Success isn't all about money and social status (unless you're a shallow fuck).
The world would be a much better place if people could understand the difference between "Standard of Living" and "Quality of Life". You should do what makes you HAPPY while pay'n the bills, and not stress out about meeting your family/cultural expectations of uber-wealthy alphamale-ness.
(pre-empting the joke about rationalizing being monetarily poor: nope, I'm not.)
Great Scott, man! You're suggesting that 3D nano-CPU-grids are right around the corner? Surely you must be joking.
But of course you're right - moore's law hasn't slowed one bit. As one computing "paradigm" begins to lose steam (and people start crowing about the supposed end of moores law yet again), another method picks up the exponential pace where it left off, resulting in a pretty graph of overlappying tech. That graph doesn't apply just to CPU's either, but to almost every other advancing area you can think of as well.
Would they mind if I broke into their house, stole their computer, and left a note saying I didn't believe in private property?
Sure, you can go right ahead and have a molecular copy of my computer, but don't litter!
Oh, and if you need support for your new computer, or you need a custom mod, don't hesitate to call; these value-added unique services are valuable by virtue of being actually-scarce in nature vs artificially-scarce under draconian life+75 copyright law.
There were reports of 60ft tall waves rolling 1km inland, yet all I've seen online or on CNN is some flooding and some wimpy waves hitting the shore. Is there still NO footage of the supposed monster tsunami waves? Not to be "insensitive" to the loss of life or anything, but I can't believe all the cameras and camcorders got washed away.
You're not going to change this aspect of human nature with a couple decades of happy thoughts, it's going to take... and at least hundreds of generations for our genes to adapt.
I really doubt that us humans will be able to survive alongside our exponentionally advancing technology unless we also rid ourselves of the greedy, self-destructive evolutionary baggage that no longer serves us. Either by (navel gazing) genetic engineering, or by transcendance, we have to change.
It's called the abiogenic theory of oil, and while it would be very comforting to believe, it's also viewed by most as complete bunk. Even if it was true that billions of barrels of abiogenic oil was produced, imagine the damage to the environment that would be done if we never HAD to switch to cleaner sustainable energy (this century)!
I'd save them both (spammer first), and then give them both $1,000,000 (no, not really) so that they'd never again be desperate enough to resort to "terrorism".
Ya, ya, I know, you young guys all thinking the same thing, "hang out with the ole lady ya tarded fool
No, no, they're thinking: "hang with the old lady? If the world's ending then I've got to get started looting, raping, and building up my post-apocalyptic empire.":)
Personally, what would be going through my mind is, "Damn. An asteroid? The odds were so much higher that we would have killed ourselves off by this point with our own technology. Oh well. Death will come quickly for me and hopefully civilization will jumpstart from the ashes when the bastards emerge from their underground bunkers..."
If anyone reads this far down the thread and wants a FREE (no strings attached) GMail account, I've got 10 more to give away. Contact me at my yahoo address if you want one.
Yeah, I know it's Bill Hicks. I blockquoted the quote, but forgot to add the '--First Last' attribute. So sue me ya bastard. I think that's one his more wellknown quotes around here anyway...
The amount of money Bill Gates was giving away was actually $1000, not a piddly $100 cnote. You obviously never got paid and are just jealous of the millions who did.
After I had gotten two iPods, the MBE account, AOL, temp hotmail address and Visa cards were cancelled.
Well, thanks for scamming the scammers, scammer. Hopefully "Gratis, Inc." will go out of business as fast as AllAdvantage did a few years ago. If anyone remembers them.:)
"If anyone here is in marketing or advertising... KILL yourself. No joke here, really, seriously, kill yourself, you are no rationalization for what you do, you are Satan's little helpers. Kill yourself. Kill yourself. Kill yourself, now. Now! Back to the show!... Seriously, I know all the marketing people are gonna be like, "There's gonna be a joke coming up!" There's no fucking joke: suck a tailpipe, hang yourself, borrow a pistol from an NRA buddy, do something to rid the world of your evil fucking presence. OK, back to the show.... You know what bugs me though, that everyone here who's in marketing is now thinking the same thing: "Oh, cool, Bill's going for that Anti-Marketing dollar. That's a huge market!" Quit it! Don't turn everything into a dollar sign, please!..."Oohh, the plea for sanity dollar. Huge! Huge market! Look at our research."
