That would be awesome for those of us who work 40 hour weeks (that's only 2 charges per week!)
Considering that most of the stuff I work on is remote (SSH terminal, web pages, database server), I think the most intense stuff that would be running on the laptop would be Firefox and its JS engine, and Pidgin.
If I only have to charge my laptop as often as I charge my phone, you can sign me up! Especially if it recharges as quickly!
Ok, I agree with you that those points are cultural... but I think that sacrificing privacy gives people just as much of an opening via which they can ruthlessly exploit you.
I can agree that I do not *need* privacy, but I probably also don't need freedom of speech or the right to carry a gun. Too bad no assurances are made of our privacy in the same way as those.
I may not need privacy, but why would anybody need the ability to snoop on me?
What about if say for example, video of you pooping every day was published on the internet from multiple angles? Or maybe you masturbating or having sex?
That information might not be a big deal if it was all released all the time for everybody, but when it's not an "opt-in" type of thing or if its done selectively, I think it could be quite embarrassing despite being natural, acceptable actions that are perfectly normal.
There are certain things that most humans just wish to NEVER have shared with anybody but their most intimately trusted partners, and some not even then.
The need for privacy is a product of evolution, and is seen in many species other than humans. Children can be seen harnessing these feelings as they mature, initially not seeing anything wrong with getting naked in public, but eventually hiding their private parts from even their parents. Many people are even embarrassed to get naked for a doctor. It makes you feel vulnerable, and nudity isn't the only thing that's private, and certainly not the only way we can feel vulnerable.
I'd rather be a slave to my evolutionary/instinctive needs than be a puppet/asset of a fascist/oppressive/overbearing government/corporation and their arbitrary and completely unnecessary rules and abuse of power.
Just because a few people are willing to give up privacy doesn't mean it's acceptable to force on everybody. A few people are willing to die for their country, but that doesn't mean we should let the government kill us all either.
A large portion of Spanish speakers (e.g. Latin America) live in extreme poverty, so I doubt they'll all be downloading IE8 Beta anytime soon.
What should be compared is how many German speakers with internet access and their own PC vs. how many Spanish speakers with internet access and their own PC.
I thought we are essentially bombarded by magnetic fields constantly from radio transmissions, cell towers, wifi, wireless phones, power lines, and even the Earth itself...?
The Apollo missions definitely weren't entirely safe... but people didn't really care about it as much as they do today. They were driven to succeed at almost any cost, and to do so before the Russians.
Now we have this culture of protection and safety that's we're too afraid to (accidentally) sacrifice a human even at the prospect of settling on the moon. Not saying it's wrong, but it complicates things more.
Neocons don't want good schools because in their absence, the country breeds idiot ape trolls like AP31R0N who blindly support the military industrial complex and hate everybody that isn't just like them.
And actually it'd probably be a lot more than 96 moon landings at that price because, um... we don't have to figure it all out all over each time, so a lot of the costs associated with the initial Apollo program would only need to be spent once instead of 16 times.
And if the government was going to the moon that often and had a harbor of sorts up there, it would really be encouraging for the private sector to step up investment and join in.
The USA landed on the moon 6 times throughout the Apollo program. 16 of those would come out to 96 moon landings. A friend moved across the country in one trip, so I think we could setup a decent residence on the moon in 96 flights.
The Iraq War has cost 10-16 times as much as the entire Apollo program's final budget including all the associated research and development... we're not talking about just 1 launch here, we're talking about the entire shebang.
Depressing, isn't it, how our leaders misplace their priorities?
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Yeah, we have "enterprise" class WiFi that was just installed here in our warehouses not even a year ago and we have constant, brief outages.
And they paid probably about 500x what I would have paid for units at BestBuy.
That's basically the ONLY response I've ever gotten about anything that concerned me.
I was never quite sure how relaxing royalties facing net radio broadcasters had anything to do with troubling times.
I wish I had mod points to give you.
It's pretty obvious from anybody that's worked in a corporate setting that people will screw off to fill in the time they have.
Unless you eliminate positions, making work simpler and making systems faster usually don't yield more productivity.
That's what we see anyways, YMMV.
You forgot an obvious one:
- Typical /. poster, socially awkward, is sweating profusely and studying the detector in great detail.
So not only are the universe and my grandparents both extremely old, but they both smell the same now... great.
You could always use slave labor, or maybe individuals held against their will, to manufacture these...
That would be awesome for those of us who work 40 hour weeks (that's only 2 charges per week!)
Considering that most of the stuff I work on is remote (SSH terminal, web pages, database server), I think the most intense stuff that would be running on the laptop would be Firefox and its JS engine, and Pidgin.
