That's not really accurate. We DO know how to send humans to Mars. (the process is similar to building the ISS with mutiple launches putting modules and supplies in orbit where the huge spacecraft is assembled)
Well, more specifically we don't know how to *land* humans on Mars, and then return them safely back to Mars orbit.
All of the different ways we've landed on Mars to date would be unsuitable for a manned craft.
but are Americans willing to pay 50%-100% more for their electronics
No, but they are willing to increase the deficit and debt by allowing government subsidies to companies employing Americans. I suspect that's what will happen with more and more of these deals.
DVRs are very wife-friendly. You go to a program in the guide and press [Record Series]. No waiting for it to appear in the stream, no worry that it's carried on a streaming service you don't subscribe to, no worries about commercials inserted in that you can't skip over, no 'this program no longer available.'
Never underestimate the power of something being wife-friendly.
My GF watches lots of TV live - reality TV and sometimes drama
I will almost never watch live, but I'll watch quasi-live. Assuming a show like The Walking Dead will have approximately 16 minutes of ads, I'll start playing the recording as the show is still recording. So I'll start watching 15-20 minutes after the show has started, skip the commercials throughout and I'll finish watching just as it finishes the broadcast.
At that point ski-equipped LC-130 cargo planes flown by the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard will haul him to New Zealand "as soon as possible
"Haul him?" He's not a reefer full of fresh strawberries...
It only makes sense that you should only be allowed to review something you've actually bought through the site, but man will I miss the comedy reviews. The reviews for the Trump Christmas tree ornament hat are GOLD, as were the reviews for uranium in a can and all the others.
So you are arguing that ride share services (which yes, let's admit it, are totally the new taxis) should be suppressed because they are so much better for 98% of the population, but may make it harder for the other 2%?
Largely we're not talking about Uber's customers, we're talking about Uber's employees.
...and yes, Uber's drivers are obviously Uber's employees.
When I buy a box on Amazon via their app, the employees that package and ship that box to me work under local labour laws. Uber needs to do the same.
I will 'think' about those things once was have some hard numbers from reputable sources.
For example, how many terrorist acts were committed based on people coming in from Mexico? And as for drugs, if you want to eliminate those, just legalese in the USA. Presto, no more market for drug dealers.
Just seems silly to me to contemplate spending 40 Billion on something - Money that could go to education, healthcare, veterans - When there doesn't seem to be hard facts indicating that that spend is a good investment of tax dollars that will solve a real problem.
I'm a fiscal conservative, so I need to see the numbers first, before I can get behind something like that.
It's not perfect, but the idea that it is as bad as people who just willfully invent rumors out of thin air and disseminate them as truth is absurd.
This is one of the most frustrating things about Slashdot - On this site, perfect is the enemy of good.
Also manifests itself in discussion of police states, when, on Slashdot, the USA is claimed to be a 'police state.' Usually people making these claims have never experienced an actual police state.
It doesn't matter, the USA has enshrined freedom of speech in its Constitution.
No one is saying these vile serpents can't spew their hate. Twitter is just saying they can't use Twitter's platform to do it. They can go make their own Twitter.
Amazing that the photo on the phone's web page shows someone with the phone up to their ear actually talking with it. Having a conversation on a phone? What a concept.
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That's not really accurate. We DO know how to send humans to Mars. (the process is similar to building the ISS with mutiple launches putting modules and supplies in orbit where the huge spacecraft is assembled)
Well, more specifically we don't know how to *land* humans on Mars, and then return them safely back to Mars orbit.
All of the different ways we've landed on Mars to date would be unsuitable for a manned craft.
That is completely untrue. We've been sending heavy things to Mars reasonably reliably since the late 1970s
Yes - We know how to send metal things to Mars. And even in that case, the list of failures in the last 20 years is impressive -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
What we don't know how to do is send soft squishy humans to Mars, and, perhaps more importantly, bring them home again.
(Yeah, yeah, I know the Mars One plan is meant to be a suicide mission...)
Why surprises me is why popular events haven't moved to an auction system for tickets -
U2 is coming to town, tickets on sale by auction - They bid up to what the market will bear and (presumably) sell at a slower pace...
but are Americans willing to pay 50%-100% more for their electronics
No, but they are willing to increase the deficit and debt by allowing government subsidies to companies employing Americans. I suspect that's what will happen with more and more of these deals.
who DVRs series or movies any more?
DVRs are very wife-friendly. You go to a program in the guide and press [Record Series]. No waiting for it to appear in the stream, no worry that it's carried on a streaming service you don't subscribe to, no worries about commercials inserted in that you can't skip over, no 'this program no longer available.'
