The random 'let's go see this and bring back a bit or dirt' attitude is a huge waste of resource. Why not actually decide what you are setting out to do in new technology. Form a list of priorities and puts the minds and money towards a solution. What would benefit society more: knowing what metals a lump of Martian rock contains or making everyday objects cleaner and cheaper and healthier to raise the general standards of living? NASA is a wank of epic proportions.
There is no market for standalone e-book readers. Integrate Palm device, mobile phone, e-book reader with a small keyboard and colour screen. I'd also strap it to the lower arm with a landscape screen and shortcuts for one-handed typing. After that all else will look pants.
Same as any offline business. Unless you have a unique idea you will be competing against the established big players. Even location issues are the same in that if you added a bookshop to Slashdot it's like owning a bookshop in a populated area that doesn't have a large chain. Also change happens fast on the net and any business model may become obsolete quickly - even Amazon's. For example if publsihers joined together for an online bookshop they could undercut Amazon by selling direct to the public.
For someone with such stong opinions it'a pity you weren't brave enough to own them. Poor effort Microsoft. Slashdot will probably outlast you once your shareholders wake up.
How did you people ever get into cyberpunk? I love flash when it's used right in the same way that I love good special effects in some films and poetic writing in some books. I use it for presentations and it works fine.
As for the question - if you can't afford it then don't use it, HTML works fine.
It's likely that the entire dating system is skewed. May have something to do archeologists agreeing not to research anything that doesn't sit well with biblical timeline like the sphinx (which isn't a sphinx) possibly having eroded in flooding that occurred about 8000 BC. Read Forbidden Archeology by Cremo as it lists finds that blow the whole accepted timeline of events away. Michael Baigent also did a book recently that had a few intersting examples such as fossilised human footprints alongside dinosaur footprints.
Did anybody actually bother asking what they want? My experience of old folk is that they seem happiest when they've got something to moan about. Give them an ED 209 running WinMe.
Consider it euthenasia by the blue screen of death
Some twat saying relating the story to April Fools Day and getting modded 'Funny' on every story after actual April Fool Stories were flamed for not being/. enough.
Can anyone tell me what makes the/. community such experts on the laws of April Fools day? Suddenly there seems to be all these fixed views on what should be allowed. In any community there will be things that do not interest you and therefore may challenge your sense of self importance. Tough shit, go read some zen.
PS. Do not suport the great/. blackout. You might miss something interesting (or be a victim someone else's will).
Space travel is so expensive for so little return it will not improve anyone's economy no matter how many tourists you chuck into space. If one space tourist becomes toast the whole tourism as funding model dies anyway.
NASA went to the moon and all I got was a non-stick frying pan. Most countries (especially Russia)could make much better use of the money - the rest is Sci-fi dreaming.
Slightly off-topic perhaps but may be of interest. I have had a number visions where I experience archetypal locations and events such a temple (spirit) and underworld (subconscious - various levels). I relate very well to things I see or read that evoke these in me. The column filled chamber in LOTR is almost identical to my vision of a dungeon where my repressed lust resides. Seeing it (I gave up on the book years ago) gave me a strong sense that Tolkein was describing his own inner landscapes. Lucas is not doing this, he may have to begin with but now he's dealing from the mind ("what will look good?" Instead of "what comes from my subconscous is true to me"). I find this a purer form of creativity.
If you want to explore your own inner landscape read Inner Guide Meditation by Steinbrecher(sp?)and have yourself a load of visions. Enjoy. Maybe I'll send a copy to Lucas.
Why the feck should the rest of the world give a shit about what a US court decides. Bollocks to Amazon's patent. The rest of the world should be in a position to sue the US patent office for being such a bunch idiots in the first place and legitimizing this crap.
I can see The Onion headline now..."Slashdot Geeks Struggle To Cope With Change".
Sling those ads at me - if they're targetted right I might see something I want to buy and I've no problem with you folks getting paid for the time and effort you put in.
This whole notion of worldwide law enforcement (aka xenophobia). What's to stop Russia or China making a law stating that all software and media must be open source and copyright free if sold or marketed over the internet.
Be careful what you create - even Bibles are illegal in some countries.
IM-less-than-HO that's a tad ignorant. Violence is a product of misdirected anger. Anger is an emotion and therefore natural (not bad or evil). If you suppress anger it will come out in distorted ways whereas if you experience feeelings of anger when appropriate and own them it is unlikely to lead to violence. If, like kids who cannot be angry back at the source (usually their parents), you are left with residual anger it is better to find harmless outlets such as sport or video games to vent that anger. or you will bottle it up and end up taking it out on your own kids or other people. Whoa... I'm not ranting - just typing fast.
Cancer is a disease - and cigarettes help it along.
A likely problem with this revenue model for google is (as/. should note) as soon as they begin charging a dozen other search engines will attempt to replace the free model and their usp will disappear.
This has to be one of the smartest posts I've seen on Slashdot. I see it as the psychology of repression in the individual is mirrored in society. It's a very western religious mindset (probably medieval).
