In countries like Malawi, Internet access is limited by price to middle and upper middle class citizens. When ISPs hook up to this fibre, they'll be able to drop their prices and extend services down the economic spectrum.
Web 2.0 implies that it's more than just showing some web pages on a domain. They have to design the way the data they display gets into and is stored in their database.
Like most government contracts, it's probably going to use Oracle instead of MySQL or PostgreSQL. That means several mandatory over-paid Oracle consultants to keep Oracle running and navigate the labyrinthine system for setting up Oracle. They'll probably use other Oracle middleware for "security" reasons, though security in this case means job security for Oracle.
"It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens."
"That all nations should become one in faith and all men as brothers; that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened; that diversity of religion should cease, and differences of race be annulled--what harm is there in this?... Yet so it shall be; these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come."
Hook your solar/wind/mini-hydro setup to car batteries, hook those up to some 12v DC outlets and use car chargers to run your laptop, cell phone, and some LEDs. Add a small voltage regulator next to the batteries and run lines with USB plugs on them for 5v DC and run/charge everything else.
Hey man, don't be so condescending! I can compress a lot of things that stay compressed at air pressure. My read of the summary led me to think they created a silicon-hydrogen compound by compressing it. That makes it a "compressed silicon-hydrogen compound".
Ben Franklin described DST in an essay about life in Paris where so many candles and lamps were burned during parties. It was SATIRE. A joke. He was making fun of them.
Original copy, in His own handwriting, in an archives building in Haifa, Israel. You can get English translations at your local library, in all likelihood. Barns and Nobel and Borders carries a few primary source books on the Baha'i Faith these days, too. Electronic copies on the Internet for over 10 years, too. Cool stuff.
The headline makes out like Mozilla's whining, but the actual quotes from John Lilly are more about an analysis of Apple's corporate outlook than, as the reporter puts it, "sour grapes."
So, we're on a thread right now that is in response to an article about the effects of Global Warming. That article is accompanied with a picture of two girls in bikinis. The sub-text the picture creates is, "Don't worry, don't worry, there are good changes coming."
A quote in the article says, "we have to take away people's fear of climate change." Okay, take away the fear. Not a bad idea objectively. But in this situation fear is what's motivating people to change their behaviors so we can moderate the effects of climate change. If the news media takes away people's fear, what motivator will they supply to replace it? See, that's not what they're doing. This is stick your head in the sand, "nothing to worry about" type reporting.
Back to your point. If this article was really about pointing out the possibility of beneficial aspects of global climate change, there would have been more discussion along the lines of, "once we get a handle on all the bad things coming, dealing with refugees, figuring out where and when to plant which crops, etc, then think of the good things there will be to get used to!"
Certainly some people will see milder winters. I'm all for milder winters. Except when it means that less snow accumulates in the Himalayas. Cause then the millions of people who rely on Himalayan snow melt for their drinking water will have to find some place else to live.
I guess they'll be room for them in Siberia. If Russia lets them in...
You're right I didn't get that from your post, but, that isn't the point your post appears to make.
However, the melting glacial ice has volume that correlates directly to rising ocean levels. Rising ocean levels correlates directly to displaced populations.
Warmer earth includes warmer oceans. Warmer oceans mean stronger, more frequent tropical storms. I imagine you're also familiar with the meteorological phenomenon known as El Nino and La Nina. These terms describe the effects on weather caused by variations of surface water temperatures in the Pacific. The changes caused are observable, predictable and bad. Changes include flooding in areas unused to flooding, causing landslides, and drought in areas unused to drought, causing wildfires and failed crops. El Nino is not related to Global Warming. However, Global warming by definition will create surface water conditions similar to El Nino in more places around the globe.
So again, you're right, change isn't bad. However, too much change too fast can be bad. In this case, our change seems to indicate bad consequences.
Lots of women in bikinis but the island of Bikini will be gone.
In fact, just the other day there was a forum discussing how to handle all the refugees from islands that won't be around when the ocean level goes up a few meters.
Maybe "interesting" in how he's avoided all the information that's available on the subject that he dismisses as being not available.
For example: temperature data extracted from glacial samples date back 600,000 years. That's enough of a "lifetime" for me. We've exceeded all temperature spikes demonstrated by those samples, and drastically exceeded the average temperature that you're interested in.
I know it's asking a lot to have informed opinions in postings to Slashdot, but Global Climate Change is one of the more well documented issues around.
The school signed up for TurnItIn, but the students did not. The students are arguing that the school cannot assign the copyright for their work to a third party without their consent. They expressly denied their consent in a cover sheet to their papers.
Considering the comments on other Slashdot articles about the OLPC project, I'm sure there are a couple dozen other Slashdotters ready to chime in, but I'll make a try at answering your confusion.
The way I see your misunderstanding here is that you're not seeing the range of development that exists throughout the world. International development efforts that have been going on for the last 60-70 years have produced some results. Here's an example of that range of development: one of the countries who has signed up is Brazil. I don't think I've heard any news lately about starving in Brazil. And for other parts of the world without as many resources as Brazil, the level of development, be it food distribution, levels of employment or availability of education varies greatly depending on what part of that country you might be in.
