Once the entire prison system is privatized, those "high wage" jobs will disappear as prisons become the 21st Century plantations. At that point, someone in Silicon Valley will have developed a way to automate prisoners' jobs, and the private prison system will go bankrupt. We will need to bail them out for fear that they go out of business and release all their 'customers.'
He-haw! It is much easier to go after the victims. They usually reveal themselves, so they are easy to find. They want to tell everyone agbout it, so a confession is easy. And they are a snap to prosecute, remember they are Victims! Guilt? Not-guilty? "Not my job, besides, everybody is guilty of something. After all, we are born guilty with original sin and damned without redemption."
Yes, at a depth of 1.6 kilometers the pressure is about 160 atmospheres or ~160kg/sq. cm. Liquid methane needs about 45 atmospheres at a critical temperature of about minus 88 degrees Celsius, much colder than ocean water even at that depth. Any warmer and methane becomes a gas no matter what the pressure. Methane hydrates are methane gases trapped inside frozen water that can exist at up to water's freezing point. While not a liquid, methane hydrate is compressed to about 40 times the volume of the liquid, ~1g/cm3 at zero C. BTW, it takes a lot of frozen water to trap methane, more than five times the mass of the gas.
. . not in the article, press release, or NPD's site. At one time, it was the leader. Can anyone recall seeing anything else of Microsoft going from such a top position to nowhere (Bob doesn't count)?
When I was born, America was the industrial giant of the world. Economic theory held that a positive trade balance was necessary to remain an economic power and that "consumer driven" societies were doomed to collapse under a mountain of debt. Since then, we have given up our manufacturing leadership in every area but one -- weaponry. The military industrial complex is our last big manufacturing exporter of hard goods. True we are selling death on a scale that Wall-mart might envy, but just like the Soviet Union in the 1970-80s this is what keeps us as a world power. Many might say "good riddance" to such a role, but this industry will not go down without a fight, something that is probably second nature. Many Americans will support them too. Mr. Gates may slow the acquisition of new weapons. However, it will only take one contractor selling a "latest and greatest" weapon to another country instead of US for all of that to change.
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried," Sir Winston Churchill. The Brits don't have to keep proving his point.
Microsoft may not patch the kernel to integrate MSE, but MSE sure generates a lot of extra interrupts. And the overhead of handling them is onerous. I suspect they hook into the disc I/O. That would seem like a potential vulnerability.
#1 write good code because you will someday want to look back to one thing you did 'right' (whatever that means)
#2 arrive at work immediately after your boss and leave sometime after (s)he has said 'goodbye'
#3 wake up each morning with the thought that 20 million Asians are after your job at a third the cost to your employer
#4 know that coding for someone else is like building a BMW 750Li and watching some rich guy buy it from them
#5 Ritalin is better than caffeine
#6 listen to everyone and nod appreciatively, but do what you think is right
#7 most importantly, don't pay attention to this idiot
. . . then baffle them with bullshit. Let's be honest, this problem is too complex for a group of humans to solve. Like viruses, there will always be vulnerabilities. We survived 9/11, and we would have survived with or without a new massive bureaucracy. So, why did we bother? The same reason they round up the usual suspects, tell god to bless america, or rail against injustice -- we need the release. It offers some hope, a chance to believe that there is a simple solution, pablum for the masses. By creating something so complex that no one can understand it, then no one has to explain it, and no one can break it. A conundrum locked inside a mystery wrapped in an enigma is both the impenetrable barrier and the perfect trap.
I had this problem and was told by my ENT to (1) sit in the middle of my couch (2) lean to the right till my head touched the arm (3) look up to my left (4) sit up straight (5) lean to the left till my head touched the arm (6) look up to the right (7) sit up straight. Repeat several times. Worked for me.
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Once the entire prison system is privatized, those "high wage" jobs will disappear as prisons become the 21st Century plantations. At that point, someone in Silicon Valley will have developed a way to automate prisoners' jobs, and the private prison system will go bankrupt. We will need to bail them out for fear that they go out of business and release all their 'customers.'
When you are the biggest, you are expected to make a fashion statement.
Standard on the Lexus LS460L, though not as thrilling. The Japanese auto manufacturers just don't seem to have a flare for the dramatic.
