I am fairly sure you have any substantial support for this claim. I think I know where you're going with this one, so allow me to offer a hint: It's less the increased CO2 level, it's more the increased O2 level. But let's first see the support for the claim.
It uses energy which has to be generated by burning fossil fuel. Since nuclear is the evil now and alternatives aren't really taking off, that's basically what's left.
While true, the contemporary problem is a different one. In ancient times, a fraction of what happened actually got recorded. I'm fairly confident to say that everything written before the year 0 that we know of (let alone that survived until today) is less than what has been written only this year.
There was little that was created. But what was created was created to last.
Our contemporary medium is VERY transitive. Very little of what we create today is written on lasting media. And when you are looking at "media that will still be readable in a millennium", we have a very sad record. Because we'll come up with very, very little.
If anything, only information that was deliberately recorded with the intent to last for millennia will do so. In other words, "the vast majority of all human knowledge" is still not being written down in a way that will last.
This is certainly true, we know almost nothing about the everyday life of "unimportant" people of ancient times. We know next to nothing about the people who built the pyramids, and until very recently we might have reports about people of little importance, but no reports from them. We have only the word of their "betters" and... well, be honest, would you want to have your life, your believes, your motivations and your outlook on life recorded by someone like Kim Kardashian?
Unfortunately that is not the case. Actually, it has never been. We know precious little of various important aspects of the past, simply because nobody bothered to write "common knowledge" down.
For example, nobody knows how crucifixion really worked. Yes, that thing that's a central element of one of the major religions on the planet is a big mystery. I mean, yes, we know, it's been a painful way of killing people, but we lack the details? Where did they put the nails? For the longest time people thought it was through the hands, until we learned that this could not have been the case for it would simply have torn them off. Did they nail the feet next to each other or across each other? How common were some of the forms, did they actually use the "cross" form in Palestine? Are Christians wearing the wrong symbol around their necks and they should be wearing a T-shaped pendant instead?
The same applies to Hanging, Drawing and Quartering. We have a general idea what it entails, but the details are elusive. Especially considering the "drawing" part.
Especially when it comes to things of everyday use and customs we have often very few documents with details, mostly because the authors could sensibly assume that their contemporaries are well used to what these things mean. So while we might mirror various outrageous facts and facets of our lives and that of celebrities, with a detail never seen before, future generations will certainly wonder about the meaning of certain memes and references to them. We needn't explain to anyone what "All your Base" means or what a Rickroll is.
I'm old enough that I won't be affected by the rising sea levels, I have no kids and no reason to keep this planet habitable 50 years from now. So pump that oil and gimme my greaseball hamburger!
The problem is that emission control costs money, and this in turn means that your products get more expensive. So if you care about your environment but some other country does not, your industry is no longer competitive and corporations will move to that other country where they can produce more cheaply.
It's both. Prosperity means that time becomes more valuable than money, and money can buy machinery to do work for you. Imagine you cannot afford that SUV and have to go by bus. Yes, that takes way more hours and is horribly inconvenient, but it also means a lower emission footprint. Of course nobody would willingly accept that hardship for no good reason, so the only "good enough" reason would probably be that you can't afford your own car.
Same goes for a lot of other things. Air condition being one, clothes dryer another. We use a lot of machines that increase our quality of life that contribute to pollution, directly or indirectly.
And before you're done even explaining this to your customer, he'll say "screw that, way to complicated, I move to $competitor, there I only need a password".
Does that mean Splunk will no longer charge you through the nose for every fart you might want to pass through their software?
Didn't think so.
Preaching water, drinking wine, thanks, but we have enough assholes that already do that, we'd much appreciate if you just kept your mouth shut, Snehal.
Well, maybe using a $150 phone makes me less interested in attaching bells and whistles to it. Maybe if I bought a $700 phone I would... then again, why would I do THAT?
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The questions is why that piece of garbage is still alive.
That's one of those people whose only reason to survive is that he ain't worth a nanosecond of jail time.
That's exactly what would make it hilarious. Can you imagine the 4chan crowd doing their worst to destroy their own "home" out of spite?
Spare the hands, use a rock.
Nah, Kimmie doesn't touch anything that could be connected with him having to do some work and is not raining free money on his fat ass.
4chan selling out to SJWs?
Somehow I'd rather believe that MS makes the Windows code base OSS.
An asshole buying a site filled with assholes?
No, and PLEASE don't do it, that way the SJW idiots stay concentrated in one area where they are easy to ignore.
The Shkreli is the person who should be subjected to 4chan day, night any all the time in between.
