I'm surprised Howard The Duck hasn't been mentioned yet, I would have thought that was everyone's favourite sci-fi. Or are people not mentioning it because they see it more as a drama?
I think the point is, no-one is going to remember them in the same class as Space Odyssey, Star Wars (technically Fantasy not Sci Fi), Matrix, Alien, etc. They're big now, but in the long time frame they'll be forgotten.
They are going to replace batteries with RAM, that's how amazingly breakthrough this RAM is.
Perhaps there will be solar cells within the RAM that provide electricity for the phone. To recharge your phone you just shine a flashlight into the USB port and it traps all the light inside...
And the greatest part of all- you can charge that flashlight from your phone.
If you give a man a fish- he can eat for a day. If you teach a man to fish, better hope he doesn't live in the desert.
I don't know where you're getting the cost of $1000 solar panel. For one appliance it's not going to cost that much. It's probably not going to cost anything in the same range as that. Even if it did. Yes, $1000 can buy a lot of water if you live near a water source. If you have to keep shipping water hundreds of miles then the costs are going to go up.
Wouldn't it be better to ship one time to a location rather than having to ship continuously for years? Also, if you have your own means of getting water you don't have to worry about- what if guerrillas take out the delivery man and steal my water? What if the shipment never arrives? You're more independent. In the end, we all want our fate and future as much in our own hands as possible.
If you're going to one, I wonder how much more difficult it is to go to both at the same time? A vessel that splits as it approaches sending similar payloads to both moons.
I used to get 30mpg in my Ford Ranger 15 years ago if I was doing mostly highway miles. Of course, Ford decided that if they did away with the Ranger in the US everyone would buy bigger trucks instead. So I've been driving cars ever since and they haven't been Fords.
I have heard they're considering bringing back the Ranger to the US, if they do, it might be my next "car" if they can improve the fuel efficiency in it to the same degree they have other cars. I loved my Ranger, best "car" I ever had, although I have no desire to drive one of their bigger trucks.
So what you're saying is that we should push for the one hour work day and the one hour school day? Since we're not working or learning very well the rest of the time.
Well, considering the cars do more than 200miles, I hope the lorries do too. Also, I'd be very surprised if they didn't have quick replace batteries. Reach the stop- drop off the spent batteries, pick up freshly charged ones. No reason to stop any more frequently than your current vehicles.
I remember a time not long ago when many slashdotters were in love with Uber, and it could do no wrong. Kind of like Tesla fans are now.
I've not been a fan of Uber since first hearing about them- and how they're basically Taxi's without paying the fees or having the license requirements that taxis have.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for competition, innovation, and lower prices, but the hidden Brit inside me hates a rule breaker. Uber has always been the rule breaker who cheats the competition by looking for loop holes. Uber is like the Patent Troll, or the off-shore shell company that dodges taxes.
Maybe if I actually took taxis more than once a year I'd be more delighted at the cheaper competition, but Uber has always been of a bit of a bad smell with their "cheating".
At Home: Wife Kids Cats that like sitting in front of monitor. No private office (we don't have a spare room for an office) Remote Desktop means only using one monitor. Very sloooooww...seconds between me moving mouse and the cursor moving on screen.
In short, I hate working from home. Now if I had a bigger house and fewer dependants, and a less laggy environment... sure, I could make that work.
I'm sure Slashdot will get 90% less ad-click revenue now. The only time I ever clicked on an ad on this page was because of the page jump putting ads where I click.
Slashdot was the website that inspired me to use ad-blocking software. I couldn't take the page jumping around on Slashdot anymore.
Yea, the last president was so great he got chemical weapons out of Syria.
He did prevent them using Chemical Weapons... whilst he was president. Which was his goal.
Then Trump came along and said he wasn't going to intervene in any military action in Syria. They saw it as a green light to do despicable things and Trump had to respond militarily to stop them.
If Trump wasn't President, and if he hadn't said he was going to be soft on Syria, the chemical attack probably would never have happened.
