Well, it's going to be over a month of healthy air, counting the run up and the two weeks of Olympics.
Funny you ask, because I have thought the same thing several times as I stroll the streets on a clear day watching parents and children play in the dapple sunlight, and wonder if the joy would drive people to demand clean air.
Unfortunately, a decent economy and a government without citizen representation mitigates the public's desire or ability to do anything when things go to shit. The people running those 350 factories aren't exactly powerless either.
Lastly, there are normally long stretches of clean weather in the late fall in Beijing, so people have experienced clean air before. Despite misconceptions to the contrary, Beijing does experience the occasional clean day or week following rains or winds blowing in the right direction.
Disclaimer: I haven't seen the movie yet, but I suspect I will find it quite entertaining as my requirements for action blockbusters are not that high.
What I find interesting is the mass hysteria following this movie. This mix of massive direct and guerrilla marketing, dead lead, and actual excitement of fans have driving the hype meter into the red zone.
How much do you think the crowd effect modifies people's opinions? If all the critics came out panning this movie, what would the average punter be saying about it?
Some supporting evidence that something is awry is here: IMDB's user comments. If you go to the last 10 pages of comments or so, you'll see hundreds of reviewers that universally loathed the movie, then a gradual rise in ratings until virtually every reviewer gives the movie a 10.
There seems to be a lot of incredulity about Beijing's ability to clean up for the Olympics, but you are all forgetting that the government here is doesn't have the same limitations of a democracy, and can implement massive policy changes immediately. There are shutting down over 350 (!) factories down here, and have taken 60% of the cars off of the road. Most construction has stopped. I was here on Sunday, the first day this process went into effect, and we had a brilliant blue sky. Things are a little hazy again today, but they're not done shutting down everything yet. Expect a relatively pollution free Olympics. Sorry to rain on your hate parade guys. This is only a temporary solution though, which is amazing considering they spent 40 billion on infrastructure change to support the cleanup effort.
They actually go so far as to rip the images and javascript from facebook directly. The little notification / IM thing at the bottom of the page is EXACTLY the same.
And these guys just got 400 million in funding! WTF?
you may be right, but as someone living in Beijing I can tell you that if you ever leave your bike or phone unguarded for one minute, there's a strong chance it will be gone the next time you look for it....
What are you talking about? Isn't there a shrink wrap eula for OS X? and don't you have to click "agree" when you install it? Since the honda example is just an analogy, we could easily just say that you DID have to sign an agreement before they handed over the car.
You are missing the point actually, which is that there is no legal reason that you couldn't do this.
Psystar makes an interesting argument that Honda can't make you sign a EULA telling you that you can only drive on Honda-approved roads, so why should Apple be able to control what systems OSX is installed on?
Honda doesn't do this because if they did no one would buy their cars, but I wouldn't be so sure that they aren't legally free to create such contractual obligations if they so wished...
BUT i don't think employment should be elevated to a human right.
In the general sense this is true, but until US corporations stop taking advantage of the countless benefits of being part of the US taxpayer system (subsidies, government contracts, physical and economic protection, tariffs, tax breaks, unfettered access to american consumers, etc, etc, etc), then US taxpayers should have at least some advantage in getting jobs with US corporations. If a company wants to go international and drop all the benefits received by being a US company, then what you say is true.
Is this even a real question? You could paraphrase it to: "Should open source and closed source software be segregated?".
First problem: The software-using community is not a monolithic entity that makes these types of decisions Second problem: Even if we were a hive-mind borg-like entity that the submitter implies, how do we create a consensus and enforce it? Third problem: With the advent of networking, no computer is an island, and the entire computing world is a massive and complex ecosystem. Closed source and open source solutions WILL interoperate, no matter what some doofy-ass slashdot submitter cares to ponder. Is this person going to stop browsing sites with his "pristine" desktop that he can't access the source code to?
In short, don't fall for this troll and get into heated philosophical debates about a bunch of smoke and mirrors.
It seems to me that there is enough room for both licenses in this world. There's no need to pit them against each other as enemies. In the end it's the author's code, and if he wants to make a license that requires you to film yourself doing a back flip and send it to him before you can use it, then so be it!
