Well, my first thought would be some sort of leftover Cold War thing. Push our accomplishments while ignoring theirs.
Second thought would be that it's just this particular mission that's getting a lot of attention. Since the last one ended in such tragedy, everybody is holding their breath. So anything that doesn't end in death, destruction, and ebay auctions of body parts from space is a good thing.
On the other hand, anything shuttle-related is easy news. It's in space, it's cool, and again, if it doesn't blow up, it's an easy happy piece.
But yeah, the shuttle-centric phenomenon is pretty common. Remember when China sent up their first guy? Or was it Japan? India? See? Some nation went into space for the first time, and I don't even remember who. Or when.
I have an idea! It's so crazy, it might just work!
First, as many slashdotters as possible get jobs at the big telcos. Then, we allow the big telcos to get the legislation passed that allows for a tiered internet. However, when it comes time to program the tiered internet, all the slashdotters that previousely got the jobs at the telcos can volunteer to do that work. Then, they'll program it so nothing actually happens. Turn in a big script that just doodles smilies or something. Then, since the telcos have won, they'll stop trying, but we'll still have an internet where the tubes ain't broke! Genius!
Small details, but they didn't pretend to be store employees. They just had blue shirts, and would help people out if they were asked. They did not offer help, did not claim to work for the store, or anything of the sort. They just stood there and were generally nice people.
One of the articles linked above says that the needle only temporarily seperates cells. So wouldn't it be great for microsurgery that heals even better? You could make a "cut" with the plasma needle, and then when you extracted it, the cells would glue back together like nothing happened.
Not the point. Machines can already talk to each other. They just do it using a language created by humans. The point of this experiment is to have the dogs evolve their own language.
I'm fairly certain someone already thought of this. I saw a neat flash cartoon a while back that was a history of the internet from 2005 some time in the future. It said how Amazon and Google teamed up, and eventually drove a lot of newspapers back into pure print. I was entertained.
Dude, I think IE7 rocks. If you take the 2 seconds to set it up, it's very streamlined, and pretty much everything is unobtrusive. The only problems I've had with it is that since I have just about every pop up blocker conceivalbe on this thing, some popups I want to happen are a little tough to make happen. The other problem is that there is a LOT of empty space at the bottom of every slashdot page. But beyond that, I love IE7. It rocks. If it weren't for sheer apathy, I'd distribute "Save the Internet, get IE7!" buttons.
This article raises two thoughts in my wonderful little head.
1) Why do they bother calling it "reverse osmosis?" From a quick review of high school biology, I have come to realize "reverse osmosis" really means "pumping through a filter."
2) I saw this other method in Discover that I really liked. Basically, it proposes using deep water and methane to flash-freeze water. All you need to do is to pump methane into water of the right depth, and it instantly freezes into that flammable ice mining rigs love to dig up and play with, without like, refrigerating it. Anyways, as it freezes, all the salt gets pushed out and it floats to the top, so all you have to do is melt the ice and reuse the methane. It appealed to the recycler in me, and it seems to me some tubes and plumbing would be easier than nanotubes, eh?
When I tried that Aladdin magic carpet ride, the cool part was not the hour long wait, the cool ski-doo controllers, or the wonderful graphics.
It was the fact that when I turned my head, the game turned too! It was so cool to look over and see my fellow players right there. It was so natural. It was sweet. The helmet wasn't a 3D viewer, it was Virtual Reality. I was hooked.
I got Google all customized with various RSS feeds. Right on top are Wired magazine and Slashdot. And with a regularity I could set my watch by, almost every time a Wired article pops up that isn't Sex Drive or their Auto column, just a few hours later the same article pops up on Slashdot. Is there no originality in aggregators any more?
Isn't the whole point of the internet that if one node goes down, you can still communicate through other nodes? Isn't that what made the internet useful?
You know, it's vaugely surprising that they're even testing modules. Back in the day, when they were doing this the first time around, the lunar lander set down on the moon without ever being tested. They were depending on the relatively low gravity on the moon, and thus the lander could not actually stand up under it's own weight on Earth. So they couldn't test it under Earth gravity, and so they didn't test it at all.
Seems to me this is more likely just a paranoid method of securing rights in the future.
As far as I can tell, this would be pretty tough tech to roll out. You'd have to cover all sorts of pitches, tones, garbled speech, and some weirdly pronounced words. So, I'm thinking Microsoft is just trying to get the trophy before the game even starts.
And besides, isn't automatic broadcast censorship just called "Interns?"
Actually, Google doesn't try to make money for its owners. It may have gone public, but the way the stock is set up, the profits aren't split. The only reason to buy Google stock is in order to sell Google stock.
So I guess what Google tries to do is whatever the hell it feels like.
You know what would be cool? If they did this UAV surveillance, but then required that the video information be publicly available!
If they required, for example, that all the UAVs have streaming video to the internet, or that TV Channels 300-400 or whatever were dedicated to broadcasting the video from these planes, we could keep tabs on government surveillance. Plus, we could see all the crazy shit our neighbors were doing. I would watch that all the time.
