It's a very good idea, and could be good for the safety of our country. How do I give them my idea and still make money? Or should I try the private sector first? What process should I go through? Does anybody on slashdot have experience in getting venture capitalists, and initial funding? What's my first step? Should this be an Ask/. question? Should I get a patent?
My idea is primarily defensive, rather than offensive, and could also have plenty of value in the private sector on it's own. So please don't get up in arms about me giving good ideas to murderers or anything, thanks. This is an idea to help save our troops, and their loved ones from losing them. It can't actually be used to kill, unless..... hmm... Well, the first generation would definitely solely be defensive, anyway, hopefully by the next generation we can have real elections again, and not worry too much about what "our" government has or doesn't have.
At any rate, I have the health, mind, spirit, and pocket book of the American consumer most squarely in mind as well.... And maybe have a cure for this global warming problem too.
So when can I get my small x86 based phone that when plugged into a USB charger/dock instantly hooks up to a monitor, keyboard and mouse? Laptops are weak compared to this model. Imagine if all over the world was a USB charging docking station where you could use your phone/computer as god intended, with full size mouse, keys, monitor, and while we're at it 5.1 speakers, too. It would ideally run Ubuntu and have a small easy to use touch screen interface for video chat, cell phone, ipod and video/audio recording functionality. Have an SD slot, and be cheap and virtually disposable. Any venture capitalists out there want to help me kill the iPhone, Windows Mobile, and all phones by Sony, Samsung, et al?
Ha. When I can run all my windoze virtual machines and such on a hand held, I won't see the point of ARM vs. x86. There is way too gigantic of a code base for x86, anywhere it goes, it will dominate, quickly and easily.
Right now. We have the Tesla car. We have cheap solar. We have several different electricity storage solutions including the aforementioned flywheel batteries, and lithium ion batteries, and even new nanotechnology based super capacitors. Alternately, I never understood why we don't have zeppelins as they are clearly a very practical and efficient mode of transportation for many applications. I mean, 40+ people survived the Hindenburg, and all passengers routinely die in plane crashes. I imagine wifi and GPS guided autonomous carbon fiber zeppelins could solve most of our transportation issues, and safely too. It's really just a matter of engineering.
The only problem is, you'd have to pass these ideas past Mobile, Shell, Exxon, Dow, Viacom, and every other corporation that owns this government, and they all stand to lose greatly. I'd say you could vote their paid lackeys out, but apparently, the votes are not currently being counted. I'm behind you in spirit though, and would love to buy a giant live-in autonomous carbon fiber zeppelin, if you come across one. Might as well cover the thing with the new cheap solar panels, too..... I'm tired of living in a house anyway.
If you're going to put such an obvious joke up as a story, at least put the Monty Python Foot Icon, so I know. I almost spit my coffee all over my new flat screen.
Innovative, by copying a copy of a copy? Hadn't that already been done? Define innovative. If owning patents is innovative, I would suggest the patent office itself is the sole proprietor of all innovation. I'm not a Windows hater, but innovative really doesn't even begin to enter into it. How about "easy to develop for", and "clean simple well understood layout" with "good driver support and tons of games".
Innovative.... LOL I do not think that word means what you think it means.
I totally agree that Vista is unusable, and W2k was awesome, and the initial XP was crap... I agree with all that, but you said something deriding Windows 64-bit, I'm assuming you're talking about x64. For me, x64 has been the best Windows TO DATE. I have a 64 bit processor, and there aren't drivers for some generic/old hardware, but other than that, it is ROCK SOLID, FAST, and operates pretty much how it should at all times.
I only wish there was a Tinyx64, since I hate reformatting and having to type in security codes and reboot. I miss how TinyXP just did all of that for me.
And of course, none of the Windows are really equal to Ubuntu at this time, but there aren't any games for Ubuntu.... so.....
....to Valve discovering the joys of open ended game play. Their scripted games are great, but after playing San Andreas, and other games of that type, I think it is clear that there lies the future. I'd love to run around in the beautifully rendered Half Life world with the gravity gun, whimsically careening hither and thither in vehicles and such.
All of my family is confused and excited about leaving Windows because Vista sucks. I'm just going to point them to this slashdotted article and this long list of arguments about whether OSX or Ubuntu are truly Unix or not. I'm sure that will clear it all up.
OK, so how did building 7 fall down at free fall speed? I buy the rest of your argument, and I am not a structural engineer, but it IS odd that the BBC reported that the building fell down 20 minutes before it actually fell, and that the owner, Larry Silverstein has been quoted as saying, "We made the decision to pull, and then we watched the building come down." Also, I have questions about the molten steel that was left over in both towers. Can you explain how jet fuel created giant quantities of molten steel? Thanks in advance.
