I'll anecdotally dispute this comment completely. I have a P3 box with on board video, on board audio, and no frills, just a CPU some memory and a hard drive, and Ubuntu barfs on it every time I try to install. It's not special hardware, it's not an unusual video card, there are no peripherals at all and it just won't work. I've had other operating systems on this same box before so I know all the hardware works, but Ubuntu just doesn't like it.
Neither could you without immunizations. Seriously, that's a technological advancement, not an evolutionary one. At least not in the sense that the GP is discussing.
Why? Seriously. And why just "North Americans", by which I assume you mean US citizens. And more importantly, what have any of them to do with bacteria, viruses, parasites, and evolution?
Unless they have no concept of separate governments. Perception is reality, as they say. If somehow they've developed a unitary governmental system and never really needed something more (say they have a tribal/familial heirarchy) there's no reason for them to understand the concept of "more than one authority".
Why do you make the assumption that we are behind other possible lifeforms technologically? What's to say that we aren't the most advanced in the universe? Maybe we're the ones expected to bombard other worlds with our technologies to teach them how to proceed. I know, ridiculously scary thought considering we can't even get our own shit straight, but why does everyone assume all the ETs are more advanced than we are?
A third party should be able to "rent" a data/voice line on their network for a nominal fee.....that is if our government wasn't cuddled up with the providers.
You do understand that's what the short codes are right? They are a way for the third party to "rent" special services from the providers such that they can offer alternative, competitive, or complimentary services. As the article states, these companies are still able to use standard text messaging to accomplish the same purpose.
While I think it is kind of underhanded and screws the customer, I don't think the providers (Verizon, AT&T et al) really doing anything wrong that requires government input. Customers should simply start speaking with their wallets, but that's really not likely to happen.
At speed of light (or near) by the time we age one second the plane will have already buried itself into the ground killing all occupants. So you're right, we'd be one second older, but mostly because they'd be dead. So time doesn't really slow down, death speeds up. Your argument fails.
You made a large assumption that you will, in fact, hit feet first. If your feet happen to be slightly spread on impact, you can be sure you're going to do horrible internal damage. I knew a girl who rupture her girly bits (yes they "exploded") cliff jumping from 20 feet. Blood everywhere and massive reconstructive surgery required. I also know another guy who broke several bones doing the same thing. The only thing he hit was the water. Slower deceleration or not, water hurts.
Yes, but the only people who are going to be able to land without hurting themselves are already skydivers. Average Joes (which you may or may not be) won't be able to do this without a lot of training or through sheer luck.
I think you'll find that the media is anti "whoever is in power" whether it's republican or democrat. When Clinton was in office the media tried to crucify him too. The media doesn't give a damn what side is in power as long as they have something to overhype for ratings and advertisement dollars. It's always about the money for the media and the politicians. For that matter for most people, no matter what their position in life.
"Of course my right to backup copies will be ignored because I do not even have the money to get my representative to blink. I only get lip service from him every two years near election time."
Hey don't complain. A blowjob every couple years is better than a lot of slashdotters, even if it is from a guy.
Yes, as the summary stated, how they walk on water was discovered a while ago. How they get onto the water from land without breaking the surface tension was what this new research was about.
Except this isn't always about "committing crimes" but civil issues. He said she said crap that is used in courts to civilly damage a company for some perceived grievance about "fair employment" practices.
People can't take responsibility for being the douchebags they are so they want someone to blame when they get fired. Instead of changing their behavior they point the finger and say "he fired me because he thought I was a douchebag. That's not fair" And other idiots eat it up and award ridiculous winnings in "wrongful termination" cases.
There are some legitimate wrongful termination cases. Actually a lot of them, but there are far more where people simply want to take the easy road.
I don't know if it's because I have a higher speed connection than you, but I only have to wait about 90 seconds for my Netflix streams to start. I don't like having to watch on a Windows machine, but that's really my only gripe. Some artifacts are noticeable when watching movies with fast motion, but it's not too horrible, especially on a small screen and otherwise I've been very satisfied with the netflix streaming function so far. It needs some work, and better movie selection, but so far so good, especially as a "free" addition to my DVD subscription.
I was thinking the same thing. It's convenient when it's stretched across a frame like they show on the website, but as clothing it just won't stretch that much.
I like the idea of hospital tents and such being made of this stuff though. It's the perfect application, assuming the frame doesn't warp and collapse under the pressure of flexing fabrics.
I'm not saying this is a good law by any means, but who cares? Seriously, the simple solution to this is run an encrypted network, which takes all of 30 seconds for most people (even non-tech people) to configure and these days most routers are comping pre-configured for WEP at least.
This will last until some grandma or similar gets fined a ridiculous amount of money because he/she didn't know any better. Then public outrage will get something changed so the law isn't so stupid in its implementation.
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Or just buy what's best and let the market work the way it's supposed to maybe?
I'll anecdotally dispute this comment completely. I have a P3 box with on board video, on board audio, and no frills, just a CPU some memory and a hard drive, and Ubuntu barfs on it every time I try to install. It's not special hardware, it's not an unusual video card, there are no peripherals at all and it just won't work. I've had other operating systems on this same box before so I know all the hardware works, but Ubuntu just doesn't like it.
