Because absence of proof is not the same as proof of absence. If your negative result is proof of impossibility, that is (potentially) interersting. If it is simply a negative result, i.e. I wasn't smart enough to figure this out, it is a pollution of the scientific literature.
So where do you draw the line? You seem conflicted-- that banning texting is a good idea but banning talking is a step toward a nanny state? What about reading texts? What about fumbling with the GPS/mapping function? What about dialing a phone-- that also forces your eyes off the road. Where do you draw the line? Do you let people make up their own limits of what they feel is safe? Keep in mind that 95% of drivers think they are above average.
You need to enforce some rules for what is safe or it becomes a free for all-- let people make up their minds about how fast they want to drive, how bald their tires are, whether they want to use snow chains, etc. If the damage was limited only to the driver and his/her car, I would be fine with that but they drive on congested roads and often have other people in their car.
The PC/Mac clients for Netflix are such resource hogs-- the fans spin up (loudly) and the laptop gets hot. They must have a more efficient codec they use for iPads because the iPad client can run for hours without heating up at all. Perhaps this would be a good time to improve the energy efficiency of their streaming client.
The guns are meant to be used against "bad guys" but they work just as well on pilots, co-pilots, etc. Once the rest of the crew is dead, and the door is already secured, fly the plane into whatever you want. No need for box cutters. Profit (just kidding).
Agreed that this story was fluff but what I found most interesting and possibly useful is the "slide-show consolidating software." I was not aware of such a tool.
Before anyone has a kneejerk lmgtfy response, I tried already -- the majority of hits for "slide-show consolidating software" on the first page refer back to this slashdot article (actually, I used google instead of lmgtfy). If such a thing exists and works with flash slideshows as well the other types (html, javascript, others?) that would be the silver lining in this otherwise crud article.
Yet another way to waste money in the fight against terror.
This one sunk $85M on a bogus bomb detector used widely in Iraq until its export was banned-- ie demand for it was still present and they wanted to continue importing into Iraq! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8471187.stm
Airport body imagers, duct tape and plastic wrap... Is there no end?
you were warned back in the 1970s. but you kept funding the saudis, who kept building wahhabi madrassas in pakistan, and you got 9/11. but you still didn't see the writing on the wall. in fact, you thought it was a good excuse to secure some iraqi oil
now you're destroying your own shorelines, and still living in denial, still a hopeless rationalizing junkie addict
I suppose to prove your point you don't drive, you don't use oil in your house, you have solar panels on the roof and of course, you use all natural stuff, no plastic or anything made from oil?
No? Then stfu.
I think you are proving the parent's point. People were trying to sound the warning bell about our over-dependence on oil and the counter argument was that everyone uses some oil so they should "STFU." Granted the parent's post is in a "I told you so," scolding tone, but he does make a very valid point-- we use a lot more oil than we need, the price of oil is kept artificially low, and the consequences are coming back to haunt us.
Our country has not had a valid energy plan for decades-- taxing oil to bring it in line with the real cost (to the environment and militarily) would force people to reconsider whether they really need to drive an oversized SUV. That might drive down consumer oil consumption 10-20% (I am making that figure up in my head but considering that a modern compact uses well under half of the gas a large SUV uses to go the same distance I think a reasonable estimate (not short term but long term after people have made their next car purchasing decisions based on the new price of gas)). Use the money to fund research into alternative energy sources.
Instead of a rational plan, we have "drill, baby, drill."
If you have figured out how to elevate yourself above "all things biological," you might share that information with the people affected by this spill. Never mind that you are made up of basically the same things (DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids) that all other "biological things" are made up of, but I think the parent was including people (those who make their living off the ocean, live near the ocean, or consume products from these areas) in the "things biologic."
FWIW, we can't let our lifestyles cause an occasional massive kill-off of major ecological systems without it eventually coming back to bite us in the derrière.
How does that work? 1. You are with supermodel 2. Wife finds you with supermodel 3. Wife not happy 4. Wife expresses her unhappiness on your head with blunt instrument 5. Profit?
I tried zapping mosquitos with a camera flash to see whether a strong pulse of light would disorient them. To my surprise, when the flash was held close to the mosquito ( 1"), the wings would actually be singed! They were very alive but could no longer fly with their crumpled wings. I used a rather powerful off camera flash-- one of the older Canon models at full power. Probably wouldn't work with the small flashes built into cameras.
