Actually, it has been quite a number of years since Star Trek was on the air. It's quite possible that some of the younger Slashdotters do not know who William Shatner is, or rather, have never seen his portrayal of Captain Kirk. After all, 20 years ago, it was Picard who was at the conn.
Forget multi-touch. Talk to me about battery life. My watch lasts for years before needing another battery. I actually wear through straps more often. What's going to be the battery life of this device? Years? Months? Days? Hours? I think I'll stick with my Timex, thank you very much.
What did all of those taxi drivers do before taxis? What did the accountants do before the income tax? My read of history is that there will be short-term pain, but ultimately people will move into jobs that take advantage of our reduced need to spend time producing necessities.
They didn't exist, that's what they did. Before taxis, there were zero automobiles. Before income tax, accountants had more of an inventory management role, making marks on clay tablets to keep track of how much grain was in the bins. Also,in case it has escaped your notice, the population of the planet has doubled in the past 50 years. There's more competiton for jobs than there has ever been.
No, the point behind anonymously leaking it is to avoid prosecution, because the person leaking the information does not have the authority to release it. However, if the mere fact of leaking it makes it repercussion free, then people can leak stuff with impunity. It's all about protecting the integrity of the chain of command, and the chain of custody of the information. Military personnel cannot tell if the leaked information is unaltered.
However, I do admit it is a genie out of the bottle, cat out of the bag, open can of worms kind of situation.
“Someone once said that every form of government has one characteristic peculiar to it and if that characteristic is lost, the government will fall. In a monarchy, it is affection and respect for the royal family. If that is lost the monarch is lost. In a dictatorship, it is fear. If the people stop fearing the dictator he'll lose power. In a representative government such as ours, it is virtue. If virtue goes, the government fails. Are we choosing paths that are politically expedient and morally questionable? Are we in truth losing our virtue? . . . If so, we may be nearer the dustbin of history than we realize.”
And here I thought he was just an actor. You folks need to have that quote prominently displayed in every polling booth next election.
It's not in the public domain. It is leaked classified information. It won't be in the public domain until 75 years after the death of its author, or the heat death of the universe less a day, whichever comes later.
Of course, if they were really trying to protect their people, they could say that "Previously classified information that has been released to public news organizations and made publicly available may be accessed by military personnel with no repercussions.".
Of course, that means that anyone can declassify information by anonymously leaking it to the press.
Um... They won't be going outside the station. They'll be staying in the shirt sleeve environment of the ISS. (That is, until the ISS astronauts decide that they've had enough cute, and hurl them out the airlock.)
The real problem with these things is that they are toys. They can't grip things. They have no jets to manoever in zero-G. In short, they are designed for Earth, Personally, I think this particular robot-in-space project is a publicity stunt designed to sell these toys
I'm confused, was Tucker an automobile manufacturing firm that was figuratively killed by the others in the industry, or was Tucker a person who was literally killed by others in the industry?
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Perhaps drivers should be watching the road rather than 'infotainment' devices?
Exactly. This is why you need buttons that provide tactile feedback, rather than a touch screen.
It's cheaper.
Wouldn't be so useless if you were a pilot reading it from two miles out from the runway.
Pivotable monitors in 16:9 at around 23 inches is like working in a mine shaft.
Maybe, but imagine playing Caverns of Mars that way.
At this point, anything less than 4K is too limiting.
I was looking forward to hearing about this army full of primates.
... Or at least an army of twelve monkeys.
Actually, my first thought was the final battle of Planet of the Apes (2001), when all the apes are running towards the grounded ship.
Actually, it has been quite a number of years since Star Trek was on the air. It's quite possible that some of the younger Slashdotters do not know who William Shatner is, or rather, have never seen his portrayal of Captain Kirk. After all, 20 years ago, it was Picard who was at the conn.
What about calling it Fluffy? I'm sure a lot more people know of Fluffy, the three headed dog than Kerberos, the three headed dog.
Forget multi-touch. Talk to me about battery life. My watch lasts for years before needing another battery. I actually wear through straps more often. What's going to be the battery life of this device? Years? Months? Days? Hours? I think I'll stick with my Timex, thank you very much.
Let me guess. It awakens the toilet training toddler so they have a chance to get to the bathroom. "Wake me up, before you go-go!"
The only punctuation that goes inside the quotation marks is the punctuation belonging to the quotation:
Did she say "What a rush.", or did she say "What a rush!"?
For the last time, he said "What time is it?"!
It's the only thing that makes sense.
Atlassian is a software vendor of modest relevance, producing Jira issue tracking and Confluence wiki software.
You're not helping.
Everybody knows that the Wrights were not the first to fly heavier than air craft
What did all of those taxi drivers do before taxis? What did the accountants do before the income tax? My read of history is that there will be short-term pain, but ultimately people will move into jobs that take advantage of our reduced need to spend time producing necessities.
They didn't exist, that's what they did. Before taxis, there were zero automobiles. Before income tax, accountants had more of an inventory management role, making marks on clay tablets to keep track of how much grain was in the bins. Also,in case it has escaped your notice, the population of the planet has doubled in the past 50 years. There's more competiton for jobs than there has ever been.
No, the point behind anonymously leaking it is to avoid prosecution, because the person leaking the information does not have the authority to release it. However, if the mere fact of leaking it makes it repercussion free, then people can leak stuff with impunity. It's all about protecting the integrity of the chain of command, and the chain of custody of the information. Military personnel cannot tell if the leaked information is unaltered.
However, I do admit it is a genie out of the bottle, cat out of the bag, open can of worms kind of situation.
“Someone once said that every form of government has one characteristic peculiar to it and if that characteristic is lost, the government will fall. In a monarchy, it is affection and respect for the royal family. If that is lost the monarch is lost. In a dictatorship, it is fear. If the people stop fearing the dictator he'll lose power. In a representative government such as ours, it is virtue. If virtue goes, the government fails. Are we choosing paths that are politically expedient and morally questionable? Are we in truth losing our virtue? . . . If so, we may be nearer the dustbin of history than we realize.”
And here I thought he was just an actor. You folks need to have that quote prominently displayed in every polling booth next election.
How is anything in the public domain classified?
It's not in the public domain. It is leaked classified information. It won't be in the public domain until 75 years after the death of its author, or the heat death of the universe less a day, whichever comes later.
Due process. Chain of command integrity.
Of course, if they were really trying to protect their people, they could say that "Previously classified information that has been released to public news organizations and made publicly available may be accessed by military personnel with no repercussions.".
Of course, that means that anyone can declassify information by anonymously leaking it to the press.
May I be the first to say Bidi-Bidi-Bidi
May you also be the last.
The hiragana letters for the word "kibo" on their website mean kanji?
That voice recognition they have wouldn't work very well in vacuum either.
That depends on whether the audio input is a microphone or a radio receiver.
Um... They won't be going outside the station. They'll be staying in the shirt sleeve environment of the ISS. (That is, until the ISS astronauts decide that they've had enough cute, and hurl them out the airlock.)
The real problem with these things is that they are toys. They can't grip things. They have no jets to manoever in zero-G. In short, they are designed for Earth, Personally, I think this particular robot-in-space project is a publicity stunt designed to sell these toys
I'm confused, was Tucker an automobile manufacturing firm that was figuratively killed by the others in the industry, or was Tucker a person who was literally killed by others in the industry?
Ballmer is already dead though. What we see is just residual hind brain activity. What we hear are residual echoes of him shouting.
"Hey! Who turned out the lights?"