Many of those resellers on Craigslist today are hawking stolen wares. The new bricking process will go a long way to stop these crooks. At&T and other carriers should have been brought to account years ago. Those looking for a used phone may want to ask for proof of IMEI registration with the carrier in the future.
No doubt many of the major PC and Android manufacturers are guilty of similar sins. I pick on Apple because they are the largest corporation in the world, with insane amounts of market share and power over their suppliers. If we can't demand better behavior from them, then we might as well pack it up and move to Russia.
I root my tablets, build my own PCs, and do not own a single piece of computer hardware and software that cannot be upgraded. That is a personal choice, and I'd never hate on those who choose a product for its utility.
Apple products are overpriced, insecure, not upgradable, developed by a CEO who believed integrity is optional, and makes it's outsized profits on breaking labor laws in developing countries. Why do the supposed 'creative' class continue to support this pile of dung?
With federal budget cuts looming on the horizon, NIF is desparately trying to save grant dollars for a project with an absymal track record. With Steve Chu at the head of the DOE though, this project will limp along, sucking up taxpayer dollars like Goldman Sachs. I remember visiting the Livermore facility with my nuclear engineering class in 1995. The output efficiency at the time was only 30 percent with break even nowhere in sight. 17 years later, they are still no where close to break even or figuring out how to capture the energy output.
Why is it that policy makers have such a hard time saying no to scientists? Is it because Shia Laboeuf made a movie about it? It's high time that we realized that there is such a thing as bad science. There are so many more valuable projects that could benefit from the funds currently spent on NIF.
The same 1000 cans argument can be made for aspartame as a sweetner, tail pipe exhaust, and smoking crack. What if you're that one person with a a genetic predisposition to get cancer from this substance?
We should be doing what the EU has done for years- make manufacturers prove substances are safe for consumption before including them as ingredients.
I agree. This is no doubt a move by the banking industry who would have to expel millions of illegal immigrants who are using stolen or false identities to set up their accounts. I know- because I was a victim of Bankof America and still have in my possession a debit card with the illegal's picture and my name on it.
This defense contractor SAIC is just a symptom of the special interests that are running this country. Multiple it by 1,000,000 and you understand why our country is going bankrupt. The nature of our DOE, NASA, and DOD budgets allow for this type of uncontrolled spending. People need to take charge of elections and actively support smaller and more responsive government.
Of course it could not be completely true to the original, but it didn't have to be dumbed down to the lowest common denominator! R.A. can quote her father all she wants, but it doesn't change the fact that Asimov never came across a worthy script while he was alive, and she had to wait until her inheritance before trashing it.
I whole-heartedly damn Asimov's family for cashing in on his masterpiece and allowing it to be destroyed by the Hollywood machine. There is no way I Robot would have been released while he was alive.
Dune was never a huge money maker, but it is one sci-fi movie that did it right.
I worked at Amazon for three years. While my colleagues was great, there were no perks like company paid day care or even arcade machines like the.com's of yore. Most new hires are gone within 2 years. My own department had 80% turnover.
That should be pretty obvious, since treason now means "something I don't like."
Sunstein's article spends a lot of time justifying infiltration if a particular theory gains enough adherents to become de-stablizing. Consider some extreme cases - the Birther movement nuturing potential Timothy Mcveighs, or a radical group recruiting members to sabotage meat packing plants. Could it be justified? Perhaps.
I would argue that for any self-respecting politican, losing an election is cause enough to feel destabilized. Allowing such methods to become an active tool of government is an open invitation for abuse.
Extrapolating mortality rates from accounts of hospitalization ignores the entire population of exposed but otherwise healthy/mildly sick people. When the media furor died down over SARS, no one bothered to report that the actual infection rate was many times higher, but most people had mild to no symptoms.
Of course, there are no juicy headlines, research grants, or lucrative govenment contracts for people who practice common sense. We'll just have to bend over and hand what little remains of our deplated tax coffers to those who can cry the loudest.
So enighten us as to the current available techniques to screen for this perfect god-like individual with no negative recessive traits. You can also fill us in on how you would "tweak" billions of base pairs to arrive at this perfect animal. Why, we would never have get old or sick ever again!
There is a laser bombardment fusion device at Lawrence Livermore which I had the pleasure of visiting in college. The actual yield on the device never got close to break even, and the project was deprioritized in favor of the ITER tokamak. The peper makes no suggestions on how a ship will generate and store the necessary gigajoules of energy to maintain a sustained reaction. We may need a separate nuclear reactor to providing the ignition energy.
There is no way cloning a single animal can be a viable method to reintroduce a species. The inbreeding necessary to maintain the line will eventually destroy its genetic health. Wild populations generally require 50 different animals in order to maintain the species' genetic viability. I would submit that in controlled laboratory environment, 32 specimens or 16 pairs would be the minimul viable population.
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Minimum_viable_population_size/
It's exactly what I've done with my child. The discussion should not be about the effectiveness of vaccines, that is not in doubt. We should be discussing why there are no laws forbidding doctors and big pharma from injecting multiple doses of formaldahyde and aluminum into an infant's body.
If any sci fi authors consequence of are reading this thread, please consider the movie rights to your works before you pass away.
Asimov never allowed his masterpieces to be made into Hollywood trash like I Robot. His descendants are cashing cashed in on the gravy train and ruining some of the most amazing formative experiences of our lives.
