The disadvantage is that DJs just won't look as impressive anymore - I love seeing a DJ moving sporatically and energetically to control his equipment. How boring would it be to see a DJ sitting down in front of computer, occasionally clicking something unseen on the screen? It's sort of like comparing Neil Peart playing his drum set to some dude of equal talent tapping on his triggered pads. *shrug* Just a thought.
Is a kilo a lot of plutonium to be purchasing? I don't know how much a "lot" is, I don't know much about it period. Reading it like that, though, it sort of seems like, "I'll be buying 7 fries from McDonald's this year, even though I've got my own potatoes and a deep frier.". *shrug*
Agreed - that's my primary point, that working for the car is the key. The point is that a kid's hard earned money has gone into at least part of the car - money that won't be returned if they destroy the vehicle.
Its NOT spying if they know its there. BTW, teens need to be spied on
I know there are US operatives at home and abroad covertly seeking out terrorists. Are they not spying? And no, teens do not need to be spied on - they need to be instilled with a good set of values at an early age, then be allowed to make their own mistakes. Guided and watched, yes - much like how you taught them to ride their two-wheeler, but spied on, no. If you only spy on them, they'll never lose their training wheels - I hope you realize that, if you're a parent.
Or don't buy your kids cars at ALL. That's where the, "I can do what I want with this car, mommy and daddy will just buy me a new one" mentality comes from.
I can understand why black boxes are in airplanes - its a huge liability issue. The more info gathered on crashes that do happen may reduce the chances of paying customers dying in the future. It makes good sense from a PR point of view. However, I would contend that black boxes in cars would do little to alleviate motor vehicle related deaths. We know *why* people crash: Many drivers are goddamned morons. We know that many teens are goddamned morons on the road as well - we don't need a black box to tell us that. Rather than putting these black boxes in cars to spy on our teens, we need to deal with the cause, not the symptoms: bad teen driving comes from a combination of outside pressure, overconfidence and under-training. For heavens sake - invest the money in teen driving training instead of these boxes! And parents, do us ALL a favour: Stop buying your children these expensive rockets on wheels!! Make them get a job to buy their OWN vehicle - it'll make them think twice before doing anything stupid that might wreck it.
Is there a market out there to make any money off this? I mean - if I ran across "L@@K - real MOON ROCK from SPACE MISSIONS!!!!! N/R!!!!!!!" on eBay, I'd assume it was just a joke at best, or a scam at worst. I mean, sure, you can sucker someone into paying $100 for a fake moon rock, but a million or so for a rock that, as far as the public is concerned, may or may not be real? It doesn't seem like all that great a plan - perhaps it would've been better to contact some private collectors directly.
The real advantages here aren't so much in the "hey neat" category, but in the application of this technology. Not all of us are all that efficient at gathering information from text logs or what have you - many of us are more visual. If I could have a small flash application based on this technology that used images or even sounds to say, help me visualize the load on each of my servers from home, great! Instead of browsing through several megs (or gigs) of logs, I just look for the image of the server on fire. It won't eliminate the need for "down and dirty" work, but I can certainly think of many examples of where it could minimize it.
I can understand the concern that people have over Triangle Boy, but one must consider something important (in terms of the school in the article, anyway): Filters in schools are put in place primarily to prevent students from accidentally accessing some content that the parents may sue over. That, and to prevent kids from wasting their schooltime sending emails. However, to make use of the Triangle Boy, one must a) know how to use it, and b) have a specific reason for accessing blocked material. I don't see the liability issue there - its a piece of "stealth" software that the student, of his own free will, has used - despite acceptable measures to prevent he or she from doing so. *shrug* Just a thought.
Another possible option is to download the songs you want, or a whole cd of you so desire... then find the band's contact address and send them a bit of cash. Perhaps it'd only be symbolic, but I know for a fact that the $2.50 you send them in the mail would be substantially more than what they'd get otherwise - plus, the band might just get that "playing music for the sake of music" feeling again. It's worth a shot *shrug*
I don't know about anybody else, but my purchasing habits have changed quite a bit as a result of having the ability to download music. I actually purchase fewer cds than I did before - not because I'm cheap, but because I now have the opportunity to listen to albums before I put my hard earned cash into them. So yes, the record industry gets less of my money from poor purchases - conversely, the bands I truly enjoy and wish to support get more money from me than they would have previously.
