A patriotic American modder, modded me down. Do you think I am the first person to say these things? Or are you just afraid of the truth about the path America has chosen for itself. All the U.S. needs to do is get its head out of its ass and stop making stupid fucking IP laws that stifle innovation rather than promote it. Stifle innovation in favour of corporate profits, share of which are increasingly held by fewer and richer people. Deal with it.
Since this is Slashdot, the best way I can respond to this is by saying you make yourself sound like the people of 'Eminiar VII' and 'Vendikar' in the Star Trek episode 'A Taste of Armageddon'. I tend to think that it shows Zuckerberg as having a more reverential respect for the animals he eats. Now with that analogy done, I have this feeling that hokey latex fake Klingon skin is starting to form on me... I need to shower [wink].
Now if somehow I managed to be eating lunch with him and the response he gave to 'this is good, what is it?' is, 'remember that homeless guy down on main street?', then you might have a point.
Welcome to the Dystopian Future. Welcome and enjoy the fear. And if it all gets just wee little bit too much to handle, why we can just take a vacation in Brazil. Just one thing: stay away from the libraries. They are full of subversive literature and free thinking. Can't have that now, can we? Anyway, once again, welcome. I have to run now, I'm off to the Animal Farm. Cheers.
In a couple of years the U.S. will no longer be the world's largest economy. In a few years after that, it might not even be second or third. There are six billion people on the planet and only 330 million in America. Up to now the only reason America dominated was because they are the largest economy. In a few decades there will be 9 billion people on the planet and America will not be the dominant economy. The rest of the world doesn't have the stupid IP laws that America does. America will fall behind even further and those like England that follow their model will also fall. Jobs are moving back to the U.S. from overseas is not just because of inflation in China and India and shipping expenses due to fuel costs. It is because they are producing more of their own products from their own companies which they are selling internally and around the world in competition to the U.S. They don't want to make stuff for American companies when they can be keeping the profits in their own countries to be spent on improving things there (and no, not always altruistically, but from personal greed too... people making more money want more toys and a higher standard of living). America's own brand of corruption (it's everywhere) is helping the country onto the path of an ever decreasing circle. People who don't like it either have to work together to buy legislators who are willing to do something about it... or live with it or shut up. Yer either with me or agin me!!!
The sarcasm was thick in that one. Nice troll... but I can't resist.
Sure, a herd of cats will be able to organize and fund the votes for any given cause (after all that is all lobbyists do... pay off the senators and representatives either in money, paid advertising, influence, gifts, or all of the above). Libertarian: the ultimate "I want to do it my way" person. And you can't herd cats. Libertarians want things to change to their way, but by definition they will never be able to achieve that because in a democracy you have to rally enough people to your cause in order to get sufficient votes to pass your legislation. And with the 'pay as you go' vote system in Washington, if you can't work together to raise the funds and lobby, you are through before you start. Not exactly an individualist friendly atmosphere.
The first thing I thought of when I saw this was the whale popping into existence in the sky in 'Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy'. Oh hey, this is great, what is this thing I'm in? I'll call it a petri dish...
That is bringing your hand to your face like that and then moving it away (like when you put your hand back down innocently) can be construed by many Europeans and people of European descent as "fuck you." Like an enhanced middle finger.
It depends how you speak English. In some places saying something is 'at' is the same as saying they are 'in'. Especially in middle America where you will here people ask, 'where're you at?'
From what I recall there are many people who are blind who are not 80 years old with the stiff brain that age brings on. I think there are likely many people much younger who are blind and who this will greatly benefit. I can't see (no pun intended) someone who has to be careful not to be killed by things they cannot see not wanting the added benefit of sight. Humans are not meant to be blind. We evolved to have sight. If natural selection was not trumped by society and science, people who are blind, deaf, and all other physical and mental disabilities would not survive. Modern society has collectively, a great deal of pity and so this is no longer the case. It doesn't mean living with a disability is better or OK if it can be remedied.
The only way to "natively" gain a wider visual range would be to have that added to your retinas at birth, so that your brain wires itself to appropriately interpret them.
This doesn't sound right. The article intimates that the brain of any recipient already needs to relearn how to see based on the new input from the artificial retinas. They specifically mention that it is the plasticity of the visual cortex that allows the patient to be able to 'learn' to see using the implants. So why would it not be able to learn an added chromatic option. The human brain is capable of doing this. Some women have an added cone in their retinas making them able to see four colours as opposed to only 3 (and sometimes less) for men. It would be my guess that if they added more colour sensors than for red, green, and blue, say ultraviolet or infrared, the visual cortex would learn to interpret them. Like Geordi Laforge without the hair clip over his eyes.
