Larry Niven's Ringworld has demonstrated the feasibility of this solution already. Now, if we can just figure out how to create shadow squares and shadow square wire and then place the whole thing in solar orbit, we'll be all set.
Call me when the Pierson's Puppeteer shows up with the General Products hull-based spaceships.
I wonder if Uncle Bill and Uncle Steve are looking to enforce DRM through hardware or remove (or severely restrict) the ability to mod-chip the next-gen Xbox.
The desktop era is coming to a close? baawwaaahhhhhhaaaaaa!
please tell me how I am going to work on a report, a spreadsheet or a presentation at 40,000 feet? Unless I can "rent" my word processor, spreadsheet, or presentation program for offline use for a few days, I am sh*t out of luck. I guess I could play Tetris on my PDA - oops, can't do that since I have to rent the software for that too if I am running Windows CE or whatever it is called now.
Guess I'll just have to go back to reading a book and winging it at my destination.
as usual, politicians are suffering from Rectal Cranial Inversion Syndrome. perhaps the following should be asked of these paragons or virtue:
- how will the "Web-disadvantaged" connect to the Internet? will the government supply some of those $100 PCs that are being developed for the third world?
- who is going to handle the tech support when these folks run into problems?
- what happens when these folks, who don't have a lot of experience on the web, get e-mail from some poor woman from Nigeria who is trying to get $10Million out of her country and is willing to give a kind person 10% or 20% if they would send her their bank account numbers? will the government reimburse them?
i think it would be great if the web became like the phone system where nearly everyone has some type of low-cost access if they want it and it has a fairly simple interface. But we're not even close at this point. the web is barely 10-12 years old. how long did it take to roll out phone service to the current level?
i do live in north carolina. we were 6" or more below normal for rainfall for the year. if it wasn't for end of year wetness, it would have been more. local governments restricted lawn watering, car washing, and some industrial applications in an effort to conserve. a lot of the creeks and rivers were at their lowest point in years.
interestingly, parts of florida are very dry right now. they've been having wildfires and have had to shut down i-95 more than once due to smoke and other hazards. some were hoping alberto would pass over the dry areas and help out the situation.
We all know what will happen when the first urban challenge takes place.
1. It'll be run in Los Angeles.
2. The vehicle in front will have a bug in its software that causes it
go off course and on to the LA Freeway.
3. It will be chased by 50 police cars and 5 news helicopters.
4. The chase will end when some guy with a samurai sword cuts the vehicle's
wheels out from under it and shoots the gas tank when it rolls over.
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Ok, they have a plan for getting someone to the moon. Do they have a plan for getting them back to Earth?
Larry Niven's Ringworld has demonstrated the feasibility of this solution already. Now, if we can just figure out how to create shadow squares and shadow square wire and then place the whole thing in solar orbit, we'll be all set.
Call me when the Pierson's Puppeteer shows up with the General Products hull-based spaceships.
I wonder if Uncle Bill and Uncle Steve are looking to enforce DRM through hardware or remove (or severely restrict) the ability to mod-chip the next-gen Xbox.
aren't those called "Legos"? :)
please tell me how I am going to work on a report, a spreadsheet or a presentation at 40,000 feet? Unless I can "rent" my word processor, spreadsheet, or presentation program for offline use for a few days, I am sh*t out of luck. I guess I could play Tetris on my PDA - oops, can't do that since I have to rent the software for that too if I am running Windows CE or whatever it is called now.
Guess I'll just have to go back to reading a book and winging it at my destination.
Sounds like an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.
- how will the "Web-disadvantaged" connect to the Internet? will the government supply some of those $100 PCs that are being developed for the third world?
- who is going to handle the tech support when these folks run into problems?
- what happens when these folks, who don't have a lot of experience on the web, get e-mail from some poor woman from Nigeria who is trying to get $10Million out of her country and is willing to give a kind person 10% or 20% if they would send her their bank account numbers? will the government reimburse them?
i think it would be great if the web became like the phone system where nearly everyone has some type of low-cost access if they want it and it has a fairly simple interface. But we're not even close at this point. the web is barely 10-12 years old. how long did it take to roll out phone service to the current level?
interestingly, parts of florida are very dry right now. they've been having wildfires and have had to shut down i-95 more than once due to smoke and other hazards. some were hoping alberto would pass over the dry areas and help out the situation.
We all know what will happen when the first urban challenge takes place.
1. It'll be run in Los Angeles.
2. The vehicle in front will have a bug in its software that causes it go off course and on to the LA Freeway.
3. It will be chased by 50 police cars and 5 news helicopters.
4. The chase will end when some guy with a samurai sword cuts the vehicle's wheels out from under it and shoots the gas tank when it rolls over.
Is that a Narwhal tusk in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Do the robotic patients come paired with robotic lawyers so students can get used to the malpractice lawsuits?