Nokia was developing Meego, an open source OS for their phones in collaboration with several other companies. It is more inclusive than even Android, and the app store was to be also inclusive. They had previously released the open source Maemo OS for several internet tablets and the N900 phone, which has an active community developing open source apps and even improving and updating to the core OS.
This is in addition to their development of Qt, and the open sourcing of Symbian.
Now they're using an OS for their phones which specificaly prohibits using open source, the very apps and developmnet process they were relying on previously.
Any developer love they may have had is now utterly gone... what fools. But I suppose this is to be expected when you sleep with the devil.
There is more need and much better returns for high speed rail than the outrageous percentage of GDP spent on bombing the shit out of 3rd world countries. How many miles of high speed rail can you build for one F-35 ?
Depends on how far apart the towers are. On the TGV calling when close to cities works fine but in the countryside not so much, same for 3G. GPS on the other hand doesn't work right at all past a certain speed.
I'm no aerospace engineer but I assume those pics are detailed enough to get decent analysis of its performance, at least in terms of radar avoiding shape, top speed, and maneuverability.
Furthermore, the designed is much more inspired by, and perhaps improved upon, the current generation of jet fighters, Russian and US, than anything from the 1960s.
The WHDI standard supports HDCP 2.0, so it can route protected content (Blu-ray films, for example) without a problem.
However, the device outputs uncompressed / unmodified video. This means if the video is protected or encrypted, it will be safe, otherwise you're sending out in the clear.
Despite the best efforts of the American right, US birth rates are similar to those of Europe. The US population is growing mainly due to immigration, and 1st generation immigrants.
In any case, it is obviously a solution for developing countries. This is because that is where by far most of the growth is coming from.
Absolutely! Sustainable agriculture is a must in eliminating poverty. And indeed the use of high conversion rate, high protein agriculture such as commercial farming of insects can play a role.
However this must also be coupled with systematic access to basic medical care, education of disease prevention measures, and adequate sanitation.
And this is not impossible, several developing countries such as Brazil and Thailand have been able to decrease poverty and set up effective population control programs.
And who gets to implement these rules, and how ? Very few people will ever voluntarily accept to have reproduction so closely monitored and restricted. It would be inhumane, degrading, and hypocritical. I do agree with the education and empowerement of women, but they will never be able to do this if they have 6+ children.
So how do you reduce familly size in a humane manner ? The answer might surprise you, as it is paradoxal : get rid of infant mortality. This has been proven in every developing country : the FIRST step to reducing population is to completely eliminate infant mortality. Once nearly all children reach adulthood, people have less children, simply because they don't need to have as many. Once this happens, THEN education steps in and teaches people about family planning. Family planning should be tought at an early age, with high school and elementary school kids learning about condoms and safe sex. They will then disseminate this information to their parents.
You aren't taking into consideration the fact that people have been eating insects for millenia. There is a greater variety of commonly eaten insect species (1000+) than of commonly eaten mammal species (~10). In parts of the world with a history of eating insects, they are a delicacy. There is also a great variety of insect dishes, whether traditional Asian, Native American, or African dishes, and recent recipes created by modern chefs, mainly in Europe.
Then there is the taste itself - insects are arthropods, and hence are very closely related to shrimp, crabs, lobster, etc. A big tarantula (yes, yes, not an insect but a terrestrial arthropod nonetheless) has a taste not unlike a crab, though less salty for obvious reasons.
It's also security done on the cheap. The approach described in the article is more expensive because recruting, training, and keeping a highly qualified work force costs more than letting poorly trained operators simply scan everyone. It's the cheapest, fastest way to give the impression something is being done; the old rule 'cheap, fast, good - pick two' applies here - security will not be good.
Worse, the money spent on these machines could be spent on hiring more and better trained TSA agents. Giving more people better jobs, while increasing security... sadly it will never be done.
As you point out, the corps and their bought politicians would rather pump more money into a failed system than look at alternatives, because those alternatives would not enrich them.
Not necessarily, the North Vietnamese had over a million soldiers killed, tens of thousands of civilians killed, and widespread destruction of farmland and cities. The US had less than 60k soldiers killed, no civilians killed and no cities destroyed obviously, but the Vietnamese won.
Yes, Meego is specifically designed for smaller screens and has a touch based interface design from the start. It works with current Dell netbooks which probably share a lot with the Duo.
No, because there is obviously something wrong with the industry when two rigs explode within months of each other. Until they get their existing operations sorted out, it's logical to stop them adding new ones in more risky places.
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Nokia was developing Meego, an open source OS for their phones in collaboration with several other companies. It is more inclusive than even Android, and the app store was to be also inclusive. They had previously released the open source Maemo OS for several internet tablets and the N900 phone, which has an active community developing open source apps and even improving and updating to the core OS.
This is in addition to their development of Qt, and the open sourcing of Symbian.
Now they're using an OS for their phones which specificaly prohibits using open source, the very apps and developmnet process they were relying on previously.
Any developer love they may have had is now utterly gone ... what fools. But I suppose this is to be expected when you sleep with the devil.
There is more need and much better returns for high speed rail than the outrageous percentage of GDP spent on bombing the shit out of 3rd world countries. How many miles of high speed rail can you build for one F-35 ?
