I think its great that the mars rovers lasted as long as they have. when you consider the failed mars mission attempts, spirit and opportunity are huge successes that have long outlasted their expected lifespan.
The new mars orbiter "MRO" is sure to provide more information about the surface of mars, and possible landing sites for even more capable landers in the future.
my question to/.ers is this: should we be focusing so much on mars or should we be looking toward other possible outposts/life harboring worlds like europa. and the new horizons mission to pluto - a waste of time, or an exciting new learning opportunity?
personally, i doubt life will be found on mars. and i'm doubtfull any significant life will be found anywhere in our solar system. but, we are natural explorers who will continue to explore, even with a bum wheel.
[article]"6.1 Makes it illegal to circumvent a protection measure. Note that there is no requirement to show that the person who does the circumvention did it in order to infringe copyright law. Circumventing for the sake of making a copy of a music file you have bought in order to listen to it on your portable MP3 player is just as illegal as circumventing in order to put the music on Napster."
whats the point of creating technology that plays compressed music files to enable us to carry around loads of our (paid for) music in a small package if they make it illegal. the whole idea was to make it easy to listen to all of my CD's anywhere without a huge CD wallet bulging at the seams. the napster phenomenon was a different issue totaly, but now it's twisting MP3's from the beautiful thing they were, to a taboo that can land you in jail.
it's not the technology's fault, it's the users fault. guns don't kill people, people kill people - right? well, MP3 players don't steal MP3's. if i can no longer rip MY CD's and upload them to MY player without pissing off some litigator somewhere, then -- F*#% the bozos.
you're missing the whole point.
i probably should have stated: what if it was *received* yesterday?
any intellegent person would have overlooked my 3:30AM thinking/typing and simply responded to the underlying point of my comment.
you awful jackass.
the 24 hrs were broken into 3 sets of 8 hrs. during the first set they reobserved 80something targets. passing over the area near each for a short time. so, ~10 targets an hr is about 6min each.
what if the aliens took a 10 min break?
or what if whatever organization on the alien world that signals to us was only allowed 1 day, and it was yesterday.
a place as big as the universe could be constantly monitored for 1000's of years, and may still come up with nothing.
In the home, Justice Scalia added, "all details are intimate details, because the entire area is held safe from prying government eyes."
And it had better stay that way too.
Big brother is here and big father is waiting to bust into our rooms. The day when the whole planet is constantly watched and individuals are tracked without their knowlege will be a very sad day indeed.
if they want to make it easier on the person renting a dvd (no returns), and also not waste material and landfill space or recycle costs, then: they should just include an postage paid envelope with your rental.
rent it, watch it, copy it....or whatever then pop it into the mailbox and forget about it.
it just occured to me though that someone might steal it from your mailbox. but thats federal property right? you would probably get stuck with the bill anyway, but, thats another issue.
they can't yet put copy "protection" on an analog signal; which everything that makes sound must eventually send to an output. then we have a beautiful little thing called an analog input that makes ALL copy protection pointless.
if the primary purpose for the copy "speedbump" is to keep the MP3's off file sharing networks i.e. Kazaa, then it's not going to work. there is someone out there patient enough to encode in real time while listening to the cd.
the problem thw RIAA and Co. face is: the file sharing networks - not the consumer that wants to listen to his/her new cd on the computer or make a backup copy because the originals always get all scratched up on the floorboard of the car.
"To underscore how the sun never rises on this automated telescope network, the observations switched rapidly from New South Wales in Australia back to Fort Davis, Texas..."
yeah, but if it were september would we even know it happened? IANAA but, it seems that even if you always have someone looking into the night sky, it's only half of the sky - you cant see the side where the sun is untill later in the year.
now if we could somehow drop a satellite telescope behind in orbit around the sun about 6 months behind us and another 3 months behind (for line of sight comms) we could get a more complete picture of our neiborhood year round.
before someone realizes that no matter what form of copy protection they use on the disc there is an easy way around it. unless there is a ban on analog inputs that is.
music will always be pirated, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. we (as consumers) have been copying music for decades and sharing it with our friends. we're good at it. are they going to kill radio just to *try* to stop piracy?
i agree with a previous post ^^^^^^ up there somewhere....support the DIY's and save your 15+ bucks to go see a live show. this will support the artist more directly than passing your cash through the industry.
would this guy have found another way to *connect* the town?
i guess what i wonder is: is his primary motive to create a fast reliable network so high tech business will enhance the town. or, has he stumbled upon a cost effective way to get high speed, marketable connectivity to a place that has never had it and is willing pay for it?
