because even if it doesn't result in wildly unstable genetic code that breaks down over a short number of generations, there's no way to guarantee there won't be serious health risks involved in eating them. For all we know, the same gene we would splice to give it a barcode would also cause it to start producing nerve toxin or some carcinogen.
it's not like the closing of napster prevented limewire from taking over, in fact it encouraged people to start using bittorrents. The more media coverage that P2P downloading gets, the more people become curious about it. I think its nice when catch 22's like this work against abusive practices; such as suing a soccer mom for hundreds of thousands of dollars for one downloaded album.
Tis true, just look at the havoc they're trying to wreak on youtube. It makes me wonder just how far copyrights can go. If i bought a book, i'm sure i could lend it to a friend and let them read it legally. I bet i could even read it aloud to that friend legally. How about 2 friends? Twenty? What if i read it aloud and posted a video of myself reading online, and offered a speech to text converter for the hearing impaired, with a print function? Somewhere in the grey area, I would get sued for copyright infringement.
As if anyone even remotely computer literate uses windows for secure documents. Instead of security awareness, i propose we try to promote "Ignorance Awareness" (hey it's an oxymoron!) month, and hopefully shame the politicians into learning that net neutrality won't eat their babies.
I think parent is right, the monkey in the call center is probably hoping and praying for the one call that he doesn't have to read the script for. Can just say, "I'm sorry sir, you voided your warranty and we don't offer service, support, or lube for the anal rape you're going through right now. Is there anything else i can help you with you beautiful bastard?"
I am not a physicist, but it sounds like you're mixing up analog approximations with digital bandwidth measurements. The frequency of EM spectrum used is determined by the accuracy of resonance on a conductor (see Radio Tuners). There's no reason an antenna can't have any electric length (see Antenna resonance) to read whatever range of spectrum might be available, and the only physical limitation is in how accurately we can transmit and receive those signals. To say that an analog medium has defined universal limits and that no technology is capable of using it more efficiently sounds like a BS assertion, i think you should cite some sources for a claim like that.
The really great SF novels incorporate just as much character development and moral dilema as any contemporary fiction. Orson Scott Card for example frequently gives his protagonists (and antagonists occasionally) moral issues to deal with in futuristic settings. One of the things i love most about the Ender series is the way he uses relativistic space travel to alter the relationships over decades long correspondence. See Ender in Exile -- in the last few chapters -- for an example of this.
Also since the parent mentioned 1984, it's worth noting how much Orwell focused on the dystopia's effect on Smith's psyche. Not to say the environment isn't significant, but you can't discount the human element in a good book, no matter the genre.
Other authors i would add to the list to cover, Niel Gaiman (Stardust is priceless, though there is an explicit scene), C.S. Lewis (Perelandra is difficult diction, but really creative), Marlowe (Faustus could be considered an early Fantasy), Dan Simmons (if adult language/graphic content are admissible), Bram Stoker, and if you want a fantasy piece that comments on the time period, Spenser's Faerie Queene is exactly that.
Other authors i haven't personally read but have been recommended are Feist, Salvator, Saberhagen, and maybe Thousand and One Nights, but that's a stretch.
or they could be helplessly intimidated by the programmers ability to do long division in his head, and run off to convince the exec's to fund a number munchers game out of an emotional fear of large digits. It's all Freudian really.
I live in Texas, home of John Carmack, and i've been playing FPS's regularly since Quake. The few regional pro gamers i've played (small local tournament winners) do beat me, but they don't annihilate me.
Besides, a few consistently active and capable players is good for attracting more casual gamers to the server. I remember back when the QuakeII mod scene was still active, long after quake 3 and halflife came out, and some servers would still be full because everyone knew that those servers would be active.
Given effectively unlimited resources and time, I'd love to buy up the rights and source to the release version of Planetside, before SOE patched it into the dirt and released horrible expansions. Setup a free server with a generous population cap, and sponsor a few pro gamer teams (how hard could it be to find 100 high school gamers willing to play for minimum wage?) to keep the server active. Hire a small team of coders to help me debug what Sony should have, and tinker with whatever gameplay aspects seem promising.