Depends on how far apart the towers are. On the TGV calling when close to cities works fine but in the countryside not so much, same for 3G. GPS on the other hand doesn't work right at all past a certain speed.
You seem to forget that in the run-up to the war, opinions were in favor of it, with conservatives being strongly supportive.
I'm not sure you've been paying attention either. Right now any kind of major project is simply unafordable.
Blurry ? Really ?
Check out this site : http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/j-20/p43219-j-20-first-testflightstealth-aircraft.html
For the impatient :
http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/showfull.php?photo=43209
http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/showfull.php?photo=43212
http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/showfull.php?photo=43214
I'm no aerospace engineer but I assume those pics are detailed enough to get decent analysis of its performance, at least in terms of radar avoiding shape, top speed, and maneuverability.
Furthermore, the designed is much more inspired by, and perhaps improved upon, the current generation of jet fighters, Russian and US, than anything from the 1960s.
Regarding the pilot plant, they're hiring :
http://www.jouleunlimited.com/careers/ppe
http://www.jouleunlimited.com/careers/lppo
While you are it, why not ask for a pony as well ?
Exactly! I feel the same way about the US system of measures.
The article does say that
The WHDI standard supports HDCP 2.0, so it can route protected content (Blu-ray films, for example) without a problem.
However, the device outputs uncompressed / unmodified video. This means if the video is protected or encrypted, it will be safe, otherwise you're sending out in the clear.
Actually, Clinton stopped and even reversed the disastrous fiscal policies of Reagan and Bush. Unfortunately, Bush II undid all of that work ...
See for yourself
Despite the best efforts of the American right, US birth rates are similar to those of Europe. The US population is growing mainly due to immigration, and 1st generation immigrants.
In any case, it is obviously a solution for developing countries. This is because that is where by far most of the growth is coming from.
Absolutely! Sustainable agriculture is a must in eliminating poverty. And indeed the use of high conversion rate, high protein agriculture such as commercial farming of insects can play a role.
However this must also be coupled with systematic access to basic medical care, education of disease prevention measures, and adequate sanitation.
And this is not impossible, several developing countries such as Brazil and Thailand have been able to decrease poverty and set up effective population control programs.
And who gets to implement these rules, and how ? Very few people will ever voluntarily accept to have reproduction so closely monitored and restricted. It would be inhumane, degrading, and hypocritical.
I do agree with the education and empowerement of women, but they will never be able to do this if they have 6+ children.
So how do you reduce familly size in a humane manner ? The answer might surprise you, as it is paradoxal : get rid of infant mortality. This has been proven in every developing country : the FIRST step to reducing population is to completely eliminate infant mortality. Once nearly all children reach adulthood, people have less children, simply because they don't need to have as many. Once this happens, THEN education steps in and teaches people about family planning. Family planning should be tought at an early age, with high school and elementary school kids learning about condoms and safe sex. They will then disseminate this information to their parents.
Great presentation on the subject. There are more advantages than what is described in TFA.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects.html
You aren't taking into consideration the fact that people have been eating insects for millenia. There is a greater variety of commonly eaten insect species (1000+) than of commonly eaten mammal species (~10). In parts of the world with a history of eating insects, they are a delicacy. There is also a great variety of insect dishes, whether traditional Asian, Native American, or African dishes, and recent recipes created by modern chefs, mainly in Europe.
Then there is the taste itself - insects are arthropods, and hence are very closely related to shrimp, crabs, lobster, etc. A big tarantula (yes, yes, not an insect but a terrestrial arthropod nonetheless) has a taste not unlike a crab, though less salty for obvious reasons.
That is exactly the GP's point - these are only good for killing people.
The point is that GS is investing in it, and encouraging others to do the same. If (when ?) FB fades away a lot of people will have lost money ..
Except none of the two more recent trerrorists were Arab.
Shoe bomber : Richard Colvin Reid, father black Jamaican, mother white English. Born in the UK.
Underwear bomber : Umar Abdulmutallab, both parents Nigerian, born in Nigeria.
It's also security done on the cheap. The approach described in the article is more expensive because recruting, training, and keeping a highly qualified work force costs more than letting poorly trained operators simply scan everyone. It's the cheapest, fastest way to give the impression something is being done; the old rule 'cheap, fast, good - pick two' applies here - security will not be good.
Worse, the money spent on these machines could be spent on hiring more and better trained TSA agents. Giving more people better jobs, while increasing security ... sadly it will never be done.
As you point out, the corps and their bought politicians would rather pump more money into a failed system than look at alternatives, because those alternatives would not enrich them.
Not necessarily, the North Vietnamese had over a million soldiers killed, tens of thousands of civilians killed, and widespread destruction of farmland and cities. The US had less than 60k soldiers killed, no civilians killed and no cities destroyed obviously, but the Vietnamese won.
Yes, Meego is specifically designed for smaller screens and has a touch based interface design from the start. It works with current Dell netbooks which probably share a lot with the Duo.
From your own dataset, there is higher occurence of disasters in the GOM than in any other single area.
No, because there is obviously something wrong with the industry when two rigs explode within months of each other. Until they get their existing operations sorted out, it's logical to stop them adding new ones in more risky places.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N900