I don't think so. Of course I omitted the "dark age" in order to simplify matters. But essentially it doesn't matter. If you look at the last 80.000 years for example, humanity did develop constantly. There will always be a few fallbacks but in the big picture it's going forward.
Assuming that the human race will survive for a while... After all, dinosaurs lived on this planet for several million years:
We might not have a Enterprise or BattleStar in 80 years. But what about 2000 years? Humankind has come from arena fights with lions and bears to a super technological race in 2000 years. Or what about 50.000 years? In 50.000 years we have developed language, fire, the wheel, built houses, villages, cities. What about 100.000 years? 100.000 years is a long time. We looked like monkeys 100.000 years ago. Or half a million years. The face of the planet has changed a dozen times in the last 500.000 years. Races have emerged, others have become extinct. One million years. A timespan most of us can't even begin to imagine. Mammals exist for more than 70 million years. Round it up to 100 million years. 100.000.000 - just look at that number... It's 1000 times longer than mankind existed. And yet, considering the age of our planet, it's not much. The earth is nearly 50 times older - 4.570.000.000 years to be exact.
Now think time. What mankind did in 2000 years is pretty amazing. Think about what happens in say 1 million years from now. That's a realistic timespan. Unless we kill ourselves, mankind will probably exist in 1 million years. And even that is veeeery far from "forever". We may be able to imagine what technology will be able to do in 50 years. We may even get a few things right when we look at technology in 100 years. But from there on it's pure speculation. And probably very very far from reality.
That's the main problem here. All this 'never' talk merely concerns our current generation. And maybe the generation after us. Do you think your grandchildren will know DOS?
What would have happened if you told the people in 1800 that in 1876 bell would invent a telephone which would make it possible to talk with everyone in the world. Would they have believed you? No. What if you told them, that only 100 years later everyone would have such a telephone, only then it would be called cellphone and you could carry it around with you and even see the person you're talking to. They would have laughed at you. Would someone have believed you in 1900 when you would have told people that in only a few years, there would be television. Soon in color. Transmitted via satellites in the sky. And small silver discs where they could fit several movies on. They would have taken you for a poor lunatic.
Do you believe people now when they say in 100 years you won't sit in front of computers anymore because they're wired into your neural system and use wireless power? Or that we will have colonized several planets?:) Probably not...
But it's not racist, it's not related to "race", not even really to "nation". You could say it's jingoistic, but I would say it's just boring.
Hm I don't see where it would be jingoistic. But I agree with you it's definitely boring. It just angers me every time someone makes a joke at the expense of a umm... nation, ethnic group, whatever. It's just a horrible cliche.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of either of them but I'm definitely a fan of exact facts. And linking Bush to the UK is populist at best.
On TFA: Seriously, do they think this will work? Cameras, microphones, megaphones, 360-degree helmet cams, roadside fingerprinting tools. And what next? Hello 1984.
Yup, good is 'gut' in German. Written like 'gut' in 'gut feeling' but spelled differently. And you're right, 'über' mostly means 'over' as in 'something just flew over my head'. It's not only used for locations, though.
And 'good ube' doesn't mean anything. Neither does 'gut ube'.
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God I hate USA's internet:|
Hrhr, that was fun:D
I'm paying 65 euro (=83US$) a month for 2mbit/512kbit ADSL. And that's with 15GB/month download limit (although fair use, which means they turn it off at 50gb). And that's the cheapest option. And btw, I live in a city -.-
With applications designed on the Nuance Mobile Speech Platform, users can speak natural queries to find ringtones, locate the nearest Starbucks, search the Web, or dictate a complete SMS or email.
This is what i find stuipid. Not the Querty keyboard. That's actually quite cool.
Honestly... how stupid is this? The Querty/Quertz layout is fine, I'd like to see that myself. But replacing the keypad completely? Should I navigate the phone software via voice? And seriously, why would i use a failure-prone system to dictate a 160char message if I can just call that person?
The only benefit I found in SMS so far was silence. No one knew if and what you were sending to whom. Great for messagingx your friends where to eat lunch while you're at work. Now I have to yell at my phone to get the message right and everyone hears it. Stupid, stupid, stupid idea. As an additions it's great, especially for handicapped people but as a replacement...
I don't care if I get modded down for this but hands down, this idea just sucks.
I have a few years experience with web development and e-marketing. Believe me, a contact form isn't the best way to do it. People have to type in a small box on a website with a non-working tabulator key, strange linebreaks, no spellchecking (except on *real* browsers) and worst, no way to keep the sent e-mail. Contact forms break the way people usually send e-mails. That's no good...
