How'd this ever get rated insightful? He's comparing a country with more independent media outlets- corporate and otherwise -than you can shake a stick at to a country who has an iron grip on journalistic freedom. Or have we already forgot the internet censorship stories from last week? Fucking duh you shouldn't ever trust one source completely. But how you can ignore the fact that their are several to choose from means you either really don't get out much or you're a slanted idiot with an axe to grind. And we haven't even began counting the hundreds of independent papers circulating throughout the US, let alone websites based there.
Now if the US had a central state/corporate-run media, we'd would have a valid point. Instead, the parent makes a point that has nothing to with anything while making an implication that is so far from the truth it's scary. Hey, wake me up when you see something like a major media outlet attacking the Presidency with forged Guard paperwork in China, kay?
Wait wait wait wait... These are the same people we don't want having licences, let alone 12mph 200lb maybe balancing vehicals. I mean, putting aside all of our saftey for the moment, I'd be seriously worried about theirs. I suspect any older person who can competently use it without fear of their saftey due to either mental or physical deficiencies doesn't really need one to begin with. i mean, putting aside the issues of balance, coordination, eyesight, hearing, frailty, judgement... Frankly, I'd rather em be in something that will keep them upright if they fall asleep suddenly.
Maybe a the last was a tad over the top, but you get the idea... Lawsuit freakin city. I've seen southpark and the old people episode as well as the segway anal plug episode. Oh. Hell. No.
Why is the parent modded troll again? This movie has nothing to do with tech news, software or anything remotely "nerdy". It's like every other episode of SouthPark, except with puppets. Hell, where's the review of SpongeBob Squarepants then? We'll accept that as a frontpage story, right?? Right???
"Basically, the show says that the people against genetically modified food don't know the facts and say that it isn't monitored by government agencies, while it is infact monitored by the FDA and EPA. Furthermore, genetically modified foods are solving the problem of world hunger by producing more output per area and being more resilliant in harsh climates."
I hear RvB will be updating their animation software 11/09/2004. I've even hear they'll be adding new cast members, like Covenant actors with the upgrade. They've even got new vehical designs in the works, secret reliable sources tell me. Weapons too.
Are you kidding? The process is as automated as possible. The reader submits story and a script assigns a 1d20 probability in that story being selected (based on the karma and subscription status of the submitter, of course). If it manages to pass that AC rating check, the script assigns the story an editor name at random and publishes it to the front page. Of course, stories occationaly roll and natural 20, wence they are kicked to a live editor for approval. Obviously this isn't a common occurance as you can tell.
By heat death of the universe, you must mean that whole 70 years after the author's death. I mean, God forbid they or their childern are able to make money off their own creations and ideas.
Information is a commodity just like any other good or service. I can only imagine your surprize when you realize that the internet hasn't changed that fact.
You're not a minority, you're just in a Mac Fanboy Unloading Zone here, second only to the slavish dovotion to Linux you'll find here as well. That was a joke. Take it in stride, people.
But seriously, after being introduced to the Mac in grade school (otherwise known as Apple's Advanced Studies in Brainwashing and Marketing) and continually throughout the rest of my life, I find the OS to be seriously backwards compared to Windows. Not saying Windows isn't without it's many flaws, just that it's organization and egronomics better thought out. IMO, of course.
And frankly, I don't buy into this "OS on x86 godsend!" crap. The sales numbers don't add up. If Windows were that bad or OS so much better, the hardware configs wouldn't make a lick of difference, regardless of how much corruption you credit MS with. I think it's the middle ground, honestly-- Windows isn't nearly the turd fanboys claim it is nor is OS the end-all-be-all of operating systems.
This is a huge collection that I've amassed over the years, and I'm letting it all go to one high bidder. I've considered parting with each system one at a time and making a fortune, but game systems aren't my specialty
BS Flag, Mr. Soundtrack, Thirty yard penalty.
One would think anybody who has spent all that money over their entire damn life amassing all of that crap is going to know quite a bit about videogaming. Or maybe that's just me.
I'll take that bet. After buying $6627+ worth of games and hardware, I just don't see it happening. I know the first thing I would be doing is parting it off and reselling it back on ebay. That's assuming I wanted to spend all the time it would take to sell it all off.
Yeah, how much did they bribe you guys? I mean between this and personalized trouble shooting, we can cater to everybody's needs! Screw news, this puts the profit in ???!
