The point of carbon credits is to redistribute wealth*. Here, the FOSS projects that don't get the same funding as the closed/private industry projects are given an alternate source of funding.
*Or so I've been told by people I've talked to from DOE. Sounds logical enough, given it's cheaper to give a developing country run-of-the-mill equipment to upgrade their obsolete equipment than develop state-of-the-art equipment.
Putting in a popular artist like Satriani or Dream Theater will get popular results out (not mainstream, but still popular). I listen to the 4 artists you list (Dream Theater is most listened, Kamelot is 9th)- the bands it recommends range from 60k listens to 10's of millions. While I've found some artists from their radio, I generally use the recommendations and my neighbor list to find new music, especially for lesser-known bands. The free tracks it suggests are often from small bands, so check those out too. While some bands are obscure enough last.fm doesn't have them up to stream, they usually at least have a page for the band- using the charts for the band I can check other sites to find streamed songs.
That said, I do agree multiple tags/artists would help the radio work better. I usually pick a band I don't know and try to piece together a playlist on imeem using their most listened chart on last.fm.
My last.fm username is tmurph89- you have similar enough taste you might find a new band you like in my charts. If you want something different Apocalyptica is a heavy cello quartet (although their top 5 tracks are overly mainstream and wise to avoid).
These scientists are dead wrong. Men are from mars- not bacteria. Life probably started and spread from Jupiter, given how the guy loved to sleep around.
Why can't the power company provide the information the consumer needs, and the consumer has a controller in their house that manages appliances and electricity use (without data feedback)? I don't recall the gas companies asking for control of our thermostats, so why should this be different*? You could opt-in to have your controller send data to the power company (or have the meter reader get the data when he comes around), but there would be no NEED for the power company to get information back. The power company could closely monitor each block if they want more data on what areas are helping with the smart grid effort without concerns over privacy.
I've heard about the smart grid for years and I know I can't be the first to ask this- maybe I'm missing something?
*Brownouts would be the main reason, but if everyone is getting real-time cost information (and set their controllers accordingly), the power companies would see a much better response when they jack up the rates during peak hours. I expect the system will work a lot better once they have a proper feedback loop.
We've seen lots of these articles on slashdot, but I've yet to see a single one that offers audio clips to compare. Not for data's sake, but just for the curious to see what difference (or lack thereof) the article is talking about.
I don't doubt the engineers involved see the glaring problems that need to be fixed before this can be deployed, but if DARPA thinks they've got the potential to produce the real deal they'd do well to throw money at this project to speed development.
In any case, these lasers just have to replace some roles for more expendable munitions, assuming firing the laser is significantly cheaper than dropping a bomb or firing a smart missile.
...but these bacteria glow green, which is a 2. I can't figure out how to make a minefield that only has 2's so this problem is more complicated than we thought. If only they made blue-glowing bacteria instead...
If law requires costs of any business transaction to be stated before benefits, and in same or larger text of similar visibility, I should think people could only be scammed out of stupidity and not because they simply didn't see there was a charge involved (a lesser form of stupidity, depending on the case).
As much as I'm tempted to say people should know better, I hate to see a scammer profit more than I hate to see people be stupid.
These systems cost a lot- it might take buzzwords to get politicians to buy into them and fund these sorts of projects. Even so, many energy projects are important to pour more research into, even if such projects often get watered down to a single misleading buzzword.
I'm always wary of making an infamous "50 MB of memory is all you'll ever need" type of claim, so I like to believe that we'll figure out how to use greater processing power by the time it gets here. We haven't had too much trouble with that so far. As far as actual use, if we ever get products like Morph (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs), there might be a need for massively parallel processing. At the very least, such computing power would likely be needed to make such products.
