Quality drivers for diverse hardware - this is the reason why Linux distros are "almost ready for the desktop" (there's a good driver for most of the hardware out there now... most of the hardware).
Can anybody tell me if Solaris supports a reasonable set of hardware? Or does it have a linux device driver wrapper?
The fact is that, aside from scientific concerns (which don't concern most people), there's no real reason to explore the solar system. We've established that there's no civilization anywhere else in currently reachable space (unless they're visiting - no, I'm not going there).
What it boils down to is this: until we have relatively cheap and SAFE transport for tripping around the local celestia, the costs outweigh the benefits, sci-fi dreaming be damned.
Yeah, and those stupid cancer patients. Get over it! And those people with down syndrome? Get over it! There's no reason why they shouldn't be pilots! And don't get me started on those pussies with Alzheimer's... get over it! You can remember everything - you're just faking it, you morons!
Hey, maybe you can tell my life's been pretty badly fucked up by chemical imbalances, too. And to me, what "get over it" means is to finally just commit suicide. But then, that's probably what you meant in the first place.
Shut up already. Linux has 80 distributions because nobody has yet created the one that makes the rest unnecessary. And the chance that somebody actually DOES create the perfect distro INCREASES with the number of attempts. The fact that this process takes time SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE. If you really just can't wait, um... too bad. Shut up already.
Of course, there's always the possibility that the 20th century physicists' understanding of space and time is flawed. It could be that FTL travel is simply a matter of creating a strong enough propulsion field.
From TFA: Why they wonder would anyone ever buy another Mac if they can run OS X on a Wintel box?
I, for one, have always felt that Apple hardware is a higher quality hardware. I would buy an Intel Apple machine to load Slackware on it. (Something that's difficult enough for me that I just use Kubuntu currently, which is not as stable as Slackware.)
So, yes, I would very much like to have an Intel Apple machine, and no, I would not run OS X on it.
The US "democracy" is a joke. The money buys campaigns, which wins the popular vote, especially when the population has been primed to accept "the lesser of two evils." So the money (er... the people who weild it) wins EVERY election.
Mac OS X tries to do so much in the background that it makes my 700MHz 384Meg iBook feel overburdened. Linux doesn't do that. I don't think Linux will suffer too much with OS X being available for Intel chipsets.
Ok, so if the state decides, and if the state raises children they've created, knowing exactly what their genetic makeup is, (Yes, this would have to be in the future, though how far?), wouldn't they continuously create slightly autistic units to do specialized work, just like creating units with a predisposition for understanding spacial relations for engineering of physical apparatus, and units optimized for organizational (administrative) work, etc...
What's the problem there? As long as we don't create deliberately retarded units for production lines (because we'd have limited AI controlling robotic production), I don't think "A Brave New World" is one to be avoided.
I wouldn't exist in a world like that, being clinically depressed, but if I didn't exist I wouldn't be able to be offended about having been eliminated as a product type.
From TFA: Laser beams are made of light, and they continue until they hit something. They cannot be fashioned into sword blades a mere 2 feet long. A bigger problem: Swords made of light would pass right through one another. Instead of having a swordfight, they would slice each other immediately in half.
Ok, so the light sabers aren't using lasers. Is that really a problem? The unit could simply be creating a strong field that glows. Calling it a light saber doesn't mean that the light is doing the work.
Wait... have I become one of those Star Wars geeks? Heh.
While I realize your intent was humor, I think humans are eating better as knowledge about nutrition increases. The result is earlier puberty; previous generations would reproduce more rapidly when food was plentiful and people were better nourished.
I don't believe the human species has evolved at all during the last 50,000 years.
families talking with one another, people reading books, or [gasp] exercising
Or 150 million people sitting slack-jawed in front of static waiting for the picture to return because they don't follow current events and don't know what's happening.
If you're worth anything and you've picked a good company, they'll see your value and find a way to use you to your fullest potential.
Until, of course, they become public and have to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. When that happens, you'll find out very quickly that anyone who doesn't fit the "404 mold" will be out the door.
Why are the bottom edges of the screenshots faded out? I wanted to see if Opera has the Mozilla-esque feature of providing link information and such at the bottom of the window.
I think the possibility of building a house in a day or two rather than six months will be the key here. But think about this: computers get better AND cheaper every year.
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you ARE free to move south where it's warmer
For now, at least...
Quality drivers for diverse hardware - this is the reason why Linux distros are "almost ready for the desktop" (there's a good driver for most of the hardware out there now... most of the hardware).
Can anybody tell me if Solaris supports a reasonable set of hardware? Or does it have a linux device driver wrapper?
The fact is that, aside from scientific concerns (which don't concern most people), there's no real reason to explore the solar system. We've established that there's no civilization anywhere else in currently reachable space (unless they're visiting - no, I'm not going there).
