Keep the military budget the same and militarize space, via guise of competing with the rising superpower of China. Nothing spurs innovation like a nice cold war.
We need only perfect cryogenic technology; once we can preserve our bodies for hundreds of years on end, it won't really matter how long it takes to get to the next star. Indeed, it is more likely that a human designed AI piloted craft/probe will reach the next star before our biological selves. Of course, one hundred years from now, humans will most likely be very different than we are now (genetic, nono-machine enhancements ect...)
We went from the Wright Brother's primitive wooden airplane that carried two passengers and could fly for about a minute; fast forward to where we have an Airbus A380 that can carry around 900 passengers, fly 15,000kms at a speed of 900km/hour. That is progress.
I get this problem all the time with google as well. It's getting to the point where I just have to skip ahead to page 3 or 4 of the results just to see something bordering on legitimate.
The Gates foundation has more funds invested in such corporations as Exxon than they they do in the actual charities they purport to be running. The whole thing is a tax shelter/scam.
Do some research on how they invest their funds; the corporations where they hold their monies; the entire charity is a tax shelter, a self-serving monument to one man's ego. If this drug were truly revolutionary, it would be released for free and made available to the generic drug makers.
In Star Trek: Generations, when you find yourself in the Time ribbon and are suspended for eternity in the reality of your choosing, were you able to meet Guinan whilst inside the ribbon? Did she have anything helpful to say?
They price their products to include a healthy profit margin and include 'features' people want, they don't have to stoop to the level of fooling customers out of giving up their browsing/reading habits to marketers. In this way, the Kindle is not a 'computing device', but a marketing and advertising device. A device of pure consumption. It's disgusting really, what does this say about our society when people would willingly be subjected to such a thing? Personally, I rarely watch public television as I can't stand the commercials. I pay a little more for cable so I don't have to.
off of bittorent. My childhood memories are now restored. No more CGI blinking Ewoks, no more yelling darth, no more han shoots last. So to all the fans out there, relax and just download the originals (besides, I already paid for them decades ago on VHS).
Perhaps its precisely due to the internet that we have so many people acting on their neurotic tendencies. With 24/7 access to the 'net and the ability to look up any information desired, we can self-diagnose ourselves like never before. We're now so afraid of disease that we sterilize our homes (and ourselves) to such an extent that our own bodies immune system turns on us. We believe in conspiracy theories, listen to Internet bloggers, form social circles and 'friend' celebrity actors who promote ideologies based on nothing more than being critical of the status-quo (or for it). Critical through is thrown out the window in favor of demagoguery. Oh well, at least this set of self-diagnosed, technologically persecuted individuals can find peace among the dense Virginia forests, safe from harming wider society.
Last week (out of pure curiosity) I downloaded relatively small torrent that contained text docs of every single star trek novel. I thought to myself, wow, this is amazing. How is the publishing industry ever going to stop this? One blueray disk that costs $1 is large enough to contain the top 500,000 ebooks, which is virtually all of them really. Three or four blu-ray disks would hold every title Amazon sells. Don't we need to rethink commerce? Why would anyone rent a digital copy if the alternatives are so much simpler?
So basically the critic was trying to put into a negative light the fact that the Apple Campus will have lots of trees, be embrace nature, foster a healthy work ethic, and all without contributing to urban sprawl of larger cities. You just can't win can you?
So someone who makes $20 an hour now competes with someone in China who makes $20 a day. What is the solution? Bring down the standard of living in the west to that of the Chinese? Or bring the standard of living of the Chinese closer to their western equivalent? Which solution involves less violence? The solution seems straight forward until one considers that the Chinese system of governance has inherent flaws that are going to become more apparent. The economics on both sides of the issue are rigged by their requisite governments. Will there be leadership on both sides with the wisdom to see this through, or will it only result in conflict?
The flaws inherent in the system are not the primary concern, as these flaws exist in all systems. However, the flexibility and possibility for change is what will ensure survivability. Innovation (in all its forms) has been most robust during times of democracy and capitalist systems of governance. The only thing communism has ever innovated was to identify the most efficient way to kill as many people as possible (ie. catastrophic famine from forced labor, exterminating intellectuals, examples are too numerous...).
Consider advancements in automation, robotics, AI, and networking... the world is increasingly becoming run by non-humans. The only impediments to our continued success are global natural disasters, climate change, disease, war, political and religious extremism... The means of production will be irrelevant, it's only the access to the raw materials, security, free flow of information, and goods and services that will determine our collective prosperity.
You don't travel much do you? The environmental degradation around the world is shocking, and its starting to catch up with us quicker than anyone expected.
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Keep the military budget the same and militarize space, via guise of competing with the rising superpower of China. Nothing spurs innovation like a nice cold war.
