As we all know, no single black person lives in England. The great shepherd of the White Race would not allow such a happening in the True White People's Home Land. WHITE POWRE!!!!!!11
Give me a break.
If anything doesn't make sense, it's Zaphod's 2nd head.
Oh god. If this happens, I swear. I'm grabbing the first weapon I can find and heading to the first marketing firm I can find and going on one of those rampages that were so popular with post office employees.
That's basically the same question as, if there's intelligent life in the Universe, supposedly much more advanced as us, why aren't we being visited.
I expect you presuppose your answer in asking the question, but I'll play devil's advocate.:)
a) wormholes don't exist b) there aren't any parallel universes
That's good enough. Let's deal with phenomena in our universe that's actually been detected (or is even detectable for that matter), and leave theoretical ("phony") mathematics to guys in wheel chairs.
That would be one heck of a task, to attach GPS devices to all police cars.
I see a day where cars come standard with GPS locators -- even cops cars, but they transmit on a forbidden channel, or with encrypted data or some such. It will also be a crime to decrypt.
Although, there's probably laws against tampering with police vehicles in general. But, there wouldn't be anything against attaching them to, say, the officer's personal vehicles.
I think it's just the typical alarmist BS. As the posting mentions, it's like an asteroid hit -- it could be never, it could be tomorrow. Point is: is there anything anyone can do about it? Of course not, so why worry about it?
It just the same as "the big one" and all that other fear-mongering that goes on. The volume just gets turned up when something happens somewhere else in the world. I've a better idea, rather than sitting huddled in our houses worrying about when it will happen to us, let's realise that it DID just happen to someone, and help them out. Things are going to be really rough over there for a while.
That's rediculously asinine. Some people, making very little, depend on their vehicles to, you know, live. Besides, there's already taxes upon taxes on the distance you drive, they're embedded in every litre/gallon of gasoline you buy.
Don't forget the problems that the hubble had when it was first launched. The time line to design a new telescope from scratch and to launch it is huge, and remember, no launch is a given. Any number of problems might crop up during that process.
Also, note that Hubble was launched and placed via the shuttles, which are currently inactive.
They seem pretty eager to test out this robot, so maybe it has further application and fixing hubble is the kind of proving ground they need for it, or perhaps using this robot allows them to service without using the shuttles (I haven't read the details).
I sure hope so, but I think the Discovery channel can show that the truth is a solid 'no.'
What once was a network with good science-based shows, news programs and such, has been diminished to a pathetic pseudo-fox with all its fabrication garbage shows.
Anyway, we'll see. I'll watch it if it goes on air.
And you need to listen to their science. "The establishment doesn't believe my work" is an asinine blanket statement that shows you haven't even done a modicum of research. This isn't pseudo-science, this is real science trying to find the light of day.
At the very least, the big bang theory has been thoroughly falsified, yet it's still clung to like a christian clergy clings to the bible.
I'll be watching all four episodes on both nights of this series with interest. I recommend people with open, objective, skeptical, scientific minds to follow the links I mentioned above. Get a grasp for what they're telling you, then watch the series.
It's not your fault if you feel a little mislead.:)
I agree with ya. After only a paragraph or two I had to ask myself "Is this guy looking ahead 10 years or 100 years?" Followed by "Or is he stuck in the 50s looking into the magical world of 'tomorrow'?"
A small portion of the things that he describes might, might, might be available to the gluttonous wealthy by that time, but I think he's forgotten something. The forecast is supposed to be for ten years from now. Ten. Why not start by looking back to 1994 and seeing how much has changed since then? Aside from the addition of two computers which don't help at all with the housework, my own home has barely changed since then.
I wonder if anyone wrote in 1994 about the fantastic world of 2004. I'd like to see how close they were.
And how about the "low-carb" hot-n-ready breakfast made by the robotokitchen. I was under the impression that the low-carb fad (btw, ladies and gentlemen, that's all it ever was) had already died, or at least was gasping for breath.
Anyway, another chapter in the more useless brand of non-action-oriented sci-fi. Does anyone know what happened to the next generation of Clarkes and Asimovs?
