... for me anyway. Notice that the price of anything high quality is still in the thousands of dollars, for cameras (not little webcams of course), laser printers, good displays... When that stuff becomes cheap, then I'll buy.
Another idea is to really get going with the home appliance concept, ie communicating with your stove to make sure it's off when your not there, checking your security system, etc. I don't know what's taking so long with these ideas, what's so complicated about tying an on/off switch into a computer?
As far as pranks go with new technology, let's remember when the first telephones were around, the operators would sometimes listen in on your conversation and come out with a wise crack in the middle of your conversation! It'll be funny to see the cold turn on in the dead of winter because of some kiddie, as long as it doesn't happen to me.
... that's my slogan. What's going to stop a speed addict from killing you in your home so they can steal $50 toward their next hit? Great, so it's all on tape! Sell it to the Fox Network! I'm still dead.
Just think, you're confronted with an intruder on-the-spot, without warning- do you: a) say "smile for the camera!" b) say excuse me, could you please hand me the phone so I can call the police on you; c) say please mr. criminal, don't rape and kill my girlfriend or d) shoot them, so long as they present a serious threat of killing you or doing serious bodily injury.
Cameras won't stop violent crimes, because criminals don't know reason and logic (ie they don't read Slashdot!). If the crime is being committed by a thoughtful person, then they might think twice before doing it if they know they might get shot in the process.
My excitement turns to depression; launch date: 2012. I hope SETI finds something before then, I just have a hard time thinking that all the big space projects are beyond the scope of a human life span. I wish I could remember his name, there was one guy who lived, he was at the Wright brother's first flight, and then something like 60 years later he was also at the launch of Apollo 11! Fun stuff, I just wish it happened more often.
It's simple: parents and teachers are two-faced lying hypocrites. They want you to feel badly about anything they can't control, your sex drive being one of those things. They mask their "concern" for you with paranoid fears about disease and pregnancy, (both of which can be avoided with safe sex and education). It changes when you're 21 because (too bad for them) you suddenly have just a few new rights and freedoms (not to mention money to spend...). But if you get married, then it's your turn to start living the lie that your parents lived! Luckily most 20-somethings I know grew up with much healthier attitudes, and if mom, dad, and every damn prude out there doesn't like it, well they can go screw themselves!
I wrote an entire essay in high school about all the crazy stuff in 2001 (I was tired of hearing people whine "I don't get it"). I drew from several sources that claim for example that many biblical references are made toward the end of the movie. For example you see Dave coming down on the alien planet near the ocean - that was supposed to be like the great flood (ie "The Waters Subside"... a bible chapter). All the colors represent God's rainbow; it's the Covanent, a sign of God's promise. I've got the essay on an old disk somewhere, I'll try to find it so I can enlighten the world with more nonsense about the movie:) I'll post it or email it or something.
Is this like a very fancy version of an ordinary CAD program (ie the ones used to design circuits)? It's just that it's real (physical) and on-the-fly, rather than represented by some software running a model of how a circuit is predicted to work (before they go spend money to make a real one and test it).
I agree. For some reason, they think that criminals and the government should be armed, while the good citizen should not be. What the hell are they thinking? That's exactly opposite how it should be. That's the first step toward a nightmare world, where you're either a criminal, a government party member, or a victim of the former two classes. To get back to the topic of video games, am I going to need a license to play soon? Is it part of my profile that I played Contra when I was 12, and I thought it was really cool how 2 fictional heros could save the earth from aliens? Insanity...
You're the smartest person I know besides myself:)
Try telling our argument to ANYONE in authority (at a town meeting, at a dorm meeting, or anywhere you find half-brained political people) and they'll instantly attack you with all kinds of psychobabble, meaningless statistics, passionate moral arguments... In short, reason means NOTHING to these people. They want to CONTROL YOUR LIFESTYLE. They hate punks like me who got away with drinking and having a good time, when I should have been kissing their asses and living how they wanted me to live instead.
So videogames are part of the problem? Well then, I am part of the problem as well! And I'm not going away, not even if they pass a law against me!
Is that an explanation of irrational numbers, like e, Pi, and phi? If so, why are most of them so close to zero (2.7xxx, 3.14xxx, 1.6xxx), given that they could be between + and - infinity? Makes me think that there are really no bigger numbers than maybe 4 or 5 or 6, around there... hmm.
I have heard of explosion supression systems, made mainly for aircraft, that flood an area with an inert gas (some halogen) if there's a danger of explosion. I don't know why cars aren't equiped with such systems, it's probably just a cost issue. I'd certainly pay for it if it were available.
