And we still won't be able to DO anything with the stem cells since Bush doesn't like them. What'd they ever do to him (besides possibly erecting him as the ugliest man alive)?
Does anyone else feel like we're building humans, what with finding the "ultimate stem cell" and having computer chips broken down into different functional areas (like different organs in the body)? It sure scares the hell out of me.
Something I wonder about is if this could be used to cure EVERY disease. I mean, if this can only cure "almost" any disease, which are the ones that are still incurable? I imagine that there are inevitably going to be some things that can't be cured by harvesting (cloning) a new organ, or by replacing cancerous cells with healthy cells...what diseases are these? (Brain damage caused by stroke?) A more elaborate plan for severe disorders such as AIDS or advanced forms of cancer is to reprogram these "base" stem cells to destroy and rebuild each cell in the body, replacing each old cell with a new cell that has transformed to take the place of the old cell. However, this brings up the issue of what happens when you replace brain cells? Is the information retained? The cells can't be identical to others if they're cancerous...would there be a way to code cells to brute-force strip cancerous instructions? Saying this makes humans...and all creatures...sound amazingly similar to computers...is that all we are? A species of computers reprogramming ourselves? That's a scary thought.
If they're coming out with new bearingless fans (lost link, it was posted previously on/.) why would you want to get this? It seems to me that, aside from the fact that that has got to be THE single most ugly case I've ever seen, it's a waste to get something like that. I mean, think about the power expenditure!
Take a bunch of those flat escalators they have in long airport terminals, speed them up by 5-or-so times, plop them down all over the city, and suddenly being a pedestrian isn't BORING anymore! It's like an amusement park ride every time you try to go somewhere! Just make sure you have good life insurance. ^_^
Now I don't mean to get off on a rant here, but this reminds me a lot of electronic muscle stimulators. I've seen THREE separate reports on EMS' (I'm sure a bunch of you geeks bought some, don't try to deny it) and they've all said the same thing. What is it with journalistic redundancy? Is there NOT enough going on in the world? If there wasn't, why are there several dedicated cable news channels (including, but not limited to, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOXNN...)? Do it once, get it over with, stop repeating yourselves. I don't CARE that much. But then, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
Yeah, yeah, off-topic, mod me down, whatever. I don't get modded up enough for it to count anyway, what with my insignificant comments.
Does this mean that Microsoft is going to steal Linux? Sure, it's their arch-enemy, but hey! Oh! Now it all makes sense! No wonder they're suing Lindows! Duh! They want the name for themselves!
...They are good...
And hey! Everything tastes like them. Originals are always better than clones, right? So why are we stuck eating imitation chicken when we can eat the real thing?
Sounds like IBM is spending too much time trying to develop Operating Systems than they are trying to improve hardware. Remember when a PC was known as an "IBM or 100% compatible"? I still laugh when someone asks if I have an IBM...ah, ignorance. The question is, though, WHY aren't PCs still known as that? I'm not talking about political correctness and sommat, I'm talking about how IBM went from being the Top Dog to being near the bottom-of-the-barrel. I mean, I LOVE that they're hardcore Linux now, but it doesn't mean much if they don't start making really great, innovative systems again.
It's not irrational, really...I mean, if people didn't have their heads stuck up their asses they'd realize that there was a better alternative. THEN they'd have a reason to be afraid.
But then, maybe the reason they're scared is because most of the Linux/Open Source community actually knows how to speak English. All that Microsoft drones have been progra--err, educated about is that "Open Source does not an ecosystem make". *cough* Err, wow, either someone idolizes Yoda or was stoned. I'm guessing the latter.
Also dont forget that you need a *big* room for one of these too - say you have 2m high surfaces, you basically need 6-8m of vertical space once you include the space for the projectors and mirrors for the top/bottom 'walls'
Originally CRT monitors were the same way -- needed lots of room in the back for the projection. Now there are corrective CRTs that allow for the same screen sizes in the same quality and the same resolutions with less depth needed. I figure that application to this field would work well.
Eh, that or building some bigass plasma screens.;)
Just remember what happened to their 3DO system in the US: Crash'n'burn. Not that it didn't die everywhere else as well, but I think they're afraid of expending so much just to make another failed game system. Still, I'm not sure why they're so worried, it's not like they're making a KILLING in other fields.
I find it amusing how much/.ers debate and contradict themselves. Whenever the W3C makes a bad move (as they did in their privacy DTD a while back) everyone goes and says how BAD and EVIL the W3C is, but then whenever they talk about how much BETTER browser X is than browser Y, they talk about how COMPATIBLE it is with the very same people's DTDs.
The other thing I find amusing is the fact that/. (and SlashCode) uses a LOT of depreciated code (and the site isn't HTML 3.2 OR HTML 4 compliant!).
Slashdot Mirror
Hey, at least as long as AudioGalaxy times out when I try to connect to their servers I'm safe from their spyware!
And we still won't be able to DO anything with the stem cells since Bush doesn't like them. What'd they ever do to him (besides possibly erecting him as the ugliest man alive)?
