Sadly, there are a lot of people who are simply incapable of performing any job that requires original or creative thought. Call me an elitist if you will, but you know it's true. There are only so many burgers that need to be flipped, floors that need to be mopped, etc.
Put someone into a job that's beyond their capacity they'll do it poorly, be miserable while doing it, and make everyone everyone miserable in the process.
The majority of people who work shit jobs do not them because that is the job they are best suited for. People are much more capable than what the current system allows them to be. I started doing physics not because I thought I was smarter than other kids (I wasn't), and I've come to find that most scientists aren't either. They simply took the classes, did the things they were supposed to, and stayed the course. I say let the boring jobs disappear. We will adapt.
Viacom employees have made special trips away from the
company’s premises (to places like Kinko’s) to upload videos to
YouTube from computers not traceable to Viacom. See Schapiro Ex.
47 (158:2022); see also Schapiro Exs. 48, 49.
I recall doing this calculation in one of my astronomy classes. The prof concluded that Aricebo could capture signals from a planet on the other side of our galaxy if it knew where to look. That was a rough estimate (I forget whether the galaxy is opaque to radio) but it would explain why we are looking at all.
... I'm just asking:
What would we expect from any President? Pick anyone from the last batch, or even the next batch, of candidates. Do you think any one of them wouldn't back big business in this situation?
Finally, the abstract - the only thing worth posting aside from the paper itself. Having access to the journal through my university, I'm tempted to post the contents of the paper for those who don't. I wonder, where are all the torrents for the pay-walled journals? Is there no interest in pirating science?
I couldn't agree more, after watching this TedMedd talk, you get the sense that the medical industry makes a lot more money on a terminally ill patient than they would on a patient whose cancer was detected early. This would explain why so little research goes into the detection of cancer, which can apparently be done in a lab the size of a postage stamp (and at a fraction of the cost of a postage stamp):
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=-ew0bn8mGAA&feature=related
And I've seen nothing to indicate that the iPhone is competent to deliver video on that scale, even over wifi
You could spend a couple hours just catching up on movie trailers via Flixster, and there's plenty of long-format content on youtube. Then there's all the video podcasts that can be watched streaming... wait a minute, do you even own an iPhone/iPod touch?
Maybe this is all really for the iPad. That would make more sense.
This would be great for the iPad, which we should note is supposed to be backward compatible with iPhone apps.
What kind of sick view of the world warps a person to the point where they believe that having someone brush their teeth with the old meat whistle is actually a bad thing?
Seriously.
I think I was a freshman in high school when one of the Jesuits at the catholic high school I attended said that oral sex was sinful because it was a sexual act that did not give glory to the Lord as a reproductive act. That was when I realized there could not be a god that would give us peckers and mouths and then say "Oh, by the way...use them and you will burn for eternity!?. It just defied any sort of logic IMO.
That was about the end of organized religion for me. Although I did once go to a Catholic Youth Organization function once more because I thought I might be able to get Patti O'Connor to give me a wobble job if I was really nice to her and appeared to be a devout person. It didn't work, so I never again darkened the door of a religious institution.
There are just so many disturbing parts of your past that it's hard to look directly at my monitor. I will say this, though: for every sexual act you find perfectly reasonable, there are always people who will take issue with it, and vice versa. For example, I'm guessing you're not a big fan of consensual sex with children, but there will always be people who will consider you a prude for being so unenlightened.
No profit motive? There are asteroids that contain more raw minerals than has ever been mined in the history of mankind. I'd say that's a pretty big motive for building the infrastructure to extract it.
Agreed. The biggest threat to national security is probably windows XP. Here's an idea: let's start teaching high school students something other than Word and Excel, hmm?
It's been a while since I've heard from these guys. They are following a trend a lot of indie game developers have latched onto: what they lack in terms of budget can be made up with brains. The simple fact is we no longer need to have models crammed with millions of polygons in order to make high-quality assets. I shall have to make the obligatory demoscene reference, here; consider exhibit A: http://www.demoscene.tv/prod.php?id_prod=13374 Also check out the works of Introversion, Eskil Steenberg, and (more drastically) Will Wright's Spore.
The Somalis see their "pirates" as the only force securing their waters right now, and I don't blame them. Europe has been overfishing their waters and polluting their shores with toxic waste for years. Where was the justice of international law then?
Yes, there is a difference. However, if I started driving around town looking for all the signs of absence and then published the results online, people would not applaud my efforts. why? because even if the information is out there and easily accessible, gathering it for the sole purpose of emphasizing security risks is a sure sign of me being a jackass. You don't applaud the guy who makes an I Use Twitter, Please Rape Me app either.
Me too. What I really hate are all those morons going to coffee shops and "having a good time" with their dates. They are so smug, strutting about showing their real faces in public. Soon we'll have enough cameras and facial recognition to show these bastards who's boss. Match their faces with their home addresses and google maps and rob them blind. That'll teach em.
My spidey sense is telling me this has been going on in other school districts across the country; it's only by sheer stupidity that this instance was brought to light.
As far as I know, Linux has never had a decent marketing campaign. I don't care if it's not the most imaginative approach as long as people start to see it as a viable alternative. I'll reserve judgment until the results are in.
I do wonder whether the government is capable of guiding the future of IT security, especially if they insist on having their own back-door as a matter of national security. I really had no idea how vulnerable we were until I saw this lecture http://www.demoscene.tv/prod.php?id_prod=13914 and his discussion of mebroot.
Slashdot Mirror
Sadly, there are a lot of people who are simply incapable of performing any job that requires original or creative thought. Call me an elitist if you will, but you know it's true. There are only so many burgers that need to be flipped, floors that need to be mopped, etc.
Put someone into a job that's beyond their capacity they'll do it poorly, be miserable while doing it, and make everyone everyone miserable in the process.
