"Next millon years"... and how much considering that now reached the stage that we are seeing now? No matter if have been 640 years ago, the problem is when we will see it, considering what are we seeing right now.
Tablet and smartphones popularity, with all their disadvantages, showed that "something" was missing. And i'd say that was touchscreen and availability of lots of cheap apps. Forcing Windows in them, making that either were more expensive, or slower, or with outdated OS, were a suicidal move. Even the few that had touchscreen (or being windows tablets directly) with a desktop not meant for touchscreen were a waste. I have my hopes on netvertibles with Android 3.x/Meego or even "normal" linux distribution with meegoish user interfaces (heck, even sugar interface should rock in that kind of hardware)
One missing things from all the demos and videos was the virtual keyboard, but part of the love i have for my N900 is for the hardware keyboard it have, The N9 is nicer to look, have more battery (even if you can't replace it), more cpu speed, harder, and a very nice user interface, but is not anymore a computer with phone capabilties, is definately a phone now. Unless the N950 becomes more available than what is announced, probably will have to move to Android or WebOS, or wait till another company fills that niche.
Meego seem to be going in the opposite direction of android: from netbooks and tablets to phones. The initial example devices of Meego included an Aava phone, but is not one of the main phone manufacturers companies as far i know.
No matter what should be done with software patents. What will be done is ensure the profits of the biggest lobbyist there, and that won't be abolish them, at best will make harder to non-lobbyist to fill them.
Define "terrible". For something that is the way it its because their genes ended in something that was and advantage or at least, not an impediment to survive/mate, odds are pretty high that a random change will be damaging. That it look well or bad, thats a social/cultural thing, but what defines if its good or bad is if it survives and spreads for long enough.
Regarding superpowers, if they require not just changing one gene, but a lot to be able to work, probably should be designed instead of happening at random if we want them to ever happen.
Are we talking here about the evolution of a meme instead of the mankind? The word evolution seem to be used in both contexts in the article, but complex enough language, and probably reasoning as a social weapon came a bit later than the point were we became homo sapiens.
For some things the reasoning hypotesis is not needed, figuring out a pattern could be more expensive or slower than deciding if something fits on it or that could be something random that should be ignored, so could had been an human (or less intelligent species) evoluitionary advantage to keep considering a pattern as valid even if exceptions exist.
Would be ironical than Hanlon's razor could be a way to disprove this.
is civilization, current global one. Things are not sustainable as we are driving them, and is easier to kill/let die some billons of people than change whats wrong. Memes persist over people, even negative ones.
Remember when at first the news said that he had hostages, was armed, and the marines had to kill him, and then the truth slowly come out, still leaving the 1st impression?
If that photo wasnt isolated, but associated with external ( sound, light, smell, etc) or internal (i.e. feelings, idea associations, complex toughts, etc) things, getting back those things will make easier to get back those photos.
For some tasks and devices could be better suited than Apple's User interface and Android 2.x one. But what about Android 3.x or Meego versus this?
Also, for something that should be for all kind of devices, looks a bit too much touch centric, like keyboard taking a second stage on devices using it (and hiding everything when you need pointing device text input), and not very suited for several running windows showing information.
In the plus side, more touchscreen enabled devices will appear in the market, not just tablets or phones, but laptops, netbooks, and even desktop computers. And if they don't slip some restriction on kind of software running on them will be a big help for alternative OSs too.
Our access to that emptyness had changed your life already, several times, and in things that you could think as essential for modern culture. Even if only is needed to put up there factories for medicines or materials that are pretty hard to be done with gravity will make a big difference. And once up there a lot of things are near, from asteroid mining to energy production in big escale.
The long battery life is if you are running Symbian. Running Windows goes down to just 2 hours. My Linux (maemo) phone runs for 1-2 days, its interface is meant for touchscreens and even includes a qwerty keyboard.
Get spammed by what someone think everyone should know? (sales offers, political agendas, government agencies, even facebook trying to discredit google campaign fits there)
Or should i get buried by the massive amount of daily information that appears anywhere that someone thinks that is important?
At some point, something or someone must decide what i couid be interested in or not, be my own activity, or of a somewhat bigger group. What is being filtered right now matches that definition. And there will fall into that filter bubble scenario. Or maybe worse, some external entity rigging what i should be interested in.
I prefer fair filtering based exclusively in my input over someone/something deciding what is important enough that noone should miss.
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"Next millon years"... and how much considering that now reached the stage that we are seeing now? No matter if have been 640 years ago, the problem is when we will see it, considering what are we seeing right now.
