I live in Los Angeles, the second biggest American city and I can tell you first hand that the public transport system here SUCKS! I HAD to buy a car.. Absolutely HAD to, even when I was a flat broke student living in a room the size of the car I bought. Yes it was a used old banger, but I was actually able to get around! To build a functioning public transport system you need money. I wouldn't mind taking twice the time to get to/from work everyday using public transport just so I dont have to drive, but the way the public transport system is. It would end up taking 3 times as much (An 1 hour and 30 minutes!) and that is just absurd. If only our government would spend more of the money they take from us, and spend it back on us. Instead, what I see is them taking my money so they can go bomb some people. The worst part is? I have to live with the knowledge, that I, for my part, am working hard every day to help pay for those weapons.
Gas is too expensive at $3? HA! Lower the damn income tax rate, and tax the gas consumption. A responsible government would do this. Unfortunately, if there are heavier taxes brought on gas, our income tax wont fall to compensate, we'll just be paying for more missiles, and guns.
Just imagine. For a minute.. impossible as it may seem. If $6/gallon were levied as a gas tax in all counties with a population density over a certain threshold, to pay for a public transport system for that county. To make it faster, cleaner, safer and more convenient. I'd gladly pay $9 a gallon to gas my car up then.
Slimmed down sounds like marketting speak? Crippled is more accurate.
Sure they can make a version of the CLR available on all platforms, just has to be crippled enough that people would rather use the one on windows. That way they can say "if you really really want to use it on any platform you can.. but we recommend that you use the version on windows because of X, Y and Z".. Also they will have some stupid excuse for not supporting X, Y and Z on the other platforms as if it was the fault of the other platforms.
Well said, not everyone can be the guru of everything. This macho geek attitude of 'If you cant do it in this super efficient, optimal way, you have no business doing it' is very detrimental to the OSS community. I am a software engineer, but I do basic admin stuff too, there are admins in my company who are obviously better than me.. but that doesn't mean that I cant take care of some of the duties too. I dont have to be supremely competent.. just competent enough.
well said. I guess what they are trying to imply by saying that there is a patent pending on their technology/mechanism (or that it is patented) is that its 'innovative', 'revolutionary' and that they cannot find it elsewhere.
Seriously though, To quote a famous comedian on the columbine shooting "whatever happend to just plain old Crazy?". This man was obviously psychotic. He had obviously lost his instinct for self preservation (ie. if I go around shooting people for no reason whatsoever, I am as good as dead). He doesn't need to be a terrorist or a gamer brainwashed by Half Life. He just needs to be nuts.
It would make more sense to blame liquor companies for drunk driving deaths (which by the way are FAR FAR more numerous.. in fact, on average today itself more people will die of drunk driving than this piece of shit killed) than to blame games for psychopathic morons. Ofcourse, NEITHER makes sense. Why? Because BOTH are idiots.
Not only is it a rich man's world. It is also a rich man's solar system now. Its amazing what money can bring you. He will get to experience something that I most likely never will, and he'll get to do it because he is filthy rich. Does that make him a better man and deserving of this? Most likely the answer to that question is yes. But is it not mildly depressing? Knowing that while you and billions others are scrounging to make ends meet, to buy a home, and in a majority of the cases to put food on the table, there are people who can afford to plunk down $20million + to take a joy ride into space. I don't blame him for it, and I think its his right that he do what he wants with the money he earned. Its just, such an overpowering display of wealth.
You are absolutely right, the workers will throw their weight in if they have something to lose financially. The scenario you described is in support of my argument. They were not fighting for a different system of government or a freer society or any such abstract concept. They were fighting for financial well being. If the chinese government were to suddenly impoverish its middle class, they would surely rise up against it. But that is not the case, China's present government is creating a middle class, not destroying it.
Yes. I am sure that the rich as very politically active (albeit in a different way). Through corruption, cronyism, gifts and other means, the rich in China are very politically active. But the rich use their wealth to make the existing authority act favorably towards them. When they do try to use their wealth to defy the authority, Mikhail Khodorkovsky stands out as a warning to all. The rich are concerned in perpetuating their wealth and status, as long as the government can be coerced into letting them achieve that goal, why on Earth would they want to challenge it?
I disagree. I'm not saying you're wrong, but from what I've seen (yes its my subjective view point) financial wealth breeds apathy. I've seen this in more than one country and more than one society. The middle class and the rich by definition have something to loose. They are the last people to want any kind of uncertainty and change always brings uncertainty. The middle class and the rich would only throw their weight in to help the poor if they themselves had something to loose by not doing so. America is a great example of apathy due to financial wealth. I read this somewhere, (I cant remember where, so cant attribute it correctly, but I wont take credit for it) "The Chinese government has basically made a deal with its people, let it retain its place of power and in return it will bring them financial wealth". That is exactly what has been happening in China. People have been trading freedom for prosperity. There are thousands of protests in China each year, but its not the middle class and the rich protesting.. it's the poor who haven't benefited from China's prosperity.
