Those freeloader children getting stories read to them from the library without paying royalties? The monsters! Every time my parents read me a story we put a nickle in a jar, how could ignore the poor Belgian company?
... but a whole fucking shitload of it is being freely distributed.... LEGALLY.
So unless they are going to take those additional fees and distribute them internationally to absolutely every human being alive who has ever put something copyrighted online, *EVER*... they really should stay away from the issue.
This post is copyrighted by me, for instance. And people can access this post by going on the Internet and reading comments on Slashdot under this article. Will *I* receive even the tiniest sliver of the funds they collect? No? Then they shouldn't be trying to touch that Pandora's box with a pole of any length.
I bet you agreed anything you post to Slashdot is no longer yours. It's pretty common so I would think they now own the copyright.
Hydroelectric (They don't talk about this much, I am not sure why),
I think it's because in the US, most of the natural hydroelectric capacity is already developed. Certainly in New England, every little river seems to have its own little dam or three. Yet those meet only a small fraction of our energy demand. So, increasing hydroelectric capacity seems unlikely to be a major factor in solving our energy problems.
This, and it has been quite hard on delicate ecosystems. They also can be dangerous of not properly maintained, I've read of one state who has NO ONE to inspect their dams. A ticking time bomb, we need infrastructure spending. How many bridges and overpasses must collapse before we consider this a real problem?
Funny thing is scientist and hippies often go together. The head of my high school science department was an older physics teacher with a green tye dye lab coat. She was also a good teacher of basic physics (momentum/acceleration). Everyone in my biology field studies was quite laid back and the teachers (a Dr. And masters) were definitely hippies in the 60s, and they LOVED plants. Really fun stuff to be taught by laid back intellectuals.
So let's not throw the intellectual environmental hippies under the bus with.the people who think ALL nuclear power is bad. Please everyone read about thorium, there are several videos showing the basics. They also burn transurianic wastes and produce U238, a valuable and rare component of RTG (radioisotope thermal generators) for space craft.
In fact I just got back from a hippy fest of mostly intelligent UT undergrads in Austin. Raised money for charities and the people and first responders in West, amesome philanthropic partying. I hope we got them enough money for funerals and housing. Stopped there on the way back, such a tragedy in their tight knit little town.
Actually, I think that Whipple shields have been getting installed on the ISS. They're simply thin sheets which are mounted parallel to the hull. Tiny objects will vaporize on impact, so a more diffuse plasma burst hits the hull.
There are cool videos of whipple shield testing with a hydrogen gas gun, pretty cool. Is Whipple someone's name?
Sort of? We have a project to identify and track all the space-junk we can, but the library is far from complete. Once we know where one is and how fast it's going, it doesn't deviate much from that.
We make a practice of avoid the junk we know about. Intercepting it, on the other hand, is a fools errand. You're talking about shooting a bullet down with a gun. Hypothetically: sure, but in reality, it's not gonna happen.
We have gotten quite good at hitting things moving at 3000 mph (anti-sat/anti-ballistic missile). And for this application you don't even have to hit it, just know where it's going to be. Technically it's challenging, but certainly doable. The prohibitive part is the cost of launching several very heavy things. Maybe a laser type device for very small pieces?
I think the problem is if you're not a politician, you're a lobbyist or work at a think tank. If that said for life, instead of two years, then the people you hire have no idea what to do in that area. The statement you quoted is not about merely lobbyist. It is more far reaching. People who worked in the pharmaceutical industry, but were never.lobbyist, still have the same prohibition.
I'm not sure what you're whining about, surely some restriction is better than the former "hire whomever you please."
You would probably stick up your nose at Alexander Graham Bell if he was nominated - as an industry insider. See the guy's blog about SOPA and other stuff of importance on the wayback machine. Not only is he eloquent, he is supporting the right side.
in other news Dr. Kevorkian to head Department of Health and Human Services
I wonder at the characterization of Dr. Kevorkian. He was an empathetic man, who's belief correctly compelled him to help relieve suffering for people with terminal illness. One day we will all see the bravery in going to jail for what he believed, and he will ultimately be judged as a man who stood tall and delivered people from the sentence of abject misery - an angel of mercy rather than death.
I was a part of the battle for network change in the 1970's. It was a long and bloody uphill battle that ultimately prevailed. Watching the Netroots organizing around SOPA, I could only stand in awe - if only such a capability for the people to speak out had existed in the 1970s! My sense, however, is that there was a lot more to the SOPA action than SOPA itself. Centrally structured and controlled political grassroots have become distributed and open Netroots. The results echo the reaction of the 1838 congressman to seeing his first electronic network. Things will never be the same again.
