"I think your thinking of the Clayton Anti-Trust act. The Clayton act made illegal"
The USA has a Clayton's Anti-Trust Act? Thats priceless
(In OZ and NZ there used to be a drink (non-alcoholic) called Clayton's . It was advertised as "The drink I have when I am not having a drink" Although the product eventually disappeared, the adjective Clayton's still remained in the popular usage)
" I don't understand how bitcoins or gold either one retain their values."
As far as gold is concerned, it has pther uses, this is why it has been a method of exchange for millennia. Jewelery of course, and the fact that it could be beaten to very thin leaf. In modern times of course its value is enhanced by it being an excellent conductor, used in electronics etc.
I still think Platinum (Pt) would be a better choice, since it has those uses plus being used as a catalyst in chemical reactions, and also being rarer.
There is certainly a need for a means of exchange that is not controlled by national governments, and that is also untraceable. Bitcoin didnt work in that respect.
Theres a quote somewhere from Shoghi Effendi about 'one world currency' probably in WOB or ADJ
I have been a reader of slashdot, and reqular commenter for quite a while too. Back then I was online for IRC a lot, tp keep in touch with my girlfriend who was 8000 miles away. (we have been married for 11.5 years now.) At the moment I am on medical leave, due to go back to work on the 21th Feb, so I tend to be online more than usual. I don't read slashdot at work, that would be against company policy. (Besides which I don't have time,) I just use my phone to play music. For those of you that doubt my geek credentials, I have owned computers of one type or another since July 1979 And in 1974-75 in high school I was writing programs in Fortran, punching holes in the cards with a paperclip, and mailing them to the university computer centre (100 miles away) and getting the printout back a few days later. (This was in NZ, I didn't movr to the US until 2002)
"Canada, despite having a population of only 30 million, has the second most athletes competing,"
Thats because it is wthe Winter Olympics and Canada has more winter than most countries. (well all of Canada does have winter, and although (because of climate change) parts of the USA have had winter storms this year, the ice and snow melts again soon after.
I think they should hold the next winter games at the South Pole. Its an international venue, and you would only need to fly in the athletes, so no worries about security,
you wouldn't evenb have to wait until winter
"they are also broadcasting some events on NBC Sports, MSNBC, USA and CNBC
And they shouldn't be using their non-sports networks for that.(I guess USA counts as a sports network.
I don't give a flying Beta for the olympics, especially winter ones
and I am upset that, for example the Down with Chris Christie show (AKA Up with Steve Kornaki) is not on tomorrow morning. But MHP is still on. I don't mind them replacing the Lockup filler shows, or the caught on camera, but they shouldn't interfere with the normal live shows.
At least theres still Amazon Prime (for watching stuff i want to watch
So presumably they are refering to tactical stuff.
I remember there was a missile around a few decades ago called Helstreak or Starstreak. It was an anti air and antitank weapon, laser guided. (it was in the game Gunship 2) Of course like any laser guided weapon, if you can take out the vehicle thats pointing the laser at you, the missile will miss.
There is an option to subscribe, at least on the classic site.
But so far I haven't seen anything from them that says "if you subscribe you can keep access to the classic site"
I probably would subscribe if I hd to to keep thte classic interface.
Theres no way I would pay for the Beta
BTW Is it pronounced Bee Tar or Bay Tar I have heard people say both How did the original Greeks pronounce it
Who lives in the Beta quadrant? The Alpha quadrant is where the Federation and the rest of the species that show up in TOS and TNG are from The Gama quadrant is accessible through the Bajoran wormhole in is run by the Dominion and Delta quadrant is where Voyager went, and has lots of Borg
So who is in ther Beta quadrant?
I suppose I should say something about Australia dumping wate so I am on/off topic What do Climatoligists predict will happen to Australias climate as climate change gets worse?
"The event horizon is not a special place, when you are close by, it looks just like any other close by place."
