"drinkable" water has been a major issue in every age of history, that I'm aware of.
It's not a lack of water, but water suitable for human consumption and/or use in many cases.
Sounds quite a bit like the INMOS Transputer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transputer
Wonder what version of Occam (the programming language) will ship with it?
Hmmm, bigger immediate issue if this becomes a common technology is the congestion it will cause on wifi in multi-station environments that are closely located (apartments, track homes, etc). Even single stations will have issue if more than one user is sending traffic.
In general, I think the best use of this kind of technology is business, mainly all those "consultants" that come on site to do their powerpoint presentations. Having it easier to access a projector has it's benefits, and the lag is not a big deal in that case.
In any case, I don't find Intel's solution that awe inspiring, other than getting manufactures to include it natively.
Excellent point. To bad most either don't know that their money is PURPOSELY inflated to encourage people to NOT save money, or fall for the "liquidity" excuse.
They just want to stop all the bittorrent traffic, so they can still claim to have "unlimited" download rates.
Next step is to retry the "make all content providers that AREN'T us pay us to use our bandwidth".
They already did. It's called "railroads". James Hill (Great Northern) even proved you could build a transcontinental railroad WITHOUT government help, without the huge corruption government funded projects on that scale inevitably create.
I invoke the Kryten defense. If the lie is so outrageous that NO ONE (but management) would believe it, then it's not lying.
AKA
LISTER: Kryten, I'm gonna teach you how to lie and cheat if it's the last
thing I do. I want you to be unpleasant, cruel, and sarcastic; it's
the only way to break your programming, man -- make you independent!
KRYTEN: Well, I'm truly grateful, sir. Don't you think I'd love to be
deceitful, unpleasant, and offensive? Those are the human qualities I
admire the most! But I just can't do it.
LISTER: You CAN!
KRYTEN: I CAN'T!
LISTER: (Picks up the banana again.) Look! What's this?!
KRYTEN: No!
LISTER: What is it?
KRYTEN: Please!
LISTER: Come on, what is it?
KRYTEN: It's a b... It's a b... It's a small, off-duty Czechoslovakian
traffic warden!
Also, because the EULA came into existence, product warranties effectively vanished, as well as actions the consumer could take via product liability claims, in court..
After all, liability plays a large part in defining QA policies. If software companies were held to the same liability standards most product manufacturers face, I'd bet software development would be more of the engineering practice it should be.
To quote part of Microsoft's EULA for Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/eula.mspx
ALSO, THERE IS NO WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, QUIET POSSESSION, CORRESPONDENCE TO DESCRIPTION OR NON-INFRINGEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE.
Other than those same companies using "Copyright" and "Patents" to limit competition, which is preceisely the opposite of what they were intended for. Consumers aren't really given a choice in the matter.
Being allowed to. The re-classification does not guarantee the workers that 5 hours of overtime. In fact, going forward, you can bet they will push back on allowing overtime that HAD been done before as "exempt" work. Even worse, there are plenty of people affected by this that will not qualify for overtime to begin with (they work a standard 9-5 position). Those are the ones that are really screwed in this.
Hmmm, reminds me of the book by James P. Hogan, called "Entoverse".
In it, there was a virtual universe that got inadvertantly created in a supercomputer. The interesting part of that book was the physical laws of that universe were basically dictated by the execution characteristics of the intructions of the supercomputer.
Kind of like how people used to play the William Tell overture on drum printers back in the day.
Ahem, except that Congress cannot pass Amendments. That's the domain of the states. Congress can propose Amendments. In fact, Congress doesn't even HAVE to be involved in an Amendment, if the states so desire.
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"drinkable" water has been a major issue in every age of history, that I'm aware of. It's not a lack of water, but water suitable for human consumption and/or use in many cases.
Sounds quite a bit like the INMOS Transputer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transputer
Wonder what version of Occam (the programming language) will ship with it?
THANK YOU! Just what I was thinking.
I think the appropriate is:
(long pause) WELL!
Hmmm, bigger immediate issue if this becomes a common technology is the congestion it will cause on wifi in multi-station environments that are closely located (apartments, track homes, etc). Even single stations will have issue if more than one user is sending traffic.
In general, I think the best use of this kind of technology is business, mainly all those "consultants" that come on site to do their powerpoint presentations. Having it easier to access a projector has it's benefits, and the lag is not a big deal in that case.
