A large boat is far more expensive than a fuel-efficient car. Likewise a child. Perhaps if they weren't so bust procreating and buying vehicles for luxury purposes, they could afford a decent car.
"the government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression."
Yes, that seems reasonable enough. The government does lots of research, much of which benefits private companies.
"They did so for one reason: It turned out that those were the key ingredients for the development of the iPod."
The thing about this statement, is that they don't actually state a reason. They say there was a reason, then they go on to say that the research resulted in the ipod. The result is not a reason.
The sheer vagueness and lack of point to this article makes me want to smack whoever wrote it.
Well the hydrogen economy would rightfully be under attack. It's a method of energy storage and distribution, not production. Energy production is really the big issue. As it is, a hydrogen economy would be a gas/coal economy hiding behind an environmentally friendly mask. Until we have the wind farms and whatever other technologies it takes to actually produce clean energy, hydrogen is a pointless endeavor.
No, that's not quite it. Once you've broken free of Earth's gravity, you're still more or less in the same orbital path as Earth. You would have to increase or decrease your orbital (around the sun) velocity to escape this orbit. To actually hit the sun you would have to significantly slow down the waste so that it could no longer form even an elliptical orbit. Of course you could just send it off somewhere near Earth's orbit and hope it doesn't come back, but that's probably a bad idea.
It's been my experience that Dell laptops these days have a lot of problems with internal connectors coming loose.
E.g. my dad's laptop, very shortly after he got it new, was having a lot of trouble booting. Turns out the HDD is loose, and only works well when he puts pressure on it in a certain way. My girlfriend's has a loose DVD drive. She has to periodically pull it out and put it back in to get it to work. These are both Inspiron laptops.
My roommate's XPS has had a problem with the keyboard, where it wasn't recognizing keystrokes correctly. The tech seemed to know immediately that the problem was a loose keyboard cable, leading me to believe that he'd seen this a lot. From other laptops I've been acquainted with, this seems to mainly be a problem on newer (last year or two) Dell laptops.
And I, for one, welcome our new Imperial Overlords.
Seriously though, SWG could have been great, if SOE didn't completely suck at life. Crafting was cool, but it could have been much better. If people could actually make their own templates for schematics, rather than using mineral X to make part Y to put in slot Z the possibilities would be endless.
And starship combat could really be cool too. I can imagine a guild of say, 100 people whose main asset was their capital ship. There would be myriad stations and jobs to do to keep the ship working, operable and fighting. Solo players could have smaller ships, maybe invest in some automation, and go out on their own as merceneries, pilots-for-hire or bounty hunters, or simply explorers/adventurers.
I would love to see a good Star Wars MMO, and I'm sure many others of us who were disillusioned by SOE would give a BioWare version a try.
Incidentally, that's the same reason I got my car. Granted, my car is tiny (it's a Miata), so the compensation works the other way around, but the principle is the same. Plus, putting the top down on a hot day is great fun. Also, gets excellent mileage. Really, it's a win-win-win situation.
Interesting if off-topic little tidbit: MIT apparently owns 1/256th of all IP addresses. I.E. everything under a certain number out of the first set of numbers is allocated to them. When you think about it, that's a gigantic amount of space to be owned by one entity like that.
How many people in Afghanistan have easy access to a computer? Was this near a fairly large city, or out in bumfuck nowhere? If the latter I'm guessing they're hoping to re-acquire them before the owners have a chance to get to a computer. If they're near a city where there's electricity and computers, well then they're kinda screwed.
True, but the Zeus system mentioned in the ABL article yesterday would do quite nicely. Granted, you'd still have to find the devices, but once they were found they could be taken down with Zeus while the Point defense system protects from RPG's. Not too many more threats to contend with at that point.
Yes yes, teh left wing and its Media (OMG!!1) are ruining the world.
What you fail to understand is that when the government refuses to regulate the corporations they get taken over by the corporations. You already see this by the ridiculous amount of political clout is wielded by corporate America (more realistically corporate Cayman Islands) in such things as the DMCA and Halliburton.
The free market only remains free so long as no one is in a position to absolutely crush the competition/opposition. Adam Smith himself favored an economy in which the government wielded some control. He realized that if the government didn't, some corporation(s) would.
Think of it as kids (companies) playing in a sandbox (the market). Without a teacher there to enforce basic rules, one kid might turn bully and (if he's big enough) completely beat down the others. Whether the teacher or the bully is in absolute control, there is still no free sandbox. The teacher must retain enough control to keep the kids to keep the sandbox free.