Maybe. I'll agree that this is one of the most likely scenarios, but there are still other ones with some merit. IANAAP (Astro-physicist). Maybe somebody here on/. could throw us some of the alternative theories that have merit, and why they have less merit.
If there was another star too close to us, that would be much, much worse than not having a moon at all. However I agree 100% with the rest of your post....:)
Zeppelins are a feasible, safe, reliable alternative to planes of all kind. They take up some room, but if they spent most of their time IN THE AIR, which doesn't cost anything (you don't have to rent the air, yet, and they FLOAT so keeping them aloft could be free), then they would make plenty of economic sense.
I'll put in my order now for a solar powered carbon fiber zeppelin that is autopiloted by GPS and radar, and sleeps four. In fact, if it's posh enough, I'll skip the house, and just park in the air along the coast and have a better view than anybody alive. I'd also like a mini zeppelin for commuting back and forth to the ground, and for picking up groceries and the like. Thanks in Advance.
We really need to spend money on this. There is no way that improving our deficit or infrastructure would be a smarter move. I mean, a couple of ignorant kids from redneck/inner city USA downloading some of the absolute crap that passes for music these days is clearly our priority number one. Let's not worry about going after the corporate monopolies that are never going to give us solid, reliable electric cars. Let's skip the illegally wire tapping and bandwidth throttling telcos. Let's not get to the bottom of the JFK thing, or how the twin towers fell, or back to the moon. Let's spend all of our money on locking up teenagers with no taste in music. BRILLIANT!
Is there no American willing to beat these idiots with the clue stick? I've got a good right arm, I'll take a couple of swings, get me a ticket to Washington....
It's absolutely NOT worth it. We should buy more "Mother of all Bombs." I would rather scare the terrorists. All the same size and damage as a small nuke, but none of the fallout! "Take that unborn children shot full of depleted Uranium in foreign lands!!!"
Yeah, SETI is a retarded idea. Let's cut that one. Let's also cut the space program altogether, and go back to the pony express, while we're at it.
I'd like to once again submit the #1 most popular feature request for Ubuntu: Can we please have some color that's not heinous brown? The latest did a good job of obscuring it with 3d effects, and nice textures, but it's still god awful orange on brown. It's like TWO fancy shiny colors of 3d poop. So much better than Vista!
To be fair, I'm a fan of Ubuntu. But the brown has GOT TO GO.
To make those kind of predictions. Every Grand Theft Auto that has come out has massively altered the idea of what is even possible in a video game. I expect that to continue. But maybe it will suck. Just wait and see.
A lone gunman with an outdated rifle that he was not an expert at using shot three shots at incredible distance that created 12 different trajectories, including one that assassinated a president. The "fatal" shot (there were probably more than one) was a head shot that somehow blew the president BACKWARDS, and blew out the entire back of his head, even though the shooter was allegedly from behind. Before any facts could be determined though, the "shooter" who clearly had no knowledge of the incident, and even loudly claimed on arrest that he was a patsy, and looked honestly confused, was gunned down by a second shooter with mob and CIA ties.
So here's my conspiracy: THAT ludicrous story is what happened. Give me a fucking break. I am not a physicist, but even with the limited experience I've had using guns, that scenario is preposterous, to say the least.
And if you follow the money, it's pretty clear that Johnson, Nixon, and George Bush Sr. all directly benefited from the heinous crime. Lee Oswald (who was an out of work loser, by the way), however, did not.
Further, while we're on the topic of "conspiracy" and physics, I'd really like an explanation of what happened to World Trade Center building Seven, which fell down at free fall speed, and was NOT hit by a plane. Especially when the accredited physicists who have studied it have found evidence of pyroclastic incendiaries. Not that the aforementioned media hacks (in this case specifically Popular Mechanics) would bother with actual science, in favor of computer models that ignore the primary structural supports of the main two buildings, and ignore the additional 57 story building (THAT WAS NOT HIT BY A PLANE) altogether.
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It's a very good idea, and could be good for the safety of our country. How do I give them my idea and still make money? Or should I try the private sector first? What process should I go through? Does anybody on slashdot have experience in getting venture capitalists, and initial funding? What's my first step? Should this be an Ask /. question? Should I get a patent?
My idea is primarily defensive, rather than offensive, and could also have plenty of value in the private sector on it's own. So please don't get up in arms about me giving good ideas to murderers or anything, thanks. This is an idea to help save our troops, and their loved ones from losing them. It can't actually be used to kill, unless..... hmm... Well, the first generation would definitely solely be defensive, anyway, hopefully by the next generation we can have real elections again, and not worry too much about what "our" government has or doesn't have.
