Extremely unlikely that something of this scale and magnitude could've been done without inside help. This is not like the guys who put a card skimmer on the gas pump at the corner gas station.
IT admins at Target are probably getting grilled by FBI as we speak.
I've had allergies all my life, dust and pollen. My mother HATED animals and we never had any pets.
Flash forward 20 years -- I get a dog, a little Chihuahua that lives inside my house. I'm sure his hair and dander is all over the place and I breathe it in every day. And.... my allergies are MUCH better now! I can actually breathe with both nostrils, which I never could do most of my life due to sinuses being swollen.
Not like those corporation give a rat's ass about the constitution or citizen liberties. They're only there because, like Marissa said, all those foreign countries getting suspicious of NSA might require them (the corporations) to build datacenter in every country they operate, and that's gonna be very costly to them.
If there ever comes a time when robots can design and engineer other robots, you're not gonna have any time to gloat over this... since you and the rest of humanity will be dead or enslaved.
why are you wasting time reading Slashdot? Millions of children are dying in Africa as we speak. You must go help them before worrying about anything else.
Forcing CS down on everyone's throat would be like forcing calculus. Some can take it and some can't.
I'd guess that about half the population (IQ below 100) will never get programming no matter how hard you try to teach them.
But if a kid can pass algebra and geometry, they can probably learn some BASIC.
The ones that can't hack algebra, teach them Excel or data entry so the school board can be proud of leading the high tech education future or something along those lines.
Do they even know what LA weather is like? It's about 300 days of sunshine here. On the other hand, Mordor is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume.... from all that volcanic discharge from Mount Doom.
To clarify further, they don't want you because you're in all likelyhood a Republican or libertarian or some sort of a conservative-leaning person. Lots of people are fleeing from California these days, but they're mostly right-leaning people fed up with liberal gov't policies of high taxes, high regulation, high debt, etc. We have awesome weather here, great ethnic cuisine, multicultural diversity, surf and ski on the same day. Nobody in their right mind would leave here unless they disagreed with the politics, it's a liberal's paradise.
What we call the Denisovans were actually direct descendants of Pak breeders, who lost the ability to advance to the protector stage due to the lack of thallium in earth's soil.
Because doing X is always cooler than doing a simulation of X.
And also the delta-v required for moon landing is not all that much more than placing something in a long-term orbit. Especially if you consider the additional energy requirements for launching and maintaining a centrifuge.
Why is this modded -1 Troll? Parent is correct; in the U.S. (and I assume most other developed nations), close to 100% of plastic waste either go into a landfill or is recycled. Amount dumped into the ocean is negligible.
Even the Chinese are quaking in their boots, as they can't do it as cheaply as SpaceX. And EADS is frantically redesigning their new Ariane 6 to try to be more cost competitive with the Falcon.
SpaceX has completely rocked the space industry upside down, and A LOT of naysayers need to eat crow now. As recently as 2012 (see this article), managers at NASA were poo-pooing Elon saying rockets are hard and noobs shouldn't try.
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Extremely unlikely that something of this scale and magnitude could've been done without inside help. This is not like the guys who put a card skimmer on the gas pump at the corner gas station.
IT admins at Target are probably getting grilled by FBI as we speak.
I've had allergies all my life, dust and pollen. My mother HATED animals and we never had any pets.
Flash forward 20 years -- I get a dog, a little Chihuahua that lives inside my house. I'm sure his hair and dander is all over the place and I breathe it in every day. And.... my allergies are MUCH better now! I can actually breathe with both nostrils, which I never could do most of my life due to sinuses being swollen.
Not like those corporation give a rat's ass about the constitution or citizen liberties. They're only there because, like Marissa said, all those foreign countries getting suspicious of NSA might require them (the corporations) to build datacenter in every country they operate, and that's gonna be very costly to them.
dogs are our insurance against a robot uprising.
If there ever comes a time when robots can design and engineer other robots, you're not gonna have any time to gloat over this... since you and the rest of humanity will be dead or enslaved.
Wait, so if you have a million dollars worth of bitcoin you are not rich because yo have not converted it to another currency?
Not rich, since you haven't cashed out yet. Your bitcoins could be worthless next month. Better sell now.
If you have $1 million worth of gold that you have not sold are you similarly not rich?
You are rich, since gold has never been worthless in the history of human civilization.
If you have $1 million worth of stocks that you have not sold are you similarly not rich?
Depends on the stock. Is it a solid company with zero chance of bankruptcy in the foreseeable future, such as Apple or Google? Or is it an Enron?
and NSA is already snooping
I would pay $40 for it, if I could use it to hold ice cold soda at around 35 degrees F. Is this thing reversible?
why are you wasting time reading Slashdot? Millions of children are dying in Africa as we speak. You must go help them before worrying about anything else.
in the 80's wearing a Casio Databank watch, I blew everyone away in my 6th grade class.
why use so many Apple computers when there's your own awesome Chromebook?
Forcing CS down on everyone's throat would be like forcing calculus. Some can take it and some can't.
I'd guess that about half the population (IQ below 100) will never get programming no matter how hard you try to teach them.
But if a kid can pass algebra and geometry, they can probably learn some BASIC.
The ones that can't hack algebra, teach them Excel or data entry so the school board can be proud of leading the high tech education future or something along those lines.
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Do they even know what LA weather is like? It's about 300 days of sunshine here. On the other hand, Mordor is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume.... from all that volcanic discharge from Mount Doom.
okay, then how about them Polaris nuclear missiles JFK was so proud of? Launched from submerged subs.
Yeah that's probably it.
To clarify further, they don't want you because you're in all likelyhood a Republican or libertarian or some sort of a conservative-leaning person. Lots of people are fleeing from California these days, but they're mostly right-leaning people fed up with liberal gov't policies of high taxes, high regulation, high debt, etc. We have awesome weather here, great ethnic cuisine, multicultural diversity, surf and ski on the same day. Nobody in their right mind would leave here unless they disagreed with the politics, it's a liberal's paradise.
or gain superpowers.
What we call the Denisovans were actually direct descendants of Pak breeders, who lost the ability to advance to the protector stage due to the lack of thallium in earth's soil.
Maybe it's time for you freedom-loving Brits to rise up and overthrow the tyranny of American imperialism.
Because doing X is always cooler than doing a simulation of X.
And also the delta-v required for moon landing is not all that much more than placing something in a long-term orbit. Especially if you consider the additional energy requirements for launching and maintaining a centrifuge.
that and also the prestige of having ENTERPRISE hardware.
Kind of like how businesses pay extra for Windows XP Professional even though XP Home has all the features they ever use.
He must've done nice things for the movie studios while he was in office. Giving him a nice cushy job after he's out is how they repay their lapdogs.
Why is this modded -1 Troll? Parent is correct; in the U.S. (and I assume most other developed nations), close to 100% of plastic waste either go into a landfill or is recycled. Amount dumped into the ocean is negligible.
that existing space providers are in big trouble.
Even the Chinese are quaking in their boots, as they can't do it as cheaply as SpaceX. And EADS is frantically redesigning their new Ariane 6 to try to be more cost competitive with the Falcon.
SpaceX has completely rocked the space industry upside down, and A LOT of naysayers need to eat crow now. As recently as 2012 (see this article), managers at NASA were poo-pooing Elon saying rockets are hard and noobs shouldn't try.
The world is a really really scary place to you, isn't it?