Check out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It seems to suggest that this is the FIFTH time the global temperature has spiked in the past ~420K years. There appears to be some periodicity to the graph as well, which makes me think this time is right on schedule.
Just because we can still understand it doesn't mean we should let people get away with bad writing. If people keep writing badly, this new bad form becomes the new standard.
I agree! We stop people from misusing the words "bad" and "badly".
And because there will be so much information out there, the value placed on individual pieces of information will be that much lower. I mean, the bottom line is when you have access to all the information about everyone, no one really cares that much that you had a bad breakup in '09 or that your appendix burst back in '11. Because that kind of shit happens to everyone.
Why store and keep it if it's worthless? It must have value to someone inorder for it to be stored, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. And why is it that every description of this future includes everyone having access to everything? What gives a total stranger any right to know anything about me? If I don't want to share it, then it's no one's business.
We have an Epson 8500 projector in a room with 4 windows, projecting onto an 84" white screen, from about 11' away, with little or no visibility issues. Each window is equipted with a thing called a blind. If it's too bright out, or the bulb is getting a bit old, we pull one or two of the blinds partially. I'm guessing curtains would work as well as the blinds. Some problems do not require a technical solution. Oh, and when it's a really bright out, like a sunny, Summer day, we open the blinds and go outside.
I care because it increases the cost of the device, increases electrical consumption in operating the device (again, costing more money), generates extra heat which shortens the lifespan of the electronics, creates possible failure points which could cause electrical shorts/interference with other parts of the device. Then there's the software aspect, bugs which require patching, "features" which can't be turned off, slowness in turning the device on and off, advertising when no signal is present, etc.
I want my devices to be smart, not my displays. I want my displays to be interoperable through several generations of devices.
And it contains a microphone that is always on waiting for you to say something important or incriminating.
The customer gets screwed only if they agree to buy, and then it isn't getting screwed. If you don't like the proce the manufactuer sets, then don't buy the product. If enough people do that, then they will lower their proces. If you're then only one, then you own the problem. The secret here is that free-market commerce is vuluntary, and therefore no one can get screwed. You only agree if you agree.
I looked at Insteon when I began my HA project. The fact that you're stuck with a single vendor solution bothered me. Plus, when I went to their site I saw them selling all sorts of "questionable" technology. So I kept looking and finally settled on UPB as the protocol -- we have a farm and I want to be able to communciate with devices in some out-buildings, UPB's signal is a pulse-position modulated 40V spike on the trailing edge of the AC wave-form, which is a fairly stable place to put such a signal. I am able to control devices 300' away through 3 sub-panels without dificulties. (I do have 1 reverse phase coupler that links the two legs of the 240V AC, and will add 1 more this Spring to help boost communication between devices on opposite phases.)
All of my hardware so far has been from Simply Automated [http://www.simply-automated.com/]. Their products are quite versitle, with interchangeable faceplates that allow you to tweak things like scenes and loads. They also have an amazing Tech Support department that has helped me solve multiple little issues. (Note, I'm not affiliated with SAI, other than being a satified customer.)
My goal with the project has been more about being able to control lights and devices. There's been many nights where we look out at the barn only to see that the lights ad been left on. Getting dressed to run out in the snow for that sucks. Pushing a bedside button, not so much. We also have most of the devices set to turn "ON" to a reduced level--I calculated the extra usage of the smart switches and then reduced the max output such that my total load is the same. That combined with having lights left on far less often has made the electrical usage a wash. Though I do take pride in knowing that the devices' capacitive voltage divider power supplies are improving the power lines' Power Factor, ever so slightly.
no
Also, wouldn't a star near the oort cloud mess up our entire solar system?
It seems like things would get quite messy if HIP 85605 has a planetary system of it's own. An Oort cloud equivelant would be getting perrty darm close.
On the shortest day of the year, sunset is just after 4:30 PM here. Sunrise is 7:15. I see maybe 30 minutes of sunlight in a given day during that time of the year. I work in a basement office with no windows.
Just wait! Any day now they're going to remove you from the payroll.
They're just waiting for someone to fix the glitch. Remeber to take the red stapler with you as a parting gift.
My dad invented one in 1962 called "Chuck"... as in "Chuck, get up and change the channel." "Chuck, get up and turn the volume down." "Chuck, get up and turn the God-damned boob-tube off and go out side!" (Yes, my dad calls it a "boob-tube" to this day... His favorite phrase back then was "Garbage in, garbage out!")
I undestand your concerns. However, we can move between states much more freely than we can move between countries. When one state makes draconian laws such as this, we can always move to New Jersey or somesuch... Who wants to bet that weeks after this law gets enacted that there will be a mass exodus out? Also, we the people, can have more influence over state legislation than we can at the Federal level.
