1. Change the Terms & Conditions of Use to List VERY HIGH use charges
for non-individual users, such as City of Amsterdam; 2. Track URL's of non-individual (eg, City of A..., etc.) users; 3. Collect stated fees!
If corporate or gov't users of Air BnB's web site can -save- big, they can afford to -pay- big, for the privilege.
(Air BnB can even make the service Free for -others- by charging & collecting huge fees from City of Amst. etc.)
Of course, all users need to be made well aware, that their addresses could be tracked by City users, et al.
Those with nil to hide can continue as they do, without worry. The others can find other ways to advertise their services.
A 64GB PlayBook w/ S/W updated to 2.1 would play most or even all of the Creative Common licensed files comprising the available portions of KhanAcademy.org, but it wasn't easy to find & go through a sequence of course files.
(There's a PlayBook-specific app for KA courses, but it sorted files of KA's courses rather poorly, IMO; at least it could play both Flash & MP4 format files just fine.)
I hope the BlackBerry 10 updated PlayBook can leave such course files where ever we decide to place them, ie, in order within their folders (eg, 1 course per folder), rather than separating MP4's from FLV's.
So, LFTR's are Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors, & as soon as these, SAFER, new generation, nuclear reactors has been proven, we'll want to start building small to medium sized LFTR's in plants in China.
Young Chinese, et al. will be PROUD to help build pollution-free electricity generation capacity for their smoke-filled cities.
Liquid Fluoride THORIUM Reactors (LFTRs) could get a leg up for -earlier- construction approvals, ie, if DoE puts some super- computers to the task of modeling them mathematically, eg, to help bring them on-line sooner.
Or... we can let India and/or China do all that... and buy the com- pleted technology from them, after they've done that.
There seems to be a grass roots movement growing, to explore options for bringing safer, cheaper-to-build "Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors" (a.k.a. LFTRs).
If there are no deal-killer issues with getting Energy from Thorium, I'd guess the number of jobs for Physics PhD's will rise.
If you're new to this, cf: Kirk Sorensen's recent talk at TED.com; for details, search YouTube for "Thorium Remix."
CBC's "As It Happens" & "The Current" news & current events programs are well worth a listen, eg, via podcasts.
Warm - asking difficult questions sensitively (eg, about tragic stories), & providing time both for the whole answer -and- transitions between adjacent stories... sometimes playing fitting music between them.
Smart - asking excellent & concise questions, giving time for interviewees' answers... but also asking excellent follow-up questions, so their probing questions -get- answered.
Ever since the days of the (late) radio journo Barbara Fromm, these & other Canadian programs have kept the hard-hitting interview tradition alive & well. We love em!
Mosquitoes carry G Fever (in 1 of 4 strains), & a great way to reduce their numbers is to GM some males so they'll mate but no life comes from the eggs from their unions.
Populations have dropped by 85% after 3 mon's of introducing the GM'd males.
(This was reported in a very recent TED-talk.)
This example might persuade anti-GMO folks to reconsider, at least for such obvious cases of advantage from GM of animal that we -don't- eat.
Sorry, Elan, I -don't- need 30 min's to use the toilet & to enjoy a drink, while an EV charges.
Don't you think it's time to get on-board the battery-swap band-wagon, so your customers can enjoy -under- 1 minute refuels?
I think your busy customers will jump on that bandwagon, if you don't, ie, as soon as BetterPlace's battery-swap stations become available so support the same California roads as you've announced, recently.
I urge you to: Lead the EV industry by offering some "battery-swap station compatible" vehicles, that all EV's can use, so all EV owners (of any brand EV) will - someday - benefit from.
Where are those brave folks, who'd say: Nope, if you're not "Free," then you don't get Me! If -enough- folks made it -clear- that they won't support restrictions, just maybe it may help.
Another thought I had was: These "Help my data jump over the Great Firewall" articles -may- be "plants" to help draw out any remaining workarounds to the latest version of Great Firewall controls.
By answering, we may by listing any of the remaining workarounds, we're helping the ones, who maintain TGF to close yet another door...?
