magnetic induction is really localized, it would be entirely too expensive to have it permeate your whole house or even just one room in your house, not to mention that a field large enough to cover that volume would cause havoc with anything thats ferro magnetic or para magnetic (you are paramagnetic, and given a large (and i mean large as in the magnet is as large as a house) enough magnetic field you can be levitated).
still the problem with radiating RF (you cant really direct magnetic fields in a beam like fashion, they are just fields that bubble out) in all directions, omni directionally (essentially a sphere) is the strength of said field drops by an inverse square ( strength is 1 unit @ 1 foot, 1/4th @ 2 feet, 1/16th @ 4 feet, 1/64th at 8 feet) you need to provide enough energy to fill that sphere in the first place (so volume of sphere is 4/3*r^3 * energy for pinpoint beam) given all that its very inefficient to just spew out RF (magnetism works much the same way with no real ability to direct it in a beam liek fashion)
magnetic induction is quite limited by distance, all charging solutions i've seen with it require what would be considered contact between the charging surface and the item being charged, its wireless in that you don't have to plug it in but you still have a charging "station" as it were. even though the station would appear to be your whole coffee table. seeing as induction has been safe for humans for a while, and the stove tops have little to no effect upon humans that shouldn't be a problem.
the RF solution they have however would be a bit tricker to answer, though the best (i think) you could do is modulate the frequency of the RF so that it is not in a range that is harmful to humans. most RF solution would have to be targeted imo, I can not see an omni-directional RF charging station being efficient enough to warrant the convenience of it(some one else pointed out you'd need x^3 more energy to cover all directions rather than just a small area).
using magnetic induction(my preferred method) is a matter of passing some wires through a moving magnetic field, which then inducts a current in the wires. any beginning physics course can explain this phenomena. its the same way we get power from waterfalls and dams and its how electric cars work and how induction (theres that word again) stove tops heat your metal pans. its really nifty.
AFAIK in some states (NY for one) underage drinking is not entirely illegal. With your parents consent and supervision and under a few other specifications (religious reasons iirc) you can drink under-aged. I also recall being told its legal in a few states to have your child accompany you to bars (heard about this one from a Texan). So just the fact that they took pictures of themselves drinking in and of its self is not necessarily illegal. As with all local laws YMMV.
and maybe a bit more granular controls over your relationships in the social networks. its really silly that everyone that is on your friend list on myspace, facebook etc. are valued that same, when i do not have the same relationship with everyone i know in real life, some people are coworkers, some are friends, others acquaintances, some are coworkers and friends. if my boss finds my facebook profile and wants to friend me, well while i like him i don't consider him a friend, he is a coworker, and as such shouldn't be privy to all of the stuff i put up there for my friends.
we need finer controls over who can view what before we start to aggregate all of it together
What ever happened to personal responsibility ? Is it so much to ask for? All of this just makes me so sad to think that its better to write a law to take care of such things rather than maybe (in this case) firing the reporters pull shenanigans like this.
I don't want to be an ass but I'm not sure that anonymous death threats would really be the mitigating factor here, you are talking about a woman in a position of power and authority in a culture that has for quite some time now grown many extremist groups and harbor anachronistic attitudes towards women. I think her assassination was a very real possibility the moment she took office, the anonymity of such threats to do so are kind of a moot point. Its sad that such a thing could be but when people let religious ideology guide them and leave reason behind this is the sort of thing that happens.
Duplicating is taking place. And, when duplicating takes place, that means there's more than one. There may be two or three, Miss Tyler, two, three, or four.
I'm taking about dup'in'! Dup'in'! Duplication!
A person or corporation should also be a good citizen
emphasis mine
I am quite intrigued by your wording here. You imply that Corporate entities should be citizens of their resident country in and of their own right. Would this too imply that they have rights like Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Bare Arms, does this include the right to vote? Does this mean that they are punishable for Treason?
I do not mean to belittle your choice of words, but the implications are fascinating. Imagine if Corporations were indeed subject to all the above and more, give GE and Google a vote (only one, they are only one entity as it is; also they would need to have their headquarters here in the states wouldn't they? If they left then they couldn't be a citizen of this country right?)
Just thinking through the implications for corporations if they were to be treated as a full fledged citizen, well its quite mind boggling, but very, very interesting.
I wonder what happens if MS's OOXML doesn't become an ISO Standard in time. Will their complacency cost them too much? Will they crumble under the weight of rushing to swap everything over to a real open system?
This should prove an entertaining(and educational) event to watch unfold.
I did not mean to imply that such money would be unwelcome in the US government, only that compared to the amount of money needed to fund the government that the profits for the auction are pretty tiny, Isn't the budget for NASA something like 16billion/year, so using that number that I just pulled out of my ass (I am too lazy to go and look up what their exact funding is) and knowing that the NASA budget is something like half of a percent of the US budget the money made from this auction is not something to be excited about, the benefits of an open carrier wave are more of something to jump for joy about.
If you have the correct numbers please call me out on my guesstimation if I am significantly off(Laziness wins out for me in this argument)
I've never thought that Tom Cruise was in the overweight category.. I've seen his BMI estimated from ~27 to 30.
You don't need to be very muscular to be overweight, obese yeah you'd prolly have to work at that a bit more but its not that hard.
"Mr. Willis, i love your movies, but we're going to have to increase your insurance premiums, you see, you are overweight according to your BMI and therefore unhealthy..."
BMI is a horrible gauge for a study such as this. It is an archaic gauge that oversimplifies the conditions of a human body.
This seems to be what their defense would be, to unlock the content you have to break the law, via DMCA, ergo it is not our(Rockstar's) fault.
Not sure if thats going to fly, I think it should however.
If we have to start condemning every game company for the modification of their games, whether the content is buried in the game by the company themselves or not, then we will be putting undue pressure upon the developers.
