A Tech University (the MIT equivalent in OZ, for example) is the logical spot for such a thing, then the nerds have easy access, causual visitors can lookin in, and the average citizen can opt for the Wax Museum instead.
Let's not be too hard on Mr. Asimov. He saw a way to tie The Robot, Empire, Foundation and even Nemesis story into one neat bundle before he died, and decided to go for it. Yeah, it has it's rough spots, but making nearly your whole career into one massive feat is... unparalled.
Now had he tried to tie in the Luck Starr novels....
I hought is was in "Robots and Empire" where Daniel and Giskard theorized the Zeroth law and while Danieel could accept it and function, Giskard could not and "died".
The Game boy is popular because it's currently the best hand held out there. There are people now willing to challenge that, and the hot new game will drive the market. Backwards compatability will become much less important than having the hot new game and hot new way to play it (currently wireless networking).
Microsoft has watched people buy multi-thousand dollar gaming systems to play one new game for YEARS. I gave up on this whole game a long time ago back when my "screaming fast" Voodoo 2 became a dinosaur incapable of playing any current game almost overnight. I'll never be a hardcore gamer because of it.
The newest hot hyped game will sell the console, and Microsoft has the money to make it happen. Halo was going to appear on the Mac first. It might have changed the face of computing as hard core gamers plunked down thousands on new Power Macs just to play Halo. So, Microsoft bought Budgie and in that single move made the X-box a success. The hot new game makes all the sales. Backwards compatability is just "value added" and Microsoft can do without it. Look, Alienware and Falcon wouldn't even be companies if this were not true. If it weren't for games and machismo, there wouldn't be a need for a processor over 1500 MHz except in the digital arts and database/server market. You sure don't need it for Word or the Internet.
Microsoft can throw enough money at X-box 2 that enough people will buy it, that people will want to develop for it and pay Microsoft a licensing for it.
Obviously they will make MORE money if they don't have redesign the whole box every time,but, it's early in the game for them, and they are just chaning their bets on the dominate hardware for the next few years. Seems like they are betting on the PPC and ATI. I'd bet real money that this X-Box will sell.
"the hysterical need, by some Slashdoters, to blame everything wrong in the world on John Ashcroft and the Patriot Act."
I certainly agree the river FUD runs both ways on Slashdot. never the less, I think the Patriot Act is a dangerous piece of legislation, if only for the precedent it sets.
Our legal system is quite complex.
From Nolo:Law For All To be "charged" with a crime means to be formally accused of that crime. Police officers usually start the charging process with an arrest or citation. They then send copies of their reports to a prosecutor's office staffed by government lawyers whose job it is to initiate and prosecute criminal cases. The prosecutor is supposed to either:
* make an independent decision as to what charges should be filed, or
* in felony cases, enlist the help of citizens serving as grand jurors in deciding what charges to file.
Prosecutors can look at all the circumstances of a case, including the suspect's past criminal record. They can file charges on all crimes for which the police arrested a suspect, can file charges that are more or less severe than the charges leveled by the police, or can decide to not file any charges at all.
He is in the process of being charged. Is that better for you? And the Patriot Act is involved.
And I'm saying right now, I DON'T TRUST YOU with any of that technology. Now, if I was say THE PRESIDENT, I could go a long way toward infringing on your freedom, couldn't I?
Some of us are uncomfortable with gun control. Yeah, you could make the argument there is no use for a gun except to injure or kill. Frankly, I don't think very many people out there are smart enough, and stable enough, to manage owning a gun. I'd be all for gun control. Luckily for our freedom, I don't get to make that rule.
Here's one that will hit home on slashdot, with the economic damage caused by spam and viruses, I don't think the average citizen needs access to a computer. It's too risky. Is that a call you want to let what ever man gets elected make? Think hard, because I could run. With enough party support, I could win. And I could push my personal agenda through legislation.
THIS is why we fight for EVERY freedom, reegardless of whether or not YOU feel that freedom is not neccesary.
So, I really want people's access to 25 gallon propane tanks restricted. That thing hooked up to your webber is, in fact, a bomb. Don't forget the explosive potential of your gas tank, or the natural gas piped to you home. There is somethiong risky I don't want you fooling with. I don't truist you with a toilet. You can brew up a biological disater in there by just not flushing for a few weeks. Also, I don't trust you with a refrigerator. You can just uplug it and breed al sorts of disease on your meat. Just remember, when you start drawing lines in the sand with people's freedom, you yourself may not like where that line ends up.
