You seem aroused. Would you like to: -Look at porn? -Shut down computer to sleep with wife? -Suggest online dating sites to find a girlfriend? -Display Margaret Thatcher to continue working?
This is good for humanity. Having vast resources means nothing if you don't put them to good use. Can you think of the fantastic places the world could be today if Nazi Germany had for instance put their efforts into curing the common cold, instead of killing millions? I think it's fantastic that Bill Gates is trying to eradicate some diseases, and think more Billionaires should be taking on the role of world saviour. We all put our money into Microsoft, it's only right that he use that money to the benefit of all the people we didn't help directly, by making their lives [and our lives here] safer by wiping out viruses and other infections.
I've never enjoyed TV video game reviews. Back in my teens when I was playing Gameboy and computer video games, I'd buy magazines and read hint books. Now when I see something come on like Tech TV, I shudder and jump to the remote to change the channel. The reviews are little more than ads for an industry I care so little about these days. Perhaps my priorities have changed too much to enjoy video games like I once did, but do we really need entire channels devoted to advertising video games? Do children even read anymore?
The going rate for reinstalling Windows from scratch to repair a destroyed CD system and remove a rootkit is at least $75US. Didn't Slashdot tell us before that people were paying $125 to remove spyware? Why doesn't Sony have to live up to that standard, it wasn't just that their CDs were broken, it's that they BREAK computers too.
And this doesn't even take into account punitive damages.
The mere fact that someone can get into trouble by ranting into cyberspace without naming someone, is a bit un-nerving. When did thought crimes start to become a reality?
It takes a bit of effort to put anything interesting into a blog, and remain 100% anonymous, but if cases like this pop up all of the time, then it might be worth considering being a 100% anon-a-blog.
Someone should do a poll, to see how many bloggers have found problems with blogging, in the sense that they've been fired, shunned, etc. because of what they write. It might be exceedingly common to get in trouble over ramblings on the web.
"extra protection agains collisions with pedestrians:" How can it tell the difference between a person and an animal though? I don't want a deer going over the hood if I hit it.
The curtains might work nicely, depending on how reflective they are, but more importantly if they'll be able to stay reflective without attracting too much moon dust if static electricity comes into play. As long as they aren't dropped on the ground, or human activity doesn't stir up too much dust I suspect they'd retain their usefulness. The curtains couldn't or shouldn't be brought indoors if they become dusty, since moon dust is quite toxic due to its unweathered nature it causes sylicosis [quartz dust poisoning] if too much is inhaled for too long.
My illumination idea that's less good [but more mobile] is to have a row of LEDs on suits, which would provide low power yet high illumination. I don't know if LEDs can work in space conditions though, they might melt or freeze for all I know.
It sounds like walking on the moon is a bit like running through a dark unlevel field with grass and a distant streetlight. It's not impossible, but you feel like you could trip any time since the shadow you see could be a rock hiding behind some grass, or a gopher hole. Walking away from the sun on the moon could be no fun at all...
I guess it's a race then to see which Star Trek technology will destroy the world first then? It might not be photon torpedoes as some might have suspected.
The other day I was musing what it would be like if intoxication could be simulated through an electricly generated field, which would presumably be set up in bars, and people would consume a liquid that would be tagged to respond as alcohol does, but only when in the right proximity to the "drunk " generator. Imagine being completely drunk in the bar, but when you leave for your car, nothing is the matter with you.
Something could go arwy though, where a larger field could end up intoxicating people when they don't expect to be, sort of like the evil plot in Batman Begins.
I waited years for this to come out, and now the site is slashdotted and I can't get my beta test request in. Oh darn it all.
Features I'll be looking for is drag and drop sharing of pictures or folders, and an interface so easy that any new user can find files I want them to see within seconds of visiting my address or buddy icon. Firefox needs a Bit torrent extension so badly.
My ideas that are most dangerous to human life on earth are to invent the transporter, and also warp speed, or impulse spacecraft. Just one spaceship the size of Enterprise A tearing through the Earth at Warp 1 would in theory destroy the earth into a cloud of planet vapour. Transporters would be used to rob every bank devised, and kidnap world leaders. Everyone would have to have a transporter inhibitor, or you'd be kidnapped almost right away, and probably not by aliens, but by the Swords of Righteousness Brigade or their ilk in Iraq.
Calm down, I was only throwing water on the enthusiasm of Xbox 360 fanboys. I was unaware that demos and arcade games were provided. Now that I know that Pong is probably available, it makes the basic 360 worth buying.
I tell people who consider buying a Disc scratching, power brick overheating, no-games-included, Xbox 1 incompatible, Xbox 360 to go jump in a lake.
Are video games that important to people that they need the newest console when there are already more games made than you could play in a year for every other console plus computers, and you'd spend less money buying all of them than an Xbox 360 with games? [Ok that last bit was a little exageration, to rile up your blood.]
iWonder what the i stands for in all of these devices. One might presume it's Internet, which is a word almost always capitalized so it doesn't make much sense for it to be always lower case in the product name. An iPod is not dependent on the Internet to work though, and the iMac can work without a web connection too, it doesn't even need to be activated like an XP system has to.
