Do you really think people are going to volunteer to have their PS3 destroyed because you patented the computer processing version of the assembly line?
Yes. That's why we heard people are installing, uninstalling and reinstalling Windows all the times. Now we know it's not because it is unstable.
$200,000 isn't that much to many people, so a target of 4,500 customers per year by 2020 seems reasonable.
On top of that, by 2020, many more "poor" people might also be able (and willing) to save up $200K for a taste of pseudo-space.
More importantly, no businessmen will allow one company to tap into this multibillion-dollar industry unchallenged, which means ticket price can only go down.
First of all, NCAA specifically disallows blogging, so I guess it has as much freedom to impose such restriction as that blogger to not attend the event.
it's hard to see how they can expect news organizations to keep from reporting the news as it happens.
I wouldn't be surprised if NCAA wants to introduce its own blog in the future.
I guess if they wanted to change, the old boss could have done that; Since they don't want to change the company's direction, it's just logical to get a new CEO with the same mind.
What if you could talk to a building and it could talk back? Then what about the wife we already have?
What if a building could adapt its shape, texture, light, sounds, and heat to your presence? Only if it can also read our moods. How would it know if I am in the mood to read a book (good light source) or to watch TV (dimmer)?
And most importantly the question every slashdotter wants to know -- What if we want to have sex on the kitchen bench, instead of cooking? Would the building turn down the lights and maybe warm the bench a little?
I'm not expecting a machine to figure things out themselves, but its ability to learn on circumstances is important to serve us appropriately.
I guess it's human's unpredictability that makes robots imperfect.
I think companies will start 'renting' addresses as IPv4 is approaching its limit, pretty much like the concept of carbon credits.
Companies may cut down unnecessary IP usage, or buy/rent addresses from other companies with plenty to spare.
This 'trade' could go on until such point it's either more costly to rent than move to IPv6, or when all available-and-necessary addresses have been fully utilized.
Seriously, I'm more interested in the following incident:
The Win2K drivers for the "DigiGR8" 301P had apparently a memory leak under Win2k, forcing me to reboot the win2k box on a daily basis. Basically it just stopped working after a dozen hours of continuous use, and rebooting was the only solution.
I then concluded I had enough with Win2K and decided to install my Linux...
So a bad driver caused him to give up on W2K, then he proceeds to spend endless hours of creating drivers for those crappy webcams?
Wouldn't it be better that an ill-supported webcam gets abandoned by the consumers, thus giving the market better-supported webcams as manufacturers are forced to lift up their games?
Would you buy a (oh no not again) cheap car with an oil leak, knowing that there's a free and simple way of fixing it? Or would you demand the car manufacturer to get its act together and fix the leak before its cars get out of the factory?
I'm pretty sure there are at least a space-shuttleful of people willing to have a go at one of these black holes, but how far is the nearest black hole?
What happens if after-life is a fact, and while all black holes cause death, some of the "faithful" ones are taken to the after-life paradise, and they thought they are in a parallel universe?
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So filing and (maybe) getting patents granted equals creativity?
I think we have seen enough "Creative Patenting" that are comparable to "Creative Accounting".
leaving users who bought videos that used Digital Restrictions Management without their purchases
That'll teach them to never buy non-pirated videos in the future!
Everyone should make a mental note to not download anything illegal until end of Jan 2008, or at least don't get caught doing so.
the process has been going on for billions of years and the bugs are unlikely to cause human disease.
Yes that's all good, but were there any human few billion years ago?
This could be very true.
Would we bother to communicate with ants? We might observe them, kidnap a few for experiments, but we don't really bother to send signals at them.
there's only so much time for sex with teenagers
Because they come within 5 seconds?
Do you really think people are going to volunteer to have their PS3 destroyed because you patented the computer processing version of the assembly line?
Yes. That's why we heard people are installing, uninstalling and reinstalling Windows all the times. Now we know it's not because it is unstable.
