If an interstellar weapon is possible, just because we don't build one doesn't mean others won't. Maybe someone doesn't like cartoons of Grays. Or they're scared of the neighbors.
He only means asteroid if the object in Earth's atmosphere is largish. But maybe there will be something less-than-largish that we don't want in the Earth's atmosphere. Preferably something celestial, rather than something already on Earth's maps.
Oh, I'm sure we'll see 16 megapixel cameras with 1 GHz "processing speed", 1 Gigabit network link, 14 wireless transfer methods, four remote controls, and virus protection (I know MY camera hasn't caught a virus yet!). Not that the average consumer will need nor use those.
I suggest you plan on knowing what is happening. Choose a logging system to use for reporting informational, debugging, and error conditions. Then use it generously. As reliability is important, you'll probably be testing input for sanity, and you should have messages available so people can figure out why data is rejected. Also have available informational messages about decisions being made, so it can be found that, umm... no widgets are being emitted because a gadget needs to be supplied.
If you happen to talk on the phone with a drug dealer who is being monitored, you're legally also monitored.
If you happen to talk on the phone with a terrorist who is being monitored, you're legally also monitored.
How does the US running a breeder affect what other governments do? Or rather, how does the US not doing something stop other countries from enriching nuclear material?
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Also overlooked is the forthcoming businesses selling crystal pendants and key chains which "fight" cancer and provide other beneficial effects.
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But be sure to let us know if someone's removal surgery produces any devices which resemble insects.
Did you check the article IDs? Each article admitted to /. is required to have an attached ID.
"the visual equivalent of a sonic boom when travelling at light speed.": For faster than light speed, it's Cherenkov radiation.
Especially when thrown at near light speed.
If an interstellar weapon is possible, just because we don't build one doesn't mean others won't. Maybe someone doesn't like cartoons of Grays. Or they're scared of the neighbors.
Sure you can. If what you hit keeps going hard enough to have significant impact.
He only means asteroid if the object in Earth's atmosphere is largish. But maybe there will be something less-than-largish that we don't want in the Earth's atmosphere. Preferably something celestial, rather than something already on Earth's maps.
It's not a Windows problem, it is a Linux feature.
Barry Manilow has now hit #1 on the charts with 1950s tunes.
Really.
Obfuscated and still not clarified. Who did what to whom for what?
Which what what?
Don't bother reading the article, you wouldn't want what he actually said to interfere with what you iknow.
Oh, I'm sure we'll see 16 megapixel cameras with 1 GHz "processing speed", 1 Gigabit network link, 14 wireless transfer methods, four remote controls, and virus protection (I know MY camera hasn't caught a virus yet!). Not that the average consumer will need nor use those.
What, no link? This is improper structure for a Slashdot story.
I suggest you plan on knowing what is happening. Choose a logging system to use for reporting informational, debugging, and error conditions. Then use it generously. As reliability is important, you'll probably be testing input for sanity, and you should have messages available so people can figure out why data is rejected. Also have available informational messages about decisions being made, so it can be found that, umm... no widgets are being emitted because a gadget needs to be supplied.
In X11, I just turn on Xinerama.
Nope, he spells too well.
"Greenhouse gases it says, is causing global warming at a rate that is unsustainable." Oh, good, I'm glad it will have to stop.
If you happen to talk on the phone with a drug dealer who is being monitored, you're legally also monitored.
If you happen to talk on the phone with a terrorist who is being monitored, you're legally also monitored.
"Well, that one flew away nicely, Fred.
... Fred?"
Fred?
How does the US running a breeder affect what other governments do? Or rather, how does the US not doing something stop other countries from enriching nuclear material?
Maybe you need a Moment of Zen.
The report is actually about gold being found in Africa, but the Slashdot story is a little mangled.