Hacking into some dead guys account and pretending to be alive and spreading misinformation about where he lived.
I didn't know Anonymous Coward myself, but I have often seen his posts. They were often some of the most insightful and useful posts on slashdot
I've been investigating ultralight backpacking. So I am a very conscious of weight at the moment. The kelty flights that every one raves about in the ultralight group are 4.5 pounds an extra 1.5 pounds is a fair bit if you are going ultra light.
It is recommended that you don't carry more 40 to 55 pounds. In a combat situation anyway. And I don't see why this doesn't apply to backpackers.
External frame backpacks can also be quite heavy, so it would be interesting to see how much the backpack+motor would cut into your weight allowance.
The next cool thing that will go mainstream is getting most of your media over the internet, I know geeks that don't watch TV, but watch loads of TV programs.
Of course to go mainstream it will have to become legal.
You picked trivial thinsg that most people wouldn't classify as productive. But what about that which puts us apart from Bacteria, but is considered worthwhile, the construction of things of practical value.
Whether it be constructing a new theory of physics or building a better mouse trap, people admire the constructors if they put in long hours of dedication. And get something useful out at the end... otherwise they are cranks. It is this, not the ephemera of online games and sports that puts us apart from animals.
So your implicit formula of
Humans = animals + hobbies
I would disagree with.
You could theoretically cut boards and craft table legs with a hammer + chisel. Doesn't mean they would be nice or pretty, but it is theoretically possible
Apparantly (search for Aias) the proper spelling from greek is Aias, which is much closer to the Iax pronunciation of netherlands origination.
So we can say AJAX will be pronunced after a mispelling of a greek warrior. I think I prefer the dutch pronunciation. Ajax(Iax) the technology for cutting through all those knotty web GUI problems.
Not for any paranoid hating TCP reasons. But if I wanted to boot my computer off a recovery CD or something I wouldn't want to restrict myself to modern kernels/ones that I had certified trusted.
But then I don't have much valuable data so probably different situations.
This missive does indeed speak the truth. I encourage those of you blessed with the points of moderation to bestow them unstintingly and with the fullness of your heart to the above post, so that the multitudes may come to know of this cautionary tale of Britannic woe.
But as I would likely be developing a proof of concept AI for my research this would likely get rolled into an open source effort. And microsoft wouldn't earn billions.
And even if they did it would probably be the last piece of software they released, because they are basically giving everyone a tireless programmer that would find reading assembler as easy as reading source code.
You have to be a little screwed up as a programmer working on AI anyway....
I would feel a strong moral responsibility to give my work away if I actually developed AI. For one my work would be based on lots of work that has also been given to me free, so I should pass it on. Also something that will be as important as AI should not be restricted to the rich and powerful few.
There is a whole lot of prior art anyway....
And if I did develop AI you could be sure I could get lots of money trouble-shooting them or writing books and debating the christians on TV.
The plug-in hybrid is definately a step in the right direction and will limit the direct affect of oil shocks (at least in the short term).
I have had a look at your blog and note that you have mainly concentrated on America. Now there is nothing wrong with that from a moral standpoint (at least my morals), but when looking at trying to maintain the economy at the roughly the same energy usage/ wealth you have to take into consideration the energy imported in goods from abroad. If you truly wish to be energy independant from the middle east you will have to factor in the creation of energy infrastructure equal to that embodied in the raw materials/goods and associated factories imported from abroad.
Take for example if china went into anarchy due to rising oil prices and modern production stopped in china. Then the production for American goods goes to America and requires energy to run, the energy supply needs to increase by the same amount else the personal energy allowed for each citizen will probably go down. So there might be lots of useless cars or infrastructure built.
It is for reasons like this that I do not propose full econonomy transformations (as we cannot fully predict all that is needed) and rather urge people to move in certain directions, such as energy efficiency, low infrastructure schemes, renewable energy and a certain amount of preparing for a less energy full future.
The plug-in hybrid is definately a step in the right direction and will limit the direct affect of oil shocks (at least in the short term).