either way i suppose it's good for the community.
old steam pipes carry information as well as anything else.
if you make money entertaining people you are selling out. - it's that simple.
if you play music just to play music then you are an artist.
if you play music just to play music and happen to make some money you are a lucky artist.
in response to a gold album making ~$one-whatever-thousand, you must remember that the album sales are not the only contributer to the bands income. there are also concert ticket sales, t-shirt sales ect...
tho bottom line remains that the music is what matters, but if money is that big an issue, than drop the labels alltogether and distro. your tunes on the web... no going gold to repay the label, and ticket ect... sales are all gravy.
The idea of an imac style integrated system disturbs me.
There is no room inside for any significant upgrade, and even if an upgrade is possible it would be very difficult to work inside such a system.
It seems to me that there is much more power for your money in a conventional tower system. Not to mention this also solves the difficult/impossible upgrade problem.
I gotta hand it to SONY for being stylish though. All the systems in their VAIO line have looked good on the outside, and for the integrated variety, the folding keyboard is interesting if for nothing else to protect the monitor somewhat.
Bottom line -- too expensive for the power you get.
SO, if I have a large volume of audio/video files already then there is not much point to this because it wont play my current files. Unless, if I understand right, I transfer the files to their 'special' smart media cards with the codec built in.
And, what if I copy something to the device? That media belongs to me now right?
How can i archive this new media to my PC with the rest of my files if there is 'protection' from copying files?
This seems like a pointless attempt to get PDA functionality out of a piece of hardware designed to only play games.
Teleporting light - ok
Teleporting an object with considerable mass - ok
NOT me though. What do you think might happen to you between the time you are destroyed and the time your mass is replicated?
I would think that even if it were a very short time there would still be problems -- after all you WERE destroyed.
On the good side - imagine a future when you can purchase something online and have it in 5 min. by replicating it in your new replicator(duh) thats connected directly to your computer. You buy the item - then download the mass profile(perhaps a.mpr file) and send it to the replicator like you would a document to a printer. - very cool stuff
Is it human chess player vs. human programmer, or is it human chess player vs. programming team?
obviously in the 2nd case the match would be entirely unfair unless you consider that the real question is:
CAN a machine be programmed to "outsmart" a human every time. One programmer or many - doesn't matter. The point is, can out technology have grown to the point that we can teach it to be better than us as well as faster.
If I bought it, I should have the right and ability to use it as i see fit. If I want to load my new audio CD into my MP3 player and take it with me without having to lug around a player and CDs, I should be able to do that easily.
The P2P problem is another issue alltogether. People have been sharing music and videos for decades, but now that we can do it online in such great numbers it's starting to hurt(so they say). This battle should not be fought by changing the media. Besides, I can still make an MP3 or Mpeg from a CD/DVD with copy protection --- Analog Inputs. This method just makes it a much longer and difficult process to manipulate MY media.
Question - Why have we not heard so much as a buzz from software companies? Software is shared via kazaa(and others) in the same way music and video is.
He does explain though, that what consumers wanted was to record a whole movie unattended. VHS provided the 2 hour record time to do that.
also, he later points out that consumers were more interested in longer recording times vs. higher image quality.
Gaming on a mobile device tends to be limited to a few min. while waiting for a bus or train or certain death or something.
I don't think advanced gaming will really take off- at least not yet. The screen size issue, as seen on other comments, is a major one.
Could we maybe see a pair of glasses that plug ---- did I say plug - i mean that bluetooth to your phone with a HUD for larger mobile gaming pleasure.
for now it may be something for doom fans to do while waiting for Doom III
perhaps noting the effects of microgravity on a small life form over a short period of time will help us understand the effects on a larger lifeform(us). in the insect world life moves much faster from initial development to death(lifespan of a housefly is like 2 weeks i think).
therefore the effects of a lifetime in microgravity can be seen in just weeks.
what happens when a small colony of ants all born in space are returned to earth gravity? can they survive the stress? can they adapt?
not to mention it's fun to see the little critters try to figure out which way is up in those little tunnels w/no gravity.
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'...the new horizons mission to pluto - a waste of time, or an exciting new learning opportunity?'
read the whole sentance. it was a question with two possible answers that were both part of the sentance.