And if you wanted to be cool as hell...
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I know, appending to my own post, but how cool would it be to engineer a conductive system into the same chip? Make the liquid electrically conductive and have both systems running in parallel to one another. One ouwld have to solve the problem of electricity running the same path as the the current fluidic path (thus essentially duplicating the instruction), but if it could be done...
- Not affected by X-Rays unless you melt it (think MAD/Nukes)
Something is still going to have to power those micro fluidic pumps. And your display. And the keyboard. AND your hard drive. Disrupt any one of those systems or the PSU and your fluidic chip is useless.
In the end you're still using electricity to power micro-fluidic pumps I'd imagine, but power consumption's gotta be way lower, not to mention thermal buildup. Not sure how they would compare in speed to their conventional brothers, but if the above facts are true, I'm seeing excellent applications for them in portable computing. You could have a device with considerable endurance, substancially less heat build up, and overall less wieght since you don't nessisarily need chunks of metal to bleed off heat (then again, maybe you will; we're talking MIPS here). Finally, they'd be more durable if they're more or less electrically nuetral. If they don't build up heat you could probably lick one while it was running and be ok (speculation of course)
At first I was thinking 'big deal, fluid chips', but given a little more thought there's TONS of applications, even if they aren't quite as fast.
Awareness of the concept, perhaps? Probably half the reason right here. You have to know how not only have to know it's possible, but how it's possible. It's rarily as simple to setup as how it sounds.
Lack of broadband connections? Given the fact that bit-torrent, an inherantly highbandwidth product has taken off, I doubt it. not everybody has a broadband connection, though it's hardly unheard of either.
Lack of business models for content producers? Again, there's plenty of opportunity and room here, so I can't see this as being a factor either. Penny Arcade comes to mind. Mega Tokyo? Hell, Slashdot, even. The media might be slightly different, but in the end it comes down to just how creative are you?
Since we're out of story bullets, I'll submit my own-- Lack of proper equipment/tools. Let's face it, while you can go out and create a movie on your web cam or something similar, it's going to have to be way above average in some other area to compensate for that. Likewise, editing tools, software, etc. Assuming you're not looking to pirate your utilities, none of that is cheap, let alone a proper recording device. We're talking a serious finacial commitment here. Even great ideas need good presentation.
"Disasters are often blamed on bad software, but the cause is rarely bad programming.
In 90 percent of the cases, it's because the implementer did a bad job, training was bad, the whole project was poorly done," said Joshua Greenbaum, principal analyst at Enterprise Applications Consulting in Berkeley. "At which point, you have a real garbage in, garbage out problem."
Can we stop with the splitting hairs here??? You're saying that problems are rarily caused by bad programming, then turn right around and cite poor training and the whole project just being shit. Crap in, crap out. 'Out' being bad programming maybe? Just maybe? Due to bad training? An overall botched job? Not saying it's entirely their fault, but lets stop with the Dibert style of news here.
As sarcastic as this is all going to sound, the nuke is passe. Seriously, we've lived with the things for over 50 years and it's not the harbringer of destruction it use to be. Part of that is because nobody has lit one off in anger in the last half century. That, and everybody wants one. it's the platue in weapondry. But antimatter? That's the new exotic menace. I mean come on, it's anti-matter... The name alone whispers untold amounts of devestation far beyond that of 'conventional' nuclear weapons. We're talking the stuff of legends here.
And that's ultimately the greatest use of something like this-- The mere threat of being utterly annihilated by some dark, exotic super weapon can very well be what makes the difference between saber rattling and something worse. Of course, side by side with your shiney new superweapon must be the will to actually use it. A weapon your enemy knows you won't use is absolutely worthless, regardless of how legendary it is.
That said, you're right. Space is definitely the best place for these badboys. But then, the same was probably said about nuclear weapons too-- Much too dangerous for Earth, but the evolved into a systems with serious redundancy built into them.
Slashdot Mirror
How'd this ever get rated insightful? He's comparing a country with more independent media outlets- corporate and otherwise -than you can shake a stick at to a country who has an iron grip on journalistic freedom. Or have we already forgot the internet censorship stories from last week? Fucking duh you shouldn't ever trust one source completely. But how you can ignore the fact that their are several to choose from means you either really don't get out much or you're a slanted idiot with an axe to grind. And we haven't even began counting the hundreds of independent papers circulating throughout the US, let alone websites based there.
