I agree with a lot of other replies to this topic, so I will simply ask a question...
Isn't AIM already completely compatible with CompuServe's IM service? I realize that the CompuServe service is nearly (if not exactly) the same, except it uses @cs.com email addresses.:-) Still, if CS is compatible, no matter by what means, shouldn't that alone settle this argument?
So Jupiter's moon potentially contains water. Does it sustain the type of atmosphere (temperature, gases, etc.?) that could potentially support life... such as a human invasion... if that were ever to become necessary? I know that we (we being humans in general) are destroying this planet, so it won't be too many centuries before space exploration comes to that. So where will we go? The Moon? Mars? Ganymede?... Another solar system?
After careful consideration for quite a few long moments, I can't decide if this is a good thing or not!
On one hand, we have the potential for greater understanding.
On another, we have the potential for some crazy shit.
On still another hand (for you freaks that have three hands, heh), neither of the two cases could be the case, in which case it is neither good or bad, but just another tidbit of information to be archived on/. and eventually float off into cyberspace...
I thought about that, but I figured I may as well explain it anyway. Lots of/. users aren't American, ya know, and therefore don't necessarily care to remember FDR's speech that got the U.S. into WWII.
You raise an interesting point, but I think our technology is a bit behind right now. I'm sure the scientists are doing their best to work out methods of such data storage. Still, magnetic storage isn't so bad, when you think about it...
I can only imagine the quantity of quality music I could fit on such a high-density disc the size of a CD. If things are to continue in this way, we should be able to fit every song in creation (that each particular individual cares for) onto one disc. The RIAA would pitch a fit.
Another point worth mentioning: As a result of this increasing quantity of space available to record music digitally, the want and need for radio stations is going down. I sense that in the next twenty years we may be subject to a shift of radio stations broadcasting, instead of through radio waves, online. Or perhaps the radio stations (and record labels too?), being nothing more than a "middle man" of sorts, might be eradicated completely and the artists will be directly responsible for the distribution of their music, online or otherwise.
Windows fanboy reaction: "Yesterday, December 15, 2000, a day that will live.... in infamy.... the free institution of the internet was suddenly and deliberately attacked by unknown and less able forces of the browser..."
(Parody of FDR's speech: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan...")
I can only imagine the reaction from the "less informed" half of society. It's taken years for many people to even realize Linux exists, not to mention its grip on desktops all over the place. I've used Windows my entire life (Linux sparingly), and besides hearing/reading about it occasionally in one news source or another, I don't know much at all about BeOS.
And I consider myself on the knowledgable side of things. *shudder to think*
Heheh. My local library sucks, man. Hence why I asked the question in the first place. I did, on the other hand, discover a BBC used books store that carries old paperbacks, mostly antique books, for a really cheap price. Mayhaps I should give that place a try, mm?
I think the world has realized by now that any digital medium will be subject to pirating. The only point in such cases as this to delay the mass outbreak before the industry is forced to come out with the next medium.
This being the "Age of Technology," supposedly, I would suspect that we will begin seeing the lifespans of such mediums drastically shortened from that of, say, the compact disc.
You mean they almost blew a hole in the world fourteen years ago and they didn't shut the place down? I will refer to a movie quote from Gone in 60 Seconds:
"I can't swim! I know I can't swim! So you know what I do? I stay my black ass out the pool!"
And I was so looking forward to seeing the reactors in action. I guess now they can use it to hide store incriminating evidence against public officials... who would ever look there?
What exactly does this patent of the hyperlink mean, anyway? That they have control over who uses it and who doesn't? Whatever.
Can I patent my name, which happens to be John Paul, and tell the Pope he can't use it anymore? Now that would be pretty spiffy, but I wouldn't do it, because I'm not an asshole out to piss off 95% of the world, like the most of the rest of the business world.
Ah, such is the time in which we live. God (if you're there) bless this time and place.
