Oh god no - any more than I'm suggesting that we'd all fall out of a window and die without our real-world guardian angels. I'm just saying that we should be happy for the staunch corporate ally we have in Linux. From what I hear of the culture at IBM, it's very pro-Linux - not just about making money (although that's the root of their push, of course)
Wouldn't the original copyright length of life+28 (I think) be better? That's what the original creators of the law thought would be good, and I agree that it's plenty long enough for automatic protection. If it's worth that much to you after at least 28 years of commercial use, then you should go through the effort to register for the extra protection.
I don't think anyone here denied that IBM has been quite evil in the past, and there's a good chance it will revert to that at some point in the future. But in the glorious, glorious now, it's the closest thing Linux has to a guardian angel.
Can you imagine how different the geek-world would look if Hitler had had a guru-beard instead of that tiny little mustache that he ruined for the rest of the world?
Why was this modded as a troll? It's simply someone appreciating the humour and wit of the parent post. Maybe offtopic, but I agree - such an inventive joke as replacing an "S" with a "$" is extremely worth of kudos.
Gotta somehow figure out a way to discourage having many children, but without punishing the child. It's a tough nut to crack, considering that the acceptable way for the government to en-/dis-courage something is to tax it into oblivion. Still, I agree with this guy. If society was comprised of a few tens of millions, we'd have enough resources to last us nearly forever.
To be fair, we haven't yet designed an engine that will allow us to move faster than light. Maybe moving through subspace involves a force akin to wind resistance. I know that in Star Commander 2, normal physics applied in star systems and battle scenes, but interstellar travel forced you to use fuel the whole way.
But the human mind is an interesting thing. I use Mozilla in Linux, and Opera in Windows (which I'm currently using). But because I'm seeing "Mozilla" in the title bar, my fingers seem to automatically be reaching for the mozilla shortcuts. ^L for address bar, middle-click to open a new tab, etc. Interesting how a visual cue that I'm not even consciously aware of can have an effect on my behavious like that.
Actually, I heard that they did calculations and figured that Groundhog Day would have taken place in over 10000 days - that's 30 years of Groundhog Day....makes the movie a lot darker when you think of it that way...
Nitpick: I believe that methane isn't the smelly part - it's the sulphur. I don't think that methane has any noticable smell at all. That's why they have to add scents to natural gas lines. If they didn't no one would notice a gas leak.
Re:'Because We Can' good enough reason?
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Okay, apologies for the name-calling, but your original post did seem extremely closed-minded, and I reacted negatively.
Tangent - interesting idea
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I had an idea a while ago - with the advances we've been making in DNA, is there any way that we could get "treehouses" to grow naturally in a few years? Make sure the roots are good and deep on a good foundation to prevent it from falling over, then do "spot-DNA-splicing", where you'd insert the appropriate DNA instructions into the appropriate places over the course of years to make the tree grown into the appropriate shape. Could you make branches grow into a perfect staircase by tricking the tree into thinking that they're actually spaced according to how the tree would normally space its branches? Could you get the tree to make them flat?
A lot of questions, and a lot of unknowns, but - like the space elevator - I think we may find it within our reach in our lifetimes.
Post pictures of Tux in "kinky" sexual positions.....Go!
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*ahem* You're a moron.
As someone else said, each of the vehicles going up the elevator can have a number of safety measures built in - it's not too tough to land safely in the ocean if you're prepared for a break. Look at all previous space missions.
The end of the elevator (the part flying off into space) will have escape pods which - once again - will drop safely down into the ocean.
From what I understand, the ribbon will pretty much break up, and won't have a very high terminal velocity anyway. Not to mention it's in the middle of the ocean.
What risks, may I ask? The risks inherent - say - two hundred-story buildings? You've probably got greater risks with everyday buildings than this thing, which will be built with security foremost in mind. It's people like you that told Columbus to turn back - "too dangerous" they said.
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...will be to build and maintain those robots.
Bah, don't worry guys, a job lost is another job gained.
...wanna get high?
Don't get it?
<AOL_VOICE>You've got cancer!</AOL_VOICE>
Call me old-fashioned, but I think I'd still want to hear it from my doctor.
Then go to the media - they're the ones who "guard the guards" nowadays
The long range impact on the relationship between MSN and Yahoo/Inktomi is likely at risk.