Y'know, I've always tried to spare Slashdot readers my self righteous ranting when I wasn't entirely sure what I was talking about. Now I see I shouldn't have bothered. If I had just pulled something outta my hole and yelled loud enough, I might have gotten modded up as informative. It apparently WAS the Patriot Act that MODIFIED the section his IS charged with.
Also, my 2 cents... As an artist, I feel have an obligation to be on the cutting edge, and I have to expect that can confuse or offend people. I have to be ready for the consequences of that, or I should move off the cutting edge. This guy should fight this, and if the facts are as presented and interpreted, he should win. But, he should have saw it coming too.
Well, Yuppie sounds like puppy, so perhaps a "pack" of segways.
Or course a "crash" of segways sounds like more fun, but I think a "skit" of seways sounds appropriate for some reason.
Britany Spears-"Opps, I sent it again."
Michael Jackson-"This message is inteneded for receipients 12 and under. Otherwise please disregard without reading."
George W. Bush -"Any email from Iraq will be considered a WMD, weapon of mass dissemination, and will be immediately acted upon with extreme prejudice"
Tony Blair-"Whatever George said."
James Earl Jones-"Will do any film for $9999.95."
George Lucas-"Any message sent from this server can be freely used as a plot device in an upcoming special effects driven feature without any additional payment. Besides, it may make Episode III better."
Bill Clinton-"I never said that."
Bill Gates -"Cross us an we will crush you, unless it gets press, which nets you an X-Box for the crushing."
1. Finally!!!! Computers will wreck a nice beach... er recognize speech.
2. EUI. Emersive User Interface, perhaps something like Minority Report or The Matix. I mean manipulating virtual object in real space, not jacking in.
3. Cyrrano Virus proof of concept hits on your girlfriend (or mom, in the case of hopeless nerds)
4. Indian Tech Giant "Bollysoft" is investigated for anti-competative practices, cuts cost by farming out tech support to the up and coming Afganistan tech industry.
5. Computers finally translate dolphin speech. Turns out it's mostly fart jokes and machismo pick up lines. And, they are very interested in our culture's "beer" and "ESPN"
6. PentiumXI prosessor requires a 220 volt electric connection, liquid oxygen cooling. Intel investigates opening small wormholes between processors and surface of Jupiter moon Europa for joint processor cooling/planet heating terraforming project.
7. That's right, virtual 3D holographic blue screen of death.
Even at this level of digital imaging, it has a weak, useless flash, intolerable low light noise, and sucks batteries in no time. Actually, I'm really looking forward to seeing the images this thing captures
If they solve the spam problem, what a huge PR boost for a company often accused to be overly agressive (Mike Rowe?). With Longhorn ever farther off, and SP2 for XP just meat thrown to ravenous dogs, they could use some positive press.
All of your analogies diverge from the matter in that they include demonstrable harm to the subject.
And who are you to say that porn spam is not harmful? There's a reason we don't let this stuff on TV, and resrict it even on cable. Maybe you like it, or are just ambivalent towards it, but I consider getting images like that in my inbox violating, and I resent the fact that I cannot utilize rich content in my email system just so I don't have to see it. The fact of the matter is that porn has destroyed many marriages. Since I happen to be married, that is a concern to me. (Don't try to argue that it's just a person's choice. We don't let people run around handing out free crack pipes either.) It's also nothing I'd want any kids to see, although the/. crowd is sure to agree that the internet is something we want our children exposed to. Also, I, like many other slashdotters, pay good money for broadband access, and yet there is no relief, despite what you say about bargain basement ISPs.
And as far as your malware argument, how much of that crap is passed around via email? Most of it! And if I pay for the bandwith, how is that victimizing just my ISP and not me?
The fact is, I could sue the crap out of a company that sent this garbage to my snail mail box. I should have the same rights with "e"mail.
Now, Viagra ads are a whole other thing. I just don't need the stuff, but at least they aren't so... graphic.
And, by your logic, if you hit the highway and a drunk driver plows into you and kills you, well... no one FORCED you to drive, especially not on that stretch of road. If you go to Krispy Kream and grab a doughnut and some freak flashes you his wang, no one FORCED you to indulge in sticky sweet confectionery. That stuff isn't good for you anyway. If you go to a public head and some guy urinates on your leg, no one FORCED you to use a PUBLIC restroom. That guy just has lousy aim and that's one of the drawbacks of public toilets.