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Excellent. So where can I pick this book up for less than face value? I really don't want to buy it as if it were a new book, since it isn't, and I really don't want to order it online... Anyone got a used and abused copy they'd like to send me? Or better still... online text!
The book sounds like a good book. That wasn't what I meant when I made my prior post. I merely questioned what made the book lasting; I didn't say it sucked. Obviously the book isn't as lasting as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four or the question I asked would certainly have warranted your idiotic reply. Thank you, though, for making my day.
Actually I was just being sarcastic... I share the views of the first person that replied to me. That AI is just one outstanding example of humans' overwhelming fear of the unknown. I didn't feel like going there at the time, though.
That's exactly what we need. We're living in a society in which artificial intelligence is a potential threat (it's feared anyway) and we're going to give it to big metal bugs.
The last sentence of that review states that the "lasting strengths of Non-Stop are its awareness of the universal themes of human nature and its sharp writing."
If they're so "lasting," then why don't we hear about them today in reference to this Non-Stop?
I have to agree. I have a vision that within the next few years, computers and access times will be so blindingly fast that it may as well seem that the internet is at its peak. The only thing that will keep the internet from its peak then will be its occasional instability, which I failed to mention in my comments. However, the concept that you bring up is very sound and very true. Only when the internet is fully utilized by everyone, and is truly instantly at our finger tips, can the internet really peak.
"By now, we have a pretty good idea of what the Web is all about and what it can offer. We are also increasingly beginning to see its limitations and shortcomings. In one word, we are entering an era of realism."
This makes perfect sense to me. I think of myself as a realist, so in a way I share this view. We are in a time in which change is inevitable, but things will never be better tomorrow, and they were never worse yesterday. The web is going to get faster and bigger to accommodate our wants and needs, just as computers and hard drives and everything else on the planet is going to gradually improve its quality.
This doesn't mean that the quality of living is improving, for the quality of living is only a function of time (think of it this way: living in a cardboard box 10,000 years ago would have been an incredible quality of living). No, the quality of living is not improving, it is just advancing, and along with that advancement come newer, bigger requirements. And they will always be met to some degree, and everything will always advance to some degree. That is, of course, until human civilization reaches it's peak, in which case... it was nice knowing you.
But let's not talk about that - back to the internet. This is a time in which computers are getting faster, hard drives are getting bigger, the internet is gaining more useful information... Homer no longer takes twenty seconds to get his still image of Cindy, but he now takes about five minutes to get her twenty minute video. Oh yeah, that's the ticket.
Free music, free video, free information... That is what the internet is. And for that reason alone, I agree with the initial condition that the internet has reached its peak (too bad too, it's so young). Governments here and there are already trying to step in and control this, censor that, arrest him for doing that, and so on and so forth. That will get worse, I predict, but for a good cause. There will always be a stabilizing unity between the positives and negatives of the world; that goes for everything.
"Gamers are often independent, strategic-thinkers and problem solvers. Their interactive instincts often collide unhappily with the traditions and institutions of a static, passive world."
I don't mean to be modest when I say that I am a good example of this statement. Beginning at about the age of three, with my dad's Atari ___ [insert number, I forgot], I was destined to be somewhat of a gamer for a large part of my youth. I've spent a limited amount of time studying the effects of childhood gaming habits, and the result that seems to echo everywhere is that spatial abilities are discovered and developed through playing video games.
Taking this a step further, in general more boys than girls make it a habit to play video games. More boys than girls also tend to excel in mathematics. Many studies have concluded that the skills developed in video game environments and mathematics are closely linked, and therefore... to make a very long shory incredibly short, probably confusing the hell out of you... video games help to develop our intelligence. I say everyone play video games, but not too much...
A little over a year ago people were crying "crash" at the thought of the new digit on the front of the year triggering a mass loss of faith in the stock market. However, with increased support for the market and many, many words to the wise encouraging people not to sell, the market stayed afloat, and even got through the few Y2K bugs with flying colors.
