I'm unemployed, I have shares of red hat, which now will keep me going for about 7 months more of being unemployed. I just sent the FSF $100 for HURD development. This has to stop, Linux is finished now.
you don't need AI to replace people. at one job I had I had a team develop SQL scripts to replace a fired worker , they did everything the fired worker did on an easy to use Microsoft SQL reporting services tool.
I quit that one after seeing excessive demands put upon me, like coming in on time.
if you can retire early, do it. I plan on retiring early myself, I can stay busy hanging out with the elderly at Perkins, then take a nap, then whatever.
not saying you can't stay busy, if you can afford to retire do it.
Plugin support for other codecs. If the Zune audio player allows me to add in Real Audio and other codec plugins like Ogg and FLAC I will definitely buy one. If the Zune is anything like Winamp I am sold.
I have augmented my intelligence with Wi-Fi, the Laptop and teh Google. Am I considered a post-human? Also will the internet become the collective consciousness? I think not, not with the two tiered internet on its way:P
I think this is a great thing. In the old days the only information we could get from politicians was from the televised debates or through propaganda via snail mail. I think that the podcasting of political information, by the politicans will no doubt raise the level of discourse. It also makes it easier to get a feel of what the politicans believe in. In most cases politicans of such high levels (Presidential candidates) seem shady and to "important" for the layman. With the introduction of podcasting maybe we can get some great political discouse for the next election. I can already see all of the social political networking sites getting on the bandwagon, and this means more democracy in the next election coming from the participation of net users.
This might even cause ripples in the old world media, causing what the bloggers and net citizens say to be echoed up to higher levels (think prime time television).
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I'm unemployed, I have shares of red hat, which now will keep me going for about 7 months more of being unemployed. I just sent the FSF $100 for HURD development. This has to stop, Linux is finished now.
you don't need AI to replace people. at one job I had I had a team develop SQL scripts to replace a fired worker , they did everything the fired worker did on an easy to use Microsoft SQL reporting services tool.
I quit that one after seeing excessive demands put upon me, like coming in on time.
if you can retire early, do it. I plan on retiring early myself, I can stay busy hanging out with the elderly at Perkins, then take a nap, then whatever.
not saying you can't stay busy, if you can afford to retire do it.
What the hell is an iPod? I didn't RTFA!
Plugin support for other codecs. If the Zune audio player allows me to add in Real Audio and other codec plugins like Ogg and FLAC I will definitely buy one. If the Zune is anything like Winamp I am sold.
Steve
I have augmented my intelligence with Wi-Fi, the Laptop and teh Google. Am I considered a post-human? Also will the internet become the collective consciousness? I think not, not with the two tiered internet on its way :P
I think this is a great thing. In the old days the only information we could get from politicians was from the televised debates or through propaganda via snail mail. I think that the podcasting of political information, by the politicans will no doubt raise the level of discourse. It also makes it easier to get a feel of what the politicans believe in. In most cases politicans of such high levels (Presidential candidates) seem shady and to "important" for the layman. With the introduction of podcasting maybe we can get some great political discouse for the next election. I can already see all of the social political networking sites getting on the bandwagon, and this means more democracy in the next election coming from the participation of net users.
This might even cause ripples in the old world media, causing what the bloggers and net citizens say to be echoed up to higher levels (think prime time television).
With all the tobacco taxes paying the war, the Americans will need to tax marijuana too.
I have to work at a Microsoft asylum. I can't wait until I get home and relax with linux.