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Comment: Re:Wait for the retraction (Score 0) 259

I give it a week before other scientists call bullshit.

I see it as something they wanted to prove and did to themselves and anybody else who wants to believe their results or just their word.

Entanglement is related to particles from the same event. 1&2 are entangled as are 3&4.
1&4 were considered entangled by their use of "projective measurement" on 2&3

"projective measurement" = Although quantum mechanics has held up to rigorous and thorough experimental testing,
many of these experiments are open to different interpretations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretation_of_quantum_mechanics
linked from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POVM defining "projective measurement" (first paragraph).

So they have their interpretation, I have mine (didn't happen), and we're all happy.

About me: A two years of chemistry ex-student who does a lot of reading on quantum physics. Yet nobody to talk on the subject, so more reading.
Not trying to solicit anybody just saying nobody I know, knows much on the subject to bounce thoughts off of.

Comment: Re:Brains are a funny thing (Score 1) 207

by Trax3001BBS (#43776611) Attached to: Narrowing Down When Humans Began Hurling Spears

I'd speculate that humans used pikes as soon as they found 'em and threw 'em if it suited the situation.. it's not exactly rocket science.

My thoughts as well, FTA "By throwing a spear, instead of thrusting it,"
I would think after the prey moved out of thrusting range to toss or throw would be the next step (impulse).

Comment: That cheap hydroelectric power maybe going away... (Score 3, Informative) 198

by Trax3001BBS (#43766293) Attached to: Data Center Managers Weary of Whittling Cooling Costs

There's talk of removing a few Dams and with them the cheap power.

The Washington state Indians have a treaty to fish salmon they way they used to (with nets)
that they then sale to make a living. The salmon are in decline which is blamed in part to the Dams. All of
the Dams have fish ladders that help the Salmon migrate but they are asking for the lower (last) four Snake river Dams to be removed.
http://www.americanrivers.org/initiatives/dams/projects/snake-dam-removal-economics.html

It's much more than just the Indians, but they seem to be the loudest.

From the link:
"Before the dams are removed, there must be a plan in place to: ...Replace the dams' energy in an affordable and carbon neutral manner..."

I don't see how that can be accomplished unless wind power can be considered carbon neutral.

Comment: Re:C'mon NASA, get your act together on units (Score 1) 66

I find this a bit worrying. When Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter it was estimated to be a once in a century or more event, but since then marks left behind by at least two and possibly three other strikes have been seen

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Sad that Galileo's antenna didn't open. Headed towards Jupiter it was in a position to film the comet pieces as they hit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(spacecraft)#Main_antenna_failure

Now that would of been very cool to of seen.

I wonder if estimates for the amount of material drifting around the solar system aren't considerably off

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Think we've been seeing this from Russian dash cams. But those who gave us the numbers also claim Jupiter's gravity
protects Earth to a great extent.

Comment: Re:Meh. (Score 2) 109

by Trax3001BBS (#43748565) Attached to: Google Betting Its Google+ Systems Know What's Best For You

I still use Google as my primary search engine, Gmail as my e-mail provider, and Google Maps when I want to figure out how to go somewhere I haven't been before. Nothing they've done since then has provided any reason to switch from whatever solution I'm currently using. And I really don't think I'm alone in this.

Nope not alone; I use Google as my primary search engine, Gmail as my e-mail provider, Google Maps and Google Earth.

Hotmail used to be my web based e-mailer yet I can't access it for some reason. My HotMail account is active and I
still use it, as I had forwarded my Hotmail to Gmail. Hotmail charged for POP'ing my e-mail, Gmail lets me do it for free,
so I never have to open a browser.

Checking to see if anything had changed I tried hotmail again, and got in, first time in years!
This reply has actually been a very beneficial for me, now to weed out the junk that's collected.

Comment: Re:Zip? (Score 2) 143

by Trax3001BBS (#43737995) Attached to: Interactive Raycaster For the Commodore 64 Under 256 Bytes

The worst part is that zip actually increased the size of the programs by a few bytes. It was counterproductive here, although it did help shrink that relatively gigantic disk image.

I thought no way, I had to see for myself. The zipped file crescent-1bir-src.zip is 8K, the three file files
the zip contains add up to 25K so 1/3 it's original size. Your thinking of graphics files.

