first when it says " the Sun may not be the ideal kind of star to nurture life, and that the Earth may not be the ideal size"... as opposed to what other life bearing planet/ star... which produced what better life form?... There could be life somewhere else... but how would it be better? It's like saying life conditions in a particular continent are better than on another continent, so life is more in danger/ is better off there. How do we know the dna mutations occuring (which according to the articles may have influenced life, endangered it)... didnt actually foster the right mutations for life as we know it... we dont have a recipy for life, let alone ideal life.
second when it says that life is doomed in half a billion... to a billion years... if indeed the sun's rays will make the temperature warmer, nothing's to stop us from enhancing the magnetic field or putting sunshades by then. as a matter of fact, with enough money, ressearch, it would not be impossible to put shades in orbit in a rather near future.
I'll go even further and say that supposing we had an orange dwarf which according to the article lasts 10 or 20 times more... we may never be encouraged to leave our solar system... sometimes, knowing we're doomed if we dont do anything about it is actually a motivator to save our necks by working more. So the fact that we are doomed - in a long term - will force us to find other habitable places.
I wonder if they shouldnt work on a 3 strikes law for the executive office where every time they resend the same law for vote, they have a gradual disconnection of powers to prevent abuse... that way way we'd do away with frivolous passing of laws, wasting tons of debate time in the parliament, where the whole country's legislative body is mobilized just so that a bunch of crying failing record industry stop crying wolf... especially when their apetite is not helping creativity (the original goal of copyright) because authors will continue to publish whatever the laws... and they stop increasing penalties for hypothetical loss of revenues when taxes already exist on empty media... if nothing is done, it'll be more easy to get away with murder than to download a song.
Seriously something is wrong with the system. Maybe the anti trust laws should be ammended to prevent continuous abuse from record labels on systems worldwide. Among deceptive practices that should be punished.. 1) rootkits 2) region locking... damn it if I buy a cd, I should be able to play it any way I want 3) RIAA trials - justice system flooding, racketeering like practices, deception, borderline illegal detective work , manipulation of laws, waste of public/ defendant ressource, unfair trials.... 4) Law keeps changing, increasingly detrimental to consumers 5) Copyright laws keep getting extended... the original idea of 10 years was good... but damn it, life + 70... wtf? if someone makes a hit which derives continuous profit 50 years after... they have no incentive to keep creating.....
I guess NASA will have to have a service mission to plank like they did for hubble to change the batteries, add functionality & extend its life... making it the first human presence in L2
Yawn... they said that about Cobol... call me when they have actually eliminated Cobol... and in my opinion is a much larger horror than SQL.
SQL is here to stay... maybe a few enhancements... but it shouldnt change much... too much of criticial stuff is dependent on it... besides, it's surprisingly flexible when it comes to access data
You mean they got it down to less than one terabyte for short documents? That's awesome news... now all they need is to ask for more plugins while display the document... and it'll be awesome. Seriously, what were they thinking... they should have a browser for every word feature, including one for footers, one for page layout, etc.
In other news, they just decoded thousand years old hieroglyphics... it said, "Jefferson, if you're reading this, you're spending way too long decoding hieroglyphics in way that was not at all intended;)"
Moonlight http://mono-project.com/Moonlight (with a semi official technical collaboration from microsoft.. they gave implementation hints). It has been around for a while and I'm sure it'll eventually get to 3.0 compatibility rather quickly
:) Playing with words, you can find several meanings for extra galactic... for example you could say that extra means more... a planet more galactic than others... how can a planet be more galactic than others? is it a planet with attitude, like earth, fostering life? or is it a planet taking up all the galaxy.
Extra Terrestrial Beings = Beings out of this planet... but it does not mean they have no planet of origin (and in fact nothing is to stop them in theory call it earth/ terra too):)
I think it's a wonderful initiative.... and that we should move towards a way to have all human knowledge available to the collective in such a way that anyone from anyplace can learn about anything... with a global competition to provide the best compilation of knowledge.
That said, it'll probably take a while... 1) to change people's mind about e-books 2) to get it in a form suitable for people to read.. with promising alternatives appearing such as flexible displays, e - ink, etc 3) to organize the knowledge with the efficiency of your local library... yes, you can google, but nothing beats browsing the shelves of a library if you're looking for material... and it's nowhere as neatly organized (in most libraries at least)
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I hope it can be used to grow brains... some people are definitely operating without them :)
they might help reform the patent system
You'll have to have the gene and sue in texas where they apparently seem to accept any type of lawsuit.
I wish they'd work on the I-love-the-techtonik-look-and-haircuts gene, that way we'd get rid of it once and for all
I guess that would count as previous art if nasa were to patent the twat :)
Or a wiki about wikis :)... wikiwiki :)
first when it says " the Sun may not be the ideal kind of star to nurture life, and that the Earth may not be the ideal size"... as opposed to what other life bearing planet/ star... which produced what better life form? ... There could be life somewhere else... but how would it be better? It's like saying life conditions in a particular continent are better than on another continent, so life is more in danger/ is better off there. How do we know the dna mutations occuring (which according to the articles may have influenced life, endangered it)... didnt actually foster the right mutations for life as we know it... we dont have a recipy for life, let alone ideal life.
second when it says that life is doomed in half a billion... to a billion years... if indeed the sun's rays will make the temperature warmer, nothing's to stop us from enhancing the magnetic field or putting sunshades by then. as a matter of fact, with enough money, ressearch, it would not be impossible to put shades in orbit in a rather near future.
