A clear part of their duty is leadership, which requires communication and inspiration. Love him or hate him, you have to acknowledge that "Each piece we bring on deck conjures for me the thousands of engineers who worked together back then to do what for all time had been thought surely impossible" is a very nice bit of communication.
Mod parent up. Sintering is closer to baking. But solar heat is cheap and plentiful on the moon, with periodic availability. Use it to make lego bricks and automate the process of lego assembly. No need for rebar, as moonquakes are not severe. After the structure is up, all the bricks are compressed and strong. Spray the interior to seal pores. Add air.
Require ISPs to vet the proof of payment signatures as a condition of licensing. Forging a signature can be prosecuted as wirefraud. Anything without a valid signature by inference comes from outside the participating countries, and goes into an "unverifiable" spambox. Reader could reject unread or pay to read spam, their choice. Of course it might be bad for business, so it won't happen, but it could be done.
China knows that keeping NK on a leash is part of its place in the world. If NK did anything really dangerous, China would have to slap them down fast to avoid someone else doing it for them: the risk of escalation would be too great. Clearly, China doesn't think NK is really dangerous yet. No doubt they're in a better position to know their client than we are.
Isn't it neat when other people get to decide if they want to share YOUR personal data?
They aren't just selling your personal data. They've been selling YOU for years, thirteenth amendment or no. Now that you're a commodity corporate asset, management has a fiduciary duty to maximize ROI for shareholders. That includes extending ownership to any offspring units you produce, and increasing the value of each unit by providing detailled characterization to buyers.
Target and others profile your behavior in and out of stores: what labels do you read, what magazines are you reading, when did you stop buying pregnancy tests, when was your baby due, what size diapers do you choose, when did you start solid food, what language is her bedtime reading, it's all grist for the mill...
Don't like it? Buy from street vendors or small consignment shops. Pay cash or barter. Share shopping errands with a friend.
If this sounds somehow wrong to you, write (with a pen and paper) to your congress critter and demand you get your rights back. Let them know the price of their failure will be your active personal support of their opponent in the next race. That's what gets their attention.
Of course one reason is that they have to have a staff to fight the insurance companies at every turn... but no one will ever talk about that.
This fight works to increase the bottom line for the medical office/clinic/hospital, the insurance company, and the lawyers. Too bad it does nothing for the child with leukemia or her now-bankrupt family, but hey, that large midwestern city probably wouldn't ever elect a Tea Party candidate, so it must be their fault.
Putting medical decisions in the hands of accountants and lawyers is batshit crazy. Of course, one could say the same thing about most fields of endeavor. It all started to go wrong when we first elected lawyers to write the laws. It puts them in a terrible conflict of interest.
"Three may keep Counsel, if two be away."-- Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia (1732)
"Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead." -- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack (1735)
"Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different." -- T.S. Elliot
"Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright." -- Aaron Sorkin
A strong system should have certain attributes such as:
1. A non-transferrable physical tokens (signet rings, implants, retina, voice, pulse-sensitive fingerprint) that are needed to generate the
2. one-time keys used for each transaction
3. whether by analog phone, smartphone, internet-connected PC, or other mechanism.
4. There should be an automagic session end when the token is separated from the connection mechanism.
5. The system should guarantee respect for the user's privacy choices.
6. Where laws prohibit 5, the system should ensure the user has a way to knowingly submit to the law.
7. Where laws permit 5, the system should support any desired number of pseudonymous/anonymous personae for a single human.
What else does it need?
Getting public acceptance for lighting up an NTR to escape the moon is a much simpler political process than doing so to escape the earth (though perhaps not in the wacky world of US politics). Just hope the Chinese don't do it too close to that magnetic anomaly.
Stop, you're both wrong.
1. This is not, by definition, an aviation accident: even the crew had deplaned.
2. Many parked aircraft have lost wings without crashing: all it takes is wind passing over the tarmac on the wrong vector.
3. A fire, even in flight, doesn't have to be the end of the world if the systems design detects the fire and limits its ability to spread. This was the principal lesson-learned from SR111, which has since changed material approvals for aircraft. SA295 was never adequately explained, so teaches us little, but evidently the firefighting routines were not followed. VJ592 was caused by illegally carried hazmat (oxygen generators) in the cabin. AC797 had many similarities to SR111 (insulation burning spread the fire), but the lessons learned were not applied to designs in time to prevent SR111. I'd blame the FAA's inaction on NTSB recommendations.
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Who says they're talking about "[You] the People"'s politicians? They might have meant "Us the rest of Humanity"'s politicians... Anyhow, it seems from http://slashdot.org/submission/2567075/new-brain-implant-transmits-wirelessly-to-computer that they'll soon be reporting directly to the Googleplex, with no scans required.
"Why should I buy a boat when I already have a car?"
The usual reason: To stop money from burning a hole in your pocket, just apply water.
A clear part of their duty is leadership, which requires communication and inspiration. Love him or hate him, you have to acknowledge that "Each piece we bring on deck conjures for me the thousands of engineers who worked together back then to do what for all time had been thought surely impossible" is a very nice bit of communication.
If Google had kept Android under the GPL, Apple wouldn't need to crack in to Samsung just to get the source...
