I agree, human enginuity is mind blowing. Yes I am being fairly pessimistic. I think a pessimistic outlook is good at the current stage because the problem of peak oil is approaching rapidly and I see way way too little being done to prepare for it.
I think basic personal transportation needs will be impacted the least. Consider my situation: despite my wife and I both working and our son in Catholic school at our parish (and hence no bus available) we can modify our life so I can take the bus probably 4-5 days a week. Unfortunately, my wife's job requires an automobile, so there's no way around that.
But I wonder the most about the added costs for food production and distribution. If the cost of oil doubles that doesn't double the cost of producing a load of bread, it doubles the cost for planing the seeds, harvesting, production from wheat into bread, and distribution to the store.
It's ironic the cost of oil could mean a less manufactured world. We may see fewer processed foods and plastic junk on store shelves because they will just cost too much with the cost of oil.
Notwithstanding the monetary and social costs of rising oil prices I welcome a world with fewer vehicles.
Don't give me any of that "The markets will automatically react, adjust and allow alternatives to become economically viable" BS. The economic system that we live in depends on growing energy supplies to feed the system so that people can pay the interest on their loans. The energy supply is going to stop growing then start declining and the worlds economies will crash to various degrees: The larger they are, the harder they will fall.
I don't think this will happen - to the degree you seem to indicate. If economies did not respond to demand we'd still be cooking on open fire pits. The fact we went from that to fission, I would argue, is indicative of our ability to respond to change in supply and demand.
Every economy depends upon upon energy supplies, and as long as people keep making babies we'll have a need for growing energy supplies. And that's why we will respond: the future you're predicting is predicated upon a very pessimistic perspective on human social evolution.
Perhaps the most dour prediction for modern economies was made by Marx. But what led to their collapse (I'm talking Marx here, not neo-Marxism) in Marx's opinion wasn't the end of cheap energy but the end of cheap-because-we're-stupid laborers. So even Marx's predication of the collapse of capitalism had to do with the forces of social evolution and not energy production.
Personally I think hardly anyone will be driving cars in 10 years time.
I do believe this. I have a 1-1/2 year old Jeep Wrangler I'm leaving parked most days in favor of the bus. A 30-minute drive vs. 45 minutes on a bus with me, my iPod, and a book. And a monthly bus pass is the price of filling my damn gas tank!
Age of Empire. It's like Age of Empires, but with just one!
LOL. Yeah, it's the Evil Empire. You spend all your time shelling penguins with ideas copied from a smaller but better village down the valley with a tribe named The Panthers.
Local decency laws vs. adult video stars?
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What happens when an adult video star dies? Local decency laws could easily run counter to some of their finer moments!
I'm just saying that some derivation of this would have to intersect with their business interests at some point.
I think an idea like this makes a tremendous amount of sense for Google. They would know where most people surf - assuming most people would grab free WiFi when they can.
Google would obviously require a user to authenticate, and then they simply note where people surf. It's like the old Matchlogic model - instant demographic information tied to Internet use habits.
Their database would be worth what ever people spend on advertising directed towards people online - a lot of money.
Google has some great products, many of which I can't use at home because I use a Mac. In looking at the list below I'd venture a guess that Microsoft has more Mac compatible apps than Google, which strikes me as real funny.
Google Applications that require Windows:
Google Earth
Google Video
Google Web Accelerator (currently unavailable and not likely I'd use anyway but it's still Windows only)
Google Deskbar
Google Desktop Search (probably can't touch Mac's Spotlight but it's still Windows only)
Google Compute
Basically - anything you need to download (outside of a web browser) requires MS Windows.
Why do people get modded up for saying that it's reasonable that the only alternative to mainstream online music from Apple for iPod is buying CDs. Too bad Apple doesn't follow the "Don't be evil" rule. Then others could sell music online for iPod, and consumers would have more choices.
That's "the only alternative" for all legal online music stores. It has nothing to do with Apple, and actually, since Apple was late to selling online you could argue that, historically, the trend was started someone else.
You're comments certainly apply to Apple, but also to all other online retailers as well.
Finally, you're presuming the restritions on iTunes music playing only on the iPod is Apple's restrictions. I don't think we know that's for certain.
