sorry about that... I just realised that I forgot to address the possible problems. The only problems I can see here are:
1. The distraction from hearing hundreds of keystrokes per minute
2. Students using this merely to chat in class... it is rather irritating to sit in a lecture theater and have other students talking throughout whilst you are trying to learn.
Lectures are an archaic form of teaching. Having a person preaching about how things are to be done is an inefficient way of learning, can be quite boring, and is VERY difficult to take. I say this after 3 and a half years at university.
I have had a few different lecturers over the past three and a half years, some I remember fondly, others I remember in pain. I have suffered through hours of lecturers from people who I cannot understand (that was not intended to be racist, and anyone who takes it that way is a moron) I just cannot understand what they are saying due to their accents... it makes it very difficult to learn.
One of my favourite lecturers, teaches by making the students THINK. This is a practice that is uncommon in the university world. A student is more likely to pay attention and learn if they are involved in the lecture. He would tell stories from industry, teach the course material, and then in the lecture would ask the students questions. What a novel idea... why don't more lecturers follow his example? I can tell you all with absolute honesty, that I have retained far more knowledge from his classes than from all of the other classes combined. He has found a way to make his material interesting to the students. This encourages them to learn... to think... many lecturers just expect you to absorb the information, and then spew it all back to them verbatim. Thought appears to be disencouraged.
I must apologise now for the seeming randomness of thought there. I feel rather strongly about this, and can get a little excited and begin to ramble.
Of course the biggest problem with this technology (if it were created, and introduced) would be the possibility of it falling into the wrong hands. What havoc would be created if it fell into the hands of a script-kiddie? Can you imagine the chaos and destruction they would cause?
I have recieved a little bit of spam via SMS. Usually something like "Show this message to [Company name here] and receive 10% Discount" They usually don't bother me, unless I am receiving them in class or something to that effect.
I think it could be a little pre-emptive, but then again, if this attitude was adopted on the internet all those years ago maybe we wouldn't all be spammed so much.
The whole theory behind the conspiracies is that the government is hiding something. Therefore the conspiracy theorists will refuse to believe anything that says that aliens have not visited Earth.
I find it highly unlikely that aliens do not exist. For as Douglas Adams said, we live in an infinite universe where anything is possible. The shear immensity of the universe allows the possibility for extra-terrestrial life to exist, and it would be rather sad if all of those stars we see at night had empty planets orbiting them. Having said that, I do find it unlikely that alien life has contacted humans. We are a fairly warlike peoples (it is true, look throughout our history, and you won't have to look too far back either) and I would not be surprised that if a peaceful alien life form found Earth, they would refuse to make contact with us. A warlike alien life form would probably destroy us however, and since that has never happened...
The way I see this, is that he means that his computer is connected to all of those around him, they in turn are connected to all those around them, etc. Think about this for a minute. My computer is 1 km away from yours, and we can connect to one another wirelessly, but you can't reach a computer 2 km away. However I can reach that computer, and relay the information back to you.
A lot of the posters here have got it in their heads that "it can't work without internet access." Don't they realise that this is a form of internet access? Instead of the commercial internet, we could end up having a world wide INTRAnet arrangement.
Someone said "what if Bob went away and took his computer with him, Susan turned hers off and mine is broken... the network would fail." I disagree on this point. You are looking at the problem of A connects to B connects to C, etc. Think a little bit outside the square and create an actual WEB (after all that is what it is, isn't it.... World Wide Web) Why can't A connect to B, C, D, E, F. Then B could connect to A, C, E, G, H. Now for A to connect to H, the packets must go via B, but D is also connected to H, therefore they can go via D. Think of an actual spider web where every computer is connected to hundreds or thousands around it.
Naturally there are some problems which have been brought up, namely accessing the other continents, but he was also talking about the future. In time that will be no problem. Think about how far we have come.
But who knows... prehaps I am dreaming... but remember this, there is nothing that man can dream that he cannot create/do
I've seen this once before...
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Anyone remember Baseketball from the creators of South Park? There is a scene in that where they are vacuuming chickens...
