and that's how his prediction will remain , mere fiction.
The reason is he has simply not considered the cost of implementing these new technologies.
The author doesnt know how much it costs to lay a mile of tarmac,let alone one embedded with sensors.And normal working/middle class people arent looking for a super duper car with fancy tech but one which doesnt break the bank.
And most of the people i know either use their mobile phones or a £10 alarm clock,not the fancy £59.99 auto light up alarm from Argos.
While new technology is always exciting,it has to climb down a few magnitutes in price before it becomes omnipresent.An example is the microwave oven,it has been around,IIRC,since late sixties.But its only in the last 10 years that it has become ubiquitous.
Most people look for value for money and thats why low fare,no frills airlines are increasingly popular.And thats why people travel in coaches rather than in more comfortable trains.
And since we are making predictions let me make some of my own.
Consider the new Airbus 380.Instead of onboard massage parlours,shops etc,we will have maybe 800 seats stuck together for cheaper London - Sydney flights.
Our entertainment will be more and more online.Cheap(the operative word here is cheap)broadband will see more and more people coming online for their information/fun.TV/Movies/Music just wont be on the air/cable/satellite dish but all over.
I am afraid not.Indian mathematicians were the first to postulate Zero
Infact the first person to discuss this was Brahmagupta
What are commonly known as Arabic numerals were infact Indian Numerals.About 6th century A.D. saw the advent of tradesman in the arab peninsula.Relying on the monsoon winds they would often travel to India,where they found and started using the Indian numeral system.
When the crusades took place,European scholars came in contact with the numeral system in use by the Arabs.They adopted it,as it was superior to the Roman System and called it Arabic as it was encountered in Arabia.Hence the term Arabic numerals.
Do read up on the history of Mathematics as its a very fascinating subject.Though I am afraid Wikepedia is seriusly lacking in Content over this.
We are talking about people that think WinME is the best OS ever
You mean it isnt the bestest ever most super duper OS.Ow man you just broke my heart.Like my parents did when they told me the truth about the Tooth Fairy and santa claus.Oh this cold cruel world.
And the reason newham is one of the key olympic boroughs is simple.
Most of the financially strong councils dont want the olympics because londoners will end up paying for it.All the spending will come from londoners and the extra revenue(Taxes,tourist revenues) will go to Whitehall.
Dear Ken,before he goes, wants the olympics as a massive ego boost/memorial.Therefore,he's bribing the poorer east london boroughs to support his olympic bid and the quid pro pro is the facilities for the games.
Makes me thankful to live in Wandsworth,with the second lowest council tax in England.
1.To begin with there is a vast difference between COMMUNISM and COMMUNISTS.
2.Most of the so called coomunist nations were actually socialist which ASPIRED to be Communist and usually said so in their constitutions.
eg.Union of Soviet SOCIALIST Republics etc.
3.The only place in the world where communism truly and purely was successful were the kibbutz (plural kibbutzim) of Israel.I have a feeling the reason they succeded was that Israel at that time was going through a life and death phase and that most of these people had to suspend their natural jeolousies/greed to survive.
4.Another excellent example can be the OSS movement.From each according to their ability and to each for their needs.
5.Therefore,COMMUNISM good BUT COMMUNISTS Very BAD.Just because socialism has being practiced while being called communism doesnt make communism a failure.its a pity it hasn't been tried on a larger scale.
And to further your point,Arthur Clarke actually wrote a paper describing (as he imagined) a system using geo synchromous satellites to get rid of the problem of discontinuous radio communication/.
He NEVER proposed the idea in an actual work of SF.This paper was written,right after he returned to civilian life,in connection with his membership of the British Interplanetary Society.
IIRC,Khobar was to drive out american soldiers out of Saudi arabia and the Black Hawk's were downed by Local Somali Warlords who didnt like american policy.
The parent raises a very good point.Except,this erosion hasnt just begun but has been going for quite a long time.
In Europe,titles of nobility were a sort of positional titles,for that era,so that people knew who that person was.Therefore we had King George,Lord Norfolk and so forth.
Similar Titles exist in US as President Bush,Secretary Cheney,Administrator o'Keefe,Ambassaor such and such etc.
Therefore,they are nothing but titles of nobility especially since people retain their titles throughout their life.
In Modern day Europe,apart from titles of nobility which carry no meaning, there arent any more such anachronisms.A Person occupying a position is distinct and seperate from his/her post.
