Expecting them to go without for 30 months is foolish and choosing to ignore the problem will work just about as well as not providing sex ed to horny highschool kids.
I believe this is true. Humans are going to have sex with each other, whether or not you tell them not to, whether or not you educate them, or even if they are of the same sex. Sex is a part of our physiology, and is integrated into our systems -- we're supposed to screw, and often! It's healthy!
Also, I've noticed that polyamorism is starting to be more accepted in our society, though it is still taboo to most of the population. It IS difficult to juggle relationships, because jealousy is also a part of our sexual behavior, I think.
I think allowing humans to have sex on such a journey, to pacify sex drive, would produce a happier crew.
Though, as someone else above had stated, having cameras onboard, and turning the footage into a reality TV show, may be another way to fund similar space ventures. I would certainly give-up my privacy for an opportunity to go to Mars.
Now all we need is to drop the taboo with marijuana on space missions...
Some of us choose not to have a giant and bloated infrastructure just to do some simple server-side things. In that case, PHP suits us fine. I would certainly need quite a bit more infrastructure than the two webservers I have, had I chosen JSP, or.NET.
Same here -- lots of companies require certifications and a masters in something (even unrelated!!!). I have a GED.
When the HRC* asks about my education, and why it is not on my resume, I tell them that I am self-taught, and that I haven't had a chance to go to college yet. Some HRCs are rude, and then start treating me like a smelly homeless person who climed out from under a rock. The 'better' HRCs will move onto the next interview bits.
Some HRCs feel that they worked long and hard on their Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. They feel that unless you are properly homogemicated, that you just cannot function in life, and must not be able to function at their company. If this is the case with your interview, it is okay to send an email to the CEO, and tell him/her what an asshole their HRC is.
This happened at my last contract -- 4 month interview process, for a 3 month contract. The HRC wasn't all that excited to have an employee recommend me, and wasn't excited about not having found me herself. When I told her that I was self-educated, she started getting rude and insulting, "We have PhDs and scientists on our staff," she told me. I ignored this, and tried to be polite, and interviewee. Later that year, I applied for 8 or 9 jobs at this company, and was astounded that they hired only incompetent people in the IT staff, and not those qualified. So, I made fun of her publicly, and it felt good. Real good. When it got back to me that the HRC had read what I had said about her, what I heard was that she pointed fingers at other people, and made excuses. Now I laugh about it with the coworkers that I brought from there, to where I am now, and it's funny.
I know what it is like to be starving, and not be hired for a job you are perfectly suited for. This is why I fight back any way I can. I make it a point to not burn bridges, but when they're burned for you, why not raze it up a notch?
* Remember, childeren, the 'C' in HRC is for Cunt.
Fortunately or unfortunately, my HP 8000dn at home is also a Canon N-series printer (but black only, so no use in sending the EFF a test page). In fact, I believe most laser printers on the market use a Canon engine. It used to be so with early inkjet printers, as I understand it.
Don't ever buy a JVC. Their engineers are on crack. Maybe it' because I bought a GRDVL505u. This camera has a serial port for downloading images from the still-camera portion of itself. No possible other way to get pictures out of the camera. Engineers are on crack I tell ya.
Timesys in Pittsburgh has been doing this for years, and I think they went carrier grade recently. I think they're having product/organization issues, and I don't approve of their hiring practices. But, good people working on good code -- what's left of them!
And what do you do with wardriving data? Plot it on a map, of course. This is fun, but not that much fun. When you can use that kind of data for other interesting purposes -- like finding out where you are -- then things get interesting.
This is not a new technology, though I guess I should have pattented this in 2002 when I had a chance. Damn that unemployment line!
Well, of course!
I work on WiFiMaps.com, and we've been talking about doing this for years. It's the only natural outcome of wardriving data, if you think about it. There are few people developing location-based applications at this time, but there are a bunch of them. Some of the stupider people are trying to make a buck out of it, but this is just another feature of this Ubiquitous Computing that some of us are working on.
We've decided to GPL our data, so anyone can develop Google Mashups, or their own applications. In the meantime, we'll continue to collect data, homogenize it, and push it out for everyone to play with. Reminds me that we should mention this to the Placelab folks again.
