Don't count them out yet. While the "last mile" problem into trailer parks has slowed acceptance, more park operators are now providing WAP coverage for that "Wi-Fi thang".
Under those conditions, I wouldn't be surprised if some Nitrogen got involved. (Hey, it's a hot high-pressure situation and you've got a split-second to grab a bondage date. It happens.)
Rockets still have to reach escape velocity, regardless of how long they boost. However you're right about ground level--the further away, the lower the escape velocity required.
If I jumped in a '57 Space Coupe (2457) and gunned it for the stars at a constant 120 MPH, after a very long time, I'd be far enough away that escape velocity would have come down to 120 MPH and it would be safe to switch off the ignition.
There will be a web site that tells us it is the most important thing in history. And since history will be what you read on web sites, it will be true.
Perhaps all those spammers hosting/mailing from China are part of their plan? It's hard to get the word out about things happening inside China if the rest of the world has blocked them at the routers. The Great Firewalling of China?
After all, tyrannies live in the real world which doesn't move at Internet time. Even if information is available at the click of a mouse, opinions and knowledge still take time to spread--and then have to also act in the real world politics, laws, and other methods of change that take time.
Did someone expect that tyrants could just be voted out with a web poll?
Scientology's Purification Rundown. Of course, they don't talk about the liver damage and other problems that might result. But they wouldn't lie, would they? (Oops, >a href="http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/source s/reports/hogg.htm">they might.)
I'm not worried! My throw-away email address androidcat99@hotmail.com just got trashed. (Probably a spammer joe-job.) I can now make a clean start with a fresh new identity as androidcat98@hotmail.com. They'll never trace me!
As well as offers of mortgages to terrorists with bad credit ratings. "Good credit, bad credit, no credit, blown up any national monuments? No problems!"
Tear off into the woods Thoreau-style? Man, Walden wasn't exactly the wilderness back-woods. It wasn't a major trip into Concord for groceries and partying.
Yup, unless the tag is removed or killed, the only safeguard is that the company says the data was deleted. Most stores track all that information anyway, without tags, but they don't know who you are until you provide a credit/debit or loyalty card when paying. Offering a discount or package deal on matching items is a bit late at that stage.
Imagine if the store system could id you and let clerks know to offer it to you before check-out through HUDs and dataglasses. Some people might find that to be very helpful...
Always check the temperature of the zipper on those new pair of jeans after microwaving but before wearing. A garment with red-hot metal teeth on the crotch would be no fun at all.
Keep in mind that RFID tags don't broadcast all the time. They just react when pinged by a reader. A passive reader-detector would be trivial, a reader detector-detector would be extremely hard. Jamming might be as easy as wearing a few dozen tags that all answer at the same time when pinged.
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I'm sure the homeless would prefer WiFi access.
Don't count them out yet. While the "last mile" problem into trailer parks has slowed acceptance, more park operators are now providing WAP coverage for that "Wi-Fi thang".
Under those conditions, I wouldn't be surprised if some Nitrogen got involved. (Hey, it's a hot high-pressure situation and you've got a split-second to grab a bondage date. It happens.)
If I jumped in a '57 Space Coupe (2457) and gunned it for the stars at a constant 120 MPH, after a very long time, I'd be far enough away that escape velocity would have come down to 120 MPH and it would be safe to switch off the ignition.
Yeah? Well Finnegans Wake isn't a much better configuration, so there!
It goes back much further than that. Try Computer Lib/Dream Machines by Ted Nelson with the revolutionary fist on the cover.
Isn't this also called the Stockholm Syndrome? (I'd add a smilely but that doesn't quite fit and there's nothing for a sardonic-face.)
I'm pretty sure the dental records won't match. Or were you waxing retorical about some penultimate meaning of "all intents and purposes"?
There will be a web site that tells us it is the most important thing in history. And since history will be what you read on web sites, it will be true.
Heh. The first step in an insurrection is not getting caught.
Perhaps all those spammers hosting/mailing from China are part of their plan? It's hard to get the word out about things happening inside China if the rest of the world has blocked them at the routers. The Great Firewalling of China?
Did someone expect that tyrants could just be voted out with a web poll?
Woah, flashbacks to hours spent doing Black & White - Creature Isle, training my creature to train his pet giant chicken.
Scientology's Purification Rundown. Of course, they don't talk about the liver damage and other problems that might result. But they wouldn't lie, would they? (Oops, >a href="http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/source s/reports/hogg.htm">they might.)
You sure? According to their site, it's Chapter 12 tomorrow at 5pm.
Or just watch Clone Wars on Teletoons. They're showing Chapter 12 tomorrow at 5pm.
I'm not worried! My throw-away email address androidcat99@hotmail.com just got trashed. (Probably a spammer joe-job.) I can now make a clean start with a fresh new identity as androidcat98@hotmail.com. They'll never trace me!
As well as offers of mortgages to terrorists with bad credit ratings. "Good credit, bad credit, no credit, blown up any national monuments? No problems!"
Tear off into the woods Thoreau-style? Man, Walden wasn't exactly the wilderness back-woods. It wasn't a major trip into Concord for groceries and partying.
Imagine if the store system could id you and let clerks know to offer it to you before check-out through HUDs and dataglasses. Some people might find that to be very helpful...
Now he feels cheap and used, but at the time he thought it was kind of kinky.
Just the thing to wear while waiting for the subway at the iPod station.
Always check the temperature of the zipper on those new pair of jeans after microwaving but before wearing. A garment with red-hot metal teeth on the crotch would be no fun at all.
Keep in mind that RFID tags don't broadcast all the time. They just react when pinged by a reader. A passive reader-detector would be trivial, a reader detector-detector would be extremely hard. Jamming might be as easy as wearing a few dozen tags that all answer at the same time when pinged.