Governments are run by politicians and lobbyists, so the exact opposite if often the case. Large amounts of money are sunk into projects of minor merit or out-right uselessness in order to divert funds away from more promising projects (e.g. ITER) or simply as jobs programs.
They have a product. And from what I've read it can reliably handle something like 18 different tests. What is still questionable is their goal to reach 200+ tests in one go. But they are still working on it. So here we have a hit piece turning the perfect into the enemy of the good.
Bullshit. The laws are being designed in open hostility to innovation in order to protect entrenched interests. This is all a hit job -- another 23&Me.
But technically it is illegal to strip off the DRM, isn't it? Also, there is bigger picture to consider here. Imagine if all the paper books were gone. How would poor people get access to books? And how would controversial books get past overbearing governments? The lack of legitimate secondary market is, IMHO, very worrisome.
That's horrible!!! If that's typical then this disposable society of our is really getting out of hand. Maybe the content could be per memory card, so at least the memory card could be moved to new device.
While Amazon is on the right track, in that the device should be a very inexpensive commodity. But the fact the Amazon owns the content I "purchase", keeps me from ever buying in. On top of this, eBooks are way overpriced.
I've wondered if both these issues could be solved by selling content on a per-device basis instead of per-user. As long as the devices have long lifetimes (40+ years), then it seems a reasonable business model. Content once installed on a device would be permanent and not transferable to any other device, in return the content could be (I estimate) a quarter the current costs.
You are absolutely correct. Planning for a mission 30 years out is preposterous. No one working at NASA today will still be there by then. And the politics in Washington will have flipped hands at least 4 times by then.
Our Lords have saw fit to have pity upon us and allow us the fruits of our labor in far off unattainable lands. Are they not gracious and wise? Let us bow low and kiss the ground they walk upon in our humility, so unworthy our we of such benevolence.
Maybe if the spent more time actually making the world a better place, they wouldn't have to worry so much about finding out what the "baddies" are up to.
First, I note that all the arguments about getting there are childish inferences of weak emotion. You are certainly not one of them Regis, but there are plenty of people that can handle the stress. Actually living there is not as hard as it would seem once you have enough infrastructure in place. And that is just a matter of time and money, nothing more. The only thing keeping us from going is the will of people and government to commit the resources to doing it.
The delusion is not that of the optimist, but of the defeatist.
The problem with most UBI plans is that they want to give people the equivalent wages of a half-descent full time job. That would never work. If it were done, inflation would adjust upward very quickly, eroding the high amount, and be very disruptive to the economy in the process. It would also be far too expensive for the tax payer to afford. But if the UBI were equivalent to a part-time minimum wage job, then it could work. It's enough to lift people out of poverty who choose to make the best use of it, but not high enough to cause excessive inflation or overly burden the taxpayer. It would actually be a nice boon for consumer business too.
Any civilization sufficiently intelligent to colonize a galaxy is assuredly intelligent enough to do so sustainably -- or thy wouldn't be around very long. Either way their isn't going to be a tall tell trail of IR.
If we can't depend on a large enough overlap in radio communications, perhaps we can search for other evidence of intelligence. Would nuclear reactors, for instance, give off any detectable signs -- an increase in neutrino emissions perhaps?
There was hope once, many years ago, called UWB (Ultra wideband). Someone managed to kill that off with politics too though:(
http://bluflux.com/what-happen...)
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Governments are run by politicians and lobbyists, so the exact opposite if often the case. Large amounts of money are sunk into projects of minor merit or out-right uselessness in order to divert funds away from more promising projects (e.g. ITER) or simply as jobs programs.
They have a product. And from what I've read it can reliably handle something like 18 different tests. What is still questionable is their goal to reach 200+ tests in one go. But they are still working on it. So here we have a hit piece turning the perfect into the enemy of the good.
"Unfortunately, it's also necessary." It is not.
Bullshit. The laws are being designed in open hostility to innovation in order to protect entrenched interests. This is all a hit job -- another 23&Me.
But technically it is illegal to strip off the DRM, isn't it? Also, there is bigger picture to consider here. Imagine if all the paper books were gone. How would poor people get access to books? And how would controversial books get past overbearing governments? The lack of legitimate secondary market is, IMHO, very worrisome.
That's horrible!!! If that's typical then this disposable society of our is really getting out of hand. Maybe the content could be per memory card, so at least the memory card could be moved to new device.
While Amazon is on the right track, in that the device should be a very inexpensive commodity. But the fact the Amazon owns the content I "purchase", keeps me from ever buying in. On top of this, eBooks are way overpriced. I've wondered if both these issues could be solved by selling content on a per-device basis instead of per-user. As long as the devices have long lifetimes (40+ years), then it seems a reasonable business model. Content once installed on a device would be permanent and not transferable to any other device, in return the content could be (I estimate) a quarter the current costs.
There is always risk with embracing new tech, but I would be willing to bet you won't be disappointed with Rust.
It's called a Lasso.
By now we should be building the rockets in space and just delivering the materials from Earth.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
This article can shed some light on it: http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_hi... Looks like RAM is the laggard.
I have a better idea. Fire all the people, buy a Watson computer and let it read/listen to all the medical reports and patient conversations.
You are absolutely correct. Planning for a mission 30 years out is preposterous. No one working at NASA today will still be there by then. And the politics in Washington will have flipped hands at least 4 times by then.
NASA is stuck in a the 70s mode of space exploration, and they have no means of getting out of it even if they wanted to (thanks to Congress).
Defund NASA and give all the money to Elon Musk. Thanks. P.S.* You can add the IRS and the Mid-East War budgets too.
Our Lords have saw fit to have pity upon us and allow us the fruits of our labor in far off unattainable lands. Are they not gracious and wise? Let us bow low and kiss the ground they walk upon in our humility, so unworthy our we of such benevolence.
Maybe if the spent more time actually making the world a better place, they wouldn't have to worry so much about finding out what the "baddies" are up to.
First, I note that all the arguments about getting there are childish inferences of weak emotion. You are certainly not one of them Regis, but there are plenty of people that can handle the stress. Actually living there is not as hard as it would seem once you have enough infrastructure in place. And that is just a matter of time and money, nothing more. The only thing keeping us from going is the will of people and government to commit the resources to doing it. The delusion is not that of the optimist, but of the defeatist.
The problem with most UBI plans is that they want to give people the equivalent wages of a half-descent full time job. That would never work. If it were done, inflation would adjust upward very quickly, eroding the high amount, and be very disruptive to the economy in the process. It would also be far too expensive for the tax payer to afford. But if the UBI were equivalent to a part-time minimum wage job, then it could work. It's enough to lift people out of poverty who choose to make the best use of it, but not high enough to cause excessive inflation or overly burden the taxpayer. It would actually be a nice boon for consumer business too.
Time to shit can the whole thing and put Musk and Bezos in charge.
Any civilization sufficiently intelligent to colonize a galaxy is assuredly intelligent enough to do so sustainably -- or thy wouldn't be around very long. Either way their isn't going to be a tall tell trail of IR.
If we can't depend on a large enough overlap in radio communications, perhaps we can search for other evidence of intelligence. Would nuclear reactors, for instance, give off any detectable signs -- an increase in neutrino emissions perhaps?
I half expect Amazon to acquire Canonical and run Unbuntu.
There was hope once, many years ago, called UWB (Ultra wideband). Someone managed to kill that off with politics too though :(
http://bluflux.com/what-happen...)