"The real shame is the government has spent billions of our tax dollars without acknowledging this fact. Is it even a British company thats producing the cards? Or are these tax dollars going to another economy?"
What a great comment from the daily mail article. Tax dollars in the UK. Amazing.
What's to say it isn't a last ditch effort? The race is dying and this is our last ditch effort. We've realized if we don't do something the human race will become extinct. Our last, somewhat selfless chance, is to send out the mother ships with our building blocks on board. It's the only way to keep our legacy alive.
Although if I was us (Wait what..), I'd also send all the information we have gathered. Maybe in the form of a mind image that could be deployed to the new inhabitants. Giving them all the knowledge of our species.
Wouldn't it be funny if Pandas were the probe. They've been trying to let themselves become extinct as not to expose that they're seemingly useless but we keep trying to save them.
Erm, when it comes to something as global as computing systems, segregation will never work. You need compatibility, ease of use, and cost effectiveness. This basically means one OS was always going to come out dominant. What about if it was Apple's OS? Would we be decades behind when it comes to hardware design?
There's a lot of what ifs and maybes in what you say, no, spew.
As soon as I left school I stopped writing.
My cursive was/is horrid and i've always been ashamed of it, so the jump to a keyboard was much appreciated.
My teachers pushed me to write neater but I held the pen differently and couldn't get used to the other technique they tried to teach. And all this happened at 12 years old when I had already been writing for 6 years with no one questioning how I hold a pen.
People will judge you on your handwriting, but you're all equal when a keyboard is involved.
If I ever have to write anything on a note, it usually takes me 2 or 3 goes until I get to the "That will do" moment where i'm just fed up.
Haha, you complain about the British "Getting their asses handed to them" in 1944 when warfare was still in its infancy, and include the gem that if it wasn't for the US we would be .
Yet, the great USA invaded Iraq (Twice) and gets their asses handed to them both times. Yet claims victory for both.
Then there's Vietnam.
No you're right. The US is a true master of warfare and we should be happy to have your troops behind us (Most likely shooting us in the back).
Seriously, without us in WW2 there wouldn't have been a WW2 and the Nazi's would have taken the whole of europe. No one was doing shit until our little island nation decided enough was enough.
You ignorance astounds me.
The Russians didn't even use computers to guide their version of the lunar lander.
They had mechanical controls in the form of what looked like a giant handbrake.
I had a dream last night where I was on an island, but it was actually North Korea.
A great big US ship pulled up to it with a Saturn 5 rocket on the deck.
Then NK shot 2 little artillery shells at the ship, they missed, but then the Saturn 5 launched and hit the island, to which it caused a nuclear explosion for some reason.
Then me and my friends ran away from the blast, I hid behind a rock and my leg got burned a bit.
Funny since the dream started with me driving a Ferrari.
I don't get your mindset.
The phone has obviously sold millions upon millions.
It's doing something right.
It's called usability and the iPhone has it by the bucket loads.
Before the iPhone came about putting apps onto a phone was annoying and awkward for the average user. You had to download the.sis (On symbian OS) then put it on a memory card, then finally install it.
Apple have made mobile applications accessible to the masses, and Grindr is proof of that.
I don't agree with everything Apple has done with the iPhone, but I agree with enough of it to have just ordered a 3Gs.
My previous phone was a Nokia 6600 which was probably more feature rich, but using it was torture.
I think so.
I have some american friends who bought a pay & go mobile to use here in the UK.
When I would phone them they would almost always hang up on me. When I asked why they said they only had a little credit left and they needed it.
I explained that over here incoming anything is free. Only costs to send.
Because they can?
I mean seriously, how often does someone actually get called out on abuse over the internet.
If I go to someones blogspot and tell them I want to kill them. There will be no action taken. It's not worth the effort and it's an empty threat like 99.99999% of threats on the internet.
On the internet your average 120lb nerd can be a 300lb UFC fighting bear wrangler.
Slashdot Mirror
2-5 years might be less than you'd get for disclosing the data.
"The real shame is the government has spent billions of our tax dollars without acknowledging this fact. Is it even a British company thats producing the cards? Or are these tax dollars going to another economy?"
What a great comment from the daily mail article.
Tax dollars in the UK. Amazing.
Guide your retard around the maps making sure he doesn't kill anything, but watch out for curly!
Collect the mice to win the game!
I love how the Icelandics had the audacity to blame the British for the collapse of their banks..
