If a private company or individual sets up a settlement on Mars do they own the planet? The UN's Moon Treaty has yet to be ratified, and the current treaties we have only prohibit state actors from claiming ownership of celestial bodies.
"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
So I went out and bought the ultra Blu-Ray edition of the newest Star Trek movie. On the cover it was advertised that it contained a digital copy for me to use. Cool, I thought that I would just put the digital copy on my media server that streams to the various viewing centers of the house.
No dice.
The digital copy is DRM'ed up the wazoo, (and the quality is severely lacking) and will only allow itself to be played from certain devices and no streaming allowed. You must also register with the home servers before you're allowed to take the copy of the file off of the disc and it is limited to being on that one hard drive. You cannot reinstall it if you lose your data somehow.
So what did I do? I "acquired" a Blu-Ray rip.mkv file of the movie. Plays perfectly on everything I want it to.
Eat me, movie industry. Offer me something that fits my needs, not yours.
As great as that would be, there isn't enough radiation shielding on the ISS to protect it outside of the Earth's influence. It would require massive retrofitting.
As a resident of southern Maine let me be the first to say thank you for those additions to my childhood. Actually my family made many day trips to NH to experience all that state had to offer. Climbing Tuckerman's Ravine in the middle of a sudden thunder storm was an experience I'll never forget.
This is probably off-topic but I don't care. NH is an awesome state.
The "business as usual" thing is what got us all into this economic mess in the first place. I don't see what the problem is with a little more regulation of all things financial. Sure, it may suck for a little while, but it's the price we have to pay for 30+ years of financial shenanigans.
The used pinball table market is strong, at least according to my father who has recently acquired two tables. Craigslist pointed him to this little old lady who's husband used to own a few beachside arcades. She was looking to get rid of a few tables for cheap ($500-ish) From her he picked up a 1978 Star Trek table. One of the scoreboard displays was flickering so she gave him the number of a repairman who deals exclusively with pinball tables.
While dealing with him my father somehow got talked into buying a 1991 Ninja Turtles table. This guy also told my dad that he knows of many other people in the New England area who have used tables for sale and trade and to get in touch with him if he was ever interested in adding to his collection.
The Star Trek one is really neat due to the old, yet somehow in perfect working condition, circuitry. The lady who sold it to him also gave him the original owners guide which has has fold-out circuit diagrams and self-test code lists. Really interesting stuff.
The Ninja Turtle table has this annoying spinning pizza on the board that constantly messes up rail combos.
I kind of see these advances as a slow march into
transhumanism. We have more and more personalized data at our fingertips and a desire for even more. We want to be as close to a way of accessing all this information as possible.
What is the next step? If they could implant devices that allowed you to access the vast pools of data available would you? I know I would love to have a device that allowed my brain to talk to Google.
Please leave the 80's alone! We don't need more remakes and revisionings.
Of course there are gobs of morons who pay to see this shit. I would personally like to smack everyone who comes out of theater after having seen the new Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Oh, did you know they're making a Smurfs movie too?
WHEN WILL IT END HOLLYWOOD?!
It's always nice to see something from Maine featured in technology news. We're a tiny state population-wise, but there are many high-tech companies here.
Hell, even in my own town there is a company that developed and makes the MK47 Advanced Lightweight Grenade Launcher as well as a bunch of other armaments for the military.
Sure, this post is off topic and my karma blows already, but I always have to say "Go Maine!" whenever I read about my little state on any technology forum/site.
In the past month I've tired installing Ubuntu on a couple of different machines and I had to reconfigure X each time just to get the installer to work. It's currently 2007 and his point is still valid.
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If a private company or individual sets up a settlement on Mars do they own the planet? The UN's Moon Treaty has yet to be ratified, and the current treaties we have only prohibit state actors from claiming ownership of celestial bodies.
"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
Too bad no one listened to him.
In my case, live sporting events. The Internet streaming options aren't quite ready for primetime yet.
So I went out and bought the ultra Blu-Ray edition of the newest Star Trek movie. On the cover it was advertised that it contained a digital copy for me to use. Cool, I thought that I would just put the digital copy on my media server that streams to the various viewing centers of the house.
.mkv file of the movie. Plays perfectly on everything I want it to.
