"Death, destruction, disease, horror...that's what war is all about, Anan, that's what makes it a thing to be avoided. You've made it so neat and painless you've had no reason to stop it."
We'll be lucky to be halfway off XP on the desktop by 2013. Between user resistance, licensing restrictions, compliance requirements, tight replacement budgets, and vendors dragging their feet, I'll be supporting thousands of XP installs until 2014.
simple, clear plots, non stop action, sophomoric romance - the John Carter novels are ready made scripts! i remember being in middle school thinking 'this would be an awesome movie!'
and now, with the technology to realize the fantastic settings.... what could possibly go wrong?
Excellent point, and further I agree with the political sentiment I (would like to) sense implied...
Having said that... hitting flying objects and blowing them up is cool!
Maybe letting the military play with these toys and the wrinkly contractors pocket a few bills yields a technology that might be useful at some indeterminate future point?
Has that ever happened before? Maybe more importantly... can the US afford that now?
Speaking sentimentally (my father was military turned wrinkly contractor)... is this the kind of program in a fuzzy area that can be justified as R&D, is politically possible, maybe has possible 'soft power' dividends, keeps the engineers and rocket scientists working & production lines running... does that pass the smell test?
well... the statement
"The range of topics covered here is very wide and I don't know abc of several things discussed here"
makes you 'wise' in the Socratic sense, negating the description "stupid"
unfortunately, the location of this discussion reinforces the second descriptor
thanks for the reminders
I have to check gmail to see if my last comment was modded up and I was beginning to think that I traded my knowledge and skills for money in a fair exchange, instead of being grateful to my feudal liege for bare sustenance.
"If they can [come up with a barely plausible scenario] that you [gave away/sold] [a burner/a modem/access to website/cool hardware hack/a torrent/whatever] to a person you [have no idea whether they might] use [to violate copyright/exercise fair use] then yes, you [should] be charged with a crime.
[Who cares if] there are so many legitimate uses for [a burner/a modem/access to website/cool hardware hack/a torrent/whatever], the [media] lobby is so powerful, [it doesn't matter that it's] nearly impossible to prove beyond reasonable doubt that you thought whoever you were selling a [a burner/a modem/access to website/cool hardware hack/a torrent/whatever] to was going to use it for non-illegal means, [access to a burner/a modem/access to website/cool hardware hack/a torrent/whatever must be prevented at all costs]."
IMHO, the problem with the "stranglehold the Republican and Democratic parties have on the machinery of government" is the result of corporate influence on those parties...
"We need to limit federal legislation of states and depend upon each state to make the decisions... "
good thing we don't know what a meter is here in the States, otherwise we might get upset that you dirty socialist Euro types were getting better service than us.
I prefer the interpretation... "one of his predictions has been tenatively confirmed"
full disclosure: Niven has been one of my favorite authors since I read Ringworld in the 70s
I live just close enough (one suburb to the next) to work that there will be no rail.
I live just far enough (about 8 miles)that a bike ride across 2 two canyons is a serious work out, and there are no shower facilities at a job that requires 'business casual'.
My hours are just irregular enough to make carpooling problematic.
I am required to go to different sites almost every day.
Pretty much need to have a car available to me.
IMHO video like that is all the justification we need for a space program. It would've better if there had been a someone there to see it with their eyes.
Slashdot Mirror
"Death, destruction, disease, horror...that's what war is all about, Anan, that's what makes it a thing to be avoided. You've made it so neat and painless you've had no reason to stop it."
... that's the sweet smell of the free market!
this, a thousand times this.
We'll be lucky to be halfway off XP on the desktop by 2013. Between user resistance, licensing restrictions, compliance requirements, tight replacement budgets, and vendors dragging their feet, I'll be supporting thousands of XP installs until 2014.
