Because corn farmers wanted higher corn prices. And everything else is window dressing to disguise the handout. It's well known that ethanol from sugar cane is the only "good" available source of ethanol.
We need to teach rational thinking in school. Stop indoctrinating passive consumers and start training people to THINK about their environment. Of course then people would start questioning those in power, and that isn't wanted.
We already knew that the NSA was recording phone calls, you don't need secret tap rooms (high bandwidth) at the telephone exchanges for meta-data, you just need a simple internet connection (low bandwidth data).
If a person commits a crime they go to jail. A corporation is a person, therefore it is subject to jail time. I think having the board of directors criminally liable for actual jail time (unless they could show that they took all reasonable steps to prevent the crime) would solve a lot of these problems. If you want to make corporations people, stop cherry picking. Give them the whole legal liability to go with the rights.
I think this is the major point here, the NSA is a spy data broker that works for others. The Americans don't care what the gov of Germany is doing, but the German security guys very much do.
That is exactly how it's supposed to be done. The reason people are so upset over warrant-less wiretapping is -because- getting a warrant is so very easy.
put them on trial. If you have proof of criminal activity then that should be easy. If you don't have proof then send them home. Better a hundred criminals go free than a single innocent man languish in jail.
Rockets and torpedoes can be mounted on a boat easily enough. Basically an updated WW2 PT boat. Kamikaze attacks are known in Iran but it's so much easier to motivate your troops if there is "some" chance of survival.
the F35 isn't late in development, it's still in Beta. The pentagon rushed through with production of aircraft before the design is finished, so you have to expect problems. This is completely normal, as is the cost overruns from doing your development in real life instead of a test lab.
Speed radar is always on, it doesn't pulse. And you can make a constant transmitting radar, you cycle the transmit frequency and use the frequency of the echo to know when it was sent. Or you can use multiple receivers at separate locations to see the echo and triangulate.
this has the benefit that your (expensive) radar doesn't transmit (can't be targeted) while your dirt cheap transmitter can have many (thousands) redundant backups. For a third world country the military benefits of such an air defense system is well worth the cost.
Autonomous flying robots commonly use radar to "see" their environment and radio links to navigate and get commands. Few of them have the ability to operate without any radio or radar. American drones don't shoot without orders (afaik).
Google sells information, we are the product. The more they know the more money they make. Google glass isn't about what the customer wants, it's all about spying. Putting a lens cap on google glass would undermine their ability to spy.
Wimpy nerds have expensive toys, they can't afford stripper clubs. And besides the lights out time on their mothers basement is too early for the bar scene.
H1B vistas were designed to drive down American wages by forcing American workers to compete with workers from the third world for American jobs. If they actually wanted to eliminate shortages they would have fast track immigration for skilled workers, not temporary work permits. No corporation wants to train workers to fill gaps when they can get foreign workers for cheap.
It's almost like the government is trying to motivate people into using encryption and dark nets. Oh well, if they really want everyone using a VPN to talk with an offshore darknet then I guess we'll just have to oblige.
When China has finished being a third world nation and it moves to Africa, then the people in the third world country north of Mexico will start begging for jobs.
The reason they won't look at desalination is because it counts as a new source of water, one that farmers can't demand be provided to them at a subsidy. Deep aquifers are old water, and therefore covered under existing water rights.
I'm all for restoring wetlands but we should prioritize water for human Drinking during droughts. The problem is that farmers don't pay fair market value for water. If they had to pay for their water like everyone else they wouldn't be growing rice in the desert. If California is so broke, how can they afford such massive subsidies to farmers at the expense of the city folk?
If they don't come out with something new, then the old stuff becomes a cheap commodity. Their business plan requires them to be selling a premium product so we must have a new standard. Also I doubt they will upgrade their network to handle the extra capacity of the towers, they'll just kick off the highest 10% data hogs like they do now.
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Because corn farmers wanted higher corn prices. And everything else is window dressing to disguise the handout. It's well known that ethanol from sugar cane is the only "good" available source of ethanol.
many current electric car batteries consist of laptop batteries in large clusters. designing a battery specifically for a car should reduce cost.
