Capitalism has never, in the history of the world, functioned without the strong support of slave (cheap) labor and resource exploitation. The concept of capital is ancient philosophy that our species needs to evolve beyond in order to survive.
The alternative, of course, is simply to cull population, but again, that goes against the prime directive of capitalism as fewer sheep are available to produce goods for fewer sheep to consume thus producing profits for a few wolves. -W
Yes and no. While I agree with everything you said, empirical evidence suggests that merely having PowerPoint running in a conference room lowers the collective IQ (which is only ever as high as the individual with the highest IQ) by 5-25 points.
The more we protect people from themselves, the more likely they are to stay in the gene pool and continue to breed, Idiocracy style. I'm all for rules and laws that protect people from others, but we really need to let the stupid people kill themselves off as much as possible, and restrict breeding rights. Seriously, we have plenty of people on this planet, it's time to get stingy.
-W
They already took over. They're planning to defend against an apocalypse of free thinkers, but this is mostly laughed at by the mainstream and believed to be in the realm of fiction and hyperbole. -W
It used to be unique, and special, now it's just something that everyone does. Nerds don't like not being unique, even if some wish they could fit in. It's not so much nostalgia as it is loss of identity.
My 11 yo daughter did, because my wife won't let her go through the radiation emitters. She cried for 2 hours. I guess your girlfriend is more used to strangers groping them. -W
Pardon?
Capitalism has never functioned in the history of the world without slavery. True, some countries outlawed slavery, including the US, but migrant workers and outsourcing overseas filled in the gap that slavery left behind.
The American economy is only broken if you disagree with the concept of slavery.
No one in the US is trying to use paid employees to try and compete with a country that uses prisoners to power their economy. It is AMERICA that is using prisoners in other countries to power ITS OWN economy . . . only because it's illegal to do so within its own borders.
Don't kid yourself and think that just because it doesn't happen in your own backyard that it isn't your, or your neighbors, own fault. You wouldn't be able to post on slashdot without this slave/prisoner labor.
-W
"Good corporate citizens" are a breed of sheep that needs to become extinct. I can't wait until we have gene-hacking. This is the first species, besides the redundant politician rodent, that needs to have their chromosomes disabled. It's a brave new world, baby!
-W
Our population needs a culling. It seems way more socially acceptable to cull the people who can't/won't buy 3D garbage then to cull the stupid people who think the shit hollywood turns out is worth seeing.
-W
It's about 1000 core routers. Granted, that's a lot, certainly more then Google adds in a year or two (they use Juniper anyway), but it's not a LOT or even a hard number to imagine. I'm not sure what Cisco's margins are though, so while it's list price for a thousand core routers, I'm sure they'll have to sell several tens of thousands to make up the half billion they blew. -W
For every 1 engineer who figures out how to do something, there are 999 that like to yank their own chains by listing elaborate reasons as to why "it can't be done". It's these 999 that give the rest a bad name, and it's these 999 that are the first to get laid off and the last to get hired.
It's easy to say it can't be done. Easy is boring.
-W
There are billions of people on this little blue marble. If we keep pandering to the ones who don't take the effort to understand the world around them, we're no better then the homo sheepiens. -W
So the only "fighting robot" actually mentioned is still an X or experimental prototype. Yeah this is great informative reporting right here.
Do people really watch this crap? Are these same people actually allowed to vote? Democracy is doomed, rule by the stupid masses, what a fantastic idea.
-W
I used to think a Kindle was an overpriced single-trick pony. Then Amazon sold it for $100 and change, now I take it everywhere, home, gym, plane.
People will buy IPads because they are cool, sexy, easy to use, and useful. People don't care how much they cost.
For non Apple tablets, they just have to be cheap enough for people to say, "why not", and then they will buy them. I don't understand why the other manufacturers don't "get it" yet. They can't compete at anything close to Apple's price.
-W
I've a feeling it has a lot to do with weight. Invent a light enough feather analog and a way of anchoring it with control for each feather, and you might be onto something. From the documentation on the website, "SmartBird has a
total weight of around 400 grams and a wingspan of 2 metres". If you can duplicate that once you invent your lightweight feather system, you're onto something.
-W
We don't have a power crisis, we don't have peak food, peak oil, or peak facebook views. We have peak people. Radioactive water is a solution, not a problem.
-W
This is true, however most off-the-shelf computer motherboards run at various DC voltages, and this still requires conversion (which means more power lost through heat). This is why companies like Google that run server farms that equate to nothing more then thousands of motherboards zip tied to wire racks had component manufacturers make boards that only run on 1 voltage (24VDC I believe). I think that the concept is sound, but it does require a degree of standardization that only exists in custom orders currently. -W
Maybe all the enemies will just start using subsonic rounds, like a.45
I wonder how often this is going to get squads to simply start tracking eachother, doesn't seem to be any provisions for friendly fire.
-W
As someone who's played guitar most of my life, and had some success at it, I can say it's also very frustrating trying to play the "balding middle-aged male version of dance dance revolution" that is guitar hero or rock band. Frankly I suck at the game, and I'm looking forward to a game that I may actually be better at and involves a bit more then twiddling my digits in reaction to various lights much akin to a lab rat in an experiment.
-W
Stand back and imagine a moment. . . a nuclear power plant designed to withstand a mighty 8.2 earthquake built right next to the ocean. . . um, oh no tsunami? How is the tsunami supposed to be something the plant was not designed for? Sure, there is some good engineering here, but piss poor planing and 0 forsight.
