I'm wondering if it's really progress if everything we own are wireless, doesn't anybody think about the load of batteries it will take to make this equipment work?
Even if you use rechargeable batteries, i'm pretty sure a company that has over a 1000 employees will be very pleased to buy a pack of 4 AA batteries at 20$ plus another 25$ for the charger + the time for the I.T to go around spendind their time changing batteries instead of actual work.
I mean seriously, it may be practical but it is not cost effective or even realistic to imagine keyboard/mouse.
How many batteries does a keyboard take and a mouse? you'll ahve to spend 40$ every 3 months for each user so they dont have wires on their desktop?
IS what is there after you reach the 15.8 billion peremeter? emptiness? the limit od someone else's imagination? a giant hole that puts you back to the other end of the universe?
I mean can anyone think about no end at all? How can you explain no limits at all because if they are then that means there is somthing else after that limits, there can be no end so when and where does it stops?
I totally agree that DS9 was one great series, it was original and tried to get out of the old mold of the other Star Trek series not that i totally dislike them except for voyager arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
But jokes aside, making another Star Trek Movie? COme on,, there is nothing left,,,absolutely nothing, they have exploited almost everything, they should do like Seinfled did, get out before it starts to be painful so you leave a good impression and not one of "oh they finally stopped it thank god"
Let them exploit some other series like Battle star galactica, now at least people know about this one, sure they did firefly but it wasn't a series everybody watched or had access to.
Or maybe, just maybe create something entirely new,,,yeah! that's it,,,something new,,,something epic,,,i dont know maybe have a dream like George Lucas and make us addict of that movie series because we desperately need that and not just microwave movie number 11.
Star Trek has had it's good run but it's time to get to something new.
Ok they say 2 out of the 18 patients were still alive after 2 years? that means 16 died from their cancer, so how is this study any good?
I mean if they said that 13 of the 18 patient still lived then it would suggest a real breakthrough and a valid treatment but come on, two out of 18 is 11% success, that hardly counts.
"Some users will find the feature objectionable because it could give the bossman a new way to check up on employees, or perhaps it could be exploited in some nefarious way by some nefarious person"
Hum! i think a company that OWNS the computer and PAYS their employee to WORK has a god damn right to make sure people aren't wasting their time having their entire photo album on their computer or music or other personal material whatsoever and that goes for network shares too.
If a company can filter e-mails of their employees i think they can also filter the content of what they are copying unto their machines.
Keep your stuff at home if you dont want prying eyes invading your computer at work.
So what if you get on a list, they can track your every movment as soon as you use your atm or credit card, they know what you eat, what you like and can create an exact profile of you without ever laying eyes on you so it doesn't matter if they do it on plane as well.
So i'm asking, SO What? People want protection on airplanes, if i'm put on a list but at the same time there is guy with a gun that could potentially disarm a terrorist on a plane,i'm all for it if i can land safely and enjoy life.
Protection comes at a price, they cant know for sure who's a risk and who's not, is it a caucasion, ans asian or middle east man, you never know so they have to take a guess and if by doing what they do they come upon a drug dealer, pedophile or other criminal, well i say thankya Big Big gunslinger!
You actually think that MR and MRs anyone that are running Win98 or ME because they dont know better will change to a completely different O.S?
They barely know the ins and out of internet and have difficulty telling what version of windows they have, they surely wont change to linux and that's THE FAIRLY OBVIOUS ANALYSIS.
i remember an epsiode of Star trek where two civilisation killed each other virtually and people went to a disintegrator when their region was touched virtually by ennemy fire.
maybe they should also try this option and just killed themselves instead,,after a while they'll realize it's pointless
Ok but doesn't explain how they get back because you could take that same ammount of steps and go in a different direction, so they must have something else.
I'm sure there's an internal GPS in there too,,,just haven't found it yet because they are so tiny
Yeah sure we need to have a database with child porn in the hands of opensource,,,yeah great idea.
They dont need to have a database, it's pretty damn stupid to have one,,,,,,it's just a matter of time until someone from the inside makes cd's a makes money out of it, they should only ban and arrest those responsible and then use the materials to find missing children or other pedophile but like drugs,,,dispose of it by burning everything.
Anything that gets on a hard disk somewhere is potentially reusable by a twisted human being.
I find funny that as i grow older and get better at PC games,,i tend to lose all aptitude for older games, i recently tried myself at Out of this world and i died 15 times in the first 5 minutes of the game.
So the record for pitfall is probably some kind of accomplishment because the dude who did it did not lose his skill.
i bow down to everlasting gaming skill.
--By the way i'm still bad at Pac-man--
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I'm wondering if it's really progress if everything we own are wireless, doesn't anybody think about the load of batteries it will take to make this equipment work?
Even if you use rechargeable batteries, i'm pretty sure a company that has over a 1000 employees will be very pleased to buy a pack of 4 AA batteries at 20$ plus another 25$ for the charger + the time for the I.T to go around spendind their time changing batteries instead of actual work.
I mean seriously, it may be practical but it is not cost effective or even realistic to imagine keyboard/mouse.
How many batteries does a keyboard take and a mouse? you'll ahve to spend 40$ every 3 months for each user so they dont have wires on their desktop?
i think not
I guess writers are the problem, even ds9 got is share of people getting stuck in a cowboy or 1920 gangster episode.
They should get Peter jackson to do a scfi-fi series.
