Not in the face of growing poverty, war, and corruption. The recent governors' summit on high school education should have sounded an alarm for everyone in that regard, if current events haven't.
First, I'm a socialist, so please don't try to paint me as a pro-capitalist anti-government right-winger. I recognize how little Rutan did - I was there, I saw it. I also recognize that the ten billion NASA is spending this year alone is *not* sending people into space with the Shuttle. Right now, I think that we need to tighten every budget item (good lord, the corporate welfare first, not the food stamps), and this is something that should be better examined. NASA isn't turning out new technologies like they were in the 70s.
But... you *do* wobble that much when you're holding a camcorder.:)
I'm not a big fan of the wobbly camera action either, but it is accurate in terms of someone who'd be holding a camera.
Yep, we use the same ones at work.
Diebolds, running Windows 2000. I've seen the machine open a few times, there's some old computer case sitting in the bottom...
Actually, the cost to consumer of a municipal broadband system is expected to be quite a bit lower than the cost of a private system - the private groups have been convicted, more than once, of price fixing, and they continue to do so.
I agree wholeheartedly with most of that.
By the way, the used clothing market is in no way flooded - as long as you aren't buying warm clothes, you aren't hurting anybody by shopping thrift.
I don't even own a car - I cycle and bus everywhere, buy organic, have an internet connection (required for work), no TV, apartment.
Your final comments are dead on. Live sustainably.
Taking an argument to its extreme is fundamentalism, and a fallacy in itself. You have not invalidated the original argument.
Enterprise didn't make money. I used to watch TNG and DS9 religiously, until a bit after Voyager started - at that point, I realized that I didn't care anymore. Neither do a lot of others. Get over it.
Given that pay per view porn is *not* a small industry, I strongly suspect this man will fail miserably.
Did I read right that this came from Alaska, land of libertarians?
That's a good point. While I want to respond asking why I'd want to wait to download the entire season of a TV show I want to watch from home, you could stream it.
That's what.NET was about, originally.
It will. Interface size is what killed the PDA market, and most computer manufacturers know that. The only way to give a person a good-sized interface without making them carry around an 8 pound laptop is to let them carry their data without the interface.
It'll start happening in a few years, during the next major interface shift.
I know, man, I know.
It's amazing the suffering people just don't give a shit about, but they're totally addicted to their television.
Imagine, I paid something like a thousand dollars for this computer. That's more than most people in a third world country make in a year.
Actually, it matters a lot whether it's a chip or a platter. A platter requires, in today's hard disk drives, a set of support mechanisms equal to much more than 100% of the platter. A chip of equal storage density per square inch as a platter will take up less space, require less overhead, and generate less heat.
The comparison I'd like to see is to today's solid state storage devices - USB drives, CompactFlash, etc. I'm pointing out that this is being compared to a technology it will not significantly affect the development of (except, perhaps, in cache).
Look, a show that "could potentially pass Voyager" in quality really isn't worth my time.
Babylon 5 was very good. Battlestar Galactica is shaping up to be neat. Quantum Leap was fun.
When a show comes on TV and *two seasons* are well accepted even as die-hard fans as "not very good," it's time to move on.
I just hope they end up spending this money on getting food and water to people who need it.
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Not in the face of growing poverty, war, and corruption. The recent governors' summit on high school education should have sounded an alarm for everyone in that regard, if current events haven't.
Try having a look at the already deployed municipal networks around the US, and compare. You can answer your own question.
First, I'm a socialist, so please don't try to paint me as a pro-capitalist anti-government right-winger. I recognize how little Rutan did - I was there, I saw it. I also recognize that the ten billion NASA is spending this year alone is *not* sending people into space with the Shuttle. Right now, I think that we need to tighten every budget item (good lord, the corporate welfare first, not the food stamps), and this is something that should be better examined. NASA isn't turning out new technologies like they were in the 70s.
That's hilarious. :)
Maybe it's like in submarines - the extra space or weight would be unacceptable?
Minus, yes. Minus ten million. NASA is minus ten BILLION, three orders of magnitude greater.
But... you *do* wobble that much when you're holding a camcorder. :)
I'm not a big fan of the wobbly camera action either, but it is accurate in terms of someone who'd be holding a camera.
Yep, we use the same ones at work. Diebolds, running Windows 2000. I've seen the machine open a few times, there's some old computer case sitting in the bottom...
Ding! behind door number two. We have a trust fund, I believe.
Excuse me - rails aren't public infrastructure. The local system through Seattle is owned by BNSF.
Library feeds aren't filtered in *my* city. Perhaps you should move here.
Actually, the cost to consumer of a municipal broadband system is expected to be quite a bit lower than the cost of a private system - the private groups have been convicted, more than once, of price fixing, and they continue to do so.
Don't you mean Eolas v. Microsoft?
Ah, yes. Caring about others is trolling.
I agree wholeheartedly with most of that. By the way, the used clothing market is in no way flooded - as long as you aren't buying warm clothes, you aren't hurting anybody by shopping thrift. I don't even own a car - I cycle and bus everywhere, buy organic, have an internet connection (required for work), no TV, apartment. Your final comments are dead on. Live sustainably.
If they're brainless, don't give them money. Wait for all this to be over, get Stracynski and Sci-Fi together to make it good. *shrug*
Taking an argument to its extreme is fundamentalism, and a fallacy in itself. You have not invalidated the original argument. Enterprise didn't make money. I used to watch TNG and DS9 religiously, until a bit after Voyager started - at that point, I realized that I didn't care anymore. Neither do a lot of others. Get over it.
Given that pay per view porn is *not* a small industry, I strongly suspect this man will fail miserably. Did I read right that this came from Alaska, land of libertarians?
That's a good point. While I want to respond asking why I'd want to wait to download the entire season of a TV show I want to watch from home, you could stream it. That's what .NET was about, originally.
It will. Interface size is what killed the PDA market, and most computer manufacturers know that. The only way to give a person a good-sized interface without making them carry around an 8 pound laptop is to let them carry their data without the interface. It'll start happening in a few years, during the next major interface shift.
Mod parent up. While it's not a strict comparison, I think we all know that IE relies on a lot more than its own footprint.
Not if it was booting from your iPod. Think about it.
The "n" alone is its own character in Japanese, so it'd be "Moon Basu."
I know, man, I know. It's amazing the suffering people just don't give a shit about, but they're totally addicted to their television. Imagine, I paid something like a thousand dollars for this computer. That's more than most people in a third world country make in a year.
Actually, it matters a lot whether it's a chip or a platter. A platter requires, in today's hard disk drives, a set of support mechanisms equal to much more than 100% of the platter. A chip of equal storage density per square inch as a platter will take up less space, require less overhead, and generate less heat. The comparison I'd like to see is to today's solid state storage devices - USB drives, CompactFlash, etc. I'm pointing out that this is being compared to a technology it will not significantly affect the development of (except, perhaps, in cache).
Look, a show that "could potentially pass Voyager" in quality really isn't worth my time. Babylon 5 was very good. Battlestar Galactica is shaping up to be neat. Quantum Leap was fun. When a show comes on TV and *two seasons* are well accepted even as die-hard fans as "not very good," it's time to move on. I just hope they end up spending this money on getting food and water to people who need it.