It will make governments shit themselves with fear that anyone can create a hand-gun, and then there will be stupid laws, and corporations will see dollar signs and suggest some kind of DRM mechanism in place on "legal" replicators and then we're in the same mess as we are now, only with physical objects. I don't want to have to jailbreak my replicator in the future, or have to reverse-engineer some future closed-spec DRMd object format.
And you're right, I don't know anything about guns. That's kinda the point. I'm living in a country where guns aren't distributed willy-nilly, hence my total ignorance about such weaponry. And I'm quite proud of the fact.
Where are these "ads" of which you are speaking? I've never ever seen an ad in my GMail interface. Not that I'm complaining, but what gives? Now I'm curious.
This is exactly why I hope that wanker's gun backfires in his face or groin. The 3D printer is a wonderful invention. Don't ruin it by the usual gun-horny Yankee idiot routine!
The question is pointless. It's like asking who created society, or civilisation.
The WWW, however, now that's another story. I'd say CERN, Switzerland is to be held responsible for that. More specifically, Tim Berners-Lee, creator of HTTP 0.9, HTML, the first web browser, the first web server, and the first web pages.
Somewhat related, the first images to be served on the WWW is believed to be promotional shots for the parody pop group Les Horribles Cernettes.
English is self-contradictory so you get the chance to look down your nose on people who fail to keep track of it all. Since everyone cocks up sometimes, everybody gets a shot at it. That's why we love English:)
Interestingly, this makes "Columbian" the only 100% correct and unambiguous denonym for a person from the USA. "American" could mean anyone from any country from any of the Americas, "North American" could also mean Canadian... Am I missing any candidate demonyms?
Hm, good point.
Perhaps back-up lights should come with back-up signalling horns by default? No, that'd be too annoying. But how about having very-short-range radio warning beacons in every back-up light, and have all hard-sighted people equipped with a receiver?
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It will make governments shit themselves with fear that anyone can create a hand-gun, and then there will be stupid laws, and corporations will see dollar signs and suggest some kind of DRM mechanism in place on "legal" replicators and then we're in the same mess as we are now, only with physical objects. I don't want to have to jailbreak my replicator in the future, or have to reverse-engineer some future closed-spec DRMd object format.
And you're right, I don't know anything about guns. That's kinda the point. I'm living in a country where guns aren't distributed willy-nilly, hence my total ignorance about such weaponry. And I'm quite proud of the fact.
Where are these "ads" of which you are speaking? I've never ever seen an ad in my GMail interface. Not that I'm complaining, but what gives? Now I'm curious.
Obviously this is not a cause for Microsoft to be "scared," because its fearless leader doesn't have hair
How do you know it's the hair on his head they mean?
If hateful and aggressive comments are forbidden by law, how is Youtube able to function?
This is exactly why I hope that wanker's gun backfires in his face or groin. The 3D printer is a wonderful invention. Don't ruin it by the usual gun-horny Yankee idiot routine!
The Carrousel awaits you...
Is that like the buffet at Old Country Buffet? Home of really really fat people and old coots like me? I'm there!
No, it's nothing as sinister as that. Have a read.
That still covers quite a few wars, though.
The question is pointless. It's like asking who created society, or civilisation.
The WWW, however, now that's another story. I'd say CERN, Switzerland is to be held responsible for that. More specifically, Tim Berners-Lee, creator of HTTP 0.9, HTML, the first web browser, the first web server, and the first web pages.
Somewhat related, the first images to be served on the WWW is believed to be promotional shots for the parody pop group Les Horribles Cernettes.
English is self-contradictory so you get the chance to look down your nose on people who fail to keep track of it all. Since everyone cocks up sometimes, everybody gets a shot at it. That's why we love English :)
Interestingly, this makes "Columbian" the only 100% correct and unambiguous denonym for a person from the USA. "American" could mean anyone from any country from any of the Americas, "North American" could also mean Canadian... Am I missing any candidate demonyms?
Yup. Colombia is spelt with an O and Columbia is spelt with a U. Why are we stating obvious things?
Hm, good point. Perhaps back-up lights should come with back-up signalling horns by default? No, that'd be too annoying. But how about having very-short-range radio warning beacons in every back-up light, and have all hard-sighted people equipped with a receiver?
...until someone's car is in a pile-up addicent and, when the dust has settled, plays multikill.wav from Unreal Tournament?
That makes sense, after all Atheism is being against religion while Agnosticism is having no religion.
I think you are confusing atheism with antitheism.