It's OK with me if telcos are let off the hook, as long as the government is held responsible for violating the U.S. Consitution.
Now realistically, I know this isn't going to happen, but honestly, you can't hold the telcos fully responsible when it is government agencies forcing them to violate basic principles of privacy. The thumb of the government is a big, heavy one.
Might the Department of Defense's recent effort and research to develop a feasible, mobile solar power source be related? The idea was to beam solar light from space using satellites and focus it onto a solar grid of some sort.
I remember it being (potentially) 10 megawatts, which isn't quite enough to power these devices, but with enough R&D...
Well, at least they aren't making them out of $100 dollar bills. Now THAT would be a waste of money. Actually, I guess $100 bill aren't worth that much anymore anyway...:(
I seriously thought the same thing... And my first name also happens to be Rick... Very unsettling.
Based on this sampling, we can clearly determine that 100% of those named "Rick" will misread "Bodies" for "Boobies"; however, we can only ascertain this is true when "Bodies" is included in the title of a Slashdot article regarding robots.
So, my hypothesis - deeply rooted in the facts provided - is people named Rick who visit Slashdot imagine boobies frequently.
This isn't usually the best way of looking at things, but power WILL be needed. If we don't get it from this, what else would we do? Wind? Solar? Nuclear? Geo? Regardless of what we do, it will have effects on our environment... This is just another way to affect it.
With wind, we obstruct natural air patterns. With solar, less sunlight will reach earth's surface. With geothermal, we absorb the Earth's very own heat. Any of these could be as intrusive as the other... Which alternative is safer? THAT is the question for our generation to answer. Obviously, reducing the amount of energy expended by the human species is another important part here, too.
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Confirmed. Satire website... For those of you who are too lazy to look at the page footer and would rather extrapolate "Fact or Fiction" from its fabricated texts.;)
targeters match names against terrorist watch lists and a host of other data to determine whether a person's background or behavior indicates a terrorist threat,
AKA - racial, religious and social profiling. Such a PC way to say it... heh
The FDA isn't going to approve it without sufficient testing.
While I agree it will be thoroughly tested, I don't think that's enough reason for people to get comfortable... While I think they do a pretty reasonable job considering, the FDA has approved many things that have turned out to be anything but safe.
I think noticing that Google gets the burden of squashing spyware sites that exploit Internet Explorer without ANY mention of MS or IE is a unique perspective.
"The exact mechanism of how particles get accelerated to energies 100 million times higher than achievable by the most powerful particle accelerators on Earth is still unknown."
Don't get me wrong - Java SHOULD have been on the iPhone and its almost nothing but a positive thing...
BUT... Since Java hasn't been an option, people have been writing and porting native applications to the iPhone, even without the SDK.
Assuming we can all agree that usually native > Java, so I'm afraid this may lower the overall quality of available apps. Understandably, developers don't want to write native applications for every single device. Let's be honest though - Java is a shortcut - and primary reason anyone chooses to develop with it is portability and portability alone...
Not having the option of writing apps in Java equals more native apps - which I think most people would prefer. I think this was Apple's intention. I also believe it is silly for them not to embrace Java, but I do believe this is a very real consideration.
[quote]I particularly liked the "if you find yourself socially awkward" bit - so aspergers is the medical term for shyness now?[/quote]Your honor, Exhibit A. Not all people are women, but all women are people
Exhibit B.
Not all awkward, pedantic people who don't get jokes are aspies, but all aspies are awkward, pedantic people who don't get jokes.
No one said it was 'for certain' or even 'likely'. But he'd certainly be more likely than someone who didn't exhibit some of the symptoms. This is much like seeing someone with a persistent cough and a nasal voice - It might be a little bit of a stretch to assume they have a overactive post nasal drip, but the symptoms are there and there's nothing wrong with suggesting it. Sure, it might be a cold... Might be polyps... Might be any combination thereof... But why not consider it a possibility?
Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome have difficulty picking out jokes like this - perhaps you are afflicted? 'Not getting it' isn't the only clue here - your pedantic response and detailed explanation are also clues.
