As much as efficiency and all that is wonderful, I see a problem of noisy drones buzzing overhead day in, day out. Another source of irritation in an increasingly stressful civilization. Would completely destroy a relaxing day in the park and it'd be hell in the city. If they started flying over my back yard, you can bet I'll be erecting nets, or possibly installing a CIWS.
I looked at the transparent gadgets link and I hope folks will forgive me for being totally underwhelmed by a bunch of pics of artists impressions of how some gadgets might look IF we develop the technology to build them.
Show me some working prototypes and I'll spend the energy to be impressed. In the mean time, I agree with kiwix who is worried about losing his transparent phone and with AC that suggests efforts would be better spent on trying to make a battery last longer than be transparent. Creative types trying to justify their existence again?
Legally enforcable does not mean enforced. My comparison with a physical barrier is that there is nothing stopping a parent from letting their child view the content if they feel their child is ready. Similarly there's nothing stopping them from not allowing them access to an MA15+ even if they are over 15. After all, the Mature Adult 15+ rating has a subjective quality that someone needs to assess when deciding whether an individual is ready. In some circumstances it may be that a parent violates the letter of the law. That happens all the time in many areas of life.
We shouldn't get rid of MA15+ because there is a big difference between Finding Nemo, World of Warcraft, Medal of Honour and Grand Theft Auto. There are some things I would be happy for my adult son to play that I'm not happy for my mid-teens son to play. Violence is not the only adult theme that is covered by the rating.
Remember these are advisory ratings. Not physical barriers. There will always be kids that are outside the bell curve and it's up to the parents to decide if their child is or is not ready for something. Having 3 categories instead of 2, or 4 instead of 3, is not going to place an unreasonable burden on the board that makes these assessments and it gives parents better information on which to make their decisions.
My parents used to call it "Lego" or "that mess":-) Also we had a double-bed sheet that used to contain all my Lego. So cleaning up was a matter of grabbing 4 corners and lifting.
TBH I've always detested the idea of having kids but now it occurs to me that it would give me an excuse to play with Lego again, it's starting to have a bit more appeal!
Agreed. It seems to me that the micro SIM is already small enough AND thin enough. The size of a battery of decent duration is a bigger limitation on the thickness of phones.
And what's a deltic in this context? Google is trying to tell me you're a combustion engine with a triangular piston arrangement and frankly that makes as much sense as sticking a rubber glove on an eel.
No! Haveloc Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. He "... enjoys reading written music rather than listening to it performed, because the idea of it being performed by people, with all the sweat and saliva involved, strikes him as distasteful."
The prospect of an AI designed by slashdotters makes me tremble with fear.
It would only run on linux, it would be constantly arguing with everyone, it would be an insufferable pedant, post pro-Stallman propaganda on every public forum on the net and spend the other half of its day trolling 4chan memes on social networks like bebo.
A friend of mine bitched when they put in a permanent camera near our home. I said "It doesn't bother me because I don't speed." He replied by looking at me grumpily.
Speed traps are cash cows to an extent but they also work. Put cameras in the black spots, let a few people get fined for breaking the law and then the word gets around and then it's no longer a black spot because people are following the rules. Amazing!
No, I'm not to clueless as to suggest that every law enforcement agent and agency are lily white but slowing down DOES reduce the quantity and quality of road accidents. Until all drivers are lily white, I'm fully in support of efforts to reduce incidents on the road.
Drugs are indeed big business. The only way to fight them is to legalise all drugs. Make them legal, registered, accountable, clean and let big pharma run the production side. Those big businesses will run the cartels to bankruptcy within a few short years.
A few slashes from a box cutter on the label side and the reflective surface strips off, taking much of the organic dye with it and butchering the substrate. Only the most dedicated would be able to get meaningful data from that disc.
How much less power would they consume if they didn't plug in the silly blue lights on all the servers? Per machine it can't be too much but across a data centre that size, it must add up to several hundred watts. It's not like they need to whip out an epeen at a LAN day.
I think all presidents would like to be more radical. The problem is the more change you promote, the more opposition you have. Obama is promoting great change in some areas e.g. state supported health care and all the anti-radicals have come out screaming in opposition.
I'd love to get into politics and make some real change for the better. The problem is all the lunatics and vested interests that don't agree with my version of better. Inevitably what I managed to get put through would be a watered down and rather mediocre version of what is actually needed.
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As much as efficiency and all that is wonderful, I see a problem of noisy drones buzzing overhead day in, day out. Another source of irritation in an increasingly stressful civilization. Would completely destroy a relaxing day in the park and it'd be hell in the city. If they started flying over my back yard, you can bet I'll be erecting nets, or possibly installing a CIWS.
Don't you know? Transparent is the new white...
I looked at the transparent gadgets link and I hope folks will forgive me for being totally underwhelmed by a bunch of pics of artists impressions of how some gadgets might look IF we develop the technology to build them.
