Forget about human controllers; leave the robots to do it themselves.
This is a perfect application for artificial intelligence. I believe the field has suffered on earth due to a lack of funding because there are no real applications where computers are really an economical solution instead of humans.
AI is the economical solution to space travel - if it is used it could undoubtedly save billions. Therefore at least millions should should go into developing and researching AI for space travel. Instead NASA and many "scientists" seem obsessed with the symbolism of uneconomically sending real people into space...
Quiet fool, you've stumbled onto the secret of Microsoft's productivity! Although I must admit it doesn't do much for the quality of the code....
- BillG
Once they control the language they've already won.
Call it intellectual property theft, or whatever, but don't equate it with stealing a physical item a person owns. IP isn't a real thing, it's decided by lawyers, politicians and public servants.
What you are basically saying is that if companies, lawyers, politicains, public servants agree that 2+2=5, we all should too...
Hey, all we need to get the government into action is to say that there are a couple of hundred intergalactic asylum seekers hitching a ride on the asteroid - they'll nuke it within a month.
Your an aussie you know what I'm talking about:)
Gnome/KDE aren't brands: they aren't used to sell commercial products.
Fair enough if you want choice, but even the most different kinds of desktop setup must share LOTS of code. It should be possible to have a single very configurable desktop.
The whole point of open source software is code re-use...
SO are you saying they were all killed to squish cell samples out of their skulls? Couldn't they just get little bits out and let them live. After all lots of people get by with half a frontal lobe...
Does anyone know why they were killed? Was the experiment planned to work out that way? Even if so, you think they could be a bit more flexible and at least IQ test some of the mice.
You'll find that in all developed countries, including the USA, banks need to report large cash transactions to government agencies. I think the limit in the USA is about $10k?
As a sidenote in Switzerland to tempt you to use their products companies give away full products. IE at Christmas time I always get a full Lindt Christmas flavour chocolate bar. Yum...
So basically you're saying that when countries have strong privacy laws, instead of spending money spamming people, companies give out free product to attract new customers?
This may be a redundant comment, but this entire story is redundant anyhow. What the fuck is up with the moderation around here, anyhow? When they changed the Karma system anything that mentioned it was off-topic. It's some kind of anti-meta-comment bias... Anyway, if there was justice, chrisd should be getting like 500 redundant mods (now that's BAD KARMA)...
..or I would not have found this gem! The Aviation Safety Network a must-visit site for everyone with a flight phobia! Get this: it has all the latest fatal accidents on the front page. Heaps of material for freaking people out pre-flight. Definite bookmark material.
Anyhoow, there's a massive accident database with 6350 airliner "write-offs" from 1945! I'd be interested to know if whoever made this sight has a little, er, "problem" with flying. Anyway to see whose planes were better when it comes to safety (which was the original point), go here the statistics page. It's a bit complicated, so I couldn't be bothered going through American and European models. BTW: think twice before boarding a Boeing S.307 Stratoliner.
No, don't worry. Echelon is going to start downloading images from the internet now. Ha..the NSA is gonna end up with the biggest pr0n collection in the world...now, people, don't take that as a challenge.
Very true post. The original article was so one-sided it's ridiculous. Linux is complicated. That's a fact. And another very important detail no one seems to remember is that linux has no tech support, unlike windows. Instead of buying $70 on a new hard drive, how about buying some tech support from red hat or whatever? And all this "mom" stuff is a bit sexist, in my mind.
Your comment highlights the absurdity of arguing over domain names in the age of bookmarks... I mean does anyone really care if it only takes 6 key strokes or 12 to go to a site?
Slashdot Mirror
I'd like to see them try to wear it on a plane....
The bad news: You new name is 7.
Anyhow, I bet heaps of fa^H^Hoverweight people would love to be shielded from gravity...
It's just going to be a problem for everyone else with 200 pound balls of flesh floating around..
Sorry that wasn't PC, I'll make a skinny person joke sometime soon to even up my (real) karma...
It's telling of the sorry state of /. moderation that the moderators didnt bother to check whether this basic fact was true or not...
Forget about human controllers; leave the robots to do it themselves.
