To the average consumer, "new" stipulates that it hasn't had a previous owner use it and that it's still shrink-wrapped. If you search through sites like eBay, you'll find this to be the case as well. In the eyes of the law, it might hold a different definition, but it doesn't necessarily fall in the category of second-hand, which might include a degradation of value. It's still a new, sealed item, and when your selling platform is open to the average consumer, then the tendency is probably going to be for the seller to post it as "new", as that's what their own personal understanding on what "new" is. This seems a highly aggressive stance for Bethesda to be taking, but they're commonly known to be more litigious than many of their other counterparts in the industry.
I'm on site for this launch, and got to meet and interview some of the people working on it. It's essentially a front-end device for Watson, helping it to navigate around the space station and try to be useful for the scientists on board. Right this second, it seems more of a novelty, but the impellers driving it mean that it should be able to self navigate, and collect some good data from the interactions. They said the latency for connecting to the Watson infrastructure on the ground is around two seconds. This is also the first test of this technology in space, so they have a long way to go, and a lot of basic things to work out, but it's something that the platform can only grow stronger from, if they proceed with future testing, so as to be more useful for the astronauts. It struck me as a floating iPad with voice activation and natural speech recognition, but might prove to be more as time goes on and they start assigning value to it.
Orson Scott Card actually dug into this a bit in the later part of the Ender's series with the philotic twining and aiuas as the fundamental core of the universe, that particles essentially willed themselves into existence in an increasingly hierarchical way, and that they could be called into existence by others. Base matter was a certain kind of aiua possessed of a will that could bond and bind energy into a material form, while consciousness was an aiua that could govern and rule over other aiuas. That theory always seemed to resonate a bit well as a universal kind of spirituality intertwined with physics. In any case, it made for great reading.
Maybe someone in the know can answer all of this, but what's responsibility like if a country or now private entity damages the ISS with a botched docking? Are there policies governing these kinds of incidents - a you break it, you buy it kind of thing?
I'm curious to know what the process is for cracking a game - what do crackers usually have to do to find what the game is requiring for activation? Anyone out there with experience that would care to enlighten myself and other interested readers?
A lot of fundamental ideals of the USA are founded on the notion that what you have, make, or build belongs to you, and that you're entitled to the sweat of your brow with the overseeing government being entitled to only the bare minimum of it in order to provide public services and remain functional. Under that notion, you're free to do what you want with your property without fear or concern of it being subjected to the confiscation of the government for arbitrary reasons, simply because it feels entitled. What is yours is yours and can be distributed to friends, family, the poor, or whatever you wish. What the OP is arguing for is in defense of those kinds of ideals, to keep government hands out of private and individual pockets. Now, this notion has been adapted, adjusted, played with, tweaked, circumvented, or regarded as outdated in a "modern" society by numerous others of the last several generations, but the original intent and arguments still stand. Whether they bear further scrutiny or discussion is another matter, but that's the heart of why the estate tax is believed to be ridiculous by some.
I'm curious - I'm following the releases, but was curious where and how the releases are occurring - did Snowden release huge archives to the web and they're slowly being sifted and sorted through by interested parties, or are these being slowly released by people holding what Snowden released?
What are the advantages of ceramic engines? This is the first I've heard of them, and it sounds interesting. I'm off to the Wiki, but insight appreciated!
Uninformed question here, but do they post the designs and technologies in the rovers for the public, or are they classified to any extent? I would think that once you've built one rover, that you could build and deploy a dozen for not *too* much more extra cost. Do those designs enter the public domain once the mission is complete? It would be great to have a portfolio of existing technologies that have proven to work on lunar or Martian environments and mass produce them for launch.
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MIT REALLY want to make sure we don't overlook this near term solution.
I'd actually love to hear more about that dynamic. Got any helpful insight on how you all work together?
