I think what TFA refers to by "true invention" is a big enough, or sudden enough iterative innovation.
And I think it just shows a complete lack of knowledge on behalf of the writer, since there are many industries full of completely new inventions - from pharmaceutical research to medicine to the defense industry. Some of these have broken new ground. Of course since they are also highly specialized areas, you won't know about them unless you're in the field(s). But just because no one has invented the light sabre doesn't mean invention isn't happening.
Exactly. The submitter missed the part where prosecutors and judges have already held the owner of the router accountable for things done from his IP. While some are starting to argue that IP does not prove a named person comitted the act, it's an argument. Why spend months/years in court when all you have to do is put a password?
Just fund it by minting a special "Death Star" platinum coin... Also what is so different between blowing up planets and dropping bombs on people with drones?
Sure, blame the Chinese. It's not at all the fault of the wholesalers and dealers for not stocking enough to meet a small and temporary shortfall like this. Also the US has never, ever, thrown its weight around, right?
Yup. If the study were true, China would be one of the most violent countries on Earth. Rich people can afford better products, ie, products with less led in them. Rich people have other, non-violent, ways of stealing large sums of money. I personally believe that the arrival of the internet, cheap entertainment be it games or porn, and easy access to information, has kept people busy at night. And porn and possibly less stressful masturbation has helped release a lot of pent up sexual energy.
gub'mint gonna raise my kids for me, gub'mint put em in jail cos they're "out of control". Well I guess you can't really complain when you start inviting government into parenting what with even raising your voice to a child is now "emotional abuse". I'm not endorsing corporal "punishment", but the kids are probably beyond correction now. Yet there was an age at which just a stern look would have defined a clear boundary.
Mars has a primarily CO2 atmosphere. Mars is now a dead planet. How long until people start claiming than unless you pay your CO2 tax, the Earth will turn into Mars?
Pretty much by definition you can't reach absolute zero because the moment you go "below" it, all you managed to do is redefine "absolute zero" as meaning a new temperature.
And yet governments continue business as usual as if nothing was wrong. There is no inflation. Your dollar is worth exactly the same as it was last year. Continue borrowing, continue shopping... the fact that governments can no longer even afford to mint what used to be the cheapest coin to make is not a significant sign of anything.
How does reducing the actual surface area in contact with the ground help it stay on a moon with low gravity? Or are the "spikes" expected to sink into the "dust" or something? What happens when this thing drives over a rock?
Yup I agree completely. Ultimately I am responsible for my computer, not my OS vendor, and the "trust" model has already proven to be flawed. When the hackers have obtained certificates from the certificate issuing authorities themselves like say, VeriSign, there is no one left to trust. It's a mere marketing term that has no real value. Therefore I must have the keys to my own machine since ultimately I am the only one worthy of my trust.
You're foolish if you think the human body's temperature is exactly 37C. In fact it varies according to your circadian rhythm and any activity you may or may not be doing. Anything between 36 and 37.5 is completely normal, and physicians only start to talk about "fever" past 38C.
But does it really matter what "technology" it uses if it can launch a bomb across an ocean? I don't think the parameters for success include "spend X billion inventing a new technology". Just the fact that they have managed to scale it up where other countries decided not to implies some sort of innovation. It's either cheaper, or they figured out a way to do it cheaper.
He's actually being realistic. You're the one that wants to put padding and safety nets on what is turning out to be a war of ideology. In war the guy wearing the boxing gloves usually loses to the guy dropping the JDAM. War is won by the most violent, like Clausewitz said. Can't get a much better summary than that.
But how do you get rid of those people without becoming the person that can't be tolerated?
That's an age old dilemma that was answered by Aristotle. "We make war, so that we may have peace". You have to become them for a while. But the thing is, they can never become you.
Wait are we talking about the same Hollywood? Because as far as I know, people pay to see what they think is going to be an entertaining story, but often disappoints. But now they mostly go just to sit in the dark, see flashy lights and loud noises and get angry about other people's cell phones.
3D sucks as a feature in a television, as television manufacturers have found out. A few years ago they were plugging 3D like crazy. Now they've backed off. 3D also sucks as a seller of movies except among young children who have never experienced it before. People have been resisting 3D for almost 3 generations now. And yet you blame it on the "lack of proliferation of 3D devices" making it a non viable "business" model. No, the real reason is that people find that stereoscopic 3D adds absolutely nothing to a film apart from the novelty value, and all the stupid little "look how cool this is in 3D" tricks of having the "shocker" actor/boulder/knife/blood/semen jump into the foreground are overused beyond being a cliché. If that is the only thing 3D adds to a movie then it should be buried in the desert right next to Atari's ET the Extra-terrestrial game.
Only at the beginning. Once people realize there are no consequences, it will just be arrests without trial. This has happened numerous times before, history is full of examples. It will happen again.
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I think what TFA refers to by "true invention" is a big enough, or sudden enough iterative innovation.
And I think it just shows a complete lack of knowledge on behalf of the writer, since there are many industries full of completely new inventions - from pharmaceutical research to medicine to the defense industry. Some of these have broken new ground. Of course since they are also highly specialized areas, you won't know about them unless you're in the field(s). But just because no one has invented the light sabre doesn't mean invention isn't happening.
