"Actually, from what i understand the brakes were put on nuclear power when the Carter (?) administration banned uranium reprocessing and all the power companies were stuck with finding a place for accumulating dangerous waste with no end in sight."
You are obviously refering to the USA. But the problem is widespread. I'll give you an example of the attitude i see. In the country where i was born, a poor EU contry who couldn't be further from developing anything nuclear at all, we burn fossil fuels for energy. We have some dams as well. However, about 10 years ago there was a national campaign that produced some street signs (like ads) with the message "$CityName: Zone free of nuclear energy", which would be like posting a "zone free of fish" in the moon. But ppl voted for spending part of our small resources into those fucking signs. Why? Because of the green propaganda. While irrelevant for our future, this example shows the reigning attitude. And then the environmentalists claim to be "scientific". Hah, they are nothing but witch hunters, hunting whatever is called a which in the 21st century. Nuclear? Burn it down!
Of course there are real environment problems. That need to be solved, urgently. But the current crop of environmentalists won't cut it, at least the ones we hear about. It's like asking a shaman to remove a brain cancer. Solving the environmental problems requires a level of pragmatism beyond these ppl's wildest dreams. Maybe even beyond mine, i'm afraid.
You associate an opinion different from yours to voting for bush. So "I must vote for Bush" so that you can easily fit everyone into the groups that agree with you and "the others". Us vs them, right? Where have i heard that before. And then you insult. Several times. As an AC. I feel flattered.
Maybe now you can reply to your own last question.
The problem with environmentalists is that they should be the ones defending the right choice! I mean, ppl are used to the current situation, but it is akin to having medical doctors poison and try to kill you when you check in sick at an hospital. We have a problem, some ppl devote their lifes to studying it, some ppl interest themselves in the subject and keep informed, and then all that ppl advocates the wrong choice! Who in hell is going to save us?
Environmentalism is a failure on all levels as it exists today. It is THEIR fault that we are in the current situation, not some industrial company who does what it is supposed to do: profit! It's the environmentalists that failed us.
If these damm environmentalists hadn't been whinning about nuclear for so long, we WOULDN'T HAVE THE PROBLEM TO BEGIN WITH! Yeah, such an original solution, i knew these ppl would solve it for the rest of us!
That's the point. We're used to getting stuff for free, in very different contexts, from warez to gpl software. Free is no longer enough, they'll have to try harder.
I believe the current plans to work around that involve having a "force-feedback" device attached to some part of the skin where the patient can still feel it, and hope the brain can learn that. From what i've read, i found that a very workable solution. Specially considering the alternative: nothing.
Lets see, I have 1TB of data I back up. At 756kb/second upload speed it will take around 220 hours to back that up to a thousand acounts. Think I'll stick with my AIT library.
I have dial-up you insensitive clod. And much less porn!!!
PC gaming will live for as long as PC's live. I am not worried at all about all the recent ramblings "PC GAMING IS GONNA DIE OMG OMG OMG" that show up every couple weeks. I follow pc gaming closely and illegally download most of the new releases, install them and delete them after 1 or 2 days. Truthfully, most of the aren't worth the download time, but in the middle of that there are some pearls, like warcraft3, for example, that i keep and buy the original game. It has been like this for years, and actually latelly i'm noticing some improvement. I don't follow console gaming too much because i dont own a console, but PC game is as far from dying as electricity. My guess is that these "news" come from reports and comments made by ppl that try to manipulate the IT industry and bought sony stock. If you have absolutelly no idea what the future holds for IT, i guess you write an article announcing as news what you would like to happen. I mean really, how can PC games die? The PC is there, it can run games, then it WILL run games. If companies dont want to make games for PC's, then independent developers will. Hell, _I_ will if needed.
If most companies focus on making games for consoles and crappy compromised interfaces on PC versions, then pc gamers will buy from companies that develop for PC. It's that simple, the money is there, some company will come for it.
Honestly, i believe consoles are doomed because of the growing trend of user-created content in games. In my opinion, in a few years from now a game that doesnt allow for user-created expansion won't be able to compete with one that does. And i don't mean changing your helmet colour, i mean scripting. Consoles will end up with the "simpler" games, where users just play what the developer did. Strange as it may seem now, we will one day find that as boring as watching TV nowadays.
How would i share a file? I'd use one of the p2p apps that are much better than BT, like the example i give, overnet.
I just start the client, put the file in my shared folder, and publish the one-line hash code in my webpage so ppl can download. BT is not the same as p2p, and you slashdot ppl should really understand that. BT is one p2p program, not the best and not even in the first league. It's crap and it's irritating that you all jump to defend it without even reading my post.
P2P is an elegant solution to "the problem of serving lots of data simultaneously to geographically diverse clients", not BT. BT is just another implementation of an idea, and a flaky one at that.
Enforced sharing is also provided by Overnet.
BT is not impervious to legal challenges, as the trackers can be brought down and that's it. Overnet has no single point of failure.
