if every idea was protected forever, that would eventually create a legal minefield for anyone trying to publish something new. they'd have to go through ages of creations to check if anything remotely resembled their own, and it'll only grow as more people find gaps. eventually, you'll need someone specialized in finding these gaps to assist you while you create. is that your dream world? it isn't mine.
there's another few options: the ad-makers could make their ads less obnoxious, and google could make their ad service reject anything too annoying.
not that it changes anything, of course. i just wanted to add something useful to my message of "oh drat, i needed to login and four other people said exactly what i wanted to say too!"
*groan* you DON'T want to see the internet personified, alright? think of things like goatse. tubgirl. 4chan! it'll be a giant malformed kitten mooning us all while spouting profanities from all corners of the world.
in a tux. giving the acceptance speech.
thanks for that image, i'ma go get the mindbleach now.
uhm.. no photonic transistors yet? from wikipedia: "A completely optical computer requires that one light beam can turn another on and off. This was first achieved with the photonic transistor, invented in 1989 at the Rocky Mountain Research Center"
of course, it could be some vandalism or something..
something about train staff uniforms. wearing anything over it, including a cross on a necklace, was wrong though wearing anything beside it, like a muslim headscarf thing (forgot the name) is okay.
hey.. that logic can apply to all sorts of companies. awesome! let's go tell the RIAA!
also, this kind of post up there.. ^ is why slashdot needs a "+1 pure WIN" option.
good point.. although i like the screen to be a decent size too. a roll-up laptop would be awesome and i've been hoping for something like this for a while.
having a decent-sized keyboard on a portable device you can stuff in your backpack?
i know it'd be great. no more lugging around huge laptop cases, a simple cylinder you can tuck somewhere will do.
i wasn't about the compass being simple, but the implementation. the compass could be gps-driven for all i care. besides, you don't want to rely on something like this for precision jobs unless you can somehow get the data digitally instead of the analogue way i described.
naw, i meant the "Just gotta know how to give 'em a chance to show you how they're smart". you make it sound like there's something special you can do to figure out who's smart. as far as i know, you can only find out by talking to them.. or, you know.. giving them a little challenge, but yeah:P
if you could enlighten me, i'd be very grateful. i've been trying to find someone who's got the same kind of odd mind as i do for years. pretty please?
well, a simple compass would be easy: you just wire the feedback to the nerve to how close you point your arm to the north. eventually, you'll be able to feel the other directions simply by familiarity with those specific amounts of feeling.
would mod this up if i had mod points. he's right: tasers and wiretapping seemed relatively harmless at first too until they started using it on everyone.
"everyone" only being applied to a fairly small subset of our community, of course. point is, i don't trust it.
lots of surface area means it'd burn quickly, if it's made of a substance that'll burn in the first place. it's algae... i think it will. flamethrower fuel or new type of fire bomb? soak it in some kind of oxidizer, and you'll have quite a flash fire.
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if every idea was protected forever, that would eventually create a legal minefield for anyone trying to publish something new. they'd have to go through ages of creations to check if anything remotely resembled their own, and it'll only grow as more people find gaps. eventually, you'll need someone specialized in finding these gaps to assist you while you create. is that your dream world? it isn't mine.
there's another few options: the ad-makers could make their ads less obnoxious, and google could make their ad service reject anything too annoying.
not that it changes anything, of course. i just wanted to add something useful to my message of "oh drat, i needed to login and four other people said exactly what i wanted to say too!"
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*groan* you DON'T want to see the internet personified, alright? think of things like goatse. tubgirl. 4chan!
it'll be a giant malformed kitten mooning us all while spouting profanities from all corners of the world.
in a tux.
giving the acceptance speech.
thanks for that image, i'ma go get the mindbleach now.
uhm.. no photonic transistors yet?
from wikipedia: "A completely optical computer requires that one light beam can turn another on and off. This was first achieved with the photonic transistor, invented in 1989 at the Rocky Mountain Research Center"
of course, it could be some vandalism or something..
something about train staff uniforms. wearing anything over it, including a cross on a necklace, was wrong though wearing anything beside it, like a muslim headscarf thing (forgot the name) is okay.
well, at least half the population isn't doing it, so it can't be that easy!
and if you're having a party, think of decapizza
(not pizzas. it's centimeter, not centimeters)
about two tiems and a short lol to the moon. more or less.
*wishes for a +1, weird but amusing*
oh dear. anything about any os.. or any console.. or any law..
i see what you mean. my post would be the first to deserve one for even bringing it up :P
hey.. that logic can apply to all sorts of companies. awesome! let's go tell the RIAA! also, this kind of post up there.. ^ is why slashdot needs a "+1 pure WIN" option.
good point.. although i like the screen to be a decent size too. a roll-up laptop would be awesome and i've been hoping for something like this for a while.
having a decent-sized keyboard on a portable device you can stuff in your backpack? i know it'd be great. no more lugging around huge laptop cases, a simple cylinder you can tuck somewhere will do.
i wasn't about the compass being simple, but the implementation. the compass could be gps-driven for all i care. besides, you don't want to rely on something like this for precision jobs unless you can somehow get the data digitally instead of the analogue way i described.
naw, i meant the "Just gotta know how to give 'em a chance to show you how they're smart". you make it sound like there's something special you can do to figure out who's smart. as far as i know, you can only find out by talking to them.. or, you know.. giving them a little challenge, but yeah :P
if you could enlighten me, i'd be very grateful. i've been trying to find someone who's got the same kind of odd mind as i do for years. pretty please?
well, a simple compass would be easy: you just wire the feedback to the nerve to how close you point your arm to the north. eventually, you'll be able to feel the other directions simply by familiarity with those specific amounts of feeling.
ah, they can rebuild it. they have the technology! in other news: OUCH!
i know it's not user-friendly, but you can look at the filenames of the icons to find out what they mean. just so you know :)
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Everything law enforcement does is in "good faith".
[pissedoffatgovnment] that's just because too many people have good faith in the police [/pissedoffatgovnment]
nothing to see here, move along. i just have some karma to burn.
would mod this up if i had mod points. he's right: tasers and wiretapping seemed relatively harmless at first too until they started using it on everyone. "everyone" only being applied to a fairly small subset of our community, of course. point is, i don't trust it.
send some robots along. everyone knows robot beats ninja...
oh thanks.. now i'll have an image of some crude kind of masturbation toy in my head all evening. ew..
UKanian? ;)
lots of surface area means it'd burn quickly, if it's made of a substance that'll burn in the first place. it's algae... i think it will. flamethrower fuel or new type of fire bomb? soak it in some kind of oxidizer, and you'll have quite a flash fire.