Your using the faulty premise that because it is an optional service, you forfeit the right of choice. So, if you undergo "elective" surgery, I hope they cut all the right stuff.
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A Tech University (the MIT equivalent in OZ, for example) is the logical spot for such a thing, then the nerds have easy access, causual visitors can lookin in, and the average citizen can opt for the Wax Museum instead.
Now had he tried to tie in the Luck Starr novels....
I apologize, I thought I was hitting the preveiw button. Or I am Indian and want your job. I forget which.
I hought is was in "Robots and Empire" where Daniel and Giskard theorized the Zeroth law and while Danieel could accept it and function, Giskard could not and "died".
The Game boy is popular because it's currently the best hand held out there. There are people now willing to challenge that, and the hot new game will drive the market. Backwards compatability will become much less important than having the hot new game and hot new way to play it (currently wireless networking).
The newest hot hyped game will sell the console, and Microsoft has the money to make it happen. Halo was going to appear on the Mac first. It might have changed the face of computing as hard core gamers plunked down thousands on new Power Macs just to play Halo. So, Microsoft bought Budgie and in that single move made the X-box a success. The hot new game makes all the sales. Backwards compatability is just "value added" and Microsoft can do without it. Look, Alienware and Falcon wouldn't even be companies if this were not true. If it weren't for games and machismo, there wouldn't be a need for a processor over 1500 MHz except in the digital arts and database/server market. You sure don't need it for Word or the Internet.
Microsoft can throw enough money at X-box 2 that enough people will buy it, that people will want to develop for it and pay Microsoft a licensing for it.
Obviously they will make MORE money if they don't have redesign the whole box every time,but, it's early in the game for them, and they are just chaning their bets on the dominate hardware for the next few years. Seems like they are betting on the PPC and ATI. I'd bet real money that this X-Box will sell.
I certainly agree the river FUD runs both ways on Slashdot. never the less, I think the Patriot Act is a dangerous piece of legislation, if only for the precedent it sets.
From Nolo:Law For All To be "charged" with a crime means to be formally accused of that crime. Police officers usually start the charging process with an arrest or citation. They then send copies of their reports to a prosecutor's office staffed by government lawyers whose job it is to initiate and prosecute criminal cases. The prosecutor is supposed to either:
* make an independent decision as to what charges should be filed, or
* in felony cases, enlist the help of citizens serving as grand jurors in deciding what charges to file. Prosecutors can look at all the circumstances of a case, including the suspect's past criminal record. They can file charges on all crimes for which the police arrested a suspect, can file charges that are more or less severe than the charges leveled by the police, or can decide to not file any charges at all.
He is in the process of being charged. Is that better for you? And the Patriot Act is involved.
Some of us are uncomfortable with gun control. Yeah, you could make the argument there is no use for a gun except to injure or kill. Frankly, I don't think very many people out there are smart enough, and stable enough, to manage owning a gun. I'd be all for gun control. Luckily for our freedom, I don't get to make that rule.
Here's one that will hit home on slashdot, with the economic damage caused by spam and viruses, I don't think the average citizen needs access to a computer. It's too risky. Is that a call you want to let what ever man gets elected make? Think hard, because I could run. With enough party support, I could win. And I could push my personal agenda through legislation.
THIS is why we fight for EVERY freedom, reegardless of whether or not YOU feel that freedom is not neccesary.
So, I really want people's access to 25 gallon propane tanks restricted. That thing hooked up to your webber is, in fact, a bomb. Don't forget the explosive potential of your gas tank, or the natural gas piped to you home. There is somethiong risky I don't want you fooling with. I don't truist you with a toilet. You can brew up a biological disater in there by just not flushing for a few weeks. Also, I don't trust you with a refrigerator. You can just uplug it and breed al sorts of disease on your meat. Just remember, when you start drawing lines in the sand with people's freedom, you yourself may not like where that line ends up.
Y'know, I've always tried to spare Slashdot readers my self righteous ranting when I wasn't entirely sure what I was talking about. Now I see I shouldn't have bothered. If I had just pulled something outta my hole and yelled loud enough, I might have gotten modded up as informative. It apparently WAS the Patriot Act that MODIFIED the section his IS charged with.
