At first glance this is a fantastic idea, but it may not have been thought out all the way. I like micro usb chargers and even as an Apple fan was dismayed when they developed lighting instead of going micro usb. However Apple did have good reason to develop the lighting port - it's much more than a charging port. This is slashdot and we talk about Apple enough that I am sure enough of you understand what makes the lighting port leaps and and bounds more advanced the micro usb. Therein lies the problem. Technology is moving forward faster and faster and in a matter of time the obsolescence of the micro usb charger will rear its head as new technologies demand something with more advanced capabilities. It's all well and good for many reasons to have a standard port, but this cannot happen without a plan to reconvene every five years to settle on a new industry wide port with more capabilities. This of course brings us right back to the waste issue, and demanding a stop-gap generation of phones that support micro usb and whatever is next would be too costly for manufacturers. We can't live on micro usb forever and so the problem comes back full circle. In this situation adapters are not practical and are too easy to loose. If we are going to have a standard port, we need to first come up with something wicked advanced that will last as long as micro usb has and then go through a period of extreme waste with some recycling as we move over. It would be nice if Apple would just open up their lighting port for everyone to implement - but that of course will not happen. In other words: I sure as hell don't know what to do about the situation.
Because an equal amount of the nerd community relative to the rest of society is gay. That makes this news that matters to many nerds. But truly that is not quite enough to justify this being on slashdot. This is also an example of technology pushing social change further than it has ever been able to go by itself. So we have: 1. nerds 2. news that matters very much to many nerds 3. a news story that matters to a lot of nerds that is firmly based in technology as an example of how it is rapidly reshaping society.
I've heard it said that time moves on and that maybe even Linux won't last forever. Wether or not that is true I Believe *nix in general will be around for a long long time yet. Fast forward a decade or two - despite Hurd and it's sllloowww.... development being a bit of a joke, wouldn't it be something if we are all actually using Hurd in the future? Stranger things have happened.
Metadata can be abused as an ambiguous term, as we are seeing the NSA doing. I would like to hear the NSA definition of metadata in clear, no uncertain, and thorough terms. They are peddling the term to a populace that hasn't realized that by and large, they themselves don't know what it means. By saying "it's just metadata" that seems to be enough for much of the population to think what they are up to is benign without even knowing what it is, and I really don't understand why.
Take a second look. I made a post in their Disqus comments pointing out this error. The author of the article replied in less then ten minutes acknowledging the error with a promise to fix it. The error was fixed by the time I hit refresh. Instead of being all high and mighty, perhaps next time you should help out. I did, and it worked.
Take a second look. I made a post in their Disqus comments pointing out this error. The author of the article replied in less then ten minutes acknowledging the error with a promise to fix it. The error was fixed by the time I hit refresh. Instead of being all high and mighty, perhaps next time you should help out. I did, and it worked. Consequently your entire post is now moot.
$2,500 today = $500 in five years with more capabilities. That is of course speculation, but between economies of scale, competition, and the trends of the last couple decades it does not seem an unreasonable guess. 3D printing will have at least as big of an effect on society at large as the introduction of the personal computer and I would suspect manufactures want to get them into the hands of the masses sooner than later.
I remember reading Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon The Deep. There is one scene where a download is taking a place at several megabytes a second. A great deal of dramatic effect was put on "megabytes". The gigabytes of data that resulted from the download was also given an impossibly dramatic effect.
Even it if it did 'deteriorate' before it could become a museum, studying that deterioration could prove invaluable. Also, I am not talking about keeping these in a habitable condition, outside viewing only. Further, no matter how long it's left to the radiation of space, it's not going to magically fly apart. Also, most hazardous space junk is in lower orbits.
1. Dock with ISS. 2. Disembark 3. Detach shuttle with remote control. 4. Boost into higher orbit with remote control. 5. Send crew back on something Russian.
Regardless of when the ISS is retired, I can only hope that the powers that be have the good sense to push it into a higher orbit. Someday space travel will be accessible and we will have orbital museums and when that time comes we will regret a good number of historical items the were de-orbited. Honestly we should have kept and boosted into higher orbit one of the last space shuttle launches along with an external tank, since the external tanks are perfectly capable of making it to orbit. Basically wrap them in shielding and stow them away in high orbit until their time as accessible historical artifacts comes. There is a lot that will simply have to be re-created as mock ups, considering the sheer importance of this early age in space travel, it won't be the same but will be better than nothing. In the fifth grade I had the surreal honor of holding a piece of the Berlin wall as it was passed around class. I will never forget the sense of historical understanding that washed over me. If it had been a replica, I would have still found sentiment, but it would not have been the same.
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At first glance this is a fantastic idea, but it may not have been thought out all the way. I like micro usb chargers and even as an Apple fan was dismayed when they developed lighting instead of going micro usb. However Apple did have good reason to develop the lighting port - it's much more than a charging port. This is slashdot and we talk about Apple enough that I am sure enough of you understand what makes the lighting port leaps and and bounds more advanced the micro usb. Therein lies the problem. Technology is moving forward faster and faster and in a matter of time the obsolescence of the micro usb charger will rear its head as new technologies demand something with more advanced capabilities. It's all well and good for many reasons to have a standard port, but this cannot happen without a plan to reconvene every five years to settle on a new industry wide port with more capabilities. This of course brings us right back to the waste issue, and demanding a stop-gap generation of phones that support micro usb and whatever is next would be too costly for manufacturers. We can't live on micro usb forever and so the problem comes back full circle. In this situation adapters are not practical and are too easy to loose. If we are going to have a standard port, we need to first come up with something wicked advanced that will last as long as micro usb has and then go through a period of extreme waste with some recycling as we move over. It would be nice if Apple would just open up their lighting port for everyone to implement - but that of course will not happen. In other words: I sure as hell don't know what to do about the situation.
