Sometimes, science advances by asking questions about things that, on the surface, seem "obvious." For instance, at one time, everyone "knew" that:
* The Earth was flat;
* Objects slowly came to a stop unless a force was exerted on them;
* Matter and energy were always conserved;
* Time was a universal constant;
...etc. Perhaps the problem is, too much attention is paid when these questions come back with the expected answer, rather than the fact that these questions are being asked.
Question everything, but sometimes the answer is "yes, that's correct."
I think something like this has to happen eventually. I think that eventually, all data-centric services to households will come over a single IP-based connection to the house. VoIP is only the first step towards convergence; next will be the delivery of entertainment services on demand to the house. Wouldn't it be great to be able to watch exactly what we wanted, from the entire library of available programming, rather than compromise on watching just those programs that are popular enough to justify sending them over a broadcast/multicast channel (be it via satellite, cable, or over-the-air)? You could make up your own programming, and watch what you want when you want, like TiVO on steroids.
Add to that the benefit of having IP connectivity available to everything from your toaster to your computer. You may laugh, but if the technology is there, people will find a use for it. After all, when the idea of radios in cars was first proposed, people laughed -- but few people these days would give up listening to some form of audio in the car.)
...I've never really understood why people (who probably have a fairly modern PC) would be interested in a console system such as an XBox or PlayStation. PCs (of whatever flavor) are so much more capable and customizable than consoles, and are much more flexible as well.
I hope to hell they don't notice that EVERY computer with a modern Internet browser (and those with IE as well) have encryption capabilities. We'll all hang!
OK, so now we have a programming-style discussion, spawned by a recursion joke (spawned by another recursion joke -- such is the danger of this sort of beast), based on a discussion of an article about a website about a video a guy made of fans standing in line for a movie.
Does this count as one of the six impossible things before breakfast Douglas Adams talked about? 'Cause maybe I should go put that dollar in the bank towards breakfast at Milliway's...
Actually, I was thinking of a low-speed spin, where one wing "stalls" (essentially, stops flying) and your plane does an impersonation of a spiraling maple-tree seed, entering a steep spiraling dive. But a barrel roll at low altitude would do the trick, too.
Archimedes helps invent modern mathematics,
Modern math (after surviving the Dark Ages) enables modern science,
Modern science gives us nifty toys like particle accelerators... ...which we're using to read Archimedes' writings.
I can't help but think the guy would really get a kick out of that.
It's not so much the price, for me, as not wanting to have to go to a crowded, smelly theater with three hundred of my closest friends.
If they would provide a paid download service in parallel with the theaters -- say, VCD quality for a few bucks, I'd gladly pay for it. If they released the DVD at the same time -- better yet, make it available for download once you've paid your $15, all the better! But there are a lot of us who are long since over the whole "theater" scene. My 5.1 and projection system at home may not be as good as a THX theater system, but the atmosphere and convenience ROCK.
...I've yet to see one cell phone with decent coverage. If they can fix that, I don't care whether it has a lot of fancy features or not. If there's no coverage, why bother either way?
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An "email this" link on an article about how addicted we are to email. Nice.
I'm taking an online course, and had to convince the professor to let us email in our assignments, as opposed to sending them in using snail mail.
A little more widespread addiction to email can't be all bad, I think.
Sometimes, science advances by asking questions about things that, on the surface, seem "obvious." For instance, at one time, everyone "knew" that:
...etc. Perhaps the problem is, too much attention is paid when these questions come back with the expected answer, rather than the fact that these questions are being asked.
* The Earth was flat;
* Objects slowly came to a stop unless a force was exerted on them;
* Matter and energy were always conserved;
* Time was a universal constant;
Question everything, but sometimes the answer is "yes, that's correct."
I think something like this has to happen eventually. I think that eventually, all data-centric services to households will come over a single IP-based connection to the house. VoIP is only the first step towards convergence; next will be the delivery of entertainment services on demand to the house. Wouldn't it be great to be able to watch exactly what we wanted, from the entire library of available programming, rather than compromise on watching just those programs that are popular enough to justify sending them over a broadcast/multicast channel (be it via satellite, cable, or over-the-air)? You could make up your own programming, and watch what you want when you want, like TiVO on steroids. Add to that the benefit of having IP connectivity available to everything from your toaster to your computer. You may laugh, but if the technology is there, people will find a use for it. After all, when the idea of radios in cars was first proposed, people laughed -- but few people these days would give up listening to some form of audio in the car.)
Actually, I understand the forced-to-run-Windows bit all too well.
...I've never really understood why people (who probably have a fairly modern PC) would be interested in a console system such as an XBox or PlayStation. PCs (of whatever flavor) are so much more capable and customizable than consoles, and are much more flexible as well.
Can I run this on my 6800GT, and end up with twenty pipelines? <g>
I hope to hell they don't notice that EVERY computer with a modern Internet browser (and those with IE as well) have encryption capabilities. We'll all hang!
OK, so now we have a programming-style discussion, spawned by a recursion joke (spawned by another recursion joke -- such is the danger of this sort of beast), based on a discussion of an article about a website about a video a guy made of fans standing in line for a movie.
Does this count as one of the six impossible things before breakfast Douglas Adams talked about? 'Cause maybe I should go put that dollar in the bank towards breakfast at Milliway's...
"Let's get this show on the road!"
Dude. Put DOWN the LISP book before someone gets hurt!!
Too late. Now if only there were comments about that story!
Who was it that said, to know recursion you must first know recursion?
Amen, brother! If posting a "MOD PARENT UP" post weren't just as un-hip as standing in line in a Wookiee costume...
So, to email you we need to deGauss your signature? Cool!
An article, about a website, about a video a guy made, of people in costumes, waiting to see a movie.
Ya know it's a slow news day WHEN...
Whiskey-tango-foxtrot, over?
If so, George has certainly earned a look at The Book. (The one containing all possible mathematical theorems...)
Actually, I was thinking of a low-speed spin, where one wing "stalls" (essentially, stops flying) and your plane does an impersonation of a spiraling maple-tree seed, entering a steep spiraling dive. But a barrel roll at low altitude would do the trick, too.
Speaking as an aviation enthusiast, I hope they start the spin too low and too slow!
So what's the point of shooting a deer with a BFG9000? Bring it down and cook it all at once, I guess?
http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_trans lators.php?from=Norwegian&to=English
Not that it's really useful. It's a *little* more readable than the original. I think.
My bonnie++ was used by Norwegians, To see how fast my RAID could be, My bonnie++ was used by Norwegians, ...but was bonnie++ written in C?
Archimedes helps invent modern mathematics,
...which we're using to read Archimedes' writings.
Modern math (after surviving the Dark Ages) enables modern science,
Modern science gives us nifty toys like particle accelerators...
I can't help but think the guy would really get a kick out of that.
It's not so much the price, for me, as not wanting to have to go to a crowded, smelly theater with three hundred of my closest friends.
If they would provide a paid download service in parallel with the theaters -- say, VCD quality for a few bucks, I'd gladly pay for it. If they released the DVD at the same time -- better yet, make it available for download once you've paid your $15, all the better! But there are a lot of us who are long since over the whole "theater" scene. My 5.1 and projection system at home may not be as good as a THX theater system, but the atmosphere and convenience ROCK.
...I've yet to see one cell phone with decent coverage. If they can fix that, I don't care whether it has a lot of fancy features or not. If there's no coverage, why bother either way?