I like to consider my money an investment into a band I support - the more money they have to spend, the more music I get from them in the future. And just like any investment, one must have research tools on hand to ensure that your money is going to get a good return - It just so happens that in my case, its gnutella. Its not piracy - its good business. Surely the RIAA understands that.
It's been a year since the most devastating virus spread across the internet like wildfire - and to this day, Microsoft still insists that such things are the fault of the user, not the software.
I have DSL through Telus in Canada with the same upstream cap, and high upstream utilization means a very, very minimal hit to my downstream speed. Perhaps it is more of a hardware issue than anything else? Or rather, something that you should be asking your DSL provider about instead of the general Slashdot community? *shrug*
In an era where billions of dollars are misreported to show a profit, where companies trade our personal data as commodities, where advertising has become universally prevalent (let us not forget TV pop-ups), where predatory business practices are the norm and "moral" is a bad word.... is this truly a low? It seems to me that it is par for the course.
This is why I much prefer Canada in this instance - I remember watching a case recently involving a local University student suing the school because he tripped over and fell and uneven piece of pavement on a walkway. The judge's ruling: "I find no validity in your claim against the University - life isn't perfect."
Apology accepted, and I understand and appreciate your point of view - it is, in fact, a view I myself share. However, one must remember that subject X is inexorably intertwined with subject Y - that is, the effects of one thing has a broader effect on the larger world. My point was simply that had there been better planning in the past, the possibility exists that this $58 billion would be available today for other things - whether it be feeding the hungry or building an army of cyborgs. Either way, it's $58 billion that I don't have. =)
Go make a difference instead of complaining about what's not being done.
How dare you assume that I'm not doing my part? I volunteer for the Salvation Army several times a month, helping to feed and house the homeless. I give monthly to various humanitarian and social groups. My full-time job is planning and organizing charity programs for children and the needy at Island Farms. I do my part - the only thing I worry about is that its not enough. What do you do for your fellow man, except make blank, un-educated assumptions about people on the internet? Grow up.
More importantly, I would suggest that the shipments will not become targets for terrorists for the simple fact that it will be tightly controlled and secured. Any terrorist in need of nuclear waste for any sort of weapon would simply visit Russia or any of the other nuclear countries less-secure storage facilities and transportation. I can guarantee that grabbing some nuclear waste from norther Siberia would go largely unnoticed - and it's certainly a lot safer than trying to attack an armed convoy on US soil.
The nuclear waste has to go somewhere. I sincerely feel horrible for the people of Nevada, but the fact remains that a decision had to be made. If it were left up to debate, the waste would continue to build up in unsecure storage facilities. It's a shame that we've let ourselves get to this point, but if not Yucca Mountain, then where? South Dakota? Florida? Canada? The fact remains that a permanent storage facility is desperately needed - and we've only ourselves to blame (or more specifically, our decision-makers) for our lack of foresight into the long term storage needs of our nuclear industry.
It's sad that tens of billions of dollars are going to this when there are millions of people who are dying of hunger.
It's about 1 LoC, as the number I most commonly see associated with the Library of Congress (in text) is 2^40 bytes - or 1 terabyte.
I'll only be impressed, however, when they develop a 1 petabyte drive, which is probably more text than has been produced in the entire history of man (in all languages). A drive that size would also hold 19 months of broadcast quality, full screen, raw video, as opposed to the paltry 14 hours provided by a 1 terabyte drive.
If there's one thing I've learned over the years, its that no matter how large my hard drive, I'll quickly learn to fill it up and need more space. So I've got a terabyte of space? I'll start ripping my music CDs as raw audio to ensure the copy of I have on my harddrive is exactly the same as the CD. I'll start copying game cds to my hard drive to minimize that pesky cd-switching. So on and so forth - and you can damn well bet that (bloat/soft)ware writers will find ways to make their programs as large as possible in the same manner. It's the nature of the beast.
