Now, now. Yes, that's funny - and not a little true - but TFA goes into a bit more detail noting that there is a (rather expected) culture class between SpaceX and the Air Force / YoYoDyne / Lockheed (DBA as the United Launch Alliance).
And nominally intelligent people on both sides of the issue are working in what appears to be good faith to deal with it.
And it's even a better time to learn about backups, redundant systems and testing. No matter what your system is computer, papyrus, chiseled rock, something is going to come along and screw it up. If you need the data to keep doing your job, you need some sort of backup system.
And especially if it is a computer system connected to the Internet.
You can lose your lunch money on an open source system just as well as a proprietary one.
Why not? We seem to think that Warp drives, Transporter beams, FTL travel and numerous other bits of Science Fiction canon are real. Why not this particular aspect?
Consider that, since the end of WW2, the nature of nuclear weapons (types, sizes), their numbers, their delivery systems have and the political landscape have changed so much that what we did 70 years ago really has little to do with the present tense. Give up on this rather ancient trope and look around you. If you think there are parallels between Hiroshima, Nagasaki and today's complex interplay of countries, economies and military forces, you are the delusional one.
Every prescription you get from a pharmacy. Every ticket you get from the cops. Every loan, credit card, house, boat, car, truck or Real Doll that you ever purchase. Every pack of bubblegum that you buy with anything other than cash. Everything you buy in a supermarket. Everything you buy at WalMart, Target, TacoBell and the porn shop down the hall.*
Hell, likely everything you buy from your drug dealer is aggregated.
But all of this is dwarfed (so to speak) by the overlords of Mountain View - this old stuff doesn't even begin to worry me compared to what is afoot:
Three Databases for the Credit Card houses under the table, Seven for the Fortune 500 corps in their halls of stone, Nine for the Government TLAs, never to die, One for Google on his dark throne In the Land of Mountain View where the Shadows lie. One Database to rule them all, One Database to find them, One Database to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mountain View where the Shadows lie.
* Note to self - next time stick with murdering a bad meme from some '80s rock band instead of a bad meme from the '70's hippie culture.
Data centres are data centres for a reason... redundant high speed backbone connections, and redundant power supplies (with generator capacity). As well as physical security, non-destructive fire suppression, and trained on-site technicians.
Sounds like a lovely place to live. I'd move right in. Are there any view apartments?
I've lived in wall tents for months at a time. And those were the days of kerosene lamps and pit latrines. No LED lights, no Wifi. The Rest of the World uses tents for emergency shelters for months at a time as well. Don't see why this hard shell system has any advantages. You can insulate tents. You can strike them down before a wind storm comes so they don't blow away. You can move them easily when you figure out that your original plan has everybody in a flood plain. They are infinitely flexible. You can put them in planes, trains and (some) automobiles.
The biggest issue in these camps is sanitation and water supply. And we know how to put these things together. Even FEMA can do it.
You could probably do it - with enough computer graphics and skill. But that would cost a buttload of money (which they don't have) and require the expertise of hundreds of people (like a modern movie). Wouldn't be a secret for very long.
Besides, after a month or so, one of the stars would be photographed at a Burger King in Honolulu and that would be the end of that....
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So there is a choice only between selfconsciuos idiots and too conscious intelligent people?
Well, there is us ....
I'm not entirely sure what it suggests for the fate of mankind, but we're here.
Now, now. Yes, that's funny - and not a little true - but TFA goes into a bit more detail noting that there is a (rather expected) culture class between SpaceX and the Air Force / YoYoDyne / Lockheed (DBA as the United Launch Alliance).
And nominally intelligent people on both sides of the issue are working in what appears to be good faith to deal with it.
Sounds like a plan.
African or European?
If I had a sword at my doctoral graduation ceremony I would have unsheathed it and ran it through the dean.
I'm not so sure that is such a good idea for American graduates.
Sniff porn?
Who knew?
And it's even a better time to learn about backups, redundant systems and testing. No matter what your system is computer, papyrus, chiseled rock, something is going to come along and screw it up. If you need the data to keep doing your job, you need some sort of backup system.
