Comment Re:Procrastination (Score 1) 717
Because it's not a crisis until it's a crisis. Once it's a crisis, THEN it's a crisis.
It's really that simple.
Because it's not a crisis until it's a crisis. Once it's a crisis, THEN it's a crisis.
It's really that simple.
Bet you creamed at the fact that you managed to shoehorn both 'quagmire and 'fora' into the same sentence there in an attempt to sound smart.
Maybe the poster is actually smart.
At least, you should consider the possibility.
Dreams suck.
Patenting censorship. How can this be bad?
So, Mister Ballmer, if you want to filter Chinese search engine results, you must license our patent. The license will only cost you ten schmazillion dollars.
What? The price is too high? Then I'm afraid you won't be able to legally filter your results, now will you?
What? You don't think this is a valid patent? Maybe all business process patents are invalid. Let's litigate it.
. . . and so on . . . or maybe something far less hopeful.
If you're playing the long game you only need your enemy to support you until you're strong enough to kill them without doing too much damage to yourself.
I wouldn't be surprised if China is the United States of the next century, in the same way that superpowers like England and Spain were overshadowed by the US.
No worries. The US didn't kill England or Spain and they seem to be doing well enough today.
You don't need to be a superpower to be safe, healthy, prosperous and at peace. In fact, it's easier to be at peace if you're not. Just keep your eyes open, refuse the temptation of the brass ring and enjoy your ride.
have you thought about the posibility that when robots do all the jobs that no one wants to do, productivity might increase by enough to allow all the people to live comfortably
Not to quibble, but all people could live comfortably on what we produce now. There is, unfortunately, the political problem of many people wanting to live lavishly, and a significant subset of those who are determined to live obscenely.
Real Programmers think better when playing Adventure or Rogue.