And advanced enough alien culture might not ever need to make direct contact with us to learn all they need to know. They might have robotic probes that could stealthily sit and watch much like a National Geographic photographer, except with the cloaking device enabled because unlike a lion pride we'd react to the observers.
Second, maybe life (even advanced non-space faring societies) are common enough for them to ignore?
Third, this is ALL speculation because our knowledge of the universe is so limited we can't possibly make an informed guess. Just about ANY theory has equal validity.
If they were used as intended, it would matter, but with all the campers you can't get the domain you want anyway (without shelling out a ton of cash).
When I was looking for a new computer, I was between the NVidia 680 and the AMD 7950. People were having horrendous problems with 7950 performance on some popular games. It was bad enough that the choice was a no-brainer for me. I'd be interested to see what any current owners might say.
I've never heard brogrammer used in this context without a negative connotation. EVERY time I've heard it used prior is in the context of sexist, discriminating work environments that tend to reinforce homogeneous work forces. I hope that term doesn't generically start referring to single, male programmers.
Exactly! This has been the pattern for US companies. First, it was find a cheaper suburb outside the city, then a cheaper state, then maybe Mexico, now China. As soon as the local workers wise up and start demanding better wages or work conditions, time to pack up and move to the next Libertarian low-tax low-regulation Eden.
I'd call that bad budgeting. Invader Zim had overall higher quality animation and also integrated computer graphics, but had to be far cheaper if it was Nickelodeon TV show.
I'm not saying that Obama hasn't done the same thing (that I know of), but when the no-fly list first came out there were Democrats (like Kennedy) and liberal activists who were magically finding themselves on the list with no explanation or clear path to get off it.
The trend in the last 15 years or so has been "if it's good for a corporation's profits, it's good for America." Rep. Lowenthal is either going to see her political adversaries get a fat campaign check or the anti-privacy coalition will make her an offer she can't refuse. I've seen too many of the staunches defenders of the public go 180 when the cash starts moving.
It's amazing to think that a species is so well adapted that it's survived numerous extinction events and still looks relatively the same. Three hundred million years ago, this planet would have looked like an alien world!
Windows is cemented as THE platform to target to give your desktop apps the largest audiences. Unless Windows loses that monopoly or someone develops a rock-solid ubiquitous cross-platform interface to build apps on top off, Windows is not going anywhere. Even if Microsoft screws the pooch and implodes with ventures in other markets, they'll always have that diamond in their pocket.
i.e. YOU. There were several game sites I used to frequent and there are a lot of useful Java applets out there for things like education I used to run. While they were safe, I just got tired of the risk of possibly following a link to an exploit. Even some mainstream torrent sites are riddled with hostile applets. I found this out when I watched one start to install an EXE. Having to rebuild a system from scratch vs. disabling Java plugins is a no brainer.
I saw a documentary about using this as the basis for oases in ocean deserts; like a way to build up populations of larger sea creatures.They can also be driven by nothing but wave power.
People dislike cops because the minority of cops who are bad abuse their power, and the majority who are good tend to stand around watching. Any video of a cop beating a guy, you'll see an equal number of "good" cops watching it go down. Not counting the "good" cops who fail to report it or file the paper work or investigate the abuse complaints.
Everyone thought dedicated news channels would mean dedicated new coverage. These for-profit news channels are trying to maximize their news coverage dollar and that usually means making the most out of the least. Late last night I watched a sheriff interviewed who was extremely careful not to give out even estimates of numbers. He was very disciplined and never speculated; at the most saying it could have been a criminal act or it could have been an industrial accident.
When a reporter was later asked to summarize his comments, she emphasis (paraphrasing) "he said it *could* have been a criminal act. That's an interesting choice of words." So even when there's no news, that gets turned into something!
Look at the Jodi Arias trial that's been featured on HLN for weeks now. An open-and-shut murder tiral about a pretty girl with some irrelevant sordid sexual details has become their primary focus and they're milking it for every last graphic sexual and violent detail.
People on the inside are giving out information they don't have to people on the outside who don't verify it. Both are primarily motivated by trying to make a name for themselves.
Common game in DC. If the vote is settled, unscrupulous Congressmen will vote in the most politically beneficial way. Parties are often a "party" to it as well. If the whip knows he's got enough votes, he'll allow a Congressman with a contentious reelection campaign to vote the way that will help him get reelected.
That's a bit simplistic. If the system stays the same, the next guy in will vote the same way. We have to get corporate money out of DC AND campaigns. When politicians are no longer beholded to them to get reelected, they won't be subservient anymore.
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And advanced enough alien culture might not ever need to make direct contact with us to learn all they need to know. They might have robotic probes that could stealthily sit and watch much like a National Geographic photographer, except with the cloaking device enabled because unlike a lion pride we'd react to the observers.
Second, maybe life (even advanced non-space faring societies) are common enough for them to ignore?
