The summaries are never even worth reading anymore.
No one reads TFA any more, you're just now coming around to the idea of not reading the summaries, while many of us have been just reading the headlines for quite some time...
...why you can't simply use this power source to eliminate CO2 producing power sources in the first place.
WE might want to fund a project called: HOTH Cli GigA DRIL (Halt Overt Terran Heating of Climate via Gigntic Arctic Death Ray and Intercontinental Laser), but one has to be a bit more subtle when presenting plans to the general public.
The dumbfucks who wrote the article copypasted the 10^12kg without copying the font. In the original abstract, the 12 was a superscript, indicating exponentiation.
I don't know... Formatted copy and paste fail? Yeah, I'm going to put part of the blame the shit state of software in general -- That's something that could have been fixed a long time ago.
No, of course my music and movies and books won't die with me. I simply don't have digital assets with copy restrictions. If it isn't licensed under creative commons or other sane copyright licenses why the hell would I risk having it or passing it on to others? They want THOUSANDS of dollars per song if you can't prove you own it. The entertainment value of copy restricted media is just not worth the legal risk or hassle of dealing with it.
Man, what can't these amazing phones do?! I mean, steampunk carrot ship designs are a dime a dozen, but Revolutionary War themed Spacecraft? Hell yeah!
Unfurl the solar sails and set a course for the Kaiser Sea of Mars!
Who cares what's expected. I expect a lot of things, but this world isn't full of sane or rational individuals, and my hopes are uncorrectably too high.
A "stateless news organisation" is exactly what we nerds would like to have (in both sense of the word). If you're too wrapped up in pedantry to grasp what possible good an instantaneous anonymous information dissemination service would provide then you don't deserve to be an engineer, nerd, or citizen.
You only need food, shelter, water and a hole to excrete your waste into. All of which can be provided in a concrete cell, which does exist. Living life only worrying about your utmost needs is a recipe for disaster. You may not need Wikileaks, but we would really like some of the corruption going on to stop... Pointing out the disparity between what we believe about our rulers and what is actually going on is important. We may not need Wikileaks precisely, but we do need the service they provide.
I started to find you some links to big important national issues that weren't reported on the major evening news outlets... Then I gave up because:
0. I realized it wouldn't matter, you'll never change your mind. Protip: Chinese news and the BBC have better coverage of what's going on in America, give international news a watch from time to time, you'll see the blatant discrepancies; You can even do your own fact checking. Oh that's in line with what you just said, eh? No, it's not. I personally think it would be better if the media wasn't bought off by the state and corporations, because that's where most of the populous gets their info.
1. My internet browsing wasn't encrypted and the series of search terms I was entering made me sound like "a terrorist" (by the new definition).
The fact is, it's not "just garbage". The real problem isn't "we too many people don't want to think critically anymore" it's just that we don't have as much time to do so anymore, and we trust the media and government to do things in our best interest. The problems you cite are just symptoms. We should be able to trust the news and our own government. That we can not is "the real problem".
Agreed. So, what we should do away with pre-voting altogether. Simply draw names from a hat for the positions. We'll see how they do and vote 'em out afterwards if we don't like their service; Let someone else have a chance to fill the role for their limited time. This is more in line with the way voting works anyway (voting against instead of for issues or people). Additionally, it gives the people power to hold their leaders accountable. Screw up? You're fired. A probationary period could ensure it doesn't devolve into a person a day per office. Additionally, it would present opportunities for 3rd party folks to actually get in office -- Proportional to the actual number of candidates, not limited by an entrenched and obsolete party system.
No, I started out this as a joke, but what I found out while writing this is that ANYTHING is better than the system we have right now.
What about the part about censoring the Internet? Who's going to walk that part of their "Freedom Plank"? The government? And how will they enforce the practice? More regulation? Damn partiers. It's always been a single Democratic-Republican party. Fools.
So basically you're rolling the dice with some total stranger, taking all the risk, and with no promise of getting anything in return. Not a smart move for any homeowner.
So, basically it's just like renting a room to anyone else, except they're knowledgeable about technology...
Hell, I've even figured out how to solve the food issue: Feed them the previous hacker.
"biogas generators"? Where would you get the fuel source? Sounds like you're full of hot air. Look, although bean burritos are pretty cheap, I'm not too sure about shoving a jet engine up my arse...
My main concern is not other people but my family of 3 children age 10 to 17, do any others have stories of “what the family thinks”?