In my experience, most people are ignorant because they are too lazy to want to learn about anything outside of the TV, twitter feed, facebook page, etc. That is what I call stupidity. People need to look beyond their noses but in most cases they just don't bother. Call me cynical, but it won't be the first time.:)
Article 8, at least according to the article you linked to, seems to apply only to government and your privacy. And from the looks of the Trafigura injunction, all I can say once again, if something happens in public, there should be no gagging of the information. This is just another form of censorship.
for identifying the footballer who is trying to sue a Twitter user for identifying him, in violation of a court order.
What is the public benefit to prohibiting publication of some guy messing around? If someone finds out about something someone is doing, why would it be made illegal to talk about if it is true? Isn't this a violation of free speech? Oh, I forgot, this is in England, the most heavily 'big brothered' country outside of a communist block. No wonder an Englishman could envision 1984. Keep working at it. Soon you will indeed have the ministry of truth.
People talk about the conductivity of this stuff and the strength of it as if the applications related to these two properties are always unrelated. But I wonder about this aspect. So we make graphene sheets or armour or plates or rope/structural cable, and they are all highly conductive. Is there a way to make it non-conductive? I can imagine that there are many applications where you would want these things to have the strength yet be non-conductive. Say through some miracle a space elevator is made using graphene cables. The cables would be giant lightning rods. Etc.
kind of feels like nature telling me I'm non-essential
No, two lesbians with a turkey baster and some David Crosby spoof does that. Really, can you imagine wanting your kid to look like Crosby. Have you seen that wizened up fucking gnome. But.... come to think of it... if he were a woman he'd look pretty close to Chastity.... wups... Chaz Bono.
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A patriotic American modder, modded me down. Do you think I am the first person to say these things? Or are you just afraid of the truth about the path America has chosen for itself. All the U.S. needs to do is get its head out of its ass and stop making stupid fucking IP laws that stifle innovation rather than promote it. Stifle innovation in favour of corporate profits, share of which are increasingly held by fewer and richer people. Deal with it.
Since this is Slashdot, the best way I can respond to this is by saying you make yourself sound like the people of 'Eminiar VII' and 'Vendikar' in the Star Trek episode 'A Taste of Armageddon' . I tend to think that it shows Zuckerberg as having a more reverential respect for the animals he eats. Now with that analogy done, I have this feeling that hokey latex fake Klingon skin is starting to form on me... I need to shower [wink].
Now if somehow I managed to be eating lunch with him and the response he gave to 'this is good, what is it?' is, 'remember that homeless guy down on main street?', then you might have a point.
Welcome to the Dystopian Future. Welcome and enjoy the fear. And if it all gets just wee little bit too much to handle, why we can just take a vacation in Brazil. Just one thing: stay away from the libraries. They are full of subversive literature and free thinking. Can't have that now, can we? Anyway, once again, welcome. I have to run now, I'm off to the Animal Farm. Cheers.
In a couple of years the U.S. will no longer be the world's largest economy. In a few years after that, it might not even be second or third. There are six billion people on the planet and only 330 million in America. Up to now the only reason America dominated was because they are the largest economy. In a few decades there will be 9 billion people on the planet and America will not be the dominant economy. The rest of the world doesn't have the stupid IP laws that America does. America will fall behind even further and those like England that follow their model will also fall. Jobs are moving back to the U.S. from overseas is not just because of inflation in China and India and shipping expenses due to fuel costs. It is because they are producing more of their own products from their own companies which they are selling internally and around the world in competition to the U.S. They don't want to make stuff for American companies when they can be keeping the profits in their own countries to be spent on improving things there (and no, not always altruistically, but from personal greed too... people making more money want more toys and a higher standard of living). America's own brand of corruption (it's everywhere) is helping the country onto the path of an ever decreasing circle. People who don't like it either have to work together to buy legislators who are willing to do something about it... or live with it or shut up. Yer either with me or agin me!!!
The sarcasm was thick in that one. Nice troll... but I can't resist.
Sure, a herd of cats will be able to organize and fund the votes for any given cause (after all that is all lobbyists do... pay off the senators and representatives either in money, paid advertising, influence, gifts, or all of the above). Libertarian: the ultimate "I want to do it my way" person. And you can't herd cats. Libertarians want things to change to their way, but by definition they will never be able to achieve that because in a democracy you have to rally enough people to your cause in order to get sufficient votes to pass your legislation. And with the 'pay as you go' vote system in Washington, if you can't work together to raise the funds and lobby, you are through before you start. Not exactly an individualist friendly atmosphere.