He seems well informed, and he's on the right side of the debate. Despite the cynics, it could be far worse. I could see Republicans (hell even the "liberal" Obama) privatizing the FCC to News Corp or the like.
Why can't you talk to your CTO or someone about destroying HDDs, reusing non -sensitive HDDs, and donating wiped PCs to a community college for students who can't afford home PCs. My psychology teacher did this with donated PCs, in fact he got my first computer, a 350 Mhz Dell Optiplex.
I didn't know such a place exists. Who doesn't like milk and cookies, cereal, chai tea, chocolate milk? Man, fuck them. Y'know it's not like anyone is forcing them to drink milk. And cows like it because they get sore if they aren't milked. In fact, modern dairy farms have milking carousel so when the cows decide they need a milking, they hop on and get cleaned, and hop off when it's done. All they have to do is eat and socialize, Mooooooo.
I believe the difficulty you ascribe to the removal task is unfounded. Especially the assertion that people HERE would have a hard time. Seriously, a bootable OS with an AV on it, and you've got the name-> google and BAM you know exactly what you're dealing with.
Most of us with non-technical friends have probably removed it once or twice years ago. Yet you say "most of you guys won't even have a clue, why you would have to read a Microsoft article! That requires mad skillz."
"(never heard of anyone being allergic to honey - I just threw that out there)"
I, unfortunately, am (worst thing in my life, because it wasn't so in several years of my childhood - I know how honey tastes like, but can't even taste a bit). Still supporting ban and would like to see return of some sanity in farming in EU in general. Currently they just deplete soil just because they get bigger kickbacks for that. Screwed up big time. Some sort of support would make sense in territories where farming is struggling to survive as industry, but in rest of Europe - hardly doubt it. Of course farmers who are already heavily depend on subsides won't agree with me.
I've heard of real progress with people that have severe peanut allergy alleviating it a lot to a little by introducing daily small quantities of the allergen. Only mild anaphylaxis side effects.i think it may just be testing it now. check it out!
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And watch every password become "Mary had a Little Lamb!" ;-)
You can't be right wing and call constantly for increasing state power.
Then even our conservatives are left wing?
Those freeloader children getting stories read to them from the library without paying royalties? The monsters! Every time my parents read me a story we put a nickle in a jar, how could ignore the poor Belgian company?
So unless they are going to take those additional fees and distribute them internationally to absolutely every human being alive who has ever put something copyrighted online, *EVER*... they really should stay away from the issue.
This post is copyrighted by me, for instance. And people can access this post by going on the Internet and reading comments on Slashdot under this article. Will *I* receive even the tiniest sliver of the funds they collect? No? Then they shouldn't be trying to touch that Pandora's box with a pole of any length.
I bet you agreed anything you post to Slashdot is no longer yours. It's pretty common so I would think they now own the copyright.
I think it's because in the US, most of the natural hydroelectric capacity is already developed. Certainly in New England, every little river seems to have its own little dam or three. Yet those meet only a small fraction of our energy demand. So, increasing hydroelectric capacity seems unlikely to be a major factor in solving our energy problems.
This, and it has been quite hard on delicate ecosystems. They also can be dangerous of not properly maintained, I've read of one state who has NO ONE to inspect their dams. A ticking time bomb, we need infrastructure spending. How many bridges and overpasses must collapse before we consider this a real problem?
Funny thing is scientist and hippies often go together. The head of my high school science department was an older physics teacher with a green tye dye lab coat. She was also a good teacher of basic physics (momentum/acceleration). Everyone in my biology field studies was quite laid back and the teachers (a Dr. And masters) were definitely hippies in the 60s, and they LOVED plants. Really fun stuff to be taught by laid back intellectuals.
So let's not throw the intellectual environmental hippies under the bus with.the people who think ALL nuclear power is bad. Please everyone read about thorium, there are several videos showing the basics. They also burn transurianic wastes and produce U238, a valuable and rare component of RTG (radioisotope thermal generators) for space craft.
In fact I just got back from a hippy fest of mostly intelligent UT undergrads in Austin. Raised money for charities and the people and first responders in West, amesome philanthropic partying. I hope we got them enough money for funerals and housing. Stopped there on the way back, such a tragedy in their tight knit little town.
Actually, I think that Whipple shields have been getting installed on the ISS. They're simply thin sheets which are mounted parallel to the hull. Tiny objects will vaporize on impact, so a more diffuse plasma burst hits the hull.
There are cool videos of whipple shield testing with a hydrogen gas gun, pretty cool. Is Whipple someone's name?