No longer will cute/scary/demented easter eggs be found in the content of our media when the developers have to submit every harebrained idea and failed development path they every had to the censors, oops I meant ratings boards.
Where does the line of responsibility end? Why do the content producers have to be responsible for everything the users do?
I am so very glad that ICANN has quickly come forth at the first signs of such a horrible problem, to think that the registrars would abuse their positions like this.
I think we all can rest since ICANN is going to fix this before it even becomes a problem.
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still the problem with radiating RF (you cant really direct magnetic fields in a beam like fashion, they are just fields that bubble out) in all directions, omni directionally (essentially a sphere) is the strength of said field drops by an inverse square ( strength is 1 unit @ 1 foot, 1/4th @ 2 feet, 1/16th @ 4 feet, 1/64th at 8 feet) you need to provide enough energy to fill that sphere in the first place (so volume of sphere is 4/3*r^3 * energy for pinpoint beam) given all that its very inefficient to just spew out RF (magnetism works much the same way with no real ability to direct it in a beam liek fashion)
the RF solution they have however would be a bit tricker to answer, though the best (i think) you could do is modulate the frequency of the RF so that it is not in a range that is harmful to humans. most RF solution would have to be targeted imo, I can not see an omni-directional RF charging station being efficient enough to warrant the convenience of it(some one else pointed out you'd need x^3 more energy to cover all directions rather than just a small area).
i am too lazy to post a wiki link.
also IANAL.
All this talk of meat is making me thirsty
and maybe a bit more granular controls over your relationships in the social networks. its really silly that everyone that is on your friend list on myspace, facebook etc. are valued that same, when i do not have the same relationship with everyone i know in real life, some people are coworkers, some are friends, others acquaintances, some are coworkers and friends. if my boss finds my facebook profile and wants to friend me, well while i like him i don't consider him a friend, he is a coworker, and as such shouldn't be privy to all of the stuff i put up there for my friends.
we need finer controls over who can view what before we start to aggregate all of it together
"We're gonna hav' ta put ol' Yeller down boy" "But I don't want sweet and sour dog for dinner!"
What ever happened to personal responsibility ? Is it so much to ask for? All of this just makes me so sad to think that its better to write a law to take care of such things rather than maybe (in this case) firing the reporters pull shenanigans like this.
I don't want to be an ass but I'm not sure that anonymous death threats would really be the mitigating factor here, you are talking about a woman in a position of power and authority in a culture that has for quite some time now grown many extremist groups and harbor anachronistic attitudes towards women. I think her assassination was a very real possibility the moment she took office, the anonymity of such threats to do so are kind of a moot point. Its sad that such a thing could be but when people let religious ideology guide them and leave reason behind this is the sort of thing that happens.
Duplicating is taking place. And, when duplicating takes place, that means there's more than one. There may be two or three, Miss Tyler, two, three, or four. I'm taking about dup'in'! Dup'in'! Duplication!
One could always add say wrist weights to your wii enjoyment. Wii Boxing with 5lb's on yeah arm will get your going real fast.
Like Dogs? or Cats?
emphasis mine
I am quite intrigued by your wording here. You imply that Corporate entities should be citizens of their resident country in and of their own right. Would this too imply that they have rights like Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Bare Arms, does this include the right to vote? Does this mean that they are punishable for Treason?
I do not mean to belittle your choice of words, but the implications are fascinating. Imagine if Corporations were indeed subject to all the above and more, give GE and Google a vote (only one, they are only one entity as it is; also they would need to have their headquarters here in the states wouldn't they? If they left then they couldn't be a citizen of this country right?)
Just thinking through the implications for corporations if they were to be treated as a full fledged citizen, well its quite mind boggling, but very, very interesting.
This should prove an entertaining(and educational) event to watch unfold.
If you have the correct numbers please call me out on my guesstimation if I am significantly off(Laziness wins out for me in this argument)
Compared to the Trillions that our government spends I think that this is not as large of a "boost" as one would think it would be.
If you had bothered to read the first 3 sentences of TFA you would have realized that Valve DIDN'T do the port to the PS3.
You don't need to be very muscular to be overweight, obese yeah you'd prolly have to work at that a bit more but its not that hard.
"Mr. Willis, i love your movies, but we're going to have to increase your insurance premiums, you see, you are overweight according to your BMI and therefore unhealthy ..."
BMI is a horrible gauge for a study such as this. It is an archaic gauge that oversimplifies the conditions of a human body.
"Yours gonna take my Truth and like it!" /beats person over head
... the word "Squad" like this it makes me think of the Gestapo and Vigilantly groups rather than honest organizations.
Saw some Evangelical Christians once with T-Shirts once that had "God Squad" written on them, brought to mind the same thing.
This seems to be what their defense would be, to unlock the content you have to break the law, via DMCA, ergo it is not our(Rockstar's) fault.
Not sure if thats going to fly, I think it should however.
If we have to start condemning every game company for the modification of their games, whether the content is buried in the game by the company themselves or not, then we will be putting undue pressure upon the developers.
No longer will cute/scary/demented easter eggs be found in the content of our media when the developers have to submit every harebrained idea and failed development path they every had to the censors, oops I meant ratings boards.
Where does the line of responsibility end? Why do the content producers have to be responsible for everything the users do?
if you linked to the actual interview rather than a quick blog quote from the interview.
I don't know why but just reading the summary I get this mental image of a laptop with a tube running from it into a cows ass.
I'm not sure what to think about that. Its just weird.
I am so very glad that ICANN has quickly come forth at the first signs of such a horrible problem, to think that the registrars would abuse their positions like this.
I think we all can rest since ICANN is going to fix this before it even becomes a problem.
oh wait ...