Yeah about the car vs computer thing... I have a friend who can turn any car inside-out, he can fix or modify anything, from a Skyline GTR to a '57 Eldorado (and keep it AAA).
The other day he told me, "My wife brought me the phone and told me Bill was going to call me, like, out of nowhere! I was like, what? How did shew know? She was talking to him with the, you know - keyboard - ON THE COMPUTER!" (Look of disbelief on his face).
I mean, this guy does full body restos in his garage. It's not even his job!
This is evidence that making money in the mass-media doesn't depend on free and open expression. It's like, if you have enough variety of content, people will settle on what various media provides, like comedy, lite news, and so on, but without the insights and challenges of truly free or near-free content.
Of course, multinational corporations have realized this, with expansion into China a definite momentum builder for Google, but I doubt an HRW report will hurt share prices, and most people in China can't read it online.
embedding it in a metal and cooling the metal to a few degrees kelvin - could therefore avoid the need to bury nuclear waste in deep repositories, a hugely expensive and politically difficult process.
Yeah, like "embedding it in a metal and cooling the metal to a few degrees kelvin" is not "hugely expensive".
Given that computers have become so common at both work and in leisure pursuits, some long-time users are experiencing a gradual build-up of pain attributed by RSI, or Repetitive Stress Injury.
For me, chock up the RSI to those "leisurely pursuits." The only way this thing could improve over my wireless is if it was easy to use ambidextrously and dispensed lotion...
Important to note that in most places, if you're in management, you cannot join the union, or start one, for that matter, as you're not representative. The REAL management may nominally promote its workers pre-emptively just to avoid workers organizing.
But to earn that paycheck, you're doing more than ever.
As I understand it, people across America have been working harder for the same pay for some time now. This trend is exemplified by less vacation time taken by Americans, greater hours worked for the same relative pay, and fewer benefits offered than even a decade ago.
I believe the Economist had a special on this a while ago, showing that Americans are four times less likely to achieve high net worth status than Canadians, even though they work more hours and take on more responsibilities.
If you look at most of the goals we have right now, they're pretty mundane and shortlived. Curing disease, stop killing eachother, end to hunger, creating objects that we find beautiful and pleasing, creating more living beings like ourselves.
Once we reach a singularity we'll have the technology to do away with all these problem oriented goals
That is, if we can reach the singularity without first reaching, for the most part, all of those "mundane" goals. One might imagine that disease and war, especially, may make the efficient achievement of a singularity somewhat impossible, either through direct destruction of the human race, or, for instance, the endless war envisioned by Orwell.
Here's a good place to start: Dharavi, the world's largest slum.
The sheer scale of dealing with the poverty of just this one part of India gives you an idea of the astronomical scale of effort needed to transform India into a fully developed, (relatively) fair and equitable state.
Despite its many legal victories, critics charge the EFF with idealism
and
That focus has left the group open to criticisms that by refusing to play the Washington game of compromising, its views are idealistic and sometimes extremist.
It seems that, when a "critic" thinks you're "idealistic," that means you're hitting close to home, and if you're an "extremist," you're probably kicking major ass. Quite simply, the EFF would rather pay their money for litigating lawyers instead of lobbying lawyers, and that's spooking the "critics," because it works.
...people fantasize about the fucking sequels they'd like to see...
What about Ringworld? Neuromancer?
As for comparisons to the Matrix, The Futurological Congress would stop that shit - that's a story that could out-Matrix the Matrix.
Seriously though, RIAA has got the ultimate hustle. Their sales are "hurt" by piracy, so they want the government to do something, but their sales aren't high enough (pesky piracy!), so they want the government to do something, but their sales aren't high enough (pesky piracy!), so they want the government to do something...
Repeat ad nauseum until supported by government bailouts, airline style (because music is an essential service, of course!).
And music today is bad enough, imagine the horror when the music sounds as bad as airline food tastes...
Nowhere in the article does it state the purpose of these devices - the function, yes, but not the purpose.
My bet is that this is a study into using the devices on repeated speeding offenders who have been penalized by the courts, a la the breathalizer ignition systems in use throughout much of the United States. Unremarkable, to say the least.