Therefore, we have The Rt. Hon.Anthony Blair,MP,Prime Minister,Monsieur Jacques Chirac,Le President Du France etc.
The Americans have enthusiastically adopted the very same cultural tags which the founding fathers of America abhorred and wanted to do away with.
I agree with the parent.Sometimes a shot is played not to pot a ball but TO DENY IT TO YOUR OPPONENT.That why those soft touches to park the cue ball right where the other chap can't do a thing.
Pool/Snooker are all about strategy.Any one, who watched the semifinals of this year's snooker championship when Ronnie O'Sullivan came back to win brilliantly,knows what I am talking about.
Apparently,Heisenberg was once asked by a journalist that was it true that only two people in the world understood the quantum theory.And Heisenberg asked who is the other person.
Allow me to selectively clear cache so that i can get rid of those pr0n sites and still have working autocompletion.Roght now to hide your, uh entertainment website,you have to clear the entire history/cache.
these days whenever the referer is/.,many websites tend to display a simple staticpage.
Same with moviemistakes when i clicked on the article link, i got a we are sorry,very busy,try later page but when i typed the url in my browser i had the page up in 5 secs flat.
Oh well no one fears/. effect anymore,i misll the good ole times when/. was more dangerous than a DDOS.
Slashdot Mirror
and that's how his prediction will remain , mere fiction.
The reason is he has simply not considered the cost of implementing these new technologies.
The author doesnt know how much it costs to lay a mile of tarmac,let alone one embedded with sensors.And normal working/middle class people arent looking for a super duper car with fancy tech but one which doesnt break the bank.
And most of the people i know either use their mobile phones or a £10 alarm clock,not the fancy £59.99 auto light up alarm from Argos.
While new technology is always exciting,it has to climb down a few magnitutes in price before it becomes omnipresent.An example is the microwave oven,it has been around,IIRC,since late sixties.But its only in the last 10 years that it has become ubiquitous.
Most people look for value for money and thats why low fare,no frills airlines are increasingly popular.And thats why people travel in coaches rather than in more comfortable trains.
And since we are making predictions let me make some of my own.
Consider the new Airbus 380.Instead of onboard massage parlours,shops etc,we will have maybe 800 seats stuck together for cheaper London - Sydney flights.
Our entertainment will be more and more online.Cheap(the operative word here is cheap)broadband will see more and more people coming online for their information/fun.TV/Movies/Music just wont be on the air/cable/satellite dish but all over.
I think the number "13" and the words "hole" and "Punched" had something to do with them.
I bet this has caused some confusion in /. readers minds.
Google...good
Windows...evil
Windows only Google app...does not compute!
No No no....The mathematically rigid form is this: Google = 1 Windows = 0 Google only for Windows = 1 /0 = Division by Zero = Not Defined.
There,i bet many geeks have been saved from that cold hell we call windows freeze.
I am afraid not.Indian mathematicians were the first to postulate Zero
Infact the first person to discuss this was Brahmagupta
What are commonly known as Arabic numerals were infact Indian Numerals.About 6th century A.D. saw the advent of tradesman in the arab peninsula.Relying on the monsoon winds they would often travel to India,where they found and started using the Indian numeral system.
When the crusades took place ,European scholars came in contact with the numeral system in use by the Arabs.They adopted it ,as it was superior to the Roman System and called it Arabic as it was encountered in Arabia.Hence the term Arabic numerals.
Do read up on the history of Mathematics as its a very fascinating subject.Though I am afraid Wikepedia is seriusly lacking in Content over this.
We are talking about people that think WinME is the best OS ever
You mean it isnt the bestest ever most super duper OS.Ow man you just broke my heart.Like my parents did when they told me the truth about the Tooth Fairy and santa claus.Oh this cold cruel world.
And the reason newham is one of the key olympic boroughs is simple.
,before he goes, wants the olympics as a massive ego boost/memorial.Therefore ,he's bribing the poorer east london boroughs to support his olympic bid and the quid pro pro is the facilities for the games.
Most of the financially strong councils dont want the olympics because londoners will end up paying for it.All the spending will come from londoners and the extra revenue(Taxes,tourist revenues) will go to Whitehall.
Dear Ken
Makes me thankful to live in Wandsworth,with the second lowest council tax in England.
