Somewhat we take measures to stop a problem that make even more damage than the original problem, like with the cane toads in australia. Could have been predicted, or calculated with what was known in that time? Maybe not, or maybe yes, but the original concerns dismissed as something improbable (or that winter will kill the gorillas anyway). Playing with no fully understood things in global scale makes an "oops, didnt know that it could happen" pretty dangerous.
But i suppose that when (if) we undertand fully how climate and ecosystems works we can start to control the first without harming the second in a global scale.
Somewhat it remembers me all the sci-fi movies and books where traveling to the past is strictly forbidden for the possible consequences, or the consequences that happen where is not forbidden.
IF all that must be run is on the web (in your own servers or i.e. google apps) the desktop becomes close to irrelevant. Enables to use cheaper desktops/terminals/notebooks, and almost any OS
If i keep climbing stairs, i will get like 20 meters in the air over the buiilding. It works in cartoons, why not in real life?
Near the point you used all the resources, population, and/or use of resources will stop growing, just because we reached the ceiling. You can raise the ceiling being more efficient obtaining/using resources, but will always be a limit after which people will die or stop growing.
When people get the idea that getting more children will mean death in short time from them, and religions understand that anticonception save lives instead of terminating them, then we could be at a good distance of such limits.
Bah, joking... they won't change their way to be, and just will die hundreds of millons, by wars, famine or disease, and people will blame whatever they want to blame, except themselves.
In BSA version, Bilbo get in thru the main door, and handles the dragon a letter where he demand all the gold, and that the dragon tie itself and follow all his orders, no magic involved.
Wasnt one of the 1st histories of Darwin Awards about someone putting a jet engine to a car and trying it in a desert or something like that? Even the movie started with that.
Lets say that a foreing country have abundance of elsewhere's scarce resource. US government can claim that "the enemy" is there and invade. Worked pretty well with lithium and oil.
That would be fun. The asteroid will hit the (micro?)black hole, and while the black hole is "eating it", will continue its trip to Earth. Then will do basically the same damage as asteroid as before. And then, the black hole will start to do its own damage. If we have to go, better that be with a big bang.
Double lose, they will miss the asteroids and will be the only remains of the humanity. You want that all the surviving humanity to be lawyers? The universe was not conceived for that.
The last 2 discovered asteroids that passed "close" (at least, closer than the moon, the last one was few days ago at 45k km) were found with very few days in advance. They weren't very big, but still could had done some big damage, and the early warning wasnt enough to even think on launching a ship, much less doing anything effective with it.
Early detection must be improved... that some of the asteroids that we know could take 15 years to get here and so give us enough time to prepare don't mean that some unknown or even known ones (if you want, because somehow changed its orbit) could be in its way here and detected when is already too late.
So it will suggest you things that your friends (not some anonymous person) like? Disclosing private things from unknown people is pretty bad already, but if start to disclose private things of people in your circle ("would you like to buy inflatable dolls like your friend Frank?" to put an easy example) could mean troubles for both Microsoft, Facebook, and all their users.
Still have to see the "do-it-yourself" biotech as the one shown in Varley's future (as in i.e. Steel Beach), where you could do on yourself complex body modifications as something so simple and easy that children used to do that.
Using that silk should produce extra-sharp scytes...maybe you could even skip a lot of the required steps and sharpen them next directly with moonlight.
The information on you that worth "spying" is already public. Not only the government (that should be more or less trustable) can access it. The NOT trustable people (for whatever reason, be plain thieves, scammers, lawyers or car dealers, pick the worst) can access it too.
Most movies that were released in 3D looks BETTER in 2D, and most of them were filmed in 2D, and then converted to 3D.
Maybe in some future 3D movies have a place in your home, but for now, neither technology nor content makes it worth. About 2010 (or 2011) this won't be the year of the 3D TV, but of the Internet TV
You don't have to be Einstein to say that... if you were, you would had said "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former"
A small correction. Gold would have higher value than lead. Price is set with the market, and could be related or not with how useful or abundant could be a particular element (take the case of helium, or gold itself)
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The needed technology is already there, apparently.. To release the Forever one, at least this demo (skip to 5') seem to require a bit more time yet.
