very fascinating indeed. did you guys see the pictures of the massive volcanic plume rising from Io?
i remember watching Io and the 4 moons of jupiter including Ganemede from my 2.5 inch refracting telescope as a child.
The Internet is actually the sum of collective human thought, or mass consciousness, translated into a readable form, stored and transmitted electronically.
If you think about it, its more than just electronic. It blurs the boundary between thought, words, and communication.
It's global mass conciousness transcribed.
The Internet is mass consciousness transcribed to a language-based or electronic form. It is both an extension as well as a representation of human intellect. It goes beyond being a mere mirror of global sentiment - in time it will represent, at least partially, an emerging understanding of a phenomenon increasingly known as collective, global or mass consciousness and thought.
A good way to think of it is the collective thought of mankind presented both in real time and cumulative forms.
It doesnt even have to be web-based. The same model could be replicated infinitely around the internet, with home users sharing product information legally, similar to the way people used Napster or Kazaa for file sharing.
The peer to peer e-commerce network would also be more robust. If one node goes down, the e-commerce network stays alive. On the other hand, if ebay's server goes down, the service goes offline.
so you have the benefit of
1. robust network
2. no monopoly
3. cheaper
admittedly the only drawback seems to be security, but you could outsource it to a third party until someone comes up with a security solution applicable to p2p users around the internet.
What many of us don't realize is the fact that depending on a large service provider such as Google for applictions provision may actually leave us quite vulnerable. What we are doing is putting all our eggs in one basket.
If Google goes down, your business processes crash with it.
eBay lost a lot in revenues when its servers crashed a few years ago. If there were a peer-to-peer e-commerce model, people would feel more secure and less dependent on others for commerce.
Imagine storing all your information on your own hard-drive, and selling products to others WITHOUT paying ebay fees!
Ultimate empowerment implies physical independence. Until that happens, we are all vulnerable.
some marketing dude out there is a genius...Beryl is actually the generic term for a compound of beryllium. Beryl is the term for both the Emerald and the Aquamarine...it has a hardness of 7 whereas a diamond is 10.
both are beautiful gemstones, though the red gem logo is sort of inappropriate...itshould've been blue/green to represent both the emerald as well asthe aquamarine.
all in all its just beautiful.
its less of an OS, and more of a screensaver.
i wouldn't buy a vista copy even if they gave it away for free...we have graphics packages for that thank you very much.
can u imagine how much memory those 3D cascading live windows take?
linux is slowly but surely winning hte race and the day is nhot far when microsoft will be a petrified fossil in the software annals of the human race.(or something like that).
there are probably a zillion black wholes and a gazillion such "cosmic clouds of superheated gas" in the universe. so what makes this guy think this particular "cloud" has agreater probability of being the source of the "cosmic rays" that "permeate" our universe?
is there really such a thing as blogosphere? is it even a valid idea?
why not call it the "webosphere"?
heck, why not the "web" ? DUH!??
i have other words.. buzzword industry that feeds "crappy journalism".
wow this has got to be the dumbest thing ever. i mean is this a cheap publicity gimmick or something resulting out of genuine environmental concern? since it won't really have any effect on the environment other than possibly dissuading real people from planting real trees, i have to surmise that it is a half baked ill conceived attempt at appearing to be environmentally friendly(not that dell isn't) that will actually result in further apathy for the environment.
hey have you noticed bill gates' picture on this site...it looks like an android or robot...
or is he developing a new embedded system that he tried on himself?
don't you suppose solving the earth's problems first is a better idea than trying to suffocoate our planet with CO2 and global warming and then trying to run off to the nearest rock watching the earth wallow in the filth that WE CREATED in the first place?
its really INCREDIBLY ironic that us humans are yearning for the stars while totally screwing up our own earth? not only is it counter intuitive, its incredibly TRAGIC as well.
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very fascinating indeed. did you guys see the pictures of the massive volcanic plume rising from Io? i remember watching Io and the 4 moons of jupiter including Ganemede from my 2.5 inch refracting telescope as a child.