Interesting... I don't have a disdain for the arts (art itself that is) but arts classes at universities. AKA the "Bachelor of Attendance." I fail to see the relevance of most of the drivel that exists in those classes. But I think that my greatest complaint with an arts student happened in my first year. In the first fortnight to be precise. At this time I was doing 30+ hours a week at uni, and this bloke was complaining about all of the hours he was going to be spending in class. It transpired that he was an arts student, and had to do a whole 10 hours a week. He dropped a class because he just could not take the pressure of all that work. That is probably where my disdain for the arts comes from. That was really off topic
P.S. Leonardo DaVinci, one of the greatest artists ever to have existed in the world, and one of the most intelligent and insightful, was infact a millitary engineer by profession.
No no no, my little anonymous coward, we HAVE destroyed the world. You may be living in a little fairytale world where everything is fine and lovely, but if you just look outside at all the damage we have caused... If you cannot see anything wrong, then you are a blind man. I pity you.
As for the bit about me failing arithmetic in school, what does the fact that 4 million disposable discs (being 1 disc per person in Victoria, per year) have with that comment you moron. Lets just check a ROUGH estimate as to how high a stack of these discs would be. The average disc is about 1mm thick. This is getting even easier, even you could probably do this. Now that means that the pile would be (assuming a single stack of discs) 4 million millimeters high. Just because you are an obvious incompetent I will convert this to a number which you MIGHT be able to comprehend. This stack would be 4000 meters high, or 4km. I am not sure how far that is in miles, but I will attempt to convert to feet for you. Note that this figure will not even be close, since I don't come from a backwards country that is stuck with using the imperialist system of units. We use SI units...
4000 meters = about 13333 feet and 4 inches even a dipshit like you could see that this is NOT a good thing...
This is an interesting fact which I learnt the other week.
The word "Techno" actually MEANS "Art"
Therefore Technology is infact "The study of art." I was distraught when I learnt this, since I am an engineering student and despise those lowly arts students...
Talk about complete stupidity! I cannot believe the rampant abuse of the environment which you are so willing to accept. I mean, haven't we destroyed enough of the world already? Look at this place. Only the human race could f**k up a planet with such precision in such a (relatively) short time. We should be proud of ourselves in this
I just cannot believe that I am reading this crap.
I live in Victoria, Australia. Here we have an Australian Rules Football oval (these ovals are about twice the size of an American football field) called the MCG. It is rather large, and is having one of the stands rebuilt at the moment, but that is besides the point. Right at this moment the rubbish that is disposed of in Victoria (not the rest of the country, just Victoria) is enough to fill this football field up many times in the course of a year. Add disposable discs to the mix... There is only 4 million people in Victoria, but if everyone only bought 1 disposable disc per year this would just be disastrous.
I just hope that this is properly considered, but somehow I doubt that it will be. We live in a disposable world. Why don't we just dispose of people/companies/corporations like these.
I fail to see the problem here, what will happen, is the non-geek will become a geek to be able to use the new software created by the geek (ok, this is beginning to get confusing) therefore we will have a world of non-Windozers, non-aolers...where is the problem? computer users who know HOW to use their computers? where is the problem? In the world today anyone can purchase a computer, but many who do, do not know how to use them... Remember: The GEEK shall inherit the Earth
this is coming from the people who run their Hotmail server on a BSD flavor. Yet BSD is based on UNIX, a 30 year old system, security flaws, blah blah blah.
Lets talk screw ups. MS-DOS is based on UNIX, and Windows 3.** is based on MS-DOS, and Windows 9* is based on Windows 3.** AND Windows NT is based on Windows 9* (with very little security additions in between)
I do not run Linux, nor do I run NT, yet I will run Linux before I run NT (I am currently a Windowzer, because I use the families computer, I cannot REALLY change the OS, for I only have a 1.2GB HD)
We use NT at my school, and it is pathetic. Crashes without warning, Dr. Watson NEEDS to be killed, for he closes applications at will. The list of reasons for NOT running NT goes on.
Come on, you have GOT to be joking....you are just a whining little brat, who can not stand anyone making a little bit of money. I suppose Pan Am airlines have a monopoly on the skies too?
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6) SCO
Another reader notes that the U.S. government is busy trying to get Australia to change its laws to increase the profits of U.S. record companies.
You mean that their profits aren't enough already with what we (Australians) are charged?