Now if the US had a central state/corporate-run media, we'd would have a valid point. Instead, the parent makes a point that has nothing to with anything while making an implication that is so far from the truth it's scary. Hey, wake me up when you see something like a major media outlet attacking the Presidency with forged Guard paperwork in China, kay?
And we modded this guy insightful. Riiiiiiight...
And one of these days he'll learn you're always new at something. Annoying as hell, but a fact of life.
Wait wait wait wait... These are the same people we don't want having licences, let alone 12mph 200lb maybe balancing vehicals. I mean, putting aside all of our saftey for the moment, I'd be seriously worried about theirs. I suspect any older person who can competently use it without fear of their saftey due to either mental or physical deficiencies doesn't really need one to begin with. i mean, putting aside the issues of balance, coordination, eyesight, hearing, frailty, judgement... Frankly, I'd rather em be in something that will keep them upright if they fall asleep suddenly.
Maybe a the last was a tad over the top, but you get the idea... Lawsuit freakin city. I've seen southpark and the old people episode as well as the segway anal plug episode. Oh. Hell. No.
Well, Hell. if that's our critera, I'm sure we can dig up enough movie material to turn slashdot into "Aintitcool.com"
Why is the parent modded troll again? This movie has nothing to do with tech news, software or anything remotely "nerdy". It's like every other episode of SouthPark, except with puppets. Hell, where's the review of SpongeBob Squarepants then? We'll accept that as a frontpage story, right?? Right???
Well, one good thing about this new Centaur is that it is less likely for Bush to fall off of.
Wait, you mean the guy who actually excercises?
"Basically, the show says that the people against genetically modified food don't know the facts and say that it isn't monitored by government agencies, while it is infact monitored by the FDA and EPA. Furthermore, genetically modified foods are solving the problem of world hunger by producing more output per area and being more resilliant in harsh climates."
Oh, you mean these people?
Yah, kinda sad, huh? Tee-hee? ha-ha???
I hear RvB will be updating their animation software 11/09/2004. I've even hear they'll be adding new cast members, like Covenant actors with the upgrade. They've even got new vehical designs in the works, secret reliable sources tell me. Weapons too.
Why wasn't this question asked about Google. OOOhhh, that's right... The Good Company thing.
Since it doesn't happen all the time, I can handle a temporary outage... I mean, slashdot has built up my tolerance to the phenomenom anyway...
Are you kidding? The process is as automated as possible. The reader submits story and a script assigns a 1d20 probability in that story being selected (based on the karma and subscription status of the submitter, of course). If it manages to pass that AC rating check, the script assigns the story an editor name at random and publishes it to the front page. Of course, stories occationaly roll and natural 20, wence they are kicked to a live editor for approval. Obviously this isn't a common occurance as you can tell.
By heat death of the universe, you must mean that whole 70 years after the author's death. I mean, God forbid they or their childern are able to make money off their own creations and ideas.
Information is a commodity just like any other good or service. I can only imagine your surprize when you realize that the internet hasn't changed that fact.
But do you really want to be siphoning off heat from areas of the body affected by Viagra??
You're not a minority, you're just in a Mac Fanboy Unloading Zone here, second only to the slavish dovotion to Linux you'll find here as well. That was a joke. Take it in stride, people.
But seriously, after being introduced to the Mac in grade school (otherwise known as Apple's Advanced Studies in Brainwashing and Marketing) and continually throughout the rest of my life, I find the OS to be seriously backwards compared to Windows. Not saying Windows isn't without it's many flaws, just that it's organization and egronomics better thought out. IMO, of course.
And frankly, I don't buy into this "OS on x86 godsend!" crap. The sales numbers don't add up. If Windows were that bad or OS so much better, the hardware configs wouldn't make a lick of difference, regardless of how much corruption you credit MS with. I think it's the middle ground, honestly-- Windows isn't nearly the turd fanboys claim it is nor is OS the end-all-be-all of operating systems.
This is a huge collection that I've amassed over the years, and I'm letting it all go to one high bidder. I've considered parting with each system one at a time and making a fortune, but game systems aren't my specialty
BS Flag, Mr. Soundtrack, Thirty yard penalty.
One would think anybody who has spent all that money over their entire damn life amassing all of that crap is going to know quite a bit about videogaming. Or maybe that's just me.
