This kind of patriotism/fantatical pride is really puzzling. People here are arguing about inventions that happend centuries before. You didnt know those people much less invest anything of your own in their exploits. Do you really think their genius makes your genes more valuable?
What did you invent today? What did you create yesterday? Those are the ONLY things you should really be proud of, isnt it?
People get crushed when their team loses. Even when they contributed exactly zero towards the effort. How have you failed if your favorite football team didnt win? How have you failed if a greek ancient invented zero instead of an indian (or whoever did).
It seems like a bug in human software. We continue to allow ourselves to be manipulated by these things.
Why would I go to a movie theater and wait in line, walk on a sticky floor, and see a movie in a room with a badly calibrated sound system and scratches on the screen?
They can connect the fall in movie theater ticket sales with the rise in DVD sales (home and rentals). DVDs offer extra features, subtitles, fast forward and rewind. All for the same price as a couple of tickets to the theater (w/ popcorn). And you dont have to schedule around a DVD.
If movie theaters want to survive, they are going to have to offer much more than just the movies and a snack bar.
Some suggestions:
Card readers that you swipe to go into a movie and the bill shows up on your credit card or a bill at the end of the month.
Special screenings.
Fix the damn theaters so they look and sound PERFECT.
Merchandising or some other way of getting involvement so that people who see the movie in the theater get something more than the DVD viewers. A program, a shirt, a coupon to visit a special website forum.
New ideas in movies would be nice. Remakes are a defensive strategy which is not working well. People pay to see new ideas.
Lets face it: There are far MORE movies and far BETTER movies showing on far MORE screens then ever in the past. But movie theaters themselves may be inconvenient compared to home entertainment. I have to drive an hour to see a movie with my friends at a good theater.
You are going to have to make the theaters better than waiting for the DVD and seeing it at leisure.
Didnt read the article either, but grep'd for modem and didnt find it.
I really dont understand why basic computers are still so expensive. For basic purposes, you really need very little.
The time will come soon, when people will be able to plug a keyboard, mouse, and display into their CELLPHONE and have enough power to get what they need done with network-based apps.
I suspect that we live in the golden age of general purpose computers. DRM, convenience, and price pressure will slowly make general purpose computers more expensive. Then they will just go away completely.
Also perhaps, there will be a kind of bittorrent redirection available, on the fly caches shared by people that are browsing the same pages or images.
Maybe instead of a image being sent, it will be a quicklink to a person on your own lan who just got that information. An optin service that would accelerate everyone.
They don't want us to feel safer. They want us to be scared. To be scared of the foreigners, and scared of each other. If we are scared and alone, we cannot cooperate to control the government. If we are scared of foreigners, then we will be willing to allow the government more latitude to control us. And it is working. If we are locked up in our homes alone, afraid, and unable to act or speak out, then we cannot build the momentum necessary to coordinate political reform.
Look at recent reports of police infiltrators in anti-war groups. Even seniors groups. And the feebs are saying things like 'we dont like their communist tendencies'. To them, anyone working together is a communist unless they are govt, or military. Those are a-ok.
It will probably get a lot worse before people become stung enough to stand up for themselves. Time will tell whether changes in technology will help balance the equation, or keep it tipping in favor of centralized state power.
I hope it doesnt tip too much further. This can be a really nice place to live when we have good leaders who have a plan to make life better for people, and not just more orderly for themselves.
Aliens could send a message to earth in cleartext, and half the idiots on this planet would look up and say "Yes Sir!".
What is more dangerous is that the signals from space are perfectly random. This includes the possibility that the signal could contain the perfect virus. As a random event and not a hostile act.
Yes, I did assume that the white cells were not becoming cancerous. It would seem unlikely, since they are most needed when the system is under attack. I would -guess- that having the soldiers fall to cancer in the middle of a battle would be counter productive. I would think we would have noticed such cells under the microscope.
The white cells are among the most long-lived of all the cells in the body. I think you are right that those cells probably have mechanisims to deal with the peroxide and stay alive and fighting until they are no longer needed.
Are you very certain about the effect of superoxide causing cancer? White cells use superoxide in their metabolic burst process to kill bacteria. And no cancer is produced and the white cells live to fight another day.
It has enough computer power to do most of what people need to do anyway.
