When I started designing machinery, I was told to never underestimate the stupidity of the end user. So, I had to learn to idiot-proof my designs. Now so long as enough of them interact with their windshields I could actually start designing for more intelligent people before I retire. Hell, I might even open up a car lot!
'One reason,' says Kundra, 'is because the USPTO receives these applications online, prints them out, and then someone manually rekeys the information into an antiquated system.'"
I wonder if they're using EBCDIC
If any of you readers have an aeroplane, I'll volunteer to sit in the back and get wasted. By the way, my special recipe is Bacardi 151 and orange jolt. I never get a hangover.
To use this research for water and wastewater treatment, the basis for civilization. For instance, chlorine is used to disinfect water but is not 100% effective. Chlorine leaves behind disinfection by-products which are a common cause of taste and odor problems in municipal water supplies. The EPA says there must be a chlorine residual of 5mg/L at the farthest point in the distribution system. Chlorine combines with many organic molecules to form carcinogens, (chloramines). Chlorine is not needed after it leaves the distribution system. There really needs to be an effective and economical alternative! If chlorine is used to kill organisms then why are we drinking it? Also, there are many organisms that survive the treatment process whether they are immune to chlorine or not. These organisms form colonies in the distribution system and feed off of each others wastes and have to be removed by stuffing a foam bullet down a supply line. Then there's also the issue of sediments contaminating your water from the iron and copper pipes which distribute it. Also, look at the corrosion of your hot water pipes. This is because the lime used to treat water falls out of suspension at warmer temperatures, but is still suspended in the cold water you drink. Wastewater treatment is a tricky business that we largely depend on microbes to do the dirty work. This process has to be closely monitored since what is in the wastewater is never constant unless you are treating industrial wastewater. A good portion of industrial, medical and food processing outfits are fined for the wastes they produce, but only pass that cost on to the consumer. Hopefully one day there will be a method effectively and economically discriminate contaminants at any point of discharge, whether wastewater or at the tap. Until then, waste the first 30 seconds of water from your tap or at least until the chlorine smell goes away.
1) Reduces prison population -> reduces Government budget/deficit
- Too bad that prison is an industry, decriminalizing pot would hurt that industry at an average of $25,000 a year per person.
Screw sharing my ideas with the incumbent. All this says to me is that they're running short on ideas and are begging for help. I say let's start a technocratic party since current policy makers have such difficulty with technical issues. We have a group of policy makers deciding the fate of the internet who probably ask their children how to configure their fucking network to get online at home.I also say legalize pot, America was founded on it anyway.. As far as other drugs are concerned, I say investigate ways to enable the countries who produce them to not have to rely on coke and heroin as cash crops and therefore take the power out of the hands of the drug lords and religious fanatics. Put that in you pipe and smoke it!
I get this. I was ultimately trying to fish out a response that would lead to someone identifying the RIAA's footprint/ methods on the web and inspire someone to combat/ block the same so that we can subtly tell the RIAA to go to hell.
How is the RIAA running their sting operations anyway? You figure they'd go after mass production counterfeiting at flea markets instead of just sitting on their asses hijacking or sniffing or whatever the hell they're doing. I thought the main reason such downloads took off in the first place was because of the price gouging of legal downloads. Since prices for legal downloads haven't really dropped in a meaningful way, I assume they're more in it for the money than the moral purpose of legal behaviour. So, if they're going to stoop to making an example of a kid, then I say they've opened the door for anyone to stoop to any level to make an example out of them. Damn I'm scatter brained this morning!
If they've made enough profit so far, then they have the resources to retool a factory and keep rolling. I seriously doubt they wait until they meet at trade organization forums to discuss price fixing.
I agree wholeheartedly. Too bad there isn't much left after everything has been pilfered and sold off or outsourced. My biggest concern is the American yard sale - kind of hard to call it economic warfare any more. think drones are the least of our worries, unless they are carrying biological agents - in which case you wouldn't want to shoot them down anyway. Anyway, the most effective thing you can do about any small scale covert attack is good intelligence and hopefully have the time frame in which to make use of it.
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I wish they would do this with my rolling papers and decriminalize non-medicinal marijuana!
Don't forget ACTA & the media kickbacks. Politicians would give two sh!%s less if no money was involved.
Sounds like they forgot I can do the same thing with the HDMI output on my laptop.
When I started designing machinery, I was told to never underestimate the stupidity of the end user. So, I had to learn to idiot-proof my designs. Now so long as enough of them interact with their windshields I could actually start designing for more intelligent people before I retire. Hell, I might even open up a car lot!
Damn, all this time I was blaming it on Bacardi 151 mixed with Jolt!
