One thing not mentioned in the article (but is mentioned in the 2005 article) is the problems between the Kazakh and Russian governments.They are still debating over problems (especially money) due to failed rocket launches, most recently in September. The Kazakh government keeps suspending and then unsuspending Russian operations at the base.
For all those of you that thought waves only existed in the ocean
FYI, atmospheric waves are very common and have very similar structure. In fact, the study of both atmospheric and ocean waves is called Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. It is a fascinating field - my favorites are atmospheric waves in which the wavelength is such that two or three waves encircle the entire Earth.
I went to graduate school (in engineering) at the University of Missouri which has a large journalism school. I knew some of the people in the science journalism program. Most of them had never taken a science course in at the collegiate level and very few courses in high school. I have always questioned why the journalism school did not require at least basic biology, chemistry, etc. I can only come to the conclusion that they are interested only in the "journalism" part and not the "science" part.
There is a precendent already in US law. Any American or American corporation cannot participate in bribery or other forms of corruption in any country. There have been some convictions, but I am not sure how many or which countries were involved.
This story reminds me of a BBC panel show I heard a couple of years ago when they played a recording from the '60's (?) of a music expert complaining about what things would happen if cassette tapes became widely available.
I also remember when video players first came out, it was said that people would quit going to movie theaters and that would in turn make people socialize less.
You mean food that doesn't need to be sprayed with (as much) pesticide because it's biologically resistant to insects?
Is that why Monsanto had petitioned the EPA to allow for a greater residue of the herbicide Roundup on food crops a few years ago?
Much of the issues related to Monsanto, GMO's, and Patents have little to do with improving agriculture, etc. it has to gaining a market share in GMO crop sales, keeping that, and then selling their pesticides (I recently read where 80% of all GMO crops are resistant to Roundup).
The "Family Jewels" are also available from National Security Archive website. Also included is a short history and some additional documents.
The National Security Archive (a private organization based at George Washington University) has lots of other dirt from the CIA and other organizations all obtained by the Freedom of Information Act. The site is definitely worth a visit.
The Tabbrowser Preferences is for my usage the most important extension (except for maybe adblock:)). It greatly enhances the tabbing features of Firefox. The tabbing features are one of the main reasons for using Firefox. I have never had any problems ever using it.
It is interesting that the article only criticizes it for not being able to uninstall completely. First, I don't want to uninstall it and, secondly, is that enough to put it the bottom 10?
Note that this is not related to Tabbrowser Extensions which is apparently broken.
The point of IP is to prevent other people from making money from your work. You may do what you wish with your work. You can make money like Bill Gates or you can let other people use it freely as did Linus Torvalds.
There is one thing missing in the above discussion and that is how the universities treat the professors with respect to intellutual property rights. Usually if a professor invents something new, then it is the University that gets the patent rights, not the professor. In addition, most universities, at least in the US, take a certain percent of any research grants (the call it "overhead").
So I think teaching intellutual property rights to students is a bit ironic, to say the least, since the university wants to take the rights from the professors.
On the one hand, peer review and editing (things which closed journals often provide) are important....
On the other hand, why the hell should it cost anything for someone to read the research that their taxpayer dollars are funding? These, however, do not have to be exclusive. For example, the Public Library of Science (Plos) now has a number of journals which are peer reviewed. But they are freely accessible through the internet. In addition the authors maintain the copyright through use of the Creative Commons license. And their goal is to be at the level of Science or Nature. See http://www.plos.org/
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One thing not mentioned in the article (but is mentioned in the 2005 article) is the problems between the Kazakh and Russian governments.They are still debating over problems (especially money) due to failed rocket launches, most recently in September. The Kazakh government keeps suspending and then unsuspending Russian operations at the base.
See this article from EurasiaNet: http://eurasianet.org/resource/kazakhstan/hypermail/news/0011.shtml
FYI, atmospheric waves are very common and have very similar structure. In fact, the study of both atmospheric and ocean waves is called Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. It is a fascinating field - my favorites are atmospheric waves in which the wavelength is such that two or three waves encircle the entire Earth.
Let's here it for Consumers Rights!
What is really needed is a computer which does what I want and not what it thinks I want.
I went to graduate school (in engineering) at the University of Missouri which has a large journalism school. I knew some of the people in the science journalism program. Most of them had never taken a science course in at the collegiate level and very few courses in high school. I have always questioned why the journalism school did not require at least basic biology, chemistry, etc. I can only come to the conclusion that they are interested only in the "journalism" part and not the "science" part.
This is nothing new. Think of Blackwater, Halliburton, Boeing, ..., ...
Big contractors like these simply get slapped on the wrist and keep going on with business as usual. The same thing will happen with UNISYS
There is a precendent already in US law. Any American or American corporation cannot participate in bribery or other forms of corruption in any country. There have been some convictions, but I am not sure how many or which countries were involved.
This story reminds me of a BBC panel show I heard a couple of years ago when they played a recording from the '60's (?) of a music expert complaining about what things would happen if cassette tapes became widely available.
I also remember when video players first came out, it was said that people would quit going to movie theaters and that would in turn make people socialize less.
I disagree with your premise that Roundup is a safe pesticide. Recent studies have shown that not to be true, despite claims by Monsanto. See http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index .htm#13
Is that why Monsanto had petitioned the EPA to allow for a greater residue of the herbicide Roundup on food crops a few years ago?
Much of the issues related to Monsanto, GMO's, and Patents have little to do with improving agriculture, etc. it has to gaining a market share in GMO crop sales, keeping that, and then selling their pesticides (I recently read where 80% of all GMO crops are resistant to Roundup).
The "Family Jewels" are also available from National Security Archive website. Also included is a short history and some additional documents.
The National Security Archive (a private organization based at George Washington University) has lots of other dirt from the CIA and other organizations all obtained by the Freedom of Information Act. The site is definitely worth a visit.
I believe the summary is misleading. The researchers are not saying it will be a static universe, but that it will appear to be static.
The universe will keep expanding, but we will not be able to tell.
What a crappy list.
:)). It greatly enhances the tabbing features of Firefox. The tabbing features are one of the main reasons for using Firefox. I have never had any problems ever using it.
The Tabbrowser Preferences is for my usage the most important extension (except for maybe adblock
It is interesting that the article only criticizes it for not being able to uninstall completely. First, I don't want to uninstall it and, secondly, is that enough to put it the bottom 10?
Note that this is not related to Tabbrowser Extensions which is apparently broken.
The point of IP is to prevent other people from making money from your work. You may do what you wish with your work. You can make money like Bill Gates or you can let other people use it freely as did Linus Torvalds.
There is one thing missing in the above discussion and that is how the universities treat the professors with respect to intellutual property rights. Usually if a professor invents something new, then it is the University that gets the patent rights, not the professor. In addition, most universities, at least in the US, take a certain percent of any research grants (the call it "overhead").
So I think teaching intellutual property rights to students is a bit ironic, to say the least, since the university wants to take the rights from the professors.
On the one hand, peer review and editing (things which closed journals often provide) are important.... On the other hand, why the hell should it cost anything for someone to read the research that their taxpayer dollars are funding?
These, however, do not have to be exclusive. For example, the Public Library of Science (Plos) now has a number of journals which are peer reviewed. But they are freely accessible through the internet. In addition the authors maintain the copyright through use of the Creative Commons license. And their goal is to be at the level of Science or Nature. See http://www.plos.org/