I think this would be a better funny post than an insightful post, but anyways, it's not so much disliking work as it is safety and efficiency and cost.
it's like replacing windows networks with linux, it'll cost a chunk at first, but then you'll later reap the benefits. unlike MS systems where they might offer a sweet deal at first, then the major payouts go on forever.
in this case, replace windows with people and robots with linux, and you get the same thing. People = will want to be paid for work, and even more if they're in a hazardous environment like space, they need food, oxygen, training, sleep, shielded from cosmic radiation, and can die and cant be replaced. Robots = dont have any mortal issues, if broken or destroyed, they can be replaced at least, can work 24/7, minimal human involvment, dont need oxygen and can survive in a radioactive environment in which humans cannot.
so in cases where we need huge stations or solar panels built, robots are king of the ring, the job can get done quicker and more efficiently, without the cost of sending people up, caring for them, and worrying about liability.
it looked like a big wheelchair with a tall back, and outfit the straps to the harness on the dog, and even a doberman can pull it, they're usually used to help the dog build up its strength and muscles.
I like how they say you can cluster these things together, but looking at retail value, a cluster would be way down the road for most medium-sized businesses
they dont want people fucking with this shit. it's quite understandable. it's like you putting up security around your property only for some asshole to come up, and study the system and publish it up somewhere, leaving all stats up and how to bypass it. With terrorists and all, they're prolly starting to really crack down on trespassers. they're testing experimental aircraft we wont know about for many years, things that we dont think is possible to be created yet. hell, they showed what most people thought were flying saucers once, some old aircraft that never came to be called the flapjack, because it was saucer, or pancake shaped and then there's the valkerie, which was seen as one of the "ufos" over the area in the 50's taht sems to shoot across the sky (and the sr-71 in the 60s)
Thing is, did we know about area 51? yeah, did we know about these aircraft at the time? no. that's all they want you to know, the existance of the base isnt a problem, they just dont want people seeing what's inside it.
Well, the thing is, in war, there are no real rules, and no fair parts of it, it's whoever can claim the most victories in the most efficient way possible, cant meet those standards? work on making your side better.
they make rules of war because they want to make it easier.
Here, they have a technology they get build off of, even if it isnt theirs, it can help them a free software. They have a free base to innovate off of and build their own tools off of, and a powerful weapon against one of their most powerful competitors, maintain good relations with opensource, and make use of it to keep people on their side, and to wipe out one of their competitors.
Eventually though, they'll create proprietary systems that simply use linux as the kernel. It's like how Apple uses Openfirmware in their powermacs. it's open and free, but most users arent going to bother with it. Besides, it's free for them, and they dont have to create a developent team to make another part of the system.
My grandmother has called those clear things on the walls that let you look outside windows for years, and many generations before her have..
now because of some fairly recent upstart compared to the time the term has been used, now has exclusive rights to call that their name and property? It's like McDonalds Suing the McDonald Clan for use of "their" name. (which I think actually happened)
first, it's easy to tell when the camera isnt taking pictures, watch the timestamp of every new picture. and guess the intervals. (and it's not like the camera ISNT public) second, if the wind was in a good direction, the prankster could go up there put it there, and take off without a trace.
but really, it may just be another research team up in tha area playing a prank.. but what I've seen from Aussie/New zealander type humor, someone would more than likely go way out of their way to do this.
I'm not defending the corporations here.. but what hasnt helped is the fact that most customers in the US abuse the legal system to sue the hell out of companies over little things. like "ow, I cut myself with a knife! I'm suing ikea!" stuff like that.
thank the amount of scam artist-esque people in the US who will find any way to make a quick buck.