It wouldn't work so hot. The loss of blood from your head would undoubtedly change the shape of your face significantly. Then again, if they throw in tolerances for weight gain/loss, then yeah, you may want to be worried about your neck.
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Well, my first thought would be some sort of leftover Cold War thing. Push our accomplishments while ignoring theirs.
Second thought would be that it's just this particular mission that's getting a lot of attention. Since the last one ended in such tragedy, everybody is holding their breath. So anything that doesn't end in death, destruction, and ebay auctions of body parts from space is a good thing.
On the other hand, anything shuttle-related is easy news. It's in space, it's cool, and again, if it doesn't blow up, it's an easy happy piece.
But yeah, the shuttle-centric phenomenon is pretty common. Remember when China sent up their first guy? Or was it Japan? India? See? Some nation went into space for the first time, and I don't even remember who. Or when.
First, as many slashdotters as possible get jobs at the big telcos. Then, we allow the big telcos to get the legislation passed that allows for a tiered internet. However, when it comes time to program the tiered internet, all the slashdotters that previousely got the jobs at the telcos can volunteer to do that work. Then, they'll program it so nothing actually happens. Turn in a big script that just doodles smilies or something. Then, since the telcos have won, they'll stop trying, but we'll still have an internet where the tubes ain't broke! Genius!
Small details, but they didn't pretend to be store employees. They just had blue shirts, and would help people out if they were asked. They did not offer help, did not claim to work for the store, or anything of the sort. They just stood there and were generally nice people.
Ah, wonderful tax fraud.
I know, you see, because my mom owns a tax business.
One of the articles linked above says that the needle only temporarily seperates cells. So wouldn't it be great for microsurgery that heals even better? You could make a "cut" with the plasma needle, and then when you extracted it, the cells would glue back together like nothing happened.
Plasma Speakers!
You see, the plasma reference makes it relevant...
Not the point. Machines can already talk to each other. They just do it using a language created by humans. The point of this experiment is to have the dogs evolve their own language.
I'm fairly certain someone already thought of this. I saw a neat flash cartoon a while back that was a history of the internet from 2005 some time in the future. It said how Amazon and Google teamed up, and eventually drove a lot of newspapers back into pure print. I was entertained.
P.S. - I'm not being sarcastic.
"Not again?"
1) Why do they bother calling it "reverse osmosis?" From a quick review of high school biology, I have come to realize "reverse osmosis" really means "pumping through a filter."
2) I saw this other method in Discover that I really liked. Basically, it proposes using deep water and methane to flash-freeze water. All you need to do is to pump methane into water of the right depth, and it instantly freezes into that flammable ice mining rigs love to dig up and play with, without like, refrigerating it. Anyways, as it freezes, all the salt gets pushed out and it floats to the top, so all you have to do is melt the ice and reuse the methane. It appealed to the recycler in me, and it seems to me some tubes and plumbing would be easier than nanotubes, eh?
It was the fact that when I turned my head, the game turned too! It was so cool to look over and see my fellow players right there. It was so natural. It was sweet. The helmet wasn't a 3D viewer, it was Virtual Reality. I was hooked.
I got Google all customized with various RSS feeds. Right on top are Wired magazine and Slashdot. And with a regularity I could set my watch by, almost every time a Wired article pops up that isn't Sex Drive or their Auto column, just a few hours later the same article pops up on Slashdot. Is there no originality in aggregators any more?
Isn't the whole point of the internet that if one node goes down, you can still communicate through other nodes? Isn't that what made the internet useful?
You know, it's vaugely surprising that they're even testing modules. Back in the day, when they were doing this the first time around, the lunar lander set down on the moon without ever being tested. They were depending on the relatively low gravity on the moon, and thus the lander could not actually stand up under it's own weight on Earth. So they couldn't test it under Earth gravity, and so they didn't test it at all.
"This product made for no purpose whatsoever."
Kinda describes the internet these days, don't you think?
As far as I can tell, this would be pretty tough tech to roll out. You'd have to cover all sorts of pitches, tones, garbled speech, and some weirdly pronounced words. So, I'm thinking Microsoft is just trying to get the trophy before the game even starts.
And besides, isn't automatic broadcast censorship just called "Interns?"
So I guess what Google tries to do is whatever the hell it feels like.
Ain't that hard. I know, 'cause I'm a pilot.
Speaking of which, any other pilots out there notice how hard it is to go back to simulators once you've done the real thing?
If they required, for example, that all the UAVs have streaming video to the internet, or that TV Channels 300-400 or whatever were dedicated to broadcasting the video from these planes, we could keep tabs on government surveillance. Plus, we could see all the crazy shit our neighbors were doing. I would watch that all the time.
Imagine the screen savers...
You're not special. Sorry.
42 has got to be piping hot in some measure of temperature.
I think it would be even cooler if they just came out with an even smaller version. Like, a watch or something. That would be hawt.
It wouldn't work so hot. The loss of blood from your head would undoubtedly change the shape of your face significantly. Then again, if they throw in tolerances for weight gain/loss, then yeah, you may want to be worried about your neck.
Do you specialize in creatively breaking things?