Yes, I can't believe an organization with limited resources can't track an unlimited number of asteroids and their respective trajectories all in real time simultaneously.
And your prediction that we are all dead in the future? Duh. Everyone dies. It doesn't take Nostradamus to predict we aren't all immortal.
Any other nuggets of wisdom you want to spout off now, or is the well pretty much dry??
I lived in Rio de Janeiro for a time and can say this - even if the Brazilians made as much as the average person in the US, they would still pirate things. It is just the way it is down there. I remember when I first moved down there, I asked someone who lived there (but had been to the US a few times) why the restaurants didn't have self-service for getting soda. Her reply was "If you could just help yourself nobody would ever pay for soda. They would just bring their own cup from home and help themselves."
Commercial CDs are still "written" with a laser on the foil part of the CD. The difference is that commercial CDs are "pressed" - that is they have plastic on both sides of the actual foil part. CD-Rs only have the plastic on one side (the bottom).
The same way you always get your news. This is an article about blocking portions of the web for residents of Australia, not blocking out any news that comes from Australia. See the difference?
Next we will work on the differences between Austria and Australia.
Any politician who gets behind this will not get re-elected. When less than 10% of the population supports something, it is political suicide to try and hitch your wagon to it. This can only weed out the moronic politicians, let them idiots say they support this. Then when it fails, everyone will know who NOT to vote for next time.
Ok, I'll bite.
No I use email. I just don't rely on it so heavily that if I don't get them it interrupts my life horribly. It really isn't that hard to do. Millions of people do it everyday...
And no, I am not on the wrong site. I am very interested in technology, however I am not interested in having it run my life completely. Technology is not a panacea.
Just remember, when the power grid goes down, the Luddites have the advantage.
My solution is even simpler. I don't have any emails that are so important that losing them would be a show stopper.
Cost per month - nothing.
Technical knowledge needed - none.
How do I sleep at night - soundly.
"100% uptime" is not the goal. "As close to 100% uptime that is possible (and reasonable)" is the goal.
And to be technical, 100% uptime isn't impossible, it is improbable. If the server never does actualy fail, then you are getting 100% uptime. Probability of the server failing means nothing unless you are having a quantum mechanics discussion.
"Internet advertising is practically worthless. We learned this from the dotcom bust.
Not quite. What we learned is just because you advertise something doesn't automatically mean people will buy it. Internet advertising is still a lucrative business.
You don't have to be a Microsoft shill to be immoral, unethical, dishonest, or pathetically retarded. Just look at most politicians (for one example) - they are not MS shills.) MS may own a monopoly on certain things, but those things you listed are not included.
Not an issue anymore considering the price difference to go from 1GB memory to 2GB on a current Dell Optiplex is about $28. But I can certainly believe in the past that getting the add-on graphics card would be cheaper than upgrading the memory.
"I've played the game way too long to care about the quests that I have to grind to get to my desired level.
Then quit playing. It is obviously not fun for you anymore and something you regard as a chore. Remember, this is a game and games are supposed to be entertaining. (This is exactly why I don't play any MMORPG anymore. They are all like this to me.)
Only because "I just Pirate Search Engined my own name and guess what I found?" doesn't roll off the tongue as well as "I just Googled my own name and guess what I found?".
Really? When was the last time that US toys imported into China caused Chinese kids to become sick? I must have missed that news.
What's next then? 15 minute breaks for the 8 year olds working in sweat shops over there? Or maybe free lead-based cookies in the employee break rooms?
Hint: if you are going to rip the US government, citing the Chinese government probably isn't going to help your case.
Well, it would only take.2 seconds if the sending server was serving you up packets that fast. Somehow I doubt you would get maximum throughput speed. I know I never hit the full 100 Mb speed of my network when connecting to a server on the net.
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Yes, I can't believe an organization with limited resources can't track an unlimited number of asteroids and their respective trajectories all in real time simultaneously.
And your prediction that we are all dead in the future? Duh. Everyone dies. It doesn't take Nostradamus to predict we aren't all immortal.
Any other nuggets of wisdom you want to spout off now, or is the well pretty much dry??
