Understand that all the progress we've made since the 70's with mars probes could be done in one week with a manned mission.
If you can get the meat Popsicles to Mars alive. Yes, with a huge increase in funding, we may be able to work through the technology to do that. However, what your argument misses is the concept that both manned and unmanned space flight have been woefully underfunded. If you gave Mars researchers the kind of budget needed to get a manned expedition to Mars but instead used it for unmanned flight, we could have thousands of rovers wandering about the planet, doing more than some random astronaut kicking pebbles.
Do large distances or time frames suddenly change human nature?
Most certainly. Much of how humans have organized their societies is directly reflected in our typical lifespans and commercial return-on-investment considerations. If humans lived for 1000 years it would dramatically change how societies have been structured.
If we ever get faster than light travel, this too will change 'human nature' (ie, base assumptions of human behavior).
1. The dog ate it. 2. You sent it by email and Outlook ate it. 3. Our email servers broke, again. 4. You sent it by post and the PO lost it. 5. What? I didn't hear you. Could you repeat that please.
This can go on for a while. Best get some popcorn.
I'm not sure they really care about any traffic from Africa or the Middle east, maybe the rest of Asia, but I'd imagine they'd already have good info through other means.
Au contraire, China does care about Africa and the Middle East. Very much so. One word:
Resources.
The ME still has lots of the black stuff. That's still very important. China uses a lot of black stuff, wants more, wants a long term supply (just like everyone else). Increasing one's ability to sniff out the various issues surrounding oil and politics in the ME is important to any major country, China included.
Africa is becoming a new area of opportunity for China. After the West has fucked over the continent for several centuries, the Chinese see a chance to 'help' while continuing to extract resources. The fact that they are more willing to overlook certain ethical constraints puts them at a definite advantage. For more info, return to your search engine of choice - lots of stuff out there.
"Mercy" means not trying to force a 17-year-old girl to be responsible for protecting the identities of her rapists for the rest of her life.
Not necessarily the rest of her life, just until 'due process' (to protect the alleged rapist's rights) is complete. A gag order is typically not permanent.
During WWII, they cranked planes out by the 1,000's if not 10's of 1,000's. Nowadays, the number of high performance jets is measured in the hundreds. If there were to be a conflict, due to the complexity of today's aircraft, there is no way to crank out new aircraft by the 1,000's or hundreds or even tens. There may certainly be a need for a much simpler aircraft that can be easily mass produced in significant quantities.
Those are called drones (and cruise missiles which really are a form of drone). The idea is that meatbags don't get to see the action up close. That's for the video gear.
If you had actually read the article, you would have noticed a few interesting things:
1. Although Stealth was indeed part of his thesis, it was only one of a number of subjects he touched on. He mainly was describing the current Navy attempts at creating Stealth vessels - attempts that have been very expensive and pretty much useless. He points out that anti stealth technology is advancing faster (and cheaper) than stealth construction techniques and it's tactical advantages tend to be rather modest. Basically, Stealth isn't and should not be the be all and end all of military research.
2. Most of the article described the long lead times of military gear (especially naval vessels) and the short half like of various military technologies (like Stealth). He posits that making modular systems that can be re purposed easily for whatever tends the be the threat de jour.
Of course, he spends a lot of time talking about non modular ships like the Enterprise (the CVN-65, not NCC-1701) and how they've been modified for different jobs over the years without being expressly modular, but the idea is there.
Exactly. There have been numerous statements by active duty policemen / security personnel who describe that situation as pretty much hell in a basket. Maybe in the movies, but in real life, shooting at a moving target in a smoke filled room with hundreds of people running around is going to be pretty damned hard.
It's not that bad. You can do it yourself at home.
