I don't care who makes new tech, I just care that it work like I need/want it to. I hope msft delivers, but after surface and photosynth (which I don't think has been put to any amazing uses), I'm extremely skeptical. I hope they make it happen though. This looks great.
I agree. Instantaneous transmittal of info is one of the forces which are causing investigative journalism to come under severe stress, it should be one of the forces which can help it survive and reinvest itself. The NYT or CNN should not have to maintain expensive bureaus all over the world. Local citizen journalists, properly vetted and experienced, can serve that function for multiple news agencies.
Independent contracting is the future for journalism.
Arizona has a hands off government which doesn't know its asshole from it's eyeball, in my opinion. Nepolitano was slightly less shitty than the current idiot (Brewer seems especially stupid), but I've not been impressed with either party in their ability to attract solar investment.
City of Phoenix did just pull an impressive deal on some land they own in Buckeye (an old landfill). No cost to taxpayers (only use of the land), but taxpayers see revenue from power that is generated. From what I've seen, it seems like a good move - one of the few in our state.
DAMNIT! I just screwed up my mod on your post (meant to put you as funny, did overrated instead (sorry) ). Posting myself to undo mod. F... that's the second time I've done that...
I agree. Who sells the iPod? Steve Jobs... Who sells Windows? Bill Gates... Who sells Geico car insurance? The Gecko
You don't necessarily need a person to sell stuff, but you do need SOME kind of marketing push, even for the most revolutionary of products. People have cited cost here, but iPods aren't cheap, neither is Windows or Geico car insurance... but they've got good marketing.
Actually, I recall a video (possibly TED vid, too lazy to look up) which discussed the method by which AIDS likely was first transmitted into humans. It was hypothesized to have actually been transmitted via hunter/gatherers carrying their bloody prey on their backs. Because their backs had abrasions from chasing their future food through trees and growth the infected animal blood was mixed with human blood and voila... AIDS came to humans.
Let's just hope there aren't too many bloodied aboriginals hunting koalas:)
You had all kinds of opportunities to do this right, but instead you consistently choose to be a passive aggressive dick to a guy who didn't even have any idea he was doing something which was not completely perfect. Nice job.
Not only that, but you didn't even have to actively help him, you could've just properly configured your wife's XP computer. Good luck in life dude, I'm guessing it sucks for you... perhaps for good reason.
I mean like Snow Crash along with every other true geek here!
I like to check in on Second Life every once in a while just to see how things are going there. Though crude in a lot of ways, it's a cool place and every time I check in (maybe once ever 6 months to a year), it gets better.
Hell, even if we can't "hook computers up to our brains and map all sensory inputs", I'd still like to attend a few virtual meetings through a full vision viewer. I've been to one or two futurist meetings in second life which I thought were rather cool gatherings.
If my son/father/whatever had his head broken in a million pieces (or whatever happened, I didn't see the vid), I sure would appreciate a powerful organization working to take it down.
Yeah, IOC is usually ridiculous in their claims and I almost always have an opinion against them, but in this case, I think someone's life should probably be worth a little more than goreporn. Why does such a video need to be hosted and why should someone have the right to make money off of the death of another person? If I were the family, I'd be pissed too.
Take the vid down, FFS
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There's assholes in every group. I appreciate an attorney who interprets the law and is smart enough to disclaim an attorney/client relationship. F the AC above.
I'll take it a step further and say you never question your child's intelligence or soften things for them at any point in their life. I still remember seeing absolutely frightening images on the news when I was a kid (just standard news stuff), and my mom explaining exactly the horror that was occurring.
The same went for curfew (I didn't have one) and bedtime (I didn't have one of those either). But if I screwed up, I'd pay the price the next day, just like an adult does - you learn quick when you're operating without a safety net.