So here we are, a year later, and I'm hearing of the gaming market's possible "crash" of 2002. I don't buy it. I can easily see a couple of the gaming companies going under (in that market only), such as Sega, but the gaming industry itself won't crash. Sony releases a virtually infinite supply of games, and Nintendo seems to sell itself with its 1st and 2nd party games, not to mention all the goodies we should inevitably see with Microsoft's Xbox (which I am against, but hey, it will be a good machine).
In other words, don't expect the gaming market to crash. Don't even expect any consoles or companies involved to crash. I'm not saying it won't happen, but I don't think it's very likely.
There is also a simple solution to avoid such a crash. EVERYONE BUY VIDEO GAMES! Com'on, we love to entertain ourselves, and when all else fails, video games are great! So if this threat of a video game crash ever becomes realistic, do what I'm going to do... everyone start buying video games like mad!
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Isn't AIM already completely compatible with CompuServe's IM service? I realize that the CompuServe service is nearly (if not exactly) the same, except it uses @cs.com email addresses. :-) Still, if CS is compatible, no matter by what means, shouldn't that alone settle this argument?
Hmm, it's an interesting thought.
On one hand, we have the potential for greater understanding.
On another, we have the potential for some crazy shit.
On still another hand (for you freaks that have three hands, heh), neither of the two cases could be the case, in which case it is neither good or bad, but just another tidbit of information to be archived on /. and eventually float off into cyberspace...
I thought about that, but I figured I may as well explain it anyway. Lots of /. users aren't American, ya know, and therefore don't necessarily care to remember FDR's speech that got the U.S. into WWII.
You raise an interesting point, but I think our technology is a bit behind right now. I'm sure the scientists are doing their best to work out methods of such data storage. Still, magnetic storage isn't so bad, when you think about it...
Another point worth mentioning: As a result of this increasing quantity of space available to record music digitally, the want and need for radio stations is going down. I sense that in the next twenty years we may be subject to a shift of radio stations broadcasting, instead of through radio waves, online. Or perhaps the radio stations (and record labels too?), being nothing more than a "middle man" of sorts, might be eradicated completely and the artists will be directly responsible for the distribution of their music, online or otherwise.
then the history book that i just took it out of has it wrong... and if that's the case, i will laugh at it. :-)
(Parody of FDR's speech: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan...")
And I consider myself on the knowledgable side of things. *shudder to think*
Heheh. My local library sucks, man. Hence why I asked the question in the first place. I did, on the other hand, discover a BBC used books store that carries old paperbacks, mostly antique books, for a really cheap price. Mayhaps I should give that place a try, mm?
This being the "Age of Technology," supposedly, I would suspect that we will begin seeing the lifespans of such mediums drastically shortened from that of, say, the compact disc.
"I can't swim! I know I can't swim! So you know what I do? I stay my black ass out the pool!"
And I was so looking forward to seeing the reactors in action. I guess now they can use it to hide store incriminating evidence against public officials ... who would ever look there?
Can I patent my name, which happens to be John Paul, and tell the Pope he can't use it anymore? Now that would be pretty spiffy, but I wouldn't do it, because I'm not an asshole out to piss off 95% of the world, like the most of the rest of the business world.
Ah, such is the time in which we live. God (if you're there) bless this time and place.
Excellent. So where can I pick this book up for less than face value? I really don't want to buy it as if it were a new book, since it isn't, and I really don't want to order it online... Anyone got a used and abused copy they'd like to send me? Or better still ... online text!
The book sounds like a good book. That wasn't what I meant when I made my prior post. I merely questioned what made the book lasting; I didn't say it sucked. Obviously the book isn't as lasting as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four or the question I asked would certainly have warranted your idiotic reply. Thank you, though, for making my day.
Actually I was just being sarcastic... I share the views of the first person that replied to me. That AI is just one outstanding example of humans' overwhelming fear of the unknown. I didn't feel like going there at the time, though.
