It's the alien probe watching CERN, so they can get a good movie when we blow up our planet. Actually one would send 4 probes to get a view from each angle, so you know where to look for more;-)
How would you save humanity if .. ?
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Here's an interesting question - suppose you really believed that scientists would soon conduct a slightly dangerous experiment but were unable to stop it, how would you try to save humanity?
Would you send out probe(s) with a genetic blueprints and stem cells?
Would you broadcast the whole DNA and assisting information to Alpha Centauri and a lot of other star systems(think Sil the other way around)?
It actually says Windows XP and Vista. I might even buy Spore if it will run on my windows 2000, which I refuse to upgrade to avoid an environment more infested with DRM.
Random example of DRM: The FREE basic spore creature lab fails to start if you have run sysinternals ProcessExplorer before, a quite legitimate program that can be downloaded from microsoft.
The catch is that you do not know how the universes should be distributed, if you assume a logarithmic normal distribution and not a uniform one, the probabilities that results differ.
Also, if the anthropic principle would be defined correctly, including dropping the "anthropic" part from it, instead of in zillion differing versions, then it cannot be refuted.
The key to this is that by quantum physics the observation changes the observer and the observee. This means that the observer is part of the universe.
So the universe must be able to coexist with the observer. Which results in Zaphod Beeblebrox's principle: The more you know about the universe, the more it appears the universe has been especially constructed for you.
There is no intellectual property, there is trademarks, copyrights and patents. Just speaking of intellectual property instead of the correct thing is quite confusing.
Scrabulous probably infringes on the trademark(which I personally don't think is a very intellectual thing, but the result of solid marketing or businessmanship), but not on any patent(too old) or coypright, since game ideas are not protected by copyright(www.out-law.com/page-7896,google:game ideas copyright)
5x weight = cubic root of 5 times the diameter of earth, so gravity= earth gravity times 5 divided by (cubic root of 5 squared)= 5 to the power of (1-2/3) = third root of 5 = 1.71 Earth gravity.
This means any inhabitants might look somewhat dwarf-like and will consider us as cone-heads, but isn't quite as bad as 5x.
Actually this(inaccessibility) is wrong - the outer universe is not inaccessible, since some particles that entered the black hole are tied to particles in the outer universe (by spooky action at a distance). Basically, a black hole would work like a subroutine of a giant algorithm.
Well, it is true, owning a stock is owning a business.
But the real problem is that higher stock prices don't necessarily translate into higher investments into that company, because you buy the stock from someone else not from the company.
This results in companies having to borrow money, resulting in a nice income for the financial system. Splitting stock and handing out options is another way out, but results in the dilution of the investment of the original shareholders.
For me, it was Empires, Sentinel and Populous 1 on a friends computer. I really can't recall which was the ultimate first one.
The concepts of Sentinel has not soon be used in another game. Similar would be commandos and even Ultima Underworld 2(although it is somewhat irrelvant there because you dont gain enough XP by sneaking past monsters.).
I later played Populous 1 twice, once with my left hand and once with my right hand clicking.
Actually I think the point is simply that by universe we mean by definition that which we can observe. We also probably would overlook weak interactions with other related universes or explain them by dark matter. So if a universe sustains an incompatible set of laws, we could only observe it in a simulation. So far, we do not believe that it is unethical to switch off a simulation, we treat it as unreal. Smarter and more lifelike AI will push that envelope.
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Well I suspect you didn't do any math.
If 1/3 = 33.33% is refuted and 1/3 of the remaining 2/3 and so on, then eventually 1/2 = 50% will be refuted.
The formula for this is p/(1-p) cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_series
The difference is that with a search warrant for a house, police can simply lock you up for a short time and force their way into the house.
They cannot do that with a passphrase or key for an encrypted volume.
I hope you see the difference now.
And I want the linux version leaked ..
It's the alien probe watching CERN, so they can get a good movie when we blow up our planet. ;-)
Actually one would send 4 probes to get a view from each angle, so you know where to look for more
See also: http://www.everything2.com/node/1955248
Here's an interesting question - suppose you really believed that scientists would soon conduct a slightly dangerous experiment but were unable to stop it, how would you try to save humanity?
Would you send out probe(s) with a genetic blueprints and stem cells?
