In future development of Linux, shouldn't Bill Gates be consulted? I know he's a bit out there, but his designs have sold around the world.
Granted, they're an older company, and the Linux design is a more recent evolution.
Seriously, suggesting that someone from a competing company should be 'consulted' is disingenuos at best, and insulting at worst. They're a privately held company, and they can do whatever they want. Telling them to go talk to Rutan because he was in the news recently is more similar to telling Linux advocates to listen to MSCEs then you may think. I'm not trolling (usually, that phrase is one of the first signs that a post is a troll, but...) but your suggestion sounds like something I'd expect to hear from a politician who has the most fleeting of familiarity with the subject.
We've all seen the 'well meaning but eventually self serving' politico who brings a representative from Microsoft or Sony up to testify on DRM, because they know 'computer stuff'.
Rather then suggest design by forced consultation with someone you happen to remember seeing in the news (a camel is a horse designed by committee), sit back and find someone else who wants your advice on how to run their company.
If they want Rutan's input, they'll make that decision without armchair quarterbacking from the public.
Honestly, there seems to be some sort of plague of centralized decision making that's taking over this community. Just because we write and contribute to open source software doesn't mean that we should become communists!
No mention of the cell tracking method someone demo'ed a couple years ago? It used data from cell towers to monitor anonymized speed data for cell phones for a certain service, as measured by 2d direction finding the various towers could perform on a phone based on signal strength.
The method, while it generated controversy on slashdot for the possible privacy implications, was a viable and cheap method to get this same data without adding specific new hardware.
I can think of quite a few searches I've run that I'd hate to be archived and cross-referenced against my name.
On the plus side, this always opens the door to hilarious new 'Paris Hilton's hacked t-mobile' type tomfoolery.
"From the i-can't-believe-its-not-butter department, Slashdot reader AnonymousCoward writes 'rofl! I haxored google history, and guess what, Linus was searching the net for patches to his Windows 2000 machine! omfgroflolololo!!!OPijsdf0+++NO CARRIER'"
> It's pretty easy to keep a car on the road. Keeping a plane in the sky is > impossible to do with 100% certainty, no matter how skilled you are.
Since you used comparison logic, are you suggesting that you can keep a car on the road with 100% certainty? I call bullshit.
Flying, like driving, requires attention and good judgement. When either factors are missing, accidents happen. It doesn't matter whether you're in a 1998 Honda Accord or a 1982 Piper Cherokee, the exact same factors exist.
In fact, General Aviation has a better safety rate per hour then driving on the road.
Your belief is not required. The soviets created completely autonomous docking systems in the 80s that are still used today. The difference is that DART doesn't require active 2-way cooperation from the target.
You can have all the great hardware with network browsing connectivity you want, but if there isn't compelling/useful content, it's completely useless.
The real 'killer app' here is going to be in the realm of content. The best idea I've seen is from Neil Stephenson's 'The Diamond Age'. In there, a piece of software (with the needed hardware to display it) called 'A young lady's illustrated primer' laid the foundation for essentially creating effective, resourceful people with th tools needed to get things done.
If you hand a bunch of cheap web browsers on solar charged pads sprinkled across the 3rd world, what are people going to do, log into Craigslist, click on 'Serengeti' region and go from there?
The wikipedia is a great start at making a collection of open source repository of knowledge, the real killer app might be to create a framework for TEACHING the useful parts of that to any willing audience. Said framework might include the ability to translate from the source language, track progress, test on comprehension, etc.
I can confirm the veracity of the theory, I've actually reproduce it through experimentation. My partner and I set up a live and a control group and did a sequenced build up until... well...
So anyways, we put Sea Monkeys in a microwave oven.
First, I think we'll definately see cloned dinosaurs, mammoth, etc within out lives. What I think will surprise people will be the economic pusher for this.
Sure, researchers will pioneer the basic technology, but the people who do the large scale cloning won't be theme park owners, scientists, or preservationists.
They'll be food producers.
We're at the top of the foodchain, and foods like Fugu (deadly blowfish), sushi, and... well, many asian dishes, prove that we're running out of new stuff to eat. There are amazing strides being made by cooks, and there are only so many things people can try before they die of old age, but more and more people are getting adventuresome and want to eat things that nobody else has.
