It's like saying Ford extending the life of their 1965 sedan into the 2010. I mean it works, but I wouldn't define it as an achievement of human progress.
You're kidding right? If Ford made a car that ran for more than 10 years without becoming a pile of rust that would be progress.
Sometimes I wonder how another industry would react if a magical technology dropped in their lap that made duplicating their product instantaneous and nearly free (people already pay their ISPs) to nearly instantly deliver it to customers.
Film companies like Kodak and Fuji faced exactly that challenge. Imagine a world where no one has to buy film to put in their camera and no one has to pay for film processing to print their photos. Less than 15 years ago, Kodak made most of its money from camera film and photo processing supplies, chemicals and equipment. That market has all but disappeared and yes, Kodak has had to lay off staff and close plants, but overall the company is still doing well. How? Rather than fearing the new digital technology or trying to sue or legislate it away, they have embraced it. The music industry could learn from that.
Interesting that there are no computer/software/technology companies in the top 11. It's not just Microsoft; there's no Apple, IBM, HP, Intel, AMD, TI, Motorola, Nokia, Sony, Panasonic, General Electric, Google, Yahoo? Maybe geeks have a different perception of the world but I thought at least one techy company would make the top 10.
I was thinking the same thing. IBM PCs could run background tasks (anyone remember TSRs?). You had a choice of operating systems (DOS, CP/M). The hardware was friendly to third-party developments. The only thing that was closed was the BIOS and even that was eventually reverse engineered.
It's hard to believe that a (supposedly) legally binding contract is cut-and-pasted by a programmer rather than being carefully drafted and approved by a lawyer. Actually, it's not hard for me to believe, but may be hard for people who think EULAs are legal contracts to believe.
Not just less exciting but also unnecessary. An X-prize is needed to stimulate development in areas like private space travel where there is currently no market. Full efficient cars already have a market and every auto maker is already working this, with or without an X-prize. The real prize (market share) is bigger than anything X-prize is offering, so I fail to see how this creates any extra incentive (other than perhaps the prestige winning and some free advertising).
I can find no evidence of that. The UK and Ireland call one years worth of episodes a series. But in the rest of the English-speaking world (USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) it's called a season (Australia's public broadcasting channel uses series but the private broadcasters use season).
I recall our school actually had a file server and a network for its BBC micros. This is something hard to even imagine for an 8-bit micro.
It was not that uncommon in a school or business environment (though home networks were certainly unheard of; it would be many years before any home had more than one computer). My school had a network of Commodore PETs and CBMs (precursors to VIC20 & C64) that allowed the 20 or so computers in the lab to share the printer and floppy drives (most early PETs had cassette drives).
Cameras that take 3D images have been around since the beginning of photography. The real impediment to 3D images is not the camera but the display. Most require glasses of some kind for viewing and for most people that extra inconvenience does not offset the benefits of 3D.
It's been long known that beer is the drink of the underclasses. Wine, of course, being the preferred drink of the upper classes . . . Therefore, the lower average intelligence of beer drinkers would necessarily be unable to compete with the higher average intelligence of wine drinkers.
It's somewhat disturbing that you automatically link social status/wealth with intelligence. The "underclasses" may have fewer opportunities for education, but that doesn't mean they're all stupid. Likewise, I know plenty of rich, wine-drinking idiots.
Other example, every few dozens reboots my computer tends reorder the USB device names . . . Fix? Again, reboot. USB just happens to be not 100% deterministic and when it does something different, reboot can fix it.
Wow, that's the worst example ever. A reboot is what caused the problem in the first place. Yes, another reboot may fix it (but as you say, USB is not 100% deterministic, so it may not fix or may even make it worse).
And I really hope you're not making the implication that someone who watches drama and/or reality TV would not watch the news.
I think the implication was that we wouldn't expect to see science on drama or reality TV so why would we expect it on the news? I'm sure there's less than 1 minute of election coverage per 5 hours on the Discovery Channel.
The Supreme Court of the United States has announced that it will be hearing the FCC's appeal [CC] to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision that the FCC has changed its policy on fracking expletives without adequate explanation.
