Just by comparing old scifi movies and today's reality, the scifi writers have poor fantasy compared to engineers, who actually create things that no scifi or novel writer could forsee.
Of course, there are some exceptions (communications satelites, 1984), but generally future looks very differently from scifi novels and scifi technologies mostly don't work.
But the idea of scifi writers could work in case the writer would be a terrorist. Just give all the guys at Guantanamo Bay paper and pen and see what happens...
Well, the human brain can process thinks in parallel: the primary task (reading slashdot) plus secondary tasks (thinking about sex and having taste for beer).
Perhaps the owner of the internet gateway, who pays for it, could? To have internet access at school is a privilege, not automatically guaranteed right. An analogy: students have right to use lavatories, but none of them can claim right to occupy a lavatory all the time just because he/she addicted to it. But if he/she has enough money, private lavatory shouldn't be a problem.
This girl and her sister are attending a funeral of their mother who has died of old age. At the funeral the girl meets this guy she never met before, both hit it off big time. However when she gets home she realises that she got no contact information so is unable to speak to him. A few days later the sister is murdered by the girl. Why?
Hey, that's a psychological classics. If the reply is 'I have no idea, there must be something missing in the story' the person asked have thinking homicidal deviations.
However if the first thing that comes to her/his mind is 'It's clear, she killed her sister in order to be at another funeral so she could meet the guy again' then there is higher possibility that there could be something wrong with the asked person.
Ok, so life can exist where it is really cold. But it will be SLOW. It will do things slowly, it will evolve slowly. And it will probably be too slow to have become intelligent yet. In short: it will be boring.
OMG did you just say that penguins are slow and boring???
Don't forget the power consumption increase when any computing device is running at 100%. That heat's coming from somewhere.
Unless you run windows 95/98 (not sure about Me) which by nature doesn't do 'HLT' instruction when idle. By not implementing this little thing, which can be done by tiny utilities like "Rain", Microsoft is responsible for wasting of huge amount of electric power for nothing. Compared to that, finding cure for cancer is useful way to use electric and computing power.
I just tested my Pentium-M desktop against AMD64 Athlon to see if the performance diffence is worth the upgrade. (In benchmarks that interests me) Pentium M 1.73 GHz clearly outperformed AMD64 Athlon 3000+ (@32-bit windows, both dual channel).
I'm staying with Pentium M. It also has execute-disable bit despite the fact it has no support for 64-bit instructions. No HD for me? Who cares? I couldn't see full HDTV on my 17" LCD anyway.
Computers aren't hurt by cold, but to keep them dry is critical.
Not exactly. CPUs probably won't be hurt but large capacitors are quite sensitive to cold, especially the big ones in power supply or CRT-based monitors. Note that LCD won't like cold too.
Car electronics is quite different, it is designed specifically to operate even is very cold or very hot environment.
More arguments AGAINST Faked Moon Landing Conspiracy:
- Travel to the Moon was technically possible even in 1969. It just required shitload of money.
- No one has ever claimed that he was participating Faked Moon Landing creation. Usually, people tend to publish books about it because some of them still have concious.
- There is no real evidence of Faked Moon Landing and presented circumstational evidence is very questionable. Quite real evidence would be e.g. forgotten cigarette butt in dust of the Moon surface.
- In a Moon surface-like scene it's extremly hard to avoid all flaws, like undesired light reflections, air vs. vacuum issues and different gravity, especially in 1969. It is hard job even today.
So, basically, this outlaws just about any network connection, almost all kinds of LAN, any kind of radio transmission, and phone calls. Way to go, Spain! Back to the stone age!
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Interesting.. any idea how long won't parents call their sons 'George'?
Of course, there are some exceptions (communications satelites, 1984), but generally future looks very differently from scifi novels and scifi technologies mostly don't work.
But the idea of scifi writers could work in case the writer would be a terrorist. Just give all the guys at Guantanamo Bay paper and pen and see what happens...
Well, the human brain can process thinks in parallel: the primary task (reading slashdot) plus secondary tasks (thinking about sex and having taste for beer).
Perhaps the owner of the internet gateway, who pays for it, could? To have internet access at school is a privilege, not automatically guaranteed right.
An analogy: students have right to use lavatories, but none of them can claim right to occupy a lavatory all the time just because he/she addicted to it. But if he/she has enough money, private lavatory shouldn't be a problem.
Possible solution: send Al Gore to Venus.
It is where Englings live.
Good point.
Hey, that's a psychological classics. If the reply is 'I have no idea, there must be something missing in the story' the person asked have thinking homicidal deviations.
However if the first thing that comes to her/his mind is 'It's clear, she killed her sister in order to be at another funeral so she could meet the guy again' then there is higher possibility that there could be something wrong with the asked person.
Windows sound profile called "No sounds" is the best profile ever made. It's never annoyning.
OMG did you just say that penguins are slow and boring???
Smelled better, too. With powerful fans, entire house will smell like gargabe can.
that confirms my opinion that HDTV is a porn killer.
Unless you run windows 95/98 (not sure about Me) which by nature doesn't do 'HLT' instruction when idle. By not implementing this little thing, which can be done by tiny utilities like "Rain", Microsoft is responsible for wasting of huge amount of electric power for nothing. Compared to that, finding cure for cancer is useful way to use electric and computing power.
Hmm, 325CMF might as well be 325 cubic miles per fortnight...
The picture of that guy reminds me Rocky Horror Picture Show obscure haircuts. Let's do the Time Warp again! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Horror_Picture_ Show/
Just stick in in the microwave for about 10 seconds.
First smash it with hammer. Then microwave it. More fun.
I just tested my Pentium-M desktop against AMD64 Athlon to see if the performance diffence is worth the upgrade. (In benchmarks that interests me) Pentium M 1.73 GHz clearly outperformed AMD64 Athlon 3000+ (@32-bit windows, both dual channel).
I'm staying with Pentium M. It also has execute-disable bit despite the fact it has no support for 64-bit instructions. No HD for me? Who cares? I couldn't see full HDTV on my 17" LCD anyway.
Computers aren't hurt by cold, but to keep them dry is critical.
Not exactly. CPUs probably won't be hurt but large capacitors are quite sensitive to cold, especially the big ones in power supply or CRT-based monitors. Note that LCD won't like cold too.
Car electronics is quite different, it is designed specifically to operate even is very cold or very hot environment.
Or 'far' can be 'fart' just not long enough.
Well, boot linux from flashdisc and start vmware.
Intel's answer to AMD 4x4?
Pentium SUV!
http://www.worldjumpday.org/
- Travel to the Moon was technically possible even in 1969. It just required shitload of money.
- No one has ever claimed that he was participating Faked Moon Landing creation. Usually, people tend to publish books about it because some of them still have concious.
- There is no real evidence of Faked Moon Landing and presented circumstational evidence is very questionable. Quite real evidence would be e.g. forgotten cigarette butt in dust of the Moon surface.
- In a Moon surface-like scene it's extremly hard to avoid all flaws, like undesired light reflections, air vs. vacuum issues and different gravity, especially in 1969. It is hard job even today.
Isn't it the Zefram Cochran's warp drive first? Then First Contact by those dull Vulcans (actually Borg are first, followed by Enterprise).
Hasta la vista, internet!