You are completely and totally wrong. As a person who was brought up in a suburb of Dubai (I'm not a UAE citizen) I can tell you that Iran and the UAE do NOT get along. Iran tolerates the UAE, and the UAE fears Iran. Simple as that. Do a google on the island of "Abu Musa" (or Abu moosa) and you'll see why. The UAE is very pro US, and Iran as we all no, isn't. The UAE is THE most liberal and open of the Arab societies (with the possible exception of Jordan).. Iran is one of THE most conservative and religiously fanatical countries of the region. Iran is Shiite. The UAE is mostly Sunni (a significant chunk of which is Wahabi). The LAST thing dubai wants is a nuclear Iran.
What about the true option? Why on earth did the american military go in there and mess things up in the first place? Why did they arm Saddam Hussein for decades so he could oppress his own people? Why did the american government not make a big fuss when he first gassed his own people? I could go on and on.
Lets face it, the american government isn't there coz it wants to protect the Iraqis. It doesn't give a damn about the Iraqis. It never has, and it probably never will. I'm not saying that the insurgents in Iraq are geniuses themselves, but lets not expect the Iraqi people to be great full we're there. Coz they we're the reason they are in such a mess to begin with. No, its our DUTY to stay there and protect them after the mess we've made of their country.
As a grad student at USC and someone who has studied under Mr. Brown, I'll say that I have to agree. Atleast as far I am concerned, I wouldn't want my professors to be teaching me a specific technology or system. I want them to teach me to think at a higher level. I mean if you really want to learn a technology well, do you really need a classroom and a professor? Can't you just pick up a few books, download some tools/compilers/etc. and learn it yourself?
On the other hand, what professor's teach you isn't so much how to code in Java or write PHP. What a professor teaches you (atleast the ones I've studied under here at USC) is how they (or other experts) tackled/approached engineering problems in the past, which IMO is more valuable.. in other words.. they impart more wisdom than knowledge. I think most good engineering schools would follow a similar pattern of teaching.
I dont remember the name of the character (or the actor for that matter) but you gotta give props to the guy who can design a virus that can disable a completely alien computer system and then hack into that alien space ship's computer system to implant a virus from an iBook! I mean we're talking alien communication protocols, alien hardware, alien software, alien everything!!... unless ofcourse aliens use macs.
Not to mention. HE SAVED THE EARTH! No top 20 greatest movie hackers to have ever existed list is complete without him!
Better Make that DVD scratch proof. Wouldn't one tiny scratch or piece of gunk and blot out a few megs of stuff? Or maybe they'll put it in a plastic casing (like a cartridge)..
Yes, but he didn't talk about compression, resolution, frame rate or even how many colors in which you'll get to see it.:P
Seriously though, I agree with you. I think its just some guy making bold predictions to get attention. Like predicting flying cars, or colonies on the moon, plastic disposable houses, or android helpers, etc. Do what I do, and go 'yeah, maybe.. but I'll believe it when I see it.'
I think you're parsing that sentence wrong. Read it as :
"PS3: Releasing one year after the lower priced Xbox 360, [with the Xbox360 being] lauded for its great games, ease of development, and superior online service."
Its not like NASA hasn't blown up a few shuttles itself. This literally IS rocket science. Its very easy to goof up. Give the Indians a break. Would you want them posting on slashdot "NASA Should have outsourced" when NASA has its next exploding rocket/space shuttle?
I would agree with the poster, if he/she had ended that statement with ".. in the foreseeable future", but he/she didn't, and I think he/she will most likely be proven wrong. The Article however, I cannot disagree with. The article states "Carbon nano tubes cables wont hold up", which may or may not be accurate, but it doesn't make sweeping statements about the future like the poster does.
Why is it that you preclude the possibility of finding substances stronger than nanotubes? Even if the laws of phsyics would state "you cant get stronger than a nanotube", I would still be sceptical. What we call the laws of physics, aren't really laws.. they are formulations and theories based on observation and experimentation, that have withstood rigorous testing and are generally accepted.
However, as our understanding of the universe grows, those laws might change too:)
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the neighboring counties they would move to would rise in population density, hence making them just as expensive in gas.
