Then how is that different from someone publishing a book stating they would rather have a world without (let's say) Christians and someone re-posting that quote? It could be offensive to someone who identifies themselves as a Christian and the person that wrote it may have some other information to back up that claim or it could have been taken out of context. Now you have to dedicate time and money tracking down the quote, determining intent...
I just wish people would get over themselves and remember the old childhood saying: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
I've been in a theater that caught fire. I was watching a movie and one of the speakers behind the screen caught fire. It was right there in front of the entire theater to see. Did people trample each other to get out? Nope. We all got up calmly and walked outside. "Yelling fire in a theater" is grossly exaggerated, IMHO.
I'm no fan of this particular line of laws, but what it sounds like to me is that they have the wrong person. They should be going after the person that copied the IP of the man who wrote it. After all, did he give permission for that other person to use his copyrighted material?
But isn't that getting back to the resource issue (ie: needing an ass ton of material for a huge sphere)? Relying on the laws of conservation; The only reason you'd wipe out a species is for the rock they claim home. You'd likely claim up all neighboring systems until you had the resources you needed. This would create a void of empty star systems in the immediate vicinity. In that case, wouldn't it be far saner to just look for a group of stars in a cluster with no planets? Maybe they also found a way to claim the stars themselves which gets back to the point of them just being able to fuse atoms to generate the material they need.
I'm also sure that if a civilization was so advanced they could make a dyson sphere that they' be able to "hide" from a civilization barely scraping space from a planet they haven't fully explored.
Though, the "tailpipe" conjectures being made are fun to read about... it just screams of movie plots.
I recently bought a house where the walls in the great room were pepto-bismol pink and every room had a different bright color from a Crayola box. Someone needs to be the temper for the designer... the engineer to the architect.
Infrastructure, we have bridges in poor shape, we have a power grid that is a total joke, we have a lack of power in some parts of the country in the summer.
Investing properly in education would solve that last part. By that I mean free university education for those who qualify at public universities.
How is education supposed to help with power distribution issues? Wouldn't that money be better spend burying the existing and new power lines?
I mean, I have no problem with education funding... but to state that the reason some parts of the country have no power in the summer because of education funding is reaching.
Steam recently added the ability to have multiple folder locations for the game installs (maybe it's because I'm opted in for beta clients if you don't see it under settings) so you can specify what hard drive or folder you'd like to install your library of games to.
Well, you technically could use the install hyperlink: steam://install/[some game id] but you'd need to know that ID and have a browser set up to know what to do with it.
My experience was similar. I tried Redhat some years ago (10?) and never quite "got it" and gave up. I tried Linux again more recently (8 years ago?) I installed Debian and was never happier with a distro.
You'd think that a company with billions of dollars in revenue could test the product or at least re-use some old perfectly functional scaling code in prior products that performed the same task./snark
The Neato shuts down the vacuum when it's returning to the base. It's generally been awesome for a scheduled 4 times a week cleanup. It's gotten stuck a few times due to the layout of my house, but I'd say it's 95% on top of it's game. Once I figured out what it tends to get stuck or confused on/with I haven't had it act up or get lost in a few months.
That's a vacuum cleaner salesmen's wet dream. There will always be something to pick up. This is why all salesmen will be glad to show off how much their cleaner picked up that your "crappy" cleaner missed. Hell, I'll bet if you vacuumed your carpet after the Dyson or Kirby, you'd still pick up dust.
I've had mine for a few months now and possibly one of the best things I have done. There's one spot mine likes to get lost in my house because it's not a regular layout, but other than that... the carpet has never been cleaner! It also forces me to keep the floors picked up and serves as a gentle alarm clock at 7:00 in the morning (only 4 times a week.) It's not terribly loud, but it's movement that wakes you up.
But! The kirby and dysons won't vacuum the room for you while you are washing the dishes and cleaning the cat box.
This is why I got a Neato (the one with the Laser scanner). I have it programmed to vacuum 4 times a week and my carpets have never been cleaner (mainly because I hate vacuuming.) All I have to do is rescue it the few times it's gotten lost in my house (and the one time it got caught on some sheets I forgot to pick up) and clean it's dust bin.
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Then how is that different from someone publishing a book stating they would rather have a world without (let's say) Christians and someone re-posting that quote? It could be offensive to someone who identifies themselves as a Christian and the person that wrote it may have some other information to back up that claim or it could have been taken out of context. Now you have to dedicate time and money tracking down the quote, determining intent...
