Don't forget that Blockbuster will also make $ on those dreaded Late Fees, thus raising that 300% to about 3000%. Somehow, I don't think Blockbuster will go for this new plan...
So.. Does this mean that if they find enough "dark address space", the Internet will eventually stop growing, and someday, billions of years from now collapse back in upon itself to start the cycle all over again?
Heh.. I was waiting for someone to point this out. How frustrating would it be if the networks sold 17 second commercial breaks? If that tactic is used creatively enough, Replay et al would have to come up with a smarter commercial skipping feature..
-j
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Don't forget the lovely and talented jack-o-lanterns up for display on Rotten.com.
I'm actually reminded of a part in "Spacetime Donuts" by Rudy Rucker, where the main character is hanging out with an eccentric, mad-scientist type acquaintance, where he picks up a strange device and fiddles with it for a moment, and accidentally creates a mini black hole, which then drops through the floor on a journey to and through the earth's core. Oops.
Actually, the Chinese military will have a jet fighter ram into it (and subsequently crash) so that they can blame the US government for flying these things a bit too aggressively near their borders.
Sort of like Adult Check for pornographic sites? Now that's a model that does generate revenue. Whether it will do so for mainstream content, however...?
Ah, those were the days.. remember such things as the Apple II, Ascii Express lines, and BBS's? Remember those silly groups like Anarchy, Inc. and Octothorpe? Remember the classic textfiles, the various "Black Box Plans" and whatnot?
Who could forget such classics as "Murder at 300 baud"? Or "Boog and the Art of Zen", a bit of nonsense I wrote back in 1986? I tell you, if you want excellent examples of bad writing, old textfiles really stand out!
So now, not only will companies be able to patent specific genes, they'll be able to copyright them too? That's all we need.. the RIAA to get involved in our DNA.
"How about a Beowulf cluster of this!"
"Natalie Portman, eat your heart out!"
"I've fallen, and I can't get up.."
"This sure beats looking at that goatse.cx pic.."
"Bill Gates is evil! Evil, I tell you!"
"First Pos.."
For about $30,000, you can get yourself a BossHoss, a custom bike built with either a 350 smallblock Chevy or a 502 bigblock. According to the spec page, horsepower ranges from 355-502, depending on the motor.
Years ago before my current career, I worked at a speed shop and met a guy who had one of these built. (Even saw the bike..) He claimed that he had taken it to Sacramento Raceway and ran a quarter-mile time somewhere in the 7 second range, and said that it was the scariest thing he had ever done in his life. I believe it.
Does this mean that Microsoft can therefore avoid porting.Net to this new platform and still charge everyone to use it?
On the other hand, could this somehow render the GPL obsolete?
Can the RIAA still bust you for downloading mp3s if you used software that doesn't exist? And doesn't that somehow violate the DMCA?
Other than the inevitable "Imagine a Beowulf cluster.." jokes, some other fun stuff comes to mind:
Give whole new meaning to "catching a virus".
Easy way to add tons of new nodes to SETI@home.
Would finally make "The Clapper" obsolete ("I've fallen, and I can't get up!")..
Could possibly make a nifty wireless peer-to-peer network at the retirement home.
Hmm. I live in the US, and I subscribe to ATT Digital Cable service, which also offers about 10-15 channels of commercial-free audio along with the regular tv channels. The weird part about it is that even though the channels are somewhat specialized, they still play a mixture of the blandest of today's top 40 pop/"rock" and absolute crap. The "Today's Hottest Hits" channel tends to play music that was popular about 3-4 years ago, while the "Alternative" channel plays the same "alternative" crap they call Rock these days (Three Doors Down, Blink 182, etc). I really don't care for the Christian channel, the old-school country channel, or the "Adult Contemporary" channel which is neither adult in nature nor does it play "contemporary" music.
Satellite radio could be extremely good, provided they have the bandwidth and the licensing to give consumers a real choice in what music we want to hear. Napster introduced me to techno/electronica, and I really wish I could listen to it on the radio in my car, with a dj announcing the artists and so forth.
Well, I downloaded the trailer, and I have to admit that I'm puzzled over the fuss. From what I've seen in the trailer, this movie is far from compelling, so the complexity of the hype bothers me for some reason. Also, why the Pinnochio fixation, the need to make AI fit the human mold? Why do AIs have to strive to be human (Commander Data)? Why can we not think of other modes of existance which work just as well?
Back in the old days, John W. Campbell (Astounding/Analog editor) used to challenge writers to come up with aliens that were as smart as people, but who were different. I see no reason why this shouldn't apply to AI as well.
Please, please come up with an interesting storyline that doesn't run like a bad "Lifetime - For Women!" movie.
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I noticed that no mention was made of upload speeds. How much do you want to bet they're capped at 128Kbps...
Don't forget that Blockbuster will also make $ on those dreaded Late Fees, thus raising that 300% to about 3000%. Somehow, I don't think Blockbuster will go for this new plan...
j
This may sound like stating the obvious, but.. One copy, sure, but what if you need 3000 copies?
j
So.. Does this mean that if they find enough "dark address space", the Internet will eventually stop growing, and someday, billions of years from now collapse back in upon itself to start the cycle all over again?