There are also open-source clients for the overnet network. It's no big deal, ppl make open source clients for pretty much everything now.
I may sound like an Overnet fanboy but that's really not the truth. I just use Overnet as an example because i use it and i know it well. I am sure there are several implementations of P2P that actually are as good as Overnet, BT is just not one of them. Really, slashdot's affair with BT just shows the empty-mindedness of this site.
BitTorrent's weak spot has always been thedistribution of the torrent files in the first place.
The popularity of BitTorrent in slashdot and in general has always baffled me. The special needs (mentioned by the parent post) of this p2p system in my opinion FAR outweight any possible benefit other than faster than light communication. Assuming that feature hasn't been developed yet, can someone please enlighten me on the advantages of BitTorrent over, for instance, Overnet? Some time ago i finally found a torrent client that works like a download managed instead of a damm flaky Internet Explorer plugin. Hey, the 90's called, they want the Napster 1.0 featureset back.
I don't WANT to understand how my computer operates internally, just as much as I don't give a toss for how my car or my phone works.
I just want to type a friggin letter.
Then go buy a typewriter. Really, i mean it. A computer is a generic machine, not a letter-typing machine. It's like buying a 747 and saying "I don't WANT to understand how my plane operates internally, i just want to drive it to the mall.
Ah, and at least in my country, you need a license and classes to drive a car.
Don't you ignorant, scared, inteligence-bashing ppl get it?
What's next? Welding our computer cases shut? (or at least making better "void your warranty" stickers)
Well, that actually happened to me 2 years ago. We needed to upgrade a video workstation, and i bought a PC to replace it at this shop: www.chipsite.pt . When it arrived, the first thing to do was to move the super-expensive video edition card from the old workstation to the new. When i turn the computer i see the stickers. They were specially designed stickers (with the warranty message) that pretty much destroyed themselves at the first sign of movement in the cover of the box. I was stunned, and they didn't mention it before, even thou i told them i had custom parts to install after i recieve the box. Needless to say, i made sure that I, and the ppl that trust me for computer advice, would never buy in that shop again.
Funny, when i read your parent post that was the exact image that came up in my mind, which i followed right up to my speech to the judge. My point would be that a certain level of stupidity must be physically punished for the good of mankind.
Slashdot Mirror
"Actually, from what i understand the brakes were put on nuclear power when the Carter (?) administration banned uranium reprocessing and all the power companies were stuck with finding a place for accumulating dangerous waste with no end in sight."
You are obviously refering to the USA. But the problem is widespread. I'll give you an example of the attitude i see. In the country where i was born, a poor EU contry who couldn't be further from developing anything nuclear at all, we burn fossil fuels for energy. We have some dams as well. However, about 10 years ago there was a national campaign that produced some street signs (like ads) with the message "$CityName: Zone free of nuclear energy", which would be like posting a "zone free of fish" in the moon. But ppl voted for spending part of our small resources into those fucking signs. Why? Because of the green propaganda. While irrelevant for our future, this example shows the reigning attitude. And then the environmentalists claim to be "scientific". Hah, they are nothing but witch hunters, hunting whatever is called a which in the 21st century. Nuclear? Burn it down!
Of course there are real environment problems. That need to be solved, urgently. But the current crop of environmentalists won't cut it, at least the ones we hear about. It's like asking a shaman to remove a brain cancer. Solving the environmental problems requires a level of pragmatism beyond these ppl's wildest dreams. Maybe even beyond mine, i'm afraid.
You associate an opinion different from yours to voting for bush. So "I must vote for Bush" so that you can easily fit everyone into the groups that agree with you and "the others". Us vs them, right? Where have i heard that before. And then you insult. Several times. As an AC. I feel flattered.
Maybe now you can reply to your own last question.
I reply to you and all others that ask the same and to the retards who mod me down as troll because they can't tolerate a dissenting opinion.
3 words: Delaying nuclear development.
The problem with environmentalists is that they should be the ones defending the right choice! I mean, ppl are used to the current situation, but it is akin to having medical doctors poison and try to kill you when you check in sick at an hospital. We have a problem, some ppl devote their lifes to studying it, some ppl interest themselves in the subject and keep informed, and then all that ppl advocates the wrong choice! Who in hell is going to save us?
Environmentalism is a failure on all levels as it exists today. It is THEIR fault that we are in the current situation, not some industrial company who does what it is supposed to do: profit! It's the environmentalists that failed us.
If these damm environmentalists hadn't been whinning about nuclear for so long, we WOULDN'T HAVE THE PROBLEM TO BEGIN WITH! Yeah, such an original solution, i knew these ppl would solve it for the rest of us!
Why yes, i hate demagogy...
+4 Funny? Is this a multi-troll attack, one posting and the others modding?
That's the point. We're used to getting stuff for free, in very different contexts, from warez to gpl software. Free is no longer enough, they'll have to try harder.
