No, of course not (and it would be too much work for the purpose to assess validity from the internet, if at all possible). But at least I had the impression that this source is more credible than '''commiepod.org''' (unranked) from a 3contributionstrong china-hating submitter.
The only issue here is that the United States currently has control, and is being presented with no good (or even clear) reason why it should give that control up.
A more modular design of laptops would indeed be progress (also resolving upgrade/replacement/service issues), e.g. these open source, LEGO-like computer modules that run LINUX, perhaps in combination with components which stack on a shelf, combined with electronic paper displays when in 'mobile' mode. Perhaps a future as discussed earlier here.
November 11th is, in practice, a completely ignored day in Scandinavia and Germany.
Quite true. In Germany, at least in the more southern parts, November 11 is (and was as long as I can think back) more famous as the 'Karneval' (carnival) season starts at exactly 11:11 (a.m.). BTW, a google-logo in honour of this 'important' date would fit to the 'no evil' image much better.
engadget, CA - 23 hours ago
No, the headgear in the photo above wasn't some unused prototype created for The Terminator; rather, it's a snazzy new helmet designed to give fighter...
Not that I object, just want to add a few thoughts... ... non robotic flying cars are beyond the average person's capabilities (even cars are) ... if focus is exclusively on advancement of technology, there will be no progress ... in terms of 'cycle time', 'empires' are just a product too.
The patens are BS,...
"Timeline Inc. has been granted its sixth US Patent on data mart
automation, that is to say financial reporting software.
This patent contains 30 new claims, bringing the total number of claims
to 137."
Surely you're not suggesting that funding can change the results of studies?!?
How dare I? Science is all about 'proof' and 'truth', and who tells otherwise is on the mentally bleeding edge (well, it depends on the frame of reference, and of course there is evidence that there are exceptions).
I'm not sure if I am phrasing this correctly but I'm sure I am getting the gist across
Yes, sure. I recall that I about 10+ years ago phoned up the SPSS-guru (SPSS: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, technically much simpler than C, though potentially harmful if 'just applied' to produce ''scientific truth'') at the local university and asked him whether he could recommend a student for a job requiring some knowledge of the CLI and he plainly answered: "They do not learn that anymore, they just point and click!" (maybe an underlying cause for the growing interest in chimpanzee research that I seem to perceive).
Probably rules derived from an 'economics of scarcity' do not work well in the long run if the domain is shifted towards virtual entities (to say ''intellectual property'' would indicate a blind spot).
No matter what the product, Chinese manufacturers will always cut every corner they can.
Related mentions of exerted pressure, quote: "Everybody is pushing, pushing, pushing for lower and lower prices. The vendors are squeezed to the point where they aren't making a profit anymore. So they are looking to cut corners," said Peter Dean, a former U.S. toy company executive who now teaches at Hong Kong Polytechnic University." have been debunked as communist counterpropaganda.
The business ethics of Wal-Mart and others is beyond any doubt.
After half a century on this planet I've discovered that you should never EVER take any of these studies seriously.
I am all with you. Besides, there is probably not a big distance from 'funny' to 'insightful'.
They keep doing studies trying to prove that marijuana is bad for you - only the studies keep saying it's GOOD for you!
Agree on that one too.
What, IMHO, applies with regard to both scenarios (food, dope and presumably any) is that one will have a problem if 'the system' (many variables to be considered, a wealth of relations with different time lags... to avoid 'complex') gets out of balance to a point where recovery (in)to (an) 'equilibrium' becomes difficult (e.g. obesity, conditions of 'ill-mental-health' (for short), global warming...). An umbrella term may be addiction.
The Onion — great. Interesting to observe how both the Christians as well as the Scientists (not a big difference to me these days) perceive 'death' as a supernatural phenomenon (though it should be a safe haven for the former and a no-no (lack of 'empirical evidence' of what comes next) for the latter).
Slashdot Mirror
are screenshots valid proof?
No, of course not (and it would be too much work for the purpose to assess validity from the internet, if at all possible). But at least I had the impression that this source is more credible than '''commiepod.org''' (unranked) from a 3contributionstrong china-hating submitter.
CC.
"Replacement of Google with Alternative Search Systems in China — Documentation and Screen Shots"
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/google-replacements/
Last Updated: September 24, 2002
On this basis: "Google censors itself for China" — http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4645596.stm — Wednesday, 25 January 2006
Define ethics and business ethics within the context of a multi-billion dollar market. Do not be shy!
CC.
"A new study shows that 20 percent of human genes have been patented in the United States, primarily by private firms and universities."
as of 2005
Ohne Worte (spechless, though not quite)
CC.
The only issue here is that the United States currently has control, and is being presented with no good (or even clear) reason why it should give that control up.
Maybe one can find a majority that does not like it ( http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm ).
CC.
A more modular design of laptops would indeed be progress (also resolving upgrade/replacement/service issues), e.g. these open source, LEGO-like computer modules that run LINUX, perhaps in combination with components which stack on a shelf, combined with electronic paper displays when in 'mobile' mode. Perhaps a future as discussed earlier here.
CC.
In any language used by creatures living on planets, there will be a word for 'sun.'