Would you broadcast the whole DNA and assisting information to Alpha Centauri and a lot of other star systems(think Sil the other way around)?
Would you take the DNA of gamers up to the ISS?
Your suggestion?
It actually says Windows XP and Vista. I might even buy Spore if it will run on my windows 2000, which I refuse to upgrade to avoid an environment more infested with DRM.
Random example of DRM: The FREE basic spore creature lab fails to start if you have run sysinternals ProcessExplorer before, a quite legitimate program that can be downloaded from microsoft.
The catch is that you do not know how the universes should be distributed, if you assume a logarithmic normal distribution and not a uniform one, the probabilities that results differ.
Also, if the anthropic principle would be defined correctly, including dropping the "anthropic" part from it, instead of in zillion differing versions, then it cannot be refuted.
The key to this is that by quantum physics the observation changes the observer and the observee.
This means that the observer is part of the universe.
So the universe must be able to coexist with the observer. Which results in Zaphod Beeblebrox's principle: The more you know about the universe, the more it appears the universe has been especially constructed for you.
In other slashdot news, editors don't lear from posting dupes:
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/24/2220209
In Soviet Russia, Natalie Portman beats a dead horse and throws chair and hits YOU!!!
This sounds like a normal game of Nethack to me
There is no intellectual property, there is trademarks, copyrights and patents.
Just speaking of intellectual property instead of the correct thing is quite confusing.
Scrabulous probably infringes on the trademark(which I personally don't think is a very intellectual thing, but the result of solid marketing or businessmanship), but not on any patent(too old) or coypright, since game ideas are not protected by copyright(www.out-law.com/page-7896,google:game ideas copyright)
5x weight = cubic root of 5 times the diameter of earth, so gravity= earth gravity times 5 divided by (cubic root of 5 squared)= 5 to the power of (1-2/3) = third root of 5 = 1.71 Earth gravity.
This means any inhabitants might look somewhat dwarf-like and will consider us as cone-heads, but isn't quite as bad as 5x.
I severly doubt that he will quote "RatCommander@slashdot" as the source for any idea.
ObSlashdot:In Soviet Russia, the thesis you writes.
Actually a good question, since I got several games that won't run on the version of windows I use.
Actually this(inaccessibility) is wrong - the outer universe is not inaccessible, since some particles that entered the black hole are tied to particles in the outer universe (by spooky action at a distance). Basically, a black hole would work like a subroutine of a giant algorithm.
When diamonds are a nerds best friend.
Well, it is true, owning a stock is owning a business.
But the real problem is that higher stock prices don't necessarily translate into higher investments into that company, because you buy the stock from someone else not from the company.
This results in companies having to borrow money, resulting in a nice income for the financial system. Splitting stock and handing out options is another way out, but results in the dilution of the investment of the original shareholders.
Maybe the programmer thought it would be easier to detect overflow - e.g. if(x0) x= ((unsigned int)2)31-1
What I really wonder shouldn't he limit be an odd number i.e. 2^31-1?
For me, it was Empires, Sentinel and Populous 1 on a friends computer.
I really can't recall which was the ultimate first one.
The concepts of Sentinel has not soon be used in another game.
Similar would be commandos and even Ultima Underworld 2(although it is somewhat irrelvant there because you dont gain enough XP by sneaking past monsters.).
I later played Populous 1 twice, once with my left hand and once with my right hand clicking.
Empires prepared me for Civilization 1.
And so it started.
frustration= (OS =~ /Windows/i);
return frustration;
Are you pondering what I am pondering, simulated Brain?
And at what point will computer intelligence stop granting us full status? Not only in soviet russia...
Actually I think the point is simply that by universe we mean by definition that which we can observe. We also probably would overlook weak interactions with other related universes or explain them by dark matter. So if a universe sustains an incompatible set of laws, we could only observe it in a simulation. So far, we do not believe that it is unethical to switch off a simulation, we treat it as unreal. Smarter and more lifelike AI will push that envelope.
Great minds don't take No for an answer.
I don't think you can measure a wave and not weaken it, at least you cannot in its entirety. E.g. Quantum cryptography.
Well, it is good that you do not know the number of reboots (read big bangs) we had to do to get it right.