And once everyone had a compiler - everyone would compile the newest, coolest, best software.
And nobody would pay for it.
And the people who design software wouldn't have money to keep designing software. And all of the advancement and innovation that we've seen since the first software and now would grind to a halt.
I think recent history has proved beyond reasonable doubt that independent designers can create products without being in the payroll of the big corporations.
People would want to design cars, just to show off. The fact is they are doing it right now, even without the benefit of a universal duplicator.
movies is not very different from stealing medicines, food or anything else. The marginal cost of these items are very low - esp. for example medicines, compared to the prices.
You are absolutely right. The pharmaceutical industry is as guilty as the media industry of practicing an absolutely immoral pricing scheme.
I recently downloaded a film I had seen as a child. I remembered it because of a link I saw on another subject, so I was curious to watch it again.
Only problem, at Amazonthe price was way more than I would be willing to spend just to watch it and I couldn't find it at my local rental store. Therefore I downloaded it.
Distributors should find the right price, I would gladly pay $1 or so to watch an old film, but $16 is outrageous.
Seriously now, another very concerning note in the Huffington Post article was this link. Apparently a student in a university can be prosecuted not only for writing something, but also for reading a book from the university library.
TFA is very sparse on details, but has interesting implications.
The difficulty in achieving entanglement comes from the system being perturbed at random from thermal vibrations. It's not clear in the articlehow this is achieved in photosynthesis, but if quantum entanglement can be preserved at ambient temperatures this could have awesome implications for quantum computers.
Not needing cryogenic conditions would be a huge step towards a desktop quantum computer.
Any engineer is free to make a 30 second correction telling me why I'm wrong here...
I'm an engineer. Underwater nuclear explosions have been done before. As a matter of fact, some of the first nuclear tests after WWII were done underwater. Look here
Notice how the water rises as an almost perfect vertical cylinder (and lifting ships vertically). That will not cause a tidal wave.
There are numerous reasons why a nuclear blast would *not* be a solution for this oil leak, but the danger of tidal waves is not one of them.
evil is simply a regrettable but unavoidable byproduct of business
No, evil is a regrettable but unavoidable byproduct of human nature.
Altruism is better for the human species and probably for each human individual as well, but too often some humans are too stupid or misinformed to realize this.
The first article I read about the laser was in National Geographic, in 1966 or 67.
I don't remember this "solution without a problem" thing, if I remember right, that article was full of the promises of wonderful applications for the laser.
Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 makes it an offence to collect or make a record of information of a kind likely to be useful to a terrorist, or possesses a document or record containing information of that kind
Let's see: a terrorist that wants to blow up a train needs to know at which time that train will go by. So, a train timetable is "information of a kind likely to be useful to a terrorist".
Then there's surviving on your own - I remember doing the survivalist merit badge as a boy scout - it wasn't easy fishing, hunting and scavenging for your own food, never mind making your own guns and ammunition.
That's what the "AF Regulation 64-4 - Search and Rescue Survival Training" is for. You'll even learn - in several different ways - how to light a fire by rubbing sticks. Plus how to disguise your fire so the enemy will not see it. And how to fight panic, resentment, and anger. Care of the mouth and teeth, care of the feet. Contact with people and changing political allegiance. Land travelling and climbing ropes. Camouflage, radiation detection, and types of residual radiation. And etcetera.
AF Regulation 64-4 - Search and Rescue Survival Training
FM 3-24 - MCWP 3-33.5 - Counterinsurgency
TM 31-210 - Improvised Munitions Handbook
These are non-copyrighted, public domain texts prepared by the USA armed forces. They all teach how to create terror in the enemy ranks. The last one, "Improvised Munitions", teaches how to make explosives from stuff you find anywhere.
No need to go through lengthy procedures to buy "dangerous" chemicals, they are everywhere if you know where to look. And this free manual, courtesy of the US Army, teaches you where to look.
Well, go ahead and list a series of great car racing games produced in the last ten years that:
1) support force-feedback wheels. Not just a pull when you hit a wall or vibration when you drive over a rough pavement, but one where you can modulate the accelerator and feel the corresponding response on the wheel, just like a real car
2) you consistently get faster lap times with a wheel than with a keypad
3) you run faster through a curve by keeping the car under control, rather than hitting the guardrail
The last game I played that satisfied these requisites was Need For Speed Porsche, released in 2000. After that, every car simulation game I tried was designed to be used with a keypad.
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A non-cylindrical cabin would be significantly heavier than a cylindrical cabin, if the plane is meant to fly at the same altitude as current planes.
What if the class is Sexual Education?
I think recent history has proved beyond reasonable doubt that independent designers can create products without being in the payroll of the big corporations.
People would want to design cars, just to show off. The fact is they are doing it right now, even without the benefit of a universal duplicator.
You are absolutely right. The pharmaceutical industry is as guilty as the media industry of practicing an absolutely immoral pricing scheme.