If a file is already compressed (ie: graphics, zip) they can't get any smaller, another compression program
will only increase it's size. Source code is text only and very compressible; all of your modem compression
schemes to increase speeds are based on text only.

The JSTOR files Aaron Swartz uploaded were 36 Gigs, uncompressed it was huge > 100 gig, as they were mostly in the text format.

There are graphic formats that aren't compressed like .BMP files that will zip down to almost half it's size.
You find graphics compressed with zip, arc, zoo what have you are to create a single file (while increasing it's size).
To use a compression scheme on the hard drive you store your pr0n collection on, now that is counterproductive.

Comment: Don't need no DSM, we got brain scans now. (Score 1) 329

And can read genes.

"How to spot a murderer's brain"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/may/12/how-to-spot-a-murderers-brain

Yep, just scan everybody's brain, then jail those who fit the pattern, or are the carrier of one particular set of genes.

Crime prevention at it's best.

Comment: "Schizophrenia Experiences and Suggestions?" (Score 1) 329

There was an article on /. "Schizophrenia Experiences and Suggestions?",
I bookmarked the link as it's such a good read, the experiences of those with, had, or knew others with Schizophrenia.
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/04/05/21/0140239/schizophrenia-experiences-and-suggestions

Yes, find out more (Score:5, Insightful)
by spellraiser (764337) on Friday May 21, 2004 @01:04PM (#9217287)

"Wow, who would have thought I'd see this on slashdot? It makes little sense to post this question here, but yet, it was posted. And I am reading it. Which is ... interesting, since my brother too was diagnosed with schizophrenia, a little over two years ago now. This thread shouts out to me to say something about it, but I find now that it is harder than it seems...." then continues a story of his twin brother.

I can't paste all the post yet few venture to another link, I can say you will have a different outlook on Schizophrenia.

One of the threads does address the DSM so on topic :}
by HBI (604924) on Friday May 21, 2004 @01:16PM (#9217475)
"Homosexuality was in the DSM as a treatable psychological disorder up till 1973."

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Yep I've read /. from it's first days yet didn't register until just recently.
Never felt knowledgeable enough to post, still don't just said the heck with it :}

Comment: Re:No I think they are just confused (Score 1) 239

by Trax3001BBS (#43700113) Attached to: Apple Deluged By Police Demands To Decrypt iPhones

Is there any encryption that makes good a 4 digit key?

I've seen a phone "hacked". Person was in the hospital and concern for some reason that their phone
was password protected; his brother opened it with 2480 - quite proud of themselves as well :}

2480 the universal password :} A pattern pass with 10 attempts is a good scheme, if you don't start at the top left.

Comment: Re:No I think they are just confused (Score 1) 239

by Trax3001BBS (#43700083) Attached to: Apple Deluged By Police Demands To Decrypt iPhones

Most phones aren't encrypted and usually the company can bypass it. For example with Android phones tied to a Gmail account, Google can bypass the lock screen. So if you forget your password, that is a recovery mechanism.

Who you replied to is correct the article is of the pass code
FTA : Quote "the Apple legal specialist, told him that "once the Apple analyst bypasses the passcode,
the data will be downloaded onto a USB external drive" /Quote

I have a Google tablet (Motorola_XOOM_MZ604) the only way to bypass the password is to reset the unit.
Now one may do this then run forensics on the SSD, but that to is a lot of work (money).

The Google Tablet is the only password I've bypassed (by resettng) for a friend
I would hope the rest are the same or it's not a password. As for back doors
that's why rooted devices are the best, install a different ROM for better features as well as security.
Yet I've never trusted a super user program that wants money for full features and most ROMs do come with one.

Comment: Re:Battlefield: Star Wars (Score 1) 254

by Trax3001BBS (#43648719) Attached to: EA Is the Game Company Disney Was Looking For

As for Battlefront's Star wars even the player comments say what the OP does.

"For the love of GOD!! Put this on Dice's Frostbite 3 engine and its gaming orgasm!
Hoth on FB3 would be mind blowing! 64 players, walkers and speeders......passes out....."

"Now that EA has the reigns.....I'm sorry if the idea of the BATTLEFIELD 4 (or even 3)
Frostbite Engine coupled with STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT doesn't make you drool....
You are truly dead inside as a gamer."

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/star-wars-battlefront-3-live-stream-new-footage-appears/

For some reason, this fortune reminds everyone of Marvin Zelkowitz.

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