I have had a look at your blog and note that you have mainly concentrated on America. Now there is nothing wrong with that at from a moral standpoint, but when looking at trying to maintain the economy at the roughly the same energy usage/ wealth you have to take into consideration the energy imported in goods from abroad. If you truly wish to be energy independant from the middle east you will have to factor in the creation of energy infrastructure equal to that embodied in the raw materials/goods and associated factories imported from abroad.
Take for example if china went into anarchy due to rising oil prices and modern production stopped in china. Then the production for American goods goes to America and requires energy to run, the energy supply needs to increase by the same amount else the personal energy allowed for each citizen will probably go down. So there might be lots of useless cars or infrastructure built.
It is for reasons like this that I do not propose full econonomy transformations (as we cannot fully predict all that is needed) and rather urge people to move in certain directions, such as energy efficiency, low infrastructure schemes, renewable energy and a certain amount of preparing for a less energy full future.
You would somehow have to get the soda water back to the hydrogen producing facilities(or the hydrogen to the soda water), which may be a non-trivial energy cost (including building infrastructure).
Thanks for the ideas though, I hadn't rated methanol as an energy carrier due to difficulties of water usage (I had seen someone proposing using biomass to create methanol). I agree that hydrogen does appear very impractical.
If we absorb the carbon needed as carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, there is no net change in carbon dioxide, which is probably more pratical (and efficient as it dumps weight so the car can go further) than having to try and get people to collect car poop and technology to store (uncompressed?) CO2.
Along this line, I wondered about people who have cameras and recording equipment built into them in some way. Would they still be aloud in Cinemas or to work in Jobs that have a no Camera phone policy at the moment.
My guess is that is that people will have to have a way to turn off or degrade their enhancements that can be verified externally. Of course people could work around that, but then people can always sneak guns and cameras in anyway.
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Our british taxes pay for it too, through the fees that our ccTLD pay to ICANN, and they have been increasing.
Hacking into some dead guys account and pretending to be alive and spreading misinformation about where he lived. I didn't know Anonymous Coward myself, but I have often seen his posts. They were often some of the most insightful and useful posts on slashdot
I've been investigating ultralight backpacking. So I am a very conscious of weight at the moment. The kelty flights that every one raves about in the ultralight group are 4.5 pounds an extra 1.5 pounds is a fair bit if you are going ultra light.
It is recommended that you don't carry more 40 to 55 pounds. In a combat situation anyway. And I don't see why this doesn't apply to backpackers. External frame backpacks can also be quite heavy, so it would be interesting to see how much the backpack+motor would cut into your weight allowance.
The next cool thing that will go mainstream is getting most of your media over the internet, I know geeks that don't watch TV, but watch loads of TV programs. Of course to go mainstream it will have to become legal.
A rapidly growing energy source per capita. In there case Oil.
You picked trivial thinsg that most people wouldn't classify as productive. But what about that which puts us apart from Bacteria, but is considered worthwhile, the construction of things of practical value. Whether it be constructing a new theory of physics or building a better mouse trap, people admire the constructors if they put in long hours of dedication. And get something useful out at the end... otherwise they are cranks. It is this, not the ephemera of online games and sports that puts us apart from animals. So your implicit formula of Humans = animals + hobbies I would disagree with.
You could theoretically cut boards and craft table legs with a hammer + chisel. Doesn't mean they would be nice or pretty, but it is theoretically possible
Apparantly (search for Aias) the proper spelling from greek is Aias, which is much closer to the Iax pronunciation of netherlands origination.
So we can say AJAX will be pronunced after a mispelling of a greek warrior. I think I prefer the dutch pronunciation. Ajax(Iax) the technology for cutting through all those knotty web GUI problems.
Like the bleach or the Netherlands football team?
Try needle in the grove by Jeff Noon. Or perhaps feersum enjin (sp?) by Iain M. Banks
Not for any paranoid hating TCP reasons. But if I wanted to boot my computer off a recovery CD or something I wouldn't want to restrict myself to modern kernels/ones that I had certified trusted.
But then I don't have much valuable data so probably different situations.
Yea and indeed verily.
This missive does indeed speak the truth. I encourage those of you blessed with the points of moderation to bestow them unstintingly and with the fullness of your heart to the above post, so that the multitudes may come to know of this cautionary tale of Britannic woe.
