Some people have been saying that this article wasn't very clear on the subject etc but I think it conveys the point well (assuming I understood it correctly).
Basically, there is one true constant that says "Hey, this happened. This is the way it is." When you go back in time and tried to kill your grandfather *something* would stop you. What stops you is not defined. But we know you were stopped because in the end you were alive. So what really happened is that when your grandfather was in his own time minding his own business, you were actually there but you didn't kill him.
Some time travel lore likes to describe events happening a number of times (I'll explain). For instance, the "first time" your grandfather was getting your grandmother pregnant was the original time, the time you weren't there trying to kill him. The second time it happened is when you go back and watch him doing your grandma but are so sicked out that you hurl and bail out and go back to your own time. But really, this new theory is saying that there was not first, second, etc time at all. Just once. During the "first time" you were actually there so the first and the second time co-exist.
There is likely to be a huge territory battle between governments or corporations... or both. While in the end this may turn out best for the consumer it could lead to new kinds of wars errupting both on extra-terrestrial plains and back here on earth. Trade federations could rise from all of this and new powers and governments may form on newly terraformed planets.
While Steve Jobs and Warren Buffet were having lunch one day (Steve said he wanted to consult Warren, which usually costs a pretty penny but he said he would be happy to consult for free) and Warren suggested pouring Apple's resources into its iPod product because it would definitely outsell everything else they were offering. Apparently the advice payed off big for Apple.
...building their personal army of Google programmers. It's an excellent way to get the developer community on your side. I am anxious to see what type of innovations will come from all this.
I think that giving to a charity or good cause such as the NetBSD project is an excellent way to spend some money. I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake because it was something that needed to be done. NetBSD has served its thousands of users for years. I think that we should all pitch in a little to help them out.
True, while TCCD chips are well known for their proven overclocking Samsung has a history of building some weak circuitry when it comes to chips that expirience a lot of heat damage.
IMO products like RealPlayer are usually annoying, system destroying pieces of software (adware... weeeee). If an effect of bundling WMP with WinXP is reducing Real's market share, the good lord be praised.
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Some people have been saying that this article wasn't very clear on the subject etc but I think it conveys the point well (assuming I understood it correctly).
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Basically, there is one true constant that says "Hey, this happened. This is the way it is." When you go back in time and tried to kill your grandfather *something* would stop you. What stops you is not defined. But we know you were stopped because in the end you were alive. So what really happened is that when your grandfather was in his own time minding his own business, you were actually there but you didn't kill him.
Some time travel lore likes to describe events happening a number of times (I'll explain). For instance, the "first time" your grandfather was getting your grandmother pregnant was the original time, the time you weren't there trying to kill him. The second time it happened is when you go back and watch him doing your grandma but are so sicked out that you hurl and bail out and go back to your own time. But really, this new theory is saying that there was not first, second, etc time at all. Just once. During the "first time" you were actually there so the first and the second time co-exist.
I need to just step away from the keyboard
I was being serious
There is likely to be a huge territory battle between governments or corporations... or both. While in the end this may turn out best for the consumer it could lead to new kinds of wars errupting both on extra-terrestrial plains and back here on earth. Trade federations could rise from all of this and new powers and governments may form on newly terraformed planets.
While Steve Jobs and Warren Buffet were having lunch one day (Steve said he wanted to consult Warren, which usually costs a pretty penny but he said he would be happy to consult for free) and Warren suggested pouring Apple's resources into its iPod product because it would definitely outsell everything else they were offering. Apparently the advice payed off big for Apple.
...building their personal army of Google programmers. It's an excellent way to get the developer community on your side. I am anxious to see what type of innovations will come from all this.
been done? http://www.cs.duke.edu/~geha/ipod/
Step 1: Install Linux on iPod Step 2: Play Othello Step 3: ??? Step 4: PROFIT!!!
I think that giving to a charity or good cause such as the NetBSD project is an excellent way to spend some money. I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake because it was something that needed to be done. NetBSD has served its thousands of users for years. I think that we should all pitch in a little to help them out.
True, while TCCD chips are well known for their proven overclocking Samsung has a history of building some weak circuitry when it comes to chips that expirience a lot of heat damage.
IMO products like RealPlayer are usually annoying, system destroying pieces of software (adware... weeeee). If an effect of bundling WMP with WinXP is reducing Real's market share, the good lord be praised.