I tend to imagine Gabe and Tycho as sounding like their real-life counterparts... who a lot of fans have heard on podcasts, videos, or in person at PAX, etc.
If you're going to do that, just dump it into the sun, where it becomes irrelevant.
The problem won't be with the payload once it's en route, though-- it will be what happens if we have a launch disaster. I think we call a high-altitude explosion of nuclear waste a "dirty bomb".
I was thinking something similar, though I suspect it's about slightly more sophisticated logic. Something like this...
If our ancestors are sufficiently technologically advanced, they are overwhelmingly likely to have technology to detect and/or dispose of nuclear waste far more efficiently than we are. In this case, we don't need to warn them.
On the other hand, if our ancestors aren't sufficiently technologically advanced (to do the steps above) then they are also overwhelmingly likely not to have survived 10,000 years on a planet with global warming and 10,050 years of nuclear waste. In that case, we don't need to warn then.
I'm not sure I would agree with that. The best ideas are ones that seem obvious in retrospect, but had never been considered before. In some cases, implementation can be trivial, the real revolution is in proposing the solution.
They are at fault by nature of their vehicle choice. They could have bought a minivan, but chose the heavier, trendier, more "rugged" option. The only benefits to an "SUV" are psychological/social.
Snuff movies are still snuff movies when nobody really dies. It's the idea of it, not the act. Actually, no. A "stuff film" is one in which an actor (or person in general) actually dies on film. There isn't a special name for movies where a character happens to die. That covers probably the majority of movies, since death is a major theme of any kind of narrative.
The AT&T store I went to at launch had a line of over a hundred, and I stood in line for a couple of hours before they sold out. So I'm curious where you get your information that there were no lines at the AT&T stores-- was I hallucinating?
It seems most likely that the "noise" referred to in the first stanza is the extra S is "basse" in the third. This leads me to believe that there is more information in the middle stanza than the employee number.
This is interesting to watch. Basically, Slashdotters mostly want Microsoft to fail. They revile Ballmer, partly as a result of this rivalry. As a result, they want Ballmer to go.
That's not really logical, though, is it? If he's so bad, and you hate Microsoft, then shouldn't you want him to stay? Let him run the company into the ground.
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You know, there is some chance that Apple patented a specific method, rather than a general concept. We've been talking about the pitfalls of IM on the iPhone for months (network "chattyness", leaving a daemon running on the time in a memory-limited system, etc.). Maybe this patent is about a novel way to solve one or more of those problems. Why assume the worst?
People seem to be overlooking the possibility that they are suing him for something he did when his means were more significant. He lived in an apartment at some point, where he presumably could have had internet access.
Your point 1 confuses me. Isn't the more popular position on Slashdot "Only allow patents on things, not processes?" or at the very least "Only allow patents on specific methods, not general processes"?
Getting into a specific orbit isn't just a matter of reaching a certain altitude. It's a matter of reaching it with the right vector-- you have to be going the right speed or its not an orbit, it's called "falling".
It's worth pointing out that Boeing only denied the request to license the patent because SES Americom is suing them over something else. So really this isn't a case of "patents are evil" it is a case of "you reap what you sow".
Also, SES Americom has the option of selling the satellite to someone who might be able to get the license from Boeing. However, they have chosen to "splash" the satellite and collect their insurance money.
Dirty tricks all around by SES Americom, but less so by Boeing.
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I tend to imagine Gabe and Tycho as sounding like their real-life counterparts... who a lot of fans have heard on podcasts, videos, or in person at PAX, etc.
If you're going to do that, just dump it into the sun, where it becomes irrelevant.
The problem won't be with the payload once it's en route, though-- it will be what happens if we have a launch disaster. I think we call a high-altitude explosion of nuclear waste a "dirty bomb".
I was thinking something similar, though I suspect it's about slightly more sophisticated logic. Something like this...
If our ancestors are sufficiently technologically advanced, they are overwhelmingly likely to have technology to detect and/or dispose of nuclear waste far more efficiently than we are. In this case, we don't need to warn them.
On the other hand, if our ancestors aren't sufficiently technologically advanced (to do the steps above) then they are also overwhelmingly likely not to have survived 10,000 years on a planet with global warming and 10,050 years of nuclear waste. In that case, we don't need to warn then.
BS degree indeed, then.
I'm not sure I would agree with that. The best ideas are ones that seem obvious in retrospect, but had never been considered before. In some cases, implementation can be trivial, the real revolution is in proposing the solution.
They are at fault by nature of their vehicle choice. They could have bought a minivan, but chose the heavier, trendier, more "rugged" option. The only benefits to an "SUV" are psychological/social.
When I was a kid, we referred to that procedure as an asshole-ectomy.
Thinking your own comments are funny may not be a sterling standard.
The AT&T store I went to at launch had a line of over a hundred, and I stood in line for a couple of hours before they sold out. So I'm curious where you get your information that there were no lines at the AT&T stores-- was I hallucinating?
That's a pretty funny comment for a linux-centric site. Linux desktop market share-- well under
It seems most likely that the "noise" referred to in the first stanza is the extra S is "basse" in the third. This leads me to believe that there is more information in the middle stanza than the employee number.
There isn't a fourth. The OP is a nut of some sort, or has a silly agenda.
What did they expect to accomplish by calling to scold a former employee?
This is interesting to watch. Basically, Slashdotters mostly want Microsoft to fail. They revile Ballmer, partly as a result of this rivalry. As a result, they want Ballmer to go.
That's not really logical, though, is it? If he's so bad, and you hate Microsoft, then shouldn't you want him to stay? Let him run the company into the ground.
Losses like BluRay, you mean?
You know, there is some chance that Apple patented a specific method, rather than a general concept. We've been talking about the pitfalls of IM on the iPhone for months (network "chattyness", leaving a daemon running on the time in a memory-limited system, etc.). Maybe this patent is about a novel way to solve one or more of those problems. Why assume the worst?
People seem to be overlooking the possibility that they are suing him for something he did when his means were more significant. He lived in an apartment at some point, where he presumably could have had internet access.
Alas, the Scratch and Sniff nature of the images doesn't transmit via the Internet, so we may never know.
Your point 1 confuses me. Isn't the more popular position on Slashdot "Only allow patents on things, not processes?" or at the very least "Only allow patents on specific methods, not general processes"?
Getting into a specific orbit isn't just a matter of reaching a certain altitude. It's a matter of reaching it with the right vector-- you have to be going the right speed or its not an orbit, it's called "falling".
Good luck sending the satellite commands from somewhere other than Earth, big boy.
There are treaties that govern mutual patent respect between different nations.
Also, SES Americom has the option of selling the satellite to someone who might be able to get the license from Boeing. However, they have chosen to "splash" the satellite and collect their insurance money.
Dirty tricks all around by SES Americom, but less so by Boeing.
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