At any rate, I have the health, mind, spirit, and pocket book of the American consumer most squarely in mind as well.... And maybe have a cure for this global warming problem too.
I'm not kidding. I need investors. Much Love.
rhY
I needed MORE evidence that Hillary Clinton was a giant douche. This information fills the gap nicely.
Kucinich FTW!!!
rhY
So when can I get my small x86 based phone that when plugged into a USB charger/dock instantly hooks up to a monitor, keyboard and mouse? Laptops are weak compared to this model. Imagine if all over the world was a USB charging docking station where you could use your phone/computer as god intended, with full size mouse, keys, monitor, and while we're at it 5.1 speakers, too. It would ideally run Ubuntu and have a small easy to use touch screen interface for video chat, cell phone, ipod and video/audio recording functionality. Have an SD slot, and be cheap and virtually disposable. Any venture capitalists out there want to help me kill the iPhone, Windows Mobile, and all phones by Sony, Samsung, et al?
Hit me up.
Ha. When I can run all my windoze virtual machines and such on a hand held, I won't see the point of ARM vs. x86. There is way too gigantic of a code base for x86, anywhere it goes, it will dominate, quickly and easily.
Right now. We have the Tesla car. We have cheap solar. We have several different electricity storage solutions including the aforementioned flywheel batteries, and lithium ion batteries, and even new nanotechnology based super capacitors. Alternately, I never understood why we don't have zeppelins as they are clearly a very practical and efficient mode of transportation for many applications. I mean, 40+ people survived the Hindenburg, and all passengers routinely die in plane crashes. I imagine wifi and GPS guided autonomous carbon fiber zeppelins could solve most of our transportation issues, and safely too. It's really just a matter of engineering.
The only problem is, you'd have to pass these ideas past Mobile, Shell, Exxon, Dow, Viacom, and every other corporation that owns this government, and they all stand to lose greatly. I'd say you could vote their paid lackeys out, but apparently, the votes are not currently being counted. I'm behind you in spirit though, and would love to buy a giant live-in autonomous carbon fiber zeppelin, if you come across one. Might as well cover the thing with the new cheap solar panels, too..... I'm tired of living in a house anyway.
rhY
If you're going to put such an obvious joke up as a story, at least put the Monty Python Foot Icon, so I know. I almost spit my coffee all over my new flat screen.
Innovative, by copying a copy of a copy? Hadn't that already been done? Define innovative. If owning patents is innovative, I would suggest the patent office itself is the sole proprietor of all innovation. I'm not a Windows hater, but innovative really doesn't even begin to enter into it. How about "easy to develop for", and "clean simple well understood layout" with "good driver support and tons of games".
Innovative.... LOL I do not think that word means what you think it means.
I totally agree that Vista is unusable, and W2k was awesome, and the initial XP was crap... I agree with all that, but you said something deriding Windows 64-bit, I'm assuming you're talking about x64. For me, x64 has been the best Windows TO DATE. I have a 64 bit processor, and there aren't drivers for some generic/old hardware, but other than that, it is ROCK SOLID, FAST, and operates pretty much how it should at all times.
I only wish there was a Tinyx64, since I hate reformatting and having to type in security codes and reboot. I miss how TinyXP just did all of that for me.
And of course, none of the Windows are really equal to Ubuntu at this time, but there aren't any games for Ubuntu.... so.....
rhY
....to Valve discovering the joys of open ended game play. Their scripted games are great, but after playing San Andreas, and other games of that type, I think it is clear that there lies the future. I'd love to run around in the beautifully rendered Half Life world with the gravity gun, whimsically careening hither and thither in vehicles and such.
All of my family is confused and excited about leaving Windows because Vista sucks. I'm just going to point them to this slashdotted article and this long list of arguments about whether OSX or Ubuntu are truly Unix or not. I'm sure that will clear it all up.
I think it's high time we had a !idiots tag.
It matters where you live. Send me the specs for your yard.
If it's not open source, it's malware. If it is open source, it might still suck, though!
....place I'm not moving too. You guys won't get my awesome Mario Kart skills now!
OK, so how did building 7 fall down at free fall speed? I buy the rest of your argument, and I am not a structural engineer, but it IS odd that the BBC reported that the building fell down 20 minutes before it actually fell, and that the owner, Larry Silverstein has been quoted as saying, "We made the decision to pull, and then we watched the building come down." Also, I have questions about the molten steel that was left over in both towers. Can you explain how jet fuel created giant quantities of molten steel? Thanks in advance.
