You know, Ford makes cars with 4 wheels, and voila, GM copies them and makes a car with 4 wheels also.
I'm not saying Google is not innovating, but what is Microsoft supposed to do? If they don't make a mapping software, then they are attacked, if they do, then they are attacked.
Besides, I remember having a CD called something like Encarta Streets or something that was MICROSOFT mapping software long before google was anything other than a mispelling of goggle.
I aksed almost that very same question to Dr. John Grunsfeld when the White House had a Q & A session just after all the new direction was announced. You can see it here http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20040114.html just scroll down until you see the question from the class in Tampa, FL.
I teach science and had my kids come up with the first question, and I asked the second.
Is there one I am missing? And I am not talking about Skype which is free calls only to Skype users last time I checked.
I think if someone had an open source VoIP it would bring the telco industry to its knees. It would be like free solar power to the oil industry.
From the Simpsons, as spoken by Prof. Frink:
Well, sure, the Frinkiac-7 looks impressive - Don't touch it! - But I predict that within 100 years computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings in Europe will own them.
Of course all these problems were addressed in 1969, but it was a massive undertaking. Much more massive than just sticking a tin can with an asbestos heat shield on top of an ICBM booster.
That is my point. Wasn't all the math and legwork figured out all ready? And wasn't it all constructed with 1960's technology? Now all they need is someone with DEEP pockets.
I mean, the lunar missions all used what, 1960's technology? And now that the X-Prize MIGHT result in commercial orbitals, how much harder is it to go the moon once you are up there?
Seriously, I'm asking how much harder. I'm no rocket scientist.
Seems some rogue millionaire could have someone construct his a ship with all that extra cash using at least 1980's technology.
The guys who ran NASA in the sixties must be rolling over in their graves. They ran a safe ship, to be sure. But they also KNEW that space flight was an dangerous business.
They accepted this risk because of the rewards of doing things like going to the moon. Now however, where is the reward in seeing a routine shuttle complete it's flight plan?
Don't get me wrong, I am a big proponet of manned space flight. I think an astronaut, (and the public) were accepting that someone could die attempting to land on the moon.
But to die attempting to er..um..uhh...The average joe isn't sure what the shuttle is doing besides going up and down. (sometimes)
Yes, I have a friend or two..
I told him I was a little concerned with my p4 running around 60C and hee tells me that when they test out the chips, they test them at like 100C.
Im not suggesting to run your CPU at 100C, but I don't think 60-70 is a problem.
There is, however, a segment of modders who will spend tons of money because they heard that brand x of thermal grease will lower the CPU temp.000000001 degree.
I live in Tampa and the wife and I are thinking of taking our baby to see the launch. How early do you need to arrive?
Oh, and yes, some of us here at slashdot have spouses and even (gasp) offspring!
(sarcastic comment overload)
How come every time I heard the word Longhorn, I think of this scene from City Slickers:
Mitch: Rollin', rollin', rollin', keep them dogies rollin', man my ass is swollen, Rawhide! Round em up, ride em in, get em up, get em dressed, comb their hair, brush their teeth, Rawhide! Tie me down, tell me lies, pull my hair, slap my thighs - with a big wet strap of, Rawhide!
Really? No 757 hit the pentagon? How about this, I dare you to walk up to a loved one of someone who was ON THE PLANE that hit the Pentagon and tell them that it never hit.
Then try and come up with a theory to explain all the missing passengers who were on the plane that never hit anything.
Really? So no one on the net should be allowed to make money? And if they do, they should feel guilty about it?
Oh, and plenty of things are the library are free that aren't free at home. They're called books, and they are written by people called authors who usually like to get paid for their efforts.
So if you want a copy of the book at home, to keep forever, then no, it is not free. And if you want your own persistent connection to the net at home, then no, that isn't free either.
But, _why_ would you have a problem with it?
Are you kidding? I don't work 70 hours a week so that my neighbor can mooch off my electricity. That is certainly not what I would call unmotivated selfishness.
My wife and I are VERY generous. That, however, does not mean I would be in favor of paying one flat rate electric bill so that my neighbor who sits on his ass all day can use my electricity.