Oh, like it's not embarassing for the rest of us as well. My fan club doesn't even have the test account created yet!
They still sell a product, they just don't make it.
It could be worse. Imagine that instead you become 100 tons heavier...
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
I believe the current plans to work around that involve having a "force-feedback" device attached to some part of the skin where the patient can still feel it, and hope the brain can learn that. From what i've read, i found that a very workable solution. Specially considering the alternative: nothing.
640Kb was enough after all!
I have dial-up you insensitive clod. And much less porn!!!
I feel your pain, brother.
... if it had been msn search offering this service!
In Capitalist America, the Russian Babe rides YOU!
PC gaming will live for as long as PC's live. I am not worried at all about all the recent ramblings "PC GAMING IS GONNA DIE OMG OMG OMG" that show up every couple weeks. I follow pc gaming closely and illegally download most of the new releases, install them and delete them after 1 or 2 days. Truthfully, most of the aren't worth the download time, but in the middle of that there are some pearls, like warcraft3, for example, that i keep and buy the original game. It has been like this for years, and actually latelly i'm noticing some improvement. I don't follow console gaming too much because i dont own a console, but PC game is as far from dying as electricity. My guess is that these "news" come from reports and comments made by ppl that try to manipulate the IT industry and bought sony stock. If you have absolutelly no idea what the future holds for IT, i guess you write an article announcing as news what you would like to happen. I mean really, how can PC games die? The PC is there, it can run games, then it WILL run games. If companies dont want to make games for PC's, then independent developers will. Hell, _I_ will if needed.
If most companies focus on making games for consoles and crappy compromised interfaces on PC versions, then pc gamers will buy from companies that develop for PC. It's that simple, the money is there, some company will come for it.
Honestly, i believe consoles are doomed because of the growing trend of user-created content in games. In my opinion, in a few years from now a game that doesnt allow for user-created expansion won't be able to compete with one that does. And i don't mean changing your helmet colour, i mean scripting. Consoles will end up with the "simpler" games, where users just play what the developer did. Strange as it may seem now, we will one day find that as boring as watching TV nowadays.
How would i share a file? I'd use one of the p2p apps that are much better than BT, like the example i give, overnet.
I just start the client, put the file in my shared folder, and publish the one-line hash code in my webpage so ppl can download. BT is not the same as p2p, and you slashdot ppl should really understand that. BT is one p2p program, not the best and not even in the first league. It's crap and it's irritating that you all jump to defend it without even reading my post.
P2P is an elegant solution to "the problem of serving lots of data simultaneously to geographically diverse clients", not BT. BT is just another implementation of an idea, and a flaky one at that.
Enforced sharing is also provided by Overnet.
BT is not impervious to legal challenges, as the trackers can be brought down and that's it. Overnet has no single point of failure.
There are also open-source clients for the overnet network. It's no big deal, ppl make open source clients for pretty much everything now.
I may sound like an Overnet fanboy but that's really not the truth. I just use Overnet as an example because i use it and i know it well. I am sure there are several implementations of P2P that actually are as good as Overnet, BT is just not one of them. Really, slashdot's affair with BT just shows the empty-mindedness of this site.
The popularity of BitTorrent in slashdot and in general has always baffled me. The special needs (mentioned by the parent post) of this p2p system in my opinion FAR outweight any possible benefit other than faster than light communication. Assuming that feature hasn't been developed yet, can someone please enlighten me on the advantages of BitTorrent over, for instance, Overnet? Some time ago i finally found a torrent client that works like a download managed instead of a damm flaky Internet Explorer plugin. Hey, the 90's called, they want the Napster 1.0 featureset back.
Parent sig: Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms should be the name of a store, not a government agency.
Regardless of my position regarding firearms, i don't think they mix well with alcohol.
I don't WANT to understand how my computer operates internally, just as much as I don't give a toss for how my car or my phone works.
I just want to type a friggin letter.
Then go buy a typewriter. Really, i mean it. A computer is a generic machine, not a letter-typing machine. It's like buying a 747 and saying "I don't WANT to understand how my plane operates internally, i just want to drive it to the mall.
Ah, and at least in my country, you need a license and classes to drive a car.
Don't you ignorant, scared, inteligence-bashing ppl get it?
Well, that actually happened to me 2 years ago. We needed to upgrade a video workstation, and i bought a PC to replace it at this shop: www.chipsite.pt . When it arrived, the first thing to do was to move the super-expensive video edition card from the old workstation to the new. When i turn the computer i see the stickers. They were specially designed stickers (with the warranty message) that pretty much destroyed themselves at the first sign of movement in the cover of the box. I was stunned, and they didn't mention it before, even thou i told them i had custom parts to install after i recieve the box. Needless to say, i made sure that I, and the ppl that trust me for computer advice, would never buy in that shop again.
Funny, when i read your parent post that was the exact image that came up in my mind, which i followed right up to my speech to the judge. My point would be that a certain level of stupidity must be physically punished for the good of mankind.