Maybe it's not for you. There are over 6 billion people on earth - most of whom would benefit from this.
Would they really? I would think the only people to benefit would be the people who can almost afford meat.For the rest, soya, lentils, chana, and other high-protein crops will still be the cheapest way to maintain a balanced diet.
Easy: make it cheaper than the cheapest meat you can currently find in your average supermarket.
It would probably have to be as cheap as the "meat substitutes" to sell, as it would be seen by consumers as fake in the same way as the soya-based alternatives.
That's exactly what this invention does. I'm for it.
Driving while drunk is against the law: If you're drunk and you turn the key, you have broken the law. This invention determines whether you are currently breaking the law, not whether you're likely to do so, or have done so in the past.
It is probably not as straightforward as that. I don't know if it is the same in the USA but in the UK an action is not a crime if it is done to avoid a greater crime. For example if someone saw a car bomb and were over the legal alcohol limit, driving it to a safe are would not be illegal if they could show that it was (or could reasonably be seen as) the only way of avoiding mass murder.
...and on August 29, Skynet gained self-awareness...
(Is it too early in this discussion to start a slippery-slope argument?)
No. If this catches on the next thing will be detecting if you have taken heroin or cocaine. This will naturally lead to the imposition of a police state. Its obvious isn't it.
Do you have any intuition of how much mass you'd need to "bend a light beam in vacuo by some measurable amount"?... When you've collected that much mass 'in vacuo', let us know.:)
Actually I really haven't any idea. by moving bands in interference patterns very small deviations could be detected.
The physicist would be worried. If the deer were fat and made of neutron the bullet could take a hyperbolic course and come back and hit one of the party. The engineer would be worried - if they shot it how on earth would they drag it back to the car. The statistician would be looking around to see if he could find the very skinny deer that maintained the statistical average.
Aerial lines can go what, 3 miles? Don't most shipping containers go thousands of miles? It wouldn't be worth the construction cost even in the long run considering the distance and variety of locations that something needs to travel.
I agree, I can think of some niche uses - a link from a mine to a power station or from a field to a processing plant. It won't be worrying the road haulage companies though.
How are we going to rid the world of ISLAM? These peopel make me despair, they won't be happy until they convert or kill us all. There isn't a country in the world that hasn't suffered from this religion of hate
Putting a touch pad on the back is actually rather clever.
Actually I'm surprised that it was Sony rather than Apple that came up with this idea. After all, touching up the rear is much more likely to "go down" well in the Apple fanboi "camp".
Depends on how many machines they had in their control as well as the available bandwidth from each point of origin. Technically, it only takes one person to create a DDoS. And a very effective one at that.
Posting a link on slashdot often seems to do the job as well
apparently they know NOTHING about autism (Despite claims that Gates is an Aspie).
Emotionally disturbed children have an immovable moral compass. Wrong is just wrong. there is no "but you'd get a million dollars" type exceptions on their minds. wrong remains wrong.
I hope Microsoft loses billions.
Not necessarily. They can have an "I am always right" attitude too, or an "I am entitled to everything" attitude. Also, autism is not generally classified as "emotional disturbance".
So then what do you do when you pass the heilopause and you no longer have a solar "wind"?
I half remember some proposal where a sail plane would spend decades in ever increasing elliptical orbits building up speed until it would change course and head off at some reasonable percentage of the speed of light.
By that reasoning Nigera has a very good availability, as long as you are willing to pay for digging fibre long distances.
I took up your suggestion and while digging the trench I came across $1 billion in unmarked bonds, belonging to the late General Fornitsum Fornus. Unfortunately i need the assistance of a foreign bank account to get this money out of the country to his widow and starving children.....
H2G2? Never heard of it, don't care. Good Riddance, I guess.
Never heard of it! But it was clearly advertised in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of The Leopard".
It does seem that you have the best of both worlds with Android.You can download through the Apps store and know that there will be some degree of vetting and rogue software removed. If you want something outside you can do that too, but have to judge the source yourself.
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Maybe it's not for you. There are over 6 billion people on earth - most of whom would benefit from this.
Would they really? I would think the only people to benefit would be the people who can almost afford meat.For the rest, soya, lentils, chana, and other high-protein crops will still be the cheapest way to maintain a balanced diet.
Easy: make it cheaper than the cheapest meat you can currently find in your average supermarket.
It would probably have to be as cheap as the "meat substitutes" to sell, as it would be seen by consumers as fake in the same way as the soya-based alternatives.
Now you've done it ... just wait for Slashdot to be blocked from China!
