Actually, Gandhi made several hunger-strikes, but they all occurred only after he was a hugely popular leader- which meant that the possibility of his death, brought massive pressure over the ruling British Government who would have to deal with anarchic rage riots that could break out in the population.
To protest the Salt tax, he simply marched to the sea and made his own , with about a few hundred other people.
Sure, German banks hold Greek bonds. So basically Germans have had to lend money to Greece and then let it go. That counts for about 45 billion Euro. And then the total bailout package cost about 120 billion Euro. I don't know how you figure that the Euro came at the expense of "places like Greece". Places are Greece are not forced into the EU or the EEZ. They vie for it. And Germany has always been the most generous funding source for the EU.
According to polls conducted in Germany last week, 53% of people want Greece tossed out of the euro zone if it can't resolve its deficit dilemma without outside funding — a financial helping hand that a full 71% of Germans don't want their government to extend. Though no similar surveys have been conducted in France, leaders there say the public sentiment is much the same. "There are cultural differences for why the French wait for something to happen before reacting when the Germans respond as they see it developing, but opposition to a bailout — if that happens — is likely to be similar in both [countries]," says an adviser to French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde, who commented on background due to the sensitive nature of the situation. "Try explaining to public opinion you're using its money to help Greece after it kept building up debt and lied about it the whole way."
Trickle down economics? The system you described is exactly not trickle down economics. That's the one where it doesn't matter that the rich get richer, because they are then willing to pay higher for the services and goods they use, thus letting the money 'trickle-down' to the lower economics strata.
The problem is that 'trickle-down economics' only works when you have continuous wealth generation. India is a perfect example of how it works well when you have an insane 8.5% growth rate. The US has not exactly been generating net wealth for some years now, rather its propped up by an incestous cycle of self-lending.
As for Europeans, I live in Germany. We have high taxes, and we enjoy superb public transportation, almost free education up to the Doctorate level, public healthcare and so on. By I assure you, Germans are getting awfully pissed about paying for bail outs of some countries (I am looking at you, Greece) who can't seem to balance their cheque books.
Because if you just factor in the traffic to YouTube, you'll realise that video IS the most used application of Flash. And just making video work without Flash will cause a huge drop in Flash usage.
Except that flowers aren't inert. A bee is getting constant feedback to the "closest" flower, because it can see it (albeit in UV), and smell it. There is also reinforcing as bees communicate with each other. So many of you are IT guys - you know that its far easier to track agents and find optimal paths when each agent is sending out a signal that varies in amplitude/time and possible even leaving a gradient. In the traveling salesman problem, locations are essentially just that - non-interactive coordinates. Also the salesman doesn't have an army of other salesmen who will share information with him.
It's very interesting to see how bees work, but this definitely is NOT the classical traveling salesman problem. Same with slime moulds, their strategy is to follow chemical gradients, and then communicate WITH each other, reinforcing that path.
1. Half the population is living in slums. - Incorrect. According to J Urban Health. 2007 May; 84(Suppl 1): 27–34. , 28% of the Urban population, which is itself ~40% of total lives in slums. You have a roughly 200% error in your estimate.
2. India also has a educated middle class equivalent to the population of Central Europe.
3. India has a burgeoning economy with the second highest growth rate at about 8.5%
4. India has a developing science program, ranking in the top 5 countries with nuclear and space technologies.
5. You have an incorrect assumption that throwing more money at a problem solves it faster. Even if it did, the social disruption caused by solving a problem can create new ones. Sometimes, deep-rooted problems that were developed over centuries of colonization have to be solved at a controlled rate, on the same time scales.
2. They have special requirements that no other OS currently supports
I mean, come on - "We are going to write an OS." isn't nearly enough information either way to start a flame campaign, eh? Just say "Good Luck" and hope to see useful results.
Granted, militaries are usually incompetent when it comes to IT. But this isn't the military, this is the DRDO, which typically includes people like this.