-j
Indeed. How many gears, levers, and pneumatic tubes would it take?
-j
Heh.. I was waiting for someone to point this out. How frustrating would it be if the networks sold 17 second commercial breaks? If that tactic is used creatively enough, Replay et al would have to come up with a smarter commercial skipping feature..
-j
Don't forget the lovely and talented jack-o-lanterns up for display on Rotten.com.
-j
It's been done. Remember "The Last Starfighter"?
-j
I'm actually reminded of a part in "Spacetime Donuts" by Rudy Rucker, where the main character is hanging out with an eccentric, mad-scientist type acquaintance, where he picks up a strange device and fiddles with it for a moment, and accidentally creates a mini black hole, which then drops through the floor on a journey to and through the earth's core. Oops.
-j
Heh.. he'll probably look a lot like this guy:
http://vatican.rotten.com/powerline/ee01.html
-j
I can just see it.. "Hi, my name's Beowulf, and it's very nice to meet you. I'm a beowulf cluster.."
-j
I suppose even after a couple of Service Packs, they still won't be able to guarantee a certain level of uptime?
-j
Actually, the Chinese military will have a jet fighter ram into it (and subsequently crash) so that they can blame the US government for flying these things a bit too aggressively near their borders.
-j
Sort of like Adult Check for pornographic sites? Now that's a model that does generate revenue. Whether it will do so for mainstream content, however...?
-j
Ah, those were the days.. remember such things as the Apple II, Ascii Express lines, and BBS's? Remember those silly groups like Anarchy, Inc. and Octothorpe? Remember the classic textfiles, the various "Black Box Plans" and whatnot?
Who could forget such classics as "Murder at 300 baud"? Or "Boog and the Art of Zen", a bit of nonsense I wrote back in 1986? I tell you, if you want excellent examples of bad writing, old textfiles really stand out!
So now, not only will companies be able to patent specific genes, they'll be able to copyright them too? That's all we need.. the RIAA to get involved in our DNA.
Here's a couple:
"How about a Beowulf cluster of this!"
"Natalie Portman, eat your heart out!"
"I've fallen, and I can't get up.."
"This sure beats looking at that goatse.cx pic.."
"Bill Gates is evil! Evil, I tell you!"
"First Pos.."
Ok. Enough of that. I'll shut up now...
Next thing you know, we'll also have square cats.. oh, wait..
For about $30,000, you can get yourself a BossHoss, a custom bike built with either a 350 smallblock Chevy or a 502 bigblock. According to the spec page, horsepower ranges from 355-502, depending on the motor.
www.bosshoss.com
Years ago before my current career, I worked at a speed shop and met a guy who had one of these built. (Even saw the bike..) He claimed that he had taken it to Sacramento Raceway and ran a quarter-mile time somewhere in the 7 second range, and said that it was the scariest thing he had ever done in his life. I believe it.
Especially considering that new G4s come with Gigabit copper NICs. They could have spent a bit more money and bought a better switch.
Let's think about this:
.Net to this new platform and still charge everyone to use it?
Does this mean that Microsoft can therefore avoid porting
On the other hand, could this somehow render the GPL obsolete?
Can the RIAA still bust you for downloading mp3s if you used software that doesn't exist? And doesn't that somehow violate the DMCA?
Other than the inevitable "Imagine a Beowulf cluster.." jokes, some other fun stuff comes to mind:
Give whole new meaning to "catching a virus".
Easy way to add tons of new nodes to SETI@home.
Would finally make "The Clapper" obsolete ("I've fallen, and I can't get up!")..
Could possibly make a nifty wireless peer-to-peer network at the retirement home.
However, on the downside:
If your ISP goes belly-up, you go belly-up.
Hmm. I live in the US, and I subscribe to ATT Digital Cable service, which also offers about 10-15 channels of commercial-free audio along with the regular tv channels. The weird part about it is that even though the channels are somewhat specialized, they still play a mixture of the blandest of today's top 40 pop/"rock" and absolute crap. The "Today's Hottest Hits" channel tends to play music that was popular about 3-4 years ago, while the "Alternative" channel plays the same "alternative" crap they call Rock these days (Three Doors Down, Blink 182, etc). I really don't care for the Christian channel, the old-school country channel, or the "Adult Contemporary" channel which is neither adult in nature nor does it play "contemporary" music.
Satellite radio could be extremely good, provided they have the bandwidth and the licensing to give consumers a real choice in what music we want to hear. Napster introduced me to techno/electronica, and I really wish I could listen to it on the radio in my car, with a dj announcing the artists and so forth.
He's a lawyer. You have to ask?
Well, I downloaded the trailer, and I have to admit that I'm puzzled over the fuss. From what I've seen in the trailer, this movie is far from compelling, so the complexity of the hype bothers me for some reason. Also, why the Pinnochio fixation, the need to make AI fit the human mold? Why do AIs have to strive to be human (Commander Data)? Why can we not think of other modes of existance which work just as well?
Back in the old days, John W. Campbell (Astounding/Analog editor) used to challenge writers to come up with aliens that were as smart as people, but who were different. I see no reason why this shouldn't apply to AI as well.
Please, please come up with an interesting storyline that doesn't run like a bad "Lifetime - For Women!" movie.