All the previous posts seem right on target. I'll add that the area is still too small. Maybe they (the US government, or whoever) should turn an old abandoned military base to be used for this sort of test. Some of those places are huge and completely abandoned. Just had to them any features lacking in it's original layout, to make it as real and inclusive as possible, and just populate it with vehicles from any car maker on navigation company requiring a perfect sandbox to play around with the technology. Sure, add some real drivers (stunt drivers, I guess...) to the mix, not only to challenge the self driven cars, but also to evaluate them. After a few months everybody would have tons of great information. And think about it, it's a given that one of the 'documentary' channels would probably jump on board to help finance the whole thing, provided they could find some air time in between the ancient astronauts and pawn shop or auction related reality shows...
The problem is not lack of foresight when it comes to slow unraveling global catastrophes. The problem is that to start dealing with the problem right now, you'd be upsetting a lot of companies/industries... Since those basically ran our governments that is not going to happen anytime soon. In the meantime they'll keep themselves busy buying the press (which they influence too, of course) more 'global warming is scientist crap' stories...
A leaked Pentagon memo I had access to states that the ultimate weapon will be laser-turtles. Stability is a huge concern, to maximize accuracy and prevent friendly fire incidents. The fact that they already have armor was also factored in.
I have to agree with this. On top of everything else, what she'll value the most are probably the things that you, and only you, know. Information only you can provide. Most of the other stuff can be taken from other sources. One thing that worries me, when I contemplate my parents' demise (fortunately they're still around, but death is not something we can circumvent), is information about their lives. Family stuff. Not just for practical reasons, like having a thorough medical family history, but just so she knows how things happened. How their parents met, how their lives were like, tough decisions, important episodes, funny anecdotes, strange coincidences, etc. And since she's too young to share some of your interests, you'll probably want to share with her stuff like your favorite movies (and actors, directors, genres), favorite music (bands, artists, songs, albums, periods), TV shows, food, etc. I know this sounds a bit like advice for setting up a cool online dating profile, but trust me, stuff like this can be fundamental in knowing someone. Sometimes what we are like comes down to what we like too...
Undoubtedly there will be moments in her life when she'll wonder what you'd say/think/feel about something. It'd be great if you were able to provide her with a framework to help her navigate that.
Anyway, it's a great thing that you're even considering doing something like that. I'm sure she'll treasure it. Strange as it may seem, if there's the feeling that videos like that (or anything at all for that mater, in any shape or form) may come at certain stages of her life, I'm sure it'll help her deal with your absence.
Having said that, I'm really sorry about the reason you're doing this. I've been through the 'you have cancer' bit from doctors too, and at this point I have no idea whether or not I got rid of it. Anyway, best of luck.
It's not the web designers' fault! I'm a small time self employed web designer. When it comes to designing a website, we don't do what we want! We don't even do what the customer needs. We end up doing what he asks. Most of the time what they ask for sucks, and that's what they/you get.
Go figure. Hipster trends hit mainstream, give it 2-3 years and vinyl will fall by the wayside as people pickup Zune's and say "THIS IS HOW IT WAS MEANT TO BE!"
Technology is already being developed to countermeasure this google glass thing in Dubai. It's called the Burka and it's supposed to shield the device from doing its job. Specs remain unavailable at this time.
I bought the original Battlefield 1942, installed the Desert Combat mod and it's still the only game (online or not) that I play. I think I tried BF2, didn't buy it though, and wasn't convinced. As for DC, there's still a few servers around. Unfortunately some of them insist on having crappy maps on rotation. Apart from that, it's still great fun.
You are ignoring the fact that it seems like one highly intelligent and technology-developing species could probably not evolve in coexistence with another one on the same planet, at some point one would win and kill off the other one.
Probably not around here, but imagine an earth like planet, about 17 times bigger... Two separate intelligent species could evolve separately and not be aware of each other well until they get close to XX century earth-like tech. Remember we only got to really start moving around in the XVI century. And earth is a relatively small planet. Now imagine something much MUCH bigger.