$200,000 isn't that much to many people, so a target of 4,500 customers per year by 2020 seems reasonable.
On top of that, by 2020, many more "poor" people might also be able (and willing) to save up $200K for a taste of pseudo-space.
More importantly, no businessmen will allow one company to tap into this multibillion-dollar industry unchallenged, which means ticket price can only go down.
I guess that just means prices for new computers will go up $50 or so, and recycling services are, as promised, free.
Companies might even see a better profit margin unless recycling is also forced upon consumers.
First of all, NCAA specifically disallows blogging, so I guess it has as much freedom to impose such restriction as that blogger to not attend the event.
it's hard to see how they can expect news organizations to keep from reporting the news as it happens.
I wouldn't be surprised if NCAA wants to introduce its own blog in the future.
I guess if they wanted to change, the old boss could have done that; Since they don't want to change the company's direction, it's just logical to get a new CEO with the same mind.
How much phishing can be prevented if people stop clicking on hyperlinks, and use copy-and-paste instead?
That's life for being MS.
If MS put in a AV software, other AV companies will file for anti-competition lawsuits; If MS didn't, consumers will moan about it too.
What if you could talk to a building and it could talk back?
Then what about the wife we already have?
What if a building could adapt its shape, texture, light, sounds, and heat to your presence?
Only if it can also read our moods. How would it know if I am in the mood to read a book (good light source) or to watch TV (dimmer)?
And most importantly the question every slashdotter wants to know -- What if we want to have sex on the kitchen bench, instead of cooking? Would the building turn down the lights and maybe warm the bench a little?
I'm not expecting a machine to figure things out themselves, but its ability to learn on circumstances is important to serve us appropriately.
I guess it's human's unpredictability that makes robots imperfect.
I think companies will start 'renting' addresses as IPv4 is approaching its limit, pretty much like the concept of carbon credits.
Companies may cut down unnecessary IP usage, or buy/rent addresses from other companies with plenty to spare.
This 'trade' could go on until such point it's either more costly to rent than move to IPv6, or when all available-and-necessary addresses have been fully utilized.
Secret police reassembles shredded researchers?
Maybe someone could create an online jigsaw puzzle game, and let the internet people reassemble those docs.
I notice oil companies are heavily involved in solar energy, are they securing their future and/or slowing solar tech down?
I would hate to reincarnate into a world where BP is still selling me (solar) energy as costly as what it is today.
Can individuals adequately produce energy themselves in the future, or will big-corps still be the real suppliers?
The graphic doesn't show the most interesting discovery, because trees should still be standing upright underground.
Anyway, did the ground below just sank/moved suddenly (25 square miles no less)? And the entire area was sitting on a big slap of rock?
or illuminate the most appropriate escape signs in an emergency
There's no "or" in an emergency. I thought all exit signs are appropriate.
Unless of course a fire damaged some backup batteries, and the system must act smart and determine the best route to maximize the number of survivors.
Is that you, Saddam?
So a bad driver caused him to give up on W2K, then he proceeds to spend endless hours of creating drivers for those crappy webcams?
Wouldn't it be better that an ill-supported webcam gets abandoned by the consumers, thus giving the market better-supported webcams as manufacturers are forced to lift up their games?
Would you buy a (oh no not again) cheap car with an oil leak, knowing that there's a free and simple way of fixing it? Or would you demand the car manufacturer to get its act together and fix the leak before its cars get out of the factory?
How did NCSoft know about the leaks?
I don't think any company would publicize its interviews, and I doubt these former employees would sing about their code demonstration.
That means there might be a NCSoft mole inside the competitor.
Has she been doing a good job during all these years?
I guess it doesn't matter because honesty and credibility are, if not the most important traits.
I'm pretty sure there are at least a space-shuttleful of people willing to have a go at one of these black holes, but how far is the nearest black hole?
What happens if after-life is a fact, and while all black holes cause death, some of the "faithful" ones are taken to the after-life paradise, and they thought they are in a parallel universe?