Actually, pot can cause the same kind of headaches (as well as can red wine). I personally am all for freeing the pot heads and pot sellers, but I won't be a customer due to my "dietary issues". But yeah, free 'em all. We should be locking the drunks up instead. Much more dangerous.
"Out West" is referring (or should be, in this context) to Texas and New Mexico (and maybe Arizona and/or California). The Border Patrol, bless 'em, have stops set up on all the highways and byways out of El Paso, TX. Can't leave town and go fifty miles without hitting one, and you MUST stop and let them know you are indeed an American citizen and where you are going (told them "That way" once). They have nice dogs that sometimes sniff your car. These are, as stated by the SUPREME COURT, legal stops, and not, as it would most obviously seem, against your rights as stated in several of the amendments in the Bill of Rights. I have asked them in the past, "Where is the border?" ("26 miles south") They are in the 100 mile "Constitution Free" zone that 2/3rds of the population of the US live in.
Actually, I was trying to indicate that I thought the list was a decent list, via the idea that I had read and liked a good portion of it. As opposed to a list that I hadn't read anything on or thought all the books sucked, which would obviously be a bad list. Objective criteria, don't cha know.
I didn't think of "City" as romance while I was reading it, although I suppose it could be considered such. It is not a bodice-ripper, however. And that slash fiction is just in weird blogs or old usenet posts. I've read some decent porn, even decent sci-fi porn. "The Top 100 Science Fiction/Pornographic Novels". Might be a good list.
Not to sound to snarky, but yeah, I look to bookstores to validate all my categorization. Well, when I can find a bookstore anymore. Of course, it's always been done that way, so must be right!
"Slant" by Greg Bear had just such a computer in it. Actually, it also had bees and I think other forms of life as well (worms, other insects). I guess everything in science-fiction comes true at some point.
I have read about 30 of these, and since it was about half fantasy and I don't read that in general, I'd say I've read about 3/5s of the stuff there (that I care about). I saw a few I wouldn't read regardless. So I'd say the list was pretty good. Only a couple on it that I've been meaning to read and haven't yet.
You can't read everything, so this would be a good place to start.
Of course, it's going to suffer from "Why didn't they put X on the list?", but it has a limit of 100 and that's actually kind of small. I don't know why they lump fantasy in with sci-fi. I've read only a few fantasy stories that I much enjoyed, but beyond that, they really aren't similar categories. It's pretty much the same as lumping "Sci-fi and Romance" genres together. "The top 100 Westerns/Autobiographies." Why not?
Its about as useful as a swiss army chainsaw, or maybe a robotic remote controlled combination potato peeler / ice cream machine.
I have one of those, and it makes the best potato peel ice cream you'll find. Can't get that at Cold Stone (well, any more, that is, it was a limited time thing).
Thanks for the reply. I had worked on a system in the early to mid 90's where we used an IR touch grid to implement "buttons" that were drawn on the screen. I think we used the CarrollTouch system mentioned above.
Guess I should have RTFA. This definitely sounds more interesting than what we did.
I swear we used to have these at work, 10-15 years ago. They were not multi-touch, but that was likely due to the computer interface (serial) and the perhaps more primitive technology at the time. But I'm pretty sure the sensors were infra-red. As I recall, it wasn't necessarily the most accurate system. So, these guys just improved it a bit, or is this truly "revolutionary"?
I'm too late to this discussion, but I wanted to point out anyway that the words "faith" and "belief" are overloaded, as is the word "theory". When you start talking about this stuff you just can't throw them around without indicating what definition you are using.
For laymen, theory can mean "wild-assed-guess". For a scientist, it means "a working model based on the preponderance of the evidence".
Similarly, belief is overloaded. "I believe I'll have a beer" is not the same as "I believe the Earth is 6000 years old."
Yet a lot of the discussion above is overlooking the fact that claiming science is "faith" is using several different versions of the word in trying to explain it.
Ultimately, the person making the claim simply doesn't understand science. Or what words he's using.