There's nothing like kicking a man when he's down is there. Seriously, why complain about his influence just when he's left to "focus on his health"?
Microsoft is going to patent hesitation
Google would have got in first but didn't want to rush it.
I'd like to bing both of them
The fact the Tea Party is against it also makes it sound like a good idea.
Must be the Long Island Iced Tea Party then.
That's exactly what this invention does. I'm for it.
Driving while drunk is against the law: If you're drunk and you turn the key, you have broken the law. This invention determines whether you are currently breaking the law, not whether you're likely to do so, or have done so in the past.
It is probably not as straightforward as that. I don't know if it is the same in the USA but in the UK an action is not a crime if it is done to avoid a greater crime. For example if someone saw a car bomb and were over the legal alcohol limit, driving it to a safe are would not be illegal if they could show that it was (or could reasonably be seen as) the only way of avoiding mass murder.
...and on August 29, Skynet gained self-awareness...
(Is it too early in this discussion to start a slippery-slope argument?)
No. If this catches on the next thing will be detecting if you have taken heroin or cocaine. This will naturally lead to the imposition of a police state. Its obvious isn't it.
Do you have any intuition of how much mass you'd need to "bend a light beam in vacuo by some measurable amount"? ... When you've collected that much mass 'in vacuo', let us know. :)
Actually I really haven't any idea. by moving bands in interference patterns very small deviations could be detected.
What if it was a very fat deer? : )
The physicist would be worried. If the deer were fat and made of neutron the bullet could take a hyperbolic course and come back and hit one of the party. The engineer would be worried - if they shot it how on earth would they drag it back to the car. The statistician would be looking around to see if he could find the very skinny deer that maintained the statistical average.
Aerial lines can go what, 3 miles? Don't most shipping containers go thousands of miles? It wouldn't be worth the construction cost even in the long run considering the distance and variety of locations that something needs to travel.
I agree, I can think of some niche uses - a link from a mine to a power station or from a field to a processing plant. It won't be worrying the road haulage companies though.
How are we going to rid the world of ISLAM? These peopel make me despair, they won't be happy until they convert or kill us all. There isn't a country in the world that hasn't suffered from this religion of hate
Putting a touch pad on the back is actually rather clever.
Actually I'm surprised that it was Sony rather than Apple that came up with this idea. After all, touching up the rear is much more likely to "go down" well in the Apple fanboi "camp".
Depends on how many machines they had in their control as well as the available bandwidth from each point of origin. Technically, it only takes one person to create a DDoS. And a very effective one at that.
Posting a link on slashdot often seems to do the job as well
apparently they know NOTHING about autism (Despite claims that Gates is an Aspie). Emotionally disturbed children have an immovable moral compass. Wrong is just wrong. there is no "but you'd get a million dollars" type exceptions on their minds. wrong remains wrong. I hope Microsoft loses billions.
Not necessarily. They can have an "I am always right" attitude too, or an "I am entitled to everything" attitude. Also, autism is not generally classified as "emotional disturbance".
You're tuning evermore into douchebag crappola.
And I'm not even a Copt.
Let me be clear.
Fuck you.
You should be modded informative. Not everyone in Egypt is a Muzzie who wants state imposition of sharia and the legalisation of pedophilia.
So then what do you do when you pass the heilopause and you no longer have a solar "wind"?
I half remember some proposal where a sail plane would spend decades in ever increasing elliptical orbits building up speed until it would change course and head off at some reasonable percentage of the speed of light.
Why not send to /DEV/NULL? I
because my system is case sensitive and you would fill up the hard disk very quickly.
By that reasoning Nigera has a very good availability, as long as you are willing to pay for digging fibre long distances.
I took up your suggestion and while digging the trench I came across $1 billion in unmarked bonds, belonging to the late General Fornitsum Fornus. Unfortunately i need the assistance of a foreign bank account to get this money out of the country to his widow and starving children .....
H2G2? Never heard of it, don't care. Good Riddance, I guess.
Never heard of it! But it was clearly advertised in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of The Leopard".
It does seem that you have the best of both worlds with Android.You can download through the Apps store and know that there will be some degree of vetting and rogue software removed. If you want something outside you can do that too, but have to judge the source yourself.
What do the drones do that is different that police helicopters? Aside from being cheaper?
They can crash and burn without producing crispy bacon.
Is it illegal to use laser pens against these things?
yes, but you could try your lays-her penis against one.
They need private contractors. Government officials are not capable of wiping their own arses, let alone data.