First, they claim that this will devestate the industry. Personally, I couldn't wish for more. In fact, I think that telemarketers are worse than spammers -- telemarketers annoy you at THEIR convenience, including at the dinner table. People don't just want to unplug their phone -- it's still the most important communication medium. However, YOU chose when spammers annoy you as you chose when you check your email.
In addition, when I was flying back home, I called my dad from an airport on the other side of the country. It showed up on the caller ID as unavailable, and, due to telemarketers, he no longer answers unavailable callers, so my call didn't go through.
All things considered, though, I think that telemarketers should be happy for this. I mean, think about it. It's actually going to help the industry. They're wasting their time making a long distance call to my house, for nothing. So, the people who add their numbers to the do not call lists are probably going to be the ones like my family who NEVER buy anything from them. Thus, the only ones they'll reach are those who will ACTUALLY BUY something. Thus, it's going to increase effeciancy (god, I hate spelling).
>>The only alternative would be to legislate open
>>standards which would then become practically
>>unalterable...
Uh, isn't the purpose of a "standard" to become just that, a standard, something that doesn't change at the whim of a greedy company so that many different products can use it? As far as open standards changing, look at the ISO. They have spent extensive time making the C and C++ standards, and revising them.
With M$, they change the "standards" whenever they want, creating a bunch of problems and a lack of "interoperability" and then charge money to "fix" it, but it's just another slow, resource-consuming cludge. Personally, I'd rather have slightly dated standards that I know will work 2 years from now than closed standards that might not work tommorow, and requires a "software update" (which you have to legally let M$ do whenever they want) that just F's up your system even more.
And that is just the start. Scientists believe Night Pearl bio-fish represent the shape of pets to come. Our household animals will come with extra genes that will stop them shedding fur or triggering allergic reactions. And when one dies, its owner will simply clone it.
Does that mean they can genetically modify dogs to keep them from shitting on the floor?
Or will they modify them not to bark at the exact second I'm falling asleep?
If it's so dense, why doesn't the matter just fuse together? I mean, the whole point of the "nuclear" part in thermonuclear reactions is to get the hydrogen atoms hot enough and dense enough to fuse.
This whole spam thing reminds me of a story I read while in 7th grade. In it, the postage for sending junk mail was decreased to practically nothing. Then, junk mail buried America. Hundreds of years later, archeologists came back and investigated the remains. Their conclusions about our society are kind of humorous. However, the idea of junk mail burying us when the postage goes way down has kind of been proved with spam. Maybe a small tax for spam wouldn't be a bad idea.
this reminds me of a story I saw once on 20/20 about a type of machine that released small amounts of ozone, trying to help people with asthma. Unfortunately, it only aggravated the symptoms. So, I see big lawsuits coming from farmers with asthma. Although the article claims it won't cause environmental damage, who knows. If it stays around, though, it might just sit there, and no further treatements will be necessary. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Disclaimer: I am not advocating any behavior whatsoever here:)
Just think: We could store entire textbooks in our DNA. The professors would have no way of taking it out of us. That would be interesting. Not only that, but we could but tons of info there. The only problem is that we would need a way to access it. This is interesting though. What if the entire human population became just a storage bank? What if EVERY LIVING THING on Earth became part of this bank? That would be an interesting scenario. For now, though, I'll just stick to normal HD's.
A big problem, I suppose, is in changing the data. I wonder how many bacteria they had to go through to get it right.
I hope these directors don't become so disgruntled that they take our nuke secrets elsewhere. Next thing you know, the capital of my state (Cheyenne, Wyoming) will be wiped off the map -- F.E. Warren Air Force Base is located there, and it's the first base in the world to house ICBM's.
At the bottom of the page:
"A lot of people I know believe in positive thinking, and so do I. I believe everything positively stinks. -- Lew Col"
Apparently he had too much sex:)
Really, though, this precludes the possibility of making a smell-o-vision version of/. readers -- no one would have the olfactory neurons to process it.
I'm wondering how these "new" pop cans will compare to the old ones (if the "new" ones even succeed) in terms of keeping my Coke colder, longer. AFAIK, plastic is a better insulator than metal, but there are exceptions. Nevertheless, will it keep my cold drink cold (at least longer than in the old Aluminum cans)?
I would definitely recommend the Anarchist's Cookbook. Full of fun stuff, ie thermite and other stuff I can't remember. Just don't get caught with it, though. If you do, I never posted this (uh, well, you know what I mean:)
Seriously, it would be a cool toy, to float above you. Think of the potential implications: parents could buy one for their teen-age kid(s) and have it watch him/her/them to see where they go:) Another idea: what about using it to generate electricity here on the ground? If we can get these things up in the air indefinitely, then maybe we could use the excess solar power, combined with the gravity idea above, to generate excess power. Not sure how efficient that would be, though. Eh, every bit helps;)
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First, they claim that this will devestate the industry. Personally, I couldn't wish for more. In fact, I think that telemarketers are worse than spammers -- telemarketers annoy you at THEIR convenience, including at the dinner table. People don't just want to unplug their phone -- it's still the most important communication medium. However, YOU chose when spammers annoy you as you chose when you check your email.