I once dated a being six nonillion years my senior, we met by chance on the astral plains long before this space and time existed. Our coupling was so furious and primal its reverberations can still be felt throughout the multiverse, I came here to take in the last echos of our passion. I grin slyly when the greatest minds among your naive young ones refer to it as "The Big Bang"...
Family?! If you haven't already consumed their essences why do you care what they think? If you're having fun, that's all that matters.
Linux, like Samsung, has many looks and feels which are not owned by Apple. I would encourage you to try a few, you might like them. You might even discover that the operating systems and hardware don't mean much these days. What matters is what we can do with the technology, not who is most capable of limiting your use of it.
Its very neat, right until you get bitten by the bleeding edge software updates.
I've had my system rendered unbootable or at least without working wifi or graphics drivers a few times after updating.
Its a nice linux distro with a russian roulette feature built-in
"Samsung is Copying!" -- This, from a life form made of trillions of copies of a single cell, which was itself a derivative work: Combined partial copies of two other life forms. Using language, an idea copied between minds for millions of years, over a network protocol who's creator explicitly did not assert artificial patent restrictions over.
Life's very battle cry is: "Copy the best bits as much as possible!"... and Owning ideas is some how acceptable to you? Get a grip -- maybe on a steering wheel? Then imagine every vehicle having a different set of controls.
I don't see how you humans stand to share resources with such wastes of flesh.
It's no wonder no one will trust you with a warp drive.
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The summaries are never even worth reading anymore.
No one reads TFA any more, you're just now coming around to the idea of not reading the summaries, while many of us have been just reading the headlines for quite some time...
...why you can't simply use this power source to eliminate CO2 producing power sources in the first place.
WE might want to fund a project called: HOTH Cli GigA DRIL (Halt Overt Terran Heating of Climate via Gigntic Arctic Death Ray and Intercontinental Laser), but one has to be a bit more subtle when presenting plans to the general public.
1 B tonnes (1 billion, I assume) into 1012 kg
The dumbfucks who wrote the article copypasted the 10^12kg without copying the font. In the original abstract, the 12 was a superscript, indicating exponentiation.
I don't know... Formatted copy and paste fail? Yeah, I'm going to put part of the blame the shit state of software in general -- That's something that could have been fixed a long time ago.
The primary flaw in your plan being: Mentos.
No, of course my music and movies and books won't die with me. I simply don't have digital assets with copy restrictions. If it isn't licensed under creative commons or other sane copyright licenses why the hell would I risk having it or passing it on to others? They want THOUSANDS of dollars per song if you can't prove you own it. The entertainment value of copy restricted media is just not worth the legal risk or hassle of dealing with it.
Man, what can't these amazing phones do?! I mean, steampunk carrot ship designs are a dime a dozen, but Revolutionary War themed Spacecraft? Hell yeah!
Unfurl the solar sails and set a course for the Kaiser Sea of Mars!
Who cares what's expected. I expect a lot of things, but this world isn't full of sane or rational individuals, and my hopes are uncorrectably too high.
Events, or it didn't happen.
A "stateless news organisation" is exactly what we nerds would like to have (in both sense of the word). If you're too wrapped up in pedantry to grasp what possible good an instantaneous anonymous information dissemination service would provide then you don't deserve to be an engineer, nerd, or citizen.
You only need food, shelter, water and a hole to excrete your waste into. All of which can be provided in a concrete cell, which does exist. Living life only worrying about your utmost needs is a recipe for disaster. You may not need Wikileaks, but we would really like some of the corruption going on to stop... Pointing out the disparity between what we believe about our rulers and what is actually going on is important. We may not need Wikileaks precisely, but we do need the service they provide.
I started to find you some links to big important national issues that weren't reported on the major evening news outlets... Then I gave up because:
0. I realized it wouldn't matter, you'll never change your mind. Protip: Chinese news and the BBC have better coverage of what's going on in America, give international news a watch from time to time, you'll see the blatant discrepancies; You can even do your own fact checking. Oh that's in line with what you just said, eh? No, it's not. I personally think it would be better if the media wasn't bought off by the state and corporations, because that's where most of the populous gets their info.
1. My internet browsing wasn't encrypted and the series of search terms I was entering made me sound like "a terrorist" (by the new definition).