Mess with the force, and bound to be burned, you are
But as I would likely be developing a proof of concept AI for my research this would likely get rolled into an open source effort. And microsoft wouldn't earn billions. And even if they did it would probably be the last piece of software they released, because they are basically giving everyone a tireless programmer that would find reading assembler as easy as reading source code. You have to be a little screwed up as a programmer working on AI anyway....
I would feel a strong moral responsibility to give my work away if I actually developed AI. For one my work would be based on lots of work that has also been given to me free, so I should pass it on. Also something that will be as important as AI should not be restricted to the rich and powerful few.
There is a whole lot of prior art anyway....
And if I did develop AI you could be sure I could get lots of money trouble-shooting them or writing books and debating the christians on TV.
People will alter there brain chemistry with drugs to make them more motivated or feel more confidant. And everybody ends up the same...
You are ignoring the energetic cost of extracting and getting the gasoline to the driver.
Please rethink your argument.
The same language? Have a listen to a glaswegian, and see what you think then.
An application for PCI express and a scsi raid array.
The plug-in hybrid is definately a step in the right direction and will limit the direct affect of oil shocks (at least in the short term).
I have had a look at your blog and note that you have mainly concentrated on America. Now there is nothing wrong with that from a moral standpoint (at least my morals), but when looking at trying to maintain the economy at the roughly the same energy usage/ wealth you have to take into consideration the energy imported in goods from abroad. If you truly wish to be energy independant from the middle east you will have to factor in the creation of energy infrastructure equal to that embodied in the raw materials/goods and associated factories imported from abroad.
Take for example if china went into anarchy due to rising oil prices and modern production stopped in china. Then the production for American goods goes to America and requires energy to run, the energy supply needs to increase by the same amount else the personal energy allowed for each citizen will probably go down. So there might be lots of useless cars or infrastructure built.
It is for reasons like this that I do not propose full econonomy transformations (as we cannot fully predict all that is needed) and rather urge people to move in certain directions, such as energy efficiency, low infrastructure schemes, renewable energy and a certain amount of preparing for a less energy full future.
I'm too used to scoop that remembers my options.
The plug-in hybrid is definately a step in the right direction and will limit the direct affect of oil shocks (at least in the short term). I have had a look at your blog and note that you have mainly concentrated on America. Now there is nothing wrong with that at from a moral standpoint, but when looking at trying to maintain the economy at the roughly the same energy usage/ wealth you have to take into consideration the energy imported in goods from abroad. If you truly wish to be energy independant from the middle east you will have to factor in the creation of energy infrastructure equal to that embodied in the raw materials/goods and associated factories imported from abroad. Take for example if china went into anarchy due to rising oil prices and modern production stopped in china. Then the production for American goods goes to America and requires energy to run, the energy supply needs to increase by the same amount else the personal energy allowed for each citizen will probably go down. So there might be lots of useless cars or infrastructure built. It is for reasons like this that I do not propose full econonomy transformations (as we cannot fully predict all that is needed) and rather urge people to move in certain directions, such as energy efficiency, low infrastructure schemes, renewable energy and a certain amount of preparing for a less energy full future.
You would somehow have to get the soda water back to the hydrogen producing facilities(or the hydrogen to the soda water), which may be a non-trivial energy cost (including building infrastructure).
Thanks for the ideas though, I hadn't rated methanol as an energy carrier due to difficulties of water usage (I had seen someone proposing using biomass to create methanol). I agree that hydrogen does appear very impractical.
If we absorb the carbon needed as carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, there is no net change in carbon dioxide, which is probably more pratical (and efficient as it dumps weight so the car can go further) than having to try and get people to collect car poop and technology to store (uncompressed?) CO2.
Along this line, I wondered about people who have cameras and recording equipment built into them in some way. Would they still be aloud in Cinemas or to work in Jobs that have a no Camera phone policy at the moment. My guess is that is that people will have to have a way to turn off or degrade their enhancements that can be verified externally. Of course people could work around that, but then people can always sneak guns and cameras in anyway.