In Russia you have the freedom to say whatever you want, and the secret police have the freedom to disappear you the next night. It seems Russia has more freedoms than we do here in America.
an independent commission to investigate and prosecute that
Such as the FBI. An informed public means more demand for watchdog and muckraker journalists, which means more information leads and witnesses for the FBI to follow up on (from both the journalists and the public). The FBI might be plagued by bureaucracy to some extent, but the agents doing the work (that I've met) are the kinds of honest people you'd want in congress if only they weren't too busy investigating those guys.
Neither wasabi nor ice cream are drugs. Caffeine and alcohol are. That is the root of my concern. Note I gave an example of how many drugs are not recommended to be taken with alcohol. It is well known that taking multiple drugs can cause problems and that study is needed to determine the risks.
If a product is under the jurisdiction of the FDA, and is being commercially distributed, it is assumed to be FDA approved. I think you can agree with me the FDA cannot approve this combination without data, so until they do these products under their jurisdiction cannot be sold. I'm sure you've seen lots of medication commercials where they say "do not take with alcohol". Just because two things are relatively safe does not make them safe in combination (given they are both drugs in the first place). I agree that beer companies shouldn't have the burden of proof- that is on the FDA, the beer companies just cannot release products pending FDA approval.
I agree companies should be able to release products without explicit FDA approval if they are reasonably assumed safe. No drugs or one GRAS drug is fine. Two drugs - especially of opposite types- will almost certainly have added risks. It's not like you are deprived of the right to mix your own drink if you really want one, and the beer companies are making plenty of money as-is, so I don't see the need to rush.
These beers are subject to the regulation of the FDA, meaning people are trusting the products are safe by assuming the FDA okays them. The FDA does not have sufficient scientific evidence as to whether caffeine + alcohol has additional problems to be concerned about- until they do they cannot approve these products. Products that are not regulated by the FDA aren't so much of a problem, as it is (or should be) understood that people are then solely trusting the person making the product. If government regulators let things slide "because lots of people are doing it already" we might still have x-ray machines in shoe shops and cure-all radioactive water.
I don't see what all the commotion is about. We know how science works, and that is exactly what the FDA is trying to do. They assume the null hypothesis (new products may be unsafe) until proven otherwise- or at least until they know the risks and can make in informed decision. These manufacturers knew they had to get FDA approval, but didn't. This wouldn't be a problem if the beer companies did their homework.
Most importantly, the FDA is saying it is illegal to make these products without approvalnotto make these products at all, ever. If the mix is as safe as people believe it to be, there won't be a problem.
Wolfram Alpha is well known to badly guess what you are trying to do, and has plenty of graphs and charts. Now add a liberal amount of Microsoft flavoring to it, and you have a cross between Clippy and a really bad PowerPoint presentation... let's hope Microsoft never tries to help "improve" WA.
Every browser security article gets a few "I use adblock and noscript so doesn't apply to me" posts (not a complaint, just an observation- I do use both). I am assuming that proper use of these extensions avoids most of the vulnerabilities of concern here, but adblock and noscript are FF extensions- what is there for other browsers that is comparable? What is supported for cellphones?
The FF/AB/NS combo has often been stated as the best way to browse securely, but I only see other browsers rated based on their default settings. I guess what I'm getting at is, based on this article, every other browser can claim to be better than FF. Ignoring arguments over proper counting and documentation, FF users could claim they are more secure due to FF having AB/NS- is this a valid claim?
Basically the first question asks for information, the second asks for arguments. I could go try to research, but that would deprive some people of +5 informatives and +5 insightfuls (in addition to -1 trolls).
Slashdot Mirror
The point of carbon credits is to redistribute wealth*. Here, the FOSS projects that don't get the same funding as the closed/private industry projects are given an alternate source of funding.
*Or so I've been told by people I've talked to from DOE. Sounds logical enough, given it's cheaper to give a developing country run-of-the-mill equipment to upgrade their obsolete equipment than develop state-of-the-art equipment.