Never underestimate the power of something being wife-friendly.
My GF watches lots of TV live - reality TV and sometimes drama
I will almost never watch live, but I'll watch quasi-live. Assuming a show like The Walking Dead will have approximately 16 minutes of ads, I'll start playing the recording as the show is still recording. So I'll start watching 15-20 minutes after the show has started, skip the commercials throughout and I'll finish watching just as it finishes the broadcast.
At that point ski-equipped LC-130 cargo planes flown by the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard will haul him to New Zealand "as soon as possible
"Haul him?" He's not a reefer full of fresh strawberries...
What is Buzz Aldrin doing at the South Pole?
Being awesome, most likely.
It only makes sense that you should only be allowed to review something you've actually bought through the site, but man will I miss the comedy reviews. The reviews for the Trump Christmas tree ornament hat are GOLD, as were the reviews for uranium in a can and all the others.
So you are arguing that ride share services (which yes, let's admit it, are totally the new taxis) should be suppressed because they are so much better for 98% of the population, but may make it harder for the other 2%?
Largely we're not talking about Uber's customers, we're talking about Uber's employees.
...and yes, Uber's drivers are obviously Uber's employees.
When I buy a box on Amazon via their app, the employees that package and ship that box to me work under local labour laws. Uber needs to do the same.
Think drugs, terrorists, cartels, etc.
I will 'think' about those things once was have some hard numbers from reputable sources.
For example, how many terrorist acts were committed based on people coming in from Mexico? And as for drugs, if you want to eliminate those, just legalese in the USA. Presto, no more market for drug dealers.
Just seems silly to me to contemplate spending 40 Billion on something - Money that could go to education, healthcare, veterans - When there doesn't seem to be hard facts indicating that that spend is a good investment of tax dollars that will solve a real problem.
I'm a fiscal conservative, so I need to see the numbers first, before I can get behind something like that.
I've been a big Trump fan ever since he promised to build a wall during the announcement of his candidacy
Just curious - Why would you support spending forty billion dollars to build a wall when net immigration from Mexico is negative?
Seems to me there are way better ways the USA could spend forty billion.
https://www.technologyreview.c...
It's not perfect, but the idea that it is as bad as people who just willfully invent rumors out of thin air and disseminate them as truth is absurd.
This is one of the most frustrating things about Slashdot - On this site, perfect is the enemy of good.
Also manifests itself in discussion of police states, when, on Slashdot, the USA is claimed to be a 'police state.' Usually people making these claims have never experienced an actual police state.
It doesn't matter, the USA has enshrined freedom of speech in its Constitution.
No one is saying these vile serpents can't spew their hate. Twitter is just saying they can't use Twitter's platform to do it. They can go make their own Twitter.
just assumes the rest of the world will bend around them.
Evidence from their customers seems to suggest this is indeed the case.
Obviously not, since you can't record Netflix either.
I don't need to 'record' Netflix because -
a) There are already no commercials (so don't need to skip over them)
b) I can already watch what / when I want, so no need to time-shift.
No. You don't. Because that isn't possible to do.
Sure it is. Watch this video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
No, I don't work for HP. No, I don't work for Microsoft. I just think it's a cool phone.
Yep - But more like 300 miles.
Seattle is at 47.6062 degrees N
Toronto is at 43.6532 degrees N
I got my first TRS-80 Model I (Level II) back in 1980, when I was 13.
When you turned the computer on, it presented you with a prompt where you could just start entering BASIC.
Many of us would carefully enter BASIC code printed in the pages of 80 Micro magazine. You couldn't help but learn coding...
Even a rough googling or wiki'ing proves that to be incorrect.
He meant 'hurricanes that damaged property in the USA.'
In his world, hurricanes, cyclones & typhoons that wreak havoc in 'other places' don't count.
Amazing that the photo on the phone's web page shows someone with the phone up to their ear actually talking with it. Having a conversation on a phone? What a concept.
Sure it is:
http://tinyurl.com/jmzqcph
What impresses me is how well they hold their value.
I was looking at picking up one of the older Surface Pros. A first-gen one (with keyboard and stylus) will show in eBay at $350 with 30 bids.
No Surface Tablet has actually been spotted outside of a store
Things must be different where you are. I see them everywhere - Coffee shops, airports, trains, hotel lobbies...
Interesting that you call it the 'whale.' To me, that term is exclusively reserved for that ugly beast more commonly known as the A380.
To me the 747 was always "The Big Bird" or "The Jumbo."