I think its great that the mars rovers lasted as long as they have. when you consider the failed mars mission attempts, spirit and opportunity are huge successes that have long outlasted their expected lifespan. The new mars orbiter "MRO" is sure to provide more information about the surface of mars, and possible landing sites for even more capable landers in the future. my question to /.ers is this: should we be focusing so much on mars or should we be looking toward other possible outposts/life harboring worlds like europa. and the new horizons mission to pluto - a waste of time, or an exciting new learning opportunity?
personally, i doubt life will be found on mars. and i'm doubtfull any significant life will be found anywhere in our solar system. but, we are natural explorers who will continue to explore, even with a bum wheel.
now i'm gonna sanitize all my money, and i'm kinda concerned about things i buy from overseas. The bird flu is pretty nasty!
[article]"6.1 Makes it illegal to circumvent a protection measure. Note that there is no requirement to show that the person who does the circumvention did it in order to infringe copyright law. Circumventing for the sake of making a copy of a music file you have bought in order to listen to it on your portable MP3 player is just as illegal as circumventing in order to put the music on Napster."
whats the point of creating technology that plays compressed music files to enable us to carry around loads of our (paid for) music in a small package if they make it illegal. the whole idea was to make it easy to listen to all of my CD's anywhere without a huge CD wallet bulging at the seams. the napster phenomenon was a different issue totaly, but now it's twisting MP3's from the beautiful thing they were, to a taboo that can land you in jail.
it's not the technology's fault, it's the users fault. guns don't kill people, people kill people - right? well, MP3 players don't steal MP3's. if i can no longer rip MY CD's and upload them to MY player without pissing off some litigator somewhere, then -- F*#% the bozos.
you're missing the whole point. i probably should have stated: what if it was *received* yesterday? any intellegent person would have overlooked my 3:30AM thinking/typing and simply responded to the underlying point of my comment. you awful jackass.
the 24 hrs were broken into 3 sets of 8 hrs. during the first set they reobserved 80something targets. passing over the area near each for a short time. so, ~10 targets an hr is about 6min each.
what if the aliens took a 10 min break?
or what if whatever organization on the alien world that signals to us was only allowed 1 day, and it was yesterday.
a place as big as the universe could be constantly monitored for 1000's of years, and may still come up with nothing.
In the home, Justice Scalia added, "all details are intimate details, because the entire area is held safe from prying government eyes."
And it had better stay that way too.
Big brother is here and big father is waiting to bust into our rooms. The day when the whole planet is constantly watched and individuals are tracked without their knowlege will be a very sad day indeed.
if they want to make it easier on the person renting a dvd (no returns), and also not waste material and landfill space or recycle costs, then: they should just include an postage paid envelope with your rental.
rent it, watch it, copy it....or whatever
then pop it into the mailbox and forget about it.
it just occured to me though that someone might steal it from your mailbox. but thats federal property right? you would probably get stuck with the bill anyway, but, thats another issue.
they can't yet put copy "protection" on an analog signal; which everything that makes sound must eventually send to an output. then we have a beautiful little thing called an analog input that makes ALL copy protection pointless.
if the primary purpose for the copy "speedbump" is to keep the MP3's off file sharing networks i.e. Kazaa, then it's not going to work. there is someone out there patient enough to encode in real time while listening to the cd.
the problem thw RIAA and Co. face is: the file sharing networks - not the consumer that wants to listen to his/her new cd on the computer or make a backup copy because the originals always get all scratched up on the floorboard of the car.
i think pink floyd invented the z-machine 20 years ago.
"To underscore how the sun never rises on this automated telescope network, the observations switched rapidly from New South Wales in Australia back to Fort Davis, Texas..."
yeah, but if it were september would we even know it happened?
IANAA but, it seems that even if you always have someone looking into the night sky, it's only half of the sky - you cant see the side where the sun is untill later in the year.
now if we could somehow drop a satellite telescope behind in orbit around the sun about 6 months behind us and another 3 months behind (for line of sight comms) we could get a more complete picture of our neiborhood year round.
or...i could be completly ignorant.
before someone realizes that no matter what form of copy protection they use on the disc there is an easy way around it. unless there is a ban on analog inputs that is.
music will always be pirated, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. we (as consumers) have been copying music for decades and sharing it with our friends. we're good at it. are they going to kill radio just to *try* to stop piracy?
i agree with a previous post ^^^^^^ up there somewhere....support the DIY's and save your 15+ bucks to go see a live show. this will support the artist more directly than passing your cash through the industry.
what if those steam pipes had not been there?
would this guy have found another way to *connect* the town?