It might be easy to screw up just like Sony did, (giant bipedal mechs?! how could it go wrong!) but then i could just dump the project and switch everything over to another forgotten video game. A modern X-Com remake or a Tribes2 MMO port could be interesting, and possibly even done right with no deadlines getting in the way
A multitouch system isn't apples to apples with a typical desktop. A single solid state multitouch screen with an onscreen keyboard is perfect for reading, for the following reasons.
1)Surfing the web and reading articles requires very little user input, far less than Office work or gaming.
2)Touchscreen-compatible gloves keep the screen clean and pretty
3)Intuitive interfaces that work as intended are fun to use
The third point is what will make Apple's super-iphone sell like crack at Kanye West's houseparties. Given the option between a traditional laptop for surfing the web, and a Star Trek style multitouch tablet, which do you think is more fun to use? It doesn't matter if it takes ten times longer to do a task, a fun interface wins over one that is only efficient.
If a tweet if writ by Pete
for a terrorism feat,
and the cops are on the beat
to drag him through the street.
He'll point fingers at his peep
and claim "Twitter is a *bleep*"
But the ToS are neat
And Pete will be fucked.
Oh now you've done it, you mentioned "tech-savvy". Now you have to clarify: Are you referring to the few thousand/. posters who own Tux the penguin and "Got Root?" shirts, or the few hundred thousand PC users who can tell the difference between a virus infection and a memory shortage?
I know quite a few techs who use a little bit of every OS, depending on the need. For example, how about the "tech-savvy" video editor who wants 4gb each on his GPU and system RAM, how's he going to address that on 32bit XP? Or what about maintaining a consistent wireless connection across multiple access points, XP wireless zero is barely mediocre, when it works at all.
Not to say that Vista doesn't have its own devils of course, but the point is that context has alot to do with which OS people use.
The F-22 wasn't created for our time, it's intended use is to aid our future brethren in overthrowing their tyrannical alien overlords. See the documentary here.
It's possible to build machines that are highly functional and durable at the same time. The mars rover lasted years longer than it was ever expected to, and still has phenomenal mileage. Send a new ship every 5 years with supplies and machining tools, refine the metals already present on the surface, and have a skilled metalworker craft replacement parts on mars. We proved with the mars rover that we can build components to last half a decade without complete loss of functionality, even in harsh climates (aided by the fact that there's no rainfall). Once we get heavy machinery and manpower on mars, there's not much we can't manufacture on site with available materials.
I think this is going to be a minor concern in the grand scheme of "sustaining life on space stations and other planets".
And if this problem multiplies with successive generations? How big a problem would it be if zero-g environments reduced the rate of fecundity by 10% for every generation? That 1000 year mission to a life sustaining planet suddenly gets cut short because the population is bring halved every 50 years.
What other "obvious" problems should we not worry about when dealing with long term spaceflight?
actually theres probably no power drain on the grid to produce that heat. It's only generating electricity at 15% efficiency, that means that a significant portion of the other 85% is being lost as heat energy. Maybe all of that 85%, i'm not sure what other types of energy loss occur in photovoltaics.
I never thought i'd find a website more disturbing than 2 girls one cup. conservapedia makes me want to go wash my brain in bleach to get the filth off.
In my experience, this is how experts in almost any field treat the layman. Especially on slashdot. Followed promptly by namedropping and obscure terminology, and finishing with a high nose and a sneer. Go ahead, test it, walk into a computer tech shop and ask what a video card is for. If they don't laugh and respond with a trite answer, you're at least guaranteed some palpable arrogance with a side of mockery.
