In the first and second worlds, electricity is cheap and reliable and labour required to spin a manual centrifuge is expensive. In the third world, the opposite is true.
Quirks and Quarks interviewed the scientist about his paper on "Effects of cocaine on honeybee dance behavior" back in Jan 2009. You can download the interview here, in mp3 or ogg format.
Raising gas taxes would both pressure car companies to build more efficient cars and encourage people to live closer to work, probably sacrificing living space.
In the end it would be up to the individual to decide, rather then have the decision made by the government.
The individual limit for Canadian federal parties is $1100 and $0 for corporations/unions.
One difference between the US and Canada is that while Canada has the right to freedom of expression in the constitution, it also says "The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society." This weakens our rights somewhat compared to the US, but avoids problems like this.
Both the 4th Superman and 4th Batman movies where so soul destroyingly bad that both franchises where shut down for years before rebooting. I wasn't too impressed with Spider-man 3 and I expected the 4th movie might really bad.
Perhaps they learned from history and are trying to avoid that fate.
This is an issue that really bugged me. The move to web based forums from Usenet and mailing list was a giant step backwards in functionally.
Advantages of Usenet and mailing lists over web based forums:
The user can control the interface killfiles threading discussion on issues where centralized in one place rather then across multiple web forums better searching better archiving less bandwidth
More advanced web forums, like Slashdot, do a better job of supporting these features, but most people still use very primitive forums.
Opening and closing windows and curtains can have powerful heating and cooling effect at no cost. While many people do open and close their windows and curtains are appropriate times connecting them to a thermostat with a timer should allow them to be used more efficiently and be used by people who can't be bothered to open and close them and just rely on their furnace/air conditioner.
The old Fossil/Palm watch. I expect Palm based ssh clients would work on it. It didn't have wifi, or even bluetooth, but it had an infra-red port. That's wireless.
Actually a generation of automobile drivers that were born and grew up in a world with automobiles are much better drivers then those who haven't. The rate of accidents are much higher in developing countries where most drivers are first generation drivers.
This is a map of bicycle accidents in Toronto. Most people who bike, bike downtown where the accidents are concentrated. However the only two fatal accidents are in the suburban area.
Bums are mostly harmless, and the odds of you getting killed in a car crash in an auto-dependent suburb is far greater then being killed in a gang war.
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In the first and second worlds, electricity is cheap and reliable and labour required to spin a manual centrifuge is expensive. In the third world, the opposite is true.
This probably predates the evolution of humans as it would make sense for any social species, including most primates.
I believe Luke was wearing a hood when he entered Jabba's palace at the start of Return of the Jedi.
Quirks and Quarks interviewed the scientist about his paper on "Effects of cocaine on honeybee dance behavior" back in Jan 2009. You can download the interview here, in mp3 or ogg format.
If Americans (and Europeans) don't change there ways, it is likely millions of people will die and the economy will suffer even more in the long run.
Perhaps the human race is incapable of long term collective planning, but that should stop us from trying.
Raising gas taxes would both pressure car companies to build more efficient cars and encourage people to live closer to work, probably sacrificing living space.
In the end it would be up to the individual to decide, rather then have the decision made by the government.
Flash is a concern that may be fixed with time.
The battery life is long enough if you remember to charge it every couple of days.
eink works better in bright sunlight, but can't work in the dark. lcd can work in bright sunlight with the right angle, and can work in the dark.
The should be enough room to store a few movies or they could be streamed from you media server.
I think the main market for this is people who don't have a laptop, or a laptop is over powered for what they do with it.
There are lots of things that a iPod Touch with a larger screen would be useful for, like web browsing, book reading and movie watching.
I think you numbers are out of date.
The individual limit for Canadian federal parties is $1100 and $0 for corporations/unions.
One difference between the US and Canada is that while Canada has the right to freedom of expression in the constitution, it also says "The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society." This weakens our rights somewhat compared to the US, but avoids problems like this.
The US spends more money on foreign aid than any other developed nation.
The total may be more, but as a percentage of GDP, it's at the low end of the scale.
Both the 4th Superman and 4th Batman movies where so soul destroyingly bad that both franchises where shut down for years before rebooting. I wasn't too impressed with Spider-man 3 and I expected the 4th movie might really bad.
Perhaps they learned from history and are trying to avoid that fate.
An individual consumer is not a party to the agreement between Amazon and B&N and the cell networks, so has not reason or responsibility to follow it.
Web based forums are much easier to control
One man's control is another man's tyranny.
This is an issue that really bugged me. The move to web based forums from Usenet and mailing list was a giant step backwards in functionally.
Advantages of Usenet and mailing lists over web based forums:
The user can control the interface
killfiles
threading
discussion on issues where centralized in one place rather then across multiple web forums
better searching
better archiving
less bandwidth
More advanced web forums, like Slashdot, do a better job of supporting these features, but most people still use very primitive forums.
Opening and closing windows and curtains can have powerful heating and cooling effect at no cost. While many people do open and close their windows and curtains are appropriate times connecting them to a thermostat with a timer should allow them to be used more efficiently and be used by people who can't be bothered to open and close them and just rely on their furnace/air conditioner.
The old Fossil/Palm watch. I expect Palm based ssh clients would work on it. It didn't have wifi, or even bluetooth, but it had an infra-red port. That's wireless.
One advantage is you only need one device in your pocket instead of a bunch of them.
The other advantage is your netbook wouldn't be able to connect to the Internet through the cell network.
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"Maybe it's something we can transplant?"
Actually a generation of automobile drivers that were born and grew up in a world with automobiles are much better drivers then those who haven't. The rate of accidents are much higher in developing countries where most drivers are first generation drivers.
Ref: http://www.gwynnedyer.com/articles/Gwynne%20Dyer%20article_%20%20Smeed's%20Law.txt
In urban areas cars travel slower, so the odds of being hit may be greater, but the odds of being killed are much lower.
http://maker.demo.geocommons.com/maps/69
This is a map of bicycle accidents in Toronto. Most people who bike, bike downtown where the accidents are concentrated. However the only two fatal accidents are in the suburban area.
Bums are mostly harmless, and the odds of you getting killed in a car crash in an auto-dependent suburb is far greater then being killed in a gang war.
Super Final Fantasy Kart
I think you mean Chocobo Racing. I'm sure some of the others you list have been released in Japan.
If the president wasn't on board, why did they bother with a fighter escort?