Enter: The brontoburger.
Who here hasn't salivated at the thought of carving into a big old dinosaur steak? Who here can forget the longing eyes they cast on Fred Flintstone's car as it tipped over under the weight of the massive dino-ribs he had just ordered?
Predictions: 1. Herbivores of various types will be bred in captivity for their meat and leather. 2. The rich will beat a path to their doorstep for the exclusivity of eating prehistoric food. 3. In an almost defiant gesture of the universe, the meat will undoubtedly taste like chicken. Dinosaurs are, after all, big ol' birds by most reckoning.
You may laugh now, but when you're cleaning the last bit of Tony Romas Olde Fashioned Allosaurus (like grandpa used to make 'em) Ribs, remember where you heard it first. Or second, or whenever this message drifted across your desk.
1. The ages of the characters will be upped by 5 or so years because the film execs won't think that people would find 5 year olds killing each other kosher. Ender will be 10+ years old in the beginning, almost guaranteed.
2. The actor. There are few actors that could pull off the role of Ender. Haley Joel Osmont is the closest I can think of, but he's been getting older ("I see dead kittens") and would probably have a beard by the time this films.
3. Peter.
4. Conglomeration of enemies. Will Achille be combined with other baddies? This might not be bad, but if Bean and Ender both come from the same elementary school, that might be a little too pat. I understand that the story must be pruned to fit in 16:9, but I worry...
The final worry: The ending. So many people have read the book, will they use the same ending? I've seen other movies from books where, to get a new emotional response or 'gotcha', the ending was changed from what you expect. The original ending is powerful and chilling (namely, the disposition of the final simulations), who knows what screenwriters the caliber of those who wrote Troy will produce?
Here's my nightmare:
MAZER: Ender, the bugger fighters are almost on me! ENDER: No! They've taken away the woman I love, they won't take away my teacher too! MAZER: Ender, (blasting noises in the background, static) there's something I haven't told you. I am.... your father. ENDER: Noooooooooooo! MAZER: Tell Valentine and Peter I loved them! (scene of Mazer's snub fighter being destroyed while doing the trench run on the Formic mothership that is approaching Earth) ENDER: NOOOOOOOOOO! (A Formic fighter pulls up behind Ender, whos ship has been damaged. Just as he is about to die, the fighter explodes and the shuttle that brought him to the Battle school descends into the picture) (radio): Hey Ender, thought you could use some help. ENDER: Valentine? Is that you? VALENTINE: It's me, and I brought some help. PETER: Hey Andrew, you were right. Let's blow this thing and go home. ENDER: Ayeeeeee! (fires D.R. Device)
Because it pertains to baseball. Many slashdotters track the progress of the Major League baseball seasons to know when the baseball fans (jocks) are safely sequestered in 'Sports bars' leaving the streets safe for us to roam.
Russia's biggest operational booster is the Proton, which has equivalent delivered cargo capacity to the US shuttle.
Before you yell ah-ha! and trot out the Energia, note that I said 'operational'. In all likelihood, no Energia stack will launch again. You might as well count the Saturn V if you're optimistic enough to think the DE will fly again.
In Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' (the episode with the smoking alien):
Jose: Aren't you worried? Video Guy: I didn't spend all those years playing Dungeons and Dragons and not learn a little something about courage.
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Of interest, I wasn't actually shitting on the story. My response was to some troll who was complaining about Slashdot being used to promote a crappy band....but don't let things like the facts get in the way of yor rant.
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Thank you! Making (specifically) your day a little worse has made my day a lot better!
Gotta run, it's almost lunch and I gots to go eat some babies.
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I think I probably had more fun 'working' the fat off her (down 70lbs each so far) then you have when you spend a weekend alone trying to beat your Tekken score. Don't worry, little buddy, you'll get there!
I guess the difference is, we can work out and get skinny, but you'll always just be a dick.
so sad...
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Fett's Vette, for example, is a song where Bobba Fett describes how the only reason he bounty hunts is to pay for his sweet Corvette.