I take it then that the servers hosting all these web pages cost nothing? And the power to run them is free? And the time involved in programming was all donated? And the universities print their own money to maintain the connections?
That is why it isn't free.
Besides, if you want free internet, then go the public library and use their machines. If you want the conveinence of using it at home or at work, then you pay.
It's only like your analogy if you split the cable yourself and ran the extra end out to your neighbor for him, whether you intend them to use it or not.
Well, how about this. My cable tv lines here are all above ground and run from the power poles to my house. The power poles are on a very thin strip running along our back yards. We have been told that the thin strip is not our property. Now the cable coming to my house originates right there. They could split it there.
I know...devils advocate. But isn't that what makes this fun?
If electricity was a flat rate and I was paying and my neighbor was not, then yes, I would have a problem with it.
Anyways, this is actually one of the more intelligent conversations I have seen around here in a few days!
I can see your points, but stepping on someones property is not the only way to commit a crime.
If someone logs on to that unsecured network and steals a paypal password and empties the bank account, can they say, "What? The network was unsecure, I thought it was my money!"
Im not saying the networks should not be secure, they should. But just because it isn't doesn't mean its free to hop on.
Wrong. So I have a power outlet at the front of my driveway to power lights for the front yard. It is open for anyone to use. It is my fault if someone plugs in and steals electricity?
Then what you are saying is the crime is based on intelligence. For instance. A hacker SMART enough to break in a to wireless network is a criminal, but the dumb hacker who only knows how to break in to a unsecured network is not a criminal because, hey, the network was wide open.
If I may extend your point, any crime at all is the fault of the victim who is not prepared.
The person doing the actual crime is not guilty because the victim was not ready.
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You know, Ford makes cars with 4 wheels, and voila, GM copies them and makes a car with 4 wheels also.
I'm not saying Google is not innovating, but what is Microsoft supposed to do? If they don't make a mapping software, then they are attacked, if they do, then they are attacked.
Besides, I remember having a CD called something like Encarta Streets or something that was MICROSOFT mapping software long before google was anything other than a mispelling of goggle.
I aksed almost that very same question to Dr. John Grunsfeld when the White House had a Q & A session just after all the new direction was announced. You can see it here http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20040114.html just scroll down until you see the question from the class in Tampa, FL.
I teach science and had my kids come up with the first question, and I asked the second.
Is there one I am missing? And I am not talking about Skype which is free calls only to Skype users last time I checked.
I think if someone had an open source VoIP it would bring the telco industry to its knees. It would be like free solar power to the oil industry.
Or, how about this revision?d ic/MALElements.html
http://info.bio.cmu.edu/Courses/BiochemMols/Perio
From the Simpsons, as spoken by Prof. Frink:
Well, sure, the Frinkiac-7 looks impressive - Don't touch it! - But I predict that within 100 years computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings in Europe will own them.
Of course all these problems were addressed in 1969, but it was a massive undertaking. Much more massive than just sticking a tin can with an asbestos heat shield on top of an ICBM booster.
That is my point. Wasn't all the math and legwork figured out all ready? And wasn't it all constructed with 1960's technology? Now all they need is someone with DEEP pockets.
I mean, the lunar missions all used what, 1960's technology? And now that the X-Prize MIGHT result in commercial orbitals, how much harder is it to go the moon once you are up there?
Seriously, I'm asking how much harder. I'm no rocket scientist.
Seems some rogue millionaire could have someone construct his a ship with all that extra cash using at least 1980's technology.
You see, when a product gets popular, people start the visit the websi...ahhh never mind.
Get back to me when you find your sense of humor.
Firefox, I'd like to introduce you to "wide-spread" usage.
Wide spread usage, this is firefox.
(sarcastic comment overload)
The guys who ran NASA in the sixties must be rolling over in their graves. They ran a safe ship, to be sure. But they also KNEW that space flight was an dangerous business.
They accepted this risk because of the rewards of doing things like going to the moon. Now however, where is the reward in seeing a routine shuttle complete it's flight plan?