Every "intelligent" series eventually does the obligitory witch-hunt episode. BattleStar Galactica already had its (Cylon/Not-a-Cylon). Babylon 5 stretched it over a season (are you with President Clarke? Or Against?).
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I still don't understand all the fuss about family trees. Is navel gazing that fascinating?
Heh. But what's the social value of parents being able to say "my son is a respectable Doctor!"
Success isn't all about money and social status (unless you're a shallow fuck).
The world would be a much better place if people could understand the difference between "Standard of Living" and "Quality of Life". You should do what makes you HAPPY while pay'n the bills, and not stress out about meeting your family/cultural expectations of uber-wealthy alphamale-ness.
(pre-empting the joke about rationalizing being monetarily poor: nope, I'm not.)
After a dozen blowjobs, I call it a season. Wait...
In any case, I have to admit that one of my guilty pleasures used to be (before the slashdotting) this fun link to... 137 java-controllable webcams around the world: http://www.google.com/search?q=intitle%3Aliveapple t+inurl%3ALvAppl
A certain japanese construction site has made a lot progress lately. :)
But of course you're right - moore's law hasn't slowed one bit. As one computing "paradigm" begins to lose steam (and people start crowing about the supposed end of moores law yet again), another method picks up the exponential pace where it left off, resulting in a pretty graph of overlappying tech. That graph doesn't apply just to CPU's either, but to almost every other advancing area you can think of as well.
Sure, you can go right ahead and have a molecular copy of my computer, but don't litter!
Oh, and if you need support for your new computer, or you need a custom mod, don't hesitate to call; these value-added unique services are valuable by virtue of being actually-scarce in nature vs artificially-scarce under draconian life+75 copyright law.
Yeah - I saw that ealier, and it's nowhere near 60ft, especially after it hit shore.
I really doubt that us humans will be able to survive alongside our exponentionally advancing technology unless we also rid ourselves of the greedy, self-destructive evolutionary baggage that no longer serves us. Either by (navel gazing) genetic engineering, or by transcendance, we have to change.
It's called the abiogenic theory of oil, and while it would be very comforting to believe, it's also viewed by most as complete bunk. Even if it was true that billions of barrels of abiogenic oil was produced, imagine the damage to the environment that would be done if we never HAD to switch to cleaner sustainable energy (this century)!
I'd save them both (spammer first), and then give them both $1,000,000 (no, not really) so that they'd never again be desperate enough to resort to "terrorism".
I agree. The world's a boring place without "eccentrics". Unfortunately, most people find security in conformity.
No, no, they're thinking: "hang with the old lady? If the world's ending then I've got to get started looting, raping, and building up my post-apocalyptic empire." :)
Personally, what would be going through my mind is, "Damn. An asteroid? The odds were so much higher that we would have killed ourselves off by this point with our own technology. Oh well. Death will come quickly for me and hopefully civilization will jumpstart from the ashes when the bastards emerge from their underground bunkers..."
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Is that it?
Yeah, I know it's Bill Hicks. I blockquoted the quote, but forgot to add the '--First Last' attribute. So sue me ya bastard. I think that's one his more wellknown quotes around here anyway...
Do you ever wonder how desperately materialistic someone has to be to shamelessly whore themselves out like that?
The amount of money Bill Gates was giving away was actually $1000, not a piddly $100 cnote. You obviously never got paid and are just jealous of the millions who did.
Well, thanks for scamming the scammers, scammer. Hopefully "Gratis, Inc." will go out of business as fast as AllAdvantage did a few years ago. If anyone remembers them. :)
Very funny, SUV-loving machoman.
Indeed - it's our primitive evolutionary psychology in conflict with our exponentially advancing technology that'll probably be our undoing.
Every "intelligent" series eventually does the obligitory witch-hunt episode. BattleStar Galactica already had its (Cylon/Not-a-Cylon). Babylon 5 stretched it over a season (are you with President Clarke? Or Against?).
Why? You some kind of asexual saint? Or just a hypocrite socially conditioned to be embarrassed by your nature?
Everybody's a horndog. Evolutionary selective pressure favors the sex-obsessed.
I'll wrap this post up now; have to go organize my new DP porn downloads...