Well I guess artificial gravity is an oxymoron then, as any gravity would have to be "real". But some of us prefer to use the artificial moniker to distinguish between natural and man-made.
I didn't even notice 24 had cisco stuff on it, if I had I'd probably thought nothing of it, but if I'd see some weird GooBooBox network hardware, it would hurt the immersion. If someone visibly drank coca-cola on a show I'd probably not rush out and buy a coke, but would think the character has a poor sense of taste and drink a glass of pepsi instead.:)
Besides the cheesier scripts, how is a television show which takes place in a post-atomic wasteland of the 22nd century supposed to work in product placement?
How about the survivors walk around in the ruins of some office complex and a broken down rusted coca-cola wending machine is in the background? Or maybe some huge, old billboard where you can barely make out the text? I think this kind of product placement would actually add to the show by making it feel much more realistic.
Imagination is the thing that separates us from animals. If a smart cat race ruled the world then they would most likely also have imagination, thus being able to imagine how a mouse feels when they play with it. I'm guessing you don't have a dog, they are quite capable of empathy, i.e. sensing how others feel.
The weapon itself would obviously be located on U.S. territory or on a ship, depending on size. As the document you quoted states, "The design could greatly improve capabilities for acquisition and recognition of targets in space" i.e. the telescope would be used to find the targets, not to shoot them down.
IMO this is a bad thing, as now a telescope that should only be used for peaceful research will also become a military target during times of war.
The 'free market' --in this case, everyone stuck on Microsoft proprietary formats--IS NOT FREE IN ANY WAY.
There is this thing called open-source, and also an OS called Linux. You probably haven't heard of them, but they wouldn't exist nor gain marketshare if the market wasn't free.
Just because everyone chooses to use Microsoft proprietary formats doesn't mean there are no alternatives.
A computer equipped with this chip has a big red button with the label "ROOTKIT PREVENTION SYSTEM TURN ON". When the user presses it, the computer displays a message ("For Great Justice") and disables the network connection and all external drives.
Maybe it will start running in circles trying to orient itself toward your voice?:)
Or more probably it will remember your last location and come there. My dog comes running to me when it hears me calling for it on a home video playing in another room, but I don't know how it would react to a moving source of voice.
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Well I guess artificial gravity is an oxymoron then, as any gravity would have to be "real". But some of us prefer to use the artificial moniker to distinguish between natural and man-made.
Maybe they have attached a huge multi million ton weight under the spaceship to get artificial gravity. :)
I didn't even notice 24 had cisco stuff on it, if I had I'd probably thought nothing of it, but if I'd see some weird GooBooBox network hardware, it would hurt the immersion. If someone visibly drank coca-cola on a show I'd probably not rush out and buy a coke, but would think the character has a poor sense of taste and drink a glass of pepsi instead. :)
Besides the cheesier scripts, how is a television show which takes place in a post-atomic wasteland of the 22nd century supposed to work in product placement?
How about the survivors walk around in the ruins of some office complex and a broken down rusted coca-cola wending machine is in the background? Or maybe some huge, old billboard where you can barely make out the text? I think this kind of product placement would actually add to the show by making it feel much more realistic.
They've only been on the island for about 3 months. But yeah, product placement would be quite sucky.
Piracy sells consoles which in turn sells games
I don't think piracy means what you think it means...
Unless you're actually suggesting a shipful of pirates and their activities, in which case I have a nice graph for you here.
Imagination is the thing that separates us from animals. If a smart cat race ruled the world then they would most likely also have imagination, thus being able to imagine how a mouse feels when they play with it. I'm guessing you don't have a dog, they are quite capable of empathy, i.e. sensing how others feel.
However, the $75B it is going to cost is most certainly a cost and infact not a credit.
Otherwise agree with you, but what makes debt any better than cost?
The weapon itself would obviously be located on U.S. territory or on a ship, depending on size. As the document you quoted states, "The design could greatly improve capabilities for acquisition and recognition of targets in space" i.e. the telescope would be used to find the targets, not to shoot them down.
IMO this is a bad thing, as now a telescope that should only be used for peaceful research will also become a military target during times of war.
If you're really desperate and pdf2text apps don't work, you could just convert it into an image and photoshop it.
The 'free market' --in this case, everyone stuck on Microsoft proprietary formats--IS NOT FREE IN ANY WAY.
There is this thing called open-source, and also an OS called Linux. You probably haven't heard of them, but they wouldn't exist nor gain marketshare if the market wasn't free.
Just because everyone chooses to use Microsoft proprietary formats doesn't mean there are no alternatives.
Don't, they'll get infected!
Conflict of interest?
a reliable source of information.
There is no such thing.
Hey, I'm a bass player you insensitive clod!
Currently it would seem there is some resistance to your pun.
http://www.google.com/search?q=plumbing+backs+up+f ix :)
Wheee!
Or update the firmware?
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat last week, mon." - Jamaican Haiku
A computer equipped with this chip has a big red button with the label "ROOTKIT PREVENTION SYSTEM TURN ON". When the user presses it, the computer displays a message ("For Great Justice") and disables the network connection and all external drives.
Maybe it will start running in circles trying to orient itself toward your voice? :)
Or more probably it will remember your last location and come there. My dog comes running to me when it hears me calling for it on a home video playing in another room, but I don't know how it would react to a moving source of voice.
I want chips that work smarter and harder.
Probably because of the last sentence.
I don't think this competition is aimed at high school students in particular.