I may not be a computer scientist defining how the Internet works, or a double-E working on new signaling methods, or even a CEO dumping gobs of cash into other things. What I am, is one of the many minions who have helped this Internet along the way. I've dug trenches, strung wires, configured thousands of routes, thousands of DNS zones, and probably multi-hundreds of websites, database servers, mail servers, anti-spam measures, etc. I help the Internet function properly, even in my own small way.
When I think about our US government, companies like Verisign and Worldcom, UN, or any other random organization interested in monkeying with MY Internet, I get a little protective. You see, I want this wild-west frontierism -- that is where innovation comes from -- a need for something that did not exist before, and the lack of rules or laws which would prevent me from building those things. Again, the free exchange of ideas.
If China wants to censor themselves, it's all them -- their routers, firewalls, and filters should not apply to me here in the US. I don't like it, but what can I say? That's not my system. The eventuality, is that some Chinese people will figure out ways around this, 'cause that's how the Internet works, right? Route around the failures?
I realize that routers and bandwidth cost money, but when you think about it, if there weren't any people using/administrating/publishing-on it, it wouldn't exist. It is people like me, people like Cmdr Taco (and yes, you too, Zonk), and all you fucked-up readers of Slashdot (and countless others) that make this Internet happen -- all sharing ideas, flames, stories, pictures, porn, and filth. We're all exchanging information between ourselves. This is how it should be, and I'll be damned if I let some assholes (from wherever) interfere with My Internet. Rogue nameservers indeed.
Off Topic? Someone didn't read the parent post I was replying to. There are lots of stupid laws that don't protect anyone, and simply limit our freedoms. What if I want to eat peanuts in church, or wash my donkey? Hell, I like to get wicked stoned, too!
Like not being allowed to have a donkey in your bathtub, that' sfor my own good. And how me growing pot in my own home, for my own purposes disrupts interstate commerce. That's for my own good too.
Thinking about it. Stupid backwater hicks should not govern modern future-thinking people in cities. What's good for a toothless drunken idiot covered in grease, is not necessarily good for a technology-focused person. Dumbfuckistan I tell ya.
Thanks for your reply, but I have to wonder if the money wouldn't be better spent researching more useful ways of leaving the gravity and atmosphere -- either through scramjet technology, space elevators, or whichever else creative scientists can come up with to help get us away. Liquid fuel is just too expensive, and we need too much of it. There are alternatives, and I'd like to see more contests (like the Ansari X Prize) to get organizations to solve these problems.
Hell, I'd love to dedicate a signifigant chunk of my lifetime to help other people solve some of these problems! But where to start...?
Seriously. It is hard to effect change in large slow-moving environments. Kudos to those who fight for the right thing, even in the face of pure evil.
Me? I'm still trying not to speak up so much, so that I stay employed for a little while. I can't alow stupid people to run my life, it just doesn't make sense to me.
What a shame, and a huge waste of my taxpayer dollars. And this is the best they can do, rehash ancient technology, and put a new sticker on it? Bullshit!
I'd like to see more useful methods of leaving this atmosphere, and hauling thigns into space, like construction materials, and small factories, stored foods, etc. Going to the moon is nice and all -- in the 1920's! We've been there, done that, and there are more important things at stake.
Who makes these decisions, and who allows them the authority? It certainly wasn't me...
Fuck, I don't see anyone subsidizing my infrastructure costs, commuting costs, costs of gas, food, or any other thing. Why should I subsidize other people's misfortune? That's bogus.
Also, what percentage of farmland goes unused, where the gov't pays the farmers to NOT grow stuff?
Isn't it actually Verizon's fault (or SBC) that farmers don't have good telecommunications -- and not my fault? Why am I paying for Verizon's convenience? I call bullshit.
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Expecting them to go without for 30 months is foolish and choosing to ignore the problem will work just about as well as not providing sex ed to horny highschool kids.
I believe this is true. Humans are going to have sex with each other, whether or not you tell them not to, whether or not you educate them, or even if they are of the same sex. Sex is a part of our physiology, and is integrated into our systems -- we're supposed to screw, and often! It's healthy!
Also, I've noticed that polyamorism is starting to be more accepted in our society, though it is still taboo to most of the population. It IS difficult to juggle relationships, because jealousy is also a part of our sexual behavior, I think.
