How do you think the service knows where traffic is backed up at? If nobody shared their GPS data there wouldn't be any traffic feedback. I'll admit comparing it to Facebook status updates is a bit of a stretch, but I wouldn't call the idea of a service pooling GPS data so users can see where traffic jams are "a completely retarded argument."
I thought it was generally accepted that Hiroshima and Nagasaki convinced Japan to surrender, thus preventing more deaths in the long term than were directly caused by the bombings. The title of the article is "Nuclear power prevents more deaths than it causes", thus "As did bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki." It's not the most substantial or relevant comment, but I don't see how you get blaming heat stroke on solar power out of that.
If you read the full story behind what's going on here, you'll see that the lawyers who filed this motion are all getting dragged in front of a federal judge that they've managed to piss off. The judge has been throwing phrases like "defraud the court" and "incarceration" so Monday's hearing should be fun to watch.
I don't see where they said what PGP's intended purpose was, only the effects it had on society. You make all these rude noises about unsubstantiated crap, and then the only thing you really said was refuting a claim that the GP didn't actually make.
It will also increase her financial self-worth, giving her something she can personally contribute to the family (at high emotional cost) in times of great need, or something of intrinsic and emotional value she can hand on to favoured descendants. At worst, she can flog it off if you separate.
As long as you make sure most of the value is in the precious metals of the setting. Diamonds aren't worth shit for resale.
My bet is on something similar, but instead of freezing our bodies, we just upload our minds into the ship and modify our perception of time in software.
Just because an idea is obviously stupid doesn't mean the government wont try it... In fact it often seems that the stupider the idea the more likely it is to be accepted by politicians.
I would agree if you had to do something violent to be denied a gun permit. Unfortunately in the USA you can lose your right to bear arms for any felony, many of which have nothing at all to do with being violent or dangerous.
Actually, with utorrent and VLC you can stream most music and videos so you don't even have to wait for it to finish downloading all the way (assuming the torrent is healthy enough of course, anything that came out in the past year or two is usually streamable within 30 seconds or so).
I've got as much love for Wikipedia as anyone, but I think anybody trying to use it to rebuild civilization would be rather frustrated. It's full of articles that let you know things existed, who made them, how popular they were, etc. without enough detail to tell you how to make one yourself.
"Oh, you own the implant, but the software is licensed. Make sure you keep up your license payments and come in for your monthly compliance review or we'll use the remote kill switch."
I guess I was more pointing out that you can hear them say "call 911" as opposed to, i don't know, "code blue" or something. My line of reasoning was that preserving the craft to determine it's mode of failure could warrant a dedicated team with special training and/or equipment, and that budgetary concerns might have led to the lack of such.
Of course I'm not super familiar with NASA's internal workings and especially not this project specifically. It could be that they figure out it's cheaper to just add enough sensors to determine any likely failure modes from the telemetry and just let the thing self destruct if it goes down.
I think the saddest thing about this video is that Kennedy Space Center had to call 911 and wait 9 minutes for a fire engine to arrive to put out the flames. I guess it shows how much budget they've lost that NASA doesn't have their own emergency response teams for things like this.
Has anybody mathematically proven that the current copyright laws are detrimental to the sciences and useful arts? If we could do that maybe we could get some laws struck down as unconstitutional. (I know, I'm dreaming...)
Yeah, I've got a (nearly) complete collection of Analog magazines going back to the 60's that have survived just fine shoved in random boxes. A large number of them even spent several years piled up in a non-climate controlled storage unit. I've just recently gotten them all organized and displayed in chronological order on my shelves and decided to read them in order (I was born in 85 so most of the early ones are all new stories for me! Thanks Dad for being an infohoarder!). I haven't noticed any serious deterioration except some bent pages from careless handling and the inevitable smudge on the cover they get when you read the whole thing in one sitting.:)
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How do you think the service knows where traffic is backed up at? If nobody shared their GPS data there wouldn't be any traffic feedback. I'll admit comparing it to Facebook status updates is a bit of a stretch, but I wouldn't call the idea of a service pooling GPS data so users can see where traffic jams are "a completely retarded argument."
