I think the bomb link is a bad example. From the article on how a law can bomb a business:
For example Spain introduced a disastrous “Google Tax” law, which forced news aggregators such as Google News to pay royalties if they used content from Spanish publishers. This led Google to simply stop using Spanish media, meaning publishers were hit by decreased readership and advertising revenue. News media in Germany also pressed for a change of law to prevent this, which similarly backfired.
Seems to me that news agency from the United Kingdom that we revolted against back in the days gives better news coverage than those agencies here in the colonies.
I second that though I haven't watched The Daily Show for some time. Though it was slanted satire and humor, it mentioned more number of news events than regular news which tend to repeat same news over and over. However, having a comedian for host has to deliver different subjects (Jon Stewart would not be successful if he kept repeating the same joke).
ok so I'm having fun with the word... Maybe the situation of how he attained a "rock star" status. He presented new theories that got attention from all the best scientists around the world. Some of that will get into regular media. He promoted peace, he had that charm that attracted lots of ladies, his attitude was playful brilliance (didn't bother to have neat haircut and wear snooty suits like many other eggheads). Everyone recognizes the famous equation, much less understand what it means. I read someplace number of people that really know the General Theory of Relativity is about 20 (I assume these people can do the math and have intuitive feel for it).
Only kind of alert I think may be useful are one of those radios that respond when NOAA NWS sends out a tornado warning. Other than that, I think last time aerial bombardment alerts were useful was in WWII, or maybe first Gulf War of incoming Scud missiles. Airstrikes these days are first realized at bombstrikes, an incoming missile with nuclear bomb... not sure what to do about that.
I remember signing up for county alerts only to get late at night (and wow I didn't know cellphone can be that loud) a missing child alert in a area that is miles from where I live. On the landline a lengthy "voicemail" for a BOL of someone again miles from where I live. I think much of these should use local radio and TV stations (and they have websites as well) which get the word out for missing people. Of course police have BOLs for stolen cars (not sure how many are actually spotted), probably most useful are incidents that just occurred. And then there are reckless driver alerts, you know the stereotypical black BMW weaving in and out of traffic, cutting people off, rude hand gestures.
I'm thinking about that incident when millions of NYC residents were woken at 2 am for a stolen car alert.
“Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what Fast Food Nation did for burgers and fries.”
—Katha Pollitt
Author got idea when returning from one of those stores like Ross with bundle of "good deals" then realizing she will never wear these and has a closet stuffed with cheap clothes she will never wear. She also found (and this was years ago) almost all donated clothing will be sent to the landfill because it is cheaper to buy new stuff than used. Unlike years ago when clothing was quality made so it can be sold used or as hand-me-downs (which younger brothers and sisters hated).
But in the long run cheap fashion is high cost. Outfit that doesn't look that great, doesn't fit that well, and money wasted.
This and other commentary is all very interesting. Many older people have definite opinions but could they be dismissed as too old to understand the "new sound?" However, I agree it is more manufactured and with less creators. Back in the days making an album was more difficult but creating a new song (writing the lyrics and sheet music) easier? Because didn't have a wide reaching "take down system" of lawyers that only snoop around ready to sue somebody for the slightest resemblence?
It seems back in the 20th century there were many New Sounds created. Such as jazz and swing in 1920s and 1930s, and R&R during 1950s and 1960s. Before the invention of reliable turntable and a DJ was it easier for bands to find gigs even if they didn't pay much?
I don't follow the Top 40 (if there is such) as it seems rising star singers and bands freely distribute their music as where they would make earnings are concerts, not record sales. Then there are the megastars, it seems to me one has to also be a very good dancer and stage performer. In contrast to the iconic singers of Motown had a dance coach so they will look good on stage (they already were talented singers).
I find it amusing where many say pop music is sexual and reference pictures. But then this is not news as it has been done before i.e. Julie London of her "Calendar Girl" album (I think she posed much much better than Britney Spears and others plus her music is critically acclaimed). I have to admit I begun my Connie Francis collection (and was exposed to wide range of music such as Gershwin, Porter, Bacharach and David, Les Reed) when I first spotted an album where she posed so sexy in a beautiful dress.
I'm not thrilled of constant delays by SpaceX, BO, NASA Orion but rather than bitching and moaning, how about insightful commentary? I haven't RTFA nor am I a rocket scientist. I offer this https://www.youtube.com/watch?... where "Everyday Astronaut" summarizes reasons for FH delays (some insights of why not to just stop improving and fly the same thing over and over). There are probably better articles, finding them can be challenging particularly private companies don't want to reveal too much. Or maybe building something so high performance is much more difficult than first imagined.