Of course in practical terms you can't stay alive near the event horizon due to the radiation from matter colliding in the accretion disk and the tidal effects. (unless you use a galactic center supermassive black hole thats not feeding.
Obtopic Beta : WTF is Dice anyway. I know there used to be a C compiler by that name back in the days when Fred Fish was collecting Free software for the Amiga but I guess that has nothing to do with the current owners of Slashdot
"A similar comment can be made about movies. I hate remakes and especially reboots. Even movies made from book are better than remakes."
I don't mind a remake if the original film was made from a (classic) book, like the plays of Shakespeare, Frank Herberts Dune, Lord of the Rings etc Or even dramas based on historical events, or legends. But if something was originally a movie, or TV show, and presumably worked with the original cast, then they don't need to do a remake. I also hate prequels, If they want to contiue a franchise (like Star Trek) they should make one that is set after TNG, Voyager, and DS9
Slashdot Mirror
"He is arguing that at a certain point we will have to acknowledge that we have enough energy to meet everyone's basic needs."
For that we are going to need at least Fusion, and I don't mean the current generator that is 93 million miles away.
"I think your thinking of the Clayton Anti-Trust act. The Clayton act made illegal"
The USA has a Clayton's Anti-Trust Act? Thats priceless
(In OZ and NZ there used to be a drink (non-alcoholic) called Clayton's . It was advertised as "The drink I have when I am not having a drink"
Although the product eventually disappeared, the adjective Clayton's still remained in the popular usage)
Why did they name a search engine after the guy who sang White Christmas, and co-starred with Bob Hope?
John and George are extinct
"At this point asking wether to use Firefix or Chrome"
I am sure that wether, along with the rest of the sheep, are using IE if they are running windows.
" like choosing between Democrats or Republicans"
At least Democrats recognize that the Earth is more than 6013 years old, and that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas...
So the new version with this sponsorship should be cheaper then?
"There is no new PIN, it's the same one used for the ATM"
At The Moment my credit card doesn't have a PIN
And I don't use it for getting cash, since that transaction costs, and they charge interest straight away.
Wake me when it gets to version 1.0 at least
And did those feet
in ancient time
Walk upon Englands mountains green
And please keep the Slashdot classic
" I don't understand how bitcoins or gold either one retain their values."
As far as gold is concerned, it has pther uses, this is why it has been a method of exchange for millennia.
Jewelery of course, and the fact that it could be beaten to very thin leaf.
In modern times of course its value is enhanced by it being an excellent conductor, used in electronics etc.
I still think Platinum (Pt) would be a better choice, since it has those uses plus being used as a catalyst in chemical reactions, and also being rarer.
There is certainly a need for a means of exchange that is not controlled by national governments, and that is also untraceable.
Bitcoin didnt work in that respect.
Theres a quote somewhere from Shoghi Effendi about 'one world currency' probably in WOB or ADJ
Thankyou for your comments
I have been a reader of slashdot, and reqular commenter for quite a while too. Back then I was online for IRC a lot, tp keep in touch with my girlfriend who was 8000 miles away. (we have been married for 11.5 years now.)
At the moment I am on medical leave, due to go back to work on the 21th Feb, so I tend to be online more than usual. I don't read slashdot at work, that would be against company policy. (Besides which I don't have time,) I just use my phone to play music.
For those of you that doubt my geek credentials, I have owned computers of one type or another since July 1979
And in 1974-75 in high school I was writing programs in Fortran, punching holes in the cards with a paperclip, and mailing them to the university computer centre (100 miles away) and getting the printout back a few days later. (This was in NZ, I didn't movr to the US until 2002)
Now get off my (snow covered) lawn
I will miss this place...
why are we still writing text based code?"
Have you ever tried programming in APL ?
(And then tried reading the code later?)
"Canada, despite having a population of only 30 million, has the second most athletes competing,"
Thats because it is wthe Winter Olympics and Canada has more winter than most countries. (well all of Canada does have winter, and although (because of climate change) parts of the USA have had winter storms this year, the ice and snow melts again soon after.
