So a (partial) solution to global warming would involve waiting until sea levels have risen suitably? Frankly this seems like a win-win situation for those that believe cure is better than prevention.
There's an opportunity here for money, power and politics; anyone want to join me?
Coincidently, the Netherlands has an area of 34,000 kilometres squared... Now I'm not suggesting we turn one of the most densely populated places in the world into a big pond, but think of the airline potentials! Of course we'd lose all that great stuff that the Netherlands provides, like...
If everything happened now like it did in your childhood, then you'd still be living in your childhood. You've grown up, and Nintendo is growing with you; that should make that time in the past - your childhood - more special.
Embrace change, for without it you wouldn't be able to slice up time into periods such as "childhood" or anything else.
If you had RTFA (it's not very long) you'd have seen that one of the ideas behind these is that they can be placed outside migratory bird routes. Also they float, so there'll be very little contact with the sea bed, apart from some anchors. The tethers they are using are similar to what oil rigs use; even the most ardent anti-green campaigner would probably agree that a wind turbine creates less environmental damage than an oil rig.
Relative Humidity. Antarctica is also the coldest continent. As such, the atmosphere cannot support any water within it. Believe me, preservation of anything on Antarctica is difficult because of the problems of relative humidity. Try this:
The summary mentions it alot, which makes me wonder, how much does Bill Jackson actually know about the kids? Who wants to create the next MySpace? Not me. Who wants to read about some guy creating the next MySpace? Not me.
Here we're dealing with neither theft nor semantics. Firstly, this isn't a case of theft, or stealing. Secondly, the correct use of words can hardly be considered semantics. Finally, no; I'm not satisfied.
I suggest you put the computer down for a while and go spend some quality time with a dictionary.
You can steal CDs, you can't steal music. Just to prove the point, I'm going to go download the Metalica discography again (straight to/dev/null of course).
Wow, I've never seen a blog post described as an "essay" before. If only my old university markers were as generous as Slashdot editors!
I don't even want to get started on the content of this so-called essay, let's just say that I thought there were some holes in it; but considering content or not, this was one of the worst "essays" I've ever read. I doubt it will become the victim of copyright infringement...
Kind of sad. Reminds me that, for some decades, civilians (rich civilians, of course), could cross the north atlantic in less than for hours, and now, well, only the military can do it that fast.
I hate this assertion; I hear it all the time and I always think it's a stupid one.
People like yourself judge the apparent success of technology by it's ability to create a gulf between the haves and the have-nots. How sad. Now the price of air travel is steadily dropping; this is a good use of technology. Of course, that fact gets forgotten about, people don't judge technology by it's ability to help large portions of society, but judge it by it's ability to help the tiny minority.
As an aside, did you ever cross the Atlantic in less than four hours?
Yeah, acquiring Doubleclick was fucking lame and I think it was an expensive gamble
Google make their money by knowing all they can about you and selling you ads accordingly. As such, buying one of their big competitors in the data mining industry is probably neither fucking lame, nor an expensive gamble.
Google is almost becoming the internet because they can afford to buy all they need to. Seems like a good money making scheme to me.
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Uh, right. Go ahead and mod me down. Apparently "I disagree with you" is now used for -1 point "Troll." The bottom line is, no newb to programming is going to pick this is their first.
You didn't really argue your point, apart from saying "puh-leaze", so it's hard to describe your post as anything other than trolling. Maybe flamebait, I guess.
I'm seriously considering starting programming with Ruby and plan to look on Amazon later this evening for this book. Do you have any eloquent reason why I shouldn't?
It just goes to show how reliant much of the Western world has become on GPS when we're now looking for more tech solutions to use in case GPS ever goes down. Whatever did people do before GPS?
It's times like this when I can't help but think that the smarter technology gets around us, the dumber we get. I think Plato said something to that effect once, but I can't find the exact quote.
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So a (partial) solution to global warming would involve waiting until sea levels have risen suitably? Frankly this seems like a win-win situation for those that believe cure is better than prevention.
