"might not be as concerned about the issue as someone who had their house wiped out by a tornado."
People should build their houses to be able to withstand all the possible extremes of weather they might get in their local. Climate Change is not making that much difference. Places where tornadoes are now have also historically had tornadoes. Same goes for hurricanes, snow storms, ice storms, etc. Maybe they'll get more. Maybe they'll get less.
If people fail to build to handle the climate and weather then they will suffer the consequences. That is reality. Build better. We have the technology. In fact, it is old tech.
We're coming out of a cool period. It's a cycle. I would rather have warming than cooling. Cooling is deadly. Warming is merely an inconvenience, for you.
"In real life farmers are industry - the agricultural industry. They work very hard to maintain a farm, a farm being something radically out of balance with nature"
Obviously you have no experience farming.
I farm. I do it in balance with nature. That is a far easier way than you would suggest.
Exactly. Warmer would be appreciated. Warmer is nice for those of us living in the north country. Please come farm through our -45ÂF winters and then pretty soon you'll appreciate a 10ÂF or 20ÂF rise in temperatures. Balmy.
Some of you are confused, very confused. I believe in global warming, I'm for it. I'm pro-warming. I'm pro-climate change. The best of times have been when our planet was warmer. Life and biodiversity flourished. The worst of times were during global cooling, the ice ages. Move north and get some perspective on this. Or just study geological history. Science rules.
Thank you! Government has no business telling us what we can eat and a whole host of other things. Government should be only doing big things like fighting off alien invaders, building interstate highways, governing on a meta scale, etc. What a person does with their own body is not the government's business. And no, it doesn't matter if they're providing healthcare either.
It needs to be so rugged that it won't matter if it gets soaked in mud, chemicals on it, slammed against a concrete wall, in direct sunlight for hours, etc.
It needs to have it's own powering that will last for a week. Solar electric cell should be built into the face and band to constantly boost the energy levels. Kinetic powering caused by the swing of my arm to further boost the battery life.
If it had that and was essentially a smaller version of my iPodTouch/iPhone/iPad then it would be of interest.
"At a time when tuition prices are rising faster than ever, why are we skimping on the most fundamental aspect of college?"
You are asking the wrong question. It isn't "We" it is "They". Colleges are seen as the bastion of liberalism but they are run as businesses by over paid executives hired by boards of directors (trustees) with the goal of maximizing profits and endowments. There is no "We" in this question.
It is time for the courts to learn that they do not have control outside their jurisdiction. Canada can not control what other people do in other countries. Google can store and release the data in other locations, other countries. Canada, at most, can only control what happens within their totalitarianism regime's boarders. If Canadians want a police state then they need to learn that the control ends at their borders. Time for Google to stand up and stomp down on these inanities.
"For the voyeurs among us, it'll allow them to get a better look at those sunbathing nude in their backyards."
Gee... You must be looking at some freakin' huge sunbathing nudes? Whale watch much? 50 cm won't show you a human nipple, penis, crotch or even a face. 50 cm is nearly 20 inches. That's about as wide as someone's shoulders. That's one pixel. No, you won't be doing any voyeurism with this resolution.
"But beyond that, what will it offer?"
I farm. I do forestry. Higher resolution photos will help me do a better job of mapping our land.
'The Web is always available, except when it is not,'
That was dumb. And o-so-Goglish.
Maybe if you live in an urban area the web is nearly ubiquitous and nearly always on but even then the lights go out.
Out in more rural areas the web is not everywhere and not always on.
So Google's only talking for the half the population living in cities. Better have a paper back book available for when the lights go off, or relearn how to talk to other people...
They don't need all these toys. They simply have too much money. They get grants from the feds and have to spend it. I watched this happen in a local tiny town who got their own drone. No need. Just a grant from Homeland Insecurity.
Get married. Have kids. Activate the parenting part of your brain. This will change all your priorities and make you a better person. Unless it won't in which case don't.
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"might not be as concerned about the issue as someone who had their house wiped out by a tornado."
People should build their houses to be able to withstand all the possible extremes of weather they might get in their local. Climate Change is not making that much difference. Places where tornadoes are now have also historically had tornadoes. Same goes for hurricanes, snow storms, ice storms, etc. Maybe they'll get more. Maybe they'll get less.
If people fail to build to handle the climate and weather then they will suffer the consequences. That is reality. Build better. We have the technology. In fact, it is old tech.
"ice at both poles has been melting"
This has happened before. The northern pass used to be open.
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We're coming out of a cool period. It's a cycle. I would rather have warming than cooling. Cooling is deadly. Warming is merely an inconvenience, for you.
