I might recommend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosapien for further reading on this topic. Clearly, you are not a human no matter how smart you are if you're a computer. Are you a person? Well, depends how you define 'person'.
Wow, reading more I see how blatantly WRONG this summary is. There was one windmill that two of them would power a whole house. The "Energy Ball" one is the POS that takes 47 windmills, the rest are a lot better.
Seth Shostak seemed like he was talking about a pretty cool thing until he said 'Second Life'...:-/
Yeah, someone could make a virtual world simulating the known planets, but since no one's done it with mars yet, should we be expecting it for a planet around Vega?
However, if there's no cost to consuming bandwidth it does create shortages. As we've learned in economics 101 if the price is too low for a scarce commodity, you get a shortage. Using the bandwidth to consume it all doesn't make much sense. If TWC puts in meters and finds out that traffic drops in half, they can get a lot more customers online for the same pipes, costing less per customer.
If they'd just started with a simple price per gig and kept it to the reasonable electric/water model, they'd have been fine. The Cell phone model was a lot of the reason they had backlash I suspect.
As long as I can remember I've found the idea of the prisoner's dilemma baffling and distressing. I've also always felt that the only logical course of action is to stay silent. It's possible a lot of this is affected by our parents, I can see theology, political ideology, and emphasis on the feelings of others.
Seems a social species that has members that act in their own best interest all the time would simply implode. We're bound to others so it's not surprising that some of us would chose the net gain solution instead of the self gain solution. I don't think it's at all rational to choose the self gain solution despite the articles insistence that anything else is irrational.
People who screw over others for a small benefit damage society and weaken our species, those are the irrational ones.
Over the whole system phone calls are going to be stable too. While you are having a conference call party I just got a new computer and I'm running way more power than I used to. Shucks.
Have you served in the military? Have you ever killed a person? If not, I don't think you're more qualified on this subject than I am. And I'm not qualified. Some countries have required military service. Let's do that, then chicken hawks go away.
Abandonware does exist. It's not relevant to this discussion though.
Various games and books go out of print. Sometimes they become difficult to find or expensive. Is the original publisher harmed if I pirate it instead of buying it for a lot of money? Probably not.
Then again, most IP is a load of BS IMHO. Would the world be a worse place if anyone could make a chrono trigger sequel? Probably not. Consumers would get used to looking for the original brand names if they cared about authentic.
And yet you post as an Anonymous Coward. I think people have an obligation to stand up and say this without fear of reprisal. Because if you are only willing to say something without attaching yourself to it, you're really killing your own qualifications.
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100% of claims on how many statistics are made up on the spot are made up on the spot.
Here I've always found wookies to be way more annoying vocally than gungans.
Freerealms.
I might recommend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosapien for further reading on this topic. Clearly, you are not a human no matter how smart you are if you're a computer. Are you a person? Well, depends how you define 'person'.
Factoring an integer has one answer. Trial and error doesn't work. Scrolling and clicking tempos have many answers, trial and error does work.
Wow, reading more I see how blatantly WRONG this summary is. There was one windmill that two of them would power a whole house. The "Energy Ball" one is the POS that takes 47 windmills, the rest are a lot better.
So big tall poles with tiny itsy bitsy blades isn't efficient?
Somehow, this seemed kinda obvious.
I think they just didn't get it.
Seth Shostak seemed like he was talking about a pretty cool thing until he said 'Second Life'... :-/
Yeah, someone could make a virtual world simulating the known planets, but since no one's done it with mars yet, should we be expecting it for a planet around Vega?
However, if there's no cost to consuming bandwidth it does create shortages. As we've learned in economics 101 if the price is too low for a scarce commodity, you get a shortage. Using the bandwidth to consume it all doesn't make much sense. If TWC puts in meters and finds out that traffic drops in half, they can get a lot more customers online for the same pipes, costing less per customer.
If they'd just started with a simple price per gig and kept it to the reasonable electric/water model, they'd have been fine. The Cell phone model was a lot of the reason they had backlash I suspect.
Who is Rob Malda?
As long as I can remember I've found the idea of the prisoner's dilemma baffling and distressing. I've also always felt that the only logical course of action is to stay silent. It's possible a lot of this is affected by our parents, I can see theology, political ideology, and emphasis on the feelings of others.
Seems a social species that has members that act in their own best interest all the time would simply implode. We're bound to others so it's not surprising that some of us would chose the net gain solution instead of the self gain solution. I don't think it's at all rational to choose the self gain solution despite the articles insistence that anything else is irrational.
People who screw over others for a small benefit damage society and weaken our species, those are the irrational ones.
Over the whole system phone calls are going to be stable too. While you are having a conference call party I just got a new computer and I'm running way more power than I used to. Shucks.
These caps don't seem to have anything to do with peak time usage. If the caps were only on peak time it'd be something different entirely.
I love rainbow ponies! I have a collection of them. Real ponies not so much. I want a FPS where I can play a rainbow pony.
OMG PONIES! Can we play a rainbow pony who needs to stop the dark army of evil ponies? This game sounds fucking awesome!
Have you served in the military? Have you ever killed a person? If not, I don't think you're more qualified on this subject than I am. And I'm not qualified. Some countries have required military service. Let's do that, then chicken hawks go away.
A Tesla wouldn't be affordable even if it wasn't electric. It's a Lotus Elise with the engine replaced.
Abandonware does exist. It's not relevant to this discussion though.
Various games and books go out of print. Sometimes they become difficult to find or expensive. Is the original publisher harmed if I pirate it instead of buying it for a lot of money? Probably not.
Then again, most IP is a load of BS IMHO. Would the world be a worse place if anyone could make a chrono trigger sequel? Probably not. Consumers would get used to looking for the original brand names if they cared about authentic.
About 3 times in the last 14 years or so. I'm 25 today.
Which is why I say we wipe em out.
It's because those who live in glass houses would prefer no one throws stones...
And yet you post as an Anonymous Coward. I think people have an obligation to stand up and say this without fear of reprisal. Because if you are only willing to say something without attaching yourself to it, you're really killing your own qualifications.
That said, I endorse the post above.