True; that would require a 3D camera with the lenses set the same distance apart as human eyes. Then you just cover the lenses with the same glasses that people wear. (Actually, I'm probably oversimplifying; you may also need to genlock the camera to the video source. This was necessary for CRT displays, I'm not sure about LCD/Plasma/OLED displays.)
it's very possible that it will be *extremely difficult* to pirate future content such as movies.
Correction: it may become very difficult to make high quality copies of movies. However, the old "Point a videocamera at the screen and record away" method will always work, at least until they implant DRM decoder chips into our brains.
Fantastic! The Open Source model make even more sense for education than it does for software. I'd like to urge all you nerds out there contribute content to this site -- Java Apps, coding tutorials, etc. In a few years, School Districts should be able to "Just Say No" to expensive textbooks!
Current photovoltaics are expected to last for 30 years; what is the functional lifetime of this device? It seems to me that plastic and pokeberry dye won't last anywhere near as long as silicone.
You do realize that the per-child deduction pales compared to the actual annual cost of feeding, clothing, and buying other supplies for a child, don't you? (To say nothing of repairing the damage they do.) Personally, I had a lot more disposable income BEFORE I got a wife and kids that spend all my money. Now I make more, but have nothing to spend on myself.
So, first time in years that Microsoft's concept of "innovation", which is really "just copy whatever Google or Apple or Sony do", actually WASN'T a stupid idea... and they kill the project? You've got to admit, this was much better conceived than the Zune!
If by "welfare crowd" you mean AIG, Bear Stearns, BofA, Citigroup, GM, and Chrysler, than I might agree with you.
Look, we don't get to decide to what ends our mandatory taxes are applied. Personally, I'd love to see a series of checkboxes on my 1040 letting me specify what my taxes get spent on, but that isn't going to happen.
The reasons nukes haven't been used in the last 60 years is because to do so would cause more problems than it would solve.
Sure, they have feelings: "Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to take you to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction, 'cause I don't!"
Once again, they are failing to meet the real needs of the people. The economic demand is for sexbots, not astrobots. People don't want a robot that "can do everything that a person can do". They want a robot that can do everything that a hooker can do.
Wouldn't the cost of returning the robot to earth far exceed the cost of simply building a new one? I thought the whole point of using automatons for exploration was that you could leave them there!
Increasing it by 2% every year for the next 5 years would be a $1.87 billion increase, not a $6 billion increase. $6 billion over 5 years would be a 6.4% increase per year, which, although small, is higher than inflation.
Look, you can't have it both ways: you can't blast Obama for spending too much and running up a deficit, and simultaneously blast him for not spending enough on NASA! The facts are that the deficit needs to be reduced, and everybody is going to feel some pain from that.
The real question should be "Who, if anyone, was harmed by Terry Childs's actions?" The next question should be "Does that harm really justify taking away several years of his life?" Look, I'm the first to admit that Childs was being a dick. But so were his managers, and the punishment is way out of proportion to the crime. $5 million bail?!? WTF!
When the wind blows it sideways while you are still inflating it, it has a problem. The solution is to never inflate balloons when there is any chance of wind. I experienced this personally when I tried to hold back a hot-air balloon at he Tualitin Festival of Balloons that go hit by a wind -- turns out the weight of humans is completely ineffective at holding these back. They tie the basket to the chase vehicle with a heavy-duty tether before they begin inflation, and that is the only thing that stopped it. Yes, NASA should have tethered their payload to a good anchor.
...we all know about the waters of mars!!!Yes, we do.
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Why would you want to go to all the trouble and energy of escaping the Earth's gravity well, only to drop back into another gravity well? I say we shoot for the asteroid belt -- it has both the necessary resources and easier access to them. Sure, it lacks gravity, but so does the moon.
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True; that would require a 3D camera with the lenses set the same distance apart as human eyes. Then you just cover the lenses with the same glasses that people wear. (Actually, I'm probably oversimplifying; you may also need to genlock the camera to the video source. This was necessary for CRT displays, I'm not sure about LCD/Plasma/OLED displays.)
The sunlight makes it too hard to see the screen!
Identity theft? I think they need to bring Tina Fey up on that charge!
By Rule 34 of the internet, shouldn't they have Navi porn out by now? I can't be the only one that dreams of a nice 10' tall blue piece of tail? Am I?
it's very possible that it will be *extremely difficult* to pirate future content such as movies.