I KNOW there HAS TO BE a disproportionately large amount of/.ers with AS... I happen to be one. But being aware of how I think differently than 'non-aspies' has helped me understand jokes like this reasonably well. It is certainly not definitive, but if you find yourself socially awkward or display mildly autistic traits, it might be worth your time to be evaluated.
I wonder how one of these 'shirts' would take a bullet? Would it gracefully handle the damage? Would it quit working all together? Would it become a liability and potentially leak, overheat, explode and/or poison the soldier?
I didn't RTFA, but I doubt it addresses these issues anyway.
Then again... whatever penetrated the 'shirt' would probably be priority in a moment like that. Taking the shirt off before it explodes 3 city blocks would be the second concern.;)
The major argument here seems to be that online access is unreliable... That may well be the case, but you people DO realize you can save the presentation in HTML format to your computer - right???
True, Google's "Presentation" isn't anywhere close to PowerPoint; in fact, it doesn't need be. It's a free tool that promotes collaboration and offers some continuity with Google's online 'office' tools. I'm betting 'Presentation' will be a sweet piece of software in several years when online apps hit the mainstream, but for now, its just meant to be a basic tool for basic presentations... basically.
The Internet software model may never be appropriate for a critical environment, but I can see these tools being useful for groups, companies, schools and individuals in the coming years. It's just going to take some polishing.
But if Vista is shrunken, code-bloat is removed, functionality re-thought and re-implemented.
BTW, I don't mean this to be funny, but isn't there a point where it isn't really Vista any more?
However, I DO hear that Windows 7 is aiming to be greatly streamlined. It will take a lot of elegance to get a Windows product on the OLPC and actually make it useful.
BOOoOoooOoooOOOooom!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously though, 1% of the energy of the sun at any given moment is a difficult number to believe... I didn't RTFA (not that it would probably matter anyhow), but is this number REALLY an accurate estimation?
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I don't know where he's shopping, but I couldn't even imagine a configuration worth anywhere even close to $2,100 that couldn't run Vista WELL.
That just sounds like a ridiculous hyperbole or this man got ripped off by more than just Microsoft...
It's OK with me if telcos are let off the hook, as long as the government is held responsible for violating the U.S. Consitution.
Now realistically, I know this isn't going to happen, but honestly, you can't hold the telcos fully responsible when it is government agencies forcing them to violate basic principles of privacy. The thumb of the government is a big, heavy one.
... Yes, that ought to fix the W3C's bandwidth usage...
Might the Department of Defense's recent effort and research to develop a feasible, mobile solar power source be related? The idea was to beam solar light from space using satellites and focus it onto a solar grid of some sort.
:) (heh.. heh..)
I remember it being (potentially) 10 megawatts, which isn't quite enough to power these devices, but with enough R&D...
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/14/2129233 http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/06/post.html And there's always nuclear etc... I'm pretty sure they have a conceived way to power it if they've already gone this far with the plan.
They have too much time and money on their hands?
:(
Well, at least they aren't making them out of $100 dollar bills. Now THAT would be a waste of money. Actually, I guess $100 bill aren't worth that much anymore anyway...
I seriously thought the same thing... And my first name also happens to be Rick... Very unsettling.
Based on this sampling, we can clearly determine that 100% of those named "Rick" will misread "Bodies" for "Boobies"; however, we can only ascertain this is true when "Bodies" is included in the title of a Slashdot article regarding robots.
So, my hypothesis - deeply rooted in the facts provided - is people named Rick who visit Slashdot imagine boobies frequently.
This isn't usually the best way of looking at things, but power WILL be needed. If we don't get it from this, what else would we do? Wind? Solar? Nuclear? Geo? Regardless of what we do, it will have effects on our environment... This is just another way to affect it.
With wind, we obstruct natural air patterns. With solar, less sunlight will reach earth's surface. With geothermal, we absorb the Earth's very own heat. Any of these could be as intrusive as the other... Which alternative is safer? THAT is the question for our generation to answer. Obviously, reducing the amount of energy expended by the human species is another important part here, too.