Besides, as the article says, this is old technology, already being sold. What's the big deal?
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No, but a zombied computer might offer you a bigger boner.
The other day he told me, "My wife brought me the phone and told me Bill was going to call me, like, out of nowhere! I was like, what? How did shew know? She was talking to him with the, you know - keyboard - ON THE COMPUTER!" (Look of disbelief on his face).
I mean, this guy does full body restos in his garage. It's not even his job!
OSX 10.1 looks better than Vista!
This is evidence that making money in the mass-media doesn't depend on free and open expression. It's like, if you have enough variety of content, people will settle on what various media provides, like comedy, lite news, and so on, but without the insights and challenges of truly free or near-free content. Of course, multinational corporations have realized this, with expansion into China a definite momentum builder for Google, but I doubt an HRW report will hurt share prices, and most people in China can't read it online.
Is there a troll tag?
to make Slashdot look like a surrealist cult, talking about the "mysteries of the long tail."
to grow WEED, man!
11/11/11 It's the number eleven for Christ's sake!
Yeah, like "embedding it in a metal and cooling the metal to a few degrees kelvin" is not "hugely expensive".
Now where would we put this accelerated waste?
It's so secure the toast NEVER pops up!
the guys just want a date
WHAT IF THEY GET JAMMED!?
Given that computers have become so common at both work and in leisure pursuits, some long-time users are experiencing a gradual build-up of pain attributed by RSI, or Repetitive Stress Injury.
For me, chock up the RSI to those "leisurely pursuits." The only way this thing could improve over my wireless is if it was easy to use ambidextrously and dispensed lotion...
Important to note that in most places, if you're in management, you cannot join the union, or start one, for that matter, as you're not representative. The REAL management may nominally promote its workers pre-emptively just to avoid workers organizing.
I don't know about that... what about Stanislaw Lem? Summa Technologae, anyone?
As I understand it, people across America have been working harder for the same pay for some time now. This trend is exemplified by less vacation time taken by Americans, greater hours worked for the same relative pay, and fewer benefits offered than even a decade ago.
I believe the Economist had a special on this a while ago, showing that Americans are four times less likely to achieve high net worth status than Canadians, even though they work more hours and take on more responsibilities.
Once we reach a singularity we'll have the technology to do away with all these problem oriented goals
That is, if we can reach the singularity without first reaching, for the most part, all of those "mundane" goals. One might imagine that disease and war, especially, may make the efficient achievement of a singularity somewhat impossible, either through direct destruction of the human race, or, for instance, the endless war envisioned by Orwell.
The sheer scale of dealing with the poverty of just this one part of India gives you an idea of the astronomical scale of effort needed to transform India into a fully developed, (relatively) fair and equitable state.
and
That focus has left the group open to criticisms that by refusing to play the Washington game of compromising, its views are idealistic and sometimes extremist.
It seems that, when a "critic" thinks you're "idealistic," that means you're hitting close to home, and if you're an "extremist," you're probably kicking major ass. Quite simply, the EFF would rather pay their money for litigating lawyers instead of lobbying lawyers, and that's spooking the "critics," because it works.
More like the last century of biology!
...people fantasize about the fucking sequels they'd like to see... What about Ringworld? Neuromancer? As for comparisons to the Matrix, The Futurological Congress would stop that shit - that's a story that could out-Matrix the Matrix.
Repeat ad nauseum until supported by government bailouts, airline style (because music is an essential service, of course!).
And music today is bad enough, imagine the horror when the music sounds as bad as airline food tastes...
Yes, associating Martin Luther King with evil dark-skinned apes is appropriate... Slashdot needs a rolleyes smiley.
Does it star Coolio?
Nowhere in the article does it state the purpose of these devices - the function, yes, but not the purpose. My bet is that this is a study into using the devices on repeated speeding offenders who have been penalized by the courts, a la the breathalizer ignition systems in use throughout much of the United States. Unremarkable, to say the least. Besides, as the article says, this is old technology, already being sold. What's the big deal?