There are always companies that are one step ahead of regulations. For example companies that are cleaner than strictly necessary. Still, it's a good idea to have the regulations to protect citizens / consumers.
The fact that some companies already ask for consent now shows that this new regulations are totally reasonable.
What manner of fuel do expect to find on the "homeless" planet?
Slingshot?
Spaceships tend to just carry on also without fuel... the vacuum of space doesn't offer much friction.
Unless the planet happens to travel in the same direction at a similar speed, it wouldn't make much sense to slow down, refuel, and speed up again. Might as well wait until you're at the destination and slow down then. But a slingshot from such a planet might be nice!
Am I the only one who realizes that one of the many benefits of broad adoption of the driverless car is that the cost of a driver can be factored out of the production of Google Street View images?
True. But what are the costs of lobbying for allowing the driverless cars in all individual states and countries in the world? I would suggest that a lobbyist is more expensive than a driver.
With only 2.7 million people in a state the size of France, it's ok to do some funny experiments with real cars on public roads and buggy computer code:-)
Well, yes. The anti-nuclear nuts prevented the construction of more nuclear plants. But the fact that we still use the old existing reactors has nothing to do with the anti-nuclear lobby.
It's ordinary economics. Profitability. A management has two choices: 1. Keep running the plant. As long as maintenance doesn't become too expensive, that's means income and profit. 2. Shut down, and take it down. That's awfully expensive.
Which of the two would you choose, if you had some shareholders breathing down your neck?
It's funny when BBC America is doing better Science Fiction.
The BBC have Top Gear, which all by itself gets more viewer-hours than all scifi together.
Anyway, that syfy channel should offer it online, not on a cable, if they wish to get money from the geek community. Most of us watch it online already anyway:-)
This isn't about the internet. It's just basic human behaviour. Look at religion for an example of the same types of thinking for the last few thousand years. Any time one of the basic beliefs of a religion is proven false, they either route around it or ignore it.
I'd go further even: People need a concept like "God" to explain the unexplained. It is the reason that religion exists. And regarding what particular belief people choose: it doesn't really matter. All beliefs have ways to explain the unexplained sufficiently for their followers (as in: the followers accept it as the truth and the only truth).
Now the news. Global warming, world politics, changing demographics and a black president to name a few. In a way, that's also very complicated. It gets even worse if you include the more controversial science. All that requires an explanation that is simple enough to understand. If you don't really understand the bigger picture anyway - does it matter then which alternate reality you believe in?
Obviously, it does not matter which religion you're a part of (if any). Or, regarding the news, it doesn't matter which set of truths you believe in (because everybody has at least some misconceptions - we're *all* guilty of that)... And obviously, you're gonna fight all the other factions as if they are filthy heathens... You cannot win it on facts, because the truths are based on different sets of core-assumptions. So, all that remains is an endless fight.
Yep. I stick to the LTS releases because I am too lazy to update (yes, even if it is just a click in the update manager, and a 10 minute wait).:-)
My 10.4 has all the functionality I need, and I can wait for the next LTS which, if I am not mistaken, is the next 11.10 in October. I'll probably update by January or March 2012.
I am one of those mainstream desktop users which comprise 90% of the desktop market, using only 10% of the functionality of the computer for 90% of the time.
Universities are graded, ranked and funded by the amount of papers they publish and the amount of students that graduate. Neither of those promote good research.
The goal should be to research something relevant, not to publish as many papers in as short a time as possible.
That's the core of the problem.
Very often, a reseach is actually broad enough to have some relevance... but in the race to maximize the publications, the research is cut up into tiny fragments which are then published.
Darwin wrote a single book that was relevant. Nowadays, that research would be distributed over at least 500 papers... making it nearly impossible to read. And you have to wait for someone to write a review after 5 more years to get any kind of summary.
It's quite a logical development, really... Companies already have bigger turnovers than some states, often have their own police/security force and their own infrastructure... why wouldn't they have their own currency?
Happy 50th space anniversary... (although I think that it's a little hypocritical to celebrate 50 revolutions of the earth around the sun, when the whole point of it is to be less earth-bound).
So far, people thought it dangerous enough to sit on top of a conventional bomb which undergoes a controlled reaction.
But indeed, maybe in the future we can find people who wish to strap themselves onto a nuclear bomb which undergoes a controlled nuclear reaction. Why not?:-)
The best way forward is to preserve habitats, not species. Then you don't have to choose for induvidual species... All habitats are not equal anyway (just listen to any nature documentary about a coral reef). We don't have trouble saying some are more pretty/valuable than others.
Can I propose the arbuscular mychorrhizal fungi for protection? Not sure what it is, but it was the first thing to pop up when I typed 'endangered microorganism' in Google.
There are so many IT-related claims and lawsuits that you might even consider having specially trained judges. Don't you also have special judges for traffic related incidents?
I told myself to go without internet for 1 hour... to prove that I am not addicted. And I am here on Slashdot to tell you all that I'm almost there! 55 min already...... oh, damn.
Slashdot Mirror
Until today, I have never seen anyone read from a tablet, ever... but I see people read regular paper books and newspapers on trains/buses every day.
There are always companies that are one step ahead of regulations. For example companies that are cleaner than strictly necessary.
Still, it's a good idea to have the regulations to protect citizens / consumers.
The fact that some companies already ask for consent now shows that this new regulations are totally reasonable.
What manner of fuel do expect to find on the "homeless" planet?
Slingshot?
Spaceships tend to just carry on also without fuel... the vacuum of space doesn't offer much friction.
