It seems to me there's something silly about the requirement of a physical connection to the ground. No one would argue that Luke Skywalker's land speeder wasn't a 'land based' vehicle -- and yet (if it existed) it would not qualify for the land-speed record by the rules currently set forth.
Today's hovercraft are not "airships" per se. I would argue that an 'association' to the ground, and a strict limitation in terms of altitude still qualifies as ground based.
I think I speak for all the men here, when I say that there's nothing more distracting on Earth than a beautiful 19 year old girl in a tank top and a short skirt...
If the school is going to exercise severe administrative paternalism and attempt to remove all of life's distractions from the classroom, will they be forcing female students to wear burkas next?
> "So sure of it, in fact, that they're continually willing to invest a lot of time, money, and effort into their futile pursuit."
Yes, that is amazing. But what's *more* amazing is that the companies who invest all that time and money also invest so heavily in PUBLICIZING their DRM awesomeness. Such publicity is not only a massive invitation and challenge to the hacker community -- but it elevates the status of the hacker who ultimately cracks the code. All that time and money not only bites the publisher in the rear end, but ultimately becomes a massive publicity campaign for the very enemy the publisher hoped to foil.
Ever been to Mexico? Brazil? Ecuador? Thailand? Vietnam? India?
Walk into any pharmacy. Tell them you've got a little bit of a sore throat. 30 seconds later you're walking out of the pharmacy with a package of antibiotics.
What's worse, is that you get none of the precautionary questions/warnings regarding side effects, possible allergies to antibiotics, instructions to take the whole package, etc.
*This* is where the problem lies. My experience with US and European antibiotics prescriptions has been that there actually is a decent amount of responsibility on the part of prescribers. In other places however, antibiotics are uncontrolled, very cheap, and very very easy to get.
"Goes away"? Goes away from what? When was the idea of non-physical, mass-market licensing of intellectual property well established? When has there ever been consensus on this subject?
Disclaimer, this is in no way a flame -- I am an Apple user.
But like most Apple products (particularly 1st gen Apple products), it will likely sacrifice usability for minimalism and geometric symmetry.
Like the "borderless keyboard", the "hockeypuck mouse" of the iMac (who can forget that disaster), the semi-usable onscreen keyboard of the iPhone, and the single button "cyclops" mouse ("We will not under any circumstances admit that Microsoft's wheel-mouse actually rocks")...Apple will no conveniently dismiss the necessity of ergonomics, and the asymmetry of the human hand in favor of visual simplicity.
It's my one beef with Apple (and I say this about their HARDWARE design specifically) -- They're so far off in the land of contoured plastic minimalism that they've forgotten about the spectacularly weird shapes that humans come in.
I hope I'm wrong about the tablet -- but I'm betting a slightly uglier, less minimalistic version would work better ergonomically for most people...
Of course -- "most" people buy the iPhone because its sexy, not because it's usable... so what do I know...
This isn't a troll, but to be fair: Android remains utterly untested, and is suffering from weak adoption.
Let's not just hand accolades to the mighty GOOG, just because their track record thus far has been exemplary. I'm still waiting to be wowed by Android.
Consider for a moment that the sphere of a high orbit is larger than the size of the earth. Then consider all the orbital altitudes (like layers of an onion) which need to be "scoured", and you're talking about an amount of space that is many times the total surface area of Earth.
That's a whole lot of territory to cover, even for a large army of scour-ers.
While it's easy to laugh at the "positive" aspects of being one of very few men -- it should be noted on a purely biological level that far fewer than 50% (or even 10%) men are needed to carry on the species.
Christians, please be aware that the intergalactic god, Zul-9 is the "one and only God". The alien crusaders are coming to spread the Word of the Great God Zul-9, and they want your churches, cathedrals and your women.
And if you silly Christians want "proof" that Zul-9 is the only God, then you can read it for yourself in the Biblio Galactica -- where it's written in clear, concise Zorgox "There is no God but Zul-9. All other gods are His sexual playthings -- until he eats them like crumpets with his afternoon tea."
Any evidence that the Cathoilc church attempts to put forward in an effort to discredit Zul-9 are words of the Devil (The evil "Byxaplaximax") and are but mere examples of obfuscation used by the Forces of Evil to cloud the One True Word of Zul-9. (It is common knowledge that the entire Bible was penned by an incredibly drunk Byxaplaximax in a weak effort to stifle Zul-9.)
