A lot of folks don't have the luxury of devoting their entire lift to a class schedule, whether they want that "college experience" or not.
College is just a 4 year "edutainment" vacation for a lot of kids these days anyway.
Anyone knows that it's mostly just bullshit academic circlejerking to get useless folks in on the payola. You gotta have that slip of paper showing you paid the piper in order to find a decent job.
The article makes the argument that if you walk properly, which is by lightly resting your weight on the ball of your foot before transferring it from the other foot, injuries like this could be avoided. You'd feel something sharp at just a few pounds of pressure instead of your whole body weight.
With shoes on, you just plod your feet down wherever, and hope nothing can penetrate your shoe.
I am still going to wear shoes, though. It doesn't matter how lightly you step on a bee -- he's going to sting you!
Funny you should say that -- the one ham radio friend I have is a fag. I met him through an online gay social networking site, and he introduced me to the local 2600 chapter. Funny how that works.
In general, though, I'd have to say that no, ham radio operators AREN'T fags: they're not pretty enough to be.
I am glad someone else here is making the "unprofessionally sweaty" argument. That's one of the biggest issues I have using public transit. In the middle of summer, anything more than a couple minutes out in the hot, humid Tennessee heat leaves me soaking wet.
You don't want 200 people crammed into a cubicle farm who have all been sweating to 100 degree 100% humidity weather. It is not going to be a pretty smell.
All the basic necessities of life can be replicated. The parts to build a replicator can be replicated. There is still a component of human labor, which in a world where anything you want can be conjured from thin air, human (or alien) labor is the only value.
However, for things like large space vessels, certain components can't be replicated. Fuel can't be replicated. The law of conservation of energy still applies. So there still has to be mining operations, shipping fleets, etc. All of this is basically just an effort of human labor.
As for the average Federation Joe, there are still important things you might want money for. Property, for example. I would assume there is still scarcity of highly desirable property in Earth and other planets. A lot of human-provided services COULD be rendered by holograms, but there is the constant theme that holograms somehow fall just a little short of flesh and blood when it comes to certain things that are "artistic" in nature. A hologram can (generally) only be as original as its programming.
Even things like houses still are probably built by humans. The materials are likely replicated, but the assembly is probably easier to just have a person do. Holograms are generally not portable, and replicators haven't been shown to be on the scale of replicating entire structures, and should there be any of that size, they're probably stationary.
So it's not terribly different from today. Money = human labor. It just so happens the standard of living is basically as high as it can be, because any physical item you desire can be conjured from thin air, and a lot of services you'd want from a person (a massage?) could be provided by a computer.
So there's still a lot of work to be done, and a lot of stuff to spend money on. It's just not the primary factor in life anymore. People can do job they enjoy without the drudgery.
Also consider: most of TNG (and ENT) focused on Starfleet. There would be no money, because the entire operation is funded by the government. Voyager was lost in the middle of nowhere, so the rules were totally different there. DS9 is where you really see a little bit how the galactic economy works.
Though if the gay journalist is spouting out something homophobic, I think that bears revelation to the masses. Not as an ad hominem, but just because I think that kind if irony (which isn't uncommon) make whatever they've written suspect.
I actually believe that people should have a right to make money from their work - even if this is often not the majority view on slashdot.
No, I believe that is the majority view. However, I think most here believe you should make money from your work ONCE, not indefinitely.
That is, if you spend a total of 300 hours writing and recording a song, you should be paid for that 300 hours of work. That's about 2 months for most of us. The general view is that, you should not be able to make money forever and ever off two months of work. You should be paid fairly for it ONE TIME, and then if you want to get paid again, you work two more months.
This is how it worked for folks like Handel, Mozart, and practically all composers from that era. Their music is, hundreds of years later, still regarded as some of the best around. They would be commissioned to write a piece of music, and they'd write it. End of payment. Or they'd be hired on full time by a wealthy patron (nobility at the time) and given a salary to work full time producing music.
They could never work once, and live off their work forever. This is not only silly, but I find it downright unethical and possibly even immoral. Then again, I am one of those people that thinks everyone ought to work, or they're just draining on the rest of society that IS working.
This really depends. Traction control, ABS, airbags, and a number of other things I don't even know about might make the new vehicle safer than the old one.
A LOT of science has gone into making automobiles safer since 1960. Almost 50 years worth of it. And that's nothing to scoff at.
But actually, if you remember, they made their own alcohol aboard the ships from whatever algae goop the were eating. That said, it's not hard to grow food hydroponically or using artificial lighting.
And how do you know the Galactica alone didn't have enough provision to go for 4+ years? It's a freaking massive huge military space vessel. How many months of MRE's would you put on that thing? The answer is: as many as it will hold.
As for Voyager: they have replicator technology. It's trivial for them to pick up some scrap matter then recombinate it into the materials needed to make a new shuttle.
Anyway, we know they CAN rebuild a civilization, because they've already one it once on New Caprica. It should be MUCH easier to do on New Earth, because they describe the planet as being more resource-rich than even the original 12 colonies.