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because even if it doesn't result in wildly unstable genetic code that breaks down over a short number of generations, there's no way to guarantee there won't be serious health risks involved in eating them. For all we know, the same gene we would splice to give it a barcode would also cause it to start producing nerve toxin or some carcinogen.
the only holdout that IE can still claim is activex. Between SSH and the plain html web portals, most needs are covered.
it's not like the closing of napster prevented limewire from taking over, in fact it encouraged people to start using bittorrents. The more media coverage that P2P downloading gets, the more people become curious about it. I think its nice when catch 22's like this work against abusive practices; such as suing a soccer mom for hundreds of thousands of dollars for one downloaded album.
Tis true, just look at the havoc they're trying to wreak on youtube. It makes me wonder just how far copyrights can go. If i bought a book, i'm sure i could lend it to a friend and let them read it legally. I bet i could even read it aloud to that friend legally. How about 2 friends? Twenty? What if i read it aloud and posted a video of myself reading online, and offered a speech to text converter for the hearing impaired, with a print function? Somewhere in the grey area, I would get sued for copyright infringement.
As if anyone even remotely computer literate uses windows for secure documents. Instead of security awareness, i propose we try to promote "Ignorance Awareness" (hey it's an oxymoron!) month, and hopefully shame the politicians into learning that net neutrality won't eat their babies.
It wasn't the parent! Spellcheck "fixed" his proper grammar incorrectly. Damn you spellcheck!
I think parent is right, the monkey in the call center is probably hoping and praying for the one call that he doesn't have to read the script for. Can just say, "I'm sorry sir, you voided your warranty and we don't offer service, support, or lube for the anal rape you're going through right now. Is there anything else i can help you with you beautiful bastard?"
I am not a physicist, but it sounds like you're mixing up analog approximations with digital bandwidth measurements. The frequency of EM spectrum used is determined by the accuracy of resonance on a conductor (see Radio Tuners). There's no reason an antenna can't have any electric length (see Antenna resonance) to read whatever range of spectrum might be available, and the only physical limitation is in how accurately we can transmit and receive those signals. To say that an analog medium has defined universal limits and that no technology is capable of using it more efficiently sounds like a BS assertion, i think you should cite some sources for a claim like that.
The really great SF novels incorporate just as much character development and moral dilema as any contemporary fiction. Orson Scott Card for example frequently gives his protagonists (and antagonists occasionally) moral issues to deal with in futuristic settings. One of the things i love most about the Ender series is the way he uses relativistic space travel to alter the relationships over decades long correspondence. See Ender in Exile -- in the last few chapters -- for an example of this.
Also since the parent mentioned 1984, it's worth noting how much Orwell focused on the dystopia's effect on Smith's psyche. Not to say the environment isn't significant, but you can't discount the human element in a good book, no matter the genre.
Other authors i would add to the list to cover, Niel Gaiman (Stardust is priceless, though there is an explicit scene), C.S. Lewis (Perelandra is difficult diction, but really creative), Marlowe (Faustus could be considered an early Fantasy), Dan Simmons (if adult language/graphic content are admissible), Bram Stoker, and if you want a fantasy piece that comments on the time period, Spenser's Faerie Queene is exactly that.
Other authors i haven't personally read but have been recommended are Feist, Salvator, Saberhagen, and maybe Thousand and One Nights, but that's a stretch.
or they could be helplessly intimidated by the programmers ability to do long division in his head, and run off to convince the exec's to fund a number munchers game out of an emotional fear of large digits. It's all Freudian really.
I live in Texas, home of John Carmack, and i've been playing FPS's regularly since Quake. The few regional pro gamers i've played (small local tournament winners) do beat me, but they don't annihilate me.
Besides, a few consistently active and capable players is good for attracting more casual gamers to the server. I remember back when the QuakeII mod scene was still active, long after quake 3 and halflife came out, and some servers would still be full because everyone knew that those servers would be active.
Given effectively unlimited resources and time, I'd love to buy up the rights and source to the release version of Planetside, before SOE patched it into the dirt and released horrible expansions. Setup a free server with a generous population cap, and sponsor a few pro gamer teams (how hard could it be to find 100 high school gamers willing to play for minimum wage?) to keep the server active. Hire a small team of coders to help me debug what Sony should have, and tinker with whatever gameplay aspects seem promising.
