I would argue that children should not be playing games such as GTA, Halo, etc etc. They are not meant for children. It's irresponsible parenting to allow your child to. We have to draw the line somewhere. 6 year olds should NOT be allowed to play these games. Adults should. Where do we draw that line?
Sure, a lot of books contain this kind of stuff. But do kids read those kind of books? Not much, and not nearly in the quantity that they play video games. The most violent and disturbing books I have read I read in high school. In an educational environment, I'm cool with that.
What do we have to do to educate users to the point where they are safe? Or how must software change to prevent users from doing what they shouldn't, without taking away functionality from those who need it?
At least they were decisive. Now they can move on, and focus their efforts on other projects. The moon and mars have huge scientific potential, plus the everyday person would probably be more interested. More interest in NASA means more money for NASA, which, if were lucky, means we might see some nice stuff from them.
Everyone is mentioning games. Aren't there computer users who don't play games on their computers? I know I have drifted a bit from gaming over the past couple years. Why these people switched to another platform?
I think Steam system is pretty cool. You can download the game and play it on whatever computer you want, whenver you want. No need to worry about having the cd around.
That said, it's only sweet if they can pull it off, which they seem to be having trouble doing.
I assume I wasn't the only one who didn't know who or what Mercator was.
Per Wikipedia, he was apparently a big map guy. Coined the term atlas and encouraged the development of the first atlas. Map making and math were his things.
I think it's rather obscure, but cool too.
Yes, abandon all work towards the future until we can handle the present.
Society has gotten to where we are today by continually looking towards the future. Plus, solutions NASA develops frequently benefit the general public in unexpected ways.
Gmail still has some compatibility issues with Safari. I often have to refresh after going to gmail.com to get to see the actual page. Also, creating filters tends to crash the browser. Finally, it doesn't seem to fit wide messages into my browser well. The ads overlay much of the message. Looks like a pretty basic formatting error though. I expect these problems to be fixed in the future.
I don't consider Gmail ready, but it is great even with the afore-mentioned issues. Conversations rock, and search, while not as good as Mail, is quick and easy. Keyboard shortcuts and auto-fill email addresses add important features to webmail that I would normally only expect from a POP or IMAP email account.
I've got a couple gmail invites to give away, if anyone wants to try it out. Email me at phatpat@gmail.com.
If something goes wrong, you can't blame the site. It's beta. If the product sucks, it shouldn't (theoretically) be able to tarnish the name of a great such as Google. Takes all the risk out of it.
Maybe this makes me a crazy liberal environmentalist...but I like high gas prices. It's better for the environment. Find some way to get around with using a car. Mass transportation? A bike?
Environmental laws that force refineries to produce the "boutique" blends the parent mentions are a step in the right direction.
"TCP succeeds in breaking down long chains of organic polymers into their smallest units and reforming them into new combinations to produce clean solid, liquid and gaseous alternative fuels and specialty chemicals."
It sounds like the oil derived from this process is cleaner burning than traditional oils. Is that true?
If so, I would advocate finding a way to apply apply some sort of adaptive process to the current oil supply to reduce harmful emissions.
The big thing is they think they are approaching the island of stability. Elements in this "island" will be stable and could have a ton of potential uses. Discoveries such as this are stepping stones to even greater achievements.
Another thing I see Apple do a lot is taking existing technology and touch it up a bit, bringing it to the masses. Not quite copying or stealing but close. iTunes Music Store, anyone?
What made the iPod a hit was its simple user interface. The scroll wheel. Apple patented it, and now everybody is having trouble making a competing product.
Slashdot Mirror
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I would argue that children should not be playing games such as GTA, Halo, etc etc. They are not meant for children. It's irresponsible parenting to allow your child to. We have to draw the line somewhere. 6 year olds should NOT be allowed to play these games. Adults should. Where do we draw that line? Sure, a lot of books contain this kind of stuff. But do kids read those kind of books? Not much, and not nearly in the quantity that they play video games. The most violent and disturbing books I have read I read in high school. In an educational environment, I'm cool with that.
Why can't new ISP's crop up that don't do this? Wouldn't that be a big advantage? Or are barriers to entry too big in broadband?
What do we have to do to educate users to the point where they are safe? Or how must software change to prevent users from doing what they shouldn't, without taking away functionality from those who need it?
Same argument applies to passwords:
The password could be forgotten. Can't say I like the idea of resetting a user's password each time he forgets it.
The password could be stolen. The lazy user keeps it in a drawer next to their pc.
At least they were decisive. Now they can move on, and focus their efforts on other projects. The moon and mars have huge scientific potential, plus the everyday person would probably be more interested. More interest in NASA means more money for NASA, which, if were lucky, means we might see some nice stuff from them.
Everyone is mentioning games. Aren't there computer users who don't play games on their computers? I know I have drifted a bit from gaming over the past couple years. Why these people switched to another platform?
I think Steam system is pretty cool. You can download the game and play it on whatever computer you want, whenver you want. No need to worry about having the cd around. That said, it's only sweet if they can pull it off, which they seem to be having trouble doing.
I assume I wasn't the only one who didn't know who or what Mercator was.
Per Wikipedia, he was apparently a big map guy. Coined the term atlas and encouraged the development of the first atlas. Map making and math were his things. I think it's rather obscure, but cool too.
This article made me think of Epic 2014, as previously discussed on Slashdot. Rather sensationalistic, but interesting to think about.
NeoOffice/J, the current version, is Java based (from the wiki. I'd like to see a version of OpenOffice using native Aqua and Quartz.
I wish everybody involved good luck
This sounds really handy. What size flash drive is necessary for both firebox and thunderbird?
Reliability- Robots. Seriously, this is 15 years from now. We better have robots that can handle that kind of stuff.
Yes, abandon all work towards the future until we can handle the present. Society has gotten to where we are today by continually looking towards the future. Plus, solutions NASA develops frequently benefit the general public in unexpected ways.
What do you think people were saying 100 years ago about cars? Same things we are saying today about flying cars.
I don't consider Gmail ready, but it is great even with the afore-mentioned issues. Conversations rock, and search, while not as good as Mail, is quick and easy. Keyboard shortcuts and auto-fill email addresses add important features to webmail that I would normally only expect from a POP or IMAP email account.
I've got a couple gmail invites to give away, if anyone wants to try it out. Email me at phatpat@gmail.com.
If something goes wrong, you can't blame the site. It's beta. If the product sucks, it shouldn't (theoretically) be able to tarnish the name of a great such as Google. Takes all the risk out of it.
Environmental laws that force refineries to produce the "boutique" blends the parent mentions are a step in the right direction.
Is it illegal to download [and not share] the mp3's of an album if you own that album?
I posted a mirror of the video here.
The big thing is they think they are approaching the island of stability. Elements in this "island" will be stable and could have a ton of potential uses. Discoveries such as this are stepping stones to even greater achievements.
Another thing I see Apple do a lot is taking existing technology and touch it up a bit, bringing it to the masses. Not quite copying or stealing but close. iTunes Music Store, anyone?
What made the iPod a hit was its simple user interface. The scroll wheel. Apple patented it, and now everybody is having trouble making a competing product.