Just make a dedicated contact e-mail address, link it on your website and deal with it being spammed. Better than pissing off customers...
I just finished a course in CS where we had to work in a group of 5 to develop an application. We had to go through the whole process: designing the application, set up a CVS, distribute the work, finish the software, write documentation, deploy, do a presentation. I have to agree with the parent, CVS/Subversion/Darcs is definitely something that should be included. Maybe rather have them use Darcs or SVN. CVS isn't that good really...
I'm certainly looking forward to the Wii! And maybe to upgraded Mac Minis (Core 2 Duo). And to Samsung's SPH-M8100. No honestly, it might be a nice christmas. And because there is no Vista and no PS3, less people will bring their christmas presents back to the shops to get something else instead.
Yeah, we just leave the country/continent/region part out. It's just "the EU":)
I'm interested in your views about the startups in particular - this is where I really work, and where my real interests lie. You say that the government is actively promoting startups, but that they do not happen because the Austrian people are too conservative, right? What scares people off? Is it the fear that they will not be able to compete?
I'm not quite sure. I think it's a mixture of several of the things you mentioned. Competing might not be a problem. For example, we have a dire lack of standards compliant web developers. Even the company I last worked for, which was one of the largest around here, still created terrible websites. So that's what my startup is based on. I know I won't have much competition in this field. However, it was still a huge step to found my company. The biggest problem I see for myself is convincing people that they really want/need what I have to offer and use my services instead of sticking with the old, ugly layouts offered to them by my "competition". So.. I think there are enough fresh ideas but the customers aren't ready for them.
Is it the fear that they will lose their own assets (because limmited liability law does not protect Europeans as much as it does in the US)? Is it because those likely to create startups can do better doing something else?
Limited liability laws apply here as well. However, there is an option to found a company as a GesbR (company constituted under civil law) which costs virtually no money to found (no need for an entry in the company register either). However, you are absolutely liable for your company with your own money.
Or do they leave to other places?
I'm quite sure of that. Because of the problems i mentioned above, I was also thinking of moving to Scandinavia or maybe even the US. And I know quite a lot of people who moved somewhere else with their startups since they didn't see any business opportunities in their country with their new and fresh ideas.
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I don't think so. Of course I omitted the "dark age" in order to simplify matters. But essentially it doesn't matter. If you look at the last 80.000 years for example, humanity did develop constantly. There will always be a few fallbacks but in the big picture it's going forward.
Hi Boing, hi Airbus.
As exact as it can get.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
Assuming that the human race will survive for a while... After all, dinosaurs lived on this planet for several million years:
We might not have a Enterprise or BattleStar in 80 years. But what about 2000 years? Humankind has come from arena fights with lions and bears to a super technological race in 2000 years. Or what about 50.000 years? In 50.000 years we have developed language, fire, the wheel, built houses, villages, cities. What about 100.000 years? 100.000 years is a long time. We looked like monkeys 100.000 years ago. Or half a million years. The face of the planet has changed a dozen times in the last 500.000 years. Races have emerged, others have become extinct. One million years. A timespan most of us can't even begin to imagine. Mammals exist for more than 70 million years. Round it up to 100 million years. 100.000.000 - just look at that number... It's 1000 times longer than mankind existed. And yet, considering the age of our planet, it's not much. The earth is nearly 50 times older - 4.570.000.000 years to be exact.
Now think time. What mankind did in 2000 years is pretty amazing. Think about what happens in say 1 million years from now. That's a realistic timespan. Unless we kill ourselves, mankind will probably exist in 1 million years. And even that is veeeery far from "forever". We may be able to imagine what technology will be able to do in 50 years. We may even get a few things right when we look at technology in 100 years. But from there on it's pure speculation. And probably very very far from reality.
You intend to live that long? ;)
:) Probably not...
That's the main problem here. All this 'never' talk merely concerns our current generation. And maybe the generation after us. Do you think your grandchildren will know DOS?
What would have happened if you told the people in 1800 that in 1876 bell would invent a telephone which would make it possible to talk with everyone in the world. Would they have believed you? No. What if you told them, that only 100 years later everyone would have such a telephone, only then it would be called cellphone and you could carry it around with you and even see the person you're talking to. They would have laughed at you. Would someone have believed you in 1900 when you would have told people that in only a few years, there would be television. Soon in color. Transmitted via satellites in the sky. And small silver discs where they could fit several movies on. They would have taken you for a poor lunatic.
Do you believe people now when they say in 100 years you won't sit in front of computers anymore because they're wired into your neural system and use wireless power? Or that we will have colonized several planets?