Your over-generalization of the poor astounds and appalls me. Many of the poor people I know *don't* have cable, and have quit smoking, and still can't better their positions in life. You know why? They spent their waking hours working to keep themselves and their families alive. When you're working two minimum wage jobs under a mountain of debt, how can you just go and get educated? Being poor is a trap - one that many people cannot get out of.
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The disadvantage is that DJs just won't look as impressive anymore - I love seeing a DJ moving sporatically and energetically to control his equipment. How boring would it be to see a DJ sitting down in front of computer, occasionally clicking something unseen on the screen? It's sort of like comparing Neil Peart playing his drum set to some dude of equal talent tapping on his triggered pads. *shrug* Just a thought.
Is a kilo a lot of plutonium to be purchasing? I don't know how much a "lot" is, I don't know much about it period. Reading it like that, though, it sort of seems like, "I'll be buying 7 fries from McDonald's this year, even though I've got my own potatoes and a deep frier.". *shrug*
Agreed - that's my primary point, that working for the car is the key. The point is that a kid's hard earned money has gone into at least part of the car - money that won't be returned if they destroy the vehicle.
I know there are US operatives at home and abroad covertly seeking out terrorists. Are they not spying? And no, teens do not need to be spied on - they need to be instilled with a good set of values at an early age, then be allowed to make their own mistakes. Guided and watched, yes - much like how you taught them to ride their two-wheeler, but spied on, no. If you only spy on them, they'll never lose their training wheels - I hope you realize that, if you're a parent.
Or don't buy your kids cars at ALL. That's where the, "I can do what I want with this car, mommy and daddy will just buy me a new one" mentality comes from.
I can understand why black boxes are in airplanes - its a huge liability issue. The more info gathered on crashes that do happen may reduce the chances of paying customers dying in the future. It makes good sense from a PR point of view. However, I would contend that black boxes in cars would do little to alleviate motor vehicle related deaths. We know *why* people crash: Many drivers are goddamned morons. We know that many teens are goddamned morons on the road as well - we don't need a black box to tell us that. Rather than putting these black boxes in cars to spy on our teens, we need to deal with the cause, not the symptoms: bad teen driving comes from a combination of outside pressure, overconfidence and under-training. For heavens sake - invest the money in teen driving training instead of these boxes! And parents, do us ALL a favour: Stop buying your children these expensive rockets on wheels!! Make them get a job to buy their OWN vehicle - it'll make them think twice before doing anything stupid that might wreck it.
Is there a market out there to make any money off this? I mean - if I ran across "L@@K - real MOON ROCK from SPACE MISSIONS!!!!! N/R!!!!!!!" on eBay, I'd assume it was just a joke at best, or a scam at worst. I mean, sure, you can sucker someone into paying $100 for a fake moon rock, but a million or so for a rock that, as far as the public is concerned, may or may not be real? It doesn't seem like all that great a plan - perhaps it would've been better to contact some private collectors directly.
The real advantages here aren't so much in the "hey neat" category, but in the application of this technology. Not all of us are all that efficient at gathering information from text logs or what have you - many of us are more visual. If I could have a small flash application based on this technology that used images or even sounds to say, help me visualize the load on each of my servers from home, great! Instead of browsing through several megs (or gigs) of logs, I just look for the image of the server on fire. It won't eliminate the need for "down and dirty" work, but I can certainly think of many examples of where it could minimize it.
Point taken - my Canadian sensibilities skewed my reply. =)
I can understand the concern that people have over Triangle Boy, but one must consider something important (in terms of the school in the article, anyway): Filters in schools are put in place primarily to prevent students from accidentally accessing some content that the parents may sue over. That, and to prevent kids from wasting their schooltime sending emails. However, to make use of the Triangle Boy, one must a) know how to use it, and b) have a specific reason for accessing blocked material. I don't see the liability issue there - its a piece of "stealth" software that the student, of his own free will, has used - despite acceptable measures to prevent he or she from doing so.
