I'm sorry, but you're thinking rationally. Clearly, you don't "get it". Arguing scientific facts with religious fundamentalists is a waste of time.
It's like how Chris Rock describes arguing with your wife. All logical arguments fail, because the target of your argument isn't logical to begin with.
OK seriously, if they are teaching that Nessie is real, why not the Flying Spaghetti Monster? And how about all the other urban legends, such as the Jersey Devil, Flying Saucers/Roswell, Bigfoot, Yeti, Dragons, Unicorns, Mermaids, Hobgoblins, and Trolls?
Yes, I know that Trolls are real, we feed them all the time on Slashdot.
If it's determined that we've eaten food that is GM'ed by Monsanto, we will all have to pay a 3% royalty for their intellectual property now being a part of our genetic makeup/biosystem.
When Apple first announced the iPhone, Jobs said in an interview that he would be happy if the iPhone captured 3% of the global smartphone market. Mind you, at the time, the Blackberry and the Treo were pretty much the only smartphones that existed.
Nokia was at the time, the biggest provider of any type phones and Apple believed that they had no chance to compete in that market, especially since Nokia was making phones that cost a mere $20 after being subsidized by the carrier.
So, how did Apple, which started with a very meager outlook for sales, completely destroy not one, but at least two major cell-phone makers (RIM and Nokia)? Both of these companies are mere shells of what they once were, and Apple is stronger than ever.
How is Apple one of the biggest companies on the planet, making what are essentially digital "toys"? Very few people actually *need* a smartphone, but apparently, and even Apple didn't forsee this, people *want* a single device that can really do it all.
Not only would there be a market, but it would also be perfect for listing to shit via your phone. The phone also as a microphone and can transmit audio to the bluetooth headset -- so, you put your phone down on your desk, walk away past where people don't think you can hear them, and yet, you can still hear them... Great for spying.
There's a zillion ways to make this a great little app. Someone should write it.
Let's do a little math here: Let's say you're a major hardware maker (Let's say.... Sony, since HP already has it's own tablet OS if they were smart enough to use it).
You're planning to manufacture at least 100,000 units. At $80 per, that's 8 Million just to license the OS. Never mind the development of the hardware, the manufacture of the hardware, component costs, packaging and marketing.
At some point, some bean-counter is going to consider that it is cheaper to buy another company that already has a tablet OS than it is to license MS's piece of crap that won't be supported in two years (How's that Zune doing for you?)
The point is: There's better alternatives that are cheaper, and if you're in a price war for the low-end of the market (because there's only one player in the high-end of the market), every dollar saved is important.
I mean, think of it this way: If HP could figure out how to actually make a profit selling $99 touchpads, they'd be the market leader right now.
And by the time Microsoft actually gets into the game, $99 tablets might be a reality. Who's going to build a $99 tablet where $80 of that cost if the OS? It just ain't happening.
Is probably his greatest short story and it's not even Sci-Fi. Thankfully, it is all over the internet, so, if you've never read it, drop everything and go read it right now. It's great.
Same thing is happening in Manhattan NYC -- Only the very wealthy can afford to live there, so what you end up with is the rich lawyers, wall-street people and the like, and the dirt-poor, homeless types -- and everyone else has to commute in.
I mean really, if you ever want a photograph of the divide between the haves and have-nots, just start clicking away just about anywhere in NYC on an average day, and you'll see a multi-millionaire walking past a homeless dude.
If he's that bright, he'll be earning mad money before he's 25. If he's earning 100k+ by that age, he'll be driving a Porsche and banging chicks like a rock star.
Sorry, but that easily replaces a childhood with toys.
What's sad is that you identify this kid as sad because he was rushed to adulthood, when there are millions of kids also robbed of their childhood because of poverty, and a lack of opportunity to advance like this kid did, simply because they were born into some shithole.
And that shithole could even be in the USA -- many areas of this country are devastated by crime and poverty -- some kids don't even get to make it to his age, they are killed by stray gunfire, or in some even worse places (in the third world), sold off to slavers, or turned into child soldiers. Other kids here in the USA join gangs because there is no other choice.