Maybe. I'll agree that this is one of the most likely scenarios, but there are still other ones with some merit. IANAAP (Astro-physicist). Maybe somebody here on /. could throw us some of the alternative theories that have merit, and why they have less merit.
If there was another star too close to us, that would be much, much worse than not having a moon at all. However I agree 100% with the rest of your post.... :)
Now here comes the shameless self-promotion.
www.leperkhanz.com
www.myspace.com/thecitybythesea
www.myspace.com/thebleedingirish
www.youtube.com/leperkhanz
www.youtube.com/westonstudios
Hope you like violin.
rhY
If we can't keep the CIA from importing tons of coke in electric subs, how are we going to stop the Chinese and THEIR electric subs?!? LOL
rhY
Zeppelins are a feasible, safe, reliable alternative to planes of all kind. They take up some room, but if they spent most of their time IN THE AIR, which doesn't cost anything (you don't have to rent the air, yet, and they FLOAT so keeping them aloft could be free), then they would make plenty of economic sense.
I'll put in my order now for a solar powered carbon fiber zeppelin that is autopiloted by GPS and radar, and sleeps four. In fact, if it's posh enough, I'll skip the house, and just park in the air along the coast and have a better view than anybody alive. I'd also like a mini zeppelin for commuting back and forth to the ground, and for picking up groceries and the like. Thanks in Advance.
rhY
We really need to spend money on this. There is no way that improving our deficit or infrastructure would be a smarter move. I mean, a couple of ignorant kids from redneck/inner city USA downloading some of the absolute crap that passes for music these days is clearly our priority number one. Let's not worry about going after the corporate monopolies that are never going to give us solid, reliable electric cars. Let's skip the illegally wire tapping and bandwidth throttling telcos. Let's not get to the bottom of the JFK thing, or how the twin towers fell, or back to the moon. Let's spend all of our money on locking up teenagers with no taste in music. BRILLIANT!
Is there no American willing to beat these idiots with the clue stick? I've got a good right arm, I'll take a couple of swings, get me a ticket to Washington....
Attached is a photo of my proposed "Clue Stick":
http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11509025/Sledge_Hammer_With_Wooden_Handle.jpg
It's absolutely NOT worth it. We should buy more "Mother of all Bombs." I would rather scare the terrorists. All the same size and damage as a small nuke, but none of the fallout! "Take that unborn children shot full of depleted Uranium in foreign lands!!!"
Yeah, SETI is a retarded idea. Let's cut that one. Let's also cut the space program altogether, and go back to the pony express, while we're at it.
rhY
I believe the technical term your looking for is "petty bullshit". IANAJ though. (Jedi)
I'd like to once again submit the #1 most popular feature request for Ubuntu: Can we please have some color that's not heinous brown? The latest did a good job of obscuring it with 3d effects, and nice textures, but it's still god awful orange on brown. It's like TWO fancy shiny colors of 3d poop. So much better than Vista!
To be fair, I'm a fan of Ubuntu. But the brown has GOT TO GO.
To make those kind of predictions. Every Grand Theft Auto that has come out has massively altered the idea of what is even possible in a video game. I expect that to continue. But maybe it will suck. Just wait and see.
I've got a conspiracy for you:
A lone gunman with an outdated rifle that he was not an expert at using shot three shots at incredible distance that created 12 different trajectories, including one that assassinated a president. The "fatal" shot (there were probably more than one) was a head shot that somehow blew the president BACKWARDS, and blew out the entire back of his head, even though the shooter was allegedly from behind. Before any facts could be determined though, the "shooter" who clearly had no knowledge of the incident, and even loudly claimed on arrest that he was a patsy, and looked honestly confused, was gunned down by a second shooter with mob and CIA ties.
So here's my conspiracy: THAT ludicrous story is what happened. Give me a fucking break. I am not a physicist, but even with the limited experience I've had using guns, that scenario is preposterous, to say the least.
And if you follow the money, it's pretty clear that Johnson, Nixon, and George Bush Sr. all directly benefited from the heinous crime. Lee Oswald (who was an out of work loser, by the way), however, did not.
Further, while we're on the topic of "conspiracy" and physics, I'd really like an explanation of what happened to World Trade Center building Seven, which fell down at free fall speed, and was NOT hit by a plane. Especially when the accredited physicists who have studied it have found evidence of pyroclastic incendiaries. Not that the aforementioned media hacks (in this case specifically Popular Mechanics) would bother with actual science, in favor of computer models that ignore the primary structural supports of the main two buildings, and ignore the additional 57 story building (THAT WAS NOT HIT BY A PLANE) altogether.