If their goal was to prevent AI from being recreated, they picked a funny way of achieving that: allowing the knowledge of all their struggles and knowledge being lost to antiquity or sent off into the sun. The scene at the end kindof shows the decedents of the cylons and humans making proto-toasters. Do you really think they new toaster slaves are going to say "Oh, they are CYLON HYBRID descendants! We won't ever go to war with them!"
I totally agree. I actually felt like the ending ruined the entire series.
The BS that "it's about the characters" even falls apart under any sort of scrutiny, because I feel like it's very out of character for a number of main players and a good portion of the 38k survivors to decide to throw all their technology into the sun.
A lot of plot holes were left. We can only assume that the destruction of the colony didn't mean the destruction of every single cylon. They made it clear there were basestars jumping in and out -- those basestars are still out there somewhere, probably searching for the humans to wipe them out, because they are crazy Cavil's aboard.
And what about all the quirks about living on a new planet? What about the water? Unknown diseases? Something weird about the food sources. I would guess a good 50% of the colonists that settled wouldn't survive the first couple years because of mundane things. I mean, if Hera is so important, why throw the only sick bay capable of providing her with pediatric care into the sun? It's retarded.
And to me, the absolute worst part is at the very end: We see the 150k-years-late cylon/human hybrids on our earth making proto-cylons. THE WHOLE CYCLE WILL REPEAT AGAIN!
Does it even MATTER that the inhabitants of earth are "half cylon" like Hera? It won't matter one damn bit when they start making toasters.
I guess the point is, we had SO MUCH effort on the part of the characters to save their civilization, and then at the very last episode, after they'd FINALLY WON they decide to just throw it all into the sun.
The last episode turned the entire series into a single political statement about not creating subservient AI. That's it. That's all BSG was about.
Except that strangely enough, the Symantec antivirus product (the one for corporate workstations and servers) is pretty good. It's amazingly good compared to their Norton products.
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A lot of folks don't have the luxury of devoting their entire lift to a class schedule, whether they want that "college experience" or not.
College is just a 4 year "edutainment" vacation for a lot of kids these days anyway.
Anyone knows that it's mostly just bullshit academic circlejerking to get useless folks in on the payola. You gotta have that slip of paper showing you paid the piper in order to find a decent job.
The article makes the argument that if you walk properly, which is by lightly resting your weight on the ball of your foot before transferring it from the other foot, injuries like this could be avoided. You'd feel something sharp at just a few pounds of pressure instead of your whole body weight.
With shoes on, you just plod your feet down wherever, and hope nothing can penetrate your shoe.
I am still going to wear shoes, though. It doesn't matter how lightly you step on a bee -- he's going to sting you!
Funny you should say that -- the one ham radio friend I have is a fag. I met him through an online gay social networking site, and he introduced me to the local 2600 chapter. Funny how that works.
In general, though, I'd have to say that no, ham radio operators AREN'T fags: they're not pretty enough to be.
I might just find a new beneficiary for my Lump-Sum death benefit.
Hi there. Want to be my new dad? :-)
I am glad someone else here is making the "unprofessionally sweaty" argument. That's one of the biggest issues I have using public transit. In the middle of summer, anything more than a couple minutes out in the hot, humid Tennessee heat leaves me soaking wet.
You don't want 200 people crammed into a cubicle farm who have all been sweating to 100 degree 100% humidity weather. It is not going to be a pretty smell.
Oh yes blame the hard working successful people for wanting to keep the fruits of their labor.
The most successful people I know work the least hard. Some of the hardest working people I know barely get by.
So I am going to assume your post is based on the premise hard work = success. That's the American Dream, and let me tell you: it's dead.
My only argument is that sweating leads to odor. In a modern society where people are packed together in cubicles, you don't want them sweating.
No. Your genitalia will still be rejected.
Why would an AI have an aversion to being turned off, unless it were given one?
All the basic necessities of life can be replicated. The parts to build a replicator can be replicated. There is still a component of human labor, which in a world where anything you want can be conjured from thin air, human (or alien) labor is the only value.
However, for things like large space vessels, certain components can't be replicated. Fuel can't be replicated. The law of conservation of energy still applies. So there still has to be mining operations, shipping fleets, etc. All of this is basically just an effort of human labor.
As for the average Federation Joe, there are still important things you might want money for. Property, for example. I would assume there is still scarcity of highly desirable property in Earth and other planets. A lot of human-provided services COULD be rendered by holograms, but there is the constant theme that holograms somehow fall just a little short of flesh and blood when it comes to certain things that are "artistic" in nature. A hologram can (generally) only be as original as its programming.
Even things like houses still are probably built by humans. The materials are likely replicated, but the assembly is probably easier to just have a person do. Holograms are generally not portable, and replicators haven't been shown to be on the scale of replicating entire structures, and should there be any of that size, they're probably stationary.
