Forgive me, I'm currently taking care of 3 children who think perfume and lipstick are fun to paint with. My brain is on sound and not spelling. *embarrassed*
Well, come on, I had someone just the other day accuse me of being a 30 year old morbidly obese mail, because no attractive girls ever post here.
All I'm saying is, if you would like attractive girls to post here, perhaps it's best not to greet them with insults to their intelligence!
Yeah, I'm not only a stupid little girl, I'm a stupid little girl with excellent karma who regularly posts pretty decent comments to this website.
And I've never once posted anonymously. If you're so confident in your opinion, you might try revealing who you are. I think maybe if the people here weren't outright hostile or condescending to any woman who posts here, maybe you'd all get laid more often.
George Bush already has a patent on "Laws that do completely the opposite of what they claim to do," so you may run into copyright infringement issues.
(Ok, flamebait, but it's true, you know it's bloody true.)
In my opinion, we're less than 100 years away from basically a total lack of "privacy." I'm not entirely sure this is a terrible thing, but it will certainly have interesting ramifications for society.
Once people know that essentially no one's a saint, we'll all be a lot better off without the sanctimonious holier-than-thou crap we get so much of today.
I am honest in all my dealings except the occasional shoplift from Barnes & Noble. I'd be fine with a lack of privacy, because everyone would be under equal scrutiny. The thing that bothers me is unequal privacy - which we're at right now.
Once everyone's life is part of a public record, we're all equally screwed and we can build our society around a new, more honest paradigm.
So now we're looking for anyone NOT named Andy, because even someone as stupid as a virus-writer wouldn't be so dumb as to put their real name on something this destructive.
Let's just stop ALL science until we're absolutely sure of every ramification of every single thing we do.
It's a good thing these people weren't in charge in cavemen times; the first man to create fire would have been stoned to death for creating smoke, and the first one to create the wheel would have been burned at the stake for making something that could roll over grass.
I stole from my high school a TI-83, TI-85, TI-86, TI-89, and TI-92.
My favorite is still the 92, which I kept all my notes for all my classes on - more portable than a laptop, and besides, everyone thinks you're the ubernerd if you're pushing buttons on a calculator in comparative lit.
I wonder if anyone's thought about the fact that many of America's most talented, creative young people - and many of its most technologically gifted - aren't in college.
Many see it as a waste of time and money that could be better spent creating a business, or working on their pet project.
Why should this sort of competition be limited only to those who are conventional enough to find a home in the traditional university setting?
AIDS is currently defined as presence of HIV antibodies (not live virus necessarily) plus any ONE of about 30 other illnesses, from low t-cell counts to pneumonia to kaposi's sarcoma. So through a miracle of circular reasoning, yes, HIV causes AIDS - but only because that's the definition.
Scientists who dispute that HIV causes all AIDS illnesses (pointing out that HIV, if responsible, acts differently than any other virus known to man in about a dozen ways) and postulate other hypotheses - for instance, that drug usage, including the chemotherapy drugs like AZT used for AIDS treatment, causes the immunodeficiencies, are barred from conferences and their papers are blacklisted.
Complain all you want about antiquated equipment - both hardware and software - but I volunteer in a high school that would make you weep.
Their physics classroom has ten computers. Ten...Apple IIc's.
I don't know if they're going for "retro" or "we're poor, so pass the referendum," but it's absolutely appalling. I don't even know what a physics class would be doing with Apple IIc's.
Thanks, I've been to college, it wasn't for me. I do have four years of professional experience in a single field, though - which seems to get me far enough. However, it won't be enough to make billions. I suppose I will have to marry rich.
The only real reason those wonder-kid startups failed is that they were given too much money too soon without enough real research.
Those startups can revolutionize an industry - or the world. And they HAVE. The key difference being, when that has happened, money wasn't being dispensed as easily as candy.
no, I'm a nineteen year old geek girl who wishes to god she'd started sooner.
A lot of the real innovations in personal computing in the 80's came out of garages. I don't see how people can just discount that. The great inventors of the early 20th century and the great enterpreneurs of the 19th started from very little - they certainly had no huge, multi-department companies weighing them down when they had their initial Big Idea.
The real innovation happens at companies populated with nineteen year olds.
At nineteen years old, you don't have the kind of doubts you'd have at thirty. You don't have a hundred people in middle management telling you what you can't do. You don't have people trying to tell you that you're crazy for having a brand new idea, and you don't have a marketing department that swears up and down that the focus groups thought your product was crap.
That's why true innovation starts in people's garages, with leaps of faith that can't be made in a big company.
It's true that big companies are best at improving already existing technology, but the newest, most revolutionary concepts come from the brain of ostracized teenagers who just don't know when to quit.
I hope they manage to continue developing the infrastructure for the technology.
Otherwise, we're going to end up with so many cable modems per node that there won't be appreciable speed differences between cable and dialup during peak usage times.
If the demand increases, but they refuse to continue to create infrastructure due to the new, lower pricing, people will be faced with higher-than-dialup fees for not much more real speed.
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And my mail's not being forwarded. I could have used that to buy food. *grumble* Looks like ramen tonight!
Forgive me, I'm currently taking care of 3 children who think perfume and lipstick are fun to paint with. My brain is on sound and not spelling. *embarrassed*
Well, come on, I had someone just the other day accuse me of being a 30 year old morbidly obese mail, because no attractive girls ever post here. All I'm saying is, if you would like attractive girls to post here, perhaps it's best not to greet them with insults to their intelligence!