In any case, I don't find Intel's solution that awe inspiring, other than getting manufactures to include it natively.
Excellent point. To bad most either don't know that their money is PURPOSELY inflated to encourage people to NOT save money, or fall for the "liquidity" excuse.
At last, I can get revenge on all those Grade School teachers that were ILLEGALLY reading me those stories in class!
I might even hope to have my parents arrested for those bedtime stories, too!
They just want to stop all the bittorrent traffic, so they can still claim to have "unlimited" download rates. Next step is to retry the "make all content providers that AREN'T us pay us to use our bandwidth".
That includes iTunes, Zune, etc.
They already did. It's called "railroads". James Hill (Great Northern) even proved you could build a transcontinental railroad WITHOUT government help, without the huge corruption government funded projects on that scale inevitably create.
More like:
Think of the underage drinking teenagers!
Or will this force us to re-consider legalizing "weed"? Since with no beer, they'll just move up the chain, anyway.
Hmmm, that counts for two of his films.
And the video for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRzNuIvpMUc
I invoke the Kryten defense. If the lie is so outrageous that NO ONE (but management) would believe it, then it's not lying.
AKA
LISTER: Kryten, I'm gonna teach you how to lie and cheat if it's the last thing I do. I want you to be unpleasant, cruel, and sarcastic; it's the only way to break your programming, man -- make you independent!
KRYTEN: Well, I'm truly grateful, sir. Don't you think I'd love to be deceitful, unpleasant, and offensive? Those are the human qualities I admire the most! But I just can't do it.
LISTER: You CAN!
KRYTEN: I CAN'T!
LISTER: (Picks up the banana again.) Look! What's this?!
KRYTEN: No!
LISTER: What is it?
KRYTEN: Please!
LISTER: Come on, what is it?
KRYTEN: It's a b... It's a b... It's a small, off-duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden!
etc.etc.
Wonder how Velikovsky would have taken this news?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Velikovsky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farnsworth_Parabox
Farnsworth: Yes, it's the apocalypse alright. I always thought I'd have a hand in it.
Yet, warrantless searches of my laptop is still perfectly reasonable, right?
And it is also okay if a private company did something like this if government directed, too, right?
Open the Pearly Gates, HAL.
Also, because the EULA came into existence, product warranties effectively vanished, as well as actions the consumer could take via product liability claims, in court..
After all, liability plays a large part in defining QA policies. If software companies were held to the same liability standards most product manufacturers face, I'd bet software development would be more of the engineering practice it should be.
To quote part of Microsoft's EULA for Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/eula.mspx
ALSO, THERE IS NO WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, QUIET POSSESSION, CORRESPONDENCE TO DESCRIPTION OR NON-INFRINGEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE.
Other than those same companies using "Copyright" and "Patents" to limit competition, which is preceisely the opposite of what they were intended for. Consumers aren't really given a choice in the matter.
Some folks in the US prize economic and political self-determination over having things run by an 'enlightened' few.
Hmm, I would not necessarily call them "enlightened", mostly demigogs or illuminatis.
As "Boss" Tweed said so many years ago, "I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating."
Sounds like the current state of affairs to me.
Being allowed to. The re-classification does not guarantee the workers that 5 hours of overtime. In fact, going forward, you can bet they will push back on allowing overtime that HAD been done before as "exempt" work. Even worse, there are plenty of people affected by this that will not qualify for overtime to begin with (they work a standard 9-5 position). Those are the ones that are really screwed in this.
I'm sure "chair throwing" will be overlooked. Well, at LEAST from the executive part of Microsoft.
Hmmm, reminds me of the book by James P. Hogan, called "Entoverse".
In it, there was a virtual universe that got inadvertantly created in a supercomputer. The interesting part of that book was the physical laws of that universe were basically dictated by the execution characteristics of the intructions of the supercomputer.
Kind of like how people used to play the William Tell overture on drum printers back in the day.
I just want to know if the Universe is being run under Windows.
Hey, everyone jump up and down in unison, and see if we can blue screen the Universe!
Heh, now we know what it's like to live in "Mainframe" (for "Reboot" fans).
Ahem, except that Congress cannot pass Amendments. That's the domain of the states. Congress can propose Amendments. In fact, Congress doesn't even HAVE to be involved in an Amendment, if the states so desire.