The fact is, it's not "just garbage". The real problem isn't "we too many people don't want to think critically anymore" it's just that we don't have as much time to do so anymore, and we trust the media and government to do things in our best interest. The problems you cite are just symptoms. We should be able to trust the news and our own government. That we can not is "the real problem".
Agreed. So, what we should do away with pre-voting altogether. Simply draw names from a hat for the positions. We'll see how they do and vote 'em out afterwards if we don't like their service; Let someone else have a chance to fill the role for their limited time. This is more in line with the way voting works anyway (voting against instead of for issues or people). Additionally, it gives the people power to hold their leaders accountable. Screw up? You're fired. A probationary period could ensure it doesn't devolve into a person a day per office. Additionally, it would present opportunities for 3rd party folks to actually get in office -- Proportional to the actual number of candidates, not limited by an entrenched and obsolete party system.
No, I started out this as a joke, but what I found out while writing this is that ANYTHING is better than the system we have right now.
What about the part about censoring the Internet? Who's going to walk that part of their "Freedom Plank"? The government? And how will they enforce the practice? More regulation? Damn partiers. It's always been a single Democratic-Republican party. Fools.
So basically you're rolling the dice with some total stranger, taking all the risk, and with no promise of getting anything in return. Not a smart move for any homeowner.
So, basically it's just like renting a room to anyone else, except they're knowledgeable about technology...
Hell, I've even figured out how to solve the food issue: Feed them the previous hacker.
Sure, sure. And chemistry kits can be used by terrorists for... evil. So let's make every object illegal.
Here in the US, thanks to the patent system which restricts not only distribution but also merely the use of "inventions" everything is already illegal; From being square to holding your breath, keeping your chin up, being repressed or even just having one's ass in a sling.
If everything you do is breaking some law, who cares what law new technologies might break?
"biogas generators"? Where would you get the fuel source? Sounds like you're full of hot air. Look, although bean burritos are pretty cheap, I'm not too sure about shoving a jet engine up my arse...
The think actually springs a leak in the video. I'd like to see the longer version were it catches fire. :)
This looks like a bit newer model, but sadly you were right: The remote control car is prone to experience mild explosions.
I wonder if this is legal in the USA. I suppose that's not an issue, since it's presumably only available in China.
China has nothing to do with it. Legality isn't an issue in the USA because here the cars are used to combat criminals who operate above the law.
My main concern is not other people but my family of 3 children age 10 to 17, do any others have stories of “what the family thinks”?
I once dated a being six nonillion years my senior, we met by chance on the astral plains long before this space and time existed. Our coupling was so furious and primal its reverberations can still be felt throughout the multiverse, I came here to take in the last echos of our passion. I grin slyly when the greatest minds among your naive young ones refer to it as "The Big Bang"...
Family?! If you haven't already consumed their essences why do you care what they think? If you're having fun, that's all that matters.
Elisha Gray called, an hour later to remind you that he left the same note before Alexander Bell contacted you.
The patent system has NEVER worked as claimed. However, It has ALWAYS worked as intended: To keep the competition out of the market.
Linux, like Samsung, has many looks and feels which are not owned by Apple. I would encourage you to try a few, you might like them. You might even discover that the operating systems and hardware don't mean much these days. What matters is what we can do with the technology, not who is most capable of limiting your use of it.
... And how is this different from secure boot?
So subtle you were, that I almost missed the challenge!
Since when is a question informative?
Since the age of the quest.
It's not like this is some kind of Zen koan.
Indeed. To be like something, a thing must not be that something.
Dumb fucking neckbeards.
Ah! Smart abstinent prepubescents!
Have I passed the test, or has it passed me?
Its very neat, right until you get bitten by the bleeding edge software updates.
I've had my system rendered unbootable or at least without working wifi or graphics drivers a few times after updating. Its a nice linux distro with a russian roulette feature built-in
This is why I dual boot. Linux and Linux.
To Corp.s Enter. No one Leaves!
"Samsung is Copying!" -- This, from a life form made of trillions of copies of a single cell, which was itself a derivative work: Combined partial copies of two other life forms. Using language, an idea copied between minds for millions of years, over a network protocol who's creator explicitly did not assert artificial patent restrictions over.
Life's very battle cry is: "Copy the best bits as much as possible!" ... and Owning ideas is some how acceptable to you? Get a grip -- maybe on a steering wheel? Then imagine every vehicle having a different set of controls.
I don't see how you humans stand to share resources with such wastes of flesh.
It's no wonder no one will trust you with a warp drive.