This sort of thing can add tinder to starting wars. The NSA along with a few other organisations are actually serious liabilities to a peaceful and prosperous US.
So, this right to bear arms in order to keep the government in check... when are you going to start threatening to use them?
Or are you being stopped because the NSA is monitoring and stifling anyone who makes such noises?
Go ahead, flame me. But my question still stands... when are the people of the US going to make a stand (though preferably without starting a civil war)?
90's? Should've seen the C-64 games in the 80's. There was no option for better graphics or sound. It was the best on the market for several years. So, when someone made a game, the only way to make it stand out was to give it some new game play. And boy, was there variety.
With new gaming platforms and programming tools we're (after a long wait) seeing a resurgence of game variety. This article is seeing part of those shifting pains (and misinterpreting them as "the end of AAA") where many new indies are making many new types of content.
I think there will always be space for AAA games, because there will always be different types of gamers, and though the slice may be shrinking, the cake is growing.
A few years ago my gf got an infection that now causes her to get rashes whenever she's warm, and being hot makes her skin terribly itchy. (Please don't bother with sordid jokes here. They're too easy, I'm tired and I'm actually being serious.) So far she's had to resort to taking antihistamines almost daily, and she's likely going to have to do that for the rest of her life.
This bracelet doesn't actually cover the body, so it's not actually making the skin cool. And I don't understand what the mean by waveforms across the skin. Does that mean it's telling the skin that it's cool/warm even when it's not?
So I'm wondering, could this be something to help her feel cool, and thereby less itchy, especially during summer?
Back in 2002 when Nokia and Ericsson were competing to make smaller phones, I told my colleagues that in the future screens could be rolled up (like a window blind). Rolled up it would be like a large pen. Rolled out it would be a touch screen (already had the concept of a smart phone), and the screen may be optionally transparent. Smaller versions could be used as ear pieces (much like Bluetooth headsets that, at the time, had not yet been invented).
They just thought I was being silly. But with each of article of this ilk, I see us edging towards that becoming a reality.
Damn, that would be terribly lonely... A lone star system traveling alone through space, so far from anything that it would be impossible to fly to the nearest star. One's sun would burn out before reaching another galaxy. But in a galaxy we can dream of someday building multi-generational colonisation ships, and we can consider the possibility of some future generation meeting life from other star systems.
An emission tax might difficult to estimate and complicated to keep tabs on.
However, taxing extraction of fossil carbon would be much simpler because coal/oil/gas companies keep careful track of what they extract.
This has several advantages...
- As pointed out above, it's simpler, easier and therefore cheaper and more accurate.
- The added price (due to taxing extraction) of fossil carbon would flow through the whole economy. Those products and services that require more fossil carbon would have a higher cost increase than "leaner" products and services. Market forces would favour the "leaner" options.
- The longer an economy stays on fossil fueled energy, the longer it remains burdened by fossil carbon tax. So the whole economy would benefit by moving to cleaner energy.
- This would affect all kinds of fossil use, not just the burning of fuel, but also the manufacturing of plastics. This may seem a bad thing, but consider that oil reserves are running out as it is, and finding alternate sources for plastics would be good. Again, this encourages market forces to start innovating new ways to produce plastics.
- One could perhaps even allow carbon tax rebates for carbon that is sequestered and stored away (much like "spent" nuclear fuels are today). Though I doubt it would be profitable enough to be a viable business model.
There is the risk of people using non-fossil fuels (such as forests). So perhaps a combination of a fossil carbon tax and a habitat tax would be a better option. I dunno.
However, no ecology copes well with sudden changes, not even "economic ecologies"*. So a fossil carbon tax would need to be introduced as a small tax and slowly increased over time.
* Funny how so much of big business and politics harp on about how sudden changes to economies can cause such adaptation pains to markets that they can collapse, yet won't acknowledge that sudden changes to climate can cause such adaptation pains to ecologies that they can collapse.
unless you can get every single nation in the world to agree on certain environmental and worker health and safety standards, you're fighting an uphill battle
It'll take centuries before humanity has evolved that far, and by then it'll be way too late. But one could fight the battle from a different direction.
I believe that the only viable way is for very wealthy people and organisations to lead the way. When government sees popular support, then perhaps it'll hop on the bandwagon.
For example, imagine a non-profit organisation that isn't about protecting the environment per se, but more about providing energy alternatives and helping people to be more energy efficient. That is more of a positive thing, as compared to the resistance that environmental are known for. Also, the economic benefits (such as due to electrical efficiency in homes and electric cars) may even entice people who don't (or can't afford to) care about climate issues.