-W
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Capitalism has never, in the history of the world, functioned without the strong support of slave (cheap) labor and resource exploitation. The concept of capital is ancient philosophy that our species needs to evolve beyond in order to survive. The alternative, of course, is simply to cull population, but again, that goes against the prime directive of capitalism as fewer sheep are available to produce goods for fewer sheep to consume thus producing profits for a few wolves. -W
Yes and no. While I agree with everything you said, empirical evidence suggests that merely having PowerPoint running in a conference room lowers the collective IQ (which is only ever as high as the individual with the highest IQ) by 5-25 points.
The more we protect people from themselves, the more likely they are to stay in the gene pool and continue to breed, Idiocracy style. I'm all for rules and laws that protect people from others, but we really need to let the stupid people kill themselves off as much as possible, and restrict breeding rights. Seriously, we have plenty of people on this planet, it's time to get stingy. -W
In other words, it's the polar opposite of BSG, which featured character development in lieu of special effects. Yay.
They already took over. They're planning to defend against an apocalypse of free thinkers, but this is mostly laughed at by the mainstream and believed to be in the realm of fiction and hyperbole. -W
It used to be unique, and special, now it's just something that everyone does. Nerds don't like not being unique, even if some wish they could fit in. It's not so much nostalgia as it is loss of identity.
My 11 yo daughter did, because my wife won't let her go through the radiation emitters. She cried for 2 hours. I guess your girlfriend is more used to strangers groping them. -W
The crash is just a ruse and FUD to cover up the fact that they used super-secret teleporters to get in there and murder the guy.
Pardon? Capitalism has never functioned in the history of the world without slavery. True, some countries outlawed slavery, including the US, but migrant workers and outsourcing overseas filled in the gap that slavery left behind. The American economy is only broken if you disagree with the concept of slavery. No one in the US is trying to use paid employees to try and compete with a country that uses prisoners to power their economy. It is AMERICA that is using prisoners in other countries to power ITS OWN economy . . . only because it's illegal to do so within its own borders. Don't kid yourself and think that just because it doesn't happen in your own backyard that it isn't your, or your neighbors, own fault. You wouldn't be able to post on slashdot without this slave/prisoner labor. -W
"Good corporate citizens" are a breed of sheep that needs to become extinct. I can't wait until we have gene-hacking. This is the first species, besides the redundant politician rodent, that needs to have their chromosomes disabled. It's a brave new world, baby! -W
Our population needs a culling. It seems way more socially acceptable to cull the people who can't/won't buy 3D garbage then to cull the stupid people who think the shit hollywood turns out is worth seeing. -W
It's about 1000 core routers. Granted, that's a lot, certainly more then Google adds in a year or two (they use Juniper anyway), but it's not a LOT or even a hard number to imagine. I'm not sure what Cisco's margins are though, so while it's list price for a thousand core routers, I'm sure they'll have to sell several tens of thousands to make up the half billion they blew. -W
For every 1 engineer who figures out how to do something, there are 999 that like to yank their own chains by listing elaborate reasons as to why "it can't be done". It's these 999 that give the rest a bad name, and it's these 999 that are the first to get laid off and the last to get hired. It's easy to say it can't be done. Easy is boring. -W
Gotta love the anarchist spirit in this one, my heart goes out to anyone who gets ethical kudos for having a business based on not paying taxes. Woot!
There are billions of people on this little blue marble. If we keep pandering to the ones who don't take the effort to understand the world around them, we're no better then the homo sheepiens. -W
So the only "fighting robot" actually mentioned is still an X or experimental prototype. Yeah this is great informative reporting right here. Do people really watch this crap? Are these same people actually allowed to vote? Democracy is doomed, rule by the stupid masses, what a fantastic idea. -W
I used to think a Kindle was an overpriced single-trick pony. Then Amazon sold it for $100 and change, now I take it everywhere, home, gym, plane. People will buy IPads because they are cool, sexy, easy to use, and useful. People don't care how much they cost. For non Apple tablets, they just have to be cheap enough for people to say, "why not", and then they will buy them. I don't understand why the other manufacturers don't "get it" yet. They can't compete at anything close to Apple's price. -W
I've a feeling it has a lot to do with weight. Invent a light enough feather analog and a way of anchoring it with control for each feather, and you might be onto something. From the documentation on the website, "SmartBird has a total weight of around 400 grams and a wingspan of 2 metres". If you can duplicate that once you invent your lightweight feather system, you're onto something. -W
We don't have a power crisis, we don't have peak food, peak oil, or peak facebook views. We have peak people. Radioactive water is a solution, not a problem. -W
Now geeks can get socially acceptable plastic surgery.
This is true, however most off-the-shelf computer motherboards run at various DC voltages, and this still requires conversion (which means more power lost through heat). This is why companies like Google that run server farms that equate to nothing more then thousands of motherboards zip tied to wire racks had component manufacturers make boards that only run on 1 voltage (24VDC I believe). I think that the concept is sound, but it does require a degree of standardization that only exists in custom orders currently. -W
I'm pretty sure Cassini launched despite the insane Luddites. People bitch about everything, when you start listening, you're just a bitchmagnet. -W
Maybe all the enemies will just start using subsonic rounds, like a .45
I wonder how often this is going to get squads to simply start tracking eachother, doesn't seem to be any provisions for friendly fire.
-W
As someone who's played guitar most of my life, and had some success at it, I can say it's also very frustrating trying to play the "balding middle-aged male version of dance dance revolution" that is guitar hero or rock band. Frankly I suck at the game, and I'm looking forward to a game that I may actually be better at and involves a bit more then twiddling my digits in reaction to various lights much akin to a lab rat in an experiment. -W
Stand back and imagine a moment. . . a nuclear power plant designed to withstand a mighty 8.2 earthquake built right next to the ocean. . . um, oh no tsunami? How is the tsunami supposed to be something the plant was not designed for? Sure, there is some good engineering here, but piss poor planing and 0 forsight. -W