To the average consumer, "new" stipulates that it hasn't had a previous owner use it and that it's still shrink-wrapped. If you search through sites like eBay, you'll find this to be the case as well. In the eyes of the law, it might hold a different definition, but it doesn't necessarily fall in the category of second-hand, which might include a degradation of value. It's still a new, sealed item, and when your selling platform is open to the average consumer, then the tendency is probably going to be for the seller to post it as "new", as that's what their own personal understanding on what "new" is. This seems a highly aggressive stance for Bethesda to be taking, but they're commonly known to be more litigious than many of their other counterparts in the industry.
I'm on site for this launch, and got to meet and interview some of the people working on it. It's essentially a front-end device for Watson, helping it to navigate around the space station and try to be useful for the scientists on board. Right this second, it seems more of a novelty, but the impellers driving it mean that it should be able to self navigate, and collect some good data from the interactions. They said the latency for connecting to the Watson infrastructure on the ground is around two seconds. This is also the first test of this technology in space, so they have a long way to go, and a lot of basic things to work out, but it's something that the platform can only grow stronger from, if they proceed with future testing, so as to be more useful for the astronauts. It struck me as a floating iPad with voice activation and natural speech recognition, but might prove to be more as time goes on and they start assigning value to it.
#theranosdemandsyourinvestment
Nice try, zombies. We're on to your business model.
Jevon's Paradox fits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Orson Scott Card actually dug into this a bit in the later part of the Ender's series with the philotic twining and aiuas as the fundamental core of the universe, that particles essentially willed themselves into existence in an increasingly hierarchical way, and that they could be called into existence by others. Base matter was a certain kind of aiua possessed of a will that could bond and bind energy into a material form, while consciousness was an aiua that could govern and rule over other aiuas. That theory always seemed to resonate a bit well as a universal kind of spirituality intertwined with physics. In any case, it made for great reading.
"We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient."
Maybe someone in the know can answer all of this, but what's responsibility like if a country or now private entity damages the ISS with a botched docking? Are there policies governing these kinds of incidents - a you break it, you buy it kind of thing?
Fans made an awesome movie trailer tackling the grittier side of the Pokemon world. https://youtu.be/VKul3UwR9JU
Another fine product from the Nucleus family. Fsckin' Gavin Belson.
Now you can literally drink to numb the pain :).
Working at a Center For Ants, perhaps :)?
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The Golden Path endures.
I'm curious to know what the process is for cracking a game - what do crackers usually have to do to find what the game is requiring for activation? Anyone out there with experience that would care to enlighten myself and other interested readers?
His is the drill that will pierce the HIV-ens!
Yeah...nice work on this headline.
A lot of fundamental ideals of the USA are founded on the notion that what you have, make, or build belongs to you, and that you're entitled to the sweat of your brow with the overseeing government being entitled to only the bare minimum of it in order to provide public services and remain functional. Under that notion, you're free to do what you want with your property without fear or concern of it being subjected to the confiscation of the government for arbitrary reasons, simply because it feels entitled. What is yours is yours and can be distributed to friends, family, the poor, or whatever you wish. What the OP is arguing for is in defense of those kinds of ideals, to keep government hands out of private and individual pockets. Now, this notion has been adapted, adjusted, played with, tweaked, circumvented, or regarded as outdated in a "modern" society by numerous others of the last several generations, but the original intent and arguments still stand. Whether they bear further scrutiny or discussion is another matter, but that's the heart of why the estate tax is believed to be ridiculous by some.
Must not be so high up there that the joke goes over your head :).
I'm curious - I'm following the releases, but was curious where and how the releases are occurring - did Snowden release huge archives to the web and they're slowly being sifted and sorted through by interested parties, or are these being slowly released by people holding what Snowden released?
What are the advantages of ceramic engines? This is the first I've heard of them, and it sounds interesting. I'm off to the Wiki, but insight appreciated!
It stands to reason that it makes a sound that no knows... Perhaps Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff?
Uninformed question here, but do they post the designs and technologies in the rovers for the public, or are they classified to any extent? I would think that once you've built one rover, that you could build and deploy a dozen for not *too* much more extra cost. Do those designs enter the public domain once the mission is complete? It would be great to have a portfolio of existing technologies that have proven to work on lunar or Martian environments and mass produce them for launch.
Have you got any good readings you can recommend on the subject =)?