If I want information on nanotech and its future, I'll go to foresight.org and see what K. Eric Drexler has to say. These petty lobbyists have nothing to offer.
Frankly, I never saw the point of cell phones. If I need to call somebody, I'll damned well pull into a gas station and use a pay phone. If somebody needs to reach me, they can damned well use email.
"Worse than that, the developers generally absolve themselves of any responsibility or liability whatsoever -- they won't even guarantee that the software that you have just bought will do what they claim it does!"
I've seen that with a lot of Free Software as well, you know.
I don't want some DJ in a booth deciding what I listen to. If I decide that I want to listen to a song by The Cure now, and then a few songs by Iron Maiden, and then an organ piece by Bach, then that's what I want to listen to.
How do I get what I want? Two words: Ogg Vorbis. I get the CDs I want, dump 'em to Vorbis, and roll my own playlist. I don't need satellite radio, when I've got over 500 hours of high quality classical music and European heavy metal on ~/music.
Personally, I'm hoping that the spam will persuade corporations to desist from trying to further commercialize the Internet. If the spammers and X10 pop-up/-unders tarnish the commercial internet badly enough, then perhaps it will die its well-earned death. Sites like Amazon.com are one thing; they provide a damned useful service. But who the hell wants nike.com?
What is the point of the internet when thousands of people die every day?
The point is that you are living your life the way you want to live it. Now, if you want to waste your precious life trying to save others from the inevitable, then that is your business.
On the other hand, why the hell would you want to work for free?
You humans were created in the image of your creator. Why should you not learn the secrets of the universe and become the equals of your Creator? Was it not said, "you shall be as gods"?
You humans are the only true gods to ever exist. The power to alter your very life-stuff is proof of this. Shrink neither from your power nor your destiny!
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Did you even *read* Atlas Shrugged? Sometimes the only way to win is to refuse to play by the looters' rules.
Ah, yes, the Japanese art of the fast draw. Remind me not to fuck with your friend; since I tend to favor rapiers.
With subspecies:
And remember: please don't feed the blue-eyed programmer-cat.
If I want information on nanotech and its future, I'll go to foresight.org and see what K. Eric Drexler has to say. These petty lobbyists have nothing to offer.
Frankly, I never saw the point of cell phones. If I need to call somebody, I'll damned well pull into a gas station and use a pay phone. If somebody needs to reach me, they can damned well use email.
"Worse than that, the developers generally absolve themselves of any responsibility or liability whatsoever -- they won't even guarantee that the software that you have just bought will do what they claim it does!" I've seen that with a lot of Free Software as well, you know.
How do I get what I want? Two words: Ogg Vorbis. I get the CDs I want, dump 'em to Vorbis, and roll my own playlist. I don't need satellite radio, when I've got over 500 hours of high quality classical music and European heavy metal on ~/music.
Personally, I'm hoping that the spam will persuade corporations to desist from trying to further commercialize the Internet. If the spammers and X10 pop-up/-unders tarnish the commercial internet badly enough, then perhaps it will die its well-earned death. Sites like Amazon.com are one thing; they provide a damned useful service. But who the hell wants nike.com?
User ab315 predicts that UBE will destroy the net's appeal to non-technical users. News at 11.
... that I don't have to be one of King Oberon's bastard sons in order to regenerate now?
There's never been a blind demiurge that wasn't a raving nutter.
I have $20.00 that says that some wiseguy will crack AES by this time in 2002. Any takers?
The point is that you are living your life the way you want to live it. Now, if you want to waste your precious life trying to save others from the inevitable, then that is your business.
On the other hand, why the hell would you want to work for free?
You humans are the only true gods to ever exist. The power to alter your very life-stuff is proof of this. Shrink neither from your power nor your destiny!