The day we re-write the U.S. Constitution to balance the effects of technology since telegraphs, corporate officers could actually inherit some regular human liabilities. Like most important changes, I expect that only war can effect a revised and corporation-aware social contract.
Then there's bacteria-generated butanol, which has 80% energy of gasoline for methanol's 70%. Also not as efficient as just pumping crude and running it up a column still, but the system does have some advantages:
(1) It can be made anywhere you grow stuff. This explains Brazil's extensive use of sugarcane -> ethanol.
(2) Unlike ethanol, it comes from cellulose.
(3) Unlike methanol, enzymes make it, at near room temperatures.
But biological processes require specific conditions and serious post-processing.
Unless you are (a) black, or (b) a consummate scholar on the subject, I don't think you should opine on what it is or ever has been like to be black in America. Just because there is one word, discrimination, that describes a lot of different behaviors, does not mean that they ought to be compared. I'm not saying that ageism is not a serious problem. I'm more concerned with simplifying incredibly subtle and complex issues.
I think that's too laissez faire. I mean, all justice proceeds down from the holy almighty Freedom Of the Market, but...nevermind, I can't even think of a way to complete that argument.
Pressing millions of copies of a musician's studio-crafted single-- highly exploitative practice that took the hard work of the most compliant musicians they could find. The musicians who manage to game the music industry are just as rare, per capita, as the consumers who actually seek out what they want rather than what they are force-fed by media outlets. This has been true for sixty years.
I have paid musicians for copies of their music that came with personalized notes, or shout-outs that included my name, or logo-printed kazoos, and lots of actual art included. A few artists have come up with products that people might be into e.g. Beck putting a bunch of custom stickers in one of his albums instead of cover art.
Basically I think that the record-funded music industry has been the anomaly, not the corrective factor that the internet introduces into the industry.
My fundie parents showed me a movie, long ago, concerning the biblical rapture and tribulation. This horrible cheasy film from the 70's called A Thief In the Night, got me to think that when people started wanting to put a computer chip in me, that it would be the Mark of the Beast.
So now I wonder, do large numbers of Christians believe that? Or more generally, would religion present a major hindrance to implementing any system that only used implants?
You could just tell your significant other that you are ethically opposed to censorship and you don't think that porn is nearly as big a deal as free and open internet.
If I had a mod point, apparently I would be the only one to give you one. This is the first post I've seen mentioning the opt-in part, which Just Might Work. I could very well imagine this not being very bad. However, it does threaten to set a precedent for potentially very bad things.
On a whim, I dug up my old D2 discs, still works, haha, gee good old D2...
40 hours later, surrounded by empty cans of caffeinated beverages, trying with all my wits to get some 14 year old to trade a perf 3 OS DS for my spare SOJ and Mal so I can friggin get on with my hellfire grind...have to go to work in 3 hours...
Linux users, like Buddhists and atheists, tend to be a more understanding group than a random sample of people. So I contend that it would be cool if they produced a Linux version, just with the understanding that they not going to support it especially. Distribute it DL only only to those who purchased the regular version. Take out the unneeded parts, cross-compile and fix any clear and obvious problems, and put it in capital letters that support and bugs aren't priority for the Linux version. Many players will bitch about the bugs, but many more will be happy it exists. And I bet they'd break even on salary vs. Linux sales.
This wouldn't be a good idea for say a CAD IDE, but this is a game we're talking about. Game developers can take unorthodox steps in platform support.
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viz. story about MIT video-enhancing algorithm
The day we re-write the U.S. Constitution to balance the effects of technology since telegraphs, corporate officers could actually inherit some regular human liabilities. Like most important changes, I expect that only war can effect a revised and corporation-aware social contract.
Different rules, different game.
Cut out a rectangle with the security strip in it first.
All you need for sourdough is grain of any grind or even just sprouted, water, salt, and a way to get it above 400 degrees for 1/2 hr or so
Under certain circumstances, Google could exert more power than any other independent organization in all of history.
the cable companies
I chuckled at this. I've never lived in a place with more than one source of cable.
