Water is life. With us not having to ship water, fuel, and food with future missions, the weight requirements drop precipitously. We can grow food, make air and fuel, as well as have all the water we need. No need for expensive and far-off recycling systems; we can go RIGHT NOW.
Mr. Carlin, in his infinite wisdom, is anthropomorphizing an inanimate object. They hate that.
When I want to hear something funny, I'll listen to George Carlin. When I want to hear fundamental data about our climate, I'll listen to climatologists.
Car crashes kill way more people than plane crashes. Where's the outcry against cars? Why isn't every car crash reported on the news? Because a car crash generally doesn't kill hundreds of people in a massive fireball. Not to mention that plane crashes are rare specifically because of all the regulation that's placed on them.
I used to think that too, until I saw what happens when you shoot something thin (like 1/4 polycarbonate) with a high-powered rifle. The bullet just passes right through, no popping or shattering. Those 'paint chips' are moving at similar or higher speeds to a bullet from a 30.06, so their effects would be the same.
Sandwich some goo between layers of kevlar that hardens on exposure to air. When something penetrates it's automagically sealed.
I loathe dreamweaver, but I use it because it's Sites feature makes it easy to keep things synced across multiple servers and my local machine.
If someone could make a sites application that, after you defined the locations to keep synced, would keep them that way, uploading automatically on a save, I would be very grateful. Editing code in Dreamweaver is torture.
No, the WiMax companies will simply be bought by Verizon and T-Mobile, and true broadband (you know, like with symmetrical speeds in excess of 1Mbps, no server restrictions and static IPs?) will continue to be coming "real soon now."
Like my parents. A while back we switched from AOL to a local dial-up ISP. My dad didn't understand the difference between a web browser and an ISP, and at first thought that we had to pay AOL and the ISP.
Ah, but that's not the reasoning the grandparent gave. The reasoning is that, since China doesn't have CO2 caps, neither should the US. I'm not arguing that the treaty is good or bad, just that the US is waiting for China to take the lead in cutting CO2 emissions.
It may mortify me personally as an American to see what my government is doing, but as the odds of my vote even counting continue to decline I don't see much I can do about it, except gripe here on slashdot and send letters for my representatives to ignore.
Accepting that no one in power gives a damn is the first step to freedom, Grasshopper.
This will be just one more nail in the coffin of US dominance. While other countries are out developing new technologies, we'll continue to drive inefficient vehicles and burn coal for electrical power. Eventually, the rest of the industrialized world will have switched to fuel cells and renewable or nuclear energy, and we'll end up buying our cars and power systems from them.
So we better start getting really creative, really fast. Otherwise we'll have nothing to sell anyone.
Why would you want to live in California? Earthquakes, mudslides, too many people, governor recalls, no public transportation, too many people, the movie industry, too many people, riots, gangs, traffic, too many people, avalanches, deserts and TOO MANY FUCKING PEOPLE.
Of course, I'd take a job tending a nice, warm switching station in Ninavut if I got paid in bandwidth.
If you don't like what they're doing, don't buy them. Don't rent them. Don't even download them. If people keep stealing their crap, they're going to keep thinking that it's the stealing that's the problem, not the quality of their product.
Yeah, you're not going to be able to go see Episode III. But you can't get something for nothing; all change requires sacrifice. Has Full Metal Alchemist taught you nothing? (Equivalent exchange, for those not in the know.)
Microsoft employees are good people.
Bill Gates is a good person.
Yes, even Ballmer is a good... um, ape.
But when they're all put together, all trying to make as much money with as little effort (the goal of any corporation) and put in positions of great power, they start becoming asses.
And, since it's a corporation, Microsoft is legally a person, just like you and me. So it's okay to hate Microsoft, just not the people it employs.
Well isn't that special. You Swedes tick me off. First it's the really bitchin' broadband, then it's the anonymity of sources written into the constitution. What's next, hot, tall blonde chicks in bikinis?
The government should take its 'information sharing' cue from college students. You can find just about anything on P2P networks, right? So why not have a secure and authenticated P2P network available to government employees. That way, an FBI agent in Florida looking for information could fire up this application and search on the computers of everyone in the FBI, CIA, and NSA that he had access rights for. This information would be available instantaneously and freely. Think KaZaA + Kerberos. This doesn't seem to be that hard to implement. I even came up with a cute name for it: FiBbIr, the governmental knowledge engine.
