What scares me is all the people wearing "personal stereos"... how anti-social!
Some are very social. They let everybody on the bus enjoy their music.
Besides around here it doesn't matter if you're wearing a "personal stereo" or not. You're just as unlikely to get into a conversation. People have become really asocial these days.
I hope not. Makeing such a mistake would be a very good way to learn to be more carefull with your job. If they hire some one new, he might make the same mistake.
ID does nothing more than moveing the problem. If we were created by something intelligent (God, Aliens, the neighbours dog,...). Then where did God, the Aliens or the dog come from?
It's a typical religious answer. It holds up only for as long as everyone simply accepts it.
OTOH, they could claim Earth was made by God, God was created by SuperGod and SuperGod was made by MegaGod and so on.
But it's not likely to be a 4th grade history book item.(sorry guys, slashdot's not that important:) )
I do believe/. will be in the history books of the future. Most likely under the subject about the huge drop in productivety in time periode 2000 - 2010.
I even believe that the most active users are being observed by scientists of the future...
You mean you were born with knowledge of computers? In that case I've got to disappoint you. Most of us are born with just enough knowledge to find a nipple and suck on it. All the other things we've got to learn some way or another.
Nah, just learn to be very convincing and let some random guy push your car towards your destination.
That wouldn't be too hard. Just tell the guy someone doesn't think he could push your car all the way to your office.
Damn, I just invented the Ego-powered car.
When you guys realize the folly of Socialism, giving up your individual identites to form a "Union" which noone really has control over.. give us a call. We'll be glad to help you catch up to us.
Hmm, socialism or industrial dictorate... Though choice.
Socialism isn't that bad. At least we don't trip over homeless people who weren't lucky enough to buy a job. Nor are our school used as advertisement for certain companies. Nor is our country run by a few rich industrials.
Socialsim isn't perfect, but neither is the US. And I wouldn't want to move to the US even if they were paying me for it. We never gave up our identities, just some taxmoney.
Actually the only part of our identity we lost, was because of the US. (Hollywood movies, Fastfood, US style clothing, English words,...)
Some "smart" supermarket chains even introduced Haloween here.
What did you think? That he was the mythical honest politician?
Next time vote for the other guy. (if you're old enough to vote, that is.)
Last time we were forced to vote (voting is mandatory in Belgium) I found the way to make it less painfull. Normaly it means getting up damn early on a sunday morning, and spending a way too long time waiting in a line. But last time I spend whole saturday night at a disco, coming home around 8 in the morning, picking up that stupid voting card and leaving again to vote. As a result I had to wait only a few minutes and didn't care too much about it because of the beers I had throughout the night.
But after seeing who won the elections, I'm convinced I'm not only one who did this.
I did the same thought experiment some time back. But using the advancements in automatisation as a start rather than replicator technology.
Factories these days produce more products with less people than those half a century ago. The factories of half a century in the future will have even less people employed.
At one point there will be too many unemployed people that a capitalisic system can't function. (it needs people earning sufficent money to buy the products) and either it changes its policies or collapses.
As I see it, we'll have either a future with a socialist-like society or a capitalistic society with many fake jobs and other tricks to keep it going.
hmm, let's ask an expert on this matter. Does anyone has Bill Clinton's phonenumber?
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A few mm drift is enough to make it useless. A oldfashion DIL IC has a spacing of 2.54mm. More modern packages have spacings of 1mm and less.
This would work for axial components like resistors, capacitors and diodes, leds and Transistors should work as well.
but killing their connection is the next best thing, I suppose -- well, after firebombing their house.
Firebombing a spammer's house isn't such a good idea. It's bad for the enviroment and the neighbours might complain too.
Instead use our new Space Based Super Laser(tm) and surgicaly remove the spammer from the genepool without disturbing their neighbourhood! (available in red, green and blue)
Order today!