O hurray, another politics thread! I expected joke thread, then thread about TFA, then politics thread. But thank goodness it popped right up!
Then there's bacteria-generated butanol, which has 80% energy of gasoline for methanol's 70%. Also not as efficient as just pumping crude and running it up a column still, but the system does have some advantages:
(1) It can be made anywhere you grow stuff. This explains Brazil's extensive use of sugarcane -> ethanol.
(2) Unlike ethanol, it comes from cellulose.
(3) Unlike methanol, enzymes make it, at near room temperatures.
But biological processes require specific conditions and serious post-processing.
Lesson from Aesop's Fables: you are judged by the company you keep.
yeh it's just a protocol. Has anyone renamed it for legal downloads? Rebranding could fix this issue up.
http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/CT-Scans-Reveal-Ant-Colony-Architecture-Patterns-2.jpg/
I would like it if you could elaborate, maybe you have an anecdote even?
Unless you are (a) black, or (b) a consummate scholar on the subject, I don't think you should opine on what it is or ever has been like to be black in America. Just because there is one word, discrimination, that describes a lot of different behaviors, does not mean that they ought to be compared. I'm not saying that ageism is not a serious problem. I'm more concerned with simplifying incredibly subtle and complex issues.
I think that's too laissez faire. I mean, all justice proceeds down from the holy almighty Freedom Of the Market, but...nevermind, I can't even think of a way to complete that argument.
Pressing millions of copies of a musician's studio-crafted single-- highly exploitative practice that took the hard work of the most compliant musicians they could find. The musicians who manage to game the music industry are just as rare, per capita, as the consumers who actually seek out what they want rather than what they are force-fed by media outlets. This has been true for sixty years.
I have paid musicians for copies of their music that came with personalized notes, or shout-outs that included my name, or logo-printed kazoos, and lots of actual art included. A few artists have come up with products that people might be into e.g. Beck putting a bunch of custom stickers in one of his albums instead of cover art.
Basically I think that the record-funded music industry has been the anomaly, not the corrective factor that the internet introduces into the industry.
My fundie parents showed me a movie, long ago, concerning the biblical rapture and tribulation. This horrible cheasy film from the 70's called A Thief In the Night , got me to think that when people started wanting to put a computer chip in me, that it would be the Mark of the Beast.
So now I wonder, do large numbers of Christians believe that? Or more generally, would religion present a major hindrance to implementing any system that only used implants?
You could just tell your significant other that you are ethically opposed to censorship and you don't think that porn is nearly as big a deal as free and open internet.
If I had a mod point, apparently I would be the only one to give you one. This is the first post I've seen mentioning the opt-in part, which Just Might Work. I could very well imagine this not being very bad. However, it does threaten to set a precedent for potentially very bad things.
Pascal's Wager as a logical proposition could be applied to justify almost anything. If the Koran is true then we should all be suicide bombers.
it got God a lot of press coverage. Any news is good news especially if no one can see you
So they are going to lower the prices when this brings down their overhead, right?
On a whim, I dug up my old D2 discs, still works, haha, gee good old D2...
40 hours later, surrounded by empty cans of caffeinated beverages, trying with all my wits to get some 14 year old to trade a perf 3 OS DS for my spare SOJ and Mal so I can friggin get on with my hellfire grind...have to go to work in 3 hours...
Linux users, like Buddhists and atheists, tend to be a more understanding group than a random sample of people. So I contend that it would be cool if they produced a Linux version, just with the understanding that they not going to support it especially. Distribute it DL only only to those who purchased the regular version. Take out the unneeded parts, cross-compile and fix any clear and obvious problems, and put it in capital letters that support and bugs aren't priority for the Linux version. Many players will bitch about the bugs, but many more will be happy it exists. And I bet they'd break even on salary vs. Linux sales.
This wouldn't be a good idea for say a CAD IDE, but this is a game we're talking about. Game developers can take unorthodox steps in platform support.
Maybe I'd read too much science fiction already. Didn't much like this book.