You can bet your ass that THEN you will be seeing cheaper drugs!
I am fairly sure you have any substantial support for this claim. I think I know where you're going with this one, so allow me to offer a hint: It's less the increased CO2 level, it's more the increased O2 level. But let's first see the support for the claim.
Well, you first of all have to be able to afford a new home or new car.
It uses energy which has to be generated by burning fossil fuel. Since nuclear is the evil now and alternatives aren't really taking off, that's basically what's left.
While true, the contemporary problem is a different one. In ancient times, a fraction of what happened actually got recorded. I'm fairly confident to say that everything written before the year 0 that we know of (let alone that survived until today) is less than what has been written only this year.
There was little that was created. But what was created was created to last.
Our contemporary medium is VERY transitive. Very little of what we create today is written on lasting media. And when you are looking at "media that will still be readable in a millennium", we have a very sad record. Because we'll come up with very, very little.
If anything, only information that was deliberately recorded with the intent to last for millennia will do so. In other words, "the vast majority of all human knowledge" is still not being written down in a way that will last.
This is certainly true, we know almost nothing about the everyday life of "unimportant" people of ancient times. We know next to nothing about the people who built the pyramids, and until very recently we might have reports about people of little importance, but no reports from them. We have only the word of their "betters" and ... well, be honest, would you want to have your life, your believes, your motivations and your outlook on life recorded by someone like Kim Kardashian?
Unfortunately that is not the case. Actually, it has never been. We know precious little of various important aspects of the past, simply because nobody bothered to write "common knowledge" down.
For example, nobody knows how crucifixion really worked. Yes, that thing that's a central element of one of the major religions on the planet is a big mystery. I mean, yes, we know, it's been a painful way of killing people, but we lack the details? Where did they put the nails? For the longest time people thought it was through the hands, until we learned that this could not have been the case for it would simply have torn them off. Did they nail the feet next to each other or across each other? How common were some of the forms, did they actually use the "cross" form in Palestine? Are Christians wearing the wrong symbol around their necks and they should be wearing a T-shaped pendant instead?
The same applies to Hanging, Drawing and Quartering. We have a general idea what it entails, but the details are elusive. Especially considering the "drawing" part.
Especially when it comes to things of everyday use and customs we have often very few documents with details, mostly because the authors could sensibly assume that their contemporaries are well used to what these things mean. So while we might mirror various outrageous facts and facets of our lives and that of celebrities, with a detail never seen before, future generations will certainly wonder about the meaning of certain memes and references to them. We needn't explain to anyone what "All your Base" means or what a Rickroll is.
In 200 years, we most likely would have to.
What I don't like about this option is what will immediately follow: "If you can scan for bots, you can scan for torrents".
In the end, we'll get something like that. And this is why we can't have nice things.
Oh FFS, there is actually someone on /. who needs an explanation for Prisoner's Dilemma? Really?
Now this is going to be good. Please elaborate!
Usually I sell them, this one is free: I found a way how you could make it so that it needs 0 extra MBs.
Let people access their messages with the browsers they have already installed, it doesn't get more lightweight than that!
Works for me.
I'm old enough that I won't be affected by the rising sea levels, I have no kids and no reason to keep this planet habitable 50 years from now. So pump that oil and gimme my greaseball hamburger!
The problem is that emission control costs money, and this in turn means that your products get more expensive. So if you care about your environment but some other country does not, your industry is no longer competitive and corporations will move to that other country where they can produce more cheaply.
It's yet another prisoner's dilemma.
It's both. Prosperity means that time becomes more valuable than money, and money can buy machinery to do work for you. Imagine you cannot afford that SUV and have to go by bus. Yes, that takes way more hours and is horribly inconvenient, but it also means a lower emission footprint. Of course nobody would willingly accept that hardship for no good reason, so the only "good enough" reason would probably be that you can't afford your own car.
Same goes for a lot of other things. Air condition being one, clothes dryer another. We use a lot of machines that increase our quality of life that contribute to pollution, directly or indirectly.
But ... but ... but it has to be a transparent case! How else would people know I have the latest penis extender?
And before you're done even explaining this to your customer, he'll say "screw that, way to complicated, I move to $competitor, there I only need a password".
Does that mean Splunk will no longer charge you through the nose for every fart you might want to pass through their software?
Didn't think so.
Preaching water, drinking wine, thanks, but we have enough assholes that already do that, we'd much appreciate if you just kept your mouth shut, Snehal.
Well, maybe using a $150 phone makes me less interested in attaching bells and whistles to it. Maybe if I bought a $700 phone I would... then again, why would I do THAT?