Was going to post to say the same thing, but I'll piggy-back on your comment. Zenith is, however, much better than Pioneer. Video quality, acting, storyline, all are better. Except for the nudity and cussing, I could imagine Zenith on TV easily. It is just a tad slow somewhere in the middle and I almost stopped watching but got curious enough to keep on. I think it's an interesting premise, although why do all futures have to be dystopian?
That's all it is. Mike going fap fap fap, and taking offense when you call him on it. He's an ass and I don't know why anyone still links to his articles here on/.
Would I could mod you up. Techdirt (Mike) is occasionally even right, but as always, he's a biased, opinionated jerk who just loves to hear himself type. I'm unclear as to why anyone reads that crap anymore.
Yeah, but those are all really just nits that you're picking. The REAL problem was...
Actually, you could probably explain away your first three by the forth. The mainframe was rigged to explode by its creators. That made it nervous. It was in charge of all the people and their education, so it made them too stupid to see all the inconsistencies in their world. When someone finally called it on how dumb things were, it triggered the self-destruct.
There is another reason to NOT make this movie. It doesn't make any sense, from a historical perspective, to do so. Back when the book was written, the world was concerned about the population explosion, and that it seemed the average age was going YOUNGER. There were going to be a bunch of young people around and no way to support them. The way it's worked out, however, is that the population has actually gotten OLDER. There are many more older folks now, as a percentage of the population. Overpopulation also has not become as large a problem as anyone thought. If we could figure out food DISTRIBUTION, then there wouldn't be anyone going to bed hungry.
And, yeah, "The Island" kind of already was a remake, albeit a lousy one.
The original, goofy as it was, is a classic, and they won't be able to add anything of substance.
I would think that Twitter going away because they can't pay their bills anymore and the VC funds drying up might ruin the site a bit more. Nothing stays free forever.
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Actually, pot can cause the same kind of headaches (as well as can red wine). I personally am all for freeing the pot heads and pot sellers, but I won't be a customer due to my "dietary issues". But yeah, free 'em all. We should be locking the drunks up instead. Much more dangerous.
"Out West" is referring (or should be, in this context) to Texas and New Mexico (and maybe Arizona and/or California). The Border Patrol, bless 'em, have stops set up on all the highways and byways out of El Paso, TX. Can't leave town and go fifty miles without hitting one, and you MUST stop and let them know you are indeed an American citizen and where you are going (told them "That way" once). They have nice dogs that sometimes sniff your car. These are, as stated by the SUPREME COURT, legal stops, and not, as it would most obviously seem, against your rights as stated in several of the amendments in the Bill of Rights. I have asked them in the past, "Where is the border?" ("26 miles south") They are in the 100 mile "Constitution Free" zone that 2/3rds of the population of the US live in.
Welcome to America, brother.
Actually, I was trying to indicate that I thought the list was a decent list, via the idea that I had read and liked a good portion of it. As opposed to a list that I hadn't read anything on or thought all the books sucked, which would obviously be a bad list. Objective criteria, don't cha know.
I didn't think of "City" as romance while I was reading it, although I suppose it could be considered such. It is not a bodice-ripper, however. And that slash fiction is just in weird blogs or old usenet posts. I've read some decent porn, even decent sci-fi porn. "The Top 100 Science Fiction/Pornographic Novels". Might be a good list.
Not to sound to snarky, but yeah, I look to bookstores to validate all my categorization. Well, when I can find a bookstore anymore. Of course, it's always been done that way, so must be right!
As opposed to you, who no one at all thinks is special. Gotcha.
"Slant" by Greg Bear had just such a computer in it. Actually, it also had bees and I think other forms of life as well (worms, other insects). I guess everything in science-fiction comes true at some point.
I have read about 30 of these, and since it was about half fantasy and I don't read that in general, I'd say I've read about 3/5s of the stuff there (that I care about). I saw a few I wouldn't read regardless. So I'd say the list was pretty good. Only a couple on it that I've been meaning to read and haven't yet.
You can't read everything, so this would be a good place to start.
