Non-notability and trivia seem to me to be the whole point of a universally editable internet encyclopedia. If I wanted to research so-called notable subjects, I'd use a proper encyclopedia written and edited by paid professional experts; if I wanted to research anything to do with so-called non-notable subjects (like much of contemporary popular culture) then the only encyclopedia in the world likely to have an entry for a webcomic is, and should be, the wikipedia. The notability requirements defeat and frustrate the natural utility of the wikipedia as a reference.
I space people out in a line, each of them two light minutes apart... At 12:00 the first person waves, at 12:01 the second person waves, at 12:02 the third person waves, and so forth.
How do people 2 light-minutes apart synchronize their clocks?
Reading hundreds of pages at the computer screen is not my idea of fun (or comfort).
Then take your internet library book and feed it through a text-to-speech program. You could get an audiobook copy of "A Brief History of Time" as read by the author... for free.
If we can't handle changing our clocks, we could always introduce an alternate system of Daylight Savings Relocation, whereby every Fall everybody on earth has to move toward the equator to get more daylight, and every Spring they can move away from the equator again. It's worked for birds for millions of years.
Another method (saves one step but probably lots of time waiting for network diagnostics to run)
1. Start button 2. Control Panel 3. Network & Internet Connections and/or Network Connections 4. double click the connection using the adapter you care about 5. Support tab 6. Details button 7. Physical Address =...
American robotics engineering teams (mostly University students) participated in a DOD sponsored race for semi-autonomous vehicles. They had to get from point A to point B, using all manner of guidance systems and obstacle-avoidance.
Unfortunately all of them failed to arrive at point B, but there you are.
The biggest misconception in language is the use of the word 'technology'. Technology is more than just the computer or the internet. It is the hammer, the car, the wheel, the pen and paper. And yes, even the political process.
But quantum computing offers more options than binary system based on particle spin. For instance, the example always given is a system based on quark flavors, of which there are six.
Because it can't. Filesharing is based on a network of users, so the content is maintained by the users will go where the users go.
With all other considerations being equal, people will use whatever fileshare software is easiest and least annoying. If the RIAA bought some filesharing service and put ads in, the users would go elsewhere.
Why doesn't this work for TV? Nobody likes commercials every 7 minutes, so why don't we go elsewhere for our TV? Because there is no such thing as free ad-free TV (seriously - PBS has more ads than real TV). There are no other options for TV besides commercial TV and pay-TV. Why? Because it's very expensive to set up a TV broadcast, and you typically have to be a media conglomerate to do it.
How expensive is it to create the software to set up a filesharing network? Give any computer science student a week and a case of Red Bull.
There is absolutely no way to stop filesharing ever, bar outlawing the internet and shutting down ISPs. In my opinion, having already taken every single "Which Spice Girl Are You?" quiz possible, that would be an ideal solution.
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Non-notability and trivia seem to me to be the whole point of a universally editable internet encyclopedia. If I wanted to research so-called notable subjects, I'd use a proper encyclopedia written and edited by paid professional experts; if I wanted to research anything to do with so-called non-notable subjects (like much of contemporary popular culture) then the only encyclopedia in the world likely to have an entry for a webcomic is, and should be, the wikipedia. The notability requirements defeat and frustrate the natural utility of the wikipedia as a reference.
I space people out in a line, each of them two light minutes apart... At 12:00 the first person waves, at 12:01 the second person waves, at 12:02 the third person waves, and so forth.
How do people 2 light-minutes apart synchronize their clocks?
Then take your internet library book and feed it through a text-to-speech program. You could get an audiobook copy of "A Brief History of Time" as read by the author... for free.
If we can't handle changing our clocks, we could always introduce an alternate system of Daylight Savings Relocation, whereby every Fall everybody on earth has to move toward the equator to get more daylight, and every Spring they can move away from the equator again. It's worked for birds for millions of years.
I don't think you have to worry. Fortunately, the STScI does not let people waste precious observing time on Hubble looking for asteroids.
Another method (saves one step but probably lots of time waiting for network diagnostics to run)
...
1. Start button
2. Control Panel
3. Network & Internet Connections and/or Network Connections
4. double click the connection using the adapter you care about
5. Support tab
6. Details button
7. Physical Address =
Probably a Sun workstation. SPARC is for RISC (there's another acronym you can look up).
More robot news along the same lines.
American robotics engineering teams (mostly University students) participated in a DOD sponsored race for semi-autonomous vehicles. They had to get from point A to point B, using all manner of guidance systems and obstacle-avoidance.
Unfortunately all of them failed to arrive at point B, but there you are.
I have no worries about The Hobbit. I'm psyched.
Psyched for the fat git to...
1. leave out most of the beginning
2. add in a twee love story
3. mess around with the characters
4. mess around with the plot
5. leave out the ending
Piss off and fall off a cliff Peter Jackson you fucking great wanker.
I sit dejected now that I've wasted mod points on thoughtful discourse elswhere... next time I'll keep one in reserve for +1 Futurama ref
The biggest misconception in language is the use of the word 'technology'. Technology is more than just the computer or the internet. It is the hammer, the car, the wheel, the pen and paper. And yes, even the political process.
That is wrong and stupid.
But quantum computing offers more options than binary system based on particle spin. For instance, the example always given is a system based on quark flavors, of which there are six.
Why can't advertising pay for P2P?
Because it can't. Filesharing is based on a network of users, so the content is maintained by the users will go where the users go.
With all other considerations being equal, people will use whatever fileshare software is easiest and least annoying. If the RIAA bought some filesharing service and put ads in, the users would go elsewhere.
Why doesn't this work for TV? Nobody likes commercials every 7 minutes, so why don't we go elsewhere for our TV? Because there is no such thing as free ad-free TV (seriously - PBS has more ads than real TV). There are no other options for TV besides commercial TV and pay-TV. Why? Because it's very expensive to set up a TV broadcast, and you typically have to be a media conglomerate to do it.
How expensive is it to create the software to set up a filesharing network? Give any computer science student a week and a case of Red Bull.
There is absolutely no way to stop filesharing ever, bar outlawing the internet and shutting down ISPs. In my opinion, having already taken every single "Which Spice Girl Are You?" quiz possible, that would be an ideal solution.
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