Wow. No, I must disagree. That "equation" does not work both directions.
A "sufficiently advanced technology" would be indistinguishable from magic to someone unfamiliar with the tech **and who believed in magic** otherwise they'll just think it's tech they don't have.
That in no way means that "actual magic", you know... gods and stuff, or pointing your finger and chanting "Booga booga" to invoke a spel is technology. And, in fact, I would suggest that someone with "sufficiently advanced technology" would see that it wasn't because of the *lack* of technology involved with the effect..
Very, very little hard SciFi written now-a-days. The entire field has degenerated into "speculative fiction" because it's easier to write. Kinda like giving ribbons to every kid running the race.
Odd. My contracts were only some two or three pages and weren't that hard to comprehend. The contracts also said not one single word about what you did or did not say about the publisher.
You've made some bad choices in the contracts you've signed.
As someone who is "really old", in 1975, I was coding in TACL on the Tandem computer. I seem to recall one on the IBMs as well and I don't mean JCL, which was more scripting. Interesting Java stuff done on the Tandem too. Then there was that horrid MEES and MUMPS.
Note to you: You brilliant little word games don't mean squat. You're refusing a court order to produce the password. The court didn't ask for how you created it, they don't care. Produce the password.
It would be less as some grasses use silicon for stiffeners and defense. That's why razor-grass cuts the shit out of your ankles, it's edges really are glass - ish.
Consider density too. Even a dense bamboo is pretty light.
The Wright Brothers built their plane in a bicycle shop by hand. These guys aren't in the garage, they're already using state of the art lab technologies. Bad comparison.
No, it's not. It's a matter of how much the efficiency can be improved. In no way will this ever become a realistic electrical source. By its very nature it cannot produce enough.
"If this material is so cheap, it can be used as a paint to reduce electricity requirements by 5%."
No, that presumes you can stack paint. You can't. It's the area that counts, not how much paint you have.
As figured out by someone elsewhere on this topic, an entire house roof will light one dim bulb for a day. I seriously doubt this even approaches 5% of your use.
Huge verbose stretch. Lot of misinformation and conspiracy theory.
"That's the way it's been for 100,000 years anyway, less the last few - so it's traditional."
An example.
So, do you promote that we go about settling our differences over plagiarization like we did then too? With rapier and dagger? You know calling someone out for a duel was legal 308 years ago too, right?
Even at little ol' Kansas University in the middle of the plains in big ol' US of A, the library had priceless antique texts and pictures. I got a feeling that's a little more the case here. Explain how anything you said applies to those.
"Anecdotal reports in that class suggested that humans were selectively bred for lousy night vision; those whose eyes glowed in the dark were burned as witches or lynched as werewolves or whatever during the middle ages."
No. I'm a long-time studier of that period because of all it's lunacy and a I don't recall glowing eyes being a big deal or mentioned at all, anecdote or otherwise. It was religious beliefs coupled with economics that powered the purges.
Add to that the Middle Ages was European, and one has to wonder why the rest of the world's population of eye-glowers has disappeared?
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"You're dead wrong. Microsoft barely exists ouside the desktop and some AD/Exchange setups."
Absolute horseshit.
"... merely as another language, good for some things, bad at others."
All languages are this.
"You are forced to 80 column line widths, with nothing starting before column 12..."
Not since 1985.
Wow. No, I must disagree. That "equation" does not work both directions.
A "sufficiently advanced technology" would be indistinguishable from magic to someone unfamiliar with the tech **and who believed in magic** otherwise they'll just think it's tech they don't have.
That in no way means that "actual magic", you know... gods and stuff, or pointing your finger and chanting "Booga booga" to invoke a spel is technology. And, in fact, I would suggest that someone with "sufficiently advanced technology" would see that it wasn't because of the *lack* of technology involved with the effect..
Very, very little hard SciFi written now-a-days. The entire field has degenerated into "speculative fiction" because it's easier to write. Kinda like giving ribbons to every kid running the race.