I thought it was generally accepted that Hiroshima and Nagasaki convinced Japan to surrender, thus preventing more deaths in the long term than were directly caused by the bombings. The title of the article is "Nuclear power prevents more deaths than it causes", thus "As did bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki." It's not the most substantial or relevant comment, but I don't see how you get blaming heat stroke on solar power out of that.
If you read the full story behind what's going on here, you'll see that the lawyers who filed this motion are all getting dragged in front of a federal judge that they've managed to piss off. The judge has been throwing phrases like "defraud the court" and "incarceration" so Monday's hearing should be fun to watch.
He said "thousands" which I think 2000-3500 qualifies for.
I don't see where they said what PGP's intended purpose was, only the effects it had on society. You make all these rude noises about unsubstantiated crap, and then the only thing you really said was refuting a claim that the GP didn't actually make.
Same here. I went Slackware -> Gentoo -> Ubuntu
Where exactly are you buying these $1.30 phones at? ;-)
It will also increase her financial self-worth, giving her something she can personally contribute to the family (at high emotional cost) in times of great need, or something of intrinsic and emotional value she can hand on to favoured descendants. At worst, she can flog it off if you separate.
As long as you make sure most of the value is in the precious metals of the setting. Diamonds aren't worth shit for resale.
My bet is on something similar, but instead of freezing our bodies, we just upload our minds into the ship and modify our perception of time in software.
Just because an idea is obviously stupid doesn't mean the government wont try it... In fact it often seems that the stupider the idea the more likely it is to be accepted by politicians.
I would agree if you had to do something violent to be denied a gun permit. Unfortunately in the USA you can lose your right to bear arms for any felony, many of which have nothing at all to do with being violent or dangerous.
Just because that's the way things are, doesn't mean it's the way things have to be for an optimal society.
I could deal with a beak to become a super genius I think. Having my genitals shrink away to nothing on the other hand...
Actually, with utorrent and VLC you can stream most music and videos so you don't even have to wait for it to finish downloading all the way (assuming the torrent is healthy enough of course, anything that came out in the past year or two is usually streamable within 30 seconds or so).
I've got as much love for Wikipedia as anyone, but I think anybody trying to use it to rebuild civilization would be rather frustrated. It's full of articles that let you know things existed, who made them, how popular they were, etc. without enough detail to tell you how to make one yourself.
I'm down. Who wants to help start the Foundation?
"Oh, you own the implant, but the software is licensed. Make sure you keep up your license payments and come in for your monthly compliance review or we'll use the remote kill switch."
I guess I was more pointing out that you can hear them say "call 911" as opposed to, i don't know, "code blue" or something. My line of reasoning was that preserving the craft to determine it's mode of failure could warrant a dedicated team with special training and/or equipment, and that budgetary concerns might have led to the lack of such.
Of course I'm not super familiar with NASA's internal workings and especially not this project specifically. It could be that they figure out it's cheaper to just add enough sensors to determine any likely failure modes from the telemetry and just let the thing self destruct if it goes down.
I think the saddest thing about this video is that Kennedy Space Center had to call 911 and wait 9 minutes for a fire engine to arrive to put out the flames. I guess it shows how much budget they've lost that NASA doesn't have their own emergency response teams for things like this.
Has anybody mathematically proven that the current copyright laws are detrimental to the sciences and useful arts? If we could do that maybe we could get some laws struck down as unconstitutional. (I know, I'm dreaming...)
I just imagined hacking the freeway so all the cars slow down to 5 mph because of a bunch of fake deer scattered on the shoulder.
Just like I've had "the same" desktop for 15 years. I think one of the IDE cables might even be original!
How barbaric! Don't you know that these days we threaten and harass our neighbors with lawyers, not violence!~
Yeah, I've got a (nearly) complete collection of Analog magazines going back to the 60's that have survived just fine shoved in random boxes. A large number of them even spent several years piled up in a non-climate controlled storage unit. I've just recently gotten them all organized and displayed in chronological order on my shelves and decided to read them in order (I was born in 85 so most of the early ones are all new stories for me! Thanks Dad for being an infohoarder!). I haven't noticed any serious deterioration except some bent pages from careless handling and the inevitable smudge on the cover they get when you read the whole thing in one sitting. :)
Maybe Google secretly really likes the Sex Party and is intentionally Streisand Effecting them?