I live in Los Angeles, the second biggest American city and I can tell you first hand that the public transport system here SUCKS! I HAD to buy a car.. Absolutely HAD to, even when I was a flat broke student living in a room the size of the car I bought. Yes it was a used old banger, but I was actually able to get around! To build a functioning public transport system you need money. I wouldn't mind taking twice the time to get to/from work everyday using public transport just so I dont have to drive, but the way the public transport system is. It would end up taking 3 times as much (An 1 hour and 30 minutes!) and that is just absurd.
If only our government would spend more of the money they take from us, and spend it back on us. Instead, what I see is them taking my money so they can go bomb some people. The worst part is? I have to live with the knowledge, that I, for my part, am working hard every day to help pay for those weapons.
Gas is too expensive at $3? HA! Lower the damn income tax rate, and tax the gas consumption. A responsible government would do this. Unfortunately, if there are heavier taxes brought on gas, our income tax wont fall to compensate, we'll just be paying for more missiles, and guns.
Just imagine. For a minute.. impossible as it may seem. If $6/gallon were levied as a gas tax in all counties with a population density over a certain threshold, to pay for a public transport system for that county. To make it faster, cleaner, safer and more convenient. I'd gladly pay $9 a gallon to gas my car up then.
Yes I know marketing has one t not two, it was a typo. sorry
Slimmed down sounds like marketting speak? Crippled is more accurate.
Sure they can make a version of the CLR available on all platforms, just has to be crippled enough that people would rather use the one on windows. That way they can say "if you really really want to use it on any platform you can.. but we recommend that you use the version on windows because of X, Y and Z".. Also they will have some stupid excuse for not supporting X, Y and Z on the other platforms as if it was the fault of the other platforms.
Well said, not everyone can be the guru of everything. This macho geek attitude of 'If you cant do it in this super efficient, optimal way, you have no business doing it' is very detrimental to the OSS community. I am a software engineer, but I do basic admin stuff too, there are admins in my company who are obviously better than me.. but that doesn't mean that I cant take care of some of the duties too. I dont have to be supremely competent.. just competent enough.
well said. I guess what they are trying to imply by saying that there is a patent pending on their technology/mechanism (or that it is patented) is that its 'innovative', 'revolutionary' and that they cannot find it elsewhere.
And bush will claim it was the terrorists!
Seriously though, To quote a famous comedian on the columbine shooting "whatever happend to just plain old Crazy?". This man was obviously psychotic. He had obviously lost his instinct for self preservation (ie. if I go around shooting people for no reason whatsoever, I am as good as dead). He doesn't need to be a terrorist or a gamer brainwashed by Half Life. He just needs to be nuts.
It would make more sense to blame liquor companies for drunk driving deaths (which by the way are FAR FAR more numerous.. in fact, on average today itself more people will die of drunk driving than this piece of shit killed) than to blame games for psychopathic morons. Ofcourse, NEITHER makes sense. Why? Because BOTH are idiots.
Not only is it a rich man's world. It is also a rich man's solar system now. Its amazing what money can bring you. He will get to experience something that I most likely never will, and he'll get to do it because he is filthy rich. Does that make him a better man and deserving of this? Most likely the answer to that question is yes. But is it not mildly depressing? Knowing that while you and billions others are scrounging to make ends meet, to buy a home, and in a majority of the cases to put food on the table, there are people who can afford to plunk down $20million + to take a joy ride into space. I don't blame him for it, and I think its his right that he do what he wants with the money he earned. Its just, such an overpowering display of wealth.
You are absolutely right, the workers will throw their weight in if they have something to lose financially. The scenario you described is in support of my argument. They were not fighting for a different system of government or a freer society or any such abstract concept. They were fighting for financial well being. If the chinese government were to suddenly impoverish its middle class, they would surely rise up against it. But that is not the case, China's present government is creating a middle class, not destroying it.
Yes. I am sure that the rich as very politically active (albeit in a different way). Through corruption, cronyism, gifts and other means, the rich in China are very politically active. But the rich use their wealth to make the existing authority act favorably towards them. When they do try to use their wealth to defy the authority, Mikhail Khodorkovsky stands out as a warning to all. The rich are concerned in perpetuating their wealth and status, as long as the government can be coerced into letting them achieve that goal, why on Earth would they want to challenge it?
Thank you for pointing that out :) I'll be more careful next time.
I disagree. I'm not saying you're wrong, but from what I've seen (yes its my subjective view point) financial wealth breeds apathy. I've seen this in more than one country and more than one society. The middle class and the rich by definition have something to loose. They are the last people to want any kind of uncertainty and change always brings uncertainty. The middle class and the rich would only throw their weight in to help the poor if they themselves had something to loose by not doing so. America is a great example of apathy due to financial wealth. I read this somewhere, (I cant remember where, so cant attribute it correctly, but I wont take credit for it) "The Chinese government has basically made a deal with its people, let it retain its place of power and in return it will bring them financial wealth". That is exactly what has been happening in China. People have been trading freedom for prosperity. There are thousands of protests in China each year, but its not the middle class and the rich protesting.. it's the poor who haven't benefited from China's prosperity.