So it's not terribly different from today. Money = human labor. It just so happens the standard of living is basically as high as it can be, because any physical item you desire can be conjured from thin air, and a lot of services you'd want from a person (a massage?) could be provided by a computer.
So there's still a lot of work to be done, and a lot of stuff to spend money on. It's just not the primary factor in life anymore. People can do job they enjoy without the drudgery.
Also consider: most of TNG (and ENT) focused on Starfleet. There would be no money, because the entire operation is funded by the government. Voyager was lost in the middle of nowhere, so the rules were totally different there. DS9 is where you really see a little bit how the galactic economy works.
Though if the gay journalist is spouting out something homophobic, I think that bears revelation to the masses. Not as an ad hominem, but just because I think that kind if irony (which isn't uncommon) make whatever they've written suspect.
...or the same sex.
Just saying.
I actually believe that people should have a right to make money from their work - even if this is often not the majority view on slashdot.
No, I believe that is the majority view. However, I think most here believe you should make money from your work ONCE, not indefinitely.
That is, if you spend a total of 300 hours writing and recording a song, you should be paid for that 300 hours of work. That's about 2 months for most of us. The general view is that, you should not be able to make money forever and ever off two months of work. You should be paid fairly for it ONE TIME, and then if you want to get paid again, you work two more months.
This is how it worked for folks like Handel, Mozart, and practically all composers from that era. Their music is, hundreds of years later, still regarded as some of the best around. They would be commissioned to write a piece of music, and they'd write it. End of payment. Or they'd be hired on full time by a wealthy patron (nobility at the time) and given a salary to work full time producing music.
They could never work once, and live off their work forever. This is not only silly, but I find it downright unethical and possibly even immoral. Then again, I am one of those people that thinks everyone ought to work, or they're just draining on the rest of society that IS working.
This is almost as good as mad libs!
This really depends. Traction control, ABS, airbags, and a number of other things I don't even know about might make the new vehicle safer than the old one.
A LOT of science has gone into making automobiles safer since 1960. Almost 50 years worth of it. And that's nothing to scoff at.
You underestimate Adama's love for whiskey.
But actually, if you remember, they made their own alcohol aboard the ships from whatever algae goop the were eating. That said, it's not hard to grow food hydroponically or using artificial lighting.
And how do you know the Galactica alone didn't have enough provision to go for 4+ years? It's a freaking massive huge military space vessel. How many months of MRE's would you put on that thing? The answer is: as many as it will hold.
As for Voyager: they have replicator technology. It's trivial for them to pick up some scrap matter then recombinate it into the materials needed to make a new shuttle.
Anyway, we know they CAN rebuild a civilization, because they've already one it once on New Caprica. It should be MUCH easier to do on New Earth, because they describe the planet as being more resource-rich than even the original 12 colonies.
If their goal was to prevent AI from being recreated, they picked a funny way of achieving that: allowing the knowledge of all their struggles and knowledge being lost to antiquity or sent off into the sun. The scene at the end kindof shows the decedents of the cylons and humans making proto-toasters. Do you really think they new toaster slaves are going to say "Oh, they are CYLON HYBRID descendants! We won't ever go to war with them!"
I figure he probably planted that thing on the hill, wrote "CABIN" on the side of it and lived there until he died. lol
I totally agree. I actually felt like the ending ruined the entire series.
The BS that "it's about the characters" even falls apart under any sort of scrutiny, because I feel like it's very out of character for a number of main players and a good portion of the 38k survivors to decide to throw all their technology into the sun.
A lot of plot holes were left. We can only assume that the destruction of the colony didn't mean the destruction of every single cylon. They made it clear there were basestars jumping in and out -- those basestars are still out there somewhere, probably searching for the humans to wipe them out, because they are crazy Cavil's aboard.
And what about all the quirks about living on a new planet? What about the water? Unknown diseases? Something weird about the food sources. I would guess a good 50% of the colonists that settled wouldn't survive the first couple years because of mundane things. I mean, if Hera is so important, why throw the only sick bay capable of providing her with pediatric care into the sun? It's retarded.
And to me, the absolute worst part is at the very end: We see the 150k-years-late cylon/human hybrids on our earth making proto-cylons. THE WHOLE CYCLE WILL REPEAT AGAIN!
Does it even MATTER that the inhabitants of earth are "half cylon" like Hera? It won't matter one damn bit when they start making toasters.
I guess the point is, we had SO MUCH effort on the part of the characters to save their civilization, and then at the very last episode, after they'd FINALLY WON they decide to just throw it all into the sun.
The last episode turned the entire series into a single political statement about not creating subservient AI. That's it. That's all BSG was about.
May she rest in peace.
Money can also play a part in having a faster computer or faster internet connection, which can be a very significant advantage in computer games.
Except that strangely enough, the Symantec antivirus product (the one for corporate workstations and servers) is pretty good. It's amazingly good compared to their Norton products.
Or get your cat to do it!
His neighbor's mom, just FYI.
I always liked:
As useless at tits on a boar.
While we're at it, I'd like a pony.