Hard drive, DVD burner. How hard is that? Easy stuff.
Odd. My contracts were only some two or three pages and weren't that hard to comprehend. The contracts also said not one single word about what you did or did not say about the publisher.
You've made some bad choices in the contracts you've signed.
As someone who is "really old", in 1975, I was coding in TACL on the Tandem computer. I seem to recall one on the IBMs as well and I don't mean JCL, which was more scripting. Interesting Java stuff done on the Tandem too. Then there was that horrid MEES and MUMPS.
You mean the "mass of raw data" they can't produce? That mass? The algorithms they *won't* produce. That mass?
Face charges of destroying evidence. Please. Lawyers and judges can run off all the little pretend excuses faster than the entire lot of /. can.
Like I told my daughter, "You can't fool me, I did all that."
Pedantic doesn't even work on /. Why would you expect to work in court?
Note to you: You brilliant little word games don't mean squat. You're refusing a court order to produce the password. The court didn't ask for how you created it, they don't care. Produce the password.
"the onus is for them "
Discovered your fatal flaw. It ain't.
It would be less as some grasses use silicon for stiffeners and defense. That's why razor-grass cuts the shit out of your ankles, it's edges really are glass - ish.
Consider density too. Even a dense bamboo is pretty light.
The Wright Brothers built their plane in a bicycle shop by hand. These guys aren't in the garage, they're already using state of the art lab technologies. Bad comparison.
"It is only a matter of improving efficiency."
No, it's not. It's a matter of how much the efficiency can be improved. In no way will this ever become a realistic electrical source. By its very nature it cannot produce enough.
"If this material is so cheap, it can be used as a paint to reduce electricity requirements by 5%."
No, that presumes you can stack paint. You can't. It's the area that counts, not how much paint you have.
As figured out by someone elsewhere on this topic, an entire house roof will light one dim bulb for a day. I seriously doubt this even approaches 5% of your use.
At what, a nickel a hundred weight? Get real. Everyone with a lawn will have the produce.
Huge verbose stretch. Lot of misinformation and conspiracy theory.
"That's the way it's been for 100,000 years anyway, less the last few - so it's traditional."
An example.
So, do you promote that we go about settling our differences over plagiarization like we did then too? With rapier and dagger? You know calling someone out for a duel was legal 308 years ago too, right?
Let's see:
Someone with a personal anecdote with some detail, describing his experience.
An AC who simply says "Unh unh!"
Who to believe, who to believe....
Even at little ol' Kansas University in the middle of the plains in big ol' US of A, the library had priceless antique texts and pictures. I got a feeling that's a little more the case here. Explain how anything you said applies to those.
"... the U.S. Supreme Court disagrees with you."
So you say. Now, if you would so kindly provide a cite to the relevant decision(s)?
"It won't, because many authors want to sell to non-Apple readers."
And not one damned thing prevents that.
"... but their current stance assures that they will alienate a significant amount of authors."
No it won't. Why would it? It's a tool you don't have to use. What's the put-off?
And Google's actions concerning trampling privacy and dealing with totalitarian government censorship demands are part of their nice "totality", yes?
Please, you just don't like Apple.
"wouldn't be unprecedented", "Numerous free...services", "Apple's greedy"
You're just full of empirical type information, aren't you.
"... I suppose that's because that group does not traditionally value learning."
Do not project your local religious attributes onto our local religious groups.
"Anecdotal reports in that class suggested that humans were selectively bred for lousy night vision; those whose eyes glowed in the dark were burned as witches or lynched as werewolves or whatever during the middle ages."
No. I'm a long-time studier of that period because of all it's lunacy and a I don't recall glowing eyes being a big deal or mentioned at all, anecdote or otherwise. It was religious beliefs coupled with economics that powered the purges.
Add to that the Middle Ages was European, and one has to wonder why the rest of the world's population of eye-glowers has disappeared?
I do believe they were referencing an *entirely* different class of 'agent'.