Assuming your score 2 post is from the karma bonus, you do have high karma. The disable ads option appeared same time as my karma bonus.
the findings are of interest to [those] combating international as well as local terrorist cells
Who cares about Iraq when I can help fight the terrorists by playing WoW all day.
Putting in a popular artist like Satriani or Dream Theater will get popular results out (not mainstream, but still popular). I listen to the 4 artists you list (Dream Theater is most listened, Kamelot is 9th)- the bands it recommends range from 60k listens to 10's of millions. While I've found some artists from their radio, I generally use the recommendations and my neighbor list to find new music, especially for lesser-known bands. The free tracks it suggests are often from small bands, so check those out too. While some bands are obscure enough last.fm doesn't have them up to stream, they usually at least have a page for the band- using the charts for the band I can check other sites to find streamed songs.
That said, I do agree multiple tags/artists would help the radio work better. I usually pick a band I don't know and try to piece together a playlist on imeem using their most listened chart on last.fm.
My last.fm username is tmurph89- you have similar enough taste you might find a new band you like in my charts. If you want something different Apocalyptica is a heavy cello quartet (although their top 5 tracks are overly mainstream and wise to avoid).
These scientists are dead wrong. Men are from mars- not bacteria. Life probably started and spread from Jupiter, given how the guy loved to sleep around.
Can the quality of service of a US company be the envy of Europe, instead of the other way around?
The judge ruled that Mininova is not directly responsible for any copyright infringements
After seeing the Google/Italy article, it's nice to see that sanity holds elsewhere.
I want to join the protest against iPhone apps. Is there an app for that?
With the cops on the hunt, it sounds like people writing malicious code will have to be spending a lot more time indoors.
Oh, wait...
Why can't the power company provide the information the consumer needs, and the consumer has a controller in their house that manages appliances and electricity use (without data feedback)? I don't recall the gas companies asking for control of our thermostats, so why should this be different*? You could opt-in to have your controller send data to the power company (or have the meter reader get the data when he comes around), but there would be no NEED for the power company to get information back. The power company could closely monitor each block if they want more data on what areas are helping with the smart grid effort without concerns over privacy.
I've heard about the smart grid for years and I know I can't be the first to ask this- maybe I'm missing something?
*Brownouts would be the main reason, but if everyone is getting real-time cost information (and set their controllers accordingly), the power companies would see a much better response when they jack up the rates during peak hours. I expect the system will work a lot better once they have a proper feedback loop.
We've seen lots of these articles on slashdot, but I've yet to see a single one that offers audio clips to compare. Not for data's sake, but just for the curious to see what difference (or lack thereof) the article is talking about.
It wasn't that long ago that the CoS was calling for Net censorship in Australia; a month later the organization was convicted of fraud in France.
So does the CoS have to call for Net censorship in Belgium before Australia can convict them of fraud?
I don't doubt the engineers involved see the glaring problems that need to be fixed before this can be deployed, but if DARPA thinks they've got the potential to produce the real deal they'd do well to throw money at this project to speed development.
In any case, these lasers just have to replace some roles for more expendable munitions, assuming firing the laser is significantly cheaper than dropping a bomb or firing a smart missile.
...but these bacteria glow green, which is a 2. I can't figure out how to make a minefield that only has 2's so this problem is more complicated than we thought. If only they made blue-glowing bacteria instead...
If law requires costs of any business transaction to be stated before benefits, and in same or larger text of similar visibility, I should think people could only be scammed out of stupidity and not because they simply didn't see there was a charge involved (a lesser form of stupidity, depending on the case).
As much as I'm tempted to say people should know better, I hate to see a scammer profit more than I hate to see people be stupid.
These systems cost a lot- it might take buzzwords to get politicians to buy into them and fund these sorts of projects. Even so, many energy projects are important to pour more research into, even if such projects often get watered down to a single misleading buzzword.