... did they download copyrighted music to set the mood for their interspecies lovemaking?
isn't there supposed to be a link here?
what is going to be remembered about the 20th century?
nuclear weapons
going into orbit
information networks
Billy Thorpe - Children of the Sun
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_18?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=children+of+the+sun+billy+thorpe&x=0&y=0&sprefix=children+of+the+su
simple, clear plots, non stop action, sophomoric romance - the John Carter novels are ready made scripts! i remember being in middle school thinking 'this would be an awesome movie!'
.... what could possibly go wrong?
and now, with the technology to realize the fantastic settings
a 'conspiracy' that 90% of the group being discussed participate in would be 'the majority culture'
60% is 'a mandate' 30% is 'a political party'
Excellent point, and further I agree with the political sentiment I (would like to) sense implied ...
... hitting flying objects and blowing them up is cool! ... can the US afford that now? ... is this the kind of program in a fuzzy area that can be justified as R&D, is politically possible, maybe has possible 'soft power' dividends, keeps the engineers and rocket scientists working & production lines running ... does that pass the smell test?
Having said that
Maybe letting the military play with these toys and the wrinkly contractors pocket a few bills yields a technology that might be useful at some indeterminate future point?
Has that ever happened before? Maybe more importantly
Speaking sentimentally (my father was military turned wrinkly contractor)
well ... the statement
"The range of topics covered here is very wide and I don't know abc of several things discussed here"
makes you 'wise' in the Socratic sense, negating the description "stupid"
unfortunately, the location of this discussion reinforces the second descriptor
thanks for the reminders
I have to check gmail to see if my last comment was modded up and I was beginning to think that I traded my knowledge and skills for money in a fair exchange, instead of being grateful to my feudal liege for bare sustenance.
modify this a little ...
"If they can [come up with a barely plausible scenario] that you [gave away/sold] [a burner/a modem/access to website/cool hardware hack/a torrent/whatever] to a person you [have no idea whether they might] use [to violate copyright/exercise fair use] then yes, you [should] be charged with a crime.
[Who cares if] there are so many legitimate uses for [a burner/a modem/access to website/cool hardware hack/a torrent/whatever], the [media] lobby is so powerful, [it doesn't matter that it's] nearly impossible to prove beyond reasonable doubt that you thought whoever you were selling a [a burner/a modem/access to website/cool hardware hack/a torrent/whatever] to was going to use it for non-illegal means, [access to a burner/a modem/access to website/cool hardware hack/a torrent/whatever must be prevented at all costs]."
just sayin'
IMHO, the problem with the "stranglehold the Republican and Democratic parties have on the machinery of government" is the result of corporate influence on those parties ... ... "
... how?
"We need to limit federal legislation of states and depend upon each state to make the decisions
when some corporations have revenue (and sometimes profits) greater than entire nations (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/business/worldbusiness/01iht-exxon.4.9679416.html), state budgets (http://www.nasbo.org/Publications/PDFs/FSSpring2009.pdf), and global influence, the various state gov'ts will be immune to this
good thing we don't know what a meter is here in the States, otherwise we might get upset that you dirty socialist Euro types were getting better service than us.
I prefer the interpretation ... "one of his predictions has been tenatively confirmed"
full disclosure: Niven has been one of my favorite authors since I read Ringworld in the 70s
laws are not passed to benefit society, laws are bought to protect business models.
the generic term for any amount of has been with us for years ... twaddle
C'mon ... you know you want to. everyone's doing it!
I live just close enough (one suburb to the next) to work that there will be no rail. I live just far enough (about 8 miles)that a bike ride across 2 two canyons is a serious work out, and there are no shower facilities at a job that requires 'business casual'. My hours are just irregular enough to make carpooling problematic. I am required to go to different sites almost every day. Pretty much need to have a car available to me.
IMHO video like that is all the justification we need for a space program. It would've better if there had been a someone there to see it with their eyes.
Just admit that you're old
wear slip-ons
I'm easily amused.
1) We can see the website here, therefore we have jurisdiction
2) ?
3) profit!