My comp sci program was 50% math courses, the way it should be. The intro course was taught in Pascal (in 1994), and the sophmore course (Data Structures) was all C++, which we had only 2 weeks to teach ourselves before we were expected to know it completely. We had a huge attrition rate, well over 50% from freshmen to about the junior year. Anyone can can learn a language and program, you need the math to do it well and efficiently, so your program executes in 0.021 seconds, rather than 30 seconds. 30 seconds ain't much, unless you're doing it 200 million times.
James Randi picked up on her story (www.randi.org). She reminds me of Lisa Simpson! Shame that some people would take a cancer patient's money and not only give them no treatment, but make them think that such a lie could help them.
WHOEVER THINKS THIS IS SERIOUS IS A DUMBASS. qpt is a genious troll, take a look at his or her other postings. Your agreement shows that you think with the ignorant brainless sheep who are destroying this country and its freedom. ie, you probably voted for Bush or Gore. (Keep up the good work qpt, and sorry if I'm blowing your cover!)
I read some of your comments from several articles... you can't be serious.. Claude Shannon = sinister??? You love banner ads and blocking them is stealing content? The worst comment (or best, if you're joking): SOLAR SAILS ARE NON-POLLUTING!!?? Do you have any idea how toxic space is? We couldn't pollute it any more if sent all the chemicals and radiation we possibly could into space! Not to mention that the size... oh why do I bother... SPACE IS PRETTY BIG, polluting it is a non-issue. Dude, you're insane!
Yes, this will happen. And, they say, by 1999 phones will be cordless. And by 2002, you will vacation on the moon... yes, the moon, which belongs to America!
I've noticed I do have a hard time talking on the phone and driving, but it's no different from talking to a passenger. As for losing a little reflex time because you're holding the phone, just compare that to holding a cigarette or holding your french fries from the drive-thru. As for pulling over to use your phone, that can be even more dangerous in heavy traffic, or if you're in a bad neighborhood.
"Sorry, it's not good etiquette here, we jam cell phone signals. You'll just have to die because we are just so offended by people talking on the phone."
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... for me anyway. Notice that the price of anything high quality is still in the thousands of dollars, for cameras (not little webcams of course), laser printers, good displays... When that stuff becomes cheap, then I'll buy.
Another idea is to really get going with the home appliance concept, ie communicating with your stove to make sure it's off when your not there, checking your security system, etc. I don't know what's taking so long with these ideas, what's so complicated about tying an on/off switch into a computer?
As far as pranks go with new technology, let's remember when the first telephones were around, the operators would sometimes listen in on your conversation and come out with a wise crack in the middle of your conversation! It'll be funny to see the cold turn on in the dead of winter because of some kiddie, as long as it doesn't happen to me.
... that's my slogan. What's going to stop a speed addict from killing you in your home so they can steal $50 toward their next hit? Great, so it's all on tape! Sell it to the Fox Network! I'm still dead.
Just think, you're confronted with an intruder on-the-spot, without warning- do you: a) say "smile for the camera!" b) say excuse me, could you please hand me the phone so I can call the police on you; c) say please mr. criminal, don't rape and kill my girlfriend or d) shoot them, so long as they present a serious threat of killing you or doing serious bodily injury.
Cameras won't stop violent crimes, because criminals don't know reason and logic (ie they don't read Slashdot!). If the crime is being committed by a thoughtful person, then they might think twice before doing it if they know they might get shot in the process.
My excitement turns to depression; launch date: 2012. I hope SETI finds something before then, I just have a hard time thinking that all the big space projects are beyond the scope of a human life span. I wish I could remember his name, there was one guy who lived, he was at the Wright brother's first flight, and then something like 60 years later he was also at the launch of Apollo 11! Fun stuff, I just wish it happened more often.
It's simple: parents and teachers are two-faced lying hypocrites. They want you to feel badly about anything they can't control, your sex drive being one of those things. They mask their "concern" for you with paranoid fears about disease and pregnancy, (both of which can be avoided with safe sex and education). It changes when you're 21 because (too bad for them) you suddenly have just a few new rights and freedoms (not to mention money to spend...). But if you get married, then it's your turn to start living the lie that your parents lived! Luckily most 20-somethings I know grew up with much healthier attitudes, and if mom, dad, and every damn prude out there doesn't like it, well they can go screw themselves!
I wrote an entire essay in high school about all the crazy stuff in 2001 (I was tired of hearing people whine "I don't get it"). I drew from several sources that claim for example that many biblical references are made toward the end of the movie. For example you see Dave coming down on the alien planet near the ocean - that was supposed to be like the great flood (ie "The Waters Subside"... a bible chapter). All the colors represent God's rainbow; it's the Covanent, a sign of God's promise. I've got the essay on an old disk somewhere, I'll try to find it so I can enlighten the world with more nonsense about the movie :) I'll post it or email it or something.
