Should be trivially easy for you to name a non-mythical city, then... One that is and will forever have ample water, sources that nobody else could take away.
Otherwise, I've just been wasting my time arguing against your fevered hallucinations.
The big cities near here are either on massive freshwater lakes, or situated along large rivers
I went to some length to explain that cities "near" you can be over 1,000 miles away, and yet get to siphon off much of your water.
This isn't LA, nor is it Death Valley. Some places have warm weather most of the time and plenty sunshine and very little precipitation; we have cold snowy winters and plenty of water.
Los Angeles is merely the canary in the coal mine. Cities all over have had droughts and resort to water rationing. Even the barren desert states of... Washington, Minnesota, Colorado, Montana, Wisconsin, etc.
you won't make believe that I, personally, live in an area with an impending water shortage
You're going pretty far to assert that your world-view is perfect, and not letting any pesky little facts upset it. Name the city, and I'll be happy to tell you who is likely to start taking away your water in the near future. Doesn't even have to be YOUR city, just one you're so damn sure will never have a water shortage.
Humanity will survive a gamma-ray burst just fine. Those many thousands if not a few million in the bunkers around the world will have ample resources to survive underground, until the surface becomes habitable again, even if the have to reintroduce many plants and perhaps a few animals themselves.
It's the global events that'll physically pulverize the planet, or throw it off-course so that it'll be uninhabitable permanently, that'll really be the end.
But in Billy G's case, and most others, they are selfish and interested in the short-term, so hundreds of years of work to ensure humanity's survival, after they and their family are dead, isn't a compelling goal.
You opinion is absolutely not based in reality, and there have been many discredited charlatans before you saying the same things, and always being proven dead-wrong:
A future where SF and LA are only 300 miles apart does sound a little unlikely.
Really? You're going to bitch because the nice round numbers used are 10% off? Do you also complain when someones "6 hour flight" was actually 5 hours 50 minutes?
Or did you really believe that the high-speed train is going to travel at EXACTLY 600mph?
Of course! Seagate's study finds that the hybrid devices Seagate (and nobody else) makes are all that anyone will ever need. Nobody needs those pesky SSD drives (that Seagate don't make much profit on, and where they have a huge number of competitors).
You might want to do yourself a favor and attach a Kill-A-Watt to that P4 for a month and see what that cheap old hardware is costing you.
My old 2.4GHz P4 idled at 39W including spinning HDD, GPU, etc. *Most* new systems don't even do that well. And even if you find something *slightly* better on power, even in the parts of the US with the highest electricity costs, it'll take many, many YEARS (if not DECADES, particularly if your system is usually powered-off or hibernated/suspended) for your purchase to become cash positive from savings on your electric bill. Before that time, you'll no doubt have replaced the system, so you'll be forever in-the-hole, losing money on the deal.
It does not change it. But that doesn't really matter because the statement itself is flawed and untrue.
Good, then go rant at HIM, not me, dammit. Don't reply to my post (I know... that wasn't you) with some off-topic random discussion about minutia of HOW X does Y, when that's not the topic.
The statement is that you cannot monetize open source, which is fundamentally incorrect. [...] Something that the GGP claimed is impossible.
Then why are you ranting about trademark to me, instead of replying to the GGP? I'm the one who mentioned RedHat as a counter-example in the first place, I hardly need a bunch of people ranting at me about someone else's false claims.
An extreme example of these devicesâ(TM) usefulness is that of Ralph Harvey, a research scientist who uses a solar charger on his PowerBook in the Antarctic where powerâ(TM)s clearly at a premium.
Sounds like a horrible use. Solar insolation near the poles is going to be miserable. Less than 1/4 than the rest of the world would get.
Either you give out the source and thereby lose control over its distribution, or you can ask money.
RedHat and many others do both, and they're very much compatible with open source. Their software is all open source, but you have to pay to get their exact binaries. A great many people do pay.
Their rule-of-thumb is that open source software companies can sustain a price of about 1/10th what a proprietary software company could. So there's very much an opportunity for monetization of open source, just not as large as with proprietary software.
Most of us don't have a useful AP with USB just lying around, even if we are enthusiasts.
A decent number of people here specifically look for routers that can run some kind of Linux firmware before buying. There's really no reason NOT TO these days, since they're just as cheap as the worst junk hardware. And it's a great fail-safe even if you don't plan to use it, as you're in good shape even if the manufacturer's software is complete junk (like that D-Link).
We know about metals and melting ore to to create them
A tiny fraction of the human population would recognize iron ore if it bit them on the ass. Fewer still have any idea how to turn it into steel.