However, the companies could go a better way such as treating the consumer better. The difference between canada and the US is the fact the US economy is driven by greed. Canada's economy is more government regulated (which can and cannot be a good thing at the same time)
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you'd be surprised, NASA has been using basically the same spacesuit design and technology for a little more than 20 years (hell, even longer) with little modifications here and there.
for a short while, then as the major telecoms get more involved, they get the fcc in to start making long distance charges for voip, or charging long distance for their own services. and paying the fcc to make it mandatory, etc..
and to finish my statement so it doesnt get construed as offtopic, my point stands that OEM's will pull all sorts of lies and bullshit to make sure people get their latest crap, even if the old works well.
*pats his 486's and his stable and reliable pentium 100 server*
the whole deal with Y2k was a move by major oem's and software companies like Microsoft to use the deep-seeded ancient fear of the new millenium to scare people into dumping their 486's, 386's, 286's, etc for nice brand new systems that costed even more than the usual price because they were y2k compliant with the latest windows, etc..
simply a move to get people to buy new stuff so people get a big profit.
my neighbor down the street gave me an old 386, and they said "watch out though, it's not y2k compliant, that's why we got a new one!" went into the bios, it went past the year 2000..
only thing that didnt work right was the software, windows 3.1, which would show:4 for 2004.
internet wiretapping can be useful but the pointless-to-society-that-only-benefits-higher-ups type of wiretapping (such as spying on everyone at all times to get info on them (such as spyware) and to just get people on anything, and to get them on anything corporations feel they can get them on, etc) is bad.
certain things can be good, as long as people use them for the right reasons (as we know, doesnt happen) but it doesnt matter anyways, the FBI taps people all the time without them knowing it, but they dont need to get that evidence approved, since all they need is it proving to them someone's not being a cooperative american and bam, you go to prison and get interrogated.
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I think this would be a better funny post than an insightful post, but anyways, it's not so much disliking work as it is safety and efficiency and cost.
it's like replacing windows networks with linux, it'll cost a chunk at first, but then you'll later reap the benefits. unlike MS systems where they might offer a sweet deal at first, then the major payouts go on forever.
in this case, replace windows with people and robots with linux, and you get the same thing.
People = will want to be paid for work, and even more if they're in a hazardous environment like space, they need food, oxygen, training, sleep, shielded from cosmic radiation, and can die and cant be replaced.
Robots = dont have any mortal issues, if broken or destroyed, they can be replaced at least, can work 24/7, minimal human involvment, dont need oxygen and can survive in a radioactive environment in which humans cannot.
so in cases where we need huge stations or solar panels built, robots are king of the ring, the job can get done quicker and more efficiently, without the cost of sending people up, caring for them, and worrying about liability.
it looked like a big wheelchair with a tall back, and outfit the straps to the harness on the dog, and even a doberman can pull it, they're usually used to help the dog build up its strength and muscles.
does this mean now we'll be seeing more
"KEKEKEKEKEKEKE ZERG RUSH!! ^___^"
on ut2k4?
yeah, personally I think god created a base of elements that will bring forth life and matter, and let it set itself the way he wanted.
what happens when you make the allies fail on D-day?
I like how they say you can cluster these things together, but looking at retail value, a cluster would be way down the road for most medium-sized businesses
they dont want people fucking with this shit.
it's quite understandable. it's like you putting up security around your property only for some asshole to come up, and study the system and publish it up somewhere, leaving all stats up and how to bypass it.
With terrorists and all, they're prolly starting to really crack down on trespassers. they're testing experimental aircraft we wont know about for many years, things that we dont think is possible to be created yet. hell, they showed what most people thought were flying saucers once, some old aircraft that never came to be called the flapjack, because it was saucer, or pancake shaped
and then there's the valkerie, which was seen as one of the "ufos" over the area in the 50's taht sems to shoot across the sky (and the sr-71 in the 60s)
Thing is, did we know about area 51? yeah, did we know about these aircraft at the time? no. that's all they want you to know, the existance of the base isnt a problem, they just dont want people seeing what's inside it.
Well, the thing is, in war, there are no real rules, and no fair parts of it, it's whoever can claim the most victories in the most efficient way possible, cant meet those standards? work on making your side better.
they make rules of war because they want to make it easier.
