> Why do we care about sending our meatbag selves to other planets? I'd be more > productive if we could just send some strong AI to do it for us.
"The meek shall inherit the Earth. The rest of us shall go on to the stars".
You are more than welcome to stay right there in your mother's basement and watch. You'll be safe and warm. No need to go out into the big scary world at all.
...and install Debian. Install only the base system: select no "tasks". Then put the drive back in the old machine, configure the network, and install what you need.
> And how exactly does iWork fail to compete with Microsoft Works?
By not being bug-for-bug identical (and if it was it would be dismissed as "a mere clone"). To these people to "compete" is do exactly the same thing in the same way. They'd claim Ford and Chevrolet don't compete because their cars have gas caps on opposite sides.
And the fact that there is a vast amount of software available for Linux and the Mac that is not available for Windows is irrelevant to them because they can't imagine anyone ever wanting to run any software not available for Windows.
Who said they didn't? The point is that even if they left at the same instant from the same point.9 seconds is much smaller than predicted by the theory in question.
I couldn't care less which way Google wants to go with Group discussions. I just want them to stop trashing Usenet. Killing Google Groups would be fine with me.
> And once again: Why the hell does google not sign all messages which pass > through gmail as "really did come from this address"?
A large fraction of the spam I receive comes from valid Gmail accounts. The spammers have no difficulty getting them. Besides, you don't need any kind of account at all to post to Usenet via Google Groups.
> Maybe the answer is to block posts to USENET that come in via Google.
I'm getting close to doing that. Unfortunately, there are many interesting and legitimate articles posted via Google Groups on many of the newsgroups I read, and many users cannot be convinced to use a real news server (in fact, many cannot be convinced that Usenet and Google Groups are not one and the same).
> Now if the bank's calling system is compromised..
My credit union has a branch six miles away and head offices at about 25 miles. If I ever get something purports to be a recorded call from them I won't be contacting them by phone.
I always hang up as soon as I recognize them for what they are. On the rare occasions when someone who actually has something to say that I need to hear tries to use one they always follow up with a real phone call or a letter.
> Time to move away from the antiquated system of mailing lists. Web based > forums are much easier to control and a far, far better way of sharing > information with users.
No local control over filtering and sorting, forced to use your weird UI and editor instead of my own? "Forums" suck. And "easier to control" is not a feature.
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Anyone who believes otherwise is a fool (or a liar who wants government control).
You assume that the article is not a "complete pillock".
The authors of the article? So it would seem.
> Maybe we're meant to be on Earth after all?
"Meant" by who?
> Why do we care about sending our meatbag selves to other planets? I'd be more
> productive if we could just send some strong AI to do it for us.
"The meek shall inherit the Earth. The rest of us shall go on to the stars".
You are more than welcome to stay right there in your mother's basement and watch. You'll be safe and warm. No need to go out into the big scary world at all.
...and install Debian. Install only the base system: select no "tasks". Then put the drive back in the old machine, configure the network, and install what you need.
No. The force of gravity on anything, including a photon, is precisely proportional to the inertial mass. See the equivalence principle .
Has anyone cracked "Hello World" yet?
> Suddenly their routers need remotely updating...
Why would they see a need for updating? It certainly won't come from customer demand.
> And how exactly does iWork fail to compete with Microsoft Works?
By not being bug-for-bug identical (and if it was it would be dismissed as "a mere clone"). To these people to "compete" is do exactly the same thing in the same way. They'd claim Ford and Chevrolet don't compete because their cars have gas caps on opposite sides.
And the fact that there is a vast amount of software available for Linux and the Mac that is not available for Windows is irrelevant to them because they can't imagine anyone ever wanting to run any software not available for Windows.
> I thought the speed of light does depend on the medium through which light
> travels.
It does when the medium is not a vacuum. This observation established an upper limit on the dispersion of the integalactic vacuum.
Of course, most of what he knows isn't true...
We don't, and it doesn't matter. .9 seconds is much smaller than would be predicted by the theories in question.
Who said they didn't? The point is that even if they left at the same instant from the same point .9 seconds is much smaller than predicted by the theory in question.
> Probably gravitational lensing making some of the gamma rays more curved than
> the others.
No. Gravity has exactly the same effect on all photons. However, the photons were emitted over a period of several seconds.
The event was approximately 2.2 seconds long. Thus it is plausible that these two photons left .9 seconds apart.
I couldn't care less which way Google wants to go with Group discussions. I just want them to stop trashing Usenet. Killing Google Groups would be fine with me.
Yet Newsguy is able to filter most of the non-Google spam.
> And once again: Why the hell does google not sign all messages which pass
> through gmail as "really did come from this address"?
A large fraction of the spam I receive comes from valid Gmail accounts. The spammers have no difficulty getting them. Besides, you don't need any kind of account at all to post to Usenet via Google Groups.
> Maybe the answer is to block posts to USENET that come in via Google.
I'm getting close to doing that. Unfortunately, there are many interesting and legitimate articles posted via Google Groups on many of the newsgroups I read, and many users cannot be convinced to use a real news server (in fact, many cannot be convinced that Usenet and Google Groups are not one and the same).
> It however doesn't fix the problem of when the customer (or someone
> pretending to be them) calls the company.
That, however, places the liability on the company.
> Now if the bank's calling system is compromised..
My credit union has a branch six miles away and head offices at about 25 miles. If I ever get something purports to be a recorded call from them I won't be contacting them by phone.
I always hang up as soon as I recognize them for what they are. On the rare occasions when someone who actually has something to say that I need to hear tries to use one they always follow up with a real phone call or a letter.
> Time to move away from the antiquated system of mailing lists. Web based
> forums are much easier to control and a far, far better way of sharing
> information with users.
No local control over filtering and sorting, forced to use your weird UI and editor instead of my own? "Forums" suck. And "easier to control" is not a feature.
> I used to be an avid newsgroup participant way back in the day.
I still am. Competent news services such as Newsguy are able to remove enough of the spam to make it tolerable.