At times I wonder how were we able to do it so fast back in the days when nowadays a flying a new manned spacecraft keeps getting delayed. My first guess is the infrastructure (hardware, parts logistics, education system) ain't what it used to be. But then I don't really know.
Speaking of California, take a drive along Interstate 5 in central California and see many signs "no water, no jobs, no food" and "Legislators created water crisis" etc. There is push to get rid of lawns, select drought resistant landscaping. I haven't researched into just exactly where does the water go? I see various numbers like 80% used for agriculture, 6% used for watering lawns. There is the delta tunnels which seem like another means to send water from Nor Cal to So Cal.
A condo complex wants to cut back on water, it is a common line to all units and landscaping (no individual water meters) so obvious focus is on landscape. But I'm thinking that is just a small percentage. Vast majority is simply water used by people but where to look for savings would be fixing leaky faucets and toilet flappers. I also wonder what are typical consumption by people per day (gallons of drinking, cooking, toilet, shower, brushing teeth). I know some people trying to reduce their water bill, $300/month, they got rid of lawn and scrubs replaced with rocks. Conserve water with short showers and "if it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down." But these means only reduced to $250/month. I do see some places with lush lawns, other places next door with crappy lawns. Is it that much more? Regarding condo, unless expense relandscaping everything, I think it would be far worse letting everything turn to dirt to not pay for the water (but would it really make much of a difference in the water bill?)
Ever notice water departments have the best landscaping and clean buildings? New furniture and new carpet?
I wonder if remake of "China Town" will be a block buster especially for California theatres?
Occasionally I read about astronomers observations of intense radiations, massive mass of stuff, and longest of long distances but I just can't comprehend these like I can comprehend a short drive or a walk to the local Walgreens.
I submit it should be the people who can afford it -- the shareholders of companies that are the most profitable (I am looking at you, Apple and Google, and your offshore tax havens).
reminds me this mention from “The Know-It-Alls” a panel discussion shown on CSPAN2,
https://www.c-span.org/video/?...
“So you have seen the technology -- houses are gone up and work for goggle and work for Facebook and whatever come into these neighborhoods buy houses, and the people get pushed out from those houses are the people that are now the contract workers that help support Facebook and Google and these are not just advertising people that you spoke of but the people that work in the cafeteria the people that drive the dry cleaning cars that bring cleaning to people so they can work 15, 20 hours a day and none of them are Apple or Facebook employees.”
Actually he was half black if need to be specific... There was a discussion on CSPAN3 or 2 of a book author talked about Obama and how he "walked in thin ice" about racism during his Presidency. Author said Obama was highly educated, married once and still is, two daughters doing well in school. Also well spoken, did appropriate sports like play golf, etc. If Obama was like Trump, he would have never been elected.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson mentioned [paraphrasing] many people say they are very productive such as answering all these emails, gathering information, making work orders, etc. The question is did you create something new?
make it impossible or at best improbable for a "kid in a garage" to start something that replaces them.
I read someplace where Bill Gates said the thing that worries him the most is a startup in a garage developing something that will make Microsoft obsolete.
A lot of people will falsely cry "racism" or "bigotry" when voters are required to provide proper ID before being allowed to vote. Of course, such claims are nonsense. Obtaining and providing valid ID is something that would apply equally to all voters, regardless of race.
But those favoring voter ID are almost all Republicans which is predominately white. And when elections go D instead of R they complain about voter fraud, i.e. Roy Moore.
Now if they have election day on a SATURDAY when people can go to the polls...
Well not really but thankfully physics and chemistry courses were in metric, subject matter still difficult and US units would make it worse (at least for me).
Interesting article, unfortunately most slashdotters here left corny remarks. In 1970s it seemed very serious, the mention about The Metric Conversion Act of 1975, reminded me of that time. Other day I came across a 1970s paperback in my junque collection about "get ready for the metric system!" I also remember seeing an article about a group, "Stop Metric Madness" which they argued a centimeter is too short and a meter is too long.
I wonder if some industries use it, or simply list both. Back in the days of Usenet there was a discussion what units are used on the Intl Space Station, someone answered a whole collection of everything. Though other countries use metric there were many places that used US units (the country footing most of the money). A mention the Russians sometimes use "kilogram-force" just to mess with us.
What is with goals of making internet slower and more expensive? If throughput throttled to dial-up speeds then most webpages will not be viewable (I've seen more and more become hugh data hogs with scripts and ads). If make it too expensive then makes it more difficult to buy cheap crap from China? Not able to conveniently watch videos of useless stuff? (perhaps not such a bad thing after all).
