In the late 70s, I read a very good SF book, Man Plus, by Frederik Pohl. The story was situated in the late 1990s, and everyone commuted to work by getting into the car, telling the system where to go, and settling back to read the news or watch the Today show.
These forgeries have become the stock-in-trade of the "stringers" used by "venerable" news agencies such as Reuters and AP. Many of these stringers are in fact confederates of terrorists and criminals, and their work is part of the disinformation campaign that is part of the GWOT.
However, it is impossible for Reuters (known by many as "al-Reuters") or AP (a.k.a. Associated [with terrorists] Press) not to know that they're being "used." In fact, they are willing accomplices, for the old-line media are now and have been for three decades in league with any and every force arrayed against the United States of America, in the interest of "giving both sides of the story."
Up next: a parade of "mainstream media" executive-types testifying before the U.S. Congress in favor of "the fairness doctrine," so they can gain their hegemony back through legal fiat, that they lost through their own arrogant duplicity.
Have we stopped caring about size and performance of programs?
I guess we have. And according to all the Unsolicited Bulk Email I've been getting, I think I know what has taken its place in the "concern over size and performance" department.
If you... think that the owner... should be in control of what they own, rather than some third party...
Hm. I wonder what this writer would say to the "intellectual property" owner who claims the same "right" with regards to his copyrighted music or software?
It's interesting to think whether it's a waste *not* to use the extra CPU cycles and memory we have these days, by coding efficient apps, or whether we should push a system to use every resource it can, for example...
...loading Windows Vista with no other applications.
I like the "clamshell" design okay (I have an LG CU500 - but like almost anyone else I've had every conceivable handset configuration that has existed since I bought my first phone in 1996).
I agree that it's probably the "best" one for the use. But as you say, the gadgets haven't been around that long. As far as TELEPHONES go, the good old reliable speaker-in-one-end-microphone-in-the-other "Ma Bell" contraption seems to be the most "classic and timeless."
After all, that's what the "clamshell" design ultimately is going for, isn't it?
True, but even those large unionized labor sectors, such as construction, that have traditionally been union strongholds--and which jobs are GROWING in number, not "moving overseas--union strength is paltry compared to what it was.
The primary reason is, construction workers finally got wise to the free market, and stopped believing the union hype. They figured "hey, I can still make a pretty good living, AND I don't have to fork over a significant percentage of what I make in union dues."
The only area where union membership is GROWING is government. More government workers are unionized, as a percentage of the government payroll, today than twenty years ago.
Think about that the next time you hear some bureaucrat whining about a threatened "government shutdown."
...a mere TEN YEARS LATER, one could purchase a TRS-80 at Radio Shack, featuring 4K of RAM and using a casette tape recorder for storage, for only a thousand bucks or so.
Anything which one can make a profit doing, will eventually be done without "us" (whoever that may be) needing to focus on it.
You're right, of course. Bad choice of words on my part.
It's like back during the Clinton years, when he kept talking about "building a bridge to the 21st century," as if our failure to do so would mean we'd stay stuck on December 31, 2000 (yes, I said "2000." Do we have to go over that again?)
I guess I should say "let's stop throwing taxpayer money at this, and get out of the way of those who will truly pioneer the colonization of space."
I do believe that our virtual standstill in space exploration is due to government INTERFERENCE, not a lack of government action.
The ONLY way that we're going into space permanently is if we forget about government taking the lead, and focus on capitalism. The moment someone figures out how to make a buck out of this, The "Belters" of Larry Niven's future history will become a reality.
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Sigh.
...by Liberal pansies.
So, do the files indicate how many times the French government tried to surrender to the UFOs?
However, it is impossible for Reuters (known by many as "al-Reuters") or AP (a.k.a. Associated [with terrorists] Press) not to know that they're being "used." In fact, they are willing accomplices, for the old-line media are now and have been for three decades in league with any and every force arrayed against the United States of America, in the interest of "giving both sides of the story."
Up next: a parade of "mainstream media" executive-types testifying before the U.S. Congress in favor of "the fairness doctrine," so they can gain their hegemony back through legal fiat, that they lost through their own arrogant duplicity.
...if they'll start selling the lesser-used TLDs. I wouldn't mind being me@illbay.cen
And so the "Net of a Million Lies" is begun.
I guess we have. And according to all the Unsolicited Bulk Email I've been getting, I think I know what has taken its place in the "concern over size and performance" department.
No, that's Vivendi UNIVERSAL.
The whole universe owns it.
Are we talking "super-moron" or what?
Sheesh. There's a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Apparently, if you're a corporation despised by hippies, you don't have freedom.
Hm. I wonder what this writer would say to the "intellectual property" owner who claims the same "right" with regards to his copyrighted music or software?
Just remember: There's no technological conundrum so complex that we can't find the answer in a Star Trek episode.
...loading Windows Vista with no other applications.
When they fail at reelection because of it.
Politicians only "learn" by failing at reelection. Otherwise, they think their snot makes mayonaisse.
I agree that it's probably the "best" one for the use. But as you say, the gadgets haven't been around that long. As far as TELEPHONES go, the good old reliable speaker-in-one-end-microphone-in-the-other "Ma Bell" contraption seems to be the most "classic and timeless."
After all, that's what the "clamshell" design ultimately is going for, isn't it?
I'm sorry, but "timeless?"
The StarTAC came out in 1995! Isn't it a bit premature to declare as "timeless," something that has existed for only a decade?
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The primary reason is, construction workers finally got wise to the free market, and stopped believing the union hype. They figured "hey, I can still make a pretty good living, AND I don't have to fork over a significant percentage of what I make in union dues."
The only area where union membership is GROWING is government. More government workers are unionized, as a percentage of the government payroll, today than twenty years ago.
Think about that the next time you hear some bureaucrat whining about a threatened "government shutdown."
...is much, much smaller.
If there's one particular "special interest" to whom the government is in thrall, it is POLITICIANS.
...a mere TEN YEARS LATER, one could purchase a TRS-80 at Radio Shack, featuring 4K of RAM and using a casette tape recorder for storage, for only a thousand bucks or so.
Sure, when your BROWSER can bother you with ads all by itself!
You're right, of course. Bad choice of words on my part.
It's like back during the Clinton years, when he kept talking about "building a bridge to the 21st century," as if our failure to do so would mean we'd stay stuck on December 31, 2000 (yes, I said "2000." Do we have to go over that again?)
I guess I should say "let's stop throwing taxpayer money at this, and get out of the way of those who will truly pioneer the colonization of space."
I do believe that our virtual standstill in space exploration is due to government INTERFERENCE, not a lack of government action.
The ONLY way that we're going into space permanently is if we forget about government taking the lead, and focus on capitalism. The moment someone figures out how to make a buck out of this, The "Belters" of Larry Niven's future history will become a reality.