If he makes good money while he's young enough to enjoy it, it will trump any and all childhood 'play'. Don't be sad for this kid, turn your empathy towards those that actually need it.
I hope Canada doesn't win any gold medals at the Olympics this year -- because if they play the National Anthem,... I mean, there's gotta be at least 50,000 in attendance, plus millions watching on TV, the fees could bankrupt the planet.
The photos we get from our space telescopes will be so much sharper as things get closer!
Unfortunately, we won't even be here as a species in a million years. We'll either have died out, or long since left the planet, Earth won't even be remembered as a story told to children. And that's assuming we could even recognize ourselves after some period of evolution.
Personally, I'm betting on the died-out version. Our civilization has limited energy resources, and limited vision for the future. Once the oil runs out, enough chaos ensues to assure destruction of the species.
Never heard of SunOS? Yikes. I learned Unix on a Sun 3/160 running SunOS 4.1.1 Ahh the good old days.
And what's sad is that if I were out of a job, I probably couldn't get one in this market because I don't have a Computer Science Degree and a zillion certifications -- I'm an all self-taught geek/hacker that's been messing with computers since the ZX-80. The only thing that keeps me relevant is that I actually do have 30+ years "experience" (and currently work for a major Fortune 500).
Wait wait... Educate the rest of us... You told us the USA offer, but for comparison, let us know what you're currently getting....
If you're not willing to do that, what's the mean rate among peers, with perks? I cannot speak for every IT guy in the USA, but some of us *are* willing to relocate!
Besides, after watching Top Gear, I've decided Europe's roads are way better.
for a product that's only existed for 8 years. So apparently, they are only willing to hire that product's QA testers, or maybe only that product's programmers or design team.
I remember looking for a job back in the old days of DICE and MONSTER -- and let me tell you, they were seriously asking for 5 years experience in Windows XP, something, which at the time, was only in existence for 2 years. Plus, Microsoft Office, Veritas, Networking, virtualization, Adobe products, HTML and Javascript coding, NT Domain controllers, Cisco routers, Windows Administration, Linux, Unix Administration a plus: Salary: $15,000+ commission if you also do sales.
But there it is anyhow. When Vista came out I bought an iMac. When Windows 8 comes out, I'm buying a Raspberry Pi. I see no reason to continue feeding the troll. Goodbye MS.
My guess is that they are using their existing engines, just more of them. That's more cost-effective, since you don't have to develop a whole new engine as you scale up.
Of course, this means more moving parts, therefore, more to go wrong at launch time -- but again, if one engine fails out of 27, no big deal.
If I recall -- Apollo 13 had an engine fail in the second stage and they considered aborting, but managed to slip into orbit. A failure in one of the first stage F-1's would have been disasterous because that immediately kills 1/5th of your thrust (plus you're now carrying more dead weight).
The Russians have always used many smaller engines, and usually it works pretty well. The N-1 failed for a number of reasons, the primary one being that Korolyev wasn't involved (I believe he had passed away by that point).
After all, it's not like the United States of America gave a shit about all the historical and sacred sites of the Red Man, "manifest destiny" apparently gave White Man the right to trample over, destroy, steal, rape and pillage, all in the name of "homesteading" so that all the money they paid France for that land didn't go to waste.
Put a fence around it. Otherwise, it's fair game to whoever gets there next.
Obviously, our time as a Superpower is over, so now we're trying to puff ourselves up to try and scare the next generation of Moon-travelers, which will most likely be the Chinese in 2030.
Either that or Elon Musk will get it all to auction on eBay -- put you gotta use Paypal as your payment method.
But if EVERYTHING is patented, trademarked, copyrighted, so that it's impossible to even make any kind of product without infringing on something, then Capitalism is OVER. Because everything will be held eventually by one company, and that company will have a monopoly on EVERYTHING, and therefore will also control the government. End Game == Fascism.
For the good of Democracy in a Capitalist society, IP "laws" must end.
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I'm sorry, but you're thinking rationally.
Clearly, you don't "get it". Arguing scientific facts with religious fundamentalists is a waste of time.
It's like how Chris Rock describes arguing with your wife. All logical arguments fail, because the target of your argument isn't logical to begin with.