Mod parent up. Sintering is closer to baking. But solar heat is cheap and plentiful on the moon, with periodic availability. Use it to make lego bricks and automate the process of lego assembly. No need for rebar, as moonquakes are not severe. After the structure is up, all the bricks are compressed and strong. Spray the interior to seal pores. Add air.
Check out http://simplynoise.com/
Feed it to headphones or earphones to suit your taste. I like the rain simulation, with occasional distant thunder.
...ask The Doctor
Require ISPs to vet the proof of payment signatures as a condition of licensing. Forging a signature can be prosecuted as wirefraud. Anything without a valid signature by inference comes from outside the participating countries, and goes into an "unverifiable" spambox. Reader could reject unread or pay to read spam, their choice. Of course it might be bad for business, so it won't happen, but it could be done.
Uhm, because you signed a contract that said you would?
China knows that keeping NK on a leash is part of its place in the world. If NK did anything really dangerous, China would have to slap them down fast to avoid someone else doing it for them: the risk of escalation would be too great. Clearly, China doesn't think NK is really dangerous yet. No doubt they're in a better position to know their client than we are.
Isn't it neat when other people get to decide if they want to share YOUR personal data?
They aren't just selling your personal data. They've been selling YOU for years, thirteenth amendment or no. Now that you're a commodity corporate asset, management has a fiduciary duty to maximize ROI for shareholders. That includes extending ownership to any offspring units you produce, and increasing the value of each unit by providing detailled characterization to buyers.
Target and others profile your behavior in and out of stores: what labels do you read, what magazines are you reading, when did you stop buying pregnancy tests, when was your baby due, what size diapers do you choose, when did you start solid food, what language is her bedtime reading, it's all grist for the mill...
Don't like it? Buy from street vendors or small consignment shops. Pay cash or barter. Share shopping errands with a friend.
If this sounds somehow wrong to you, write (with a pen and paper) to your congress critter and demand you get your rights back. Let them know the price of their failure will be your active personal support of their opponent in the next race. That's what gets their attention.
That wretched continent breeds nothing but human incompetence and disease.
Homo sapiens isn't the only species to come out of Africa,
everyone else is just helpless by-standard
Yeah, that's pretty much the definition of DRM.
Of course one reason is that they have to have a staff to fight the insurance companies at every turn... but no one will ever talk about that.
This fight works to increase the bottom line for the medical office/clinic/hospital, the insurance company, and the lawyers. Too bad it does nothing for the child with leukemia or her now-bankrupt family, but hey, that large midwestern city probably wouldn't ever elect a Tea Party candidate, so it must be their fault. Putting medical decisions in the hands of accountants and lawyers is batshit crazy. Of course, one could say the same thing about most fields of endeavor. It all started to go wrong when we first elected lawyers to write the laws. It puts them in a terrible conflict of interest.
... is the internet. Now go ahead. Find an electronic device that's more than 100 miles from that.
When all else fails, vote from the roof tops.
Well, if you must, but please try not to land on anyone.
Q: How high does "some" have to get to be "most"?
"Three may keep Counsel, if two be away."-- Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia (1732)
"Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead." -- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack (1735)
"Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different." -- T.S. Elliot
"Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright." -- Aaron Sorkin
Welcome to the corporate anarchy, citizen.
s/citizen/consumer/g
There, fixed that for you.
Microsoft is pushing hard for this one.... Might just save their business.
We need this because only Skype can save us from having to use XMPP? Justaskin'.
A strong system should have certain attributes such as:
1. A non-transferrable physical tokens (signet rings, implants, retina, voice, pulse-sensitive fingerprint) that are needed to generate the
2. one-time keys used for each transaction
3. whether by analog phone, smartphone, internet-connected PC, or other mechanism.
4. There should be an automagic session end when the token is separated from the connection mechanism.
5. The system should guarantee respect for the user's privacy choices.
6. Where laws prohibit 5, the system should ensure the user has a way to knowingly submit to the law.
7. Where laws permit 5, the system should support any desired number of pseudonymous/anonymous personae for a single human.
What else does it need?
Getting public acceptance for lighting up an NTR to escape the moon is a much simpler political process than doing so to escape the earth (though perhaps not in the wacky world of US politics). Just hope the Chinese don't do it too close to that magnetic anomaly.
Look, I'm just a software engineer.
Don't call yourself an engineer if you wont do your duty to the public.
I'm confused. I've been told that means "Read The F`ing Article," but what's an article?
Yes, you certainly are confused. What's an interrogative adjective. The and an are articles.
Stop, you're both wrong.
1. This is not, by definition, an aviation accident: even the crew had deplaned.
2. Many parked aircraft have lost wings without crashing: all it takes is wind passing over the tarmac on the wrong vector.
3. A fire, even in flight, doesn't have to be the end of the world if the systems design detects the fire and limits its ability to spread. This was the principal lesson-learned from SR111, which has since changed material approvals for aircraft. SA295 was never adequately explained, so teaches us little, but evidently the firefighting routines were not followed. VJ592 was caused by illegally carried hazmat (oxygen generators) in the cabin. AC797 had many similarities to SR111 (insulation burning spread the fire), but the lessons learned were not applied to designs in time to prevent SR111. I'd blame the FAA's inaction on NTSB recommendations.