Gee... and you actually believed that things you write on postcards are private and won't be read by other people? Crimminy. Email is like a post card. Unless you put it in an envelope (strong encryption) then you should assume that other people can and will read it. There's an App for that. One was called Carnivore.
The great-grandson's opinion, and that of Edison himself, is irrelevant. The government should not be outlawing the incandescent light bulbs. They are especially useful in many situations. It would be far better for the government to stop subsidizing the costs of energy such that the price of electricity rises to its natural high and then let people make their own choices. If the new lights are really better then people will buy them. This is a classic case of government over regulation.
seriously, rim, iphone, android, microsoft just offer different flavors of the same thing. the same walled garden with the same shitty appstores that only sell farting apps. the phones are in no way ergonomic to use, the only focus being quick to learn for the most basic tasks. I've tried each and each time still return to a good old symbian or n900 phone.
The purpose of the fuser heater/roller is not to dry the toner but to heat the toner to melt it and fuse it with pressure to the paper. It is NOT a drying process.
It is also not liquid INK it is TONER. These are laser printers using a dry process.
I actually invented some of the laser printer toners so I have some familiarity with these issues. I wish the writers would cover their topics better.
The problem is that people are not paying for their own hearing aids. If people paid for their own hearing aids, and other health care, then they would object to over pricing and shop more carefully. With the way the system is setup with third party insurance (private or government) paying the costs go through the roof since nobody cares how much it costs, just that they get what they want.
If people have to pay out of their own pocket then the price will drop.
None of the systems are perfect. None of them fit every scenario. Within our family we operate on an almost perfectly communist system. As one moves further out from our nuclear family we become more capitalistic. Later it becomes more socialistic as you spread further. As we move more towards the government end of things it becomes more fascist. It is a spectrum. The trick is to use the best elements of each system and avoid fighting about dogma.
The post office had their chance and goofed. They could have become ISPs back in the mid-1990's. There was a push for it but they didn't do it. By making all the post offices ISPs they could have brought internet to the masses of people out in the rural areas. Then they would have been ready to deliver the final mile via Wi-Fi when that came along. But no, they were scared of email and the web. They actually tried to tax emails and pass laws that you had to use the USMail for anything that wasn't priority in need of extra fast delivery. Losers.
1) We need more people so we'll have the necessary mental resources to solve the big questions like how to get off this singular rock and out into space before the meteor or comet with our name comes.
2) People need to consume less so that we can have more people to solve the big questions. People are living too high on the resources. And no, going vegan is not a solution, that's just a fantasy escape from reality.
Exactly. And to do that we need to have lots of babies, educate them, teach them to love learning and doing so that we have enough minds and bodies to solve the big problems. So get out there and have sex.
I'm serious.
As to climate control, really scary. If they goof we get another ice age. I much prefer global warming. Global warming opens up a lot of new territory that is currently too cold. People just like it the way it is because that is what they're used to. The fact is the biosphere has thrived better during warmer times. Colder times are death and extinction.
There is no need for the privacy invasion nor the over technological solution of GPS. Simply tax gasoline and other car fuels as well as collect tolls and get the annual mileage each year to levy the mileage tax. KISS.
Apple has made a lot of wise moves under Jobs. Building up the large cash reserve is one of them. This lets them do some very interesting things. Things that are benefiting us all as they benefit Apple. Other companies are able to ride the coat tails.
We don't need big rivers. Even a small spring with good head can power a small town. We have enough water flow on our land to power our entire town. Using that pressure would not disrupt the environment or cause any pollution or other problems. Micro-hydro can solve the macro problem. This works great in the areas like ours that are mountainous. In other places such as the plain states wind makes more sense. In the sunny places solar electric. And truth be told, nuclear power has its place too - unfortunately the current model is wasteful.
"Don't mean to go all Four Yorkshiremen on you, but you'd be hard-pressed to find an Internet connection worse than Afghanistan."
A closer example would be a third world country like Vermont where very few people have fast internet connections. In fact, many people don't have internet connections or cellphone. Apple's policy is going to hurt rural Americans badly. The best we'll do on a "fast Vermont" connection is about five to ten hours of download time. Hopefully there will be no interruptions. Since we don't have Apple's TimeCapsule that means doing that ten hour download for every Mac in the place. Will we upgrade? No. Lost sales for Apple. They should be offering a DVD version and simply charge the extra $10 or $20 for the DVDs.
Apple is not a green company. They are in the business of making old hardware and software obsolete so that people are forced to upgrade. This creates e-waste and pollution. Bad.
Actually, a tremendous amount of good and consumer goods, have come out of NASA research. Projects that NASA has funded, both public and private, have resulted in pushing forward sciences. Like your cellphone, MP3 player, television, etc? Thank NASA and our mighty military which "wastes" so much on research. That "waste" comes back as great rewards that just aren't recognized immediately.
There are several, many, other registrars. Namecheap is what I now use. So far, so good. I liked GoDaddy for a long time having been an early customer with them but their sales tactics are very heavy handed and their web site hard to use.
Meanwhile scientific research has revealed that GMOs are not as good as traditional breeding methods for producing improvements. GMOing typically costs $100,000,000 for a trait. Traditional methods cost $1,000,000 per trait and get better results.
What is good is that the advancements in genetic understandings are improving the traditional breeding methods. No need to GMO frankenmonsters.
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Gee... and you actually believed that things you write on postcards are private and won't be read by other people? Crimminy. Email is like a post card. Unless you put it in an envelope (strong encryption) then you should assume that other people can and will read it. There's an App for that. One was called Carnivore.
The great-grandson's opinion, and that of Edison himself, is irrelevant. The government should not be outlawing the incandescent light bulbs. They are especially useful in many situations. It would be far better for the government to stop subsidizing the costs of energy such that the price of electricity rises to its natural high and then let people make their own choices. If the new lights are really better then people will buy them. This is a classic case of government over regulation.
