The Mayan calander is _more_ advanced than the calander we use
So what? We don't have a need to change our calendar, certainly no need that would outweigh the inconvience doing so would entail. We have instruments to measure time far more accurately than the Mayans could dream, and tools that let us model their calendar with a greater precision than they ever hoped to achieve.
The Egyptians build structures that we would struggle to build right now
Only because it would be hard to convince people to waste resources on such a scale to build a useless structure. I wait eagerly for you explanation of how the Egyptians might build the Panama Canal, or the Channel Tunnel, or the Iternational Space Station. These are the things we struggle to build, and they're a damn sight more useful than a tomb that failed in its mission to protect its contents for eternity.
Atlantis had flying machines, according to the legends
We have actual flying machines, far more persuasive than the wishful interpretations of credulous fools.
So I gave you at least 3 examples of civilizations that are _more_ advanced than we are now
You gave nothing more than ill-considered drivel.
By what standard are you saying we are more advanced?
By any rational standard
I think that you are ignorant if you believe that the education that a greek got wasn't as good or better than the college education that we get from a State University now.
Whilst I can but shrink from the spectacle of your masterful command of the language, I must question whether your university really sets the standard for higher, or even base, education.
You are possibly referring to Project Pluto (see small bit of info here. There was a similar project to create a nuclear airplane. While it was actually a benefit in a deterrent nuclear cruise missle to fly around an enemy territory spewing radiation from an unshielded reactor, it's unlikely that would be looked on favorably these days. Heck, even at the height of the cold war the USAF got cold feet over the idea. That link also refers to project rover, which was a nuclear powered rocket. Some bad ideas just never die.
Sure, there's a lot fibre lying around, but do you think gigabit+ routing grows on trees? Even if you write off the cost of the fibre there are a lot of other infrastructure costs.
Umm, almost all the cards available for sgi's today are pci. The exceptions are very niche items like gsn. This is 64bit/66MHz, so it's not exactly what you'd find in your desktop, but it's not nearly as expensive as the proprietary solutions of the past.
These links to stories that can't be read are rather annoying. Isn't there enough news that can be read without an obnoxious registration procedure? (For the record, yes I have registered a couple of times. And forgotten the password. It just ain't worth doing again. I still haven't managed to kill the emails I get from the last registration.)
Was I the only one who thought that Frodo was too passive and never given a chance to demonstrate his strenght & resolve? I don't understand why Jackson cut Frodo's defiance at Weathertop, Frodo's defiance at the Ford, Frodo's attack on the troll in the hall of records when Boromir's assult failed (wait, that one was to enable exciting computer graphics.) Frodo wasn't always effective, but at least (in the book) he was trying to direct his own fate rather than immediately falling back on others.
And yet, in the end, Microsoft's inferior technology will again win. Look at the marketshare figures for
WinMP vs. Quicktime. More importantly, look at how any large organizations are deploying WinMP streams
vs. Quicktime. It's only a matter of time before the non-Microsoft web (including QT-based sites) goes dark.
I find this incredibly ironic, since I can play most windows media files on my linux machine, and cannot play most of the newer quicktime files. Don't get caught up in the fantasy that MS is the only company trying to borg the web.
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So what? We don't have a need to change our calendar, certainly no need that would outweigh the inconvience doing so would entail. We have instruments to measure time far more accurately than the Mayans could dream, and tools that let us model their calendar with a greater precision than they ever hoped to achieve.
The Egyptians build structures that we would struggle to build right now
Only because it would be hard to convince people to waste resources on such a scale to build a useless structure. I wait eagerly for you explanation of how the Egyptians might build the Panama Canal, or the Channel Tunnel, or the Iternational Space Station. These are the things we struggle to build, and they're a damn sight more useful than a tomb that failed in its mission to protect its contents for eternity.
Atlantis had flying machines, according to the legends
We have actual flying machines, far more persuasive than the wishful interpretations of credulous fools.
So I gave you at least 3 examples of civilizations that are _more_ advanced than we are now
You gave nothing more than ill-considered drivel.
By what standard are you saying we are more advanced?
By any rational standard
I think that you are ignorant if you believe that the education that a greek got wasn't as good or better than the college education that we get from a State University now.
Whilst I can but shrink from the spectacle of your masterful command of the language, I must question whether your university really sets the standard for higher, or even base, education.
Not if the studios have anything to say about it--the work will be copyrighted long after they stop selling it, and then it will be lost.
You are possibly referring to Project Pluto (see small bit of info here. There was a similar project to create a nuclear airplane. While it was actually a benefit in a deterrent nuclear cruise missle to fly around an enemy territory spewing radiation from an unshielded reactor, it's unlikely that would be looked on favorably these days. Heck, even at the height of the cold war the USAF got cold feet over the idea. That link also refers to project rover, which was a nuclear powered rocket. Some bad ideas just never die.
Sure, there's a lot fibre lying around, but do you think gigabit+ routing grows on trees? Even if you write off the cost of the fibre there are a lot of other infrastructure costs.
Umm, almost all the cards available for sgi's today are pci. The exceptions are very niche items like gsn. This is 64bit/66MHz, so it's not exactly what you'd find in your desktop, but it's not nearly as expensive as the proprietary solutions of the past.
nope, still requires a password
These links to stories that can't be read are rather annoying. Isn't there enough news that can be read without an obnoxious registration procedure? (For the record, yes I have registered a couple of times. And forgotten the password. It just ain't worth doing again. I still haven't managed to kill the emails I get from the last registration.)
Was I the only one who thought that Frodo was too passive and never given a chance to demonstrate his strenght & resolve? I don't understand why Jackson cut Frodo's defiance at Weathertop, Frodo's defiance at the Ford, Frodo's attack on the troll in the hall of records when Boromir's assult failed (wait, that one was to enable exciting computer graphics.) Frodo wasn't always effective, but at least (in the book) he was trying to direct his own fate rather than immediately falling back on others.
I find this incredibly ironic, since I can play most windows media files on my linux machine, and cannot play most of the newer quicktime files. Don't get caught up in the fantasy that MS is the only company trying to borg the web.