Third, this is ALL speculation because our knowledge of the universe is so limited we can't possibly make an informed guess. Just about ANY theory has equal validity.
If they were used as intended, it would matter, but with all the campers you can't get the domain you want anyway (without shelling out a ton of cash).
From the galaxy called, Neutrinos With Attitude!
...to a video with less than 1000 hits that probably belongs to the author or his friend. Terrible product placement Timothy.
Yeah...is that the new rationalization for not paying for music?
It turns into a giant Wonder Woman!
When I was looking for a new computer, I was between the NVidia 680 and the AMD 7950. People were having horrendous problems with 7950 performance on some popular games. It was bad enough that the choice was a no-brainer for me. I'd be interested to see what any current owners might say.
I've never heard brogrammer used in this context without a negative connotation. EVERY time I've heard it used prior is in the context of sexist, discriminating work environments that tend to reinforce homogeneous work forces. I hope that term doesn't generically start referring to single, male programmers.
Exactly! This has been the pattern for US companies. First, it was find a cheaper suburb outside the city, then a cheaper state, then maybe Mexico, now China. As soon as the local workers wise up and start demanding better wages or work conditions, time to pack up and move to the next Libertarian low-tax low-regulation Eden.
I'd call that bad budgeting. Invader Zim had overall higher quality animation and also integrated computer graphics, but had to be far cheaper if it was Nickelodeon TV show.
I'm not saying that Obama hasn't done the same thing (that I know of), but when the no-fly list first came out there were Democrats (like Kennedy) and liberal activists who were magically finding themselves on the list with no explanation or clear path to get off it.
The trend in the last 15 years or so has been "if it's good for a corporation's profits, it's good for America." Rep. Lowenthal is either going to see her political adversaries get a fat campaign check or the anti-privacy coalition will make her an offer she can't refuse. I've seen too many of the staunches defenders of the public go 180 when the cash starts moving.
It's amazing to think that a species is so well adapted that it's survived numerous extinction events and still looks relatively the same. Three hundred million years ago, this planet would have looked like an alien world!
Windows is cemented as THE platform to target to give your desktop apps the largest audiences. Unless Windows loses that monopoly or someone develops a rock-solid ubiquitous cross-platform interface to build apps on top off, Windows is not going anywhere. Even if Microsoft screws the pooch and implodes with ventures in other markets, they'll always have that diamond in their pocket.
I'd rather deal with a cleaned up Java plugin than extending the influence of Flash.
No one wants Java as a browser plugin
i.e. YOU. There were several game sites I used to frequent and there are a lot of useful Java applets out there for things like education I used to run. While they were safe, I just got tired of the risk of possibly following a link to an exploit. Even some mainstream torrent sites are riddled with hostile applets. I found this out when I watched one start to install an EXE. Having to rebuild a system from scratch vs. disabling Java plugins is a no brainer.
Back before we became a bunch of short-sighted corporatists who laugh at anything that doesn't turn a profit in one quarter.
I saw a documentary about using this as the basis for oases in ocean deserts; like a way to build up populations of larger sea creatures.They can also be driven by nothing but wave power.
People dislike cops because the minority of cops who are bad abuse their power, and the majority who are good tend to stand around watching. Any video of a cop beating a guy, you'll see an equal number of "good" cops watching it go down. Not counting the "good" cops who fail to report it or file the paper work or investigate the abuse complaints.
Everyone thought dedicated news channels would mean dedicated new coverage. These for-profit news channels are trying to maximize their news coverage dollar and that usually means making the most out of the least. Late last night I watched a sheriff interviewed who was extremely careful not to give out even estimates of numbers. He was very disciplined and never speculated; at the most saying it could have been a criminal act or it could have been an industrial accident.
When a reporter was later asked to summarize his comments, she emphasis (paraphrasing) "he said it *could* have been a criminal act. That's an interesting choice of words." So even when there's no news, that gets turned into something!
Look at the Jodi Arias trial that's been featured on HLN for weeks now. An open-and-shut murder tiral about a pretty girl with some irrelevant sordid sexual details has become their primary focus and they're milking it for every last graphic sexual and violent detail.
People on the inside are giving out information they don't have to people on the outside who don't verify it. Both are primarily motivated by trying to make a name for themselves.
Common game in DC. If the vote is settled, unscrupulous Congressmen will vote in the most politically beneficial way. Parties are often a "party" to it as well. If the whip knows he's got enough votes, he'll allow a Congressman with a contentious reelection campaign to vote the way that will help him get reelected.
I don't know what the sampling methodology was, but it's usually pretty reliable. The figure I saw was 88% as of 2 weeks ago.
That's a bit simplistic. If the system stays the same, the next guy in will vote the same way. We have to get corporate money out of DC AND campaigns. When politicians are no longer beholded to them to get reelected, they won't be subservient anymore.
Meh. Maybe it's sacrilege here but xkcd is overrated IMO.