Get a syringe and remove some blood from yourself. Put it in a bowl. Add some deionized water, but if you don't have that, just use tap water or whatever well water you have around the house. Warm it gently on your stove until it's slightly warm, then place the blood/water mixture into a sealed vessel - if you don't have that use a mountain dew bottle with a good cap on it. Place the vessel into a centrifuge but if you don't have that use a good clothes washer on the spin setting. Remove the blood cells with the same syringe you used earlier if you don't have a clean one. Add some chemicals to seperate the stem cells from the 'regular cells'. If you don't have the real thing crush up some mentos and a pinch of baking soda and mix it in. There will be a thin layer of clear liquid to form on the surface - thos are your stem cells. Inject those cells where it hurts.
WARNING: Done by professional drivers on a closed track under controlled conditions. Do not attempt this yourself. Past performance no guarantee of future success.This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
Just thought I'd flesh out your helpful and succinct post.
And I know lots of doctors (and other researchers) who are sure that the work they've spent years on is having great results - only to find out that finally, when decent studies are done, the results are no better than chance - if that.
Confirmation bias, placebo effect and other human fallacies often blind researchers -- and patients. For years both doctors and patients had thought that arthroscopic debridement of osteoarthritis was an effective treatment. Turns out that once you actually do the proper study (with sham surgical sites and anesthesia) it doesn't help.
The big issue with stem cell work is indeed cancer. After all, you are taking a cell that has been largely shut down in terms of it's ability to produce any gene product or regulatory molecule and then opening some of those pathways up again. The basic definition of cancer is uncontrolled cell growth and we really don't know the control pathways very well at all.
Cancer can take years to occur, so even if you actually have an effective treatment you don't know it's safe until you have studied it for quite some time. A length of time that is ecumenical to making money off of something you've spent potentially millions of dollars on.
So yes, you need someone to make sure that people aren't being conned out of money and life.
read her site, she's apparently a rabbid apple fan to start with - highly unlikely that she'd make ungrounded claims against apple when she worships the ground they build stores and offices on.
If that makes me a recluse, what should we call someone whose primary social interactions come in 140 character sound-bites and who doesn't spend much social time with others away from their PC?
It will be very tempting for people to make posts saying "how can Apple sue Samsung for rounded corners when they stole the idea from Sony.". These comments will be modded highly, as there is a common misconception on slashdot that Apple has sued Samsung for rounded corners. Rather, Apple has sued Samsung for combining so many visual and behavioral elements from the iPhone and iPad that they have obviously ripped off the design. Any one of these elements in isolation does not infringe on the design, it is the sum of so many similarities. So many similarities, in fact, that Google actually demanded that Samsung alter their design
Very much this. This one paragraph distills the annoyance I have with a number of vocal Slashdotters who have tried to oversimplify their hate of Apple into a meme of rounded rectangular corners. Come on folks, even the most VBasic-crippled, 10E6 numbered poster can figure out the logical constructs of an AND statement....
over the uncomfortably large percentage of SUV drivers that occasionally interrupt their texting sessions by glancing up at the road.
Are you saying that it would be better if the operators of said 2 ton high speed machinery driven within inches of your handlebars DID NOT EVER look up? Are you assuming that these folks are keyboarding vehicular control commands from their phones? Has someone ported EMACS to the iPhone?
Slashdot Mirror
Understand that all the progress we've made since the 70's with mars probes could be done in one week with a manned mission.
If you can get the meat Popsicles to Mars alive. Yes, with a huge increase in funding, we may be able to work through the technology to do that. However, what your argument misses is the concept that both manned and unmanned space flight have been woefully underfunded. If you gave Mars researchers the kind of budget needed to get a manned expedition to Mars but instead used it for unmanned flight, we could have thousands of rovers wandering about the planet, doing more than some random astronaut kicking pebbles.
Do large distances or time frames suddenly change human nature?
Most certainly. Much of how humans have organized their societies is directly reflected in our typical lifespans and commercial return-on-investment considerations. If humans lived for 1000 years it would dramatically change how societies have been structured.
If we ever get faster than light travel, this too will change 'human nature' (ie, base assumptions of human behavior).
