WTF is this shit? What does it do? You sure as hell can't tell from the names.
The surest way to not succeed in business is to shroud your products in mysterious names that do not convey their purpose and obscures how they work.
I guess the Alacrity people would come install this stuff for you? Why would you go to a DIY Home Center to get shot that others would install?
People go to Lowe's to buy hammers, tools, lumber, sinks, lawn mowers, paint, etc. they are even nice enough to put up huge signs with the names of the stuff in the aisles.
I've never seen any sign that says Home Automation.
If a website exercises editorial control over what its users posts, then it is liable for what they post.
If a website doesn't exercise editorial control over what its users post, then it is not liable.
As it stands now, a website can exercise editorial control over what's posted, but when called out on copyrighted material, shrug their shoulders and whine that they can't control what's posted.
In the past, a single house hold earner could provide for a family. Now it takes two.
What's changed? THAT'S what we need to look at.
I suspect it will be a mix of increased costs due to:
Government regulations and their impact on manufacturers. Industry practices...required because they can. fees surcharges, penalties, etc. Increased consumer materialism. You HAVE to have the big screen TV, you HAVE to have that 4 wheeler, new car, etc.
If you spend any appreciable amount of time surfing Cable TV channels, you need to rethink your life.
Netflix, $9 a month Hulu, something like $9 a month Amazon Prime, right in there too.
Throw in some specialty channels on specialty networks and you are at maybe $50 at most (plus internet connection). You can get local channels over the air if you want. And if you are too far away, you probably don't care.
Bottom line..cancel Cable/Sat TV. Get the channels you WANT to watch, and then....go outside.
Hijacking that inane comment to ask another, likely inane question.
Would it be unreasonable to assume that they have been placing sensors on these spacecraft to register the various radiation levels experienced during the trip to Mars. This seems like it would be invaluable empirical data of what those anxious to get there in person will face on the trip.
I seem to recall stories that discussed the logs and the transfer speeds.
Apparently the transfer speed was far in excess of anything any internet connection could handle, indicating someone being inside the network...inside job.
There was is much crap and bullshit flying about about all this it's hard to know what the truth is.
They use state subsidies and subpar working conditions to undercut our products
Their, "students" are usually tools of the Government.
While it is doubtful the US and China will ever engage in some kind of ground war, it is probably inevitable that some kind of air/sea conflict occurs. Given the tremendous economic entanglements, it will be a very bizarre conflict.
Given the fact that the Private Sector is doing so well developing these systems, NASA should step back and be setting standards for such critical systems such as Life Support, Power, Communications, Docking facilities, etc.
How the private companies get people and stuff to space can be left up to them. But once it's up there, these things must be interchangeable between vendors for routine and emergency situations.
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And I'm in Lowe's quite a bit.
Plus.... ZigBee, Z-Wave, Orchard Supply, Alacrity, Iris ??
WTF is this shit? What does it do? You sure as hell can't tell from the names.
The surest way to not succeed in business is to shroud your products in mysterious names that do not convey their purpose and obscures how they work.
I guess the Alacrity people would come install this stuff for you? Why would you go to a DIY Home Center to get shot that others would install?
People go to Lowe's to buy hammers, tools, lumber, sinks, lawn mowers, paint, etc. they are even nice enough to put up huge signs with the names of the stuff in the aisles.
I've never seen any sign that says Home Automation.
Here's one.
Ditch the double standard regarding websites.
If a website exercises editorial control over what its users posts, then it is liable for what they post.
If a website doesn't exercise editorial control over what its users post, then it is not liable.
As it stands now, a website can exercise editorial control over what's posted, but when called out on copyrighted material, shrug their shoulders and whine that they can't control what's posted.
Pick one, then enforce the laws.
Half a million Federal Employees with a pension of over 100k a year is $50 billion.
Ya...Pensions are a problem for the people who have to pay for them.
You didn't even read the link, you useless piece of shit.
In the past, a single house hold earner could provide for a family. Now it takes two.
What's changed? THAT'S what we need to look at.
I suspect it will be a mix of increased costs due to:
Government regulations and their impact on manufacturers.
Industry practices...required because they can. fees surcharges, penalties, etc.
Increased consumer materialism. You HAVE to have the big screen TV, you HAVE to have that 4 wheeler, new car, etc.
These are pretty much what drives the outrageous costs these companies face.
Public pension plans are a huge driver of the cost of government.
Repeat this kind of largess at the state, local level, and union shops and there you go.
If you spend any appreciable amount of time surfing Cable TV channels, you need to rethink your life.
Netflix, $9 a month
Hulu, something like $9 a month
Amazon Prime, right in there too.
Throw in some specialty channels on specialty networks and you are at maybe $50 at most (plus internet connection). You can get local channels over the air if you want. And if you are too far away, you probably don't care.
Bottom line..cancel Cable/Sat TV. Get the channels you WANT to watch, and then....go outside.
Hijacking that inane comment to ask another, likely inane question.
Would it be unreasonable to assume that they have been placing sensors on these spacecraft to register the various radiation levels experienced during the trip to Mars. This seems like it would be invaluable empirical data of what those anxious to get there in person will face on the trip.
MagnaVolt!
"But we do know it was us that scorched the sky."
- Morpheus
I seem to recall stories that discussed the logs and the transfer speeds.
Apparently the transfer speed was far in excess of anything any internet connection could handle, indicating someone being inside the network...inside job.
There was is much crap and bullshit flying about about all this it's hard to know what the truth is.
Doubt we will ever know for sure.
Ya...I completely neglected to include the very thing the story is about.
I have Turkey and Dressing on the brain.
China is not really our friend in any sense.
They steal intellectual property
They use state subsidies and subpar working conditions to undercut our products
Their, "students" are usually tools of the Government.
While it is doubtful the US and China will ever engage in some kind of ground war, it is probably inevitable that some kind of air/sea conflict occurs. Given the tremendous economic entanglements, it will be a very bizarre conflict.
So...they patented Roller Skates.
Needs to ban whiny ACs too.
Given the fact that the Private Sector is doing so well developing these systems, NASA should step back and be setting standards for such critical systems such as Life Support, Power, Communications, Docking facilities, etc.
How the private companies get people and stuff to space can be left up to them. But once it's up there, these things must be interchangeable between vendors for routine and emergency situations.
The planned acquisitions is in the thousands (2,443).
The more that are bought the cheaper they become as sunk costs are recovered.
So you are making the Fast Food Argument.
Sure...it's bad for you...might even kill you.
But it's quick and it's tasty!
Seriously!
How is this any different than QVC or infomercials?
Sounds like the writer was given a topic by her Editor and she just ginned up a bunch of garbage to fill the columns.
Development changes the flood plains.
Areas that used to mitigate flooding are paved over.
Areas that were previously basins for containing flood waters are now filled with buildings and parking lots.
Areas that used to absorb run off are now paved.
Rivers and creeks are walled off with dikes and other earthen structures.
The Next Hurricane will flood more new areas because development will continuing changing the landscape.
Hope one of you fucks pushes it too far one day and gets a slug in the forehead.
I will cheer
Odds are we let far more guilty people go than are convicted wrongly.
Lady Justice is depicted with analog scales. Turns out that is a very appropriate description of how it works.
Mad Magazine!
Hint: Fascist != someone who merely disagrees with you.
Millennials don't even remember Harry Reid.