Why ever would you presuppose it will be less annoying than the airport?
The public's perception of its safety will guarantee political meddling to look like they are "doing something" about hyperloop safety.
Here's the breakdown:
1) News media will figure out that they can sell more eyeballs if they sensationalize the perceived dangers.
2) Populace will demand to feel safer with hyperloops.
3) Politicians realize it doesn't politically cost them anything to hype rhetorical hyperloop insecurity.
Dan Carlin's Common Sense suffers for the amount of effort that goes into Hardcore History. It takes him months to research and put out HH.
I keep up with EconTalk, ContraKrugman, Freakanomics and Security Now every week.
If you like Freakanomics give EconTalk a try.
I have a list of podcasts called 'On The Road' which is for when I have guests / gf in the car. This has: Selected Shorts Wait Wait Don't Tell Me This American Life Serial
Random others: The Dice Tower Test and Code Talk Python to Me Podcast.__init__ Science Friday StarTalk Tadio
NH was far more libertarian than any other state to begin with. Show up, be a good neighbor, make friends. Show them that their doubts about how things operate now in their government aren't strange, aren't just them, and that there have always been folks fighting back the size of government in NH's citizen legislature. Then get them to run.:)
Called the "Silicon Millyard". Every morning Segway's creator flies in on his helicopter, dyn.com employees plug in their Tesla's, dozens of startups load up on coffee. Many of these are concerned with the blockchain - this is the epicenter of bitcoin innovation going forward.
I moved to NH for the Free State Project in 2008 after learning of the project here on Slashdot years before. I've since met the folks that wrote those early articles and got to thank them personally for getting me here.
Rather than list of the hundred reasons to live here I'll list just one penultimate result: NH is the wealthiest state per capita in the country. The FSP's inadvertent founder, Jason Sorens, recently crunched the numbers and reports it may be one of the wealthiest province/state per capita in the world. Crunching numbers is what he teaches for a living.
This was part of the debate as to which state to move to. As was having a seaport. Free-er trade than the rest of the country could mean big bucks down the road.
It is true that amongst the small set of early movers, a smaller still subset of this small set of individuals have chosen to further concentrate their subset of ideas of how to best minimize the effects of force on their lives.
Meaning - yeah, if you live in Grafton then you will live in interesting times.
There are a whole lot of anarchists here in NH. They decide to engage in the political system, or not, as they wish. It is great to have anarchists as part of the greater discussion. When talking about politics, one is talking about force - at least here in NH that is not disputed and is part of the framework of debate.... some of them are even elected, under different costumes.
The first time the FSP was on/. I was tempted. The second time the FSP was on/. I signed up.
Now I've lived here for five years. This is the real deal, NH has the perfect state and local government for this experiment. Politics is the unofficial state sport of NH with 400 state reps for only 1.3 million constituents that are about equally divided between the two major parties. Republican and democratic parties engage our ideas, sometimes in battle, other times in courtship. You don't have to explain first principles over and over again, everyone here knows government like fire can be a dangerous master, you get to have debate and make an impact on people and policy with all that stuff as accepted framework of the discussion.
The states nullified the Real ID act which shows that it works if the people are politically active enough in their states
In point of fact - Free State Project early movers were largely behind NH nullifying Real ID. The other states followed NH's lead.
Nullifying RealID is a point of pride in the NH legislator and you hear them refer to it over and over again in committee hearings.
Now pardon me, I've got to get back to work writing Drupal Feeds plugins to parse that nerd friendly data dump so citizens can get cell phone alerts for every move their Representatives make. With their reps email and cell phone number, of course.
All that is left is the invention of the Energon Cube.
I feel like these advancements towards decentralized energy production are the most significant step forward for human advancement since the steam boiler.
I liked the ease of setup for Hula, but I have since stacked so many other implementations on top of it that it isn't recognizable as Hula, expect the SMTP greeting.
I tried installing Zimbra but was appalled that it was installing parallel it's own versions of everything already included in the distribution.
Even then, I didn't find any clean way of exporting my years worth of email out of Hula.
So, as having made the transition, can you help me out with a link or two as to how to migrate email stores from Hula -> Zimbra? I still believe in Zimbra's vision: intelligent software that helps but doesn't get in the way.
Last year I told my employer they aren't paying me enough to work five days a week.
I took a 20% pay cut, and gained a three days off - four days on work week.
