This is great! Now I have a document discussing how the technocracy handles teleportation! I have an official document of scientific mumbo-jumbo that describes techno-magic!
Thanks, USAF! You're making storytellers' lives better everywhere. More tax dollars for RPGs!
The coasters cost less than 10 cents apiece (I'm including mailing costs here - they're mailed in bulk), and they certainly make sure *everyone* has heard of AOL. A very good marketing strategy, I think, and its certainly not going to lose them much money. It's keeping customers and ppl who try them out that they need to worry about, as well as their reputation.
> On another note, I really recommend reading "Forever Peace" - it's a brillaint look at how technological superiority isn't necesarily useful.
You really got your ideals from a cheesy sci-fi novel with a message to push?
More's the pity I can't - it'd be nice to go around with a storybook look on my face! Forever Peace is recommended reading, that's all. Yes it has lots of lofty ideals (defend democracy, don't let religious nuts destroy the world, etc), but it also has an interesting picture of what technological superiority gets you... what it doesn't.
The story reminds me of the book.
Rhetoric about "Western values" being so great reminds me of why I have problems with our current policies.
Western Values (e.g., the "Old Boys" network, allowing near monopolies, keeping minorities in their economic place, and a "free media") certainly are the finest human values in the world, and Bush and Co are certainly striving to ensure their dominance.
This system is just another way to train our soldiers to be ready to go into important areas of the world and protect our oil, I mean, interests. While it does show our technical superiority, our moral superiority may be a bit lacking... I'm all for cool electronic toys, but maybe spending money on social projects might be a bit better.
On another note, I really recommend reading "Forever Peace" - it's a brillaint look at how technological superiority isn't necesarily useful.
Afghanistan today: in areas outside of the capital, Taliban run, Al quaeda havens, women oppressed (many think it is too dangerous to leave the home), hell, what with the fighting still going on and the warlords running rampant, children don't leave the home either.
Doesn't sound too much like we've done a whole lot for them yet. After all, Afghanistan doesn't have oil.
An "independent" media site. They tend to have left-ist articles (e.g., they cover goverment corruption, torture, protests against WTO, attacks on free speech, what the FBI is doing, etc). They allow readers to post comments to articles, similar to our favorite/..
They are not owned by large media companies, and do not give money to politicians (AFAIK - they dont' have much cash). They operate on a shoe-string budget and need more computers.
Space Garbage is actually a really big problem with the ppl at NASA. We've already dumped a huge amount of junk in orbit, and it really does just kind of stay around in orbit.
An alternate you might suggest is toss it out hard enough to fall into the atmosphere and burn up... Think again! If you do that, you push yourself away from the earth, destabilize your orbit, and lose the station.
Yes, but he (nor I, a green) doesn't want either Bush or Kerry. If that's the position we have, how are we supposed to vote? We care all right, but neither Bush nor Kerry cares about us.
I was in Russia a few years ago, and got to meet a family of Chechen refugees. Their children both had TB (in remission), and thankfully, there's still a bit of the old Soviet social medicine around. The kids spent most of their time in a sanitorium (not santorum - that's something really different) getting state-provided drugs.
But these were the lucky ones - they got out of Chechnya early, and managed to get a place in the hospital. If a Chechen tried that today, they'd probably get shot (after the recent hostage fiasco in the school). War provides an excellent breeding ground for infections diseases, and when that's coupled with shaky economies and ongoing conflicts... How can one hope to finish the treatment?
Given Microsoft's already tenuous relationship with the Department of Justice's anti-trust division
Sure, like the fact that Microsoft likes to be on top all the time, and the DoJ wants a little more lube some of the time, when they're in bed together.
Maybe next year this won't be the case, but for now, MS has nothing to fear from the US DoJ.
As good as my ergonomic mouse/keyboard combo is, less body movement is still a better replacement.
That's great - in another couple of years, we'll be able to replace office workers with blobs that have to be carted in and out of the office. Wheel them in, pop in the caffeine IV line, plug in the connections, and they're ready to go!
Take a car, cover it in little tanks of water, put algae in the tanks, harvest the algae, feed them to methane-producing bacteria, drive your car - clean fuel!
Until the car breaks and methane goes everywhere.
But on the bright side, you could change the colour of your car by putting red-green algae, cyanobacteria, etc in the tanks!
Slashdot Mirror
Ha! The weakest link will always be either the user or the administrators who are open to "social engineering".
I am *still* amazed that I can do things like verify who owns a bank account, get passwords reset, change addresses...
--LWM
"I'm in the Jail House Now", etc.
--LWM
Does it still use its own sourcecode as a good default maze?
--LWM
Yay! I understood the code enough to change the movement keys to vi/nethack standard!
--LWM
This is great! Now I have a document discussing how the technocracy handles teleportation! I have an official document of scientific mumbo-jumbo that describes techno-magic!
Thanks, USAF! You're making storytellers' lives better everywhere. More tax dollars for RPGs!
--LWM
I want one of these PDA/Cell phones that runs Linux! Then it will play OGG, FLAC, etc!
When do those come out?
--LWM
Oh, don't be silly!
The coasters cost less than 10 cents apiece (I'm including mailing costs here - they're mailed in bulk), and they certainly make sure *everyone* has heard of AOL. A very good marketing strategy, I think, and its certainly not going to lose them much money. It's keeping customers and ppl who try them out that they need to worry about, as well as their reputation.
Besides, they make great missle weapons!
