It's funny that you posted this comment. I immediately thought of that book the moment I read this article headline.
The part of the book that still boggles my mind and gets me thinking is the ending, in which they possibly create their own universe.
However, a thought just occured to me... Imagine this... year and years and years down the road, when (and if) our understanding of how to make blackholes is a triviality, imagine we can make one with ease... now imagine we can make one for x amount of time... now imagine a satellite or a bomb making a temporary blackhole... talk about total annhiliation!
A stellar book, definately worth the $$$. GO READ IT!
Then read Ishmael if you know what's good for you!
I'm new to Linux. I can see why the dude from MS would be so befuddled. Unless you spend a lot of time trying to learn Linux or are a computer demi-god who can pick up on this stuff like a loose hooker on main street, it's hard for a newbie. I wonder if perhaps the support person's prejudice against MS software and personal are what made this so funny to him. I personally have no clue what a tar ball is, and I have trouble with many installations of Linux apps (though I here Loki games are notoriously easy to install). But lets face it, the "read the man pages etc etc etc." comment only makes you sound like a jerk. It's cases like this that prove MS is hella more friendly for newbies. As Linus himself said, Linux is a long way off for main stream use as a consumer OS. But that's another story, right =) NEwho... just my thoughts...
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It's funny that you posted this comment. I immediately thought of that book the moment I read this article headline.
The part of the book that still boggles my mind and gets me thinking is the ending, in which they possibly create their own universe.
However, a thought just occured to me... Imagine this... year and years and years down the road, when (and if) our understanding of how to make blackholes is a triviality, imagine we can make one with ease... now imagine we can make one for x amount of time... now imagine a satellite or a bomb making a temporary blackhole... talk about total annhiliation!
A stellar book, definately worth the $$$. GO READ IT!
Then read Ishmael if you know what's good for you!
I'm new to Linux. I can see why the dude from MS would be so befuddled. Unless you spend a lot of time trying to learn Linux or are a computer demi-god who can pick up on this stuff like a loose hooker on main street, it's hard for a newbie. I wonder if perhaps the support person's prejudice against MS software and personal are what made this so funny to him. I personally have no clue what a tar ball is, and I have trouble with many installations of Linux apps (though I here Loki games are notoriously easy to install). But lets face it, the "read the man pages etc etc etc." comment only makes you sound like a jerk. It's cases like this that prove MS is hella more friendly for newbies. As Linus himself said, Linux is a long way off for main stream use as a consumer OS. But that's another story, right =) NEwho... just my thoughts...