So, even with decades of tech, they need more people?
Possibly. The tech has made the forecasts more detailed and complex, rather than making it require less work. I suppose if we scaled back to 1950's level of forecasting we could do it with two satellites and 5-10 meteorologist and cover all of the US, it's territories and oceans. But no, I think people like having fairly accurate 10 day forecasts rather than inaccurate 3 day forecasts.
Air and sea travel depend a lot on good weather data. Not only for safety, but in constructing reliable schedules and rerouting of cargo and passengers. Tropical depressions are more important than mega hurricanes simply on the basis that they occur more frequently and can disrupt or delay travel more frequently. If you've ever travel in a small craft you'd appreciate NOAA weather radio and METAR. It can make the difference between having a good trip and a bad trip. (a three hour tour... a three hour tour...)
Yea, the app downloads the reports from NWS and delivers them to your phone combined with ads and market research trackers. It's almost pure profit and they'll have to raise the price to $10 if we eliminate free NWS access for parasitic app businesses.
Calling your state and local representatives does work in my personal experience.
A bureaucrat only answers to the person that appointed him.
Take positions in the President's Cabinet for example. You are appointed by the President, and you are removed by the President. You are answerable to, guess who, the President. Do you offer a counter example?
You can be damn sure if a beta tester gave negative reviews that they wouldn't be asked to beta test again and perhaps even would be in violation of NDAs. Beta testers are expected to play along and make the company look good, that is the unwritten rule.
That said, I don't think it's illegal to post a bunch of fake reviews on a web site. At least not in the US. Not only does the buyer have to beware, the buyer can expect thousands of shills to lie to them.
Well, all right, why would I want to become dependent on a single corporation even if it were in my own country?
Agreed. You can't trust a corporation. I was going to say something flippant like "You can only trust a corporation to make money". But I realized that you can't even trust them to make money, Sometimes they blow up out of stupidity and leave users stranded. (Commodore Amiga still stings for some decades later)
Most of the time when you "buy" software you're only paying for the right to use it temporarily. It seems that without fail the software loses compatibility with libraries and operating systems and eventually hardware.
Having used and contributed to open source projects. I have seen free software go off into the weeds on occasion, as the people steering it can be idiots or not care about the end users. And the scale of a large project means as an individual I can't realistically fork it and maintain it myself. Eventually to get the software I want I have to pay a company, trust some group of people, or form my own group of people.
So... Dividend alone: no homelessness, no hunger, increases available jobs (probably full employment?), decreases cost of welfare (make people less-poor), trivial to pull off without increasing taxes in 2016.
There are a lot of people who don't care how the homeless are treated. There are a small number of people that care but in the wrong way, they get really upset if someone didn't "earn" everything. The idea that homeless would be given free money or free houses really triggers these types and turns them into a base of useful idiot voters. (useful because they are a mob driven by emotion)
/bin/login is not normally used if your using X for your display manager (GDM, xdm, LightDM, etc)./bin/login is probably launched and remains idle for days at a time on most systems.
so you're a little behind the times with this suggestion
It wasn't a suggestion, I was highlighting the state of affairs and expanding on it. President Clinton's antics are pretty well known I thought. But we already knew that President Trump isn't really breaking any new ground with his antics. Pretty much every sort of crazy thing has been done in the last ~230 years in the Office of the President of the United States of America.
There is a difference between having the opportunity to elect your representative, versus a bureaucratic appointment. Theoretically elected representatives are swayed by feedback from their constituency. A bureaucrat only answers to the person that appointed him.
General Motors has a Total Assets (Quarterly) of 212.48B. And annual sales of $166B. I think you're confused on what the value of that company actually is. It's not the market cap of $50B. Market cap really is the "pennies on the dollar" number that is based on belief in future profitability. If you were to liquidate the entire business, you'd get a very different number. And in GM's case the hard asset value alone is worth about three times what Tesla is worth.
So I really have no idea where you think Tesla would get money to buy GM. Certainly they could merge, but GM executives are unlikely to give up their positions and even if there was a bankruptcy the larger company usually swallows the smaller one. The names can change either way, depending on perceived brand value. What's in a name? That which we call a rose; by any other word would smell as sweet.
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Well I mean theoretically I can finally apply and redistribute the well known hack without violating any laws.
I'm hoping the £2.40 fee for unlocking MPEG2 on Raspberry Pi goes away soon.
they are not going to miss major hurricanes or anything like that because of cuts.
I don't know how many times I have to repeat myself. This is not the issue.
Honesty is a good thing even if it does not support your position.
Goes both ways buddy.
This new atomic clock has a yield of 10.4 megatons (over 450 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Nagasaki during World War II)
So, even with decades of tech, they need more people?
Possibly. The tech has made the forecasts more detailed and complex, rather than making it require less work. I suppose if we scaled back to 1950's level of forecasting we could do it with two satellites and 5-10 meteorologist and cover all of the US, it's territories and oceans. But no, I think people like having fairly accurate 10 day forecasts rather than inaccurate 3 day forecasts.
