Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines.
Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines.
...all about preserving the NSA ecosystem (read money) that spends billions of dollars of tax payer money on programs we don't want.
I think Obama's actions in office are disgusting, but remember that it is a bi-partisan (in this regard) Congress that continually votes more and more billions for black-budget agencies that have no congressional oversight.
The general amateur/professional paradigm is/was this: Professionals are more rigorous, do fundamental work and publish in prestigious journals if they are academics, do more practical research and take out patents if commercial.
Amateurs are less rigorous, more concerned with practical applications, and not so interested in intellectual property and publishing.
However, for every professional there are 100 amateurs. Even if the amateurs are 1/10 as productive, their sheer numbers make them a significant force.
Sadly, I suspect I am describing a lost era, shut down by cultural predjudice. The USA will not progress with the high levels of scientific ignorance we see today.
My faint hope lies in the trajectory of the last time America had a collective nervous breakdown. I refer to the communist witch-hunt led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Eventually it burnt itself out with McCarthy in disgrace. There are many parallels with the current situation. Maybe Americans will come to their senses in due course.
Historically, the ruling class is established by violence and conquest. Once ensconced, the rulers and their heirs naturally want to keep on ruling, because of the perks. However, the need for, and danger of, continued violence and conquest leads them to appeal to divine right. So their status is legitimized by god, which the peasants accept, and the status quo maintained.
Read "The Collapse of Complex Societies" for an interesting treatise.
Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent - Harvey Silverglate
From the Amazon synopsis
The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague. In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the Code of Federal Regulations, handing federal prosecutors an additional trove of vague and exceedingly complex and technical prohibitions to stick on their hapless targets. The dangers spelled out in Three Felonies a Day do not apply solely to “white collar criminals,” state and local politicians, and professionals. No social class or profession is safe from this troubling form of social control by the executive branch, and nothing less than the integrity of our constitutional democracy hangs in the balance.
"That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right... The only part of the conduct of anyone, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." - John Stuart Mill
"We fought for freedom, and all we got was democracy" - Pieter-Dirk Uys
Russia will not assassinate me, even if I do join al Qaida and take up arms against the US. So therefore I am more comfortable doing business with a Russian company, than an American one.
Why don't they just buy at the state shops? They can't get to them? Why not? Somebody will surely deliver for a reasonable fee. If Daka has such high prices it will go out of business naturally.
A lot of scientific study and peer review has gone into the subject of global warming, and we are informed that it is indeed happening, and caused by mankind. To me this seems like a settled matter.
The next issue is whether this warming is a Bad Thing. It may be for certain people, but there will be winners, too. Overall - not so clear-cut. More study needed.
The final issue is the appropriate response. This is the area which seems to have almost no scientific analysis. The knee-jerk reaction is that we are emitting greenhouse gases, so the solution is to emit less, regardless of the collateral damage (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/secret-environmental-cost-us-ethanol-220037254.html). Any alternative responses, which include doing nothing, are deemed off the table.
It is the response to AGW that is messed up and devoid of rigorous scientific debate.
I think this is just the beginning. The environmental movement has a lot to answer for, including out of control forest fires, millions of deaths from malaria, and so on. I'm not saying that a clean environment is a noble goal, just that proper evaluations are needed.
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Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines.
http://www.google.com/tisp/ins...
http://www.google.com/tisp/ins...
Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines.
He is a politician.
Connect the dots.
Arduino-based thermostat projects have been around for some time, and some are networked. Easy to DIY and can be done for under $100. Google around.
BTW, I have had my Proliphix network thermostat for more than 5 years now and still very happy with it.
...all about preserving the NSA ecosystem (read money) that spends billions of dollars of tax payer money on programs we don't want.
I think Obama's actions in office are disgusting, but remember that it is a bi-partisan (in this regard) Congress that continually votes more and more billions for black-budget agencies that have no congressional oversight.
"She ... recommended a search warrant requirement."
The requirement for a warrant is already there, right in the Constitution. I guess that is ancient history now.
All I wanted was a cup of tea.
Actually, they will be replaced by bitcoins.
Extension of copyright is a "taking" from the public under the Constitution.
The general amateur/professional paradigm is/was this: Professionals are more rigorous, do fundamental work and publish in prestigious journals if they are academics, do more practical research and take out patents if commercial.
Amateurs are less rigorous, more concerned with practical applications, and not so interested in intellectual property and publishing.
However, for every professional there are 100 amateurs. Even if the amateurs are 1/10 as productive, their sheer numbers make them a significant force.
Sadly, I suspect I am describing a lost era, shut down by cultural predjudice. The USA will not progress with the high levels of scientific ignorance we see today.
An interesting analysis.
My faint hope lies in the trajectory of the last time America had a collective nervous breakdown. I refer to the communist witch-hunt led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Eventually it burnt itself out with McCarthy in disgrace. There are many parallels with the current situation. Maybe Americans will come to their senses in due course.
Historically, the ruling class is established by violence and conquest. Once ensconced, the rulers and their heirs naturally want to keep on ruling, because of the perks. However, the need for, and danger of, continued violence and conquest leads them to appeal to divine right. So their status is legitimized by god, which the peasants accept, and the status quo maintained.
Read "The Collapse of Complex Societies" for an interesting treatise.
HHGTTG had six books in the trilogy, so I think we are being short-changed here...
"Truly private money is an inferior alternative to the money that comes with the backing of a political authority."
What happens when the "political authority" loses its authority?
Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent - Harvey Silverglate
From the Amazon synopsis
The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague. In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the Code of Federal Regulations, handing federal prosecutors an additional trove of vague and exceedingly complex and technical prohibitions to stick on their hapless targets. The dangers spelled out in Three Felonies a Day do not apply solely to “white collar criminals,” state and local politicians, and professionals. No social class or profession is safe from this troubling form of social control by the executive branch, and nothing less than the integrity of our constitutional democracy hangs in the balance.
Yeah! Like we did with slavery!
"That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right... The only part of the conduct of anyone, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." - John Stuart Mill
"We fought for freedom, and all we got was democracy" - Pieter-Dirk Uys
You did not read down to my sig.
Russia will not assassinate me, even if I do join al Qaida and take up arms against the US. So therefore I am more comfortable doing business with a Russian company, than an American one.
The country that cannot drone strike my ass on a whim.
“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.”
P.J. O'Rourke
Why don't they just buy at the state shops? They can't get to them? Why not? Somebody will surely deliver for a reasonable fee. If Daka has such high prices it will go out of business naturally.
A lot of scientific study and peer review has gone into the subject of global warming, and we are informed that it is indeed happening, and caused by mankind. To me this seems like a settled matter.
The next issue is whether this warming is a Bad Thing. It may be for certain people, but there will be winners, too. Overall - not so clear-cut. More study needed.
The final issue is the appropriate response. This is the area which seems to have almost no scientific analysis. The knee-jerk reaction is that we are emitting greenhouse gases, so the solution is to emit less, regardless of the collateral damage (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/secret-environmental-cost-us-ethanol-220037254.html). Any alternative responses, which include doing nothing, are deemed off the table.
It is the response to AGW that is messed up and devoid of rigorous scientific debate.
How do you respond to this: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/secret-environmental-cost-us-ethanol-220037254.html
I think this is just the beginning. The environmental movement has a lot to answer for, including out of control forest fires, millions of deaths from malaria, and so on. I'm not saying that a clean environment is a noble goal, just that proper evaluations are needed.
"The reason academic politics are so bitter is that so little is at stake."
Attributed to various people.
Times change.
You make my point for me.
Mr. Cole did not invoke any imaginary persons in his toast. For that I give him an extra salute.