Flame on about cruelty to animals/insects but I think mosquitos might be one of the few things to garner less sympathy than lawyers.
Rembember last October when someone posted a rumor that Steve Jobs suffered a heart attack sending the price of the APPL stocks down? The SEC got involved in that one. ïhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/03/technology/apple/index.htm
Point is that "free speech" is not always protected.
To play devil's advocate, do we question whether politicians tapped for technologically related positions have enough scientific savvy?
Instead of appointing a politician who can listen to scientists, perhaps a scientist who can listen to politicians is a better idea for certain positions. Change we can believe in, anyone?
Plus Chu already has administrative credentials-- he is the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab! He shakes hands, brings in money, makes deals, makes plans and gets the job done. What more could you possibly ask for?
That "motive" is so patently false I am shocked anyone could possibly say that with a straight face. If he were "testing his vaccine," wouldn't he have to give the vaccine to his victims prior to infecting them?
Is there any indication that he vaccinated anyone?
which are size and speed. The winglet is slower and smaller and should be a big hit because everyone complained that the Segway was too big and too fast.
My view of Senator Obama has dropped considerably after he said he will vote for the bill giving the telecoms immunity. Perhaps he feels that he can piss on lot of people and still have their vote-- who else are they going to vote for now? Perhaps he thinks he an piss on the people who believe in him and convince them that it is only raining.
Senator Obama's promise to "fix this" when he becomes president is grossly illogical and pompous (not elitist). What if he loses the election? Then what will he be left with? A vote for a bill that he doesn't support and no chance to "fix it." If you don't agree with the bill, DON'T VOTE FOR IT!
If this issue is important to you, take the time to join this group and make it the biggest group on Obama's website. Then take the time to write your senators about this issue. I wrote both of mine:
Senator,
I was filled with dismay as Democrats in the House of Representatives caved in and voted to give telecoms retroactive immunity. I feel that the representatives did a better job of representing the telecoms than they did of representing the people.
Ours is a country of laws. Where every man and woman is considered equal. A land not only of opportunities, but also a place where people are held accountable for their misdeeds.
Perhaps you and others feel that we should drop the pretense of being a fair and noble country and let President Bush and the telecoms off the hook given the president's short remaining time in office.
I would argue that this is precisely why we need to hold firm on this bright-line issue -- people who break the law should be held accountable, companies that break the law should be accountable.
In Mac OS 10.5 (I don't know when the feature was added), you can remap the modifier keys for different keyboards using the keyboard preferences->Modifier Keys. You can remap the caps lock, control, command, and option keys to your hearts content. Furthermore, you can set these to apply to specific keyboards (useful if going back and forth between Mac and PC keyboards) or to call keyboards (ie, if you feel that the control key belongs where the caps lock key is).
Mandating that proof could thus have the pernicious effect of depriving copyright owners of a practical remedy against massive copyright infringement in many instances. There is a saying in law, "Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer." http://www.law.ucla.edu/volokh/guilty.htm I agree with this on some level but also have some reservations-- you can make valid arguments for the n value higher or lower.
The RIAA wants to restate this as "Better to make all eleven persons pay than to let one innocent man off the hook."
FDA approval should not be a problem for a stethoscope. It is not a food and not a drug and not a mission/life critical device. Do stethoscopes need any certification whatsoever? They might get an endorsement from a prominent cardiologist or a cardiology group/association/college/council but given the existence of _CHEAP_ disposable stethoscopes that barely work, I can't believe that there is any requirement for durability, reliability, or sound quality for stethoscopes.
It isn't so much about the theory of evolution vs the belief in creation. The point is that people like Bush distort science to fit their own agenda. For starters see
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2004/02/6 2339. Bush consistently distorts the science whether it is about
Global warming vs climate change
The adequacy of our current lines of embryonic stem cells
The effectiveness (or lack thereof) of abstinence only sex education
Mercury emissions
Baby Einstein
Reproductive health issues
the list goes on but these are off the top of my head...
My point is that Bush has a clear history of distorting science (the theory of evolution included) to fit his ideological views. That is the real problem.
Slashdot Mirror
High currents require thick wires - conductivity correlates linearly with the diameter of a wire. :?