I think they should hold the next winter games at the South Pole. Its an international venue, and you would only need to fly in the athletes, so no worries about security,
you wouldn't evenb have to wait until winter
Long Live Classic Slahdot
"they are also broadcasting some events on NBC Sports, MSNBC, USA and CNBC
And they shouldn't be using their non-sports networks for that.(I guess USA counts as a sports network.
I don't give a flying Beta for the olympics, especially winter ones
and I am upset that, for example the Down with Chris Christie show (AKA Up with Steve Kornaki) is not on tomorrow morning. But MHP is still on.
I don't mind them replacing the Lockup filler shows, or the caught on camera, but they shouldn't interfere with the normal live shows.
At least theres still Amazon Prime
(for watching stuff i want to watch
Aren't ICBMs already hypersonic?
So presumably they are refering to tactical stuff.
I remember there was a missile around a few decades ago called Helstreak or Starstreak. It was an anti air and antitank weapon, laser guided.
(it was in the game Gunship 2)
Of course like any laser guided weapon, if you can take out the vehicle thats pointing the laser at you, the missile will miss.
Speaking of missing, I will miss classic slashdot
In the '80s Reagan banned Soviet Russia
There is an option to subscribe, at least on the classic site.
But so far I haven't seen anything from them that says "if you subscribe you can keep access to the classic site"
I probably would subscribe if I hd to to keep thte classic interface.
Theres no way I would pay for the Beta
BTW Is it pronounced Bee Tar or Bay Tar
I have heard people say both
How did the original Greeks pronounce it
Who lives in the Beta quadrant? The Alpha quadrant is where the Federation and the rest of the species that show up in TOS and TNG are from
The Gama quadrant is accessible through the Bajoran wormhole in is run by the Dominion
and Delta quadrant is where Voyager went, and has lots of Borg
So who is in ther Beta quadrant?
I suppose I should say something about Australia dumping wate so I am on/off topic
What do Climatoligists predict will happen to Australias climate as climate change gets worse?
"The event horizon is not a special place, when you are close by, it looks just like any other close by place."
Of course in practical terms you can't stay alive near the event horizon due to the radiation from matter colliding in the accretion disk and the tidal effects.
(unless you use a galactic center supermassive black hole thats not feeding.
Obtopic Beta : WTF is Dice anyway. I know there used to be a C compiler by that name back in the days when Fred Fish was collecting Free software for the Amiga
but I guess that has nothing to do with the current owners of Slashdot
You can't blame the British, they kept fighting.
The French on the other hand surrendered.
BTW I haven't gone to the Beta site, but it sounds like shit. Has anyone asked Obama? "If you like your Slashdot classic you can keep it"
"I don't think that word means what you think it means (if it's even a real word)"
Its a real word - it means a wrestling match.
I think its on the SyFy channel
BTW just to keep on topic, (which is the Slashdot Beta) I haven't been to the beta site, but it sounds like crap to me.
True, but us using them does not make the sun wear out any quicker.
Any form of energy is not renewable - entropy always increases.
"A similar comment can be made about movies. I hate remakes and especially reboots. Even movies made from book are better than remakes."
I don't mind a remake if the original film was made from a (classic) book, like the plays of Shakespeare, Frank Herberts Dune, Lord of the Rings etc
Or even dramas based on historical events, or legends.
But if something was originally a movie, or TV show, and presumably worked with the original cast, then they don't need to do a remake.
I also hate prequels, If they want to contiue a franchise (like Star Trek) they should make one that is set after TNG, Voyager, and DS9
In the US citizens can carry weapons, but firing missiles is not allowed.
And as for driving tanks, well if you count SUV's then yes, but the armor plated, tracked vehicles with cannon in the turret aren't allowed.
I'm not the one paying
Viscosity is an inverse measure of speed
Bills passing congress is measured in Repeals of ObamaCare per session