The real question is how many of those downloads results in later sales. We give away samples to hook future buyers. SOP.
seriously, rim, iphone, android, microsoft just offer different flavors of the same thing.
the same walled garden with the same shitty appstores that only sell farting apps.
the phones are in no way ergonomic to use, the only focus being quick to learn for the most basic tasks.
I've tried each and each time still return to a good old symbian or n900 phone.
*snifff* *sniff* I smell jealousy.
The purpose of the fuser heater/roller is not to dry the toner but to heat the toner to melt it and fuse it with pressure to the paper. It is NOT a drying process.
It is also not liquid INK it is TONER. These are laser printers using a dry process.
I actually invented some of the laser printer toners so I have some familiarity with these issues. I wish the writers would cover their topics better.
You're evil to do this to them. It is clear you are setting up the situation. Nasty.
The problem is that people are not paying for their own hearing aids. If people paid for their own hearing aids, and other health care, then they would object to over pricing and shop more carefully. With the way the system is setup with third party insurance (private or government) paying the costs go through the roof since nobody cares how much it costs, just that they get what they want.
If people have to pay out of their own pocket then the price will drop.
Bill Gates was late to the party. There were plenty of virtual dates in the 1970's between computer geeks.
None of the systems are perfect. None of them fit every scenario. Within our family we operate on an almost perfectly communist system. As one moves further out from our nuclear family we become more capitalistic. Later it becomes more socialistic as you spread further. As we move more towards the government end of things it becomes more fascist. It is a spectrum. The trick is to use the best elements of each system and avoid fighting about dogma.
The post office had their chance and goofed. They could have become ISPs back in the mid-1990's. There was a push for it but they didn't do it. By making all the post offices ISPs they could have brought internet to the masses of people out in the rural areas. Then they would have been ready to deliver the final mile via Wi-Fi when that came along. But no, they were scared of email and the web. They actually tried to tax emails and pass laws that you had to use the USMail for anything that wasn't priority in need of extra fast delivery. Losers.
1) We need more people so we'll have the necessary mental resources to solve the big questions like how to get off this singular rock and out into space before the meteor or comet with our name comes.
2) People need to consume less so that we can have more people to solve the big questions. People are living too high on the resources. And no, going vegan is not a solution, that's just a fantasy escape from reality.
"We need to get off this rock"
Exactly. And to do that we need to have lots of babies, educate them, teach them to love learning and doing so that we have enough minds and bodies to solve the big problems. So get out there and have sex.
I'm serious.
As to climate control, really scary. If they goof we get another ice age. I much prefer global warming. Global warming opens up a lot of new territory that is currently too cold. People just like it the way it is because that is what they're used to. The fact is the biosphere has thrived better during warmer times. Colder times are death and extinction.
"There was no historical Adam and Eve, no serpent, no apple, no fall that toppled man from a state of innocence."
Good. So I'm still innocent. Innocent as the driven snow.
It might work better if you stuck to your own species.
There is no need for the privacy invasion nor the over technological solution of GPS. Simply tax gasoline and other car fuels as well as collect tolls and get the annual mileage each year to levy the mileage tax. KISS.
Apple has made a lot of wise moves under Jobs. Building up the large cash reserve is one of them. This lets them do some very interesting things. Things that are benefiting us all as they benefit Apple. Other companies are able to ride the coat tails.
"There ain't more big rivers"
We don't need big rivers. Even a small spring with good head can power a small town. We have enough water flow on our land to power our entire town. Using that pressure would not disrupt the environment or cause any pollution or other problems. Micro-hydro can solve the macro problem. This works great in the areas like ours that are mountainous. In other places such as the plain states wind makes more sense. In the sunny places solar electric. And truth be told, nuclear power has its place too - unfortunately the current model is wasteful.
Unpaid interns are also illegal. Companies owe back taxes and worse. It gets expensive.
"Don't mean to go all Four Yorkshiremen on you, but you'd be hard-pressed to find an Internet connection worse than Afghanistan."
A closer example would be a third world country like Vermont where very few people have fast internet connections. In fact, many people don't have internet connections or cellphone. Apple's policy is going to hurt rural Americans badly. The best we'll do on a "fast Vermont" connection is about five to ten hours of download time. Hopefully there will be no interruptions. Since we don't have Apple's TimeCapsule that means doing that ten hour download for every Mac in the place. Will we upgrade? No. Lost sales for Apple. They should be offering a DVD version and simply charge the extra $10 or $20 for the DVDs.
Apple is not a green company. They are in the business of making old hardware and software obsolete so that people are forced to upgrade. This creates e-waste and pollution. Bad.
Actually, a tremendous amount of good and consumer goods, have come out of NASA research. Projects that NASA has funded, both public and private, have resulted in pushing forward sciences. Like your cellphone, MP3 player, television, etc? Thank NASA and our mighty military which "wastes" so much on research. That "waste" comes back as great rewards that just aren't recognized immediately.
There are several, many, other registrars. Namecheap is what I now use. So far, so good. I liked GoDaddy for a long time having been an early customer with them but their sales tactics are very heavy handed and their web site hard to use.
Tau makes doing math harder, not easier. It is far better to stick with fundamentals.
Meanwhile scientific research has revealed that GMOs are not as good as traditional breeding methods for producing improvements. GMOing typically costs $100,000,000 for a trait. Traditional methods cost $1,000,000 per trait and get better results.
What is good is that the advancements in genetic understandings are improving the traditional breeding methods. No need to GMO frankenmonsters.
I used to like GoDaddy but moved all my domains away from them in the past year.
Patents like this are annoying. This is obvious. It fails the patentability test. Google is doing evil.