That is a free market. No controls means the market will bring about the end to its own freedom.
"The better idea would be to scrap all social medicine and then this whole 'walmart hates their workers' issue would go away."
Yes, it would go away. It would go away just like a bald spot goes away when you shave the entire head, or how a hole in your roof goes away when you demolish the house.
"They like you to think that they only sell what consumers want to buy, but really they have a staff of psychologists whose job it is to make consumers want to buy what they can sell at great profit."
It seems to me that the optimal solution would be to have 2 controllers: the gun in the right(or dominant) hand entirely (or mainly) for shooting/attacking, with a one-handed controller in the left hand to control movement. I could imagine a simple device that would be held like the neck of a beer bottle, with the thumb working buttons on top, and possibly the index finger would have a button or two too.
I could see something like this working, maybe even being really intuitive and useful, if well-designed and implemented. Of course, I could also see it being a bitch to use and game equivalent of rubbing your belly and patting your head. On the other hand, many people can do that without a problem, and gamers are known for their dextrous digits. Seems like a waste to let one hand just sit there, at any rate.
From what I've heard, SUV's are becoming less popular and they can't keep hybrids on the lots. I can't cite any hard numbers right now, but I do seem to remember that when Katrina brought prices up, people did try to drive less to save money, and SUV's took a hit to their popularity. I would expect that an extra 50 cents would make that effect more pronounced.
Gore also wanted to impose a $0.50 per gallon gas tax. Personally, I think that that is the best idea I've heard from a politician in a very long time. That would have the effect of lowering the demand for gas, thus hastening the adoption of policies and practices that would reduce our need for gas. It would also be a good source of revenue for our government which has the fiscal acumen of a flock of teenage girls with daddy's credit card.
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A large boat is far more expensive than a fuel-efficient car. Likewise a child. Perhaps if they weren't so bust procreating and buying vehicles for luxury purposes, they could afford a decent car.
FTFA:
"the government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression."
Yes, that seems reasonable enough. The government does lots of research, much of which benefits private companies.
"They did so for one reason: It turned out that those were the key ingredients for the development of the iPod."
The thing about this statement, is that they don't actually state a reason. They say there was a reason, then they go on to say that the research resulted in the ipod. The result is not a reason.
The sheer vagueness and lack of point to this article makes me want to smack whoever wrote it.
Well the hydrogen economy would rightfully be under attack. It's a method of energy storage and distribution, not production. Energy production is really the big issue. As it is, a hydrogen economy would be a gas/coal economy hiding behind an environmentally friendly mask. Until we have the wind farms and whatever other technologies it takes to actually produce clean energy, hydrogen is a pointless endeavor.
No, that's not quite it. Once you've broken free of Earth's gravity, you're still more or less in the same orbital path as Earth. You would have to increase or decrease your orbital (around the sun) velocity to escape this orbit. To actually hit the sun you would have to significantly slow down the waste so that it could no longer form even an elliptical orbit. Of course you could just send it off somewhere near Earth's orbit and hope it doesn't come back, but that's probably a bad idea.
"I said I need a new motherboard."
"You need more beer, you say?"
"No, a motherboard! M-O-T-"
"B-E-"
and so on?
It's been my experience that Dell laptops these days have a lot of problems with internal connectors coming loose.
E.g. my dad's laptop, very shortly after he got it new, was having a lot of trouble booting. Turns out the HDD is loose, and only works well when he puts pressure on it in a certain way. My girlfriend's has a loose DVD drive. She has to periodically pull it out and put it back in to get it to work. These are both Inspiron laptops.
My roommate's XPS has had a problem with the keyboard, where it wasn't recognizing keystrokes correctly. The tech seemed to know immediately that the problem was a loose keyboard cable, leading me to believe that he'd seen this a lot. From other laptops I've been acquainted with, this seems to mainly be a problem on newer (last year or two) Dell laptops.
Seriously though, SWG could have been great, if SOE didn't completely suck at life. Crafting was cool, but it could have been much better. If people could actually make their own templates for schematics, rather than using mineral X to make part Y to put in slot Z the possibilities would be endless.
And starship combat could really be cool too. I can imagine a guild of say, 100 people whose main asset was their capital ship. There would be myriad stations and jobs to do to keep the ship working, operable and fighting. Solo players could have smaller ships, maybe invest in some automation, and go out on their own as merceneries, pilots-for-hire or bounty hunters, or simply explorers/adventurers.