He-haw! It is much easier to go after the victims. They usually reveal themselves, so they are easy to find. They want to tell everyone agbout it, so a confession is easy. And they are a snap to prosecute, remember they are Victims! Guilt? Not-guilty? "Not my job, besides, everybody is guilty of something. After all, we are born guilty with original sin and damned without redemption."
Just a way for the government to cover-up aircraft experiments.
"Reality is an illusion, albeit a very persistent one," Albert Einstein.
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They may have a hydrogen bomb.
Not me. You let them do that, and the next thing you know they will be microwaving them.
My notes are always plagiarized, mostly song lyrics coveted by the RIAA. If they publish mine, Amazon might have to kiss their cloud goodbye.
The algae have hired a lawyer and are suing the viruses, bacteria, and MIT for patent infringement.
Yes, at a depth of 1.6 kilometers the pressure is about 160 atmospheres or ~160kg/sq. cm. Liquid methane needs about 45 atmospheres at a critical temperature of about minus 88 degrees Celsius, much colder than ocean water even at that depth. Any warmer and methane becomes a gas no matter what the pressure. Methane hydrates are methane gases trapped inside frozen water that can exist at up to water's freezing point. While not a liquid, methane hydrate is compressed to about 40 times the volume of the liquid, ~1g/cm3 at zero C. BTW, it takes a lot of frozen water to trap methane, more than five times the mass of the gas.
Been there, done that. Also pissed out the Window, perhaps never to this scale.
. . not in the article, press release, or NPD's site. At one time, it was the leader. Can anyone recall seeing anything else of Microsoft going from such a top position to nowhere (Bob doesn't count)?
. . . out of their product by removing Intel's processor and Microsoft Windows? Well, there you go.
When I was born, America was the industrial giant of the world. Economic theory held that a positive trade balance was necessary to remain an economic power and that "consumer driven" societies were doomed to collapse under a mountain of debt. Since then, we have given up our manufacturing leadership in every area but one -- weaponry. The military industrial complex is our last big manufacturing exporter of hard goods. True we are selling death on a scale that Wall-mart might envy, but just like the Soviet Union in the 1970-80s this is what keeps us as a world power. Many might say "good riddance" to such a role, but this industry will not go down without a fight, something that is probably second nature. Many Americans will support them too. Mr. Gates may slow the acquisition of new weapons. However, it will only take one contractor selling a "latest and greatest" weapon to another country instead of US for all of that to change.
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried," Sir Winston Churchill. The Brits don't have to keep proving his point.
I can afford it. No return hassles. No sales tax. No need for a warranty. No elevated expectations. Can they do this with Windows?
Mom might finally feel comfortable eating out.
Microsoft may not patch the kernel to integrate MSE, but MSE sure generates a lot of extra interrupts. And the overhead of handling them is onerous. I suspect they hook into the disc I/O. That would seem like a potential vulnerability.
Great post! Your idea has been patented, and you are now prohibited from implementing it.
#1 write good code because you will someday want to look back to one thing you did 'right' (whatever that means)
#2 arrive at work immediately after your boss and leave sometime after (s)he has said 'goodbye'
#3 wake up each morning with the thought that 20 million Asians are after your job at a third the cost to your employer
#4 know that coding for someone else is like building a BMW 750Li and watching some rich guy buy it from them
#5 Ritalin is better than caffeine
#6 listen to everyone and nod appreciatively, but do what you think is right
#7 most importantly, don't pay attention to this idiot
Think of all the silicon that is going to be put out of work by one atom of iodine.
If they had a pixel that would hype the RGB pixels as much as they hype their ads, you would go blind watching their sets.
. . . then baffle them with bullshit. Let's be honest, this problem is too complex for a group of humans to solve. Like viruses, there will always be vulnerabilities. We survived 9/11, and we would have survived with or without a new massive bureaucracy. So, why did we bother? The same reason they round up the usual suspects, tell god to bless america, or rail against injustice -- we need the release. It offers some hope, a chance to believe that there is a simple solution, pablum for the masses. By creating something so complex that no one can understand it, then no one has to explain it, and no one can break it. A conundrum locked inside a mystery wrapped in an enigma is both the impenetrable barrier and the perfect trap.
I had this problem and was told by my ENT to (1) sit in the middle of my couch (2) lean to the right till my head touched the arm (3) look up to my left (4) sit up straight (5) lean to the left till my head touched the arm (6) look up to the right (7) sit up straight. Repeat several times. Worked for me.