Remember the reaction on warrantless wiretapping in the USA? Well, me neither, as there was no noteworthy public reaction.
Noteworthy is the key word. Who notes it? The mainstream media oligarchy writes the story and determines what counts as history. The vast majority of the public is probably unaware of much of what has been happening, or is too busy to do anything. The fat controllers almost have it in the bag; lawmakers, media, law enforcement. But, in the end, would the military turn against its own people?
There is a groundswell of discontent rising and it will inevitably reach a breaking point. I suspect though that governments are more than ready for this and can deal with it swiftly.
In other words, I haven't even had a chance to vote either for or against any of the three major levels of government that can make "official" rules that affect me today. They may be official on pretty headed paper, but they've no more ethical basis than a third world dictator.
What I think is the scariest thing is the thought that statements like yours might one day attract the eye of the spying government and get people into trouble.
I remember during a visit to the former USSR, talking to a woman who spent 10 years in a Soviet labour camp. She was 16, working in a bakery that had sold out of bread. Another woman demanded a loaf of bread and she said "Go ask Stalin for your bread, 'cause he didn't send us any flour." That statement alone resulted in her imprisonment, torture and almost her death.
Now if she could have said that and remained anonymous, then she would have been ok.
For now the majority here on Slashdot, i.e. left-wingers, are letting the tinfoil hat minority take jabs at the government, but only because Bush is in office. But when Hillary is elected, they're going to come down hard on anyone with the audacity to do this. I think you underestimate the size of the said minority, its intelligence and rather apolitical stance. You point but one finger, yet three of your own fingers are pointing back at you.
Everything that TG Daily describes sounds like Skulltrail PCs will be very limited in availability and insanely expensive To be purchased using US taxpayer money out of the intelligence budget, no doubt. If only they used these things for good instead of evil.
Yes, but you can transport them on a large nuclear submarine and quietly lay them down by your enemies coastlines. Say 20 of these 100Mt bad boys and you got yourself a nice man made tsunami. No need to fly around or expose the launch... Reminds me of a conspiracy theory I read about the recent big tsunami, actually, based on a few odd blips that appeared on the seismograph just before the big shake... probably was the librarian tapping her pen on the desk nearby... but you know what they say about pens.
You can have my anonymity when you pry it from my cold dead hands! This is a good comment, it's not off-topic, and is indeed the reason why many experts will choose not to contribute to a wiki that reveals their identity.
Because this isn't a rant about a deliberately crippled piece of software like the Windows Firewall. It's about a possible bug. Still, nobody's denying that Apple has a pretty strange record of denial, cover up and failure to fix when it comes to some problems. Apple is also in bed with DRM to some extent, which pisses everyone off.
We shall see if this develops into a "haha", for example, if Apple says this is a feature not a failure, or some other crap like we get from Microsoft so often.
Well for specifics, the W-class trams have been fitted with magnetic track brakes which act as generators, and as far as i know the newer (Siemens) D1 and D2 trams have the same braking principle. In the past this excess energy from braking was released as heat without contribution to the electricity grid. My source was an employee of the tram companies in Melbourne, but I can't confirm if it really is used to save energy in Melbourne. In other words, the trams are capable and designed to do this, but now that I've looked I can't find a written source to verify that they actually are doing this in Melbourne.
My memory of this is a little fuzzy, but it seems like my vinyl records produced superior Wow and Flutter to anything I've ever heard from a CD Despair not, for in the next Vista Service Pack, any pirated music you have will be played back with the to-be-patented Vinyl Downgrade. You heard it right baby, the Flutter and Wow is Now.
But a tram runs on rails which mean it always follows a known route rather precisely and can therefore be supplied with electricity directly... No batteries required.
Currently, many tram systems (for example, Melbourne, Berlin) do generate electricity when braking, giving back electricity to the tram network and helping to save some energy, if another tram happens to be accelerating or running at the time.
However, if a tram is on a regional route and far from any other trams, such as at a late hour, this energy is wasted.
Using flywheels and other mechanical devices has been tried but is dangerous and expensive.
This battery device would greatly increase the efficiency of trams.
It won't make you dinner or rub your feet, but nearly one in four Americans say that the Internet can serve as a substitute for a significant other for some period of time Is that because the internet is full of women who can't cook or do foot massages?
I can see it now... our proverbial third-world-teenager spending a sunny morning writing a slashdot journal in the shade of his cow. As he types, he notices his coffee is too strong.. no matter, a couple of squeezes of the cow and the espresso is an instant latte.