I would love to see a good Star Wars MMO, and I'm sure many others of us who were disillusioned by SOE would give a BioWare version a try.
Hmm, according to the Homer Simpson, " ...but Florida is America's wang!"
So, if the rising waters caused by global warming caused it to apparently become maybe half its size, would that be shrinkage?
Incidentally, that's the same reason I got my car. Granted, my car is tiny (it's a Miata), so the compensation works the other way around, but the principle is the same. Plus, putting the top down on a hot day is great fun. Also, gets excellent mileage. Really, it's a win-win-win situation.
Interesting if off-topic little tidbit: MIT apparently owns 1/256th of all IP addresses. I.E. everything under a certain number out of the first set of numbers is allocated to them. When you think about it, that's a gigantic amount of space to be owned by one entity like that.
Does anyone else find the title " Domain Names Worth Their Weight in Gold Again" ironic and amusing, or is it just me?
I mean, seeing as domain names have no weight, what with being intangiable and all....
The $6 man! With a magnifying glass for an eye, a bucket replacing one foot, and a broom for an arm.
Reminds me of Dr. Strangelove. Better hope that whoever programs the arm isn't a Nazi.
How many people in Afghanistan have easy access to a computer? Was this near a fairly large city, or out in bumfuck nowhere? If the latter I'm guessing they're hoping to re-acquire them before the owners have a chance to get to a computer. If they're near a city where there's electricity and computers, well then they're kinda screwed.
I say, Rupert, this paste is quite delicious. It's almost worth the bowel obstruction!
"'This OS is totally new and improved and does not have the problems our last one did.'"
Nope, it has a whole new set of problems!
Fine print: it also has all the problems of the last one.
True, but the Zeus system mentioned in the ABL article yesterday would do quite nicely. Granted, you'd still have to find the devices, but once they were found they could be taken down with Zeus while the Point defense system protects from RPG's. Not too many more threats to contend with at that point.
Yes yes, teh left wing and its Media (OMG!!1) are ruining the world.
What you fail to understand is that when the government refuses to regulate the corporations they get taken over by the corporations. You already see this by the ridiculous amount of political clout is wielded by corporate America (more realistically corporate Cayman Islands) in such things as the DMCA and Halliburton.
The free market only remains free so long as no one is in a position to absolutely crush the competition/opposition. Adam Smith himself favored an economy in which the government wielded some control. He realized that if the government didn't, some corporation(s) would.
Think of it as kids (companies) playing in a sandbox (the market). Without a teacher there to enforce basic rules, one kid might turn bully and (if he's big enough) completely beat down the others. Whether the teacher or the bully is in absolute control, there is still no free sandbox. The teacher must retain enough control to keep the kids to keep the sandbox free.
That is a free market. No controls means the market will bring about the end to its own freedom.
"The better idea would be to scrap all social medicine and then this whole 'walmart hates their workers' issue would go away."
Yes, it would go away. It would go away just like a bald spot goes away when you shave the entire head, or how a hole in your roof goes away when you demolish the house.
"They like you to think that they only sell what consumers want to buy, but really they have a staff of psychologists whose job it is to make consumers want to buy what they can sell at great profit."
Yup. They're called the Marketing Department.
He's also the first Emperor of the Moon.
Ah. Well, that's what I get for not RTFA.
It seems to me that the optimal solution would be to have 2 controllers: the gun in the right(or dominant) hand entirely (or mainly) for shooting/attacking, with a one-handed controller in the left hand to control movement. I could imagine a simple device that would be held like the neck of a beer bottle, with the thumb working buttons on top, and possibly the index finger would have a button or two too.
I could see something like this working, maybe even being really intuitive and useful, if well-designed and implemented. Of course, I could also see it being a bitch to use and game equivalent of rubbing your belly and patting your head. On the other hand, many people can do that without a problem, and gamers are known for their dextrous digits. Seems like a waste to let one hand just sit there, at any rate.
From what I've heard, SUV's are becoming less popular and they can't keep hybrids on the lots. I can't cite any hard numbers right now, but I do seem to remember that when Katrina brought prices up, people did try to drive less to save money, and SUV's took a hit to their popularity. I would expect that an extra 50 cents would make that effect more pronounced.
Gore also wanted to impose a $0.50 per gallon gas tax. Personally, I think that that is the best idea I've heard from a politician in a very long time. That would have the effect of lowering the demand for gas, thus hastening the adoption of policies and practices that would reduce our need for gas. It would also be a good source of revenue for our government which has the fiscal acumen of a flock of teenage girls with daddy's credit card.