Mere seconds in Google could help you avoid making such embarrassing geek faux pas in the future.
Is there such thing as an obligatory Sealab 2021 quote yet?
News Anchor: Scientists have successfully transplanted little Jango's brain into a robot monkey body. on a sad note, however, Jambo died late last night after drinking his own urine.
Sparks: Hey, Skip. What do you think about all this robot stuff?
Murphy: Why? Are we under attack?!
Sparks: No..but that robot monkey on the news..
Murphy: You're kidding! That guy's a robot monkey?
For decades, we have accepted the idea of criminals having ankle bracelets that trigger an alarm if the person leaves the area of their home.
It sounds like using GPS is just a natural extension of this technology that allows them to be more productive, increase safety to those around them until they've proven themselves, and reduce costs by allowing more non-violent offenders a chance to rehabillitate without being as big a burden to the taxpayer (eg, in prison).
If we're really outraged about the use of GPS to track the same folks that would have had a radio-locater alarm bracelet before, then I ASSUME that everyone was just as upset about the pre-existing technology.
Right?
GPS is a tool, and it can be used for good or bad. The same is true for Nuclear Power. There are many in our society that vehemently oppose anything with 'nuclear' or 'atomic' in the name because they have an objection that's more religious then practical. The same is increasingly true with GPS. The funny thing is, many of the people on slashdot who scoff at the anti-nuclear extremists turn around and apply the same standard of evidence to the evils of GPS that their anti-nuke opponents do to atomic energy.
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In future development of Linux, shouldn't Bill Gates be consulted? I know he's a bit out there, but his designs have sold around the world.
Granted, they're an older company, and the Linux design is a more recent evolution.
Seriously, suggesting that someone from a competing company should be 'consulted' is disingenuos at best, and insulting at worst. They're a privately held company, and they can do whatever they want. Telling them to go talk to Rutan because he was in the news recently is more similar to telling Linux advocates to listen to MSCEs then you may think. I'm not trolling (usually, that phrase is one of the first signs that a post is a troll, but...) but your suggestion sounds like something I'd expect to hear from a politician who has the most fleeting of familiarity with the subject.
We've all seen the 'well meaning but eventually self serving' politico who brings a representative from Microsoft or Sony up to testify on DRM, because they know 'computer stuff'.
Rather then suggest design by forced consultation with someone you happen to remember seeing in the news (a camel is a horse designed by committee), sit back and find someone else who wants your advice on how to run their company.
If they want Rutan's input, they'll make that decision without armchair quarterbacking from the public.
Honestly, there seems to be some sort of plague of centralized decision making that's taking over this community. Just because we write and contribute to open source software doesn't mean that we should become communists!
I'm outraged! They don't support OGG vorbis or-
wait, what are we talking about? I'm not sure what we're being outraged about today.
No mention of the cell tracking method someone demo'ed a couple years ago? It used data from cell towers to monitor anonymized speed data for cell phones for a certain service, as measured by 2d direction finding the various towers could perform on a phone based on signal strength.
The method, while it generated controversy on slashdot for the possible privacy implications, was a viable and cheap method to get this same data without adding specific new hardware.
I can think of quite a few searches I've run that I'd hate to be archived and cross-referenced against my name.
On the plus side, this always opens the door to hilarious new 'Paris Hilton's hacked t-mobile' type tomfoolery.
"From the i-can't-believe-its-not-butter department, Slashdot reader AnonymousCoward writes 'rofl! I haxored google history, and guess what, Linus was searching the net for patches to his Windows 2000 machine! omfgroflolololo!!!OPijsdf0+++NO CARRIER'"
Well, that, or horse porn.
I see that you do not understand what '100% certainty' means.
> It's pretty easy to keep a car on the road. Keeping a plane in the sky is
> impossible to do with 100% certainty, no matter how skilled you are.
Since you used comparison logic, are you suggesting that you can keep a car on the road with 100% certainty? I call bullshit.
Flying, like driving, requires attention and good judgement. When either factors are missing, accidents happen. It doesn't matter whether you're in a 1998 Honda Accord or a 1982 Piper Cherokee, the exact same factors exist.
