I'm sorry to have left files on you that were posted to/. We had some great times, you and I... sharing files w/ people all around the globe. I noticed that you started to glow red and smoke, but thought this was just a signal of your burning passion for me. Alas, I can now see that the pressure of servicing so many other people has taken its toll on you and you've succumbed. I'm sorry to see you go.
Sincerely,
Joe User
P.S. You will receive a bill for the burnt hole in my carpet.
Does anyone have a better (preferably non-streamed) version of this? It's a pain in the arse to find anywhere, and the stream is bogging down after 10 seconds.
This is a refreshing submission, but will not get anywhere with the candidates.
"President Bush is a snappy dresser."
"Senator Kerry has nice penmanship."
If we don't trust the candidates to be honest in their smear campaigns, we can't trust them to be honest (or sincere) in their praise of their opponents either.
IANACSM (I am NOT a CS major) but I would think that "stop[ping] the creation of viruses and malware" is impossible for any application short of Hello World! Viruses and malware have found a niche online, just like virii and bacteria in RL. I would assume the best hope, as with the wetware versions, is peaceful, mostly unobtrusive cohabitation, not irradication.
Some future technologies may deliver unparalleled energy efficiency, resource utilization, and the ability to reduce or reverse many of the ecological problems that current technologies and societies have created. As examples, molecular nanotechnology may enable atomically precise manufacturing and widely adopted fusion power would reduce greenhouse gas emisions from burning fossil fuels. However, both of these technologies also present major risks to the planet and the human species. Nanotech gone wrong may lead to grey goo that would destroy the biosphere, while fusion power requires (moderately) radioactive materials that could poison water supplies if released. Given that such technologies both serve to meet the Green Party's goals of energy independence and environmental responsibility, and could seriously jeopardize those same goals, where do you stand on advanced technologies?
And, because I'm curious, a space question: If affordable space travel becomes available and people can easily colonize other planets or moons, how would you answer calls for teraforming to help ensure the spread and long term survival of humanity?
How many/.ers read that personal ad, thought the girl sounded just fine, and only then saw the text on the left talking about "sexually penetrating a dead body"?
How does a woman penetrate a dead body? Either she's a man, or she likes to mix dead bodies w/ sex toys.
Wait, why am I analyzing this situation? Bleh! Time to go wash my brain out w/ gasoline.
Amen! Love it or hate it, I believe (can't find any supporting evidence, though) that MS specifically says not to use their software for things that could potentially cost human life via failure.
Can you build your kids a treehouse using duct tape and balsa wood? Sure! Is it possible it could be safe for 20 years? Absolutely! Is it still reckless to use the wrong tools and materials in this way? You bet.
IAACNTR (I AM a carbon nanotube researcher), and the whole point of using CNTs is that their atomic precision and aspect ratio (10 nanometers diameter, micrometers to millimeters (or more?) long) make them wonderful tensile specimens. Without the ability to at least do a statistically significant testing of the CNTs you produce, there's a very good chance your tubes will have defects that will render them less useful than graphite fibers.
In fact, it is practically inconceivable. Making nanotubes for the ribbon are possible in the garage, but inspecting them requires a high resolutionTransmission Electron Microscope which uses water chillers, stable power supplies, cost several hundred thousand USD, and years of training to use.
The thing is, why would a billionaire or multi-billion dollar corporation invest the money in a manned space flight program? I'd offer that the filthy rich space nuts out there are waiting until the government does 90% of the work and then develop their asteroid mining/colonizing/luxury space cruise ideas. Let subsidized schools train the engineers, NASA et. al do the pure research and uncover nuggets of design wisdom, and then, and only then, invest in your own affair. Government is necessary right now because of the scale and cost of space exploration. After more of the wrinkles are smoothed out at the taxpayer's expense, then the commercial folk will have a crack at it.
Teflon is in fact tough. It absorbs a great amount of energy before failing in tension (bullet proof vests). However, it's not so great in compression. Compression is what most organisms need to hold them up and move around. Think of the force of weight pushing down on your bones. So, your theoretical creatures wouldn't be very large as compared to Earth creatures, or their bones and shells would buckle under their own weight.
Forgive me if this is ignorant, but according to this article, a neutron star happens after a supernova. And if I recall correctly, between the swollen, red giant stage, and the devestation to any nearby planets by a supernova, wouldn't the surface of this planet be completely obliterated/mangled to the point that you'd never, ever find evidence of anything from before?