All this shit about communism and Laissez-faire is ridiculous. Both licenses are built upon US copyright law.
Front page news on Slashdot! A piece of mediocre hardware in a category that hasn't been really improved upon in decades. The reviewer doesn't even like it that much, so why even post the article in the first place? What else are we to see in the future? "Hey guys, read my review on this average-ass USB hub". WHY?
It's funny how the slashdot community is so clear headed and informed about apparent impossibility of something as seemingly simple as putting a radio transmitter in a tennis ball, but then turn into pseudo religious nuts when it comes to uploading their souls into future AI networks. There's no consistency here.
What exactly would be the impact of the radioactive matter expelled by an Orion rocket on the atmosphere and the environment in general? Has there been a study? Do you know? Please enlighten me as you seem to be sure that this type of propulsion is not a problem.
You do realize that you first quote me then paraphrase exactly what I say in your first sentence, right? Then you quote me again in italics, and then say that it's very appropriate. Were you tired when you wrote this?
First, i recognize that the GP is joking and that George Carlin was an athiest. Anyway, if this article was about a christian, would you say that "Anyone who mentions "decaying into the earth" in this article should be modded down"? Or if it was a buddhist would you attack athiestic or christian beliefs? I'm actually agnostic, but my point is that what happens after death is not decided by the beliefs of the dead, it's in the mind of the living, as no one really knows...
the feeling of being uncomfortable in genuinely quiet settings is not unlike the anxious muddled tense feeling a smoker gets when he hasn't had a cigarette in a while....
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Not sure how right and wrong got into this thread...
you are mistaken. No it is not.
Well, it's going to be over a month of healthy air, counting the run up and the two weeks of Olympics.
Funny you ask, because I have thought the same thing several times as I stroll the streets on a clear day watching parents and children play in the dapple sunlight, and wonder if the joy would drive people to demand clean air.
Unfortunately, a decent economy and a government without citizen representation mitigates the public's desire or ability to do anything when things go to shit. The people running those 350 factories aren't exactly powerless either.
Lastly, there are normally long stretches of clean weather in the late fall in Beijing, so people have experienced clean air before. Despite misconceptions to the contrary, Beijing does experience the occasional clean day or week following rains or winds blowing in the right direction.
Disclaimer: I haven't seen the movie yet, but I suspect I will find it quite entertaining as my requirements for action blockbusters are not that high.
What I find interesting is the mass hysteria following this movie. This mix of massive direct and guerrilla marketing, dead lead, and actual excitement of fans have driving the hype meter into the red zone.
How much do you think the crowd effect modifies people's opinions? If all the critics came out panning this movie, what would the average punter be saying about it?
Some supporting evidence that something is awry is here: IMDB's user comments. If you go to the last 10 pages of comments or so, you'll see hundreds of reviewers that universally loathed the movie, then a gradual rise in ratings until virtually every reviewer gives the movie a 10.
Any explanation for this?
LS
Sand storms in Beijing generally only happen during the spring, so there is virtually no danger of a sand storm during the olympics.
LS
There seems to be a lot of incredulity about Beijing's ability to clean up for the Olympics, but you are all forgetting that the government here is doesn't have the same limitations of a democracy, and can implement massive policy changes immediately. There are shutting down over 350 (!) factories down here, and have taken 60% of the cars off of the road. Most construction has stopped. I was here on Sunday, the first day this process went into effect, and we had a brilliant blue sky. Things are a little hazy again today, but they're not done shutting down everything yet. Expect a relatively pollution free Olympics. Sorry to rain on your hate parade guys. This is only a temporary solution though, which is amazing considering they spent 40 billion on infrastructure change to support the cleanup effort.
LS
They actually go so far as to rip the images and javascript from facebook directly. The little notification / IM thing at the bottom of the page is EXACTLY the same.
And these guys just got 400 million in funding! WTF?
sorry to break this to you but the main component of sunlight is actually green
The industry still has a lot of growing up to do.
