Just another reminder that the EU's supposedly robust privacy protections target (successful American) corporations while allowing government snooping to proceed apace.
What is so hard to understand about this? Wind farms are located in remote areas, have tall structures with high-performing mechanical components in them, and are necessarily exposed to weather. The structures are subject to significant stress and have a limited lifetime.
I think the source of your doubt is limited information or imagination.
Who really thinks that the Germans are more friendly about privacy and encryption? European laws might grant individuals some recourse about the use of data by corporations, but don't count on corresponding constraints on government. The difference between what ends up in German vs American government hands has more to do with how developed their snooping infrastructure is, not on whether the legal environment is more "friendly"
I once heard an explanation - geared towards children - of what electricity is. It went somewhat like this - "Don't ever ever ever do this, but, if you were to cut open an electric wire and look inside it, you would see a blue spark. That is electricity"
Note that nothing in the linked article says that *scientific* journals are the only problem.
A much more inviting target for cost savings would be the many specialized humanities journals that publish a steady stream of papers that nobody ever cites or even reads. We'd probably be better off if nobody bothered with them anyway - maybe then the philosophy and literature faculty can get back to doing something useful - like *teaching*
The problem is that this is a mostly fact-free article. There's one anecdote about women's experience in the workplace, and a note that female CS enrollment is down, and a link about "brogrammers". Really makes a compelling case - *not*. More revealing is the link that supposedly makes the case that age works against software talent. The linked cites some actual data - but it's about the *semiconductor* industry not software.
Really this doesn't deserve the response its getting here. It's just a third rate columnist blathering on about conventional wisdom.
Slashdot Mirror
Tell them to save the world on their own time.
This study's tendentious conclusions aren't the only ones you could come to
https://cei.org/blog/science-reporters-get-it-wrong-moderate-alcohol-consumption-isnt-dangerous
You can count on the socialist puritans at the guardian to spoil any party
This is the kind of tendentious nonsense that BeauHD likes to post all the time.
Too bad he can't be moderated down.
Just another reminder that the EU's supposedly robust privacy protections target (successful American) corporations while allowing government snooping to proceed apace.
I have some other suggestions for laws. 1. Forbid bad weather on weekends 2. Eliminate bad manners in children 3. and so on.
Why bother.
Not
Vox website shows that Washington is full of insufferable sactimonius dweebs.
The old science fiction cliche repeated again
Resistance is futile!
Resistance is useless!
What is so hard to understand about this? Wind farms are located in remote areas, have tall structures with high-performing mechanical components in them, and are necessarily exposed to weather. The structures are subject to significant stress and have a limited lifetime.
I think the source of your doubt is limited information or imagination.
So here's a question: What skillset would be needed to use this approach effectively?
This is a myth
Who really thinks that the Germans are more friendly about privacy and encryption? European laws might grant individuals some recourse about the use of data by corporations, but don't count on corresponding constraints on government. The difference between what ends up in German vs American government hands has more to do with how developed their snooping infrastructure is, not on whether the legal environment is more "friendly"
I am ready to join the Hive Mind of Europe
Civil war games with no Rebel flag? How can I relive the triumph of Gettysburg?
Raw economics is going to drive solar? Really?
This is a subsidy based land rush that will die as soon as the free lunch expires.
And if "raw economics" is driving this, why are California electricity rates so high?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/27/141766341/the-price-of-electricity-in-your-state
This reminds me:
I once heard an explanation - geared towards children - of what electricity is. It went somewhat like this - "Don't ever ever ever do this, but, if you were to cut open an electric wire and look inside it, you would see a blue spark. That is electricity"
Just economics
Intuitively, heavier objects fall faster.
Note that nothing in the linked article says that *scientific* journals are the only problem.
A much more inviting target for cost savings would be the many specialized humanities journals that publish a steady stream of papers that nobody ever cites or even reads. We'd probably be better off if nobody bothered with them anyway - maybe then the philosophy and literature faculty can get back to doing something useful - like *teaching*
Electric Cars have all been commercial flops
Therefore Electric Cars are not a good idea
Therefore Open Source Electric Cars are not a good idea
Q.E.D.
Wouldn't it just be cheaper to buy a 30 KW generator?
Sounds like the answer to the parent's question is no.
The problem is that this is a mostly fact-free article. There's one anecdote about women's experience in the workplace, and a note that female CS enrollment is down, and a link about "brogrammers". Really makes a compelling case - *not*. More revealing is the link that supposedly makes the case that age works against software talent. The linked cites some actual data - but it's about the *semiconductor* industry not software.
Really this doesn't deserve the response its getting here. It's just a third rate columnist blathering on about conventional wisdom.
Boring.
I hear Hilary Rosen is available