One thing that's always true, though: no one forces anyone to purchase iPods and use iTunes. Don't like it? Don't use it. But you're criticism of the most succesful digital music store and player (both in revenue, customers and units sold) as a "lame ass" solution makes your comments a little suspect. The market obviously disagrees with your conclusion.
I just don't understand why everyone rally's behind Apple with their iPod and the fact that people are forced to use iTune's. I like Apple's product line, but it will be a cold day in hell before I buy an iPod.
There is no forcing anyone to use iTunes. You don't have to wait for hell to freeze over to learn about the product, however. The restriction is on music purchased from iTunes, not on must loaded on to the iPod. Don't like the DRM on iTunes? Don't buy the music - copy it over from CD or another source without DRM.
I know in general how to download genetic code, but that's not what I'm looking for here. I want a copy of your son's genetic code. Perhaps the method of creating a son is self evidant, but I've tried MULTIPLE times and only received daughters. Was wondering if I could look at a diff.
LOL. Red wine? I think it was red wine that night.
Where can we download his genetic code? Or is it not under the GPL?
I don't think describing the download of genetic code is typical/. material... Besides, I'm sure the process has been patented, which would mean my describing online violates the DMCA and the patented process of downloading genetic code!
This year teams were challenged to complete three tasks including finding a docking station, inspecting a pipeline, and surfacing in a recovery zone marked by an acoustic pinger.
Yeah, I'm all for the machine age but my kid, who is seven can do this after his usual breakfast of two Eggo waffles, a glass of orange juice, and a bowl of sugar, er cereal:
Navigate staircase
Inspect room
Clean room
Return to Dad's acoustic shout down the stairs
All without Windows. And he's basically open source, too boot!
The question of legitimacy of sequels is exactly why Duke Nukem forever has not been released yet. All you people complaining and trash talking sequels are ruining it for those of us still waiting. Thanks for nothing you damn role playing game basement living low lag time no social life self auto-erotic hippies.
Not true! My room is on the second floor of the house I own (in fact... the basement has outside access only), I have a speedy cable modem with a (sometimes speedier) Airport Extreme network, I talk to many people and don't use an IM, and I don't think my car is erotic though I do like it.
I've been online since the 300 baud modem and I've rarely come across an online resource as overloaded and cluttered as amazon.com.
Their site already pounds people with advertising. I could care less a guy in Toledo bought a gas grill when he bought the same book title I just added to my cart.
At one time I was a regular Amazon customer and would surf their site just to find something interesting for a gift. But now? They will have to start screening users based upon their connection speed.
Uh, Google has none, which means an ad blocker isn't required.
And click a click a link or two - the one add become two to three more, of varying sizes, to spoof ad blockers.
Click... my man... click... I ain't dat stupid.
The My Yahoo! portal is (for the time being) superior to Google's simple offering.
Especially all the flashing ads on Google, er wait, that's Yahoo.
I started using Yahoo before there were user accounts (that's a long time - much longer than Google has been around) and what finally drove me away were the ads on their pages. I got tired of catching ADHD whenever I visited the the my. page.
Google's personal page is a tool. Yahoo's personal page is a portal/ advertising platform.
Let's see Im 24, live with my Pops.....not a bad deal!!! I have a fish!! His name is Sigmund...he is cool!! I like to have fun with my friends, I love to goof off and be a big DORK! and I LOVE to go to the beach. What I dont like is when people cant drive and talk on the phone at the same time. Thats annoying. ha! Im pretty laid back...even just renting a movie is good enough for me. I am a very curious person, if someone says I have to tell you something or I bought you something I HAVE to know what it is right then. I forget things all the time...like items and what Im gonna say. hahahah. Jen knows this ALL too well. hahaha.
Wow. People like this do exist. This poor gal has a keyboard missing the quote key and a brain missing about 12 years of education.
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I agree, human enginuity is mind blowing. Yes I am being fairly pessimistic. I think a pessimistic outlook is good at the current stage because the problem of peak oil is approaching rapidly and I see way way too little being done to prepare for it.
I think basic personal transportation needs will be impacted the least. Consider my situation: despite my wife and I both working and our son in Catholic school at our parish (and hence no bus available) we can modify our life so I can take the bus probably 4-5 days a week. Unfortunately, my wife's job requires an automobile, so there's no way around that.