What is missing is a good head mounted display and wireless keyboard and you could do anything. Add some gesture magic, and you dont even need the keyboard.
I have paid yahoo money, I have paid Microsoft money, I have paid Netscape money, I have paid Mozilla money,
But google doesnt have a dime of my money yet. And until I start paying them what I was going to pay MS for the new version of Windows, then I dont see where they are even in competition.
If they are not in competition for money, then they are in competition for somthing else. And its probably something I dont want EITHER company to have: Control
Ok, so lets say we get fusion working perfectly. Say a 50% NET return on the energy in hydrogen. What answers are in the wings for vehicals?
No one is going to give people tritium for plane fuel or tractor fuel.
So how do we use the new clean energy source for portable systems. Burning hydrogen cracked from water comes to mind, but is this really feasible? Is hydrogen energy dense enough to be a good fuel for a comercial airliner? For anything?
Are there other denser fuels that we could make with a rich energy source that would be convenient and portable?
And what other uses besides fuel are we using Oil for? Like what percentage of oil goes for lubricants, chemicals?
I really would like to see a great energy solution that makes all nations self sufficient. It would be a huge step towards reducing violence. But how does it work for the modern world and all its complicated pieces and processes.
What are the cable length limitations. LVDS sounds better. Does it require additional intelligence or memory in the display device? Can the signal be split to multiple displays without an expensive addon? Daisy chaining? Will it reduce component cost on video boards? Is any compression part of the standard? What data format is the audio, how many channels does it support.
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Pink was being used because it initially caused calmness. After prolonged exposure however,
the color seemed to cause an increased level of psychosis.
This kind of patriotism/fantatical pride is really puzzling. People here are arguing about inventions that happend centuries before. You didnt know those people much less invest anything of your own in their exploits. Do you really think their genius makes your genes more valuable?
What did you invent today? What did you create yesterday? Those are the ONLY things you should really be proud of, isnt it?
People get crushed when their team loses. Even when they contributed exactly zero towards the effort.
How have you failed if your favorite football team didnt win? How have you failed if a greek ancient invented
zero instead of an indian (or whoever did).
It seems like a bug in human software. We continue to allow ourselves to be manipulated by these things.
Why would I go to a movie theater and wait in line, walk on a sticky floor, and see a movie in a room with a badly calibrated sound system and scratches on the screen?
They can connect the fall in movie theater ticket sales with the rise in DVD sales (home and rentals). DVDs offer extra features, subtitles, fast forward and rewind. All for the same price as a couple of tickets to the theater (w/ popcorn). And you dont have to schedule around a DVD.
If movie theaters want to survive, they are going to have to offer much more than just the movies and a snack bar.
Some suggestions:
Card readers that you swipe to go into a movie and the bill shows up on your credit card or a bill at the end of the month.
Special screenings.
Fix the damn theaters so they look and sound PERFECT.
Merchandising or some other way of getting involvement so that people who see the movie in the theater get something more than the DVD viewers. A program, a shirt, a coupon to visit a special website forum.
New ideas in movies would be nice. Remakes are a defensive strategy which is not working well. People pay to see new ideas.
Lets face it: There are far MORE movies and far BETTER movies showing on far MORE screens then ever in the past. But movie theaters themselves may be inconvenient compared to home entertainment. I have to drive an hour to see a movie with my friends at a good theater.
You are going to have to make the theaters better than waiting for the DVD and seeing it at leisure.
Didnt read the article either, but grep'd for modem and didnt find it.
I really dont understand why basic computers are still so expensive. For basic
purposes, you really need very little.
The time will come soon, when people will be able to plug a keyboard, mouse, and
display into their CELLPHONE and have enough power to get what they need done
with network-based apps.
I suspect that we live in the golden age of general purpose computers. DRM, convenience,
and price pressure will slowly make general purpose computers more expensive. Then
they will just go away completely.
Also perhaps, there will be a kind of bittorrent redirection available, on the fly caches shared by people that are browsing the same pages or images.
Maybe instead of a image being sent, it will be a quicklink to a person on your own lan who just got that information. An optin service that would accelerate everyone.
Will more information begin to get compressed on the fly? Perhaps based on target IP address ranges?
How about optimization (or decimation) of images.