The Surface looks like maybe 400% of an iPad's usefulness for a decent price.
Just wait until Microsoft actually ships the product. They'll fix those problems right up.
Define "one subject". See this post just above.
This congress can choke on my love sausage.
You've got a lot of balls to say something like that....
This is easy:
1. The dog ate it.
2. You sent it by email and Outlook ate it.
3. Our email servers broke, again.
4. You sent it by post and the PO lost it.
5. What? I didn't hear you. Could you repeat that please.
This can go on for a while. Best get some popcorn.
Because that was Steve Job's dying wish. Destroy Android at all costs, even if it takes every last penny. In fact the quote is...
I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion [£25bn] in the bank, to right this wrong.
But he's dead. Not pining for the fjords, just plain ol' dead. Not resting. Not stunned. Dead.
So what Steve wants isn't really all that important anymore, is it?
I'm not sure they really care about any traffic from Africa or the Middle east, maybe the rest of Asia, but I'd imagine they'd already have good info through other means.
Au contraire, China does care about Africa and the Middle East. Very much so. One word:
Resources.
The ME still has lots of the black stuff. That's still very important. China uses a lot of black stuff, wants more, wants a long term supply (just like everyone else). Increasing one's ability to sniff out the various issues surrounding oil and politics in the ME is important to any major country, China included.
Africa is becoming a new area of opportunity for China. After the West has fucked over the continent for several centuries, the Chinese see a chance to 'help' while continuing to extract resources. The fact that they are more willing to overlook certain ethical constraints puts them at a definite advantage. For more info, return to your search engine of choice - lots of stuff out there.
That image is obviously incorrect - no place for 'sex'.
This is a more modern, and IMHO, more correct image.
You know, the funny thing is that if you substitute "Commander Taco" For Jobs and "Slashdot" for Apple, your paragraph still works pretty well.
Founder effect?
When you have the facts on your side, bang on the facts.
When you have the law on your side, bang on the law.
When you have neither the facts nor the law on your side, bang on the table.
(Yeah, I know, I bring this up all the time, but it really, really works.)
"Mercy" means not trying to force a 17-year-old girl to be responsible for protecting the identities of her rapists for the rest of her life.
Not necessarily the rest of her life, just until 'due process' (to protect the alleged rapist's rights) is complete. A gag order is typically not permanent.
More think, less emoting.
The playground is where I spent most of my days.
You know, we really don't like pedophiles around here ....
During WWII, they cranked planes out by the 1,000's if not 10's of 1,000's. Nowadays, the number of high performance jets is measured in the hundreds. If there were to be a conflict, due to the complexity of today's aircraft, there is no way to crank out new aircraft by the 1,000's or hundreds or even tens. There may certainly be a need for a much simpler aircraft that can be easily mass produced in significant quantities.
Those are called drones (and cruise missiles which really are a form of drone). The idea is that meatbags don't get to see the action up close. That's for the video gear.
If you had actually read the article, you would have noticed a few interesting things:
1. Although Stealth was indeed part of his thesis, it was only one of a number of subjects he touched on. He mainly was describing the current Navy attempts at creating Stealth vessels - attempts that have been very expensive and pretty much useless. He points out that anti stealth technology is advancing faster (and cheaper) than stealth construction techniques and it's tactical advantages tend to be rather modest. Basically, Stealth isn't and should not be the be all and end all of military research.
2. Most of the article described the long lead times of military gear (especially naval vessels) and the short half like of various military technologies (like Stealth). He posits that making modular systems that can be re purposed easily for whatever tends the be the threat de jour.
Of course, he spends a lot of time talking about non modular ships like the Enterprise (the CVN-65, not NCC-1701) and how they've been modified for different jobs over the years without being expressly modular, but the idea is there.
Exactly. There have been numerous statements by active duty policemen / security personnel who describe that situation as pretty much hell in a basket. Maybe in the movies, but in real life, shooting at a moving target in a smoke filled room with hundreds of people running around is going to be pretty damned hard.