I'll take that bet. After buying $6627+ worth of games and hardware, I just don't see it happening. I know the first thing I would be doing is parting it off and reselling it back on ebay. That's assuming I wanted to spend all the time it would take to sell it all off.
Yeah, how much did they bribe you guys? I mean between this and personalized trouble shooting, we can cater to everybody's needs! Screw news, this puts the profit in ???!
I know, appending to my own post, but how cool would it be to engineer a conductive system into the same chip? Make the liquid electrically conductive and have both systems running in parallel to one another. One ouwld have to solve the problem of electricity running the same path as the the current fluidic path (thus essentially duplicating the instruction), but if it could be done...
- Not affected by X-Rays unless you melt it (think MAD/Nukes)
Something is still going to have to power those micro fluidic pumps. And your display. And the keyboard. AND your hard drive. Disrupt any one of those systems or the PSU and your fluidic chip is useless.
In the end you're still using electricity to power micro-fluidic pumps I'd imagine, but power consumption's gotta be way lower, not to mention thermal buildup. Not sure how they would compare in speed to their conventional brothers, but if the above facts are true, I'm seeing excellent applications for them in portable computing. You could have a device with considerable endurance, substancially less heat build up, and overall less wieght since you don't nessisarily need chunks of metal to bleed off heat (then again, maybe you will; we're talking MIPS here). Finally, they'd be more durable if they're more or less electrically nuetral. If they don't build up heat you could probably lick one while it was running and be ok (speculation of course)
At first I was thinking 'big deal, fluid chips', but given a little more thought there's TONS of applications, even if they aren't quite as fast.
"The newest "Choose or Lose" video will feature characters from popular video games such as The Sims and BloodRayne."
Nice to see MTV is continuing their long, happy relationship with Playboy models. Or CG Playboy models. Or... Um, whatever.
"So what is stopping anyone from doing this now?
Awareness of the concept, perhaps?
Probably half the reason right here. You have to know how not only have to know it's possible, but how it's possible. It's rarily as simple to setup as how it sounds.
Lack of broadband connections?
Given the fact that bit-torrent, an inherantly highbandwidth product has taken off, I doubt it. not everybody has a broadband connection, though it's hardly unheard of either.
Lack of business models for content producers?
Again, there's plenty of opportunity and room here, so I can't see this as being a factor either. Penny Arcade comes to mind. Mega Tokyo? Hell, Slashdot, even. The media might be slightly different, but in the end it comes down to just how creative are you?
Since we're out of story bullets, I'll submit my own-- Lack of proper equipment/tools. Let's face it, while you can go out and create a movie on your web cam or something similar, it's going to have to be way above average in some other area to compensate for that. Likewise, editing tools, software, etc. Assuming you're not looking to pirate your utilities, none of that is cheap, let alone a proper recording device. We're talking a serious finacial commitment here. Even great ideas need good presentation.
"Disasters are often blamed on bad software, but the cause is rarely bad programming.
In 90 percent of the cases, it's because the implementer did a bad job, training was bad, the whole project was poorly done," said Joshua Greenbaum, principal analyst at Enterprise Applications Consulting in Berkeley. "At which point, you have a real garbage in, garbage out problem."
Can we stop with the splitting hairs here??? You're saying that problems are rarily caused by bad programming, then turn right around and cite poor training and the whole project just being shit. Crap in, crap out. 'Out' being bad programming maybe? Just maybe? Due to bad training? An overall botched job? Not saying it's entirely their fault, but lets stop with the Dibert style of news here.
As sarcastic as this is all going to sound, the nuke is passe. Seriously, we've lived with the things for over 50 years and it's not the harbringer of destruction it use to be. Part of that is because nobody has lit one off in anger in the last half century. That, and everybody wants one. it's the platue in weapondry. But antimatter? That's the new exotic menace. I mean come on, it's anti-matter... The name alone whispers untold amounts of devestation far beyond that of 'conventional' nuclear weapons. We're talking the stuff of legends here.
And that's ultimately the greatest use of something like this-- The mere threat of being utterly annihilated by some dark, exotic super weapon can very well be what makes the difference between saber rattling and something worse. Of course, side by side with your shiney new superweapon must be the will to actually use it. A weapon your enemy knows you won't use is absolutely worthless, regardless of how legendary it is.
That said, you're right. Space is definitely the best place for these badboys. But then, the same was probably said about nuclear weapons too-- Much too dangerous for Earth, but the evolved into a systems with serious redundancy built into them.