What the DON'T tell you is that New Zealand has a vested interest in ENYA, yes the artist of such noteworthy titles as "Sail Away" and other new age hits. It turns out that the only way people will buy Enya is because they accidentally downloaded it--thinking it was Kenyan music--and want to do everyone a favor by taking it off the market through purchasing all remaining copies and tossing them into the incenerator ASAP.
Where do you think Enya is from? New Zealand, where else? A coincidence? I think NOT!
Ever played Capcom vs. SNK II? Ever wonder why SNK didn't bother hiring people who could speak English? Listen to Guile, Rolento, or Ken, and you'll see why!
So how does this affect hardware developers? I mean come on, are they subject to the same constraints as typical kernel developers? The main proble, as I believe Linux was trying to outline in the article, is that using any sort of licensing scheme will result in some unexpected difficulties. if you go here you will find just the sort of licensing predicament we can expect from now on.
you have proven to me that this worthless BS is not funny. and any stupid karma whore that starts saying something that is "agreeable" to the slashdot consensus is going to wind up with a big ol' can of whoop-ass.
NO MORE STUPID ARTICLES.
NEWS FOR NERDS? YES. STUFF THAT MATTERS? HECK NO!
So I got my number switched a few days ago, and,
lo and behold i stopped receiving my phone calls.
At last I called my provider and complained, hence the sent out a technician to come
solve the problem.
He came to look at my phone and twiddled with some sort of
device for a while, but couldn't seem to get the thing to work. I though that perhaps it might be because I have an
old phone. Who knows.
The scary thing is that the companies can't seem to get the technology working!!
Should I have to suggest it to anyone else,
Unless you absolutely must, don't switch
Carriers!!!!! The3 will just try to screw you. I want to
Kill them now!!! First the charge me like $50 a month and then they can't even make their
Service work!!
I can say that this technology is at LEAST 25 years away due to the lack of precision in nanostructure topology lithographic processes. The author seems to be ignorant of a few of the fundamental laws of nanotech, namely that:
1) Maxwell's equations must be obeyed in light of quantum gravity. Yes, quantum gravity is CRUCIAL to the process. This prevents the inadvertent bonding of junction pairs
and
2) The superposition principle does NOT apply to these non-inertial frames of reference!
Trust me, this technology is pretty much canned until we can solve a few engineering problems in the litho. area.
well, i'm staunch anti-(anti-peace) and the day that EITHER side lays down arms will be a step forward. You must realize that siding one way or the other solves nothing.
Too bad world leaders ignore a 2-millenia old teaching in favor of killing, greed and jealousy.
at least the spammers of radio (ie legitimate companies, usually) don't launch DDOS attacks on those who wish to ignore them. Radio is regulated and that means it has somewhat better quality control.
Considering how easy it is for malicious attackers to bring down networks through DDOS, etc. it is useful to have a backup means for communications. And the electromagnetic spectrum is pretty much guaranteed to exist 8) Of course, you can jam that, too, but a script kiddy or spammer doesn't usually have such equipment.
Science is the pursuit of truth about the world around us. There is not a necessary reason for it to be at odds with religion, because what it finds is the truth to the best of our ability to reason. It really is not about science contradicting what your religion dictates, because if you are truly religious, your faith will not be swayed by what some scientist has to say about creation.
My belief is that God, being all powerful and infinite and inconceivable in the minds of men, could certainly create all the universe and all its laws and properties in any way. So, if one has any faith in God or His omnipotence, he/she shouldn't be discouraged by new theories of science that seem to contradict His existence.
For the simple minded, think of it like this: if you were a divinity, wouldn't you be able to make it seem as though you don't exist to test the faith of those who are less powerful?
A Christian example is when Christ appeared to the apostles, all except Thomas. Thomas didn't believe that He had risen from the dead. Later when Christ appeared to him, he said, "blessed are you who have not seen and yet still believe."
So, the final answer for a religious person in any case like this is the single word "faith". Science isn't going to get in my or anyone else's way.
Not all of us are atheists or agnostic. I mean, just because some dorkr goes and writes something like this about computer software doesn't mean that we should now all gang up on those faithful to a particular religion. I mean, what are we coming to when we who fight so much for civil liberty then go and turn our noses against anyone with any religion?