No dice.
The digital copy is DRM'ed up the wazoo, (and the quality is severely lacking) and will only allow itself to be played from certain devices and no streaming allowed. You must also register with the home servers before you're allowed to take the copy of the file off of the disc and it is limited to being on that one hard drive. You cannot reinstall it if you lose your data somehow.
So what did I do? I "acquired" a Blu-Ray rip
Eat me, movie industry. Offer me something that fits my needs, not yours.
I just did a Twitter search for "Star Trek Online open beta" and I found a site that was giving away keys. You could try that.
Sell me the Origin Systems IPs. I'll pay top dollar for them so you can keep your current employees employed.
I'll then bankroll a proper Wing Commander game since you people don't seem interested in doing it.
Perhaps investing in developing the new technologies we would need to get our asses to Mars would create all sorts of new jobs.
I was going to type out a long post about the game mechanics, but Wikipedia could explain it better than I could. Defense of the Ancients.
As great as that would be, there isn't enough radiation shielding on the ISS to protect it outside of the Earth's influence. It would require massive retrofitting.
As a resident of southern Maine let me be the first to say thank you for those additions to my childhood. Actually my family made many day trips to NH to experience all that state had to offer. Climbing Tuckerman's Ravine in the middle of a sudden thunder storm was an experience I'll never forget. This is probably off-topic but I don't care. NH is an awesome state.
The "business as usual" thing is what got us all into this economic mess in the first place. I don't see what the problem is with a little more regulation of all things financial. Sure, it may suck for a little while, but it's the price we have to pay for 30+ years of financial shenanigans.
Some communities/apartment complexes only have one choice for broadband access. They have the choice of one ISP or no ISP at all.
Some of us like having our systems sound like bad motel air conditioners you insensitive clod.
The used pinball table market is strong, at least according to my father who has recently acquired two tables. Craigslist pointed him to this little old lady who's husband used to own a few beachside arcades. She was looking to get rid of a few tables for cheap ($500-ish) From her he picked up a 1978 Star Trek table. One of the scoreboard displays was flickering so she gave him the number of a repairman who deals exclusively with pinball tables.
While dealing with him my father somehow got talked into buying a 1991 Ninja Turtles table. This guy also told my dad that he knows of many other people in the New England area who have used tables for sale and trade and to get in touch with him if he was ever interested in adding to his collection.
The Star Trek one is really neat due to the old, yet somehow in perfect working condition, circuitry. The lady who sold it to him also gave him the original owners guide which has has fold-out circuit diagrams and self-test code lists. Really interesting stuff.
The Ninja Turtle table has this annoying spinning pizza on the board that constantly messes up rail combos.
I too was thinking of that Star Trek episode, as well as the 1990 movie: Robot Jox.
I kind of see these advances as a slow march into transhumanism. We have more and more personalized data at our fingertips and a desire for even more. We want to be as close to a way of accessing all this information as possible.
What is the next step? If they could implant devices that allowed you to access the vast pools of data available would you? I know I would love to have a device that allowed my brain to talk to Google.
He's not a Peer, so it's just Sir Arthur.
I'm bought this book last week. It is an excellent read, much like all of Baxter's work .
Someone needs to tag this article Macho Men.
Gnomes? I'm afraid knot.
I, for one, welcome our new robotic insect overlords.
Imagine a beowulf clus.... never mind.
Please leave the 80's alone! We don't need more remakes and revisionings. Of course there are gobs of morons who pay to see this shit. I would personally like to smack everyone who comes out of theater after having seen the new Alvin and the Chipmunks. Oh, did you know they're making a Smurfs movie too? WHEN WILL IT END HOLLYWOOD?!
It's always nice to see something from Maine featured in technology news. We're a tiny state population-wise, but there are many high-tech companies here. Hell, even in my own town there is a company that developed and makes the MK47 Advanced Lightweight Grenade Launcher as well as a bunch of other armaments for the military. Sure, this post is off topic and my karma blows already, but I always have to say "Go Maine!" whenever I read about my little state on any technology forum/site.
In the past month I've tired installing Ubuntu on a couple of different machines and I had to reconfigure X each time just to get the installer to work. It's currently 2007 and his point is still valid.