It takes a little tweaking of the financial priorities, but I found it advantageous. My life is better all around, and my co-workers envy the lifestyle. They wonder how I did it. The answer is simple: Negotiate your time to your employer like you mean it. Trust me, it is in a business's interest to squeeze you. Consider yourself a business of one, and squeeze back!
Remember the labor movement? No, of course you don't. Labor day is just a day off f labor, right? This is what it was all about: Better living standards. How many consecutive years have Americans reported 5% or better productivity growth? How many times does that have to happen before twice the output per unit of work is achieved? How long will the workers tolerate 4% raises during 9% inflation and 5% productivity growth?... That's why I told my employer they aren't paying me enough to not have 3 day weekends.
Of course, having idle time to read and learn and travel has opened my awareness to the labor movement, American history, current movements and disgruntlement. The result so far? Libertarianism and joining the Free State Project. http://www.freestateproject.org/
If you are in America, and looking for something better, look to New Hampshire.
But can I be arrested if every day for three months I use the window squeegee at a gas station on my Jetta TDI? (which isn't even capable of refueling at this gas stations)
I say, just like open property, post a sign. Implicit restrictions/caused/ this.
Slashdot Mirror
Why hasn't anyone picked up on the e-ink smartwatch combo? Is it patented and held by Fitbit?
Low power bluetooth is now a widespread thing. These watches ought to be getting into the 2-week per charge range by now. Damn it.
RIP Pebble.
Why ever would you presuppose it will be less annoying than the airport?
The public's perception of its safety will guarantee political meddling to look like they are "doing something" about hyperloop safety.
Here's the breakdown:
1) News media will figure out that they can sell more eyeballs if they sensationalize the perceived dangers.
2) Populace will demand to feel safer with hyperloops.
3) Politicians realize it doesn't politically cost them anything to hype rhetorical hyperloop insecurity.
This will pave the way for google managed [NSA approved] email encryption.
Friended. You haven't moved to the Free State yet, have you?
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History is just awesome.
Dan Carlin's Common Sense suffers for the amount of effort that goes into Hardcore History. It takes him months to research and put out HH.
I keep up with EconTalk, ContraKrugman, Freakanomics and Security Now every week.
If you like Freakanomics give EconTalk a try.
I have a list of podcasts called 'On The Road' which is for when I have guests / gf in the car. This has:
Selected Shorts
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
This American Life
Serial
Random others:
The Dice Tower
Test and Code
Talk Python to Me
Podcast.__init__
Science Friday
StarTalk Tadio
I so had moderator points just YESTERDAY. +1
NH was far more libertarian than any other state to begin with. Show up, be a good neighbor, make friends. Show them that their doubts about how things operate now in their government aren't strange, aren't just them, and that there have always been folks fighting back the size of government in NH's citizen legislature. Then get them to run. :)
Called the "Silicon Millyard". Every morning Segway's creator flies in on his helicopter, dyn.com employees plug in their Tesla's, dozens of startups load up on coffee. Many of these are concerned with the blockchain - this is the epicenter of bitcoin innovation going forward.
I moved to NH for the Free State Project in 2008 after learning of the project here on Slashdot years before. I've since met the folks that wrote those early articles and got to thank them personally for getting me here.
Rather than list of the hundred reasons to live here I'll list just one penultimate result: NH is the wealthiest state per capita in the country. The FSP's inadvertent founder, Jason Sorens, recently crunched the numbers and reports it may be one of the wealthiest province/state per capita in the world. Crunching numbers is what he teaches for a living.
This is likely what they were told to say.
NH unemployment is the lowest in the New England, if not the East coast, and has been for the last decade.
This was part of the debate as to which state to move to. As was having a seaport. Free-er trade than the rest of the country could mean big bucks down the road.
It is true that amongst the small set of early movers, a smaller still subset of this small set of individuals have chosen to further concentrate their subset of ideas of how to best minimize the effects of force on their lives.
Meaning - yeah, if you live in Grafton then you will live in interesting times.
There are a whole lot of anarchists here in NH. They decide to engage in the political system, or not, as they wish. It is great to have anarchists as part of the greater discussion. When talking about politics, one is talking about force - at least here in NH that is not disputed and is part of the framework of debate. ... some of them are even elected, under different costumes.