There's an opportunity here for money, power and politics; anyone want to join me?
Coincidently, the Netherlands has an area of 34,000 kilometres squared... Now I'm not suggesting we turn one of the most densely populated places in the world into a big pond, but think of the airline potentials! Of course we'd lose all that great stuff that the Netherlands provides, like...
Well, someone must be able to think of something.
If everything happened now like it did in your childhood, then you'd still be living in your childhood. You've grown up, and Nintendo is growing with you; that should make that time in the past - your childhood - more special.
Embrace change, for without it you wouldn't be able to slice up time into periods such as "childhood" or anything else.
Let's hope someone gets this bad boy working under WINE.
/Sarcasm
If you had RTFA (it's not very long) you'd have seen that one of the ideas behind these is that they can be placed outside migratory bird routes. Also they float, so there'll be very little contact with the sea bed, apart from some anchors. The tethers they are using are similar to what oil rigs use; even the most ardent anti-green campaigner would probably agree that a wind turbine creates less environmental damage than an oil rig.
>Even Uncle Ben has been ressurected briefly via an alternative timeline.
The rice seller character was an eternal money spinner.
Relative Humidity. Antarctica is also the coldest continent. As such, the atmosphere cannot support any water within it. Believe me, preservation of anything on Antarctica is difficult because of the problems of relative humidity. Try this:
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http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainableheritage/confer
Relative humidity? You don't want condensation on your expensive servers.
The copyright notice reads 2003 as well, you'd think that was something they'd get right.
Netscape confirms it.
The summary mentions it alot, which makes me wonder, how much does Bill Jackson actually know about the kids? Who wants to create the next MySpace? Not me. Who wants to read about some guy creating the next MySpace? Not me.
Here we're dealing with neither theft nor semantics. Firstly, this isn't a case of theft, or stealing. Secondly, the correct use of words can hardly be considered semantics. Finally, no; I'm not satisfied.
I suggest you put the computer down for a while and go spend some quality time with a dictionary.
You can steal CDs, you can't steal music. Just to prove the point, I'm going to go download the Metalica discography again (straight to /dev/null of course).
True, but I'm never one to let the truth get in the way of a good(?) joke.
Wow, a genuine reason to ask the question, you don't get one of those everyday!
That's always my first question when I see an article like this; who could ever think this was a good idea? Obviously not someone who reads Slashdot.
I don't know how much Microsoft is paying, but it must be alot if people are thinking that such a ridiculous idea makes sense.
Terrorists and Linux users. The "and" in that previous sentence was probably superfluous.
Wow, I've never seen a blog post described as an "essay" before. If only my old university markers were as generous as Slashdot editors!
I don't even want to get started on the content of this so-called essay, let's just say that I thought there were some holes in it; but considering content or not, this was one of the worst "essays" I've ever read. I doubt it will become the victim of copyright infringement...
I tried reading the summary aloud and the kill count almost went up a notch. Short sentences help readers breath.
People like yourself judge the apparent success of technology by it's ability to create a gulf between the haves and the have-nots. How sad. Now the price of air travel is steadily dropping; this is a good use of technology. Of course, that fact gets forgotten about, people don't judge technology by it's ability to help large portions of society, but judge it by it's ability to help the tiny minority.
As an aside, did you ever cross the Atlantic in less than four hours?
I'm no scientist, so can somebody please explain the relationship between TFA and the article described here:
Plants may be red and yellow in galactic boonies
Frankly, the colour green was easier to understand when I didn't think about it...
Google is almost becoming the internet because they can afford to buy all they need to. Seems like a good money making scheme to me.
I'm seriously considering starting programming with Ruby and plan to look on Amazon later this evening for this book. Do you have any eloquent reason why I shouldn't?
It just goes to show how reliant much of the Western world has become on GPS when we're now looking for more tech solutions to use in case GPS ever goes down. Whatever did people do before GPS?
It's times like this when I can't help but think that the smarter technology gets around us, the dumber we get. I think Plato said something to that effect once, but I can't find the exact quote.