nor the oxygen or a fertile soil or drinkable water. Without wood, without most construction materials. The comparison with the Mayflower is interesting but not very accurate.
I think this is the true reason, indeed. In the West, the general consensus is that the goal of the technological progress is to improve the society but in Japan, I really had the feeling that the technological progress was the goal and the betterment of society, just a tool or a side effect.
William Gibson had an interesting take on this. For him, Japan is a future-shocked country. Since the end of world war II, the collective subconscious there is convinced that being at the technological edge is a question of survival.
The president of the Royal Society already pointed out that some very serious problems that we could encounter within ten or twenty years are considered only by SF writers. It is time that politicians realize and prepare for many likely scenarios.
I for one believe that steps should be taken RIGHT NOW to decrease natality all over the world. The population lives longer, consumes more and more resources, it is a survival step to at least stabilize the world population.
Am I the only one who gets this fuzzy warm feeling that it looks like an effect of a SF MacGuffin explaining why, finally, it is possible to travel between stars in less than a year ?
Apparently the 10% of users who buy Vista non-OEM licenses.
Note also that in the corporate world, many people don't install their OS, they get it installed by the IT guy. A pointy-haired boss may want to try Linux, he'll just call an IT guy and ask him for it.
It is the first time a company don't respect the orders of this institution (which only has 50 years of age) and this is the biggest fine it ever produced. Nobody knows what would happen if Microsoft was planning not paying but I guess it could be raided by European IRS. I mean it is tax money. Many people who lack a sense of humor are serious about it.
A ban would be a first as well but I think they'll just keep on doubling the fine every year...
This is true in the case of company-sponsored FOSS. I think most of the FOSS development today is made by people on their free time without financial gain. Such a behavior completely escapes the capitalistic theory that everybody acts only toward his self-interest. Let's admit it, a lot of FOSS developers contribute because this is a Good Thing To Do (tm) or because it would be too complicated to make money from a specific bunch of software.
Arguably, there is a capitalistic theory revolving around egoboo generation but this is a bit far fetched and begins to look like a lot like the communist system : Work for free, be the best, get a honorary reward.
One of the hypothesis is that many politician don't like that system. That there may be some politicians wanting to really represent the people, really improve things beyond simply corporate wealth and that the system prevents them from doing exactly that.
If you're tired of seeing these things happening, support Lawrence Lessig's movement "Change Congress" and if you happen to vote in California 12th in the Congress elections, take a look. http://lessig08.org/
Bad decisions like this one are either caused by incompetence or economy of influence. Time to change congress!
Then you will be happy to know that in the latest elections radical religious are considered the biggest losers. They lost a lot of their political power.
This kinda makes me wonder if NASA and other space agencies purposely over-estimate the useful lives of their spacecraft. Two words : factory specifications.
You know that this electric engine designed to work between 2V and 10V will still be working well under 15V and will only begin to make strange noises and smoke around 30...
If Amazon thinks he is worth that much, if Microsoft thinks he is the man they need to release the next version of their milk-cow, I still blame Microsoft for not putting money where its mouth is. They can afford to give 30M in shares to the lead developer/manager of Vista. They can and they should have.
Blaming this particular guy for botching the job ? maybe not but he surely proved to be an uncommitted employee. That should make Amazon think twice about it.
Scenario 1:
MS takes Yahoo's engineers.
MS : "Switch from Yahoo to MSN Live! We have their engineers! our technology is better now !"
Users : "Yeah, sure..."
Scenario 2:
MS buys Yahoo
Google : "Er... you know that when you are using Yahoo, you are giving money to MS ? It is evil you know..."
Users : "Yeah, sure..."
Bottom-up tends to get too involved in the details, while Top-Down tends to outright ignore the details. The thing is that two accidents have already proved that you can never get too involved in the details. Or that it didn't happen in the Shuttle project.
Anyway, int the GP I was just posting some observations about TFA, I am not sure I agree with all their conclusion either.
There is a point you miss there I think. It is the top-to-bottom design philosophy vs the bottom-to-top. The first one gives objectives first then designs every part so that it fulfills the general objective. The latter focuses on designing simples elements and assemble them as more complex elements with defined capacities and known weaknesses.
This article states that the second approach is inherently better than the top-to-bottom approach. This is clearly an engineering problem. I am not sure I agree with the conclusions and acknowledge that most of the Challenger disaster was due to unwelcomed pressure, but I don't think you can dismiss the whole issue as not concerning engineering.
your brain can say lessig is hopeless. but what does your heart say? so give voice to your heart, and shut your brain up for the moment. because heart is exactly what is needed with issues like financial influence in washington dc My brain tells me that Lessig is an intelligent man who understood how difficult this task was and who adopted a strategy that will be quickly giving him a lot of allies, maybe enough to win. His stance is "the current situation is not caused by evil people, it is caused by good people in a bad system". If he manages to prove that this cause alone can get one elected, a lot of already known senators will suddenly have to take a stance for or against Lessig ideas.
He is smart, not the herald of corporate interests and actually have a deep understanding of the ideas he defends and their implications. Three unusual advantages in politics. Of course he has handicaps, but this is finally someone worth voting for.