I find it amusing that some people think that a nation's defense research organisation, which helps build ICBMs, supersonic aircraft, tactical software and so on, needs advice from someone who reading slashdot on how to write an operating system.
That would be news to me. It has always worked for us - we buy as an organization though. If it comes down to it, don't buy Dell. They don't force you, you can't force them.
Yes, their opinions are for sale. They are cashing on their own brand, just like brand ambassadors and other product endorsements. Ironically, it is the tenet of 'free speech' that gives them the right to say what they want - except things like Bob is a pedophile , because that is libel. Unless Bob actually is a pedophile, in which case it is journalism, Wikileaks style.
That analogy fails. You aren't locked down to a OS, technically, as you are with mobile networks and electric supplies. At least, not with Microsoft - the iPhone might fit the bill for that one. You are free to do with the machine what you want, it's sold to you in a particular state. You can always buy an OS-less computer, and in all cases, you can actually return the Windows license and get your refund.
I am not a network specialist, but does this mean that no one will have a publicly assigned Internet-wide IP address in this interim period ? A computer would not be identifiable from its 'IP' unless there is explicit consent from the carrier.
I expect this is a problem even with NATs today, but they aren't usually wide enough to cover more than one home or one organization. When a carrier is using NAT, it'd be hell to track down hackers and botnets, especially if they are across borders or are protected by privacy laws..
Except of course, telomeres are shortened with each division, because as cells age and approach the so called "Hayflick limit" of about 45 divisions, they stop producing the enzyme telomerase, which extends telomeres. Cancer cells produce telomerase in substantial quantities, and thus can divide ad infinitum.
The reprogramming done to produce stem cells is very high-up in the genetic control hierarchy, and likely also causes them to keep producing the telomerase. This is precisely why 1 fertilized zygote can actually reach a whole organism without banging against the Hayflick limit. In fact, telomerase production is one of the markers of being a "stem cell".
These guys are short-cutting the process of DNA makes RNA makes Protein, by directly providing the required mRNA, rather than inserting new required genes into adult somatic cells and then waiting for them to make the RNA and transform, as was done before.
Something exploits the vulnerability? Then it is malware.
"Malware, short for malicious software, is software designed to secretly access a computer system without the owner's informed consent. The expression is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software or program code.[1] The term "computer virus" is sometimes used as a catch-all phrase to include all types of malware, including true viruses.
Software is considered to be malware based on the perceived intent of the creator rather than any particular features. Malware includes computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, dishonest adware, crimeware, most rootkits, and other malicious and unwanted software. In law, malware is sometimes known as a computer contaminant, for instance in the legal codes of several U. S. states, including California and West Virginia.[2][3]"
But we Linux & UNIX sysadmins & security people have it under control, so don't worry your pretty little head about it.
And condescension is hardly a good argument for anything.
In recent years, any mention of Linux reminded me of how religious leaders in some quarters address their Prophet - you know, "Mohammed, praise be on his name" or "Jesus Christ, blessed be thy name".
Maybe this will end the "Linux, it has no malware" illusion that many seems to have.
I say, it works well because I can use my experimental cross-checks for the software to know that it does the job well. Very often we use our own knowledge to see if that results look correct - the standard sanity check.
There is some commercial software we don't control. But we do often build our own devices (mostly specialised microscopes) and accompanying software, and work closely with vendors for other devices. Technically, we don't control the software, we are the customers and beta-testers, so to speak. I think that the place I work at has enough physicists and engineers to know a thing or two about computing - we haven't found a reason yet to go in hyperdrive about OSS.
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This will put a big dent in the "search engine optimization" industry. We'll see many junk sites going under, too.
I believe that is called "cutting the middle man", which is always a good thing.
Actually, Gandhi made several hunger-strikes, but they all occurred only after he was a hugely popular leader- which meant that the possibility of his death, brought massive pressure over the ruling British Government who would have to deal with anarchic rage riots that could break out in the population.
To protest the Salt tax, he simply marched to the sea and made his own , with about a few hundred other people.
