Is anyone thinking this is a window onto the future? Proprietary os, monthly charge and the inability to change what's installed on your computer. Welcome to trusted computing. Where do you want [us to force you] to go today? For less money, we could set up Linux boxes with restricted accounts for basic actions. No monthly fees, no problems.
This isn't intended to be a troll, but I just don't get space exploration. I mean, there are a lot of good causes that all these dollars could be going to right here on Earth: stopping wars, battling diseases, increasing literacy, fighting pollution..
What's the big deal with a vast area of unexplored vacuum? It's not like it's going to disappear anytime soon.
You will be assimilated. Seriously, though... It it really such a bad thing? A couple of nanobots could cure a lot of diseases. Then again, we risk the possibility that there will be haves and have nots. Perhaps the poor will get nanobot version 1.0, and the rich get nanobot version XP. I certainly don't want to be the guy running nanobots that crash or get h4x0red. Then again, even without bots, we have similar problems. Clean water, clean air... No matter what happens the little guy gets screwed, so we might as well sign up for this too. It sounds cool anyway.
The title shouldn't be
"Can't Draw? You Need The Inkulator 9000",
it should be
"Can't Draw, but you can create complex 3D meshes, and are somehow unable to figure out how to color them? You need the Inkulator 9000"
The pictures looked really cool, until I realized that you had to do a LOT of work to make them. This looks like it is much more for the real artist than the average computer geek.
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Is anyone thinking this is a window onto the future? Proprietary os, monthly charge and the inability to change what's installed on your computer. Welcome to trusted computing. Where do you want [us to force you] to go today? For less money, we could set up Linux boxes with restricted accounts for basic actions. No monthly fees, no problems.
This isn't intended to be a troll, but I just don't get space exploration. I mean, there are a lot of good causes that all these dollars could be going to right here on Earth: stopping wars, battling diseases, increasing literacy, fighting pollution.. What's the big deal with a vast area of unexplored vacuum? It's not like it's going to disappear anytime soon.
You will be assimilated. Seriously, though... It it really such a bad thing? A couple of nanobots could cure a lot of diseases. Then again, we risk the possibility that there will be haves and have nots. Perhaps the poor will get nanobot version 1.0, and the rich get nanobot version XP. I certainly don't want to be the guy running nanobots that crash or get h4x0red. Then again, even without bots, we have similar problems. Clean water, clean air... No matter what happens the little guy gets screwed, so we might as well sign up for this too. It sounds cool anyway.
String Bush="BUSH";
//wait, why didn't I use ==
String Kerry="Kerry"
String vote = getVoterChoice();
if(vote = Bush){
voteBush();
}
else{
voteKerry();
}
The title shouldn't be "Can't Draw? You Need The Inkulator 9000", it should be "Can't Draw, but you can create complex 3D meshes, and are somehow unable to figure out how to color them? You need the Inkulator 9000" The pictures looked really cool, until I realized that you had to do a LOT of work to make them. This looks like it is much more for the real artist than the average computer geek.
Why not just start using secure, anonymous protocols? Freenet comes to mind. They can't prosecute if everything is anonymous and encrypted!