I'm not claiming it's a fast track by any means, but I still think it's the only option that currently stands a chance in Hell of working.
Perhaps a bit late now. Given the "last guy" (Manning) got 35 years, will those "strengthen[ed] whistleblower laws to protect federal workers" be enough to not ruin the next whistleblower's life?
Not understanding the abstract. What kind of biomarkers? Do they indicate certain genes or do they indicate certain chemicals that are more prevalent during depression?
If they indicate certain chemicals, then could those chemicals perhaps be responsible for depressed people having worse health and less energy than happy people? Of course depression is usually due to a variety of reasons, but could their elimination perhaps help depressed people recover faster?
If they indicate certain genes, then that's a story I'm familiar with.
No. It may be haunted with malware, allowing it to be possessed, thereby turning it into a zombie device, which they could then use to lich his information. I suppose the best option ghoul'd be to restore it from a ghosted copy.
I sus-spectre that they realised that he wouldn't want them back after that ghastly treatment.
Last year I went to a drive-in cinema (the only one in WA though) and it was pretty busy with lots of families setting up camp for the evening. It was a pretty enjoyable experience. (First time for me.) Nice mood all around. We could control the volume and we could even talk if we wanted to. (BTW, my girlie and I did actually watch both the movies from the front seats of the car. Just sayin'.)
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I like it... Blending space exploration with adverticeing. Could be a good source of financial support for science and exploration.
couldn't manage anything more than a C in that class
Not even a C+?
Alas, it's a broken record. :/
This sort of thing can add tinder to starting wars. The NSA along with a few other organisations are actually serious liabilities to a peaceful and prosperous US.
So, this right to bear arms in order to keep the government in check... when are you going to start threatening to use them?
Or are you being stopped because the NSA is monitoring and stifling anyone who makes such noises?
Go ahead, flame me. But my question still stands... when are the people of the US going to make a stand (though preferably without starting a civil war)?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_lf8_pxg2Q
90's? Should've seen the C-64 games in the 80's. There was no option for better graphics or sound. It was the best on the market for several years. So, when someone made a game, the only way to make it stand out was to give it some new game play. And boy, was there variety.
With new gaming platforms and programming tools we're (after a long wait) seeing a resurgence of game variety. This article is seeing part of those shifting pains (and misinterpreting them as "the end of AAA") where many new indies are making many new types of content.
I think there will always be space for AAA games, because there will always be different types of gamers, and though the slice may be shrinking, the cake is growing.
A few years ago my gf got an infection that now causes her to get rashes whenever she's warm, and being hot makes her skin terribly itchy. (Please don't bother with sordid jokes here. They're too easy, I'm tired and I'm actually being serious.) So far she's had to resort to taking antihistamines almost daily, and she's likely going to have to do that for the rest of her life.
This bracelet doesn't actually cover the body, so it's not actually making the skin cool. And I don't understand what the mean by waveforms across the skin. Does that mean it's telling the skin that it's cool/warm even when it's not?
So I'm wondering, could this be something to help her feel cool, and thereby less itchy, especially during summer?
It's a press release for nerds, and a press release that matters (to nerds, at least, I suppose, maybe).
Back in 2002 when Nokia and Ericsson were competing to make smaller phones, I told my colleagues that in the future screens could be rolled up (like a window blind). Rolled up it would be like a large pen. Rolled out it would be a touch screen (already had the concept of a smart phone), and the screen may be optionally transparent. Smaller versions could be used as ear pieces (much like Bluetooth headsets that, at the time, had not yet been invented).
They just thought I was being silly. But with each of article of this ilk, I see us edging towards that becoming a reality.
People seldom complain that something isn't good enough, if it's the best they've experienced so far.
But, once they've tried something better, they'll seldom want to go back. (That what makes it a game changer.)
(Curious to see if this will be the game changer they're expecting it to be.)
Interesting. (I have no mod points.)
Damn, that would be terribly lonely... A lone star system traveling alone through space, so far from anything that it would be impossible to fly to the nearest star. One's sun would burn out before reaching another galaxy. But in a galaxy we can dream of someday building multi-generational colonisation ships, and we can consider the possibility of some future generation meeting life from other star systems.
On the topic of carbon tax...
An emission tax might difficult to estimate and complicated to keep tabs on.
However, taxing extraction of fossil carbon would be much simpler because coal/oil/gas companies keep careful track of what they extract.
This has several advantages...
- As pointed out above, it's simpler, easier and therefore cheaper and more accurate.
