Maybe it's just me, but the formation of planets around their respective stars seems LOGICAL more than a statistical improbability. The universe is messy, and there's a LOT of extra junk kicked out during the formation of stars. That's not including all that stuff out there that's NOT glowing (though: not dark matter...I'm still talking normal matter here) that might be caught in the gravitational slings of their closest large neighbor.
My point is: there's an awful lot that goes on in ANY system for us to assume we're a special case. MY prediction is that while sentience may be LESS probable, the formation of planets and large rocky bodies seems a no-brainer (and every week more observations seem to strengthen this contention.)
This is probably a stupid question as I live on the other side of the country and have only been to CA once, but do the majority of people that work in Silicon Valley actually live there? It's probably a misconception but I've always been under the impression that A) the traffic is horrible out there, B) everyone commutes and C) it's really chock full o' businesses. I don't really know how residential (vs. industrial / commercial) that area is.
You can set up ANYTHING that has an RSS feed, there are modules (gmodules.com, though the root homepage defaults to google.com,) there is integration with gmail, google calendar, notepad, pages...I'm sure there's a plugin for just about any other site/function you want. I have not gone to yahoo.com with the sole exception of tracking my OWN site's search rankings since I discovered that page.
Or maybe we could grow interfaces so that electrical energy can be converted directly into mechanical energy. We'd wear a belt that goes around our waists from which we plug a cord into the wall, electricity would flow in, we'd never need to move a muscle or eat again and we'd be super fit!
Never mind, I doubt the patent office would approve...
And I don't see Y! NOT covering their tracks in any contract signed. That's not to say they wouldn't ax some open source programs, but maybe if those who really care about those applications make enough stink before the ink is dry, something can be done about it.
I distinctly remember playing 3 games on an Apple IIe:
Number Munchers - Puzzle game where you solve answers by eating the appropriate number
Lode Runner - Puzzle game where you have to collect all the coins to open the door to exit the level
Head of the Class - A pre-Jeopardy Jeopardy where the more questions you got right the further up the classroom you'd sit.
Ahhh the games of my youth, those three games were the FIRST video games I'd ever played!
I am a social, casual gamer. I submit the N64 as the greatest console of all time. No such thing as calling online play "multiplayer." I remember the days of me, 3 of my best friends, a bottle of JD, a few packages of Penguin mints and a 2-night bender where all we did for 60 hours straight was eat, drink, stay awake (thank you caffeine!) and throw the controllers at each other in fits of rage.
Goldeneye, Mario Tennis, Smash Brothers, Mario Party 1-3 and Mario Kart...we didn't need anything else.
Well there were a lot of things a bit crazy about Litvinenko's death. For instance, the amount of Polonium used to kill him would have cost over a $million US in the toxicity/form it was found in. It's been pretty much determined that it was done by the KGB (Andrei Lugovoi to be exact,) and was basically their way of saying "give up our secrets and we'll fuck you up in the most overt yet esoteric way possible." It was simply used to scare anyone else into NOT messing around with Russia and its secrets.
More closely emulating TV I'm in both the Joost and Hulu betas. Joost might be out of beta now... Anyway, Joost focuses more on providing exclusive/unique content in a streaming and TV-like environment. Joost uses its own application and has a pretty snazzy interface. Hulu is more like a YouTube of TV shows where specific shows (including Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Office, etc...) are streamed on demand, but that at certain intervals during the show you're forced to watch a 30 or 60 second commercial. It's entirely webpage based but does do full-screen video. I ended up watching the first few episodes of the Tin Man, got myself hooked. Also got to finally watch all the Firefly's thanks to Hulu!
Honestly, between those two services and (ahem) other-services-that-rhyme-with-fittorrent (ahem), my roomie canceled our subscription to cable TV... We simply don't need it as we can watch anything we want to within a few seconds (or at most hours) of us wanting to see it.
Technically the Soviet Union beat us all to the surface. To be even more frank, the ESA has since made it to Titan, a moon around Saturn, a planet 6 times further away...
Sorry man I'm proud to be an American but I've never been impressed with our space program...
I wish they had actually done it in pieces though. There is way too much story (let alone the humor) lost in trying to cram everything into such a short window... A trilogy would have been nice.
However, if people DID suddenly decide that they were going to use it every day...and they couldn't handle capacity then there would be a breach of contract on the part of the service provider (or gym, in this analogy.) I'd imagine the gym wouldn't fare well in a legal battle at that point...
Point is, don't sell what you can't provide. Statistics of course can give you a little padding but you don't book 3 times the amount of seats for a plane...
You know, I've been hearing that Hubble is on it's last legs now for years but it always seems to bounce back due to SOME intervention every time. I guess until it happens OR its successor is in place I won't be convinced that it's on its way out.
My prediction: the Hubble Telescope will be decommissioned the same week Duke Nukem Forever is released.
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I second that motion. I noticed it a few weeks back and I'm a twcny.rr.com resident!
So a shitload could be null too?
I know, right? At least the exe would give me a few minutes of entertainment...
My guess: you found this article using a Google alert?
Maybe it's just me, but the formation of planets around their respective stars seems LOGICAL more than a statistical improbability. The universe is messy, and there's a LOT of extra junk kicked out during the formation of stars. That's not including all that stuff out there that's NOT glowing (though: not dark matter...I'm still talking normal matter here) that might be caught in the gravitational slings of their closest large neighbor.