Sorry but i Dont agree Communism failed.
1.To begin with there is a vast difference between COMMUNISM and COMMUNISTS.
2.Most of the so called coomunist nations were actually socialist which ASPIRED to be Communist and usually said so in their constitutions.
eg.Union of Soviet SOCIALIST Republics etc.
3.The only place in the world where communism truly and purely was successful were the kibbutz (plural kibbutzim) of Israel.I have a feeling the reason they succeded was that Israel at that time was going through a life and death phase and that most of these people had to suspend their natural jeolousies/greed to survive.
4.Another excellent example can be the OSS movement.From each according to their ability and to each for their needs.
5.Therefore,COMMUNISM good BUT COMMUNISTS Very BAD.Just because socialism has being practiced while being called communism doesnt make communism a failure.its a pity it hasn't been tried on a larger scale.
And to further your point ,Arthur Clarke actually wrote a paper describing (as he imagined) a system using geo synchromous satellites to get rid of the problem of discontinuous radio communication/.
,right after he returned to civilian life,in connection with his membership of the British Interplanetary Society.
He NEVER proposed the idea in an actual work of SF.This paper was written
Any idea which style of architecture is the castle going to be built in?
IIRC,Khobar was to drive out american soldiers out of Saudi arabia and the Black Hawk's were downed by Local Somali Warlords who didnt like american policy.
Hardly attacks with same motivation.
Oh yes since you ask ,I really was a Trifle Bored.
Infact Mr. Howard was only following a very old politicl advice "Say what you want to Bernard,and dont pay any attention to the question".
The parent raises a very good point.Except,this erosion hasnt just begun but has been going for quite a long time.
,they are nothing but titles of nobility especially since people retain their titles throughout their life.
,MP,Prime Minister,Monsieur Jacques Chirac,Le President Du France etc.
In Europe,titles of nobility were a sort of positional titles,for that era,so that people knew who that person was.Therefore we had King George,Lord Norfolk and so forth.
Similar Titles exist in US as President Bush,Secretary Cheney,Administrator o'Keefe,Ambassaor such and such etc.
Therefore
In Modern day Europe,apart from titles of nobility which carry no meaning, there arent any more such anachronisms.A Person occupying a position is distinct and seperate from his/her post.
Therefore, we have The Rt. Hon.Anthony Blair
The Americans have enthusiastically adopted the very same cultural tags which the founding fathers of America abhorred and wanted to do away with.
Hasnt anybody read this story by Arthur C. Clarke about an Earth to Moon race in solar sail powered space ships.
A beautiful story with an excellent description of some problems which may exist.Read the story,i will spare the spoilers.
Put very simply, the restrictions must be for a reasonably limited time
Some time ago this was known as been sent on Gardening Leave.
I agree with the parent.Sometimes a shot is played not to pot a ball but TO DENY IT TO YOUR OPPONENT.That why those soft touches to park the cue ball right where the other chap can't do a thing.
Pool/Snooker are all about strategy.Any one, who watched the semifinals of this year's snooker championship when Ronnie O'Sullivan came back to win brilliantly,knows what I am talking about.
And they will wright to their congress person and to president.
You are right,Americans do need to Write the language better.
Apparently,Heisenberg was once asked by a journalist that was it true that only two people in the world understood the quantum theory.And Heisenberg asked who is the other person.
20 answers and only 1 is useful to the chap who asked the question.
/. is the place to look for an answer.
I am increasingly beginning to wonder if
Allow me to selectively clear cache so that i can get rid of those pr0n sites and still have working autocompletion.Roght now to hide your, uh entertainment website,you have to clear the entire history/cache.
just think what he could have done with a formal education
Maybe a formal education would have just put him in a strait jacket,unable to think innovatively.
That no one in the audience is coughing.
Because a Major won a million pounds with help from his cpughing friends.
Have you considered Sony Ericsson P 900?Apart from size i Guess it's allright.
these days whenever the referer is /. ,many websites tend to display a simple staticpage.
,try later page but when i typed the url in my browser i had the page up in 5 secs flat.
/. effect anymore,i misll the good ole times when /. was more dangerous than a DDOS.
Same with moviemistakes when i clicked on the article link, i got a we are sorry,very busy
Oh well no one fears
For the last time its GANDHI not ghandi.
Pls Learn to spell his name correctly.It snot tha hard.