Also, my 2 cents... As an artist, I feel have an obligation to be on the cutting edge, and I have to expect that can confuse or offend people. I have to be ready for the consequences of that, or I should move off the cutting edge. This guy should fight this, and if the facts are as presented and interpreted, he should win. But, he should have saw it coming too.
Well, Yuppie sounds like puppy, so perhaps a "pack" of segways. Or course a "crash" of segways sounds like more fun, but I think a "skit" of seways sounds appropriate for some reason.
No, Earl Shive will paint any car for 99.95. James Earl Jones will do any film for 9999.95. (i.e. The Sand Lot)
Britany Spears-"Opps, I sent it again."
Michael Jackson-"This message is inteneded for receipients 12 and under. Otherwise please disregard without reading."
George W. Bush -"Any email from Iraq will be considered a WMD, weapon of mass dissemination, and will be immediately acted upon with extreme prejudice"
Tony Blair-"Whatever George said."
James Earl Jones-"Will do any film for $9999.95."
George Lucas-"Any message sent from this server can be freely used as a plot device in an upcoming special effects driven feature without any additional payment. Besides, it may make Episode III better." Bill Clinton-"I never said that." Bill Gates -"Cross us an we will crush you, unless it gets press, which nets you an X-Box for the crushing."
My solution was simple, I grew up to be a huge scary man. It's gotten me out of a lot of tight spots.
1. Finally!!!! Computers will wreck a nice beach... er recognize speech.
2. EUI. Emersive User Interface, perhaps something like Minority Report or The Matix. I mean manipulating virtual object in real space, not jacking in.
3. Cyrrano Virus proof of concept hits on your girlfriend (or mom, in the case of hopeless nerds)
4. Indian Tech Giant "Bollysoft" is investigated for anti-competative practices, cuts cost by farming out tech support to the up and coming Afganistan tech industry.
5. Computers finally translate dolphin speech. Turns out it's mostly fart jokes and machismo pick up lines. And, they are very interested in our culture's "beer" and "ESPN"
6. PentiumXI prosessor requires a 220 volt electric connection, liquid oxygen cooling. Intel investigates opening small wormholes between processors and surface of Jupiter moon Europa for joint processor cooling/planet heating terraforming project.
7. That's right, virtual 3D holographic blue screen of death.
or Everquest even?
Unfortunately, your scanner lacks the light gathering ability of a 4 Meter telescope or we'd be set!
Even at this level of digital imaging, it has a weak, useless flash, intolerable low light noise, and sucks batteries in no time. Actually, I'm really looking forward to seeing the images this thing captures
If they solve the spam problem, what a huge PR boost for a company often accused to be overly agressive (Mike Rowe?). With Longhorn ever farther off, and SP2 for XP just meat thrown to ravenous dogs, they could use some positive press.
I believe the article said the process also produces fertilizer.
And who are you to say that porn spam is not harmful? There's a reason we don't let this stuff on TV, and resrict it even on cable. Maybe you like it, or are just ambivalent towards it, but I consider getting images like that in my inbox violating, and I resent the fact that I cannot utilize rich content in my email system just so I don't have to see it. The fact of the matter is that porn has destroyed many marriages. Since I happen to be married, that is a concern to me. (Don't try to argue that it's just a person's choice. We don't let people run around handing out free crack pipes either.) It's also nothing I'd want any kids to see, although the /. crowd is sure to agree that the internet is something we want our children exposed to.
Also, I, like many other slashdotters, pay good money for broadband access, and yet there is no relief, despite what you say about bargain basement ISPs.
And as far as your malware argument, how much of that crap is passed around via email? Most of it! And if I pay for the bandwith, how is that victimizing just my ISP and not me?
The fact is, I could sue the crap out of a company that sent this garbage to my snail mail box. I should have the same rights with "e"mail.
Now, Viagra ads are a whole other thing. I just don't need the stuff, but at least they aren't so... graphic.
Your using the faulty premise that because it is an optional service, you forfeit the right of choice. So, if you undergo "elective" surgery, I hope they cut all the right stuff.
Yes. and then Frodo and Sam destroy the Ring of Doom, but seem to be hopelessly trapped.... oh wait.
Can it fold money to find Hidden Images of 9-11?