More importantly, don't take this guy as an example of all Christianity because that's just not true. We must seek the truth, and just because some of us don't see truth in the same places doesn't mean the others are wrong. This applies to all parties.
It will be really interesting to see what sort of propulsion system they choose to get there, given the extraordinary distance that will have to be covered. I bet they'll choose some sort of ion-drive, or related thing.
Does anyone know how long it will take to reach Pluto? I would think a few years, but of course that's just a guesstimate.
So many of the comments on the thread come from two discrete sides: those who feel that cloning is awful, approaching the topic from a long-term ethical standpoint, and those who feel that we must not stand in the way of scientific research and progress.
It seems to me that those who are in favor of this stem-cell research and so forth should really take a look at the long term effects of what could happen. Not necessarily a zombie race or something, but what major changes in our society will result from these new scientific/medical methods. Now I don't think it's unsafe to say that an embryonic stem cell is going to do you any harm, but furthering research in this area will certainly advance research in other related fields, and it's asinine for anyone to deny that human cloning will not be furthered by further research into stem cells.
We know exactly what will happen, the scientists in a few years will run out of things to research in stem cells, and focus energy on the challenge of cloning humans and things.
One must recognize the linkage between these objects, and notice that any changes in one will most certainly effect change in the other. Furthermore, we must scrutinize any new work that we do that involves these issues since they have the ability to vastly change the future, and we must decide if it is for better or for worse. I also don't think that we can ignore the feelings of religious groups or incite bigotry as a few others have, since as fellow humans, their beliefs are just as valid as ours, and it is their world, too. Certainly there are questiosn that a religion can answer only with faith, but there are just as many that one might pose to an unbeliever and yet he could not answer them at all.
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What the DON'T tell you is that New Zealand has a vested interest in ENYA, yes the artist of such noteworthy titles as "Sail Away" and other new age hits. It turns out that the only way people will buy Enya is because they accidentally downloaded it--thinking it was Kenyan music--and want to do everyone a favor by taking it off the market through purchasing all remaining copies and tossing them into the incenerator ASAP. Where do you think Enya is from? New Zealand, where else? A coincidence? I think NOT!
Ever played Capcom vs. SNK II? Ever wonder why SNK didn't bother hiring people who could speak English? Listen to Guile, Rolento, or Ken, and you'll see why!
This dude is on the CANADIAN payroll. No wonder he thinks the "superior" "canadian paper model" is better.
This is yet another Canadian plot to intimidate, impersonate, and infiltrate our precious bodily fluids!
ALERT ALERT!!!! This is even worse than having to have a LICENSE PLATE! I don't want anyone else, (LET ALONE POLICE!) knowing who I am.
Darl McBride's partner, Emilio Sanchez, claimed responsibility for the attacks after the two "broke up". just had to, sorry.
So how does this affect hardware developers? I mean come on, are they subject to the same constraints as typical kernel developers? The main proble, as I believe Linux was trying to outline in the article, is that using any sort of licensing scheme will result in some unexpected difficulties. if you go here you will find just the sort of licensing predicament we can expect from now on.
you have proven to me that this worthless BS is not funny. and any stupid karma whore that starts saying something that is "agreeable" to the slashdot consensus is going to wind up with a big ol' can of whoop-ass. NO MORE STUPID ARTICLES. NEWS FOR NERDS? YES. STUFF THAT MATTERS? HECK NO!
So I got my number switched a few days ago, and,
lo and behold i stopped receiving my phone calls.
At last I called my provider and complained, hence the sent out a technician to come
solve the problem.
He came to look at my phone and twiddled with some sort of
device for a while, but couldn't seem to get the thing to work. I though that perhaps it might be because I have an
old phone. Who knows.
The scary thing is that the companies can't seem to get the technology working!!
Should I have to suggest it to anyone else,
Unless you absolutely must, don't switch
Carriers!!!!! The3 will just try to screw you. I want to
Kill them now!!! First the charge me like $50 a month and then they can't even make their
Service work!!
needless to say, i am mad
heh can't take a joke, can ya numb nuts? /me laughs @ you
I can say that this technology is at LEAST 25 years away due to the lack of precision in nanostructure topology lithographic processes. The author seems to be ignorant of a few of the fundamental laws of nanotech, namely that: 1) Maxwell's equations must be obeyed in light of quantum gravity. Yes, quantum gravity is CRUCIAL to the process. This prevents the inadvertent bonding of junction pairs and 2) The superposition principle does NOT apply to these non-inertial frames of reference! Trust me, this technology is pretty much canned until we can solve a few engineering problems in the litho. area.
well, i'm staunch anti-(anti-peace) and the day that EITHER side lays down arms will be a step forward. You must realize that siding one way or the other solves nothing.