I'll give an example from Malawi, a country that's been in the news lately because of Madonna. I have been there a couple times and have family and lots of friends there. A child in the lower Shire valley may have parents who are subsistence farmers, be very susceptible to food shortages due to fluctuations in weather and not have a very functional school, or not be able to afford school fees.
However, a child in or around Lilongwe, Blantrye, Limbe or Mulangi may have one or more members of his extended family with a steady job, and enough money to put food on the table and live in a house with clean running water. The child is likely to go to a school Monday through Friday and Saturday mornings, too. Problem is, the education materials are not available to give this child a very good education. There may not be enough books to go around. The books might be poorly written or just too old to have good information in them. The school might not teach certain subjects because the materials are not available. Forget about a library. And, the school certainly doesn't have a computer lab.
This is where the OLPC computers shine. They're text books, research tools, communication and collaboration devices and, a technology education. I think the cost-benefit ratio makes them a good deal. They're not getting air-lifted by the Red Cross to Darfur refugees. But they are something a Minister of Education can put into his budget, along with proper funding for training and maintenance.
I hope this helps put their efforts into perspective.
A column oriented relational database? I'd like some more details on how that works. I don't suppose it's just a regular SQL db with Excel's Pivot Tables run on it...
Seriously, though, the target market for grid-based high volume data-warehousing type dbs are a lot smaller than the MySQL crowd. Not as big a deal as it seems, but it'd be nice to have if you needed it.
The reason the article seems correct and insightful is because of the limited scope. It doesn't take issue with the scientific consensus on global climate change, just with the recent report issued by the UN.
Oddly, though, instead of just pointing out why this report is wrong, it concludes that since the report is poorly written, then that proves there is no climate catastrophe.
I've actually come across other criticisms of the "hockey stick" graph that used it as a starting point for a discussion on good science vs. bureaucracy and the disadvantages of pegging all your arguments on a single "visual". (the biggest disadvantage? disprove the "visual" and that disproves your whole argument). Unfortunately that's not what we've got in this UK Telegraph article.
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In countries like Malawi, Internet access is limited by price to middle and upper middle class citizens. When ISPs hook up to this fibre, they'll be able to drop their prices and extend services down the economic spectrum.
Web 2.0 implies that it's more than just showing some web pages on a domain. They have to design the way the data they display gets into and is stored in their database.
Like most government contracts, it's probably going to use Oracle instead of MySQL or PostgreSQL. That means several mandatory over-paid Oracle consultants to keep Oracle running and navigate the labyrinthine system for setting up Oracle. They'll probably use other Oracle middleware for "security" reasons, though security in this case means job security for Oracle.
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"It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens."
"That all nations should become one in faith and all men as brothers; that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened; that diversity of religion should cease, and differences of race be annulled--what harm is there in this? ... Yet so it shall be; these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come."
- Baha'u'llah
I'm pretty sure they will try TO filibuster since they'll be speaking English.
Eh? There was a secret court case against Bluetooth?
How many Dots Per Inch were the illustrations of the judge?
Hook your solar/wind/mini-hydro setup to car batteries, hook those up to some 12v DC outlets and use car chargers to run your laptop, cell phone, and some LEDs. Add a small voltage regulator next to the batteries and run lines with USB plugs on them for 5v DC and run/charge everything else.
Hey man, don't be so condescending! I can compress a lot of things that stay compressed at air pressure. My read of the summary led me to think they created a silicon-hydrogen compound by compressing it. That makes it a "compressed silicon-hydrogen compound".
Ben Franklin described DST in an essay about life in Paris where so many candles and lamps were burned during parties. It was SATIRE. A joke. He was making fun of them.
http://infinitygoods.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/daylight-saving-time-dont-blame-it-on-benjamin-franklin/
Thanks. We try.
Original copy, in His own handwriting, in an archives building in Haifa, Israel. You can get English translations at your local library, in all likelihood. Barns and Nobel and Borders carries a few primary source books on the Baha'i Faith these days, too. Electronic copies on the Internet for over 10 years, too. Cool stuff.
As a regular reader of OLPCnews, I'm going to second Alexander van de Sande on calling "Shenanigans" and/or "Bullshit" on this Slashdot article.
Thanks for setting folks straight.
Means part of the time it's a zero emissions, part of the time it isn't.
Specifically, the darker pigmentation protects against UV induced Folic acid degradation, producing healthier babies.
The headline makes out like Mozilla's whining, but the actual quotes from John Lilly are more about an analysis of Apple's corporate outlook than, as the reporter puts it, "sour grapes."
How about, "Do I look like I speak English?"
So, we're on a thread right now that is in response to an article about the effects of Global Warming. That article is accompanied with a picture of two girls in bikinis. The sub-text the picture creates is, "Don't worry, don't worry, there are good changes coming."
A quote in the article says, "we have to take away people's fear of climate change." Okay, take away the fear. Not a bad idea objectively. But in this situation fear is what's motivating people to change their behaviors so we can moderate the effects of climate change. If the news media takes away people's fear, what motivator will they supply to replace it? See, that's not what they're doing. This is stick your head in the sand, "nothing to worry about" type reporting.
