"The Universe is big and old and rare things happen all the time, including life." Lawrence Krauss (I think).
You'll have to forgive me for deferring to the judgement of someone who has more of a chance of grasping just how big and old the Universe really is*. There are about 300 billion stars in our galaxy alone; to think that only one of them will ever warm a life bearing planet seems absurd... but then again that's a leap of faith too, even if it is a somewhat smaller one.
*Yes, yes, I know it's an appeal to authority but despite first impressions I like to think that/. can - occasionally - rise above the level of a rowdy little high school debating club.
Now we just need a law saying that if we infringe on copyright for 10 years without the owner doing anything to intervene, the copyright becomes ours...
We want orphaned works to pass into public domain, not being taken by someone else.
I'm pretty sure that's what the OP meant. Despite this being a story about the UK I don't think they were using the royal "we".
Offtopic: what was so wrong with David Attenborough that they had to replace his narration of Planet Earth with Sigourney Weaver? I'm not complaining as she has a lovely voice (her description of dancing in Wall-E sends a shiver down my spine), but I can't imagine why the programme makers didn't think Sir David would sit well with Americans.
And I find it rather hypocritical that a site like slashdot would bitch about censorship at all, since the moderation system used on here could be viewed as "crowd-sourced censorship".
Maybe, if one doesn't know how to change the viewing threshold.
That got me thinking about something from 3001 (not that good a read, but still) wherein humans had been dropping comets onto Venus to slow terraform it. I wonder how many we'd have to drop onto Mars to make it a little more liveable there...
It would be spectacular if movies were made based upon potential Nasa missions...
If you ignore the part about the monoliths, 2010 is quite good in this respect. Personally, I've always thought that a film set during the Belters' secession from Earth (as in Larry Niven) could make for very interesting sci-fi while still sitting at the 'hard' end of the spectrum.
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"The Universe is big and old and rare things happen all the time, including life."
Lawrence Krauss (I think).
You'll have to forgive me for deferring to the judgement of someone who has more of a chance of grasping just how big and old the Universe really is*. There are about 300 billion stars in our galaxy alone; to think that only one of them will ever warm a life bearing planet seems absurd... but then again that's a leap of faith too, even if it is a somewhat smaller one.
*Yes, yes, I know it's an appeal to authority but despite first impressions I like to think that /. can - occasionally - rise above the level of a rowdy little high school debating club.
Now we just need a law saying that if we infringe on copyright for 10 years without the owner doing anything to intervene, the copyright becomes ours...
We want orphaned works to pass into public domain, not being taken by someone else.
I'm pretty sure that's what the OP meant. Despite this being a story about the UK I don't think they were using the royal "we".
Nothing but squares? They look fairly similar to me.
"180 characters is a novel if you're getting shot at"
I tried writing my sweetheart a short letter, but I couldn't so I wrote a long one instead.
Concision is hard.
Pfft, everything makes a straight line on a log-log plot.
(Shamelessly stolen from Lawrence Krauss)
Offtopic: what was so wrong with David Attenborough that they had to replace his narration of Planet Earth with Sigourney Weaver? I'm not complaining as she has a lovely voice (her description of dancing in Wall-E sends a shiver down my spine), but I can't imagine why the programme makers didn't think Sir David would sit well with Americans.
Anonymous' targets are what seem to draw adulation, not their methods.
Posting as AC for the obvious reason.
Because you lack the courage of your convictions?
Look up at the top of this window, and note the first word of this article's title.
Love? Love tore me apart.
Again.
RTG, not fission.
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This is NOT powered by a full blown nuclear reactor...
Correct. This is most likely why the article didn't claim that it is.
Suddenly my title bar changed over to "Slashdot (15)"
It's the number of stories shown on the page. Not sure why it's there, though, since it always seems to read 15 for me.
To keep on-topic I suppose I ought to mention that I'm typing this with a "herbal cigarette" in the other hand.
And I find it rather hypocritical that a site like slashdot would bitch about censorship at all, since the moderation system used on here could be viewed as "crowd-sourced censorship".
Maybe, if one doesn't know how to change the viewing threshold.
Now you may be wondering why the carts would be proprietary in the first place.
No, I'm wondering why you suggest shuffling packets of matter around in the first place.
Is there now a Disney ride called "Room 101" complete with animatronic rats?
No, not with cats. Room 101 has the little singing mannequins.
(I have actually been asked by a TSA agent how I was able to afford airline tickets.)
What was your answer? Did it include the words "none", "damn", "business", "yours"?
Great for drug dealers! Drone comes with money, replace money with drugs, and off it goes!
If only it were so easy...
If the cops get it, well, who are they going to bust?
I'm guessing they'd start with the house that looks/sounds like a robotic beehive.
Thanks. I always did wonder why Clarke picked Venus.
That got me thinking about something from 3001 (not that good a read, but still) wherein humans had been dropping comets onto Venus to slow terraform it. I wonder how many we'd have to drop onto Mars to make it a little more liveable there...
It would be spectacular if movies were made based upon potential Nasa missions...
If you ignore the part about the monoliths, 2010 is quite good in this respect. Personally, I've always thought that a film set during the Belters' secession from Earth (as in Larry Niven) could make for very interesting sci-fi while still sitting at the 'hard' end of the spectrum.
It's like passing a decree that makes people owing me $300 if they ever whisper my name in their car. There. Be warned.
Phew! No problems there! I read it not 10 seconds ago yet can't even spell it.
Set up some zombies to DDOS him until he goes away.
You should also talk to a lawyer. Making assumptions about what the law will and won't say when there isn't a lawyer involved is prone to failure.
I think you have those two steps the wrong way round.
Balls to that, you can deal with these squabbles yourselves!
Isn't that what Texas is for?
For once that whooshing sound isn't a plane flying overhead.
If it's going to end in suicide they might as well just go back to doing bullet lobotomies.