To any Catholics who suddenly believe that their god may have created life elsewhere in the Universe, Zul-9 has proclaimed the following words: "Jesus H. Christ, stop trying to change up your stodgy little screed to encompass new scientific data which clearly disproves your stodgy little screed. There is no god but me, and you should know that because I've already buggered and devoured your god and he needed salt." (From the Book of the Book of St. Pogax-7).
And if there are any Catholics who cling to their religion in spite of the overwhelming evidence that they are uneducated monkeys, Zul-9 would like to remind these unbelievers that they have to "have faith".
Not to mention the fact that TV actors are the most overpaid, undertalented idiots I've ever known. Why is it that starving waitresses suddenly make a couple hundred grand when they get a recurring sitcom role? Is there some shortage of actresses that I'm unaware of?
The PVR functionality of Clicker makes it a no brainer for me (as I'm sure it will many others). But there's a larger issue here, and that's that the nature of online services is changing quickly towards more of a quasi-ownership model of the media -- which reduces the amount of control the networks have even more.
Popo's corollary: And if you're a far bigger criminal enterprise (cough, Goldman Sachs, cough, JPMC) kick back and laugh as the Justice system locks up the small fry's.
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My definition included: "and a strict limitation in terms of altitude".
A jet fighter would not qualify.
It seems to me there's something silly about the requirement of a physical connection to the ground. No one would argue that Luke Skywalker's land speeder wasn't a 'land based' vehicle -- and yet (if it existed) it would not qualify for the land-speed record by the rules currently set forth.
Today's hovercraft are not "airships" per se. I would argue that an 'association' to the ground, and a strict limitation in terms of altitude still qualifies as ground based.
I think I speak for all the men here, when I say that there's nothing more distracting on Earth than a beautiful 19 year old girl in a tank top and a short skirt...
If the school is going to exercise severe administrative paternalism and attempt to remove all of life's distractions from the classroom, will they be forcing female students to wear burkas next?
Who cares *where* it's archived anyway. British law shouldn't pertain to an archive based in any other nation of the world, so does it matter anyway?
> "So sure of it, in fact, that they're continually willing to invest a lot of time, money, and effort into their futile pursuit."
Yes, that is amazing. But what's *more* amazing is that the companies who invest all that time and money also invest so heavily in PUBLICIZING their DRM awesomeness. Such publicity is not only a massive invitation and challenge to the hacker community -- but it elevates the status of the hacker who ultimately cracks the code. All that time and money not only bites the publisher in the rear end, but ultimately becomes a massive publicity campaign for the very enemy the publisher hoped to foil.
What part of "bread and circuses" do they not understand. Cutting pensions and television at the same time, well that's the bread AND the circus.
Ever been to Mexico? Brazil? Ecuador? Thailand? Vietnam? India?
Walk into any pharmacy. Tell them you've got a little bit of a sore throat. 30 seconds later you're walking out of the pharmacy with a package of antibiotics.
What's worse, is that you get none of the precautionary questions/warnings regarding side effects, possible allergies to antibiotics, instructions to take the whole package, etc.
*This* is where the problem lies. My experience with US and European antibiotics prescriptions has been that there actually is a decent amount of responsibility on the part of prescribers. In other places however, antibiotics are uncontrolled, very cheap, and very very easy to get.
No "Skynet" tag on this story? Unthinkable!
"Goes away"? Goes away from what? When was the idea of non-physical, mass-market licensing of intellectual property well established? When has there ever been consensus on this subject?
When I read this post I saw the words "pirates" and assumed that there was something illicit about what was being done here.
From what I can see, this looks like an excellent, and legitimate redesign of the OS -- which may ultimately help Linux adoption.
The question is -- how far does the cloning go? The desktop is one thing, but does it extend to the entire OS?
Was that completely depressing for anyone else?
Wow. Actually, that's a comment based on marketing survey data. It's not opinion, fanboy. Google it before you comment.
Disclaimer, this is in no way a flame -- I am an Apple user.
But like most Apple products (particularly 1st gen Apple products), it will likely sacrifice usability for minimalism and geometric symmetry.