It seems there (probably) exist 'ejected' planets which could sustain life.
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/070910_sunless-planets.htm
Apart from that, it is likely to be difficult to make predictions with regard to language (Living without Numbers or Time).
CC.
What if the mouse sees a cat running full speed at him?
Depending on how much the mouse invested in having its GM package, it might outrun the cat.
CC.
to avoid carpal-tunnel
Only recently trolltalk.com recommended to use two mice to avoid problems. Sounds like a good idea, which I did not implement yet, though.
CC.
November 11th is, in practice, a completely ignored day in Scandinavia and Germany.
Quite true. In Germany, at least in the more southern parts, November 11 is (and was as long as I can think back) more famous as the 'Karneval' (carnival) season starts at exactly 11:11 (a.m.). BTW, a google-logo in honour of this 'important' date would fit to the 'no evil' image much better.
CC.
OK, I rephrase so that the average intellect may get a grip.
... WTF
A picture of the device can be found here: http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/new-helmet-allows-fighter-pilots-to-peer-through-the-jet/
The link given in the summary is slashdotted, which means that there are too many hits for the server to cope with. A server, in this context
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/new-helmet-allows-fighter-pilots-to-peer-through-the-jet/
...
engadget, CA - 23 hours ago
No, the headgear in the photo above wasn't some unused prototype created for The Terminator; rather, it's a snazzy new helmet designed to give fighter
CC.
Similar ...
Quote: "The end result of all this is what finally shipped: the lowest common denominator, the simplest and least controversial option."
CC.
Three years of Slashdotting and I finally get first post. THERE IS A GOD.
Things only happen at the right time (10:42)
CC.
America is just so... conservative.
... non robotic flying cars are beyond the average person's capabilities (even cars are)
... if focus is exclusively on advancement of technology, there will be no progress
... in terms of 'cycle time', 'empires' are just a product too.
Not that I object, just want to add a few thoughts...
CC.
Shouldn't flying cars be VTOLs?
Yes.
CC.
Foldable cars don't sound that great in comparison.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mote_in_God's_Eye#Motie_technology
Depends on the context.
CC.
You just voted Democrat?
:)
Located in Germany, I can vote 'The Left'
CC.
In Turkish, HAVA means air. Now we know the basis of US election results.
CC.
Nope, I shall not do so.
...
The patens are BS,
"Timeline Inc. has been granted its sixth US Patent on data mart automation, that is to say financial reporting software. This patent contains 30 new claims, bringing the total number of claims to 137."
As I see it, they patent 'applied IT'.
CC.
Surely you're not suggesting that funding can change the results of studies?!?
How dare I? Science is all about 'proof' and 'truth', and who tells otherwise is on the mentally bleeding edge (well, it depends on the frame of reference, and of course there is evidence that there are exceptions).
CC.
I'm not sure if I am phrasing this correctly but I'm sure I am getting the gist across
Yes, sure. I recall that I about 10+ years ago phoned up the SPSS-guru (SPSS: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, technically much simpler than C, though potentially harmful if 'just applied' to produce ''scientific truth'') at the local university and asked him whether he could recommend a student for a job requiring some knowledge of the CLI and he plainly answered: "They do not learn that anymore, they just point and click!" (maybe an underlying cause for the growing interest in chimpanzee research that I seem to perceive).
Probably rules derived from an 'economics of scarcity' do not work well in the long run if the domain is shifted towards virtual entities (to say ''intellectual property'' would indicate a blind spot).
CC.
I don't believe that we as humans will see robots move out of the realm of managing and executing repetitious and/or dangerous tasks
Like taking care of the elderly and by accident coming across a virtually outdated haggard hacker who still knows how to pull the plugs?
CC.
No matter what the product, Chinese manufacturers will always cut every corner they can.
Related mentions of exerted pressure, quote: "Everybody is pushing, pushing, pushing for lower and lower prices. The vendors are squeezed to the point where they aren't making a profit anymore. So they are looking to cut corners," said Peter Dean, a former U.S. toy company executive who now teaches at Hong Kong Polytechnic University." have been debunked as communist counterpropaganda.
The business ethics of Wal-Mart and others is beyond any doubt.
CC.
After half a century on this planet I've discovered that you should never EVER take any of these studies seriously.
... to avoid 'complex') gets out of balance to a point where recovery (in)to (an) 'equilibrium' becomes difficult (e.g. obesity, conditions of 'ill-mental-health' (for short), global warming ...). An umbrella term may be addiction.
I am all with you. Besides, there is probably not a big distance from 'funny' to 'insightful'.
They keep doing studies trying to prove that marijuana is bad for you - only the studies keep saying it's GOOD for you!
Agree on that one too.
What, IMHO, applies with regard to both scenarios (food, dope and presumably any) is that one will have a problem if 'the system' (many variables to be considered, a wealth of relations with different time lags
The Onion — great. Interesting to observe how both the Christians as well as the Scientists (not a big difference to me these days) perceive 'death' as a supernatural phenomenon (though it should be a safe haven for the former and a no-no (lack of 'empirical evidence' of what comes next) for the latter).
CC.
Look, we all understand about denial
:)
CC.