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Is this like a very fancy version of an ordinary CAD program (ie the ones used to design circuits)? It's just that it's real (physical) and on-the-fly, rather than represented by some software running a model of how a circuit is predicted to work (before they go spend money to make a real one and test it).
We'll be instant dinner for them, or worse, we'd become their sex slaves. Sheesh... And we have the nerve to ask what about THEIR rights!
I've been using microbrew to solve my problems for years...
I agree. For some reason, they think that criminals and the government should be armed, while the good citizen should not be. What the hell are they thinking? That's exactly opposite how it should be. That's the first step toward a nightmare world, where you're either a criminal, a government party member, or a victim of the former two classes. To get back to the topic of video games, am I going to need a license to play soon? Is it part of my profile that I played Contra when I was 12, and I thought it was really cool how 2 fictional heros could save the earth from aliens? Insanity...
You're the smartest person I know besides myself :)
Try telling our argument to ANYONE in authority (at a town meeting, at a dorm meeting, or anywhere you find half-brained political people) and they'll instantly attack you with all kinds of psychobabble, meaningless statistics, passionate moral arguments... In short, reason means NOTHING to these people. They want to CONTROL YOUR LIFESTYLE. They hate punks like me who got away with drinking and having a good time, when I should have been kissing their asses and living how they wanted me to live instead.
So videogames are part of the problem? Well then, I am part of the problem as well! And I'm not going away, not even if they pass a law against me!
The Dalek couldn't climb stairs until the 6th Doctor (or was it the 7th?). Thank God we're waaay ahead of them now!
Is that an explanation of irrational numbers, like e, Pi, and phi? If so, why are most of them so close to zero (2.7xxx, 3.14xxx, 1.6xxx), given that they could be between + and - infinity? Makes me think that there are really no bigger numbers than maybe 4 or 5 or 6, around there... hmm.
I have heard of explosion supression systems, made mainly for aircraft, that flood an area with an inert gas (some halogen) if there's a danger of explosion. I don't know why cars aren't equiped with such systems, it's probably just a cost issue. I'd certainly pay for it if it were available.
I'm going to need stitches if you don't shut up cause I'm laughing so hard. You have a dark sense of humor man... so you're not into Battlebots then?!
My comp sci program was 50% math courses, the way it should be. The intro course was taught in Pascal (in 1994), and the sophmore course (Data Structures) was all C++, which we had only 2 weeks to teach ourselves before we were expected to know it completely. We had a huge attrition rate, well over 50% from freshmen to about the junior year. Anyone can can learn a language and program, you need the math to do it well and efficiently, so your program executes in 0.021 seconds, rather than 30 seconds. 30 seconds ain't much, unless you're doing it 200 million times.
James Randi picked up on her story (www.randi.org). She reminds me of Lisa Simpson! Shame that some people would take a cancer patient's money and not only give them no treatment, but make them think that such a lie could help them.
Mathematicians say pi is the ratio of the circumfrence of a circle to its diameter.
Physicists say pi is about 3.14.
Engineers say pi is... about 3... choose your life!
WHOEVER THINKS THIS IS SERIOUS IS A DUMBASS. qpt is a genious troll, take a look at his or her other postings. Your agreement shows that you think with the ignorant brainless sheep who are destroying this country and its freedom. ie, you probably voted for Bush or Gore. (Keep up the good work qpt, and sorry if I'm blowing your cover!)
I read some of your comments from several articles... you can't be serious.. Claude Shannon = sinister??? You love banner ads and blocking them is stealing content? The worst comment (or best, if you're joking): SOLAR SAILS ARE NON-POLLUTING!!?? Do you have any idea how toxic space is? We couldn't pollute it any more if sent all the chemicals and radiation we possibly could into space! Not to mention that the size... oh why do I bother... SPACE IS PRETTY BIG, polluting it is a non-issue. Dude, you're insane!
Yes, this will happen. And, they say, by 1999 phones will be cordless. And by 2002, you will vacation on the moon... yes, the moon, which belongs to America!
I've noticed I do have a hard time talking on the phone and driving, but it's no different from talking to a passenger. As for losing a little reflex time because you're holding the phone, just compare that to holding a cigarette or holding your french fries from the drive-thru. As for pulling over to use your phone, that can be even more dangerous in heavy traffic, or if you're in a bad neighborhood.
"I'm having a heart attack- call 911!"
"Sorry, it's not good etiquette here, we jam cell phone signals. You'll just have to die because we are just so offended by people talking on the phone."
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