Exactly. In fact, you could say the 'attention economy' is now beginning. There is no longer enough 'attention' for dozens of companies to experience exponential growth every year - now they are really going to have to compete. Like in the real economy.
And another thing - that cryptic error message is presented in a graphical dialog box, and you can't cut and paste it to look it up. You have to write it down, and then type it into browser search. What a useless aggravation!
And when 80% of their users leave, who will pay them to advertise anyway?
There has to be a better way. I know some people are way into their music and all, but for me, ads are not acceptable, and I'll just do without. I've got enough (purchased over the last 45 years) music on my drive to last me forever anyway.
I do my best. I will not use Chrome, or Google Search, or anything else Google if I can possibly help it. Of course, half the web sites out there have Google Ads and analytics and whatnot. But the web is just about over anyway. Tragedy of the commons.
Thank you. I got along for years with 5Mbps DSL out here in the sticks. But for some reason, the phone company ran fiber up my Class 6 (not town maintained) dirt road, and as of this spring I am running with 300Mbps fiber. What a difference! But I would have noticed a big difference at 25Mbps, I'll bet.
Never mind that people want to live lives of connectedness in a community where they know their neighbors and surroundings and climate. It's bad for The Economy, so screw community!
People are bad for The Economy. Let's just do away with them and use robots.
The economy should serve people and their wants and needs, not vice versa. Fuck The Economy.
They are trying to recruit people to research this. It is very important, and needs to be publicized, if only to refute it. But what is wrong with starting a conversation?
Zubrin did not demonstrate this. He simply pointed out that it was possible, that ISRU was the way to go. Every schoolboy knows the stoichiometry and energetics - yes, you can do this. Now go and engineer an autonomous unit that can actually do it on the surface of Mars, such that when you arrive there, there are nice tanks of oxygen, water, and methane.
Exactly. And when corporations achieve a certain wealth, they are able to take all these oh-too-human foibles to the extreme. And they do. Every time. It doesn't matter who the founders were, because by the time a corporation gets that big, the bean counters and marketers are in charge. Happens. Every. Time.
After a corporation attains a certain size, it's all cheating, rigging, corrupting, deceiving. 'Advertising' and 'marketing'. I.e., deceit. 'Twas ever thus, and is still, and will always be. Big business is dirty. It's only a matter of what has been found out. MS, Apple, Google, all reached a certain size and became evil. Facebook is different - it was evil from day one:-)
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Two more common and very important antibiotics about to be rendered useless. Fucking idiot morons. How are they allowed to do this?
And many people over 40 invented your computers, punk.
You're welcome.
Exactly. In fact, you could say the 'attention economy' is now beginning. There is no longer enough 'attention' for dozens of companies to experience exponential growth every year - now they are really going to have to compete. Like in the real economy.
And another thing - that cryptic error message is presented in a graphical dialog box, and you can't cut and paste it to look it up. You have to write it down, and then type it into browser search. What a useless aggravation!
"having a working colony of humans off-world is good against the possibility of some major catastrophe on Earth."
The major catastrophe on Earth IS humanity.
Some of the videos are very very funny and clever, and some of them are rather lame. There sure are a lot of 'em though!
What were we talking about?
They say that memory is the second thing to go when you get older. I can't remember the first thing.
Getting old sux.
They've invented cocaine1
And when 80% of their users leave, who will pay them to advertise anyway?
There has to be a better way. I know some people are way into their music and all, but for me, ads are not acceptable, and I'll just do without. I've got enough (purchased over the last 45 years) music on my drive to last me forever anyway.
Corporations rule this country.
Commerce is deceit.
Hey Google, Evil much?
I do my best. I will not use Chrome, or Google Search, or anything else Google if I can possibly help it. Of course, half the web sites out there have Google Ads and analytics and whatnot. But the web is just about over anyway. Tragedy of the commons.
Thank you. I got along for years with 5Mbps DSL out here in the sticks. But for some reason, the phone company ran fiber up my Class 6 (not town maintained) dirt road, and as of this spring I am running with 300Mbps fiber. What a difference! But I would have noticed a big difference at 25Mbps, I'll bet.
...for what can be called 'Broadband'?
I seem to recall they actually lowered the bar at some point.
Another question: Why is Ajit Pai such a deceitful son of a bitch? Was he born that way, or did he have to work at it?
I believe your daughter is wise.
Never mind that people want to live lives of connectedness in a community where they know their neighbors and surroundings and climate. It's bad for The Economy, so screw community!
People are bad for The Economy. Let's just do away with them and use robots.
The economy should serve people and their wants and needs, not vice versa. Fuck The Economy.
No.
... i want to know when the Positronic Brain will be perfected!
Yes, all this stuff needs to be examined and studied and elucidated. But first the question has to be posed, that's all.
You call it an 'infection', and maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Any more than your guts are 'infected' with dozens of species of bacteria.
If you are working in the field, go for it!
They are trying to recruit people to research this. It is very important, and needs to be publicized, if only to refute it. But what is wrong with starting a conversation?
Zubrin did not demonstrate this. He simply pointed out that it was possible, that ISRU was the way to go. Every schoolboy knows the stoichiometry and energetics - yes, you can do this. Now go and engineer an autonomous unit that can actually do it on the surface of Mars, such that when you arrive there, there are nice tanks of oxygen, water, and methane.
'Most of the equipment will be tried out and fine-tuned on the lunar surface first, helping to reduce the risk over sending it all straight to Mars.'
Because conditions on the surface of the Moon are just like those on the surface of Mars. How did this idiotic statement get in this report?
Won't use. I do not want to have anything to do with systemd, or Lennart Poettering, if I can help it. I am very happy with Devuan.
Exactly. And when corporations achieve a certain wealth, they are able to take all these oh-too-human foibles to the extreme. And they do. Every time. It doesn't matter who the founders were, because by the time a corporation gets that big, the bean counters and marketers are in charge. Happens. Every. Time.
After a corporation attains a certain size, it's all cheating, rigging, corrupting, deceiving. 'Advertising' and 'marketing'. I.e., deceit. 'Twas ever thus, and is still, and will always be. Big business is dirty. It's only a matter of what has been found out. MS, Apple, Google, all reached a certain size and became evil. Facebook is different - it was evil from day one :-)