Too bad world leaders ignore a 2-millenia old teaching in favor of killing, greed and jealousy.
18th century....
Am I right?!?!
hubble is worthless waste of money. we never should have launched it in the first place.
is prior art of SCO.
at least the spammers of radio (ie legitimate companies, usually) don't launch DDOS attacks on those who wish to ignore them. Radio is regulated and that means it has somewhat better quality control.
Considering how easy it is for malicious attackers to bring down networks through DDOS, etc. it is useful to have a backup means for communications. And the electromagnetic spectrum is pretty much guaranteed to exist 8) Of course, you can jam that, too, but a script kiddy or spammer doesn't usually have such equipment.
Science is the pursuit of truth about the world around us. There is not a necessary reason for it to be at odds with religion, because what it finds is the truth to the best of our ability to reason. It really is not about science contradicting what your religion dictates, because if you are truly religious, your faith will not be swayed by what some scientist has to say about creation.
My belief is that God, being all powerful and infinite and inconceivable in the minds of men, could certainly create all the universe and all its laws and properties in any way. So, if one has any faith in God or His omnipotence, he/she shouldn't be discouraged by new theories of science that seem to contradict His existence.
For the simple minded, think of it like this: if you were a divinity, wouldn't you be able to make it seem as though you don't exist to test the faith of those who are less powerful?
A Christian example is when Christ appeared to the apostles, all except Thomas. Thomas didn't believe that He had risen from the dead. Later when Christ appeared to him, he said, "blessed are you who have not seen and yet still believe."
So, the final answer for a religious person in any case like this is the single word "faith". Science isn't going to get in my or anyone else's way.
Not all of us are atheists or agnostic. I mean, just because some dorkr goes and writes something like this about computer software doesn't mean that we should now all gang up on those faithful to a particular religion. I mean, what are we coming to when we who fight so much for civil liberty then go and turn our noses against anyone with any religion?
More importantly, don't take this guy as an example of all Christianity because that's just not true. We must seek the truth, and just because some of us don't see truth in the same places doesn't mean the others are wrong. This applies to all parties.
than episode 1?
Not Jar Jar again, but Jon Katz.
when the smart advertisers have already shacked up with /.
I cite the slashdot effect as evidence enough.
--nil5
What difference will this make? Now you can't jerk off until midnight?
Not to mention that this will be practically impossible to implement.
neighborhood...err... nation state.
It will be really interesting to see what sort of propulsion system they choose to get there, given the extraordinary distance that will have to be covered. I bet they'll choose some sort of ion-drive, or related thing.
Does anyone know how long it will take to reach Pluto? I would think a few years, but of course that's just a guesstimate.
Hopefully this will create a surplus of receivers and these things will become cheaper for the average user.
So many of the comments on the thread come from two discrete sides: those who feel that cloning is awful, approaching the topic from a long-term ethical standpoint, and those who feel that we must not stand in the way of scientific research and progress.
It seems to me that those who are in favor of this stem-cell research and so forth should really take a look at the long term effects of what could happen. Not necessarily a zombie race or something, but what major changes in our society will result from these new scientific/medical methods. Now I don't think it's unsafe to say that an embryonic stem cell is going to do you any harm, but furthering research in this area will certainly advance research in other related fields, and it's asinine for anyone to deny that human cloning will not be furthered by further research into stem cells.
We know exactly what will happen, the scientists in a few years will run out of things to research in stem cells, and focus energy on the challenge of cloning humans and things.
One must recognize the linkage between these objects, and notice that any changes in one will most certainly effect change in the other. Furthermore, we must scrutinize any new work that we do that involves these issues since they have the ability to vastly change the future, and we must decide if it is for better or for worse. I also don't think that we can ignore the feelings of religious groups or incite bigotry as a few others have, since as fellow humans, their beliefs are just as valid as ours, and it is their world, too. Certainly there are questiosn that a religion can answer only with faith, but there are just as many that one might pose to an unbeliever and yet he could not answer them at all.