The wise men were likely arab merchants who used celestial (stars) navigation to reach the places where they traded. To the illiterate peasants who formed early christianity their method of navigation would sound like "We followed a holy sign, a glowing star in the night sky!".
A matter compiler could take existing matter and reformat it. There is no need to make the matter from energy. Also it's likely the energy to matter conversion would be reversible, meaning you'd get the massive energy required from other matter.
The best solution when dealing with autonomous computers is segregation. Have separate roads just for them. And run a grounded power rail down the middle of the road with a energized wire suspended directly above. The car would get powered from the grid while it drives. Safe, no pollution, cheaper than the bus. Add in a manual mode and a small battery pack for running off the grid (driveway) and you've got the ideal transit system.
I don't think it was. They clearly tried to blow this thing up as a major terrorist attack, but they never claimed risk to life. I'm guessing the "attacks" were a virus on the windows boxes used for selling tickets.
The cells of the human body have a limited lifespan. The aging process is basically you running out of replacement cells. Using blood transfusions will help some, but it's the stem cells that will make you young. And stem cells from someone else will trigger your immune system- and using anti-rejection drugs is a horrible way to live. So you want your own rejuvenated stem cells, and getting there should only be one Apollo project equivalent away- so about 10 years if you have the money. The second issue- it will cost. So most medical plans won't cover this. Meaning the rich get to live forever, not you. And if you don't see a problem with that, just think of Bill Gates NOT getting old and retiring. Ever. Having a ruling class of immortals running the earth is how that will end. Rich enough they don't care about you, from another generation so they don't understand you, owning everything and constantly looking for the next google so they can buy it up. This would make a cool plot for a science fiction movie, but in real life it will suck.
Jurisdiction is the issue. If a telemarketer from India takes your money by fraud what country was the crime done in? I'm pretty sure you'd want to charge them in YOUR country not his. In this case the "Victim" of the crime is based in the USA so they want the case in their (bought and paid for) court.
It's a metered resource. This is like the electricity company complaining about the aluminum smelter using more power than the vacation cottage. All they have to do is charge for bandwidth and let the highest users pay their fair share. Oh, right. Then they'd have to upgrade their network to meet demand instead of giving the board of directors multi-million dollar bonuses. The ENTIRE point of caps and throttling is so they DON'T have to invest in the network.
In manufacturing it's all about volume. If you make 10 times as many the price per unit drops by half or so. Make it and sell it everywhere. Let first world developers help out the third world ones. I'm willing to pay a little extra for charity, but not twice as much (give one, get one). And don't bump up the specs for windows. History is filled with cheap computers that changed the world.
They pulled out of China because they couldn't make money. The Gov of China deliberately brings in foreign companies for the purpose of taking their technology and strategies. They have no interest in a long term partnership. It's like having Microsoft as a business partner.
Set up an alternate system. One with reasonable terms, with reasonable royalties for radio/net play. One where when they lose sales they can see where they went. If they just lose money they will blame piracy, if they can actually see someone else eating their lunch then they (and their supporters) know they lost.
Pro: The best science isn't the huge dollar mega-projects, it's the slow steady bleeding edge science that gives long term huge results.
If the government doesn't fund this then it won't get done, ever.
Con: If your goal is to suck money out of the taxpayers and give it to your friends then this could be a workable plan.
At least until your country goes bankrupt because your friends bled the country dry. Followed by a revolution where you and your friends are targets.
The private sector does stuff for money. The only "Space" thing with a ROI is satellites. The moon and probes would never have happened.
Americans have this strange mind set where they think everything should be done by "not the government", even stuff like this where the government is the ONLY realistic solution.
Communications is inherently trackable. It's the real problem with darknets/tor/etc. Having large portions of the world getting squeezed by their national governments for the benefit of the 1% (RIAA/Mullah/whoever) is going to result in huge resources getting devoted to solving that one basic problem.
May you live in interesting times, indeed.
The USA follows a set pattern. They make the leader of that country look like a crazy warmonger, they say the country is going to attack us, they make it look like we've no choice but to pre-emptively attack them. They did this in Iraq too, if you care to check. The only reason the war hasn't started yet is because the USA was busy with other wars and doesn't have the resources/people ready to go yet.
If you don't like the options then run yourself. There are millions of people that think like you, and even if you don't win you can use your votes to nudge the government in the direction you like.
History is full of the poor having a revolution. And 99% of the time the only result is many dead poor people. Historically the only revolutions that work are when the supporters of the government change sides. For the USA that means when enough soldiers see their families thrown out in the streets and starving that they turn the guns inward and overthrow the gov.
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If you declare the game stuff stolen then the kid gets it back. That's a very real benefit for him.
In game it's like losing a baseball game and they take your trophy for not losing any games.
Not in D&D. Those do d3. What game has them do a full d6?
The wise men were likely arab merchants who used celestial (stars) navigation to reach the places where they traded. To the illiterate peasants who formed early christianity their method of navigation would sound like "We followed a holy sign, a glowing star in the night sky!".
