Considering the history of the PlaneShift team's policy on art licensing and attitude towards those who wish to contribute free art to PlaneShift, I have to say I am hesitant to believe you. I and several others were disappointed in the past, but I still hold out hope for the PlaneShift team embracing software freedom (including art). If what you say is true, then I'm very pleased.
*picks up his cell phone* Did you hear? They say that ten or fifteen years from now there will be powerful computers so small that they can fit in your hand! Just imagine a tiny little processor, speaker, screen, keypad, microphone, battery...heck, even an antenna for wireless communication.
To (basically) quote Will Smith, "You are the DUMBEST....smart person I have ever seen."
I recommend getting a Panasonic Toughbook with GPS. Besides the obvious anti-theft consideration, it can be useful for other GPS utilities, and many come with cell-phone Internet adapters built in. Also keep in mind that the biggest loss in laptops comes from them breaking themselves. crushed screens, split power connectors, dead motherboards, and getting run over with a car often end up sending laptops to the dump. besides, many come with nifty extras, like automatic backlit keyboard, touchscreens, and more cool toys.
for the price of a laptop and a half, you can have a laptop that will outlive three or four normal laptops...
How about a computer that is fast and reliable? That seems to be getting farther away the more we develop towards it.
And I would also have to say that these are not really amazing technologies. Each one merely pushes on the fringe. I have a 1GB MP3 player that runs on a single battery, can hold data as well as music, is reliable and sturdy, and fits conveniently in even a small pen pocket. As a boy, I had a Panasonic cassette player that took four C cell batteries, held my music -and- my Tandy TRS-80 BASIC programs, was somewhat reliable and sturdy, and fit pretty inconveniently in my backpack.
What's new? Nothing is new. Nothing changes. If only technology could make us better people.
Nevertheless, I'd like to see a paper battery combined with electronic paper to replace the retail stickers found on store shelves. I'd like to be able to ask all the screens to display price-per-quantity, separate kosher from unkosher foods, and even identify which products are in the wrong place.
I guess a paper battery would also be easier to make into clothing.
I'm trying to imagine how fast a frictionless cylinder could spin in a vacuum. I wonder if this would be possible with data storage devices. Would it affect magnetic or optical storage? Anyone have any idea how hard it is to accomplish this repulsion? (In other words, any idea how soon we might start seeing children's toys based on this discovery?) Anyone know how much effect the Casimir effect has on what we call friction and how much is electromagnetic or otherwise? (In other words, once the Casimir effect is reversed, what else has to be done to alleviate friction? Or is this going to take electromagnetic friction out of the picture entirely?) And levitation aside, will this significantly reduce friction in machines that can be lubricated with oil, or will it simply make them maintenance free, more reliable, and marginally more energy efficient?
Sorry, I have so many questions. I'm really curious about all of this now!
"Logged in users have noticed for some time the request to drink from the Slashdot Firehose."
I'd used it plenty before I even had a/. account. I just opened the page, and there it was. I always thought everyone had it...
By the way, it seems to work fine in Konqueror, too. I haven't tested it a whole lot in Konqi, tho.
Microsoft is still not sure what Open Source really is. Lately, I get the feeling that they really are trying to figure it out. It goes so much against their way of doing things that they're having real trouble with it. It's like when someone is trying to figure out the plan of salvation and just doesn't quite get it, no matter how much people try to explain it. I think they will either get it or get frustrated and give up.
...those sentences don't all end in a preposition, do they? that's something we don't put up with....err, something up with which we do not put.
Were they programmed by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation to have GPP?
in this instance, I hope they don't run Linux:
"Kernel alive!"
"Sending all processes the KILL signal."
"Terminating child processes."
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Considering the history of the PlaneShift team's policy on art licensing and attitude towards those who wish to contribute free art to PlaneShift, I have to say I am hesitant to believe you. I and several others were disappointed in the past, but I still hold out hope for the PlaneShift team embracing software freedom (including art). If what you say is true, then I'm very pleased.
*picks up his cell phone* Did you hear? They say that ten or fifteen years from now there will be powerful computers so small that they can fit in your hand! Just imagine a tiny little processor, speaker, screen, keypad, microphone, battery...heck, even an antenna for wireless communication.
To (basically) quote Will Smith, "You are the DUMBEST....smart person I have ever seen."
God Bless Bureaucracy
So, the Endeavor pays for itself after...80 flights?
I recommend getting a Panasonic Toughbook with GPS. Besides the obvious anti-theft consideration, it can be useful for other GPS utilities, and many come with cell-phone Internet adapters built in. Also keep in mind that the biggest loss in laptops comes from them breaking themselves. crushed screens, split power connectors, dead motherboards, and getting run over with a car often end up sending laptops to the dump. besides, many come with nifty extras, like automatic backlit keyboard, touchscreens, and more cool toys. for the price of a laptop and a half, you can have a laptop that will outlive three or four normal laptops...
How about a computer that is fast and reliable? That seems to be getting farther away the more we develop towards it.
And I would also have to say that these are not really amazing technologies. Each one merely pushes on the fringe. I have a 1GB MP3 player that runs on a single battery, can hold data as well as music, is reliable and sturdy, and fits conveniently in even a small pen pocket. As a boy, I had a Panasonic cassette player that took four C cell batteries, held my music -and- my Tandy TRS-80 BASIC programs, was somewhat reliable and sturdy, and fit pretty inconveniently in my backpack.
What's new? Nothing is new. Nothing changes. If only technology could make us better people.
Nevertheless, I'd like to see a paper battery combined with electronic paper to replace the retail stickers found on store shelves. I'd like to be able to ask all the screens to display price-per-quantity, separate kosher from unkosher foods, and even identify which products are in the wrong place.
I guess a paper battery would also be easier to make into clothing.
I'm trying to imagine how fast a frictionless cylinder could spin in a vacuum. I wonder if this would be possible with data storage devices. Would it affect magnetic or optical storage? Anyone have any idea how hard it is to accomplish this repulsion? (In other words, any idea how soon we might start seeing children's toys based on this discovery?) Anyone know how much effect the Casimir effect has on what we call friction and how much is electromagnetic or otherwise? (In other words, once the Casimir effect is reversed, what else has to be done to alleviate friction? Or is this going to take electromagnetic friction out of the picture entirely?) And levitation aside, will this significantly reduce friction in machines that can be lubricated with oil, or will it simply make them maintenance free, more reliable, and marginally more energy efficient?
Sorry, I have so many questions. I'm really curious about all of this now!
We'll call the first alpha release the Millennium edition
"Logged in users have noticed for some time the request to drink from the Slashdot Firehose." I'd used it plenty before I even had a /. account. I just opened the page, and there it was. I always thought everyone had it...
By the way, it seems to work fine in Konqueror, too. I haven't tested it a whole lot in Konqi, tho.
Microsoft is still not sure what Open Source really is. Lately, I get the feeling that they really are trying to figure it out. It goes so much against their way of doing things that they're having real trouble with it. It's like when someone is trying to figure out the plan of salvation and just doesn't quite get it, no matter how much people try to explain it. I think they will either get it or get frustrated and give up.
...those sentences don't all end in a preposition, do they? that's something we don't put up with....err, something up with which we do not put.
Were they programmed by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation to have GPP? in this instance, I hope they don't run Linux: "Kernel alive!" "Sending all processes the KILL signal." "Terminating child processes."
Yeah, I see it as a small but useful niche technology. I'm guessing it'll end up in toys, weapons, a few car parts, and anything NASA.