Sorry, you are in violation of my patent "requesting a lawyer or lawyers to communicate to a third party that the third party is in violation of a patent or parents and humorously notifying the third party of this fact." My lawyers will be in touch.
We'll know they're serious when the President repeals the National State of Emergency that we have been in since September 2001. It has to be renewed every year and it has been renewed every year. The SoE grants the Executive Branch several hundred additional powers reserved for a state of emergency.
This is one of the things I really don't like about Slashdot, to be honest. I have a passing interest in chemistry - the last time I undertook any serious study of the subject was almost a decade ago in high school.
I guess knowing the intricacies of covalent bonds and isotopes is really critical to my everyday life!
I like coming to Slashdot because we have a wide variety of geeks here. Someone can go off on a tangent about, I don't know, toaster ovens and there will be people in here talking about whether Honeywell or Black & Decker have better models. I think that is a wonderful thing and it speaks worlds for our community here.
And yet we have people here who like to come in and shit all over someone because of their lack of knowledge in a particular area of science. The elitism here can be staggering sometimes. You've basically said to me, "Well, he's literate, but he doesn't know shit about chemistry so he's an idiot."
I have never been afraid to present what ultimately might turn out to be a bad idea or ask a question that would seem to be incredibly stupid to someone who is well-versed in that particular field (as I have related here). My hope was that someone could either tell me why I was right or wrong and we could perhaps have a discussion on the matter. Thank you for informing me that I held an incorrect assumption about the chemical makeup of gold in quite possibly the most abrasive way possible.
I sincerely apologize if my lack of knowledge on chemistry has in some way offended your sensibilities, and I hope that you will give others who are less scientifically-inclined than I am a fair bit more consideration and kindness than you have given me.
First, on the marketing side... let's say that gold from an asteroid has a slightly different chemical composition than gold from planet Earth. IANA geologist, but you can tell (chemically) where a diamond came from, so wouldn't you be able to tell whether gold came from an Asteroid or from Terra Firma? Either way (chemical signature or not), they can bring down a few hundred tons of "Space Gold" and Debeers can tell husbands that only the men who really love their women will buy space gold at a 500% markup.
Secondly, what if they can pull in materials that are a bitch to find here? It is possible that it might be easier to dump something from orbit rather than try to hunt it down and dig it up on Earth.
Lastly, this is necessary prep for the future. As the parent post said, it's kind of necessary for eventually working in space. It'd be way easier to mine and refine metals out in space for a moon base or space station than it would to bring everything up from Earth.
I'd be fine with this. Let the Macheads subsidize the future for the rest of us.
If the technology makes Pixel a butt-ton of money (but we have to wait a few years to get it in other devices), so much the better in my book. Just the fact that "Apple uses it" will create an insane demand for it to be in everything with a screen.
We won't really be there until tablets can do everything that paper can.
If you've ever used a pressure-sensitive tablet (a good one, that is) you can really see the difference. You can't get the kind of precision that you'd like as an artist or writer.
I guess my metric would be this: when you go to your local college campus and see a majority of kids sketching local scenery with a tablet and stylus instead of a sketch pad, we're there.
I'm picturing someone stumbling out of an '86 Lincoln Towncar with a labcoat and goggles saying "DON'T WORRY I AM A SCIENTIST AND I AM DOING SCIENCE!" *bluuuuuuuuuuurgh*
You have to get to similar speeds just to get to a low orbit in the first place, so your suggestion is not practical.
Well yes, that's true. I read and really enjoyed the insights I got from the above responses.
I try to think of it in terms of like... I don't know, cost/benefit ratio? I know factoring in "costs" in R&D is really shitty, I do, but if I had to say whether or not NASA should develop a cleaner atmosphere-to-space propulsion or Mach 20 in-atmosphere propulsion, I'd say the former. We can already get to space - what if we could do it without rocket fuel?
Is there good broadcast software that can handle this?
Like, a teacher at the top of the screen and all of the other "students" below... and the teacher can zoom in on any student and share a whiteboard to help him with a problem.
The sad thing is, I wonder how much of the Internet I (as an American) am going to lose over the next 10 years because we have to be TEAM AMERICA WORLD COPYRIGHT POLICE. It's sad that the country that basically invented this wonderful tool is now fucking up from the very people who funded it and are benefiting from it.
Okay then, but the VIN is... what, on the firewall, dashboard, and driver's side door? So if I have all three of those pieces from any car intact, in theory I could build anything else around it and it'd be a car from 1996 or something? o_O
You know, I'm sure there's lots of people who use their laptops and/or cellphones so much that they have a spare set of batteries on hand. They just charge the one that's not being used.
I've always wondered what exactly it is that causes solar panels to "wear out". Is it exposure to sunlight and/or weather? Degradation of interior components?
If anyone honestly thinks this kind of shit wasn't already happening behind the scenes, you'd be incredibly gullible.
I'd wager most first-world nations that aren't directly antagonistic collect and share this kind of information with each other on a regular basis. I couldn't see Britain giving flight data to China, but I could see them giving it to France, and Germany, and the United States, and...
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Sorry, you are in violation of my patent "requesting a lawyer or lawyers to communicate to a third party that the third party is in violation of a patent or parents and humorously notifying the third party of this fact." My lawyers will be in touch.
...why didn't you just re-take the course?
We'll know they're serious when the President repeals the National State of Emergency that we have been in since September 2001. It has to be renewed every year and it has been renewed every year. The SoE grants the Executive Branch several hundred additional powers reserved for a state of emergency.
Don't worry, we'll see the exact same stories over the coming days. Slashdot is so green-minded that they recycle stories!
This is one of the things I really don't like about Slashdot, to be honest. I have a passing interest in chemistry - the last time I undertook any serious study of the subject was almost a decade ago in high school.
