Years ago (10 years or more)? There was a study about the arms race in agricultural pest control. The subject of this study was a genetically engineered crop that made its own poison, but that was not really relevant to the outcome of the study. Traditional spraying would have the same effect.
It was discovered that poison did not only fight pests, it also helps pests. The non-resistant pest bugs were killed, but the resistant pest bugs were given a predator-free environment. This was important, because the poison resistance often comes with lower chances of survival in non-poisoned environments. For example, one poison had an impact on the nerve system, paralysing non-resistant bugs. Resistant bugs had a nerve system that worked much slower, so they would be a "sitting duck" in a natural environment.
the study showed that if a certain portion of the land (recommended was 15% to 20%, which sound like a lot, but is peanuts compared to the 60% loss often found due to resistant pests) was planted with non-poisoned crops, the whole arms race could actually be stopped. The bugs would move between plants, and if they came on a poisoned plant they would be attacked by the poison, and if they came on a natural plant, they would be attacked by their natural predators.
Is it possible to make something illegal if you don't know what it is?
Sure, you don't have to become a murderer to catch murderers.
You can test almost any software with mock data. In fact, such data may be a by far better test as it is composed of things that are on the edge of being problematic..
No it's not. That is a common misconception. What happens with a loan is a "mutual debt". Your bank gives a promise to pay (NOT money!) against your promise to pay the loan with interest. Only if you want the real money instead of passing the numbers around, the bank will have to use "its" (its customer's) reserves. There are laws in some countries that say the bank has to make sure it has the lend-out money after two weeks, in which case the bank loans it from a central bank, which has no obligation at all to anybody. So banks really create money and do not lend it out from some sort of stock. It is said that only 3% of the money is real and the rest is just made up by banks. But that number is from a few years ago.
The Central Bank of Russia considers Bitcoin as a form of 'money substitute'
That is an insult. Regular money can be made "at will" by banks and the fact that it is only handed to society for usury ("interest") and some real-value things (like houses) as security, makes it drain any society at no cost to the banks themselves. The funny thing is that all banks can create money, but private persons are criminals when they do exactly the same.
Bitcoins do not come with built-in usury and cannot be made infinitely. Bitcoins do not have built-in discrimination about who can abuse who. Bitcoins are more than a money substitute: Bitcoins make sense. Our current money system does not.
One of the reasons companies move overseas is to avoid US taxes on anything they don't bring back to the US, why should actual citizens be any different?
Come again? The differences are huge. Companies are hardly punished for avoiding taxes. In fact, tax offices make special deals with them. This means that somehow the law does not apply to multinationals. Maybe that is why they want to do a crackdown on individuals. Just to show that, despite evidence of the contrary, they seem to be fighting tax evasion.
Yes they are. Given the vast amount of data a pilot, and especially a fighter pilot must process, presenting that data is a science. I have a nice pre-WW II book that shows the lay-out for the airspeed indicator, the artificial horizon and the altimeter, which all had their needles (or tail indicator) horizontal during cruise flight. If you would pull or push the stick, all needles would simultaneously go up or down. It is quite a craft to design a user interface for a fighter pilot. Especially if there's hardly any room to put it in.
Banks are hacked and abused as well, but this is never published. What happened to Dodgecoin once is probably peanuts when compared to what happens to credit card companies every year.
In some countries, vendors "mark" clients with the bags. If you are a tough negotiator for the lowest price, you get a different colour plastic bag than if you are a western tourist who pays the first sum asked.
Actually, a monarchy can be a good thing if the monarch is not a dictator. For example, in the Netherlands, the king has little power but is "the face" of the country. This separation of power and representation is wonderful. Electing a king by birth is a bit preposterous, but it prevents the first power-hungry megalomaniac to be our first man. I know a monarchy is ancient and not of this age, but the mere thought of an alternative like Kohl, Bush or Mitterant makes me glad that we have one.
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You wish. It was long ago chopped because the wood could be sold for a precious number in a computer (erroneously referred to as "money").
It is merely a branch of L-space. If you encounter an ape, please pass him my greetings and give him a banana.
Years ago (10 years or more)? There was a study about the arms race in agricultural pest control. The subject of this study was a genetically engineered crop that made its own poison, but that was not really relevant to the outcome of the study. Traditional spraying would have the same effect.