Don't get me wrong, I am a big proponet of manned space flight. I think an astronaut, (and the public) were accepting that someone could die attempting to land on the moon.
But to die attempting to er..um..uhh...The average joe isn't sure what the shuttle is doing besides going up and down. (sometimes)
Yes, I have a friend or two.. .000000001 degree.
I told him I was a little concerned with my p4 running around 60C and hee tells me that when they test out the chips, they test them at like 100C.
Im not suggesting to run your CPU at 100C, but I don't think 60-70 is a problem.
There is, however, a segment of modders who will spend tons of money because they heard that brand x of thermal grease will lower the CPU temp
Post of the Day! (In my opinion, anyways).
Also amusing, check out the reviews from that amazon link.
I live in Tampa and the wife and I are thinking of taking our baby to see the launch. How early do you need to arrive?
Oh, and yes, some of us here at slashdot have spouses and even (gasp) offspring!
(sarcastic comment overload)
How come every time I heard the word Longhorn, I think of this scene from City Slickers:
Mitch: Rollin', rollin', rollin', keep them dogies rollin', man my ass is swollen, Rawhide! Round em up, ride em in, get em up, get em dressed, comb their hair, brush their teeth, Rawhide! Tie me down, tell me lies, pull my hair, slap my thighs - with a big wet strap of, Rawhide!
I have plans to teleport into strange women's bedrooms.
Why only strange women?
Really? No 757 hit the pentagon? How about this, I dare you to walk up to a loved one of someone who was ON THE PLANE that hit the Pentagon and tell them that it never hit.
Then try and come up with a theory to explain all the missing passengers who were on the plane that never hit anything.
download a 5 minute, low-quality movie (usually porn)
:)
who's got the torrent?
You forgot these steps:
1. Collect Underpants
2. ?
3. Profit.
Really? So no one on the net should be allowed to make money? And if they do, they should feel guilty about it?
Oh, and plenty of things are the library are free that aren't free at home. They're called books, and they are written by people called authors who usually like to get paid for their efforts.
So if you want a copy of the book at home, to keep forever, then no, it is not free. And if you want your own persistent connection to the net at home, then no, that isn't free either.
But, _why_ would you have a problem with it?
Are you kidding? I don't work 70 hours a week so that my neighbor can mooch off my electricity. That is certainly not what I would call unmotivated selfishness.
My wife and I are VERY generous. That, however, does not mean I would be in favor of paying one flat rate electric bill so that my neighbor who sits on his ass all day can use my electricity.
I take it then that the servers hosting all these web pages cost nothing? And the power to run them is free? And the time involved in programming was all donated? And the universities print their own money to maintain the connections?
That is why it isn't free.
Besides, if you want free internet, then go the public library and use their machines. If you want the conveinence of using it at home or at work, then you pay.
It's only like your analogy if you split the cable yourself and ran the extra end out to your neighbor for him, whether you intend them to use it or not.
Well, how about this. My cable tv lines here are all above ground and run from the power poles to my house. The power poles are on a very thin strip running along our back yards. We have been told that the thin strip is not our property. Now the cable coming to my house originates right there. They could split it there.
I know...devils advocate. But isn't that what makes this fun?
If electricity was a flat rate and I was paying and my neighbor was not, then yes, I would have a problem with it.
Anyways, this is actually one of the more intelligent conversations I have seen around here in a few days!
I can see your points, but stepping on someones property is not the only way to commit a crime.
If someone logs on to that unsecured network and steals a paypal password and empties the bank account, can they say, "What? The network was unsecure, I thought it was my money!"
Im not saying the networks should not be secure, they should. But just because it isn't doesn't mean its free to hop on.
Wrong. So I have a power outlet at the front of my driveway to power lights for the front yard. It is open for anyone to use. It is my fault if someone plugs in and steals electricity?
Then what you are saying is the crime is based on intelligence. For instance. A hacker SMART enough to break in a to wireless network is a criminal, but the dumb hacker who only knows how to break in to a unsecured network is not a criminal because, hey, the network was wide open.
If I may extend your point, any crime at all is the fault of the victim who is not prepared.
The person doing the actual crime is not guilty because the victim was not ready.