Actually this is what I was thinking too, but in more serious terms. Entire organs are most likely decades away from happening (at least with this type of technology). Most likely the first users will want this technology for reasons similar to what you described. Someone in Mossad or MI5 is probably dancing with joy about now.
Why the heck is this modded redundant? While I do not agree with anarchists, I do believe it to be a valid point of view. Remember, there is no -1 I Disagree modding.
As for the dissociation between the physical act and the attached information transfer, I believe that things aren't this simple. Information transfer, although possible as an abstract, separate process is in reality tied to a physical infrastructure.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the math doesn't add up. SpaceX got awarded a 1.6 billion dollar contract for 12 flights to ISS, that's 133 million bucks per flight. Ariane 5 has a cost of roughly 120 million bucks for flight. Where is the cheaper part?
SpaceX along with Orbital got contracts for delivering cargo to the ISS way before Constellation got canceled and there are plenty of alternatives to send cargo to begin with (Arianne is the first to pop in my mind)
The real hurdle lies in developing human rated space transport beyond LEO which is with an order of magnitude more difficult. It's nice to see SpaceX launch their rocket, but other than that this is a storm in a teacup.
I hate replying to AC, but you are right. The Commission is actually recommending for the status quo to be maintained. Here's the press release to prove it. This story is BS at its finest.
There are plenty of clones. I use some Romanian ones. No pesky DMCA notices there and they also have audio streaming, but there's a tad less content. Enjoy: http://www.220.ro/ http://www.trilulilu.ro/
The rates you posted are a bit outdated. Now I hate Wikipedia links, but they do have an up to date list. As you will see the average VAT rate sits at about 20%.
Small correction. The EU commission is named in the following way: The EU Parliament votes for the EU Commission chief (in this case Barroso), the chief assembles his team and after that the team must be validated by the Parliament again.
The lesser of two evils? If you want to maintain your dignity as a human being, you must always strive for freedom.
If you choose to see your country as a place where freedom of expression is unfathomable, then I pity you.
There is one critical difference between the censorship in China and the one in US or Germany and it's more than a matter of scale. In the western world, unjust laws can get changed. If a US blogger receives an unjust DMCA takedown notice, he can fight it and if he is in the right he will also end up as the winner. In China, you don't get the option of telling your side of the story, except maybe to the other guys in the cell.
What you call dissidents, we call concerned citizens and we respect them.
And by the way, I don't know whether you realize it or not, but you're a dissident as well. You are breaking the Chinese law as we speak simply by bypassing the censorship, so you are more than a bit hypocritical.
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Actually this is what I was thinking too, but in more serious terms. Entire organs are most likely decades away from happening (at least with this type of technology). Most likely the first users will want this technology for reasons similar to what you described. Someone in Mossad or MI5 is probably dancing with joy about now.
Why the heck is this modded redundant? While I do not agree with anarchists, I do believe it to be a valid point of view. Remember, there is no -1 I Disagree modding.
As for the dissociation between the physical act and the attached information transfer, I believe that things aren't this simple. Information transfer, although possible as an abstract, separate process is in reality tied to a physical infrastructure.
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Most likely they have an engineer around. Setting an achievable target allows to... you know... actually get things done.
We've got all these technological advances, all these wonderful new toys, but all we can do is reinvent the frigging lynch mob.
What's to stop coffee shops from setting a password protected wifi spot and then putting a big poster with the password on it?
... who will not be exactly jumping for this opportunity. The Indian developers of course.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the math doesn't add up. SpaceX got awarded a 1.6 billion dollar contract for 12 flights to ISS, that's 133 million bucks per flight. Ariane 5 has a cost of roughly 120 million bucks for flight. Where is the cheaper part?
The standard procedure is to abort the mission, by blowing up the rocket. The end result is the same, it will come crashing on Earth.
SpaceX along with Orbital got contracts for delivering cargo to the ISS way before Constellation got canceled and there are plenty of alternatives to send cargo to begin with (Arianne is the first to pop in my mind)
The real hurdle lies in developing human rated space transport beyond LEO which is with an order of magnitude more difficult. It's nice to see SpaceX launch their rocket, but other than that this is a storm in a teacup.
I hate replying to AC, but you are right. The Commission is actually recommending for the status quo to be maintained.
Here's the press release to prove it. This story is BS at its finest.
There are plenty of clones. I use some Romanian ones. No pesky DMCA notices there and they also have audio streaming, but there's a tad less content. Enjoy: http://www.220.ro/
http://www.trilulilu.ro/
Dude, no offense, get a life.
... of stripping the EXIF metadata. Just saying.
The rates you posted are a bit outdated. Now I hate Wikipedia links, but they do have an up to date list. As you will see the average VAT rate sits at about 20%.
Small correction. The EU commission is named in the following way: The EU Parliament votes for the EU Commission chief (in this case Barroso), the chief assembles his team and after that the team must be validated by the Parliament again.
Actually they were (and still are for that matter). They simply didn't have to climb out.
You asked for it.
http://www.xkcd.com/552/
Huh? Last time I checked they had tremendous traffic going to their site.
You misunderstand the reason for which science fiction exists. Scifi is not meant to predict the future, it is meant to prevent it.
That or the sale of small metallic cathedral replicas will really take off.
The lesser of two evils? If you want to maintain your dignity as a human being, you must always strive for freedom.
If you choose to see your country as a place where freedom of expression is unfathomable, then I pity you.
There is one critical difference between the censorship in China and the one in US or Germany and it's more than a matter of scale. In the western world, unjust laws can get changed. If a US blogger receives an unjust DMCA takedown notice, he can fight it and if he is in the right he will also end up as the winner. In China, you don't get the option of telling your side of the story, except maybe to the other guys in the cell.
What you call dissidents, we call concerned citizens and we respect them.
And by the way, I don't know whether you realize it or not, but you're a dissident as well. You are breaking the Chinese law as we speak simply by bypassing the censorship, so you are more than a bit hypocritical.
The future of technology depends greatly on the future of technology. Hooray for buzzwords
I hereby propose that all slashdotters ignore the Streisand effect on the grounds of sheer stupidity
And this is why the print will never die. Hooray for editors!