I think that genetic engineering can, in the hands of those who are honest, wise, and well intentioned, also be used to enhance human abilities without trying to alter human nature
Will you please take a look around you and tell me what you see. If it's not all honest, wise and well intentioned people, then please remain silent throughout the rest of the discussion.
No seriously, your expectations are rather unrealistic. What makes you think none of those scientists deviates from them? And none of the entities funding this do? From a statistical point of view, that's rather unlikely.
.. is Lexx. I probably like it for the same reasons others don't like it: It's very different from most other scifi concepts. There is tech, but you don't get all the tech talk with it, and it is totally different than usual - flying around in bugs and moths for example.
But I also like other shows that have nothing in common with Lexx. I guess my expectations of good Scifi are that I have a good time watching it, that there's not too many poorly "designed" aliens (people with funny noses/ears/hair) (Startrek aliens) or poorly designed ones as in Muppets in Space (aka Farscape)
Also I like scifi that is actually getting somewhere, storywise. That's one of the reasons I don't like Enterprise as much as DS9 (Or B5 for that matter, before anyone gets upset;>)
The complete quote (the funniest part is missing):
Salesman:...but by far, this computer is our most user-friendly. The pre-installed software has only one button. And we press it before it leaves the factory.
Dilbert: What does it do?
Salesman: Whoa! I'm in over my head. Let me give you their tech support number.
Source: Casual Day has gone too far.
Gotta love it:D
On the concept picture, it looks more like a cave. I mean, common! If you read The Hobbit, it clearly states there that hobbit holes are not caves, that they are very comfy and all rooms except the storage rooms have WINDOWS.
I really don't see a lot of windows on that plan.
The one in the movie was a real hobbit hole. But this one? It looks more like a hobbit prison;)
..then it will change my mind.
I'm not one of those that say it didn't happen, but I do have a few doubts, and it'd be nice to see such supporting, pro-landing evidence. Just so I can rest a little better at night.:P
If you browse the trivia section of Star Trek I, you will see that Paramount has quite a history of misinforming the public about what their plans are. They said they would start a new series, when at the same time they planned to make a Motion Picture instead.
That's just one example. I have heard official and unofficial rumors about the release of Enterprise season 1 on dvd. According to a Paramount executive, it was scheduled for march. March 2002.
And DS9? I lost count of how many announcements there were for DS9 DVDs. What I do know is that most of them were official Paramount announcements. There's been catalogs of Vendors that stated the availability of DS9 DVDs. And what happened? Nothing.
I have my serious doubts about this. But if DS9 will be released on DVD - I'll still be the first to order them. And that even though Paramount has deceived their fans so often. It's just.. that series is just so good:O
..my old one that is. It's no longer working thanks to the broken capacitors. I thought it might have been heat from the cpu but I guess now I know better. It wasn't a very good motherboard anyway though, so I don't whine.
...when I was visiting a customer. We were working on something on my laptop, discussing changes to a website, when suddendly the mouse started to move around horizontally. We stared at it in amazement for a while, then I moved the mouse and it all stopped. My best guess is induction from a nearby power line, but I don't really know:)
1) Americans have to pass laws because a vast majority of Americans have no manners.
I absolutely hate to say it, but that is not an american-only problem.
3) Sooner or later some dickbag with a cell phone is going to get killed/maimed in a movie theater by someone who is tired of all the self-important assholes who think they are oh so popular, and need to have the cell-phone's ringer set to "deafen".
I guess I might well be the prime suspect than:>
Anyway, you will find that problem everywhere, not just in the USA. And I'd be perfectly happy if the local government would create a law like this one.
Oh wait it already did. At least all of mine. A few weeks ago I needed one (for the first time in years, I swear) just to make a bootdisk to make a bootdisk image from for a vmware demo.
I went through 40 of my old disks before I found one that actually formatted ok.
anyone..anyone...questions? yeah..what is wrong with you, man? all you talk about is ghosts and aliens and seeing bigfoot in your garage! he was using the belt sander...
It's ADSL he's talking about, and that means it all uses the same cable, as opposed to SDSL (synchronous) which uses seperate cables for up- and downstream. A decrease in download speed during uploads is normal for adsl.
No, seriously. Everytime I visit a doctor, I usually have to wait up to an hour, and in that time I usually have nothing else to do but to read century-old magazines, and the same goes for most people. Most are annoyed and bored. I think if in that time you'd be spending your time on a computer answering questions, thus helping the doctor, it would be a better way to spend your time.
As a geek, of course I'd love to be working with a letter-sized tablet pc and a pen:D
But if it's some old 486, just as well. At any rate, I think this is a very good idea, as long as nobody even thinks of
a) replacing doctors with computers (which doesn't seem to be the case) and b) entirely relying on the information from the database - it was compiled by humans and thus contain errors...