But I wonder the most about the added costs for food production and distribution. If the cost of oil doubles that doesn't double the cost of producing a load of bread, it doubles the cost for planing the seeds, harvesting, production from wheat into bread, and distribution to the store.
It's ironic the cost of oil could mean a less manufactured world. We may see fewer processed foods and plastic junk on store shelves because they will just cost too much with the cost of oil.
Notwithstanding the monetary and social costs of rising oil prices I welcome a world with fewer vehicles.
Don't give me any of that "The markets will automatically react, adjust and allow alternatives to become economically viable" BS. The economic system that we live in depends on growing energy supplies to feed the system so that people can pay the interest on their loans. The energy supply is going to stop growing then start declining and the worlds economies will crash to various degrees: The larger they are, the harder they will fall.
I don't think this will happen - to the degree you seem to indicate. If economies did not respond to demand we'd still be cooking on open fire pits. The fact we went from that to fission, I would argue, is indicative of our ability to respond to change in supply and demand.
Every economy depends upon upon energy supplies, and as long as people keep making babies we'll have a need for growing energy supplies. And that's why we will respond: the future you're predicting is predicated upon a very pessimistic perspective on human social evolution.
Perhaps the most dour prediction for modern economies was made by Marx. But what led to their collapse (I'm talking Marx here, not neo-Marxism) in Marx's opinion wasn't the end of cheap energy but the end of cheap-because-we're-stupid laborers. So even Marx's predication of the collapse of capitalism had to do with the forces of social evolution and not energy production.
Personally I think hardly anyone will be driving cars in 10 years time.
I do believe this. I have a 1-1/2 year old Jeep Wrangler I'm leaving parked most days in favor of the bus. A 30-minute drive vs. 45 minutes on a bus with me, my iPod, and a book. And a monthly bus pass is the price of filling my damn gas tank!
Age of Empire. It's like Age of Empires, but with just one!
LOL. Yeah, it's the Evil Empire. You spend all your time shelling penguins with ideas copied from a smaller but better village down the valley with a tribe named The Panthers.
What happens when an adult video star dies? Local decency laws could easily run counter to some of their finer moments!
I'm just saying that some derivation of this would have to intersect with their business interests at some point.
I think an idea like this makes a tremendous amount of sense for Google. They would know where most people surf - assuming most people would grab free WiFi when they can.
Google would obviously require a user to authenticate, and then they simply note where people surf. It's like the old Matchlogic model - instant demographic information tied to Internet use habits.
Their database would be worth what ever people spend on advertising directed towards people online - a lot of money.
Google has some great products, many of which I can't use at home because I use a Mac. In looking at the list below I'd venture a guess that Microsoft has more Mac compatible apps than Google, which strikes me as real funny.
Google Applications that require Windows:
Basically - anything you need to download (outside of a web browser) requires MS Windows.
"Payback's a bitch, ain't it?"
The chickens have indeed come home to roost!
People that complain about the ads at the top of the trial versions of Opera are complete faggots.
Assuming by faggots you mean gay, does that mean:
People that don't complain about the ads at the top of the trial versions of Opera are completely straight?
You've got the one made by Microsoft. Either that or the World of Warcraft port you're using is bad.
And there's a a decent reset function: Resetting iPod if it appears frozen or doesn't respond.
He didn't. A team of engineers at another company did and sold the finished product to Apple. He just took the credit.
You sure? I thought it was Al Gore.
Did Microsoft Invent The iPod?
No. And here's proof. With each new release the iPod:
That's not Microsoft.
Why do people get modded up for saying that it's reasonable that the only alternative to mainstream online music from Apple for iPod is buying CDs. Too bad Apple doesn't follow the "Don't be evil" rule. Then others could sell music online for iPod, and consumers would have more choices.
That's "the only alternative" for all legal online music stores. It has nothing to do with Apple, and actually, since Apple was late to selling online you could argue that, historically, the trend was started someone else.
You're comments certainly apply to Apple, but also to all other online retailers as well.
Finally, you're presuming the restritions on iTunes music playing only on the iPod is Apple's restrictions. I don't think we know that's for certain.
