I hope not, referendums are a hugely bad idea for all but the most fundamental of constitutional issues. They are more easily bought than elections for the most part, for example, the OS software ballot measures in Oregon that MS bought.
What about commercial releases agreeing to standardise on a default setting, that it would ship with? Anyone who wanted to could mess with it, but anyone who didn't know better would see something familiar?
sheesh (Score:1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27, @05:34PM (#6808573)
"Wherefore" means "why," not "where." When Shakespeare wrote, "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" he was saying, "Why are you 'Romeo?'" As in, "Why did you have to be born the son of my father's enemy?"
Basic literacy, you know?
Score:1, Offtopic, whereas:
Wherefore != Where (Score:5, Informative)
by RimmerExperience (456643) on Wednesday August 27, @05:38PM (#6808603)
The article points to the lack of an Open Lindows community (e.g. 'where is it'?). 'Wherefore' in Olde English...e, however, means 'why' or 'for what reason'.
Wherefore [realdictionary.com] [realdictionary.com]
(Juliet laments "why are you Romeo", not "where are you Romeo?")
Gets +5 Informative.
Interesting...
If the Coke recipt is not a patent, but a trade secret, what would happen if I reverse engineered a can of coke, and got the ingredients, then published them? Is that legal? Why? / Why not?
I know, I know, none of us have even owned a pen for years, but the weight given to a real paper letter is hugely more than an email. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, consider writing a real letter!
But surely the more likely scenario is that souped up ip laws and ownership rights mean that a small cadre of robot owners (or owners of the rights to make robots) become very rich, while a much larger subclass of new unemployed languish on the dole or the streets?
Isn't this like saying that weight-lifting will be dominated by construction machinery? Computers are playing chess in a way which is not comparable to people. The ultimate situation of having a computer that 'knows' every possible game fork from each move and can win easily is like putting weigh-lifters up against industrial cranes.
Sure, they can lift more, but it's not the same thing.
Perhaps M$ is behind an evil scheme to FIRST POST, GNAA and GOATSE? Trusted computing would help, but only if it is able to demonstrate there is a big enough problem!
Regardless of whether what you're saying is trues, I'm not talking about the most likely to contribute to polluting the earth, I'm talking about which one will be most traumatic if it goes wrong millions of miles away from earth.
PS Isn't there something about Mars being the closest to Earth it will be in 5000 years pretty soon?
I'm not saying they don't have tallented people, heck, some of my best friends are Russian, just that the Russian state is virtually bankrupt. 20m US is pocket change to the US, it is a major deal in Russia.
Isn't it a little dangerous, on launch and so far away from any help if anything goes wrong?
How much power do they need out there anyway, and what's wrong with solar, or even wind? Hell, what about excercise bikes wired to electrical cocktail shakers?
I mean honestly, why choose the most dangerous power source we can think of, mount it on a rocket and send it somewhere way beyond the limit of the manufacteurers warenty?
I think this will come, but it's a bit premature to standardise, because of how poor most of the current options are - I think we're still at the 'brainstorming' stage of generating ideas.
When something cheap, safe, reliable and reusable proves its worth, expect the rest of the world to fall in line - pretty much as happened with cargo containers.
Let's not call time on the innovations yet though.
This is ridiculous, Russia can't afford the upkeep on the International Space Station, let alone Mars adventures, even with the international support the article mentions, this is just hot air.
It may be prestigious to be the first nation with a base on Mars, but it just isn't going to happen for Russia in the next 30 years.
There is a huge amount of federal money that goes into maintaining a massive agricultural surplus here in the states - this could easily be switched over to subsidies for fuel crops instead of (for example) tobacco, as is presently the case. It would not supply all the needs by any means, but would help. At present much is shipped overseas as 'aid', but rarely is this the most cost effective way to get food to war stricken areas.
In my mind the military have been working on these kinds of things, not for slavish micromanagement, but to provide a kind of hud for folks to hook into information sources like airbourne surveilance, location of friendlies etc.
You could certainly use it for more skilled tasks to make info available.
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Good one!
I hope not, referendums are a hugely bad idea for all but the most fundamental of constitutional issues. They are more easily bought than elections for the most part, for example, the OS software ballot measures in Oregon that MS bought.
