How did they count the $500m - I bet it was by adding up the retail value of all the software. Probably worth much less than a million at the prices these guys sell at.
This seems like a nice thought experiment. but really without trying it you can't tell anything. Why not do a mock up using 5 keys of a regular keyboard? Personally I'd have done the prototype and tried it before blogging about it!
No, that's for the whole rebuild including parts and labour. For that you get a couple of limbs, and eye and ear. Parts cost on the hand should be under a million.
People who would need Artificial Muscles are a small minority
Sure, but think how much more overlordly our new robotic overlords will be once they've been kitted out with durable carbon nanotube artificial muscles. I welcome this.
Now I'm going to have to find something more obscure to avoid the attentions of the malware makres... what was the name of that other one... Icemeasles?
In the faq there are certain extra rights (on top of gpl) that are granted to developers on Apple OSes, so maybe that's why they did it. Here's a little extract:
Software that is developed by any person or entity for an Apple Operating System ("Apple OS-Developed Software"), including but not limited to Apple and third party printer drivers, filters, and backends for an Apple Operating System, that is linked to the CUPS imaging library or based on any sample filters or backends provided with CUPS shall not be considered to be a derivative work or collective work based on the CUPS program and is exempt from the mandatory source code release clauses of the GNU GPL.
It's just another piece of government propaganda to keep the population scared.
I don't think so. AFAIR most likely dirty bombs would be pretty harmless, but that's not the point - People are scared of radiation (they don't need government help with that), which is what makes even a 'harmless' dirty bomb effective in terms of the panic it would cause. Not to mention the economic cost of evacuating the area and the clearing up every little scrap of radiation.
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Well, sure they won't. They're kicking the students out after one strike, so what's the point in forwarding a letter to someone who's no longer there!
I'm JOKING... I think.
That's a shame, because he's been wanting to play Kirk for quite a while now.
Unless I'm much mistaken they didn't even have a fixed phone infrastructure in the Stone Age, let along Cell Phones.
Kids these days!
Zzzzzzzzzzz..........
Well at least they can still buy and sell genitals. If LL ever shut that down... that would be a low blow.
You are new here if you're still reading right to the end of the summary.
How did they count the $500m - I bet it was by adding up the retail value of all the software. Probably worth much less than a million at the prices these guys sell at.
Really disappointing, why couldn't we have had a link to the story on a server running on an iPhone? Then maybe a video of it catching fire.
They could keep the Lust, Gluttony, Greed and maybe the Wrath, but loose the Sloth, Envy and Pride - that would speed things up.
The great thing about virtual machines is that you basically can do whatever you want with them. Things you'd normally never do to your computer.
Same as virtual girlfriends.
This seems like a nice thought experiment. but really without trying it you can't tell anything. Why not do a mock up using 5 keys of a regular keyboard? Personally I'd have done the prototype and tried it before blogging about it!
Hey, that's not a bug - it's a feature.
...just reboot and you should be fine.
I'm just surprised that increasing their chances by 10x was enough to give the customers an edge!
I don't get it, who wants to read all those comments? Aren't they just failed first post attempts?
(Including this one)
6 million dollars.
No, that's for the whole rebuild including parts and labour. For that you get a couple of limbs, and eye and ear. Parts cost on the hand should be under a million.
People who would need Artificial Muscles are a small minority
Sure, but think how much more overlordly our new robotic overlords will be once they've been kitted out with durable carbon nanotube artificial muscles. I welcome this.
Now I'm going to have to find something more obscure to avoid the attentions of the malware makres... what was the name of that other one... Icemeasles?
Genitalia is traded in real life all the time. The only thing novel about this trading in second life is that you are purchasing your own.
Umm, remind me not to go shopping with you.
One of the most frequently purchased items in Second Life is genitalia
I am pretty sure if they weren't supplied for free, that would also be the case in real life.
That summary is copyright (c) Me 2007 - take it down now, or I'm sending the lawyers round!
How many of the calls will be from Jack Thompson then?
Yea, laugh at me :(
"He mixed up Maxtor with Matrox. Idiot!"
I deserve it.
Yeah, mod GP so that more people can laugh at him! Anyway, what's a Men's magazine doing producing fibre-optic monitor extenders?
Hey, this is Slashdot! Not listening to the podcast is just as quick as not reading the article!
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It's just another piece of government propaganda to keep the population scared.
I don't think so. AFAIR most likely dirty bombs would be pretty harmless, but that's not the point - People are scared of radiation (they don't need government help with that), which is what makes even a 'harmless' dirty bomb effective in terms of the panic it would cause. Not to mention the economic cost of evacuating the area and the clearing up every little scrap of radiation.