Actually it's even worse than that. I've talked with several people, computer users, who have never even heard of a Macintosh, much less know that it's an alternative to Windows PC's. And Linux? Blank looks all around.
It's not that it will need a faster download pipe, which is all that cable and DSL companies are interested in, it will require a high-speed bidirectional pipe, which cable and DSL will never provide, thanks to peering agreements. Cable and DSL providers love packets coming in to their backbone that they can charge other backbones for, they hate sending packets out that they have to pay for.
...writing code has driven people nuts! I once heard a story about a guy in the late eighties who complained all his dreams were in HEX.
When I was working on my first real program (VAX Fortran in the early 80's), all of us on the team were working horrible hours (80 or so a week for 4 months). I remember being asleep (at home, fortunately) and dreaming that I was trying to debug a dream, and getting frustrated because I couldn't single-step through the dream, since the dream wasn't reaching the breakpoint I had set...
You should also look at a 60's spy spoof called "The President's Analyst" with James Coburn. The "villians" were operatives of "TPC". The denouement was really funny, and made perfect sense when "TPC" was the only game in town...
On the other hand, the field of Artificial Life is small. Something on the order of a thousand other people are qualified to talk about this intelligently. So my hopes for discussion are pretty much nil.
Especially since one of the best thinkers about it isn't around anymore, except for her words...
(Oh, and the NSA/GCHQ do have some obvious legitimate uses - such as decrypting messages between known ne'er-do-wells. If that's all they did, I might even like them.)
Well, you just lost all credibility with the Slashdot crowd with that statement.
And in 2006 there were $29 billion (with a "b") in unvoted-on earmarks, spending that was tacked on to budget and other bills, which go to friends and other local constituents in Congressional districts. The Executive branch isn't required by law to spend these, but it's been traditional that they do. If you're talking a multi-year program, $29 billion would go a long way to funding that.
I think part of the problem is that it probably violates some privacy law to even find out if someone is a "nutjob" at all. If your background check excludes checking some records due to privacy, then either the privacy law or the background check law has to be modified. With all the laws, rules, regulations, etc. that we have it's not surprising that they start overlapping and contradicting each other.
It's the double standard that the people who want publicly funded art apply. Basically, public funding of works that denigrate religions are acceptable ("Piss Christ", the dung-daubed Mary, etc.) but publicly funded pro-religion works (Christmas creches, Menorah, etc.) are to be prohibited and the people who want to display them sued for "separation of church and state" and prevented from "shoving their religion down our throats".
In other words, if I pay my taxes to support art, and am not supposed to be offended by the result, neither should anyone else be offended if I create art that is pro-religion and taxpayer-funded.
It's the problem with a "politics" discussion, in reality all posts could be either "troll" or "flamebait" to someone. The political agendas of the moderators come into play, as well. I had a post modded "flamebait" because someone asked about Bush's lies, and I commented about Clinton's lies, which is verboten. This will probably be modded down, too, for the very same reason.
What does that have to do with the question I asked? If China produces more total CO2 than the US, then who cares how much of it is "per capita"? Their total will still be larger than our total.
Since when does "per capita" mean anything to the supposed mechanisms of global warming? If China is producing more CO2 than the US, it's producing more, it doesn't mean a thing that we produce more "per capita", the total is still larger. They may also have less polluted water and dirty air "per capita" than the US, but that doesn't make them any healthier downwind and downstream of their industries.
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Actually it's even worse than that. I've talked with several people, computer users, who have never even heard of a Macintosh, much less know that it's an alternative to Windows PC's. And Linux? Blank looks all around.
It's not that it will need a faster download pipe, which is all that cable and DSL companies are interested in, it will require a high-speed bidirectional pipe, which cable and DSL will never provide, thanks to peering agreements. Cable and DSL providers love packets coming in to their backbone that they can charge other backbones for, they hate sending packets out that they have to pay for.
Customers who bought this book also bought "The Catcher in the Rye"
How many times? And do they all go by all three names?
Technically it's supposed to be "y'all", as in "you all" with the "ou" apostrophed out.
Did I mention how I like to verb nouns in English?
...writing code has driven people nuts! I once heard a story about a guy in the late eighties who complained all his dreams were in HEX.
When I was working on my first real program (VAX Fortran in the early 80's), all of us on the team were working horrible hours (80 or so a week for 4 months). I remember being asleep (at home, fortunately) and dreaming that I was trying to debug a dream, and getting frustrated because I couldn't single-step through the dream, since the dream wasn't reaching the breakpoint I had set...
When I woke up, I took that day off...
That post really struck a chord, but I'm too high-strung to reply. When I'm less tensile post something better in this thread.
That's what deranged scientists flaunting the laws of God and Man are for...
... the first stories of Peruvian cannibalism, and I'm grabbing my shotgun and heading for the hills...
What, again with the zombies?
Have we learned nothing from 1950's horror movies?
Or even 1970's science fiction?
If it's glowing, and just came from outer space, RUN. AWAY.
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
This poster brings up valid points, which is probably why it's modded down.
Average Techie: "This is MacOS!"
Open Group: "This! Is! UNIIIIIIX!" (kicks A.T. down well)
Heh.
Not to mention the publicity would help keep interest going in the area, to help out his heirs...
You should also look at a 60's spy spoof called "The President's Analyst" with James Coburn. The "villians" were operatives of "TPC". The denouement was really funny, and made perfect sense when "TPC" was the only game in town...
Especially since one of the best thinkers about it isn't around anymore, except for her words...
Well, you just lost all credibility with the Slashdot crowd with that statement.
And in 2006 there were $29 billion (with a "b") in unvoted-on earmarks, spending that was tacked on to budget and other bills, which go to friends and other local constituents in Congressional districts. The Executive branch isn't required by law to spend these, but it's been traditional that they do. If you're talking a multi-year program, $29 billion would go a long way to funding that.
It doesn't matter what Apple does, I read somewhere that they'll be out of business real soon now...
I think part of the problem is that it probably violates some privacy law to even find out if someone is a "nutjob" at all. If your background check excludes checking some records due to privacy, then either the privacy law or the background check law has to be modified. With all the laws, rules, regulations, etc. that we have it's not surprising that they start overlapping and contradicting each other.
It's the double standard that the people who want publicly funded art apply. Basically, public funding of works that denigrate religions are acceptable ("Piss Christ", the dung-daubed Mary, etc.) but publicly funded pro-religion works (Christmas creches, Menorah, etc.) are to be prohibited and the people who want to display them sued for "separation of church and state" and prevented from "shoving their religion down our throats".
In other words, if I pay my taxes to support art, and am not supposed to be offended by the result, neither should anyone else be offended if I create art that is pro-religion and taxpayer-funded.
It's the problem with a "politics" discussion, in reality all posts could be either "troll" or "flamebait" to someone. The political agendas of the moderators come into play, as well. I had a post modded "flamebait" because someone asked about Bush's lies, and I commented about Clinton's lies, which is verboten. This will probably be modded down, too, for the very same reason.
An insightful non-sequitur. ./ logic.
What does that have to do with the question I asked? If China produces more total CO2 than the US, then who cares how much of it is "per capita"? Their total will still be larger than our total.
Since when does "per capita" mean anything to the supposed mechanisms of global warming? If China is producing more CO2 than the US, it's producing more, it doesn't mean a thing that we produce more "per capita", the total is still larger. They may also have less polluted water and dirty air "per capita" than the US, but that doesn't make them any healthier downwind and downstream of their industries.