Anyone else think the reference to the 80s arcade game is cute?
What about commercial releases agreeing to standardise on a default setting, that it would ship with? Anyone who wanted to could mess with it, but anyone who didn't know better would see something familiar?
sheesh (Score:1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27, @05:34PM (#6808573) "Wherefore" means "why," not "where." When Shakespeare wrote, "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" he was saying, "Why are you 'Romeo?'" As in, "Why did you have to be born the son of my father's enemy?" Basic literacy, you know? Score:1, Offtopic, whereas: Wherefore != Where (Score:5, Informative) by RimmerExperience (456643) on Wednesday August 27, @05:38PM (#6808603) The article points to the lack of an Open Lindows community (e.g. 'where is it'?). 'Wherefore' in Olde English...e, however, means 'why' or 'for what reason'. Wherefore [realdictionary.com] [realdictionary.com] (Juliet laments "why are you Romeo", not "where are you Romeo?") Gets +5 Informative. Interesting...
If the Coke recipt is not a patent, but a trade secret, what would happen if I reverse engineered a can of coke, and got the ingredients, then published them?
Is that legal?
Why? / Why not?
I run Debian, what practical difference will this make if I install it? I use the system for office type tasks.
Thanks
It looks exactly like XP - I guess that's good for corporate migration?
I know, I know, none of us have even owned a pen for years, but the weight given to a real paper letter is hugely more than an email.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, consider writing a real letter!
But surely the more likely scenario is that souped up ip laws and ownership rights mean that a small cadre of robot owners (or owners of the rights to make robots) become very rich, while a much larger subclass of new unemployed languish on the dole or the streets?
Isn't this like saying that weight-lifting will be dominated by construction machinery? Computers are playing chess in a way which is not comparable to people. The ultimate situation of having a computer that 'knows' every possible game fork from each move and can win easily is like putting weigh-lifters up against industrial cranes. Sure, they can lift more, but it's not the same thing.
Perhaps M$ is behind an evil scheme to FIRST POST, GNAA and GOATSE? Trusted computing would help, but only if it is able to demonstrate there is a big enough problem!
Regardless of whether what you're saying is trues, I'm not talking about the most likely to contribute to polluting the earth, I'm talking about which one will be most traumatic if it goes wrong millions of miles away from earth. PS Isn't there something about Mars being the closest to Earth it will be in 5000 years pretty soon?
And that's ok how exactly?
I'm not saying they don't have tallented people, heck, some of my best friends are Russian, just that the Russian state is virtually bankrupt. 20m US is pocket change to the US, it is a major deal in Russia.
safer, and probably more reliable. http://www.boeing.com/assocproducts/energy/article s/Power_experience.pdf
Isn't it a little dangerous, on launch and so far away from any help if anything goes wrong? How much power do they need out there anyway, and what's wrong with solar, or even wind? Hell, what about excercise bikes wired to electrical cocktail shakers? I mean honestly, why choose the most dangerous power source we can think of, mount it on a rocket and send it somewhere way beyond the limit of the manufacteurers warenty?
I think this will come, but it's a bit premature to standardise, because of how poor most of the current options are - I think we're still at the 'brainstorming' stage of generating ideas. When something cheap, safe, reliable and reusable proves its worth, expect the rest of the world to fall in line - pretty much as happened with cargo containers. Let's not call time on the innovations yet though.
This is ridiculous, Russia can't afford the upkeep on the International Space Station, let alone Mars adventures, even with the international support the article mentions, this is just hot air. It may be prestigious to be the first nation with a base on Mars, but it just isn't going to happen for Russia in the next 30 years.
There is a huge amount of federal money that goes into maintaining a massive agricultural surplus here in the states - this could easily be switched over to subsidies for fuel crops instead of (for example) tobacco, as is presently the case.
It would not supply all the needs by any means, but would help.
At present much is shipped overseas as 'aid', but rarely is this the most cost effective way to get food to war stricken areas.
In my mind the military have been working on these kinds of things, not for slavish micromanagement, but to provide a kind of hud for folks to hook into information sources like airbourne surveilance, location of friendlies etc. You could certainly use it for more skilled tasks to make info available.