replica weapons for mature buyers.
Yup, nothing says maturity like a bedroom full of replica weapons from da future. "I use these to shoot any women who might wonder in and tell me to grow up".
This is quite ironic given Miro's socialist beliefs and, in particular, his desire that his art get the widest audience and ownership possible - hence his issuing prints of his paintings in very large numbers. You can still buy small prints of his for very reasonable prices (considering that the man was a bit of a genius).
Not a particular quest in Morrowind but more a genre: the ones that sent you into the Dwemer ruins. The quest objectives themselves were pretty superfluous but I loved the mystery and dank beauty of those deserted underground cities. All that steam-punk machinery sitting there with no explanation, the robotic spider guards etc. Amazingly atmospheric and it drew you into the of the world without ever providing nicely packaged answers about the Dwemer disappearance, or even shouting "Hey, guys, the Dwemer have TOTALLY DISAPPEARED!" It was just this puzzling aspect of the world that you could either safely ignore or get really intrigued by.
Shakespeare is still read and enjoyed today because he was a genius. Few other writers from his era are still read today because the vast majority of them lacked his talent. He was an anomaly, the kind of person a culture throws up only once every few hundred years.
What percentage of literature produced today will still be read in 500 years? Not much, I'm guessing. And publishing sensation Dan Brown sure as hell isn't going to be - unless post-humans want to marvel at our primitiveness.
And, oh yeah, Shakespeare also had the little advantage of thousands of years of written tradition behind him - stories being told on paper, and oral epics before that. Generations of humans perfecting the art. No way could Shakespeare have innovated so much without that history: every writer learns by reading, copying, branching out on his own.
How long has videogaming been perfecting its art? Thirty years.
Finally, one huge but....TETRIS! Anyone who thinks that Tetris, the most perfect game of all time, is immortal. It isn't going anywhere. Gameboy Advanceolution 2500 is going to let us spin blocks with the power of thought, no question.
I like the Ricky Gervais podcast a lot - but I'd class it more as throwaway entertainment. Unlike his TV shows I can't imagine ever wanting to listen to one of his podcasts multiple times. Right now I download, listen, delete. If I was paying for the show - even the small amount suggested - then I'd want something more substantial. And to be honest there is plenty of free content out there to keep me going.
Second point is that this is a small subscription - but for a half hour show. If all the shows I listened to also decided to charge a small amount then this would very quickly turn into a lot of money. Maybe it would make more sense to charge for a pick and mix channel of shows?
Well done, librarian.
Same rules for everyone: students aren't allowed to burst into the library, talking loudly on their mobile phones and brandishing weapons, and neither are the FBI. Agent Marcinkiewicz must also pay her outstanding fines before she is allowed to borrow any more books, or computers.
"Though they are paying customers, WoW players are tenants of the virtual property owned by Blizzard. They have the right to welcome, tolerate, or decry whatever kind of behaviour they wish."
This is an argument I disagree with but has become increasingly important in real-world situations. More and more of our public space is disappearing into private hands: high streets are replaced with shopping malls; city centres are owned and run by corporations; ditto for schools, hospitals, parks and so on. This gives private companies the right to dictate behaviour and enforce it with their own security. It might be beneficial: I find drunk people lurching through the city centre, puking on every other lamppost, to be pretty damn annoying - if somebody threw them out it would be great. But what about other behaviours that split opinion? Buskers (I like) and skateboarders (I laugh at) - should they be banned because they annoy some people?
The reality, I think, is that control of privately-owned public spaces should not actually lie in private hands. The value of these places, after all, comes from the presence of the public. A deserted shopping mall, like a deserted Ironforge, would be rubbish. Public rights and freedoms in these cases should override private bylaws - even online!
But management believes it's a worthwhile sacrifice.
1984: In Bhopal, Union Carbide decides not to bother with maintenance, safety routines etc. Some peoople disagree but management believes it's a worthwhile sacrifice. 15000 Indians die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_Tragedy
1930: In West Virginia, 700 mineworkers die of silicosis because management wouldn't give them protective masks. Thankfully, management believes it's a worthwhile sacrifice.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk's_Nest_incident
1800: In Georgia, a slave fails to work fast enough and gets his back whipped till it bleeds. Sure, it stings a little but management believes it's a worthwhile sacrifice.
Actually, I'm not sure it's the corporation's fault - maybe it's the system?
From TFA, file jumping will only happen "Based on what you have been listening to in the past and which files you already own". So unless you have a secret Backstreet Boys habit this should be avoided.
The concept seems similar to http://www.last.fm/index.php which generates reccommendations, neighbours and radio stations based on the tracks you listen to on your PC.
Long term political and economic development will need a higher proportion of society educated at a higher level. These laptops are a wonderful start IMHO. But it also requires cheap knowledge if the impact is going to continue throughout a child's life. Once you get up to degree level knowledge becomes hidden away in obscure academic journals and pricey monographs. It doesn't take a university education to understand this stuff but right now it requires a university education to get hold of this stuff. Organisations like http://www.jstor.org/ and Ebscohost have online monopolies of most academic journals and charge a fortune to access them - despite most research coming from publicly funded scholars (at least in the UK). This kind of knowledge needs to be opened up, not just in the third world but here too. File-sharing pdfs, anyone?