For those who don't get it, this is in reference to War Craft. The strange thing is the Call to Arms feature of the game. When you get scared about defending your town, you click your base and all the peasants stop everything, pick up weapons, and fight whatever is nearby. Sounds a bit like the terror alert level system, huh? Are Dubbya and Rumsfeld really WC3 junkies?
Only if that small dog doesn't mind getting pulsed with high energy lasers, focused magnetic fields, and liquid helium/hydrogen temperatures. Actually, sound like a plot for the next blockbuster.
Sparky, an ordinary pet beagle, sat watching the experiment from a nearby lab stool. His owner, Fred, was on the verge of something, something great, something that would free humanity from death, disease, and poverty. As the equipment came to life, Sparky the inquisitve beagle sniffed in the direction of the minutely controlled atoms, and, sniffing a bit too close, was caught up in the experiment. *flash of light* As the smoke cleared, Sparky was no longer a normal dog. Instead, he had been given new powers, new abilities, and a new mission in life: to fight crime! Coming this summer, Nano Dog! The tiniest hero the world has ever seen.
When I was a freshman in undergrad, I (as well as our entire campus) was addicted to ICQ. One night I was fooling around, listening to all the.wav files on my laptop. The default player was set as WinAmp, and the loop feature was activated. I clicked the ICQ "Uh oh!".wav and instinctively moved my mouse to click the message icon to see who'd messaged me. When I saw no message, I was freaked and looked at WinAmp. Of course, the.wav looped and like a trained dog, as soon as it went "Uh oh!" I moved to click the non-existant msg. This happened 3 times before I figured out what was going on.
Ahh...to have a 5 digit user number again...those were the days!
Slashdot Mirror
I'm sorry to have left files on you that were posted to /. We had some great times, you and I... sharing files w/ people all around the globe. I noticed that you started to glow red and smoke, but thought this was just a signal of your burning passion for me. Alas, I can now see that the pressure of servicing so many other people has taken its toll on you and you've succumbed. I'm sorry to see you go.
Sincerely,
Joe User
P.S. You will receive a bill for the burnt hole in my carpet.
Anyone else notice that the link for the light saber is "for internal use only"? Is the internet not external anymore? Maybe I missed a memo...
is here.
Does anyone have a better (preferably non-streamed) version of this? It's a pain in the arse to find anywhere, and the stream is bogging down after 10 seconds.
For all the M$ sux0rs talk on here, that job link sure was /.ed quickly. I guess tech unemployment > Microsoft hatred.
From the mouths of babes...
This is a refreshing submission, but will not get anywhere with the candidates.
"President Bush is a snappy dresser."
"Senator Kerry has nice penmanship."
If we don't trust the candidates to be honest in their smear campaigns, we can't trust them to be honest (or sincere) in their praise of their opponents either.
Alan, is that you?
IANACSM (I am NOT a CS major) but I would think that "stop[ping] the creation of viruses and malware" is impossible for any application short of Hello World! Viruses and malware have found a niche online, just like virii and bacteria in RL. I would assume the best hope, as with the wetware versions, is peaceful, mostly unobtrusive cohabitation, not irradication.
This hardly seems like a novel idea. Isn't the whole calling a computer virus a "virus" supposed to help us understand it in a biological/human way?
Mr. Cobb,
Some future technologies may deliver unparalleled energy efficiency, resource utilization, and the ability to reduce or reverse many of the ecological problems that current technologies and societies have created. As examples, molecular nanotechnology may enable atomically precise manufacturing and widely adopted fusion power would reduce greenhouse gas emisions from burning fossil fuels. However, both of these technologies also present major risks to the planet and the human species. Nanotech gone wrong may lead to grey goo that would destroy the biosphere, while fusion power requires (moderately) radioactive materials that could poison water supplies if released. Given that such technologies both serve to meet the Green Party's goals of energy independence and environmental responsibility, and could seriously jeopardize those same goals, where do you stand on advanced technologies?
And, because I'm curious, a space question: If affordable space travel becomes available and people can easily colonize other planets or moons, how would you answer calls for teraforming to help ensure the spread and long term survival of humanity?
How many /.ers read that personal ad, thought the girl sounded just fine, and only then saw the text on the left talking about "sexually penetrating a dead body"?
How does a woman penetrate a dead body? Either she's a man, or she likes to mix dead bodies w/ sex toys.