If there's still iTV available, I'm going to invent one and make a fortune before some other iDiot thinks of it.
It's discomforting to know that if I'd written and submitted this story several weeks ago after I first checked to see that it had been posted, that I could have had yet another accepted story, and this would be a triplicate story.
I guess dupes only happen on Slashdot once in an exploding Blue Moon though...
There's a historic house in north Philly, I forget the site, but it's an old battle from the Revolutionary war with the British. Germantown seems to be a familiar name, but doesn't seem right. They give a guided tour of the main house, and although they don't let people touch things, they let me and my friend look at the stereopticon on a table. I got to see several 3D pictures from the turn of the 20th Century in it. Yet another thing I forgot to get a picture of on that trip... [another museum I could have got a video of Edison wax cylinder playing.]
Any camera with two lenses, better be taking 3D pictures optionally, or I'm not buyin' it.
I owned the Pro, the 32MB version, and the 8500DV which I'm using right now. I was happy with all of them, but I think how they didn't write drivers for other OSes was a really shoddy thing to do to customers. Fortunately I bought them all 2nd hand when they were inexpensive.
I'm most happy with the 8500DV's Remote Wonder control, which is cool, and I use it still today. I wish it was a bit nicer in some ways though, maybe the II version is better?
Anyway, right now my AiW isn't being used to its full potential, because some driver upgrade screwed things in XP up badly, and if I try to load the proper drivers so that I can watch TV on it again, I get massive XP blue screens and rebooting errors. I've had to live without it, or I'd have to reinstall my entire OS again. What a pain. Plus it's severely delayed my migration to Linux, both since it doesn't support my card, and because linux installs were dying for no reason [which was probably an ATI video problem I later learned].
They've already crippled the AiW with Macrovision detection. I own the last of the series [so I've read] that supports a "patch" to fix the bug that disables the record button when a Macrovision VHS tape is detected.
Someone should start a project, where they accept old media from strangers, and they recover and restore old tapes and floppies full of stuff, and all Word Processor Documents will be released under a Creative Commons license for the world to browse and use as needed. Countless poems, photos, and essays that might otherwise be lost, could then be saved.
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Clippy says upon that detection condition:
You seem aroused. Would you like to:
-Look at porn?
-Shut down computer to sleep with wife?
-Suggest online dating sites to find a girlfriend?
-Display Margaret Thatcher to continue working?
This is good for humanity. Having vast resources means nothing if you don't put them to good use. Can you think of the fantastic places the world could be today if Nazi Germany had for instance put their efforts into curing the common cold, instead of killing millions? I think it's fantastic that Bill Gates is trying to eradicate some diseases, and think more Billionaires should be taking on the role of world saviour. We all put our money into Microsoft, it's only right that he use that money to the benefit of all the people we didn't help directly, by making their lives [and our lives here] safer by wiping out viruses and other infections.
I've never enjoyed TV video game reviews. Back in my teens when I was playing Gameboy and computer video games, I'd buy magazines and read hint books. Now when I see something come on like Tech TV, I shudder and jump to the remote to change the channel. The reviews are little more than ads for an industry I care so little about these days. Perhaps my priorities have changed too much to enjoy video games like I once did, but do we really need entire channels devoted to advertising video games? Do children even read anymore?
The going rate for reinstalling Windows from scratch to repair a destroyed CD system and remove a rootkit is at least $75US. Didn't Slashdot tell us before that people were paying $125 to remove spyware? Why doesn't Sony have to live up to that standard, it wasn't just that their CDs were broken, it's that they BREAK computers too.
And this doesn't even take into account punitive damages.
The mere fact that someone can get into trouble by ranting into cyberspace without naming someone, is a bit un-nerving. When did thought crimes start to become a reality?
It takes a bit of effort to put anything interesting into a blog, and remain 100% anonymous, but if cases like this pop up all of the time, then it might be worth considering being a 100% anon-a-blog.
Someone should do a poll, to see how many bloggers have found problems with blogging, in the sense that they've been fired, shunned, etc. because of what they write. It might be exceedingly common to get in trouble over ramblings on the web.
"extra protection agains collisions with pedestrians:"
How can it tell the difference between a person and an animal though? I don't want a deer going over the hood if I hit it.
The curtains might work nicely, depending on how reflective they are, but more importantly if they'll be able to stay reflective without attracting too much moon dust if static electricity comes into play. As long as they aren't dropped on the ground, or human activity doesn't stir up too much dust I suspect they'd retain their usefulness. The curtains couldn't or shouldn't be brought indoors if they become dusty, since moon dust is quite toxic due to its unweathered nature it causes sylicosis [quartz dust poisoning] if too much is inhaled for too long.
My illumination idea that's less good [but more mobile] is to have a row of LEDs on suits, which would provide low power yet high illumination. I don't know if LEDs can work in space conditions though, they might melt or freeze for all I know.
And if you lose your legs... you can still hop around on the moon.