Correction: it may become very difficult to make high quality copies of movies. However, the old "Point a videocamera at the screen and record away" method will always work, at least until they implant DRM decoder chips into our brains.
If you've got an economy built solely on Intellectual Property ownership, you're fuckin' DOOMED in the near future!
...only a small percentage of the world meets its standard for IP protection.
You say that as if you think that's a BAD thing!
Fantastic! The Open Source model make even more sense for education than it does for software. I'd like to urge all you nerds out there contribute content to this site -- Java Apps, coding tutorials, etc. In a few years, School Districts should be able to "Just Say No" to expensive textbooks!
Current photovoltaics are expected to last for 30 years; what is the functional lifetime of this device? It seems to me that plastic and pokeberry dye won't last anywhere near as long as silicone.
You do realize that the per-child deduction pales compared to the actual annual cost of feeding, clothing, and buying other supplies for a child, don't you? (To say nothing of repairing the damage they do.) Personally, I had a lot more disposable income BEFORE I got a wife and kids that spend all my money. Now I make more, but have nothing to spend on myself.
So, first time in years that Microsoft's concept of "innovation", which is really "just copy whatever Google or Apple or Sony do", actually WASN'T a stupid idea... and they kill the project? You've got to admit, this was much better conceived than the Zune!
If by "welfare crowd" you mean AIG, Bear Stearns, BofA, Citigroup, GM, and Chrysler, than I might agree with you.
Look, we don't get to decide to what ends our mandatory taxes are applied. Personally, I'd love to see a series of checkboxes on my 1040 letting me specify what my taxes get spent on, but that isn't going to happen.
The reasons nukes haven't been used in the last 60 years is because to do so would cause more problems than it would solve.
Sure, they have feelings: "Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to take you to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction, 'cause I don't!"
Once again, they are failing to meet the real needs of the people. The economic demand is for sexbots, not astrobots. People don't want a robot that "can do everything that a person can do". They want a robot that can do everything that a hooker can do.
Wouldn't the cost of returning the robot to earth far exceed the cost of simply building a new one? I thought the whole point of using automatons for exploration was that you could leave them there!
In all the cases you cite, there is clear intent to harm. The intention to harm is not so clear in the Terry Childs case.
Increasing it by 2% every year for the next 5 years would be a $1.87 billion increase, not a $6 billion increase. $6 billion over 5 years would be a 6.4% increase per year, which, although small, is higher than inflation.
Look, you can't have it both ways: you can't blast Obama for spending too much and running up a deficit, and simultaneously blast him for not spending enough on NASA! The facts are that the deficit needs to be reduced, and everybody is going to feel some pain from that.
The real question should be "Who, if anyone, was harmed by Terry Childs's actions?" The next question should be "Does that harm really justify taking away several years of his life?" Look, I'm the first to admit that Childs was being a dick. But so were his managers, and the punishment is way out of proportion to the crime. $5 million bail?!? WTF!
When the wind blows it sideways while you are still inflating it, it has a problem. The solution is to never inflate balloons when there is any chance of wind. I experienced this personally when I tried to hold back a hot-air balloon at he Tualitin Festival of Balloons that go hit by a wind -- turns out the weight of humans is completely ineffective at holding these back. They tie the basket to the chase vehicle with a heavy-duty tether before they begin inflation, and that is the only thing that stopped it. Yes, NASA should have tethered their payload to a good anchor.
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That joke went over like a lead... uh, nevermind!
Never let the facts stand in the way of a good anti-Obama rant!
Obama's strategy, which increases NASA's budget by $6 billion over the next five years, looks to commercial space vehicles to take over the role of transporting astronauts to and from low Earth orbit and focuses the agency's efforts on technologies that will take explorers to destinations beyond the Moon.
Canceling Constellation != "draining the lifeblood out of every avenue of manned exploration", and in fact, Obama is increasing NASA's budget!
What do you mean by "we", meatbag?
...we all know about the waters of mars!!! Yes, we do.
Why would you want to go to all the trouble and energy of escaping the Earth's gravity well, only to drop back into another gravity well? I say we shoot for the asteroid belt -- it has both the necessary resources and easier access to them. Sure, it lacks gravity, but so does the moon.