It was realised in the 1970s that over 70% of his theories for our solar system were proved correct since we got into space. See Velikovsky Reconsidered. Nice out-of-hand dismissal.
You're heading towards Immanuel Velikovsky's idea that Venus is new to our solar system and that Mars had an almost parallel orbit to Earth until it arrived. His books are all out of print (written in the 1950's) but Graham Hancock has a fair stab at ripping some of them off. Velikovsky is amazing - try to find his work, it blows accepted history out of the water.
The X-Files/Alternative 3 theory was right. Airborne insect carrier and de-population of Africa to be colonised by rapid climate change displaced Americans, oh wait... hang on... I'm mad.
If the sun dies we all die, if your god dies - so what? Worship the sun.
Considering the amount of mines in existence and the variation of terrain the only sensible method would have to be from the air.
To prevent further mines being used it would help if the companies that made the components were publicly listed so we could choose wether or not buy theirs or their subsiduaries products (ICI? for example). Same goes for banks that fund dictators. Instead of the press saying this person is bad they should name the bank funding them with loans thus empowering the public to actually do something about it i.e take their business elsewhere. Without bank loans no countrye can afford a modern war. Welcome to ethical business.
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The random 'let's go see this and bring back a bit or dirt' attitude is a huge waste of resource. Why not actually decide what you are setting out to do in new technology. Form a list of priorities and puts the minds and money towards a solution. What would benefit society more: knowing what metals a lump of Martian rock contains or making everyday objects cleaner and cheaper and healthier to raise the general standards of living? NASA is a wank of epic proportions.
There is no market for standalone e-book readers. Integrate Palm device, mobile phone, e-book reader with a small keyboard and colour screen. I'd also strap it to the lower arm with a landscape screen and shortcuts for one-handed typing. After that all else will look pants.
as you can't a laptop onto a plane anymore.
Same as any offline business. Unless you have a unique idea you will be competing against the established big players. Even location issues are the same in that if you added a bookshop to Slashdot it's like owning a bookshop in a populated area that doesn't have a large chain. Also change happens fast on the net and any business model may become obsolete quickly - even Amazon's. For example if publsihers joined together for an online bookshop they could undercut Amazon by selling direct to the public.
For someone with such stong opinions it'a pity you weren't brave enough to own them. Poor effort Microsoft. Slashdot will probably outlast you once your shareholders wake up.
How did you people ever get into cyberpunk? I love flash when it's used right in the same way that I love good special effects in some films and poetic writing in some books. I use it for presentations and it works fine. As for the question - if you can't afford it then don't use it, HTML works fine.
It's likely that the entire dating system is skewed. May have something to do archeologists agreeing not to research anything that doesn't sit well with biblical timeline like the sphinx (which isn't a sphinx) possibly having eroded in flooding that occurred about 8000 BC. Read Forbidden Archeology by Cremo as it lists finds that blow the whole accepted timeline of events away. Michael Baigent also did a book recently that had a few intersting examples such as fossilised human footprints alongside dinosaur footprints.
Consider it euthenasia by the blue screen of death
Some twat saying relating the story to April Fools Day and getting modded 'Funny' on every story after actual April Fool Stories were flamed for not being /. enough.
She would make more money auctioning his character on e-bay. After all that game time its stats and kit must be superb.
PS. Do not suport the great /. blackout. You might miss something interesting (or be a victim someone else's will).
NASA went to the moon and all I got was a non-stick frying pan.
Most countries (especially Russia)could make much better use of the money - the rest is Sci-fi dreaming.
If you want to explore your own inner landscape read Inner Guide Meditation by Steinbrecher(sp?)and have yourself a load of visions. Enjoy. Maybe I'll send a copy to Lucas.
And I'm still buying their damn books...
Sling those ads at me - if they're targetted right I might see something I want to buy and I've no problem with you folks getting paid for the time and effort you put in.
Be careful what you create - even Bibles are illegal in some countries.
As most people can't use a bus timetable your lookups may be considerd advanced AI. Artificial stupidity is much closer to the real thing.
Cancer is a disease - and cigarettes help it along.
P.S Milligan is dead... Thinks.
PS. The Pope is a cunt.
It was realised in the 1970s that over 70% of his theories for our solar system were proved correct since we got into space. See Velikovsky Reconsidered. Nice out-of-hand dismissal.
You could also add the drop in population last September. Ouch.
You're heading towards Immanuel Velikovsky's idea that Venus is new to our solar system and that Mars had an almost parallel orbit to Earth until it arrived. His books are all out of print (written in the 1950's) but Graham Hancock has a fair stab at ripping some of them off. Velikovsky is amazing - try to find his work, it blows accepted history out of the water.
If the sun dies we all die, if your god dies - so what? Worship the sun.
To prevent further mines being used it would help if the companies that made the components were publicly listed so we could choose wether or not buy theirs or their subsiduaries products (ICI? for example). Same goes for banks that fund dictators. Instead of the press saying this person is bad they should name the bank funding them with loans thus empowering the public to actually do something about it i.e take their business elsewhere. Without bank loans no countrye can afford a modern war. Welcome to ethical business.