OK seriously, if they are teaching that Nessie is real, why not the Flying Spaghetti Monster? And how about all the other urban legends, such as the Jersey Devil, Flying Saucers/Roswell, Bigfoot, Yeti, Dragons, Unicorns, Mermaids, Hobgoblins, and Trolls?
Yes, I know that Trolls are real, we feed them all the time on Slashdot.
Please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon
Duh. And goodnight.
By examining every United States Citizen.
If it's determined that we've eaten food that is GM'ed by Monsanto, we will all have to pay a 3% royalty for their intellectual property now being a part of our genetic makeup/biosystem.
When Apple first announced the iPhone, Jobs said in an interview that he would be happy if the iPhone captured 3% of the global smartphone market. Mind you, at the time, the Blackberry and the Treo were pretty much the only smartphones that existed.
Nokia was at the time, the biggest provider of any type phones and Apple believed that they had no chance to compete in that market, especially since Nokia was making phones that cost a mere $20 after being subsidized by the carrier.
So, how did Apple, which started with a very meager outlook for sales, completely destroy not one, but at least two major cell-phone makers (RIM and Nokia)? Both of these companies are mere shells of what they once were, and Apple is stronger than ever.
How is Apple one of the biggest companies on the planet, making what are essentially digital "toys"? Very few people actually *need* a smartphone, but apparently, and even Apple didn't forsee this, people *want* a single device that can really do it all.
Not only would there be a market, but it would also be perfect for listing to shit via your phone. The phone also as a microphone and can transmit audio to the bluetooth headset -- so, you put your phone down on your desk, walk away past where people don't think you can hear them, and yet, you can still hear them... Great for spying.
There's a zillion ways to make this a great little app. Someone should write it.
How hard could it be to build an iPhone app that uses the built-in microphone in the phone and transmits that to a bluetooth headset?
Let's do a little math here: Let's say you're a major hardware maker (Let's say.... Sony, since HP already has it's own tablet OS if they were smart enough to use it).
You're planning to manufacture at least 100,000 units. At $80 per, that's 8 Million just to license the OS. Never mind the development of the hardware, the manufacture of the hardware, component costs, packaging and marketing.
At some point, some bean-counter is going to consider that it is cheaper to buy another company that already has a tablet OS than it is to license MS's piece of crap that won't be supported in two years (How's that Zune doing for you?)
The point is: There's better alternatives that are cheaper, and if you're in a price war for the low-end of the market (because there's only one player in the high-end of the market), every dollar saved is important.
I mean, think of it this way: If HP could figure out how to actually make a profit selling $99 touchpads, they'd be the market leader right now.
And by the time Microsoft actually gets into the game, $99 tablets might be a reality. Who's going to build a $99 tablet where $80 of that cost if the OS? It just ain't happening.
If only there were a website where they could connect with other security professionals, exchange ideas and maybe even find people to hire....
Is probably his greatest short story and it's not even Sci-Fi. Thankfully, it is all over the internet, so, if you've never read it, drop everything and go read it right now. It's great.
Same thing is happening in Manhattan NYC -- Only the very wealthy can afford to live there, so what you end up with is the rich lawyers, wall-street people and the like, and the dirt-poor, homeless types -- and everyone else has to commute in.
I mean really, if you ever want a photograph of the divide between the haves and have-nots, just start clicking away just about anywhere in NYC on an average day, and you'll see a multi-millionaire walking past a homeless dude.
Just as I started reading this story, Rod Stewart's "Some guys have all the luck" played on the iPod. Spooky.
If he's that bright, he'll be earning mad money before he's 25. If he's earning 100k+ by that age, he'll be driving a Porsche and banging chicks like a rock star.
Sorry, but that easily replaces a childhood with toys.
What's sad is that you identify this kid as sad because he was rushed to adulthood, when there are millions of kids also robbed of their childhood because of poverty, and a lack of opportunity to advance like this kid did, simply because they were born into some shithole.
And that shithole could even be in the USA -- many areas of this country are devastated by crime and poverty -- some kids don't even get to make it to his age, they are killed by stray gunfire, or in some even worse places (in the third world), sold off to slavers, or turned into child soldiers. Other kids here in the USA join gangs because there is no other choice.