Neither could you without immunizations. Seriously, that's a technological advancement, not an evolutionary one. At least not in the sense that the GP is discussing.
Why? Seriously. And why just "North Americans", by which I assume you mean US citizens. And more importantly, what have any of them to do with bacteria, viruses, parasites, and evolution?
Yeah, but who's going to mate with you now in order to ensure that? I'm guessing no one.
Except not. Humans are red meat.
Yes but assuming a bell curve, wouldn't we be just as likely (or nearly as likely) to reach civilizations behind us?
Unless they have no concept of separate governments. Perception is reality, as they say. If somehow they've developed a unitary governmental system and never really needed something more (say they have a tribal/familial heirarchy) there's no reason for them to understand the concept of "more than one authority".
Why do you make the assumption that we are behind other possible lifeforms technologically? What's to say that we aren't the most advanced in the universe? Maybe we're the ones expected to bombard other worlds with our technologies to teach them how to proceed. I know, ridiculously scary thought considering we can't even get our own shit straight, but why does everyone assume all the ETs are more advanced than we are?
A third party should be able to "rent" a data/voice line on their network for a nominal fee.....that is if our government wasn't cuddled up with the providers.
You do understand that's what the short codes are right? They are a way for the third party to "rent" special services from the providers such that they can offer alternative, competitive, or complimentary services. As the article states, these companies are still able to use standard text messaging to accomplish the same purpose.
While I think it is kind of underhanded and screws the customer, I don't think the providers (Verizon, AT&T et al) really doing anything wrong that requires government input. Customers should simply start speaking with their wallets, but that's really not likely to happen.
The tape player wasn't broken. Time really did slow down just for you and the universe was just trying to catch up so you didn't cause a time-warp.
At speed of light (or near) by the time we age one second the plane will have already buried itself into the ground killing all occupants. So you're right, we'd be one second older, but mostly because they'd be dead. So time doesn't really slow down, death speeds up. Your argument fails.
You made a large assumption that you will, in fact, hit feet first. If your feet happen to be slightly spread on impact, you can be sure you're going to do horrible internal damage. I knew a girl who rupture her girly bits (yes they "exploded") cliff jumping from 20 feet. Blood everywhere and massive reconstructive surgery required. I also know another guy who broke several bones doing the same thing. The only thing he hit was the water. Slower deceleration or not, water hurts.
Yes, but the only people who are going to be able to land without hurting themselves are already skydivers. Average Joes (which you may or may not be) won't be able to do this without a lot of training or through sheer luck.
Hell, they even had a similar suit in "drop zone" though it didn't have the "web" between the legs, just the wings.
I think you'll find that the media is anti "whoever is in power" whether it's republican or democrat. When Clinton was in office the media tried to crucify him too. The media doesn't give a damn what side is in power as long as they have something to overhype for ratings and advertisement dollars. It's always about the money for the media and the politicians. For that matter for most people, no matter what their position in life.
"Of course my right to backup copies will be ignored because I do not even have the money to get my representative to blink. I only get lip service from him every two years near election time."
Hey don't complain. A blowjob every couple years is better than a lot of slashdotters, even if it is from a guy.
Yes, as the summary stated, how they walk on water was discovered a while ago. How they get onto the water from land without breaking the surface tension was what this new research was about.
Except this isn't always about "committing crimes" but civil issues. He said she said crap that is used in courts to civilly damage a company for some perceived grievance about "fair employment" practices.
People can't take responsibility for being the douchebags they are so they want someone to blame when they get fired. Instead of changing their behavior they point the finger and say "he fired me because he thought I was a douchebag. That's not fair" And other idiots eat it up and award ridiculous winnings in "wrongful termination" cases.
There are some legitimate wrongful termination cases. Actually a lot of them, but there are far more where people simply want to take the easy road.
What insurance company are you talking about? Seriously, I've never heard of an insurance company that required that.
Not at $999 Euros they won't. That's over double the price, though it will come down as people start selling them so they can upgrade.
I don't know if it's because I have a higher speed connection than you, but I only have to wait about 90 seconds for my Netflix streams to start. I don't like having to watch on a Windows machine, but that's really my only gripe. Some artifacts are noticeable when watching movies with fast motion, but it's not too horrible, especially on a small screen and otherwise I've been very satisfied with the netflix streaming function so far. It needs some work, and better movie selection, but so far so good, especially as a "free" addition to my DVD subscription.
I was thinking the same thing. It's convenient when it's stretched across a frame like they show on the website, but as clothing it just won't stretch that much.
I like the idea of hospital tents and such being made of this stuff though. It's the perfect application, assuming the frame doesn't warp and collapse under the pressure of flexing fabrics.
Or you were surrounded by attractive women. No thanks. I like to keep my stiffy a secret sometimes.
I'm not saying this is a good law by any means, but who cares? Seriously, the simple solution to this is run an encrypted network, which takes all of 30 seconds for most people (even non-tech people) to configure and these days most routers are comping pre-configured for WEP at least.
This will last until some grandma or similar gets fined a ridiculous amount of money because he/she didn't know any better. Then public outrage will get something changed so the law isn't so stupid in its implementation.