Later that evening he is having a romantic chat with his girlfriend in the next village. Things get intense and the low power warning comes on her laptop. They are cut off as a great big cowpat soils his keyboard.
(I could have gone further, but hey, this is a family show, right?)
opposed to a ball and some paddles... I can think of an idea for a very successful game involving paddles which would be even MORE successful if it was in shiny, pretty 3D;)
Will they let you buy a cheap upgrade from vista? I'm just at the partition manager for my Gutsy Ubuntu installer wondering should i wipe vista or keep.
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Noteworthy is the key word. Who notes it? The mainstream media oligarchy writes the story and determines what counts as history. The vast majority of the public is probably unaware of much of what has been happening, or is too busy to do anything. The fat controllers almost have it in the bag; lawmakers, media, law enforcement. But, in the end, would the military turn against its own people?
There is a groundswell of discontent rising and it will inevitably reach a breaking point. I suspect though that governments are more than ready for this and can deal with it swiftly.
What I think is the scariest thing is the thought that statements like yours might one day attract the eye of the spying government and get people into trouble.
I remember during a visit to the former USSR, talking to a woman who spent 10 years in a Soviet labour camp. She was 16, working in a bakery that had sold out of bread. Another woman demanded a loaf of bread and she said "Go ask Stalin for your bread, 'cause he didn't send us any flour." That statement alone resulted in her imprisonment, torture and almost her death.
Now if she could have said that and remained anonymous, then she would have been ok.
Usually? So sometimes it's not necessary. Interesting. Solar production is also a pretty cool idea. We could have two suns!
I know I'm being a troll.. but I couldn't help it this time.
Because this isn't a rant about a deliberately crippled piece of software like the Windows Firewall. It's about a possible bug. Still, nobody's denying that Apple has a pretty strange record of denial, cover up and failure to fix when it comes to some problems. Apple is also in bed with DRM to some extent, which pisses everyone off.
We shall see if this develops into a "haha", for example, if Apple says this is a feature not a failure, or some other crap like we get from Microsoft so often.
Well for specifics, the W-class trams have been fitted with magnetic track brakes which act as generators, and as far as i know the newer (Siemens) D1 and D2 trams have the same braking principle. In the past this excess energy from braking was released as heat without contribution to the electricity grid. My source was an employee of the tram companies in Melbourne, but I can't confirm if it really is used to save energy in Melbourne. In other words, the trams are capable and designed to do this, but now that I've looked I can't find a written source to verify that they actually are doing this in Melbourne.
Sorry about that.
Currently, many tram systems (for example, Melbourne, Berlin) do generate electricity when braking, giving back electricity to the tram network and helping to save some energy, if another tram happens to be accelerating or running at the time.
However, if a tram is on a regional route and far from any other trams, such as at a late hour, this energy is wasted.
Using flywheels and other mechanical devices has been tried but is dangerous and expensive.
This battery device would greatly increase the efficiency of trams.
.. that has got to be a terribly painful experience. I saw a fish get googled once... yuuuuck!
Having a cow nearby might just be enough to make internet relationships that little bit more real.
I can see it now
Later that evening he is having a romantic chat with his girlfriend in the next village. Things get intense and the low power warning comes on her laptop. They are cut off as a great big cowpat soils his keyboard.
(I could have gone further, but hey, this is a family show, right?)
Nah, it just means that you guys in the US will have to keep living the American DRM.
Maybe the patents relate to SanDisk's methods of producing an inferior product at a lower price, which the competitors are hoping to do also.
EA? They aren't even into Softcore. What would they know about Hardcore?.
I collect baseball fields. Currently I can fit 0.0000000012 baseball fields on a flash drive, how many can I fit onto one of these?
I used to collect Libraries of Congress, but after the first one I couldn't find any others.
The best way to popularize string, apart from having a theory about it, is to have a slogan.. like this selection by the Goodies:
Or of course, the song:
String, string, string, stringEverybody loves string!
String, string, string, string
Everybody needs string!
Pull on your pants
Slip on your vest
Everyone agrees
String is best!
String, string, string, string
Everybody loves string!
The Goodies were ahead of their time... if there is such a thing as time.
Will they let you buy a cheap upgrade from vista? I'm just at the partition manager for my Gutsy Ubuntu installer wondering should i wipe vista or keep.
Allow or Deny?