--LWM
ps - don't throw CDs, really - you'll kill someone
There are several posts already here that run along the lines of "great site".
/., I suppose) letters saying "Do not mention Suicide Girls."
Nintendo's action is quivalent to SG sending all those posters (or
Pretty stupid action. And very different from protecting IP like picture ppl might conceivably pay money for.
--LWM
Does it still support Graffiti? I haven't seen any comments about this anywhere.
--LWM
More's the pity I can't - it'd be nice to go around with a storybook look on my face! Forever Peace is recommended reading, that's all. Yes it has lots of lofty ideals (defend democracy, don't let religious nuts destroy the world, etc), but it also has an interesting picture of what technological superiority gets you... what it doesn't.
The story reminds me of the book.
Rhetoric about "Western values" being so great reminds me of why I have problems with our current policies.
--LWM
Western Values (e.g., the "Old Boys" network, allowing near monopolies, keeping minorities in their economic place, and a "free media") certainly are the finest human values in the world, and Bush and Co are certainly striving to ensure their dominance.
This system is just another way to train our soldiers to be ready to go into important areas of the world and protect our oil, I mean, interests. While it does show our technical superiority, our moral superiority may be a bit lacking... I'm all for cool electronic toys, but maybe spending money on social projects might be a bit better.
On another note, I really recommend reading "Forever Peace" - it's a brillaint look at how technological superiority isn't necesarily useful.
--LWM
Didn't anyone read the original post? Didn't anyone notice? We were USED! He wanted to get slashdotted! He wanted our hits! We were a stress test!
/. crowd to hit his servers.
The "CherryOS" was just a blind to get the
We've been had.
That raises the question. Now what?
--LWM
Afghanistan today: in areas outside of the capital, Taliban run, Al quaeda havens, women oppressed (many think it is too dangerous to leave the home), hell, what with the fighting still going on and the warlords running rampant, children don't leave the home either.
Doesn't sound too much like we've done a whole lot for them yet. After all, Afghanistan doesn't have oil.
--LWM
Come on - "prosco.net"? At least they're not doing something like "fairandbalancedonsco.net"...
It should be fun to see what positive spins they can put on their case, and I'm sure the fellow over at GrokLaw will have a ball with what they post!
Sure it's propoganda, but it's way to late to do them any good.
--LWM
An "independent" media site. They tend to have left-ist articles (e.g., they cover goverment corruption, torture, protests against WTO, attacks on free speech, what the FBI is doing, etc). They allow readers to post comments to articles, similar to our favorite /..
:-)
They are not owned by large media companies, and do not give money to politicians (AFAIK - they dont' have much cash). They operate on a shoe-string budget and need more computers.
And less legal problems.
There's a short answer
--LWM
Space Garbage is actually a really big problem with the ppl at NASA. We've already dumped a huge amount of junk in orbit, and it really does just kind of stay around in orbit.
;-)
An alternate you might suggest is toss it out hard enough to fall into the atmosphere and burn up... Think again! If you do that, you push yourself away from the earth, destabilize your orbit, and lose the station.
A non-trivial problem...
We need a space elevator!
--LWM
And how much *did* RedHat pay for them? That's the real question!
--LWM
Yes, but he (nor I, a green) doesn't want either Bush or Kerry. If that's the position we have, how are we supposed to vote? We care all right, but neither Bush nor Kerry cares about us.
--LWM
I was going to say, "It's called ZipCar".
But yes, the concept exists.
--LWM
I was in Russia a few years ago, and got to meet a family of Chechen refugees. Their children both had TB (in remission), and thankfully, there's still a bit of the old Soviet social medicine around. The kids spent most of their time in a sanitorium (not santorum - that's something really different) getting state-provided drugs.
But these were the lucky ones - they got out of Chechnya early, and managed to get a place in the hospital. If a Chechen tried that today, they'd probably get shot (after the recent hostage fiasco in the school). War provides an excellent breeding ground for infections diseases, and when that's coupled with shaky economies and ongoing conflicts... How can one hope to finish the treatment?
I just hope their both cured by now!
--LWM
Given Microsoft's already tenuous relationship with the Department of Justice's anti-trust division
Sure, like the fact that Microsoft likes to be on top all the time, and the DoJ wants a little more lube some of the time, when they're in bed together.
Maybe next year this won't be the case, but for now, MS has nothing to fear from the US DoJ.
--LWM
As good as my ergonomic mouse/keyboard combo is, less body movement is still a better replacement.
That's great - in another couple of years, we'll be able to replace office workers with blobs that have to be carted in and out of the office. Wheel them in, pop in the caffeine IV line, plug in the connections, and they're ready to go!
I intend to make it to my yoga class tonight!
--LWM
Take a car, cover it in little tanks of water, put algae in the tanks, harvest the algae, feed them to methane-producing bacteria, drive your car - clean fuel!
Until the car breaks and methane goes everywhere.
But on the bright side, you could change the colour of your car by putting red-green algae, cyanobacteria, etc in the tanks!
We can already predict weather almost instantly... just not very far in the future.
Joe: Pete, is it raining outside?
Peter: <Looks out window> - I see raindrops - it's going to rain!
My requirements in a Palmtop are simple:
Run Linux
Be a cell phone (or a "mobile" if you like)
Be very very small.
So far, I've not seen any of these in the US, but I, as well as several of my friends, all agree that a linux pda cell phone is the way to go.
Anyone heard of one?
--LWM