Wait, why am I analyzing this situation? Bleh! Time to go wash my brain out w/ gasoline.
Amen! Love it or hate it, I believe (can't find any supporting evidence, though) that MS specifically says not to use their software for things that could potentially cost human life via failure.
Can you build your kids a treehouse using duct tape and balsa wood? Sure! Is it possible it could be safe for 20 years? Absolutely! Is it still reckless to use the wrong tools and materials in this way? You bet.
IAACNTR (I AM a carbon nanotube researcher), and the whole point of using CNTs is that their atomic precision and aspect ratio (10 nanometers diameter, micrometers to millimeters (or more?) long) make them wonderful tensile specimens. Without the ability to at least do a statistically significant testing of the CNTs you produce, there's a very good chance your tubes will have defects that will render them less useful than graphite fibers.
In fact, it is practically inconceivable. Making nanotubes for the ribbon are possible in the garage, but inspecting them requires a high resolutionTransmission Electron Microscope which uses water chillers, stable power supplies, cost several hundred thousand USD, and years of training to use.
Not something the garage inventor can do.
What about the energy costs of getting the helium up to the balloon for the next inflation?
To put it more succinctly:
"It's not that the wind is blowing. It's what the wind is blowing."
Ron White, Blue Collar Comedy Tour
The thing is, why would a billionaire or multi-billion dollar corporation invest the money in a manned space flight program? I'd offer that the filthy rich space nuts out there are waiting until the government does 90% of the work and then develop their asteroid mining/colonizing/luxury space cruise ideas. Let subsidized schools train the engineers, NASA et. al do the pure research and uncover nuggets of design wisdom, and then, and only then, invest in your own affair. Government is necessary right now because of the scale and cost of space exploration. After more of the wrinkles are smoothed out at the taxpayer's expense, then the commercial folk will have a crack at it.
Teflon is in fact tough. It absorbs a great amount of energy before failing in tension (bullet proof vests). However, it's not so great in compression. Compression is what most organisms need to hold them up and move around. Think of the force of weight pushing down on your bones. So, your theoretical creatures wouldn't be very large as compared to Earth creatures, or their bones and shells would buckle under their own weight.
More importantly... pr0n!
Forgive me if this is ignorant, but according to this article, a neutron star happens after a supernova. And if I recall correctly, between the swollen, red giant stage, and the devestation to any nearby planets by a supernova, wouldn't the surface of this planet be completely obliterated/mangled to the point that you'd never, ever find evidence of anything from before?
For those who don't get it, this is in reference to War Craft. The strange thing is the Call to Arms feature of the game. When you get scared about defending your town, you click your base and all the peasants stop everything, pick up weapons, and fight whatever is nearby. Sounds a bit like the terror alert level system, huh? Are Dubbya and Rumsfeld really WC3 junkies?
Only if that small dog doesn't mind getting pulsed with high energy lasers, focused magnetic fields, and liquid helium/hydrogen temperatures. Actually, sound like a plot for the next blockbuster.
Sparky, an ordinary pet beagle, sat watching the experiment from a nearby lab stool. His owner, Fred, was on the verge of something, something great, something that would free humanity from death, disease, and poverty. As the equipment came to life, Sparky the inquisitve beagle sniffed in the direction of the minutely controlled atoms, and, sniffing a bit too close, was caught up in the experiment. *flash of light* As the smoke cleared, Sparky was no longer a normal dog. Instead, he had been given new powers, new abilities, and a new mission in life: to fight crime! Coming this summer, Nano Dog! The tiniest hero the world has ever seen.
Nothing is worse than a warm beer when hunting or driving
I only drink and drive on the way to perform brain surgery on starving orphaned puppies.
Tammy Gotcha
Is Taco scanning comments from earlier in the day to find his new stories?
Cue "Welcome to SlashDot!" jokes.
When I was a freshman in undergrad, I (as well as our entire campus) was addicted to ICQ. One night I was fooling around, listening to all the .wav files on my laptop. The default player was set as WinAmp, and the loop feature was activated. I clicked the ICQ "Uh oh!" .wav and instinctively moved my mouse to click the message icon to see who'd messaged me. When I saw no message, I was freaked and looked at WinAmp. Of course, the .wav looped and like a trained dog, as soon as it went "Uh oh!" I moved to click the non-existant msg. This happened 3 times before I figured out what was going on.
Ahh...to have a 5 digit user number again...those were the days!