One good example of the real meaning of "integration" (or lack thereof, actually) revolves around the KDE printing infrastructure: Mozilla does not use it, even though it would let Joe Schmoe Average User decide if he wants duplex printing, multiple pages per sheet, etc. from an easy-to-use dialog box and not have to pull some serious voodoo to make things print out the way he wants it to.
What if I don't have and don't want KDE? That solution might make your life a lot easier while making mine impossible;)
Imagine if there was a "Top Ten" site where the most popular complaints and proposed solutions made their way to the top of the list, and you could only vote in the top ten by making a paypal donation of $1 or more to the fix. That might help linux a lot.
It sure would help the site owner;)
Linux can beat MS, but there is just no charismatic leader that drives people forward.
[...]
Leader? Unification? What in the world are you talking about? That's not an advantage, that's a horror vision! The thought of having to use say KDE for lack of alternatives makes me cry! I want to have a choice of what WM to use...
And what is all this fuss about the war? Sure, I don't like Microsoft either, but my opinion is that Linux is just not the right thing for every user! That has nothing to do with elitarism. I just think that for most 'normal' people windows is the way to go and if they, out of some 'i wanna be like the hacker next door' mood think they absolutely have to use linux, let them, but also let them learn their way around. Sure, many things can be improved, but trying to limit choice ("unification") is STUPID.
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The moral thing to do is to try not to fight that war in the first place - and if you know that you don't have to make sacrifices, the chance that you will choose war is dramatically higher. That is the problem.
That's the way to go huh. You can attack anyone you want without any risk besides losing a few hitech chunks of metal. You can order them to do whatever you want them to do - massacer innocent people, erradicate whole cities, groundzero a whole country - and don't worry, the bots won't tell anyone. They also don't have moral objections. And the people at home? They only protest if some of their own kin get hurt. As long as it's only 'a few towelheads' on the other side of the world, what do they care!
Uhm. If it's opensource, doesn't that mean I can just remove the code that displays ads?:X
How is that supposed to work? And besides, who would advertize this way?
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I think that genetic engineering can, in the hands of those who are honest, wise, and well intentioned, also be used to enhance human abilities without trying to alter human nature
Will you please take a look around you and tell me what you see. If it's not all honest, wise and well intentioned people, then please remain silent throughout the rest of the discussion.
No seriously, your expectations are rather unrealistic. What makes you think none of those scientists deviates from them? And none of the entities funding this do? From a statistical point of view, that's rather unlikely.
.. is Lexx. I probably like it for the same reasons others don't like it: It's very different from most other scifi concepts. There is tech, but you don't get all the tech talk with it, and it is totally different than usual - flying around in bugs and moths for example.
;>)
But I also like other shows that have nothing in common with Lexx. I guess my expectations of good Scifi are that I have a good time watching it, that there's not too many poorly "designed" aliens (people with funny noses/ears/hair) (Startrek aliens) or poorly designed ones as in Muppets in Space (aka Farscape)
Also I like scifi that is actually getting somewhere, storywise. That's one of the reasons I don't like Enterprise as much as DS9 (Or B5 for that matter, before anyone gets upset
The complete quote (the funniest part is missing):
...but by far, this computer is our most user-friendly. The pre-installed software has only one button. And we press it before it leaves the factory.
:D
Salesman:
Dilbert: What does it do?
Salesman: Whoa! I'm in over my head. Let me give you their tech support number.
Source: Casual Day has gone too far.
Gotta love it
On the concept picture, it looks more like a cave. I mean, common! If you read The Hobbit, it clearly states there that hobbit holes are not caves, that they are very comfy and all rooms except the storage rooms have WINDOWS.
;)
I really don't see a lot of windows on that plan. The one in the movie was a real hobbit hole. But this one? It looks more like a hobbit prison
..then it will change my mind. I'm not one of those that say it didn't happen, but I do have a few doubts, and it'd be nice to see such supporting, pro-landing evidence. Just so I can rest a little better at night. :P
Paramount.
:O
If you browse the trivia section of Star Trek I, you will see that Paramount has quite a history of misinforming the public about what their plans are. They said they would start a new series, when at the same time they planned to make a Motion Picture instead.
That's just one example. I have heard official and unofficial rumors about the release of Enterprise season 1 on dvd. According to a Paramount executive, it was scheduled for march. March 2002.
And DS9? I lost count of how many announcements there were for DS9 DVDs. What I do know is that most of them were official Paramount announcements. There's been catalogs of Vendors that stated the availability of DS9 DVDs. And what happened? Nothing.