So, the Australian parliament has WASTED weeks on a "Return [former PM Kevin] Rudd" & it -almost- began a similar "Dump Julia [Gillard]" campaign recently.
Question time Q&A's are broadcast in ABC "News" Radio, and often shows the idiocy of personal attacks & insults that Elected Members can get up to...
All this useless time-wasting means AU's parliament gets stuck "cycling on the negative" while other, more intelligent legislatures move their countries -ahead- of Australia, despite its potential to lead & succeed.
WHAT AU NEEDS is Direct Digital Democracy, eg, in the form of FEEDBACK to the Speaker (who can stop proceedings, name Members who are deemed to be playing-up, & even -eject- Members who ignore his/her instructions to cease misbehaving.
Suppose it were possible for a random & changing collection of Citizens (in statistically significant numbers) - who are monitoring (in Real Time), from anywhere across Australia - to indicate their Satisfaction or Dissatisfaction with the proceedings at the moment, ie, in the House and/or Senate, and BE HEARD (electronically) and EFFECTIVELY STOP / CHANGE those proceedings.
So, if a random sampling of current (in real time) listeners and/or viewers of those proceedings could Press either a YES or a NO button, to register or withhold, resp., their support for what how their Elected Members are -currently- (at that moment, + or - say 5 - 15 min's) using their time...
and a TALLY-based RESULT (CONTINUE or STOP) indicator was presented to the Speaker of House & Senate... the Speaker could - moments after getting that RESULT indicator - rule to STOP (eg, & move on to a next item, that might use that house's time better) or ALLOW the current proceedings to continue.
The idea is that - today - the Public can only grow angrier... but has No Agenda or Unit-of-Proceeding level way to indicate what they like or dislike, akin to a Presidential "Line-Item Veto" power.
This proposal would give the Public a feedback control power, not quite as rich as Citizen Initiated Referendum (CIR) power enjoyed by more democratically-wealthy Swiss, but perhaps "safer"... until we can competently handle the responsibility of CIR power. Perhaps this Speaker Feedback mechanism would help the Public learn to handle power, so that - some years after having & exercising it - they'll be ready to take-on CIR powers.:-)
Let's put all the $$$ into building Schools & Hospitals in developing nations, instead of into the construction of very high end sports stadiums, that are now deemed to need extreme military weapons, in the midst of urban sprawl, for the Games' protection,
We;ve had (in past) player murders; what next, deaths & injuries in surrounding communities, due to bits of metal falling from the sky, eg, after ground to air missles knock down their targets?!?
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Fine the B*ast*ards!
1. Change the Terms & Conditions of Use to List VERY HIGH use charges
for non-individual users, such as City of Amsterdam;
2. Track URL's of non-individual (eg, City of A..., etc.) users;
3. Collect stated fees!
If corporate or gov't users of Air BnB's web site can -save- big,
they can afford to -pay- big, for the privilege.
(Air BnB can even make the service Free for -others-
by charging & collecting huge fees from City of Amst.
etc.)
Of course, all users need to be made well aware, that
their addresses could be tracked by City users, et al.
Those with nil to hide can continue as they do,
without worry. The others can find other ways
to advertise their services.
Q.E.D.
A 64GB PlayBook w/ S/W updated to 2.1 would play most or even all of the Creative Common licensed files comprising the available portions of KhanAcademy.org, but it wasn't easy to find & go through a sequence of course files.
(There's a PlayBook-specific app for KA courses, but it sorted files of KA's courses rather poorly, IMO; at least it could play both Flash & MP4 format files just fine.)
I hope the BlackBerry 10 updated PlayBook can leave such course files where ever we decide to place them, ie, in order within their folders (eg, 1 course per folder), rather than separating MP4's from FLV's.
...And, will boot-time improve when it's updated to BackBerry 10...? :-)
So, LFTR's are Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors, & as soon as these, SAFER, new generation, nuclear reactors has been proven, we'll want to start building small to medium sized LFTR's in plants in China.
Young Chinese, et al. will be PROUD to help build pollution-free electricity generation capacity for their smoke-filled cities.