It sounds like walking on the moon is a bit like running through a dark unlevel field with grass and a distant streetlight. It's not impossible, but you feel like you could trip any time since the shadow you see could be a rock hiding behind some grass, or a gopher hole. Walking away from the sun on the moon could be no fun at all...
I guess it's a race then to see which Star Trek technology will destroy the world first then? It might not be photon torpedoes as some might have suspected.
The other day I was musing what it would be like if intoxication could be simulated through an electricly generated field, which would presumably be set up in bars, and people would consume a liquid that would be tagged to respond as alcohol does, but only when in the right proximity to the "drunk " generator. Imagine being completely drunk in the bar, but when you leave for your car, nothing is the matter with you.
Something could go arwy though, where a larger field could end up intoxicating people when they don't expect to be, sort of like the evil plot in Batman Begins.
I waited years for this to come out, and now the site is slashdotted and I can't get my beta test request in. Oh darn it all.
Features I'll be looking for is drag and drop sharing of pictures or folders, and an interface so easy that any new user can find files I want them to see within seconds of visiting my address or buddy icon.
Firefox needs a Bit torrent extension so badly.
Did you mean that my ideas are in The Physics book, or your idea about souls in transport? I've not read the book, so I don't know which you mean.
My ideas that are most dangerous to human life on earth are to invent the transporter, and also warp speed, or impulse spacecraft. Just one spaceship the size of Enterprise A tearing through the Earth at Warp 1 would in theory destroy the earth into a cloud of planet vapour. Transporters would be used to rob every bank devised, and kidnap world leaders. Everyone would have to have a transporter inhibitor, or you'd be kidnapped almost right away, and probably not by aliens, but by the Swords of Righteousness Brigade or their ilk in Iraq.
Calm down, I was only throwing water on the enthusiasm of Xbox 360 fanboys. I was unaware that demos and arcade games were provided. Now that I know that Pong is probably available, it makes the basic 360 worth buying.
The do briefly form when the surface is nailed by an explosion, driving dust into the "air".
I tell people who consider buying a Disc scratching, power brick overheating, no-games-included, Xbox 1 incompatible, Xbox 360 to go jump in a lake.
Are video games that important to people that they need the newest console when there are already more games made than you could play in a year for every other console plus computers, and you'd spend less money buying all of them than an Xbox 360 with games? [Ok that last bit was a little exageration, to rile up your blood.]
http://www.britishbattles.com/germantown.htm
My brain didn't fail me.
iWonder what the i stands for in all of these devices. One might presume it's Internet, which is a word almost always capitalized so it doesn't make much sense for it to be always lower case in the product name. An iPod is not dependent on the Internet to work though, and the iMac can work without a web connection too, it doesn't even need to be activated like an XP system has to.
If there's still iTV available, I'm going to invent one and make a fortune before some other iDiot thinks of it.
I've heard that a Sweedish chef wants to meet you, however.
It's discomforting to know that if I'd written and submitted this story several weeks ago after I first checked to see that it had been posted, that I could have had yet another accepted story, and this would be a triplicate story.
I guess dupes only happen on Slashdot once in an exploding Blue Moon though...
There's a historic house in north Philly, I forget the site, but it's an old battle from the Revolutionary war with the British. Germantown seems to be a familiar name, but doesn't seem right.
They give a guided tour of the main house, and although they don't let people touch things, they let me and my friend look at the stereopticon on a table. I got to see several 3D pictures from the turn of the 20th Century in it. Yet another thing I forgot to get a picture of on that trip... [another museum I could have got a video of Edison wax cylinder playing.]
Any camera with two lenses, better be taking 3D pictures optionally, or I'm not buyin' it.
I owned the Pro, the 32MB version, and the 8500DV which I'm using right now. I was happy with all of them, but I think how they didn't write drivers for other OSes was a really shoddy thing to do to customers. Fortunately I bought them all 2nd hand when they were inexpensive.
I'm most happy with the 8500DV's Remote Wonder control, which is cool, and I use it still today. I wish it was a bit nicer in some ways though, maybe the II version is better?
Anyway, right now my AiW isn't being used to its full potential, because some driver upgrade screwed things in XP up badly, and if I try to load the proper drivers so that I can watch TV on it again, I get massive XP blue screens and rebooting errors. I've had to live without it, or I'd have to reinstall my entire OS again. What a pain. Plus it's severely delayed my migration to Linux, both since it doesn't support my card, and because linux installs were dying for no reason [which was probably an ATI video problem I later learned].
They've already crippled the AiW with Macrovision detection. I own the last of the series [so I've read] that supports a "patch" to fix the bug that disables the record button when a Macrovision VHS tape is detected.
"The devil makes use of idle hands?"
That's why Jesus Screen Savers Save!
Use those Idle Cycles to run Linux!
Someone should start a project, where they accept old media from strangers, and they recover and restore old tapes and floppies full of stuff, and all Word Processor Documents will be released under a Creative Commons license for the world to browse and use as needed. Countless poems, photos, and essays that might otherwise be lost, could then be saved.