And what if this "other" provider also blocks VoIP? In my area there are two broadband providers. I have no choice, it's either Cable or much slower, more unreliable DSL.
We should regulate the Internet like we regulate the phone industry. The IP network should be a common carrier, and blocking access from competing programs should be illegal. Would you tolerate FedEx owning a portion of the highway and forcing UPS and DHL to find alternate routes?
IP Common Carrier would be good for competition, which is both good for industry and good for consumers. The legal oligopoly on broadband is only good for the oligarchs.
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Water is life. With us not having to ship water, fuel, and food with future missions, the weight requirements drop precipitously. We can grow food, make air and fuel, as well as have all the water we need. No need for expensive and far-off recycling systems; we can go RIGHT NOW.
When I want to hear something funny, I'll listen to George Carlin. When I want to hear fundamental data about our climate, I'll listen to climatologists.
Yes, but even then he needs a paperclip and a stick of gum.
The air inside the structure that will be leaking through the hole.
Car crashes kill way more people than plane crashes. Where's the outcry against cars? Why isn't every car crash reported on the news? Because a car crash generally doesn't kill hundreds of people in a massive fireball. Not to mention that plane crashes are rare specifically because of all the regulation that's placed on them.
Sandwich some goo between layers of kevlar that hardens on exposure to air. When something penetrates it's automagically sealed.
Of course, I wouldn't expect the average slashdotter to understand that, either.
Just a thought.
If someone could make a sites application that, after you defined the locations to keep synced, would keep them that way, uploading automatically on a save, I would be very grateful. Editing code in Dreamweaver is torture.
No, the WiMax companies will simply be bought by Verizon and T-Mobile, and true broadband (you know, like with symmetrical speeds in excess of 1Mbps, no server restrictions and static IPs?) will continue to be coming "real soon now."
Like my parents. A while back we switched from AOL to a local dial-up ISP. My dad didn't understand the difference between a web browser and an ISP, and at first thought that we had to pay AOL and the ISP.
Ah, but that's not the reasoning the grandparent gave. The reasoning is that, since China doesn't have CO2 caps, neither should the US. I'm not arguing that the treaty is good or bad, just that the US is waiting for China to take the lead in cutting CO2 emissions.
Accepting that no one in power gives a damn is the first step to freedom, Grasshopper.
I thought the US was supposed to be the world leader, not the world follower. Especially not behind places like China.
I think you dropped your 'dis.' I put it back for you.
So we better start getting really creative, really fast. Otherwise we'll have nothing to sell anyone.
I'll believe this when I hear it from this guy
Of course, I'd take a job tending a nice, warm switching station in Ninavut if I got paid in bandwidth.
Hasn't IE been in beta since, well, it was released?
Yeah, you're not going to be able to go see Episode III. But you can't get something for nothing; all change requires sacrifice. Has Full Metal Alchemist taught you nothing? (Equivalent exchange, for those not in the know.)
Bill Gates is a good person.
Yes, even Ballmer is a good... um, ape.
But when they're all put together, all trying to make as much money with as little effort (the goal of any corporation) and put in positions of great power, they start becoming asses.
And, since it's a corporation, Microsoft is legally a person, just like you and me. So it's okay to hate Microsoft, just not the people it employs.
Create a secure P2P internet by invitation organized by volunteers and running on stolen bandwidth?
Well isn't that special. You Swedes tick me off. First it's the really bitchin' broadband, then it's the anonymity of sources written into the constitution. What's next, hot, tall blonde chicks in bikinis?
The government should take its 'information sharing' cue from college students. You can find just about anything on P2P networks, right? So why not have a secure and authenticated P2P network available to government employees. That way, an FBI agent in Florida looking for information could fire up this application and search on the computers of everyone in the FBI, CIA, and NSA that he had access rights for. This information would be available instantaneously and freely. Think KaZaA + Kerberos. This doesn't seem to be that hard to implement. I even came up with a cute name for it: FiBbIr, the governmental knowledge engine.
We should regulate the Internet like we regulate the phone industry. The IP network should be a common carrier, and blocking access from competing programs should be illegal. Would you tolerate FedEx owning a portion of the highway and forcing UPS and DHL to find alternate routes?
IP Common Carrier would be good for competition, which is both good for industry and good for consumers. The legal oligopoly on broadband is only good for the oligarchs.