If I only have to charge my laptop as often as I charge my phone, you can sign me up! Especially if it recharges as quickly!
Ok, I agree with you that those points are cultural... but I think that sacrificing privacy gives people just as much of an opening via which they can ruthlessly exploit you.
I can agree that I do not *need* privacy, but I probably also don't need freedom of speech or the right to carry a gun. Too bad no assurances are made of our privacy in the same way as those.
I may not need privacy, but why would anybody need the ability to snoop on me?
What about if say for example, video of you pooping every day was published on the internet from multiple angles? Or maybe you masturbating or having sex?
That information might not be a big deal if it was all released all the time for everybody, but when it's not an "opt-in" type of thing or if its done selectively, I think it could be quite embarrassing despite being natural, acceptable actions that are perfectly normal.
There are certain things that most humans just wish to NEVER have shared with anybody but their most intimately trusted partners, and some not even then.
The need for privacy is a product of evolution, and is seen in many species other than humans. Children can be seen harnessing these feelings as they mature, initially not seeing anything wrong with getting naked in public, but eventually hiding their private parts from even their parents. Many people are even embarrassed to get naked for a doctor. It makes you feel vulnerable, and nudity isn't the only thing that's private, and certainly not the only way we can feel vulnerable.
I'd rather be a slave to my evolutionary/instinctive needs than be a puppet/asset of a fascist/oppressive/overbearing government/corporation and their arbitrary and completely unnecessary rules and abuse of power.
Just because a few people are willing to give up privacy doesn't mean it's acceptable to force on everybody. A few people are willing to die for their country, but that doesn't mean we should let the government kill us all either.
Reflection analysis has so far proven ineffective at identifying vampires.
A large portion of Spanish speakers (e.g. Latin America) live in extreme poverty, so I doubt they'll all be downloading IE8 Beta anytime soon.
What should be compared is how many German speakers with internet access and their own PC vs. how many Spanish speakers with internet access and their own PC.
I wonder if that's where the cake got to...
I thought we are essentially bombarded by magnetic fields constantly from radio transmissions, cell towers, wifi, wireless phones, power lines, and even the Earth itself...?
Can somebody please clarify this for me?
The Apollo missions definitely weren't entirely safe... but people didn't really care about it as much as they do today. They were driven to succeed at almost any cost, and to do so before the Russians.
Now we have this culture of protection and safety that's we're too afraid to (accidentally) sacrifice a human even at the prospect of settling on the moon. Not saying it's wrong, but it complicates things more.
Neocons don't want good schools because in their absence, the country breeds idiot ape trolls like AP31R0N who blindly support the military industrial complex and hate everybody that isn't just like them.
And actually it'd probably be a lot more than 96 moon landings at that price because, um... we don't have to figure it all out all over each time, so a lot of the costs associated with the initial Apollo program would only need to be spent once instead of 16 times.
And if the government was going to the moon that often and had a harbor of sorts up there, it would really be encouraging for the private sector to step up investment and join in.
The USA landed on the moon 6 times throughout the Apollo program. 16 of those would come out to 96 moon landings. A friend moved across the country in one trip, so I think we could setup a decent residence on the moon in 96 flights.
I'd much rather we own the moon than own Iraq.
The Iraq War has cost 10-16 times as much as the entire Apollo program's final budget including all the associated research and development... we're not talking about just 1 launch here, we're talking about the entire shebang.
Depressing, isn't it, how our leaders misplace their priorities?
Voting Libertarian involves checking the box that says, "No vote" or "Political statement"... same thing.
I didn't read this particular article, but I think the idea here is to examine the dust that is ejected, most likely using various spectrometers.
This was done with a comet some time ago, at a far greater distance.
It's similar to the high tech way of identifying mysterious substances in a modern laboratory, just on a larger scale and at a much greater distance.
I would imagine that the "bomb" would be primarily of the kinetic energy variety.
That was amazing. :-)
So this means when I get Alzheimer's, I can get a rat-brain-controlled robot to do my chores..?
Alternatively, you could appeal to the explorer in all of us and increase "X" a little.
It works when you appeal to the oil-baron, war-monger inside of Congress anyways.
Surely by "Apollo-era budget", you must mean something like 6-10% of the Iraq war budget...? ;-)
(Just putting our priorities in perspective... *sigh*)
I actually hadn't really thought about the limited launch real estate though... thank you!
There, NASA, fixed that for you.
Seriously... I never quite understood why we were going to neuter our space program before the shuttle replacement was ready.
Does this make sense to anybody other than NASA accountants?