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Many of those resellers on Craigslist today are hawking stolen wares. The new bricking process will go a long way to stop these crooks. At&T and other carriers should have been brought to account years ago. Those looking for a used phone may want to ask for proof of IMEI registration with the carrier in the future.
No doubt many of the major PC and Android manufacturers are guilty of similar sins. I pick on Apple because they are the largest corporation in the world, with insane amounts of market share and power over their suppliers. If we can't demand better behavior from them, then we might as well pack it up and move to Russia. I root my tablets, build my own PCs, and do not own a single piece of computer hardware and software that cannot be upgraded. That is a personal choice, and I'd never hate on those who choose a product for its utility.
Apple products are overpriced, insecure, not upgradable, developed by a CEO who believed integrity is optional, and makes it's outsized profits on breaking labor laws in developing countries. Why do the supposed 'creative' class continue to support this pile of dung?
With federal budget cuts looming on the horizon, NIF is desparately trying to save grant dollars for a project with an absymal track record. With Steve Chu at the head of the DOE though, this project will limp along, sucking up taxpayer dollars like Goldman Sachs. I remember visiting the Livermore facility with my nuclear engineering class in 1995. The output efficiency at the time was only 30 percent with break even nowhere in sight. 17 years later, they are still no where close to break even or figuring out how to capture the energy output. Why is it that policy makers have such a hard time saying no to scientists? Is it because Shia Laboeuf made a movie about it? It's high time that we realized that there is such a thing as bad science. There are so many more valuable projects that could benefit from the funds currently spent on NIF.
The same 1000 cans argument can be made for aspartame as a sweetner, tail pipe exhaust, and smoking crack. What if you're that one person with a a genetic predisposition to get cancer from this substance? We should be doing what the EU has done for years- make manufacturers prove substances are safe for consumption before including them as ingredients.
I agree. This is no doubt a move by the banking industry who would have to expel millions of illegal immigrants who are using stolen or false identities to set up their accounts. I know- because I was a victim of Bankof America and still have in my possession a debit card with the illegal's picture and my name on it.
This defense contractor SAIC is just a symptom of the special interests that are running this country. Multiple it by 1,000,000 and you understand why our country is going bankrupt. The nature of our DOE, NASA, and DOD budgets allow for this type of uncontrolled spending. People need to take charge of elections and actively support smaller and more responsive government.
Of course it could not be completely true to the original, but it didn't have to be dumbed down to the lowest common denominator! R.A. can quote her father all she wants, but it doesn't change the fact that Asimov never came across a worthy script while he was alive, and she had to wait until her inheritance before trashing it.
I whole-heartedly damn Asimov's family for cashing in on his masterpiece and allowing it to be destroyed by the Hollywood machine. There is no way I Robot would have been released while he was alive. Dune was never a huge money maker, but it is one sci-fi movie that did it right.
I worked at Amazon for three years. While my colleagues was great, there were no perks like company paid day care or even arcade machines like the .com's of yore. Most new hires are gone within 2 years. My own department had 80% turnover.
That should be pretty obvious, since treason now means "something I don't like."
Sunstein's article spends a lot of time justifying infiltration if a particular theory gains enough adherents to become de-stablizing. Consider some extreme cases - the Birther movement nuturing potential Timothy Mcveighs, or a radical group recruiting members to sabotage meat packing plants. Could it be justified? Perhaps. I would argue that for any self-respecting politican, losing an election is cause enough to feel destabilized. Allowing such methods to become an active tool of government is an open invitation for abuse.
Extrapolating mortality rates from accounts of hospitalization ignores the entire population of exposed but otherwise healthy/mildly sick people. When the media furor died down over SARS, no one bothered to report that the actual infection rate was many times higher, but most people had mild to no symptoms. Of course, there are no juicy headlines, research grants, or lucrative govenment contracts for people who practice common sense. We'll just have to bend over and hand what little remains of our deplated tax coffers to those who can cry the loudest.
So enighten us as to the current available techniques to screen for this perfect god-like individual with no negative recessive traits. You can also fill us in on how you would "tweak" billions of base pairs to arrive at this perfect animal. Why, we would never have get old or sick ever again!
There is a laser bombardment fusion device at Lawrence Livermore which I had the pleasure of visiting in college. The actual yield on the device never got close to break even, and the project was deprioritized in favor of the ITER tokamak. The peper makes no suggestions on how a ship will generate and store the necessary gigajoules of energy to maintain a sustained reaction. We may need a separate nuclear reactor to providing the ignition energy.
There is no way cloning a single animal can be a viable method to reintroduce a species. The inbreeding necessary to maintain the line will eventually destroy its genetic health. Wild populations generally require 50 different animals in order to maintain the species' genetic viability. I would submit that in controlled laboratory environment, 32 specimens or 16 pairs would be the minimul viable population. http://www.eoearth.org/article/Minimum_viable_population_size/
It's exactly what I've done with my child. The discussion should not be about the effectiveness of vaccines, that is not in doubt. We should be discussing why there are no laws forbidding doctors and big pharma from injecting multiple doses of formaldahyde and aluminum into an infant's body.
If any sci fi authors consequence of are reading this thread, please consider the movie rights to your works before you pass away. Asimov never allowed his masterpieces to be made into Hollywood trash like I Robot. His descendants are cashing cashed in on the gravy train and ruining some of the most amazing formative experiences of our lives.