Actually they do offer a full 15 day fully featured trial of the OS. You need to dig a little deeper for information before you start making accusations.:)
When Lindows was first announced, I signed up for the Insider program. Recently I received a coupon for a free copy of Linspire 4.5 and a 5 month full membership to their warehouse feature. Quite simply an offer I couldn't refuse. I downloaded Linspire 4.5 and checked it out, and I'd have to say it's pretty tight. My hardware all worked out of the box with no configuration (other than switching the network settings away from DHCP), and the click-n-run feature is drop-dead simple. In no time I had a queue of software waiting to be installed, downloading and installing using Debian's apt-get utility in the background.
Overall I'd say it's a really good introduction to Linux for less-than-computer-savvy users, as well as a solid operating system for someone who really doesn't care what's running their computer -- just that it works. I think it would work especially well in an office environment for people who just need to use their standard office applications to get their work done.
It may be just rumour, but after stating a very similar opinion (about "oh, you just KNOW that there will be a super-extended version"), a buddy of mine informed me that Peter Jackson has said that will not happen. The extended versions will be it, other than stores possibly shrink-wrapping the 3 extended versions together.
I don't really see the point of suing the manufacturers over this.. admittedly, it has always annoyed me a bit.. buying an 8.4gb hard drive really means you're buying something closer to 8.0gb.
To make it easier, I simply refer to those sizes as 'marketing megs/gigs' and belong in the same category as 'new & improved', etc.
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As we all know, no single black person lives in England. The great shepherd of the White Race would not allow such a happening in the True White People's Home Land. WHITE POWRE!!!!!!11
Give me a break.
If anything doesn't make sense, it's Zaphod's 2nd head.
Inference isn't discovery. That's all this story's worth.
Oh god. If this happens, I swear. I'm grabbing the first weapon I can find and heading to the first marketing firm I can find and going on one of those rampages that were so popular with post office employees.
Someone stop it. PLEASE.
That's basically the same question as, if there's intelligent life in the Universe, supposedly much more advanced as us, why aren't we being visited.
:)
I expect you presuppose your answer in asking the question, but I'll play devil's advocate.
a) wormholes don't exist
b) there aren't any parallel universes
That's good enough. Let's deal with phenomena in our universe that's actually been detected (or is even detectable for that matter), and leave theoretical ("phony") mathematics to guys in wheel chairs.
This should be printed in the pages of a pulp sci-fi, not posted as a science story. Pathetic.
That would be one heck of a task, to attach GPS devices to all police cars.
I see a day where cars come standard with GPS locators -- even cops cars, but they transmit on a forbidden channel, or with encrypted data or some such. It will also be a crime to decrypt.
Absolutely.
Although, there's probably laws against tampering with police vehicles in general. But, there wouldn't be anything against attaching them to, say, the officer's personal vehicles.
Politicians. I like that one.
.. where sicko poiverts can't get away with randomly exposing themselves to women in coffee shops? It's an attrocimacy!
The whole freakin' system is out of order.
You know, this could also have been proven with a simple walk through an electronics store.
I think it's just the typical alarmist BS. As the posting mentions, it's like an asteroid hit -- it could be never, it could be tomorrow. Point is: is there anything anyone can do about it? Of course not, so why worry about it?
It just the same as "the big one" and all that other fear-mongering that goes on. The volume just gets turned up when something happens somewhere else in the world. I've a better idea, rather than sitting huddled in our houses worrying about when it will happen to us, let's realise that it DID just happen to someone, and help them out. Things are going to be really rough over there for a while.
That's rediculously asinine. Some people, making very little, depend on their vehicles to, you know, live. Besides, there's already taxes upon taxes on the distance you drive, they're embedded in every litre/gallon of gasoline you buy.
Don't forget the problems that the hubble had when it was first launched. The time line to design a new telescope from scratch and to launch it is huge, and remember, no launch is a given. Any number of problems might crop up during that process.
Also, note that Hubble was launched and placed via the shuttles, which are currently inactive.
They seem pretty eager to test out this robot, so maybe it has further application and fixing hubble is the kind of proving ground they need for it, or perhaps using this robot allows them to service without using the shuttles (I haven't read the details).