I think allowing humans to have sex on such a journey, to pacify sex drive, would produce a happier crew.
Though, as someone else above had stated, having cameras onboard, and turning the footage into a reality TV show, may be another way to fund similar space ventures. I would certainly give-up my privacy for an opportunity to go to Mars.
Now all we need is to drop the taboo with marijuana on space missions...
Some of us choose not to have a giant and bloated infrastructure just to do some simple server-side things. In that case, PHP suits us fine. I would certainly need quite a bit more infrastructure than the two webservers I have, had I chosen JSP, or .NET.
Same here -- lots of companies require certifications and a masters in something (even unrelated!!!). I have a GED.
When the HRC* asks about my education, and why it is not on my resume, I tell them that I am self-taught, and that I haven't had a chance to go to college yet. Some HRCs are rude, and then start treating me like a smelly homeless person who climed out from under a rock. The 'better' HRCs will move onto the next interview bits.
Some HRCs feel that they worked long and hard on their Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. They feel that unless you are properly homogemicated, that you just cannot function in life, and must not be able to function at their company. If this is the case with your interview, it is okay to send an email to the CEO, and tell him/her what an asshole their HRC is.
This happened at my last contract -- 4 month interview process, for a 3 month contract. The HRC wasn't all that excited to have an employee recommend me, and wasn't excited about not having found me herself. When I told her that I was self-educated, she started getting rude and insulting, "We have PhDs and scientists on our staff," she told me. I ignored this, and tried to be polite, and interviewee. Later that year, I applied for 8 or 9 jobs at this company, and was astounded that they hired only incompetent people in the IT staff, and not those qualified. So, I made fun of her publicly, and it felt good. Real good. When it got back to me that the HRC had read what I had said about her, what I heard was that she pointed fingers at other people, and made excuses. Now I laugh about it with the coworkers that I brought from there, to where I am now, and it's funny.
I know what it is like to be starving, and not be hired for a job you are perfectly suited for. This is why I fight back any way I can. I make it a point to not burn bridges, but when they're burned for you, why not raze it up a notch?
* Remember, childeren, the 'C' in HRC is for Cunt.
No, no, different Drew. I am Drew from Zhrodague. If this were a plug, I'd prolly do something like this.
Read that on Fark already. What's with yesterday's news, stuff that mattered?
Fortunately or unfortunately, my HP 8000dn at home is also a Canon N-series printer (but black only, so no use in sending the EFF a test page). In fact, I believe most laser printers on the market use a Canon engine. It used to be so with early inkjet printers, as I understand it.
Don't ever buy a JVC. Their engineers are on crack. Maybe it' because I bought a GRDVL505u. This camera has a serial port for downloading images from the still-camera portion of itself. No possible other way to get pictures out of the camera. Engineers are on crack I tell ya.
Timesys in Pittsburgh has been doing this for years, and I think they went carrier grade recently. I think they're having product/organization issues, and I don't approve of their hiring practices. But, good people working on good code -- what's left of them!
Of course, I am quite biased, but Wardriving is cool!
And what do you do with wardriving data? Plot it on a map, of course. This is fun, but not that much fun. When you can use that kind of data for other interesting purposes -- like finding out where you are -- then things get interesting.
This is not a new technology, though I guess I should have pattented this in 2002 when I had a chance. Damn that unemployment line!
Check out http://www.WiFiMaps.com. We've got a connector for AvantGo, which will let you use that to download maps of your area, and APs in that area.
Perfect use for that old bluetooth-enabled phone. Plug it in, put it somewhere, and you've got a location beacon.
Well, of course! I work on WiFiMaps.com, and we've been talking about doing this for years. It's the only natural outcome of wardriving data, if you think about it. There are few people developing location-based applications at this time, but there are a bunch of them. Some of the stupider people are trying to make a buck out of it, but this is just another feature of this Ubiquitous Computing that some of us are working on.
We've decided to GPL our data, so anyone can develop Google Mashups, or their own applications. In the meantime, we'll continue to collect data, homogenize it, and push it out for everyone to play with. Reminds me that we should mention this to the Placelab folks again.