It might be easy to screw up just like Sony did, (giant bipedal mechs?! how could it go wrong!) but then i could just dump the project and switch everything over to another forgotten video game. A modern X-Com remake or a Tribes2 MMO port could be interesting, and possibly even done right with no deadlines getting in the way
A multitouch system isn't apples to apples with a typical desktop. A single solid state multitouch screen with an onscreen keyboard is perfect for reading, for the following reasons.
1)Surfing the web and reading articles requires very little user input, far less than Office work or gaming.
2)Touchscreen-compatible gloves keep the screen clean and pretty
3)Intuitive interfaces that work as intended are fun to use
The third point is what will make Apple's super-iphone sell like crack at Kanye West's houseparties. Given the option between a traditional laptop for surfing the web, and a Star Trek style multitouch tablet, which do you think is more fun to use? It doesn't matter if it takes ten times longer to do a task, a fun interface wins over one that is only efficient.
no no no, that's only on the 42nd day of each month.
If a tweet if writ by Pete
for a terrorism feat,
and the cops are on the beat
to drag him through the street.
He'll point fingers at his peep
and claim "Twitter is a *bleep*"
But the ToS are neat
And Pete will be fucked.
Oh now you've done it, you mentioned "tech-savvy". Now you have to clarify: Are you referring to the few thousand /. posters who own Tux the penguin and "Got Root?" shirts, or the few hundred thousand PC users who can tell the difference between a virus infection and a memory shortage?
I know quite a few techs who use a little bit of every OS, depending on the need. For example, how about the "tech-savvy" video editor who wants 4gb each on his GPU and system RAM, how's he going to address that on 32bit XP? Or what about maintaining a consistent wireless connection across multiple access points, XP wireless zero is barely mediocre, when it works at all.
Not to say that Vista doesn't have its own devils of course, but the point is that context has alot to do with which OS people use.
you need to include the time spent planning, fencing, and then looking over your shoulder
I spent 5 hours last week fencing, and all i have to show for it is a bunch of bruises and a broken sabre. Where's my $250,000?
The F-22 wasn't created for our time, it's intended use is to aid our future brethren in overthrowing their tyrannical alien overlords. See the documentary here.
It's possible to build machines that are highly functional and durable at the same time. The mars rover lasted years longer than it was ever expected to, and still has phenomenal mileage. Send a new ship every 5 years with supplies and machining tools, refine the metals already present on the surface, and have a skilled metalworker craft replacement parts on mars. We proved with the mars rover that we can build components to last half a decade without complete loss of functionality, even in harsh climates (aided by the fact that there's no rainfall). Once we get heavy machinery and manpower on mars, there's not much we can't manufacture on site with available materials.
I think this is going to be a minor concern in the grand scheme of "sustaining life on space stations and other planets".
And if this problem multiplies with successive generations? How big a problem would it be if zero-g environments reduced the rate of fecundity by 10% for every generation? That 1000 year mission to a life sustaining planet suddenly gets cut short because the population is bring halved every 50 years.
What other "obvious" problems should we not worry about when dealing with long term spaceflight?
Show me where a corporation engaged in pure research, brought a product to market without government subsidy, and revolutionized the world.
*cough*Google search*/cough*
actually theres probably no power drain on the grid to produce that heat. It's only generating electricity at 15% efficiency, that means that a significant portion of the other 85% is being lost as heat energy. Maybe all of that 85%, i'm not sure what other types of energy loss occur in photovoltaics.
A darknet could do it!
I never thought i'd find a website more disturbing than 2 girls one cup. conservapedia makes me want to go wash my brain in bleach to get the filth off.
They treat people who don't know it as inferior
In my experience, this is how experts in almost any field treat the layman. Especially on slashdot. Followed promptly by namedropping and obscure terminology, and finishing with a high nose and a sneer. Go ahead, test it, walk into a computer tech shop and ask what a video card is for. If they don't laugh and respond with a trite answer, you're at least guaranteed some palpable arrogance with a side of mockery.