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I was trying to illustrate a situation where the nuclear deterrent definitely doesn't apply.

I'll remove some conditions then.

In a war situation, Red will take out a Blue carrier regardless of Blue's nuclear deterrent because they are at war. The nuclear deterrent makes Red reluctant to get to the point of war. Once at war, Red will either surrender under the threat (and hence not be a threat), or call Blue's bluff.

Edit: Also, the position that "they wouldn't dare take out my carrier because of the atrocity I'd do to them in return" is not a sensible military strategy during war.
Blackberry also did this and continued to sell the same technology through slightly modified hardware.

Look how long it took them to come out the nose dive they were in. Apple could very easily go down this path and never realize it until its too late.
The important thing is not what the other people think, but what information the other people add. In that article, some of the first comments were something like: "The authors published recently another paper [link 1] that bas soon debunked [link 2]." That is information that is interesting to judge the plausibility of the new claims, and that information is not present in the original article.

Sometimes the post is very clear and came from a credible source. But in the other case, it's better to read the post and read the information/links provided in the comments and then make your own opinion.
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How about connecting with other geeks out there? Is that possibility not useful enough?
There are some ad hominem attacks, which the author acknowledges by the way. Doesn't mean it's right, but at least he recognizes his possible bias.

Putting that aside, he does provide arguments against the article, which you chose to totally ignore. If you want to refute his point of vue, please do discuss the actual arguments.

Now, concerning some of your remarks:

> Do you think this article would pass peer review and be published in a journal?

That's why it was published in slate and not a peer reviewed journal. And that's to the author's credit: if a paper was published every time a crackpotery was exposed, there would be too much noise in scientific journals.

> I don't know why scientists just can't keep an open mind.

I don't see how refuting a paper using sensible arguments is showing a lack of open mind. What do you suggest? That we all happily accept every piece of crackpotery to show that we have an open mind?

> Maybe life comes from outer space. Maybe it doesn't. Maybe diatoms are in meteorites. Maybe they aren't. No one really knows, do they?

Well the point of the JOC article was to show that there are diatoms in meteorites. The point of the slate article is to show that the JOC article is of dubious quality, and does not prove what it claims. Let me say it again: the slate paper does NOT say that there aren't diatoms in meteorites, it just says that this has not been proved.
Well no, "probability 0" means "impossible". I'm not sure what difference you're seeing between "zero probability" and "zero chance", but they mean the same thing.
I thought blogspam included rewrapping an existing article in a blog post without adding any additional commentary / value.
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> Maybe life comes from outer space. Maybe it doesn't. Maybe diatoms are in meteorites. Maybe they aren't. No one really knows, do they?

There's not a 'maybe'. If you weren't so concerned with the tone of the article and being offended by his personality you'd actually see the meat of the criticisms he makes.

These 'papers' would not make it to peer review. Period. The characterization sucks, the samples suck, the analysis sucks.

The way to find extraterrestrial diatoms is not wandering around a warm, moist country poking at dirty rocks. You will find life then, but nothing that should be shocking to anybody but Robert Hooke.
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It's got to be a Raspberry Pi, surely?
Connecting with other geeks/hackers?
So all someone has to do is break into my locker while I'm at the gym (assuming I remove my ring and cell phone before I go swimming, etc.)?
That second quote is very interesting to read. Do you have the source for it?
Twitter is a buffet restaurant. On the buffet is practically every piece of food that caters to your unique and particular diet.

Look at the data. Joe Blow doesn't have a million followers. Celebrities and public figures do.

@Shaq is not going to blog. He will post insight into his life.

It's a standardized framework for communicating links, ideas, news, and media.
Google Now will remind you when to leave in order to arrive to an appointment on time (as long as you are using Google Calendar) taking into account the local traffic situation. This one helped me already a few times not to miss a meeting.
Oops, sorry! I seem to have missed it. Probably the reason for all the amazing answers there.
It looks the same. It's still Lists. Lists lists lists. I'm tired of playing music in lists. I want something that organizes and helps me discover music the way I think about it. Lists are not a good interface for this and I don't understand how they persist to this day.
This just seems like a variation on the "energy" system. Wait 2 minutes get another point of energy, make some moves.

I still think a Hero Academy type system is probably best. It doesn't give you the complexity of building up multiple cities Civ 5 style, but it does give you a multiplier final fantasy tactics, which is awesome!
Wow, I didn't actually realtors that's what Neosporin was. I'm from he UK, where antibiotics are heavily controlled and, though I lived for a fair amount of time in the USA, I guess my bias made me not even consider that could be the case. Crazy.

Having said that, even with what ie now learned, I think it's still the case that _most_ disinfectants and antiseptics, even in the USA, are not antibiotics.

