Well Nasa is full of egg heads. We all know smart people have no common sense, which could have been used to save all that money! And of course it isn't broken. Hey, the baby boomer generation are almost all out. The next generation is almost fully embedded in the societal ranks to help bring some changes to the country. We just need the government to get rid of the old timers and put the next generation in so it can actually happen. Change won't happen until they are gone, no matter how hard anyone tries.

Like I said, I use both and don't care which stays because I'm competent enough to use both. The metric system still won't be adopted in America for decades. I'd be willing to wager the next number system used here will be a completely new one. A change could revitalize he economy of the US with all the work it would create changing everything. Billions would need to be spent to make it happen...wait, that's how to fix the economy! I think we've just stumbled into something brilliant! >> ^gwiz665:

Like I said before: only in America.
Miscalculations are prevalent when both systems are in place, exactly because of the way you describe - you just punch in the numbers and change the units - you just cost nasa $175 mil, because it wasn't clear which was used.
"If it ain't broken, don't fix it" Sure, but it's fucking broken!
We need the old generation that cling to this to die out, so new people can come along and bring a whole new wave of rebirth to your country - because if it continues this way, it won't exist for long!
>> ^Sigh:
The only reason metric was adopted in Europe was so everyone could count on their fingers and toes.
To the actual topic, what's the difference with how computers are in almost every aspect of life. Calculations done by hand are a thing of the past. The only thing people are interested in is the answer. If a scientist is working in his lab and something comes out in feet and inches, he uses that. If its in meters, he uses that. You think he cares what his measurements units are? No. He cares about the results. Saying miscalculations are more prevalent in computers using non-metric systems would be as dumb as this argument.
If computers didn't run our lives metric would make sense. I'm an engineer, base 10 systems exist everywhere around us and I use it everyday. Why did feet and inches survive? Computers. If I have something measured in inches, I put the inches into the computer and change the units. Does it make it harder for me to hit enter to get my answer? Not at all.
If armageddon comes and sends us back to the stone age maybe metric will be used everywhere. It's not about stubbornness. It's about a lack of caring. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Since everyone in the US mainly uses it, they won't change it. If they did change it, aside from making new tape measures and thermometers, it wouldn't make a difference. Life would go on. You think people are going to buy new tape measures and thermometers just because some frog says so? Think again.
From another applied standpoint, buildings, roads and almost all construction is based off the Imperial system. Sheetrock is 4 feet, studs in a wall are made to fit this. Ceiling, 2x4s and roof supports are all made based on this system. That's another change of an entire industry of materials.
Practical application does not outweigh financial investment. At least not in today's world.

Like I said before: only in America.

Miscalculations are prevalent when both systems are in place, exactly because of the way you describe - you just punch in the numbers and change the units - you just cost nasa $175 mil, because it wasn't clear which was used.

"If it ain't broken, don't fix it" Sure, but it's fucking broken!

We need the old generation that cling to this to die out, so new people can come along and bring a whole new wave of rebirth to your country - because if it continues this way, it won't exist for long!

>> ^Sigh:

The only reason metric was adopted in Europe was so everyone could count on their fingers and toes.
To the actual topic, what's the difference with how computers are in almost every aspect of life. Calculations done by hand are a thing of the past. The only thing people are interested in is the answer. If a scientist is working in his lab and something comes out in feet and inches, he uses that. If its in meters, he uses that. You think he cares what his measurements units are? No. He cares about the results. Saying miscalculations are more prevalent in computers using non-metric systems would be as dumb as this argument.
If computers didn't run our lives metric would make sense. I'm an engineer, base 10 systems exist everywhere around us and I use it everyday. Why did feet and inches survive? Computers. If I have something measured in inches, I put the inches into the computer and change the units. Does it make it harder for me to hit enter to get my answer? Not at all.
If armageddon comes and sends us back to the stone age maybe metric will be used everywhere. It's not about stubbornness. It's about a lack of caring. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Since everyone in the US mainly uses it, they won't change it. If they did change it, aside from making new tape measures and thermometers, it wouldn't make a difference. Life would go on. You think people are going to buy new tape measures and thermometers just because some frog says so? Think again.
From another applied standpoint, buildings, roads and almost all construction is based off the Imperial system. Sheetrock is 4 feet, studs in a wall are made to fit this. Ceiling, 2x4s and roof supports are all made based on this system. That's another change of an entire industry of materials.
Practical application does not outweigh financial investment. At least not in today's world.

They were a new wave band in 1985
>> ^Zyrxil:

WTF is "Unlawful Photography"?

