we are sorry that you felt depressed enough to post this michael. as a part-time homosessual perhaps i can alleviate some of your valentine's pain? I can add you to my livejournal friend list and we can send cute little IMs back n forth all evening.
p.s. I will accept donations from slashdot users for providing this service and sparing us all from further pain
p.s.s. any wymyns out there that can help him buck up?
...though i'm sure a ceast and desist letter from Hideo Kojima was a flattering (and terrorizing) part of the lego-maniac's experiences in the world of metal gear mind-control conspirancies and plot-ran-amok.
I wouldn't worry about it at all, we wont let the rest of the world march full steam ahead with their own tech. And making it illegal to do conversions in the US would lead to even more spending in other industrialized nations. Brazil is an excellent example of this. Tech IP, pharma IP, and military research are some of the U.S. main subsidies, and we want the rest of the world to continue to buy the results/export capital to the US (Otherwise we stagnate). If U.S. companies are too obnoxious in pricing (_or_ dont have political or economic lock in through global DRM initiatives), countries will fund their own development--because it's cheaper in the mid and long term than running microsoft. This could easily lead to more open source software being produced outside the US (and probably already is, if all the 'we're going open source' statements are backed with action).
Free Trade is a joke of course, but let's put this in perspective of the americas trade zone negotiations. Brazil wants to protect it's financial service and tech areas from U.S. domination/ownership (multinationals/u.s. investors). It wants profits to go to the local economy...it also wants to export agricultural products and protect its farmers. By focusing on linux and local tech, they can expand their influence in south america, and eventually (since lots of thrid world countries realize the inherent problem in giving money to the world richest country) grab IP rights of their own and export tech to the US...or at least drive ridiculous profits down...it's the natural reaction to the way US subsidies for farmers drive profits down worldwide and keep third world countries to a low growth rate (insuring a very very slow development process and much less threat of challenge to US interests/IP/capital from developing nations). The US wants to protect their farmers because it hurts third world countries profits andhelps big business reap the benefits of tech and financial services (third world countries don't have the capital/resources to compete)...so brazil wants their farmers to benefit and to not allow the invasion of US tech and financial services. So the current talks, detailed at BBC, will probably fall through. And since the US is pursuing deals with individual countries, it's in Brazil's best interest to develop their own tech/keep US tech out, independent of the trade agreement. Of course, given the timing, it's a nice warning shot too.
the money will be there clearly for the fusion reactor and for anything related to the genome project. business wants it, they want the government to pay for the research. the further out the profits are the more likely the projects are to be dropped more or less because business are going to be lobbying heavily for ones they want. not that the priority will be ignored, but businesses do have a heavy influence.
this isn't part of the military-industrial complex imho. this is mostly public/pre-military applications. the publicly funded science projects are designed to help push technology hardware and knowledge forward to the point that business can run with it with acceptable risk levels. this is really evident with the medical applications and fusion reactors. note that the state that the goal of the far term reactor project is to prepare for commercial use if the near term project works out. I assume that the closer it gets to success with such a project, the more integrated business interests are going to be so that companies can grab IP rights, though many of the facilities are used by businesses directly. anyway, nuff ramblin
it's all interesting and i'm happy to see the wide range of research that isn't just focused on short term profits/products... but it's still a business subsidy managed by the state, so it's not surprising to see 'regular science' along with product oriented science. they both make good sense for the population, one simply has shorter term product goals and is therefore much more important to investors... which are focused on reaping profits in their lifetimes. and yeah there may be a few bones for 'pure' research, but who's to say that the dark matter research wont lead to advances that help business?
the only thing guaranteed is that investors wont be giving any discounts when they sell us 'mostly' clean energy courtesy of our tax funded research.
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we are sorry that you felt depressed enough to post this michael. as a part-time homosessual perhaps i can alleviate some of your valentine's pain? I can add you to my livejournal friend list and we can send cute little IMs back n forth all evening. p.s. I will accept donations from slashdot users for providing this service and sparing us all from further pain p.s.s. any wymyns out there that can help him buck up?
...though i'm sure a ceast and desist letter from Hideo Kojima was a flattering (and terrorizing) part of the lego-maniac's experiences in the world of metal gear mind-control conspirancies and plot-ran-amok.
anyone grep for fixme?
I thought Sappho wrote the oldest tech manual....couldnt figure that out either. Think it was designed for lesbians.
this wasnt interesting...it was rather annoying...
I wouldn't worry about it at all, we wont let the rest of the world march full steam ahead with their own tech. And making it illegal to do conversions in the US would lead to even more spending in other industrialized nations. Brazil is an excellent example of this. Tech IP, pharma IP, and military research are some of the U.S. main subsidies, and we want the rest of the world to continue to buy the results/export capital to the US (Otherwise we stagnate). If U.S. companies are too obnoxious in pricing (_or_ dont have political or economic lock in through global DRM initiatives), countries will fund their own development--because it's cheaper in the mid and long term than running microsoft. This could easily lead to more open source software being produced outside the US (and probably already is, if all the 'we're going open source' statements are backed with action).
Free Trade is a joke of course, but let's put this in perspective of the americas trade zone negotiations. Brazil wants to protect it's financial service and tech areas from U.S. domination/ownership (multinationals/u.s. investors). It wants profits to go to the local economy...it also wants to export agricultural products and protect its farmers. By focusing on linux and local tech, they can expand their influence in south america, and eventually (since lots of thrid world countries realize the inherent problem in giving money to the world richest country) grab IP rights of their own and export tech to the US...or at least drive ridiculous profits down...it's the natural reaction to the way US subsidies for farmers drive profits down worldwide and keep third world countries to a low growth rate (insuring a very very slow development process and much less threat of challenge to US interests/IP/capital from developing nations). The US wants to protect their farmers because it hurts third world countries profits andhelps big business reap the benefits of tech and financial services (third world countries don't have the capital/resources to compete)...so brazil wants their farmers to benefit and to not allow the invasion of US tech and financial services. So the current talks, detailed at BBC, will probably fall through. And since the US is pursuing deals with individual countries, it's in Brazil's best interest to develop their own tech/keep US tech out, independent of the trade agreement. Of course, given the timing, it's a nice warning shot too.
the money will be there clearly for the fusion reactor and for anything related to the genome project. business wants it, they want the government to pay for the research. the further out the profits are the more likely the projects are to be dropped more or less because business are going to be lobbying heavily for ones they want. not that the priority will be ignored, but businesses do have a heavy influence.
this isn't part of the military-industrial complex imho. this is mostly public/pre-military applications. the publicly funded science projects are designed to help push technology hardware and knowledge forward to the point that business can run with it with acceptable risk levels. this is really evident with the medical applications and fusion reactors. note that the state that the goal of the far term reactor project is to prepare for commercial use if the near term project works out. I assume that the closer it gets to success with such a project, the more integrated business interests are going to be so that companies can grab IP rights, though many of the facilities are used by businesses directly. anyway, nuff ramblin
it's all interesting and i'm happy to see the wide range of research that isn't just focused on short term profits/products... but it's still a business subsidy managed by the state, so it's not surprising to see 'regular science' along with product oriented science. they both make good sense for the population, one simply has shorter term product goals and is therefore much more important to investors... which are focused on reaping profits in their lifetimes. and yeah there may be a few bones for 'pure' research, but who's to say that the dark matter research wont lead to advances that help business? the only thing guaranteed is that investors wont be giving any discounts when they sell us 'mostly' clean energy courtesy of our tax funded research.