Long, boring, dull, with obvious smarmy references to current ecological catastrophes, and ending with the obliteration of Dennis Hopper?
Waterworld is important for that one character - Dennis Hopper was friggin great.
Ethics not much a concern to you, eh?
It's not that bad. You can do it yourself at home.
Get a syringe and remove some blood from yourself. Put it in a bowl. Add some deionized water, but if you don't have that, just use tap water or whatever well water you have around the house. Warm it gently on your stove until it's slightly warm, then place the blood/water mixture into a sealed vessel - if you don't have that use a mountain dew bottle with a good cap on it. Place the vessel into a centrifuge but if you don't have that use a good clothes washer on the spin setting. Remove the blood cells with the same syringe you used earlier if you don't have a clean one. Add some chemicals to seperate the stem cells from the 'regular cells'. If you don't have the real thing crush up some mentos and a pinch of baking soda and mix it in. There will be a thin layer of clear liquid to form on the surface - thos are your stem cells. Inject those cells where it hurts.
WARNING: Done by professional drivers on a closed track under controlled conditions. Do not attempt this yourself. Past performance no guarantee of future success.This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
Just thought I'd flesh out your helpful and succinct post.
And I know lots of doctors (and other researchers) who are sure that the work they've spent years on is having great results - only to find out that finally, when decent studies are done, the results are no better than chance - if that.
Confirmation bias, placebo effect and other human fallacies often blind researchers -- and patients. For years both doctors and patients had thought that arthroscopic debridement of osteoarthritis was an effective treatment. Turns out that once you actually do the proper study (with sham surgical sites and anesthesia) it doesn't help.
The big issue with stem cell work is indeed cancer. After all, you are taking a cell that has been largely shut down in terms of it's ability to produce any gene product or regulatory molecule and then opening some of those pathways up again. The basic definition of cancer is uncontrolled cell growth and we really don't know the control pathways very well at all.
Cancer can take years to occur, so even if you actually have an effective treatment you don't know it's safe until you have studied it for quite some time. A length of time that is ecumenical to making money off of something you've spent potentially millions of dollars on.
So yes, you need someone to make sure that people aren't being conned out of money and life.
read her site, she's apparently a rabbid apple fan to start with - highly unlikely that she'd make ungrounded claims against apple when she worships the ground they build stores and offices on.
Hell hath no fury like a fangirl scorned.
If that makes me a recluse, what should we call someone whose primary social interactions come in 140 character sound-bites and who doesn't spend much social time with others away from their PC?
A twit.
It will be very tempting for people to make posts saying "how can Apple sue Samsung for rounded corners when they stole the idea from Sony.". These comments will be modded highly, as there is a common misconception on slashdot that Apple has sued Samsung for rounded corners. Rather, Apple has sued Samsung for combining so many visual and behavioral elements from the iPhone and iPad that they have obviously ripped off the design. Any one of these elements in isolation does not infringe on the design, it is the sum of so many similarities. So many similarities, in fact, that Google actually demanded that Samsung alter their design
Very much this. This one paragraph distills the annoyance I have with a number of vocal Slashdotters who have tried to oversimplify their hate of Apple into a meme of rounded rectangular corners. Come on folks, even the most VBasic-crippled, 10E6 numbered poster can figure out the logical constructs of an AND statement....
But Xerox was a xeroxing company. They made products for copying.
But then they went ahead and screwed things up by doing original research. Thus, the Natural Order of the world was disturbed and Steven P. Jobs ...
Well, we all know how that turned out.
I'm missing something, I believe. Help me out.
over the uncomfortably large percentage of SUV drivers that occasionally interrupt their texting sessions by glancing up at the road.
Are you saying that it would be better if the operators of said 2 ton high speed machinery driven within inches of your handlebars DID NOT EVER look up? Are you assuming that these folks are keyboarding vehicular control commands from their phones? Has someone ported EMACS to the iPhone?