On the contrary, there are many 'green' innovations that are actually cost saving innovations. Look at the Boeing 787 (if it ever gets off the ground) it uses much less alluminum and has 20% higher fuel efficiency. Modern innovation is both green and economical.
The innovations are cost saving over the Long Term, but not in the short run. To the airlines, this is all that matters. Your example has nothing to do with "green" technology, instead it is merely cost cutting. An example of "green" technology would be cleaner engines. You can't lob off a few pounds of metal and tout it as "green."
Although this seems interesting I think the airline industry has other more pressing worries. The current financial market has pretty much guaranteed that they can do nothing "green."
But what is so bad about Greed? Companies don't need to police themselves. If a person dislikes the company, they don't have to use it. You are not forced to buy starbucks (or comcast.) You don't NEED coffee (or internet.) Greed allows for competition, and creativity. Greed is a good thing, not an immoral thing.
What does it matter how good a particular college is? What are they basing it off? Satisfaction polls? Tuition cost? Income? Alumni? I find that it is best to compare departments to find the best college (Compare Engineering Departments, Compare Math Departments... etc...) Who cares if a University makes #8 at US News and Reports, if it is because of its fine arts programs and you want a computer science major?
My Newspaper (Grand Rapids Press) reported this:
"With Election day a little more than a month away, many lawmakers appeared to pay greater heed to their constituents than their party leaders."
Wait one second... Shouldn't they always pay attention to their constituents and ignore their party leaders? (Cause Bush is doing such a great job.) I thought that was what a REPRESENTATIVE Democracy was. Guess the jokes on me.
With DRM we (Gamers & Publishing companies) have to find a happy medium. (For some, I know that would be NO DRM.) One has to realize that publishing a GOOD game involves risk. Companies want know that someone can't just steal their hard work. However, we (Gamers) don't want to be cheated, vilified, or shackled (unduly.) We all know that the "DVD in drive" or CD "Keys" don't work. Also (as is the case of Spore) Internet activation and Install limits don't work either. And no wants rootkits on their computer. The best (by best, I mean the most gamer-friendly and unobstrusive) DRM has appeared to be STEAM. Having your games tied to an online account may be annoying, but it is far better than any alternative. Plus, who here wants to buy a fun game and then hear that friend "x" just got a cracked version for free. It makes me feel cheated.
Just my ramblings/2 cents.
several dust devils danced across the arctic plain this week and [NASA's martian lander] sensed a dip in air pressure as one passed near the lander.
-1 redundant.
Anyone with any knowledge of meteorology could have told you that the center of hurricanes, tornadoes and of course dust devils have low pressure.
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On the contrary, there are many 'green' innovations that are actually cost saving innovations. Look at the Boeing 787 (if it ever gets off the ground) it uses much less alluminum and has 20% higher fuel efficiency. Modern innovation is both green and economical.
The innovations are cost saving over the Long Term, but not in the short run. To the airlines, this is all that matters. Your example has nothing to do with "green" technology, instead it is merely cost cutting. An example of "green" technology would be cleaner engines. You can't lob off a few pounds of metal and tout it as "green."
Although this seems interesting I think the airline industry has other more pressing worries. The current financial market has pretty much guaranteed that they can do nothing "green."
But what is so bad about Greed? Companies don't need to police themselves. If a person dislikes the company, they don't have to use it. You are not forced to buy starbucks (or comcast.) You don't NEED coffee (or internet.) Greed allows for competition, and creativity. Greed is a good thing, not an immoral thing.
Google allows you to upload/open Open Office Documents, will M$ word do that?
That's no moon...
I think the Chinese will congratulate me when I say "So what?"
What does it matter how good a particular college is? What are they basing it off? Satisfaction polls? Tuition cost? Income? Alumni? I find that it is best to compare departments to find the best college (Compare Engineering Departments, Compare Math Departments... etc...) Who cares if a University makes #8 at US News and Reports, if it is because of its fine arts programs and you want a computer science major?
I guess we should start making kindergartners write in "Times New Roman" from now on.
The Important Question here is what type of copy-protection (if any) that they will use.
Nah, Matt Hazard is more likely a long lost twin to Duke Nukem. Good thing we found him. Sorta.
My Newspaper (Grand Rapids Press) reported this: "With Election day a little more than a month away, many lawmakers appeared to pay greater heed to their constituents than their party leaders." Wait one second... Shouldn't they always pay attention to their constituents and ignore their party leaders? (Cause Bush is doing such a great job.) I thought that was what a REPRESENTATIVE Democracy was. Guess the jokes on me.
With DRM we (Gamers & Publishing companies) have to find a happy medium. (For some, I know that would be NO DRM.) One has to realize that publishing a GOOD game involves risk. Companies want know that someone can't just steal their hard work. However, we (Gamers) don't want to be cheated, vilified, or shackled (unduly.) We all know that the "DVD in drive" or CD "Keys" don't work. Also (as is the case of Spore) Internet activation and Install limits don't work either. And no wants rootkits on their computer. The best (by best, I mean the most gamer-friendly and unobstrusive) DRM has appeared to be STEAM. Having your games tied to an online account may be annoying, but it is far better than any alternative. Plus, who here wants to buy a fun game and then hear that friend "x" just got a cracked version for free. It makes me feel cheated. Just my ramblings/2 cents.
Google Earth = Google Maps? I think not. Also, the debunking photos link is dead.
But, Most wireless routers can't handle 1gb/s. 802.11n can't handle more than 600mb/s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n
several dust devils danced across the arctic plain this week and [NASA's martian lander] sensed a dip in air pressure as one passed near the lander.
-1 redundant. Anyone with any knowledge of meteorology could have told you that the center of hurricanes, tornadoes and of course dust devils have low pressure.
Well, and the general lack of sunspots too.
If they had hacked into a second computer network, they could have turned off parts of the vast detector
So, the only reason they didn't end the world was the flip of a coin in picking which computer to hack?
What about this, Global Warming: Secretly Good For Us http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1563054/Global-warming-'is-good-and-is-not-our-fault'.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_Angels_(science_fiction_novel)