Still, of course, we have to consider, what would happen if those 2 species met. Would we be talking about human-like vs over-developed-dolphin?:) Or just two different branches of primate evolution, REALLY different (not american indian vs european caucasian different, since those were the same species) that only met when both were culturally advanced enough to actually get along.
Uh, yeah! Alriiight! We got it! We found the little prick! Illusive son of a bitch! We nailed it! Fuck, yeah!! We found this... the... little... thing. Damn right! Who da man? Who da man?! We da men! Ahah!! It's done! Bag it!! Can you believe we found the thing? Oh, man. I can't... I... oh... This is really great. The whole thing... the little... I mean, c'mon!! It's there! Look, it's... right there. We... What the fuck is this thing? No, really, what the... fuck is this... thing... we just f... found? Ah, gotta patent the fuck outta the fucker, anyway!
I've never had any trouble finding apps in XP's start menu. I use 'dirs' and group the apps by genre. I have design apps, sound apps, internet, security, utils, and so on. No need to scroll or have two columns. I don't use quick launch and I don't have a single app shortcut on my desktop (I have quite a few txts in there though, as post its...).
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All the previous posts seem right on target. I'll add that the area is still too small. Maybe they (the US government, or whoever) should turn an old abandoned military base to be used for this sort of test. Some of those places are huge and completely abandoned. Just had to them any features lacking in it's original layout, to make it as real and inclusive as possible, and just populate it with vehicles from any car maker on navigation company requiring a perfect sandbox to play around with the technology. Sure, add some real drivers (stunt drivers, I guess...) to the mix, not only to challenge the self driven cars, but also to evaluate them. After a few months everybody would have tons of great information. And think about it, it's a given that one of the 'documentary' channels would probably jump on board to help finance the whole thing, provided they could find some air time in between the ancient astronauts and pawn shop or auction related reality shows...
DOS Shell
Windows 3.1
Windows 3.11 for Workgroups
Windows 95
Windows XP
Windows 7
As for my mobile phone OS, I upgrade it every time my phone dies and I have to buy a new one...
This could very well mean the end of James Bond movies. Once a secret agent is exposed, he's no longer secret. He had a good run, though.
The problem is not lack of foresight when it comes to slow unraveling global catastrophes. The problem is that to start dealing with the problem right now, you'd be upsetting a lot of companies/industries... Since those basically ran our governments that is not going to happen anytime soon. In the meantime they'll keep themselves busy buying the press (which they influence too, of course) more 'global warming is scientist crap' stories...
Already pre-ordered a Number Six! I'm soooo excited!
A leaked Pentagon memo I had access to states that the ultimate weapon will be laser-turtles. Stability is a huge concern, to maximize accuracy and prevent friendly fire incidents. The fact that they already have armor was also factored in.
It's all about finding the monolith...
I have to agree with this. On top of everything else, what she'll value the most are probably the things that you, and only you, know. Information only you can provide. Most of the other stuff can be taken from other sources. One thing that worries me, when I contemplate my parents' demise (fortunately they're still around, but death is not something we can circumvent), is information about their lives. Family stuff. Not just for practical reasons, like having a thorough medical family history, but just so she knows how things happened. How their parents met, how their lives were like, tough decisions, important episodes, funny anecdotes, strange coincidences, etc. And since she's too young to share some of your interests, you'll probably want to share with her stuff like your favorite movies (and actors, directors, genres), favorite music (bands, artists, songs, albums, periods), TV shows, food, etc. I know this sounds a bit like advice for setting up a cool online dating profile, but trust me, stuff like this can be fundamental in knowing someone. Sometimes what we are like comes down to what we like too...
Undoubtedly there will be moments in her life when she'll wonder what you'd say/think/feel about something. It'd be great if you were able to provide her with a framework to help her navigate that.