I'll second that!! Hands down the best strategy game EVER. I remember the AI being exceptionally good, and the control, in terms of customizing units to be amazing. I spent so much time playing that game, I don't even pick up strategy games anymore, because I'm concerned I'll lose another year of my real life. But I've always kept an eye out for Alpha Centauri 2:)
Oh, crap!! I just went to mod you insightful, but hit redundant instead. Ugh, I modded other great posts on here too... damnit - posting to undo mod... sonofa... I wish slashcode allowed you to undo an action or reclassify a comment. Oh well:P
Luckily, biofuels aren't subject to the monopolistic bullshit of OPEC, so with innovation, open markets, and competition, price should theoretically go down (until hitting whatever the floor is, which is hopefully lower than gasoline).
I will really enjoy watching these oil rich assholes seal their own fate. They've had decades to develop actual functioning economies, but instead they're all rich on the fat revenues oil generates and have done nothing to diversify their economies away from oil (with the exception of the glitzy, debt-ridden failure that is Dubai) . You ever seen the prima-donnas around the middle east countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia? And they say the USA is full of lazy decadence... pfft.
I'll bet if he tried hard enough he could've gotten a small employer to understand his situation, especially if he has the coding skills he appears to have. Over the course of years/decades he could've rebuilt his reputation. A brilliant coder is hard enough to find, let alone one that has to work for relative peanuts. He could've found a job, it just wouldn't have been paying him what he was "worth".
He made his choice twice now... throw him away. (Yeah, it's cold, but he's stealing MY credit card numbers!!)
Is the word 'bloody' really worthy of ***'ing out? I'm a dumb American, so I really don't know. I always figured it was kind of equivalent to 'darn' here in the States.
I really enjoy and believe in science. However... we're really playing with shit that we don't understand here; yeah, that's the nature of science, but this is different. Is "recreating conditions at the beginning of the universe" (yeah, I know it's somewhat of an analogy) on the only planet we have really the best idea?
I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but have rational scientists even asked the question?
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Here's another snazzy vid (first one after the brief article). http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/microsofts-courier-digital-journal-exclusive-pictures-and-de/
I don't care who makes new tech, I just care that it work like I need/want it to. I hope msft delivers, but after surface and photosynth (which I don't think has been put to any amazing uses), I'm extremely skeptical. I hope they make it happen though. This looks great.
I agree. Instantaneous transmittal of info is one of the forces which are causing investigative journalism to come under severe stress, it should be one of the forces which can help it survive and reinvest itself. The NYT or CNN should not have to maintain expensive bureaus all over the world. Local citizen journalists, properly vetted and experienced, can serve that function for multiple news agencies.
Independent contracting is the future for journalism.
Arizona has a hands off government which doesn't know its asshole from it's eyeball, in my opinion. Nepolitano was slightly less shitty than the current idiot (Brewer seems especially stupid), but I've not been impressed with either party in their ability to attract solar investment.
City of Phoenix did just pull an impressive deal on some land they own in Buckeye (an old landfill). No cost to taxpayers (only use of the land), but taxpayers see revenue from power that is generated. From what I've seen, it seems like a good move - one of the few in our state.
DAMNIT! I just screwed up my mod on your post (meant to put you as funny, did overrated instead (sorry) ). Posting myself to undo mod. F... that's the second time I've done that...
hmm, should've put 'nor' instead of 'or'. Sorry to the grammar nazis out there. Hmm... kinda a crappy sentence overall, actually. Eh, whatev
I agree. Who sells the iPod? Steve Jobs ... Who sells Windows? Bill Gates ... Who sells Geico car insurance? The Gecko
You don't necessarily need a person to sell stuff, but you do need SOME kind of marketing push, even for the most revolutionary of products. People have cited cost here, but iPods aren't cheap, neither is Windows or Geico car insurance... but they've got good marketing.
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What if the objective of the RPG is to rape, steal and harass?
Actually, I recall a video (possibly TED vid, too lazy to look up) which discussed the method by which AIDS likely was first transmitted into humans. It was hypothesized to have actually been transmitted via hunter/gatherers carrying their bloody prey on their backs. Because their backs had abrasions from chasing their future food through trees and growth the infected animal blood was mixed with human blood and voila... AIDS came to humans.