And I've never once posted anonymously. If you're so confident in your opinion, you might try revealing who you are. I think maybe if the people here weren't outright hostile or condescending to any woman who posts here, maybe you'd all get laid more often.
George Bush already has a patent on "Laws that do completely the opposite of what they claim to do," so you may run into copyright infringement issues. (Ok, flamebait, but it's true, you know it's bloody true.)
*smile* I'll take the pounds, at the current exchange rate, what proof would you like? I happen to have a geek boy fetish. ;-)
Once people know that essentially no one's a saint, we'll all be a lot better off without the sanctimonious holier-than-thou crap we get so much of today.
I am honest in all my dealings except the occasional shoplift from Barnes & Noble. I'd be fine with a lack of privacy, because everyone would be under equal scrutiny. The thing that bothers me is unequal privacy - which we're at right now.
Once everyone's life is part of a public record, we're all equally screwed and we can build our society around a new, more honest paradigm.
Well, "she," actually, but excellent work nonetheless.
So now we're looking for anyone NOT named Andy, because even someone as stupid as a virus-writer wouldn't be so dumb as to put their real name on something this destructive.
Let's just stop ALL science until we're absolutely sure of every ramification of every single thing we do. It's a good thing these people weren't in charge in cavemen times; the first man to create fire would have been stoned to death for creating smoke, and the first one to create the wheel would have been burned at the stake for making something that could roll over grass.
I stole from my high school a TI-83, TI-85, TI-86, TI-89, and TI-92. My favorite is still the 92, which I kept all my notes for all my classes on - more portable than a laptop, and besides, everyone thinks you're the ubernerd if you're pushing buttons on a calculator in comparative lit.
Many of them are. Do you maintain that all of them are? I'm sure Bill Gates would like a word with you. ;-)
I wonder if anyone's thought about the fact that many of America's most talented, creative young people - and many of its most technologically gifted - aren't in college.
Many see it as a waste of time and money that could be better spent creating a business, or working on their pet project.
Why should this sort of competition be limited only to those who are conventional enough to find a home in the traditional university setting?
HIV does not cause AIDS illnesses.
AIDS is currently defined as presence of HIV antibodies (not live virus necessarily) plus any ONE of about 30 other illnesses, from low t-cell counts to pneumonia to kaposi's sarcoma. So through a miracle of circular reasoning, yes, HIV causes AIDS - but only because that's the definition.
Scientists who dispute that HIV causes all AIDS illnesses (pointing out that HIV, if responsible, acts differently than any other virus known to man in about a dozen ways) and postulate other hypotheses - for instance, that drug usage, including the chemotherapy drugs like AZT used for AIDS treatment, causes the immunodeficiencies, are barred from conferences and their papers are blacklisted.
Shhhh! Be quiet, or everyone else will want one, too.
Wow, you're dumb. Antibiotics are only effective against bacteria. You're either stupid, or have a poor sense of humor.
Because a virus that kills its host so quickly isn't a successful virus.
Complain all you want about antiquated equipment - both hardware and software - but I volunteer in a high school that would make you weep. Their physics classroom has ten computers. Ten...Apple IIc's. I don't know if they're going for "retro" or "we're poor, so pass the referendum," but it's absolutely appalling. I don't even know what a physics class would be doing with Apple IIc's.
Thanks, I've been to college, it wasn't for me. I do have four years of professional experience in a single field, though - which seems to get me far enough. However, it won't be enough to make billions. I suppose I will have to marry rich.
Well, whether he's a winner or a loser depends on your priorities.
I mean, sure, he's a pioneer.
But on the other hand, there's other people who are also pioneers, who now have vast wealth and can have any woman they want.
Just sayin'.
The only real reason those wonder-kid startups failed is that they were given too much money too soon without enough real research.
Those startups can revolutionize an industry - or the world. And they HAVE. The key difference being, when that has happened, money wasn't being dispensed as easily as candy.
no, I'm a nineteen year old geek girl who wishes to god she'd started sooner. A lot of the real innovations in personal computing in the 80's came out of garages. I don't see how people can just discount that. The great inventors of the early 20th century and the great enterpreneurs of the 19th started from very little - they certainly had no huge, multi-department companies weighing them down when they had their initial Big Idea.
The real innovation happens at companies populated with nineteen year olds. At nineteen years old, you don't have the kind of doubts you'd have at thirty. You don't have a hundred people in middle management telling you what you can't do. You don't have people trying to tell you that you're crazy for having a brand new idea, and you don't have a marketing department that swears up and down that the focus groups thought your product was crap. That's why true innovation starts in people's garages, with leaps of faith that can't be made in a big company. It's true that big companies are best at improving already existing technology, but the newest, most revolutionary concepts come from the brain of ostracized teenagers who just don't know when to quit.
That means it should filter down to the common man in...oh, say 20 years or so. VIRTUAL PARTY AT MY HOUSE IN 2023!!!!!!
I hope they manage to continue developing the infrastructure for the technology. Otherwise, we're going to end up with so many cable modems per node that there won't be appreciable speed differences between cable and dialup during peak usage times. If the demand increases, but they refuse to continue to create infrastructure due to the new, lower pricing, people will be faced with higher-than-dialup fees for not much more real speed.