A few years back I introduced a young man to Linux. His name was Bob Cole, he was blind in one eye, mostly blind in the other, was very interested in accessibility features, and he moved from Ohio to California. What are the odds that this is the same person?
So what do you do when you live in a nanny state and things don't work out the way you want? You sue the nanny. Maybe these young peolpe should be taught to rely more on themselves than turning to and pointing fingers at the Federal government.
Just saying.
Really!? Are you really comparing battery packs to propane tanks!? How much is an empty propane tank? How often do they wear out? Now, how much is a battery pack and how often do they wear out? While it's not rocket science, or brain surgery, your suggestion financially unsound.
That's not exactly true... H & R Block will represent their software and will trestify that their calculations were accurate. They will not represent whether or not the numbers you plugged in are "right".
Think about it! If "it's not fission or fusion", then what the hell is it!? Magic or snake-oil? At best this is a cool science-fiction energy source. If you want to see really cool, *real* possibilities, check out the Focus Fusion Society [http://http://focusfusion.org/] and learn about Dense Plasma Focus and p+B fuel! This is something that has potential and could fit in a garage. Maybe.
I do have a problem with this. I do not have a problem with refusing to travel to or through Mass.. I also do not have a problem with not living in Mass., not doing business in Mass., etc. I encourage anyone who feels the same to do the same. If the people who currently live in Mass. don't like this, then they can cast their votes against it in many ways, either at their polling place on election day or by picking-up and moving to a different state. New Hampshire is not that far away... Check out the Free State Project [http://http://freestateproject.org/] to learn more really cool reasons to move to New Hampshire. We always have alternatives.
It's no big deal. Really.
The appeals court did say that New SCO owes Novell a bunch of $$. ($ they already spent.)
The rest goes to trial.
And this ruling has nothing to do with the IBM case. IBM has maintained all along that there was NO infringing code.
SCO will likely be gone long before this ever gets settled.
Now I actually LOL'd on that one!
Getting our userbase to actually give a flying fart about a naming protocol and then getting them to follow it!?
I won't be holding my breath for either of those two things to happen...
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Check out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... It seems to suggest that this is the FIFTH time the global temperature has spiked in the past ~420K years. There appears to be some periodicity to the graph as well, which makes me think this time is right on schedule.
Just because we can still understand it doesn't mean we should let people get away with bad writing. If people keep writing badly, this new bad form becomes the new standard.
I agree! We stop people from misusing the words "bad" and "badly".
And because there will be so much information out there, the value placed on individual pieces of information will be that much lower. I mean, the bottom line is when you have access to all the information about everyone, no one really cares that much that you had a bad breakup in '09 or that your appendix burst back in '11. Because that kind of shit happens to everyone.
Why store and keep it if it's worthless? It must have value to someone inorder for it to be stored, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. And why is it that every description of this future includes everyone having access to everything? What gives a total stranger any right to know anything about me? If I don't want to share it, then it's no one's business.
We have an Epson 8500 projector in a room with 4 windows, projecting onto an 84" white screen, from about 11' away, with little or no visibility issues. Each window is equipted with a thing called a blind. If it's too bright out, or the bulb is getting a bit old, we pull one or two of the blinds partially. I'm guessing curtains would work as well as the blinds. Some problems do not require a technical solution. Oh, and when it's a really bright out, like a sunny, Summer day, we open the blinds and go outside.
I care because it increases the cost of the device, increases electrical consumption in operating the device (again, costing more money), generates extra heat which shortens the lifespan of the electronics, creates possible failure points which could cause electrical shorts/interference with other parts of the device. Then there's the software aspect, bugs which require patching, "features" which can't be turned off, slowness in turning the device on and off, advertising when no signal is present, etc.
I want my devices to be smart, not my displays. I want my displays to be interoperable through several generations of devices.
And it contains a microphone that is always on waiting for you to say something important or incriminating.
The customer gets screwed only if they agree to buy, and then it isn't getting screwed. If you don't like the proce the manufactuer sets, then don't buy the product. If enough people do that, then they will lower their proces. If you're then only one, then you own the problem. The secret here is that free-market commerce is vuluntary, and therefore no one can get screwed. You only agree if you agree.