We know about magnets and how they can be used to generate electricity or using electricity to create maniacal [sic] energy.
Most people know that electricity exists, in about the same way they know men have walked on the moon. Ask them to make it happen, though, and they'll be dumbfounded. Maybe a not-tiny percentage could figure out that turning a generator is a good idea, if they found one lying around, but starting from scratch? Nope.
Besides, being "stone aged" isn't about lack of knowledge (though that can sure help), it's about barely surviving day to day, so that you don't have any free time, or material wealth, with which to spend on redeveloping technology. Look around the world today, and there are a decent number of people living worse off than dark-age peasants, even with modern technology all around them.
How many of use could perform a cesarean section, today, unassisted, and with nothing more than what we would carry in a survival pack? An astronomical number of women will die in child-birth within just the first few years.
hold up a copy of your state ID to the webcam, and let the site use image recognition to check its authenticity. (2) Enter your phone number, and click this button to receive a telephone call; when the phone answers, please dial this 6 digit code, press pound, then say your name.
Most people don't have webcams connected to their computers... Getting more common thanks to phones and tablets, but it's quite common that there's only one on the front or the back. Besides, when you ask me to install some app that gives you access to my webcam, I'm going to tell you to fuck off...
State ID's are easily forged with basic image manipulation. The app only gets a photo, it doesn't know you're injecting a still PNG into the video stream, or that you're holding-up a print-out of an ID.
Voice isn't that hard for machines anymore... TTS and voice recognition are reasonably good. Not to mention people who are either deaf or mute are screwed, so you're cutting off another group instead of the blind.
We've got more trouble with massive flooding, than we do with droughts requiring water restrictions
There's plenty of flooding in the deserts, too. Death Valley is mostly a dry lake bed.
water is going to be treated and put back into the same river it came from
There are restrictions on how much treated water can be mixed in with clean water. The downstream guys have a harder time of cleaning it when more of it is sewage.
I don't really care about the California Aqueduct. That's their problem.
Nothing specific to California, just one example of the lengths to which large cities will go for their water. No doubt you've got one or more near you, and they'll start eying your supplies pretty soon, if they aren't already.
Two decades ago, my small town was consistently reported as having the best (tasting) tap water in the state. Now it's recycled and chlorinated all to hell, with 10X the suspended solids, arsenic above allowed levels, etc. The main reason being, a dam was built up-river, and the bulk of the water in the reservoir is being sold for big money to much larger cities much further away.
You can think of this as the coming attractions. Enjoy.
Except it's NOT ILLEGAL to refuse to hire someone because of their appearance. It's many the ugly woman that has filed a lawsuit about not being hired as a secretary, and lost. If your employer can make a minimally coherent argument that your appearance is important to the job role, they can pick and choose you based on looks.
There are only select few attributes (like race) which employers can NEVER take into consideration, and risk a massive lawsuit if anyone ever asks about, as it legitimizes suspicion that it might have been the only reason for the hiring decision.
I love me a fucking world where a Master's Degree and 17 years experience only gets you a rude gesture from the hiring manager.
Sorry, but I've worked with Junior Admins who had masters degrees, and several years (not quite 17) of experience, and I was underwhelmed by their abilities.
A MS doesn't prove anything about your abilities. Several years of experience is more poignant, but a largely incompetent person looking for a low enough salary, and particularly filling junior-level roles, can stay employed for a long time. But that doesn't mean they are qualified for the Senior level positions.
I don't believe there's any point in criticizing what little we know of her CV here, but I also don't believe we should act like moron recruiters and say "keyword + X years == AWESOME!"
I can see buying one for the convenience of having all the software pre-installed for you, but the specs for the hardware aren't any different than a dozen home WiFi routers, which can run OpenWRT and sell for $40.
I'd think giving those aging home routers a second life as security tools would be better than everyone buying another new product for twice the price, and eventually throwing both away. I recently added a USB sound card on mine, for use as a streaming audio player.
I just don't care that much about water use. The reservoir in my small town was, in recent history, at one time the largest above-ground reservoir in the world. Even in the depths of drought, we've got lots of relatively cheap potable water for flushing toilets, washing cars, watering gardens... Running low has never been a concern here
That could change very quickly. As cities keep growing, they go further afield for reliable sources of fresh water. Even cities that had ample water supplies quickly outgrow their sources, and in the face of droughts have hard choices to make, and extreme motivation. Wherever you are, your not too far from a large, thirsty city. They may start making deals to siphon off your reserves, or perhaps just invoke one law or authority or another to FORCE your locale to do so.