I sure hope so, but I think the Discovery channel can show that the truth is a solid 'no.'
What once was a network with good science-based shows, news programs and such, has been diminished to a pathetic pseudo-fox with all its fabrication garbage shows.
Anyway, we'll see. I'll watch it if it goes on air.
And you need to listen to their science. "The establishment doesn't believe my work" is an asinine blanket statement that shows you haven't even done a modicum of research. This isn't pseudo-science, this is real science trying to find the light of day.
At the very least, the big bang theory has been thoroughly falsified, yet it's still clung to like a christian clergy clings to the bible.
LOL. Touché.
:)
I'll be watching all four episodes on both nights of this series with interest. I recommend people with open, objective, skeptical, scientific minds to follow the links I mentioned above. Get a grasp for what they're telling you, then watch the series.
It's not your fault if you feel a little mislead.
The effects will be great, no doubt. Too bad the science behind most of what they'll say is bunk.
I agree with ya. After only a paragraph or two I had to ask myself "Is this guy looking ahead 10 years or 100 years?" Followed by "Or is he stuck in the 50s looking into the magical world of 'tomorrow'?"
A small portion of the things that he describes might, might, might be available to the gluttonous wealthy by that time, but I think he's forgotten something. The forecast is supposed to be for ten years from now. Ten. Why not start by looking back to 1994 and seeing how much has changed since then? Aside from the addition of two computers which don't help at all with the housework, my own home has barely changed since then.
I wonder if anyone wrote in 1994 about the fantastic world of 2004. I'd like to see how close they were.
And how about the "low-carb" hot-n-ready breakfast made by the robotokitchen. I was under the impression that the low-carb fad (btw, ladies and gentlemen, that's all it ever was) had already died, or at least was gasping for breath.
Anyway, another chapter in the more useless brand of non-action-oriented sci-fi. Does anyone know what happened to the next generation of Clarkes and Asimovs?
Actually they do offer a full 15 day fully featured trial of the OS. You need to dig a little deeper for information before you start making accusations. :)
When Lindows was first announced, I signed up for the Insider program. Recently I received a coupon for a free copy of Linspire 4.5 and a 5 month full membership to their warehouse feature. Quite simply an offer I couldn't refuse. I downloaded Linspire 4.5 and checked it out, and I'd have to say it's pretty tight. My hardware all worked out of the box with no configuration (other than switching the network settings away from DHCP), and the click-n-run feature is drop-dead simple. In no time I had a queue of software waiting to be installed, downloading and installing using Debian's apt-get utility in the background.
Overall I'd say it's a really good introduction to Linux for less-than-computer-savvy users, as well as a solid operating system for someone who really doesn't care what's running their computer -- just that it works. I think it would work especially well in an office environment for people who just need to use their standard office applications to get their work done.
That said, I remain a die-hard Mandrake devotee.
Windows: WinRAR, FlashFXP, WinAmp, Firefox, Thunderbird, several dozen patches & updates, then games since that's all Windows is good for.
Linux (Mandrake): Firefox, Thunderbird, XFCE, gAIM, and uhh.. well it comes with everything else.
It may be just rumour, but after stating a very similar opinion (about "oh, you just KNOW that there will be a super-extended version"), a buddy of mine informed me that Peter Jackson has said that will not happen. The extended versions will be it, other than stores possibly shrink-wrapping the 3 extended versions together.
I have a question. Why is slashdot publishing pseudoscience "news" under the guise of science? For shame.
Depends if you're into the more realistic shooter type dealy, but even if not, Unreal Tournament (the old one) won't disappoint.
http://infiltration.sentrystudios.net/
I don't really see the point of suing the manufacturers over this.. admittedly, it has always annoyed me a bit.. buying an 8.4gb hard drive really means you're buying something closer to 8.0gb.
To make it easier, I simply refer to those sizes as 'marketing megs/gigs' and belong in the same category as 'new & improved', etc.
Rented it when it came out. Copied it into DivX.. watch it when I will until November, when I'll buy the special edition. :)