Interestingly, however, the United States (along with most spacefaring countries) has not ratified the 1979 Moon Treaty, which would basically prohibit any property rights on the moon (or other celestial bodies). So the door is still open for future ownership of lunar surface.
Correct, although the US is a party to the Outer Space Treaty which restricts use of the moon to peaceful purposes. It's similar in concept to the treaty covering international waters on earth - I take this to mean, should any whales be found on the moon they are fair game.
It must be a cultural thing. In Japan, people appreciate the wisdom and experience that comes with age. In Canada, an invention such as this is seen more for its potential in the area of bear-wrestling:
Real adventurers of the past never had broadband internet. Imagine if Edmund Hilary had this technology... it's summit day, and tension is high at base camp, when an email arrives: "D00ds, Everest is 0wn3d!"
Self-proclaimed adventurers are generally publicity-seeking wankers in my opinion. As others have pointed out, you could use this technology virtually anywhere on the planet. So the guy has a "pet" jaguar - big deal!
A colleague of mine went away on a long vacation and told me her password, which she always kept as "pookie" (the Garfield teddy bear) with two digits appended, so I could log in as her if necessary.
A few weeks later I went to log in to her account and couldn't - password had expired or something - so I called the admin folks and asked them to reset the password. "What do you want it reset to?". Thinking... "ummm, now what was it...oh yeah, wookie. It's April, right, so make it wookie04". Done.
The following week, I'm on leave, my colleague returns and I get the following text message:
Seems to me they'd be better served if they laid off the emphasis on speed for the time being and just got to the point where a sharp turn can be safely negotiated.
This is the same advice I give to my mother and it's yet to have an effect.
The big issue here is that this project will divert tens of millions of dollars of badly needed funds away from the conservation of various *currently living* species which are now endangered. So while spending up big on a probably futile attempt to "bring back" the thylacine, other species may be lost.
Also I'd be surprised if personal glory isn't also a big motivator for the researchers involved, above any conservation motives. There are no doubt other (lower-profile) species that this could've been attempted with if it was just a matter of determining whether such a thing is possible.
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As an Australian I look forward to the day when a story about Australia is accompanied by something other than a picture of Crocodile Dundee's hat.
Woz will be hoping the Liberal party doesn't triumph at the next election. Although they seem to have stopped saying they will "rollback" the partially completed National Broadband Network, they are certainly not in favour of it in its proposed form: http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/we-will-not-cancel-the-nbn-turnbull-20120629-217f3.html
Yeah, like just today I was driving by a car yard that had a sign "Used cars! Now available with four wheels!!"
As someone with no fingers I find this to be a very digitist concept.
*puts socks and shoes back on, gets coat*
Damn, I'd pay the $100M but I don't think my boss would let me take the week off.
Explain to your boss the theory of time dilation, problem solved.
Interestingly, however, the United States (along with most spacefaring countries) has not ratified the 1979 Moon Treaty, which would basically prohibit any property rights on the moon (or other celestial bodies). So the door is still open for future ownership of lunar surface.
Correct, although the US is a party to the Outer Space Treaty which restricts use of the moon to peaceful purposes. It's similar in concept to the treaty covering international waters on earth - I take this to mean, should any whales be found on the moon they are fair game.
It must be a cultural thing. In Japan, people appreciate the wisdom and experience that comes with age. In Canada, an invention such as this is seen more for its potential in the area of bear-wrestling:
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http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2001/12/11/bear_suit011
Real adventurers of the past never had broadband internet. Imagine if Edmund Hilary had this technology... it's summit day, and tension is high at base camp, when an email arrives: "D00ds, Everest is 0wn3d!"
Self-proclaimed adventurers are generally publicity-seeking wankers in my opinion. As others have pointed out, you could use this technology virtually anywhere on the planet. So the guy has a "pet" jaguar - big deal!
A colleague of mine went away on a long vacation and told me her password, which she always kept as "pookie" (the Garfield teddy bear) with two digits appended, so I could log in as her if necessary.
A few weeks later I went to log in to her account and couldn't - password had expired or something - so I called the admin folks and asked them to reset the password. "What do you want it reset to?". Thinking... "ummm, now what was it...oh yeah, wookie. It's April, right, so make it wookie04". Done.
The following week, I'm on leave, my colleague returns and I get the following text message:
her: "cant log in. password?"
me: "w.....04"
her: "???"
me: "wookie04!"
her: "WTF?"
... just like Rupert Murdoch.
I think I'll just buy one of these instead.
Seems to me they'd be better served if they laid off the emphasis on speed for the time being and just got to the point where a sharp turn can be safely negotiated.
This is the same advice I give to my mother and it's yet to have an effect.
Newbie just testing....
The big issue here is that this project will divert tens of millions of dollars of badly needed funds away from the conservation of various *currently living* species which are now endangered. So while spending up big on a probably futile attempt to "bring back" the thylacine, other species may be lost.
Also I'd be surprised if personal glory isn't also a big motivator for the researchers involved, above any conservation motives. There are no doubt other (lower-profile) species that this could've been attempted with if it was just a matter of determining whether such a thing is possible.