{straightface, dead glare} They're impossible because they don't exist. {/straightface}

I'm not sure what world you're living in, if you think reality TV is any sort of a baseline for how normal society and people think/operate.

yeah, I agree -

but if you are concerned about some given problem and ask yourself 'what can be done?' - and actually can do something about said problem... it seems really disingenuous to bring other people's actions into your personal ethical calculations. You can't just be like 'well, no one else will ever change, so I won't either - despite the fact that I want to change and it is a big deal to me that change happen!'

it's like all those social psych experiments where someone is like blatantly injured in public or something - like a grandmother falls and breaks her hip in the middle of a crosswalk - and scores of people just walk by her ignoring her because they all figure 'it isn't my problem!' or 'someone will surely help her!' and in the end she just is horribly disfigured or dies because everyone just based their own actions on what their expectations for everyone elses behavior.

illogical and stone headed for sure.

are you just trying really hard to be illogical and stone headed, or what?

who cares what the rest of the world is doing? who cares what anyone else in our part of the world is doing either, for that matter. the basis of consideration for ecological impact should always start with yourself, not your neighbor, china, elephants, or whatever. how is what anyone else is doing even relevant? once you understand that basis - ie, your own net impact on the world, measured however - you can begin worrying about other people. and by other people I mean the communities you live in, and directly impact.

if the net ecological and economic impact of you and your communities is unsustainable, it's time to make adjustments - regardless of what is happening in new york or china or wherever. being like 'well new york isn't taking a look at its net ecological impact on the world' isn't a free ticket to be a dickhead and stick your face in the sand despite being aware of the unsustainability of your own existence.

I've sort of been thinking about giving them a try - I already have a 120hz monitor (Samsung 2233rz, which is awesome. 120hz is so nice) so it wouldn't require that much effort. But, I don't know, when I saw this press release I didn't really understand how it was that much better. Is brightness a huge problem with the original glasses?

Also, how is the 3d effect in general? Even worth it? Last 3d thing I owned was the (lol) iglasses in like 1996, with an amazing resolution of like 320x200 or something ridiculous. it was fucking horrible. =/

Forgive me for being a bit undereducated on this front, but what exactly are examples of developers building open source 'cloud infrastructure'? Are there projects feasible to implement on a home server? I'd love to have a web accessible 'private cloud' to phase out my old VPN...

I always knew grandma would find the unknowable other in vast negative space...

rip grandma :(

you're missing the point. 'the record industry' qua 'entertainment promoting' is dead. it's now an unsustainable model that really noone has any interest in following. disagree? can think of a contrary example? the artist you likely have in mind is being driven by the current record industry.

google doesn't need to promote any artist - artists do that themselves. all google needs to do to close down an aging and broken shop is to offer a better distribution model, and the rest will fall into place.

thanks, but I think I'd rather bing your first first-post...

Well, shit - living in a country like that, Julian was just asking to get accused of rape...

hahahahahahaha

this is the greatest post slashdot will ever see

seriously, just shut the site down now

the project that was slashdot has ended.

Dude, they'll just google for one.

Technobabble role call :

Dilithiumcrystal
Holodeck
Tricorder
Warpspeeeeeeeeeeed

taboo. (cf. bataille, erotism: death and sensuality)

Come on, if the government has the software to sift through fathomless amounts of e-mail traffic and random data, only accessing it when it was intended for a party for which they have a fully cleared warrant, then surely they have the expensive software and know how to give us the locations of a few meteors?