We need to teach rational thinking in school. Stop indoctrinating passive consumers and start training people to THINK about their environment. Of course then people would start questioning those in power, and that isn't wanted.
We already knew that the NSA was recording phone calls, you don't need secret tap rooms (high bandwidth) at the telephone exchanges for meta-data, you just need a simple internet connection (low bandwidth data).
He's the man in charge, he would have approved the original plan. For him to order it stopped would be to admit he made a mistake.
In my opinion, all countries benefit from more transparency and openness in their government. Possibly the USA would care to lead by example?
No wonder nobody trusts the American government. The rest of the world doesn't need to make stuff up when the truth is worse.
There needs to be financial penalties for false takedown notices. Right now there is no cost in automated sending of takedown notices.
If a person commits a crime they go to jail. A corporation is a person, therefore it is subject to jail time. I think having the board of directors criminally liable for actual jail time (unless they could show that they took all reasonable steps to prevent the crime) would solve a lot of these problems. If you want to make corporations people, stop cherry picking. Give them the whole legal liability to go with the rights.
I think this is the major point here, the NSA is a spy data broker that works for others. The Americans don't care what the gov of Germany is doing, but the German security guys very much do.
That is exactly how it's supposed to be done. The reason people are so upset over warrant-less wiretapping is -because- getting a warrant is so very easy.
put them on trial. If you have proof of criminal activity then that should be easy. If you don't have proof then send them home. Better a hundred criminals go free than a single innocent man languish in jail.
Rockets and torpedoes can be mounted on a boat easily enough. Basically an updated WW2 PT boat. Kamikaze attacks are known in Iran but it's so much easier to motivate your troops if there is "some" chance of survival.
the F35 isn't late in development, it's still in Beta. The pentagon rushed through with production of aircraft before the design is finished, so you have to expect problems. This is completely normal, as is the cost overruns from doing your development in real life instead of a test lab.
Speed radar is always on, it doesn't pulse. And you can make a constant transmitting radar, you cycle the transmit frequency and use the frequency of the echo to know when it was sent. Or you can use multiple receivers at separate locations to see the echo and triangulate. this has the benefit that your (expensive) radar doesn't transmit (can't be targeted) while your dirt cheap transmitter can have many (thousands) redundant backups. For a third world country the military benefits of such an air defense system is well worth the cost.
Autonomous flying robots commonly use radar to "see" their environment and radio links to navigate and get commands. Few of them have the ability to operate without any radio or radar. American drones don't shoot without orders (afaik).
Google sells information, we are the product. The more they know the more money they make. Google glass isn't about what the customer wants, it's all about spying. Putting a lens cap on google glass would undermine their ability to spy.
Wimpy nerds have expensive toys, they can't afford stripper clubs. And besides the lights out time on their mothers basement is too early for the bar scene.
Step in your house, no. LOOK in your house from the curb, sure. If the doors are open it's a public place.
H1B vistas were designed to drive down American wages by forcing American workers to compete with workers from the third world for American jobs. If they actually wanted to eliminate shortages they would have fast track immigration for skilled workers, not temporary work permits. No corporation wants to train workers to fill gaps when they can get foreign workers for cheap.
It's almost like the government is trying to motivate people into using encryption and dark nets. Oh well, if they really want everyone using a VPN to talk with an offshore darknet then I guess we'll just have to oblige.
When China has finished being a third world nation and it moves to Africa, then the people in the third world country north of Mexico will start begging for jobs.
The reason they won't look at desalination is because it counts as a new source of water, one that farmers can't demand be provided to them at a subsidy. Deep aquifers are old water, and therefore covered under existing water rights.
I'm all for restoring wetlands but we should prioritize water for human Drinking during droughts. The problem is that farmers don't pay fair market value for water. If they had to pay for their water like everyone else they wouldn't be growing rice in the desert. If California is so broke, how can they afford such massive subsidies to farmers at the expense of the city folk?
If they don't come out with something new, then the old stuff becomes a cheap commodity. Their business plan requires them to be selling a premium product so we must have a new standard. Also I doubt they will upgrade their network to handle the extra capacity of the towers, they'll just kick off the highest 10% data hogs like they do now.