However, will we have something capable of reading it in 20-50 years? Probably. But will we have something capable of reading 8 1/2 x 11 paper, which will double as a punch card reader? Even more likely.
Also, microfilm is made of plastic, which melts, deteriorates and becomes cloudy, and many other ways of becoming unreadable. Paper, no matter how much it turns yellow, will still be readable if the information on it is holes through the paper.
Here's an even better paper storage method that can hold much more data than punch cards.
I'm not defending the possession of ICBMs, just suggesting that if there is one nation that should be kept from having them, North Korea is probably it.
And since we already blew our wad in Iraq there is probably not much we can do about now.
Seriously, I'm pretty sure that, had Diablo 3 been released the day after the controversial pics were released, it still would have sold faster than the Bible in Alabama after a terrorist attack and the introduction of a gay marriage bill in congress.
Eh, X-com was definitely fun, but Civ2 was the true life killer for me (then later, Alpha Centauri).
Those are both among my favorites but the 90's game that got the most play time out of me was the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series from Lucasarts. I never figured out why they haven't updated that game with newer graphics and network play.
My children will not and would not do such a thing with their phone or facebook because I monitor what they are doing daily as well as other parents and kids. Any real parent would not let this happen.
Teens have been having sex since time immemorial, it's built into us as a species and it's why we are all here. Parents have only been trying to stop it since the onslaught of religion. The parents will inevitably lose in the long run. The sex drive is second only the hunger drive so if the teen has a full stomach then what do you think the next priority is?
Of course children need to be protected but they also need to be respected as fellow humans. Teach your kids birth control and responsibility but also realize that when they mature sexually they are sexual creatures just like everyone else. Let them grow up for chrissake.
I'll live my life accordingly, and if I'm wrong I'll gladly concede when I die and it all comes to not. If you happen to be wrong, you might have a bit more to worry about than I will,
Pascal's wager? Come on, you can do better than that.
Is it really so hard to understand that scientists espousing evolution as all it purports itself to be might not be all together altruistic? Think about it. Man (and subsequently woman, when I say man I mean mankind as a whole) wants to do what he wants. If God doesn't exist there is no problem with that. So a scientist (who is a member of mankind) might set out to prove God does not exist by intentionally interpreting their findings in a way that supports their theory. There have been many examples of this in the so called evidence of evolution.
Yes, this has happened in many fields and for a very specific reason. The church was very hostile to new ideas since it would challenge their position as holders of 'the truth' and subsequently weaken their positions of power. It was a very conscious effort on the part of scientists to remove god from their studies hence removing the strangle hold the church had on knowledge and progress. This allowed them to actually forge ahead and make new, beneficial discovery's that you and I both benefit from right now including typing on these computers.
In high school I was told that my religious upbringing was a crock, and that a big bang created all of us.
In public school that would be illegal and you could have filed charges.
Never mind that while I've never seen God I've certainly felt His presence, seen Him answer prayer, and watched Him transform self serving jerks into selfless wonders of creation.
You underestimate the power of the human mind. If you desire something strong enough you can make anything happen. If you choose to give credit to an old angry, jealous ghost man in the sky then that's your business.
Never mind that if I stick an M80 in a mailbox all I get is a mess (I've yet to see it create new life).
I don't know where you got that from but nothing in evolutionary theory suggests that.
Because some scientist dreamed up this theory, and gathered enough so called evidence we're going to go ahead and call that the truth.
Science is based on observable fact and experimentation and part of the process is to prove their ideas wrong and adjust accordingly. When was the last time you heard a preacher say 'Well, this book claims to be the word of god, let's do everything we can to disprove it and adjust our beliefs accordingly'. I would wager, never. I spent the best years of my life as a christian and talk about being crammed down your throat! Free thinking was discouraged and considered the work of 'the enemy'.
You said yourself
I don't know for a fact that God is real.
Exactly, so where does belief fit into science class? Nowhere. That is what is making everyone so angry. Keep your beliefs where they belong, in church, not in the publicly funded schools that I have to pay for.
Yeah, go ahead and flag me as flamebait rather than engage in intelligent discussion. And you wonder why we question the validity of your beliefs.
That's like engaging in an 'intelligent' discussion about the existence of unicorns.
Why do you care what we heathens think anyway? You get to spend an eternity in heaven laughing at us evolutionist while we burn in hell. Isn't that enough?
