten totally rocked on booze, pills and needle drugs only to mow the whole neighborhood!
This isn't athletics. The point isn't fairness. Alright, predictions folks. How long until the Math team / Debate team / Model UN have to pee in a cup to prove they aren't taking "Brain Enhancing" Drugs? I set the over under at 5 years.
From TFA it seems like somewhere between 20-40% of galaxies surveyed have active nuclei, but how do they know they reignited?
It's not understood what is causing the black holes to become newly active, because in most cases there is no evidence of collisions or mergers. How could it be verified that despite the lack of a recent collision with another galaxy, these particular phenomenon were at some point dormant like ours, then reignited? How are they supporting this claim that these galactic nuclei must have spontaneously rekindled vs. they have been winding down from a collision very far in the past?
There's just one problem: Astronomers have found quasarlike centers--called active galactic nuclei (AGN)--in some relatively nearby galaxies, which should be far too old to generate such energies. So they should be too old for this sort of behavior, but how are they verifying the time since the last collision? Another possibility is that these galaxies had a collision more recently right?
Not doing so, Meyerson quipped, "results in setting fire to the user, which is bad." Well, with exploding batteries and whatnot I suppose this could be a marketing strategy. Apple fanbois were herd to say "being on fire isn't so bad" and "my mac pro has been on fire for a week, and I don't see any issues". Flame on POWER6, flame on.
You make an excellent point, but frankly, I'm just surprised that two massive government bureaucracies agree on something. By the way, my transmission lab professor once explained to me the intricacies of why cellphones aren't allowed on planes (incidentally, the very same reasons she did not allow cells into her lab, your phone rang in there, you were kicked out for the whole day!)- 1) It happens that most cells operate at 2.4 GHz, the same frequency as the GPS unit in the plane, and on the off chance that the two signals could interfere with each other during takeoff/landing the benefit does not outweigh the risk. 2)If you let them in, everyone is gonna be miserable listening to some prick blather on for half the day 3)You aren't supposed to go that fast while on a cell phone (this is just about on planes, not in transmission lab) - you switch towers too often, and it causes all sorts of shenanigans in the signals (this of course has been resolved by the brits by putting a PICO on the plane itself).
Link to the brief It was at the bottom of the page. As for my.02$ I think you should be able to patent compilers, anything else should fall under copyright.
I was once bit by a gator. Sent me to the hospital because it got really infected (big red lines were coming up my arm, as it turns out my lymphatic system got infected with something less than friendly). I got a healthy shot of antibiotics to fix me up (along with a couple days of involuntary bed rest). Funny to see the gator's blood could be the source for the next hardcore antibiotic.
We know that people are going to use the printer to try to make weapons [and] sex toys and drug paraphernalia, And your concerned about circuit boards? Seriously, that's a good point though, the article isn't really clear.
A head that deposits low melting-point metal is in development, he says. Yet the article also states:
RepRap also allows people to build circuits in 3D Just what are these circuits made of? Or are they just masks you can lay down on a PCBA, leaving you to solder it all together? Anyone know?
Well I think thats the point. Pop muzac has gotten so predictable, you can guess what genre of crap the singer has chosen (probably just a simple bayesian filter, maybe a neural network) and throw in an appropriately awful background.
Why shouldn't they be forced by the government to lease their last mile? well that totally ruins there plans to monopolize the last mile, jack prices through the roof and make a metric (its Canada) assload of cash, all at the taxpayers expense. duh.
And there in lies the most disastrous design flaw. I can't be bothered to notice that it is a computer that just looks like a coffee cup before my first cup.
Porn...
I'm holding off to see what they do with it before getting excited. you will be excited.
With this in the "near" future (whatever the hell that means) we gotta be getting closer to a holodeck type deal, which reminds me: Kif: The Holosheds broke again and all the characters became real!
Cpt. Branigan: Last time this happened i got slapped with 4 paternity suits. Bender: Oh No, Evil Lincoln, were doomed!