*shrug* Just a thought.
Another possible option is to download the songs you want, or a whole cd of you so desire... then find the band's contact address and send them a bit of cash. Perhaps it'd only be symbolic, but I know for a fact that the $2.50 you send them in the mail would be substantially more than what they'd get otherwise - plus, the band might just get that "playing music for the sake of music" feeling again. It's worth a shot *shrug*
I like to consider my money an investment into a band I support - the more money they have to spend, the more music I get from them in the future. And just like any investment, one must have research tools on hand to ensure that your money is going to get a good return - It just so happens that in my case, its gnutella. Its not piracy - its good business. Surely the RIAA understands that.
It's been a year since the most devastating virus spread across the internet like wildfire - and to this day, Microsoft still insists that such things are the fault of the user, not the software.
I have DSL through Telus in Canada with the same upstream cap, and high upstream utilization means a very, very minimal hit to my downstream speed. Perhaps it is more of a hardware issue than anything else? Or rather, something that you should be asking your DSL provider about instead of the general Slashdot community? *shrug*
In an era where billions of dollars are misreported to show a profit, where companies trade our personal data as commodities, where advertising has become universally prevalent (let us not forget TV pop-ups), where predatory business practices are the norm and "moral" is a bad word.... is this truly a low? It seems to me that it is par for the course.
Apology accepted, and I understand and appreciate your point of view - it is, in fact, a view I myself share. However, one must remember that subject X is inexorably intertwined with subject Y - that is, the effects of one thing has a broader effect on the larger world. My point was simply that had there been better planning in the past, the possibility exists that this $58 billion would be available today for other things - whether it be feeding the hungry or building an army of cyborgs. Either way, it's $58 billion that I don't have. =)
I could always be doing more, of course. But it's my genetic prerogative to look out for number one. =P
How dare you assume that I'm not doing my part? I volunteer for the Salvation Army several times a month, helping to feed and house the homeless. I give monthly to various humanitarian and social groups. My full-time job is planning and organizing charity programs for children and the needy at Island Farms. I do my part - the only thing I worry about is that its not enough. What do you do for your fellow man, except make blank, un-educated assumptions about people on the internet? Grow up.
Warmest regards, Greg Phillips.
Good point.
More importantly, I would suggest that the shipments will not become targets for terrorists for the simple fact that it will be tightly controlled and secured. Any terrorist in need of nuclear waste for any sort of weapon would simply visit Russia or any of the other nuclear countries less-secure storage facilities and transportation. I can guarantee that grabbing some nuclear waste from norther Siberia would go largely unnoticed - and it's certainly a lot safer than trying to attack an armed convoy on US soil.
It's sad that tens of billions of dollars are going to this when there are millions of people who are dying of hunger.
It's about 1 LoC, as the number I most commonly see associated with the Library of Congress (in text) is 2^40 bytes - or 1 terabyte.
I'll only be impressed, however, when they develop a 1 petabyte drive, which is probably more text than has been produced in the entire history of man (in all languages). A drive that size would also hold 19 months of broadcast quality, full screen, raw video, as opposed to the paltry 14 hours provided by a 1 terabyte drive.
If there's one thing I've learned over the years, its that no matter how large my hard drive, I'll quickly learn to fill it up and need more space. So I've got a terabyte of space? I'll start ripping my music CDs as raw audio to ensure the copy of I have on my harddrive is exactly the same as the CD. I'll start copying game cds to my hard drive to minimize that pesky cd-switching. So on and so forth - and you can damn well bet that (bloat/soft)ware writers will find ways to make their programs as large as possible in the same manner. It's the nature of the beast.
Your over-generalization of the poor astounds and appalls me. Many of the poor people I know *don't* have cable, and have quit smoking, and still can't better their positions in life. You know why? They spent their waking hours working to keep themselves and their families alive. When you're working two minimum wage jobs under a mountain of debt, how can you just go and get educated? Being poor is a trap - one that many people cannot get out of.
With Japan nipping at your heels. Keep in mind that Japan has universal health care, very similar to the system we have in Canada.