The only military developments you need to keep secret are attack weapons.
Riiiight. So, you should publish all the capabilities of all your defense systems, so that a potential enemy has an early heads up as to how to defeat them?
Lot's of military bases have perimeter security and sensors. Try getting into Camp Peary in Virginia. Or any one of a number of other places.
oooo....But it's Area51! Obviously they are hiding something behind those sensors. Ha. If there ever was anything alien there (highly doubtful), it's long since been moved. Hangar 18, maybe?
If you live in an apartment, DDR may not be the best thing you could do. Or a treadmill. I tried a set of bicycle rollers in an apartment. Lasted 2 days before the guy downstairs pitched a bitch. All that machinery resonating through the floor was NotGood. br.Unless you live on the ground floor, of course.
More power to you if you can 'get laid' on the motorcycle. Although, I guess if you don't move around a whole lot, and have a really strong kickstand, it could be done.
Amazingly enough, some people DO commute by other than large car. (Bike, motorcycle, bus) Very often, by choice. Even people with families.
I have to pick up kid from daycare at the last minute
Kid won't always be in daycare.
Need to stop off at grocery for whole chicken and large bag of charcoal since we're out.
I just wait until the large car does come home, and go to the store around the corner. Or I walk.
Pet store just called, my new 100gal aquarium is in,
Wait til tomorrow, and swap cars. Or see if they'll deliver for an extra $20.
Obviously, this isn't an answer for everyone's needs. But I wouldn't forgo buying a Corvette, just because I might have to transport a 100 gal aquarium one day. My family of 6 got along just fine with one car (minivan) for several years. The vehicle that was used to haul my ass to work and back got replaced with a bike. Instant $5k/year raise, not having to support that second car.
Yes, getting the kid to daycare is a consideration. But don't assume that a 1 seater thingie can't work for everyone. Or even for you, once the child is of schoolage and rides the bus (asuming your school district has bus service).
It's only a concept car. Not meant for production, but to forter new ideas. Imagine this thing only slightly larger, with a second seat.
The same as most cars on the morning commute now. To get one person from home to work. This does it cheaper and smaller.
Think if your company didn't have to buy that bigass parking lot along with the building? hmmm.....less operating overhead, more profits, maybe even a raise for you.
- Leave you exposed to the elements - Limited carrying capacity - In town, anything I can do on a motorcycle, I can do on a bicycle, cheaper, and usually just as fast.
If you look, in most 2 car families, one car is used solely to transport one person to work and back. That's all. It gets used 1-2 hours a day commuting, and the rest of the time it sits in the driveway or the parking lot at work.
Replace THAT car with something else. Bike, bus, carpool, this Toyota thingie. Why a family needs/wants TWO Canyonero's is beyond me.
Now, what happens if we make users believe there's no difference between their local hard drive and Internet? That we drill into their heads that they are the same?
Well, you still have no control over information stored on the 'net. Thus, if you were trained to think that the local drive and the 'net are basically the same, then you would expect to have no control over information stored on your hard drive.
People are already looking to do this voluntarily. Even among the pseudoenlightened here. Look through some of the comments regarding Gmail. And especially the (false) 1TB announcement. Scripting your wordprocessor to autosave to your 1TB (or 1GB) Gmail acct. Online hard drive.
No more backup worries! I can store all my stuff on Gmail! Will they release the API so I can automate this?
People won't need to be forced into this...they will come running.
I guess you mised the part about: "Gameonline, one of the most popular game sites in Japan until its sudden closure last month, was a for-profit site that made its money exclusively via advertising."
Eventually, someone may use that wide open connection for something actionable. If not found guilty, culpable, or negligent, he will have to pay $$$ to lawyers to stand up with him and say [BartVoice] I didn't do it Nobody saw me You can't prove anything [/BartVoice]
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The only military developments you need to keep secret are attack weapons.
Riiiight. So, you should publish all the capabilities of all your defense systems, so that a potential enemy has an early heads up as to how to defeat them?
Makes me glad you're not in charge of things.
The current US goverment is led by a person who only around 50% of the population agreed was good enough to run the country.
And if the other guy had won, that statement would still be accurate.
what did the commercial observation satellites detect
A bunch of buildings and runways.
Terraserver, FAS, even a simple image search on Google all show recent, relatively hi-res pics.
That's what you get for listening to Art Bell.
Terraserver has some fairly recent pics.
Lot's of military bases have perimeter security and sensors. Try getting into Camp Peary in Virginia. Or any one of a number of other places.
oooo....But it's Area51! Obviously they are hiding something behind those sensors.
Ha. If there ever was anything alien there (highly doubtful), it's long since been moved. Hangar 18, maybe?