"In real life farmers are industry - the agricultural industry. They work very hard to maintain a farm, a farm being something radically out of balance with nature"
Obviously you have no experience farming.
I farm. I do it in balance with nature. That is a far easier way than you would suggest.
Exactly. Warmer would be appreciated. Warmer is nice for those of us living in the north country. Please come farm through our -45ÂF winters and then pretty soon you'll appreciate a 10ÂF or 20ÂF rise in temperatures. Balmy.
Some of you are confused, very confused. I believe in global warming, I'm for it. I'm pro-warming. I'm pro-climate change. The best of times have been when our planet was warmer. Life and biodiversity flourished. The worst of times were during global cooling, the ice ages. Move north and get some perspective on this. Or just study geological history. Science rules.
"And as we know, farmers are on the cutting edge of science."
Actually, we are. Historically a lot of scientists were farmers.
Its the lead inside the silver cloud.
Captain Blork, arm the lasers!
(Hundreds of people end up in the emergency room blind after having their picture taken...)
So this will stop the police from commadeering your car for an emergancy as they run down the bad guys in the movies. New plot device.
Cop yanks citizen out of car throwing them to the pavement and says, "I'm taking your car for police business!"
Car says, "Fuck off Fuzz Face!" and turns itself off or maybe wraps the cop up in a strangle hold with the seat belt.
AI gone Sane!
Thank you! Government has no business telling us what we can eat and a whole host of other things. Government should be only doing big things like fighting off alien invaders, building interstate highways, governing on a meta scale, etc. What a person does with their own body is not the government's business. And no, it doesn't matter if they're providing healthcare either.
Bloomberg is an ass and an intrusive one at that.
It needs to be so rugged that it won't matter if it gets soaked in mud, chemicals on it, slammed against a concrete wall, in direct sunlight for hours, etc.
It needs to have it's own powering that will last for a week. Solar electric cell should be built into the face and band to constantly boost the energy levels. Kinetic powering caused by the swing of my arm to further boost the battery life.
If it had that and was essentially a smaller version of my iPodTouch/iPhone/iPad then it would be of interest.
And it has to be inexpensive. Oops.
"At a time when tuition prices are rising faster than ever, why are we skimping on the most fundamental aspect of college?"
You are asking the wrong question. It isn't "We" it is "They". Colleges are seen as the bastion of liberalism but they are run as businesses by over paid executives hired by boards of directors (trustees) with the goal of maximizing profits and endowments. There is no "We" in this question.
Because it's free.
I'll take "Deviant Criminal" for 25 bonus points.
Turn them off,
Tune them out.
Stay sane.
It is time for the courts to learn that they do not have control outside their jurisdiction. Canada can not control what other people do in other countries. Google can store and release the data in other locations, other countries. Canada, at most, can only control what happens within their totalitarianism regime's boarders. If Canadians want a police state then they need to learn that the control ends at their borders. Time for Google to stand up and stomp down on these inanities.
The IRS needs to request the backup copy from the NSA. They're hoarders so they'll have a complete copy of the necessary files.
"For the voyeurs among us, it'll allow them to get a better look at those sunbathing nude in their backyards."
Gee... You must be looking at some freakin' huge sunbathing nudes? Whale watch much? 50 cm won't show you a human nipple, penis, crotch or even a face. 50 cm is nearly 20 inches. That's about as wide as someone's shoulders. That's one pixel. No, you won't be doing any voyeurism with this resolution.
"But beyond that, what will it offer?"
I farm. I do forestry. Higher resolution photos will help me do a better job of mapping our land.
'The Web is always available, except when it is not,'
That was dumb. And o-so-Goglish.
Maybe if you live in an urban area the web is nearly ubiquitous and nearly always on but even then the lights go out.
Out in more rural areas the web is not everywhere and not always on.
So Google's only talking for the half the population living in cities. Better have a paper back book available for when the lights go off, or relearn how to talk to other people...
They don't need all these toys.
They simply have too much money.
They get grants from the feds and have to spend it.
I watched this happen in a local tiny town who got their own drone. No need. Just a grant from Homeland Insecurity.
"I like to remind people that it's OUR MONEY!"
Then tell YOUR police to stop abusing people. It's YOUR fault this happens.
Sure, let's stick to Fortran.
Before making comments I would suggest actually going and reading Apple's web page on Swift which links to the other Swift programming language.
Get married.
Have kids.
Activate the parenting part of your brain.
This will change all your priorities and make you a better person.
Unless it won't in which case don't.
Get your priorities straight and figure this out.
...it too became an abuser, breaking windows through out the city in one hellish tantrum.
It is an anagram for BULLSHIT. They threw in a few extra letters to confuse you.