Thanks for the correction, I certainly learned something.
We are in violent agreement on your second paragraph - my point was that sometimes I will check the comments before upvoting, if I think the submission smells fishy. But I'm not going to follow a "always check comments first" rule, and nor do I think everyone else should.
I think geeks are more inclined towards a simple interface, more like what hacker news and free node provide. But geeklist is more like facebook with with all those useless stuff like gamification, high fives etc.

In my opinion even a platform with only REST API would be more tempting for geeks rather than geeklist.
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Did the people from the 70s forget how to read now its 2013? ;)

I was born in '79 so although I was alive in 70s I wasn't really part of the whole free love movement or anything :)

I'm not sure its even that popular of a book for that cohort... I mean its a philosophical novel, what's the size of that market ever been?

There are certainly some things addressed in the book that aren't as applicable in a modern setting but the main thrust of the book investigates the intrinsic value or quality of things - That should always be applicable to future generations.
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I still believe using fonts to show icons is a hack. When we have better support for SVG files in browsers I believe that will be the most popular way of displaying icons. Simply because icon fonts are harder to user and edit.
With SVG files the icons are delivered in XML format that can easily be manipulated by eg. JS. The downside is of course the many server requests it will require - one per icon.
If I search for an address on google my phone will know and tell me how long it will be to get there and offers to bring up driving instructions.

I searched for sports teams so my now cards will show up with scheduled games as well as previous scores, but only immediately before and after games. It's not permanent clutter.

Handles package tracking. No more logging into amazon and going through my cart to find a tracking number, or digging in email.

It does meetings notifications based on how soon I need to leave to get to the location. Previously I'd have to find out how far away the location was and set a reminder for that amount of time and leave enough time for traffic. Not having to worry about an accident or construction is spectacular. This is really my killer feature.

Google Now does all of that automatically.
I didn't mean to have any negative tone, English is not my native language. I'll rephrase that, thanks.
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I can remember a number of times that people would complain that HN wasn't https / didn't have a certificate. Heh. Didn't realize that it was changed at some point.
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I've been true to the Droid since the G1, and recently offloaded certain duties from my Galaxy Nexus to an iPod Touch 5 (needed for Facetime, popular with the family).

When using iOS, I really miss the Intent subsystem. It seems like every app seems to offer different and restricted sharing choices (implicitly asking why I possibly wouldn't be using Instapaper...) [1]

I wouldn't be surprised if this is the next Android feature to make it over to iOS, after multitasking and a sane notification system.
On the other hand, it would be churlish to not mention that Android took a boatload of inspiration from iOS. :-)

IMHO, Android got the OS basics right with the much maligned early models, and are now adding polish. iOS obsessed over a slick UI, and are now revisiting some of the basics.

[1] Apologies if there's something I'm missing here. I'm fairly new to iOS.
One thing that I find genuinely useful is the Traffic/Navigation feature. It is almost always correct and gives me the best route even in Bangalore (India). Also if I search for some location on Google Maps, I get a suggestion on Google Now about traffic, route and direction.
I've been away from the frontlines of webdev for a few years now - is there a reason why we're not all using SVGs yet?

Symbol fonts (even though I use them myself in native mobile apps) seem like a bridge hack, not a sustainable, long-term thing.

It seems incredibly silly to model images as characters when we already have the concept of images built into HTML. I'd very happily ditch symbol fonts as soon as iOS supports SVGs...
"With Android (and T-Mobile) I killed my contract. Now I pay just $30/month. For $30/month I have unlimited texts, unlimited data, free tethering, and 100 minutes of talk"

Anyone else have experience doing this? My monthly bill for an iPhone with AT&T is $76.40 which includes 300MB of data, 1000 messages, and a whopping 450 minutes (I do have ~2700 rollover minutes though).

I don't feel strongly about Android vs iPhone, but $550/yr is nothing to laugh at.

Edit: For comparison,

T-Mobile
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans

$30/mo: 100 minutes, Unlimited text/web (first 5gb at 4g)

$70/mo: Unlimited everything

Verizon
http://www.verizonwireless.com/wcms/consumer/shop/share-ever...

$100/mo: Unlimited minutes/text, 2gb data ($10/mo per 2gb data extra)

AT&T
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/plans-new.html#fbid=hfBE29q...

$70/mo: 450 minutes, 1000 texts (plan not listed), 300mb

$90/mo: 450 minutes, unlimited texts, 3gb data
One thing I thought was awesome recently, had a business trip, Google Now knew about my flight information and popped up a notification telling me when to leave to be at the airport an hour early - even offered to navigate!
I wonder what he'd think if you told him that 8 years later a turn based strategy game would be a strong contender for game of the year?

Yes XCOM is trading in large part on nostalgia, but I know plenty of people who never played it the first time round picking it up and enjoying it.

