Americans are religious, religions are Fundamentally anti-freedom (democracy was not a religious invention, nor was the secular state), and they are therefore prone to prefer submission to freedom.
They grovel before authority. Fox News perfectly reflects how they think. Slashdotters are a microscopic sampling and don't resemble the rest of the US.
Do the tiny few USians who aren't retarded a favor and reject our influence in the world. The Cold War is finished. You don't need us any more and all a relationship with our oligarchy will do is make you victims as it does us.
"Because like the rest of the world, slashdot can't care about pure research, but instead only what can be put on a shelf and advertised by google now now! now!!!!?"
No, it's because posting this information so early that it's useless for decision-making means it's just entertainment.
The BIG picture is reflected in the over one billion (that's with a "B") dollars paid out worldwide by the Catholic Church to victims in settlements, the Christian Brothers order filing for bankruptcy, the Father Geoghan follies in Boston, the endless list of perps in country after country...without the FBI raising a peep because of fear of bad publicity.
Ubuntu sacrificed polish for frequent releases. Since it's free it doesn't have to rely on quality for revenue and is under no marketplace compulsion to change that.
Geeks who want what it offers can sort out the little shit, the hardcore can use Debian for servers without multimedia, but polish AND features require focus and MONEY.
We have centuries to send TOURISTS. Better if they pay for it themselves, as befits a tourist enterprise.
How about following the example of Voyager and doing remote-manned EXPLORATION while perfecting the machines us meatsacks REQUIRE to survive the utterly hostile environment of space no matter where we send them?
"Why would you go and do a stupid thing like this? I loved your products, but I will purchase them no more."
That's overly nice.
Dear TomTom,
I will spread this info far and wide, not buy your shit, and when asked for a recommendation I will explain (my opinion, note verbiage!) that you are doing your part to support a police state.
I will find ways to interject this example of how your company is empowering government, and let my audience make an informed decision.
Govliquidation would auction off any surplused equipment online after any other interested agencies screened it.
If you like pallets of old servers with no hard disks, register and monitor the auctions. I find bidders tend to overpay on many items and it's often worse than Ebay. If you are buying something unusual, or something heavy you have the gear to move, you can do well.
There is no reason not to develop remote-manned tech for another hundred years and THEN send human tourists with vastly improved technology. We need remote-manned and robotic tech on Earth, now and for the future. We MUST have it to exploit the PERMANENTLY hostile environment offworld. Humans will have to live in protective enclosures anywhere they go, which reduces them to machine operators either way. Humans explore nothing, they are passengers. Ditch the terrestrial model of "wooden ships and iron men" because that is an artifact of the time when both men and ships were CHEAP and EXPENDABLE.
Slashdot Mirror
Americans are religious, religions are Fundamentally anti-freedom (democracy was not a religious invention, nor was the secular state), and they are therefore prone to prefer submission to freedom.
They grovel before authority. Fox News perfectly reflects how they think. Slashdotters are a microscopic sampling and don't resemble the rest of the US.
Do the tiny few USians who aren't retarded a favor and reject our influence in the world. The Cold War is finished. You don't need us any more and all a relationship with our oligarchy will do is make you victims as it does us.
"post-apocalyptic ancestors"
That's an impressive Apocalypse!
Solid Dihydrogen Monoxide sank the Titanic and suffocated many of the passengers. It clearly merits regulation.
"Because like the rest of the world, slashdot can't care about pure research, but instead only what can be put on a shelf and advertised by google now now! now!!!!?"
No, it's because posting this information so early that it's useless for decision-making means it's just entertainment.
The BIG picture is reflected in the over one billion (that's with a "B") dollars paid out worldwide by the Catholic Church to victims in settlements, the Christian Brothers order filing for bankruptcy, the Father Geoghan follies in Boston, the endless list of perps in country after country...without the FBI raising a peep because of fear of bad publicity.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/29/uk-church-brothers-sexabuse-idUKTRE73S10I20110429
"Won't someone think of the FBI agents!"
If they wanted to fap to cyber security and criminal intrusions they'd investigate those instead.
Ubuntu sacrificed polish for frequent releases. Since it's free it doesn't have to rely on quality for revenue and is under no marketplace compulsion to change that.
Geeks who want what it offers can sort out the little shit, the hardcore can use Debian for servers without multimedia, but polish AND features require focus and MONEY.
The whole cutesy thing with Ubuntu can't change.
It's what the boss wants, end of story.
We have centuries to send TOURISTS. Better if they pay for it themselves, as befits a tourist enterprise.
How about following the example of Voyager and doing remote-manned EXPLORATION while perfecting the machines us meatsacks REQUIRE to survive the utterly hostile environment of space no matter where we send them?
"Turns out this is just another case of mother nature wanting to kill everything."
Mother Nature DOES kill everything as part of the process which sustains life. Zero waste, everything turns back into "food".
Pretty cool actually.
A varmint rifle and a shovel. Turn the critter into a red mist from a distance, bury it later if it's not in a convenient spot.
"Someone sits there spending 30 minutes by a car door."
No, they have or make a "slim jim" and have it open nearly as fast as if the car were locked in many cases. Wedging doors etc is easy too.
That's how wreckers respond to lockouts when you call AAA!
If you have physical access, game is usually over unless owner takes advanced precautions.
"Why would you go and do a stupid thing like this? I loved your products, but I will purchase them no more."
That's overly nice.
Dear TomTom,
I will spread this info far and wide, not buy your shit, and when asked for a recommendation I will explain (my opinion, note verbiage!) that you are doing your part to support a police state.
I will find ways to interject this example of how your company is empowering government, and let my audience make an informed decision.
You dare to fuck me? NO. Fuck YOU!
Govliquidation would auction off any surplused equipment online after any other interested agencies screened it.
If you like pallets of old servers with no hard disks, register and monitor the auctions. I find bidders tend to overpay on many items and it's often worse than Ebay. If you are buying something unusual, or something heavy you have the gear to move, you can do well.
WHAT Civics class?
You must be as old as I, and I went to pre-K with Diogenes.
"1) anyone bringing in flashdrives and plugging them into mission critical should be taken out back and shot,"
Iran is lucky enough to have that BOFH option.
There is no reason not to develop remote-manned tech for another hundred years and THEN send human tourists with vastly improved technology.
We need remote-manned and robotic tech on Earth, now and for the future. We MUST have it to exploit the PERMANENTLY hostile environment offworld. Humans will have to live in protective enclosures anywhere they go, which reduces them to machine operators either way.
Humans explore nothing, they are passengers. Ditch the terrestrial model of "wooden ships and iron men" because that is an artifact of the time when both men and ships were CHEAP and EXPENDABLE.
"Interesting the value that we humans put on animal lives: Miles per chicken."
Chickens care even less except when it's their chick or in the case of roosters, one of their harem.
Chickens find chicken quite tasty, and though our domestic chickens are bred for docility kill each other now and then for nothing much.
If one is worried about that, go back to wired connections.
Wifi is simply not secure.
"How about a simpler solution: DON'T BUY if you don't like it!"
But, but, it's SHINY! (weeps)
Short version:
Battery recycling is easy and there is already an infrastructure in place to handle millions of batteries per year.
Wear and tear on the batteries and contacts would be a major asspain, as would integrating convenient battery access hatches and slide-out rails.
They've been doing it for years.
http://www.trilug.org/pipermail/trilug/Week-of-Mon-20050418/034205.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gubatron/4065512250/
They use APPS, and those will be key to acceptance.
Market to geeks and do it early.