This is quite a discovery!
This may open the door for much, much smaller, less expensive tubes to replace the Internet's current tubular system.
I think noticing that Google gets the burden of squashing spyware sites that exploit Internet Explorer without ANY mention of MS or IE is a unique perspective.
I do, however, agree with the premise. Corruption is rampant and accepting money from advertising can certainly mean corruption by advertising.
Now... Let's just hope it STAYS that way...
Wait a second, was that an obscure Newton reference? :D
Don't get me wrong - Java SHOULD have been on the iPhone and its almost nothing but a positive thing...
BUT... Since Java hasn't been an option, people have been writing and porting native applications to the iPhone, even without the SDK.
Assuming we can all agree that usually native > Java, so I'm afraid this may lower the overall quality of available apps. Understandably, developers don't want to write native applications for every single device. Let's be honest though - Java is a shortcut - and primary reason anyone chooses to develop with it is portability and portability alone...
Not having the option of writing apps in Java equals more native apps - which I think most people would prefer. I think this was Apple's intention. I also believe it is silly for them not to embrace Java, but I do believe this is a very real consideration.
[quote]I particularly liked the "if you find yourself socially awkward" bit - so aspergers is the medical term for shyness now?[/quote]Your honor, Exhibit A.
Not all people are women, but all women are people
Exhibit B.
Not all awkward, pedantic people who don't get jokes are aspies, but all aspies are awkward, pedantic people who don't get jokes.
No one said it was 'for certain' or even 'likely'. But he'd certainly be more likely than someone who didn't exhibit some of the symptoms. This is much like seeing someone with a persistent cough and a nasal voice - It might be a little bit of a stretch to assume they have a overactive post nasal drip, but the symptoms are there and there's nothing wrong with suggesting it. Sure, it might be a cold... Might be polyps... Might be any combination thereof... But why not consider it a possibility?
Verbal input to robot:
"Put my java beans in grinder. Percolate water and coffee. Pour in the mug. Place the mug on my desk."
Robot output
"Put my human spleen in grinder. Exsanguinate daughter slowly. Pour in the blood. Place the blood on my chest"
... and this, my friends, is why I might wait for version 3.0.
Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome have difficulty picking out jokes like this - perhaps you are afflicted? 'Not getting it' isn't the only clue here - your pedantic response and detailed explanation are also clues.
I KNOW there HAS TO BE a disproportionately large amount of
I wonder how one of these 'shirts' would take a bullet? Would it gracefully handle the damage? Would it quit working all together? Would it become a liability and potentially leak, overheat, explode and/or poison the soldier?
;)
I didn't RTFA, but I doubt it addresses these issues anyway.
Then again... whatever penetrated the 'shirt' would probably be priority in a moment like that. Taking the shirt off before it explodes 3 city blocks would be the second concern.
The major argument here seems to be that online access is unreliable... That may well be the case, but you people DO realize you can save the presentation in HTML format to your computer - right???
True, Google's "Presentation" isn't anywhere close to PowerPoint; in fact, it doesn't need be. It's a free tool that promotes collaboration and offers some continuity with Google's online 'office' tools. I'm betting 'Presentation' will be a sweet piece of software in several years when online apps hit the mainstream, but for now, its just meant to be a basic tool for basic presentations... basically.
The Internet software model may never be appropriate for a critical environment, but I can see these tools being useful for groups, companies, schools and individuals in the coming years. It's just going to take some polishing.
BTW, I don't mean this to be funny, but isn't there a point where it isn't really Vista any more?
However, I DO hear that Windows 7 is aiming to be greatly streamlined. It will take a lot of elegance to get a Windows product on the OLPC and actually make it useful.
In Soviet Russia, bombs d....
BOOoOoooOoooOOOooom!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously though, 1% of the energy of the sun at any given moment is a difficult number to believe... I didn't RTFA (not that it would probably matter anyhow), but is this number REALLY an accurate estimation?
I appreciate the informative reply - only thing missing is a link for the lazy.
BTW, what happened to Slashdot? I thought I was there, but then I got a worthwhile reply...?