Show me some working prototypes and I'll spend the energy to be impressed. In the mean time, I agree with kiwix who is worried about losing his transparent phone and with AC that suggests efforts would be better spent on trying to make a battery last longer than be transparent. Creative types trying to justify their existence again?
Indeed. How many crimes go unpunished while corporate investors laugh all the way to the bank?
I had forgotten that there was an M as well as an MA15+. So long as the M stays, I too see no need for an MA15+.
Legally enforcable does not mean enforced. My comparison with a physical barrier is that there is nothing stopping a parent from letting their child view the content if they feel their child is ready. Similarly there's nothing stopping them from not allowing them access to an MA15+ even if they are over 15. After all, the Mature Adult 15+ rating has a subjective quality that someone needs to assess when deciding whether an individual is ready. In some circumstances it may be that a parent violates the letter of the law. That happens all the time in many areas of life.
We shouldn't get rid of MA15+ because there is a big difference between Finding Nemo, World of Warcraft, Medal of Honour and Grand Theft Auto. There are some things I would be happy for my adult son to play that I'm not happy for my mid-teens son to play. Violence is not the only adult theme that is covered by the rating.
Remember these are advisory ratings. Not physical barriers. There will always be kids that are outside the bell curve and it's up to the parents to decide if their child is or is not ready for something. Having 3 categories instead of 2, or 4 instead of 3, is not going to place an unreasonable burden on the board that makes these assessments and it gives parents better information on which to make their decisions.
My parents used to call it "Lego" or "that mess" :-) Also we had a double-bed sheet that used to contain all my Lego. So cleaning up was a matter of grabbing 4 corners and lifting.
TBH I've always detested the idea of having kids but now it occurs to me that it would give me an excuse to play with Lego again, it's starting to have a bit more appeal!
Hey, at least we can pronounce this one!
Well it's just waiting for someone with a super 8 camera...
http://standardmadness.com/featured/rule-34-applied-to-lego
There are no LEGOs! LEGO is the brand! The pieces are, well, pieces (or bricks, blocks or units or whatever). To say LEGOs is like saying Sheeps!
GET IT RIGHT! /internetpedant
Agreed. It seems to me that the micro SIM is already small enough AND thin enough. The size of a battery of decent duration is a bigger limitation on the thickness of phones.
And what's a deltic in this context? Google is trying to tell me you're a combustion engine with a triangular piston arrangement and frankly that makes as much sense as sticking a rubber glove on an eel.
*bonk*
No! Haveloc Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. He "... enjoys reading written music rather than listening to it performed, because the idea of it being performed by people, with all the sweat and saliva involved, strikes him as distasteful."
Steve Jobs is the Haveloc Vetinari of the computer world!
I suspect that makes it worse :)
The prospect of an AI designed by slashdotters makes me tremble with fear.
It would only run on linux, it would be constantly arguing with everyone, it would be an insufferable pedant, post pro-Stallman propaganda on every public forum on the net and spend the other half of its day trolling 4chan memes on social networks like bebo.
A friend of mine bitched when they put in a permanent camera near our home. I said "It doesn't bother me because I don't speed." He replied by looking at me grumpily.
Speed traps are cash cows to an extent but they also work. Put cameras in the black spots, let a few people get fined for breaking the law and then the word gets around and then it's no longer a black spot because people are following the rules. Amazing!
No, I'm not to clueless as to suggest that every law enforcement agent and agency are lily white but slowing down DOES reduce the quantity and quality of road accidents. Until all drivers are lily white, I'm fully in support of efforts to reduce incidents on the road.
Drugs are indeed big business. The only way to fight them is to legalise all drugs. Make them legal, registered, accountable, clean and let big pharma run the production side. Those big businesses will run the cartels to bankruptcy within a few short years.
No more Brewer's Droop!
A few slashes from a box cutter on the label side and the reflective surface strips off, taking much of the organic dye with it and butchering the substrate. Only the most dedicated would be able to get meaningful data from that disc.
I pity her future boyfriends :)
I see what you're saying but looking at the number of lights there, I think it's more than one LED per machine.
How much less power would they consume if they didn't plug in the silly blue lights on all the servers? Per machine it can't be too much but across a data centre that size, it must add up to several hundred watts. It's not like they need to whip out an epeen at a LAN day.
I think all presidents would like to be more radical. The problem is the more change you promote, the more opposition you have. Obama is promoting great change in some areas e.g. state supported health care and all the anti-radicals have come out screaming in opposition.
I'd love to get into politics and make some real change for the better. The problem is all the lunatics and vested interests that don't agree with my version of better. Inevitably what I managed to get put through would be a watered down and rather mediocre version of what is actually needed.
Yup, old news. Seen those exact photos sufficiently long ago as to be an old memory.
That or we're having a glitch in the matrix.
...Stormdriver will allow you to see the web as recommended by other users. It will be much easier to avoid the really bad sites and content...
Isn't that what DIGG is all about? Ranking websites by popularity and just visiting those that other people think are cool?