And besides, it's science. Who cares whether or not the money gets spent on some piece of lens up in the sky.
If the Hubble gets repaired, the money spent on the robotics can be reused and the development will not go waste. But if we were to rebuild the Hubble, there is no real progress - we're just reinventing the wheel.
And another idea is the idea of organizing a contest on the redesign of Hubble -- cheapest guys get X% of the amount as the prize money. Or something.
Yeah, but working does not necessarily equate to coding. You could be doing a whole lot of other things - designing, project management, documentation, testing and the like.
Most of that does not involve writing active code, and is equally time consuming, if not more.
I think in reality, it's more like writing 20 hours of documentation, 20 hours of software design, 10 hours of UI design and other issues - and maybe 30 hours of _actual_ coding that takes place.
That brings up another thought -- how long before some shop decides that this is damaging their business and either bans using the cellphone for this purchase, or considers Amazon's practice to be unethical?
Or -- this may cause shopkeepers to enquire the best price at Amazon and provide a competitive pricing, since the former would result in bad business (and a bad reputation).
Just out of curiosity - does patent law work the same way in India as it does in the US? I mean, can you patent/enforce such things, and even protect your IP?
(Or I completely misinterpreted your statement and you are talking about patenting it in the US)
I feel the same too. But sometimes it gets really in the way, so it's really a double edged sword of sorts.
Sometimes, it comes up at the wrong time and sometimes at the right time. But I've gotten used to it, so I might as well play it with the bug - it's like the Quake rocket bug, once you're used to it, it's a pain playing without it.
Investment in technologies that will create more opportunities and bring progress is never a bad thing.
If we were to wait until everyone in the world had their basic needs covered, progress in other areas would never happen.
Progress happens in many ways, you cannot see that it is at the "expense" of anything else. And as a species, we've always sought to do things that motivates us.
Space, Computers and the like are motivating India now, and they are taking great strides in these areas. Which is as it should be.
A few years from now, these will create jobs (see, the IT industry has already created jobs there) and will raise the standard of living. This will bring in more revenue and help the people lead better lives.
It's always a circle, and the solution is not stagnation in progress.
why does it interest us? Because it is India? What about China, Canadian and other groups wanting to go to space?
Because developing and third-world nations are making huge strides in progress. The US accomplished this over 35 years ago, but that really does not mean much because they've competition from what were unlikely competitors, until a few years ago.
It shows that as a civilization we are progressing and moving forward - technology is not as much of a niche as it once was. What one country could achieve after putting in so much of time and effort has now been made a little easier and a little common place.
That is why this is important. That said, I'm quite certain that if NASA was to launch a manned mission, Slashdot would cover that too.
This is a really big problem. Okay, so its Register and they realized this and stopped it. But we visit so many other websites - how are we to know which one of those ad providers are infected and which are not?
Sheesh, where is accountability? Blame the sysadmins, blame the software, pity the customer. Lather, rinse repeat.
Hey dude, I was just joking with that whole thing:-)
While I'm indeed a vegetarian, that post was quite troll-ish. I would agree with you that we humans do indeed place a higher value on life, whether or not this is justified - I do not know. Must be part of the whole civilization thingy.
And I do remember reading about your dog on your journal - right? Sorry about that!
And I would agree with you, if I had a choice, I would choose Euthanesia, if I were to be sick with a terminal illness.
You know, the ending of your post is funny - my rant is done, its 4:19am. time to nap. still looking for a wife...
Slashdot Mirror
What's he, a lawyer or something?
That's just convention - scientifically, Deuterium is denoted as 2H2 (superscript 2 H subscript 2).
Ah, Wikipedia has the details.
Well said.
And besides, it's science. Who cares whether or not the money gets spent on some piece of lens up in the sky.
If the Hubble gets repaired, the money spent on the robotics can be reused and the development will not go waste. But if we were to rebuild the Hubble, there is no real progress - we're just reinventing the wheel.
And another idea is the idea of organizing a contest on the redesign of Hubble -- cheapest guys get X% of the amount as the prize money. Or something.
India used to be a full-fledged socialist country, remember
No it wasn't.
India leaned towards Russia, and had a middle-road-economy, a combination of public and private sectors - that is hardly socialist.
Yeah, but working does not necessarily equate to coding. You could be doing a whole lot of other things - designing, project management, documentation, testing and the like.
Most of that does not involve writing active code, and is equally time consuming, if not more.
I think in reality, it's more like writing 20 hours of documentation, 20 hours of software design, 10 hours of UI design and other issues - and maybe 30 hours of _actual_ coding that takes place.
That brings up another thought -- how long before some shop decides that this is damaging their business and either bans using the cellphone for this purchase, or considers Amazon's practice to be unethical?