What's to say it isn't a last ditch effort?
The race is dying and this is our last ditch effort. We've realized if we don't do something the human race will become extinct.
Our last, somewhat selfless chance, is to send out the mother ships with our building blocks on board.
It's the only way to keep our legacy alive.
Although if I was us (Wait what..), I'd also send all the information we have gathered. Maybe in the form of a mind image that could be deployed to the new inhabitants.
Giving them all the knowledge of our species.
Wouldn't it be funny if Pandas were the probe.
They've been trying to let themselves become extinct as not to expose that they're seemingly useless but we keep trying to save them.
It might actually happen since Interplay came back from the ashes.
Their 10p stock price isn't promising though.
Anyone remember that game? It was awesome.
Step roit up, aye.
Erm, when it comes to something as global as computing systems, segregation will never work.
You need compatibility, ease of use, and cost effectiveness.
This basically means one OS was always going to come out dominant.
What about if it was Apple's OS? Would we be decades behind when it comes to hardware design?
There's a lot of what ifs and maybes in what you say, no, spew.
Arg. I don't care how shit you think the Windows OS is, Gates' philanthropy is worth it.
Oh shit.
In 2038 I'll be 50 years old...
Hey, is this room getting smaller? Is that my heart I can hear?
As soon as I left school I stopped writing. My cursive was/is horrid and i've always been ashamed of it, so the jump to a keyboard was much appreciated. My teachers pushed me to write neater but I held the pen differently and couldn't get used to the other technique they tried to teach. And all this happened at 12 years old when I had already been writing for 6 years with no one questioning how I hold a pen. People will judge you on your handwriting, but you're all equal when a keyboard is involved. If I ever have to write anything on a note, it usually takes me 2 or 3 goes until I get to the "That will do" moment where i'm just fed up.
Sub Commander:"Fire the missiles!" Computer: *bleep blop* Sub operator:"What do you mean am I sure? Fucking thing.."
Haha, you complain about the British "Getting their asses handed to them" in 1944 when warfare was still in its infancy, and include the gem that if it wasn't for the US we would be . Yet, the great USA invaded Iraq (Twice) and gets their asses handed to them both times. Yet claims victory for both. Then there's Vietnam. No you're right. The US is a true master of warfare and we should be happy to have your troops behind us (Most likely shooting us in the back). Seriously, without us in WW2 there wouldn't have been a WW2 and the Nazi's would have taken the whole of europe. No one was doing shit until our little island nation decided enough was enough. You ignorance astounds me.
The Russians didn't even use computers to guide their version of the lunar lander. They had mechanical controls in the form of what looked like a giant handbrake.
I had a dream last night where I was on an island, but it was actually North Korea. A great big US ship pulled up to it with a Saturn 5 rocket on the deck. Then NK shot 2 little artillery shells at the ship, they missed, but then the Saturn 5 launched and hit the island, to which it caused a nuclear explosion for some reason. Then me and my friends ran away from the blast, I hid behind a rock and my leg got burned a bit. Funny since the dream started with me driving a Ferrari.
Not for BT who own pretty much the whole telecommunications infrastructure of the UK..
I don't get your mindset. The phone has obviously sold millions upon millions. It's doing something right. It's called usability and the iPhone has it by the bucket loads. Before the iPhone came about putting apps onto a phone was annoying and awkward for the average user. You had to download the .sis (On symbian OS) then put it on a memory card, then finally install it.
Apple have made mobile applications accessible to the masses, and Grindr is proof of that.
I don't agree with everything Apple has done with the iPhone, but I agree with enough of it to have just ordered a 3Gs.
My previous phone was a Nokia 6600 which was probably more feature rich, but using it was torture.
I think so. I have some american friends who bought a pay & go mobile to use here in the UK. When I would phone them they would almost always hang up on me. When I asked why they said they only had a little credit left and they needed it. I explained that over here incoming anything is free. Only costs to send.
Anyone remember the rootkit fiasco?
If not then it's never going to be space tech, is it. It will be tech tech.
Because they can? I mean seriously, how often does someone actually get called out on abuse over the internet. If I go to someones blogspot and tell them I want to kill them. There will be no action taken. It's not worth the effort and it's an empty threat like 99.99999% of threats on the internet. On the internet your average 120lb nerd can be a 300lb UFC fighting bear wrangler.
I TROEL U
When in the end you're just going to limit everyones access to the internet anyway via the IWF and other spy schemes..