More seriously, maybe scientists should be getting more brightly coloured floating objects and chucking them in the sea at various points. What about red for Russia (two types, one for each coast), yellow for (no I won't go there...) and various other colours for other countries. White for France...
Quite easily:
Step 1: Flip through an economic dictionary to find 10-15 words thathave at least ten letters each.
Step 2: Write these words into a paragraph that with correct spelling and grammar. This paragraph does not have to be comprehendable.
Step 3: Submit paragraph to slashdot.
Step 4: Profit!
For that reason, this will be unlikely to have a large impact on corrective surgery, however this could make genetic manipulation a lot easier on zygote. If base-pairs between DNA strands could be manipulated individually and precisely, controlled genetic mutation could become feasible in the future.
Here's an example for you: imagine you are sitting there working away on a video project. After stopping for a break, your OS pops up with a small alert box asking you if you'd like the PC to roll into adaptive mode. You select yes and the OS begins to learn, as you work, what your needs are.
You go to open your video project again after lunch and almost immediately, you find that the program feels more in tune and responsive to your needs. On the second monitor, you discover a virtual palette of all the editing tools you use the most. No longer are you being forced to locate the editing tools you need from some arcane menu. No, instead your PC has done the work for you with no interaction on your part whatsoever. Sounds interesting? Just wait, it gets weirder...
Am I the only one who objects to technology following this path? Unfortunately, I have to use MS Office on a semi-regular basis and I absolutely hate the so-called 'user friendly adaptive technology' included in it, and the the way it automatically capitalises words, 'corrects' spelling, and misaligns objects.
Why? Because I want to do my OWN thing. I want to customise and fine tune my work to the way I want it. I don't want to have to conform to the standards that are most commonly observed in customer feedback reports. So what if I'm using the the software in a way not forseen by Billy Gates, Steve Ballmer and an army of overpaid consumer research suits.
I also have some questions: *At what point does the PC take over and do everything for you? *When does the user become obsolete? *Where should the line drawn where we force people to learn about the computer instead of vice versa? *When do the MIBs take me away and neuralise me for stumbling upon their secret plot?
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So flying over other countries with nukes on board is okay, but its not back home?
HAL: I don't like it. It's no fun going out on patrol and being ordered into an area to see if you draw any enemy fire. The human can be replaced.
Anyone for a Fox news wiki?
*blah blah* Octosquid Overlords *blah blah*
White for France...
For those who don't know, Los Alamos is a nuclear weapons laboratory in New Mexico.
If the big fuss about global warming has any substance to it, we only have ~200 years to get off this rock before we are all screwed.
Kudos to the first person to moon one of these!
For a moment there I thought the page title said 'The real impact of the Elbonian Cyberattack'. Glad thats cleared up!
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And how exactly does this class as a shield?
Are they being built by Dells laptop division?
But does a blind person see in VR?
Looking at those pictures - I'll take my chances with the rocket thank you very much.
Big red button: must press. Oops!
Quite easily: Step 1: Flip through an economic dictionary to find 10-15 words thathave at least ten letters each. Step 2: Write these words into a paragraph that with correct spelling and grammar. This paragraph does not have to be comprehendable. Step 3: Submit paragraph to slashdot. Step 4: Profit!
You just posted on slashdot, you don't have a wife!
To fix it of course. Repeat after me: Google is not evil. Google is your friend.
For that reason, this will be unlikely to have a large impact on corrective surgery, however this could make genetic manipulation a lot easier on zygote. If base-pairs between DNA strands could be manipulated individually and precisely, controlled genetic mutation could become feasible in the future.
Whats next, DRM on its anti-linux lawsuits?
They missed www.realultimatepower.net/
Why? Because I want to do my OWN thing. I want to customise and fine tune my work to the way I want it. I don't want to have to conform to the standards that are most commonly observed in customer feedback reports. So what if I'm using the the software in a way not forseen by Billy Gates, Steve Ballmer and an army of overpaid consumer research suits.
I also have some questions:
*At what point does the PC take over and do everything for you?
*When does the user become obsolete?
*Where should the line drawn where we force people to learn about the computer instead of vice versa?
*When do the MIBs take me away and neuralise me for stumbling upon their secret plot?