Maybe it will come just as fast, but be simplified or uglier pages specifically targeted to the carriers that slow stuff down.
And then competing technologies like cablemodem and such will be able to offer a "prettier internet" to their customers.
They don't want us to feel safer. They want us to be scared. To be scared of the foreigners, and scared of each other. If we are scared and alone, we cannot cooperate to control the government. If we are scared of foreigners, then we will be willing to allow the government more latitude to control us. And it is working. If we are locked up in our homes alone, afraid, and unable to act or speak out, then we cannot build the momentum necessary to coordinate political reform.
Look at recent reports of police infiltrators in anti-war groups. Even seniors groups. And the feebs are saying things like 'we dont like their communist tendencies'. To them, anyone working together is a communist unless they are govt, or military. Those are a-ok.
It will probably get a lot worse before people become stung enough to stand up for themselves. Time will tell whether changes in technology will help balance the equation, or keep it tipping in favor of centralized state power.
I hope it doesnt tip too much further. This can be a really nice place to live when we have good leaders who have a plan to make life better for people, and not just more orderly for themselves.
Even their dogs are robotic!
More please
http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/ipv6mess.html
Do we really have to throw this much money into the volcano?
You could try to forward all your mail (perhaps using an external program)
using procmail.
I assume your test server isnt going to do anything with the mail but crunch it.
Aliens could send a message to earth in cleartext, and half the idiots on this planet would look up and say "Yes Sir!".
What is more dangerous is that the signals from space are perfectly random. This includes the possibility that the signal could contain the perfect virus. As a random event and not a hostile act.
Who woulda thunk it!
When they learn how badly they are being cheated by those those
charged with providing their education, I would expect open rebellion.
Yes, I did assume that the white cells were not becoming cancerous. It would seem unlikely, since
they are most needed when the system is under attack. I would -guess- that having the soldiers fall
to cancer in the middle of a battle would be counter productive. I would think we would have noticed
such cells under the microscope.
The white cells are among the most long-lived of all the cells in the body. I think you are right that
those cells probably have mechanisims to deal with the peroxide and stay alive and fighting until they
are no longer needed.
Thank you for your reply.
Are you very certain about the effect of superoxide causing cancer? White cells use superoxide in their metabolic burst process to kill bacteria. And no cancer is produced and the white cells live to fight another day.
It has enough computer power to do most of what people need to do anyway.
What is missing is a good head mounted display and wireless keyboard and
you could do anything. Add some gesture magic, and you dont even need
the keyboard.
I have paid yahoo money,
I have paid Microsoft money,
I have paid Netscape money,
I have paid Mozilla money,
But google doesnt have a dime of my money yet. And until I start
paying them what I was going to pay MS for the new version of Windows,
then I dont see where they are even in competition.
If they are not in competition for money, then they are in competition
for somthing else. And its probably something I dont want EITHER company
to have: Control
Thank you all for your replies!
Oh, and could we crack water or freeze air fast enough to match the energy rate we are currently pulling out of the ground?
How many reactors would it take to replace the energy expenditure we currently make on fossil fuels?
Ok, so lets say we get fusion working perfectly. Say a 50% NET return on the energy in hydrogen. What answers are in the wings for vehicals?
No one is going to give people tritium for plane fuel or tractor fuel.
So how do we use the new clean energy source for portable systems. Burning hydrogen cracked from water comes to mind, but is this really feasible? Is hydrogen energy dense enough to be a good fuel for a comercial airliner? For anything?
Are there other denser fuels that we could make with a rich energy source that would be convenient and portable?
And what other uses besides fuel are we using Oil for? Like what percentage of oil goes for lubricants, chemicals?
I really would like to see a great energy solution that makes all nations self sufficient. It would be a huge step towards reducing violence. But how does it work for the modern world and all its complicated pieces and processes.
The lightning was just a warning Kent.
Everything I have seen about it so far is really very ugly.
What are the cable length limitations. LVDS sounds better.
Does it require additional intelligence or memory in the display device?
Can the signal be split to multiple displays without an expensive addon? Daisy chaining?
Will it reduce component cost on video boards?
Is any compression part of the standard?
What data format is the audio, how many channels does it support.
Or the Saudi's will be in the drivers seat.