(plutonium not included; offer void in some countries we don't like; Special agents destroying the laser is not covered by warranty)
Better yet: Don't use mines. There are still dozens of countries where civilians still step on mines from past wars.Many countries have already banned these things (guess which nation didn't).
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And as step 2 they could sell an anti-spy service. Pay $$$ and noone will be using the scope to see you nude.
Step 3 might be selling a more expencive service to peep on those using the anti-spy service.
Bah, the day E.T. is found those religious people would yell loudly it was already written somewhere in the bible.
Besides around here it doesn't matter if you're wearing a "personal stereo" or not. You're just as unlikely to get into a conversation. People have become really asocial these days.
ID does nothing more than moveing the problem. If we were created by something intelligent (God, Aliens, the neighbours dog,...). Then where did God, the Aliens or the dog come from?
It's a typical religious answer. It holds up only for as long as everyone simply accepts it.
OTOH, they could claim Earth was made by God, God was created by SuperGod and SuperGod was made by MegaGod and so on.
I even believe that the most active users are being observed by scientists of the future...
You could try, but probably the spammer will sue you for redistributing its copyrighted material.
You mean you were born with knowledge of computers? In that case I've got to disappoint you. Most of us are born with just enough knowledge to find a nipple and suck on it. All the other things we've got to learn some way or another.
Don't panic!
Just avoid every possible quanta of work now and you'll be save.
100 * 0 is still 0 (more or less)
Nah, just learn to be very convincing and let some random guy push your car towards your destination.
That wouldn't be too hard. Just tell the guy someone doesn't think he could push your car all the way to your office.
Damn, I just invented the Ego-powered car.
Socialism isn't that bad. At least we don't trip over homeless people who weren't lucky enough to buy a job. Nor are our school used as advertisement for certain companies. Nor is our country run by a few rich industrials.
Socialsim isn't perfect, but neither is the US. And I wouldn't want to move to the US even if they were paying me for it. We never gave up our identities, just some taxmoney.
Actually the only part of our identity we lost, was because of the US. (Hollywood movies, Fastfood, US style clothing, English words,...)
Some "smart" supermarket chains even introduced Haloween here.
What did you think? That he was the mythical honest politician?
Next time vote for the other guy. (if you're old enough to vote, that is.)
Last time we were forced to vote (voting is mandatory in Belgium) I found the way to make it less painfull. Normaly it means getting up damn early on a sunday morning, and spending a way too long time waiting in a line. But last time I spend whole saturday night at a disco, coming home around 8 in the morning, picking up that stupid voting card and leaving again to vote. As a result I had to wait only a few minutes and didn't care too much about it because of the beers I had throughout the night.
But after seeing who won the elections, I'm convinced I'm not only one who did this.
The human body is designed to survive scarcity.
I think this guy needs a good holiday at the Famine inn.
I did the same thought experiment some time back. But using the advancements in automatisation as a start rather than replicator technology.
Factories these days produce more products with less people than those half a century ago. The factories of half a century in the future will have even less people employed.
At one point there will be too many unemployed people that a capitalisic system can't function. (it needs people earning sufficent money to buy the products) and either it changes its policies or collapses.
As I see it, we'll have either a future with a socialist-like society or a capitalistic society with many fake jobs and other tricks to keep it going.
A few mm drift is enough to make it useless. A oldfashion DIL IC has a spacing of 2.54mm. More modern packages have spacings of 1mm and less.
This would work for axial components like resistors, capacitors and diodes, leds and Transistors should work as well.
Instead use our new Space Based Super Laser(tm) and surgicaly remove the spammer from the genepool without disturbing their neighbourhood! (available in red, green and blue)
Order today!
(plutonium not included; offer void in some countries we don't like; Special agents destroying the laser is not covered by warranty)
Better yet: Don't use mines. There are still dozens of countries where civilians still step on mines from past wars.Many countries have already banned these things (guess which nation didn't).
Just say no to mines.