What it boils down to is this: until we have relatively cheap and SAFE transport for tripping around the local celestia, the costs outweigh the benefits, sci-fi dreaming be damned.
*nix programmers are gay? No wonder I got fired...
Yeah, and those stupid cancer patients. Get over it! And those people with down syndrome? Get over it! There's no reason why they shouldn't be pilots! And don't get me started on those pussies with Alzheimer's... get over it! You can remember everything - you're just faking it, you morons!
Hey, maybe you can tell my life's been pretty badly fucked up by chemical imbalances, too. And to me, what "get over it" means is to finally just commit suicide. But then, that's probably what you meant in the first place.
Shut up already. Linux has 80 distributions because nobody has yet created the one that makes the rest unnecessary. And the chance that somebody actually DOES create the perfect distro INCREASES with the number of attempts. The fact that this process takes time SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE. If you really just can't wait, um... too bad. Shut up already.
Facts have no place here. George said global warming is not happening, so shut up or you'll end up in camp X-ray.
Heh.
(and no, it doesn't matter whether or not you live in the US - skull & bones is global)
Of course, there's always the possibility that the 20th century physicists' understanding of space and time is flawed. It could be that FTL travel is simply a matter of creating a strong enough propulsion field.
Yeah, yeah, I have a theory... hehe.
From TFA: Why they wonder would anyone ever buy another Mac if they can run OS X on a Wintel box?
I, for one, have always felt that Apple hardware is a higher quality hardware. I would buy an Intel Apple machine to load Slackware on it. (Something that's difficult enough for me that I just use Kubuntu currently, which is not as stable as Slackware.)
So, yes, I would very much like to have an Intel Apple machine, and no, I would not run OS X on it.
such doubts are a serious problem in a democracy.
The US "democracy" is a joke. The money buys campaigns, which wins the popular vote, especially when the population has been primed to accept "the lesser of two evils." So the money (er... the people who weild it) wins EVERY election.
Come now, everybody knows that George Herbert Walker Bush is the Sith Master, and Dick Cheney is the apprentice.
Mac OS X tries to do so much in the background that it makes my 700MHz 384Meg iBook feel overburdened. Linux doesn't do that. I don't think Linux will suffer too much with OS X being available for Intel chipsets.
I'm just waiting for the stupid US patent office to deny the patent while it hands out software patents like candy.
Ok, so if the state decides, and if the state raises children they've created, knowing exactly what their genetic makeup is, (Yes, this would have to be in the future, though how far?), wouldn't they continuously create slightly autistic units to do specialized work, just like creating units with a predisposition for understanding spacial relations for engineering of physical apparatus, and units optimized for organizational (administrative) work, etc...
What's the problem there? As long as we don't create deliberately retarded units for production lines (because we'd have limited AI controlling robotic production), I don't think "A Brave New World" is one to be avoided.
I wouldn't exist in a world like that, being clinically depressed, but if I didn't exist I wouldn't be able to be offended about having been eliminated as a product type.
Though marketed as a device to enable people to keep track of spouses,
It's time to become single again, I guess.
Of course, in terms of the numbers of users, that would be like one Siberian village taking on China...
Now we'll all have a new reason to lose weight before that vacation...
We no longer need evolution. Genetic engineering replaces it.
From TFA: Laser beams are made of light, and they continue until they hit something. They cannot be fashioned into sword blades a mere 2 feet long. A bigger problem: Swords made of light would pass right through one another. Instead of having a swordfight, they would slice each other immediately in half.
Ok, so the light sabers aren't using lasers. Is that really a problem? The unit could simply be creating a strong field that glows. Calling it a light saber doesn't mean that the light is doing the work.
Wait... have I become one of those Star Wars geeks? Heh.
While I realize your intent was humor, I think humans are eating better as knowledge about nutrition increases. The result is earlier puberty; previous generations would reproduce more rapidly when food was plentiful and people were better nourished.
I don't believe the human species has evolved at all during the last 50,000 years.
families talking with one another, people reading books, or [gasp] exercising
Or 150 million people sitting slack-jawed in front of static waiting for the picture to return because they don't follow current events and don't know what's happening.
The parent is so much more true than funny I wish I had some mod points today.
If you're worth anything and you've picked a good company, they'll see your value and find a way to use you to your fullest potential.
Until, of course, they become public and have to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. When that happens, you'll find out very quickly that anyone who doesn't fit the "404 mold" will be out the door.
Why are the bottom edges of the screenshots faded out? I wanted to see if Opera has the Mozilla-esque feature of providing link information and such at the bottom of the window.
I think the possibility of building a house in a day or two rather than six months will be the key here. But think about this: computers get better AND cheaper every year.