Somewhat we take measures to stop a problem that make even more damage than the original problem, like with the cane toads in australia. Could have been predicted, or calculated with what was known in that time? Maybe not, or maybe yes, but the original concerns dismissed as something improbable (or that winter will kill the gorillas anyway). Playing with no fully understood things in global scale makes an "oops, didnt know that it could happen" pretty dangerous.
But i suppose that when (if) we undertand fully how climate and ecosystems works we can start to control the first without harming the second in a global scale.
Somewhat it remembers me all the sci-fi movies and books where traveling to the past is strictly forbidden for the possible consequences, or the consequences that happen where is not forbidden.
IF all that must be run is on the web (in your own servers or i.e. google apps) the desktop becomes close to irrelevant. Enables to use cheaper desktops/terminals/notebooks, and almost any OS
If i keep climbing stairs, i will get like 20 meters in the air over the buiilding. It works in cartoons, why not in real life?
Near the point you used all the resources, population, and/or use of resources will stop growing, just because we reached the ceiling. You can raise the ceiling being more efficient obtaining/using resources, but will always be a limit after which people will die or stop growing.
When people get the idea that getting more children will mean death in short time from them, and religions understand that anticonception save lives instead of terminating them, then we could be at a good distance of such limits.
Bah, joking... they won't change their way to be, and just will die hundreds of millons, by wars, famine or disease, and people will blame whatever they want to blame, except themselves.
In BSA version, Bilbo get in thru the main door, and handles the dragon a letter where he demand all the gold, and that the dragon tie itself and follow all his orders, no magic involved.
Wasnt one of the 1st histories of Darwin Awards about someone putting a jet engine to a car and trying it in a desert or something like that? Even the movie started with that.
"Oops"
Lets say that a foreing country have abundance of elsewhere's scarce resource. US government can claim that "the enemy" is there and invade. Worked pretty well with lithium and oil.
That would be fun. The asteroid will hit the (micro?)black hole, and while the black hole is "eating it", will continue its trip to Earth. Then will do basically the same damage as asteroid as before. And then, the black hole will start to do its own damage. If we have to go, better that be with a big bang.
Double lose, they will miss the asteroids and will be the only remains of the humanity. You want that all the surviving humanity to be lawyers? The universe was not conceived for that.
The last 2 discovered asteroids that passed "close" (at least, closer than the moon, the last one was few days ago at 45k km) were found with very few days in advance. They weren't very big, but still could had done some big damage, and the early warning wasnt enough to even think on launching a ship, much less doing anything effective with it.
Early detection must be improved... that some of the asteroids that we know could take 15 years to get here and so give us enough time to prepare don't mean that some unknown or even known ones (if you want, because somehow changed its orbit) could be in its way here and detected when is already too late.
One thing is announcing to the world that you like something, and another searching for/buying/following links.
So it will suggest you things that your friends (not some anonymous person) like? Disclosing private things from unknown people is pretty bad already, but if start to disclose private things of people in your circle ("would you like to buy inflatable dolls like your friend Frank?" to put an easy example) could mean troubles for both Microsoft, Facebook, and all their users.
Still have to see the "do-it-yourself" biotech as the one shown in Varley's future (as in i.e. Steel Beach), where you could do on yourself complex body modifications as something so simple and easy that children used to do that.
Using that silk should produce extra-sharp scytes...maybe you could even skip a lot of the required steps and sharpen them next directly with moonlight.
But Earth still exis
The information on you that worth "spying" is already public. Not only the government (that should be more or less trustable) can access it. The NOT trustable people (for whatever reason, be plain thieves, scammers, lawyers or car dealers, pick the worst) can access it too.
well, you do, if you are Microsoft. We are talking about the company that claimed that Google Chrome was insecure while pushing Internet Explorer.
Most movies that were released in 3D looks BETTER in 2D, and most of them were filmed in 2D, and then converted to 3D. Maybe in some future 3D movies have a place in your home, but for now, neither technology nor content makes it worth. About 2010 (or 2011) this won't be the year of the 3D TV, but of the Internet TV
You don't have to be Einstein to say that... if you were, you would had said "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former"
So, if ./ = 1/, you just messed my filesystem, and the web.
Wet (or burned) alchemist instead... is not wise to play with dangerous liquids when apples are falling around.
A small correction. Gold would have higher value than lead. Price is set with the market, and could be related or not with how useful or abundant could be a particular element (take the case of helium, or gold itself)
welcome our new nazi galactic overlords.
Congratulations, you found the backup datacenters.