- The added price (due to taxing extraction) of fossil carbon would flow through the whole economy. Those products and services that require more fossil carbon would have a higher cost increase than "leaner" products and services. Market forces would favour the "leaner" options.
- The longer an economy stays on fossil fueled energy, the longer it remains burdened by fossil carbon tax. So the whole economy would benefit by moving to cleaner energy.
- This would affect all kinds of fossil use, not just the burning of fuel, but also the manufacturing of plastics. This may seem a bad thing, but consider that oil reserves are running out as it is, and finding alternate sources for plastics would be good. Again, this encourages market forces to start innovating new ways to produce plastics.
- One could perhaps even allow carbon tax rebates for carbon that is sequestered and stored away (much like "spent" nuclear fuels are today). Though I doubt it would be profitable enough to be a viable business model.
There is the risk of people using non-fossil fuels (such as forests). So perhaps a combination of a fossil carbon tax and a habitat tax would be a better option. I dunno.
However, no ecology copes well with sudden changes, not even "economic ecologies"*. So a fossil carbon tax would need to be introduced as a small tax and slowly increased over time.
* Funny how so much of big business and politics harp on about how sudden changes to economies can cause such adaptation pains to markets that they can collapse, yet won't acknowledge that sudden changes to climate can cause such adaptation pains to ecologies that they can collapse.
Even today, a small but genuine fusion explosion is demonstrated at frequent intervals in the G.E. exhibit at the 1964 fair.
What was he referring to?
Windows need be no more than an archaic touch
What? Windows 8 is all about touch! It relies on it too much even. Many people prefer the older (dare I say "archaic") style of non-touch UI.
and even when present will be polarized to block out the harsh sunlight.
Yeah... no. LCD's are already out of fashion because polarised sunglasses (used in harsh sunlight) block out anything on the screen.
The degree of opacity of the glass may even be made to alter automatically in accordance with the intensity of the light falling upon it.
My last laptop, and my new mobile, alter the screen brilliance depending on the level of ambient light.
Still, one out of three isn't too bad, given that was written about 50 years ago. ;)
When the pilot is complete
Is the pilot an android?
unless you can get every single nation in the world to agree on certain environmental and worker health and safety standards, you're fighting an uphill battle
It'll take centuries before humanity has evolved that far, and by then it'll be way too late. But one could fight the battle from a different direction.
I believe that the only viable way is for very wealthy people and organisations to lead the way. When government sees popular support, then perhaps it'll hop on the bandwagon.
For example, imagine a non-profit organisation that isn't about protecting the environment per se, but more about providing energy alternatives and helping people to be more energy efficient. That is more of a positive thing, as compared to the resistance that environmental are known for. Also, the economic benefits (such as due to electrical efficiency in homes and electric cars) may even entice people who don't (or can't afford to) care about climate issues.
I'm not claiming it's a fast track by any means, but I still think it's the only option that currently stands a chance in Hell of working.
Perhaps a bit late now. Given the "last guy" (Manning) got 35 years, will those "strengthen[ed] whistleblower laws to protect federal workers" be enough to not ruin the next whistleblower's life?
Not understanding the abstract. What kind of biomarkers? Do they indicate certain genes or do they indicate certain chemicals that are more prevalent during depression?
If they indicate certain chemicals, then could those chemicals perhaps be responsible for depressed people having worse health and less energy than happy people? Of course depression is usually due to a variety of reasons, but could their elimination perhaps help depressed people recover faster?
If they indicate certain genes, then that's a story I'm familiar with.
No. It may be haunted with malware, allowing it to be possessed, thereby turning it into a zombie device, which they could then use to lich his information. I suppose the best option ghoul'd be to restore it from a ghosted copy. I sus-spectre that they realised that he wouldn't want them back after that ghastly treatment.
I suppose this was the UK version of a Miranda Warning.
Last year I went to a drive-in cinema (the only one in WA though) and it was pretty busy with lots of families setting up camp for the evening. It was a pretty enjoyable experience. (First time for me.) Nice mood all around. We could control the volume and we could even talk if we wanted to. (BTW, my girlie and I did actually watch both the movies from the front seats of the car. Just sayin'.)
So could one use the user ID as a salt? My thinking is that Hash( [UserID] + [Password] ) would be different even when the password is the same.
That said, I've also heard that storing hashes for passwords is a bad idea. Why would that be, if the hashes are long enough and salted?
(I'm not sure this level of security even existed when I was at uni.)
....known as a hydra.
I've seen the last two. Compelling? Nah, but they were fun, just for fun's sake.