Even when they're get something right, they usually miss the real use or significance of it, or they characterize it in some bizarre way. A lot of people predicted, for example, that people would one day all have computers in their homes, but they almost all botched how they would actually be USED.
Once again we learn that porn will trump all. Flying cars and moonbases are great and all, but are completely insignificant next to the power of the porn.
Hubbard likely never thought he could predict the future, but his followers certainly thought he could do that and more. Of course, they believe that Scientology can make the gay go away too.
No serious science fiction writer in their right mind seriously thinks they can accurately predict the future. The good science fiction writers merely use the future to explore the issues of the present and their implications (and perhaps offer admonishment, with a glimpse of what could go wrong if a particular path is followed).
Some of the stuff in Real Genius was based on old college legends. The "weirdo who lives in the steam tunnels," "prof who brought his own taped lecture in," "car in the dorm room prank," etc. are all old college legends that predate that movie.
My grandpa used to tell me there was once a time when the most you could hope was for the professor to post a pdf. But I always thought he was joking. Guess he was telling the truth after all.
At this point Congress is in a holding pattern until the election. You'd be lucky to get through a resolution expressing condolences to the Colorado shooting victims.
Actually, (with the U.S. government at least) we're worse than broke. Broke would imply we at least had nothing. We would actually have to earn about $15 trillion to be broke.
So no, we DON'T have the money. We have these pieces of paper that SAY "money" on them. But they only work because no one has figured out yet that they're worthless.
Much as I might have loved that headline 10 years ago, now the thought of Apple becoming a dominant force in the PC market scares the shit out of me. Goodbye MS monopoly, hello Apple walled garden. At least MS has the common courtesy to at least try to hide their evil.
Not necessarily the rest of her life, just until 'due process' (to protect the alleged rapist's rights) is complete. A gag order is typically not permanent.
In this case it was permanent. The due process was over. The two boys had plead guilty. She was permanently forbidden from revealing their names because they are juveniles. Permanently as in "forever."
Great. Here comes another amendment to the DMCA. The "Protect Our Networks, Mom, and Apple Pie--And I Support The Colorado Shooting Victims Act of 2013" which will make it illegal to circumvent the licensing agreements of your local network affiliates and outlaw all VPN's that refuse to turn over all server and user data to the FBI and NSA. And it will sail through Congress, and be signed immediately by President Obama--who will say to liberal supporters that he really doesn't WANT to sign it, but is doing so anyway.
From the very article you linked to (emphasis mine):
In response, the South Korean manufacturer has decided to release its evidence to the media: two slides showing Samsung phone designs and an excerpt from the deposition of former Apple designer Shin Nishibori, who said previously that he would not testify in court.
You need to RTFA. The designs that they released were 10 pre-iPhone *Samsung* designs. The Apple design is part of the case too, of course, but they were releasing their own designs in this instance.
Exactly what I mean by abuse. I don't recall an asterisk after the First Amendment leading to:
* Unless some random judge says you don't have the right to free speech.
There was a particularly egregious case in Kentucky recently, where a teenage girl was almost charged with contempt (and probably would have been, if not for the press attention), for daring to name her rapists in public.
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I was so glad to see Sun, MACs and Linux systems fully represented.
Not on the laptops.
One is an alternate universe 2010.
I predict more of the same. I also predict that people 25 years from now will still be making inaccurate predictions.
Come on, Battlefield Earth was pretty good (though the movie was a lot better than the book).
Even when they're get something right, they usually miss the real use or significance of it, or they characterize it in some bizarre way. A lot of people predicted, for example, that people would one day all have computers in their homes, but they almost all botched how they would actually be USED.
Once again we learn that porn will trump all. Flying cars and moonbases are great and all, but are completely insignificant next to the power of the porn.
Hubbard likely never thought he could predict the future, but his followers certainly thought he could do that and more. Of course, they believe that Scientology can make the gay go away too.
No serious science fiction writer in their right mind seriously thinks they can accurately predict the future. The good science fiction writers merely use the future to explore the issues of the present and their implications (and perhaps offer admonishment, with a glimpse of what could go wrong if a particular path is followed).
Some of the stuff in Real Genius was based on old college legends. The "weirdo who lives in the steam tunnels," "prof who brought his own taped lecture in," "car in the dorm room prank," etc. are all old college legends that predate that movie.
My grandpa used to tell me there was once a time when the most you could hope was for the professor to post a pdf. But I always thought he was joking. Guess he was telling the truth after all.
The Olympics--where everyone gets paid except the athletes who actually do the work.
Anyone not eating official McDonalds food--prepare for an ass whipping!
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The new HAL 9500D will make you rich, and poor again, and rich again...and all in less than 4.2 milliseconds.
Well, duh, of course they're going to make cigarettes safe. Think about it. Why would they want their best customers dying off?
And water wet.
At this point Congress is in a holding pattern until the election. You'd be lucky to get through a resolution expressing condolences to the Colorado shooting victims.
Actually, (with the U.S. government at least) we're worse than broke. Broke would imply we at least had nothing. We would actually have to earn about $15 trillion to be broke.
So no, we DON'T have the money. We have these pieces of paper that SAY "money" on them. But they only work because no one has figured out yet that they're worthless.
but Microsoft just might be dying
Much as I might have loved that headline 10 years ago, now the thought of Apple becoming a dominant force in the PC market scares the shit out of me. Goodbye MS monopoly, hello Apple walled garden. At least MS has the common courtesy to at least try to hide their evil.
Not necessarily the rest of her life, just until 'due process' (to protect the alleged rapist's rights) is complete. A gag order is typically not permanent.
In this case it was permanent. The due process was over. The two boys had plead guilty. She was permanently forbidden from revealing their names because they are juveniles. Permanently as in "forever."
If you had RTFA, you would have seen that the rapists she named had already plead guilty in the case.
Great. Here comes another amendment to the DMCA. The "Protect Our Networks, Mom, and Apple Pie--And I Support The Colorado Shooting Victims Act of 2013" which will make it illegal to circumvent the licensing agreements of your local network affiliates and outlaw all VPN's that refuse to turn over all server and user data to the FBI and NSA. And it will sail through Congress, and be signed immediately by President Obama--who will say to liberal supporters that he really doesn't WANT to sign it, but is doing so anyway.
From the very article you linked to (emphasis mine):
In response, the South Korean manufacturer has decided to release its evidence to the media: two slides showing Samsung phone designs and an excerpt from the deposition of former Apple designer Shin Nishibori, who said previously that he would not testify in court.
You need to RTFA. The designs that they released were 10 pre-iPhone *Samsung* designs. The Apple design is part of the case too, of course, but they were releasing their own designs in this instance.
Exactly what I mean by abuse. I don't recall an asterisk after the First Amendment leading to:
* Unless some random judge says you don't have the right to free speech.
There was a particularly egregious case in Kentucky recently, where a teenage girl was almost charged with contempt (and probably would have been, if not for the press attention), for daring to name her rapists in public.