Thing is, the other guys dont play by the rules.
Here, they have a technology they get build off of, even if it isnt theirs, it can help them a free software.
They have a free base to innovate off of and build their own tools off of, and a powerful weapon against one of their most powerful competitors, maintain good relations with opensource, and make use of it to keep people on their side, and to wipe out one of their competitors.
Eventually though, they'll create proprietary systems that simply use linux as the kernel.
It's like how Apple uses Openfirmware in their powermacs. it's open and free, but most users arent going to bother with it. Besides, it's free for them, and they dont have to create a developent team to make another part of the system.
So it does work out for everyone.
My grandmother has called those clear things on the walls that let you look outside windows for years, and many generations before her have..
now because of some fairly recent upstart compared to the time the term has been used, now has exclusive rights to call that their name and property?
It's like McDonalds Suing the McDonald Clan for use of "their" name. (which I think actually happened)
On opening day of it being a spaceport, and Elvis Impersonator would be there.
That would be classic.
first, it's easy to tell when the camera isnt taking pictures, watch the timestamp of every new picture. and guess the intervals. (and it's not like the camera ISNT public)
second, if the wind was in a good direction, the prankster could go up there put it there, and take off without a trace.
but really, it may just be another research team up in tha area playing a prank..
but what I've seen from Aussie/New zealander type humor, someone would more than likely go way out of their way to do this.
I'm not defending the corporations here.. but what hasnt helped is the fact that most customers in the US abuse the legal system to sue the hell out of companies over little things. like "ow, I cut myself with a knife! I'm suing ikea!"
stuff like that.
thank the amount of scam artist-esque people in the US who will find any way to make a quick buck.
However, the companies could go a better way such as treating the consumer better. The difference between canada and the US is the fact the US economy is driven by greed.
Canada's economy is more government regulated (which can and cannot be a good thing at the same time)
you'd be surprised, NASA has been using basically the same spacesuit design and technology for a little more than 20 years (hell, even longer) with little modifications here and there.
+5 gay?
+5 destruction of perfectly good technology?
for a short while, then as the major telecoms get more involved, they get the fcc in to start making long distance charges for voip, or charging long distance for their own services. and paying the fcc to make it mandatory, etc..
and to finish my statement so it doesnt get construed as offtopic, my point stands that OEM's will pull all sorts of lies and bullshit to make sure people get their latest crap, even if the old works well.
*pats his 486's and his stable and reliable pentium 100 server*
the whole deal with Y2k was a move by major oem's and software companies like Microsoft to use the deep-seeded ancient fear of the new millenium to scare people into dumping their 486's, 386's, 286's, etc for nice brand new systems that costed even more than the usual price because they were y2k compliant with the latest windows, etc..
:4 for 2004.
simply a move to get people to buy new stuff so people get a big profit.
my neighbor down the street gave me an old 386, and they said "watch out though, it's not y2k compliant, that's why we got a new one!" went into the bios, it went past the year 2000..
only thing that didnt work right was the software, windows 3.1, which would show
that's your y2k bug, folks.
umm. ignore this post, I thought I was replying to another news story.
does he suddenly appear screaming "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN " ?
got. to. love. the...overacting.
Pocket PC port of Bochs, a DOS emulator.
uhhh, dont you mean x86 emulator?
bochs can handle more than just dos.
internet wiretapping can be useful but the pointless-to-society-that-only-benefits-higher-ups type of wiretapping (such as spying on everyone at all times to get info on them (such as spyware) and to just get people on anything, and to get them on anything corporations feel they can get them on, etc) is bad.
certain things can be good, as long as people use them for the right reasons (as we know, doesnt happen) but it doesnt matter anyways, the FBI taps people all the time without them knowing it, but they dont need to get that evidence approved, since all they need is it proving to them someone's not being a cooperative american and bam, you go to prison and get interrogated.
SLASHDOT act?
it would never meet the deadlines because of all the new features being put into it constantly.
I melted asphalt with good 'ol gasoline.