It also started a new genre for many historians. i.e. the space program where focus is either astronauts or top leaders, there are many many others in the background to make it all happen. I've seen other documentaries that speak of "hidden figures" on various subjects. I always think these are the people who had to pull a lot of all-nighters, they had this drive to make it happen (or forced to do it like those working Amazon?) but never recognized.
I was thinking Stallman's "free as in speech or free as in beer" where you can get free beer but no choice in the kind of beer. So a free ride but no choice in where the ride will go?
As the story goes, German-born rocket guru Werner Von Braun asked his ( mostly-german) rocket engineers whether the Saturn 5 was going to meet it's 99.999% reliability goal,
It has been written the Apollo 17 Saturn V is not much different than the Apollo 8 Saturn V. Apollo 17 LM and CSM (J series) were vastly upgraded from earlier LM and CSM series. Story goes Von Braun and his engineers did not fully disclosed the total mass lift capability otherwise LM and CSM engineers would design spacecraft mass to that limit with little margin.
Regarding the FH, it is amazing to see photos of actual hardware instead of computer graphics (I hope these have not been extensively photoshopped). But only three photos? Question I have is all these photos of actual hardware has very few if any people. Is it they clear everyone away during photo shoots? automation? Compared to back in the days The Cape had armies of techs and engineers all over the place.
So far we have to wait and see who will be the first to launch a big rocket, who will be the first to launch humans from US soil since Shuttle. SpaceX seems to always say just one more year, SLS says just two more years...
Getting back to Apollo, years after the moon landings Bob Gilruth and George Mueller were strolling along a beach and looking at the Moon. About those wanting to return to the Moon, Gilruth said, "they will find out how hard it really was." [or something like that]
In another forum discussion about a power outage, someone to wrote this:
been on generator power for about 31 hours now (since early Saturday morning). About 900 PG&E customers are affected. The latest from PG&E is that they’re still “investigating”.
My own extensive “investigation” concludes the following: no missile from N. Korea, no Coronal Mass Ejection, no Sun Spots (boo, hoo!), no earthquake, no mud slide, no strong winds, no snow/ice.
So why? Who knows? Maybe vandalism. Maybe something failed.. Maybe someone screwed up.
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because history is one damn thing after another.
For example Spain introduced a disastrous “Google Tax” law, which forced news aggregators such as Google News to pay royalties if they used content from Spanish publishers. This led Google to simply stop using Spanish media, meaning publishers were hit by decreased readership and advertising revenue. News media in Germany also pressed for a change of law to prevent this, which similarly backfired.
Seems to me that news agency from the United Kingdom that we revolted against back in the days gives better news coverage than those agencies here in the colonies.
I second that though I haven't watched The Daily Show for some time. Though it was slanted satire and humor, it mentioned more number of news events than regular news which tend to repeat same news over and over. However, having a comedian for host has to deliver different subjects (Jon Stewart would not be successful if he kept repeating the same joke).
sources going Flint because our leaders more concerned about terrorism.
ok so I'm having fun with the word... Maybe the situation of how he attained a "rock star" status. He presented new theories that got attention from all the best scientists around the world. Some of that will get into regular media. He promoted peace, he had that charm that attracted lots of ladies, his attitude was playful brilliance (didn't bother to have neat haircut and wear snooty suits like many other eggheads). Everyone recognizes the famous equation, much less understand what it means. I read someplace number of people that really know the General Theory of Relativity is about 20 (I assume these people can do the math and have intuitive feel for it).
Only kind of alert I think may be useful are one of those radios that respond when NOAA NWS sends out a tornado warning. Other than that, I think last time aerial bombardment alerts were useful was in WWII, or maybe first Gulf War of incoming Scud missiles. Airstrikes these days are first realized at bombstrikes, an incoming missile with nuclear bomb... not sure what to do about that.
I remember signing up for county alerts only to get late at night (and wow I didn't know cellphone can be that loud) a missing child alert in a area that is miles from where I live. On the landline a lengthy "voicemail" for a BOL of someone again miles from where I live. I think much of these should use local radio and TV stations (and they have websites as well) which get the word out for missing people. Of course police have BOLs for stolen cars (not sure how many are actually spotted), probably most useful are incidents that just occurred. And then there are reckless driver alerts, you know the stereotypical black BMW weaving in and out of traffic, cutting people off, rude hand gestures.
I'm thinking about that incident when millions of NYC residents were woken at 2 am for a stolen car alert.
from a 2013 book, https://www.amazon.com/Overdre...
“Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what Fast Food Nation did for burgers and fries.” —Katha Pollitt
Author got idea when returning from one of those stores like Ross with bundle of "good deals" then realizing she will never wear these and has a closet stuffed with cheap clothes she will never wear. She also found (and this was years ago) almost all donated clothing will be sent to the landfill because it is cheaper to buy new stuff than used. Unlike years ago when clothing was quality made so it can be sold used or as hand-me-downs (which younger brothers and sisters hated).
But in the long run cheap fashion is high cost. Outfit that doesn't look that great, doesn't fit that well, and money wasted.
This and other commentary is all very interesting. Many older people have definite opinions but could they be dismissed as too old to understand the "new sound?" However, I agree it is more manufactured and with less creators. Back in the days making an album was more difficult but creating a new song (writing the lyrics and sheet music) easier? Because didn't have a wide reaching "take down system" of lawyers that only snoop around ready to sue somebody for the slightest resemblence?
It seems back in the 20th century there were many New Sounds created. Such as jazz and swing in 1920s and 1930s, and R&R during 1950s and 1960s. Before the invention of reliable turntable and a DJ was it easier for bands to find gigs even if they didn't pay much?
I don't follow the Top 40 (if there is such) as it seems rising star singers and bands freely distribute their music as where they would make earnings are concerts, not record sales. Then there are the megastars, it seems to me one has to also be a very good dancer and stage performer. In contrast to the iconic singers of Motown had a dance coach so they will look good on stage (they already were talented singers).
I find it amusing where many say pop music is sexual and reference pictures. But then this is not news as it has been done before i.e. Julie London of her "Calendar Girl" album (I think she posed much much better than Britney Spears and others plus her music is critically acclaimed). I have to admit I begun my Connie Francis collection (and was exposed to wide range of music such as Gershwin, Porter, Bacharach and David, Les Reed) when I first spotted an album where she posed so sexy in a beautiful dress.
I'm not thrilled of constant delays by SpaceX, BO, NASA Orion but rather than bitching and moaning, how about insightful commentary? I haven't RTFA nor am I a rocket scientist. I offer this https://www.youtube.com/watch?... where "Everyday Astronaut" summarizes reasons for FH delays (some insights of why not to just stop improving and fly the same thing over and over). There are probably better articles, finding them can be challenging particularly private companies don't want to reveal too much. Or maybe building something so high performance is much more difficult than first imagined.
At times I wonder how were we able to do it so fast back in the days when nowadays a flying a new manned spacecraft keeps getting delayed. My first guess is the infrastructure (hardware, parts logistics, education system) ain't what it used to be. But then I don't really know.
Speaking of California, take a drive along Interstate 5 in central California and see many signs "no water, no jobs, no food" and "Legislators created water crisis" etc. There is push to get rid of lawns, select drought resistant landscaping. I haven't researched into just exactly where does the water go? I see various numbers like 80% used for agriculture, 6% used for watering lawns. There is the delta tunnels which seem like another means to send water from Nor Cal to So Cal.
A condo complex wants to cut back on water, it is a common line to all units and landscaping (no individual water meters) so obvious focus is on landscape. But I'm thinking that is just a small percentage. Vast majority is simply water used by people but where to look for savings would be fixing leaky faucets and toilet flappers. I also wonder what are typical consumption by people per day (gallons of drinking, cooking, toilet, shower, brushing teeth). I know some people trying to reduce their water bill, $300/month, they got rid of lawn and scrubs replaced with rocks. Conserve water with short showers and "if it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down." But these means only reduced to $250/month. I do see some places with lush lawns, other places next door with crappy lawns. Is it that much more? Regarding condo, unless expense relandscaping everything, I think it would be far worse letting everything turn to dirt to not pay for the water (but would it really make much of a difference in the water bill?)
Ever notice water departments have the best landscaping and clean buildings? New furniture and new carpet?
I wonder if remake of "China Town" will be a block buster especially for California theatres?
Occasionally I read about astronomers observations of intense radiations, massive mass of stuff, and longest of long distances but I just can't comprehend these like I can comprehend a short drive or a walk to the local Walgreens.
I submit it should be the people who can afford it -- the shareholders of companies that are the most profitable (I am looking at you, Apple and Google, and your offshore tax havens).
reminds me this mention from “The Know-It-Alls” a panel discussion shown on CSPAN2, https://www.c-span.org/video/?...
“So you have seen the technology -- houses are gone up and work for goggle and work for Facebook and whatever come into these neighborhoods buy houses, and the people get pushed out from those houses are the people that are now the contract workers that help support Facebook and Google and these are not just advertising people that you spoke of but the people that work in the cafeteria the people that drive the dry cleaning cars that bring cleaning to people so they can work 15, 20 hours a day and none of them are Apple or Facebook employees.”