I have my serious doubts about this. But if DS9 will be released on DVD - I'll still be the first to order them. And that even though Paramount has deceived their fans so often. It's just.. that series is just so good
..my old one that is. It's no longer working thanks to the broken capacitors. I thought it might have been heat from the cpu but I guess now I know better. It wasn't a very good motherboard anyway though, so I don't whine.
...when I was visiting a customer. We were working on something on my laptop, discussing changes to a website, :)
when suddendly the mouse started to move around horizontally. We stared at it in amazement for a while, then I
moved the mouse and it all stopped. My best guess is induction from a nearby power line, but I don't really know
1) Americans have to pass laws because a vast majority of Americans have no manners.
:>
I absolutely hate to say it, but that is not an american-only problem.
3) Sooner or later some dickbag with a cell phone is going to get killed/maimed in a movie theater by someone who is tired of all the self-important assholes who think they are oh so popular, and need to have the cell-phone's ringer set to "deafen".
I guess I might well be the prime suspect than
Anyway, you will find that problem everywhere, not just in the USA. And I'd be perfectly happy if the local government would create a law like this one.
*hide*
Oh wait it already did. At least all of mine. A few weeks ago I needed one (for the first time in years, I swear)
just to make a bootdisk to make a bootdisk image from for a vmware demo.
I went through 40 of my old disks before I found one that actually formatted ok.
Did I mention I hate floppy disks?
... most recipes will probably contain massive doses of caffein ;)
anyone..anyone...questions?
yeah..what is wrong with you, man? all you talk about is ghosts and aliens and seeing bigfoot in your garage!
he was using the belt sander...
..then why is my desktop still working???
It's ADSL he's talking about, and that means it all uses the same cable, as opposed to SDSL (synchronous) which uses seperate cables for up- and downstream. A decrease in download speed during uploads is normal for adsl.
Wow man.. that was so..helpfull!
Well, I just did my bit for the mailing list server :]
...is, what would have Dr. McCoy said?
:D
But if it's some old 486, just as well. At any rate, I think this is a very good idea, as long as nobody even thinks of
No, seriously. Everytime I visit a doctor, I usually have to wait up to an hour, and in that time I usually have nothing else to do but to read century-old magazines, and the same goes for most people. Most are annoyed and bored. I think if in that time you'd be spending your time on a computer answering questions, thus helping the doctor, it would be a better way to spend your time.
As a geek, of course I'd love to be working with a letter-sized tablet pc and a pen
a) replacing doctors with computers (which doesn't seem to be the case) and
b) entirely relying on the information from the database - it was compiled by humans and thus contain errors...
One good example of the real meaning of "integration" (or lack thereof, actually) revolves around the KDE printing infrastructure: Mozilla does not use it, even though it would let Joe Schmoe Average User decide if he wants duplex printing, multiple pages per sheet, etc. from an easy-to-use dialog box and not have to pull some serious voodoo to make things print out the way he wants it to.
;)
What if I don't have and don't want KDE? That solution might make your life a lot easier while making mine impossible
Yeah, and while we are at it, have it so I can understand all the laws in this country in one hour, too!
Imagine if there was a "Top Ten" site where the most popular complaints and proposed solutions made their way to the top of the list, and you could only vote in the top ten by making a paypal donation of $1 or more to the fix. That might help linux a lot.
;)
It sure would help the site owner
Linux can beat MS, but there is just no charismatic leader that drives people forward. [...]
Leader? Unification? What in the world are you talking about? That's not an advantage, that's a horror vision! The thought of having to use say KDE for lack of alternatives makes me cry! I want to have a choice of what WM to use...
And what is all this fuss about the war? Sure, I don't like Microsoft either, but my opinion is that Linux is just not the right thing for every user! That has nothing to do with elitarism. I just think that for most 'normal' people windows is the way to go and if they, out of some 'i wanna be like the hacker next door' mood think they absolutely have to use linux, let them, but also let them learn their way around. Sure, many things can be improved, but trying to limit choice ("unification") is STUPID.
The moral thing to do is to try not to fight that war in the first place - and if you know that you don't have to make sacrifices, the chance that you will choose war is dramatically higher. That is the problem.
That's the way to go huh. You can attack anyone you want without any risk besides losing a few hitech chunks of metal. You can order them to do whatever you want them to do - massacer innocent people, erradicate whole cities, groundzero a whole country - and don't worry, the bots won't tell anyone. They also don't have moral objections. And the people at home? They only protest if some of their own kin get hurt. As long as it's only 'a few towelheads' on the other side of the world, what do they care!
Really, that's very interesting.
This just screams "US Army"...
Uhm. If it's opensource, doesn't that mean I can just remove the code that displays ads? :X
How is that supposed to work? And besides, who would advertize this way?