In fact, General Aviation has a better safety rate per hour then driving on the road.
Your belief is not required. The soviets created completely autonomous docking systems in the 80s that are still used today. The difference is that DART doesn't require active 2-way cooperation from the target.
You can have all the great hardware with network browsing connectivity you want, but if there isn't compelling/useful content, it's completely useless.
The real 'killer app' here is going to be in the realm of content. The best idea I've seen is from Neil Stephenson's 'The Diamond Age'. In there, a piece of software (with the needed hardware to display it) called 'A young lady's illustrated primer' laid the foundation for essentially creating effective, resourceful people with th tools needed to get things done.
If you hand a bunch of cheap web browsers on solar charged pads sprinkled across the 3rd world, what are people going to do, log into Craigslist, click on 'Serengeti' region and go from there?
The wikipedia is a great start at making a collection of open source repository of knowledge, the real killer app might be to create a framework for TEACHING the useful parts of that to any willing audience. Said framework might include the ability to translate from the source language, track progress, test on comprehension, etc.
I can confirm the veracity of the theory, I've actually reproduce it through experimentation. My partner and I set up a live and a control group and did a sequenced build up until... well...
So anyways, we put Sea Monkeys in a microwave oven.
> and a HUGE hit movie whose only focus was a botched space mission have
> helped drive the point home.
Now, I enjoyed Space Camp as much as the next guy, but was it really a HUGE hit?
Here's the costume I made to carry my son for Halloween:
http://hallert.net/mech/mechcostume.htm
Here's a video of it in motion:
http://hallert.net/mech/WalkingTheMech.wmv
> you fat assed twits seriously need a good solid invasion and a couple of centuries
> occupation. It will do you the world of good.
We had it, but in 1776 we corrected the problem.
First, I think we'll definately see cloned dinosaurs, mammoth, etc within out lives. What I think will surprise people will be the economic pusher for this.
Sure, researchers will pioneer the basic technology, but the people who do the large scale cloning won't be theme park owners, scientists, or preservationists.
They'll be food producers.
We're at the top of the foodchain, and foods like Fugu (deadly blowfish), sushi, and... well, many asian dishes, prove that we're running out of new stuff to eat. There are amazing strides being made by cooks, and there are only so many things people can try before they die of old age, but more and more people are getting adventuresome and want to eat things that nobody else has.
Enter: The brontoburger.
Who here hasn't salivated at the thought of carving into a big old dinosaur steak? Who here can forget the longing eyes they cast on Fred Flintstone's car as it tipped over under the weight of the massive dino-ribs he had just ordered?
Predictions:
1. Herbivores of various types will be bred in captivity for their meat and leather.
2. The rich will beat a path to their doorstep for the exclusivity of eating prehistoric food.
3. In an almost defiant gesture of the universe, the meat will undoubtedly taste like chicken. Dinosaurs are, after all, big ol' birds by most reckoning.
You may laugh now, but when you're cleaning the last bit of Tony Romas Olde Fashioned Allosaurus (like grandpa used to make 'em) Ribs, remember where you heard it first. Or second, or whenever this message drifted across your desk.
I have the following concerns/predictions:
1. The ages of the characters will be upped by 5 or so years because the film execs won't think that people would find 5 year olds killing each other kosher. Ender will be 10+ years old in the beginning, almost guaranteed.
2. The actor. There are few actors that could pull off the role of Ender. Haley Joel Osmont is the closest I can think of, but he's been getting older ("I see dead kittens") and would probably have a beard by the time this films.
3. Peter.
4. Conglomeration of enemies. Will Achille be combined with other baddies? This might not be bad, but if Bean and Ender both come from the same elementary school, that might be a little too pat. I understand that the story must be pruned to fit in 16:9, but I worry...
The final worry: The ending. So many people have read the book, will they use the same ending? I've seen other movies from books where, to get a new emotional response or 'gotcha', the ending was changed from what you expect. The original ending is powerful and chilling (namely, the disposition of the final simulations), who knows what screenwriters the caliber of those who wrote Troy will produce?