The California Aqueduct is 700 miles long, traversing extremely harsh terrain. Practically no one is far enough away to be immune from thirsty cities, searching for more water sources. Where rivers are concerned, your source of water could be affected by events thousands of miles away. Aquifers spanning multiple states are similarly affected.
I don't really disagree with your opinion on the subject, but be aware that the world is changing quickly, and you might go from ample cheap water, to rationing, in incredibly short order. Thinking about your options now, might serve you well later on.
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Firefox, Opera, and Chrome/Chromium support VP8/WebM out of the box. Internet Explorer just needs the following codecs installed:
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Because I don't keep using my town as a central point in the discussion, and continue asserting that it has ridiculous magical powers...
Should be trivially easy for you to name a non-mythical city, then... One that is and will forever have ample water, sources that nobody else could take away.
Otherwise, I've just been wasting my time arguing against your fevered hallucinations.
I went to some length to explain that cities "near" you can be over 1,000 miles away, and yet get to siphon off much of your water.
Los Angeles is merely the canary in the coal mine. Cities all over have had droughts and resort to water rationing. Even the barren desert states of... Washington, Minnesota, Colorado, Montana, Wisconsin, etc.
You're going pretty far to assert that your world-view is perfect, and not letting any pesky little facts upset it. Name the city, and I'll be happy to tell you who is likely to start taking away your water in the near future. Doesn't even have to be YOUR city, just one you're so damn sure will never have a water shortage.
Humanity will survive a gamma-ray burst just fine. Those many thousands if not a few million in the bunkers around the world will have ample resources to survive underground, until the surface becomes habitable again, even if the have to reintroduce many plants and perhaps a few animals themselves.
It's the global events that'll physically pulverize the planet, or throw it off-course so that it'll be uninhabitable permanently, that'll really be the end.
But in Billy G's case, and most others, they are selfish and interested in the short-term, so hundreds of years of work to ensure humanity's survival, after they and their family are dead, isn't a compelling goal.
You opinion is absolutely not based in reality, and there have been many discredited charlatans before you saying the same things, and always being proven dead-wrong:
http://overpopulationisamyth.com/overpopulation-the-making-of-a-myth
Really? You're going to bitch because the nice round numbers used are 10% off? Do you also complain when someones "6 hour flight" was actually 5 hours 50 minutes?
Or did you really believe that the high-speed train is going to travel at EXACTLY 600mph?
Of course! Seagate's study finds that the hybrid devices Seagate (and nobody else) makes are all that anyone will ever need. Nobody needs those pesky SSD drives (that Seagate don't make much profit on, and where they have a huge number of competitors).
My old 2.4GHz P4 idled at 39W including spinning HDD, GPU, etc. *Most* new systems don't even do that well. And even if you find something *slightly* better on power, even in the parts of the US with the highest electricity costs, it'll take many, many YEARS (if not DECADES, particularly if your system is usually powered-off or hibernated/suspended) for your purchase to become cash positive from savings on your electric bill. Before that time, you'll no doubt have replaced the system, so you'll be forever in-the-hole, losing money on the deal.
Good, then go rant at HIM, not me, dammit. Don't reply to my post (I know... that wasn't you) with some off-topic random discussion about minutia of HOW X does Y, when that's not the topic.
Then why are you ranting about trademark to me, instead of replying to the GGP? I'm the one who mentioned RedHat as a counter-example in the first place, I hardly need a bunch of people ranting at me about someone else's false claims.
No, you sure as hell CANT.
A PC is not terribly useful without a screen.
A 2.4GHz P4 draws under 30 watts while idle. The P4 system I've still got working draws just 39W when idle, including 7200RPM HDD and whatnot.
Sounds like a horrible use. Solar insolation near the poles is going to be miserable. Less than 1/4 than the rest of the world would get.
*piqued*
I'm not usually a pedant, it's just that your wording broke my brain for a good 5 minutes...
I don't see how anything you said is relevant to anything being discussed. How does Redhat's trademark change the previous statement:
"Either you give out the source and thereby lose control over its distribution, or you can ask money."
RedHat and many others do both, and they're very much compatible with open source. Their software is all open source, but you have to pay to get their exact binaries. A great many people do pay.
Their rule-of-thumb is that open source software companies can sustain a price of about 1/10th what a proprietary software company could. So there's very much an opportunity for monetization of open source, just not as large as with proprietary software.