Back to your point. If this article was really about pointing out the possibility of beneficial aspects of global climate change, there would have been more discussion along the lines of, "once we get a handle on all the bad things coming, dealing with refugees, figuring out where and when to plant which crops, etc, then think of the good things there will be to get used to!"
Certainly some people will see milder winters. I'm all for milder winters. Except when it means that less snow accumulates in the Himalayas. Cause then the millions of people who rely on Himalayan snow melt for their drinking water will have to find some place else to live.
I guess they'll be room for them in Siberia. If Russia lets them in...
You're right I didn't get that from your post, but, that isn't the point your post appears to make.
However, the melting glacial ice has volume that correlates directly to rising ocean levels. Rising ocean levels correlates directly to displaced populations.
Warmer earth includes warmer oceans. Warmer oceans mean stronger, more frequent tropical storms. I imagine you're also familiar with the meteorological phenomenon known as El Nino and La Nina. These terms describe the effects on weather caused by variations of surface water temperatures in the Pacific. The changes caused are observable, predictable and bad. Changes include flooding in areas unused to flooding, causing landslides, and drought in areas unused to drought, causing wildfires and failed crops. El Nino is not related to Global Warming. However, Global warming by definition will create surface water conditions similar to El Nino in more places around the globe.
So again, you're right, change isn't bad. However, too much change too fast can be bad. In this case, our change seems to indicate bad consequences.
Lots of women in bikinis but the island of Bikini will be gone.
In fact, just the other day there was a forum discussing how to handle all the refugees from islands that won't be around when the ocean level goes up a few meters.
http://news.bahai.org/story/530
Maybe "interesting" in how he's avoided all the information that's available on the subject that he dismisses as being not available.
t alk-to-global-warming-sceptic.html
For example: temperature data extracted from glacial samples date back 600,000 years. That's enough of a "lifetime" for me. We've exceeded all temperature spikes demonstrated by those samples, and drastically exceeded the average temperature that you're interested in.
I know it's asking a lot to have informed opinions in postings to Slashdot, but Global Climate Change is one of the more well documented issues around.
Please read up all the nice things this person has compiled here:
http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/02/how-to-
The school signed up for TurnItIn, but the students did not. The students are arguing that the school cannot assign the copyright for their work to a third party without their consent. They expressly denied their consent in a cover sheet to their papers.
Considering the comments on other Slashdot articles about the OLPC project, I'm sure there are a couple dozen other Slashdotters ready to chime in, but I'll make a try at answering your confusion.
The way I see your misunderstanding here is that you're not seeing the range of development that exists throughout the world. International development efforts that have been going on for the last 60-70 years have produced some results. Here's an example of that range of development: one of the countries who has signed up is Brazil. I don't think I've heard any news lately about starving in Brazil. And for other parts of the world without as many resources as Brazil, the level of development, be it food distribution, levels of employment or availability of education varies greatly depending on what part of that country you might be in.
I'll give an example from Malawi, a country that's been in the news lately because of Madonna. I have been there a couple times and have family and lots of friends there. A child in the lower Shire valley may have parents who are subsistence farmers, be very susceptible to food shortages due to fluctuations in weather and not have a very functional school, or not be able to afford school fees.
However, a child in or around Lilongwe, Blantrye, Limbe or Mulangi may have one or more members of his extended family with a steady job, and enough money to put food on the table and live in a house with clean running water. The child is likely to go to a school Monday through Friday and Saturday mornings, too. Problem is, the education materials are not available to give this child a very good education. There may not be enough books to go around. The books might be poorly written or just too old to have good information in them. The school might not teach certain subjects because the materials are not available. Forget about a library. And, the school certainly doesn't have a computer lab.
This is where the OLPC computers shine. They're text books, research tools, communication and collaboration devices and, a technology education. I think the cost-benefit ratio makes them a good deal. They're not getting air-lifted by the Red Cross to Darfur refugees. But they are something a Minister of Education can put into his budget, along with proper funding for training and maintenance.
I hope this helps put their efforts into perspective.
A column oriented relational database? I'd like some more details on how that works. I don't suppose it's just a regular SQL db with Excel's Pivot Tables run on it...
Seriously, though, the target market for grid-based high volume data-warehousing type dbs are a lot smaller than the MySQL crowd. Not as big a deal as it seems, but it'd be nice to have if you needed it.
What lead you to believe otherwise?
My other question is: How did your post get moderated insightful when it's not actually true?
Dear Submitter,
The reason the article seems correct and insightful is because of the limited scope. It doesn't take issue with the scientific consensus on global climate change, just with the recent report issued by the UN.
Oddly, though, instead of just pointing out why this report is wrong, it concludes that since the report is poorly written, then that proves there is no climate catastrophe.
I've actually come across other criticisms of the "hockey stick" graph that used it as a starting point for a discussion on good science vs. bureaucracy and the disadvantages of pegging all your arguments on a single "visual". (the biggest disadvantage? disprove the "visual" and that disproves your whole argument). Unfortunately that's not what we've got in this UK Telegraph article.