This is a perfect application for artificial intelligence. I believe the field has suffered on earth due to a lack of funding because there are no real applications where computers are really an economical solution instead of humans.
AI is the economical solution to space travel - if it is used it could undoubtedly save billions. Therefore at least millions should should go into developing and researching AI for space travel. Instead NASA and many "scientists" seem obsessed with the symbolism of uneconomically sending real people into space...
...tens of dozens ;)
Quiet fool, you've stumbled onto the secret of Microsoft's productivity! Although I must admit it doesn't do much for the quality of the code.... - BillG
No it isn't.
Intellectual property != physical property.
Once they control the language they've already won.
Call it intellectual property theft, or whatever,
but don't equate it with stealing a physical item a person owns. IP isn't a real thing, it's decided by lawyers, politicians and public servants.
What you are basically saying is that if companies, lawyers, politicains, public servants agree that 2+2=5, we all should too...
Hey, all we need to get the government into action is to say that there are a couple of hundred intergalactic asylum seekers hitching a ride on the asteroid - they'll nuke it within a month. Your an aussie you know what I'm talking about :)
Gnome/KDE aren't brands: they aren't used to sell commercial products.
Fair enough if you want choice, but even the most different kinds of desktop setup must share LOTS of code. It should be possible to have a single very configurable desktop.
The whole point of open source software is code re-use...
Yeah, can someone explain to me the point of 2 different desktops...? It just shows how much the free software movement is powered on raw ego...
This stuff makes the stuff usually complained about on slashdot look like small bikkies indeed...war on drugs or war on minorities?
Cool...and then John Travolta, Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman steal the money made from these assets and use them to kill Osama Bin Laden...am i right?
SO are you saying they were all killed to squish cell samples out of their skulls? Couldn't they just get little bits out and let them live. After all lots of people get by with half a frontal lobe...
Does anyone know why they were killed? Was the experiment planned to work out that way? Even if so, you think they could be a bit more flexible and at least IQ test some of the mice.
You'll find that in all developed countries, including the USA, banks need to report large cash transactions to government agencies. I think the limit in the USA is about $10k?
So basically you're saying that when countries have strong privacy laws, instead of spending money spamming people, companies give out free product to attract new customers?
Yet another good reason for privacy advocacy...
This may be a redundant comment, but this entire story is redundant anyhow. What the fuck is up with the moderation around here, anyhow? When they changed the Karma system anything that mentioned it was off-topic. It's some kind of anti-meta-comment bias... Anyway, if there was justice, chrisd should be getting like 500 redundant mods (now that's BAD KARMA)...
Anyhoow, there's a massive accident database with 6350 airliner "write-offs" from 1945! I'd be interested to know if whoever made this sight has a little, er, "problem" with flying. Anyway to see whose planes were better when it comes to safety (which was the original point), go here the statistics page. It's a bit complicated, so I couldn't be bothered going through American and European models. BTW: think twice before boarding a Boeing S.307 Stratoliner.
Not much bothers us Aussies, but we do like to know when people go around launching experimental supersonic jets.
It's a good question though - how many unexplained UFO sightings are actually an aerospace corps or military contractors hiding bad tests?
No, don't worry. Echelon is going to start downloading images from the internet now. Ha..the NSA is gonna end up with the biggest pr0n collection in the world...now, people, don't take that as a challenge.
Very true post. The original article was so one-sided it's ridiculous. Linux is complicated. That's a fact. And another very important detail no one seems to remember is that linux has no tech support, unlike windows. Instead of buying $70 on a new hard drive, how about buying some tech support from red hat or whatever? And all this "mom" stuff is a bit sexist, in my mind.
This discussion has come up before.
And before you get modded up further, small pieces of grit are capable of creating holes in the the space shuttle's windshield.
Besides, I hear society is going to collapse when the unix time type runs out in 2037 anyway
No it will be far worse than that, time_t will overflow and go back to 0 and society will instantaneously jump back 2^32 seconds - To 1970!
Get your bell bottoms out people...
Your comment highlights the absurdity of arguing over domain names in the age of bookmarks... I mean does anyone really care if it only takes 6 key strokes or 12 to go to a site?