What's that? You read the article on slashdot about it shutting down, but not the two articles about it starting up, also on slashdot? You must be new here.
You know, so, even if I had to pay, I could watch the funniest show ever.
No kidding. That's my favorite show of all time. Reno 911 is pretty damned funny too though.
MTV has been working on a DVD for The State for years, but it's hung up on copyright problems with all the music that's in it. Same thing for WKRP in Cincinnati.
Al Qaeda has been trying to build a nuclear device for some time now, and they certainly have no compunction against setting off a nuclear war. If they could get their hands on an anti-matter bomb that could blow up North America, they'd set it off in a heartbeat. I'm sure there are other weirdo groups that would love to start the apocalypse too.
The "general purpose" Predator is really a success story, in my humble but accurate opinion. I was an all-source intelligence analyst in Iraq and got to work with the Pred drivers on many occasions. Its stand-off surveillance has meant fewer soldiers and Marines in harm's way just to do observation. It can do so many things, that it means having fewer "purpose-built" aircraft in our already crowded airspace. Baghdad is already the most complicated airspace in the world, so the fewer UAVs and other aircraft there the better. It's also archivable, so we can use it later and share it with other analysts. This "advance urban recon for a short time" is very cool, and I support it, but it can not and will never replace the UAVs we currently have in terms of functionality.
The ones that are man portable are STILL expensive. The RC planes you buy in Radio Shack just don't cut it for the military. They need to be sturdy and impervious to dust, rain, shock, et al. They need long battery life, secure comms, compliance with wireless standards in theater, etc. They need extensive testing in all the above so that when you need one to work, it just works. There's no going down to the Radio Shack to pick up another one when you're downrange. Lastly, the contractor company building these is not a non-profit. If you can build a military grade UAV cheaper than everyone else, do it.
Because our UAVs are FAR more than just a plane with a webcam on it. The one referenced above uses milimeter radar. Does your webcam do that? I'm more familiar with the Predator, and if you could see it in action, your mouth would water. Though it still doesn't do it justice, try this article:
Uh, because UAVs are hideously expensive maybe? And because we don't have enough to support every squad in theater simultaneously? This would be much cheaper and easier to deploy than multi-million dollar UAVs that require extensive logistics to maintain.
PLEASE tell me this was an attempt at humor. GE uses old overhead imagery, not real-time ground-level video. We do use GE in the intelligence community though, quite extensively actually.
Sure, eventually we will run out, and we are definitely using it faster than it's being replaced. And purely for reasons of global warming, I think we need to find something better and stop burning oil. But the evidence we are running out of oil in the immediate future is quite scant, while there is abundant data to show that even the most optimistic estimates of oil supply in the past were wildly conservative. For better or worse, there is plenty of oil.
I work in the intelligence community, and I can assure that most people here don't even know what/. is, let alone do they monitor what a bunch of geeks talk abou...what's that? Whoooooosh? Dammit.
Yeah, and the Romans thought the Empire would last a thousand years. Greater than 99.99% of all species have gone extinct, most of them lasting no more than a few million years, some far less than that. No species is so tough to live through their food getting wiped out or dropping below the minimum population to maintain genetic diversity.
People have been claiming peak oil since the 1920s. We've had several oil crises since then, each one followed by a glut. The life expectancy of oil has only grown, and faster than our consumption. The truth is, we really don't know how much more oil there is, and those who claim peak oil don't read history.
would love to buy stuff in secondlife or some other virtual world. I mean rw objects, not virtual objects. I can't believe how many geeks here poo-poo the potential, just because secondlife et al haven't done much yet. I'm sure when online stores started, the 3-digit user IDs opined that they'd rather go to a real store thankyouverymuch.
I hate surfing on sites where I have to click through list after list of things I don't want to finally see what I want. In a virtual werehouse, I could clearly see all the hanging signs, fly to the part of the store I need, wave my hand at a poster on a wall, and buy what I want with paypal or some other convenient form of payment. It combines the convenience of rw store layout, quick online payment, and instant access. I could teleport from store to store, listen to music, interact with virtual salespersons when I need help, meet girls (or furries or whatever), and (importantly for vendors) make impulse buys as I walk around. This has the potential to be a much more interesting and fulfilling shopping experience than simply searching through Google Products, eBay, or New Egg.
i don't trust random arrogantly self-certain assholes with guns
Do you trust them to vote? Those "random assholes" are citizens excerising their constitutional rights. And anyone can vote, but those wanting to get a concealed handgun permit have to go through training in most states. I've had one in two states, and was issued it because I am former military. I have extenseive training in firearms safety, maintenance, accuracy, etc. I am not random and I am not an asshole.
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when I play a dope melody. Anything less than the best is a felony.
Ah, the classics.
What's that? You read the article on slashdot about it shutting down, but not the two articles about it starting up, also on slashdot? You must be new here.
Then again, so was going outside, soap, and leaving the basement.
You want us all to read a book/anthology just to get one joke? /Shakes head/ Only on slashdot...
with those from the Tasmanian Devil ala Jurassic Park. What could possibly go wrong?
You know, so, even if I had to pay, I could watch the funniest show ever.