It was discovered that poison did not only fight pests, it also helps pests. The non-resistant pest bugs were killed, but the resistant pest bugs were given a predator-free environment. This was important, because the poison resistance often comes with lower chances of survival in non-poisoned environments. For example, one poison had an impact on the nerve system, paralysing non-resistant bugs. Resistant bugs had a nerve system that worked much slower, so they would be a "sitting duck" in a natural environment.
the study showed that if a certain portion of the land (recommended was 15% to 20%, which sound like a lot, but is peanuts compared to the 60% loss often found due to resistant pests) was planted with non-poisoned crops, the whole arms race could actually be stopped. The bugs would move between plants, and if they came on a poisoned plant they would be attacked by the poison, and if they came on a natural plant, they would be attacked by their natural predators.
Is it possible to make something illegal if you don't know what it is?
Sure, you don't have to become a murderer to catch murderers.
You can test almost any software with mock data. In fact, such data may be a by far better test as it is composed of things that are on the edge of being problematic..
Well, it's true. You should have at least some Russian intelligence to speak or write Russian...
What is THAT supposed to mean? That the grass is greener at the other side of the Pond? Somebody really lost hist touch with reality...
No it's not. That is a common misconception. What happens with a loan is a "mutual debt". Your bank gives a promise to pay (NOT money!) against your promise to pay the loan with interest. Only if you want the real money instead of passing the numbers around, the bank will have to use "its" (its customer's) reserves. There are laws in some countries that say the bank has to make sure it has the lend-out money after two weeks, in which case the bank loans it from a central bank, which has no obligation at all to anybody. So banks really create money and do not lend it out from some sort of stock. It is said that only 3% of the money is real and the rest is just made up by banks. But that number is from a few years ago.
Goatse is better than Beta.
Please don't give them any ideas! It's bad enough already.
The Central Bank of Russia considers Bitcoin as a form of 'money substitute'
That is an insult. Regular money can be made "at will" by banks and the fact that it is only handed to society for usury ("interest") and some real-value things (like houses) as security, makes it drain any society at no cost to the banks themselves. The funny thing is that all banks can create money, but private persons are criminals when they do exactly the same.
Bitcoins do not come with built-in usury and cannot be made infinitely. Bitcoins do not have built-in discrimination about who can abuse who. Bitcoins are more than a money substitute: Bitcoins make sense. Our current money system does not.
One of the reasons companies move overseas is to avoid US taxes on anything they don't bring back to the US, why should actual citizens be any different?
Come again? The differences are huge. Companies are hardly punished for avoiding taxes. In fact, tax offices make special deals with them. This means that somehow the law does not apply to multinationals. Maybe that is why they want to do a crackdown on individuals. Just to show that, despite evidence of the contrary, they seem to be fighting tax evasion.
I am just waiting for the swiss army knife "3D printer" pocket knife that allows you to "manually 3D print with Cellulose media"
Now that would be cutting edge technology!
Yes they are. Given the vast amount of data a pilot, and especially a fighter pilot must process, presenting that data is a science. I have a nice pre-WW II book that shows the lay-out for the airspeed indicator, the artificial horizon and the altimeter, which all had their needles (or tail indicator) horizontal during cruise flight. If you would pull or push the stick, all needles would simultaneously go up or down. It is quite a craft to design a user interface for a fighter pilot. Especially if there's hardly any room to put it in.
Banks are hacked and abused as well, but this is never published. What happened to Dodgecoin once is probably peanuts when compared to what happens to credit card companies every year.
The question is not "How can a site make money?", but "how do I prevent a nice site to be bought by an evil company?"
I'm perfectly safe, thank you.
Then again, it could be not. Interesting. I think I have had my number of conspiracy theories for today.
Or a bloody foreigner. Not everybody behaves like an American. In lots of places wasting your tires is just plain stupid.
This is news for nerds. What else would he talk about?
Next up: package delivered by drone will sound a siren if not opened immediately.
Personally, I would like to go back to the good old days when we used owls for that.
On the contrary, now he has to write another story to keep secret!
Not that I am aware of. A friend of mine experienced it in an Asian country, but I forgot which one.
You are right to say compostable. Merely biodegradable usually means that there are a lot of harmful chemicals after the degrading process.
In some countries, vendors "mark" clients with the bags. If you are a tough negotiator for the lowest price, you get a different colour plastic bag than if you are a western tourist who pays the first sum asked.
Usually thinking about a creator stops there. I never hear believers ask "then where did God come from?". Mind you: I do not hear any scientists ask where the "instability" came from that caused the Big Bang. éé
Actually, a monarchy can be a good thing if the monarch is not a dictator. For example, in the Netherlands, the king has little power but is "the face" of the country. This separation of power and representation is wonderful. Electing a king by birth is a bit preposterous, but it prevents the first power-hungry megalomaniac to be our first man. I know a monarchy is ancient and not of this age, but the mere thought of an alternative like Kohl, Bush or Mitterant makes me glad that we have one.