WiFiMaps.com
No but if you live in the US, near hicks, they will look at you funny, and recite phrases from popular right-wing propagandists.
I may not be a computer scientist defining how the Internet works, or a double-E working on new signaling methods, or even a CEO dumping gobs of cash into other things. What I am, is one of the many minions who have helped this Internet along the way. I've dug trenches, strung wires, configured thousands of routes, thousands of DNS zones, and probably multi-hundreds of websites, database servers, mail servers, anti-spam measures, etc. I help the Internet function properly, even in my own small way.
When I think about our US government, companies like Verisign and Worldcom, UN, or any other random organization interested in monkeying with MY Internet, I get a little protective. You see, I want this wild-west frontierism -- that is where innovation comes from -- a need for something that did not exist before, and the lack of rules or laws which would prevent me from building those things. Again, the free exchange of ideas.
If China wants to censor themselves, it's all them -- their routers, firewalls, and filters should not apply to me here in the US. I don't like it, but what can I say? That's not my system. The eventuality, is that some Chinese people will figure out ways around this, 'cause that's how the Internet works, right? Route around the failures?
I realize that routers and bandwidth cost money, but when you think about it, if there weren't any people using/administrating/publishing-on it, it wouldn't exist. It is people like me, people like Cmdr Taco (and yes, you too, Zonk), and all you fucked-up readers of Slashdot (and countless others) that make this Internet happen -- all sharing ideas, flames, stories, pictures, porn, and filth. We're all exchanging information between ourselves. This is how it should be, and I'll be damned if I let some assholes (from wherever) interfere with My Internet. Rogue nameservers indeed.
Sorry, you're now modded -1 Offtopic. Have a nice day, thank you for playing.
(I am making a joke!)
Off Topic? Someone didn't read the parent post I was replying to. There are lots of stupid laws that don't protect anyone, and simply limit our freedoms. What if I want to eat peanuts in church, or wash my donkey? Hell, I like to get wicked stoned, too!
Like not being allowed to have a donkey in your bathtub, that' sfor my own good. And how me growing pot in my own home, for my own purposes disrupts interstate commerce. That's for my own good too.
Thinking about it. Stupid backwater hicks should not govern modern future-thinking people in cities. What's good for a toothless drunken idiot covered in grease, is not necessarily good for a technology-focused person. Dumbfuckistan I tell ya.
I would definately eat artifical steak. I'd also like to try a wide range of other engineered vegetables.
Yes, I also ate paste in kindergarten, but also so did YOU.
Thanks for your reply, but I have to wonder if the money wouldn't be better spent researching more useful ways of leaving the gravity and atmosphere -- either through scramjet technology, space elevators, or whichever else creative scientists can come up with to help get us away. Liquid fuel is just too expensive, and we need too much of it. There are alternatives, and I'd like to see more contests (like the Ansari X Prize) to get organizations to solve these problems.
Hell, I'd love to dedicate a signifigant chunk of my lifetime to help other people solve some of these problems! But where to start...?
Had to be said: I'm Sparticus!
Seriously. It is hard to effect change in large slow-moving environments. Kudos to those who fight for the right thing, even in the face of pure evil.
Me? I'm still trying not to speak up so much, so that I stay employed for a little while. I can't alow stupid people to run my life, it just doesn't make sense to me.
Rock on, good sourcing and research!
What a shame, and a huge waste of my taxpayer dollars. And this is the best they can do, rehash ancient technology, and put a new sticker on it? Bullshit!
I'd like to see more useful methods of leaving this atmosphere, and hauling thigns into space, like construction materials, and small factories, stored foods, etc. Going to the moon is nice and all -- in the 1920's! We've been there, done that, and there are more important things at stake.
Who makes these decisions, and who allows them the authority? It certainly wasn't me...
Yeah, and it does't fly, either!
Fuck, I don't see anyone subsidizing my infrastructure costs, commuting costs, costs of gas, food, or any other thing. Why should I subsidize other people's misfortune? That's bogus.
Also, what percentage of farmland goes unused, where the gov't pays the farmers to NOT grow stuff?
Isn't it actually Verizon's fault (or SBC) that farmers don't have good telecommunications -- and not my fault? Why am I paying for Verizon's convenience? I call bullshit.