Great. *applause*
If they're so "lasting," then why don't we hear about them today in reference to this Non-Stop?
I don't think you will. Sooooo you and me are through.
(Through with life, ya know, when it's supposed to end. Because the average person won't be taking any life-lengthening medicines any time soon.)
Sorry for the horrible parody of an overplayed hip hop song. I got caught in the moment.
Oh, someone's going to Hell for this one. (That infinte inferno.)
(Think virtual reality... better yet, don't.)
crash.neotope.com
This makes perfect sense to me. I think of myself as a realist, so in a way I share this view. We are in a time in which change is inevitable, but things will never be better tomorrow, and they were never worse yesterday. The web is going to get faster and bigger to accommodate our wants and needs, just as computers and hard drives and everything else on the planet is going to gradually improve its quality.
This doesn't mean that the quality of living is improving, for the quality of living is only a function of time (think of it this way: living in a cardboard box 10,000 years ago would have been an incredible quality of living). No, the quality of living is not improving, it is just advancing, and along with that advancement come newer, bigger requirements. And they will always be met to some degree, and everything will always advance to some degree. That is, of course, until human civilization reaches it's peak, in which case... it was nice knowing you.
But let's not talk about that - back to the internet. This is a time in which computers are getting faster, hard drives are getting bigger, the internet is gaining more useful information... Homer no longer takes twenty seconds to get his still image of Cindy, but he now takes about five minutes to get her twenty minute video. Oh yeah, that's the ticket.
Free music, free video, free information... That is what the internet is. And for that reason alone, I agree with the initial condition that the internet has reached its peak (too bad too, it's so young). Governments here and there are already trying to step in and control this, censor that, arrest him for doing that, and so on and so forth. That will get worse, I predict, but for a good cause. There will always be a stabilizing unity between the positives and negatives of the world; that goes for everything.
We can't exclude the internet from that, can we?
I don't mean to be modest when I say that I am a good example of this statement. Beginning at about the age of three, with my dad's Atari ___ [insert number, I forgot], I was destined to be somewhat of a gamer for a large part of my youth. I've spent a limited amount of time studying the effects of childhood gaming habits, and the result that seems to echo everywhere is that spatial abilities are discovered and developed through playing video games.
Taking this a step further, in general more boys than girls make it a habit to play video games. More boys than girls also tend to excel in mathematics. Many studies have concluded that the skills developed in video game environments and mathematics are closely linked, and therefore ... to make a very long shory incredibly short, probably confusing the hell out of you ... video games help to develop our intelligence. I say everyone play video games, but not too much...
A little over a year ago people were crying "crash" at the thought of the new digit on the front of the year triggering a mass loss of faith in the stock market. However, with increased support for the market and many, many words to the wise encouraging people not to sell, the market stayed afloat, and even got through the few Y2K bugs with flying colors. So here we are, a year later, and I'm hearing of the gaming market's possible "crash" of 2002. I don't buy it. I can easily see a couple of the gaming companies going under (in that market only), such as Sega, but the gaming industry itself won't crash. Sony releases a virtually infinite supply of games, and Nintendo seems to sell itself with its 1st and 2nd party games, not to mention all the goodies we should inevitably see with Microsoft's Xbox (which I am against, but hey, it will be a good machine). In other words, don't expect the gaming market to crash. Don't even expect any consoles or companies involved to crash. I'm not saying it won't happen, but I don't think it's very likely. There is also a simple solution to avoid such a crash. EVERYONE BUY VIDEO GAMES! Com'on, we love to entertain ourselves, and when all else fails, video games are great! So if this threat of a video game crash ever becomes realistic, do what I'm going to do ... everyone start buying video games like mad!
I don't give a rat's ass (or any other body part) about email 30 years ago. The Internet wasn't as we know it today until just a few years ago.
This bit of information is about as useful to me as Al Gore's claim to have invented the Internet.