Or -- this may cause shopkeepers to enquire the best price at Amazon and provide a competitive pricing, since the former would result in bad business (and a bad reputation).
That's why most shops (atleast in the US) have barcode detectors around, where you can just take the item and check the price.
And worst case, you can always ask one of the assistants to help you out.
A much better solution.
Ah how I wish I had access to a Patent lawyer :-(
Just out of curiosity - does patent law work the same way in India as it does in the US? I mean, can you patent/enforce such things, and even protect your IP?
(Or I completely misinterpreted your statement and you are talking about patenting it in the US)
My bad - I guess both do give _their_ prices, however Amazon does not have anything much to do except the service itself.
:-)
And CueCat had some privacy issues, which I forgot to mention - they had issues with losing information etc (they had furtive customer tracking) etc.
Hopefully, Amazon isn't stupid enough to do something like this
CueCat was entirely different.
They were trying to do target advertising where you could scan a paper catalog and they would take you to a propreitery website with the information.
This meant that you had to do it from home, and you knew _their_ prices for the catalogs.
(they also had something where you could connect to the TV, if am not mistaken)
Either way, their model failed because they were giving away a piece of hardware away for free.
Cool how much to buy a porno sphere for home use? And how do I write it off as a business expense?
:-)
Followed by...
Open source users do it in public.
Err...I really don't think it would be a good idea. Not for you, but for the sake of your neighbours
Exactly!
I feel the same too. But sometimes it gets really in the way, so it's really a double edged sword of sorts.
Sometimes, it comes up at the wrong time and sometimes at the right time. But I've gotten used to it, so I might as well play it with the bug - it's like the Quake rocket bug, once you're used to it, it's a pain playing without it.
>The average annual income in India is $450.
Yeah, and the buying power of each $1 is significantly higher.
You're an idiot if you compare USD to Rupee one for one.
$1 USD is ~ Rs. 48
That's a lot of money and significantly higher buying power.
Investment in technologies that will create more opportunities and bring progress is never a bad thing.
If we were to wait until everyone in the world had their basic needs covered, progress in other areas would never happen.
Progress happens in many ways, you cannot see that it is at the "expense" of anything else. And as a species, we've always sought to do things that motivates us.
Space, Computers and the like are motivating India now, and they are taking great strides in these areas. Which is as it should be.
A few years from now, these will create jobs (see, the IT industry has already created jobs there) and will raise the standard of living. This will bring in more revenue and help the people lead better lives.
It's always a circle, and the solution is not stagnation in progress.
why does it interest us? Because it is India? What about China, Canadian and other groups wanting to go to space?
Because developing and third-world nations are making huge strides in progress. The US accomplished this over 35 years ago, but that really does not mean much because they've competition from what were unlikely competitors, until a few years ago.
It shows that as a civilization we are progressing and moving forward - technology is not as much of a niche as it once was. What one country could achieve after putting in so much of time and effort has now been made a little easier and a little common place.
That is why this is important. That said, I'm quite certain that if NASA was to launch a manned mission, Slashdot would cover that too.
Arghhh!
-h-e-l-p-
What if the applications are gay, though?
Interesting comments.
And they said that movie with Clint Eastwood in space was farfethced. Hah!
*ahem*
We do have a cowboy in office, don't we?
Oh no!
:-/
I can imagine a lot of "fun things" on the way home.
Too bad the poor girl died, though
No. Do you get paid to post here for The Register? Is that why you're standing up for them?
Even if I did, would it make any of what I said any less valid?
The parent's sig is designed to seek attention.
See this thread.
Gee, and you fell for it.
Yeah, that's why they stopped serving ads for a day and lost the ad revenue.
Just so that they can try can be "anti-Microsoft" by spreading worms to their readers.
Brilliant, do you by any chance work for Microsoft?
This is a really big problem. Okay, so its Register and they realized this and stopped it. But we visit so many other websites - how are we to know which one of those ad providers are infected and which are not?
Sheesh, where is accountability? Blame the sysadmins, blame the software, pity the customer. Lather, rinse repeat.
How much fun would that be? ;-) Just look at the number of responses that this has gotten.
Warms ye heart 'un gladdens ye soul, me hearties! Besides, the best trolls are the ones that aren't obvious.
Relax, I was just joking
Hey dude, I was just joking with that whole thing :-)
While I'm indeed a vegetarian, that post was quite troll-ish. I would agree with you that we humans do indeed place a higher value on life, whether or not this is justified - I do not know. Must be part of the whole civilization thingy.
And I do remember reading about your dog on your journal - right? Sorry about that!
And I would agree with you, if I had a choice, I would choose Euthanesia, if I were to be sick with a terminal illness.
You know, the ending of your post is funny -
my rant is done, its 4:19am. time to nap.
still looking for a wife...