IAAL, and you Schemat1c, are a mother-fucking pedophile, though not necessarily at the same time. Oh and the job you "work" at, a complete waste of time, money and societal resources. Hopefully you will soon be made redundant (I mean given the current economic conditions you probable will).
No hard feelings buddy, I just don't like to be insulted by some random stranger for no reason whatsoever.
Funny, I'm a geek and I hear insults directed toward my kind often yet I just laugh them off. As do most of the lawyer friends I know when they hear a lawyer joke. You seem a little to thin skinned to be an actual lawyer but who can tell with you safe behind your anonymous shield and all.
"I'm not saying we should kill all of the stupid people in the world, but maybe if we just removed all of the unnecessary warning labels the problem would correct itself"
That would just ensure the survival of more lawyers. Ah hell those bastards would figure out a way to survive anyway, parasites are like that.
Of course this is where you attempt to find some reason why shit you're posting still matters, the whole while thinking the echo chamber you live in in representative of reality.
RIAA is a joke, and you're an even worse joke for wasting so much time posting trivial shit about them that no one who isn't a total loser cares about.
Wow, you run out of Prozac or something? If you don't like what the guy posts then don't read it, or better yet don't waste your time and anger commenting on it.
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However, will we have something capable of reading it in 20-50 years?
Probably.
But will we have something capable of reading 8 1/2 x 11 paper, which will double as a punch card reader?
Even more likely.
Also, microfilm is made of plastic, which melts, deteriorates and becomes cloudy, and many other ways of becoming unreadable.
Paper, no matter how much it turns yellow, will still be readable if the information on it is holes through the paper.
Here's an even better paper storage method that can hold much more data than punch cards.
Wake me up when they make an electric car called the USS Enterprise.
Wake up.
The Arpanet was supposed to survive nukes.
Nope.
A portal is just an opening or a doorway.
The cake is a lie.
Speaking from naval experience here...
What does your bellybutton have to do with icebergs?
I'm not defending the possession of ICBMs, just suggesting that if there is one nation that should be kept from having them, North Korea is probably it.
And since we already blew our wad in Iraq there is probably not much we can do about now.
Thank you Mr. Bush.
Seriously, I'm pretty sure that, had Diablo 3 been released the day after the controversial pics were released, it still would have sold faster than the Bible in Alabama after a terrorist attack and the introduction of a gay marriage bill in congress.
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Eh, X-com was definitely fun, but Civ2 was the true life killer for me (then later, Alpha Centauri).
Those are both among my favorites but the 90's game that got the most play time out of me was the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series from Lucasarts. I never figured out why they haven't updated that game with newer graphics and network play.
Aaaaarrrggghhhhh.... isn't there a way to disable this fscking moronic "Post Anonymously" crap? I am beginning to hate /. for this idiotic design.
No, but you can filter them out. I haven't seen an anonymous post in years.
As a male, I can safely say that I have no idea what direction my penis is currently facing,
I do 'cause I can feel it touching my ankle.
I've tried. I ask them over and over again, and they never answer me.
You're asking the wrong vegetables.
Mushrooms anyone?
The girls are 14 years old. I don't know ANY thinking adult that would consider 14 as "sexually mature".
Sounds like you're the one not thinking.
Sexual maturity
They also watch each other as well as answer to their friends and friends parents on what they do.
Hmm.. this sounds vaguely familiar. I would mention it but then we would have to end the thread.
My children will not and would not do such a thing with their phone or facebook because I monitor what they are doing daily as well as other parents and kids. Any real parent would not let this happen.
Teens have been having sex since time immemorial, it's built into us as a species and it's why we are all here. Parents have only been trying to stop it since the onslaught of religion. The parents will inevitably lose in the long run. The sex drive is second only the hunger drive so if the teen has a full stomach then what do you think the next priority is?
Of course children need to be protected but they also need to be respected as fellow humans. Teach your kids birth control and responsibility but also realize that when they mature sexually they are sexual creatures just like everyone else. Let them grow up for chrissake.
Common sense has ceased to exist in either location in detectable quantities.
You speak as if it was once there.
Something with a good solid thunk when I hit a key makes an incredible difference to my typing.
But not good when you have to type while others sleep. Some of us need the quiet keyboards or have them bashed over our heads at 2am.
One of us has been lied to.
I agree with you there.
