Lets face it. The space shuttle is dangerous, very. They can mitigate the risks involved but never even come close to eliminating them all. Strapping a bunch of people to something akin to a small Nuclear bomb is never going to be safe.
I hate to be the one that breaks up this party but I fully expect to see this one go the way of the last two. What will that do for the space program?
In a few years time they'll be looking for what new programs they can make and yes, instead of creating something really new and interesting, they'll figure that the golden goose as a new egg to hatch.
What I like about google is they are not locking you into a new non-standard email. Everything they do is built on standards. If you get to a point you don't like what they do then you are free to move. Unlike Windows where you have no options but to use Windows if you need a particular application to run (yes, Wine may be an option but it result in a less than good experience mostly.)
I'm sure lots of people would go for this. From my experience a lot of yanks love our TV. But the problem comes in regions. The BBC would have bought the rights to air the programs a number of times in a specific region only. The have no rights to sell other peoples work outside the areas they bought. However, their own programs are less likely (though not immune) to fall into this so there may be hope yet!! However, as a result of selling a worlwide subscription the price they get from other broadcasters for their own programs would be less. I guess they would have to weigh up the pros and cons.
There also may be a problem in the BBC is not a company subject to the normal laws of the market. If they started to pull income from foreign media companies all hell would break loose.
I've not RTFA but from discussion I had with someone 'in the know' it may well come back to the country loosing a significant amount of income from the price they charge for inbound telephony. When you call CR part of the price you pay for the call goes to the CR government. This is vital foreign exchange a country such as theirs cann ill afford to lose.
For a country that needs this income to build its hospitals, social infrastructure (yes and Army, corruption etc) it is a big blow.
If this is the reason I can actually support this. Despite what seem like the majority of the Slashdot crowd think, there is more to life that getting 'free' services from the Internet.
I agree. In fact I can predict the way this will go.
We'll get to a crisis situation of some sort, lack of oil, war in the Middle East etc. that will require immediate action. One quick solution would be to build Nuclear plants. They'll start popping up quicker than you could imagine.
In the long term, what is the alternative? All the suggested alternatives either mean devoting vast amount of resources growing things or relying on unreliable natural resources (sun, wind, waves) and all suffer from the same problem - huge cost.
Nuclear really is the only long-term option. We should accept this fact now and start planning.
Look at France - they understand this and have a very safe and successful Nuclear power strategy. 80% of their power comes from Reactors.
I seriously doubt that a 3Ms Jitter buffer is possible. How are you measuring this? If it's by ear then please remember it is impossible to measure 3Ms.
Having to view sodding adverts really pisses me off. I bought the movie, I should decide what content I skip over, forward wind etc, not some exec who wants more of my money.
This Hollywood is one reason why I make copies of ALL my DVDs. If you stop me making copies, I stop buying. TaDA!
What do you do when you have a monolopy on a Market and you shareholders want ever increasing earnings? You either charge people more for your monolopy products or you take other peoples business.
I fully expect Microsoft to enter the CPU Market in the next 10 years with a.NET style chip. Same old story - Call it the Windows CPU, spurt on about how much better it is than Legacy x86/AMD64. Throw in some BS about security being better and then make sure you need a.NET chip to have the 'best' Windows Experience.
Very well put point (except the last obvious jab at the Yanks!)
But my choice would have been to have had none of this moon race stuff. Vastly expensive and lets face it, a very piss poor return on the investment.
We need to think more about people. Healthcare, clean water etc. For gods sake, when we have people dying because they cannot get clean water WTF are we doing trying to land an object the size of a bus on the moon?
MS will not take this without fighting back. I suspect they will hint that they may have issues with SPF as well, maybe in a years time or so.
Fucking S/W patents. If these had been available 20 years ago the NET would never have been born.
These people are just selfish. They build their bisinesses on the NET backbone, given to them for free and then do everything possible to destroy the vehicle that built it.