Unless the planet happens to travel in the same direction at a similar speed, it wouldn't make much sense to slow down, refuel, and speed up again. Might as well wait until you're at the destination and slow down then. But a slingshot from such a planet might be nice!
Either it is or it isn't.
That statement is a sign of someone not understanding statistics.
That's gonna shut the green privacy activists up!
Are there also any fossil-energy-loving privacy activists? Nuclear privacy activists perhaps? We depend on you now!
Am I the only one who realizes that one of the many benefits of broad adoption of the driverless car is that the cost of a driver can be factored out of the production of Google Street View images?
True. But what are the costs of lobbying for allowing the driverless cars in all individual states and countries in the world? I would suggest that a lobbyist is more expensive than a driver.
With only 2.7 million people in a state the size of France, it's ok to do some funny experiments with real cars on public roads and buggy computer code :-)
Well, yes. The anti-nuclear nuts prevented the construction of more nuclear plants. But the fact that we still use the old existing reactors has nothing to do with the anti-nuclear lobby.
It's ordinary economics. Profitability. A management has two choices:
1. Keep running the plant. As long as maintenance doesn't become too expensive, that's means income and profit.
2. Shut down, and take it down. That's awfully expensive.
Which of the two would you choose, if you had some shareholders breathing down your neck?
It's funny when BBC America is doing better Science Fiction.
The BBC have Top Gear, which all by itself gets more viewer-hours than all scifi together.
Anyway, that syfy channel should offer it online, not on a cable, if they wish to get money from the geek community. Most of us watch it online already anyway :-)
This isn't about the internet. It's just basic human behaviour. Look at religion for an example of the same types of thinking for the last few thousand years. Any time one of the basic beliefs of a religion is proven false, they either route around it or ignore it.
I'd go further even: People need a concept like "God" to explain the unexplained. It is the reason that religion exists. And regarding what particular belief people choose: it doesn't really matter. All beliefs have ways to explain the unexplained sufficiently for their followers (as in: the followers accept it as the truth and the only truth).
Now the news. Global warming, world politics, changing demographics and a black president to name a few. In a way, that's also very complicated. It gets even worse if you include the more controversial science. All that requires an explanation that is simple enough to understand. If you don't really understand the bigger picture anyway - does it matter then which alternate reality you believe in?
Obviously, it does not matter which religion you're a part of (if any). Or, regarding the news, it doesn't matter which set of truths you believe in (because everybody has at least some misconceptions - we're *all* guilty of that)... And obviously, you're gonna fight all the other factions as if they are filthy heathens... You cannot win it on facts, because the truths are based on different sets of core-assumptions. So, all that remains is an endless fight.
Yep. :-)
I stick to the LTS releases because I am too lazy to update (yes, even if it is just a click in the update manager, and a 10 minute wait).
My 10.4 has all the functionality I need, and I can wait for the next LTS which, if I am not mistaken, is the next 11.10 in October. I'll probably update by January or March 2012.
I am one of those mainstream desktop users which comprise 90% of the desktop market, using only 10% of the functionality of the computer for 90% of the time.
Neutrinos?
I always learned that tachyons were the solution for all scifi problems. Might have to modulate the frequency though.
Universities are graded, ranked and funded by the amount of papers they publish and the amount of students that graduate. Neither of those promote good research.
The goal should be to research something relevant, not to publish as many papers in as short a time as possible.
That's the core of the problem.
Very often, a reseach is actually broad enough to have some relevance... but in the race to maximize the publications, the research is cut up into tiny fragments which are then published.
Darwin wrote a single book that was relevant. Nowadays, that research would be distributed over at least 500 papers... making it nearly impossible to read. And you have to wait for someone to write a review after 5 more years to get any kind of summary.
It's quite a logical development, really... Companies already have bigger turnovers than some states, often have their own police/security force and their own infrastructure... why wouldn't they have their own currency?
Easier to leave the text unedited, and just place banners and fullpage ads.
The text might be scanned though, and topic-relevant ads might be placed.
Happy 50th space anniversary... (although I think that it's a little hypocritical to celebrate 50 revolutions of the earth around the sun, when the whole point of it is to be less earth-bound).
-- In Soviet Russia...Rockets launch you!
So far, people thought it dangerous enough to sit on top of a conventional bomb which undergoes a controlled reaction.
But indeed, maybe in the future we can find people who wish to strap themselves onto a nuclear bomb which undergoes a controlled nuclear reaction. Why not? :-)
The best way forward is to preserve habitats, not species. Then you don't have to choose for induvidual species...
All habitats are not equal anyway (just listen to any nature documentary about a coral reef). We don't have trouble saying some are more pretty/valuable than others.
Can I propose the arbuscular mychorrhizal fungi for protection? Not sure what it is, but it was the first thing to pop up when I typed 'endangered microorganism' in Google.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/cx815t3578004x20/
-- New business idea: endangered species marketing strategy consultant
There are so many IT-related claims and lawsuits that you might even consider having specially trained judges. Don't you also have special judges for traffic related incidents?
anyhow, reading the news was never a sin before the news started getting unfiltered and from the net.
Spending 12 hrs per day reading the news was always a sin.
That's nothing, I can go without internet 8 hours each day!
Impressive!
I still check my facebook between naps.
I told myself to go without internet for 1 hour... to prove that I am not addicted. And I am here on Slashdot to tell you all that I'm almost there! 55 min already... ... oh, damn.
So that would be IT students then?
Specific: IT students who are stuck in their basement.