i guess what i wonder is: is his primary motive to create a fast reliable network so high tech business will enhance the town. or, has he stumbled upon a cost effective way to get high speed, marketable connectivity to a place that has never had it and is willing pay for it?
either way i suppose it's good for the community.
old steam pipes carry information as well as anything else.
if you make money entertaining people you are selling out. - it's that simple.
if you play music just to play music then you are an artist.
if you play music just to play music and happen to make some money you are a lucky artist.
in response to a gold album making ~$one-whatever-thousand, you must remember that the album sales are not the only contributer to the bands income. there are also concert ticket sales, t-shirt sales ect...
tho bottom line remains that the music is what matters, but if money is that big an issue, than drop the labels alltogether and distro. your tunes on the web... no going gold to repay the label, and ticket ect... sales are all gravy.
The idea of an imac style integrated system disturbs me.
/. tonight?-----
There is no room inside for any significant upgrade, and even if an upgrade is possible it would be very difficult to work inside such a system.
It seems to me that there is much more power for your money in a conventional tower system. Not to mention this also solves the difficult/impossible upgrade problem.
I gotta hand it to SONY for being stylish though. All the systems in their VAIO line have looked good on the outside, and for the integrated variety, the folding keyboard is interesting if for nothing else to protect the monitor somewhat.
Bottom line -- too expensive for the power you get.
----Whats up with
Honey, are you through with the laundry?
I'm running low on the hootch.
SO, if I have a large volume of audio/video files already then there is not much point to this because it wont play my current files. Unless, if I understand right, I transfer the files to their 'special' smart media cards with the codec built in.
And, what if I copy something to the device? That media belongs to me now right?
How can i archive this new media to my PC with the rest of my files if there is 'protection' from copying files?
This seems like a pointless attempt to get PDA functionality out of a piece of hardware designed to only play games.
Teleporting light - ok
.mpr file) and send it to the replicator like you would a document to a printer.
Teleporting an object with considerable mass - ok
NOT me though. What do you think might happen to you between the time you are destroyed and the time your mass is replicated?
I would think that even if it were a very short time there would still be problems -- after all you WERE destroyed.
On the good side - imagine a future when you can purchase something online and have it in 5 min. by replicating it in your new replicator(duh) thats connected directly to your computer. You buy the item - then download the mass profile(perhaps a
- very cool stuff
Well thats what happens when you squeeze the Sharman!
SIZE - not resolution
Is it human chess player vs. human programmer, or is it human chess player vs. programming team?
obviously in the 2nd case the match would be entirely unfair unless you consider that the real question is:
CAN a machine be programmed to "outsmart" a human every time. One programmer or many - doesn't matter. The point is, can out technology have grown to the point that we can teach it to be better than us as well as faster.
I own my digital media.
If I bought it, I should have the right and ability to use it as i see fit. If I want to load my new audio CD into my MP3 player and take it with me without having to lug around a player and CDs, I should be able to do that easily.
The P2P problem is another issue alltogether. People have been sharing music and videos for decades, but now that we can do it online in such great numbers it's starting to hurt(so they say). This battle should not be fought by changing the media. Besides, I can still make an MP3 or Mpeg from a CD/DVD with copy protection --- Analog Inputs. This method just makes it a much longer and difficult process to manipulate MY media.
Question - Why have we not heard so much as a buzz from software companies? Software is shared via kazaa(and others) in the same way music and video is.
He does explain though, that what consumers wanted was to record a whole movie unattended. VHS provided the 2 hour record time to do that.
also, he later points out that consumers were more interested in longer recording times vs. higher image quality.
Gaming on a mobile device tends to be limited to a few min. while waiting for a bus or train or certain death or something.
I don't think advanced gaming will really take off- at least not yet. The screen size issue, as seen on other comments, is a major one.
Could we maybe see a pair of glasses that plug ---- did I say plug - i mean that bluetooth to your phone with a HUD for larger mobile gaming pleasure.
for now it may be something for doom fans to do while waiting for Doom III
perhaps noting the effects of microgravity on a small life form over a short period of time will help us understand the effects on a larger lifeform(us). in the insect world life moves much faster from initial development to death(lifespan of a housefly is like 2 weeks i think).
therefore the effects of a lifetime in microgravity can be seen in just weeks.
what happens when a small colony of ants all born in space are returned to earth gravity? can they survive the stress? can they adapt?
not to mention it's fun to see the little critters try to figure out which way is up in those little tunnels w/no gravity.