The nature of the discipline of game development is that it requires creativity, and creativity and eccentricity/immaturity often go hand in hand.
you may be right, but as someone living in Beijing I can tell you that if you ever leave your bike or phone unguarded for one minute, there's a strong chance it will be gone the next time you look for it....
What are you talking about? Isn't there a shrink wrap eula for OS X? and don't you have to click "agree" when you install it? Since the honda example is just an analogy, we could easily just say that you DID have to sign an agreement before they handed over the car.
You are missing the point actually, which is that there is no legal reason that you couldn't do this.
Psystar makes an interesting argument that Honda can't make you sign a EULA telling you that you can only drive on Honda-approved roads, so why should Apple be able to control what systems OSX is installed on?
Honda doesn't do this because if they did no one would buy their cars, but I wouldn't be so sure that they aren't legally free to create such contractual obligations if they so wished...
LS
good lord, portable jokes? i've got some jokes that i've ported and would like to install in your mainframe buddy...
But I've definitely forgotten my power supply, so I have about 2 hours to figure how to make that "drive of shame" without being noticed...
BUT i don't think employment should be elevated to a human right.
In the general sense this is true, but until US corporations stop taking advantage of the countless benefits of being part of the US taxpayer system (subsidies, government contracts, physical and economic protection, tariffs, tax breaks, unfettered access to american consumers, etc, etc, etc), then US taxpayers should have at least some advantage in getting jobs with US corporations. If a company wants to go international and drop all the benefits received by being a US company, then what you say is true.
LS
Is this even a real question? You could paraphrase it to: "Should open source and closed source software be segregated?".
First problem: The software-using community is not a monolithic entity that makes these types of decisions
Second problem: Even if we were a hive-mind borg-like entity that the submitter implies, how do we create a consensus and enforce it?
Third problem: With the advent of networking, no computer is an island, and the entire computing world is a massive and complex ecosystem. Closed source and open source solutions WILL interoperate, no matter what some doofy-ass slashdot submitter cares to ponder. Is this person going to stop browsing sites with his "pristine" desktop that he can't access the source code to?
In short, don't fall for this troll and get into heated philosophical debates about a bunch of smoke and mirrors.
LS
It seems to me that there is enough room for both licenses in this world. There's no need to pit them against each other as enemies. In the end it's the author's code, and if he wants to make a license that requires you to film yourself doing a back flip and send it to him before you can use it, then so be it!
All this shit about communism and Laissez-faire is ridiculous. Both licenses are built upon US copyright law.
LS
The title of this story sounds like a description of a nerd leaning into his monitor to stare at goatse...
Front page news on Slashdot! A piece of mediocre hardware in a category that hasn't been really improved upon in decades. The reviewer doesn't even like it that much, so why even post the article in the first place? What else are we to see in the future? "Hey guys, read my review on this average-ass USB hub". WHY?
Slashvertisement, that's why....
It's funny how the slashdot community is so clear headed and informed about apparent impossibility of something as seemingly simple as putting a radio transmitter in a tennis ball, but then turn into pseudo religious nuts when it comes to uploading their souls into future AI networks. There's no consistency here.
What exactly would be the impact of the radioactive matter expelled by an Orion rocket on the atmosphere and the environment in general? Has there been a study? Do you know? Please enlighten me as you seem to be sure that this type of propulsion is not a problem.
LS
I want these mutha fuckin robotic snakes out these mutha fuckin complicated industrial pipe systems!
You do realize that you first quote me then paraphrase exactly what I say in your first sentence, right? Then you quote me again in italics, and then say that it's very appropriate. Were you tired when you wrote this?
First, i recognize that the GP is joking and that George Carlin was an athiest. Anyway, if this article was about a christian, would you say that "Anyone who mentions "decaying into the earth" in this article should be modded down"? Or if it was a buddhist would you attack athiestic or christian beliefs? I'm actually agnostic, but my point is that what happens after death is not decided by the beliefs of the dead, it's in the mind of the living, as no one really knows...
the feeling of being uncomfortable in genuinely quiet settings is not unlike the anxious muddled tense feeling a smoker gets when he hasn't had a cigarette in a while....