Liquid Fluoride THORIUM Reactors (LFTRs) could get a leg up
for -earlier- construction approvals, ie, if DoE puts some super-
computers to the task of modeling them mathematically, eg, to
help bring them on-line sooner.
Or... we can let India and/or China do all that... and buy the com-
pleted technology from them, after they've done that.
So, expect someone to cook your breakfast on your Birthday, etc (a nice enough event).
But, on Apr Fool's Day, someone could set-off smoke detectors (worse if they also open
fire-sprinklers, that could damage furnishings, etc.)
And, arsonists could set a fire remotely... from many Km's ago (creating a bullet-proof ...otherwise, a cool toy / tool.
alibi).
There seems to be a grass roots movement growing, to explore options for bringing safer, cheaper-to-build "Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors" (a.k.a. LFTRs).
If there are no deal-killer issues with getting Energy from Thorium, I'd guess the number of jobs for Physics PhD's will rise.
If you're new to this, cf: Kirk Sorensen's recent talk at TED.com; for details, search YouTube for "Thorium Remix."
CBC's "As It Happens" & "The Current" news & current events programs are well worth a listen, eg, via podcasts.
Warm - asking difficult questions sensitively (eg, about tragic stories), & providing time both for the whole answer -and- transitions between adjacent stories... sometimes playing fitting music between them.
Smart - asking excellent & concise questions, giving time for interviewees' answers... but also asking excellent follow-up questions, so their probing questions -get- answered.
Ever since the days of the (late) radio journo Barbara Fromm, these & other Canadian programs have kept the hard-hitting interview tradition alive & well. We love em!
Listed along with BBC & NPR, the Australian ABC broadcasts news & current events from Al Jazeera.
However, what I want is to be able to hear current events & news from CBC, eg:
+ As It Happens
+ The Current
+ Quirks & Quarks (Sci.)
etc.
Until the ABC adds such CBC programs to their list, we can & do auto-fetch them as podcasts (eg, using an XP box + Juice 2.2)
Mosquitoes carry G Fever (in 1 of 4 strains), &
a great way to reduce their numbers is to GM
some males so they'll mate but no life comes
from the eggs from their unions.
Populations have dropped by 85% after 3 mon's
of introducing the GM'd males.
(This was reported in a very recent TED-talk.)
This example might persuade anti-GMO folks
to reconsider, at least for such obvious cases
of advantage from GM of animal that we -don't-
eat.
I can destroy any such games myself - eg, while videoing the happy process - without paying any postage.
The UK is reputed to be the best venue to sue -from- (if you can afford the legal fees).
Others may be able to share their success stories...
FAIK, science- / engineering-based Germany may embrace LFTR's as -acceptable- risk nuclear power...
Ideally, gov'ts will create a new regulatory category for LFTR's, to enable them to come on-line soon.
Battery-swapping EV infrastructure providers - such as BetterPlace.com - are to buy Green energy, ie, as they put more of their EV's on the road.
Competitors will forced by the market to do the same. & - hopefully - sign-up to compatible battery-swap standards.
Julia Gillard was looking either solemn or broken, as she read her [spoof] doomsday message - at JJJ's request - recently.
We happened to find it a day or 2 after viewing 2 more helpful video shorts from NASAtelevision channel @ YouTube.com
Julia, what were you thinking, when you agreed to make your silly spoof?!?
I say: If you can't take your job seriously, please find another job.
Sorry, Elan, I -don't- need 30 min's to use the toilet & to enjoy a drink, while an EV charges.
Don't you think it's time to get on-board the battery-swap band-wagon, so your customers can enjoy -under- 1 minute refuels?
I think your busy customers will jump on that bandwagon, if you don't, ie, as soon as BetterPlace's battery-swap stations become available so support the same California roads as you've announced, recently.
I urge you to: Lead the EV industry by offering some "battery-swap station compatible" vehicles, that all EV's can use, so all EV owners (of any brand EV) will - someday - benefit from.
May that day come soon! :-)
Where are those brave folks, who'd say: Nope, if you're not "Free," then you don't get Me!