Like the "borderless keyboard", the "hockeypuck mouse" of the iMac (who can forget that disaster), the semi-usable onscreen keyboard of the iPhone, and the single button "cyclops" mouse ("We will not under any circumstances admit that Microsoft's wheel-mouse actually rocks") ...Apple will no conveniently dismiss the necessity of ergonomics, and the asymmetry of the human hand in favor of visual simplicity.
It's my one beef with Apple (and I say this about their HARDWARE design specifically) -- They're so far off in the land of contoured plastic minimalism that they've forgotten about the spectacularly weird shapes that humans come in.
I hope I'm wrong about the tablet -- but I'm betting a slightly uglier, less minimalistic version would work better ergonomically for most people...
Of course -- "most" people buy the iPhone because its sexy, not because it's usable... so what do I know...
This isn't a troll, but to be fair: Android remains utterly untested, and is suffering from weak adoption.
Let's not just hand accolades to the mighty GOOG, just because their track record thus far has been exemplary. I'm still waiting to be wowed by Android.
As many accountants have said: Show me a company who does not get audited, and I will show you fraud.
There are only two options here:
Option1: We the People get ripped off.
Option2: We the People are allowed to see exactly where OUR money went.
All other options are Option 1 in disguise.
I'm sorry, did you address the issue? or did you circumvent that little topic and go straight for the ad hominem assault?
If we're going to label anything as "below the threshold of credibility", we should probably start with your comment.
"Google URL Shortener is currently available for Google products and not for broader consumer use."
So I guess bit.ly still wins?
Consider for a moment that the sphere of a high orbit is larger than the size of the earth. Then consider all the orbital altitudes (like layers of an onion) which need to be "scoured", and you're talking about an amount of space that is many times the total surface area of Earth.
That's a whole lot of territory to cover, even for a large army of scour-ers.
While it's easy to laugh at the "positive" aspects of being one of very few men -- it should be noted on a purely biological level that far fewer than 50% (or even 10%) men are needed to carry on the species.
Christians, please be aware that the intergalactic god, Zul-9 is the "one and only God". The alien crusaders are coming to spread the Word of the Great God Zul-9, and they want your churches, cathedrals and your women.
And if you silly Christians want "proof" that Zul-9 is the only God, then you can read it for yourself in the Biblio Galactica -- where it's written in clear, concise Zorgox "There is no God but Zul-9. All other gods are His sexual playthings -- until he eats them like crumpets with his afternoon tea."
Any evidence that the Cathoilc church attempts to put forward in an effort to discredit Zul-9 are words of the Devil (The evil "Byxaplaximax") and are but mere examples of obfuscation used by the Forces of Evil to cloud the One True Word of Zul-9. (It is common knowledge that the entire Bible was penned by an incredibly drunk Byxaplaximax in a weak effort to stifle Zul-9.)
To any Catholics who suddenly believe that their god may have created life elsewhere in the Universe, Zul-9 has proclaimed the following words: "Jesus H. Christ, stop trying to change up your stodgy little screed to encompass new scientific data which clearly disproves your stodgy little screed. There is no god but me, and you should know that because I've already buggered and devoured your god and he needed salt." (From the Book of the Book of St. Pogax-7).
And if there are any Catholics who cling to their religion in spite of the overwhelming evidence that they are uneducated monkeys, Zul-9 would like to remind these unbelievers that they have to "have faith".
*don't
Not to mention the fact that TV actors are the most overpaid, undertalented idiots I've ever known. Why is it that starving waitresses suddenly make a couple hundred grand when they get a recurring sitcom role? Is there some shortage of actresses that I'm unaware of?
(And told tell me it's because they're talented)
Is it time to ditch Hulu for Clicker.com?
The PVR functionality of Clicker makes it a no brainer for me (as I'm sure it will many others). But there's a larger issue here, and that's that the nature of online services is changing quickly towards more of a quasi-ownership model of the media -- which reduces the amount of control the networks have even more.
http://tekobot.com/better-than-hulu-clicker-com-launches-new-comprehensive-new-web-tv-and-movie-aggregator-service/
Popo's corollary: And if you're a far bigger criminal enterprise (cough, Goldman Sachs, cough, JPMC) kick back and laugh as the Justice system locks up the small fry's.