Your response to my response to his response really makes no sense. I was answering a very specific part of his question.
I never said anything about boycotts. Moreover it's the technology fueled dialog these situations create. Such as this.
But do you remember the social stir and dialog that resulted from it? Much of it was constructive. Apparently you do.
but also why the fuck is this on slashdot...
Because an equal amount of the nerd community relative to the rest of society is gay. That makes this news that matters to many nerds. But truly that is not quite enough to justify this being on slashdot. This is also an example of technology pushing social change further than it has ever been able to go by itself. So we have: 1. nerds 2. news that matters very much to many nerds 3. a news story that matters to a lot of nerds that is firmly based in technology as an example of how it is rapidly reshaping society.
That's why it's on slashdot, it fits the bill.
I've heard it said that time moves on and that maybe even Linux won't last forever. Wether or not that is true I Believe *nix in general will be around for a long long time yet. Fast forward a decade or two - despite Hurd and it's sllloowww.... development being a bit of a joke, wouldn't it be something if we are all actually using Hurd in the future? Stranger things have happened.
She's blowing all this steam and yet they refused asylum for Snowden.
Distributions come and go. Linux lasts forever.
+1 insightful
...when companies are fighting it.
Under McCarthy, the United States became an internment camp for many Americans.
Metadata can be abused as an ambiguous term, as we are seeing the NSA doing. I would like to hear the NSA definition of metadata in clear, no uncertain, and thorough terms. They are peddling the term to a populace that hasn't realized that by and large, they themselves don't know what it means. By saying "it's just metadata" that seems to be enough for much of the population to think what they are up to is benign without even knowing what it is, and I really don't understand why.
Take a second look. I made a post in their Disqus comments pointing out this error. The author of the article replied in less then ten minutes acknowledging the error with a promise to fix it. The error was fixed by the time I hit refresh. Instead of being all high and mighty, perhaps next time you should help out. I did, and it worked.
See my reply to the first post.
Take a second look. I made a post in their Disqus comments pointing out this error. The author of the article replied in less then ten minutes acknowledging the error with a promise to fix it. The error was fixed by the time I hit refresh. Instead of being all high and mighty, perhaps next time you should help out. I did, and it worked. Consequently your entire post is now moot.
"In the coming weeks and months more stories will appear"
In other words there's shit storm that's about to rain down on the NSA that will shake the organization to it's knees. And they know it.
Weather this storm indeed.
I hope.
$2,500 today = $500 in five years with more capabilities. That is of course speculation, but between economies of scale, competition, and the trends of the last couple decades it does not seem an unreasonable guess. 3D printing will have at least as big of an effect on society at large as the introduction of the personal computer and I would suspect manufactures want to get them into the hands of the masses sooner than later.
An interesting thought. I suggest you read The Black Destroyer by A. E. van Vogt.
I guess that makes them Big Brother in law.
Facebook Launches Advanced AI Effort To Add Meaning To Your Posts
There, fixed that.
I remember reading Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon The Deep. There is one scene where a download is taking a place at several megabytes a second. A great deal of dramatic effect was put on "megabytes". The gigabytes of data that resulted from the download was also given an impossibly dramatic effect.
Even it if it did 'deteriorate' before it could become a museum, studying that deterioration could prove invaluable. Also, I am not talking about keeping these in a habitable condition, outside viewing only. Further, no matter how long it's left to the radiation of space, it's not going to magically fly apart. Also, most hazardous space junk is in lower orbits.
Finally, I voice without pessimism. The lack of spirit of adventure and inability to dream on slashdot is often astounding.
1. Dock with ISS. 2. Disembark 3. Detach shuttle with remote control. 4. Boost into higher orbit with remote control. 5. Send crew back on something Russian.
Space junk/debris is a serious problem. I am not talking about keeping everything we launch in orbit for posterity. Just historical artifacts.
Regardless of when the ISS is retired, I can only hope that the powers that be have the good sense to push it into a higher orbit. Someday space travel will be accessible and we will have orbital museums and when that time comes we will regret a good number of historical items the were de-orbited. Honestly we should have kept and boosted into higher orbit one of the last space shuttle launches along with an external tank, since the external tanks are perfectly capable of making it to orbit. Basically wrap them in shielding and stow them away in high orbit until their time as accessible historical artifacts comes. There is a lot that will simply have to be re-created as mock ups, considering the sheer importance of this early age in space travel, it won't be the same but will be better than nothing. In the fifth grade I had the surreal honor of holding a piece of the Berlin wall as it was passed around class. I will never forget the sense of historical understanding that washed over me. If it had been a replica, I would have still found sentiment, but it would not have been the same.