One thing that's always true, though: no one forces anyone to purchase iPods and use iTunes. Don't like it? Don't use it. But you're criticism of the most succesful digital music store and player (both in revenue, customers and units sold) as a "lame ass" solution makes your comments a little suspect. The market obviously disagrees with your conclusion.
I just don't understand why everyone rally's behind Apple with their iPod and the fact that people are forced to use iTune's. I like Apple's product line, but it will be a cold day in hell before I buy an iPod.
There is no forcing anyone to use iTunes. You don't have to wait for hell to freeze over to learn about the product, however. The restriction is on music purchased from iTunes, not on must loaded on to the iPod. Don't like the DRM on iTunes? Don't buy the music - copy it over from CD or another source without DRM.
I know in general how to download genetic code, but that's not what I'm looking for here. I want a copy of your son's genetic code. Perhaps the method of creating a son is self evidant, but I've tried MULTIPLE times and only received daughters. Was wondering if I could look at a diff.
LOL. Red wine? I think it was red wine that night.
Where can we download his genetic code? Or is it not under the GPL?
I don't think describing the download of genetic code is typical /. material ... Besides, I'm sure the process has been patented, which would mean my describing online violates the DMCA and the patented process of downloading genetic code!
This year teams were challenged to complete three tasks including finding a docking station, inspecting a pipeline, and surfacing in a recovery zone marked by an acoustic pinger.
Yeah, I'm all for the machine age but my kid, who is seven can do this after his usual breakfast of two Eggo waffles, a glass of orange juice, and a bowl of sugar, er cereal:
All without Windows. And he's basically open source, too boot!
The question of legitimacy of sequels is exactly why Duke Nukem forever has not been released yet. All you people complaining and trash talking sequels are ruining it for those of us still waiting. Thanks for nothing you damn role playing game basement living low lag time no social life self auto-erotic hippies.
Not true! My room is on the second floor of the house I own (in fact ... the basement has outside access only), I have a speedy cable modem with a (sometimes speedier) Airport Extreme network, I talk to many people and don't use an IM, and I don't think my car is erotic though I do like it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa milyID=209ADBEE-3FBD-482C-83B0-96FB79B74DED&displa ylang=EN
I've been online since the 300 baud modem and I've rarely come across an online resource as overloaded and cluttered as amazon.com. Their site already pounds people with advertising. I could care less a guy in Toledo bought a gas grill when he bought the same book title I just added to my cart. At one time I was a regular Amazon customer and would surf their site just to find something interesting for a gift. But now? They will have to start screening users based upon their connection speed.
When Should You Buy Your Kid A Laptop?
When my 800 Mhz iBook gets too slow - which is damn near happening all the time now. There's also The Wife but that's always a threat.
If they keep up the good work think what a NASA engine could do for the outstanding Mustang on your homepage!
I bet its a relief that they finally got something to go right.
Despite the lens issues the first few years the Hubble is going very well (until funding is yanked, that is) and Deep Impact was just incredible.
Given the last two shuttle disasters I think they're doing very well.
Uh, Google has none, which means an ad blocker isn't required. And click a click a link or two - the one add become two to three more, of varying sizes, to spoof ad blockers. Click ... my man ... click ... I ain't dat stupid.
The My Yahoo! portal is (for the time being) superior to Google's simple offering.
Especially all the flashing ads on Google, er wait, that's Yahoo.
I started using Yahoo before there were user accounts (that's a long time - much longer than Google has been around) and what finally drove me away were the ads on their pages. I got tired of catching ADHD whenever I visited the the my. page.
Google's personal page is a tool. Yahoo's personal page is a portal/ advertising platform.
Let's see Im 24, live with my Pops.....not a bad deal!!! I have a fish!! His name is Sigmund...he is cool!! I like to have fun with my friends, I love to goof off and be a big DORK! and I LOVE to go to the beach. What I dont like is when people cant drive and talk on the phone at the same time. Thats annoying. ha! Im pretty laid back...even just renting a movie is good enough for me. I am a very curious person, if someone says I have to tell you something or I bought you something I HAVE to know what it is right then. I forget things all the time...like items and what Im gonna say. hahahah. Jen knows this ALL too well. hahaha.
Wow. People like this do exist. This poor gal has a keyboard missing the quote key and a brain missing about 12 years of education.
The masses have come ;-)