Conductivity correlates with diameter^2.
Conductivity correlates linearly with the area of the wire
In a slightly different vein, but still made of paper, these "walkalong" gliders can stay up a long time. Longer than any conventional paper airplane thrown from the ground. See the video:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Indoor-Paper-Airplane-Walkalong-Glider/
Because absence of proof is not the same as proof of absence. If your negative result is proof of impossibility, that is (potentially) interersting. If it is simply a negative result, i.e. I wasn't smart enough to figure this out, it is a pollution of the scientific literature.
So where do you draw the line? You seem conflicted-- that banning texting is a good idea but banning talking is a step toward a nanny state? What about reading texts? What about fumbling with the GPS/mapping function? What about dialing a phone-- that also forces your eyes off the road. Where do you draw the line? Do you let people make up their own limits of what they feel is safe? Keep in mind that 95% of drivers think they are above average.
You need to enforce some rules for what is safe or it becomes a free for all-- let people make up their minds about how fast they want to drive, how bald their tires are, whether they want to use snow chains, etc. If the damage was limited only to the driver and his/her car, I would be fine with that but they drive on congested roads and often have other people in their car.
The PC/Mac clients for Netflix are such resource hogs-- the fans spin up (loudly) and the laptop gets hot. They must have a more efficient codec they use for iPads because the iPad client can run for hours without heating up at all. Perhaps this would be a good time to improve the energy efficiency of their streaming client.
Can't they carry guns in the cockpit?
http://www.tsa.gov/lawenforcement/programs/ffdo.shtm
The guns are meant to be used against "bad guys" but they work just as well on pilots, co-pilots, etc. Once the rest of the crew is dead, and the door is already secured, fly the plane into whatever you want. No need for box cutters. Profit (just kidding).
Agreed that this story was fluff but what I found most interesting and possibly useful is the "slide-show consolidating software." I was not aware of such a tool.
Before anyone has a kneejerk lmgtfy response, I tried already -- the majority of hits for "slide-show consolidating software" on the first page refer back to this slashdot article (actually, I used google instead of lmgtfy). If such a thing exists and works with flash slideshows as well the other types (html, javascript, others?) that would be the silver lining in this otherwise crud article.
Yet another way to waste money in the fight against terror.
This one sunk $85M on a bogus bomb detector used widely in Iraq until its export was banned-- ie demand for it was still present and they wanted to continue importing into Iraq! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8471187.stm
Airport body imagers, duct tape and plastic wrap... Is there no end?
you were warned back in the 1970s. but you kept funding the saudis, who kept building wahhabi madrassas in pakistan, and you got 9/11. but you still didn't see the writing on the wall. in fact, you thought it was a good excuse to secure some iraqi oil
now you're destroying your own shorelines, and still living in denial, still a hopeless rationalizing junkie addict
I suppose to prove your point you don't drive, you don't use oil in your house, you have solar panels on the roof and of course, you use all natural stuff, no plastic or anything made from oil?
No? Then stfu.
I think you are proving the parent's point. People were trying to sound the warning bell about our over-dependence on oil and the counter argument was that everyone uses some oil so they should "STFU." Granted the parent's post is in a "I told you so," scolding tone, but he does make a very valid point-- we use a lot more oil than we need, the price of oil is kept artificially low, and the consequences are coming back to haunt us.
Our country has not had a valid energy plan for decades-- taxing oil to bring it in line with the real cost (to the environment and militarily) would force people to reconsider whether they really need to drive an oversized SUV. That might drive down consumer oil consumption 10-20% (I am making that figure up in my head but considering that a modern compact uses well under half of the gas a large SUV uses to go the same distance I think a reasonable estimate (not short term but long term after people have made their next car purchasing decisions based on the new price of gas)). Use the money to fund research into alternative energy sources.
Instead of a rational plan, we have "drill, baby, drill."
If you have figured out how to elevate yourself above "all things biological," you might share that information with the people affected by this spill. Never mind that you are made up of basically the same things (DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids) that all other "biological things" are made up of, but I think the parent was including people (those who make their living off the ocean, live near the ocean, or consume products from these areas) in the "things biologic."
FWIW, we can't let our lifestyles cause an occasional massive kill-off of major ecological systems without it eventually coming back to bite us in the derrière.
Suicide by supermodel.