A decent number of people here specifically look for routers that can run some kind of Linux firmware before buying. There's really no reason NOT TO these days, since they're just as cheap as the worst junk hardware. And it's a great fail-safe even if you don't plan to use it, as you're in good shape even if the manufacturer's software is complete junk (like that D-Link).
A tiny fraction of the human population would recognize iron ore if it bit them on the ass. Fewer still have any idea how to turn it into steel.
Most people know that electricity exists, in about the same way they know men have walked on the moon. Ask them to make it happen, though, and they'll be dumbfounded. Maybe a not-tiny percentage could figure out that turning a generator is a good idea, if they found one lying around, but starting from scratch? Nope.
Besides, being "stone aged" isn't about lack of knowledge (though that can sure help), it's about barely surviving day to day, so that you don't have any free time, or material wealth, with which to spend on redeveloping technology. Look around the world today, and there are a decent number of people living worse off than dark-age peasants, even with modern technology all around them.
How many of use could perform a cesarean section, today, unassisted, and with nothing more than what we would carry in a survival pack? An astronomical number of women will die in child-birth within just the first few years.
Most people don't have webcams connected to their computers... Getting more common thanks to phones and tablets, but it's quite common that there's only one on the front or the back. Besides, when you ask me to install some app that gives you access to my webcam, I'm going to tell you to fuck off...
State ID's are easily forged with basic image manipulation. The app only gets a photo, it doesn't know you're injecting a still PNG into the video stream, or that you're holding-up a print-out of an ID.
Voice isn't that hard for machines anymore... TTS and voice recognition are reasonably good. Not to mention people who are either deaf or mute are screwed, so you're cutting off another group instead of the blind.
There's plenty of flooding in the deserts, too. Death Valley is mostly a dry lake bed.
There are restrictions on how much treated water can be mixed in with clean water. The downstream guys have a harder time of cleaning it when more of it is sewage.
Nothing specific to California, just one example of the lengths to which large cities will go for their water. No doubt you've got one or more near you, and they'll start eying your supplies pretty soon, if they aren't already.
Two decades ago, my small town was consistently reported as having the best (tasting) tap water in the state. Now it's recycled and chlorinated all to hell, with 10X the suspended solids, arsenic above allowed levels, etc. The main reason being, a dam was built up-river, and the bulk of the water in the reservoir is being sold for big money to much larger cities much further away.
You can think of this as the coming attractions. Enjoy.
Except it's NOT ILLEGAL to refuse to hire someone because of their appearance. It's many the ugly woman that has filed a lawsuit about not being hired as a secretary, and lost. If your employer can make a minimally coherent argument that your appearance is important to the job role, they can pick and choose you based on looks.
There are only select few attributes (like race) which employers can NEVER take into consideration, and risk a massive lawsuit if anyone ever asks about, as it legitimizes suspicion that it might have been the only reason for the hiring decision.
Sorry, but I've worked with Junior Admins who had masters degrees, and several years (not quite 17) of experience, and I was underwhelmed by their abilities.
A MS doesn't prove anything about your abilities. Several years of experience is more poignant, but a largely incompetent person looking for a low enough salary, and particularly filling junior-level roles, can stay employed for a long time. But that doesn't mean they are qualified for the Senior level positions.
I don't believe there's any point in criticizing what little we know of her CV here, but I also don't believe we should act like moron recruiters and say "keyword + X years == AWESOME!"
I can see buying one for the convenience of having all the software pre-installed for you, but the specs for the hardware aren't any different than a dozen home WiFi routers, which can run OpenWRT and sell for $40.
I'd think giving those aging home routers a second life as security tools would be better than everyone buying another new product for twice the price, and eventually throwing both away. I recently added a USB sound card on mine, for use as a streaming audio player.
That could change very quickly. As cities keep growing, they go further afield for reliable sources of fresh water. Even cities that had ample water supplies quickly outgrow their sources, and in the face of droughts have hard choices to make, and extreme motivation. Wherever you are, your not too far from a large, thirsty city. They may start making deals to siphon off your reserves, or perhaps just invoke one law or authority or another to FORCE your locale to do so.
The California Aqueduct is 700 miles long, traversing extremely harsh terrain. Practically no one is far enough away to be immune from thirsty cities, searching for more water sources. Where rivers are concerned, your source of water could be affected by events thousands of miles away. Aquifers spanning multiple states are similarly affected.
I don't really disagree with your opinion on the subject, but be aware that the world is changing quickly, and you might go from ample cheap water, to rationing, in incredibly short order. Thinking about your options now, might serve you well later on.