1. once an effective way to control time travel is discovered, said method will be able to exist at all times.
If the time travel method needs some pre-existing infrastructure at the destination time, you can't travel back beyond the time that infrastructure is built.
Don't worry, the Vogons will not be here until 2012. You know that famous Maya calendar? Well, actually it's the timing diagram for the final phase of Earth's computer program.
If she's so motivated to sue someone because "she doesn't get what she wants," why doesn't she use her business degree and start her own business. Find a niche and go with it. It will be more rewarding. The downside, based upon her attitude, is that the only person she could blame then is herself. Unless she sues the customers of the world for not buying her product/service.
Not as impossible and funny as it might appear. Imagine a HD crash and no backup of the keys to issue new commands.:)
I didn't know that a HD crash can also take out the keyboard. Also I didn't know that you are supposed to make backups of your keys. I always thought just buying a new keyboard would work.:-)
[Note: Yes, I did understand that cryptographic keys were meant. I just couldn't resist the opportunity of the joke.]
Yes, if you want to preserve the battery you'll have to lay off the heater and put on a coat.
Why then, if we are losing convenience of a warm car, not to make the next logical step and simply ride a horse?
Because maintenance of a horse is much more complicated than maintenance of an electric car. To start with, you can leave your electric car alone for a week without it getting damaged. A horse needs regular food and care even when not used. Also, electric cars don't produce horse shit.
Electrics will be cheaper than gasoline cars because we won't be paying for the battery.
Sure, the batteries will pay for themselves.:-) You will pay for the battery, even if it doesn't show up as "battery" in your bill.
The company owns the battery, you just pay an additional 8 cents per mile to 'lease' it.
And you can bet those 8 cents are calculated so that at the end of the day, the battery is completely payed for (plus all maintenance work which is needed).
and of course your electric car will be much cheaper as a result since the cost of the battery won't be included.
It will not be included in the price of the car. It will be included in the price of the "fuel."
It of course depends on how it is produced. Electric energy produced from oil or gas will of course get more expensive. I think nuclear and renewable energy sources (except for biofuel/wood, see below) will probably see some increase of cost (because of increasing demand), but much less so. Coal will probably also get much more expensive, because it will not only get more valuable as energy source, but also as carbon source. The same is true for anything from biological sources (where as added complication there are usually other markets involved as well, like food, paper, textiles, etc.).
Every system starts up in 8086 real mode first. The first accesses are therefore in real mode, using the BIOS, in order to load the OS specific bootstrap code which will then switch the CPU into whatever mode the operating system uses.
And then, when you deliver to the next agent, you learn that the real top secret data wasn't on the hard disk, but micro-engraved onto the CPU cooler...
Because if you use Wolfram Alpha, your miles might get copyrighted by Wolfram Research, and then you'll have to switch to metric just to avoid getting sued for copyright violation.
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What's the difference between speed and performance?
BTW you forgot security.
Indeed, they'll probably not get back the great boot time of DOS. Not to mention the instant shutdown! :-)
If the time travel method needs some pre-existing infrastructure at the destination time, you can't travel back beyond the time that infrastructure is built.
Don't worry, the Vogons will not be here until 2012.
You know that famous Maya calendar? Well, actually it's the timing diagram for the final phase of Earth's computer program.
No, my human ancestors only returned to where my earliest bacterial ancestors left. :-)
It's got to be more pleasant working on algorithms than being elbow deep in somebody's toilet.
Especially if an overflow occurs.
If she's so motivated to sue someone because "she doesn't get what she wants," why doesn't she use her business degree and start her own business. Find a niche and go with it. It will be more rewarding. The downside, based upon her attitude, is that the only person she could blame then is herself. Unless she sues the customers of the world for not buying her product/service.
Maybe she should apply for a job at the RIAA.
Only worms spread by themselves. See e.g. http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2004/virus.asp
I didn't know that a HD crash can also take out the keyboard. Also I didn't know that you are supposed to make backups of your keys. I always thought just buying a new keyboard would work. :-)
[Note: Yes, I did understand that cryptographic keys were meant. I just couldn't resist the opportunity of the joke.]
I guess that's why you prefer to stay anonymous. The company might find out. :-)
Well, I would like a car which would run on a few packs of AA batteries! But AAA batteries wouldn't be too bad either. :-)
Yes, if you want to preserve the battery you'll have to lay off the heater and put on a coat.
Why then, if we are losing convenience of a warm car, not to make the next logical step and simply ride a horse?
Because maintenance of a horse is much more complicated than maintenance of an electric car. To start with, you can leave your electric car alone for a week without it getting damaged. A horse needs regular food and care even when not used. Also, electric cars don't produce horse shit.
Sure, the batteries will pay for themselves. :-)
You will pay for the battery, even if it doesn't show up as "battery" in your bill.
And you can bet those 8 cents are calculated so that at the end of the day, the battery is completely payed for (plus all maintenance work which is needed).
It will not be included in the price of the car. It will be included in the price of the "fuel."
It of course depends on how it is produced. Electric energy produced from oil or gas will of course get more expensive. I think nuclear and renewable energy sources (except for biofuel/wood, see below) will probably see some increase of cost (because of increasing demand), but much less so. Coal will probably also get much more expensive, because it will not only get more valuable as energy source, but also as carbon source. The same is true for anything from biological sources (where as added complication there are usually other markets involved as well, like food, paper, textiles, etc.).
And of course in 10 years we will have fusion. :-)
People also were able to exist prior to cars.
They probably will get more votes. If they also get a higher percentage of votes is a different question.
Maybe they should make a law against long words in the names of federal laws. They could call it Bundesgesetznamenswortlängenbeschränkungsgesetz.
You are misinformed here. The law the scope of which von der Leyen wants to extend currently is about blocking child porn, and
certainly fits that description exactly.
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* look inside your computer once in a while
For WHAT?!?!? Gnomes transcribing your keystrokes?
Well, it may be KDEs instead. :-)
Every system starts up in 8086 real mode first. The first accesses are therefore in real mode, using the BIOS, in order to load the OS specific bootstrap code which will then switch the CPU into whatever mode the operating system uses.
And then, when you deliver to the next agent, you learn that the real top secret data wasn't on the hard disk, but micro-engraved onto the CPU cooler ...
i'm yet to see a decent defense against keyloggers like this thats acceptable to home users.
[...] Physically destroy the machine afterwards, to be sure.
How many home users would consider that acceptable?
So the test must be done directly in the drive's firmware.
Because if you use Wolfram Alpha, your miles might get copyrighted by Wolfram Research, and then you'll have to switch to metric just to avoid getting sued for copyright violation.
It's about 4.4 MPH, or perhaps more usefully, a 13 minute, 40 second mile.
Even us lazy nerds should be able to out-run that.
But for how long? Remember, a robot never gets tired!