I've been thinking a lot about this stuff in my brief life. I once had a dream where i was a fish in a "blob" of water floating around in microgravity. I kept seeing how close i could get to the edge, until i finally got too close and was sent out of the bubble and lost control completely. At that point i woke up.
Anyway, I would love to see that done in the same manner as these experiments.
Anyone remember the first Larry game, where you died if you forgot to put on a condom? And got beaten if you forgot to take it off?
That sure was a responsible game.
Monkeys need food and water and energy and sex.
Humans need food and water and energy and sex and art.
I'd say if you need programming, IE, it is your passion, it is an art to you. For me, it's just something that in the end makes life a whole lot easier.
I believe an on-demand system could work very well the way state-subsidised public service television works in a lot of european countries.
Here in Sweden, anyone who owns a TV set (or, nowadays, a computer with a TV-reciever, or a television mobile phone), has to pay a TV-license of a couple of hundred kronors per year ($30-40). For this we get two channels with excellent quality content and no commercials. Most people add on to this with paying for cable channels that cost a lot more, and include commercials. But imagine a system where you could have just a large number of the public service channels for a proportionally higher price. There would be the traditional time-dependent broadcasts, without commercials but any old programming (that has already been aired) would also be available on-demand, perhaps by a bittorrent-type distribution network, that has proven very effective.
By the way, I've been wondering about the legality of downloading shows that I have payed for with my TV-license. A lot of american sitcoms, that are normally shown in America with commercials, for example, is shown on one of these channels. Would it be illegal for me to download an episode that has already be shown on Swedish television, since I have technically paid to see it, commercial free?
Top three torrents at a large torrent site right now:
1. Star Wars III Revenge of the Sith. Seeders: 1290, leechers: 14824
2. Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Seeders: 241, leechers: 4777
3. Star Wars Revenge of the Sith Episode 3. Seeders: 148, leechers: 4148.
And yeah, this is the ultra-crap version with a timecode imprinted.
I am a hunter. I don't believe that it's sporting to hunt via an internet connection
What's the difference really? I remember The Daily Show doing a piece on this, and it seemed like it was mostly for hunters who were now unable to go out in the forest, such as old men in wheelchairs. If they love doing it as much as you do, but are unable to, why would you want to take that away from them?
I'm against hunting, as I think all lives are equal, and killing for personal enjoyment is wrong, but I don't understand you argument here. What's the difference between killing in a cold wet forest or in the comfort of you own home?
And yes, I realize I just used The Daily show as a source, but that's all I know about this thing.
Competition between the US and USSR is what started space exploration and put man on the moon, not to mention uncountable other scientific achievements. Even though there isn't nearly as much money being put in to it now as there was forty years ago, competition will, as always, lead to innovation.
I can't believe no one has made a slashdot reference to Robert Silverberg's "good news from the vatican", in which a robot is elected new pope. i mean, some of these are about as likely.
Cheap flights are generally short flights.
This would really only be interesting on a long haul 6 hours+ flight, that are quite expensive to begin with.
Still, I wouldn't pay $30 for a couple of hours of internet access. I really like the power outlets a lot of airlines are introducing though. On longer flights, like the ones I fly between Sweden and California fairly often, my laptop has a painfully short battery life.
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I'd absolutely bet my cheap one button standard mouse that Amazon didn't invent the mouseclick though.
I've been thinking a lot about this stuff in my brief life.
I once had a dream where i was a fish in a "blob" of water floating around in microgravity. I kept seeing how close i could get to the edge, until i finally got too close and was sent out of the bubble and lost control completely. At that point i woke up.
Anyway, I would love to see that done in the same manner as these experiments.
Anyone remember the first Larry game, where you died if you forgot to put on a condom? And got beaten if you forgot to take it off? That sure was a responsible game.
Monkeys need food and water and energy and sex.
Humans need food and water and energy and sex and art.
I'd say if you need programming, IE, it is your passion, it is an art to you. For me, it's just something that in the end makes life a whole lot easier.
most people who died fighting for it fought for a flag that looked different anyway.
sure, it had a different amount of stars, but still.
Informative was definitely not the modding i was going for there.
The similarities are striking, in that with both solar rails and solar sails, you don't have much option what direction you want to go.
Both libraries and bookstores exist online.
damn, those russians are hardcore cow tippers. who'd have thought?
Talk to the guy who did this for the Jedi Council. That guy did one hell of a job
PBS buys a lot of programming from BBC. The Swedish public service is quite different in structure and definitely doesn't have pledge-a-thons.
I believe an on-demand system could work very well the way state-subsidised public service television works in a lot of european countries.
Here in Sweden, anyone who owns a TV set (or, nowadays, a computer with a TV-reciever, or a television mobile phone), has to pay a TV-license of a couple of hundred kronors per year ($30-40). For this we get two channels with excellent quality content and no commercials. Most people add on to this with paying for cable channels that cost a lot more, and include commercials. But imagine a system where you could have just a large number of the public service channels for a proportionally higher price. There would be the traditional time-dependent broadcasts, without commercials but any old programming (that has already been aired) would also be available on-demand, perhaps by a bittorrent-type distribution network, that has proven very effective.
By the way, I've been wondering about the legality of downloading shows that I have payed for with my TV-license. A lot of american sitcoms, that are normally shown in America with commercials, for example, is shown on one of these channels. Would it be illegal for me to download an episode that has already be shown on Swedish television, since I have technically paid to see it, commercial free?
Top three torrents at a large torrent site right now:
1. Star Wars III Revenge of the Sith. Seeders: 1290, leechers: 14824 2. Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Seeders: 241, leechers: 4777 3. Star Wars Revenge of the Sith Episode 3. Seeders: 148, leechers: 4148. And yeah, this is the ultra-crap version with a timecode imprinted.
Man, now all the torrent sites are gonna have to start offering bodyparts as well. Things are gonna get nasty.
Now taking bets at when a Rancor will devour it!
I am a hunter. I don't believe that it's sporting to hunt via an internet connection What's the difference really? I remember The Daily Show doing a piece on this, and it seemed like it was mostly for hunters who were now unable to go out in the forest, such as old men in wheelchairs. If they love doing it as much as you do, but are unable to, why would you want to take that away from them? I'm against hunting, as I think all lives are equal, and killing for personal enjoyment is wrong, but I don't understand you argument here. What's the difference between killing in a cold wet forest or in the comfort of you own home? And yes, I realize I just used The Daily show as a source, but that's all I know about this thing.
i have a feeling there's gonna be a lot of technologies celebrating a ten year anniversary the next couple of years.
Competition between the US and USSR is what started space exploration and put man on the moon, not to mention uncountable other scientific achievements. Even though there isn't nearly as much money being put in to it now as there was forty years ago, competition will, as always, lead to innovation.
i think the spelling of it is rather arbitrary.
Hmmmm...the hosts also won... I declare shenanegans!
Google is watching.
I can't believe no one has made a slashdot reference to Robert Silverberg's "good news from the vatican", in which a robot is elected new pope. i mean, some of these are about as likely.
Cheap flights are generally short flights. This would really only be interesting on a long haul 6 hours+ flight, that are quite expensive to begin with. Still, I wouldn't pay $30 for a couple of hours of internet access. I really like the power outlets a lot of airlines are introducing though. On longer flights, like the ones I fly between Sweden and California fairly often, my laptop has a painfully short battery life.
Or why not play on a flat screen tv, lying on its back?
once they get around to making his dark materials, that'll be the new star wars, or lord of the rings, if you will.