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nor the oxygen or a fertile soil or drinkable water. Without wood, without most construction materials. The comparison with the Mayflower is interesting but not very accurate.
Automated interaction and robotics are two different things.
I think this is the true reason, indeed. In the West, the general consensus is that the goal of the technological progress is to improve the society but in Japan, I really had the feeling that the technological progress was the goal and the betterment of society, just a tool or a side effect.
William Gibson had an interesting take on this. For him, Japan is a future-shocked country. Since the end of world war II, the collective subconscious there is convinced that being at the technological edge is a question of survival.
No, it is not a real cure and replacing a whole human's DNA is not something done routinely today.
The president of the Royal Society already pointed out that some very serious problems that we could encounter within ten or twenty years are considered only by SF writers. It is time that politicians realize and prepare for many likely scenarios.
I for one believe that steps should be taken RIGHT NOW to decrease natality all over the world. The population lives longer, consumes more and more resources, it is a survival step to at least stabilize the world population.
... to think that 100 W for a chip is still a lot ?
Maybe we would need a point of comparison.
Am I the only one who gets this fuzzy warm feeling that it looks like an effect of a SF MacGuffin explaining why, finally, it is possible to travel between stars in less than a year ?
Apparently the 10% of users who buy Vista non-OEM licenses.
Note also that in the corporate world, many people don't install their OS, they get it installed by the IT guy. A pointy-haired boss may want to try Linux, he'll just call an IT guy and ask him for it.
If it is too new, then you are too old !
You take a mortal man
And put him in control
Watch him become a god
Watch peoples' heads aroll
I think that's what works. It begins with giving people a chance and responsabilities.
It is the first time a company don't respect the orders of this institution (which only has 50 years of age) and this is the biggest fine it ever produced. Nobody knows what would happen if Microsoft was planning not paying but I guess it could be raided by European IRS. I mean it is tax money. Many people who lack a sense of humor are serious about it.
A ban would be a first as well but I think they'll just keep on doubling the fine every year...
Why move the Earth when you could be moving the Sun ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_engine
Okay, I know I am just being dumb, the Earth would follow anyway. What the Sun really needs is a Star lifting
This is true in the case of company-sponsored FOSS. I think most of the FOSS development today is made by people on their free time without financial gain. Such a behavior completely escapes the capitalistic theory that everybody acts only toward his self-interest. Let's admit it, a lot of FOSS developers contribute because this is a Good Thing To Do (tm) or because it would be too complicated to make money from a specific bunch of software.
Arguably, there is a capitalistic theory revolving around egoboo generation but this is a bit far fetched and begins to look like a lot like the communist system : Work for free, be the best, get a honorary reward.
One of the hypothesis is that many politician don't like that system. That there may be some politicians wanting to really represent the people, really improve things beyond simply corporate wealth and that the system prevents them from doing exactly that.
The people who modded this funny obviously never were in a room where kimchi had been opened.
If you're tired of seeing these things happening, support Lawrence Lessig's movement "Change Congress" and if you happen to vote in California 12th in the Congress elections, take a look. http://lessig08.org/
Bad decisions like this one are either caused by incompetence or economy of influence. Time to change congress!
Then you will be happy to know that in the latest elections radical religious are considered the biggest losers. They lost a lot of their political power.
You know that this electric engine designed to work between 2V and 10V will still be working well under 15V and will only begin to make strange noises and smoke around 30...
Ok, should have RTFA. The fact that most equipment is IPv6 compatible would be a myth.
No solution ? I think that most equipment sold today are IPv6 ready, what is missing in the chain ?
If Amazon thinks he is worth that much, if Microsoft thinks he is the man they need to release the next version of their milk-cow, I still blame Microsoft for not putting money where its mouth is. They can afford to give 30M in shares to the lead developer/manager of Vista. They can and they should have.
Blaming this particular guy for botching the job ? maybe not but he surely proved to be an uncommitted employee. That should make Amazon think twice about it.
Scenario 1 :
:
MS takes Yahoo's engineers.
MS : "Switch from Yahoo to MSN Live! We have their engineers! our technology is better now !"
Users : "Yeah, sure..."
Scenario 2
MS buys Yahoo
Google : "Er... you know that when you are using Yahoo, you are giving money to MS ? It is evil you know..."
Users : "Yeah, sure..."
Anyway, int the GP I was just posting some observations about TFA, I am not sure I agree with all their conclusion either.
There is a point you miss there I think. It is the top-to-bottom design philosophy vs the bottom-to-top. The first one gives objectives first then designs every part so that it fulfills the general objective. The latter focuses on designing simples elements and assemble them as more complex elements with defined capacities and known weaknesses.
This article states that the second approach is inherently better than the top-to-bottom approach. This is clearly an engineering problem. I am not sure I agree with the conclusions and acknowledge that most of the Challenger disaster was due to unwelcomed pressure, but I don't think you can dismiss the whole issue as not concerning engineering.
He is smart, not the herald of corporate interests and actually have a deep understanding of the ideas he defends and their implications. Three unusual advantages in politics. Of course he has handicaps, but this is finally someone worth voting for.