The EP only wanted disclosure of the treaty, their problem was that it was written in secret. And I believe the EU did manage to get the worst parts out of it. Of course, it's still bad.
I understand why the photos has to be removed or the faces in them blurred out, but what's the problem with posting data THEY made publicly available on Facebook?
Some of the proposals were pretty far out, such as Joseph Breeden's concept for an engine-less starship (propelled using a gravity slingshot on a near-sun trajectory).
Our current interstellar ships all used a slingshot. In fact, we couldn't leave the Solar system with just engines.
But my opninion is that we should make interplanetary travel more efficient before we even think of interstellar. Our own star system still has many interesting things.
Superconductors have been there for ages. I remember being shown levitation like this in high school. The article doesn't seem to mention the actual discovery.
A court aknowledging that linking and publishing is different will be a strong point for arguments in the rest of the world with less tech-savvy people. I hope we can get more courts in more countries to think the same way. And then get rid of those defamation laws as well.
The article only points out that exponential growth can't go on forever even if we allow for space colonization. That doesn' mean that we should stop researching space, and, when we have the technologies, even mine or colonize it. However, this will be in the distant future. We could have far more luck by trying to colonize the oceans.
The article wasn't about giving up on space travel, but that the exponential growth of energy usage at the current rate is unfeasible even if we allow for space colonization.
A combination of the first two. In the limited region where it would be possible to communicate with another species, the chance of an intelligent lifeform evolving is close to zero.
I don't know that I agree that this is a problem. Trademarks are meant for commerce - it makes sense that companies would hold most of them.
Yes, trademarks are meant for commerce, and the web is not a commercial thing, but a general communication medium. I don't have a problem with companies holding trademarks, I have problems with domain names seized based on trademark claims.
My concern is where someone acquires "microsoft.p2p" and then starts selling software. Or "bankofamerica.p2p" and starts offering banking. It's confusing and unnecessary, and only aids fraudsters - not companies or consumers.
I'm not sure what you meant...you have a problem with TLDs?
This reminds me to those ads where a scientist or doctor tells yout that this is the best toothpaste or washing powder in the world. Also, anything is relaxing if you compare it to Mozart.
ICBMs, in small numbers, can now be defended against. Still, something should be done if they don't stop. But I hope even if it comes to the worst it can be solved by traditional weapons, without resorting to a preemptive nuclear strike.
Holograms have been used in shows for a while, the problem with them is tha they are too computationally intensive for realtime use. The article only talks about still images, so I guess this is not a 3D television, more like a virtual diorama.
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I believe this is part of what Google calls 'semantic search'.
Just because they draw a line there doesn't make the territory theirs. Why do so many intelligent people care about such a pity thing?
The EP only wanted disclosure of the treaty, their problem was that it was written in secret. And I believe the EU did manage to get the worst parts out of it. Of course, it's still bad.
Well, one goal of ACTA is to unify the different IP policies of nationstates.
True, but isn't the sharing of those information publicly counts as implicit consent?
I understand why the photos has to be removed or the faces in them blurred out, but what's the problem with posting data THEY made publicly available on Facebook?
that Berlusconi's men are worrying about pedophiles.
Does genetic computing have a chance of getting faster than traditional circuits? It seems to me like something too big and complicated to be quick.
Our current interstellar ships all used a slingshot. In fact, we couldn't leave the Solar system with just engines.
But my opninion is that we should make interplanetary travel more efficient before we even think of interstellar. Our own star system still has many interesting things.
Superconductors have been there for ages. I remember being shown levitation like this in high school. The article doesn't seem to mention the actual discovery.
A court aknowledging that linking and publishing is different will be a strong point for arguments in the rest of the world with less tech-savvy people. I hope we can get more courts in more countries to think the same way. And then get rid of those defamation laws as well.
The majority of bitcoins is in the hands of a handful who cash in large quantities from time to time thus crashing the market.
Employment rates in Africa are terrible. The problem is not a shortage of workforce.
If they have more bodies available to work, then the economy will pick up. Baby steps.
Africa already has the highest population growth. A successful economy needs more then that just people.
With the much higher accuracy Galileo could be used for things other than navigation.
Until it gets tested by an independent group, it's still just a company's claims about their own product.
The article only points out that exponential growth can't go on forever even if we allow for space colonization. That doesn' mean that we should stop researching space, and, when we have the technologies, even mine or colonize it. However, this will be in the distant future. We could have far more luck by trying to colonize the oceans.
The article wasn't about giving up on space travel, but that the exponential growth of energy usage at the current rate is unfeasible even if we allow for space colonization.
A combination of the first two. In the limited region where it would be possible to communicate with another species, the chance of an intelligent lifeform evolving is close to zero.
I'm sorry, but while you can place the tab bar on the bottom in Opera, you can't place it directly under the address bar.
I don't know that I agree that this is a problem. Trademarks are meant for commerce - it makes sense that companies would hold most of them.
Yes, trademarks are meant for commerce, and the web is not a commercial thing, but a general communication medium. I don't have a problem with companies holding trademarks, I have problems with domain names seized based on trademark claims.
My concern is where someone acquires "microsoft.p2p" and then starts selling software. Or "bankofamerica.p2p" and starts offering banking. It's confusing and unnecessary, and only aids fraudsters - not companies or consumers.
I'm not sure what you meant...you have a problem with TLDs?
If this is true, and the Universe is spinning, wouldn't galaxies in a direction diverge from us faster?
This reminds me to those ads where a scientist or doctor tells yout that this is the best toothpaste or washing powder in the world. Also, anything is relaxing if you compare it to Mozart.
ICBMs, in small numbers, can now be defended against. Still, something should be done if they don't stop. But I hope even if it comes to the worst it can be solved by traditional weapons, without resorting to a preemptive nuclear strike.
Holograms have been used in shows for a while, the problem with them is tha they are too computationally intensive for realtime use. The article only talks about still images, so I guess this is not a 3D television, more like a virtual diorama.