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Dawkins is the author of ... The God Delusion
And apparently also a victim of delusions of godhood.
Maybe he's a Pascal programmer and he meant 10000 hexadecimal dollars (65536 decimal dollars).
The company IP2Location will determine not only the geographic location of your visitors, but also their ISP.
You're kidding right? If Ford made a car that ran for more than 10 years without becoming a pile of rust that would be progress.
Film companies like Kodak and Fuji faced exactly that challenge. Imagine a world where no one has to buy film to put in their camera and no one has to pay for film processing to print their photos. Less than 15 years ago, Kodak made most of its money from camera film and photo processing supplies, chemicals and equipment. That market has all but disappeared and yes, Kodak has had to lay off staff and close plants, but overall the company is still doing well. How? Rather than fearing the new digital technology or trying to sue or legislate it away, they have embraced it. The music industry could learn from that.
The Ark is in the south wing; the handhelds are in the north wing in between the Roswell saucer and the automobile that runs on water.
Interesting that there are no computer/software/technology companies in the top 11. It's not just Microsoft; there's no Apple, IBM, HP, Intel, AMD, TI, Motorola, Nokia, Sony, Panasonic, General Electric, Google, Yahoo? Maybe geeks have a different perception of the world but I thought at least one techy company would make the top 10.
Unless you're a female robot with a boob job.
I was thinking the same thing. IBM PCs could run background tasks (anyone remember TSRs?). You had a choice of operating systems (DOS, CP/M). The hardware was friendly to third-party developments. The only thing that was closed was the BIOS and even that was eventually reverse engineered.
It's hard to believe that a (supposedly) legally binding contract is cut-and-pasted by a programmer rather than being carefully drafted and approved by a lawyer. Actually, it's not hard for me to believe, but may be hard for people who think EULAs are legal contracts to believe.
"You can have my Nerf gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands." - Charlton Heston
How do you stop an exploding cat?
Not just less exciting but also unnecessary. An X-prize is needed to stimulate development in areas like private space travel where there is currently no market. Full efficient cars already have a market and every auto maker is already working this, with or without an X-prize. The real prize (market share) is bigger than anything X-prize is offering, so I fail to see how this creates any extra incentive (other than perhaps the prestige winning and some free advertising).
I can find no evidence of that. The UK and Ireland call one years worth of episodes a series. But in the rest of the English-speaking world (USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) it's called a season (Australia's public broadcasting channel uses series but the private broadcasters use season).
It was not that uncommon in a school or business environment (though home networks were certainly unheard of; it would be many years before any home had more than one computer). My school had a network of Commodore PETs and CBMs (precursors to VIC20 & C64) that allowed the 20 or so computers in the lab to share the printer and floppy drives (most early PETs had cassette drives).
Cameras that take 3D images have been around since the beginning of photography. The real impediment to 3D images is not the camera but the display. Most require glasses of some kind for viewing and for most people that extra inconvenience does not offset the benefits of 3D.
It's somewhat disturbing that you automatically link social status/wealth with intelligence. The "underclasses" may have fewer opportunities for education, but that doesn't mean they're all stupid. Likewise, I know plenty of rich, wine-drinking idiots.
Thinking FORTH is a great text on FORTH programming (and programming in general) and it's now available for free.
Wow, that's the worst example ever. A reboot is what caused the problem in the first place. Yes, another reboot may fix it (but as you say, USB is not 100% deterministic, so it may not fix or may even make it worse).
Don't worry, even the most fervent supporter of domestic spying is only one prostitution scandal away from having a more balanced viewpoint.
We need a new law that replaces Nazi analogies with Soviet analogies. "Godwin's Law 2: This time it's Commies"
Too bad the person who wrote the summary didn't RTFA, because the summary says they were personal USB keys.
And I really hope you're not making the implication that someone who watches drama and/or reality TV would not watch the news.
I think the implication was that we wouldn't expect to see science on drama or reality TV so why would we expect it on the news? I'm sure there's less than 1 minute of election coverage per 5 hours on the Discovery Channel.
There, fixed it.
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