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Sure, German banks hold Greek bonds. So basically Germans have had to lend money to Greece and then let it go. That counts for about 45 billion Euro. And then the total bailout package cost about 120 billion Euro. I don't know how you figure that the Euro came at the expense of "places like Greece". Places are Greece are not forced into the EU or the EEZ. They vie for it. And Germany has always been the most generous funding source for the EU.
As Time puts it :
According to polls conducted in Germany last week, 53% of people want Greece tossed out of the euro zone if it can't resolve its deficit dilemma without outside funding — a financial helping hand that a full 71% of Germans don't want their government to extend. Though no similar surveys have been conducted in France, leaders there say the public sentiment is much the same. "There are cultural differences for why the French wait for something to happen before reacting when the Germans respond as they see it developing, but opposition to a bailout — if that happens — is likely to be similar in both [countries]," says an adviser to French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde, who commented on background due to the sensitive nature of the situation. "Try explaining to public opinion you're using its money to help Greece after it kept building up debt and lied about it the whole way."
Trickle down economics? The system you described is exactly not trickle down economics. That's the one where it doesn't matter that the rich get richer, because they are then willing to pay higher for the services and goods they use, thus letting the money 'trickle-down' to the lower economics strata.
The problem is that 'trickle-down economics' only works when you have continuous wealth generation. India is a perfect example of how it works well when you have an insane 8.5% growth rate. The US has not exactly been generating net wealth for some years now, rather its propped up by an incestous cycle of self-lending.
As for Europeans, I live in Germany. We have high taxes, and we enjoy superb public transportation, almost free education up to the Doctorate level, public healthcare and so on. By I assure you, Germans are getting awfully pissed about paying for bail outs of some countries (I am looking at you, Greece) who can't seem to balance their cheque books.
And McDonalds also serves coffee. Doesn't count much if what they mostly sell is burgers and fries.
Because if you just factor in the traffic to YouTube, you'll realise that video IS the most used application of Flash. And just making video work without Flash will cause a huge drop in Flash usage.
Except that flowers aren't inert. A bee is getting constant feedback to the "closest" flower, because it can see it (albeit in UV), and smell it. There is also reinforcing as bees communicate with each other. So many of you are IT guys - you know that its far easier to track agents and find optimal paths when each agent is sending out a signal that varies in amplitude/time and possible even leaving a gradient. In the traveling salesman problem, locations are essentially just that - non-interactive coordinates. Also the salesman doesn't have an army of other salesmen who will share information with him.
It's very interesting to see how bees work, but this definitely is NOT the classical traveling salesman problem. Same with slime moulds, their strategy is to follow chemical gradients, and then communicate WITH each other, reinforcing that path.
Mod parent up. +1
1. Half the population is living in slums. - Incorrect. According to J Urban Health. 2007 May; 84(Suppl 1): 27–34. , 28% of the Urban population, which is itself ~40% of total lives in slums. You have a roughly 200% error in your estimate.
2. India also has a educated middle class equivalent to the population of Central Europe.
3. India has a burgeoning economy with the second highest growth rate at about 8.5%
4. India has a developing science program, ranking in the top 5 countries with nuclear and space technologies.
5. You have an incorrect assumption that throwing more money at a problem solves it faster. Even if it did, the social disruption caused by solving a problem can create new ones. Sometimes, deep-rooted problems that were developed over centuries of colonization have to be solved at a controlled rate, on the same time scales.
What says :
1. They haven't already done that
2. They have special requirements that no other OS currently supports
I mean, come on - "We are going to write an OS." isn't nearly enough information either way to start a flame campaign, eh? Just say "Good Luck" and hope to see useful results.
Granted, militaries are usually incompetent when it comes to IT. But this isn't the military, this is the DRDO, which typically includes people like this.
I find it amusing that some people think that a nation's defense research organisation, which helps build ICBMs, supersonic aircraft, tactical software and so on, needs advice from someone who reading slashdot on how to write an operating system.