How does that work?
1. You are with supermodel
2. Wife finds you with supermodel
3. Wife not happy
4. Wife expresses her unhappiness on your head with blunt instrument
5. Profit?
I tried zapping mosquitos with a camera flash to see whether a strong pulse of light would disorient them. To my surprise, when the flash was held close to the mosquito ( 1"), the wings would actually be singed! They were very alive but could no longer fly with their crumpled wings. I used a rather powerful off camera flash-- one of the older Canon models at full power. Probably wouldn't work with the small flashes built into cameras.
Flame on about cruelty to animals/insects but I think mosquitos might be one of the few things to garner less sympathy than lawyers.
Rembember last October when someone posted a rumor that Steve Jobs suffered a heart attack sending the price of the APPL stocks down? The SEC got involved in that one.
ïhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/03/technology/apple/index.htm
Point is that "free speech" is not always protected.
To play devil's advocate, do we question whether politicians tapped for technologically related positions have enough scientific savvy?
Instead of appointing a politician who can listen to scientists, perhaps a scientist who can listen to politicians is a better idea for certain positions. Change we can believe in, anyone?
Plus Chu already has administrative credentials-- he is the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab! He shakes hands, brings in money, makes deals, makes plans and gets the job done. What more could you possibly ask for?
I was able to install python3.0 but as usual, there is no readline support.
Has anyone been successful in getting readline to work with python3.0?
Then you can still blow stuff up.
Stay away from matches.
That "motive" is so patently false I am shocked anyone could possibly say that with a straight face. If he were "testing his vaccine," wouldn't he have to give the vaccine to his victims prior to infecting them?
Is there any indication that he vaccinated anyone?
which are size and speed. The winglet is slower and smaller and should be a big hit because everyone complained that the Segway was too big and too fast.
One point to Toyota for copycat engineering.
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
</sarcasm>
Senator Obama's promise to "fix this" when he becomes president is grossly illogical and pompous (not elitist). What if he loses the election? Then what will he be left with? A vote for a bill that he doesn't support and no chance to "fix it." If you don't agree with the bill, DON'T VOTE FOR IT!
If this issue is important to you, take the time to join this group and make it the biggest group on Obama's website. Then take the time to write your senators about this issue. I wrote both of mine:
Senator, I was filled with dismay as Democrats in the House of Representatives caved in and voted to give telecoms retroactive immunity. I feel that the representatives did a better job of representing the telecoms than they did of representing the people.
Ours is a country of laws. Where every man and woman is considered equal. A land not only of opportunities, but also a place where people are held accountable for their misdeeds.
Perhaps you and others feel that we should drop the pretense of being a fair and noble country and let President Bush and the telecoms off the hook given the president's short remaining time in office.
I would argue that this is precisely why we need to hold firm on this bright-line issue -- people who break the law should be held accountable, companies that break the law should be accountable.
Be assured that my vote depends on your decision.
In Mac OS 10.5 (I don't know when the feature was added), you can remap the modifier keys for different keyboards using the keyboard preferences->Modifier Keys. You can remap the caps lock, control, command, and option keys to your hearts content. Furthermore, you can set these to apply to specific keyboards (useful if going back and forth between Mac and PC keyboards) or to call keyboards (ie, if you feel that the control key belongs where the caps lock key is).
The RIAA wants to restate this as "Better to make all eleven persons pay than to let one innocent man off the hook."
Here is the proof. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9004971557883691425&q=google+maps+street+view&total=258&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2
FDA approval should not be a problem for a stethoscope. It is not a food and not a drug and not a mission/life critical device. Do stethoscopes need any certification whatsoever? They might get an endorsement from a prominent cardiologist or a cardiology group/association/college/council but given the existence of _CHEAP_ disposable stethoscopes that barely work, I can't believe that there is any requirement for durability, reliability, or sound quality for stethoscopes.
Comments like this make me feel like gas in America is still too cheap.
- Global warming vs climate change
- The adequacy of our current lines of embryonic stem cells
- The effectiveness (or lack thereof) of abstinence only sex education
- Mercury emissions
- Baby Einstein
- Reproductive health issues
- the list goes on but these are off the top of my head...
My point is that Bush has a clear history of distorting science (the theory of evolution included) to fit his ideological views. That is the real problem.