If he makes good money while he's young enough to enjoy it, it will trump any and all childhood 'play'. Don't be sad for this kid, turn your empathy towards those that actually need it.
Where's Kevin Bacon when you need him?
I hope Canada doesn't win any gold medals at the Olympics this year -- because if they play the National Anthem, ... I mean, there's gotta be at least 50,000 in attendance, plus millions watching on TV, the fees could bankrupt the planet.
The photos we get from our space telescopes will be so much sharper as things get closer!
Unfortunately, we won't even be here as a species in a million years. We'll either have died out, or long since left the planet, Earth won't even be remembered as a story told to children. And that's assuming we could even recognize ourselves after some period of evolution.
Personally, I'm betting on the died-out version. Our civilization has limited energy resources, and limited vision for the future. Once the oil runs out, enough chaos ensues to assure destruction of the species.
Never heard of SunOS? Yikes. I learned Unix on a Sun 3/160 running SunOS 4.1.1 Ahh the good old days.
And what's sad is that if I were out of a job, I probably couldn't get one in this market because I don't have a Computer Science Degree and a zillion certifications -- I'm an all self-taught geek/hacker that's been messing with computers since the ZX-80. The only thing that keeps me relevant is that I actually do have 30+ years "experience" (and currently work for a major Fortune 500).
Wait wait... Educate the rest of us... You told us the USA offer, but for comparison, let us know what you're currently getting....
If you're not willing to do that, what's the mean rate among peers, with perks? I cannot speak for every IT guy in the USA, but some of us *are* willing to relocate!
Besides, after watching Top Gear, I've decided Europe's roads are way better.
Just wait until MBA's start getting outsourced. It's only a matter of time before this bites everyone in the ass.
for a product that's only existed for 8 years. So apparently, they are only willing to hire that product's QA testers, or maybe only that product's programmers or design team.
I remember looking for a job back in the old days of DICE and MONSTER -- and let me tell you, they were seriously asking for 5 years experience in Windows XP, something, which at the time, was only in existence for 2 years. Plus, Microsoft Office, Veritas, Networking, virtualization, Adobe products, HTML and Javascript coding, NT Domain controllers, Cisco routers, Windows Administration, Linux, Unix Administration a plus: Salary: $15,000+ commission if you also do sales.
But there it is anyhow.
When Vista came out I bought an iMac.
When Windows 8 comes out, I'm buying a Raspberry Pi.
I see no reason to continue feeding the troll. Goodbye MS.
My guess is that they are using their existing engines, just more of them. That's more cost-effective, since you don't have to develop a whole new engine as you scale up.
Of course, this means more moving parts, therefore, more to go wrong at launch time -- but again, if one engine fails out of 27, no big deal.
If I recall -- Apollo 13 had an engine fail in the second stage and they considered aborting, but managed to slip into orbit. A failure in one of the first stage F-1's would have been disasterous because that immediately kills 1/5th of your thrust (plus you're now carrying more dead weight).
The Russians have always used many smaller engines, and usually it works pretty well. The N-1 failed for a number of reasons, the primary one being that Korolyev wasn't involved (I believe he had passed away by that point).
After all, it's not like the United States of America gave a shit about all the historical and sacred sites of the Red Man, "manifest destiny" apparently gave White Man the right to trample over, destroy, steal, rape and pillage, all in the name of "homesteading" so that all the money they paid France for that land didn't go to waste.
Put a fence around it. Otherwise, it's fair game to whoever gets there next.
Obviously, our time as a Superpower is over, so now we're trying to puff ourselves up to try and scare the next generation of Moon-travelers, which will most likely be the Chinese in 2030.
Either that or Elon Musk will get it all to auction on eBay -- put you gotta use Paypal as your payment method.
Capitalism is based on competition.
But if EVERYTHING is patented, trademarked, copyrighted, so that it's impossible to even make any kind of product without infringing on something, then Capitalism is OVER. Because everything will be held eventually by one company, and that company will have a monopoly on EVERYTHING, and therefore will also control the government. End Game == Fascism.
For the good of Democracy in a Capitalist society, IP "laws" must end.