>>When a song is forced on to me I may start to like it, I may start to like it so much that I want to hear that original again at my own initiative, I may like it so much that I want it at my disposal whenever I want to hear it for the rest of my life.
So go buy these rights if you want that usage.
>>How should an artist make money on music? I would say with Tax.
Now fuck right off! I don't actually listen to much Music - why should I have to pay for you. You've really not thought this through have you?
>> No, one person made the song and THEY should credit who and what helped them.
They do, when they assign some of their rights to these songs to these people. Duh!
The rest of your comment is just so badly thought out it doesn't deserve comment. It's enough to restate that you are an arse.
You should pay all the people who have an interest in the song - this includes the record company as well.
By just selecting who you want to pay, you're denying someone their rights. That's against the law!
It's the same as copying an eBook and just paying the artist. What about the people who spent money and time on preparing, promoting and releasing the eBook?
How much do you pay the artist? Do you decide on what they should get? What if the artist wants more than you are prepared to pay? What if the artist wants you to pay all the other people entitled to their money?
You're living in a dream land where you make excuse after excuse as to why your own version of stealing is OK. Its not.
The only really effective form of protest is to not buy the music. Cannot live without your music? Then you just don't feel strongly enough about it, so just stump up the money and but the friggin CD.
Just what gives you the right to do what you please with someone elses property?
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>> That gives the shuttle a success rate of 97.7%
I rest my case.
Lets face it. The space shuttle is dangerous, very. They can mitigate the risks involved but never even come close to eliminating them all. Strapping a bunch of people to something akin to a small Nuclear bomb is never going to be safe.
I hate to be the one that breaks up this party but I fully expect to see this one go the way of the last two. What will that do for the space program?
OT:
I go to Westport every summer to fish the River Eriff for Salmon. Lovely area, great people. Do you fish over there?
In a few years time they'll be looking for what new programs they can make and yes, instead of creating something really new and interesting, they'll figure that the golden goose as a new egg to hatch.
The milking of this baby will go on and on.
There is always someone who will kick you in the nuts for doing the right thing.
They are the ones who pay for the news stories, why shouldn't they do this.
You're both wrong, it goes like this:
Manager: Take that media player out of your operating system.
Me: ok
Manager: Now, install RealPlayer. Why do these media clips still play? Remember, it aint done until RealPlayer won't run.
This is the biggest threat MS have at the moment and they won't take it without a fight.
What I like about google is they are not locking you into a new non-standard email. Everything they do is built on standards. If you get to a point you don't like what they do then you are free to move. Unlike Windows where you have no options but to use Windows if you need a particular application to run (yes, Wine may be an option but it result in a less than good experience mostly.)
I'm sure lots of people would go for this. From my experience a lot of yanks love our TV. But the problem comes in regions. The BBC would have bought the rights to air the programs a number of times in a specific region only. The have no rights to sell other peoples work outside the areas they bought. However, their own programs are less likely (though not immune) to fall into this so there may be hope yet!! However, as a result of selling a worlwide subscription the price they get from other broadcasters for their own programs would be less. I guess they would have to weigh up the pros and cons.
There also may be a problem in the BBC is not a company subject to the normal laws of the market. If they started to pull income from foreign media companies all hell would break loose.
Once people get a sniff that Microsoft is playing dirty in the search they have even less incentive to move from google.
I say bring it on.
For gods sake man stop waffling and tell us what bothers you.
Please explain? Provide a few reasoned thoughts?
I had no idea they had no Army, thanks for pointing this out. Kind of makes my point more apt I think.
I agree I know little about CR, but I do know they are poor and all poor countries need foreign exchange.
I've not RTFA but from discussion I had with someone 'in the know' it may well come back to the country loosing a significant amount of income from the price they charge for inbound telephony. When you call CR part of the price you pay for the call goes to the CR government. This is vital foreign exchange a country such as theirs cann ill afford to lose.
For a country that needs this income to build its hospitals, social infrastructure (yes and Army, corruption etc) it is a big blow.