My first Vizio is still going strong, it's probably close to 10 years old now. Never a worry with it.
It made me take a gamble on a 42inch Hiteker (another cheapo brand) that I got for about $150. That one is about 3 years old- that did arrive with a problem, the first month or so there was a pale mark visible in the middle when the screen went dark... after a few months that pale mark disappeared.
Overall though, I've had good luck with crappy cheap TVs.
LeEco are they the company that planted all those phones in the US that had spyware that reported back to China? I think the phones were sold as "Blu" but was LeEco the maker of those phones? For some reason that company sets off alarm bells in my head, I know they did something bad., trying to remember what it was.
I wouldn't buy a Vizio again if I knew it was owned by LeEco.
Bakers dozen of rape accusations who all showed up for an October surprise, and then poof gone!
His previous wife had her rape accusations removed rather quickly, and she made hers LONG before Trump showed any political ambitions. In the case of the ex-wife her sudden change of heart was probably down to a financial pay off.
The more recent women accusing Trump of sexual assault all reported getting dozens of death threats and had negative encounters with Trump's vigilante storm troopers on the streets. It's no surprise they are quieter now.
The only way "Hacking" affected the election was that things Hillary and the DNC said in private became public.
I'm pretty sure Donald Trump, and perhaps every other Presidential candidate in history, have said things in private that if they became public would result in them losing the election, so that's a big problem.
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I'm surprised Howard The Duck hasn't been mentioned yet, I would have thought that was everyone's favourite sci-fi. Or are people not mentioning it because they see it more as a drama?
I don't think there is a single story that isn't derivative in some ways.
I think the point is, no-one is going to remember them in the same class as Space Odyssey, Star Wars (technically Fantasy not Sci Fi), Matrix, Alien, etc. They're big now, but in the long time frame they'll be forgotten.
They are going to replace batteries with RAM, that's how amazingly breakthrough this RAM is.
Perhaps there will be solar cells within the RAM that provide electricity for the phone. To recharge your phone you just shine a flashlight into the USB port and it traps all the light inside...
And the greatest part of all- you can charge that flashlight from your phone.
Bah, will be late then. In 10 years with nuclear fusion and wireless energy transmission we won't need to be stingy anymore, isn't it?
10 years? We'll have hit the singularity by then and transcended.
I dunno, you look pretty dumb
You should see how dumb I am!
Finally, I'll be able to see clear professional photos of Aliens Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster once Google takes away the shakes and blurs.
If you give a man a fish- he can eat for a day. If you teach a man to fish, better hope he doesn't live in the desert.
I don't know where you're getting the cost of $1000 solar panel. For one appliance it's not going to cost that much. It's probably not going to cost anything in the same range as that. Even if it did. Yes, $1000 can buy a lot of water if you live near a water source. If you have to keep shipping water hundreds of miles then the costs are going to go up.
Wouldn't it be better to ship one time to a location rather than having to ship continuously for years? Also, if you have your own means of getting water you don't have to worry about- what if guerrillas take out the delivery man and steal my water? What if the shipment never arrives? You're more independent. In the end, we all want our fate and future as much in our own hands as possible.
The worry to me is that this will attract sand worms.
If you're going to one, I wonder how much more difficult it is to go to both at the same time? A vessel that splits as it approaches sending similar payloads to both moons.
What do they mean by 'nearby'?
Look-out, there's one peaking over your shoulder right now!
They are referring to Icy moons that could have liquid water oceans under the Ice.
I used to get 30mpg in my Ford Ranger 15 years ago if I was doing mostly highway miles. Of course, Ford decided that if they did away with the Ranger in the US everyone would buy bigger trucks instead. So I've been driving cars ever since and they haven't been Fords.
I have heard they're considering bringing back the Ranger to the US, if they do, it might be my next "car" if they can improve the fuel efficiency in it to the same degree they have other cars. I loved my Ranger, best "car" I ever had, although I have no desire to drive one of their bigger trucks.