We need only perfect cryogenic technology; once we can preserve our bodies for hundreds of years on end, it won't really matter how long it takes to get to the next star. Indeed, it is more likely that a human designed AI piloted craft/probe will reach the next star before our biological selves. Of course, one hundred years from now, humans will most likely be very different than we are now (genetic, nono-machine enhancements ect...)
We went from the Wright Brother's primitive wooden airplane that carried two passengers and could fly for about a minute; fast forward to where we have an Airbus A380 that can carry around 900 passengers, fly 15,000kms at a speed of 900km/hour. That is progress.
I get this problem all the time with google as well. It's getting to the point where I just have to skip ahead to page 3 or 4 of the results just to see something bordering on legitimate.
The Gates foundation has more funds invested in such corporations as Exxon than they they do in the actual charities they purport to be running. The whole thing is a tax shelter/scam.
Do some research on how they invest their funds; the corporations where they hold their monies; the entire charity is a tax shelter, a self-serving monument to one man's ego. If this drug were truly revolutionary, it would be released for free and made available to the generic drug makers.
It was a stuffed Tribble.
In Star Trek: Generations, when you find yourself in the Time ribbon and are suspended for eternity in the reality of your choosing, were you able to meet Guinan whilst inside the ribbon? Did she have anything helpful to say?
They price their products to include a healthy profit margin and include 'features' people want, they don't have to stoop to the level of fooling customers out of giving up their browsing/reading habits to marketers. In this way, the Kindle is not a 'computing device', but a marketing and advertising device. A device of pure consumption. It's disgusting really, what does this say about our society when people would willingly be subjected to such a thing? Personally, I rarely watch public television as I can't stand the commercials. I pay a little more for cable so I don't have to.
Don't like it? Use another service.
I just did a search in Firefox to delete all Facebook cookies. Yum!
off of bittorent. My childhood memories are now restored. No more CGI blinking Ewoks, no more yelling darth, no more han shoots last. So to all the fans out there, relax and just download the originals (besides, I already paid for them decades ago on VHS).
Facebook missed the boat. The bubble is burst.
sugar pills. Twice a day with distilled water.
Perhaps its precisely due to the internet that we have so many people acting on their neurotic tendencies. With 24/7 access to the 'net and the ability to look up any information desired, we can self-diagnose ourselves like never before. We're now so afraid of disease that we sterilize our homes (and ourselves) to such an extent that our own bodies immune system turns on us. We believe in conspiracy theories, listen to Internet bloggers, form social circles and 'friend' celebrity actors who promote ideologies based on nothing more than being critical of the status-quo (or for it). Critical through is thrown out the window in favor of demagoguery. Oh well, at least this set of self-diagnosed, technologically persecuted individuals can find peace among the dense Virginia forests, safe from harming wider society.
Last week (out of pure curiosity) I downloaded relatively small torrent that contained text docs of every single star trek novel. I thought to myself, wow, this is amazing. How is the publishing industry ever going to stop this? One blueray disk that costs $1 is large enough to contain the top 500,000 ebooks, which is virtually all of them really. Three or four blu-ray disks would hold every title Amazon sells. Don't we need to rethink commerce? Why would anyone rent a digital copy if the alternatives are so much simpler?
So basically the critic was trying to put into a negative light the fact that the Apple Campus will have lots of trees, be embrace nature, foster a healthy work ethic, and all without contributing to urban sprawl of larger cities. You just can't win can you?
You cold say it's one infinite loop.
Thanks I'm here all night! Try the veal!
The dollar is being systematically debased.
So someone who makes $20 an hour now competes with someone in China who makes $20 a day. What is the solution? Bring down the standard of living in the west to that of the Chinese? Or bring the standard of living of the Chinese closer to their western equivalent? Which solution involves less violence? The solution seems straight forward until one considers that the Chinese system of governance has inherent flaws that are going to become more apparent. The economics on both sides of the issue are rigged by their requisite governments. Will there be leadership on both sides with the wisdom to see this through, or will it only result in conflict?
Technology is at the heart of our current civilization. This is still News for Nerds is it not? Stuff that matters? Get a clue man.
The flaws inherent in the system are not the primary concern, as these flaws exist in all systems. However, the flexibility and possibility for change is what will ensure survivability. Innovation (in all its forms) has been most robust during times of democracy and capitalist systems of governance. The only thing communism has ever innovated was to identify the most efficient way to kill as many people as possible (ie. catastrophic famine from forced labor, exterminating intellectuals, examples are too numerous...).
Consider advancements in automation, robotics, AI, and networking... the world is increasingly becoming run by non-humans. The only impediments to our continued success are global natural disasters, climate change, disease, war, political and religious extremism... The means of production will be irrelevant, it's only the access to the raw materials, security, free flow of information, and goods and services that will determine our collective prosperity.
You don't travel much do you? The environmental degradation around the world is shocking, and its starting to catch up with us quicker than anyone expected.
Those Crashtest dummies have been demanding a homeland for compensation for decades of abuse and maltreatment in the workplace.