Evil? I mean, yes, it's large-scale, but it's not like anyone would die.
At least not right away.:)
The best way to desolate the planets would be to construct a large reflective ring just sunward of the innermost planet, like a mini-ringworld. The kicker would be, of course, that we'd lose all sunlight on earth 8 minutes later.
Not to mention that in the Hubble's field of vision, a local planet would be moving much faster than a star millions of AUs out. Imagine looking through binoculars at your sexy neighbor sunbathing in her (or his) yard. You might not see the gnat flying a foot in front of you, because you're not focusing there, so it would just be a blurry fuzz, possibly ignored by the eye if visible at all.
The binoculars also limit or eliminate local vision while in use, obscuring the approach of your spouse/mother and a disapproving hand. ..:)
Maybe if the wealthy couldn't either buy their way out or quickly enroll in college, it would be. Try being poor and dodging the draft. Can't go to college, can't have daddy ship to to Alabama, can't afford a bus ticket to Canada. You go to war.
I protested the war in Iraq, am an avowed liberal, and have signed petitions for the dismissal of both Ashcroft and Rumsfeld. I also have ethical issues with killing. I'm FAR too "subversive".:)
Now, if they want to draft me into a Quake-playing brigade, I'm all for it, but RL guns? Forget it.
I have a small checklist I go through at each visit to my parents and my in-laws.
This includes updating virus protection(AYG, so they don't have to worry about keeping it paid), running windows update, a full defrag, and I make sure their OO.org and mozilla are up to date.
This is becoming less true as time moves forward. Linux is slowly creeping into the enterprise I work at, and the two people there with Linuz skillz (myself and one other guy) are also highly Windoze-skilled. The Linux machines are typically configure-and-forget about, they're so stable, so TCO is negligible.
Being on the inside, I understand, but I have to say I disagree. Re-electing those two would do enough damage to USA and Europe on it's own. Look where we are now! How long do you honestly think it will be before the squishing foot of the Patriot Act and the Ashcroftian menace causes the people to revolt? I just hope we do it by election and not violence.
Will this have longer range than Bluetooth? If so, it will fly, especially if some sort of OS-transparent USB-WUSB adapter is available. If not, I doubt there's much sure for it. What about security? Will it be encrypted at all? Last thing I need is to be using a WUSB mouse on a plane and having some kid three rows back taking over and h4x0r1n6 my b0x3n.
See, what they do is, they make a graphical representation of the tag data, a code if you will, in binary format for easy reading. They print it in a pattern easily scanned with an optical device, using long stripes, or bars, of shiny material, to maximize the signal pickup of the optical scanner.
It's like some sort of bar-code. Truly revolutionary.
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Sorry, I have autocommit set in my scripts. :)PPP All your base are in fact belong to ME!
As soon as autoexec.bat runs.
Next week: GNU/Assembler. . .
At least not right away. :)
The best way to desolate the planets would be to construct a large reflective ring just sunward of the innermost planet, like a mini-ringworld. The kicker would be, of course, that we'd lose all sunlight on earth 8 minutes later.
And that'd pretty much be it.
I wonder what the numbers will be for the second quater. :)
If we don't, does that mean we don't really love Mars?
How telling is THAT? :)
Methinks someone's waxing misty over the end of Friends.
It's interesting that my Mom is the sexiest neighbor you have. . .
Janus is already a moon of Saturn, IIRC.
The binoculars also limit or eliminate local vision while in use, obscuring the approach of your spouse/mother and a disapproving hand. . .:)
Maybe if the wealthy couldn't either buy their way out or quickly enroll in college, it would be. Try being poor and dodging the draft. Can't go to college, can't have daddy ship to to Alabama, can't afford a bus ticket to Canada. You go to war.
Now, if they want to draft me into a Quake-playing brigade, I'm all for it, but RL guns? Forget it.
This includes updating virus protection(AYG, so they don't have to worry about keeping it paid), running windows update, a full defrag, and I make sure their OO.org and mozilla are up to date.
Hakkuna friggin' Matata. :)
This is becoming less true as time moves forward. Linux is slowly creeping into the enterprise I work at, and the two people there with Linuz skillz (myself and one other guy) are also highly Windoze-skilled. The Linux machines are typically configure-and-forget about, they're so stable, so TCO is negligible.
Also, re your sig, you can't post and mod the same discussion.
Of course, one might posit that it already IS.
You do own the CDs, right?
Not to nitpick.:)
As if they won't shoot THAT down, too. :)
Being on the inside, I understand, but I have to say I disagree. Re-electing those two would do enough damage to USA and Europe on it's own. Look where we are now! How long do you honestly think it will be before the squishing foot of the Patriot Act and the Ashcroftian menace causes the people to revolt? I just hope we do it by election and not violence.
I wear an extremely large coat.
Ignore me. I should have RTFA. Need more caffiene. . .
Will this have longer range than Bluetooth? If so, it will fly, especially if some sort of OS-transparent USB-WUSB adapter is available. If not, I doubt there's much sure for it. What about security? Will it be encrypted at all? Last thing I need is to be using a WUSB mouse on a plane and having some kid three rows back taking over and h4x0r1n6 my b0x3n.
It's like some sort of bar-code. Truly revolutionary.