I would have thought that broadband would be more popular amongst those that share files?
sorry about that... I just realised that I forgot to address the possible problems. The only problems I can see here are:
1. The distraction from hearing hundreds of keystrokes per minute
2. Students using this merely to chat in class... it is rather irritating to sit in a lecture theater and have other students talking throughout whilst you are trying to learn.
Lectures are an archaic form of teaching. Having a person preaching about how things are to be done is an inefficient way of learning, can be quite boring, and is VERY difficult to take. I say this after 3 and a half years at university.
I have had a few different lecturers over the past three and a half years, some I remember fondly, others I remember in pain. I have suffered through hours of lecturers from people who I cannot understand (that was not intended to be racist, and anyone who takes it that way is a moron) I just cannot understand what they are saying due to their accents... it makes it very difficult to learn.
One of my favourite lecturers, teaches by making the students THINK. This is a practice that is uncommon in the university world. A student is more likely to pay attention and learn if they are involved in the lecture. He would tell stories from industry, teach the course material, and then in the lecture would ask the students questions. What a novel idea... why don't more lecturers follow his example? I can tell you all with absolute honesty, that I have retained far more knowledge from his classes than from all of the other classes combined. He has found a way to make his material interesting to the students. This encourages them to learn... to think... many lecturers just expect you to absorb the information, and then spew it all back to them verbatim. Thought appears to be disencouraged.
I must apologise now for the seeming randomness of thought there. I feel rather strongly about this, and can get a little excited and begin to ramble.
Of course the biggest problem with this technology (if it were created, and introduced) would be the possibility of it falling into the wrong hands. What havoc would be created if it fell into the hands of a script-kiddie? Can you imagine the chaos and destruction they would cause?
And once pandora's box is open...
I have recieved a little bit of spam via SMS. Usually something like "Show this message to [Company name here] and receive 10% Discount" They usually don't bother me, unless I am receiving them in class or something to that effect.
I think it could be a little pre-emptive, but then again, if this attitude was adopted on the internet all those years ago maybe we wouldn't all be spammed so much.
The whole theory behind the conspiracies is that the government is hiding something. Therefore the conspiracy theorists will refuse to believe anything that says that aliens have not visited Earth.
I find it highly unlikely that aliens do not exist. For as Douglas Adams said, we live in an infinite universe where anything is possible. The shear immensity of the universe allows the possibility for extra-terrestrial life to exist, and it would be rather sad if all of those stars we see at night had empty planets orbiting them. Having said that, I do find it unlikely that alien life has contacted humans. We are a fairly warlike peoples (it is true, look throughout our history, and you won't have to look too far back either) and I would not be surprised that if a peaceful alien life form found Earth, they would refuse to make contact with us. A warlike alien life form would probably destroy us however, and since that has never happened...
The way I see this, is that he means that his computer is connected to all of those around him, they in turn are connected to all those around them, etc. Think about this for a minute. My computer is 1 km away from yours, and we can connect to one another wirelessly, but you can't reach a computer 2 km away. However I can reach that computer, and relay the information back to you.
A lot of the posters here have got it in their heads that "it can't work without internet access." Don't they realise that this is a form of internet access? Instead of the commercial internet, we could end up having a world wide INTRAnet arrangement.
Someone said "what if Bob went away and took his computer with him, Susan turned hers off and mine is broken... the network would fail." I disagree on this point. You are looking at the problem of A connects to B connects to C, etc. Think a little bit outside the square and create an actual WEB (after all that is what it is, isn't it.... World Wide Web) Why can't A connect to B, C, D, E, F. Then B could connect to A, C, E, G, H. Now for A to connect to H, the packets must go via B, but D is also connected to H, therefore they can go via D. Think of an actual spider web where every computer is connected to hundreds or thousands around it.
Naturally there are some problems which have been brought up, namely accessing the other continents, but he was also talking about the future. In time that will be no problem. Think about how far we have come.
But who knows... prehaps I am dreaming... but remember this, there is nothing that man can dream that he cannot create/do
Anyone remember Baseketball from the creators of South Park? There is a scene in that where they are vacuuming chickens...
I am not arguing with you there, I am just playin' :)
However, we will be requiring you to spend a period of time in a mandatory detention center, to determine whether or not you are dangerous...
