how much harder is it to just use a regular text search for the restaraunt, movie, building, etc. that you want info on?
It's like voice dialing on a cell phone, good idea, but it's about ten times faster and more effective to either dial or scroll to the name you want to call manually.
Wouldn't the software that real spies use be called spyware? Are they offended at the usurping of the spyware moniker by other, less wholesome individuals?
This reminds me of a comic I saw in the paper down here mocking those anti-drug ads.
"It's okay. Just tell your dealer he can't pay his rent, 'cause you quit smoking weed."
Anyone who is good at something makes fun of people who aren't. Car guys make fun of people who don't know what a carburetor does, people who play sports mock people who can't hit, catch, throw, shoot. It's just a group defense mechanism as near as I can figure, it has nothing to do with being laughed at in school (is it so uncommon to find nerd-jock combo?)
This is actually be perfect for the great unwashed masses. Then they won't have to call in to my helpdesk and complain that "the internet is broken" and that they're using "Windows XL 7.0".
We can't even write a program that doesn't crash occasionally, how are we going to get sentient thought out of something without introducing bugs and security holes that could be cracked? The debugging on this software would have to be complete, it would need to be the most truly flawless piece of code ever in order to be as reliable as neccessary to prevent possible catastrophe.
I think the conventional thought will be that we created them, therefore, we are their gods and can do as we wish with them. This will lead to a whole new -ism, carbonism maybe, can't think of a good term for this right now. Anyway, I'm sure the robots will eventually start a civil rights campaign and history will repeat itself.
from the article: Imagine the pollution levels if we add hundreds of millions of robots powered by internal combustion engines.
Why on earth would you create a robot powered by internal combustion? Would you want your robot butler to sound like your lawnmower?
That's the beauty of it, it's all relative, it doesn't matter what our absolute speed is, we measure time based on the earths current speed and rotation, so the change will only be affected by the increased rate of rotation
The slowing of time by the slightly faster rotation won't gain you near enough to cancel out. Time is only affected significantly at speeds close to the speed of light.
Just to clarify something, the north polar ice cap is ice on water, if it melts, there will be no significant rise in water levels whatsoever. The southern ice cap is the only one you need to worry about as much of that ice is covering land.
No, the length of a second didn't change. Only the length of the day. Atomic clocks measure time in seconds, it doesn't matter how fast or slow the earth is rotating, unless it starts rotating near the speed of light.
No it wouldn't because the data is coming out of NASA, all hubble images could easily be faked, much easier than the moon landing. Conspiracy theorists can never be proven wrong as any evidence to their contrary could be part of the conspiracy.
Can you please remove your lips from Microsoft's teat for a second?
A few general comments:
1. Being a hacker, is not, nor ever has been, a bad thing. You're confusing the term hackers and crackerz.
2. Anyone who has to put widely respected in the sig is clearly not widely respected.
Our space program was initially a military effort as well, primarily within the confines of the USAF and Navy until NASA's creation. Blowing people up more effectively has always been a boon to the space program, in any society.
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how much harder is it to just use a regular text search for the restaraunt, movie, building, etc. that you want info on? It's like voice dialing on a cell phone, good idea, but it's about ten times faster and more effective to either dial or scroll to the name you want to call manually.
Wouldn't the software that real spies use be called spyware?
Are they offended at the usurping of the spyware moniker by other, less wholesome individuals?
This reminds me of a comic I saw in the paper down here mocking those anti-drug ads. "It's okay. Just tell your dealer he can't pay his rent, 'cause you quit smoking weed."
Anyone who is good at something makes fun of people who aren't. Car guys make fun of people who don't know what a carburetor does, people who play sports mock people who can't hit, catch, throw, shoot. It's just a group defense mechanism as near as I can figure, it has nothing to do with being laughed at in school (is it so uncommon to find nerd-jock combo?)
This is actually be perfect for the great unwashed masses. Then they won't have to call in to my helpdesk and complain that "the internet is broken" and that they're using "Windows XL 7.0".
We can't even write a program that doesn't crash occasionally, how are we going to get sentient thought out of something without introducing bugs and security holes that could be cracked? The debugging on this software would have to be complete, it would need to be the most truly flawless piece of code ever in order to be as reliable as neccessary to prevent possible catastrophe.
I think the conventional thought will be that we created them, therefore, we are their gods and can do as we wish with them. This will lead to a whole new -ism, carbonism maybe, can't think of a good term for this right now. Anyway, I'm sure the robots will eventually start a civil rights campaign and history will repeat itself.
from the article:
Imagine the pollution levels if we add hundreds of millions of robots powered by internal combustion engines.
Why on earth would you create a robot powered by internal combustion? Would you want your robot butler to sound like your lawnmower?
That's the beauty of it, it's all relative, it doesn't matter what our absolute speed is, we measure time based on the earths current speed and rotation, so the change will only be affected by the increased rate of rotation
Because as /.ers we know the difference, and these are most certainly crackers, not hackers.
The slowing of time by the slightly faster rotation won't gain you near enough to cancel out. Time is only affected significantly at speeds close to the speed of light.
Just to clarify something, the north polar ice cap is ice on water, if it melts, there will be no significant rise in water levels whatsoever. The southern ice cap is the only one you need to worry about as much of that ice is covering land.
No, the length of a second didn't change. Only the length of the day. Atomic clocks measure time in seconds, it doesn't matter how fast or slow the earth is rotating, unless it starts rotating near the speed of light.
No it wouldn't because the data is coming out of NASA, all hubble images could easily be faked, much easier than the moon landing. Conspiracy theorists can never be proven wrong as any evidence to their contrary could be part of the conspiracy.
I don't think the president needs any help looking bad. Every time he opens his mouth he does a fine job of that himself
Can you please remove your lips from Microsoft's teat for a second? A few general comments: 1. Being a hacker, is not, nor ever has been, a bad thing. You're confusing the term hackers and crackerz. 2. Anyone who has to put widely respected in the sig is clearly not widely respected.
No,no, it'll be Mozilla Thor's Hammer.
Flying through space ain't like dusting crops boy.
I'll give you the metric error, but it should almost be expected for there to be problems every time something goes up or down.
Sure, give us the one which most closely resembles hell.
Our space program was initially a military effort as well, primarily within the confines of the USAF and Navy until NASA's creation. Blowing people up more effectively has always been a boon to the space program, in any society.