To which you could add, "and you have to pee real bad"
are you actually implying that bush has Charisma?
You are completely and totally wrong. As a person who was brought up in a suburb of Dubai (I'm not a UAE citizen) I can tell you that Iran and the UAE do NOT get along. Iran tolerates the UAE, and the UAE fears Iran. Simple as that. Do a google on the island of "Abu Musa" (or Abu moosa) and you'll see why. The UAE is very pro US, and Iran as we all no, isn't. The UAE is THE most liberal and open of the Arab societies (with the possible exception of Jordan) .. Iran is one of THE most conservative and religiously fanatical countries of the region. Iran is Shiite. The UAE is mostly Sunni (a significant chunk of which is Wahabi). The LAST thing dubai wants is a nuclear Iran.
You're just an HR manager trying to do damage control.
You aint foolin nobody mister!
What about the true option? Why on earth did the american military go in there and mess things up in the first place? Why did they arm Saddam Hussein for decades so he could oppress his own people? Why did the american government not make a big fuss when he first gassed his own people? I could go on and on.
Lets face it, the american government isn't there coz it wants to protect the Iraqis. It doesn't give a damn about the Iraqis. It never has, and it probably never will. I'm not saying that the insurgents in Iraq are geniuses themselves, but lets not expect the Iraqi people to be great full we're there. Coz they we're the reason they are in such a mess to begin with. No, its our DUTY to stay there and protect them after the mess we've made of their country.
As a grad student at USC and someone who has studied under Mr. Brown, I'll say that I have to agree. Atleast as far I am concerned, I wouldn't want my professors to be teaching me a specific technology or system. I want them to teach me to think at a higher level. I mean if you really want to learn a technology well, do you really need a classroom and a professor? Can't you just pick up a few books, download some tools/compilers/etc. and learn it yourself?
On the other hand, what professor's teach you isn't so much how to code in Java or write PHP. What a professor teaches you (atleast the ones I've studied under here at USC) is how they (or other experts) tackled/approached engineering problems in the past, which IMO is more valuable.. in other words.. they impart more wisdom than knowledge. I think most good engineering schools would follow a similar pattern of teaching.
I dont remember the name of the character (or the actor for that matter) but you gotta give props to the guy who can design a virus that can disable a completely alien computer system and then hack into that alien space ship's computer system to implant a virus from an iBook! I mean we're talking alien communication protocols, alien hardware, alien software, alien everything!! ... unless ofcourse aliens use macs.
Not to mention. HE SAVED THE EARTH! No top 20 greatest movie hackers to have ever existed list is complete without him!
Better Make that DVD scratch proof. Wouldn't one tiny scratch or piece of gunk and blot out a few megs of stuff? Or maybe they'll put it in a plastic casing (like a cartridge)..
Yes, but he didn't talk about compression, resolution, frame rate or even how many colors in which you'll get to see it. :P
Seriously though, I agree with you. I think its just some guy making bold predictions to get attention. Like predicting flying cars, or colonies on the moon, plastic disposable houses, or android helpers, etc. Do what I do, and go 'yeah, maybe.. but I'll believe it when I see it.'
I think you're parsing that sentence wrong. Read it as :
"PS3: Releasing one year after the lower priced Xbox 360, [with the Xbox360 being] lauded for its great games, ease of development, and superior online service."
Non lethal != non harmful.
Something that leaves you a Quadriplegic but keeps you alive is definitely not lethal, but you wouldn't want them testing it on just about anyone.
These non-lethal weapons may not instantly kill the victim, but there could very well be harmful long term side effects. Who knows?
Its not like NASA hasn't blown up a few shuttles itself. This literally IS rocket science. Its very easy to goof up. Give the Indians a break. Would you want them posting on slashdot "NASA Should have outsourced" when NASA has its next exploding rocket/space shuttle?
I would agree with the poster, if he/she had ended that statement with ".. in the foreseeable future", but he/she didn't, and I think he/she will most likely be proven wrong. The Article however, I cannot disagree with. The article states "Carbon nano tubes cables wont hold up", which may or may not be accurate, but it doesn't make sweeping statements about the future like the poster does.
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Why is it that you preclude the possibility of finding substances stronger than nanotubes? Even if the laws of phsyics would state "you cant get stronger than a nanotube", I would still be sceptical. What we call the laws of physics, aren't really laws.. they are formulations and theories based on observation and experimentation, that have withstood rigorous testing and are generally accepted.
However, as our understanding of the universe grows, those laws might change too