Nothing wrong with letting the computer do it but let's not pretend humans can't handle the task.
I've met humans. They're dumber than they look.
I'm sure this varies person to person- I always was able to learn better early in the morning.
Now I'm an adult- I work best in the afternoon/evening (probably because my brain is less active then).
So what you're saying is that we should push for the one hour work day and the one hour school day? Since we're not working or learning very well the rest of the time.
Well, considering the cars do more than 200miles, I hope the lorries do too. Also, I'd be very surprised if they didn't have quick replace batteries. Reach the stop- drop off the spent batteries, pick up freshly charged ones. No reason to stop any more frequently than your current vehicles.
I remember a time not long ago when many slashdotters were in love with Uber, and it could do no wrong. Kind of like Tesla fans are now.
I've not been a fan of Uber since first hearing about them- and how they're basically Taxi's without paying the fees or having the license requirements that taxis have.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for competition, innovation, and lower prices, but the hidden Brit inside me hates a rule breaker. Uber has always been the rule breaker who cheats the competition by looking for loop holes. Uber is like the Patent Troll, or the off-shore shell company that dodges taxes.
Maybe if I actually took taxis more than once a year I'd be more delighted at the cheaper competition, but Uber has always been of a bit of a bad smell with their "cheating".
At Home:
Wife
Kids
Cats that like sitting in front of monitor.
No private office (we don't have a spare room for an office)
Remote Desktop means only using one monitor.
Very sloooooww...seconds between me moving mouse and the cursor moving on screen.
In short, I hate working from home. Now if I had a bigger house and fewer dependants, and a less laggy environment... sure, I could make that work.
I'm sure Slashdot will get 90% less ad-click revenue now. The only time I ever clicked on an ad on this page was because of the page jump putting ads where I click.
Slashdot was the website that inspired me to use ad-blocking software. I couldn't take the page jumping around on Slashdot anymore.
Yea, the last president was so great he got chemical weapons out of Syria.
He did prevent them using Chemical Weapons... whilst he was president. Which was his goal.
Then Trump came along and said he wasn't going to intervene in any military action in Syria. They saw it as a green light to do despicable things and Trump had to respond militarily to stop them.
If Trump wasn't President, and if he hadn't said he was going to be soft on Syria, the chemical attack probably would never have happened.
My first Vizio is still going strong, it's probably close to 10 years old now. Never a worry with it.
It made me take a gamble on a 42inch Hiteker (another cheapo brand) that I got for about $150. That one is about 3 years old- that did arrive with a problem, the first month or so there was a pale mark visible in the middle when the screen went dark... after a few months that pale mark disappeared.
Overall though, I've had good luck with crappy cheap TVs.
LeEco are they the company that planted all those phones in the US that had spyware that reported back to China? I think the phones were sold as "Blu" but was LeEco the maker of those phones? For some reason that company sets off alarm bells in my head, I know they did something bad., trying to remember what it was.
I wouldn't buy a Vizio again if I knew it was owned by LeEco.
Sure, but the Russians have subs parked near every satellite too -- checkmate.
Metaphorically, they probably do. I'm sure they have plans in place to knock out satellites should a war ever occur.
Bakers dozen of rape accusations who all showed up for an October surprise, and then poof gone!
His previous wife had her rape accusations removed rather quickly, and she made hers LONG before Trump showed any political ambitions. In the case of the ex-wife her sudden change of heart was probably down to a financial pay off.
The more recent women accusing Trump of sexual assault all reported getting dozens of death threats and had negative encounters with Trump's vigilante storm troopers on the streets. It's no surprise they are quieter now.
The only way "Hacking" affected the election was that things Hillary and the DNC said in private became public.
I'm pretty sure Donald Trump, and perhaps every other Presidential candidate in history, have said things in private that if they became public would result in them losing the election, so that's a big problem.