Not to mention the slew of TBS games on iOS (and I'm guessing Android) where the stop start nature of the play ties in well to how and where we use those devices.
>4) We need server-side buffer allocation for ARM hardware;

Could someone explain why?
Went to the site and the only thing I saw was some tags and sign-up buttons... oh and a statement on how great it is.

On Hacker News, Slashdot, Dribble, etc. I immediately see how great it is. No log-ins to start, just geeky goodness.

Put the shiny stuff up front and move the about us in the back and you probably will attract more of us ADHD techie types.
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When I read it, I was a young teenager in the 2000s. It was engrossing and mind-expanding, though perhaps I was more interested in 70s ideas than most.
How would fossilization occur in space? I was under the impression that water carried down calcium compounds which replaced bone structure/other molecular structures. Would not the fossil have to be there as the rock becomes ejecta from some source?
What your failing to take into account is there are plenty of finite resources people want. For example Land. As your relative share of total wealth decreases then your ability to buy land where you want it also decreases.
Any chance to convince your family to move to Google+ Hangouts? They work great on iOS devices and having multiple people in the chat is great.
"Another giveaway [of Sublime's Mac influences]: Sublime comes with a set of colour schemes with names like Dawn, Expresso Libre, Monokai, Slush & Poppies and the Smell of Napalm in the Morning (I may have made one of those up).

Contrast this with an equivalent list from a Windows product (in fact Delphi VCL skins): Carbon, Charcoal Dark Slate, Emerald Light Slate, Golden Graphite, Slate Classico and Dark Beige Slate Classico Carbon (I may have made one of those up)."

To me, the second list comes off as more Mac themed. Carbon is a set of Mac APIs, Charcoal was the system font for Mac OS 8, and Graphite was the nickname of the Power Mac G4.

As for the first list, OS X has a desktop picture of poppies and Expresso[sic] could be Java inspired (like Cocoa, Gianduia, Espresso, Chocolat, Cappuccino, etc.) I doubt Apple would call anything 'Libre' in their English branding or documentation.
I would pay $10 easy -- considering the amount of time this could save me probably would go for $20 a pop (not sure if other people would pay that much though).
I think it depends on what you mean by 'connecting'. I don't use Facebook, LinkedIn or G+ and so I'm unlikely to use something that has me build up a list of phony 'friends'.

Actually connecting with other people like me I do via meetups.
Not if you use fragment URLs: a single SVG with all your icons then reference icons.svg#telephone_icon or whatever. More info at http://www.broken-links.com/2012/08/14/better-svg-sprites-wi...
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IE7 and 8 don’t support SVG - that’s the main reason.
Downvote this story. The discussion shows that it was wrong to post it.
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I use Ting, and hit ~$23 / month with my Android. I rarely go over 100 minutes / 100 texts / 100MB however, which is why I pay so little. They serve LTE phones now, and my area is serviced.

Realistically, since Ting doesn't do weekends / nights, you'll probably fall into the 1000 minutes / 1000 texts / 500 MB bucket, which is still only $42/month. If you ever do a month with less minutes through, Ting will refund your money for the month you didn't use all of it. (IMO, better than "rollover". Its like if rollover minutes gave you money instead of minutes...)

My friend uses a Nexus 4 on T-Mobile. He's doing fine on the $30/month plan as far as I can tell, with exception of the lack of LTE on the Nexus 4. He still gets HPSA+ however, and the first 5GB are not throttled. The 100 minutes / month is a problem for me however... their next plan is $50/month for unlimited minutes, but only 100MB of unthrottled data. After that is $60 / month for unlimited minutes / texts / 2GB throttled.

I strongly recommend both Ting and T-Mobile. They're good services.
Yeah, there's certainly a level of schema insanity beyond which we won't be able to offer a lot of value. We can still in those cases consume data that looks like subject-predicate-object, but the onus would be on integrators to supply that, and then you have security and timeliness issues.

For people with good data, even those with the expertise to query it, they'll still often have end users who want the data. The cycle of 'call IT department, ask for data, wait for data' or 'email SaaS provider, request report, wait for report' can be short circuited in these cases, and I believe that's of value.
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It looks good, until you apply to background.
I don't want to tell you you're doing things wrong. So I'll just share what I did.

6 years ago I was trying to get in to tech. When I would meet people, I had next to nothing to offer them. But I would find out how I could help them and bend over backwards to try to do that.

When I started a business and had no product to sell, I reached out to companies who had the problem we're trying to solve and try to understand the problem space, share things we've learned and try to help them before we even had a product to sell.

I've found that helping others is the best way to build a group of people looking out for you -- whether it's personally or in your business.

Next time you're at a networking event, give it a shot. Make it your goal to help 3 people you meet there.
>I think his writing is terrible.