That's why there are countries that ignore medicine patents.
I recently downloaded a film I had seen as a child. I remembered it because of a link I saw on another subject, so I was curious to watch it again.
Only problem, at Amazonthe price was way more than I would be willing to spend just to watch it and I couldn't find it at my local rental store. Therefore I downloaded it.
Distributors should find the right price, I would gladly pay $1 or so to watch an old film, but $16 is outrageous.
Wouldn't you censor a dentist that has a sign like this?
One has to wonder how much Fox News has been influenced by Jimmy Wales' former lover.
In the konqueror browser the same effect can be achieved by putting "wp:what to search" in the address.
If you follow the links, you'll see that only 70% of the female fruit bats do it. This is consistent with the widely known fact that most humans will burn in Hell, but some will be saved. Repent!
Seriously now, another very concerning note in the Huffington Post article was this link. Apparently a student in a university can be prosecuted not only for writing something, but also for reading a book from the university library.
TFA is very sparse on details, but has interesting implications.
The difficulty in achieving entanglement comes from the system being perturbed at random from thermal vibrations. It's not clear in the articlehow this is achieved in photosynthesis, but if quantum entanglement can be preserved at ambient temperatures this could have awesome implications for quantum computers.
Not needing cryogenic conditions would be a huge step towards a desktop quantum computer.
If by "better qualified" you mean being a silver tongued bastard who has an innate ability to always say what's politically expedient.
Please note that this is not the same as being either honest or competent.
I'm an engineer. Underwater nuclear explosions have been done before. As a matter of fact, some of the first nuclear tests after WWII were done underwater. Look here
Notice how the water rises as an almost perfect vertical cylinder (and lifting ships vertically). That will not cause a tidal wave.
There are numerous reasons why a nuclear blast would *not* be a solution for this oil leak, but the danger of tidal waves is not one of them.
No, evil is a regrettable but unavoidable byproduct of human nature.
Altruism is better for the human species and probably for each human individual as well, but too often some humans are too stupid or misinformed to realize this.
The US arming Iran stopped when the Ayatollah came into power. The last US president who sold weapons to Iran was Carter.
The US did give military support to the mujahideen in Afghanistan, but those are the only Muslim militants that got weapns from the USA.
This came 13 years after Reagan left the US presidency.
The first article I read about the laser was in National Geographic, in 1966 or 67.
I don't remember this "solution without a problem" thing, if I remember right, that article was full of the promises of wonderful applications for the laser.
That would be true for HTML. Unfortunately, many banks have flash-only access.
Let's see: a terrorist that wants to blow up a train needs to know at which time that train will go by. So, a train timetable is "information of a kind likely to be useful to a terrorist".
If you want to make ricin, the best source of information is the United States Patent Office.
Getting the castor beans is no problem, castor plants grow as weeds in most tropical countries. It's harder to get rid of them than finding them.
That's what the "AF Regulation 64-4 - Search and Rescue Survival Training" is for. You'll even learn - in several different ways - how to light a fire by rubbing sticks. Plus how to disguise your fire so the enemy will not see it. And how to fight panic, resentment, and anger. Care of the mouth and teeth, care of the feet. Contact with people and changing political allegiance. Land travelling and climbing ropes. Camouflage, radiation detection, and types of residual radiation. And etcetera.
Anyone who works with computers has heard questions like "Jim changed my spreadsheet last week, can you recover my original file?"
Or, in the case of TFA who is a home downloader, how would he feel if his copy of Humphrey Bogart's "The Enforcer" had been overwritten by another movie?
If you search the web you'll find:
AF Regulation 64-4 - Search and Rescue Survival Training
FM 3-24 - MCWP 3-33.5 - Counterinsurgency
TM 31-210 - Improvised Munitions Handbook
These are non-copyrighted, public domain texts prepared by the USA armed forces. They all teach how to create terror in the enemy ranks. The last one, "Improvised Munitions", teaches how to make explosives from stuff you find anywhere.
No need to go through lengthy procedures to buy "dangerous" chemicals, they are everywhere if you know where to look. And this free manual, courtesy of the US Army, teaches you where to look.
He imported a Russian wife just to get rid of the old geeks-have-no-girlfriends jokes. Now he has created a brand new kind of geek joke.
You surely mean some shoddy "GNU/Linux for Dummies"
Cyber roaches have existed for nearly 25 years. Call me again when you have the cyber T-Rex.
Well, go ahead and list a series of great car racing games produced in the last ten years that:
1) support force-feedback wheels. Not just a pull when you hit a wall or vibration when you drive over a rough pavement, but one where you can modulate the accelerator and feel the corresponding response on the wheel, just like a real car
2) you consistently get faster lap times with a wheel than with a keypad
3) you run faster through a curve by keeping the car under control, rather than hitting the guardrail
The last game I played that satisfied these requisites was Need For Speed Porsche, released in 2000. After that, every car simulation game I tried was designed to be used with a keypad.