:)
Let's just hope there aren't too many bloodied aboriginals hunting koalas
You had all kinds of opportunities to do this right, but instead you consistently choose to be a passive aggressive dick to a guy who didn't even have any idea he was doing something which was not completely perfect. Nice job.
Not only that, but you didn't even have to actively help him, you could've just properly configured your wife's XP computer. Good luck in life dude, I'm guessing it sucks for you... perhaps for good reason.
Wow. Very good point, and very well said!
I mean like Snow Crash along with every other true geek here!
I like to check in on Second Life every once in a while just to see how things are going there. Though crude in a lot of ways, it's a cool place and every time I check in (maybe once ever 6 months to a year), it gets better.
Hell, even if we can't "hook computers up to our brains and map all sensory inputs", I'd still like to attend a few virtual meetings through a full vision viewer. I've been to one or two futurist meetings in second life which I thought were rather cool gatherings.
Might want to check your logic on that one...
If my son/father/whatever had his head broken in a million pieces (or whatever happened, I didn't see the vid), I sure would appreciate a powerful organization working to take it down.
Yeah, IOC is usually ridiculous in their claims and I almost always have an opinion against them, but in this case, I think someone's life should probably be worth a little more than goreporn. Why does such a video need to be hosted and why should someone have the right to make money off of the death of another person? If I were the family, I'd be pissed too.
Take the vid down, FFS
There's assholes in every group. I appreciate an attorney who interprets the law and is smart enough to disclaim an attorney/client relationship. F the AC above.
I'll take it a step further and say you never question your child's intelligence or soften things for them at any point in their life. I still remember seeing absolutely frightening images on the news when I was a kid (just standard news stuff), and my mom explaining exactly the horror that was occurring.
The same went for curfew (I didn't have one) and bedtime (I didn't have one of those either). But if I screwed up, I'd pay the price the next day, just like an adult does - you learn quick when you're operating without a safety net.
heh - now not only do you have teenagers, you've got "tweens". Market segmentation by advertising firms is a bitch, isn't it?
SMAC did that to me and Civ II before that. I have to second that - and yeah, I'm serious too :)
I'll second that!! Hands down the best strategy game EVER. I remember the AI being exceptionally good, and the control, in terms of customizing units to be amazing. I spent so much time playing that game, I don't even pick up strategy games anymore, because I'm concerned I'll lose another year of my real life. But I've always kept an eye out for Alpha Centauri 2 :)
Oh, crap!! I just went to mod you insightful, but hit redundant instead. Ugh, I modded other great posts on here too... damnit - posting to undo mod... sonofa... I wish slashcode allowed you to undo an action or reclassify a comment. Oh well :P
Luckily, biofuels aren't subject to the monopolistic bullshit of OPEC, so with innovation, open markets, and competition, price should theoretically go down (until hitting whatever the floor is, which is hopefully lower than gasoline).
I will really enjoy watching these oil rich assholes seal their own fate. They've had decades to develop actual functioning economies, but instead they're all rich on the fat revenues oil generates and have done nothing to diversify their economies away from oil (with the exception of the glitzy, debt-ridden failure that is Dubai) . You ever seen the prima-donnas around the middle east countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia? And they say the USA is full of lazy decadence... pfft.
I'll bet if he tried hard enough he could've gotten a small employer to understand his situation, especially if he has the coding skills he appears to have. Over the course of years/decades he could've rebuilt his reputation. A brilliant coder is hard enough to find, let alone one that has to work for relative peanuts. He could've found a job, it just wouldn't have been paying him what he was "worth".
He made his choice twice now... throw him away.
(Yeah, it's cold, but he's stealing MY credit card numbers!!)
Is the word 'bloody' really worthy of ***'ing out? I'm a dumb American, so I really don't know. I always figured it was kind of equivalent to 'darn' here in the States.
I really enjoy and believe in science. However... we're really playing with shit that we don't understand here; yeah, that's the nature of science, but this is different. Is "recreating conditions at the beginning of the universe" (yeah, I know it's somewhat of an analogy) on the only planet we have really the best idea?
I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but have rational scientists even asked the question?