I just wish people would get over themselves and remember the old childhood saying: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
I've been in a theater that caught fire. I was watching a movie and one of the speakers behind the screen caught fire. It was right there in front of the entire theater to see. Did people trample each other to get out? Nope. We all got up calmly and walked outside. "Yelling fire in a theater" is grossly exaggerated, IMHO.
I'm no fan of this particular line of laws, but what it sounds like to me is that they have the wrong person. They should be going after the person that copied the IP of the man who wrote it. After all, did he give permission for that other person to use his copyrighted material?
But isn't that getting back to the resource issue (ie: needing an ass ton of material for a huge sphere)? Relying on the laws of conservation; The only reason you'd wipe out a species is for the rock they claim home. You'd likely claim up all neighboring systems until you had the resources you needed. This would create a void of empty star systems in the immediate vicinity. In that case, wouldn't it be far saner to just look for a group of stars in a cluster with no planets? Maybe they also found a way to claim the stars themselves which gets back to the point of them just being able to fuse atoms to generate the material they need.
I'm also sure that if a civilization was so advanced they could make a dyson sphere that they' be able to "hide" from a civilization barely scraping space from a planet they haven't fully explored.
Though, the "tailpipe" conjectures being made are fun to read about... it just screams of movie plots.
Daiquiris and other various drinks can make for pink vomit... really, anything red.
But then you end up with pink walls...
I recently bought a house where the walls in the great room were pepto-bismol pink and every room had a different bright color from a Crayola box. Someone needs to be the temper for the designer... the engineer to the architect.
Because the Homeland looks more like a Prison Yard every day. ;)
Yet it will be buried as a failure and ignore the next time someone wants to implement something similar.
Infrastructure, we have bridges in poor shape, we have a power grid that is a total joke, we have a lack of power in some parts of the country in the summer.
Investing properly in education would solve that last part. By that I mean free university education for those who qualify at public universities.
How is education supposed to help with power distribution issues? Wouldn't that money be better spend burying the existing and new power lines?
I mean, I have no problem with education funding... but to state that the reason some parts of the country have no power in the summer because of education funding is reaching.
Think of the terrorist!
Here, I'll kick in one:
What if your child is a terrorist?
Steam recently added the ability to have multiple folder locations for the game installs (maybe it's because I'm opted in for beta clients if you don't see it under settings) so you can specify what hard drive or folder you'd like to install your library of games to.
Well, you technically could use the install hyperlink: steam://install/[some game id] but you'd need to know that ID and have a browser set up to know what to do with it.
My experience was similar. I tried Redhat some years ago (10?) and never quite "got it" and gave up. I tried Linux again more recently (8 years ago?) I installed Debian and was never happier with a distro.
Meanwhile, let the anti-MS bashfest continue.
You'd think that a company with billions of dollars in revenue could test the product or at least re-use some old perfectly functional scaling code in prior products that performed the same task. /snark
Didn't you hear? They started hiring fashion models to work in TSA so you can at least try to enjoy getting felt up.
Must be referring to the 16-bit version: http://wubwub.eu/demake.php
I hereby grant you 2D6 moderation points.
If I understand correctly, it's misted into the air so it could collect dust and other dirt.
The Neato shuts down the vacuum when it's returning to the base. It's generally been awesome for a scheduled 4 times a week cleanup. It's gotten stuck a few times due to the layout of my house, but I'd say it's 95% on top of it's game. Once I figured out what it tends to get stuck or confused on/with I haven't had it act up or get lost in a few months.
That's a vacuum cleaner salesmen's wet dream. There will always be something to pick up. This is why all salesmen will be glad to show off how much their cleaner picked up that your "crappy" cleaner missed. Hell, I'll bet if you vacuumed your carpet after the Dyson or Kirby, you'd still pick up dust.
I've had mine for a few months now and possibly one of the best things I have done. There's one spot mine likes to get lost in my house because it's not a regular layout, but other than that... the carpet has never been cleaner! It also forces me to keep the floors picked up and serves as a gentle alarm clock at 7:00 in the morning (only 4 times a week.) It's not terribly loud, but it's movement that wakes you up.
But! The kirby and dysons won't vacuum the room for you while you are washing the dishes and cleaning the cat box.
This is why I got a Neato (the one with the Laser scanner). I have it programmed to vacuum 4 times a week and my carpets have never been cleaner (mainly because I hate vacuuming.) All I have to do is rescue it the few times it's gotten lost in my house (and the one time it got caught on some sheets I forgot to pick up) and clean it's dust bin.
Hell, they almost went to protest over the Passion of the Christ.