In February, Jennings and another champion play against the Watson computer. We'll see who wins and how fast it does it. I don't know if Watson is internet connected or not.
Except for family and REAL friends (such as those I see regularly in real time) don't much care. I've dropped a couple of old girl friends (one was obsessing) because it was just a pain. Poke, Poke, my ass
When the Kindle first came out it was too expensive to warrant me buying one. Now that the Kindle 6" WiFi is available at a price point affordable to me at $139, it made sense. There are always lots of free and low cost books on Amazon, and there are many sites on the webs that have free Kindle content
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It's not all unknown authors too. Sometimes an author will plan a trilogy and make the first volume available free so that he will interest you in buying the other volumes. Sometimes a publisher Baen Free Library will do the same.
I have over 400 books in my Kindle WiFi right now, some have been bought at Amazon, some free from Amazon and the rest free from other sites. I guess I am part of the phenomenon because it makes sense to me
I think this is an example of The Peter Principle and it exists in education as well. Many of my relatives are teachers and good at their jobs and tell me tales of principals and education boards they must be governed by who just don't have a clue as to what they're doing.
They are told what not to teach more than what they should teach, and this is mainly because of the ignorance of their bosses.
I also have Time Warner with FiOS available. My download speed is quite good even with the regular base service according to the website Speedtest.net I get a constant download of 10.36 Mb/s. Things could be worse
Finally, someone who actually understands what TFA is all about. We don't need to communicate meaning, what we need to communicate is that there is meaning contained in the message. Things like broadcasting lists of prime numbers for example would show an alien civilization out there that here exists a civilization that has the brainpower to understand primes.
In many SF stories about first contact it is given to a linguist to achieve communication, but first a common ground has to be established so that the alien entity will notice that we too are intelligent beings taht can communicate.
It's nice and clean, but NEEDS less whitespace.
I have "Slashdot This" Toolbar on Chrome browser running on an Asus Seashell netbook. When I try to Slashdot something I run out of space on the bottom and can't click submit
I think 3D is inevitable, Just as silent films gave way to talkies which led to color then widescreen and HD. Each generation has brought discussion about how it's trivial and not needed. When 3D is developed to the point that you don't need special glasses to view it as with Toshiba's new system it too will become ubiquitous
": I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die. "
Slashdot Mirror
And: Clean coal = Army Intelligence
it will never die
It was meant to be that way,
though I don't know why
I don't care what people say,
Geek culture is here to stay
Excuse me, I'm showing my age here
You ought to write for "The Big Bang Theory"
Who's there?
Candygram
And the space plane is controlled by a Chinese iClone
He get's a $5 bonus every time he plugs a product on the interwebs
Sometimes I think that J. Edgar is still alive directing the whole thing from a cryogenics lab deep below ground in the F. B. I. building
Say it isn't so. It would NEVER happpen
Well maybe they compared it to the international pound reference. Oh wait...that doesn't exist because the whole frakkin world is metric except us!
In February, Jennings and another champion play against the Watson computer. We'll see who wins and how fast it does it. I don't know if Watson is internet connected or not.
What's going too happen when a Philly parking attendant shoots down an Eagle?
'This is a world-famous bridge, and you need a human face,' says Philip Hynes. 'You need people in those toll booths to greet people.'"
What part of "The 21st Century" do they not understand?
The only part I don't like is tracking people who cross the bridge, but then again if they don't the terrorists will win. ~ (denotes snarky comment)
Except for family and REAL friends (such as those I see regularly in real time) don't much care. I've dropped a couple of old girl friends (one was obsessing) because it was just a pain. Poke, Poke, my ass
. It's not all unknown authors too. Sometimes an author will plan a trilogy and make the first volume available free so that he will interest you in buying the other volumes. Sometimes a publisher Baen Free Library will do the same.
I have over 400 books in my Kindle WiFi right now, some have been bought at Amazon, some free from Amazon and the rest free from other sites. I guess I am part of the phenomenon because it makes sense to me
So long I'm going into hiding.
Oh yeah, thanks for all the fish
They are told what not to teach more than what they should teach, and this is mainly because of the ignorance of their bosses.
Unfortunately goddamn Sony is still stuck in the proprietary memory card meme. Haven't they ever heard of SDHC or Micro SDHC? I mean, WTF?
I also have Time Warner with FiOS available. My download speed is quite good even with the regular base service according to the website Speedtest.net I get a constant download of 10.36 Mb/s. Things could be worse
In many SF stories about first contact it is given to a linguist to achieve communication, but first a common ground has to be established so that the alien entity will notice that we too are intelligent beings taht can communicate.
It's nice and clean, but NEEDS less whitespace. I have "Slashdot This" Toolbar on Chrome browser running on an Asus Seashell netbook. When I try to Slashdot something I run out of space on the bottom and can't click submit
I think 3D is inevitable, Just as silent films gave way to talkies which led to color then widescreen and HD. Each generation has brought discussion about how it's trivial and not needed. When 3D is developed to the point that you don't need special glasses to view it as with Toshiba's new system it too will become ubiquitous
Sheeeeeeeiiiiiiitttt! Billions and billions and we just lost it!
batty
That's what we're going to see
I thought I knew the punch line to the joke but fail.