If you live in an apartment, DDR may not be the best thing you could do. Or a treadmill. I tried a set of bicycle rollers in an apartment. Lasted 2 days before the guy downstairs pitched a bitch. All that machinery resonating through the floor was NotGood.
br.Unless you live on the ground floor, of course.
I was pointing out that the parent poster had no kids...
And you'd be wrong. I have 4.
Really? How about 'get laid?'
More power to you if you can 'get laid' on the motorcycle. Although, I guess if you don't move around a whole lot, and have a really strong kickstand, it could be done.
Having 4 kids, I know all too well about being 'on call'. And I had that exact same scenario happen once.
I was on my bike, and the wife was unavailable.
I called a taxi. 30 mins and $20 later, I was home, projectile vomiting kid in tow.
Again...this isn't the answer for everyone. But with a little planning, it could be the answer for some.
Amazingly enough, some people DO commute by other than large car. (Bike, motorcycle, bus) Very often, by choice. Even people with families.
I have to pick up kid from daycare at the last minute
Kid won't always be in daycare.
Need to stop off at grocery for whole chicken and large bag of charcoal since we're out.
I just wait until the large car does come home, and go to the store around the corner. Or I walk.
Pet store just called, my new 100gal aquarium is in,
Wait til tomorrow, and swap cars. Or see if they'll deliver for an extra $20.
Obviously, this isn't an answer for everyone's needs. But I wouldn't forgo buying a Corvette, just because I might have to transport a 100 gal aquarium one day.
My family of 6 got along just fine with one car (minivan) for several years. The vehicle that was used to haul my ass to work and back got replaced with a bike. Instant $5k/year raise, not having to support that second car.
Feel free to try and resolve that issue with one of us having something like this.
Piece of cake. Fast forward 3 or 4 years. Your little one is no longer in daycare, and rides the bus with the rest of the first graders.
Yes, getting the kid to daycare is a consideration. But don't assume that a 1 seater thingie can't work for everyone. Or even for you, once the child is of schoolage and rides the bus (asuming your school district has bus service).
It's only a concept car. Not meant for production, but to forter new ideas. Imagine this thing only slightly larger, with a second seat.
Factor in time I don't have to spend at the gym. Multitasking exercise and transportation.
Even if all you have is one kid then this kind of transport becomes utterly useless.
Do you take your daughter on the morning commute everyday?
This is meant to be a families second car, not the only car.
With luck/good fortune/good planning, I was able to dump our second car for several years. Commuted to work and back on my bike.
An instant $5k/year raise, not having to support that second car.
And everybody got to school/soccer/work/cheerleading on time, every time.
It doesn't have to be a be-all and end all solution. But it CAN work.
Given the opportunity again, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
What is the point of a one person transport?
The same as most cars on the morning commute now. To get one person from home to work. This does it cheaper and smaller.
Think if your company didn't have to buy that bigass parking lot along with the building? hmmm.....less operating overhead, more profits, maybe even a raise for you.
- Leave you exposed to the elements
- Limited carrying capacity
- In town, anything I can do on a motorcycle, I can do on a bicycle, cheaper, and usually just as fast.
If you look, in most 2 car families, one car is used solely to transport one person to work and back. That's all. It gets used 1-2 hours a day commuting, and the rest of the time it sits in the driveway or the parking lot at work.
Replace THAT car with something else.
Bike, bus, carpool, this Toyota thingie. Why a family needs/wants TWO Canyonero's is beyond me.
Now THAT'S what I call flushing money down the drain!
Now, what happens if we make users believe there's no difference between their local hard drive and Internet? That we drill into their heads that they are the same?
Well, you still have no control over information stored on the 'net. Thus, if you were trained to think that the local drive and the 'net are basically the same, then you would expect to have no control over information stored on your hard drive.
People are already looking to do this voluntarily. Even among the pseudoenlightened here. Look through some of the comments regarding Gmail. And especially the (false) 1TB announcement.
Scripting your wordprocessor to autosave to your 1TB (or 1GB) Gmail acct.
Online hard drive.
No more backup worries! I can store all my stuff on Gmail!
Will they release the API so I can automate this?
People won't need to be forced into this...they will come running.
But I do agree with you. I don't like it either.
Nouse (Nose as Mouse)
Mouse movement by tracking the nose, mouse click by blinking.
I guess you mised the part about:
"Gameonline, one of the most popular game sites in Japan until its sudden closure last month, was a for-profit site that made its money exclusively via advertising."
Not to rag on you, and I feel your pain, but installing a new OS, on a box holding important data, with no local backup?
What were you thinking?
Obviously not, which is why I used $100B. And not in 10 years, either.
Eventually, someone may use that wide open connection for something actionable. If not found guilty, culpable, or negligent, he will have to pay $$$ to lawyers to stand up with him and say
[BartVoice]
I didn't do it
Nobody saw me
You can't prove anything
[/BartVoice]