Save the books..... burn the ipads!
They could have at least sent someone to offer condolences, but after allocating $9 Billion to the clouds we see their priorities are elsewhere.
They should have send a blue screen of death dressed up as the grim reaper!
I don't care how many research monkeys on cocaine say otherwise, I'm sticking with Firefox!
'One reason,' says Kundra, 'is because the USPTO receives these applications online, prints them out, and then someone manually rekeys the information into an antiquated system.'" I wonder if they're using EBCDIC
I wonder if there will be a truth detector app.
You have the freedom of speech, but when someone listens you are a threat to national security and they shut your network down.
If any of you readers have an aeroplane, I'll volunteer to sit in the back and get wasted. By the way, my special recipe is Bacardi 151 and orange jolt. I never get a hangover.
Could this be a new source of funding for moon exploration?
It would be nice to have a GIMP plug-in for this.
Let's not forget the threat from the pengui sapiens of the pokealotatwat tribe.
Mormon scientists have found skolls! How interesting! Maybe this will get a Darwin award.
To use this research for water and wastewater treatment, the basis for civilization. For instance, chlorine is used to disinfect water but is not 100% effective. Chlorine leaves behind disinfection by-products which are a common cause of taste and odor problems in municipal water supplies. The EPA says there must be a chlorine residual of 5mg/L at the farthest point in the distribution system. Chlorine combines with many organic molecules to form carcinogens, (chloramines). Chlorine is not needed after it leaves the distribution system. There really needs to be an effective and economical alternative! If chlorine is used to kill organisms then why are we drinking it? Also, there are many organisms that survive the treatment process whether they are immune to chlorine or not. These organisms form colonies in the distribution system and feed off of each others wastes and have to be removed by stuffing a foam bullet down a supply line. Then there's also the issue of sediments contaminating your water from the iron and copper pipes which distribute it. Also, look at the corrosion of your hot water pipes. This is because the lime used to treat water falls out of suspension at warmer temperatures, but is still suspended in the cold water you drink. Wastewater treatment is a tricky business that we largely depend on microbes to do the dirty work. This process has to be closely monitored since what is in the wastewater is never constant unless you are treating industrial wastewater. A good portion of industrial, medical and food processing outfits are fined for the wastes they produce, but only pass that cost on to the consumer. Hopefully one day there will be a method effectively and economically discriminate contaminants at any point of discharge, whether wastewater or at the tap. Until then, waste the first 30 seconds of water from your tap or at least until the chlorine smell goes away.
1) Reduces prison population -> reduces Government budget/deficit - Too bad that prison is an industry, decriminalizing pot would hurt that industry at an average of $25,000 a year per person.
Screw sharing my ideas with the incumbent. All this says to me is that they're running short on ideas and are begging for help. I say let's start a technocratic party since current policy makers have such difficulty with technical issues. We have a group of policy makers deciding the fate of the internet who probably ask their children how to configure their fucking network to get online at home.I also say legalize pot, America was founded on it anyway.. As far as other drugs are concerned, I say investigate ways to enable the countries who produce them to not have to rely on coke and heroin as cash crops and therefore take the power out of the hands of the drug lords and religious fanatics. Put that in you pipe and smoke it!
I get this. I was ultimately trying to fish out a response that would lead to someone identifying the RIAA's footprint/ methods on the web and inspire someone to combat/ block the same so that we can subtly tell the RIAA to go to hell.
How is the RIAA running their sting operations anyway? You figure they'd go after mass production counterfeiting at flea markets instead of just sitting on their asses hijacking or sniffing or whatever the hell they're doing. I thought the main reason such downloads took off in the first place was because of the price gouging of legal downloads. Since prices for legal downloads haven't really dropped in a meaningful way, I assume they're more in it for the money than the moral purpose of legal behaviour. So, if they're going to stoop to making an example of a kid, then I say they've opened the door for anyone to stoop to any level to make an example out of them. Damn I'm scatter brained this morning!
Hell, they've already culled off a good portion of the fighting force, now just cull off the free thinkers and the economy will snap right back!
If they've made enough profit so far, then they have the resources to retool a factory and keep rolling. I seriously doubt they wait until they meet at trade organization forums to discuss price fixing.
I agree wholeheartedly. Too bad there isn't much left after everything has been pilfered and sold off or outsourced. My biggest concern is the American yard sale - kind of hard to call it economic warfare any more. think drones are the least of our worries, unless they are carrying biological agents - in which case you wouldn't want to shoot them down anyway. Anyway, the most effective thing you can do about any small scale covert attack is good intelligence and hopefully have the time frame in which to make use of it.