The Internet is actually the sum of collective human thought, or mass consciousness, translated into a readable form, stored and transmitted electronically. If you think about it, its more than just electronic. It blurs the boundary between thought, words, and communication. It's global mass conciousness transcribed.
The Internet is mass consciousness transcribed to a language-based or electronic form. It is both an extension as well as a representation of human intellect. It goes beyond being a mere mirror of global sentiment - in time it will represent, at least partially, an emerging understanding of a phenomenon increasingly known as collective, global or mass consciousness and thought. A good way to think of it is the collective thought of mankind presented both in real time and cumulative forms.
It doesnt even have to be web-based. The same model could be replicated infinitely around the internet, with home users sharing product information legally, similar to the way people used Napster or Kazaa for file sharing. The peer to peer e-commerce network would also be more robust. If one node goes down, the e-commerce network stays alive. On the other hand, if ebay's server goes down, the service goes offline. so you have the benefit of 1. robust network 2. no monopoly 3. cheaper admittedly the only drawback seems to be security, but you could outsource it to a third party until someone comes up with a security solution applicable to p2p users around the internet.
What many of us don't realize is the fact that depending on a large service provider such as Google for applictions provision may actually leave us quite vulnerable. What we are doing is putting all our eggs in one basket. If Google goes down, your business processes crash with it. eBay lost a lot in revenues when its servers crashed a few years ago. If there were a peer-to-peer e-commerce model, people would feel more secure and less dependent on others for commerce. Imagine storing all your information on your own hard-drive, and selling products to others WITHOUT paying ebay fees! Ultimate empowerment implies physical independence. Until that happens, we are all vulnerable.
right on dude. plus, petroleum based lubricants are also better conductors of heat, in case you've noticed.
"water is a wonderful lubricant" ok i'll remember that next time i'm with my girlfriend :P
some marketing dude out there is a genius...Beryl is actually the generic term for a compound of beryllium. Beryl is the term for both the Emerald and the Aquamarine...it has a hardness of 7 whereas a diamond is 10. both are beautiful gemstones, though the red gem logo is sort of inappropriate...itshould've been blue/green to represent both the emerald as well asthe aquamarine. all in all its just beautiful.
its less of an OS, and more of a screensaver. i wouldn't buy a vista copy even if they gave it away for free. ..we have graphics packages for that thank you very much.
can u imagine how much memory those 3D cascading live windows take?
linux is slowly but surely winning hte race and the day is nhot far when microsoft will be a petrified fossil in the software annals of the human race.(or something like that).
hey wasnt jintao the name of the villian in that movie with jackie chan and the black dude...
...it was cosmic rays stupid!
might be the source?
might be?
there are probably a zillion black wholes and a gazillion such "cosmic clouds of superheated gas" in the universe. so what makes this guy think this particular "cloud" has agreater probability of being the source of the "cosmic rays" that "permeate" our universe?
is there really such a thing as blogosphere? is it even a valid idea? why not call it the "webosphere"? heck, why not the "web" ? DUH!?? i have other words.. buzzword industry that feeds "crappy journalism".
wow this has got to be the dumbest thing ever. i mean is this a cheap publicity gimmick or something resulting out of genuine environmental concern? since it won't really have any effect on the environment other than possibly dissuading real people from planting real trees, i have to surmise that it is a half baked ill conceived attempt at appearing to be environmentally friendly(not that dell isn't) that will actually result in further apathy for the environment.
was this before or after the virginia tech shootings?
let? what do you mean "let"? the Japanese simply out-performed the US auto industry with their lean mean energy efficient cars.
w?ow cellfones to monitor elections! what will they think of next? maybe jojo the boatman is gonna be oone of the monitors?
hey have you noticed bill gates' picture on this site...it looks like an android or robot... or is he developing a new embedded system that he tried on himself?
don't you suppose solving the earth's problems first is a better idea than trying to suffocoate our planet with CO2 and global warming and then trying to run off to the nearest rock watching the earth wallow in the filth that WE CREATED in the first place? its really INCREDIBLY ironic that us humans are yearning for the stars while totally screwing up our own earth? not only is it counter intuitive, its incredibly TRAGIC as well.