How about releasing large clouds of gas in front of a cloud of debris? Wouldn't that deaccelerate it, and then dissipate?
Sort of?
We have a project to identify and track all the space-junk we can, but the library is far from complete. Once we know where one is and how fast it's going, it doesn't deviate much from that.
We make a practice of avoid the junk we know about. Intercepting it, on the other hand, is a fools errand. You're talking about shooting a bullet down with a gun. Hypothetically: sure, but in reality, it's not gonna happen.
We have gotten quite good at hitting things moving at 3000 mph (anti-sat/anti-ballistic missile). And for this application you don't even have to hit it, just know where it's going to be. Technically it's challenging, but certainly doable. The prohibitive part is the cost of launching several very heavy things. Maybe a laser type device for very small pieces?
I think the problem is if you're not a politician, you're a lobbyist or work at a think tank. If that said for life, instead of two years, then the people you hire have no idea what to do in that area. The statement you quoted is not about merely lobbyist. It is more far reaching. People who worked in the pharmaceutical industry, but were never.lobbyist, still have the same prohibition.
I'm not sure what you're whining about, surely some restriction is better than the former "hire whomever you please."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk12ALX9fz8
Really? Every one? Must have missed FDRs slacking the second time round cause he got a third.
You would probably stick up your nose at Alexander Graham Bell if he was nominated - as an industry insider. See the guy's blog about SOPA and other stuff of importance on the wayback machine. Not only is he eloquent, he is supporting the right side.
in other news Dr. Kevorkian to head Department of Health and Human Services
I wonder at the characterization of Dr. Kevorkian. He was an empathetic man, who's belief correctly compelled him to help relieve suffering for people with terminal illness. One day we will all see the bravery in going to jail for what he believed, and he will ultimately be judged as a man who stood tall and delivered people from the sentence of abject misery - an angel of mercy rather than death.
I was a part of the battle for network change in the 1970's. It was a long and bloody uphill battle that ultimately prevailed. Watching the Netroots organizing around SOPA, I could only stand in awe - if only such a capability for the people to speak out had existed in the 1970s! My sense, however, is that there was a lot more to the SOPA action than SOPA itself. Centrally structured and controlled political grassroots have become distributed and open Netroots. The results echo the reaction of the 1838 congressman to seeing his first electronic network. Things will never be the same again.
He seems well informed, and he's on the right side of the debate. Despite the cynics, it could be far worse. I could see Republicans (hell even the "liberal" Obama) privatizing the FCC to News Corp or the like.
I'd do it for a plane ticket first class and a guided tour of the city.
Why can't you talk to your CTO or someone about destroying HDDs, reusing non -sensitive HDDs, and donating wiped PCs to a community college for students who can't afford home PCs. My psychology teacher did this with donated PCs, in fact he got my first computer, a 350 Mhz Dell Optiplex.
I didn't know such a place exists. Who doesn't like milk and cookies, cereal, chai tea, chocolate milk? Man, fuck them. Y'know it's not like anyone is forcing them to drink milk. And cows like it because they get sore if they aren't milked. In fact, modern dairy farms have milking carousel so when the cows decide they need a milking, they hop on and get cleaned, and hop off when it's done. All they have to do is eat and socialize, Mooooooo.
I believe the difficulty you ascribe to the removal task is unfounded. Especially the assertion that people HERE would have a hard time. Seriously, a bootable OS with an AV on it, and you've got the name-> google and BAM you know exactly what you're dealing with.
Most of us with non-technical friends have probably removed it once or twice years ago. Yet you say "most of you guys won't even have a clue, why you would have to read a Microsoft article! That requires mad skillz."
We need to answer the "will it help national defense?" With "no, but it will make the country worth defending."
Dung disposal? I would think people would pay to take it and compost it for fertilizer? Do they not?
I didn't mean to imply you do this yourself, just that there might be a way to taste the glorious honey!
"(never heard of anyone being allergic to honey - I just threw that out there)"
I, unfortunately, am (worst thing in my life, because it wasn't so in several years of my childhood - I know how honey tastes like, but can't even taste a bit). Still supporting ban and would like to see return of some sanity in farming in EU in general. Currently they just deplete soil just because they get bigger kickbacks for that. Screwed up big time. Some sort of support would make sense in territories where farming is struggling to survive as industry, but in rest of Europe - hardly doubt it. Of course farmers who are already heavily depend on subsides won't agree with me.
I've heard of real progress with people that have severe peanut allergy alleviating it a lot to a little by introducing daily small quantities of the allergen. Only mild anaphylaxis side effects.i think it may just be testing it now. check it out!
That's why you should fart really loud in a 5 star hotel, just to unsettle them a little.