Of course, it's going to suffer from "Why didn't they put X on the list?", but it has a limit of 100 and that's actually kind of small. I don't know why they lump fantasy in with sci-fi. I've read only a few fantasy stories that I much enjoyed, but beyond that, they really aren't similar categories. It's pretty much the same as lumping "Sci-fi and Romance" genres together. "The top 100 Westerns/Autobiographies." Why not?
Its about as useful as a swiss army chainsaw, or maybe a robotic remote controlled combination potato peeler / ice cream machine.
I have one of those, and it makes the best potato peel ice cream you'll find. Can't get that at Cold Stone (well, any more, that is, it was a limited time thing).
Wait, Comcast is a people? Oh, yeah, right, I forgot corporations are people, too.
Thanks for the reply. I had worked on a system in the early to mid 90's where we used an IR touch grid to implement "buttons" that were drawn on the screen. I think we used the CarrollTouch system mentioned above. Guess I should have RTFA. This definitely sounds more interesting than what we did.
I swear we used to have these at work, 10-15 years ago. They were not multi-touch, but that was likely due to the computer interface (serial) and the perhaps more primitive technology at the time. But I'm pretty sure the sensors were infra-red. As I recall, it wasn't necessarily the most accurate system. So, these guys just improved it a bit, or is this truly "revolutionary"?
I'm too late to this discussion, but I wanted to point out anyway that the words "faith" and "belief" are overloaded, as is the word "theory". When you start talking about this stuff you just can't throw them around without indicating what definition you are using. For laymen, theory can mean "wild-assed-guess". For a scientist, it means "a working model based on the preponderance of the evidence". Similarly, belief is overloaded. "I believe I'll have a beer" is not the same as "I believe the Earth is 6000 years old." Yet a lot of the discussion above is overlooking the fact that claiming science is "faith" is using several different versions of the word in trying to explain it. Ultimately, the person making the claim simply doesn't understand science. Or what words he's using.
Was going to post to say the same thing, but I'll piggy-back on your comment. Zenith is, however, much better than Pioneer. Video quality, acting, storyline, all are better. Except for the nudity and cussing, I could imagine Zenith on TV easily. It is just a tad slow somewhere in the middle and I almost stopped watching but got curious enough to keep on. I think it's an interesting premise, although why do all futures have to be dystopian?
Just wait until yesterday, it will have been!
becoming the new Texas. Jeez, it's like a cancer. Sorry, NM, didn't mean for it to spread to you, too.
I thought he was going to hit me so I hit him back first.
How did it get in your pajamas?
That's all it is. Mike going fap fap fap, and taking offense when you call him on it. He's an ass and I don't know why anyone still links to his articles here on /.
So, what is "Wave"? Oh, I see...
Would I could mod you up. Techdirt (Mike) is occasionally even right, but as always, he's a biased, opinionated jerk who just loves to hear himself type. I'm unclear as to why anyone reads that crap anymore.
Yeah, but those are all really just nits that you're picking. The REAL problem was ...
Actually, you could probably explain away your first three by the forth. The mainframe was rigged to explode by its creators. That made it nervous. It was in charge of all the people and their education, so it made them too stupid to see all the inconsistencies in their world. When someone finally called it on how dumb things were, it triggered the self-destruct.
That works about as well as anything else did.
There is another reason to NOT make this movie. It doesn't make any sense, from a historical perspective, to do so. Back when the book was written, the world was concerned about the population explosion, and that it seemed the average age was going YOUNGER. There were going to be a bunch of young people around and no way to support them. The way it's worked out, however, is that the population has actually gotten OLDER. There are many more older folks now, as a percentage of the population. Overpopulation also has not become as large a problem as anyone thought. If we could figure out food DISTRIBUTION, then there wouldn't be anyone going to bed hungry.
And, yeah, "The Island" kind of already was a remake, albeit a lousy one.
The original, goofy as it was, is a classic, and they won't be able to add anything of substance.
I would think that Twitter going away because they can't pay their bills anymore and the VC funds drying up might ruin the site a bit more. Nothing stays free forever.
That's what Hitler would say, isn't it?