Everybody is doing what he/she likes but this project is waste of time.
From looking at the summary, it looks like he/she wanted an FTP client to stick onto Firefox, and decided to share it. That could be any of silly, excentric, fun, generous,... but I wouldn't describe it as a waste of time.
Why would people, in the future, bother waking you up?
Don't get me wrong, I see that it might be interesting for them from an archeological perspective. But it would be an awful lot of work to wake everybody up. Your coffin (and your remains) might get destroyed in a nuclear war, or lost, in the meantime. As soon as we get those warp coils or infinite improbability drives working and start exploring the galaxy, your coffin might end up abandoned on a planet. How would the future civilization know that they are the ones to wake you up?
If I was to request to be frozen when I died, I wouldn't expect to be thawed and resurrected, ever.
I never gave a second thought to the names on the buildings at my university.
Nobody's been giving a second thought to the building names at my university either.
Now there are three buildings named after the same guy, Michael G. DeGroot.
We're starting to wonder when the university will stop giving out degrees and start giving out DeGroots.
The claim will be extremely unwelcome to today's native Americans who came overland from Siberia and say they were there first.
I don't see how. Sure, they may not have been first, but in order to get where they are now they had to kick the asses of the people who were first.
Could somebody clarify how DNA will help? From what I've heard, there's at least as much variation between people of the same race as between races.
Now we have all the technology we can imagine (well almost) so we have to dream about something else.
That comment makes me think of a short story by Arthur C. Clarke. I wish I could remember which one... it's 10 000 years in the future or something, and people think that they're discovered and explored everything. Very good, I hope somebody else can remember the story's name.
It's a 12 point scale for us. People are always suprised when I refer to 4.0 (the absolute minimum required average in order to continue, most programs ask for a 6 or better) as "just squeaking by".
It makes sense, though...
A+ = 12
A = 11
A- = 10
B+ = 9...and so on...
Apparently enough people watch them that they usually come out with Canadian versions afterwards for me not to watch.
Although I'm not a very informed source, I watch about as much TV as a ham sandwich.;)
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Ctrl + U, if you're using Firefox.
View > > Source if you're using IE.
That depends on how you define best.
Most files available? Fastest downloading? Nicest looking interface?
Just because a p2p network is efficient and easy to use, and therefore insecure, doesn't mean it's the best
Everybody is doing what he/she likes but this project is waste of time.
... but I wouldn't describe it as a waste of time.
From looking at the summary, it looks like he/she wanted an FTP client to stick onto Firefox, and decided to share it. That could be any of silly, excentric, fun, generous,
So? He said that C is popular.
:p
I'll believe any article that likes C.
Why would people, in the future, bother waking you up?
Don't get me wrong, I see that it might be interesting for them from an archeological perspective. But it would be an awful lot of work to wake everybody up. Your coffin (and your remains) might get destroyed in a nuclear war, or lost, in the meantime. As soon as we get those warp coils or infinite improbability drives working and start exploring the galaxy, your coffin might end up abandoned on a planet. How would the future civilization know that they are the ones to wake you up?
If I was to request to be frozen when I died, I wouldn't expect to be thawed and resurrected, ever.
Not exactly helpful, is it?
I dunno, that guy who posted above could have used some of the pages on that search...
Chip wagons, too.
About one a block in downtown Ottawa, they all sell poutine.
And everywhere in Ontario. (Or at least, everywhere in Eastern Ontario).
Yes, but they can hear you pee inside the shuttle.
(And yes, I know it was a joke)
Note to self: Put a fake address that would be located in Taiwan, not in Wisconsin.
What, Michael Hall, the DeGroot Research Institute and the hot new recreational area, the G Spot?
Odd, you must go to a different school then I do.
Which means he has two schools full of minons? *puts on the tinfoil hat*
I never gave a second thought to the names on the buildings at my university.
Nobody's been giving a second thought to the building names at my university either.
Now there are three buildings named after the same guy, Michael G. DeGroot.
We're starting to wonder when the university will stop giving out degrees and start giving out DeGroots.
Only people who live in or near cities.
It's not possible to get broadband in remote places - Nothern Ontario, for instance.
On the other hand wouldn't it be interesting if nobody too the bait, and everybody made only Interesting and Informative answers.
There was one, but it got moderated "Troll".
The claim will be extremely unwelcome to today's native Americans who came overland from Siberia and say they were there first.
I don't see how. Sure, they may not have been first, but in order to get where they are now they had to kick the asses of the people who were first.
Could somebody clarify how DNA will help? From what I've heard, there's at least as much variation between people of the same race as between races.
Overall, I think SF has run out of ideas.
That's why you're not an author.
Now we have all the technology we can imagine (well almost) so we have to dream about something else.
That comment makes me think of a short story by Arthur C. Clarke. I wish I could remember which one... it's 10 000 years in the future or something, and people think that they're discovered and explored everything. Very good, I hope somebody else can remember the story's name.
Relabel it. ;) Trace over the Celcius labels if you need to to get the proper places to put the labels.
Actually, that sounds like a good idea. I'll go do that right now.
Frankly I find those diagrams nearly unreadable and representative of what's wrong with most engineering manuals, but then I was raised by women.
I am a woman, and the diagrams look fine to me.
I don't see how this is "cooking for engineers", though. I mean, it looks like any old recipe to me.
It's a 12 point scale for us. People are always suprised when I refer to 4.0 (the absolute minimum required average in order to continue, most programs ask for a 6 or better) as "just squeaking by". It makes sense, though... A+ = 12 A = 11 A- = 10 B+ = 9 ...and so on...
Perhaps they 'leaked' this rumor to keep interest fresh in Ken Jennings.
If they did, it worked.
America Right? Aren't we generally left of the Americans, politically? ;)
Who in hell wants to watch US game shows?
;)
Apparently enough people watch them that they usually come out with Canadian versions afterwards for me not to watch.
Although I'm not a very informed source, I watch about as much TV as a ham sandwich.
Must be a female thing...
Nope. I'm female, and definitely did not watch Friends. Maybe it's a non-engineer/geek thing?
Although I don't watch much TV anyway.
They show it in Canada, on Canadian, non-cable channels.