OK, that's fine, but he's one of the most popular science bloggers out there, so I doubt he's going to change it.
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I have been on that t-mobile plan for the last year with an unlocked Galaxy Nexus. It has been awesome. Speed is actually better than it was on AT&T.
That's a lot of tab! That's how we're supposed to browse the web hehe. As for the shortcut replacings Firefox's Ctrl+# it seems to be Alt+w+#. Thanks for the tips.
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Another "I don't see how it's useful to me" vote here. I look at the tagline and I think, "How long can that last?"

"A place for geeks to share what they've done, who they did it with and connect with great companies and communities"

Okay - so I'm trying to work out the arc of a user's involvement based on the above statement. If all a "geek" ever does is trivial coding/work, then I could see them being an active member. "Today I wrote a loop!" and tomorrow's post is, "Today I solved a bug". That sort of involvement is pretty much how a beginner programming person would interact with a community, right? For guys like you and me, we work on problems that take months or years. So let's say I join, and I make an intro post: "Here's what I've done." Now what?

I'd ask the OP: what does "connect with hackers" mean to you? You've asked/mentioned it multiple times but I'm not quite clear what it means to you. Given the tagline of that site and my having made an intro post, I don't see where it goes.

Are there "great companies" trolling the site looking for "guys like me" to hire? I don't need that. Or are there "great companies" hiding in the background who desperately want to buy my services? Are there "great communities" on the site? That's what the tagline implies. And I don't get that - is Geeklist one community or multiple ones? There's just nothing on the home page that makes me want to join. To see anything at all, it appears I have to login with Facebook/etc.
It's so obviously satire - I mean, which Mac has a Home button amirite?
The yubikey hardware interface is actually pretty clever. Having to press the button means there is physical interaction when using it, which means that if the auth was successful, the user actually did something. It also means that if it's left plugged in and the machine is compromised, the attacker can't use it.

It also means you dont have to worry about drivers, and can use it on whatever OS you want (OK, any OS that supports USB keyboards).
manufacture an RFID with the same ID to spoof your identity

Uh... actually, since it's just radio waves, I don't think there's any manufacturing involved. If you can transmit an identical signal at the proper time, regardless of the source, you can spoof an object.

An RFID chip is just a transponder. A tiny antenna, wired to a circuit that reacts to radio waves in a specific manner, with a specific transmission. It's not a prerequisite that the antenna and circuit must be tiny and/or embedded in a chip. Any radio equipment that can send and receive radio transmissions will do.
Any idea on how it knew? An entry you'd made in your calendar? Scanning your e-mail?
I'm not offended. He's offended. I have no idea about panspermia. But I know his writing is aweful.
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They are still in the honeymoon phase. I've been through it twice before with Android phones.

Also, in regards to point #1, I never have this problem with my car. Sounds like more of an integration issue with the headunit in the car rather than the phone.
Gumption is what I remember the most about ZMM. The way I read it, the concept of Gumption felt like the backbone on which the rest of the book is built.
That and "Kulturbearer". :-)
My Apple keyboard has a 'Home' key...

http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/...

(And of course, all iOS devices have a 'Home' button.)
There's no doubt Apple is playing catch-up with Android these days. Siri was their only real innovation in the last 3 iPhones, and Google leapfrogged it within months.

Meanwhile, Apple is still trying to implement a decent notification system, their auto-correct is garbage, there's no file manager, you can't set a default browser (or default anything, for that matter), there are no widgets, no app shortcuts, no custom keyboards, managing settings is a nightmare, and you can't side-load apps without jailbreaking. That last one is especially bad thanks to their cryptic app approval rules and the fact that their app store is the least intuitive to navigate -- if what you want isn't in the top 10 and you don't know the exact name, forget about it.

But hey, at least you get the privilege of spending a fortune on chargers and adapters. And other people with iPhones will think you're cool for owning one, right?
I disagree. I think his writing is light and funny while taking on the important business of debunking crackpots. A serious-minded article would only give the ridiculous Journal of Cosmology credibility.
I have had the same T-Mobile plan for a while. I'm not sure what kind of information you want about it, but it pretty much works as advertised. The coverage and uptime is not as great as Verizon, but it's faster than AT&T (AT&T's network has been saturated since the iPhone lock-in). It's definitely not the worst choice for 4G data, and the price is obviously very competitive.

Note that unlimited data is, as you probably suspected, not actually unlimited. The $30/month plan gives you 5gb free over 3G or 4G, and then it downgrades to 2G for the remainder of the month unless you refill. It never actually cuts off data, but 2G is too slow for pretty much anything but (slowly) getting your HN fix.
How is this germane?
One of the most useful pieces of information for me when troubleshooting is network activity. Both network monitors and traffic flows can often tell you exactly what the problem is so you don't have to spend five minutes collecting data samples.
Immediately reminds me of GEGL[1], the new library underneath the GIMP[2].

[1] http://www.gegl.org/

[2] http://www.gimp.org/