They will be sold to local pawn shops or richer people for food...
Ob Southpark:
"Okay then, do we have our Bibles that were handed out freely? [an Ethiopian attempts to eat one, but Hollis interrupts] No no no, we don't eat the Bibles, we read them."
A poor joke considering that Ethiopia has been an independent Christian nation since the 4th Century. Ethiopians can eat their [i]own[/i] bibles.
Something I've thought about a few times, but done no research on whatsoever, is the possibility of distributed computing on mobile phones. They are getting more and more powerful, more and more ubiquitous, and they are connected to a network. And they're kept on all day with their processors idle for the most part.
We could use this computing horsepower for somthing that will benefit all of society, such as processing marketing data.
replace the word 'freenet' with...
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Revamping Freenet
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"But to create a Freenet that is completely agnostic toward content is entirely the same thing as creating a terrorist-friendly and pedophile-friendly network. That may not be the intent, but it is certainly the outcome."
You could say the same thing about paper, or cameras, or telephones, or....
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replica weapons for mature buyers. Yup, nothing says maturity like a bedroom full of replica weapons from da future. "I use these to shoot any women who might wonder in and tell me to grow up".
This is quite ironic given Miro's socialist beliefs and, in particular, his desire that his art get the widest audience and ownership possible - hence his issuing prints of his paintings in very large numbers. You can still buy small prints of his for very reasonable prices (considering that the man was a bit of a genius).
Not a particular quest in Morrowind but more a genre: the ones that sent you into the Dwemer ruins. The quest objectives themselves were pretty superfluous but I loved the mystery and dank beauty of those deserted underground cities. All that steam-punk machinery sitting there with no explanation, the robotic spider guards etc. Amazingly atmospheric and it drew you into the of the world without ever providing nicely packaged answers about the Dwemer disappearance, or even shouting "Hey, guys, the Dwemer have TOTALLY DISAPPEARED!" It was just this puzzling aspect of the world that you could either safely ignore or get really intrigued by.
What percentage of literature produced today will still be read in 500 years? Not much, I'm guessing. And publishing sensation Dan Brown sure as hell isn't going to be - unless post-humans want to marvel at our primitiveness.
And, oh yeah, Shakespeare also had the little advantage of thousands of years of written tradition behind him - stories being told on paper, and oral epics before that. Generations of humans perfecting the art. No way could Shakespeare have innovated so much without that history: every writer learns by reading, copying, branching out on his own.
How long has videogaming been perfecting its art? Thirty years.
Finally, one huge but....TETRIS! Anyone who thinks that Tetris, the most perfect game of all time, is immortal. It isn't going anywhere. Gameboy Advanceolution 2500 is going to let us spin blocks with the power of thought, no question.
"Hello world" program requires ZERO lines of code. Textbooks all one chapter shorter.
Second point is that this is a small subscription - but for a half hour show. If all the shows I listened to also decided to charge a small amount then this would very quickly turn into a lot of money. Maybe it would make more sense to charge for a pick and mix channel of shows?
Well done, librarian. Same rules for everyone: students aren't allowed to burst into the library, talking loudly on their mobile phones and brandishing weapons, and neither are the FBI. Agent Marcinkiewicz must also pay her outstanding fines before she is allowed to borrow any more books, or computers.
1984: In Bhopal, Union Carbide decides not to bother with maintenance, safety routines etc. Some peoople disagree but management believes it's a worthwhile sacrifice. 15000 Indians die. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_Tragedy
1930: In West Virginia, 700 mineworkers die of silicosis because management wouldn't give them protective masks. Thankfully, management believes it's a worthwhile sacrifice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk's_Nest_incident
1800: In Georgia, a slave fails to work fast enough and gets his back whipped till it bleeds. Sure, it stings a little but management believes it's a worthwhile sacrifice.
Actually, I'm not sure it's the corporation's fault - maybe it's the system?
From TFA, file jumping will only happen "Based on what you have been listening to in the past and which files you already own". So unless you have a secret Backstreet Boys habit this should be avoided. The concept seems similar to http://www.last.fm/index.php which generates reccommendations, neighbours and radio stations based on the tracks you listen to on your PC.
Long term political and economic development will need a higher proportion of society educated at a higher level. These laptops are a wonderful start IMHO. But it also requires cheap knowledge if the impact is going to continue throughout a child's life. Once you get up to degree level knowledge becomes hidden away in obscure academic journals and pricey monographs. It doesn't take a university education to understand this stuff but right now it requires a university education to get hold of this stuff. Organisations like http://www.jstor.org/ and Ebscohost have online monopolies of most academic journals and charge a fortune to access them - despite most research coming from publicly funded scholars (at least in the UK). This kind of knowledge needs to be opened up, not just in the third world but here too. File-sharing pdfs, anyone?
Something I've thought about a few times, but done no research on whatsoever, is the possibility of distributed computing on mobile phones. They are getting more and more powerful, more and more ubiquitous, and they are connected to a network. And they're kept on all day with their processors idle for the most part. We could use this computing horsepower for somthing that will benefit all of society, such as processing marketing data.