Generally speaking, after one full revolution, you're right back where you started...
These aren't revolutions on a circle, the arrow time of time makes it a revolution on a corkscrew.
whoosh!
head n.
1. The uppermost or forwardmost part of the body of a vertebrate
2. A person who leads, rules, or is in charge; a leader, chief, or director
That would be news to me. It has always worked for us - we buy as an organization though. If it comes down to it, don't buy Dell. They don't force you, you can't force them.
Yes, their opinions are for sale. They are cashing on their own brand, just like brand ambassadors and other product endorsements. Ironically, it is the tenet of 'free speech' that gives them the right to say what they want - except things like Bob is a pedophile , because that is libel. Unless Bob actually is a pedophile, in which case it is journalism, Wikileaks style.
That analogy fails. You aren't locked down to a OS, technically, as you are with mobile networks and electric supplies. At least, not with Microsoft - the iPhone might fit the bill for that one. You are free to do with the machine what you want, it's sold to you in a particular state. You can always buy an OS-less computer, and in all cases, you can actually return the Windows license and get your refund.
It's not bribing. It's called the free market.
I am not a network specialist, but does this mean that no one will have a publicly assigned Internet-wide IP address in this interim period ? A computer would not be identifiable from its 'IP' unless there is explicit consent from the carrier. I expect this is a problem even with NATs today, but they aren't usually wide enough to cover more than one home or one organization. When a carrier is using NAT, it'd be hell to track down hackers and botnets, especially if they are across borders or are protected by privacy laws..
Except of course, telomeres are shortened with each division, because as cells age and approach the so called "Hayflick limit" of about 45 divisions, they stop producing the enzyme telomerase, which extends telomeres. Cancer cells produce telomerase in substantial quantities, and thus can divide ad infinitum.
The reprogramming done to produce stem cells is very high-up in the genetic control hierarchy, and likely also causes them to keep producing the telomerase. This is precisely why 1 fertilized zygote can actually reach a whole organism without banging against the Hayflick limit. In fact, telomerase production is one of the markers of being a "stem cell".
This isn't new, except for the part that says quickly.
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS cells) have been around for at least 4 years now
These guys are short-cutting the process of DNA makes RNA makes Protein, by directly providing the required mRNA, rather than inserting new required genes into adult somatic cells and then waiting for them to make the RNA and transform, as was done before.
In other news, DirectX 11 is not being offered for MS-DOS,Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11....oh noes - does Microsoft not care about their customers at all?
At some point, backward compatibility doesn't need to go that far back
Something exploits the vulnerability? Then it is malware.
"Malware, short for malicious software, is software designed to secretly access a computer system without the owner's informed consent. The expression is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software or program code.[1] The term "computer virus" is sometimes used as a catch-all phrase to include all types of malware, including true viruses.
Software is considered to be malware based on the perceived intent of the creator rather than any particular features. Malware includes computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, dishonest adware, crimeware, most rootkits, and other malicious and unwanted software. In law, malware is sometimes known as a computer contaminant, for instance in the legal codes of several U. S. states, including California and West Virginia.[2][3]"
But we Linux & UNIX sysadmins & security people have it under control, so don't worry your pretty little head about it.
And condescension is hardly a good argument for anything.
In recent years, any mention of Linux reminded me of how religious leaders in some quarters address their Prophet - you know, "Mohammed, praise be on his name" or "Jesus Christ, blessed be thy name".
Maybe this will end the "Linux, it has no malware" illusion that many seems to have.
I say, it works well because I can use my experimental cross-checks for the software to know that it does the job well. Very often we use our own knowledge to see if that results look correct - the standard sanity check. There is some commercial software we don't control. But we do often build our own devices (mostly specialised microscopes) and accompanying software, and work closely with vendors for other devices. Technically, we don't control the software, we are the customers and beta-testers, so to speak. I think that the place I work at has enough physicists and engineers to know a thing or two about computing - we haven't found a reason yet to go in hyperdrive about OSS.