One thing boht you and the parent have forgotten to mention (maybe because you didn't know) is that only military personel get asualt rifles at home. The government requires all guns to at least have a trigger-lock if not more (locked cabinet.) All equipment is controlled by the army regularly and when your service time is over you hand your gun back in. (With all your other equipment.)
Another thing to note is that there's a yearly event where kids ages 13 and up can shoot those asualt rifles (6 shots) and win prizes. I'm pretty sure that they record all good shooters for when it's time to do military service (yes, it's mandated.)
espically with the large numbers of people finding that the latest games like UT2003 run just fine no their older hardware (P-III with a geforce 2! cranks the frames without a hiccup)
Well, it might run fine, but you don't get to see all the new stuff (eyecandy) the producers built into it. So it's not really a need to upgrade, more a want to upgrade.
I still don't know why people think so two dimensional. Why not build it higher up? Have stations at the larger public places, and some corps, heck companies could even have private systems to go from one building to another (if they have several.) It doesn't need to be very high, just above everything else:)
Not just Debain, pretty much all distros. Right now to be useful, you have to learn to use linux over several years with someone who already knows most things to help you and which you can ask questions...
Well, I think they had it right when they originally wrote the constitution, limit copyright to 14 years, and 28 max renewal. For music it should probably somewhere around 5 years, that gives them enough time to reap profits, then it passes into the public domain. Maybe 5 years is still too much...
For conventional inventions it should be around 10 years, and extendable only if it has been inproved on or added to in a way which greatly changes it. Also, for things like programming, "ideas" shouldn't be patentable, only programs using it, that excludes algorithems, but still there needs to be a implementation of said algorithem in some way. This gives me a whole new idea, maybe patents should be seperated between applied and pure research/ideas/etc. But you'd need to figure out how to make it useful.
Exactly, if they aren't willing and/or able to provide the bandwidth they advertise 24/7 then they should have lower thresholds. I should be able to max out my connection from the minute I install my modem till I cancel their service, or whenever. Yes, I can be called a "bandwidth" hog, but I payed, and they should deliver. Don't blame people for your ISP's faults.
btw, I don't usually do this, I just used myself as an example.
"Human intelligence is the result of a, just to throw a random figure out there, 3.5 billion year process of evolution (the exact figure is heavily debatable but that's a ballpark)."
What are you talking about? It's been figured out a while ago.. it's 42!
This is ironic, the Gates Foundation gave a $1 million grant to fund the project in Maine... Gates (Bill) gives money to Maine to buy Macs? I just thought that was slightly amusing...
(btw, check the site
for refference, it's on the right)
Naviscope does this much better, it prefetches links with next you can specify. You could for example, have it prefetch all links that say 'page 2' or 'next' and for slashdot 'Read more...' (of couse they would hate that:P )
Well, slashdot's main concern is bandwidth, now think about it, hosting about 3 main pages worth of content for every article? (If it has a lot of pictures.)
You think they have 3-4x the amount of bandwidth they're using right now to spare? I don't think so...
Slashdot Mirror
Another thing to note is that there's a yearly event where kids ages 13 and up can shoot those asualt rifles (6 shots) and win prizes. I'm pretty sure that they record all good shooters for when it's time to do military service (yes, it's mandated.)
Well, have you seen these? Especially check out the one called 'tube'
Actually it lets you play God. And that's all people want.
espically with the large numbers of people finding that the latest games like UT2003 run just fine no their older hardware (P-III with a geforce 2! cranks the frames without a hiccup)
Well, it might run fine, but you don't get to see all the new stuff (eyecandy) the producers built into it. So it's not really a need to upgrade, more a want to upgrade.
Yea, but how to pay for all the liquid nitrogen....
Yes, Vernor Vinge mentioneed phages in Marooned in Realtime. They would be in your body and pretty much eat the bad stuff.
Read The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. It gives you the answer to everything. This included. :)
Imagine making a beowulf cluster out all of that stuff! You'd suck the whole block dry of power just turning half the stuff in there on!
It's actually blood red, same with their graphics cards. Seems the picture isn't that good on the color side...
I still don't know why people think so two dimensional. Why not build it higher up? Have stations at the larger public places, and some corps, heck companies could even have private systems to go from one building to another (if they have several.) It doesn't need to be very high, just above everything else :)
Sure they cared, this could mean the end of free candy in the lobby!
No, you will not need a license for personal use, and I'm guessing it will be the same for opensource since they don't make a profit off of it.
Not just Debain, pretty much all distros. Right now to be useful, you have to learn to use linux over several years with someone who already knows most things to help you and which you can ask questions...
Go a step further:
Here, try out this PDA with a car cradle, oh btw, the car comes with it... (Or GPS system in the car...)
Well, I think they had it right when they originally wrote the constitution, limit copyright to 14 years, and 28 max renewal. For music it should probably somewhere around 5 years, that gives them enough time to reap profits, then it passes into the public domain. Maybe 5 years is still too much...
For conventional inventions it should be around 10 years, and extendable only if it has been inproved on or added to in a way which greatly changes it. Also, for things like programming, "ideas" shouldn't be patentable, only programs using it, that excludes algorithems, but still there needs to be a implementation of said algorithem in some way.
This gives me a whole new idea, maybe patents should be seperated between applied and pure research/ideas/etc. But you'd need to figure out how to make it useful.
Exactly, if they aren't willing and/or able to provide the bandwidth they advertise 24/7 then they should have lower thresholds. I should be able to max out my connection from the minute I install my modem till I cancel their service, or whenever. Yes, I can be called a "bandwidth" hog, but I payed, and they should deliver. Don't blame people for your ISP's faults.
btw, I don't usually do this, I just used myself as an example.
Naa, more like 1000's of WU (Work Units) of Folding@Home per second... :)
What are you talking about? It's been figured out a while ago.. it's 42!
If you don't get the joke, move on...
This is ironic, the Gates Foundation gave a $1 million grant to fund the project in Maine... Gates (Bill) gives money to Maine to buy Macs? I just thought that was slightly amusing...
(btw, check the site for refference, it's on the right)
Or all of the above. :)
Naviscope does this much better, it prefetches links with next you can specify. You could for example, have it prefetch all links that say 'page 2' or 'next' and for slashdot 'Read more...' (of couse they would hate that :P )
Well, slashdot's main concern is bandwidth, now think about it, hosting about 3 main pages worth of content for every article? (If it has a lot of pictures.)
You think they have 3-4x the amount of bandwidth they're using right now to spare? I don't think so...
Well, gee, it seems a lot of coutries think quater sizes are good, I mean look at the .. (you guessed it) QUATER! (Well as far as loosing things go.)
Not just configuration, but there's too many tools for nearly everything...
Well, you can get the t-shirt out as bright as before, but I doubt the screen will ever be bright again... :)