America's efforts to stop terrorism would best be served by a policy aimed at getting everyone on the planet a good fuck and some cold beer. Dude, i think we have the beginnings of an awesome new foreign policy. Hookers and Booze for everyone! and Blackjack! Hell, lets just take the world for a weekend in Vegas, that ought to relieve some of these tensions. And as an added bonus, wed totally get some bad ass dirt on em too (did you see what Saudi Arabia was doing in the bathroom with Columbia and that stripper?)!
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I'm not that surprised. This is after all the state where students don't even have to know the age of the earth to pass earth science! In a state with those sorts of values, honestly, I really don't expect the greatest in technical expertise to flock there. And even the lowest bidder should have known better. I would bet the work was done internally (only the government itself could hose something this bad).
And if these spys are doing a good job, it'd be awfully hard to catch em. Of course if this is any indication it couldn't be terribly difficult to gain access to sensitive information.
I thought you could only get those things in Japan!
Is for blockbuster to preload each of these boxes with 1-2TB of movies already, with monthly service contract to access the whole catalog. Additionally, they would have to send out new HDD's every so often with additional content. The Set-Top Box market is already full of on demand options. Unfortunately, knowing blockbuster they will make a 1/2 assed last minute effort to copy someone else who is way ahead of them (Netflix? anyone).
This game was bad ass. I never thought of it as educational as a kid, but I certainly wouldn't have any problem with kids playing that in school.
You make an excellent point, but frankly, I'm just surprised that two massive government bureaucracies agree on something. By the way, my transmission lab professor once explained to me the intricacies of why cellphones aren't allowed on planes (incidentally, the very same reasons she did not allow cells into her lab, your phone rang in there, you were kicked out for the whole day!)-
1) It happens that most cells operate at 2.4 GHz, the same frequency as the GPS unit in the plane, and on the off chance that the two signals could interfere with each other during takeoff/landing the benefit does not outweigh the risk.
2)If you let them in, everyone is gonna be miserable listening to some prick blather on for half the day
3)You aren't supposed to go that fast while on a cell phone (this is just about on planes, not in transmission lab) - you switch towers too often, and it causes all sorts of shenanigans in the signals (this of course has been resolved by the brits by putting a PICO on the plane itself).
Link to the brief It was at the bottom of the page. .02$ I think you should be able to patent compilers, anything else should fall under copyright.
As for my
I was once bit by a gator. Sent me to the hospital because it got really infected (big red lines were coming up my arm, as it turns out my lymphatic system got infected with something less than friendly). I got a healthy shot of antibiotics to fix me up (along with a couple days of involuntary bed rest). Funny to see the gator's blood could be the source for the next hardcore antibiotic.
Komodo's raised entirely in captivity do not have this problem (if you get bit, well its really not a very fun time but you probably won't die).
Seriously, that's a good point though, the article isn't really clear. A head that deposits low melting-point metal is in development, he says. Yet the article also states: RepRap also allows people to build circuits in 3D Just what are these circuits made of? Or are they just masks you can lay down on a PCBA, leaving you to solder it all together? Anyone know?
Well I think thats the point. Pop muzac has gotten so predictable, you can guess what genre of crap the singer has chosen (probably just a simple bayesian filter, maybe a neural network) and throw in an appropriately awful background.
As opposed to the subtle propaganda you are accustomed to getting elsewhere?
And That is why Nick quit!
Yum, Data... tastier than pi!
And there in lies the most disastrous design flaw. I can't be bothered to notice that it is a computer that just looks like a coffee cup before my first cup.
How am I supposed to log in after a few too many? Wait, maybe thats not an issue after all, maybe its a feature.
I'm holding off to see what they do with it before getting excited. you will be excited.
With this in the "near" future (whatever the hell that means) we gotta be getting closer to a holodeck type deal, which reminds me:
Kif: The Holosheds broke again and all the characters became real! Cpt. Branigan: Last time this happened i got slapped with 4 paternity suits.
Bender: Oh No, Evil Lincoln, were doomed!
Well, if anyone needs me I'll be in the holoshed
I'm just disappointed that they don't include some other professions which make for good terrorists. Postal workers anyone?