Yeah, a black democrat named Barack Obama
Actually he was half black if need to be specific... There was a discussion on CSPAN3 or 2 of a book author talked about Obama and how he "walked in thin ice" about racism during his Presidency. Author said Obama was highly educated, married once and still is, two daughters doing well in school. Also well spoken, did appropriate sports like play golf, etc. If Obama was like Trump, he would have never been elected.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson mentioned [paraphrasing] many people say they are very productive such as answering all these emails, gathering information, making work orders, etc. The question is did you create something new?
Has this incident increased awareness of PH or sneaky ways to post pirated movies?
make it impossible or at best improbable for a "kid in a garage" to start something that replaces them.
I read someplace where Bill Gates said the thing that worries him the most is a startup in a garage developing something that will make Microsoft obsolete.
A lot of people will falsely cry "racism" or "bigotry" when voters are required to provide proper ID before being allowed to vote. Of course, such claims are nonsense. Obtaining and providing valid ID is something that would apply equally to all voters, regardless of race.
But those favoring voter ID are almost all Republicans which is predominately white. And when elections go D instead of R they complain about voter fraud, i.e. Roy Moore.
Now if they have election day on a SATURDAY when people can go to the polls...
it has happened before (wrong numbers, longterm deployment deep in the forest,...)
Well not really but thankfully physics and chemistry courses were in metric, subject matter still difficult and US units would make it worse (at least for me).
Interesting article, unfortunately most slashdotters here left corny remarks. In 1970s it seemed very serious, the mention about The Metric Conversion Act of 1975, reminded me of that time. Other day I came across a 1970s paperback in my junque collection about "get ready for the metric system!" I also remember seeing an article about a group, "Stop Metric Madness" which they argued a centimeter is too short and a meter is too long.
I wonder if some industries use it, or simply list both. Back in the days of Usenet there was a discussion what units are used on the Intl Space Station, someone answered a whole collection of everything. Though other countries use metric there were many places that used US units (the country footing most of the money). A mention the Russians sometimes use "kilogram-force" just to mess with us.
What is with goals of making internet slower and more expensive? If throughput throttled to dial-up speeds then most webpages will not be viewable (I've seen more and more become hugh data hogs with scripts and ads). If make it too expensive then makes it more difficult to buy cheap crap from China? Not able to conveniently watch videos of useless stuff? (perhaps not such a bad thing after all).
It also started a new genre for many historians. i.e. the space program where focus is either astronauts or top leaders, there are many many others in the background to make it all happen. I've seen other documentaries that speak of "hidden figures" on various subjects. I always think these are the people who had to pull a lot of all-nighters, they had this drive to make it happen (or forced to do it like those working Amazon?) but never recognized.
I was thinking Stallman's "free as in speech or free as in beer" where you can get free beer but no choice in the kind of beer. So a free ride but no choice in where the ride will go?
As the story goes, German-born rocket guru Werner Von Braun asked his ( mostly-german) rocket engineers whether the Saturn 5 was going to meet it's 99.999% reliability goal,
It has been written the Apollo 17 Saturn V is not much different than the Apollo 8 Saturn V. Apollo 17 LM and CSM (J series) were vastly upgraded from earlier LM and CSM series. Story goes Von Braun and his engineers did not fully disclosed the total mass lift capability otherwise LM and CSM engineers would design spacecraft mass to that limit with little margin.
Regarding the FH, it is amazing to see photos of actual hardware instead of computer graphics (I hope these have not been extensively photoshopped). But only three photos? Question I have is all these photos of actual hardware has very few if any people. Is it they clear everyone away during photo shoots? automation? Compared to back in the days The Cape had armies of techs and engineers all over the place.
So far we have to wait and see who will be the first to launch a big rocket, who will be the first to launch humans from US soil since Shuttle. SpaceX seems to always say just one more year, SLS says just two more years...
Getting back to Apollo, years after the moon landings Bob Gilruth and George Mueller were strolling along a beach and looking at the Moon. About those wanting to return to the Moon, Gilruth said, "they will find out how hard it really was." [or something like that]
been on generator power for about 31 hours now (since early Saturday morning). About 900 PG&E customers are affected. The latest from PG&E is that they’re still “investigating”.
My own extensive “investigation” concludes the following: no missile from N. Korea, no Coronal Mass Ejection, no Sun Spots (boo, hoo!), no earthquake, no mud slide, no strong winds, no snow/ice.
So why? Who knows? Maybe vandalism. Maybe something failed.. Maybe someone screwed up.