In addition, when I was flying back home, I called my dad from an airport on the other side of the country. It showed up on the caller ID as unavailable, and, due to telemarketers, he no longer answers unavailable callers, so my call didn't go through.
All things considered, though, I think that telemarketers should be happy for this. I mean, think about it. It's actually going to help the industry. They're wasting their time making a long distance call to my house, for nothing. So, the people who add their numbers to the do not call lists are probably going to be the ones like my family who NEVER buy anything from them. Thus, the only ones they'll reach are those who will ACTUALLY BUY something. Thus, it's going to increase effeciancy (god, I hate spelling).
>>The only alternative would be to legislate open >>standards which would then become practically >>unalterable... Uh, isn't the purpose of a "standard" to become just that, a standard, something that doesn't change at the whim of a greedy company so that many different products can use it? As far as open standards changing, look at the ISO. They have spent extensive time making the C and C++ standards, and revising them. With M$, they change the "standards" whenever they want, creating a bunch of problems and a lack of "interoperability" and then charge money to "fix" it, but it's just another slow, resource-consuming cludge. Personally, I'd rather have slightly dated standards that I know will work 2 years from now than closed standards that might not work tommorow, and requires a "software update" (which you have to legally let M$ do whenever they want) that just F's up your system even more.
Whatch out, or netcraft will be /.'ed
And that is just the start. Scientists believe Night Pearl bio-fish represent the shape of pets to come. Our household animals will come with extra genes that will stop them shedding fur or triggering allergic reactions. And when one dies, its owner will simply clone it.
Does that mean they can genetically modify dogs to keep them from shitting on the floor? Or will they modify them not to bark at the exact second I'm falling asleep?
If it's so dense, why doesn't the matter just fuse together? I mean, the whole point of the "nuclear" part in thermonuclear reactions is to get the hydrogen atoms hot enough and dense enough to fuse.
This whole spam thing reminds me of a story I read while in 7th grade. In it, the postage for sending junk mail was decreased to practically nothing. Then, junk mail buried America. Hundreds of years later, archeologists came back and investigated the remains. Their conclusions about our society are kind of humorous. However, the idea of junk mail burying us when the postage goes way down has kind of been proved with spam. Maybe a small tax for spam wouldn't be a bad idea.
If you use MS products to try and fake a hard day at the office, it would probably just be easier to put in a good, honest day's work.
this reminds me of a story I saw once on 20/20 about a type of machine that released small amounts of ozone, trying to help people with asthma. Unfortunately, it only aggravated the symptoms. So, I see big lawsuits coming from farmers with asthma. Although the article claims it won't cause environmental damage, who knows. If it stays around, though, it might just sit there, and no further treatements will be necessary. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Disclaimer: I am not advocating any behavior whatsoever here :)
Just think: We could store entire textbooks in our DNA. The professors would have no way of taking it out of us. That would be interesting. Not only that, but we could but tons of info there. The only problem is that we would need a way to access it.
This is interesting though. What if the entire human population became just a storage bank? What if EVERY LIVING THING on Earth became part of this bank? That would be an interesting scenario. For now, though, I'll just stick to normal HD's. A big problem, I suppose, is in changing the data. I wonder how many bacteria they had to go through to get it right.
I hope these directors don't become so disgruntled that they take our nuke secrets elsewhere. Next thing you know, the capital of my state (Cheyenne, Wyoming) will be wiped off the map -- F.E. Warren Air Force Base is located there, and it's the first base in the world to house ICBM's.
At the bottom of the page: "A lot of people I know believe in positive thinking, and so do I. I believe everything positively stinks. -- Lew Col" Apparently he had too much sex :)
Really, though, this precludes the possibility of making a smell-o-vision version of /. readers -- no one would have the olfactory neurons to process it.
I'm wondering how these "new" pop cans will compare to the old ones (if the "new" ones even succeed) in terms of keeping my Coke colder, longer. AFAIK, plastic is a better insulator than metal, but there are exceptions. Nevertheless, will it keep my cold drink cold (at least longer than in the old Aluminum cans)?
I would definitely recommend the Anarchist's Cookbook. Full of fun stuff, ie thermite and other stuff I can't remember. Just don't get caught with it, though. If you do, I never posted this (uh, well, you know what I mean :)
Seriously, it would be a cool toy, to float above you. Think of the potential implications: parents could buy one for their teen-age kid(s) and have it watch him/her/them to see where they go :) ;)
Another idea: what about using it to generate electricity here on the ground? If we can get these things up in the air indefinitely, then maybe we could use the excess solar power, combined with the gravity idea above, to generate excess power. Not sure how efficient that would be, though. Eh, every bit helps