Air and sea travel depend a lot on good weather data. Not only for safety, but in constructing reliable schedules and rerouting of cargo and passengers. Tropical depressions are more important than mega hurricanes simply on the basis that they occur more frequently and can disrupt or delay travel more frequently. If you've ever travel in a small craft you'd appreciate NOAA weather radio and METAR. It can make the difference between having a good trip and a bad trip. (a three hour tour ... a three hour tour...)
A government agency screaming disaster if they take any cuts is nothing you do not hear from every single agency.
True, but sometimes their screaming is justified. You'd have to look into it beyond the assumption that government == bad.
Yea, the app downloads the reports from NWS and delivers them to your phone combined with ads and market research trackers. It's almost pure profit and they'll have to raise the price to $10 if we eliminate free NWS access for parasitic app businesses.
That's naive bordering on the ridiculous.
Calling your state and local representatives does work in my personal experience.
A bureaucrat only answers to the person that appointed him.
Take positions in the President's Cabinet for example. You are appointed by the President, and you are removed by the President. You are answerable to, guess who, the President. Do you offer a counter example?
You can be damn sure if a beta tester gave negative reviews that they wouldn't be asked to beta test again and perhaps even would be in violation of NDAs. Beta testers are expected to play along and make the company look good, that is the unwritten rule.
That said, I don't think it's illegal to post a bunch of fake reviews on a web site. At least not in the US. Not only does the buyer have to beware, the buyer can expect thousands of shills to lie to them.
Except I never asked for this. And I don't see it having any affect on my life.
Well, all right, why would I want to become dependent on a single corporation even if it were in my own country?
Agreed. You can't trust a corporation. I was going to say something flippant like "You can only trust a corporation to make money". But I realized that you can't even trust them to make money, Sometimes they blow up out of stupidity and leave users stranded. (Commodore Amiga still stings for some decades later)
Most of the time when you "buy" software you're only paying for the right to use it temporarily. It seems that without fail the software loses compatibility with libraries and operating systems and eventually hardware.
Having used and contributed to open source projects. I have seen free software go off into the weeds on occasion, as the people steering it can be idiots or not care about the end users. And the scale of a large project means as an individual I can't realistically fork it and maintain it myself. Eventually to get the software I want I have to pay a company, trust some group of people, or form my own group of people.
So... Dividend alone: no homelessness, no hunger, increases available jobs (probably full employment?), decreases cost of welfare (make people less-poor), trivial to pull off without increasing taxes in 2016.
There are a lot of people who don't care how the homeless are treated. There are a small number of people that care but in the wrong way, they get really upset if someone didn't "earn" everything. The idea that homeless would be given free money or free houses really triggers these types and turns them into a base of useful idiot voters. (useful because they are a mob driven by emotion)
Why do you think AMD is really the best choice for a laptop? I don't think this should be a subjective decision.
/bin/login is not normally used if your using X for your display manager (GDM, xdm, LightDM, etc). /bin/login is probably launched and remains idle for days at a time on most systems.
Why would I want to become dependent on the product of a corporation in a foreign country?
Because you're not a xenophobic nationalist?
I write software, which is just a series of text files. I don't need much more than a text editor and my own wits.
Even if Slackware made 2nd place, that's pretty huge.
Is one robot worth 100 workers? If so the 631 to 10,000 number seems significant.
so you're a little behind the times with this suggestion
It wasn't a suggestion, I was highlighting the state of affairs and expanding on it. President Clinton's antics are pretty well known I thought.
But we already knew that President Trump isn't really breaking any new ground with his antics. Pretty much every sort of crazy thing has been done in the last ~230 years in the Office of the President of the United States of America.
There is a difference between having the opportunity to elect your representative, versus a bureaucratic appointment. Theoretically elected representatives are swayed by feedback from their constituency. A bureaucrat only answers to the person that appointed him.
Ahh the poor. "... those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies."
What about the Trump tax cuts?
Then people wouldn't use the same damn password on most of their accounts.
Good luck with that plan. I'm highly skeptical that you've accomplished anything beyond giving some parasites a useless job.
General Motors has a Total Assets (Quarterly) of 212.48B. And annual sales of $166B.
I think you're confused on what the value of that company actually is. It's not the market cap of $50B. Market cap really is the "pennies on the dollar" number that is based on belief in future profitability. If you were to liquidate the entire business, you'd get a very different number. And in GM's case the hard asset value alone is worth about three times what Tesla is worth.
So I really have no idea where you think Tesla would get money to buy GM. Certainly they could merge, but GM executives are unlikely to give up their positions and even if there was a bankruptcy the larger company usually swallows the smaller one. The names can change either way, depending on perceived brand value. What's in a name? That which we call a rose; by any other word would smell as sweet.