The first thing I thought of when I saw this was the whale popping into existence in the sky in 'Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy'. Oh hey, this is great, what is this thing I'm in? I'll call it a petri dish...
That is bringing your hand to your face like that and then moving it away (like when you put your hand back down innocently) can be construed by many Europeans and people of European descent as "fuck you." Like an enhanced middle finger.
Semantics???? Is that what the driver in the other car was doing? Semantics?
It depends how you speak English. In some places saying something is 'at' is the same as saying they are 'in'. Especially in middle America where you will here people ask, 'where're you at?'
Maybe if it is around and relevant at least a hundred years from now, then maybe. Sounds fanboy inspired. Or is Jimmy's hand in this?
Speaking of which, which chapter is about camel toes? This is the new porn framework, isn't it?
From what I recall there are many people who are blind who are not 80 years old with the stiff brain that age brings on. I think there are likely many people much younger who are blind and who this will greatly benefit. I can't see (no pun intended) someone who has to be careful not to be killed by things they cannot see not wanting the added benefit of sight. Humans are not meant to be blind. We evolved to have sight. If natural selection was not trumped by society and science, people who are blind, deaf, and all other physical and mental disabilities would not survive. Modern society has collectively, a great deal of pity and so this is no longer the case. It doesn't mean living with a disability is better or OK if it can be remedied.
The only way to "natively" gain a wider visual range would be to have that added to your retinas at birth, so that your brain wires itself to appropriately interpret them.
This doesn't sound right. The article intimates that the brain of any recipient already needs to relearn how to see based on the new input from the artificial retinas. They specifically mention that it is the plasticity of the visual cortex that allows the patient to be able to 'learn' to see using the implants. So why would it not be able to learn an added chromatic option. The human brain is capable of doing this. Some women have an added cone in their retinas making them able to see four colours as opposed to only 3 (and sometimes less) for men. It would be my guess that if they added more colour sensors than for red, green, and blue, say ultraviolet or infrared, the visual cortex would learn to interpret them. Like Geordi Laforge without the hair clip over his eyes.
In my experience, most people are ignorant because they are too lazy to want to learn about anything outside of the TV, twitter feed, facebook page, etc. That is what I call stupidity. People need to look beyond their noses but in most cases they just don't bother. Call me cynical, but it won't be the first time. :)
Another important right is the right to respect for private and family life .... there have been "super injunctions" applied to Trafigura
Article 8, at least according to the article you linked to, seems to apply only to government and your privacy. And from the looks of the Trafigura injunction, all I can say once again, if something happens in public, there should be no gagging of the information. This is just another form of censorship.
Multiple wooshes, maaan!
In short, most consumers are stupid.
for identifying the footballer who is trying to sue a Twitter user for identifying him, in violation of a court order.
What is the public benefit to prohibiting publication of some guy messing around? If someone finds out about something someone is doing, why would it be made illegal to talk about if it is true? Isn't this a violation of free speech? Oh, I forgot, this is in England, the most heavily 'big brothered' country outside of a communist block. No wonder an Englishman could envision 1984. Keep working at it. Soon you will indeed have the ministry of truth.
People talk about the conductivity of this stuff and the strength of it as if the applications related to these two properties are always unrelated. But I wonder about this aspect. So we make graphene sheets or armour or plates or rope/structural cable, and they are all highly conductive. Is there a way to make it non-conductive? I can imagine that there are many applications where you would want these things to have the strength yet be non-conductive. Say through some miracle a space elevator is made using graphene cables. The cables would be giant lightning rods. Etc.
How does it "lose" in software?
Patent Trolls
anyone with sony fanboy in their name should not be talking about competence and malware in the same post.
Ummmm, no. I don't make juvenile jokes like you do. Other than that I have nothing to say to you; you make yourself look ridiculous.
Are you calling GTK a gateway drug? Next you'll be having Windows users smokin' that marajew-wanna and dancing to that shakin' rock and roll music.
Don't forget to include politically correct fucktards in your list. These assholes are as big a threat to free speech as anything out there.
kind of feels like nature telling me I'm non-essential
No, two lesbians with a turkey baster and some David Crosby spoof does that. Really, can you imagine wanting your kid to look like Crosby. Have you seen that wizened up fucking gnome. But.... come to think of it... if he were a woman he'd look pretty close to Chastity.... wups... Chaz Bono.