Haha, didn't see that one coming ^^
I don't spend much time angry, though. I mostly have educated people around me who also disapprove of such jokes.
Hm I don't see where it would be jingoistic. But I agree with you it's definitely boring. It just angers me every time someone makes a joke at the expense of a umm... nation, ethnic group, whatever. It's just a horrible cliche.
no that's racist.
Please take your unqualified ranting and put it you know where. kthnx.
Erotic is when you use a feather. Exotic is when you use the whole chicken.
I guess i drunk too much yesterday (or this morning? can't remember) to realize that oO sry.
How is Bush related to the CCTV system in the UK?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of either of them but I'm definitely a fan of exact facts. And linking Bush to the UK is populist at best.
On TFA: Seriously, do they think this will work? Cameras, microphones, megaphones, 360-degree helmet cams, roadside fingerprinting tools. And what next? Hello 1984.
Reminded me of Snow Crash... Spinning rings... wtf.
Yup, good is 'gut' in German. Written like 'gut' in 'gut feeling' but spelled differently. And you're right, 'über' mostly means 'over' as in 'something just flew over my head'. It's not only used for locations, though.
And 'good ube' doesn't mean anything. Neither does 'gut ube'.
Oh yeah, phone line MUST be bought here too in order to get ADSL. And it's also an additional US$ 20.
Austria...
and raped is the correct word -.-
Hrhr, that was fun
I'm paying 65 euro (=83US$) a month for 2mbit/512kbit ADSL. And that's with 15GB/month download limit (although fair use, which means they turn it off at 50gb). And that's the cheapest option. And btw, I live in a city -.-
From TFA:
This is what i find stuipid. Not the Querty keyboard. That's actually quite cool.
Honestly... how stupid is this? The Querty/Quertz layout is fine, I'd like to see that myself. But replacing the keypad completely? Should I navigate the phone software via voice? And seriously, why would i use a failure-prone system to dictate a 160char message if I can just call that person?
The only benefit I found in SMS so far was silence. No one knew if and what you were sending to whom. Great for messagingx your friends where to eat lunch while you're at work. Now I have to yell at my phone to get the message right and everyone hears it. Stupid, stupid, stupid idea. As an additions it's great, especially for handicapped people but as a replacement...
I don't care if I get modded down for this but hands down, this idea just sucks.
I have a few years experience with web development and e-marketing. Believe me, a contact form isn't the best way to do it. People have to type in a small box on a website with a non-working tabulator key, strange linebreaks, no spellchecking (except on *real* browsers) and worst, no way to keep the sent e-mail. Contact forms break the way people usually send e-mails. That's no good...
Just make a dedicated contact e-mail address, link it on your website and deal with it being spammed. Better than pissing off customers...
I just finished a course in CS where we had to work in a group of 5 to develop an application. We had to go through the whole process: designing the application, set up a CVS, distribute the work, finish the software, write documentation, deploy, do a presentation. I have to agree with the parent, CVS/Subversion/Darcs is definitely something that should be included. Maybe rather have them use Darcs or SVN. CVS isn't that good really...
No really, where are all the threads? oO
Thanks for the correction.
And I'm sure you'll get modded up if you can say the sentence in German. Without any spelling mistakes, that is.
English isn't everyone's native tongue...
It might be! :)
I'm certainly looking forward to the Wii! And maybe to upgraded Mac Minis (Core 2 Duo). And to Samsung's SPH-M8100. No honestly, it might be a nice christmas. And because there is no Vista and no PS3, less people will bring their christmas presents back to the shops to get something else instead.
I'm not quite sure. I think it's a mixture of several of the things you mentioned. Competing might not be a problem. For example, we have a dire lack of standards compliant web developers. Even the company I last worked for, which was one of the largest around here, still created terrible websites. So that's what my startup is based on. I know I won't have much competition in this field. However, it was still a huge step to found my company. The biggest problem I see for myself is convincing people that they really want/need what I have to offer and use my services instead of sticking with the old, ugly layouts offered to them by my "competition". So.. I think there are enough fresh ideas but the customers aren't ready for them.
Limited liability laws apply here as well. However, there is an option to found a company as a GesbR (company constituted under civil law) which costs virtually no money to found (no need for an entry in the company register either). However, you are absolutely liable for your company with your own money.
I'm quite sure of that. Because of the problems i mentioned above, I was also thinking of moving to Scandinavia or maybe even the US. And I know quite a lot of people who moved somewhere else with their startups since they didn't see any business opportunities in their country with their new and fresh ideas.