I looked at Insteon when I began my HA project. The fact that you're stuck with a single vendor solution bothered me. Plus, when I went to their site I saw them selling all sorts of "questionable" technology. So I kept looking and finally settled on UPB as the protocol -- we have a farm and I want to be able to communciate with devices in some out-buildings, UPB's signal is a pulse-position modulated 40V spike on the trailing edge of the AC wave-form, which is a fairly stable place to put such a signal. I am able to control devices 300' away through 3 sub-panels without dificulties. (I do have 1 reverse phase coupler that links the two legs of the 240V AC, and will add 1 more this Spring to help boost communication between devices on opposite phases.) All of my hardware so far has been from Simply Automated [http://www.simply-automated.com/]. Their products are quite versitle, with interchangeable faceplates that allow you to tweak things like scenes and loads. They also have an amazing Tech Support department that has helped me solve multiple little issues. (Note, I'm not affiliated with SAI, other than being a satified customer.) My goal with the project has been more about being able to control lights and devices. There's been many nights where we look out at the barn only to see that the lights ad been left on. Getting dressed to run out in the snow for that sucks. Pushing a bedside button, not so much. We also have most of the devices set to turn "ON" to a reduced level--I calculated the extra usage of the smart switches and then reduced the max output such that my total load is the same. That combined with having lights left on far less often has made the electrical usage a wash. Though I do take pride in knowing that the devices' capacitive voltage divider power supplies are improving the power lines' Power Factor, ever so slightly.
I didn't catch his name. What was it again?
That would be Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter.
no Also, wouldn't a star near the oort cloud mess up our entire solar system?
It seems like things would get quite messy if HIP 85605 has a planetary system of it's own. An Oort cloud equivelant would be getting perrty darm close.
Call me when you can 3D print single-walled hydrogen oxide tubes or 2D print a single atom thickness sheet of deuterium oxide.
Uhmmm, wouldn't that be di-hydrogren oxide?
He's just unhappy they aren't eating Quisp instead.
Would any of the "kids" here even know about Quisp? That was a long time ago...
When it's no longer an option, but a mandatory feature it becomes a lot cheaper per unit.
When the estimates come from the same State that mandates their use, the cost per unit can become amizingly low.
On the shortest day of the year, sunset is just after 4:30 PM here. Sunrise is 7:15. I see maybe 30 minutes of sunlight in a given day during that time of the year. I work in a basement office with no windows.
Just wait! Any day now they're going to remove you from the payroll.
They're just waiting for someone to fix the glitch. Remeber to take the red stapler with you as a parting gift.
My dad invented one in 1962 called "Chuck"... as in "Chuck, get up and change the channel." "Chuck, get up and turn the volume down." "Chuck, get up and turn the God-damned boob-tube off and go out side!" (Yes, my dad calls it a "boob-tube" to this day... His favorite phrase back then was "Garbage in, garbage out!")
I undestand your concerns. However, we can move between states much more freely than we can move between countries. When one state makes draconian laws such as this, we can always move to New Jersey or somesuch... Who wants to bet that weeks after this law gets enacted that there will be a mass exodus out? Also, we the people, can have more influence over state legislation than we can at the Federal level.
A few years back I introduced a young man to Linux. His name was Bob Cole, he was blind in one eye, mostly blind in the other, was very interested in accessibility features, and he moved from Ohio to California. What are the odds that this is the same person?
So what do you do when you live in a nanny state and things don't work out the way you want? You sue the nanny. Maybe these young peolpe should be taught to rely more on themselves than turning to and pointing fingers at the Federal government. Just saying.
Really!? Are you really comparing battery packs to propane tanks!? How much is an empty propane tank? How often do they wear out? Now, how much is a battery pack and how often do they wear out? While it's not rocket science, or brain surgery, your suggestion financially unsound.
That's not exactly true... H & R Block will represent their software and will trestify that their calculations were accurate. They will not represent whether or not the numbers you plugged in are "right".
Does this mean that lawyers have mutated HOX genes that fail to unwind, thus leaving them spine-less?
Think about it! If "it's not fission or fusion", then what the hell is it!? Magic or snake-oil? At best this is a cool science-fiction energy source. If you want to see really cool, *real* possibilities, check out the Focus Fusion Society [http://http://focusfusion.org/] and learn about Dense Plasma Focus and p+B fuel! This is something that has potential and could fit in a garage. Maybe.
I do have a problem with this. I do not have a problem with refusing to travel to or through Mass.. I also do not have a problem with not living in Mass., not doing business in Mass., etc. I encourage anyone who feels the same to do the same. If the people who currently live in Mass. don't like this, then they can cast their votes against it in many ways, either at their polling place on election day or by picking-up and moving to a different state. New Hampshire is not that far away... Check out the Free State Project [http://http://freestateproject.org/] to learn more really cool reasons to move to New Hampshire. We always have alternatives.
Quoting the Bonzo Dog DoDa Band without attribution is bad mojo...
It's no big deal. Really. The appeals court did say that New SCO owes Novell a bunch of $$. ($ they already spent.) The rest goes to trial. And this ruling has nothing to do with the IBM case. IBM has maintained all along that there was NO infringing code. SCO will likely be gone long before this ever gets settled.
Now I actually LOL'd on that one! Getting our userbase to actually give a flying fart about a naming protocol and then getting them to follow it!? I won't be holding my breath for either of those two things to happen...