Good one but outside the sphere there is something, the concept of endless void just doesn't work for me or is hard to grasp.
Let's take your ant and put it inside the sphere, noe that ant walks forever in a circle but there is still something outside the sphere.
What i want to know is if were on a same kind of path,,,,what's outside that path and how long is that path?
IS THERE AN END TO THE UNIVERSE
ARRGGGHHH SECOND MIND MELT OF THE DAY
IS what is there after you reach the 15.8 billion peremeter? emptiness? the limit od someone else's imagination? a giant hole that puts you back to the other end of the universe?
I mean can anyone think about no end at all? How can you explain no limits at all because if they are then that means there is somthing else after that limits, there can be no end so when and where does it stops?
ARRRGGHHH MIND MELT!!!
I totally agree that DS9 was one great series, it was original and tried to get out of the old mold of the other Star Trek series not that i totally dislike them except for voyager arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
But jokes aside, making another Star Trek Movie? COme on,, there is nothing left,,,absolutely nothing, they have exploited almost everything, they should do like Seinfled did, get out before it starts to be painful so you leave a good impression and not one of "oh they finally stopped it thank god"
Let them exploit some other series like Battle star galactica, now at least people know about this one, sure they did firefly but it wasn't a series everybody watched or had access to.
Or maybe, just maybe create something entirely new,,,yeah! that's it,,,something new,,,something epic,,,i dont know maybe have a dream like George Lucas and make us addict of that movie series because we desperately need that and not just microwave movie number 11.
Star Trek has had it's good run but it's time to get to something new.
Ok they say 2 out of the 18 patients were still alive after 2 years? that means 16 died from their cancer, so how is this study any good?
I mean if they said that 13 of the 18 patient still lived then it would suggest a real breakthrough and a valid treatment but come on, two out of 18 is 11% success, that hardly counts.
"Some users will find the feature objectionable because it could give the bossman a new way to check up on employees, or perhaps it could be exploited in some nefarious way by some nefarious person"
Hum! i think a company that OWNS the computer and PAYS their employee to WORK has a god damn right to make sure people aren't wasting their time having their entire photo album on their computer or music or other personal material whatsoever and that goes for network shares too.
If a company can filter e-mails of their employees i think they can also filter the content of what they are copying unto their machines.
Keep your stuff at home if you dont want prying eyes invading your computer at work.
You cant have security without a little bit of privacy prying!
Do you have a house?
Do you have a credit card?
Do you lease an appartment?
Do you have a job?
have you ever given your social security number?
Do you think they dont already have your life on records?
Does it count when i see a bad game being overpriced?
:(
man does this make me cry, specially if i bought the damn game
So what if you get on a list, they can track your every movment as soon as you use your atm or credit card, they know what you eat, what you like and can create an exact profile of you without ever laying eyes on you so it doesn't matter if they do it on plane as well.
So i'm asking, SO What? People want protection on airplanes, if i'm put on a list but at the same time there is guy with a gun that could potentially disarm a terrorist on a plane,i'm all for it if i can land safely and enjoy life.
Protection comes at a price, they cant know for sure who's a risk and who's not, is it a caucasion, ans asian or middle east man, you never know so they have to take a guess and if by doing what they do they come upon a drug dealer, pedophile or other criminal, well i say thankya Big Big gunslinger!
Well that's one way to get people to use your format,,,infect them with it heheheh.
You actually think that MR and MRs anyone that are running Win98 or ME because they dont know better will change to a completely different O.S?
They barely know the ins and out of internet and have difficulty telling what version of windows they have, they surely wont change to linux and that's THE FAIRLY OBVIOUS ANALYSIS.
i remember an epsiode of Star trek where two civilisation killed each other virtually and people went to a disintegrator when their region was touched virtually by ennemy fire.
maybe they should also try this option and just killed themselves instead,,after a while they'll realize it's pointless
Ok but doesn't explain how they get back because you could take that same ammount of steps and go in a different direction, so they must have something else.
I'm sure there's an internal GPS in there too,,,just haven't found it yet because they are so tiny
No wonder Bill gates wants to retire.
With all these lawsuits about everything i would take mt meager 100 billions dollars and get myself an island and make my own dosadi experiment.
I think it's great because lot's of people pay for longer parking at higher rate because they cant have more than 2 hours in a park meter.
I know i would like it to only have to use my cellphone siting on my ass somewhere and just feed my meter.
Yeah sure we need to have a database with child porn in the hands of opensource,,,yeah great idea.
They dont need to have a database, it's pretty damn stupid to have one,,,,,,it's just a matter of time until someone from the inside makes cd's a makes money out of it, they should only ban and arrest those responsible and then use the materials to find missing children or other pedophile but like drugs,,,dispose of it by burning everything.
Anything that gets on a hard disk somewhere is potentially reusable by a twisted human being.
Let's find some spice and inhale until we can fold space with our minds
Shit a ten year old would of at least put neon lights and a mp3 somewhere in there.
was the guy drunk or what?
Was this law modeled on AOL prior 1995?
Can Microsoft be considered the biggest Malware company EVER???
I find funny that as i grow older and get better at PC games,,i tend to lose all aptitude for older games, i recently tried myself at Out of this world and i died 15 times in the first 5 minutes of the game. So the record for pitfall is probably some kind of accomplishment because the dude who did it did not lose his skill. i bow down to everlasting gaming skill. --By the way i'm still bad at Pac-man--