Wouldn't want to risk the long-range impact.
From the website you linked to, it seems they still haven't placed "Saturnus"
7. Saturnus - Uppsala
Address: not yet in place.
Mom?
Don't you know an animal's right to live is directly proportional to how cute it is?
Oh god no - any more than I'm suggesting that we'd all fall out of a window and die without our real-world guardian angels. I'm just saying that we should be happy for the staunch corporate ally we have in Linux. From what I hear of the culture at IBM, it's very pro-Linux - not just about making money (although that's the root of their push, of course)
Wouldn't the original copyright length of life+28 (I think) be better? That's what the original creators of the law thought would be good, and I agree that it's plenty long enough for automatic protection. If it's worth that much to you after at least 28 years of commercial use, then you should go through the effort to register for the extra protection.
I don't think anyone here denied that IBM has been quite evil in the past, and there's a good chance it will revert to that at some point in the future. But in the glorious, glorious now, it's the closest thing Linux has to a guardian angel.
Can you imagine how different the geek-world would look if Hitler had had a guru-beard instead of that tiny little mustache that he ruined for the rest of the world?
Why was this modded as a troll? It's simply someone appreciating the humour and wit of the parent post. Maybe offtopic, but I agree - such an inventive joke as replacing an "S" with a "$" is extremely worth of kudos.
Gotta somehow figure out a way to discourage having many children, but without punishing the child. It's a tough nut to crack, considering that the acceptable way for the government to en-/dis-courage something is to tax it into oblivion. Still, I agree with this guy. If society was comprised of a few tens of millions, we'd have enough resources to last us nearly forever.
Since you're already modded to the top, I guess I'll just have to make this my new email sig instead. Well done.
To be fair, we haven't yet designed an engine that will allow us to move faster than light. Maybe moving through subspace involves a force akin to wind resistance. I know that in Star Commander 2, normal physics applied in star systems and battle scenes, but interstellar travel forced you to use fuel the whole way.
But the human mind is an interesting thing. I use Mozilla in Linux, and Opera in Windows (which I'm currently using). But because I'm seeing "Mozilla" in the title bar, my fingers seem to automatically be reaching for the mozilla shortcuts. ^L for address bar, middle-click to open a new tab, etc.
Interesting how a visual cue that I'm not even consciously aware of can have an effect on my behavious like that.
Actually, I heard that they did calculations and figured that Groundhog Day would have taken place in over 10000 days - that's 30 years of Groundhog Day. ...makes the movie a lot darker when you think of it that way...
Nitpick:
I believe that methane isn't the smelly part - it's the sulphur. I don't think that methane has any noticable smell at all. That's why they have to add scents to natural gas lines. If they didn't no one would notice a gas leak.
Okay, apologies for the name-calling, but your original post did seem extremely closed-minded, and I reacted negatively.
I had an idea a while ago - with the advances we've been making in DNA, is there any way that we could get "treehouses" to grow naturally in a few years? Make sure the roots are good and deep on a good foundation to prevent it from falling over, then do "spot-DNA-splicing", where you'd insert the appropriate DNA instructions into the appropriate places over the course of years to make the tree grown into the appropriate shape. Could you make branches grow into a perfect staircase by tricking the tree into thinking that they're actually spaced according to how the tree would normally space its branches? Could you get the tree to make them flat?
A lot of questions, and a lot of unknowns, but - like the space elevator - I think we may find it within our reach in our lifetimes.
Appropriate apologies to the tux, the goatse guy, my parents, and anyone who clicks this
Post pictures of Tux in "kinky" sexual positions. ....Go!
*ahem* You're a moron.
As someone else said, each of the vehicles going up the elevator can have a number of safety measures built in - it's not too tough to land safely in the ocean if you're prepared for a break. Look at all previous space missions.
The end of the elevator (the part flying off into space) will have escape pods which - once again - will drop safely down into the ocean.
From what I understand, the ribbon will pretty much break up, and won't have a very high terminal velocity anyway. Not to mention it's in the middle of the ocean.
What risks, may I ask? The risks inherent - say - two hundred-story buildings? You've probably got greater risks with everyday buildings than this thing, which will be built with security foremost in mind. It's people like you that told Columbus to turn back - "too dangerous" they said.
Moron.
Yep - check the username. Thanks for the compliments. You're in ottawa I suppose?