Here's my nightmare:
MAZER: Ender, the bugger fighters are almost on me!
ENDER: No! They've taken away the woman I love, they won't take away my teacher too!
MAZER: Ender, (blasting noises in the background, static) there's something I haven't told you. I am.... your father.
ENDER: Noooooooooooo!
MAZER: Tell Valentine and Peter I loved them!
(scene of Mazer's snub fighter being destroyed while doing the trench run on the Formic mothership that is approaching Earth)
ENDER: NOOOOOOOOOO!
(A Formic fighter pulls up behind Ender, whos ship has been damaged. Just as he is about to die, the fighter explodes and the shuttle that brought him to the Battle school descends into the picture)
(radio): Hey Ender, thought you could use some help.
ENDER: Valentine? Is that you?
VALENTINE: It's me, and I brought some help.
PETER: Hey Andrew, you were right. Let's blow this thing and go home.
ENDER: Ayeeeeee! (fires D.R. Device)
Because it pertains to baseball. Many slashdotters track the progress of the Major League baseball seasons to know when the baseball fans (jocks) are safely sequestered in 'Sports bars' leaving the streets safe for us to roam.
Russia's biggest operational booster is the Proton, which has equivalent delivered cargo capacity to the US shuttle.
Before you yell ah-ha! and trot out the Energia, note that I said 'operational'. In all likelihood, no Energia stack will launch again. You might as well count the Saturn V if you're optimistic enough to think the DE will fly again.
In Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' (the episode with the smoking alien):
Jose: Aren't you worried?
Video Guy: I didn't spend all those years playing Dungeons and Dragons and not learn a little something about courage.
Of interest, I wasn't actually shitting on the story. My response was to some troll who was complaining about Slashdot being used to promote a crappy band. ...but don't let things like the facts get in the way of yor rant.
Thank you! Making (specifically) your day a little worse has made my day a lot better!
Gotta run, it's almost lunch and I gots to go eat some babies.
I think I probably had more fun 'working' the fat off her (down 70lbs each so far) then you have when you spend a weekend alone trying to beat your Tekken score. Don't worry, little buddy, you'll get there!
I guess the difference is, we can work out and get skinny, but you'll always just be a dick.
so sad...
If you're unfamiliar with MC Chris, then I kindly ask that you place your nerd membership in this waste receptacle for immediate processing.
Fett's Vette, for example, is a song where Bobba Fett describes how the only reason he bounty hunts is to pay for his sweet Corvette.
Mere seconds in Google could help you avoid making such embarrassing geek faux pas in the future.
If you never leave the house, you hardly need a cell phone, right?
Is there such thing as an obligatory Sealab 2021 quote yet?
News Anchor: Scientists have successfully transplanted little Jango's brain into a robot monkey body. on a sad note, however, Jambo died late last night after drinking his own urine.
Sparks: Hey, Skip. What do you think about all this robot stuff?
Murphy: Why? Are we under attack?!
Sparks: No..but that robot monkey on the news..
Murphy: You're kidding! That guy's a robot monkey?
For decades, we have accepted the idea of criminals having ankle bracelets that trigger an alarm if the person leaves the area of their home.
It sounds like using GPS is just a natural extension of this technology that allows them to be more productive, increase safety to those around them until they've proven themselves, and reduce costs by allowing more non-violent offenders a chance to rehabillitate without being as big a burden to the taxpayer (eg, in prison).
If we're really outraged about the use of GPS to track the same folks that would have had a radio-locater alarm bracelet before, then I ASSUME that everyone was just as upset about the pre-existing technology.
Right?
GPS is a tool, and it can be used for good or bad. The same is true for Nuclear Power. There are many in our society that vehemently oppose anything with 'nuclear' or 'atomic' in the name because they have an objection that's more religious then practical. The same is increasingly true with GPS. The funny thing is, many of the people on slashdot who scoff at the anti-nuclear extremists turn around and apply the same standard of evidence to the evils of GPS that their anti-nuke opponents do to atomic energy.
No, it was a response to a message that said 'Why not buy an equivalent MINI-ITX for less?'
You were not pricing out mini-itx systems in your example. You made a mistake.