My point is: there's an awful lot that goes on in ANY system for us to assume we're a special case. MY prediction is that while sentience may be LESS probable, the formation of planets and large rocky bodies seems a no-brainer (and every week more observations seem to strengthen this contention.)
This is probably a stupid question as I live on the other side of the country and have only been to CA once, but do the majority of people that work in Silicon Valley actually live there? It's probably a misconception but I've always been under the impression that A) the traffic is horrible out there, B) everyone commutes and C) it's really chock full o' businesses. I don't really know how residential (vs. industrial / commercial) that area is.
My homepage is: http://www.google.com/ig
You can set up ANYTHING that has an RSS feed, there are modules (gmodules.com, though the root homepage defaults to google.com,) there is integration with gmail, google calendar, notepad, pages...I'm sure there's a plugin for just about any other site/function you want.
I have not gone to yahoo.com with the sole exception of tracking my OWN site's search rankings since I discovered that page.
That's what SHE said!
Or maybe we could grow interfaces so that electrical energy can be converted directly into mechanical energy. We'd wear a belt that goes around our waists from which we plug a cord into the wall, electricity would flow in, we'd never need to move a muscle or eat again and we'd be super fit!
Never mind, I doubt the patent office would approve...
If they are selling at below cost, doesn't that mean that competition is working?
or...I can't even read the summary... Ignore my post!
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1.25 = 5/4, not 3/4 or 4/3rds even... How is this relevant?
And I don't see Y! NOT covering their tracks in any contract signed. That's not to say they wouldn't ax some open source programs, but maybe if those who really care about those applications make enough stink before the ink is dry, something can be done about it.
http://www.eztv.it/ EZTV already did...
I distinctly remember playing 3 games on an Apple IIe:
Number Munchers - Puzzle game where you solve answers by eating the appropriate number
Lode Runner - Puzzle game where you have to collect all the coins to open the door to exit the level
Head of the Class - A pre-Jeopardy Jeopardy where the more questions you got right the further up the classroom you'd sit.
Ahhh the games of my youth, those three games were the FIRST video games I'd ever played!
iPod : MP3 Player :: Kleenex : Tissue :: Band-Aid: Bandage :: Coke : Soda
Point is, the brand is now synonymous with the product now for most Luddites. There are a lot more of them than there are you and I...
I am a social, casual gamer. I submit the N64 as the greatest console of all time. No such thing as calling online play "multiplayer." I remember the days of me, 3 of my best friends, a bottle of JD, a few packages of Penguin mints and a 2-night bender where all we did for 60 hours straight was eat, drink, stay awake (thank you caffeine!) and throw the controllers at each other in fits of rage.
Goldeneye, Mario Tennis, Smash Brothers, Mario Party 1-3 and Mario Kart...we didn't need anything else.
Well there were a lot of things a bit crazy about Litvinenko's death. For instance, the amount of Polonium used to kill him would have cost over a $million US in the toxicity/form it was found in. It's been pretty much determined that it was done by the KGB (Andrei Lugovoi to be exact,) and was basically their way of saying "give up our secrets and we'll fuck you up in the most overt yet esoteric way possible."
It was simply used to scare anyone else into NOT messing around with Russia and its secrets.
More closely emulating TV I'm in both the Joost and Hulu betas. Joost might be out of beta now... Anyway, Joost focuses more on providing exclusive/unique content in a streaming and TV-like environment. Joost uses its own application and has a pretty snazzy interface. Hulu is more like a YouTube of TV shows where specific shows (including Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Office, etc...) are streamed on demand, but that at certain intervals during the show you're forced to watch a 30 or 60 second commercial. It's entirely webpage based but does do full-screen video. I ended up watching the first few episodes of the Tin Man, got myself hooked. Also got to finally watch all the Firefly's thanks to Hulu!
Honestly, between those two services and (ahem) other-services-that-rhyme-with-fittorrent (ahem), my roomie canceled our subscription to cable TV... We simply don't need it as we can watch anything we want to within a few seconds (or at most hours) of us wanting to see it.
Technically the Soviet Union beat us all to the surface. To be even more frank, the ESA has since made it to Titan, a moon around Saturn, a planet 6 times further away...
Sorry man I'm proud to be an American but I've never been impressed with our space program...
Type II?
I wish they had actually done it in pieces though. There is way too much story (let alone the humor) lost in trying to cram everything into such a short window... A trilogy would have been nice.
However, if people DID suddenly decide that they were going to use it every day...and they couldn't handle capacity then there would be a breach of contract on the part of the service provider (or gym, in this analogy.) I'd imagine the gym wouldn't fare well in a legal battle at that point...
Point is, don't sell what you can't provide. Statistics of course can give you a little padding but you don't book 3 times the amount of seats for a plane...
Wow...a virus?! I have Noscript and Adblock plus in Firefox and it STILL got all the way to my Avast before aborting the connection.
You know, I've been hearing that Hubble is on it's last legs now for years but it always seems to bounce back due to SOME intervention every time. I guess until it happens OR its successor is in place I won't be convinced that it's on its way out.
My prediction: the Hubble Telescope will be decommissioned the same week Duke Nukem Forever is released.