The first time the FSP was on /. I was tempted. The second time the FSP was on /. I signed up.
Now I've lived here for five years. This is the real deal, NH has the perfect state and local government for this experiment. Politics is the unofficial state sport of NH with 400 state reps for only 1.3 million constituents that are about equally divided between the two major parties. Republican and democratic parties engage our ideas, sometimes in battle, other times in courtship. You don't have to explain first principles over and over again, everyone here knows government like fire can be a dangerous master, you get to have debate and make an impact on people and policy with all that stuff as accepted framework of the discussion.
Some Free-Staters (again, not all) actually have been working hard on the notion of State Sovereignty; see the FSP page on this topic.
Also, a new bill has been introduced this session:
HCR19 - Affirming States' powers based on the Constitution for the United States and the Constitution of New Hampshire.
There are also a few bills in play this session asserting the NH manufacturing shall not be regulated by the federal government. Longshots? Well, with over a dozen Free-Staters elected to the NH House of Representatives, maybe less long-shot than in other states....
Or even http://www.nhliberty.org/bills/view/2011/HB324 which is having a hearing today.
AN ACT relative to lawful commerce in goods and services sold, made, and retained in the state of New Hampshire.
The states nullified the Real ID act which shows that it works if the people are politically active enough in their states
In point of fact - Free State Project early movers were largely behind NH nullifying Real ID. The other states followed NH's lead.
Nullifying RealID is a point of pride in the NH legislator and you hear them refer to it over and over again in committee hearings.
Now pardon me, I've got to get back to work writing Drupal Feeds plugins to parse that nerd friendly data dump so citizens can get cell phone alerts for every move their Representatives make. With their reps email and cell phone number, of course.
No, this is proof of time traveling will arrive in the near future!
All that is left is the invention of the Energon Cube.
I feel like these advancements towards decentralized energy production are the most significant step forward for human advancement since the steam boiler.
I liked the ease of setup for Hula, but I have since stacked so many other implementations on top of it that it isn't recognizable as Hula, expect the SMTP greeting.
I tried installing Zimbra but was appalled that it was installing parallel it's own versions of everything already included in the distribution.
Even then, I didn't find any clean way of exporting my years worth of email out of Hula.
So, as having made the transition, can you help me out with a link or two as to how to migrate email stores from Hula -> Zimbra? I still believe in Zimbra's vision: intelligent software that helps but doesn't get in the way.
Last year I told my employer they aren't paying me enough to work five days a week.
... That's why I told my employer they aren't paying me enough to not have 3 day weekends.
I took a 20% pay cut, and gained a three days off - four days on work week.
It takes a little tweaking of the financial priorities, but I found it advantageous. My life is better all around, and my co-workers envy the lifestyle. They wonder how I did it. The answer is simple: Negotiate your time to your employer like you mean it. Trust me, it is in a business's interest to squeeze you. Consider yourself a business of one, and squeeze back!
Remember the labor movement? No, of course you don't. Labor day is just a day off f labor, right? This is what it was all about: Better living standards. How many consecutive years have Americans reported 5% or better productivity growth? How many times does that have to happen before twice the output per unit of work is achieved? How long will the workers tolerate 4% raises during 9% inflation and 5% productivity growth?
Of course, having idle time to read and learn and travel has opened my awareness to the labor movement, American history, current movements and disgruntlement. The result so far? Libertarianism and joining the Free State Project. http://www.freestateproject.org/
If you are in America, and looking for something better, look to New Hampshire.
This logic does not follow through when you think of GPU's.
That's what this sounds like, giving the network card the kind of specialized bus and direct communication channels like the Graphics subsystem.
The edubuntu distribution is basically a plug-n-play instant LTSP environment.
I use it for junk laptops with busted hard drive controllers. I just wish wireless network cards had boot proms, I'm using MMC/SD cards to bootstrap.
But can I be arrested if every day for three months I use the window squeegee at a gas station on my Jetta TDI? (which isn't even capable of refueling at this gas stations)
/caused/ this.
I say, just like open property, post a sign. Implicit restrictions
My apologies, I modded your comment -1 redundant when I meant to mod it up insightful.
At least posting this comment will zero out the effect (no means to undo the mod)
Never thought I'd see so many maritime system administrators on /.
We are still using 1pps dedicated coax for time sync on aquisition machines, but even that is supported as a time source for most NTP servers.