I lived in Rio de Janeiro for a time and can say this - even if the Brazilians made as much as the average person in the US, they would still pirate things. It is just the way it is down there. I remember when I first moved down there, I asked someone who lived there (but had been to the US a few times) why the restaurants didn't have self-service for getting soda. Her reply was "If you could just help yourself nobody would ever pay for soda. They would just bring their own cup from home and help themselves."
Commercial CDs are still "written" with a laser on the foil part of the CD. The difference is that commercial CDs are "pressed" - that is they have plastic on both sides of the actual foil part. CD-Rs only have the plastic on one side (the bottom).
Kind of like my situation. I am really opposed to picketing, but I don't know how to show it.
The same way you always get your news. This is an article about blocking portions of the web for residents of Australia, not blocking out any news that comes from Australia. See the difference?
Next we will work on the differences between Austria and Australia.
Any politician who gets behind this will not get re-elected. When less than 10% of the population supports something, it is political suicide to try and hitch your wagon to it. This can only weed out the moronic politicians, let them idiots say they support this. Then when it fails, everyone will know who NOT to vote for next time.
Oh Be Afraid Mister Anonymous
Ok, I'll bite.
No I use email. I just don't rely on it so heavily that if I don't get them it interrupts my life horribly. It really isn't that hard to do. Millions of people do it everyday...
And no, I am not on the wrong site. I am very interested in technology, however I am not interested in having it run my life completely. Technology is not a panacea.
Just remember, when the power grid goes down, the Luddites have the advantage.
"1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Notebooks sold with Linux"
"1 of 3" and not "1 in 3"? Big deal. So Dell sold 1 notebook with Linux. How is that going to put a dent in Microsoft's market share?
and her nose...
My solution is even simpler. I don't have any emails that are so important that losing them would be a show stopper.
Cost per month - nothing.
Technical knowledge needed - none.
How do I sleep at night - soundly.
"100% uptime" is not the goal. "As close to 100% uptime that is possible (and reasonable)" is the goal.
And to be technical, 100% uptime isn't impossible, it is improbable. If the server never does actualy fail, then you are getting 100% uptime. Probability of the server failing means nothing unless you are having a quantum mechanics discussion.
On Slashdot I would say right around the time the temperature in hell dips below 0 degrees.
"Internet advertising is practically worthless. We learned this from the dotcom bust.
Not quite. What we learned is just because you advertise something doesn't automatically mean people will buy it. Internet advertising is still a lucrative business.
You don't have to be a Microsoft shill to be immoral, unethical, dishonest, or pathetically retarded. Just look at most politicians (for one example) - they are not MS shills.) MS may own a monopoly on certain things, but those things you listed are not included.
The so-called "good faith" rule has been around for a long time. This is yet just another installment of the same.
Bill Gates didn't get to where he is today by being ignorant and in the dark about Windows.
Bill Gates realizing and complaining about something that could work better in Windows isn't a huge "discovery". It is his job.
Not an issue anymore considering the price difference to go from 1GB memory to 2GB on a current Dell Optiplex is about $28. But I can certainly believe in the past that getting the add-on graphics card would be cheaper than upgrading the memory.
"I've played the game way too long to care about the quests that I have to grind to get to my desired level.
Then quit playing. It is obviously not fun for you anymore and something you regard as a chore. Remember, this is a game and games are supposed to be entertaining. (This is exactly why I don't play any MMORPG anymore. They are all like this to me.)
Was she crying at the time, to make it better for you?
Only because "I just Pirate Search Engined my own name and guess what I found?" doesn't roll off the tongue as well as "I just Googled my own name and guess what I found?".
Really? When was the last time that US toys imported into China caused Chinese kids to become sick? I must have missed that news.
What's next then? 15 minute breaks for the 8 year olds working in sweat shops over there? Or maybe free lead-based cookies in the employee break rooms?
Hint: if you are going to rip the US government, citing the Chinese government probably isn't going to help your case.
I'm going out on a limb here, but I am guessing you have never gotten laid.
Actually, that is a new Chinese product where the pesticide IS the baby formula. Now with more melamine flavor!
Well, it would only take .2 seconds if the sending server was serving you up packets that fast. Somehow I doubt you would get maximum throughput speed. I know I never hit the full 100 Mb speed of my network when connecting to a server on the net.