And especially if it is a computer system connected to the Internet.
You can lose your lunch money on an open source system just as well as a proprietary one.
Murphy cares not for your screed.
Please stop pretending as if they are real.
Why not? We seem to think that Warp drives, Transporter beams, FTL travel and numerous other bits of Science Fiction canon are real. Why not this particular aspect?
Consider that, since the end of WW2, the nature of nuclear weapons (types, sizes), their numbers, their delivery systems have and the political landscape have changed so much that what we did 70 years ago really has little to do with the present tense. Give up on this rather ancient trope and look around you. If you think there are parallels between Hiroshima, Nagasaki and today's complex interplay of countries, economies and military forces, you are the delusional one.
Yeah, spelling too....
This isn't even old..
Every prescription you get from a pharmacy.
Every ticket you get from the cops.
Every loan, credit card, house, boat, car, truck or Real Doll that you ever purchase.
Every pack of bubblegum that you buy with anything other than cash.
Everything you buy in a supermarket.
Everything you buy at WalMart, Target, TacoBell and the porn shop down the hall.*
Hell, likely everything you buy from your drug dealer is aggregated.
But all of this is dwarfed (so to speak) by the overlords of Mountain View - this old stuff doesn't even begin to worry me compared to what is afoot:
Three Databases for the Credit Card houses under the table,
Seven for the Fortune 500 corps in their halls of stone,
Nine for the Government TLAs, never to die,
One for Google on his dark throne
In the Land of Mountain View where the Shadows lie.
One Database to rule them all, One Database to find them,
One Database to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mountain View where the Shadows lie.
* Note to self - next time stick with murdering a bad meme from some '80s rock band instead of a bad meme from the '70's hippie culture.
Data centres are data centres for a reason... redundant high speed backbone connections, and redundant power supplies (with generator capacity). As well as physical security, non-destructive fire suppression, and trained on-site technicians.
Sounds like a lovely place to live. I'd move right in. Are there any view apartments?
Maybe a little rewiring and you now have that render farm you've always wanted.
OMG. A wire! Run Away! Run Away!
And, as a bonus, you can always heat water - showers are (hopefully) always in style.
Even preheating water can save a significant fraction of your power bill.
I've lived in wall tents for months at a time. And those were the days of kerosene lamps and pit latrines. No LED lights, no Wifi. The Rest of the World uses tents for emergency shelters for months at a time as well. Don't see why this hard shell system has any advantages. You can insulate tents. You can strike them down before a wind storm comes so they don't blow away. You can move them easily when you figure out that your original plan has everybody in a flood plain. They are infinitely flexible. You can put them in planes, trains and (some) automobiles.
The biggest issue in these camps is sanitation and water supply. And we know how to put these things together. Even FEMA can do it.
God does play dice with the universe.
Or at least, marbles.
Dunno about that. I would think being stuck in the mud would cause you to expend all sorts of calories in an attempt to get out.
I think you folks are all barking up the wrong tree.
Lotus (err, IBM) Notes.
Ever heard of a fifth column?
USA! USA!
No, no. You've got it all wrong again.
$900 million for the company running the screening program. Peanuts for the peons.
That's in Rev 2. The version with the single USB-C port.
A couple of Fox news reporters tossed out of earth gravity wouldn't be such a bad start.
Yeah, coming out of a ketamine tranq state to a zero grav toilet with six pages of instructions ought to be good for at least one episode.....
You could probably do it - with enough computer graphics and skill. But that would cost a buttload of money (which they don't have) and require the expertise of hundreds of people (like a modern movie). Wouldn't be a secret for very long.
Besides, after a month or so, one of the stars would be photographed at a Burger King in Honolulu and that would be the end of that....
Yeah, I'm seriously worried about my white blood cells!
And well you should be. Autoimmune diseases are some of the most common, difficult to treat and uncomfortable diseases known to man.
It's a pretty sad state of affairs when your own body is trying to get rid of you.
Unless that number is 99.9998%, AT THE MARKET, this is not acceptable. Got citation to back up those claims of yours?
If you're that worried about things, you should move to California and read ALL the warning labels.