The earth is at the center of the universe - the origin, the point of the original Big Bang! That would explain the universe expanding out in all directions from here...
I see, and what is that you have done that affects millions of people and possibly the future of space colonization? Oh, thats right, nothing - so just sit there criticizing people that have the guts to try.
Not at all, criticizing someone that is accomplishing something without experience or knowledge of the subject is silly at best, criticizing a person for committing atrocities is not the same at all.
Any progress always is accompanied by some number of failures - Googles policy of fail often fail fast is one of the best development strategies every developed.
I disagree, I believe it will become cheaper to replace/recycle than to fix.
I do believe that most of us will not benefit and will devolve into some form of subclass and only the upper class with benefit. The rich will no longer need worker bees to make them money, so they will move away from employee based operations into totally automated production of things they want.
Japan is building an autonomous letter farm in a building. Autonomous taxis are now operational in controlled locations. Fast food chains are evaluating autonomous fast food stores. Significant use of robotics in manufacturing has been reality for years. Significant automation in farming and harvesting has been a reality for years.
Sorry, you are wrong, and change always happens faster than expected. It is not always the change that is expected, but change none the less.
And there is no economic model to tell us how that is going to work. But, not far in the future - many of us will see it, if we don't kill ourselves off first, all manual labor will be automated. And soon after that there will be no labor required to produce any products - production and distribution will be totally automated. At that point labor will have no value and our world economy will cease to exist.
Whether or not the tax breaks were illegal, Apple simply paid what the Irish government told them to pay, so as far I am concerned the EU can pound sand.
I believe Apple has replied "You can have your back taxes or you can have our jobs - but not both."
So what if there is abuse? If the end result is a cost savings to society and an improvement in the life of most involved why not? I constantly hear this from conservative friends that we can not allow people to abuse the system - look at the people selling food stamps to buy drugs - OMG! when the fact is that a very small percentage do abuse the system while the vast majority are helped by it.
It has always fascinated me how even a single instance of welfare fraud is unacceptable, but multiple executions of innocent individuals is an acceptable cost to getting the bad guys.
"Sorry Apple, but your IPad is not the killer product you thought it was. Beyond the usual fanboys nobody is interested, not just in your iPad, but in any tablet. Laptops do everything the iPad can do much better except as a convenient way to surf the web and if thats all you need the iPad to do you can get a a Netbook for the price of a takeaway that will do it equally well and have a 5 year battery life on top."
Seriously, click bait much? Yes, it is a large find, but at 8 BCF/year it is about 6 or 7 years of supply, that is NOT a game changer for humanity, that is a game changer for the people that will make a fortune rationing it out until we run out of helium.
There is a company working on (selling?) robots to help with elderly in assisted living situations. The robots are able to emote and express compassion. They seem to work well and in general are well accepted by shut in's.
Basic, Swift, even Python or PHP is okay. The point is to teach how to solve the problem and the language is just another tool.
The issue is coders are not what I traditionally called "programmers" - they are two different critters. Back in the day (before I retired) we call coders "code slingers" and hired a bunch to implement all the boring things the programmers and designers and architects spec'd.
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Well, the good news is that like all other technology, it will never get better, so we don't have to worry about the theft threat.
The earth is at the center of the universe - the origin, the point of the original Big Bang! That would explain the universe expanding out in all directions from here...
I see, and what is that you have done that affects millions of people and possibly the future of space colonization? Oh, thats right, nothing - so just sit there criticizing people that have the guts to try.
And you left off one point about the "Massively higher taxes" - the people are happier there than here.
Not at all, criticizing someone that is accomplishing something without experience or knowledge of the subject is silly at best, criticizing a person for committing atrocities is not the same at all.
Any progress always is accompanied by some number of failures - Googles policy of fail often fail fast is one of the best development strategies every developed.
Cool, so I am assuming you have done all these things and never has a single failure, I know NASA has never had a rocket blow up or crash...
I disagree, I believe it will become cheaper to replace/recycle than to fix.
I do believe that most of us will not benefit and will devolve into some form of subclass and only the upper class with benefit. The rich will no longer need worker bees to make them money, so they will move away from employee based operations into totally automated production of things they want.
Japan is building an autonomous letter farm in a building. Autonomous taxis are now operational in controlled locations. Fast food chains are evaluating autonomous fast food stores. Significant use of robotics in manufacturing has been reality for years. Significant automation in farming and harvesting has been a reality for years.
Sorry, you are wrong, and change always happens faster than expected. It is not always the change that is expected, but change none the less.
And there is no economic model to tell us how that is going to work. But, not far in the future - many of us will see it, if we don't kill ourselves off first, all manual labor will be automated. And soon after that there will be no labor required to produce any products - production and distribution will be totally automated. At that point labor will have no value and our world economy will cease to exist.
This may come as a shock to you, but there is such a thing as copyright. Apple can not release anyones source code without their permission.
Whether or not the tax breaks were illegal, Apple simply paid what the Irish government told them to pay, so as far I am concerned the EU can pound sand.
I believe Apple has replied "You can have your back taxes or you can have our jobs - but not both."
Good for them.
A drone is a musical tone played by some musicians while practicing to improve intonation.
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I am no sure I understand your comment - since there would be not much point in "trying" a proven experiment...
The next step in evolution of the human race is uploading our minds and leaving these frail organic bodies behind.
Is the cost of the extinction of the human race included in the cost analysis?
So what if there is abuse? If the end result is a cost savings to society and an improvement in the life of most involved why not? I constantly hear this from conservative friends that we can not allow people to abuse the system - look at the people selling food stamps to buy drugs - OMG! when the fact is that a very small percentage do abuse the system while the vast majority are helped by it.
It has always fascinated me how even a single instance of welfare fraud is unacceptable, but multiple executions of innocent individuals is an acceptable cost to getting the bad guys.
They could have saved their money, as usual Steve JObs was ahead of his time and created NEXT Step years ago.
"Sorry Apple, but your IPad is not the killer product you thought it was. Beyond the usual fanboys nobody is interested, not just in your iPad, but in any tablet. Laptops do everything the iPad can do much better except as a convenient way to surf the web and if thats all you need the iPad to do you can get a a Netbook for the price of a takeaway that will do it equally well and have a 5 year battery life on top."
Didn't you post this same thing a few years ago!
Seriously, click bait much? Yes, it is a large find, but at 8 BCF/year it is about 6 or 7 years of supply, that is NOT a game changer for humanity, that is a game changer for the people that will make a fortune rationing it out until we run out of helium.
They are not genuinely stupid, they have to take pills.
There is a company working on (selling?) robots to help with elderly in assisted living situations. The robots are able to emote and express compassion. They seem to work well and in general are well accepted by shut in's.
PLEASE anything but PASCAL.
Basic, Swift, even Python or PHP is okay. The point is to teach how to solve the problem and the language is just another tool.
The issue is coders are not what I traditionally called "programmers" - they are two different critters. Back in the day (before I retired) we call coders "code slingers" and hired a bunch to implement all the boring things the programmers and designers and architects spec'd.
Huh? I am running that suite on EL Capitan and have no problems. Go back to your bridge troll...
A company is offering a service. If you don't want the service, don't buy it. You do not have right to internet access... in this country.
If you want such a right, then vote for it, wait with the poor little me baby whining at Slashdot.
Which country are you living in? The US averages $0.10/KWH and Germany Averages $0.15/KWH. Where I am in Florida it is $0.12/KWH.
But, thanks for playing, and exaggerating.