If this is the reason I can actually support this. Despite what seem like the majority of the Slashdot crowd think, there is more to life that getting 'free' services from the Internet.
I agree. In fact I can predict the way this will go.
We'll get to a crisis situation of some sort, lack of oil, war in the Middle East etc. that will require immediate action. One quick solution would be to build Nuclear plants. They'll start popping up quicker than you could imagine.
In the long term, what is the alternative? All the suggested alternatives either mean devoting vast amount of resources growing things or relying on unreliable natural resources (sun, wind, waves) and all suffer from the same problem - huge cost.
Nuclear really is the only long-term option. We should accept this fact now and start planning.
Look at France - they understand this and have a very safe and successful Nuclear power strategy. 80% of their power comes from Reactors.
http://www.npcil.org/nupower_vol13_2/npfr_.htm
I seriously doubt that a 3Ms Jitter buffer is possible. How are you measuring this? If it's by ear then please remember it is impossible to measure 3Ms.
The work I do with VoIP we struggle to get 15 Ms.
Having to view sodding adverts really pisses me off. I bought the movie, I should decide what content I skip over, forward wind etc, not some exec who wants more of my money.
This Hollywood is one reason why I make copies of ALL my DVDs. If you stop me making copies, I stop buying. TaDA!
What do you do when you have a monolopy on a Market and you shareholders want ever increasing earnings? You either charge people more for your monolopy products or you take other peoples business.
.NET style chip. Same old story - Call it the Windows CPU, spurt on about how much better it is than Legacy x86/AMD64. Throw in some BS about security being better and then make sure you need a .NET chip to have the 'best' Windows Experience.
I fully expect Microsoft to enter the CPU Market in the next 10 years with a
They'll clean up.
haha
>> well by spending money on, seemingly worthless, R&D.
Pull your head out of your arse.
Very well put point (except the last obvious jab at the Yanks!)
But my choice would have been to have had none of this moon race stuff. Vastly expensive and lets face it, a very piss poor return on the investment.
We need to think more about people. Healthcare, clean water etc. For gods sake, when we have people dying because they cannot get clean water WTF are we doing trying to land an object the size of a bus on the moon?
MS will not take this without fighting back. I suspect they will hint that they may have issues with SPF as well, maybe in a years time or so.
Fucking S/W patents. If these had been available 20 years ago the NET would never have been born.
These people are just selfish. They build their bisinesses on the NET backbone, given to them for free and then do everything possible to destroy the vehicle that built it.
Human nature?
I laugh that you suggest my life changing experiences come from a TV show!
Another Slashdot story that is going to change my life. Why is it after 3 years I'm still doing the same stinking job, same stinking money eh?
>>When a song is forced on to me I may start to like it, I may start to like it so much that I want to hear that original again at my own initiative, I may like it so much that I want it at my disposal whenever I want to hear it for the rest of my life.
So go buy these rights if you want that usage.
>>How should an artist make money on music? I would say with Tax.
Now fuck right off! I don't actually listen to much Music - why should I have to pay for you. You've really not thought this through have you?
>> No, one person made the song and THEY should credit who and what helped them.
They do, when they assign some of their rights to these songs to these people. Duh!
The rest of your comment is just so badly thought out it doesn't deserve comment. It's enough to restate that you are an arse.
You should pay all the people who have an interest in the song - this includes the record company as well.
By just selecting who you want to pay, you're denying someone their rights. That's against the law!
It's the same as copying an eBook and just paying the artist. What about the people who spent money and time on preparing, promoting and releasing the eBook?
How much do you pay the artist? Do you decide on what they should get? What if the artist wants more than you are prepared to pay? What if the artist wants you to pay all the other people entitled to their money?
You're living in a dream land where you make excuse after excuse as to why your own version of stealing is OK. Its not.
The only really effective form of protest is to not buy the music. Cannot live without your music? Then you just don't feel strongly enough about it, so just stump up the money and but the friggin CD.
Just what gives you the right to do what you please with someone elses property?
You are an arse.