Anyway, it's a great thing that you're even considering doing something like that. I'm sure she'll treasure it. Strange as it may seem, if there's the feeling that videos like that (or anything at all for that mater, in any shape or form) may come at certain stages of her life, I'm sure it'll help her deal with your absence.
Having said that, I'm really sorry about the reason you're doing this. I've been through the 'you have cancer' bit from doctors too, and at this point I have no idea whether or not I got rid of it. Anyway, best of luck.
It's not the web designers' fault! I'm a small time self employed web designer. When it comes to designing a website, we don't do what we want! We don't even do what the customer needs. We end up doing what he asks. Most of the time what they ask for sucks, and that's what they/you get.
Go figure. Hipster trends hit mainstream, give it 2-3 years and vinyl will fall by the wayside as people pickup Zune's and say "THIS IS HOW IT WAS MEANT TO BE!"
Actually this
https://ponomusic.force.com/
may be how it's meant to be...
I always thought it was due to bad landings...
Technology is already being developed to countermeasure this google glass thing in Dubai. It's called the Burka and it's supposed to shield the device from doing its job. Specs remain unavailable at this time.
I bought the original Battlefield 1942, installed the Desert Combat mod and it's still the only game (online or not) that I play. I think I tried BF2, didn't buy it though, and wasn't convinced. As for DC, there's still a few servers around. Unfortunately some of them insist on having crappy maps on rotation. Apart from that, it's still great fun.
You are ignoring the fact that it seems like one highly intelligent and technology-developing species could probably not evolve in coexistence with another one on the same planet, at some point one would win and kill off the other one.
Probably not around here, but imagine an earth like planet, about 17 times bigger... Two separate intelligent species could evolve separately and not be aware of each other well until they get close to XX century earth-like tech. Remember we only got to really start moving around in the XVI century. And earth is a relatively small planet. Now imagine something much MUCH bigger.
Still, of course, we have to consider, what would happen if those 2 species met. Would we be talking about human-like vs over-developed-dolphin? :) Or just two different branches of primate evolution, REALLY different (not american indian vs european caucasian different, since those were the same species) that only met when both were culturally advanced enough to actually get along.
That depends on the cables!
There may be a need to repopulate the planet. That scenario renders about 99.9% of slashdotters pretty useless...
Uh, yeah! Alriiight! We got it! We found the little prick! Illusive son of a bitch! We nailed it! Fuck, yeah!! We found this... the... little... thing. Damn right! Who da man? Who da man?! We da men! Ahah!! It's done! Bag it!! Can you believe we found the thing? Oh, man. I can't... I... oh... This is really great. The whole thing... the little... I mean, c'mon!! It's there! Look, it's... right there. We... What the fuck is this thing? No, really, what the... fuck is this... thing... we just f... found? Ah, gotta patent the fuck outta the fucker, anyway!
Do you mean: 'pump up kicks?!
- D: Dradis contact! Oh frack! A cylon base ship just jumped in on top of us...
- Admiral Adama: If only it was full of number sixes...
- Colonel Tigh: Oh man, I'd give my right eye for that!
Oh crap! Sorry guys... I'm having those number six dreams *again*.
I've never had any trouble finding apps in XP's start menu. I use 'dirs' and group the apps by genre. I have design apps, sound apps, internet, security, utils, and so on. No need to scroll or have two columns. I don't use quick launch and I don't have a single app shortcut on my desktop (I have quite a few txts in there though, as post its...).
"you can leave you tin foil hat on"
Truth is, it's probable just The Stig in the trunk, with a laptop.
How can I schedule an interview with a 419 scammer, and am I allowed to bring a baseball bat?
Great, so you'll loose all the money you have with you AND a baseball bat...
Hating NASA is like a religion these days. Anything NASA does is bad. No matter.
That's what they get for using MS software.
Incidently, I gotta ask, what comes after Karma: Terrible, even when harmless jokes are involved?
Now she does.
My fault, I read it here and... well, I talk while I sleep...