A matter compiler could take existing matter and reformat it. There is no need to make the matter from energy. Also it's likely the energy to matter conversion would be reversible, meaning you'd get the massive energy required from other matter.
Issue a DMCA takedown request against the other band. That's what the law is for.
The best solution when dealing with autonomous computers is segregation. Have separate roads just for them. And run a grounded power rail down the middle of the road with a energized wire suspended directly above. The car would get powered from the grid while it drives. Safe, no pollution, cheaper than the bus. Add in a manual mode and a small battery pack for running off the grid (driveway) and you've got the ideal transit system.
I don't think it was. They clearly tried to blow this thing up as a major terrorist attack, but they never claimed risk to life. I'm guessing the "attacks" were a virus on the windows boxes used for selling tickets.
No, not having servers in the USA would probably not make any difference. The USA wants them arrested, they will find a way.
The cells of the human body have a limited lifespan. The aging process is basically you running out of replacement cells. Using blood transfusions will help some, but it's the stem cells that will make you young. And stem cells from someone else will trigger your immune system- and using anti-rejection drugs is a horrible way to live. So you want your own rejuvenated stem cells, and getting there should only be one Apollo project equivalent away- so about 10 years if you have the money. The second issue- it will cost. So most medical plans won't cover this. Meaning the rich get to live forever, not you. And if you don't see a problem with that, just think of Bill Gates NOT getting old and retiring. Ever. Having a ruling class of immortals running the earth is how that will end. Rich enough they don't care about you, from another generation so they don't understand you, owning everything and constantly looking for the next google so they can buy it up. This would make a cool plot for a science fiction movie, but in real life it will suck.
Jurisdiction is the issue. If a telemarketer from India takes your money by fraud what country was the crime done in? I'm pretty sure you'd want to charge them in YOUR country not his. In this case the "Victim" of the crime is based in the USA so they want the case in their (bought and paid for) court.
You "Steal" from an American corp you get tried in USA. They have a long history of thinking their laws rule the world.
Yes, they really need to call it American (the language) to differentiate it from the kings english.
It's a metered resource. This is like the electricity company complaining about the aluminum smelter using more power than the vacation cottage. All they have to do is charge for bandwidth and let the highest users pay their fair share. Oh, right. Then they'd have to upgrade their network to meet demand instead of giving the board of directors multi-million dollar bonuses. The ENTIRE point of caps and throttling is so they DON'T have to invest in the network.
Microsoft just discovered that carriers prefer to NOT update phone software. Just like with android phones.
In manufacturing it's all about volume. If you make 10 times as many the price per unit drops by half or so. Make it and sell it everywhere. Let first world developers help out the third world ones. I'm willing to pay a little extra for charity, but not twice as much (give one, get one). And don't bump up the specs for windows. History is filled with cheap computers that changed the world.
They pulled out of China because they couldn't make money. The Gov of China deliberately brings in foreign companies for the purpose of taking their technology and strategies. They have no interest in a long term partnership. It's like having Microsoft as a business partner.
Set up an alternate system. One with reasonable terms, with reasonable royalties for radio/net play. One where when they lose sales they can see where they went. If they just lose money they will blame piracy, if they can actually see someone else eating their lunch then they (and their supporters) know they lost.
Pro: The best science isn't the huge dollar mega-projects, it's the slow steady bleeding edge science that gives long term huge results. If the government doesn't fund this then it won't get done, ever. Con: If your goal is to suck money out of the taxpayers and give it to your friends then this could be a workable plan. At least until your country goes bankrupt because your friends bled the country dry. Followed by a revolution where you and your friends are targets.
The private sector does stuff for money. The only "Space" thing with a ROI is satellites. The moon and probes would never have happened. Americans have this strange mind set where they think everything should be done by "not the government", even stuff like this where the government is the ONLY realistic solution.
Communications is inherently trackable. It's the real problem with darknets/tor/etc. Having large portions of the world getting squeezed by their national governments for the benefit of the 1% (RIAA/Mullah/whoever) is going to result in huge resources getting devoted to solving that one basic problem. May you live in interesting times, indeed.
The reason that people keep comparing the USA to Iran is because "Lust for Power" and "Lust for Money" look the same from the outside.
The USA follows a set pattern. They make the leader of that country look like a crazy warmonger, they say the country is going to attack us, they make it look like we've no choice but to pre-emptively attack them. They did this in Iraq too, if you care to check. The only reason the war hasn't started yet is because the USA was busy with other wars and doesn't have the resources/people ready to go yet.
If you don't like the options then run yourself. There are millions of people that think like you, and even if you don't win you can use your votes to nudge the government in the direction you like.
History is full of the poor having a revolution. And 99% of the time the only result is many dead poor people. Historically the only revolutions that work are when the supporters of the government change sides. For the USA that means when enough soldiers see their families thrown out in the streets and starving that they turn the guns inward and overthrow the gov.