During an interview with French TV, Robert Smith explained Cure's decision to wearing dresses. He said Indochine, a French new wave band, mimicked everything the Cure did, so they wanted to find out if Indochine would wear dresses too.

hey bud.
i figured i would run this by you first considering this your site.
now that i am ruby and can make a channel i dont want to make some redundant channel but one that will actually be used.
i am thinking electronica for a few reasons:
1.we dont have one
2.while it is a sub-genre of music it does give the ability to specify WHAT kind of music.
3.electronica covers a broad range of music and if we consider that synthesizers started in the late 50's and early sixties the channel will have a pretty large potential to actually be used.
examples:
steve miller band-fly like an eagle-electronica/classic rock
flock of seagulls-i ran-electronica/new wave
pink flowd-several different species of furry animals gathered together in a cave grooving with a pic-electronica/acid rock
NIN-wish-electronica/industrial/punk
sasha and digweed-remake of enjoy the silence-electronica/techno/trance

i could really go on forever but any music that uses a synthesizer,samples,loops,digitized media to create music with or without organic instruments would fall under this category.considering that farhad,myself,stingray,eklek and volumptuous all have a pretty large archive of electronica i dont feel the channel would be empty by any stretch.
i noticed you have a vote up for the community to vote on possible channels.that is a good idea.i will be voting yes but i still would like to hear your thoughts on my suggestion.
thanks in advance.
till next time.
namaste.

*edit* ok..blankie changed my mind.i voted no he is spot on.

>> ^videosiftbannedme:
>> ^Sarzy:
It's tacky. Definitely not art.

Not to get into a pissing match with you, but it is art. I see a representation of color, form, contrast, use of space, etc. used to provoke a thought or feeling.
You may not like it, tacky as it may be to you. I don't care for graffiti, but it's art, nonetheless. So is this.


Well, I suppose you are right, in that you can argue that anything that calls itself art is art. But I still find this tacky and condescending. It's obviously trying to go for a French New Wave sort of vibe, but in the clunkiest way imaginable. I don't think it has any more artistic merit than something like that Seinfeld porn knock-off someone made a while back, but that's just my opinion.

>> ^Psychologic:
^spoco2:
It really has so few uses it begs the question why would you actually want one?
Well, I'd probably prefer this over physical books (depending on pixel size). It sounds more like a Kindle replacement than anything so far.
It's thin and light, so it would fit in a briefcase nicely. Apple has never been the company for people on a budget. If $600 were a small sum of money for me then I would consider buying one (after playing with one at a store first). I doubt it would replace my netbook though.


My issue is really this though... I like my phone to do lots of extra stuff... surf the web, play games, play video etc. etc. because I have to carry it around anyway and in my pocket no less... so why not have it do lots of extra stuff. For ANYTHING else it better have some pretty darn stellar extra functionality to make me want to lug it around in a bag.

Now, this eBook Reading lark. I'm not onboard myself, still love actual books, read them every morning/night on the train to/from work... love them... I know lots of people love electronic books... but I really do love having book shelves with real honest to goodness books.

But I'm obviously not part of this 'new wave' of e book readers. But if I was I don't think I'd want to have one that is running a backlit screen with only 10 hours of battery life just to read a book, that seems very wasteful to me. I'd much rather have an e-ink screen that is passive most of the time.

So... I don't get it, don't know how it's going to find its market, because I don't think it has one. Plenty of the commentators are saying exactly the same thing... but who knows, maybe people do want this... me? No, everyone I've so far talked to? No... just... just has nothing going for it.

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Good discussion all. And @curiousity, I'm not totally against solar. The flexible "printer roll" stuff that NanoSolar is doing sounds really promising for instance. Just seems that weighing all factors- environment/cost/energy produced/space required - new wave nuclear takes the cake.

@TheFreak - I'm with you man- you're backing up pretty much everything I've read on the thorium reactors and the points I was making above.

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great raise, gotta love the lords! (must admit, im too young to have been there when these great bands were around and only started enjoying postpunk/new wave/etc about two years ago. still a lot to discover in that area)

too bad queue is full
have to sift some dead boys now

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My grandmother was a big Moody Blues / Pink Floyd fan. That coupled with fond memories of rocking out to The Cars, Billy Idol and Pat Benatar with my mom when I was a youngin' has shaped much of my appreciation for rock and/or roll. It wasn't until my mom met my step dad a little later on that I was introduced to new wave and 2nd wave ska. When I got to high school, there was a big 3rd wave ska revival. Meanwhile I was rockin' the 1st wave and 2nd wave stuff, claiming to be too cool for that newer sh*t. That eventually lead to an interest in reggae music. Sublime was a very big influence on my life...

...I don't know why I like hip hop or house music. That's just random I guess.

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Ha! Nice. New Wave is back...

I would say that their style could be considered a 'new trend' only if you haven't been paying attention to (western indie-pop) music for the last 10+ years. In fact, if I had to label them I would call them new wave more than anything... there's a lot of B-52's-esque zaniness in their work!

That being said, I fucking LOVE the Saved By the Bell theme!