If -enough- folks made it -clear- that they won't support restrictions, just maybe it may help.
Another thought I had was: These "Help my data jump over the Great Firewall" articles
-may- be "plants" to help draw out any remaining workarounds to the latest version of
Great Firewall controls.
By answering, we may by listing any of the remaining workarounds, we're helping the ones,
who maintain TGF to close yet another door...?
Subj says it all. Others may have noticed the same.
Could those in the extra 53% suicidal women have suffered earlier miscarriages, by any chance?
So, if Skype is now such a dog (eg, due to coming ad's & its previous acquisition by Microsoft), where are all the Open Source counterparts?
Windows' ubiquity may have contributed to Linux & FreeBSD's growth...
Won't the ad's and/or Microsoft refurbishing of Skype contribute to the growth of Open Source, Skype-counterparts?
If not now / soon, when?
We have a LOT of geometrical shapes to wade through
Will USPTO deem a 1,000,000-sided polygon to be significantly different from a 999,999-sided one, and all the ones with fewer sides?
Apples lawyers will surely have job security for generations!
Or... maybe smart people just need to move-on to other interesting work...
"Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress - and a Plan to Stop It"
(There are -also- some very good videos about of Lessig presenting its main ideas;
we heartily recommend them to all.)
So, the Australian parliament has WASTED weeks on a "Return [former PM Kevin] Rudd" & it -almost- began a similar "Dump Julia [Gillard]" campaign recently.
Question time Q&A's are broadcast in ABC "News" Radio, and often shows the idiocy of personal attacks & insults that Elected Members can get up to...
All this useless time-wasting means AU's parliament gets stuck "cycling on the negative" while other, more intelligent legislatures move their countries -ahead- of Australia, despite its potential to lead & succeed.
WHAT AU NEEDS is Direct Digital Democracy, eg, in the form of FEEDBACK to the Speaker (who can stop proceedings, name Members who are deemed to be playing-up, & even -eject- Members who ignore his/her instructions to cease misbehaving.
Suppose it were possible for a random & changing collection of Citizens (in statistically significant numbers) - who are monitoring (in Real Time), from anywhere across Australia - to indicate their Satisfaction or Dissatisfaction with the proceedings at the moment, ie, in the House and/or Senate, and BE HEARD (electronically) and EFFECTIVELY STOP / CHANGE those proceedings.
So, if a random sampling of current (in real time) listeners and/or viewers of those proceedings could Press either a YES or a NO button, to register or withhold, resp., their support for what how their Elected Members are -currently- (at that moment, + or - say 5 - 15 min's) using their time...
and a TALLY-based RESULT (CONTINUE or STOP) indicator was presented to the Speaker of House & Senate... the Speaker could - moments after getting that
RESULT indicator - rule to STOP (eg, & move on to a next item, that might use that house's time better) or ALLOW the current proceedings to continue.
The idea is that - today - the Public can only grow angrier... but has No Agenda or Unit-of-Proceeding level way to indicate what they like or dislike, akin to a Presidential "Line-Item Veto" power.
This proposal would give the Public a feedback control power, not quite as rich as Citizen Initiated Referendum (CIR) power enjoyed by more democratically-wealthy Swiss, but perhaps "safer"... until we can competently handle the responsibility of CIR power. Perhaps this Speaker Feedback mechanism would help the Public learn to handle power, so that - some years after having & exercising it - they'll be ready to take-on CIR powers. :-)
My 2.2 cents.
Perhaps this will boost interest in desktop Linux?
But can VLC do what M$ wants $$ to enable? IF so, M$ might as well give DVD playing away free.
Enough is Enough, already!
Let's put all the $$$ into building Schools & Hospitals in developing nations, instead of into the construction of very high end sports stadiums, that are now deemed to need extreme military weapons, in the midst of urban sprawl, for the Games' protection,
We;ve had (in past) player murders; what next, deaths & injuries in surrounding communities, due to bits of metal falling from the sky, eg, after ground to air missles knock down their targets?!?
Let's stop while we're ahead.