Does anyone else feel like we're building humans, what with finding the "ultimate stem cell" and having computer chips broken down into different functional areas (like different organs in the body)? It sure scares the hell out of me.
A more elaborate plan for severe disorders such as AIDS or advanced forms of cancer is to reprogram these "base" stem cells to destroy and rebuild each cell in the body, replacing each old cell with a new cell that has transformed to take the place of the old cell. However, this brings up the issue of what happens when you replace brain cells? Is the information retained? The cells can't be identical to others if they're cancerous...would there be a way to code cells to brute-force strip cancerous instructions? Saying this makes humans...and all creatures...sound amazingly similar to computers...is that all we are? A species of computers reprogramming ourselves? That's a scary thought.
If they're coming out with new bearingless fans (lost link, it was posted previously on /.) why would you want to get this? It seems to me that, aside from the fact that that has got to be THE single most ugly case I've ever seen, it's a waste to get something like that. I mean, think about the power expenditure!
Get RoadRunner from AOL-TimeWarner (the lesser of two evils). It's faster than Qwest's basic 640/272 DSL service and MUCH less expensive.
Now I can have AOL advertise in *NIX.
[root@BUY-AOL]/root# ls
getaolnow games getaolnow apps getaolnow gui getaolnow text getaolnow
[root@BUY-AOL]/root# rm *getaolnow*
aolash: cannot remove '*getaolnow*' - you must buy!
Take a bunch of those flat escalators they have in long airport terminals, speed them up by 5-or-so times, plop them down all over the city, and suddenly being a pedestrian isn't BORING anymore! It's like an amusement park ride every time you try to go somewhere! Just make sure you have good life insurance. ^_^
Now I don't mean to get off on a rant here, but this reminds me a lot of electronic muscle stimulators. I've seen THREE separate reports on EMS' (I'm sure a bunch of you geeks bought some, don't try to deny it) and they've all said the same thing. What is it with journalistic redundancy? Is there NOT enough going on in the world? If there wasn't, why are there several dedicated cable news channels (including, but not limited to, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOXNN...)? Do it once, get it over with, stop repeating yourselves. I don't CARE that much. But then, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
Yeah, yeah, off-topic, mod me down, whatever. I don't get modded up enough for it to count anyway, what with my insignificant comments.
Does this mean that Microsoft is going to steal Linux? Sure, it's their arch-enemy, but hey! Oh! Now it all makes sense! No wonder they're suing Lindows! Duh! They want the name for themselves!
...They are good...
And hey! Everything tastes like them. Originals are always better than clones, right? So why are we stuck eating imitation chicken when we can eat the real thing?
The more important question is: What will this mean for Microsoft? Their operating systems are about as secure as a door with a broken lock.
What, you mean the same ones that /. use? Naw, they're smarter there than they are here. ;)
I thought that Yahoo! was run by a lab of super-intelligent monkeys.
Just pirate it. If they're gonna release shitty software, why spend your money on it? I suppose this should apply to Windows, too, but...hmm...
You say that as if you think the writer has any idea what the difference is.
Sounds like IBM is spending too much time trying to develop Operating Systems than they are trying to improve hardware. Remember when a PC was known as an "IBM or 100% compatible"? I still laugh when someone asks if I have an IBM...ah, ignorance. The question is, though, WHY aren't PCs still known as that? I'm not talking about political correctness and sommat, I'm talking about how IBM went from being the Top Dog to being near the bottom-of-the-barrel. I mean, I LOVE that they're hardcore Linux now, but it doesn't mean much if they don't start making really great, innovative systems again.
Isn't your computer your property?
What makes you think married people have sex lives?
Hey, slow down. This wasn't MY fault. You guys have all given evil a bad name. The word you're looking for is "politician".
It's not irrational, really...I mean, if people didn't have their heads stuck up their asses they'd realize that there was a better alternative. THEN they'd have a reason to be afraid.
But then, maybe the reason they're scared is because most of the Linux/Open Source community actually knows how to speak English. All that Microsoft drones have been progra--err, educated about is that "Open Source does not an ecosystem make". *cough* Err, wow, either someone idolizes Yoda or was stoned. I'm guessing the latter.
Now why would anyone want to sleep will Bill Gates? He's ugly, he wears glasses, he's created an evil multi-billion dollar corporation, he--oh, yeah.
Eh, that or building some bigass plasma screens.
Just remember what happened to their 3DO system in the US: Crash'n'burn. Not that it didn't die everywhere else as well, but I think they're afraid of expending so much just to make another failed game system. Still, I'm not sure why they're so worried, it's not like they're making a KILLING in other fields.
I find it amusing how much /.ers debate and contradict themselves. Whenever the W3C makes a bad move (as they did in their privacy DTD a while back) everyone goes and says how BAD and EVIL the W3C is, but then whenever they talk about how much BETTER browser X is than browser Y, they talk about how COMPATIBLE it is with the very same people's DTDs.
/. (and SlashCode) uses a LOT of depreciated code (and the site isn't HTML 3.2 OR HTML 4 compliant!).
The other thing I find amusing is the fact that