The majority of people who work shit jobs do not them because that is the job they are best suited for. People are much more capable than what the current system allows them to be. I started doing physics not because I thought I was smarter than other kids (I wasn't), and I've come to find that most scientists aren't either. They simply took the classes, did the things they were supposed to, and stayed the course. I say let the boring jobs disappear. We will adapt.
Viacom employees have made special trips away from the company’s premises (to places like Kinko’s) to upload videos to YouTube from computers not traceable to Viacom. See Schapiro Ex. 47 (158:2022); see also Schapiro Exs. 48, 49.
I recall doing this calculation in one of my astronomy classes. The prof concluded that Aricebo could capture signals from a planet on the other side of our galaxy if it knew where to look. That was a rough estimate (I forget whether the galaxy is opaque to radio) but it would explain why we are looking at all.
... I'm just asking: What would we expect from any President? Pick anyone from the last batch, or even the next batch, of candidates. Do you think any one of them wouldn't back big business in this situation?
Ron Paul?
Buried as inaccurate: I really thought this article would be about my monthly reproductive cycle.
Finally, the abstract - the only thing worth posting aside from the paper itself. Having access to the journal through my university, I'm tempted to post the contents of the paper for those who don't. I wonder, where are all the torrents for the pay-walled journals? Is there no interest in pirating science?
I'd just like to say good luck to you, other douchebags notwithstanding.
I couldn't agree more, after watching this TedMedd talk, you get the sense that the medical industry makes a lot more money on a terminally ill patient than they would on a patient whose cancer was detected early. This would explain why so little research goes into the detection of cancer, which can apparently be done in a lab the size of a postage stamp (and at a fraction of the cost of a postage stamp): http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=-ew0bn8mGAA&feature=related
Euthanize the depressive!!!
I'm pretty sure he's restricting his proposition to the terminally (or likely terminally) ill.
Aren't we all terminally ill? Some of us just haven't been diagnosed yet.
That's what Lori said (Total Recall)
And I've seen nothing to indicate that the iPhone is competent to deliver video on that scale, even over wifi
You could spend a couple hours just catching up on movie trailers via Flixster, and there's plenty of long-format content on youtube. Then there's all the video podcasts that can be watched streaming... wait a minute, do you even own an iPhone/iPod touch?
Maybe this is all really for the iPad. That would make more sense.
This would be great for the iPad, which we should note is supposed to be backward compatible with iPhone apps.
What kind of sick view of the world warps a person to the point where they believe that having someone brush their teeth with the old meat whistle is actually a bad thing?
Seriously.
I think I was a freshman in high school when one of the Jesuits at the catholic high school I attended said that oral sex was sinful because it was a sexual act that did not give glory to the Lord as a reproductive act. That was when I realized there could not be a god that would give us peckers and mouths and then say "Oh, by the way...use them and you will burn for eternity!?. It just defied any sort of logic IMO.
That was about the end of organized religion for me. Although I did once go to a Catholic Youth Organization function once more because I thought I might be able to get Patti O'Connor to give me a wobble job if I was really nice to her and appeared to be a devout person. It didn't work, so I never again darkened the door of a religious institution.
There are just so many disturbing parts of your past that it's hard to look directly at my monitor. I will say this, though: for every sexual act you find perfectly reasonable, there are always people who will take issue with it, and vice versa. For example, I'm guessing you're not a big fan of consensual sex with children, but there will always be people who will consider you a prude for being so unenlightened.
No profit motive? There are asteroids that contain more raw minerals than has ever been mined in the history of mankind. I'd say that's a pretty big motive for building the infrastructure to extract it.
Agreed. The biggest threat to national security is probably windows XP. Here's an idea: let's start teaching high school students something other than Word and Excel, hmm?
Do you pay extra for cotton?
It's been a while since I've heard from these guys. They are following a trend a lot of indie game developers have latched onto: what they lack in terms of budget can be made up with brains. The simple fact is we no longer need to have models crammed with millions of polygons in order to make high-quality assets. I shall have to make the obligatory demoscene reference, here; consider exhibit A: http://www.demoscene.tv/prod.php?id_prod=13374 Also check out the works of Introversion, Eskil Steenberg, and (more drastically) Will Wright's Spore.
I'm guessing you don't tip very well ;)
When they fight dirty, they're called terrorists. When we do it, we're called heroes.
The Somalis see their "pirates" as the only force securing their waters right now, and I don't blame them. Europe has been overfishing their waters and polluting their shores with toxic waste for years. Where was the justice of international law then?
Yes, there is a difference. However, if I started driving around town looking for all the signs of absence and then published the results online, people would not applaud my efforts. why? because even if the information is out there and easily accessible, gathering it for the sole purpose of emphasizing security risks is a sure sign of me being a jackass. You don't applaud the guy who makes an I Use Twitter, Please Rape Me app either.
Me too. What I really hate are all those morons going to coffee shops and "having a good time" with their dates. They are so smug, strutting about showing their real faces in public. Soon we'll have enough cameras and facial recognition to show these bastards who's boss. Match their faces with their home addresses and google maps and rob them blind. That'll teach em.
My spidey sense is telling me this has been going on in other school districts across the country; it's only by sheer stupidity that this instance was brought to light.
As far as I know, Linux has never had a decent marketing campaign. I don't care if it's not the most imaginative approach as long as people start to see it as a viable alternative. I'll reserve judgment until the results are in.
a) 0-10% b)10-50% c) > 50%
If you answered (a), then you and dugan might be in agreement.
I do wonder whether the government is capable of guiding the future of IT security, especially if they insist on having their own back-door as a matter of national security. I really had no idea how vulnerable we were until I saw this lecture http://www.demoscene.tv/prod.php?id_prod=13914 and his discussion of mebroot.