I'm always wary of making an infamous "50 MB of memory is all you'll ever need" type of claim, so I like to believe that we'll figure out how to use greater processing power by the time it gets here. We haven't had too much trouble with that so far. As far as actual use, if we ever get products like Morph (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs), there might be a need for massively parallel processing. At the very least, such computing power would likely be needed to make such products.
In Russia you have the freedom to say whatever you want, and the secret police have the freedom to disappear you the next night. It seems Russia has more freedoms than we do here in America.
...which is why he should pay $1M to each of the bottom 1000 sites.
an independent commission to investigate and prosecute that
Such as the FBI. An informed public means more demand for watchdog and muckraker journalists, which means more information leads and witnesses for the FBI to follow up on (from both the journalists and the public). The FBI might be plagued by bureaucracy to some extent, but the agents doing the work (that I've met) are the kinds of honest people you'd want in congress if only they weren't too busy investigating those guys.
Neither wasabi nor ice cream are drugs. Caffeine and alcohol are. That is the root of my concern. Note I gave an example of how many drugs are not recommended to be taken with alcohol. It is well known that taking multiple drugs can cause problems and that study is needed to determine the risks.
If a product is under the jurisdiction of the FDA, and is being commercially distributed, it is assumed to be FDA approved. I think you can agree with me the FDA cannot approve this combination without data, so until they do these products under their jurisdiction cannot be sold. I'm sure you've seen lots of medication commercials where they say "do not take with alcohol". Just because two things are relatively safe does not make them safe in combination (given they are both drugs in the first place). I agree that beer companies shouldn't have the burden of proof- that is on the FDA, the beer companies just cannot release products pending FDA approval.
I agree companies should be able to release products without explicit FDA approval if they are reasonably assumed safe. No drugs or one GRAS drug is fine. Two drugs - especially of opposite types- will almost certainly have added risks. It's not like you are deprived of the right to mix your own drink if you really want one, and the beer companies are making plenty of money as-is, so I don't see the need to rush.
These beers are subject to the regulation of the FDA, meaning people are trusting the products are safe by assuming the FDA okays them. The FDA does not have sufficient scientific evidence as to whether caffeine + alcohol has additional problems to be concerned about- until they do they cannot approve these products. Products that are not regulated by the FDA aren't so much of a problem, as it is (or should be) understood that people are then solely trusting the person making the product. If government regulators let things slide "because lots of people are doing it already" we might still have x-ray machines in shoe shops and cure-all radioactive water.
I don't see what all the commotion is about. We know how science works, and that is exactly what the FDA is trying to do. They assume the null hypothesis (new products may be unsafe) until proven otherwise- or at least until they know the risks and can make in informed decision. These manufacturers knew they had to get FDA approval, but didn't. This wouldn't be a problem if the beer companies did their homework.
Most importantly, the FDA is saying it is illegal to make these products without approval not to make these products at all, ever. If the mix is as safe as people believe it to be, there won't be a problem.
Wolfram Alpha is well known to badly guess what you are trying to do, and has plenty of graphs and charts. Now add a liberal amount of Microsoft flavoring to it, and you have a cross between Clippy and a really bad PowerPoint presentation... let's hope Microsoft never tries to help "improve" WA.
Every browser security article gets a few "I use adblock and noscript so doesn't apply to me" posts (not a complaint, just an observation- I do use both). I am assuming that proper use of these extensions avoids most of the vulnerabilities of concern here, but adblock and noscript are FF extensions- what is there for other browsers that is comparable? What is supported for cellphones?
The FF/AB/NS combo has often been stated as the best way to browse securely, but I only see other browsers rated based on their default settings. I guess what I'm getting at is, based on this article, every other browser can claim to be better than FF. Ignoring arguments over proper counting and documentation, FF users could claim they are more secure due to FF having AB/NS- is this a valid claim?
Basically the first question asks for information, the second asks for arguments. I could go try to research, but that would deprive some people of +5 informatives and +5 insightfuls (in addition to -1 trolls).