Interesting... I don't have a disdain for the arts (art itself that is) but arts classes at universities. AKA the "Bachelor of Attendance." I fail to see the relevance of most of the drivel that exists in those classes. But I think that my greatest complaint with an arts student happened in my first year. In the first fortnight to be precise. At this time I was doing 30+ hours a week at uni, and this bloke was complaining about all of the hours he was going to be spending in class. It transpired that he was an arts student, and had to do a whole 10 hours a week. He dropped a class because he just could not take the pressure of all that work. That is probably where my disdain for the arts comes from. That was really off topic
P.S. Leonardo DaVinci, one of the greatest artists ever to have existed in the world, and one of the most intelligent and insightful, was infact a millitary engineer by profession.
No no no, my little anonymous coward, we HAVE destroyed the world. You may be living in a little fairytale world where everything is fine and lovely, but if you just look outside at all the damage we have caused... If you cannot see anything wrong, then you are a blind man. I pity you.
As for the bit about me failing arithmetic in school, what does the fact that 4 million disposable discs (being 1 disc per person in Victoria, per year) have with that comment you moron. Lets just check a ROUGH estimate as to how high a stack of these discs would be. The average disc is about 1mm thick. This is getting even easier, even you could probably do this. Now that means that the pile would be (assuming a single stack of discs) 4 million millimeters high. Just because you are an obvious incompetent I will convert this to a number which you MIGHT be able to comprehend. This stack would be 4000 meters high, or 4km. I am not sure how far that is in miles, but I will attempt to convert to feet for you. Note that this figure will not even be close, since I don't come from a backwards country that is stuck with using the imperialist system of units. We use SI units...
4000 meters = about 13333 feet and 4 inches even a dipshit like you could see that this is NOT a good thing...
This is an interesting fact which I learnt the other week.
The word "Techno" actually MEANS "Art"
Therefore Technology is infact "The study of art." I was distraught when I learnt this, since I am an engineering student and despise those lowly arts students...
Talk about complete stupidity! I cannot believe the rampant abuse of the environment which you are so willing to accept. I mean, haven't we destroyed enough of the world already? Look at this place. Only the human race could f**k up a planet with such precision in such a (relatively) short time. We should be proud of ourselves in this
I just cannot believe that I am reading this crap.
I live in Victoria, Australia. Here we have an Australian Rules Football oval (these ovals are about twice the size of an American football field) called the MCG. It is rather large, and is having one of the stands rebuilt at the moment, but that is besides the point. Right at this moment the rubbish that is disposed of in Victoria (not the rest of the country, just Victoria) is enough to fill this football field up many times in the course of a year. Add disposable discs to the mix... There is only 4 million people in Victoria, but if everyone only bought 1 disposable disc per year this would just be disastrous.
I just hope that this is properly considered, but somehow I doubt that it will be. We live in a disposable world. Why don't we just dispose of people/companies/corporations like these.
I fail to see the problem here, what will happen, is the non-geek will become a geek to be able to use the new software created by the geek (ok, this is beginning to get confusing) therefore we will have a world of non-Windozers, non-aolers...where is the problem? computer users who know HOW to use their computers? where is the problem? In the world today anyone can purchase a computer, but many who do, do not know how to use them... Remember: The GEEK shall inherit the Earth
this is coming from the people who run their Hotmail server on a BSD flavor. Yet BSD is based on UNIX, a 30 year old system, security flaws, blah blah blah.
Lets talk screw ups. MS-DOS is based on UNIX, and Windows 3.** is based on MS-DOS, and Windows 9* is based on Windows 3.** AND Windows NT is based on Windows 9* (with very little security additions in between)
I do not run Linux, nor do I run NT, yet I will run Linux before I run NT (I am currently a Windowzer, because I use the families computer, I cannot REALLY change the OS, for I only have a 1.2GB HD)
We use NT at my school, and it is pathetic. Crashes without warning, Dr. Watson NEEDS to be killed, for he closes applications at will. The list of reasons for NOT running NT goes on.
Come on, you have GOT to be joking....you are just a whining little brat, who can not stand anyone making a little bit of money. I suppose Pan Am airlines have a monopoly on the skies too?
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C Programmer Quit