And Apple fans would also claim that Steve Jobs invented the wheel.
Heh some people are slow to wake up. I left Canada 20 years ago...
Exactly. The submitter missed the part where prosecutors and judges have already held the owner of the router accountable for things done from his IP. While some are starting to argue that IP does not prove a named person comitted the act, it's an argument. Why spend months/years in court when all you have to do is put a password?
Just fund it by minting a special "Death Star" platinum coin... Also what is so different between blowing up planets and dropping bombs on people with drones?
Sure, blame the Chinese. It's not at all the fault of the wholesalers and dealers for not stocking enough to meet a small and temporary shortfall like this. Also the US has never, ever, thrown its weight around, right?
No because the left hand is being sat on by the government, and the right hand was stolen by the oligopolies.
Or if you deposit your barium, you get your rent back.
Yup. If the study were true, China would be one of the most violent countries on Earth. Rich people can afford better products, ie, products with less led in them. Rich people have other, non-violent, ways of stealing large sums of money. I personally believe that the arrival of the internet, cheap entertainment be it games or porn, and easy access to information, has kept people busy at night. And porn and possibly less stressful masturbation has helped release a lot of pent up sexual energy.
gub'mint gonna raise my kids for me, gub'mint put em in jail cos they're "out of control". Well I guess you can't really complain when you start inviting government into parenting what with even raising your voice to a child is now "emotional abuse". I'm not endorsing corporal "punishment", but the kids are probably beyond correction now. Yet there was an age at which just a stern look would have defined a clear boundary.
Because most people are, quite by definition, dumber than the rest.
Mars has a primarily CO2 atmosphere. Mars is now a dead planet. How long until people start claiming than unless you pay your CO2 tax, the Earth will turn into Mars?
Pretty much by definition you can't reach absolute zero because the moment you go "below" it, all you managed to do is redefine "absolute zero" as meaning a new temperature.
And yet governments continue business as usual as if nothing was wrong. There is no inflation. Your dollar is worth exactly the same as it was last year. Continue borrowing, continue shopping... the fact that governments can no longer even afford to mint what used to be the cheapest coin to make is not a significant sign of anything.
How does reducing the actual surface area in contact with the ground help it stay on a moon with low gravity? Or are the "spikes" expected to sink into the "dust" or something? What happens when this thing drives over a rock?
Yup I agree completely. Ultimately I am responsible for my computer, not my OS vendor, and the "trust" model has already proven to be flawed. When the hackers have obtained certificates from the certificate issuing authorities themselves like say, VeriSign, there is no one left to trust. It's a mere marketing term that has no real value. Therefore I must have the keys to my own machine since ultimately I am the only one worthy of my trust.
You're foolish if you think the human body's temperature is exactly 37C. In fact it varies according to your circadian rhythm and any activity you may or may not be doing. Anything between 36 and 37.5 is completely normal, and physicians only start to talk about "fever" past 38C.
But does it really matter what "technology" it uses if it can launch a bomb across an ocean? I don't think the parameters for success include "spend X billion inventing a new technology". Just the fact that they have managed to scale it up where other countries decided not to implies some sort of innovation. It's either cheaper, or they figured out a way to do it cheaper.
He's actually being realistic. You're the one that wants to put padding and safety nets on what is turning out to be a war of ideology. In war the guy wearing the boxing gloves usually loses to the guy dropping the JDAM. War is won by the most violent, like Clausewitz said. Can't get a much better summary than that.
But how do you get rid of those people without becoming the person that can't be tolerated?
That's an age old dilemma that was answered by Aristotle. "We make war, so that we may have peace". You have to become them for a while. But the thing is, they can never become you.
No, being ready to kill over an insult is the irresponsible act. There is NO excuse for it. All you are doing is justifying violence.
People pay to see an entertaining story
Wait are we talking about the same Hollywood? Because as far as I know, people pay to see what they think is going to be an entertaining story, but often disappoints. But now they mostly go just to sit in the dark, see flashy lights and loud noises and get angry about other people's cell phones.
3D sucks as a feature in a television, as television manufacturers have found out. A few years ago they were plugging 3D like crazy. Now they've backed off. 3D also sucks as a seller of movies except among young children who have never experienced it before. People have been resisting 3D for almost 3 generations now. And yet you blame it on the "lack of proliferation of 3D devices" making it a non viable "business" model. No, the real reason is that people find that stereoscopic 3D adds absolutely nothing to a film apart from the novelty value, and all the stupid little "look how cool this is in 3D" tricks of having the "shocker" actor/boulder/knife/blood/semen jump into the foreground are overused beyond being a cliché. If that is the only thing 3D adds to a movie then it should be buried in the desert right next to Atari's ET the Extra-terrestrial game.
"Talking pictures" were an immediate success, unlike 3D which the film industry has been trying to ram down our throats for almost 60 years...
and "arrests without trial for dissenting speech"
Only at the beginning. Once people realize there are no consequences, it will just be arrests without trial. This has happened numerous times before, history is full of examples. It will happen again.