No kidding. That's my favorite show of all time. Reno 911 is pretty damned funny too though.
MTV has been working on a DVD for The State for years, but it's hung up on copyright problems with all the music that's in it. Same thing for WKRP in Cincinnati.
Forget all the babble about neurochemicals.
Forget all that scientific evidence...what, because you say so?
If you aren't greedy, if you aren't looking to get something for nothing, it will be nearly impossible for you to be conned.
So explain how a person is greedy without using the brain as a part of that explanation.
...they should fire that thing at a small gold pin. What could possibly go wrong?
Al Qaeda has been trying to build a nuclear device for some time now, and they certainly have no compunction against setting off a nuclear war. If they could get their hands on an anti-matter bomb that could blow up North America, they'd set it off in a heartbeat. I'm sure there are other weirdo groups that would love to start the apocalypse too.
The "general purpose" Predator is really a success story, in my humble but accurate opinion. I was an all-source intelligence analyst in Iraq and got to work with the Pred drivers on many occasions. Its stand-off surveillance has meant fewer soldiers and Marines in harm's way just to do observation. It can do so many things, that it means having fewer "purpose-built" aircraft in our already crowded airspace. Baghdad is already the most complicated airspace in the world, so the fewer UAVs and other aircraft there the better. It's also archivable, so we can use it later and share it with other analysts. This "advance urban recon for a short time" is very cool, and I support it, but it can not and will never replace the UAVs we currently have in terms of functionality.
The ones that are man portable are STILL expensive. The RC planes you buy in Radio Shack just don't cut it for the military. They need to be sturdy and impervious to dust, rain, shock, et al. They need long battery life, secure comms, compliance with wireless standards in theater, etc. They need extensive testing in all the above so that when you need one to work, it just works. There's no going down to the Radio Shack to pick up another one when you're downrange. Lastly, the contractor company building these is not a non-profit. If you can build a military grade UAV cheaper than everyone else, do it.
Because our UAVs are FAR more than just a plane with a webcam on it. The one referenced above uses milimeter radar. Does your webcam do that? I'm more familiar with the Predator, and if you could see it in action, your mouth would water. Though it still doesn't do it justice, try this article:
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=122
Uh, because UAVs are hideously expensive maybe? And because we don't have enough to support every squad in theater simultaneously? This would be much cheaper and easier to deploy than multi-million dollar UAVs that require extensive logistics to maintain.
Mod "2005 called they want their memes back."
1976 called and Richard Dawkins wants his meme meme back.
PLEASE tell me this was an attempt at humor. GE uses old overhead imagery, not real-time ground-level video. We do use GE in the intelligence community though, quite extensively actually.
The Jedi ones, I mean. Everyone knows the red ones run Windows.
Sure, eventually we will run out, and we are definitely using it faster than it's being replaced. And purely for reasons of global warming, I think we need to find something better and stop burning oil. But the evidence we are running out of oil in the immediate future is quite scant, while there is abundant data to show that even the most optimistic estimates of oil supply in the past were wildly conservative. For better or worse, there is plenty of oil.
I work in the intelligence community, and I can assure that most people here don't even know what /. is, let alone do they monitor what a bunch of geeks talk abou...what's that? Whoooooosh? Dammit.
Yeah, and the Romans thought the Empire would last a thousand years. Greater than 99.99% of all species have gone extinct, most of them lasting no more than a few million years, some far less than that. No species is so tough to live through their food getting wiped out or dropping below the minimum population to maintain genetic diversity.
People have been claiming peak oil since the 1920s. We've had several oil crises since then, each one followed by a glut. The life expectancy of oil has only grown, and faster than our consumption. The truth is, we really don't know how much more oil there is, and those who claim peak oil don't read history.
I guess that would apply to people whose friends don't actually play in literal minefields. Funny story, actually.
FTFA:
"Files that aren't present on the list of illegal files are not blocked or impeded in any way."
Great! I'll just take your word for it then.
would love to buy stuff in secondlife or some other virtual world. I mean rw objects, not virtual objects. I can't believe how many geeks here poo-poo the potential, just because secondlife et al haven't done much yet. I'm sure when online stores started, the 3-digit user IDs opined that they'd rather go to a real store thankyouverymuch.
I hate surfing on sites where I have to click through list after list of things I don't want to finally see what I want. In a virtual werehouse, I could clearly see all the hanging signs, fly to the part of the store I need, wave my hand at a poster on a wall, and buy what I want with paypal or some other convenient form of payment. It combines the convenience of rw store layout, quick online payment, and instant access. I could teleport from store to store, listen to music, interact with virtual salespersons when I need help, meet girls (or furries or whatever), and (importantly for vendors) make impulse buys as I walk around. This has the potential to be a much more interesting and fulfilling shopping experience than simply searching through Google Products, eBay, or New Egg.
Clearly they've never been to goatse.
i don't trust random arrogantly self-certain assholes with guns
Do you trust them to vote? Those "random assholes" are citizens excerising their constitutional rights. And anyone can vote, but those wanting to get a concealed handgun permit have to go through training in most states. I've had one in two states, and was issued it because I am former military. I have extenseive training in firearms safety, maintenance, accuracy, etc. I am not random and I am not an asshole.