I guess knowing the intricacies of covalent bonds and isotopes is really critical to my everyday life!
I like coming to Slashdot because we have a wide variety of geeks here. Someone can go off on a tangent about, I don't know, toaster ovens and there will be people in here talking about whether Honeywell or Black & Decker have better models. I think that is a wonderful thing and it speaks worlds for our community here.
And yet we have people here who like to come in and shit all over someone because of their lack of knowledge in a particular area of science. The elitism here can be staggering sometimes. You've basically said to me, "Well, he's literate, but he doesn't know shit about chemistry so he's an idiot."
I have never been afraid to present what ultimately might turn out to be a bad idea or ask a question that would seem to be incredibly stupid to someone who is well-versed in that particular field (as I have related here). My hope was that someone could either tell me why I was right or wrong and we could perhaps have a discussion on the matter. Thank you for informing me that I held an incorrect assumption about the chemical makeup of gold in quite possibly the most abrasive way possible.
I sincerely apologize if my lack of knowledge on chemistry has in some way offended your sensibilities, and I hope that you will give others who are less scientifically-inclined than I am a fair bit more consideration and kindness than you have given me.
Exactly.
First, on the marketing side... let's say that gold from an asteroid has a slightly different chemical composition than gold from planet Earth. IANA geologist, but you can tell (chemically) where a diamond came from, so wouldn't you be able to tell whether gold came from an Asteroid or from Terra Firma? Either way (chemical signature or not), they can bring down a few hundred tons of "Space Gold" and Debeers can tell husbands that only the men who really love their women will buy space gold at a 500% markup.
Secondly, what if they can pull in materials that are a bitch to find here? It is possible that it might be easier to dump something from orbit rather than try to hunt it down and dig it up on Earth.
Lastly, this is necessary prep for the future. As the parent post said, it's kind of necessary for eventually working in space. It'd be way easier to mine and refine metals out in space for a moon base or space station than it would to bring everything up from Earth.
I'd be fine with this. Let the Macheads subsidize the future for the rest of us.
If the technology makes Pixel a butt-ton of money (but we have to wait a few years to get it in other devices), so much the better in my book. Just the fact that "Apple uses it" will create an insane demand for it to be in everything with a screen.
We won't really be there until tablets can do everything that paper can.
If you've ever used a pressure-sensitive tablet (a good one, that is) you can really see the difference. You can't get the kind of precision that you'd like as an artist or writer.
I guess my metric would be this: when you go to your local college campus and see a majority of kids sketching local scenery with a tablet and stylus instead of a sketch pad, we're there.
You can bump your pen & paper letter even higher up the list if you include a "campaign contribution" check with your letter.
to make room for the younger and faster.
And I'm 44.
Considering the BMI of your average American 4th grader, you're almost certainly faster than mommy's precious little lardball.
I'm picturing someone stumbling out of an '86 Lincoln Towncar with a labcoat and goggles saying "DON'T WORRY I AM A SCIENTIST AND I AM DOING SCIENCE!" *bluuuuuuuuuuurgh*
You have to get to similar speeds just to get to a low orbit in the first place, so your suggestion is not practical.
Well yes, that's true. I read and really enjoyed the insights I got from the above responses.
I try to think of it in terms of like... I don't know, cost/benefit ratio? I know factoring in "costs" in R&D is really shitty, I do, but if I had to say whether or not NASA should develop a cleaner atmosphere-to-space propulsion or Mach 20 in-atmosphere propulsion, I'd say the former. We can already get to space - what if we could do it without rocket fuel?
Scientifically that's awesome, but practically... couldn't you achieve the same kind of speed by popping into LEO?
I am wondering which would be more practical for one of the obvious end uses of this product, namely making the Concorde look more like a turtle.
Really? I shouldn't blame the USA for Germany successfully copying our "How to exert corporate influence over government 101" playbook?
Is there good broadcast software that can handle this?
Like, a teacher at the top of the screen and all of the other "students" below... and the teacher can zoom in on any student and share a whiteboard to help him with a problem.
The sad thing is, I wonder how much of the Internet I (as an American) am going to lose over the next 10 years because we have to be TEAM AMERICA WORLD COPYRIGHT POLICE. It's sad that the country that basically invented this wonderful tool is now fucking up from the very people who funded it and are benefiting from it.
I hope that Google plays hardball, and simply blacks out Youtube for Germany. The resulting user outcry would then be turned against Gema.
Are you sure this is a battle you want to start? Germany can fight back by uploading, well, just some of their regular old music videos.
That's a given, but I'm interested in the why. Stainless steel, for instance, has a major advantage over iron because it doesn't rust.
Is it just a problem of finding out what the deterioration mechanism is and then protecting against it?
Okay then, but the VIN is... what, on the firewall, dashboard, and driver's side door? So if I have all three of those pieces from any car intact, in theory I could build anything else around it and it'd be a car from 1996 or something? o_O
This just in, Antivirus products can't block shit they haven't seen before!
Film at 11.
You know, I'm sure there's lots of people who use their laptops and/or cellphones so much that they have a spare set of batteries on hand. They just charge the one that's not being used.
the panels can last 30 years.
I've always wondered what exactly it is that causes solar panels to "wear out". Is it exposure to sunlight and/or weather? Degradation of interior components?
And a cavity search.
If you go to Amsterdam and don't end up with at least one of your cavities being searched, you're doing it wrong.
If anyone honestly thinks this kind of shit wasn't already happening behind the scenes, you'd be incredibly gullible.
I'd wager most first-world nations that aren't directly antagonistic collect and share this kind of information with each other on a regular basis. I couldn't see Britain giving flight data to China, but I could see them giving it to France, and Germany, and the United States, and...
Well, we do have an excellent track record when it comes to human rights.