I'll live my life accordingly, and if I'm wrong I'll gladly concede when I die and it all comes to not. If you happen to be wrong, you might have a bit more to worry about than I will,
Pascal's wager? Come on, you can do better than that.
Is it really so hard to understand that scientists espousing evolution as all it purports itself to be might not be all together altruistic? Think about it. Man (and subsequently woman, when I say man I mean mankind as a whole) wants to do what he wants. If God doesn't exist there is no problem with that. So a scientist (who is a member of mankind) might set out to prove God does not exist by intentionally interpreting their findings in a way that supports their theory. There have been many examples of this in the so called evidence of evolution.
Yes, this has happened in many fields and for a very specific reason. The church was very hostile to new ideas since it would challenge their position as holders of 'the truth' and subsequently weaken their positions of power. It was a very conscious effort on the part of scientists to remove god from their studies hence removing the strangle hold the church had on knowledge and progress. This allowed them to actually forge ahead and make new, beneficial discovery's that you and I both benefit from right now including typing on these computers.
In high school I was told that my religious upbringing was a crock, and that a big bang created all of us.
In public school that would be illegal and you could have filed charges.
Never mind that while I've never seen God I've certainly felt His presence, seen Him answer prayer, and watched Him transform self serving jerks into selfless wonders of creation.
You underestimate the power of the human mind. If you desire something strong enough you can make anything happen. If you choose to give credit to an old angry, jealous ghost man in the sky then that's your business.
Never mind that if I stick an M80 in a mailbox all I get is a mess (I've yet to see it create new life).
I don't know where you got that from but nothing in evolutionary theory suggests that.
Because some scientist dreamed up this theory, and gathered enough so called evidence we're going to go ahead and call that the truth.
Science is based on observable fact and experimentation and part of the process is to prove their ideas wrong and adjust accordingly. When was the last time you heard a preacher say 'Well, this book claims to be the word of god, let's do everything we can to disprove it and adjust our beliefs accordingly'. I would wager, never. I spent the best years of my life as a christian and talk about being crammed down your throat! Free thinking was discouraged and considered the work of 'the enemy'.
You said yourself
I don't know for a fact that God is real.
Exactly, so where does belief fit into science class? Nowhere. That is what is making everyone so angry. Keep your beliefs where they belong, in church, not in the publicly funded schools that I have to pay for.
which fraction of the population are non-idiots, according to your definition?
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
- George Carlin
Yeah, go ahead and flag me as flamebait rather than engage in intelligent discussion. And you wonder why we question the validity of your beliefs.
That's like engaging in an 'intelligent' discussion about the existence of unicorns.
Why do you care what we heathens think anyway? You get to spend an eternity in heaven laughing at us evolutionist while we burn in hell. Isn't that enough?
...are the people behind nearly all that is evil in the world!
Ah come on not all evil, leave some room for bankers and republicans!
IAAL, and you Schemat1c, are a mother-fucking pedophile, though not necessarily at the same time. Oh and the job you "work" at, a complete waste of time, money and societal resources. Hopefully you will soon be made redundant (I mean given the current economic conditions you probable will).
No hard feelings buddy, I just don't like to be insulted by some random stranger for no reason whatsoever.
Funny, I'm a geek and I hear insults directed toward my kind often yet I just laugh them off. As do most of the lawyer friends I know when they hear a lawyer joke. You seem a little to thin skinned to be an actual lawyer but who can tell with you safe behind your anonymous shield and all.
Grow a pair and don't be such a baby.
"I'm not saying we should kill all of the stupid people in the world, but maybe if we just removed all of the unnecessary warning labels the problem would correct itself"
That would just ensure the survival of more lawyers. Ah hell those bastards would figure out a way to survive anyway, parasites are like that.
I'm equally as "pissed" at Yanni. If you're going to dress like a magician, and cut your hair like a magician, you should do magic.
Guess you thought no one else here watches The IT Crowd.
If I had a cigar, I'd give it to you.
Is that a Bill Clinton quote?
Of course this is where you attempt to find some reason why shit you're posting still matters, the whole while thinking the echo chamber you live in in representative of reality.
RIAA is a joke, and you're an even worse joke for wasting so much time posting trivial shit about them that no one who isn't a total loser cares about.
Wow, you run out of Prozac or something? If you don't like what the guy posts then don't read it, or better yet don't waste your time and anger commenting on it.
Sheesh!