Tablet and smartphones popularity, with all their disadvantages, showed that "something" was missing. And i'd say that was touchscreen and availability of lots of cheap apps. Forcing Windows in them, making that either were more expensive, or slower, or with outdated OS, were a suicidal move. Even the few that had touchscreen (or being windows tablets directly) with a desktop not meant for touchscreen were a waste. I have my hopes on netvertibles with Android 3.x/Meego or even "normal" linux distribution with meegoish user interfaces (heck, even sugar interface should rock in that kind of hardware)
Maybe this is still receiving enough visits to make them think that would be profitable.
One missing things from all the demos and videos was the virtual keyboard, but part of the love i have for my N900 is for the hardware keyboard it have, The N9 is nicer to look, have more battery (even if you can't replace it), more cpu speed, harder, and a very nice user interface, but is not anymore a computer with phone capabilties, is definately a phone now. Unless the N950 becomes more available than what is announced, probably will have to move to Android or WebOS, or wait till another company fills that niche.
Meego seem to be going in the opposite direction of android: from netbooks and tablets to phones. The initial example devices of Meego included an Aava phone, but is not one of the main phone manufacturers companies as far i know.
Bitcoin people still is waiting a bailout. At least they don't pretend that bitcoins worth something like the formal banks do with the dollar.
Unfortunately you have to vote for Kang or for Kodos. Anything else would be wasting your vote.
Not for the one suffering the torture, specially while suffering it, if its "well" done. Killing them at least ends all pain.
And regarding the chances of having a normal life, ask most that ended in Guantanamo, specially the young ones.
No matter what should be done with software patents. What will be done is ensure the profits of the biggest lobbyist there, and that won't be abolish them, at best will make harder to non-lobbyist to fill them.
Define "terrible". For something that is the way it its because their genes ended in something that was and advantage or at least, not an impediment to survive/mate, odds are pretty high that a random change will be damaging. That it look well or bad, thats a social/cultural thing, but what defines if its good or bad is if it survives and spreads for long enough.
Regarding superpowers, if they require not just changing one gene, but a lot to be able to work, probably should be designed instead of happening at random if we want them to ever happen.
Are we talking here about the evolution of a meme instead of the mankind? The word evolution seem to be used in both contexts in the article, but complex enough language, and probably reasoning as a social weapon came a bit later than the point were we became homo sapiens.
For some things the reasoning hypotesis is not needed, figuring out a pattern could be more expensive or slower than deciding if something fits on it or that could be something random that should be ignored, so could had been an human (or less intelligent species) evoluitionary advantage to keep considering a pattern as valid even if exceptions exist.
Would be ironical than Hanlon's razor could be a way to disprove this.
is civilization, current global one. Things are not sustainable as we are driving them, and is easier to kill/let die some billons of people than change whats wrong. Memes persist over people, even negative ones.
Noone can survive such explosion, not even the Sun. Maybe won't be apparent by now, but we will see the consequences of this next year.
The only IT skill that deserved a link (probably to explain what is it to typical site users) was Linux?
Remember when at first the news said that he had hostages, was armed, and the marines had to kill him, and then the truth slowly come out, still leaving the 1st impression?
If that photo wasnt isolated, but associated with external ( sound, light, smell, etc) or internal (i.e. feelings, idea associations, complex toughts, etc) things, getting back those things will make easier to get back those photos.
For some tasks and devices could be better suited than Apple's User interface and Android 2.x one. But what about Android 3.x or Meego versus this?
Also, for something that should be for all kind of devices, looks a bit too much touch centric, like keyboard taking a second stage on devices using it (and hiding everything when you need pointing device text input), and not very suited for several running windows showing information.
In the plus side, more touchscreen enabled devices will appear in the market, not just tablets or phones, but laptops, netbooks, and even desktop computers. And if they don't slip some restriction on kind of software running on them will be a big help for alternative OSs too.
If those are obstacles for you then you are not qualified.
Some company in Redmond should be punished for the now almost worthless US virtual defenses in every layer.
So no matter if your action then kills thousands or millons of civilians, because you are the one that is right?
At the very least some carbon based life forms are the root of all evil.
Our access to that emptyness had changed your life already, several times, and in things that you could think as essential for modern culture. Even if only is needed to put up there factories for medicines or materials that are pretty hard to be done with gravity will make a big difference. And once up there a lot of things are near, from asteroid mining to energy production in big escale.
The long battery life is if you are running Symbian. Running Windows goes down to just 2 hours. My Linux (maemo) phone runs for 1-2 days, its interface is meant for touchscreens and even includes a qwerty keyboard.
I prefer fair filtering based exclusively in my input over someone/something deciding what is important enough that noone should miss.
They didnt made the internet. Just the part that went from www to xxx.