I just read the novel "Map of Bones" by James Rollins, and his characters makes use of this Liquid Body Armor. He mentioned in the foreward that it was real technology, and that was the first time I heard about it.
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I never really considered a sport anything where a third party (judge) decides who wins or loses. This include gymnastics, diving, figure skating and miss universe.
But no need to debate this, as this is just me. Just my humble opinion. I'm sure very few would agree with me, but heck, it's an OPINION.
GATTACA becoming a reality is not that far away, if you think about it. Soon, we'll have genetic discrimination... But of course, the good guys will always win in the end, and even get the girl. But then again, maybe that's just hollywood.
> But has anyone stopped to consider what effect all this light may have on people and animals that have evolved to fit an environment where a significant part of the 24 hour day is spent in lightless conditions? But has anyone stopped to consider what effect all this light may have on people and animals that have evolved to fit an environment where a significant
I know this may sound self-defeating, but people should stop complaining about the commentaries placed by the article's submitter.
It's been too often that readers quip "*cough* Zealot *cough*", or "wish you were a little unbiased"....
Well people, you should understand that commentaries are... well, commentaries. Since, when are commentaries supposed to be unbiased??? They are exactly supposed to be subjective, for God's sake. So what if he's a zealot. That's his opinion. Read the article itself, and don't complain that the submitter's views are not the same as yours.
Money, BIG Money is the only "incentive to do ANYTHING" is what I seem to hear ypu saying. That's a big indication on how bad society is.
But in any case, a company's objective is supposed to be to produce a well made, best-of-the-breed product. That's where they should be earning from... From being the best; where people actually like and would pay for their product. Not because they thought of it first! That's kind of lame. And it's NOT good for innovation. and NOT good for society's progress in general.
Imagine you are sitting on your porch one day watching the sun set. And suddenly you are struck with what you think is a brilliant original idea. So you go ahead and patent it.
Now a couple of years later, a kid down in the distant rural south, where the source of living is chiefly milking cows and herding goats, a young kid was sitting in the meadows watching the sun set. Suddenly, he's struck with what he thinks is a brilliant original idea.
But alas, this idea and all the thinking and dreaming he'll be putting on it would be for nought. That's because, once you've learned about him, you'll be coming after him.
Even though there was never any contact in whatever way between you and him, somehow, because of the patent you claim ownership of a piece of his brain.
Patents *were* good a long time ago, when education in arts and sciences were so scarce, that it was essential to entice thinkers with incentives to publicized their ideas.
But now during this time and age, where information is global and the educated population is large, the same ideas will be thought of by many people independent of each other. It doesn't seem to be fair to me, that anyone could claim real estate on people's brain just because they thought about it first.
If it is a good idea, other people will get to it regardless of yourself...
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, I'd imagine it would be annoying.
So maybe slashdot could request it for the whole trek-lovin' ( and bashin') slashdot crowd?
I just read the novel "Map of Bones" by James Rollins, and his characters makes use of this Liquid Body Armor. He mentioned in the foreward that it was real technology, and that was the first time I heard about it.
It was a thrilling read, too!
The damn thing got modded +5 Funny.
Now, that is funny! LOL
With the number of replies you got, don't you feel just a little bit stooooopid? You do know that Life's like a box of Chocolates, don'tcha?
... doesn't have a web interface...
GATACCA! GATACCA! GATACCA!...
uh, i think i'm mixing up my movies...
Remeber the Wild West soon produced Las Vegas. Talk about gaming! =)
But what happens to Novell if someone puts Novell's own patents into open source software?
Red Dwarf!
Ooops... The movie won't be out til next year. oh, smeg!
Can I just cover my computer with a rubber sheet? I could even use cherry flavored.
I never really considered a sport anything where a third party (judge) decides who wins or loses. This include gymnastics, diving, figure skating and miss universe.
But no need to debate this, as this is just me. Just my humble opinion. I'm sure very few would agree with me, but heck, it's an OPINION.
... need a porn friendly browser!
GATTACA becoming a reality is not that far away, if you think about it. Soon, we'll have genetic discrimination... But of course, the good guys will always win in the end, and even get the girl. But then again, maybe that's just hollywood.
That's supply and demand for you! ... oh wait, too much supply, no demand ... WTF kind of economics is this?
Not really.
Should be in next week. I'll have my Mom drive it, too. Wait for the slashdot article, "Mom Meets Linux (Super Computer Ed)"
yeah, the article did sound quite a lot like a slashdot post.
yes, i think they're doing their own style of "suicide bombing"
if we all step on wet paint and then put a GNOME logo on his butt.
I can almost see MS giving away the OS and charging for bug fixes.
Ooh, if that's the case, I just can see them doubling their $40B cash in just six months ... and that's just for IE.
Nah, not really ... I don't read PhysicsScholar... He's a well-known uber-troll...
Namibia: I need a vehicle I could drive from home to work. Micorosft: I'll give you free floormats but you have to buy 6 cars.
I know this may sound self-defeating, but people should stop complaining about the commentaries placed by the article's submitter.
It's been too often that readers quip "*cough* Zealot *cough*", or "wish you were a little unbiased" ....
Well people, you should understand that commentaries are ... well, commentaries. Since, when are commentaries supposed to be unbiased??? They are exactly supposed to be subjective, for God's sake. So what if he's a zealot. That's his opinion. Read the article itself, and don't complain that the submitter's views are not the same as yours.
Money, BIG Money is the only "incentive to do ANYTHING" is what I seem to hear ypu saying. That's a big indication on how bad society is. But in any case, a company's objective is supposed to be to produce a well made, best-of-the-breed product. That's where they should be earning from... From being the best; where people actually like and would pay for their product. Not because they thought of it first! That's kind of lame. And it's NOT good for innovation. and NOT good for society's progress in general.
Imagine you are sitting on your porch one day watching the sun set. And suddenly you are struck with what you think is a brilliant original idea. So you go ahead and patent it. Now a couple of years later, a kid down in the distant rural south, where the source of living is chiefly milking cows and herding goats, a young kid was sitting in the meadows watching the sun set. Suddenly, he's struck with what he thinks is a brilliant original idea. But alas, this idea and all the thinking and dreaming he'll be putting on it would be for nought. That's because, once you've learned about him, you'll be coming after him. Even though there was never any contact in whatever way between you and him, somehow, because of the patent you claim ownership of a piece of his brain. Patents *were* good a long time ago, when education in arts and sciences were so scarce, that it was essential to entice thinkers with incentives to publicized their ideas. But now during this time and age, where information is global and the educated population is large, the same ideas will be thought of by many people independent of each other. It doesn't seem to be fair to me, that anyone could claim real estate on people's brain just because they thought about it first. If it is a good idea, other people will get to it regardless of yourself...