I'll go even further and say that supposing we had an orange dwarf which according to the article lasts 10 or 20 times more... we may never be encouraged to leave our solar system... sometimes, knowing we're doomed if we dont do anything about it is actually a motivator to save our necks by working more. So the fact that we are doomed - in a long term - will force us to find other habitable places.
we've been 10 years away from cold fusion for the last 50 years :)... same with helium 3 (at a level where we actually get out more than we take in)
you will have to agree to pay their legal fees if you sue them... and pay for any dammages that may be awarded too :)
Of course, it's sensitive to pressure... it gets pressured when you push its buttons... and then it starts shouting :)
I wonder if they shouldnt work on a 3 strikes law for the executive office where every time they resend the same law for vote, they have a gradual disconnection of powers to prevent abuse... that way way we'd do away with frivolous passing of laws, wasting tons of debate time in the parliament, where the whole country's legislative body is mobilized just so that a bunch of crying failing record industry stop crying wolf... especially when their apetite is not helping creativity (the original goal of copyright) because authors will continue to publish whatever the laws... and they stop increasing penalties for hypothetical loss of revenues when taxes already exist on empty media... if nothing is done, it'll be more easy to get away with murder than to download a song.
Seriously something is wrong with the system. Maybe the anti trust laws should be ammended to prevent continuous abuse from record labels on systems worldwide. Among deceptive practices that should be punished.. ... damn it if I buy a cd, I should be able to play it any way I want .... ....
1) rootkits
2) region locking
3) RIAA trials - justice system flooding, racketeering like practices, deception, borderline illegal detective work , manipulation of laws, waste of public/ defendant ressource, unfair trials
4) Law keeps changing, increasingly detrimental to consumers
5) Copyright laws keep getting extended... the original idea of 10 years was good... but damn it, life + 70... wtf? if someone makes a hit which derives continuous profit 50 years after... they have no incentive to keep creating.
I guess NASA will have to have a service mission to plank like they did for hubble to change the batteries, add functionality & extend its life... making it the first human presence in L2
Yawn... they said that about Cobol... call me when they have actually eliminated Cobol... and in my opinion is a much larger horror than SQL.
SQL is here to stay... maybe a few enhancements... but it shouldnt change much... too much of criticial stuff is dependent on it... besides, it's surprisingly flexible when it comes to access data
You mean they got it down to less than one terabyte for short documents? That's awesome news... now all they need is to ask for more plugins while display the document... and it'll be awesome. Seriously, what were they thinking... they should have a browser for every word feature, including one for footers, one for page layout, etc.
Wouldnt that be chisel writing?
In other news, they just decoded thousand years old hieroglyphics... it said, "Jefferson, if you're reading this, you're spending way too long decoding hieroglyphics in way that was not at all intended ;)"
Oh the obligatory slashdot car analogy to drive the message through :)
So why is this car so much cheaper anyway... lemme guess... something different in the glove compartment?
Lol, actually a girl, on slashdot... that is surprising ( although a pleasant surprise :) ),
Maybe she had lithium in her body :p
They wanted to fuse... the're confused instead... some body got pissed and blew a fuse, decided it was time to hit the fuse box and stop fusion
Two telescopes in space... they needed a little privacy :)
sounds like a good business idea too....
are they ever gonna fix the patent system?
Moonlight http://mono-project.com/Moonlight (with a semi official technical collaboration from microsoft.. they gave implementation hints). It has been around for a while and I'm sure it'll eventually get to 3.0 compatibility rather quickly
On galactic scales, it's actually the closest spiral galaxy... of course, dont plan to picnic there anytime soon :)
:) Playing with words, you can find several meanings for extra galactic... for example you could say that extra means more... a planet more galactic than others... how can a planet be more galactic than others? is it a planet with attitude, like earth, fostering life? or is it a planet taking up all the galaxy.
Extra Terrestrial Beings = Beings out of this planet... but it does not mean they have no planet of origin (and in fact nothing is to stop them in theory call it earth/ terra too) :)
I think it's a wonderful initiative.... and that we should move towards a way to have all human knowledge available to the collective in such a way that anyone from anyplace can learn about anything... with a global competition to provide the best compilation of knowledge.
That said, it'll probably take a while...
1) to change people's mind about e-books
2) to get it in a form suitable for people to read.. with promising alternatives appearing such as flexible displays, e - ink, etc
3) to organize the knowledge with the efficiency of your local library... yes, you can google, but nothing beats browsing the shelves of a library if you're looking for material... and it's nowhere as neatly organized (in most libraries at least)